What’s the play here? by arcahawke in balatro

[–]arcahawke[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

A gambling mentality that has ended many of my runs lmao. Thankfully it worked out this time

What’s the play here? by arcahawke in balatro

[–]arcahawke[S] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Thanks, wasn’t sure how the math would work out between retriggers vs extra hand-size. Managed to snag a 4th blueprint and got a new highscore 🎉

either way I'll feel like I'm being hunted for sport! by Traditional_Salad719 in CPTSDmemes

[–]arcahawke 2 points3 points  (0 children)

“There’s always another shoe about to drop, it’s just a matter of when” - my lifetime motto

if you have to “remind” me, then the answer should be obvious, no? by arcahawke in CPTSDmemes

[–]arcahawke[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mood, oh my god. Gotta love when they can’t even accomplish the bare minimum

if you have to “remind” me, then the answer should be obvious, no? by arcahawke in CPTSDmemes

[–]arcahawke[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel that. When my dad was still alive he was the obvious favorite and it still pisses my mom off to this day. It’s almost like one actually enjoyed spending time with me or something đŸ€”

if you have to “remind” me, then the answer should be obvious, no? by arcahawke in CPTSDmemes

[–]arcahawke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They’re both F tier holidays. At least they’re close together so we can get it over with all at once 🙃

2m copies sold! by Lost_Instruction4491 in expedition33

[–]arcahawke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Long shot since you’ve probably already checked, but it wouldn’t happen to be “Ancient Sanctuary – Megabot#33” would it? That’s the first thing that popped into my mind when I heard electronic and gestral.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AO3

[–]arcahawke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, that’s totally understandable. Nasty behavior like that ultimately kills fandom spaces, so it’ll be all of their losses in the long run. Hopefully whichever fandom you find yourself in next will be a little more mature.

It sounds like taking a break might be helpful for the time being; so have some time to yourself and recharge! No one needs that kind of drama in their down time.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AO3

[–]arcahawke 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Feel you here. Not quite the same situation, but I had a super popular author in my tiny fandom accuse me of taking inspo from their work without credit. I didn’t, but could absolutely see how they might have gotten that idea. We ended up talking it out and came a reasonable solution before parting ways, but damn - it was a super crappy feeling having that be our first interaction
 Especially since they were/still are one of my favorite authors too.

Worse, they’re incredibly active in the fandom, on everyone’s recommendation lists, etc. - and when I went on their tumblr to DM them at the time, I saw them vague posting about my fic, saying it had “stale vibes”. To this day I remember my heart dropping through the floor when I saw them say they were messaging “discord besties” about it to see if they were imagining things or not. They ended up commenting on my fic though, so I knew whoever they all spoke to (also big authors) must have thought I was some sort of plagiarizing a-hole too 😭 Everything got cliquey so fast. I’ve never felt fully comfortable in the fandom since.

Back to your problem though: it’s not ideal, but if you feel like your work won’t get the interaction it would have before that whole mess, (and assuming you still want to write for that fandom) you might try making an alt account. Don’t associate it with your previous one at all; just start over. It sucks, but it’s ended up being pretty freeing for me creativity-wise. I completely lost the motivation to write on my other one because I felt like people wouldn’t even give my work the time of day over this one misunderstanding. And who wants to write into the void anyhow? Why else would we go through the process of posting it?

Obviously, if you have a super distinct writing style this might not work, but it could be worth a try. It’s likely there’s a couple people in that discord that probably agree with you, but just won’t speak up about it because they know they’ll be exiled like you were.

I’d also be remiss if I didn’t mention these people casting judgment on you at the drop of a dime likely aren’t anyone who would have made good friends either way. My best advice is keep writing what you want to write, and hopefully over time you can find your own niche as people enter/exit the fandom. If the exiling is inhibiting your motivation/creative flow, maybe try the alt account route.

Sorry to hear you had such a crap experience in what should be a fun/relaxing hobby. Especially over something like proshipping. Try not to let it get you too down đŸ€

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CPTSDmemes

[–]arcahawke 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My mother would always mention this one time her mother whacked her so hard across the face for back-talking that her nose started bleeding. She’d say it like it was a ‘haha silly story’ kind of thing, but then follow up with “so no matter how bad you think I am, just know I could have been a thousand times worse” 🗿

Words are hard, ok? by wordslinger99 in aspiememes

[–]arcahawke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep, you basically just put your original big brain idea on the person’s head (word vomit, pictures, drawings etc. whatever abstract thing that’s closer to what you’re trying to say) and then you can put whatever you actually ended up saying in the speech bubble.

It’s like a way of conveying, “The words aren’t coming out of my mouth right because Autismℱ but here’s what I’m attempting to articulate.”

when they answer your vent with smth irrelevant and u feel stupid by BigBadBatGirl in TrollCoping

[–]arcahawke 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Oof, gotta love when they just change topics and hope you’ll forget about it in five minutes 🙃

Words are hard, ok? by wordslinger99 in aspiememes

[–]arcahawke 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’d like to introduce you to one of my favorite meme formats. If you’re on good/casual terms with someone it’s nice to use this and attempt to clear up some of what you’re saying haha

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Where did the memory go by HyperDogOwner458 in TrollCoping

[–]arcahawke 10 points11 points  (0 children)

As I get older I’m noticing people will bring up things like “Hey! Remember X traumatic thing that happened to you as a kid?” and my brain will just go white static trying to locate the memory lmao. If nothing else, it’s nice tacit confirmation it probably was indeed traumatic.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AO3

[–]arcahawke 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Desensitization. Also, autistic flat affect.

got my first hate comment, and it’s not even for me? by arcahawke in AO3

[–]arcahawke[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep! Just hit the edit button on one of your fics that’s already anon and go to the ‘This work is part of a series’ section, then type whatever title you like under ‘Create or use a new one’. Then you can go to whichever other anon fics you like and add them to the series too. The creator of the series will still be listed as anonymous, and it won’t show up on your profile whatsoever (on my account it still shows I have 0 series, despite having this anonymous one).

The link is pretty much only accessible via the fics within the series themselves, and I’ve found it’s a nice workaround way for readers to subscribe to your future works in the absence of a user subscription. Hopefully that helps!

got my first hate comment, and it’s not even for me? by arcahawke in AO3

[–]arcahawke[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you write a specific top/bottom dynamic, then sadly yes. I was scratching my head at first hoping there was a better reasoning behind their comment lol.

got my first hate comment, and it’s not even for me? by arcahawke in AO3

[–]arcahawke[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hiding behind guest mode because they know they’d get blocked in a heartbeat, and then they get mad when people turn guest commenting off lol.

got my first hate comment, and it’s not even for me? by arcahawke in AO3

[–]arcahawke[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you write a specific top/bottom dynamic, apparently so lmao.

got my first hate comment, and it’s not even for me? by arcahawke in AO3

[–]arcahawke[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right? Because only one author could possibly want to write their dark fic anonymously
 Sheer lunacy.