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Blendan The Blender Is My Son

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Hello! This is my Thomas Sanders/Sanders Sides blog. My name is Lissa or Cecil. They/Them. POC. You can find fics, edits, reblogs, etc. over here. Icon by @parkersanders.
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How Thomas Contributed To The Unsafe Feelings Many POC have in this fandom

I’ve gotten a couple of asks about this so I’m going to go ahead and answer this.

Here’s what happened with Roman and b.l/m and how while a lot of this was fandom, Thomas contributed in a way that made this fandom not safe for POC.

So back during the hight of the b.l/m protests (so early summer) someone, forgive me for not knowing the name, made art of Roman as a black man. I do not recall this art saying b.l/m and the art was good. Most POC do not mind race bending with sides.

However while there was some people who sent hate to the artist, the artist got some comments from black people not in the fandom. They thought that was art of Thomas Sanders, a white person, as a black man. For the most part once that was explained to them, they backed off.

However, the artist deleted the art after the hate that they did receive. (Which I do not judge.) To show support people started making POC sides art, specifically black Roman art.

You might think “wouldn’t you love that Lissa? You’ve been asking for POC sides content and been talking about how you’d want to see to more of it.” Which is true I do love seeing representation.

However these people were saying “b.l/m” on their posts and on there tags. One, that’s very preformative. Two, that clogs up the b.l/m tag. Three, many people were treating b.l/m like a celebration. Like it’s pride. It’s not. It’s a fight for black people to get basic human rights.

Eventually people started listening (after white people spoke out about it instead of just listening to POC in the first place). And things eventually passed over.

And you may go “yeah that sucks Lissa but what does Thomas have to do with this?”

Well recall earlier when I said people were making black Roman art. Well someone went to Thomas, a white man, on a POC issue. Thomas began reblogging this art to show support. Something that only made more people do this. However when POC called out these posts and said they were bad, Thomas said nothing. Once he realized he was wrong, he just stopped. No apology. No reblogs from black fanders. Nothing. And you may say “maybe he didn’t see it” then explain why he stopped reblogging POC!sides for a while.

While Thomas condoning this stuff helped create an atmosphere where nb (especially white) people thought they could do this, black people in this fandom were actually getting attacked by white people or being told by white people that they know more about what are community needs than we do. And when he was wrong, when he made this mistake, he didn’t say shit. He just stopped while black fanders felt unsafe and continued to feel so.

I’m not saying he intended to do this, but he did, and a huge part of being anti racist is acknowledging your mistakes and apologizing, which he never did.

Edit: it seems some of y’all missed the tags, which fair. But please do not tag this as discourse in any way shape of form. I do not care about your reason, never label people calling out behavior like this as discourse.

#sanders sides#thomas sanders#ts critical#racism cw#I better see none of y’all tagging this ‘discourse’
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turbulencx

lets get personal.

  • 1: 6 of the songs you listen to most?
  • 2: If you could meet anyone on this earth, who would it be?
  • 3: Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 23, give me line 17.
  • 4: What do you think about most?
  • 5: What does your latest text message from someone else say?
  • 6: Do you sleep with or without clothes on?
  • 7: What’s your strangest talent?
  • 8: Girls… (finish the sentence); Boys… (finish the sentence)
  • 9: Ever had a poem or song written about you?
  • 10: When is the last time you played the air guitar?
  • 11: Do you have any strange phobias?
  • 12: Ever stuck a foreign object up your nose?
  • 13: What’s your religion?
  • 14: If you are outside, what are you most likely doing?
  • 15: Do you prefer to be behind the camera or in front of it?
  • 16: Simple but extremely complex. Favorite band?
  • 17: What was the last lie you told?
  • 18: Do you believe in karma?
  • 19: What does your URL mean?
  • 20: What is your greatest weakness; your greatest strength?
  • 21: Who is your celebrity crush?
  • 22: Have you ever gone skinny dipping?
  • 23: How do you vent your anger?
  • 24: Do you have a collection of anything?
  • 25: Do you prefer talking on the phone or video chatting online?
  • 26: Are you happy with the person you’ve become?
  • 27: What’s a sound you hate; sound you love?
  • 28: What’s your biggest “what if”?
  • 29: Do you believe in ghosts? How about aliens?
  • 30: Stick your right arm out; what do you touch first? Do the same with your left arm.
  • 31: Smell the air. What do you smell?
  • 32: What’s the worst place you have ever been to?
  • 33: Choose: East Coast or West Coast?
  • 34: Most attractive singer of your opposite gender?
  • 35: To you, what is the meaning of life?
  • 36: Define Art.
  • 37: Do you believe in luck?
  • 38: What’s the weather like right now?
  • 39: What time is it?
  • 40: Do you drive? If so, have you ever crashed?
  • 41: What was the last book you read?
  • 42: Do you like the smell of gasoline?
  • 43: Do you have any nicknames?
  • 44: What was the last film you saw?
  • 45: What’s the worst injury you’ve ever had?
  • 46: Have you ever caught a butterfly?
  • 47: Do you have any obsessions right now?
  • 48: What’s your sexual orientation?
  • 49: Ever had a rumour spread about you?
  • 50: Do you believe in magic?
  • 51: Do you tend to hold grudges against people who have done you wrong?
  • 52: What is your astrological sign?
  • 53: Do you save money or spend it?
  • 54: What’s the last thing you purchased?
  • 55: Love or lust?
  • 56: In a relationship?
  • 57: How many relationships have you had?
  • 58: Can you touch your nose with your tongue?
  • 59: Where were you yesterday?
  • 60: Is there anything pink within 10 feet of you?
  • 61: Are you wearing socks right now?
  • 62: What’s your favourite animal?
  • 63: What is your secret weapon to get someone to like you?
  • 64: Where is your best friend?
  • 65: Give me your top 5 favourite blogs on Tumblr.
  • 66: What is your heritage?
  • 67: What were you doing last night at 12AM?
  • 68: What do you think is Satan’s last name?
  • 69: Be honest. Ever gotten yourself off?
  • 70: Are you the kind of friend you would want to have as a friend?
  • 71: You are walking down the street on your way to work. There is a dog drowning in the canal on the side of the street. Your boss has told you if you are late one more time you get fired. What do you do?
  • 72: You are at the doctor’s office and she has just informed you that you have approximately one month to live. a) Do you tell anyone/everyone you are going to die? b) What do you do with your remaining days? c) Would you be afraid?
  • 73: You can only have one of these things; trust or love.
  • 74: What’s a song that always makes you happy when you hear it?
  • 75: What are the last four digits in your cell phone number?
  • 76: In your opinion, what makes a great relationship?
  • 77: How can I win your heart?
  • 78: Can insanity bring on more creativity?
  • 79: What is the single best decision you have made in your life so far?
  • 80: What size shoes do you wear?
  • 81: What would you want to be written on your tombstone?
  • 82: What is your favourite word?
  • 83: Give me the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word; heart.
  • 84: What is a saying you say a lot?
  • 85: What’s the last song you listened to?
  • 86: Basic question; what’s your favourite colour/colours?
  • 87: What is your current desktop picture?
  • 88: If you could press a button and make anyone in the world instantaneously explode, who would it be?
  • 89: What would be a question you’d be afraid to tell the truth on?
  • 90: One night you wake up because you heard a noise. You turn on the light to find that you are surrounded by MUMMIES. The mummies aren’t really doing anything, they’re just standing around your bed. What do you do?
  • 91: You accidentally eat some radioactive vegetables. They were good, and what’s even cooler is that they endow you with the super-power of your choice! What is that power?
  • 92: You can re-live any point of time in your life. The time-span can only be a half-hour, though. What half-hour of your past would you like to experience again?
  • 93: You can erase any horrible experience from your past. What will it be?
  • 94: You have the opportunity to sleep with the music-celebrity of your choice. Who would it be?
  • 95: You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere. You have to depart right now. Where are you gonna go?
  • 96: Do you have any relatives in jail?
  • 97: Have you ever thrown up in the car?
  • 98: Ever been on a plane?
  • 99: If the whole world were listening to you right now, what would you say?

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FanFic Ask Game

A: How did you come up with the title to [insert fic]?
B: Any of your stories inspired by personal experience?
C: What character do you identify with most?
D: Is there a song or a playlist to associate with [insert fic]?
E: If you wrote a sequel to [insert fic], what would it be about?
F: Share a snippet from one of your favourite dialogue scenes you've written and explain why you're proud of it.
G: Do you write your story from start to finish, or do you write the scenes out of order?
H: How would you describe your style?
I: Do you have a guilty pleasure in fic (reading or writing)?
J: Write or describe an alternative ending to [insert fic].
K: What's the angstiest idea you've ever come up with?
L: How many times do you usually revise your fic/chapter before posting?
M: Got any premises on the back burner that you'd care to share?
N: Is there a fic you wish someone else would write (or finish) for you?
O: How do you begin a story—with the plot, or the characters?
P: Are you what George R. R. Martin would call an "architect" or a "gardener"? (How much do you plan in advance, versus letting the storu unfold as you go?)
Q: How do you feel about collaborations?
R: Are there any writers (fanfic or otherwise) you consider an influence?
S: Any fandom tropes you can't resist?
T: Any fandom tropes you can't stand?
U: Share three of your favourite fic writers and why you like them so much.
V: If you could write the sequel (or prequel) to any fic out there not written by yourself, which would you choose?
W: Do you like more general prompts, or more specific ones?
X: A character you enjoy making suffer.
Y: A character you want to protect.
Z: Major character death—do you ever write/read it? Is there a character whose death you can't tolerate?

Transcribed from @stylinbreeze60's post.

Feel free to send me a letter(s) (or any question really! xD)

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Roman: I think I just figured it out, I gotta go

Logan: Aren't you forgetting something?

Roman: oh, *kisses forehead before running out*

Logan: *blushing furiously* No, go pay your bill! Who raised you?

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TS tweet may 1, 2022 :

Happy Name Reveal Day to both Patton and Janus. I wish I could say it was intentional for both the names of C!Thomas’ Morality & Deceit to be revealed on the same day, but that was just an awesome coincidence. 💛💙

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writeforfandoms

For all the less popular writers. For the writers who don't get much attention. For the writers who have a very small following, or no following. For the writers who don't get a lot of notes or comments.

You are valid. You are brilliant. You are creating something unique and magical and all yours. No one would create it better. You are creating! You're writing! That is a magic all its own, and all yours.

You are valued, and valuable, and good enough as you are.

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marsupials-of-mars

Whenever I see some ominous foreshadowing about the orange side it's so funny cause like... we all know its just gonna be another poor little meow meow in his thirties, and we know we're going to end up making cute arts of him crying and kissing his friends and sleeping in a big dogpile with an animal onsie on IMMEDIATELY after hes revealed. And I love that sm

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emoprincey

Shoutout to content creators in the Sanders Sides fandom. You're all awesome and every post I see makes my day a little brighter <3

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ask game for fanfic writers

  1. do you know how you want the story to end when you start, or are you just stumbling through the figurative wilderness hoping to find a road?
  2. talk about a notable time a narrative or character has looked you dead in the eyes and said “fuck your plan, here’s what we’re actually doing.”
  3. on a scale of 1-10 how much do you enjoy incorporating romance into the average story?
  4. what is the plot bunny you’ve been carrying for the longest? optional bonus question: do you ever wonder why you haven’t written it yet and experience deep existential dread?
  5. have you ever made a playlist about something you were writing as an elaborate means to procrastinate when you could have been actually writing and if yes drop a link, son
  6. do you have any kind of consistent writing schedule or just hoping for the best?
  7. tell us about the plot of the first fanfic you ever wrote
  8. what’s your relationship with constructive criticism and feedback like? do you seek it out? how well do you take it?
  9. in an ideal world where you’re already super successful and published, would you want to see a tv or movie adaptation of your work? why or why not?
  10. at what point in the process do you come up with titles, and how easy or hard is that for you?
  11. what’s something neat you’ve learned while doing research for something you were writing? also, how much do you worry about doing research in general?
  12. do you ever have trouble focusing on writing? how do you get around that? 
  13. talk about a writing experience that has pleasantly surprised you.
  14. what’s your worst writing habit? 
  15. where do you share your writing?
  16. where is your favorite place to write?
  17. what is your favorite line you’ve ever written?
  18. what is your most and least favorite part of writing?
  19. what are some books or authors that influenced your style the most?
  20. what is your favorite trope to write?
  21. pick a writer to co-write a book with and tell us what you’d write about.
  22. describe your writing process from scratch to finish.
  23. how do you deal with writers block?
  24. on average, how much writing do you get done in a day?
  25. what’s your revision or rewriting process like?
  26. do you like to write one-shots or series, and why?
  27. do you share rough drafts or do you wait until it’s all polished? 28. And who do you share them with?
  28. handwritten notes or typed notes?
  29. give us a spoiler for one of your stories.
  30. most inspirational quote you’ve ever read or heard that’s still important to you.
  31. tell us about one of your characters who’s an absolute joy to write
  32. do characters influence your writing style?
  33. do you start with the characters or the plot when writing?
  34. how do you name characters and places?
  35. tell us about a character who’s very different than you who you love a whole lot
  36. do you base your characters of real people or not? If so, tell us about one.
  37. when creating characters, what comes first: appearance, backstory, motivation, personality, something else?
  38. how many stories do you work on at one time?
  39. are you an avid reader?
  40. best piece of feedback you’ve ever gotten.
  41. what is the weirdest story idea you’ve ever had.
  42. describe the aesthetic of a story in 5 words.
  43. how did writing change you?
  44. any writing advice you want to share?
  45. name three of your favorite fanfic writers.
  46. what time are you the most productive when it comes to writing?
  47. what story are you most proud of?
  48. do you reread your own stories?
  49. do you want to be published some day?
  50. do you plan or do you write whatever comes to your mind?
  51. share the synopsis of a story you work on that you haven’t published yet
  52. how many unfinished ideas/stories are you working on at the same time?
  53. when writing, do you have an outline? and do you stick to it?
  54. what’s a common writing tip that you almost always follow?
  55. do you have any abandoned WIP’s? What made you abandon them?
  56. five years from now, where do you see yourself as a writer?
  57. what is the last thing that a fic made you google when you were reading it?
  58. what is the last thing that a fic made you google when you were writing it?
  59. where is the most dangerous place that you’ve read fic?
  60. where is the most dangerous place that you’ve written fic?
  61. what was the first commercial property (book/movie/tv show/etc) that you realized was actually professional fanfiction?
  62. what’s the weirdest reason you’ve ever shipped something?
  63. what’s the best insult you’ve read in a fic?
  64. what is your favourite title for a fic you’ve read? 
  65. what is your favourite title for a fic you’ve written? 
  66. when have you felt the most confident in your writing? 
  67. when have you felt the least confident?
  68. how long will you spend on a story or scene before you give up?
  69. how do you write emotional scenes? do you ever feel what the characters feel?
  70. are you very critical of your own writing? how much do you find yourself editing (either during the writing or after the fact)?
  71. how do you balance writing and life? do you ever feel overwhelmed by the amount of writing you have to do?
  72. what do you do if a scene gets too serious?
  73. how do you visualize scenes? do you see it like a movie in your head, or do the words just flow?
  74. are you a planner, pantser, or planster?
  75. do you know how your story ends before you start writing?
  76. what is one essential thing to remember when writing a villain? 
  77. how do you write kissing scenes?
  78. how do you choose where to end a chapter?
  79. are you an over-writer, under-writer, or just-right-er?
  80. do you try to put themes, motifs, messages, morals, etc in your writing? if so, how do you go about it?
  81. if you could go back in time and give your younger self a piece of writing advice specific to you, what would it be?
  82. “proper” punctuation or all lowercase?
  83. less is more or more is more?
  84. said: overused or underused?
  85. what would be on a moodboard for your current wip(s)?
  86. which season best matches the mood of your wip(s)?
  87. does your writing style change depending on the genre you write?
  88. if you could have another author write your wip for you (bc we all dream of this occasionally), who would it be?
  89. sarcastic narrators: entertaining or overdone?
  90. do you notice your own voice in your writing style?
  91. how has your writing style changed over the years?
  92. first, second, or third person?
  93. do you hear other people’s writing styles when they talk?
  94. do you prefer dialogue or description?
  95. do you describe a character’s appearance all right away or in pieces?
  96. romantic/social sideplots: interesting or irritating?
  97. abstract or detailed romance scenes?
  98. what don’t you like about your writing style?
  99. was being a writer a dream of yours when you were little? or did it spring up when your older? or is it just a hobby? 
  100. open question to the writer.

a compiled list of asks for me to reference. they are not my own. just some of my favorite questions i’ve picked out from a couple different lists. feel free to reblog and use too!!

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