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❧Basics☙
Call me Basalt, or Octo, or Basalamander, or Basa, or whatever. I don’t care. I’m currently studying music and psychology. I use they/bun/he pronouns. I’m black and bisexual, so a lot of my writing works will reference that in some capacity.
I am always open to asks or tag games! Please PLEASE send them in, as I love getting them! I promise to try and return any asks/tags that I get!
This blog is mostly safe for work, although some content might be suggestive or borderline NSFW. Please note that in this context, NSFW doesn’t always refer to sexual content. Sometimes it means violence and whump. If you’d like to avoid these here, please mute the tag #shady-salamander!
That being said, this blog will post and discuss the following: gore, body horror, murder, suggestive themes, sex, religious trauma, PTSD, childhood abuse, bigotry in all forms, sexual assault, and more. Please proceed with caution, as I’ll try to tag everything to my best ability. Once again, the #shady-salamander tag will be in your best interest to mute if you don’t want to see such things.
This blog in general is multifandom! It mostly hosts my writing and fandom content, although there might be a few discourse posts scattered throughout. Once again, if you’d like to mute those discourse posts, then the #slippery-salamander tag is your way to go.
❧Writeblr☙
I exclusively write fantasy, although I’ll occasionally dabble in science fiction as well. I’m into both fanfiction and original works. I’m in the process of rewriting some of my older fanfiction, and uploading it to my Ao3.
Unless stated otherwise, all of my original characters are dark-skinned (black or brown). No exceptions. I love watching people of color going feral and fighting against oppressive regimes. It’s the only thing I write about and always will be.
I have a page with all of my WIPs, so please check those out if you’re interested in reading further!
❧Things to Note☙
I am a full and utter supporter of ACAB, BLM, and queer liberation. If you don’t like that? You can fuck all the way off.
I am anti-censorship and anti-harassment. What someone writes or draws about ≠ what they believe in real life. If you can’t separate fiction from reality, then you shouldn’t be on the internet at all. However this also doesn’t mean that you can’t criticize portrayals in media, nor does it mean that internalized biases can’t seep into works. I think it’s very important to understand that just because someone creates something, doesn’t always mean they support that. There’s a fine line.
If you want to send me hate mail, please be more creative than racism! Send some ableism, and transphobia too please!
All dividers I use come from @/Firefly Graphics!
❧Navigation☙
❧Other Blogs☙
- @the-lost-kemetic | my kemetism and witchcraft blog
- @lotus-clan | my clangen project
- @writeblrsupport | one of the admins
❧Other Sites☙
- basalamander on Discord
- Basalamander on Neocities
- Basalamander on BlueSky
- Basalamander on Archive of Our Own
- basalamander_ on Twitter
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