Because I keep accidentally saying ‘Underwatch’
grittysugar: Because I keep accidentally saying ‘Underwatch’
edgerttraces: General Nazgrim by Vladislav Nutfullin [x-post /r/ImaginaryAzeroth]
yougotvexed: finally getting my ass moving now that life has settled down into something resembling a rhythmsketch commissions for the fabulous and VERY patient kaer-baer <3
finally getting my ass moving now that life has settled down into something resembling a rhythm
sketch commissions for the fabulous and VERY patient kaer-baer <3
tumblr friendships are hard to maintain like im sorry i know i havent talked to you in 5 months but you’re still super rad and i still consider us friends im just dumb
#if you’re wondering if this is for you #it’s probably for you
literalprush: i posted this and then deleted it, but here it is again
literalprush: presented without the extra panels my hand slipped – based off this which is based off another thing
presented without the extra panels
my hand slipped – based off this which is based off another thing
What’s a squick?
First, thank you for asking. This is something I feel is important!
Second, to those who wonder where this question came from, a while back, I reblogged this, and added the comment about squicks not being the same as triggers.
So what, you ask, is a squick?
A squick is an old fandom term for something that makes you supremely uncomfortable and you absolutely do not want to read it. It can be a trope, a ship, a concept, or just an event that happens within a fic or in canon. For me, abused animals are a definite squick. I don’t like it, and will generally avoid reading any graphic descriptions of such. (That includes tumblr gif sets and such too, people! Tag that shit, will you? Even if it has a happy ending.) Another deep, deep squick of mine is infant age play. Don’t like it, don’t get it, don’t want to think about it.
Now, neither of these things are dangerous to my mental or emotional state. I have never experienced either in my life, and they do not bring about any sort of PTSD, dissociation, or spiral of depression, anxiety, etc. They are simply things I prefer not to think about in my daily life, or read about in my escapist hobbies. Therefore, they are not triggers. Triggers are very real, very bad things for some people, and to label things we choose not to read because we find it disturbing or gross or weird is to diminish the very real danger of actual triggers.
I love the term squick. It perfectly describes the concept without assigning any negativity to the thing you dislike, or to people who do like the thing you dislike. It is something you personally do not care for and wish to avoid, simple as that.
A squick is an old fandom term
*waves walking stick in the general direction of her lawn* This.
Bring back “squick” 2k16
Squick is wonderful for many reasons, especially because it is value neutral. Being squicked by something doesn’t mean it’s gross or wrong or ~problematic~, just that you, specifically do not enjoy it and that it makes you, specifically uncomfortable to read and/or write about it.
