#[musing] Who am I?

[tinystepsforward]

idk how many of you remember this but a few years ago tumblr ran a universally panned ad campaign for (us american) pride month that went "the gayest place on the internet".

well someone planning that campaign dropped in to ask the queer automatticians for advice on that and universally me and the other trans people involved were like "don't do it. i am so serious. don't do it. people on tumblr won't understand that it wasn't automattic who instituted the porn ban, or they will, but they'll recognize that automattic hasn't done anything, hands tied or not, to reverse it. nobody will like this. it will be a disaster." and they thanked us for our thoughts and went ahead with it anyway and then had to do retrospectives about how badly it went and were like "we just didn't know" and [gestures] yeah [edit: i think the person who rbed saying it was queerest place on the internet was right, my brain is fried, sorry! and that's... even worse lmao]

[starry-mang0s]

More pretty outfits for the pink wall decal and queer bug 💛

Some little detail explanation:

I gave Scrabby an earring sort of thing that resembles his crystal and the ribbons around his arms are supposed to look like wings! Or at least have a wing texture. Also gave him a bug mandible motif on his skirt, corset belt, and necklace!

I didn’t have much to say for Prismos fit but I really like the ribbon I gave him :>

[expectiations]

I still find it funny that people call eleven a "deadbeat husband" and their marriage "toxic" but twelve is the "perfect husband" and their marriage "wedded bliss" all because of the few moments we'd seen between 11 and River were them being "toxic". yes of course! let's ignore how the minisodes show how that description isn't true and even how little moments in the episodes themselves – "what? that's it?" (why haven't you kissed me goodbye? are you being sly on purpose so I'd kiss you first?) and "they wouldn't bury my wife out here" and the music room is the heart of the home and it's not a ghost story, it's a love story – show 11 cared and put in the work and yes, they're going to have disagreements like the ones in TATM because duh who doesn't but it does not mean it is the entirety of their relationship but people have taken it and made it the entirety of their relationship.

[aria-greenhoodie]

Week 2 - Muse

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Thanks to @localcanadiancreature62 for the prompts!

[beastologist]

One other reason why I'm more inclined toward Buck & Tommy? They understand each other's line of work, but they are NOT working in the same firehouse. They WON'T be constantly attached to the hips all day at work and outside of work. Just like Hen, Bobby and Chimney do have their significant others outside the 118 firehouse, I would prefer for Buck to have a significant other outside the 118 firehouse, too. Remember how Hen basically said Buck doesn't have anyone outside the 118? That's a potential difference and improvement Tommy could make for Buck.

[acommonanomaly]

I realized I haven't drawn Essek yet and that is just unforgivable here have some floaty hot boi

[whaliiwatching]

the flower (reprise)

[daydreamdoodles]

To Austin's absolute detriment, placing Open and Shut in a city means there are so many plays with relevant pop culture references to make

[krsnaradhika]

🪷🦚 Madness

it is, in all ways, what the title reads.

“Yes this is madness. This madness ensnares me. You do. I have lost all sense of the world and I would not want it any other way. In another universe I will sit by your feet and hear your countless tales, the ringing melody of your flute, your laughter that is elixir but in this one I must suffice by pining just for you. I will thread my fingers through your curls and I will fix the creases of your cloth. We will run through a field of sunflowers, hand in hand, and I will know what redamancy is. It does not matter either way. I'm yours in the way the papiha awaits the prime drop of rain to quench its thirst. Come to me or not is your will, but falling for you again and again is mine and I will continue to love you till a new lifetime where I'll love you again. Do not free me from this torment, I want everything that you want to give me. It's my present and I cherish it. Let the viraha twist a knife in me, perhaps then you will come to cure the bleeding. Or let me die in the crimson, after all love and death are coloured the same.”

[tinystepsforward]

Okay, so this is a wild hypothetical and begging baseless speculation... but would Matt getting the boot be better for Tumblr specifically? Have unintentional knock-ons? (And thanks for all your commentary and updates!)

this is absolutely a wild hypothetical! the answer is, perhaps predictably, that it depends on who replaces him.

automattic as a whole is rotten from the top down. one of the board members is a perfect example of this: the very first female general in the US military. #girlboss, right? matt was very excited about bringing her onboard.

matt is on the board. toni, who i believe is the interim ceo and know very little about, is on the board. i would assume that any replacement ceo would be less likely to start a complete PR trashfire, but that doesn't mean that they're not still going to be making cynical, profit-based decisions.

in this economy it's very unlikely that tumblr will be staffed well enough or given enough agency to create actual lasting change for the better. but we'd at least have a ceo who isn't prone to using superadmin tools to fuck individual people over when trying to win arguments, i guess? which is not a structural win in any way, it just removes one particular volatile factor.

[fountainpenguin]

Barely two minutes into Grian's Ep 8 and I'm losing it... what a fantastic task, oh my gosh. Jimmy on Discord haunting him from beyond the grave...

Every bit of that so far, from "No way!" to "Prove that you can see me!" and "This- This is mad-" is gonna make awesome 'fic material...

Jimmy: "And you're looking at Etho and ZombieCleo"

Grian, panicked, cutting him off: "Okay okay okay okay okay!"

[expectiations]

If DoctorRiver has a million fans, then I am one of them. If DoctorRiver has ten fans, then I am one of them. If DoctorRiver has only one fan then that is me. If DoctorRiver has no fans, then that means I have moved on to the afterlife. If the world is against DoctorRiver, then I am against the world.

[apollos-boyfriend]

Given you where involved in the mcyt greater relationship chart and now the creepy Asta house... You enjoy this don't you?

to call me slurs would’ve been a kinder fate

[beastologist]

One of many complaints I see regarding Tommy is, that he barely knows Buck - which he literally acknowledges himself - whereas Buck's best friend of 6 seasons knows him obviously quite well. For fictional and shipping reasons, I absolutely empathize with anyone's love for characters who've built a relationship across several seasons. Please don't hesitate to exploit all the wonderful content you've got at your disposal. But come on, why these complaints? There are no good reasons to hate the current canon. On the contrary. Besides, you can't compare a protagonist from several seasons to a supporting character who was just re-introduced to the show and does have the potential to build an astonishing relationship with Buck - if they are given the time to build something.

[cranbytes]

ARE WE STILL HAVING FUN? ARE YOU HOLDING THE GUN? TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN, WE'LL NEVER GO HOME!!!!

[st-just]

There's something slightly sad about all the bands I liked as a weird millennial teenager suddenly releasing new albums and doing reunion tours, honestly. Or at least unseemly? Being pandered to always makes sets me on edge and leaves me feeling vaguely slimy.