#“why do you have 11 tabs open??? just for tumblr???” “NO. why would they all be tumblr? only one is tumblr. and another is discord"

[rotisseries]

my brother was incredibly shocked to find out I currently have 11 tabs open. I need to start showing him the posts where people say they have 60

[bsd-bibliophile]

Survey Dates: 11/15/2024 - 12/15/2024

Number of Participants: 362

Tumblr will not allow me to post pictures of all the survey results, so only part of them are included in this post. You can download and view the complete results here or view them in the BSD-Bibliophile Online Library.

Thank you to everyone who participated! If you are interested in viewing the results from past surveys, here are the results from 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.

View the complete survey results here or on the BSD-Bibliophile Online Library.

Comments:

:)

:p

always looking forward to ur survey :)) i love data and it motivates me to read more japanese authors

Another year, another survey! Thank you so much for all the information you provide, it's really some great work you're doing! It's been a while since I had the time to just sit down and read for a while, but I did recently buy The Setting Sun and I read Kokoro this year, which was such a masterpiece I loved it! Again many thanks and love <3

As always, thank you for your lovely work Anne <33

been a fan of this website since i got into bsd (2020) you’re doing god’s work fr!!

BYE BYE BESTIES FROM ME IN THE WESTIES

compiling all these resources is a really awesome endeavor, thanks for all that you do :)

cool asf

Cool survey ^_^

even though i haven't used the library yet, i really appreciate you keeping it up and maintaining it as a resource! thank you!

freaky kunikida 😛😛😛

haiiii

Hey hope everything is going well for you I love seeing your posts and analyses you’ve really done a lot for bsd and Japanese literature fans thanks for everything <33

heyo!! i appreciate all the work you guys do, and while i've had this tab open on my phone for a while, i've not used the website that much. i plan to in the future!!

I cannot choose between Dazai, Ranpo, and Chuuya as favorite characters.

I don't always have time to read or use the library, but I'm very happy it exists and I want to find the time to use it and read more!! You are one of my favorite blogs on tumblr and have done wonderful things for both the BSD and literature community.

i dotn know why i m filling this out

I have not read a lot of Japanese literature but I intend on reading at least 1 work from each author in BSD as a goal

I have not read much, as I would rather read physical copies. Many of the authors' works cannot be found in my country, so I would wait for a bit to read, or just give in and read online translated version. At the moment I can find Ayatsuji, Tsujimura, Natsume Soseki, Dazai Osamu, Yokomizo Seishi...I intend to read more mysteries, so I would focuse on Yokomizo Seishi's at the moment.

I haven't had the time to check out your tumblr, but I have used your website a bunch! I really appreciate the effort you put into all of it, and it made reading Bungou (and other Japanese authors) a lot more accessible and understandable. Without reading some of your descriptions on the authors, I most definitely wouldn't have even picked up their books in the first place. So, thank you very much!

I honestly don’t have one single favorite bsd character, but Atsushi is definitely in my top few, I love his character and his development, and someone very very dear to me is a lot like him <3 ALSO READ STORMBRINGER 💥

I hope you have a great day ahead! This was a lovely survey.

i love dazai

I love entering Tumblr and seeing your posts on my tl, specially if they're from my favorite authors/characters ❤️ I feel like they're always there for me in a way thanks to your posts. I also appreciate the resources, even if I usually read physical books.

I love the BSD-Bibliophile site, it's so helpful when my BSD phase strikes again.

I love the online library even though I haven't used it in awhile. It's a great resource to direct new jp lit readers to

I love the tumble quotes as it inspires my own writing. Thank you and keep it up! x

I love the work that your community/company is putting in. Good luck on everything.

I love this website, thanks for this!

I love your blog! Love from Spain!

I love your online library, and I love how passionate you are about it. If there's any way that we can help add to your collection or just help in general, please let me know!

I loved Bungou Stray Dogs the moment I watched the Anime and started reading the Manga. With this Blog, it was the same: The moment I found it, I loved it! There are so many books written by authors from BSD, that I can't get a hand on in Germany, so that Posts here are my only source. I hope it makes sense... my active english isn't good. Thank you very much for the hard work over all these years!

I originally accessed this website only to search for digital copies of Dazai Osamu's works, but I ended up developing a genuine obsession with classic Japanese literature and reading dozens of books, short stories, and essays from various authors and of different genres. Thank you so much for your hard work!

I prefer reading the Slavic authors at the moment so I haven't read much by the Japanese authors. (I am also learning Russian personally so this is my preference.)

"I really enjoy your blog! It is very fun, informative, and helpful <3 

I haven't read much of the authors featured in BSD but I plan to change that next year! Your blog will be very helpful then! Thank you for all your work!"

I really love how you have made all the translated books available online. It has helped me expand my choice of literature actually. Thank you so much for your hard work! This is a place return to every once in a while because it brings me so much joy!

I really love the BSD Bibliophile Online Library. It comes in handy when I want to read books or search for more information on the authors. Bless you for such a wonderful resource!

I started learning Japanese for a light novel series that I was following (not BSD), but BSD is directly responsible for my seeking out more general Japanese literature, rather than just light novels or anime. Would not have read half of that stuff otherwise, so I am quite happy I picked up the series.

I think BSD-bibliophile is an awesome website! Thank you:)

I use the BSD-Bibliophile often! Thank you for making this website.

I want to start reading

I wish I had more time to explore the real works of the authors

I'm glad that such a page exists. I find it important and useful. Just congratulations to the ones (or one) who came up with the idea and followed through with it!

In the future I’d recommend either including modern Japanese authors (Murakami etc) in the survey, or specifying that the focus is classic (largely 20th/early 21st century) authors. But regardless I love what y'all do and the resources you provide!

in truth i haven’t used the site as i’ve wished due to time but i always have this site in mind when i’m looking for japanese authors to read :) i wholeheartedly love this site and have used it to read shorter parts of writings i can read… thank you for all you do! i can’t wait to open up the treasure trove that is this website and dive deep into japanese authors

Is there a list for BSD writers’ literary significance + how they influenced each other in chronological order? I’m relatively new to JP lit and I’d love to learn more

I've already asked for this correction last year, but I will say it again; please change the wording for "Who is your favorite BSD Japanese author" and "What is your favorite literary work by a Japanese BSD author" questions. The authors don't have anything to do with BSD, and now the questions make it sound like you're asking if people like Asagiri or someone else who has worked on BSD, as THEY are the authors of BSD. Not Dazai and others. Please change the wording to "Japanese authors who appear as characters in BSD" or something like that, and don't call them BSD authors. They aren't such. Also, I would like to point out that you've got Hirotsu's name order wrong in all questions. It's Hirotsu Ryuurou (JP order like for others), not Ryuurou Hirotsu (which is the Western name order). Thank you for the survey as always.

I've been meaning to start reading the works on the Online Library, but haven't gotten around to it yet.

I've used your list once!! I haven't had time to read many new things with how busy I've been, but there's a few I've been meaning to get around to for a while.

Just wanted to say how much I appreciate the work you do :) it made Japanese lit way more accessible when I started getting into it

Just wanted to say thank you for all you do!

Just wanted to say thanks for all the work you've put into the blog! It's how I ended up reading Nakahara's poems :)

Keep up the great work!

Love the analyses page! please add more and make it easier to find on the page

Love this blog!!!

love ur website

Love your work 💜

Maybe you should also do a survey to figure out what other Japanese authors are popular. I read mainly translated Japanese, and I'm curious to see just how popular authors like Kawabata, Mishima and Shiga are. Loved this survey btw, can't wait to see the results <3

my interest in Japanese literature was cultivated through the comprehensive list and resources available in bsd bibliophile site even though I started watching bsd much before I found the site for which I'll always be grateful because a lot of my favourite works are from Japanese literature. so thank you!!!

N/A - have a lovely day! :)

One of the Agatha Christie quotes was censored (specifically, the Ten Little Indians poem). I don't think that serves any pedagogical purpose, and it erases the harmful aspects of that story that are worth discussing and acknowledging. Similar to censoring mentions of women in Dazai quotes, it only serves to gloss over and obscure relevant details in the authors' legacies and meaningful context from their works.

"One of the best curated pages. Thanks to you i’ve been able to delve further into the magical world of BSD and some of the greatest authors in literature. 

Thank you. You’re a blessing to the BSD community. 

Love from Vietnam."

"Please help the Brazilian Portuguese speakers to make a way of doing some kind of the same thing (a place with translations) 

It would be great lots of languages on the library"

scurrying here to read tanizaki's works because the games i like reference them is the most brainrot thing i did

stay hydrated!

thank you

Thank you

thank you for all your hard work in organising the online library ♥️

Thank you for all your hard work with the website and the gorgeous posts. I have read many works after seeing them featured on your blog first

Thank you for all your work!

"Thank you for doing these every year, it is always interesting to see the results! If it's okay, I'd like to recommend two books from Japanese authors (altough they aren't related to bsd). First: The Tatami Galaxy by Tomihiko Morimi. It's a funny and surprisingly deep book with a great time loop (and there's an anime based on it that's just as great!) Second: The Aosawa Murders by Riku Onda, a gripping mystery that I couldn't put out of my hands.

Have a great year reading, everyone!"

Thank you for everything! I've learned and read a lot about Japanese authors, and even Western ones.

"Thank you for making people more familiar with Japanese literature! Good luck.

Thank you for running this blog! I'm currently working on my masters degree and the blog is going to be a valuable resource for me in the coming months.

Thank you for the google site and everything you've done for the community all these years :-) !!!

Thank you for the survey

Thank you for the survey! : ) I really want to read more books by Japanese authors but there aren't many translations of the ones i want in stores.

Thank you for the work you do!

Thank you for your blog and the website! It really helped me, because it can be hard to find even an electronic version of the book

"Thank you for your continued maintenance and work on the website - I'm incredibly grateful for all of the PDFs, lists, and information on such a broad array of authors. In time, I plan to read every work on the list.

A question - outside of the authors included in the bibliography, who else do you enjoy reading? I am fond of Kenzaburo Oe, Haruki Murakami, Keigo Higashino, Karen Horney, Irvin Yalom, Nietzsche, and Carl Jung (amongst a few others here and there)"

Thank you for your contribution to the BSD fandom!

thank you for your hard work in promoting and providing Japanese books

Thank you for your hard work!

thank you for your hard work! your site has helped me both in terms of enjoyment and providing useful resources for writing my papers and understanding literature better.

Thank you for your hard work!!

Thank you for your hard work, BSD-Bibliophile Online Library is a huge source of information for the community

Thank you for your website and hard work. I'm genuinely grateful.

Thank you for your work!

Thank you so much for making your site. It's one of the main ways I get literature, and it's really helpful because I'm a kid without a steady stream of income aside from an $8 a week allowance, which is not enough to get books at the speed I read them and my family does not go to the library often enough nor does my library have enough to suit my interests. Your online library is truly incredible and I could not be more grateful that you're kind enough to put it out for the world.

Thank you so much for running BSD-Bibliophile! It's such a lovely account, I love seeing the quotes, and also introduced me to new works too — for example, a quote from Dazai Osamu's 'The Villon's Wife' made me realize I hadn't read his whole library yet. 'm inspired by the quotes I read, and it always makes me want to read new stories too! So truly, thank you so so much for running this account.^^

thank you so much for your amazing work!!!!

Thank you!

Thanks for all the work you do!

Thanks for all you do! This is a great resource and an incredibly helpful one!!

thanks for everything, you made it easier for me to read and access Japanese literature

Thanks for your work!!!!:)

The Bibliophile has helped so much thank you!!!! :DDDDD

The website had been very useful, I'm enjoying myself with it a lot :)

The work you do (translating and compiling the works) has given me so much joy when I was obsessing about BSD and looking to read works from the original authors!! The quality of the translations seems pretty great (I'm not fluent in Japanese to know for sure but I've certainly read worse translations) and without BSD Bibliophile, I wouldn't have found a *lot* of works I love dearly. Thanks for putting this together! It's made an impact in my life and brought me closer to works I wouldn't have gotten to know otherwise :)

This survey is really including and cool! Props to the creator

This was fun to take

ur blog is such a wonderful insight into japanese literature through the lens of bsd ^^ i’d like to get more into actually reading the original works esp next year and ur blog is such a great lil sneak peak into them? lovely wotk keep it up (also hopefully gonna start w hell screen cus i read a bit 👍 but idk i like how bsd has such a wide range of authors id never heard of before ^^ literature is such a wide spectrum love it)

Ur posts put a smile on my face! I love ur dedication to the fandom and japanese literature 🫡🫡 you must have been posting daily for more than 5 years? Impressive 😊😌😌

w series literally

What about Fyodor Dostoevsy? (Crime and Punishment is a rather nice book)

Your posts made me buy and read the books. Thank you! 🖤

your website is very nice! it's where i found the english translations for some of the light novels. ive only read 3 so far but hope to read more in the future. thank you for your service 🙇‍♂️

your work is so vast and underappreciated! i really need to take more time to look through your library. thank you for all the work you've put into it!

С:

"こんにちは、翻訳の努力を本当に感謝しています。あなたにはとても感謝しています。正直なところ、お気に入りを選ぶのは難しかったですが、中也の詩が好きなので、結局太宰をクリックしました。とにかく、本当にありがとうございます。良い一日をお過ごしください！"

今年、お疲れ様でした！Thank you for your work. Having access to more of the authors I was curious about led to me conducting a successful research project on Japanese literary fiction last year. This year, I've moved abroad to Japan to learn Japanese at university. I hope that I can contribute to the effort to kindle others' inspiration through translation and storytelling. Please have a happy new year!

[fakirchan]

Long ramble about trauma under the cut because I was just thinking and writing, sorry guys . Like really long

This is a memory I don't think I've ever told anyone... when I was a kid (10~12), I remember my relative demanded to see my first laptop; I don't remember why, but I was scared because I was never allowed to have any sort of online privacy, and at the time, I was already using and talking to people on Tumblr. I actually had Tumblr open when this was happening, and I hadn't really learned to use things like Incognito. I had refused and it really made her mad, so mad that she would start beating on me while I tried to keep her from taking my laptop out of my hands. Eventually I pushed her away, and she fell. I took the time to delete all of my history, but afterwards, I realized she couldn't get back up. She didn't want me to help her or even get near her, and she instructed our other relative to call the police on me. When the police came, I was chastised for not "listening to my family." I was barely a tween and I was living in horrible conditions at my house—the house was very unclean—and the whole reason this happened was because my family was trying to steal my things to search through them. But the police did nothing, and even scolded me, which was crazy... Like be so for real, who even calls the police on an 11 year old boy in the first place. It's not like I literally murdered my whole family, how can you take the abusive adult's side over the abused child's...

On lighter notes, she also used to just do things like taking my tablet from me (which I used before I had a phone) and reading through my history in front of me. Even just last year, she took my phone out of my hands because she wanted to see what I was doing and looked through my tabs and history, then looked through all the recent calls to my phone, demanding to know who each number was and calling each one back (they were just calls my phone received that I never even answered).

Anyway, I just thought about all this because I went to my room with my laptop and realized that my relative woke up. She came in to my room and asked what I was doing on my laptop, saying that I "really didn't want [her] to see." I panicked because it reminded me of those times, and I shut down my laptop and said I was just going to bed. Really, I wanted to make GIFs of a video I was excited about for a little bit, but now I'll have to wait 'til tomorrow.

It's just that it's humiliating being on the cusp of a 20 year old man and having to tell people that I still live this way. I imagined being so much stronger when I was a 12 year old boy.

[my-rose-tinted-glasses]

Tag game ✨

I was tagged by @itsallaboutbl Thanks love💜

1. why did you choose your url?

Two main reasons. First it's because I wanted this place to be my happy place, where it's all about the joy, because irl I wear whatever the opposite of rtg is. And it was also about the bl bubble, although I didn't call it that in my head at the time. And I just like the expression. And I got a new name out of it so that's nice.

2. any sideblogs? if you have them name them and why you have them.

this is my sideblog. my main one I started years ago and wanted to keep it separate. this one is mainly for ql and occasionaly other asian dramas.

3. how long have you been on tumblr?

since 2010 if I'm not mistaken.

4. do you have a queue tag?

I do. #rosyq I don't use the queue a lot though.

5. why did you start your blog in the first place?

I got tired of lurking the bl fandom and wanted to try and make some gifs.

6. why did you choose your icon/pfp?

because he's the best boy. I adore him and will protect him at all costs. I do change them quite a bit though.

7. why did you choose your header?

because I really like the imagery and the show.

8. what’s your post with the most notes?

from this year it's this one from Young Royals. One of the few times I giffed something other than qls.

9. how many mutuals do you have?

I have no idea.

10. how many followers do you have?

way more than I ever thought I would.

11. how many people do you follow?

the exact number I want to.

12. have you ever made a shitpost?

yup.

13. how often do you use tumblr each day?

I work on my laptop from home so a lot of the time tumblr is just opened on a tab.

14. did you have a fight/argument with another blog once?

in my head, all the time.

15. how do you feel about ‘you need to reblog this’ posts

usually doesn't really influence my decision or make me feel any type of way.

16. do you like tag games?

I love them. tag me.

17. do you like ask games?

yes. although as soon as I get questions I start to regret it cause then I have to make use of my terrible memory.

18. which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?

is this a thing?

19. do you have a crush on a mutual?

do I?

20. tags?

Not this time. Although I feel a bit more comfortable tagging people these days, I've been doing it a lot lately so this time I'm just not doing it. I really don't wanna be a nuisance. But if anyone see this and wants to do it, consider yourself tagged here.

[nemobeatrice]

The Golden Miners - Chapter 11: The Pink Guy

If you want to reblog the GIF without the fic, reblog this.

FF.net

Quotev

Wattpad

Fugo woke up in his room and was about to get dressed when he saw a note on the floor near the door. It was from Giorno, saying that his dad found a house nearby. It had the address on it, too. Great, he thought, we can visit each other without driving. The note also said he wasn't here and he'd be helping unpack all day.

Okay, so Giorno wasn't going to be here. Fugo can survive. Good thing he's friends with Narancia. He texted him and waited for a reply. Usually, Narancia replied right away, but he was taking his sweet time. Well, he needed to change his clothes. However, he received nothing from his best friend after changing.

Something probably occupied Narancia's attention. For now, he got on his computer, having YouTube and Tumblr open on two different tabs. Then his phone rang, but the caller was Trish. What did she want now?

"Yes?" Fugo answered.

"Hey, are we that pink-haired guy?" Trish asked. "You know, Doppio?"

It all came back to him now. "Oh yeah. Unfortunately, Giorno isn't able to help. He moved into one of the houses here."

"Oh, well, at least Mista's replying to our text now."

Fugo had managed to see Mista's texts but was too tired to read them. He checked it now, and Mista left apologies for being unresponsive.

"So, about this search, why did you call me to help find—what's his name—Doppio?" he asked.

"Well, Mista said you're the smartest person. He'd figure you'd track him down. Go on, Google him."

Fugo rolled his eyes and did as she commanded. "Ugh, I keep getting places of coffee shops. Do we have any more details about this guy? I need to know if Doppio is his first or last name. Also, the exact city he resides in would be nice."

"How am I supposed to know that?"

"This is your problem."

He heard her sigh. "Okay, then let's ask Mista. He knows Prosciutto, who knows Risotto, who knows Doppio."

"Alright, then call him."

"Ugh, you're supposed to be the information gatherer. Fine, well, Narancia's angry with you."

"Uh-huh, sure."

Trish sighed. "And I'm angry too. But, unlike Narancia, I'm angry with both you and Giorno. You guys are rich enough to go to Disneyland and should've invited us."

"Why are you mad at us? We can't just ask for a bunch of money from our parents!"

"You're right! I hate your parents. Yeah, and even Giorno's dad!"

"Hold on. Can we get back on topic? If that's true, why would Narancia be mad at me?"

"I'll tell you if you give me the information I need."

"Ugh, fine! I'll call Mista." Fugo hung up on Trish and called Mista. "Hey, are you there, Mista? I need you to help me out with something."

"Oh, Fugo. It's you," Mista said, sounding depressed. "Sorry for not answering your calls and texts. I made everyone worry, didn't I?"

"Yeah." Formaggio was right. Prosciutto must've broken up with him. He wasn't sure how to approach this and was nervous. "Could you tell me about any of Prosciutto's friends?"

"Oh, sure." Mista sighed. "Formaggio seems alright. He's in a relationship with Illuso, a stuck-up prick. Pesci is Prosciutto's ugly little friend. He creeps me out. Melone's hot, but I think Ghiaccio, some guy who reminds me of you, is dating him. Then there's Prosciutto's boyfriend, Risotto. Not going to lie, he's hot as fuck. I guess I shouldn't be so upset he broke up with me. I would, too. I can't tell who's hotter, him or Giorno's dad."

Fugo almost barfed. "Um, could you tell me more about Risotto?"

"Did you and Giorno get into a fight or something? Risotto is a little too old for you."

"What? No! Oh my god! Just tell me about Doppio, the guy he was dating!"

"Sheesh, don't get your panties twisted! I met up with Doppio—oh, that's his last name, by the way—and he tried to get with me. Before I could agree, I asked him for his age, and he said he was 33. Dude looked like he had just turned 18! What the hell kind of anti-aging cream does he use? It's probably expensive. I turned him down. He seems high-end."

"What's his first name?" Fugo sounded impatient.

"Vinegar. Yeah, strange, I know. Hey, don't you find it's weird how we're named after food?"

Fugo ignored his question and searched Doppio, finding zero results. He used other search engines, and still nothing. "Does Doppio live in Italy?"

"Yeah, I assume somewhere in Sardinia. He sounds like he's from there. Why?"

"Ah, it's nothing. Where is Doppio usually? Do you have his contact information?"

"Sorry, but I don't know where you can find him, and he didn't give me his contact info."

"That's fine. Later." Fugo sighed and hung up on Mista. He dialed Trish, and she answered. "I need to confirm something. Your mother met your dad in Sardinia, right?"

"Yes, Costa Smeralda, to be exact," she answered. "Did you find him?"

"Not exactly. I can't find where he lives. His name is Vinegar Doppio, and he's 33. Mista assumed he lived in Sardinia. That's it. That's all the information I have."

"Thanks." Trish sighed. "I don't know what to do. How will I find him?"

"I would've told you if I knew that. You're going to do this by yourself."

"Except I'm not going to do this by myself. Besides, Narancia wants to help, and I think you guys need to fix what's going on between you two. This might be a great way, and Narancia isn't smart. He'll need all the help he can get. Let's—"

"Now, hold on!" an angered Fugo interrupted. "Narancia may be bad at math, but that does not mean he's a burden to the search!"

"You're right. I'm sorry. Let's meet at the beach. It's not too hot to go on a search."

-

Everyone except for Giorno was at the beach. Narancia didn't seem too happy with Fugo and tried to wedge Mista between them.

"Alright, everyone," Trish started, "Doppio isn't here, so we'll search all of Naples for hints or clues. Now, we'll split the group into two. I'll be with Sheila while you boys do whatever you do."

"I may not be the smartest," Narancia said. "But I won't be an issue. Do I need Fugo with me?"

Before Trish could answer, Fugo glared at him and interrupted. "If there's something you want to say, say it."

"We're going to go now," Trish said, taking Sheila by the hand and running away."

"Wait!" Mista was about to go after them but stopped, looking at his two friends arguing. "Hey, can we work together?"

"Did you enjoy the beach without us, Fugo?" Narancia questioned.

"I wished you joined us, but you just had to play Just Dance for hours!" yelled Fugo.

"You would've joined us if you weren't Giorno's little bitch!"

"Excuse me?"

"You've been spending so much time with Giorno that you've ignored us! Right, Mista?"

"Do I have to answer that? Could we please find Trish's dad?" Mista avoided.

"Ugh! Whatever. I supposed we should head to Risotto's house." Narancia took out his phone and typed away. Fugo caught a glimpse of Risotto's address in the Google results.

"How'd you know how to search for people's addresses?" Fugo asked.

"My Twitch chat told me one time. When you were off having fun at Disneyland without us, Formaggio doxxed me."

"I didn't know. I'm sorry."

"Yeah, well, whatever. I know where Risotto lives. Hmm, this neighborhood isn't so friendly. Luckily, I know friends who live there."

"Oh, those questionable friends who abandoned you?"

"Shut up!" Narancia threw a punch at him, but Mista gripped his arm before it made contact with Fugo's face.

"Stop, guys!" Mista separated them. "We're making a scene here. You're going to get the cops on us. Cool it! If we're lucky, Abbacchio might show up. Do you guys want to be lectured by him?"

"No," the boys answered.

Narancia sighed. "Let's just get this over with. Don't talk to anyone in this neighborhood. I hope Trish and Sheila don't follow us. I heard a few horror stories. You guys watch the news, right? Sometimes, the newscaster would talk about how bad it's over there."

"I hardly watch the news," Mista said, "but I got it. I brought a gun with me, just in case. Prosciutto gifted me his revolver." He let them have a peek at it before putting it away.

"Mista, I never asked if you're alright after the breakup. I'm sorry. Are you broken up with him?"

"I'm a little sad, but I'll be fine." Then he blushed. "Besides, I want to look at Risotto again, hehe!"

"The neighborhood isn't far. That must be why Risotto took Doppio here." Narancia grinned at Fugo. "Wow, you took Giorno near a dangerous neighborhood and didn't know? That's not like you."

Fugo clenched his fists. "Enough! Let's go."

The walk wasn't far. Fugo had never noticed the tall, grungy apartments because cleaner and well-maintained buildings hid them. New graffiti overlapped with the faded and ugly ones. Some were almost washed away. As for the people, unsavory people watched the boys. Fugo felt like someone was watching them and got closer to Narancia, but the black-haired boy coldly shoved him away.

"Dude, hug Mista. He's the one with the gun," Narancia whispered.

"Don't worry, Fugo. We're almost there," Mista said.

He wanted to look back to see if they were following, but Mista checked for him.

"Hey, you alright?" he whispered to him.

"Yeah, I think I'm just paranoid," Fugo answered, continuing to whisper.

"Can't blame you. You may be loaded, but you dress badly."

"Now that I think about it, I think I'm safe. You guys spend your allowance on expensive clothing."

"Seriously? Shit, no wonder why I felt eyes on me!" Mista panicked, no longer whispering.

"Mista, calm down!" Narancia ordered. He pulled out his pocket knife. "Where's Risotto's apartment number? If you guys are going to be pussies about this, I'm going by myself."

"And leave you by yourself?" Fugo said. "No."

"Quit pretending you care about me."

"Shut up!" Mista demanded. "We're near his home. Quiet!"

They stopped near a door. Fugo noticed signs of a break-in and some dried blood on the door frame. He moved the welcome mat, which covered more blood.

"I'm scared," Fugo admitted.

Risotto opened the door. He was tall and looked unamused. It seemed his presence intimated Narancia, seeing as he dropped his knife and bumped into Fugo.

"Mista?" Risotto spoke, and the two boys noticed their friend blushing furiously. "Who are these two?"

"H-hi! Um, do you know where Doppio is?" Mista asked.

"He went to meet a blond guy he met this morning. I don't know who. And before you ask Mista, it's not Prosciutto. He's with me."

"He's here? Um, do you guys want company?"

"Mista!" The two boys jabbed his stomach.

"Ouch! Okay, do you know this blond guy?"

"No," Risotto answered. "But I've seen him. He's the toughest guy I've ever seen. And before you go, I think that guy might be a tourist."

Before he could close the door, Mista put his foot in the doorway. "Do you have his number, Twitter, anything?"

"Doppio's tough to contact. He'll contact you when he wants to. Can you leave?"

Mista unlocked the door and left the neighborhood with his friends.

"So, all we have is a mysterious blond guy," Narancia said.

"And he's buff," Mista added.

"Don't tell me who I think it is," Fugo said. He got his phone out and called Giorno. "Hey, GioGio, what's your dad doing currently?"

"I'm not sure," Giorno answered. "I finished unpacking, but he wasn't helping me. Instead, he enlisted an army of his friends to help. It's ridiculous! Also, I have no idea where my mother is. Should I text him?"

"Yes."

"Okay, hold on. I just texted him. I'm waiting for a reply. Is there a reason why you need him?"

"Remember that pink-haired guy we saw at the beach? We might think he's Trish's dad and might be with your dad."

"Her dad with my dad? What do you mean?"

"Dating. They're together. That's what Risotto's saying."

"No, that can't be. My dad is with my mother. They're out there somewhere doing something." Fugo heard the doorbell ring through the phone. "Hold on. I think my dad is home. Hey, Dad, your friends— Oh no. Um, where's Mother? You broke up with her? Is that why you brought home this guy?" It sounded like Giorno was moving. "Hey, babe, you need to get over here."

"Thanks. I love you!" he said before hanging up. "Ugh, now I need to call Trish."

"Hey, I think I'll head home," Narancia said. Fugo knew him well enough to hear that sad tone in his voice.

"Hey, Narancia, I'm sorry for fighting with you."

He sighed. "I just want to be alone right now."

Fugo looked at Mista, hoping he'd know what's up. He didn't. They let Narancia walk away.

-

The four of them arrived at Giorno's house around 1 PM. Fugo rang the doorbell. Hopefully, Giorno heard the door. It sounded like he was having a party.

"Do you think Giorno's got food?" Mista asked. "We haven't eaten lunch."

"Sorry, I guess I was so caught up trying to search for my dad," Trish apologized. "Hmm, don't you think it's strange how Giorno's dad had vacationed here for a week and already has a house here? Can he do that, Fugo?"

"Trust me. He can," Fugo replied. Someone like Dio, who lived for a long time, must have friends in high places. He wondered what he could get away with.

Giorno opened the door. "Oh, guys, you're here."

"You just moved in," Trish said. "How have you finished unpacking?"

"Well, my dad called his friends here. And no, they're not from Japan. They're from Egypt and the other parts of Europe. I think that Hol Horse guy is from America. I don't know. He has guns and kind of dresses like a cowboy, but enough about them. I saw that pink-haired guy with my dad. Follow me. Close the door."

Trish got inside first. Fugo closed the door once everyone was in.

"Dude, Narancia's room looks nicer than this," Mista commented, looking at the beer bottles on the floor. "Are you sure you've finished unpacking?"

"It wasn't like this," Giorno explained while walking to the room where Dio held the party. "It got rowdy so fast. But Trish, how do you know if Doppio is your dad?"

"Well, I had this feeling at the beach. Do you want to know what's funny? Formaggio thought Doppio was my brother. And I'm getting that feeling again. I may not trust Formaggio, but I do trust my gut."

"Hey, Trish," Sheila said. "Formaggio said Doppio is with Giorno's dad—Dio, right? Um, does that mean Giorno's kind of like a brother?"

Mista laughed. "Hehe, Giorno and Trish are step-siblings! Why do I find that strange?"

"Wouldn't my dad have to marry Dio for him to be my stepbrother?" Trish asked, looking at Fugo.

"I'm exhausted to answer this. We've had a long day and gone without lunch," Fugo replied.

"My dad ordered pizza," Giorno said. "It'll be here soon."

They reached the door. Giorno opened it, and once he did, everyone in the room looked at them. They were all adults except for one. As for Dio and Doppio, the pink-haired man sat on his lap, making out with the blond, who squeezed him tightly. They stopped, realizing the silence filling the room, and turned to face them.

"Aw, I thought the pizza was here," Doppio whined.

"Shh." Dio planted his finger on Doppio's tender lips. "That's just my son and his friends." He looked at them. "Giorno, I said this party was for grown-ups only."

They eyed the only teenager in the party. The teen had a beer bottle in his hand.

"Except him. He's an exception. He was basically a baby, haha!"

"Um," Trish spoke up, making eye contact with Doppio. She struggled to get the words out, but there were too many people. They all looked at her with piercing stares. "Never mind," she said before leaving.

"Was she talking to me?" Doppio asked.

The doorbell rang.

"Giorno, make sure the girl doesn't get the pizza. I don't want her to eat it," Dio said.

"She hates pizza," Sheila informed.

"Giorno, get the pizza. I'll take care of Trish," Fugo said.

Fugo rushed to Trish, finding her in a corner, curled up in a ball and trembling. "Are you alright?"

She jumped and turned around. "Oh my gosh! It's you! Sorry, you surprised me. Gees, there are so many adults in there. They don't need to hear my business, and seeing Dio make out with my dad was weird."

"Yeah, it's weird. Maybe you should confront him next time."

"How will we even know if there will be a next time? It seems impossible to contact him."

"You're right, and I don't think we can ask Dio. He doesn't like you, it seems."

The two heard Sheila's footsteps. "Sorry, I had a few words with Doppio. He says he finds it silly that you're his kid, but once I showed him a photo of your mother, he had a headache and went to the bathroom. I'd follow him, but Dio yelled at me. What do we do?"

Trish sighed. "Let's just go home. Turns out this was just a waste of time. Oh, and Fugo, before we go, are we streaming Minecraft tomorrow?"

"Yeah, but I feel Narancia is not on board," Fugo answered. "He's been hostile towards me."

Giorno held boxes of pizza stacked onto each other with a salad bowl on top and walked across the halls. "You guys hungry? We can't eat with the adults, but we can head to the dining room."

"Oh! A salad? Who ordered that?" Trish asked.

"Mariah did, but I don't think she'll mind if it disappeared." He smiled, handing her the bowl.

"Ah, you're the best!"

"Hey, where's Mista?" Fugo realized he disappeared again. "Don't tell me he's in the party room."

Sheila facepalmed. "He has to be. He's 18, isn't he? Giorno, get him out of there so we can eat with him."

[internutter]

Okay, compy genius side of Tumblr, I have a puzzle for you.

This is supposed to be a GoogDoc of a Doctor Who fanfic. It is showing a part of an early chapter of an ongoing novel series of mine.

TLDR version: Why do it do that? Further, how can I stop it without causing myself psychological pain?

The system: Linux CatchyOS [X-11] The browser: Firefox Number of GoogDocs tabs I have open: er... probably less than twenty and yes, I do need them all. What it does:

Sometimes when I go to the tab, sometimes when I'm editing in the tab, the appearance of the doc will just switch to some random other doc that I may or may not also have open for tab hoarding reasons [threaten my tab hoard and die lol] and reloading the page can restore the appearance of the doc intermittently.

Experiments I have done:

Copying the text I went there to copy will work regardless of what my screen is telling me.

Same with pasting.

There is no rational pattern to whether or not reloading will resume the appearance of the normal text

Obviously, I don't want to sully my lovely late-stage-capitalism-free system with (blergh) Chrome (retching noise) so any and all good alternatives are welcome.

Especially if any of y'all can recommend something to get me off of GoogDrive and GoogDocs. I would like the same features but none of the evil.

Thanks in advance.

[shadows-coffeebeans]

Woo, new ask game time, am excite!

1, 3, 5, 8, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30, 32, 33, 38, 39!

I am so sorry this took forever to answer! I had it all typed out and tumblr refreshed before I could add tags 😭

1. what are 3 things you’d say shaped you into who you are?

I would say definitely cartoons, my art and friends (mutuals are included >:3)

3. 3 films you could watch for the rest of your life and not get bored of?

Luca (2021) (I watched this movie over 100 times in the first year, lost count at 30 times and it wasnt even the end of the month it released (it released on the 18th)), Barbie in Rock n' Royals and Lilo & Stitch 💥💥💥

5. what made you start your blog?

I made my original blog to read miraculous fanfiction (never posted on it til like june of 2021, even then i didnt post on it much). I abandoned that blog and made this one cause the embarrassment of it was too much.

8. any reacquiring dreams?

Every December I get a dream where a badly animated Santa's sleigh passes by. There's always people treating it like a ufo, using for clickbait and stuff. I always thought it was like a projection in the sky or something and I always wake up confused.

11. what do you consider to be romance?

Idfk man

12. what’s some good advice you want to share?

If someone isn't harming themselves or others, let them be. (if that counts for anything)

14. what’s something you’ve always wanted to do but maybe been to scared to do?

Be silly, to express myself‼️💥💥

16. if you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

Stop thinking about what others think of me and also stop failing my classes

17. name 3 things that make you happy

Friends (this includes mutuals as well <3), talking about tffs (and sonic) and drawing :]

19. favourite thing about the day?

I am awake to talk with friends (just assume when I say friends, I'm including my moots)

20. favourite things about the night?

The moon and stars <3

22. say 3 things about someone you love

I love talking about sonic with/to them, when they talk about their interests, when they go on random tangents (<- went more vague because I love too many people to choose)

24. what’s one thing you’re proud of yourself for?

My art improvement: ]

25. fave season and why?

Autumn, I know it's basic, but I just really like it :]

26. fave colour and why?

I cannot escape the purple

28. do you collect anything?

Hm, do the tags of random things I buy count?

30. what’s one thing that never fails to make you happy/happier?

When someone leaves a comment in the reblogs on my art

32. how many tabs do you have open right now?

248 if you mean on chrome, 3 if you mean apps open (yt music, discord (on call) and notes app (where im writing this))

33. any hobbies?

Drawing, watching cartoons and reading fanfiction

38. fave song at the moment?

The disco cover for I Am All Of Me

39. youtuber you’ve been obsessed with and why?

Defunctland, I love having him on in the background when I do stuff

[skruzdelynas]

Right back at youuuuu

what are 3 things you’d say shaped you into who you are?

what’s an inside joke you have with your family or friends?

what made you start your blog?

tell a story about your childhood

would you say you’re an emotional person?

what’s something you’ve always wanted to do but maybe been to scared to do?

what do you think of when you hear the word “home”?

fave colour and why?

do you collect anything?

what do you do when you’re sad?

what’s one thing that never fails to make you happy/happier?

do you trust easily?

how many tabs do you have open right now?

fave song at the moment?

12. Do you forgive betrayal?

27. Has someone ever written a song or poem for you?

28. Have you ever been cheated on?

30. Have you ever considered plastic surgery? If so, what would you change about your body?

39. Have you ever wanted someone you couldn’t have?

48. If the person you like says they like someone else, what would you say?

52. Is there anyone you’ve given up on? Why?

56. State 8 facts about your body

57. Things you want to say to an ex

58. What are five ways to win your heart?

64. What is your definition of cheating?

73. What’s something sweet you’d like someone to do for you?

74. What’s the most superficial characteristic you look for?

76. What’s the sweetest thing you’ve ever done for someone?

79. When was the last time you felt jealous? Why?

82. Who is the last person you hugged?

83. Who was your first kiss with?

84. Why did your last relationship fail?

💌 Do you talk to yourself?

🌸 Best compliment you ever received?

🐰 What do you think says the most about a person?

🌙 How long have you been on tumblr?

Strawberry: What’s the best dipping “sauce”?

Mango: Do you have any pets? If so what are they/their names?

Lychee: What’s your favorite drink?

Grape: Do you have any siblings?

Gooseberry: Favorite animal?

Fig: Do you think you’re smart?

Cherry: Deecribe someone you think is cute.

Coconut: Do you like the beach?

Banana: What’s the worst artificial flavor?

Blackberry: What kind of phone (if any) do you have?

1. 3 things that shaped me - Probably my parents, my girlfriend, maybe my interests?

2. Inside jokes with friends - Frutiger ____, ____ Aero, repeating funny soundimg phrases someone of us said,

3. What made you start your blog - I mostly just wanted to read stuff and tumblr and maybe post some language stuff

4. A story from childhood - I decided to learn Bulgarian by myself when I was like 9 or 10 years old and wrote down the words I found on the internet. I was so amazed how easy it seemed (because my semi-native language is similar to Bulgarian). And I also used to create books avour animals and write so much about them (I wish I still were so obsessed with language learning)

5. Are you an emotional person - yes, very much so. The tiniest things can change my mood

6. Things you wanted to do but are scared to do - I don't think there are such things? It's rather that I don't have the opportunity, time or motivation for doing it. But I'm not really scared of doing things

7. What would you call home Maybe I take it too literally, but I think about the home I'm officially registered in. I feel more welcome at my girlfriends place but I wouldn't call it really home because I don't officially live there

8. Favorite color - orange, yellow, bright green, looks so tasty and bright

9. Do you collect anything - Maybe piercings, ohh and I used to"collect* words (that is writing long lists with words from other languages)

10. What do you do when you are sad - Stay in a dark room, depending on why I'm sad I stay with people or try to not be alone or I isolate myself from everyone (only if I'm sad because of someone), sexual stuff (free dopamine), sometimes listening to music, sometimes hitting myself

11. What never fails to make you happy - There is no such thing, no thing can make me happy all the time and it heavily depends on my mood and headspace

12. Do you trust easily - Maybe? I mostly just tell people things about me because I don't care (especially if it's people online), but I'm not sure if it's considered trust?

13. How many open tabs - 12

14. Favorite song at the moment - dj nevykele - zdrw dar kartą

15. Do you forgive betrayal - I'm not sure if I ever experienced that. Maybe one time with an old friend, but I don't care anymore, I just wonder why they did that. But I don't really "forgive" that, I'm just really confused and I don't know what forgiving feels like (again, maybe I take the question to literally)

16. Have someone wrote a poem/song for you - never /pos

17. Have you been cheated on - what does count? I used to be in a ""relationship"" with someone when I was 15 or so and this person had another friend and sometimes there where situations where I felt replaced (maybe it was intentional), but at the other hand I thought it would be cute if they would cuddle or do other things, so maybe I wouldn't care if the relationship was healthy to begin with. But yeah, not sure if it counts.

18. Have you considered plastic surgery - does top surgery counts? If so, then yeah (and also done it). Also, I once considered to maybe shape my ears into elf ears

19. Someone you wanted but could never have - there were people on some discord server and they seemed like they are like me and I wanted to have contact with them so badly :// There was also a person on discord, we used to chat and he seemed like me (also had ocd and we used to talk about that because finally someone understood it), but then the contact just faded. We had the plan to make a phone call in the future but it was always postponed and I just had the feeling that he didn't like me anymore (probably not true), but I think I was a little bit obsessed with this person. I used to read every message he wrote in a discord server, analyse every message and collect information and think about him so often. I was so sad because he also was looking for friends and our chats seemed so relatable and genuine

20. What would you do if a person you like said they liked someone - so I assume it is about romantic stuff? I probably would be interested and ask them to tell me everything about the person, maybe get to know them. I probably would be a bit anxious to be replaced (because of my thoughts) but if everything seemed fine and I'm still liked I wouldn't mind it. It really depends with who it is. If the relationship is stable and I can be sure that I won't be replaced then I probably wouldn't care too much? But not sure, I never was in this situation.

21. Is there anyone you have given up on - my parents, I'm not sure if trying to explain myself to them or arguing with them is even worth it so I just gave up

22. 8 facts about your body - rather short, two semi-chronic conditions (yay /s), apparently my skin tone is "yellowish-beige" (the people I compared it to always had a more pinkish tone), I have 19 (or 20, if my last one didn't closed up already) piercing holes in it, my shoulders are rather broad for no reason, I have scars on my arms/hands/legs/upper body, I have body hair on my legs/arms/torso/belly/face (://)/hands a little bit so almost everywhere, apparently my feet are flat?

23. Things you want to say to an ex - (ahh I don't like this word) - maybe just ask them, why they faked an illness and wanted to manipulate me because I'm genuinly confused why some 15 year old would do that

24. 5 ways to win your heart - genuine interest (especially in my interests), hmm I don't know anymore. Just being kind I think

25. Your definition of cheating - when you are doing something with another person even though you and your partner/person/friend(?) decided upon to only doing it together. So e.g. when the other peeson wants to keep kissing between you two and you kiss someone different. So just things that you hide and that weren't consented by the other party

26. Something sweet you want someone to do with you - learn a language with me, solving some math problems with me

27. Most superficial characteristic you are looking for - maybe also trans? I like t4t

28. Sweetest thing you done to someone - Is it about romantic stuff? If so, none, because no one of the people you could considered romantic liked typical romantic stuff and neither do I, so no flowery gifts, no dining out with a romantic intention (hmm maybe because all the people I have been with don't like noise and crowded places), no serious pet names and stuff. But maybe you could count that I wrote a whole 5 to 10 page long analysis for someone, I wrote down how they react, how they are as a person, to understand them more. And then we read it together

29. Last time you felt jelous - I don't remember

30. The last person you hugged - girlfriend

31. Who was your first kiss with - with a friend/relationship person(??) when I was 15, it was in a shopping mal and it was on a day where we decided to meet some pedophile from the internet in order to get him to buy us stuff (it worked!). The kiss happened rather spontaneously

32. Why did your last relationship fail - lack of communication, mood swings in how I see the person, just some weird racist takes every so often that made the person unlikeable and very confusing to me

33. Do you talk to yourself - always

34. Best compliment you ever received - something with languages I think. I don't feel alot when receiving compliments, but I do a little more when it's about my interests

35. What says the most about a person - I really don't know because there are so many reasons why a person might behave in a way they do

36. How long have you been on Tumblr - I know I was on tumblr in 2018 (because I used to look at ED blogs at the time.... Hmm), but I always used it infrequently. I only started to use it more often since 2023 but still infrequently (now I use it more often because of someone)

37. Best dipping sauce - Avocado

38. Any pets - no. But my brother has birds but I never interact with them

39. Favorite drink - tea and coffee

40. Siblings - yes, one brother

41. Favorite animal - I don't have one

42. Do you think you are smart - I don't like to consider myself stupid or smart because I feel like you either then look down on people or look down on yourself. I experienced this kind of behaviour in school and it seemed like as if being smart is something fixed (in every subject!) that is defining you. I don't like this huge emphasis on intelligence and it seems creepy. People sometimes call me smart (probably because of my interests) but it's confusing because I'm only good at these things (more or less) because I'm interested in them. You are not stupid because you fail at things you are not interested in or motivated to do. And being good in ""harder"" topics doesn't make you smarter than others (I remember people good in math were always considered so smart, but people that excelled at other things were never really acknowledged). Also, it fluctuates a lot how good you can think. When I'm stressed or overwhelmed I can't think about basic stuff, when I'm highly concentrated I can do pretty amazing stuff. So in conclusion, being smart isn't a fixed state, depends on many things and is pretty much shaped by the way society handles things. I consider myself just a person that is good in some stuff, and bad in other - not inherently stupid or smart. (Oh and funny additional story. I had to do IQ tests when I was in therapy and it really strengthened my dislike/distrust of IQ tests and this whole concept in general. One test came back with something high, the other one with something low or something. So two compmetely opposite results? I don't think they tested different things back then, so confused. So yeah, I don't like them and have many thoughts about the concept of intelligence itself)

43. Describe someone you think is cute - cute, trans, longish brown hair, autistic (proably), skirts, way taller than me, can sew stuffed animals

44. Do you like the beach - no, so boring

45. Worst artificial flavor - I don't like artificial sweet flavors, they hurt my teeth

46. What kind of phone - Fairphone 4 with a custom rom (Iodé)

That was fun!

[fauxcoral]

Guess what I didn't completely forget about this (lie) so here's all of them cause I can't make 30 consecutive posts and remember apparently: 1. what type of dirt would your kintype eat? Muddy dirt full of roots and worms and little crunchy rocks that have the same effect as eating sand

2. warm or cold ocean water Cold

3. describe a pie made from three ingredients your kintype would eat, crust included, go Berries, eggs, and way too much butter

4. if your kintype suddenly opened their eyes, what would they be looking at? A computer, specifically one that has way too many tabs open, half of those are tumblr tabs I keep forgetting to close.

5. do you like sticks yes they both crunch and stab

5. 5 again. do you like leaves

yes. very tasty.

7. does your kintype migrate

maybe?

8. sleepy or awakey

awakey. Awakey with much caffeine and enough energy overpower Zeus himself

9. are you smaller or larger than a breadbox

misread this as are you smarter or larger than a bread box, I'd say larger, I have like 1 working braincell in this head of mine.

10. describe the vegetation around your kintype's feet

Clovers, grass with little grasshoppers and spiders crawling over it, ferns everywhere, and lots of little twigs. Or short grass covered in dry pineneedles.

11. what's the most specific or unusual shift (if you experience them) you've experienced Once had a cameo beta fish phantom fin while sitting in my kitchen one day. Dont know where that came from but it was cool.

12. what website is your kintype most like FireFox (Browser? Website? Same thing.)

13. hey, how's it going (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧

14. if given a cellphone, what would your kintype do with it

*Chomp*

15. how do you make your room/home/surroundings more suited to your kintype Blankets shaped into a little den, like a pillow fort almost. Also a little horde of shinnies for harpykin.

16. tell me about your favorite kind of fabric…like, just in general, unrelated to your kintype(s)

Anything thats not velvet

17. are you bitey

Yes.

18. how does your kintype feel about chia seeds

Eh too small

19. can your kintype knit? if not, could your kintype knit if given instructions

No thumbs :(

20. describe your kintype's skin texture in great detail

Skin. With lots of fur.

21. glossy or matte

Glossy

22. wildcard, I'm getting tired of writing these

╰（‵□′）╯

(ヘ･_･)ヘ┳━┳

(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

┻━┻ ︵ヽ(`Д´)ﾉ︵ ┻━┻

23. you hear a scratching noise around the corner, what does your kintype do

:O

24. what's your kintype's most acute sense

Scent or sound

25. alone in a forest with no provisions, how long does your kintype survive

Whole life I guess? I mean that's my kintypes' home, but if it was me probably would die of eating a poisonous mushroom or getting mauled by a pack of wolves.

26. describe your kintype as a canned vegetable

Canned carrots, but like ye olden day carrots that were weird colors and bitter mixed in.

27. it's getting dark out, does your kintype sleep, wake up, or PANIC

Kin wakes

28. how many fingers do you have and why

10, so far. Surprised I still have them all tbh.

29. what's a really nice smell

petricore. Or some kinds of trees that are just ^v^

30. has 30 days of this unhinged you further?

Yes I feel myself slipping into insanity.

[monriatitans]

Ta-Da! List: Monday, May 13th

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- O&T: Opinions & Truth Blog - WGS: The Weekend Game Show - ASO: Artist Shout-Out - IG: Instagram - BMAC: Buy Me a Coffee - TDL: Ta-Da! List

Ta-Da! List

✧ throughout the day: - kept emails manageable - loaded the dishwasher - filled out today’s TDL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✧ on the mobile phone: - Hive/IG: shared today’s ASO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✧ on the bedroom setup: - O&T: shared yesterday’s and today’s TDL to IG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✧ on the office setup: - WGS: gave a human artist, Mona Liza Dayco, a shout-out on O&T, Tumblr, and other social media - O&T: shared yesterday’s TDL; removed the link to Goodreads from the “Social Icons” widget, rearranged the order of icons, and made it so the links open in a new tab; moved the “links don’t open into a new tab” widget warning under the “Recent Posts” widget; shared today’s TDL - Gaming: played “Final Fantasy XIV” - YouTube: watched: 1. The Financial Diet’s videos “Mommy Bloggers, Child Labor, And The Kidfluencer Industrial Complex”, “7 ‘Eco-Friendly’ Habits That Are Mostly Just Money-Wasters”, “7 Life Decisions You’re Making Way Too Hard On Yourself”, “4 Ways Your Brain Sabotages Your Finances (Without Even Realizing It)”, “11 Questions To Ask Before Spending $100”, “4 Ways To Change Your Financial Life With $100”, “7 Purchases I Thought Would Make Me Happy, But Didn’t”, “6 Things No One Tells You About Getting A Good Job” 2. Alexander Avila’s video “How Conservatives Created (and Cancelled) Gender” 3. Upper Echelon’s video “The Dark Future of Relationships” 4. Sydney Watson’s video “Woke liberals will never stop” 5. LegalEagle’s video “Legal in the US, But Illegal Elsewhere” 6. Design Theory’s videos “How Governments Use Design & Propaganda to Control You”, “How Brands Use Design & Marketing to Control Your Mind”, “Why Society Hates Creative People (And What To Do About It)”, and “Will Artificial Intelligence End Human Creativity?” 7. Yo Samdy Sam’s video “My postpartum fitness journey (AuDHD/PPD)” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ✧ chores and miscellaneous: - Food: had coffee and water for breakfast; had Oreos and leftover stir-fry for lunch; ordered Chili’s for dinner - Chores: checked the mail

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[gilraina]

I posted 11,369 times in 2022

That's 2,830 more posts than 2021!

41 posts created (0%)

11,328 posts reblogged (100%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@wolfcat-hybrid

@stubbornasacat

@somethingintheforest

@phoenixfire-thewizardgoddess

@koito-yuu

I tagged 467 of my posts in 2022

#dracula - 68 posts

#eurovision - 58 posts

#earthspark - 38 posts

#podfic - 36 posts

#transformers - 18 posts

#megop week - 12 posts

#megop - 11 posts

#skystar - 10 posts

#macaddam - 10 posts

#starscream - 8 posts

Longest Tag: 131 characters

#i have to read something out loud in class or find some information in a book and the words are all gibberish and change constantly

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Author: stifledlaughter (@stifledlaughterao3​)

Fandom: Transformers: Prime

Rating: General

Relationship: Megatron/Optimus Prime

Length: 00:17:40

Summary:

Megatron's head lolled back worryingly. It was so cold, and he was fading so fast.

With nothing else to be had, Optimus fell back on who he was at his core. A lover of stories, memory-keeping, and someone who believed in the strength of tales.

"I'm going to tell you a story, and you're going to listen," he said firmly, grabbing Megatron's shoulders and shaking them. The disgruntled clanking echoed as Megatron grumbled, but didn't protest aloud, which alarmed Optimus more than if he had.

23 notes - Posted May 18, 2022

#4

Author: eternal_night_owl (@seeker-of-the-stars​)

Fandom: Transformers (G1)

Rating: Teen

Relationship: Starscream/Skyfire

Length: 00:28:56

Summary: Starscream hears that his former friend Skyfire is dating none other than Optimus Prime, and reacts about as well as you would expect

25 notes - Posted April 22, 2022

#3

Author: redseeker (@redseeker​)

Fandom: Transformers Animated

Rating: General

Relationship: Blitzwing/Bumblebee

Length: 00:16:40

Summary: Bumblebee rushes to Blitzwing's side after the triple-changer is damaged in battle. Carrying on a cross-faction relationship isn't easy, but Bumblebee has a knack for doing things the hard way.

27 notes - Posted May 25, 2022

#2

I just finished reading The Magic of Cybertron and I know I'm super late but

See the full post

378 notes - Posted August 25, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

About AO3’s Related Works feature, how it works, and why the Approve button is really really important you guys pls I’m begging you to click it

If you post your works to AO3, there may come a day when someone creates something inspired by your work: a translation, podfic, fanart, remix, etc. If they post it to AO3 and mark it as inspired by your work, you should get an email* like this:

Notice the link: Approve relationship and link back to this work from your work. It will lead to your Related Works tab. You can also access it from your dashboard on AO3. There, you will find all the works marked as related to your works, and next to them, the Approve button. If you click it, it will create a link from your work to the related work - in the opening notes if it’s a translation, or below the end notes if it’s anything else, like so:

See the full post

964 notes - Posted January 27, 2022

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[factorialsfandoms]

Writer ask game! 1, 9, 11, 49

ALSO, I saw your tags on Silver’s CPR fic and… are you in healthcare or were just dragged into a very bad situation and had to do compressions because most people don’t recognize you have to break someone’s rib cage to do proper CPR

Not healthcare! I don't work now, and doubt I could do CPR properly any more because my joint stability in my arms was trashed by genetics, but 10-ish years ago I had a summer job as a lifeguard. And got really, really unlucky with what shift I was on. Not sure what happened - and don't want to know - as it happened in a pool a colleague was watching, but after I cleared both pools we swapped so he could answer questions from the call operator.

(Am very thankful I've never had to use the training we did for babies because that's terrifying just on the dolls.)

Now your number questions!

1. What fic of yours would you recommend to someone who had never read any of your work? (In other words, what do you think is the best introduction to your fics?)

All questions tricky, but after scrolling through my (Zelda, because I have too much) fic I'd probably pick Leviathan Legends? Its not the best, and I still need to finish anything else for the series, and is more representative of what my writing at least tries to me. I was a bit surprised by all the physical pain there, but then I'm 9 days into whumptober which has all been Zelda, and there's only 36 fics. So that's a quarter before I've even considered it ^^;

9. How do you find new fic to read?

First is subscription emails from ao3 or things people are reblogging/posting on tumblr to be found on my dash. Depending on if I'm actively looking (email) or it just happens (tumblr). After that, I tend to start looking from character tags (for LU, X-centric tags too). I have favourites whose tabs stay open on my phone, then sometimes I hop from those to another for the day's flavour. Then if there's a lot I haven't read I narrow it to completed fic and/or keywords/keytags like 'fluff' or 'angst with a happy ending'.

11. Are you partial to a certain character/pairing or are you more equal-opportunity? If you are partial to any character/pairing, why do you think that is?

Oh I'm definitely bias. I will play with whomever fits, but I'll tend towards whatever character I'm dangling from the toes. For Zelda stuff my tags currently go - Hyrule (24), Legend (12), Time (9), Sky (8), Warriors (8), non-LU Link (5), Wild (4), Twilight (3), Four (3), Great Fairies (2). Which really tells me I need to write some Wind fic. But then I'm mostly writing cruel things atm, so... I'd rather not angst the kid??? But I'll have a thing. Because he's a good boy and should have something! I... do have one idea for Wind PoV at least, but its for an incredibly au au I've been building. As for why I pick thing... Across fandoms I've tended to notice I drift towards characters with a lot of their details missing. Side characters with interesting tidbits never explored, ones whose lack of presence overshadows the narrative but are long dead... In other fandoms I also really love filling in blanks from canon? Missing scenes and stuff like that (less so Zelda, there's not /missing/ scenes in the same way as you get with film and books, even with LU), events you know happened but not how. Its a similar sort of thing. Hyrule's games give me a very neat framework with a lot of space to play in. Meanwhile Legend just has a very distinctive voice that's fun to dabble in sometimes. The others... Tend to get dragged into fics with one of them as convenient or needed, though Time, Sky, and Wars all have fics where they are the central character having emotions and doing things. As I had ideas. And I have some chaos for Four that's been slowly burning in my brain a long while. Pairing wise... Depends what works for what I'm writing. Even in fandoms where I ship I multiship. LU wise its Legend & Hyrule at the top, but that's as much an artefact of who I like writing most as anything. More you write people the more they show up together.

49. What are you currently working on? Share a few lines if you’re up for it!

Theoretically I got my laptop out to today's whumptober prompt, but those get written on the day itself or not at all, and I haven't actually started yet. I have... A lot of WIPs, all of which get poked from time to time. But! Multiple times now has my brain be drawn to the fic summarised as "Princess Aurora's attempts to reconstruct the Legends of the Four Sword with only half-remembered folk stories of her youth and a scattering of pages found in the remains of the burnt-out royal library", so have a bit of that! This is from pretty late, but I tend to write the end of anything before the start.

But then, the Hero of Lightning pulled the ring from his hand. With the motion power cracked through the skies, lightning summoned to its hero's command. Preparing for more sorrow the Hero of Fire called out one last time; the Hero of Lightning's smirk became a softer smile as he looked upon his soul-brother, twisting the lightning to himself - and, more importantly, to the Hero of Darkness. For long had the Hero of Lightning been gathering magic into the ring, limiting the flow within himself in exchange for it passing undetected by the enemy's hands. And now he released it, not at the Demon Lord's back, but rather at the fifth hero, the Hero of Darkness. Realising what had occurred, the Demon Lord turned, throwing much of his power behind a single attack as he lunged at the Hero of Lightning. The smirk vanished into a scream as darkness tore through his chest, a single shot with every intent to kill. And yet, when he fell, there was yet a smile on the Hero of Lightning's bloodied lips; the Demon Lord was too late, and the deed already done.

[ellynneversweet]

How to make pâté.

1. Start where all such endeavours start — as an enthusiastic eater and indifferent cook, disgruntled at the cost of some particular item or other. In this case, pâté. The good stuff is expensive, even on sale, but the budget liverwurst in the lunch meat section looks uncannily like dog food. There is seemingly no in-between.

2. Notice that the butchers has a slimy, amorphous pile labelled chicken livers, by far the cheapest meat on sale. Remember that pâté is made of liver and wonder why it’s so expensive. Maybe the recipe’s complicated? Buy something you know how to cook, instead.

3. Google pâté recipes, and discover that it’s basically butter and liver, with a few flavourings, fried and blended into a paste. Find a recipe that includes orange zest — your preferred pate, when it’s on sale, has orange in it.

4. Next time you’re at the greengrocers, buy an orange. Don’t bother with onions and garlic — there’s always some in the kitchen. It’s amazing how many onions there are in the kitchen.

5. Go next door to the butchers, ask confidently for chicken livers, having checked your recipe to be sure how much to ask for. Unfortunately, today of all days, they don’t have any. Leave, despondent, with your orange.

6. Go to the supermarket (you were going anyway). Notice, in the crowded meat section, some weirdly dark meat tucked in the corner of the poultry section. Liver! You can’t remember how much you need, and everyone in the store seems to want to be exactly where you are. You can’t find the tab with the recipe you had open. Try not to overhear the conversation of the couple standing by the kebabs. You start to worry that you look like the sort of person who doesn’t know what to do with liver, but is buying it anyway. In a rush, pick up two containers — six dollars worth of liver. That’s about as cheap as pâté on sale gets, surely that’s enough?

7. Get distracted. A day and a half later, remember the liver in the fridge. Panic. How long does offal last, anyway? You’d better cook it all tonight.

8. Spend a fruitless half hour looking for cointreau — you know you had a bottle and it’s only for cooking, how can it have been used up? Give up and settle for some brandy that’s gone all dusty behind the rum and tequila.

9. Pull out the containers of liver.

10. Find the recipe. Realise that it calls for just 250g, and you have somehow bought a whole kilo of liver. Do some quick maths — there won’t be as much orange zest, but you can add some extra juice. Guesstimate four small white onions into two huge Spanish onions. Crush some garlic. Cry, because you’re wearing glasses and you’re used to the protective effect of contact lenses when chopping onions.

11. Realise your phone is about to die, plug it in on the other side of the room.

12. Open the containers, smell the livers. They seem fine, although the smell of chopped onions is so strong you have to get in close. Pick them out one by one — you need to cut the tendony bits off. You’re not sure what you expected chicken livers to look like, individually. They’re bigger than you expected, but not as gross or as slippery as you thought.

13. Find some butter. There’s not enough in the fridge, but there should be some in the freezer. Hack 400g of butter off the frozen brick with a clean knife. It’s a LOT of butter. You feel mildly worried, but put in the frying pan to melt.

14. Cook the onions, garlic and zest in what is basically a bath of butter. Resist the temptation to turn the heat up to a roaring boil.

15. Retrieve your phone — you need to time this, and your patience for slow cooking onions is seriously limited. Check the time. Go on tumblr. Check the recipe again. Tumblr, again. Realise it’s now a minute past the time you were waiting for.

16. You need to remove the onions with a slotted spoon. Retrieve about 70% and give up on the rest. Surely they won’t burn — they’re not even touching the bottom of the pan.

17. Realise that your suspicion that all the liver you have won’t fit in the pan was correct. Divide it in half, watching the time like a hawk. Worry that they’re meant to be frying on the base of the pan, rather than simmering in butter. Resist the temptation to leave them longer, since the usual concern when cooking chicken doesn’t apply here — they’re still meant to be pink on the inside. Wonder why people complain about how bad cooking liver smells. It’s not that strong.

18. Check the recipe — how long do you need to let this rest? Realise you’re meant to boil the brandy into the butter, and turn the heat back on. Eyeball the brandy, glug glug.

19. Find the blender. You need to let it cool, but presumably not so long that the butter in the pan turns back into a solid, so the time taken to find all the bits of the blender and assemble them is probably enough.

20. Put half the ingredients in the blender, awkwardly ladling liquid butter out of the pan. Realise, about this time, that the recipe called for half of the butter to go in the pan, and the other to be held back until you get to the blending bit.

21. Put the lid on, check the seal, pray you’re not about to be sprayed with hot butter.

22. Blend.

23. Open the lid. It smells...pungent. Definitely a pâté smell, but, uh, warm. It’s liquidy, which you didn’t expect. The last time you tried something like this was making marzipan, which has the consistency of play dough even when fresh.

24. Pour the pâté into a bowl, and add the rest of the ingredients into the blender. There’s more butter this time, because you abandon the ladle in favour of picking up the pan and pouring. Blend, again.

25. This is meat soup.

26. Pour it into the bowl with the first lot of pâté. Realise too late that the bowl is too small, and spill what would be a whole serving of store pâté on the counter. Transfer to another (bigger) bowl and stir.

27. Offer the dog, who has been watching in astonishment, a taste off your finger. He sniffs it, declines, and licks your clean thumb instead. He’s a fussy eater, though, so you ignore his opinion.

28. Taste test — it tastes right, even if it needs to set.

29. Consider your enormous bowl of pâté. Is this too much? Possibly. You’ll have to bribe other people with it. Put it in the fridge.

30. Go to the bathroom at the other end of the house. Come out, realise your whole house smells like pâté. Realise the liver smell really is that strong, and, like a Lush employee, your nose had simply turned off.

31. Enjoy???

[quelsentiment]

check-in tag!

thanks so much to @chironmybeloved for tagging me 😘

1. why did you choose your url?

because you can take the girl out of france but you can’t take france out of the girl, apparently. also, what a feeling rights

2. any side-blogs? if you have them, name them and why you have them.

YES! i recently made a music sideblog ( @songofcolour ) and i’m obsessed with having it. i have like 5 followers and no notes, it’s the absolute best idea i’ve had all year

3. how long have you been on tumblr?

i wanna say i’ve been here on and off since 2014

4. do you have a queue tag?

i don’t have a tag for it anymore, but 90% of my posts are queued

5. why did you start your blog in the first place?

i made it in the first few weeks of lockdown because i was bored and i needed to find people to talk about my newfound love for 1d with

6. why did you choose your icon/pfp?

i mean it’s zayn and the aroace flag?? i don’t think it needs an explanation

7. why did you choose your header?

because purple and mountains are pretty

8. what’s your post with the most notes?

i thankfully never had a post blow up. i think my post with the most notes is this nil edit, which i’m perfectly happy with

9. how many mutuals do you have?

somewhere around 150 probably. but it feels more like 20 in terms of people i actually interact with regularly

10. how many followers do you have?

i know it’s in bad taste to share but i kinda wanna scream about the fact that it’s 555

11. how many people do you follow?

207

12. have you ever made a shitpost?

define shitpost

13. how often do you use tumblr each day?

i have it open in a tab pretty much all day. so way too much

14. did you have a fight/argument with another blog once? who won?

nope. but i would definitely lose

15. how do you feel about “you need to reblog this” posts?

most of the time i just scroll past them 😬 the best way for me not to do something is to tell me i need to do it

16. do you like tag games?

it really depends. if it’s a piccrew i appreciate being tagged but i won’t do it because i’m lazy. if it’s a long post with 25 additions i definitely won’t do it nor reblog it, i’m sorry. but yes, on principle i love tag games!

17. do you like ask games?

ask games my beloved

18. which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?

i think a few of them are well known in the fandom here, but would hate being called ‘tumblr famous’

19. do i have a crush on a mutual?

yes. next.

20. tags?

@vintageumbroshirt @whatagreatproblemtohave @chrysopon @thechampagnelovers @lanwangiji @daffodiline @sgyep @lt2mybeloved and @loulovehome if you want/haven’t done it already 💗

[nikatyler]

random questions game

Tagged by @kbeesims. Thank you very much! I’m taking a break from studying rn, so let’s do this.

1. why did you choose your url?

Nika is actually one of the first things I’ve ever called myself as a kid and last year I decided to sort of “reclaim” this old nickname and start using it again in online places and I’m surprised by how right it feels.

As for Tyler, well. I think it’s obvious. In my head he’s the main character of this blog, the mascot, if you will. And also, and this is a bit embarrassing, but about a month or two ago I saw this post that was like “changing names shouldn’t be such a big deal, we expect trans people to do it if they’re uncomfortable with their birth name, but we should normalize EVERYONE changing their names if they’re not okay with it” (or something along these lines). And well, I like my name, but I thought, what if I didn’t like it, what would I pick instead. Immediately, this one popped up in my head. Yeah. I mean it makes sense to me, but it feels so dumb at the same time. So yeah. I guess if you called me Tyler, I would respond to it. I’m not sure how I feel about the fact that I would respond to it, but hey. It’s weird but it would work.

2. any sideblogs? name them and why you have them.

The only one that is still active is my cc finds blog @simmeronnie-cc (yes I need to rename it too, we’ll do that). I don’t really post on my sort-of-studyblr-but-more-like-a-rantblr sideblog or my simspiration blog anymore. Among other things, I rant on twitter again (@/nikatyler22 if anyone’s interested), and I need to bring back the simspo tag on this blog.

3. how long have you been on tumblr?

Almost five years. I refuse to believe that.

4. do you have a queue tag?

I do. Well, I schedule my posts manually, I don’t queue them (because earlier this year I noticed it would eat at least one post a day, so I stopped using it), but still. I don’t know what I’d do without this function haha

5. why did you start your blog in the first place?

There was this blog that did this really cool comic with very pretty characters. That’s what convinced me lol, even though my content has never been like theirs.

6. why did you choose your icon?

Because Tyler lol

7. why did you choose your header?

Because Tyler and Sharon and I want to have what they have dAMMIT

But I might change the picture for the one I posted yesterday, you know, the awkward one

8. whats your post with the most notes?

That would be the pride paints post I believe!

9. how many mutuals do you have?

I don’t know, but a lot I think? At least in the simple sense of “I follow you and you follow me.” I never counted it. I’m not sure how many people would actually consider me their mutual or online friend or something like that. I hope someone would haha

10. how many followers do you have?

Over 2 000. What the heck. I mean, not many people are actually active and I think most of them don’t even lurk, but it’s still a pretty cool number

11. how many people do you follow?

I checked and it’s 183. I can’t realistically keep up with all of them but at the same time I’d feel bad for unfollowing any of them

12. have you ever made a shitpost?

My entire blog is a big shitpost tbh, and I wouldn’t have it any other way ✌✨

13. how often do you use tumblr a day?

I usually keep the tab open all day and just check it from time to time. I’m not counting

14. did you have a fight/argument with another blog once?

Oooooh boy

Yes. I was dumb, okay? Very dumb.

15.  how do you feel about “you need to reblog” posts?

Those scared me when I was younger, I remember I couldn’t sleep when I was like 8 and saw one of those “repost this or you’ll die in 7 days” pictures. Now I’m okay with them, I just scroll past. Usually. Sometimes I still get nervous. Don’t post them, guys. You can really hurt people with anxiety and similar issues.

16. do you like tag games?

Y E S

17. do you like ask games?

Y E S   Y E S   Y E S   PLEASE SEND ME ASKS

18. which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?

One that immediately comes to my mind is @berrysweetboutique. I can’t believe such a big simblr is following me and seeing my daily pixel clownery on their dash :D

19. do you have a crush on a mutual?

I don’t, but back in the day, I used to sort of put some simblrs on pedestals and then act in a way that I thought they would like, if that makes sense, and I was really insecure about what they would think, and if we started talking I was so worried I’d say or do something wrong and it was all in all not a great experience. I know it’s not a crush in the romantic sense, but it reminds me of how sometimes you’d go and try to impress a crush and change yourself so that they like you too. I guess they were sort of crushes in the sense of “oh wow this person is so amazing and perfect, I’m so little next to them, they could probably never love me the same way I love them”. Anyway, once you let go of that mentality and just start doing whatever, without trying to impress anyone...oh that freedom is sweet.

Sorry, went off topic here 😅

20. tags?

I’m just gonna tag whoever wants to do this, go make another cup of coffee and go back to my 19th century poetry 😄

[daeyeolss]

how I make my gifs: a tutorial

Hi everyone! Just in case someone asks in the future + for those curious, I'm here with a tutorial on how I make gifs! If you have any questions whatsoever, please do send me an ask! I’ll be glad to help! The gif I made with this tutorial is the one right here! 

So... let’s start this tutorial with the programs I use.

Adobe Photoshop 2020 - To make the gifs, majority of the work is done in this program.

TopazLabs (Topaz DeNoise 6 and Topaz Clean 3) - To "denoise" and "clean" the gifs, as the names would suggest. Links for download: Topaz DeNoise 6 & Topaz Clean 3

KMPlayer (an alternative would be PotPlayer, or any other video playing program that allows you to capture the frames) - To capture the frames. - I use an older version of KMPlayer, though I don't know which exact version that is.

Now let’s continue onto how I use these programs to create gifs!

Step 1: After you’ve downloaded the necessary programs, download your video. The way to get the best gifs? Quality videos. That’s the first step. For K-pop performances, I recommend this website (the hq files are in .ts form, KMPlayer should be able to open these). Bookmark it! It’s really handy :) Get the video you want to make a gif from and open it in KMPlayer (or PotPlayer or any other program, but for this tutorial I’ll use KMPlayer). Open your video in said program and look for the part you want to make a gif of. Then press CTRL+G (I apologize because I cannot for the life of me remember if this was a standard shortcut or not)

Step 2: After pressing CTRL+G, you’ll be met with this screen:

I’ll briefly explain the numbered parts, but before that, these are my standard settings and just make sure you have them all the same and it should be good!

1: This is where your captured frames will be extracted to. I have them extracted to the standard folder, but you can change this if you want to. You’ll need this folder later when opening the frames!

2: Like it says, this is the image format. I use PNG in the highest quality, as the name would suggest, for the quality.

3: These are the amount of frames the program captures. Say you put in every 2 or 4 frames, you’ll get more choppy gifs. To get the smoothest gifs, put “every frame” (this in turn will increase the gif size as the amount of frames will obviously be bigger).

Once you’ve put in the correct settings and you’ve put the slider where you want the capturing process to start, press “start” (now, before you do this I recommend putting the video on mute as the audio will start to get kinda demon-y the longer you record lol save your ears pls). Then, when you’ve captured all the frames you need, pause the video, press CTRL+G again and click “stop” and close the pop-up/program.

Step 3: It’s time to open up Photoshop! Then go to File > Scripts > Load Files into Stack... (for older versions/another version I used in the past this one didn’t work and I had to use the “Load Multiple DICOM Files...” instead. It should work similarly though, if I remember correctly).

You then get a little pop-up that looks like this:

All you have to do here is click “browse” and navigate to the folder where your captured frames have been saved in. Select all the frames you need, wait for them to load in and then click “OK”!

Step 4: Depending on the amount of frames you’ve selected to load in, as well as the beefiness of your PC/laptop, the frames loading part might take a little while. Photoshop is importing every frame as a separate layer into one file, so just... grab a drink or something and wait a bit! When you’re done waiting, if you haven’t already, go to Window > Timeline. This will show you the animation timeline. For older Photoshop versions this is slightly different (I believe it’s called animation). Then click “Create Video Timeline” and click the 3 squares on the left bottom side (in older versions it’s on the right bottom side, not sure). 

Step 5: After you’ve done all that, you’ll want to select all your layers. You can do this by pressing ALT+CTRL+A or going to Select > All Layers. With all the layers selected, you have to go to Layer > Arrange > Reverse. You only have to do this if you used the “Load Files into Stack” option!

Step 6: After reversing all your layers, you’ll want to go to the three lines you see in the following screenshot, and click “Make Frames From Layers”.

As the name suggests, this turns all the layers into frames. I don’t know why but the first frame will always be 5 seconds long, so to make it easy on yourself when you want to check your gif while editing, just put that on 0 for now. You can do that by clicking the seconds under the frame and clicking “No delay”. After this, check to see if you have the right frames and if you need to delete some (you can do this at any point in the process but I didn’t know where to put it in the tutorial oops).

Step 7: Time to crop the gif to the correct size! For this gif I’m using as an example, I’m making it specifically for Twitter, so the sizes aren’t that obvious (for Twitter I usually use a width of 850 px to keep it sharp, for long size gifs (more height than width for example), I add a background so that it eventually still becomes 850x850 pixels). There’s many posts on Tumblr about the correct sizes for gif/photosets, but a brief rundown of my most used sizes: one gif spanning the entire width of the post has to be 540 px in width. Two gifs next to one another need to have a width of 268 px. I use these dimensions the most! For others, you can Google! 

Step 8: After you’ve cropped the gif, you can do either of two things: either you first add the coloring of your choice and then sharpen the gif OR you do it the other way around. I usually switch these two around depending on how sharp the gif already looks before sharpening because I can’t stand looking at 2 pixels while coloring (lmao). For this one I’ll do the sharpening first.

The whole sharpening process is actually quite simple but you need to make sure that you do the following little steps in the right order or else it won’t work! Select all the layers (CTRL+ALT+A or Select > All Layers) and then click this little thingy:

Then you’re going to Filter > Convert for Smart Filters

If you don’t do it in this order, your gif will end up... well, not being a gif and not moving. If that happens, track back in your history to see if you did it in the correct order! :)

Step 9: The actual sharpening process! After clicking the “Convert for Smart Filters”, you’ll want to go to Filter again and find the Topaz Labs tabs. Personally, I usually do it in the order of DeNoise first and then Clean, but this is a personal thing, really.

I recommend playing around with the settings to see what fits the gif but here are my go-to DeNoise settings (tip: save these as a preset so you only have to click that for faster giffing!):

And my Clean settings:

Press OK when you’re done with these and then go to Filter > Sharpen > Smart Sharpen. These are my SS settings (just copy these, and again, save as a preset!):

Depending on how sharp you want the gif to be, you can input the same settings or go to this in the layers and change the percentage.

Now that we’re done with these... it’s time to flatten it! Just follow these little steps:

And then you wait. Again. I know.

Step 10: After playing the waiting game, you’ll click the three little squares again and do the same thing you did earlier: “Make Frames Into Layers”. Delete the first frame. Add a coloring of your choice (can be a PSD, can be your own coloring, etc. this is honestly just... playing around with things and see what it can do). After you’ve done coloring, select all your frames (same lines as previous screenshot except now you’ll see a “Select All Frames” option, click it!) and change the time to whatever you like (I usually go for 0.05, 0.06, or 0.07. Again, just play around with this!! Try different things!) 

Step 11: Final step! Saving :) I use shortcuts a lot to make things faster so either press ALT+SHIFT+CTRL+S or go to File > Export > Save For Web. Not much to do here, just copy the following settings and save the file!

!!! NOTE: After making a new gif today I realized there’s a weird dotted border on the top of my gifs, it’s a bit difficult to explain but I had no idea what it was. Turns out that the reason why this showed up was because, as shown in the screenshot below, I had “Transparency” selected. If you’re experiencing this too, UNSELECT the transparency and it should be all good!

Also make sure that the “Looping Options” is set to Forever, or else your gif will play only once and then stop!

Tip: While making gifs for Twitter I at one point noticed that if I added in a white background, no matter what I’d do, it’d show up as yellow-y in the preview box. After googling I found that going to the options (1 in the screenshot) and then clicking “Sort by Luminance”, then double-clicking the lightest color (not the transparent one, 2 in the screenshot) and selecting white (or FFF) will get rid of this! This likely won’t be that useful for Tumblr gifs but just in case you ever want to have a white background...!

Then just... save, and upload to Tumblr! :)

Final note: Tumblr has a mix gif size of 3MB. If you have a gifset of 4 gifs you want to upload, all 4 gifs can be max 3MB each. Keep this in mind! If you’re over 3MB, delete a few frames and try again, or resize/crop your gif!

As it turns out, Tumblr has increased their gif size to 8MB, however, the quality tends to get compressed with larger gifs like that so per recommendation: keep them below 5MB! (thank you @yeoli​ for letting me know!)

I hope this helped! If you have any questions, feel free to send me a message and I’ll try my best to answer them.