#1000 followers almost

[kotdish]

Medical malpractice meets reluctant medical malpractice

[bumblingbabooshka]

Thinking about marriage/women's rights on Vulcan Some may think that T'Pring not being allowed to divorce Spock was because he was going through the pon farr but if she were allowed to divorce him at all she probably would have done that a long time ago, confirmed by T'Pol when she's speaking with Koss, who isn't suffering from the pon farr. She says that he can choose another mate (without invoking a fight it seems: note the difference between a 'mate' and a 'challenger') and after he makes it clear that nothing she says will change his mind about marrying her, she finally threatens to declare a kal-if-fee. It's clear that Vulcan women cannot divorce/refuse to marry a man they've been betrothed to under any circumstances if A) He himself doesn't consent to ending their marriage or B) She doesn't have someone else waiting in the wings to be given to in his stead. Though, if the challenger she selects fails to win the fight, she'll have to marry her betrothed anyway unless (again) he decides he doesn't want her after the challenge. That seems like an incredibly unfair system, heavily biased towards men. SNW is an alternate universe in many obvious respects but most egregiously in that T'Pring has a lot of non-canonical agency over her relationship with Spock. It's interesting to me that Vulcan society has women in many positions of power and treats women as equal to men from what I've seen despite these laws. We don't really see Vulcans exhibiting a misogynistic attitude towards women in general but in TOS (perhaps because of its general writing style but it's still interesting to note) both Sarek and Spock take on patriarchal attitudes specifically regarding wives. Amanda says that 'of course' Sarek commands her because "he is a Vulcan and I am his wife." It's worthwhile in my eyes to note that she specifies 'wife' instead of attributing this attitude to women as a whole. Again, with TOS' writing style it wouldn't be out of place for her to say "he is a man and I am a woman." Spock, while in a pon farr induced irritation, states that it's "undignified for a woman to play servant to a man that isn't hers" - again implying that there's something specific about being a Wife in Vulcan society which is different from being a woman in general and demands subservience to a husband. This could perhaps stem from the extreme sense of ownership that Vulcan law has permitted men to have over women. A woman legally cannot point blank refuse marriage. There is no option which guarantees she won't have to marry her betrothed other than death. When T'Pau speaks of T'Pring she refers to her as being 'property' and Stonn, before being interrupted, states he's made 'the ancient claim' - we don't know what this is because he gets cut off but it's obvious they're both using the language of Vulcan law. Men are permitted true freedom to choose. If a woman wants to choose someone else to be with there is no option available to her other than the kal-if-fee which might result in the death of the one she wants to be with. And, if her lover fails, her husband can still just decide he wants to marry her and she'll be forced to. T'Pring gives two scenarios: One where Spock 'frees' her and one where he doesn't - it's still ultimately his decision which is clear when he ends the conversation with "Stonn, she is yours." This again isn't just because of the pon farr as T'Pol also goes through this. Koss can choose another mate and when the option is talked about there's no implication that this would result in any sort of fight (both by the casualness of its mention and by the fact that there's no formal word for it unlike the kal-if-fee.) Also, the fact that Koss does eventually grant T'Pol a divorce and it's all fine means that T'Pol isn't lawfully required to have another man waiting if her HUSBAND doesn't want her. It's ONLY required if SHE doesn't want her husband. Tradition must take precedence over individual desire UNLESS!!! You're a man. Then it's fine. Like, your parents might not be happy but legally you're golden.

[sourtomatola]

Sun baking with tomatoes..

So I got no less than 3 ideas for this so I'll show you the first 3 XD

The last one was actually my first idea XD

[jestinjoculators]

I noticed something and investigated it. Michael has been getting noticeably more handsome (and rectangular??) in my comics, it's like watching Tumblr radicalise me with its pro-Myers propaganda in real-time

[altraviolet]

cries in has 998 followers on twitter

I will be locking my twitter account and hardly going to it very soon. Please please find me on bsky if you're following me on twitter and not on bsky (and like the twitter-esque kind of place). I cannot in good conscience stay there.

Thank you 🙏💎

[neversetyoufree]

I hit 1,000 followers quite recently, so while I'm thinking of it, I want to take a moment to very sincerely say thank you to everyone who's followed me the last few years. I started this blog in July 2021, and as someone who's been on tumblr since 2014 without ever breaking 1k on main, the fact that 1,000 of y'all decided to follow me here within just the last three years is kind of wild.

I'm continually blown away by how funny and insightful and kind everyone in my notes and askbox is. You have great ideas and inspire what I'd like to think are great ideas in me, and the nice things you say in my notes bring joy to my days like nothing else. My experience with the VnC fandom over the last few years has been overwhelmingly positive because of you guys, so from the bottom of my heart, thanks!!

I have a bigger project that I was hoping to have ready to go for a 1k celebration, but y'all pushed me over the margin faster than I could finish writing it, so instead I'm just here to be heartfelt and sappy for a moment. Here's hoping the sad queer french vampire manga brings many more years of joy for all of us☺️. Thank you again!

[15-lizards]

Can everyone please go listen to this fiction podcast it makes me want to combust in a good way. It is soooo fascinating and well thought out, it’s audio files about this college professor who’s teaching a class on the “Anterran Civilzation”, a recently unearthed an ancient civilization that is like 60,000 years older than Mesopotamia (just for scale it’s like…Neanderthal old). Anyways everyone thinks the profs insane bc the Chinese government discovered it and is keeping close wraps on it and thus very little information got out so no one really believes it exists…or does it…

Anyways yeah go listen to this the storytelling is so immersive and realistic you’d think you’re sitting in a lecture hall taking notes. Honestly so seemingly real that I thought it was a philosophy podcast instead of a fiction when it popped up on my recommended. Very underrated in the audio drama circles but it shouldn’t be!

[thesmegalodon]

i hope you all understand what an incredible fucking intro to tumblr this all has been lmao

[malwarechips]

why do we have 102 followers on art fight

[roseworth]

just realized im following 200 people this is disgusting. born to follow 10 people forced to follow 200 people because i want to see people talk about my interests 🤮

[saltciphblr]

Screaming and Throwing up!!!!!!!!

Okay, I said when I hit 1k I would drop everything and update both my fics and make some art about it.

I leave for VidCon on Wednesday but I'm gonna do my little bitch best.

Thanks for following and being here everyone :) I got a new tattoo and a haircut recently so have a selfie and a picture of a very small mushroom in the meantime

[theindescribable1]

Important Information

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Number Prompt Art Block

Hey guys! So as far as the number prompt art block, it should be done by this weekend and the following week. If not, expect it all done next week.

Mutual Collaboration

Official mutual limit: 35

After 35 mutuals have submitted their ocs/requests, sadly no more mutuals will be added even if they ask.

Official end date: September 28

After September 28, requests to join will sadly no longer be taken.

Projects:

An in-order list of my current projects to give you an estimated time for completion

Name art for school: Done by Monday

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All art blocks: Done by Monday-Sunday

Fanarts From The 500 Follows: Done by Monday-Sunday

Thank you for your time! This is rather important, especially the Mutual Collaboration! So please take note of this and spread this around a bit so everyone can see the official dates.

School makes me do useless art projects. That might hold me back on certain things as well, including general homework.

Oh yes and ty for 550 followers! We are to close to 1,000!

I'm very thankful for that! Love you all!

Have an amazing day everyone!

[inkybinkyboink]

oh fellas it's essay writing time you know what that means

[luciathcv]

25 followers until 1k... omg.

[meowpupp]

another banger from the illustrious meowpupp !!! you're always writing the best content, it's like... a mixture of super hot but also comforting because of how you always do chubby reader and do it so nicely

AHHHHHHHHH THANK YOU <333

i will forever write chubby readers idc what anyone says

[altraviolet]

twitter -> bsky

I'm going to be posting more on bsky & eventually leaving twitter. I really like twitter - to be clear, the way it's formatted and the way it's connected me to people over the years. But it's been nosediving for a while and We All Know Why and some of us know what it's going to become. I can't support that.

I hope bsky is accessible to international folks and holds fast to its policies of allowing adult content. These are important policies for large, influential websites to have. AO3 has them, for example.