#CAUSE THEN DASHBOARDS GET CLUTTERED AND I KNOW THAT CAN BE ANNOYING

[starstruckpurpledragon]

I highly recommend using the xkit rewritten extension - has both firefox and chrome versions - for decluttering the dash and adding some nifty accessibility options

and while I've seen a style tutorial going around for returning the left nav to a sticky header nav, if you don't mind the left nav and just don't like the clutter then with stylus you can add the following css code and it'll shove the left nav to the actual left where it belongs while keeping the dashboard centered in the remaining space

.ZkG01 { justify-content: normal; }

.ZkG01 ._3xgk { margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; }

The first part changes how the overall flex box justifies content - "justify-content: left;" would likely achieve the same effect. The second part causes the dash itself (+ search bar + all the junk under the search bar that I hid with xkit rewritten) to create margins on either side that will auto fill up all unused space. Since both sides are set to auto, they equally fill up that dead space with empty margins and thus set the dash in the dead center of the space remaining on the screen.

Since I always keep the browser on full screen, this gets rid of the crowding issue that made the page suddenly harder to read. Though on smaller screens they may start to squish back together, so I may play around with having it automatically switch to only margin-left when the screen size is under a certain width - I know there's a way to do this, I just haven't in a long while

honestly, the left nav is pretty standard these days - it's not really just a twitter thing, it's a standard UI practices thing these days, so now everything looks boring and the same (basically, tumblr has given in to peer pressure to look like everyone else) - but I do appreciate the actual text in place of icons because it's easier for me to know what everything is supposed to do when it's an actual word and not just an icon.

not sure how I feel about the activity feeds and messenger selection options as fly out menus instead of dropdown menus, but at least with the above change at least they're not necessarily covering all the main dash, or at least not the majority of it as they were when the left nav was squished in the center by the dash. And things do jump around a bit when certain things open on top of the dash (like opening a post from the activity feed), so I'll need to do some more finessing at some point, but over all I think I'm on to a good - and thankfully fairly simple - start making the new look less awful

(also I wish the left nav had a button for collapsing it so that it could switch between text and icons because i only want the full text some of the time but it's just doing text vs icons based on screen width right now, from what I can tell, which is annoying. But for fixing that I'd need to branch into creating a script in tamper monkey and it doesn't annoy me quite that much yet)

I opened a page on tumblr in a new tab and it gave me the gross twitter ui so now I can never close this tumblr tab ever again

you can pry the original ui from my cold, dead hands tumblr I WILL NOT use that stupid twitter clone ui and you cannot make me

[taytei]

Honestly every time I see your pic of Lance holding earth appear on my dash it takes my breath away. I have to just stare at it for a while because it's so moving and beautiful, especially when you happen to be listening to Saturn by Sleeping at Last 😍😭😍 thank you for sharing such a lovely piece of art, you are a star 🌟

I’m glad people like it so much! Usually when I try for a more dramatic/detailed piece, it’s not as well received, but THE POWER OF LANCE MAN. And thank you!! sfhahklfsa

Such simple compliments, but my heart … my heart has fluttered off into the stratosphere. tysm!

I’m honestly not surprised if it takes people a while to find me XD I have like 7 different art styles so it takes a while for people to even realize that some of my pieces come from the same person !

Adam: *cradling baby lance closely to his chest* takashi, please tell me you didn’t teach him any nikki minaj

Honestly? I only show you guys the stuff I’m vaguely proud of sahklhgsa There’s a lot of stuff that never sees the light of day spread throughout my art folder that i will actually fake my own death over if anyone actually saw all the horribly proportioned limbs and askew faces

you see like … maybe 15% of the stuff i try and make sahklhgsa but THANK YOU SO MUCH

They are known as the BBBBB, the Brogane Brothers’ Beautiful Brown Boyfriends

I feel so bad for taking so long to get to these asks, but ABSOLUTELY!! PLEASE, IF IT INSPIRES YOU, PLEASE, CREATE. AND SHARE IT WITH ME. (i don’t really do submissions but IF YOU TAG ME IN THEM OR SEND ME A LINK I’LL LOVE THEM FOREVER) (also yes please credit me sahklhklsa)

I personally don’t as long as you take the steps to make it your own and it’s not just SOLELY that picture essentially traced, you feel me? Like I say you can do it as practice, to get a feeling for how the body looks and works, but try and get out of that habit as soon as possible. It’s always fine to LOOK at references of course, as long as people won’t look at your piece and be like “uhhh that is exactly this picture and nothing has been changed”.

In my personal AU it goes Beast Boy = Lance, Raven = Keith, Starfire = Allura, Cyborg = Hunk, Robin = Shiro (or this au there clearly won’t be any robfire (sha//ura) because shiro is GAaaAAAYYY) and pidge …. well pidge is gonna be a surprise :33333

[sammysdewysensitiveeyes]

Do you have any Trickster headcanons?

Thanks for the question, anon!  I wound up writing a long response, so I’m putting it under a read-more link to not clog up people’s dashboards.

My most obvious headcanon would be that he’s madly in love with Hartley, and in deep denial about it…..(I’m glad Hartley’s happy in a stable, committed relationship in the comics, but I’m gonna fly the Pipster flag forever in fan-fiction.)

I tend to favor the sillier Silver Age and 90’s semi-reformed versions of James, so that’s where my headcanons tend to come from.  Like, I don’t think he’s ever actually killed anyone.  I don’t see him as murderous, despite Williamson having him shove his parents off a building in the latest story arc (hey, Flash saved them so it’s all good, right?).  I don’t think he actually has been shown (or implied) to kill anyone in the comics (feel free to correct me if I’m wrong).  He certainly tried to kill Flash multiple times, but that was something all the Rogues did back in the day.  He doesn’t have any kind of civilian body count in my characterization.  

This doesn’t mean I think JJ is a sweet, misunderstood angel.  He’s a conman who enjoys tricking others.  He’s selfish, and immature, and more than a little bit of an asshole.  I think he really only cares about a very small number of people, and will usually look out for himself first.  I’d like to think he does care about Mindy and Billy – he did drop everything and run off to help Mindy even before he knew that Billy was his son.  He’s probably not a great dad, but I’d like to think that he keeps in touch and sends them money sometimes, although Mindy probably refuses to accept anything stolen.

Although his reform was mostly caused by fear of Neron (and possibly the Top’s manipulation), and James is waaaaay less remorseful than Hartley for his past actions, I think that on some level he does care about undoing the damage that the Rogues have caused. For awhile he was collecting the old gear from dead Rogues and just….storing it so that no one else could use it.  Not using it for his own gain, just hiding it.  He also had a secret plan to take down the other Rogues in his will.  I think he was genuinely “undercover” when he and Hartley rejoined the Rogues before Countdown, but I also think he was hedging his bets and keeping his options open.  

I think he is genuinely brilliant, but he doesn’t have the discipline to really go into science or engineering.  I kinda hated Williamson’s retcon that he stole research from a STAR labs scientist, because in the past characterizations James just read a bunch of science mags to make his anti-grav shoes.  Maybe not so realistic (like that matters in comics), but it’s important to me that JJ came up with his gadgets on his own.  It’s what separates him from Axel, in my mind.  I don’t think he has the work ethic to actually go get a degree, I think he just studies whatever catches his interest, and whatever he needs to make things.  James is the kind of dude who will work extremely hard on his own pet projects, but will blow off any other kind of work, because booooooriiiiiing.  He was probably constantly ducking his paperwork at the FBI.  Ultimately, I think James does things for the lulz.  He could easily be rich selling his own tech or even just pulling less flashy cons, but he loves tricking people, and he loves the attention.

Axel – I think James is mostly irritated by Axel, but doesn’t necessarily hate him. Williamson’s James seems to have taken Axel under his wing as Baby Trickster, and I kinda like that idea. If the new JJ is going to stay a criminal, I want him to be a kind of mentor to Axel.  Not necessarily a nice mentor, but still looking out for him.

I think Williamson’s James was genuinely traumatized by his time in Iron Heights, even though Flash claimed at the end of the story arc that it was really about money, not revenge. There’s an interesting parallel there with the circus flashback.  It appears that James is being forced onto the high wire by his abusive parents, but surprise!  It was all a trick!  Except it wasn’t really a trick, he really was being forced onto the high wire by his abusive parents, even if it was “part of the show.”  I think in the same way James was like, “Ha hah, this was all just a distraction for me to loot the city,” but he really was deeply hurt by his time locked up and forgotten.  I dislike Williamson’s darker James, but I’ll give him credit, it didn’t come out of nowhere, he gave him a reason to be nasty.

I think he loves video games, but he can’t stand anything that requires level grinding.  As soon as it gets repetitive, he’s out.  He likes open world games that let him fuck around and do whatever he wants.  In games that let you customize a character, expect him to find the silliest possible outfit for his avatar to wear.  And he will try to “break” a game as much as possible – like, trying to go through levels the “wrong” way, or get secret items before he’s technically supposed to. He likes to explore the limits of the game, and see what he can get away with.  He is an absolute asshole when playing anything multiplayer online.

He’s a decent cook when he wants to be, but usually just orders take-out because he can’t be bothered. His living space is a mess of organized chaos.  Stuff is strewn about everywhere, but he knows where everything is, don’t you dare try to tidy up, Hartley.  He’ll clean when things get gross (he doesn’t really want mold growing on things), but the clutter stays.

I don’t really like the CW Trickster because he’s such a murderous shit, but I have a huge soft spot for JLU Trickster, despite him being far removed from comics James. Maybe because he’s got the Mark Hamill wackiness without the “psychotic killer” aspect – there’s no way Flash would have let him turn himself in on the honor system if JLU James had actually killed anyone.  I have a bunch of headcanons for him, because we only see him in one episode and don’t know much about him.  Despite the episode presenting him as kinda pathetic, I think he’s as smart and capable as comics James, just a bit muddled.  I think he started out saner (perhaps with some underlying issues), but got progressively more unstable during his stints at Iron Heights.  At one point he spent a long time in solitary, and when he came out he was clearly Not Okay, and this led to him getting committed the next time he fought Flash.  He’s also madly in love with Hartley and completely oblivious to it.  He just thinks, of course he cares about Hartley and wants to hang out with him all the time because they’re Best Buddies!  And if he occasionally kinda wants to kiss him, that’s just because Hartley is so pretty and has long hair like a girl, right? JLU James is somewhat nicer than comics James, and generally willing to help anyone he considers a friend. He will very easily latch onto someone as a new buddy if they are kind to him, sometimes not completely understanding boundaries.  I have a whole series of fic ideas involving JLU James going to Hollywood and befriending/annoying Blue Devil like comics James did, which I’ll probably never write.

Thanks for reading if you’ve made it this far!  It was maybe less headcanon and more my own take on his characterization, but I guess that’s...basically a headcanon, right? 

[rexsilentium]

Important Information !!

Alright. So I have been giving it some great thought about it. And believe me when I say I have been thinking about it cause I didn’t just go up to Montana to hike to just hike. I went up there and gave it some thought. Also, I had an 8 hour car trip to think about it too so yes. All that aside though! 

Main point: I have been thinking about making a new muse. Yes I have absolutely no control. I cant contain myself. However, I considered about all the muses I have had in the past as well as the muses I want to do. And there are a lot. And I need help from you guys cause most of them would be ( and have been ) loved and cherished. I will be adding a link to the survey here, BUT, under the read more is more information about the characters. ( at least the ones I wanna make blogs for )

Here is the link again.

1. Tesla Inspired OC  (New) (Fandomless)

Honestly, there is no other way to say this other than his name’s gonna be the man himself lol. But like, really this OC would take it a step further because I would be taking most/all of those minds at that time. Primarily I will be focusing on the whole Edison v Tesla ordeal, but I may even bring about other great minds and inventors as well in a universe where these men ( and women ) are in a world of unique abilities. Honestly, IDK how else to explain it rather than to say that I will be RPing Nikola Tesla ( perhaps in his younger years ) with the capability of manipulating electricity. Many other people will have other abilities as well, but its all in a universe that I will make -- a universe based on true history ( the entertainment world has always done this so it should be fine ). 

Problem with this is that it will take A LONG TIME to build on his world. So if I make his blog, much of the worldbuilding will come as I go. Also, I am not sure that I would even start this blog until after the summer is over. So if you pick him, just keep this in mind.

2. The original dragon: Vahirom  (New)  (Pokemon)

Note: I WILL NEED THE PERMISSION FROM THE ARTIST/MUN. More lore from them at their deviant art here. also note -- I have gotten permission from artists/people before, this is not the problem. I just need you all to know that due to the fact that communicating with the original creator takes time so if you guys decided that I should do this muse, I will not be actually startign this project until after the summer is over as well.

For more information about Vahirom -- check out Myths of Unova here. That being said, I would be RPing him from an ancient pokemon world standard, and most interactions would be as if a time pokemon (celebi/dialga) threw your muse into the ancient world as the modern verse would only be for those who have asked beforehand or have plotted with me.

3. Mina Carolina (Reboot) (SNK)

I have the original blog here and the attempted reboot here. She was canon divergent but god was she adored and great. @deimpetueux I’m mentioning you here for a few reasons. 1: I interacted with a jean and holy SHAT they hated each to her but they also loved each other. 2: FFS its freaking Mina. 3: no really honestly she was what kept me in the fandom for so long. 4: Youre a great jean and honestly you’re the reason why I kinda wanna bring her back and I wanna give you the credit for that.

I also had an AU!Mikasa but honestly the reason why that fandom died out for me was because the muns for Annie, Marco(s), Jean, Levi, Eren and Gunter, all just got up and vanished. I speak with Levi-mun from time to time, and I know what happened to Eren-Mun but the others I have absolutely no idea what happened. (probably because I took a long hiatus and we lost contact) Since then I just kind of kept her on the shelf. 

So if you wanted to hit me up and help me with her I would love that. You seem to great a great person and I LOVE your jean. Though I would need to figure out who would want me to revive her again. message me if you want ( and if you have the time ) we can talk about it more.

4. Multimuse Blog (hear me out on this one - there’s a kicker)

Honestly, there are A LOT MORE MUSES I want to revive. The list could just go on an on. Here allow me to start listing some: Lani, Hugh, Touya/Touko, Mikasa, Ymir (SNK), Victini, Yvonne/Yveltal.... Yes, I have a lot of Pokemon muses. But in addition to that I also have Red, Ambertwo, the Suicunes, Maxima and Yuya as well ( three of which have their own blogs) AND I also have a touhou OC as well that I wanted to get on more but couldn’t due to activity. 

Honestly, I have so many muses, but if I had to be honest with you NONE of them go past 200 followers. Not even Red. My Red (this blog) has the most followers and from them, there are less than 50 blogs active on my dashboard. So sometimes making a new muse is a chore for me (as you can see) because I have very VERY little activity on them, but I work really hard on the muses.

Now that being said, IF people voted for the multimuse blog I WOULD actually include the Tesla OC as well (probably not Vahi, and Mina will always have her own blog tbh). I would also semi include any current muses I have now that have their own blogs, Mainly because I don’t think I’d be able to actually move them completely over to a multimuse blog.

And yes, I also understand that there are some people who don’t follow multimuse for the fact that it (the dashboard) gets cluttered. I am keeping this in mind -- but also keep in mind that I do actually use the queue and WOULD be using it to layer out the more side stuff like pictures, musings, etc. To each his own though right. if you don’t wanna follow a multimuse blog then thats fine. But there is also another reason why this multimuse blog would be slightly different than others.

For this blog, there will be its very own “mascot” of the blog if you will. This is for theme uses and all, but this mascot will serve slightly as a mod in a way. Well, think of her as the “god” of the blog. Any “ooc” posts would be coming from her, not me. And while, yes its slightly a self-insert, she will NOT be used for RPing. Rather, she’s just there to make the blog almost less annoying if you say. In a way, she would be me. yet at the same time she wouldn’t as she would be the one directing you guys (as muns). Its just to make the blog a little more lighthearted and playful. 

She will have a theme: since she is “godly” she’ll know the muses of the blog. In addition to that, she’ll be aware of portals/dimensions -- so if it seems like she’s breaking the fourth wall, its cause she actually is. She wouldn’t intrude on anybodies RPs though and I would make her separate from the other muses. But its just for the sake of making a theme for the blog so it doesn’t seem like I’m playing favourites when I make the theme. (I am a theme maker and thus she would be who you see when you click on the url)

5. Don’t make a new blog.  go pay attention to your other Muses and Red

I give you this option as well because hell, I do still have Yuya and Maxima.

But that’s it for the options. If you haven’t clicked on the poll yet, here is the link once again. I would really like to know every bodies thoughts on it. In addition to that, feel free to REBLOG this so I can see what other people would want/like to see. I’ll be reblogging this a few times until I have enough answers.

But like guys... plehs. I need help.

[snowheist-blog]

♻ ⛅ ☮ ☄ ⚌ ♋ ☸ ☯ ⚑♛

the hella sweet munday meme - accepting!

♻ - Any advice on improving Tumblr RP experience?

Honestly, you kind of have to just put yourself out there a bit.  I mean, I fully understand why people struggle with being shy - I’m quite introverted and shy myself and I feel afraid to message most of the people on my dashboard, out of fear of coming off as annoying or something but sometimes, you really just have to push through that fear.  People aren’t mind-readers, they don’t know how you’re feeling and they’re never gonna know how you feel about them unless you yourself take the first step and let them know that - and if they’re still not interested then that’s their loss and you still deserve admiration for putting yourself out there, like that.

⛅ - Do you believe aesthetics are another form of expression?

Yeah, definitely.  I’m not much of graphics or art person myself but I do believe that art is another medium - another way of expressing yourself.  Some people prefer to express themselves through art, some people feel art just comes more naturally to them as opposed to writing or speaking.  Everyone has a different way of expressing themselves.

☮ - Are you feeling happy and inspired right now?

Right now, I would probably describe my mood as cautiously optimistic about the new year.  You never know things are going to turn out, exactly, but I’m optimistic that 2017 will be a good year for this blog and for everyone else.

☄ - Has someone ever admitted to being inspired by you?

Not that I know of? But I don’t think of myself as being a particularly inspiring person, in general.  I’ve always thought of myself as just being sort of average, overall.

⚌ - Who inspires you?

I can’t single out any one person who inspires me, honestly I try to gain inspiration from every person I roleplay with, consciously or unconsciously.  I like to think that I’ve changed quite a bit from when I first started on here and I think that can be largely attributed to who I interacted with.  Even if it did start with picking up ���basic’ habits, like learning to cut my posts and make for a less cluttered dash, I still find myself looking for ways to improve my writing, even moreso.  I think that being in such a welcoming and friendly fandom really helps with gaining inspiration as this fandom is full of a lot of creative people with unique and interesting ideas and a lot of the time I’ve found plotting to be extremely fun, especially in this particular fandom.

♋ - - Are there any FC’s you believe should be used more? Why?

I don’t really like using FC’s, personally, so I can’t really say.

☸ - Do you reblog from the source when someone practices reblog karma or do you follow it?

I’ve only really interacted with one person who practiced reblog karma and I did try to reblog from the source as much as possible but sometimes out of habit, I forgot to.  If someone asks me to, I don’t have a problem with it, though.

☯ - Do you believe you’re a forgiving person?

I like to think so - I guess it depends on the severity of what happened.  I can get over small squabbles or disagreements pretty quickly as I don’t like arguing with someone or feeling like someone is avoiding me.  I try to make it a point not to block people and to simply unfollow them - usually only because they’ve done something like godmodded or caused drama involving myself or one of my friends.  I only really try to block someone when I feel like they’re being threatening or harassing.

⚑ - Have you been forgiven for a mistake you’ve made?

Yeah, for sure.  As mentioned above, sometimes out of habit I’d forget to reblog from the source though the other mun was really understanding and forgiving about it.  Also, sometimes I’ve accidentally left spoilers untagged and felt pretty bad about that, though I usually try to correct it right away.  I make a lot of little mistakes but luckily people are quick to point them out to me and are really understanding about it.