#I wanted to open my asks for advice but they are serious so backlogged

[punksocks]

Bby girl Breakup Routine:

Flip on Birds of Prey after singing Paper Bag (by Fiona Apple ofc) 5 consecutive times. Make a very impulsive life choice. Delete all the photos and vibe.

[recurring-polynya]

Do you have any advice for a newbie looking to get their first tattoo?

The first step is to think a lot about what you want to get and where on your body you want it. Look at a lot of pictures of tattoos. The place to do this is Instagram. I do not like Instagram and honestly, this is the only thing I use this for. At first, just look at all sorts of tatts and try to get a feel for what appeals to you and what doesn't. Save pictures of your faves. You don't need to look for things that are exactly what you want--you might like the linework in one and the coloring in another, but you're going to want to be able to put together a coherent "story" of what you want for your artist to work from.

Once you have a good idea of what you want, you will need to find an artist in your area (or an area you're willing to travel to). At least where I live, there are various studios and then artists work out of those studios who usually handle their bookings independently. (Note: I live in an American major metropolitan area, but not in the city itself) You may want to google studios near you, and they will have a website that lists their artists and offers some samples of their work. If you see someone you like, they may have their own Insta or website that shows more of their work. The artist will almost always have instructions somewhere in here for how to book them. The tattoo studio websites may also have instructions, but in my experience, it's better to contact the artist directly if you can. I am also lucky in that I have a lot of tattooed pals and we share recommendations. If you have inked friends, ask them about their experiences!!

A lot of artists will offer ready-to-go designs that are available, meaning, you can just sign up and they'll tattoo exactly that on your body. If you see something that's perfect, this will speed up the process a bit.

Otherwise, you contact them and tell them what you're thinking. DO read all their guidelines before you contact them-- most of the artists I've seen are very specific about what info they want you to provide. Once you've sent that in, if your idea sounds like something they want to do, they'll schedule a consult. My consult for my first tattoo was in person, and my guy had sketches for me to look at and we chatted about it. I was pretty happy with what he'd done and we scheduled a session after that. For my second tatt, we did the consult over email and she emailed me a draft. Some artists don't want to do this, it's up to them! My upcoming consult is over the phone for covid reasons.

Up to the consult stage, it's perfectly fine to not go with that artist. This is the part where "this is permanent" comes in. You might want to suggest big changes and they might try again or you might say "I'm gonna go with someone else". In both my cases, mine only needed minor tweaks and I trusted my artists, so we went forward. At that point, you put down a deposit (mine were ~$100) and schedule a session. Tattoos may take more than one session, but mine took one each.

Respectable tattoo studios take sanitation very seriously and that includes covid. Read through their guidelines and make sure you're on the same page with them. A friend of mine got a tatt a few months ago and said she felt like it was one of the most well-protected activities she did during the pandemic, but obviously there are going to be some studios that take this more serious than others. If you don't feel good about a studio find another one. There are many good and safe studios out there. Also, covid messed up a lot of peoples' schedules-- many artists may be backlogged and they may not be taking new clients right now, although it seems to me like things are starting to open up a lot more right now.

A few other tips:

- Read up on rates and be prepared for the cost including tip (15-20%). I have two relatively simple, B&W tatts and they were a couple hundred bucks. Elaborate tatts can easily run into the thousands. But remember, you're commissioning an artist, you should treat them with the respect they deserve!

- People always talk about the pain thing. Personally, getting tattooed is not painful to me, I actually kinda enjoy the sensation. People experience pain differently, though, ymmv. There are also parts of the body that are more or less painful if this is a concern for you.

- Read up on the aftercare process, just so you know what's involved. Generally, you've got about two weeks of washing it carefully and moisturizing, but you shouldn't go to the beach or get in a hot tub, etc, so you might want to plan around vacations.

I hope that helps and good luck!

[makeste]

BnHA Smash!! 01 and 02: Smash!!Might is a Fucking Menace

okay, so. I have about a million other things I should be doing instead, including (1) responding to asks and/or finishing in-progress metas, (2) reading Vigilantes, and last but not least, (3) actually making a dent in the ever-increasing backlog of Actual Work That I Really Should Be Doing Instead.

so naturally I’m procrastinating by taking my first stab at reading BnHA’s cute 4-panel omake spinoff series, BnHA Smash!! IT JUST MAKES SENSE. look, I have exactly one thing I felt like actually doing and not procrastinating today, so I might as well do the thing. basically it’s my attention span’s world and I’m just living in it.

anyway! so apparently this series was scanlated by good ol’ Fallen Angels. that’s right; prepare yourselves for some very creative cursing, fellas. other background info for anyone who, like me, is unfamiliar with this spin-off: this series debuted on November 9, 2015, a little over a year after the original series. said original series was currently at chapter 66, meaning the Final Exam arc was just wrapping up.

so now that we’re all properly oriented, let me go over a few disclaimers real quick and then we’ll get started!

all comments are my unspoiled reactions from my initial readthrough of the chapter. I did a quick edit for grammar and clarity afterward, and added a few ETAs in the process, but aside from that there are no changes.

I’m aware that not everyone may be familiar with Smash!! even if they’ve read/watched the original series, so I’ve tried to make this recap comprehensible even if you haven’t read the spin-off. that being said, it’s probably more enjoyable if you have, so you can either purchase the first volume from Viz here, or read the chapter online (I don’t want to link directly, but the spin-off is available on most of the usual sites. literally just google “read mha” and you’ll find some good options).

this readthrough contains a handful of sorta-kinda spoilers for the BnHA manga, although there are no direct spoilers. just an indirect reference to a joke in chapter 242, as well as a reference to a theory which as of now is in no way canon. but just to be on the safe side I’m posting a heads-up.

and I think that’s it! so here we go.

so we’re opening with a brief summary of the series. people have superpowers and shit’s nuts. you know the drill

there’s also a brief description of the way that the superhero economy works, complete with Mt. Lady’s employees unionizing and demanding better pay

...what

guys I keep staring at this and thinking that surely, SURELY it doesn’t say what I think it says. sidekick... what... manager??

you know what? Viz unfortunately doesn’t include this series as part of their subscription package (WHAT AM I PAYING YOU FOR, VIZ), but it does at least include a free preview of Smash, and I bet you that this, the first fucking page of the series, is a part of that preview. so... let’s see...

okay, see, this actually makes sense! so did the FA scanlating team collectively all have a fucking stroke?! just, what??

this is one of the reasons why I had difficulty reading Vigilantes too, tbh. those early chapter scans were, uh. but at least Vigilantes has a Viz scanlation too. I don’t want to spend 10 bucks just to read one volume of this, but we’ll see. anyways

so now there’s a strip about baby!Izuku watching his favorite clip of All Might saving one hundred people from a bus accident or whatever

lol Inko you should not have left your shrewdly calculating four-year-old son unattended omg

TWELVE MONTHS’ WORTH OF TEXTBOOKS HOW CAN THIS EAGER YOUNG MIND RESIST

and this is why you don’t leave your credit card info saved on the computer when you have kids. life lessons learned today

this is the first indicator we have ever had that baby!Izuku wasn’t perfect and was, in fact, capable of being a little shit and giving his mom plenty of gray hairs in his own special way. ngl, I fucking love it

also 12,800 yen is about $118 USD, which is honestly a really good deal for a year’s worth of textbooks. he got three boxes of books! I just googled the average cost of college textbooks, and the google article said the average student spends about $1200 a year. so this is a fucking steal tbh

OH MY GOD INKO HOW MANY TIMES MUST HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF BEFORE YOU LEARN

at least install a fucking adblocker ffs. you’re lucky quirk supplement ads are the worst of the ads he’s getting! PARENTAL CONTROLS

now we are cutting to a comic about baby!Izuku defending another boy from my problematic fave, as seen in page one of the original series!

lmaooo

I’m not clear on how much of this spin-off can actually be considered canon. my understanding is that it is Horikoshi-reviewed and approved, even though he doesn’t actually write it. but it’s obviously a humor series, so a lot of it is just going to be jokes. that being said, I think my approach is going to be “if it’s not completely ridiculous and doesn’t contradict the actual manga, go ahead and consider it canon”

(ETA: I might change this up after reading the first two chapters. most of these strips would have terrifying implications if they were actually canon sob.)

anyhoo, this actually does contradict the manga in that we saw this encounter play out very differently. but I kind of wish it was canon regardless because looool. these cocky preschoolers and their fucking Battle Tears

the next comic is Mt. Lady accidentally stepping on a guy’s face and the guy being way too fucking happy about it (read: having a fucking nosebleed and taking an upskirt shot). we’re just going to skip this entirely. this is another problem I was having with Vigilantes too. you know, for all my complaints about Mineta and such, BnHA as a whole is so much tamer than it could be, and I need to give Horikoshi credit for that. he mostly knows where to draw the line, and to his credit he’s also much, much better about this kind of thing than he was when he first started. maybe Mineta’s standings in the character poll results are helping to clue him in

anyway, I’ll mostly just skip past the iffy stuff because I don’t have patience for it and there’s still plenty of other stuff to cover. so on to the next strip

which features a bunch of reporters fawning over Mt. Lady’s flashy quirk while Kamui Woods laments in the shadows

and yet we know this kid will have a prominent rise within the next six months. it’s so strange to revisit the start of the series and see how much things have changed in such a short time

oh my god

no one who dresses up as a giant mushroom could possibly have good intentions. I. just

and look at the fucking disappointment in Deku’s eyes. KAMUI WOODS HE BELIEVED IN YOU!

now some strange man is coming up to Deku and is all HEY YOU, YOU’RE A HERO OTAKU, TELL ME WHAT TO BUY MY SEVEN-YEAR-OLD SON FOR HIS BIRTHDAY. better not ask him unless you’re prepared to shell out $120 bucks for some fucking textbooks

hey, what!!

WE DIDN’T EVEN GET TO SEE WHAT HE BOUGHT HIM? unless it’s the action figure the kid appears to be holding? but I’m just going to go ahead and assume Izuku recommended the number one best gift that any seven-year-old child would love, i.e. a giant sword

now it’s a sludge monster omake!

so Izuku is trudging home all depressed after CERTAIN INCIDENTS, and Sludgey is glooping his way out of a sewer towards him

oh no All Might

my biggest takeaway from this is the fact that the entire second half of chapter one takes place after All Might has emerged from a fucking sewer. I forgot all about that somehow. or maybe it never fully processed until just now. but omg. this entire chapter must have smelled so fucking bad. these poor kids

wow All Might

sure called that one wrong. ah well nobody’s perfect

looooool

lmao, Smash!!All Might appears to be quite a bit more vain than the original. wow dude

btw, friendly reminder (and I think this is something that was actually pointed out to me after one of the recaps; that’s one of my favorite things about doing these) that All Might, after saving Deku, actually read his notebook before signing it. super-fast, I guess, because he’s the best. but yeah, so he knew exactly how smart and observant Deku was, and how much he wanted to be a hero. his decision to pick him as his successor didn’t just come out of the blue; even before the “my body moved on its own” thing, there was a lot Deku had going in his favor. this is one of those little details of which BnHA has so many, and which I love

lmao what the fuck

ngl this version of the series would have been amazing in its own way. but yeah. so this is why we clearly can’t assume everything in Smash!! is canon lol. but I can already tell I am going to enjoy the shit out of this series

now we’re cutting to Deku running at Sludgey in order to save Kacchan, oh shit. the most dramatic part of chapter one. clearly no moment is sacred

sob what

I don’t understand this strip at all. is this supposed to be a serious moment inserted unexpectedly among this multitude of joke strips? or did I miss the punchline? heeeeelp

(ETA: okay so. my best guess is that All Might wrote all over Deku’s life-saving advice, and so the joke is that Deku no longer knows what to do when assaulting sludge men because HIS NOTES ARE RUINED. idk. what does 25 P mean??)

now All Might has Done The Thing and saved my boys, and now Mt. Lady is helping with the cleanup. scooping up all the bits of sludge and putting it in trash bags

oh my god

nope nevermind. nope. nope

-- shit. okay, you know what? this first chapter has been a real in-your-face reminder of the fact that the sludge monster was not made of cute sparkly 2018-trending-fad slime, but was in fact composed of RAW FUCKING SEWAGE. (ETA: to be clear, I’m pretty sure the joke in this strip is that she accidentally picked up dog-doo during her clean-up. but still, the fact that it was indistinguishable from the rest of the gunk speaks for itself.) I think I forced myself to gloss over this fact originally due to the nope factor. but just. Izuku and Katsuki were both choking to death on this shit?? and just, how the fuck did they make it out of this not traumatized

and also, like. All Might was straight up going to leave Izuku alone afterwards, just, “well enjoy your autograph, fine citizen” and blasting off out of there. and everyone fucking saw Katsuki almost suffocate to death later on, and after giving him a pat on the back they fucking let him go off on his own too? and you can’t even make the argument that this was Just Another Day In Quirk Society either, because more than a year later, Katsuki is still a bona fide fucking celebrity from the media coverage of his attack. it clearly was not something that happens every day. in conclusion, these kids are resilient as fuck, and thank god for that because people apparently just do not give a shit, holy christ

anyway. at least Mt. Lady had gloves

OH MY GOD

I FUCKING KNEW IT OH MY GOD. THE ROIDS. MUSCLES LIKE THAT DON’T JUST GROW ON TREES, I DON’T CARE HOW MANY LBS OF GARBAGE THIS KID HAULED OFF THE BEACH. THIS BOY BEEN HITTIN THE JUICE

Smash!!Might is so fucking shady omfg. probably sells cheap counterfeit electronics on Amazon

oh shit and that’s the end of the fucking chapter lol. that’s it?? that was only eight pages. fuck it, let’s read another. but first here’s Horikoshi’s note on the spin-off

so he really feels that Neda gets the spirit of the series and understands him. that’s very encouraging. the best spoofs and parodies are done out of love. I really think I’m going to enjoy this series

so! onward to chapter two

so here’s All Might dressed as Mr. 2 Bon Clay from One Piece, I guess??

“you know what’s funny? dressing a man in girl’s clothes LOL.” guys can we grow the fuck up. and also acknowledge that All Might can look good in anything, so this questionable gag wouldn’t have even landed anyway. you work that tutu All Might

lmao check out the past users of OFA here

All for One for All theory fucking confirmed lol. just look. that’s him in the back of the conga line. clearly

so Deku is all “hell yes why would I possibly say no??” but then

HIS LIMBS. lmao. sign here

in all seriousness, given the shit this kid has been through since the part of the series, All Might probably should have gotten him to sign a liability waiver of some sort. not that it would have stood, since Deku is underage! anyways Deku you totally have grounds to sue the shit out of the Symbol of Peace should you ever choose to do so. and the trend of Smash!!Might being shady af continues yes please give me more I love it

so now All Might is giving Deku his fitness plan which has a really elaborate name

given that this is Smash!!Might, I can’t help but wonder if this plan is in actuality some sort of MLM scheme. All Might are you trying to get Deku to do Herbalife

lol what in the fuck

the original series skipped right over a hell of a lot, it would seem. like the time Deku traveled to Arizona and fought coyotes in a poncho

I’m starting to suspect that Neda-sensei might be on some sort of substance. “let’s see what jokes can I make about chapter 2 of BnHA. I know, I’ll send the protagonist to a fictionalized version of the American Southwest in a sombrero, and then turn him into a 65-year-old oil tycoon.” naturally

lmao that’s really it, that’s the strip. moving right along. okay??

now Izuku is staring at the intimidating piles of Beach Trash and is all “I HAVE TO PICK ALL THIS SHIT UP?”

omg Deku no

somebody call Marie Kondo. Deku none of this is salvageable. not even to reuse in a color page photoshoot spread four years from now

OH SHIT

PROVED ME WRONG OH SNAP. SHOWED ME RIGHT WHERE I COULD PUT THOSE SASSY TAKES. MY BAD DEKU I’M SORRY

anyways I don’t know what Smash!!Might is so upset about. he probably wove some kind of clause into the contract Deku signed that allows him a percentage of the profits. unless Deku already spent it all on textbooks

what the fuck is this fucking series lmao

time for a round of “what is All Might casually crushing in this panel?” is it (a) a cardboard box, or (b) like, a mini-fridge or some fucking shit. IT COULD BE EITHER. IT MAKES EQUALLY AS MUCH SENSE EITHER WAY. “HEROES THESE DAYS ARE [FLEEEEEEX] OBSESSED WITH BEING FLASHY” 

holy shit no wonder he ran away to the Sierra Nevada. it’s only a matter of time before this freak fucking kills someone

NOW WE’RE CUTTING AWAY TO KAMUI WOODS DRESSED LIKE A DAFFODIL, IN THE SAME FUCKING COMIC STRIP, BECAUSE REASONS

my jokes about the mangaka being high as a fucking kite when he wrote this are gradually becoming less jokes and more serious inquiries??

lol so he coincidentally just stumbled across All Might and Deku at this exact moment

AND IT WAS A FUCKING REFRIGERATOR OH MY FUCKING GOD

do you guys remember during the final exam when All Might beat the everloving shit out of Deku and Kacchan, and everyone was all “JESUS CHRIST WOULD YOU LEARN TO FUCKING HOLD BACK A LITTLE THEY ARE CHILDREN YOU MANIAC.” but now we can see plain as day that he was, in fact, holding back. anyways Smash!!Might is terrifying as shit and if this had been the main series I would have already pegged him as the final villain by this point

here he is now wearing an old-timey bathing suit but looking more like an escaped convict than anything else

this panel is actually canon. I’ve decided. this 100% definitely happened at some point. especially the swimsuit

now two bikini babes are walking up and they’re all “IS THAT ALL MIGHT??” with excited sparkly eyes because they don’t know that he’s actually a deranged con artist who crushes refrigerators like empty soda cans. this spin-off has truly opened my eyes

LOOK AT THIS SKEEVY FUCK. JUST LOOK

AND NOW HE’S RUNNING OFF AND LEAVING DEKU TO DROWN IN EXHAUSTION, SON OF A

“SUDDEN BUSINESS” KSJLDKF SMASH!!MIGHT IS A FUCKING MENACE TO SOCIETY AND ALSO DOES NOT GIVE ONE SINGLE FUCK. NOT ONE!! HE’S OUT THERE FUCKLESS, AND NO ONE IS SAFE

now Deku is approaching his mom all serious and says he wants to change up his diet

and she’s looking at the menu he prepared all impressed and thinking that she might join him. as long as it’s for your health, Inko. if this manga starts making jokes about your weight, I will beat it over the head with Deku’s textbooks

OMFG

THIS WENT IN THE EXACT OPPOSITE DIRECTION I WAS EXPECTING, AND THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING THING I’VE EVER READ WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK. the whole fucking family is on the juice. and the fucking mangaka is on some special juice of his own oh my stars

now we’re cutting to Mt. Lady stomping on a car

thank fuck no one was actually in there. also does she not wear shoes

and also, it only just occurred to me that she must be another person with a special quirk costume, because her suit shrinks and expands along with her. Hagakure and Momo are really getting shafted by the costume design team here. they need to fire some people

anyway so Mt. Lady slipped on this carelessly placed vehicle and fell down and crushed an entire building whoops

bruh, you think you’re “ow.” let’s hope that building was empty too

and now she’s toppling another building just fucking because, I guess. and saying she can’t do urban areas

lmao and now the sidekick [CENSORED] manager from chapter one is back to guilt-trip her omg

I need this man to show up in every freaking chapter. please. respect my wishes

and now Izuku is standing on top of his collected pile of garbage screaming in victory

I only just realized that there’s still a big old Pile O’ Trash on this beach, though. someone needs to haul all of this junk away. or else get All Might and Mt. Lady to crush it all with a combined effort

oh shit here it comes y’all, the famous “eat my hair” scene. potential comedy gold right here omg

lol what the fuck

this man is a fucking billionaire and he’s out here clipping coupons and deleting pictures of his son in order to make room for them smdh

okay now we’re doing the hair scene

oh. oh no. I know where this is going sob please keep this comic rated PG for the children Neda

motherfucker they really --

Smash!!Might is a straight-up felon. this man has no fucking scruples. that’s okay Midoriya-shounen, if you don’t want to eat my hair we could just try some REDACTED, jesus christ I am going to need some bleach for my eyes after this

OR LET’S JUST STRAIGHT UP GO THERE WHY NOT

lmao sob. well, two chapters in and we’ve established that no territory is off-limits here. it’s a brave new world. wow

 so that’s it! our introduction to BnHA Smash!! I enjoyed it a lot and I will definitely be reading more! I’m not sure what kind of schedule I’ll keep, but this is a really good procrastination manga thus far, so knowing me I might actually work my way through this relatively quickly. especially since the Manga At Large is on break this week. anyways my deepest apologies to the many people who have been requesting for me to start Vigilantes instead. I just need something lighter right now, and this is a good fit. one of these days I’ll get my shit together with the other two spinoffs as well.

[rpedia]

Big Old Temporary Ask Redirect Compendium

I’ll delete this in a bit (the usual 2 months), but I’m getting some already answered or mostly answered asks I’d like to direct around. You guys and your anon, gosh. As a reminder if you use Google you can search any topic + RPedia, and get a post by me if I’ve made one. Seriously, I’m the first hit for anything if you stick my name on it. I literally just googled the posts for these questions actually because fuck you my archive/masterpost is a mess but I don’t have time for new content let alone working on tagging and listing 224 posts.

Anonymous asked: Well hello!! Im new to rp so this may sound really stupid (witch i apologize for that >///<) to you but i was wondering I made a side blog for rping is this good? Or would it be better to make another blog on it own for rp?

Don’t worry! I got a post for that.

Anonymous asked:  I don't know if other people feel this way, but for me tumblr rp just isn't fun anymore? I used to really love getting involved in groups and making friends and I don't know if I'm getting old or what (I'm 21) but it's not the same. I read a post just now that was dated from 3 years ago about other places to rp but I was wondering if you had any advice on where is like, a /fun/ place to rp? I like serious threads, I just also miss the more wacky one liner type interactions and crazy plots, too.

It might be 3 years old, but I do keep it updated with the places I know about! Promise. Anyways, look, you’re gonna find that kind of RP anywhere, but you’re also going to find jerks, it’s inevitable and it makes RP less fun. But it sounds like you need some faster RP, Tumblr doesn’t do it for me either (although with messaging I might...). Try chat based sites instead of forum based. Gaiaonline, RPH, and F-list are all full of one-lining and serious RP. They’ll also have those jerks though. That’s the internet, I’m afraid, but that’s why we block people who try and make us feel shitty about what we’re trying to RP. I mean technically even Deviantart has an RP section, and it’s all 13 year olds, so you’d be As A God amongst them and they’ll all be derping around with Wolf/Arranged Marriage/Mutant Escape RPs still without a care in the world happy and blissful. The way RP should be, so don’t any of you dare look down on them for having happiness for something you don’t anymore.

Anonymous asked:  Hi! So sorry if this has been asked, I looked around your navigation page but couldn't find it (to be fair, I have a bad habit of looking over things by accident) but how do you let someone know you want to RP with them (on Tumblr)? Send them a private message? Just follow them? Because I don't want to bother/pressure them with the former, but I'm worried that I might get overlooked with the latter. Thank you! <3

No worries! It just... literally depends on the player in question, and usually players have it listed. When in doubt, do one (follow), then the other if nothing happens (send a message saying: ‘Hi! Not to bother you, but I’m open to RP with you if you’d ever like to!’). If they’re that stressed by a hello, they may wanna put it on their blog somewhere, ‘cause that’s how RPers do. If you don’t want to do what other RPers do, you have to make a note of it somewhere or suffer how common social interaction works (he says, with his own page saying NO ONE PM ME, I’M DELICATE).

Anonymous asked: What should you do if you've just found out that the person you've roleplayed smut with lied about being of age?

My Underage Smut post deals with this already (in short: stop fucking smutting with them, and leave because it’s a violation of your safety so they clearly can’t respect you), and I do not answer these questions anymore because it flooded my blog with underage smut mentions, and fuck that. Like seriously. Ew.

Anonymous asked: So I was wondering if you have any advise on how to explain to a rp partner their characters are mary sues,or well...just badly made in general? Im all for letting people be creative,and usually I can let a few things go but this time its really bad. I don't want to hurt feelings,at least not if I can soften the blow. Any advice?

I GOT YOU. I have a Mary Sue post, and you can link them pointedly. I even have little letters on them (right at the start and later on) explaining why they suck so bad, and how to get better.

Remember! Like the posts I link to, not this post, it’s going bye bye soon! Besides these I have like, 480+ questions in my backlog that I want to answer, and 47 drafts I’m writing and researching in the ol’ draft folder. I love you kids, it just takes a while to sit down and write these. I have bad focus issues. It happens. But I’ll get around to just about all of them if I have my say. Even.... if it takes a couple more years. Plus a few more years for the asks I’ll get after. Frick. Just follow me or something if you wanna see my slow decline into writing hell. I think that’s how you use Tumblr. (I’m teasing.)