#I'm just sitting here reblogging memes and shit

[childoferebus]

WHOMST

[seginbeats]

[Mii Maker Music]

This is going to be an awkward/potentially uncomfortable post to make, but, I have some genuine things to remind people of:

Tumblr is not a very accessible platform for me to RP on. You will notice that I rarely do back and forth threads, and that's because I am mobile bound 98% of the time, unless I am on my iPad. Even then, using xKit and getting to use Trim Reblog is a major pain, and a major killer of spoons for me.

That is why you see me posting memes, sending asks, replying to asks, writing drabbles, doing dash commentary, etc. I work around my inability to sit here and go back and forth on threads, by leaning into immersion. I don't want anybody to think I am ignoring them.

That being said, I want to remind people that I am an independent rper. I have that on all of my blogs. I'm not an affiliate/bound to one specific group canon. I pop in and out of verses. I do my own thing. My posts, headcanons, etc., are not automatically gospel. They do not need to be accepted by everybody. I'm not sitting here with a sword held out, demanding that people acknowledge it as canon for them as well. Just because it appears on the dash, does not mean you are forced to accept it. People are free to interact as much or as little as possible. I do keep my roleplay loose and open enough for people to jump in with ease though, because this is the easiest way for me to write on this website.

I really feel as though I need to remind people of this, because the definition of "independent" seems to be getting lost. I don't write in a linear fashion, therefor, I cannot always accommodate plots and events that are considered part of an RPC canon. And that's okay. Because I am independent, not affiliate.

Anyway, I'm posting this because I'm aware that my thing that I wrote with Giacomo doesn't fit into everybody's worldbuilding/verses, and-- that's literally okay folks. I don't want anybody to take my stuff and demand that people accept it as canon, because that is rude to people who may not want to use that story beat in their own writing. I mean shit, if I woke up tomorrow and decided to retcon anything on my blog, that's in my right. Because I'm independent. And anybody who is an indie blog has that right.

At the end of the day, it's common courtesy to ask your rp partner whether or not they are okay with bringing in certain lore or events, because not everybody is involved in certain plots and verses. I ask that everybody who did decide to join in for that group rp utilize that courtesy.

[lunaeclipse1057-ao3]

My Love Letter To The QSMP Community, a place I love and will always love. Thank you.

Hello! My name is Luna, and this is gonna be my intro post :D

I use They/Them pronouns, and I'm gonna be posting a lot daily, mostly liveblogging QSMP (maybe? idk what I'll do now) and streamers like Philza, and Ranboo (Mostly Phil because I am a diehard crow). Other than that, I reblog what I'm into, mostly F1 and Hermitcraft. I made this to promote my AO3, linked above, but will just be using this to vibe and shit, and also post my writing when I upload.

Fair warning I do get political on here a lot, especially close to elections

Am sort of minor (17)

Ask tags are #luna got an ask #what will they do

Want to see what my 12” Ranboo sit plush is getting up to? Check out @where-is-sitboo

All At Once - Hazbin Hotel (tag #all at once au and #aao au): [FINISHED]

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I'll Never Hide My Scars - Hazbin Hotel (tag #inhms au): [HAITUS]

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Lies in Lullabies - Hermitcraft (tag #lil au): [WIP]

Meme by @pompadorbz

[anawrites3]

It's the Stony to BAKUDEKU anon again.lol I love what you wrote. Didn't expect Katsuki to be glaring at the baby, but that was great. Thank you so much! You're unique and phenomenal ❤️

Oh, saw you reblog the ask meme, so here's another one.

Age reverse SlaDick. Like Older!Dick is hanging out with Older!Wally and young!Slade very aggressive with his courting of Dick.

Thank you, love 💕 I'm glad you liked it! And thank you for giving me another prompt, I love it ��� I love age swap aus and it was really fun to write

You can read my previous try on this prompt right here where I just played a bit with older Dick and Wally.

And now for the proper story;

Dick sipped at his champagne with a smile, watching Wally dance with one of the gala guests. The girl was pretty but young, probably still a teenager and you didn't have to look very hard to notice that Wally was very uncomfortable having someone his kids' age flirt with him. As soon as he was able to, he sped back to Dick's side.

"That walk was awfully fast, Walls." Dick hummed into his glass. "It'd be a shame if someone noticed."

Wally groaned, grabbing a glass of something stronger for himself. It wouldn't do much for him with a speedster metabolism but he still could enjoy the taste.

"Give me a break. I'm too old for this shit." He muttered.

Dick laughed. "If Bruce's not too old for this, neither are you."

And Bruce was still going strong, despite the fact that all his hair had turned white a long time ago. He stayed sitting throughout the whole gala but he was still as charming as ever, playing Brucie Wayne even as a teenage boy's grandfather.

"Bruce just isn't human." Wally shook his head before taking a big gulp from his glass. "We already talked about this."

"For many years." Dick agreed easily.

"I'm still right. And I still hate you for dragging me along with you to this thing."

"And I still love you for going with me. You're actually making this night bearable, I can't believe I'm still letting Bruce force me to attend his stupid galas."

Wally snorted. "You're just not physically able to tell him 'no' and you're old enough to already realize that, dude."

Dick grimaced. Yeah, that one was true, no matter how he hated the fact. Even after all those years, sometimes just one word from Bruce was enough to have him running.

He parted his lips to reply when something else caught his attention. A young man with short blond hair and hard blue eyes was walking slowly towards them from the other side of the ballroom. When Dick met his gaze, his lips curled into a lazy smirk.

"Oh no."

Wally immediately looked more alert. "What is it?"

"Remember that guy I've been telling you about?"

"Which one? Your little mercenary admirer?"

"Mm. He's here."

"What?!"

Before they got to say anything else, Slade stopped right before him. He was dressed in a black three piece suit, similar to Dick's dark-blue one, and despite himself Dick had to admit that it looked very nice on him.

"Pretty bird." He greeted, voice a purr. He didn't even look at Wally.

Dick sighed, "Slade. You know I hate this nickname."

The smirk on Slade's lips widened, turning into a grin. "I do."

"And you also know that I'll be very unhappy if you try to kill someone at my father's gala."

Slade's fingers wrapped around his hand in a strong grip. When his lips brushed against his skin, without looking away from Dick's eyes, Dick had to force himself not to react in any way.

"In that case you'll have to occupy me enough for the rest of the night." Slade mused. He put his other hand on Dick's waist and pulled him close, so close that their chest touched and Dick's breath stopped in his lungs. "I think a dance will be a good start for that."

Dick cursed very ugly in his thought.

He couldn't break out of Slade's grip without causing a scene and bringing everyone's attention. At the same time, if he didn't break out of his grip, he'll be forced to slow dance with him in front of everyone. Someone will take a picture of them, sell it to the press for sure.

Bruce will get mad. Jaden will have to see his father dance with a man almost his own age.

Dick cursed again, this time outloud. Slade just chuckled, starting to lead him in the dance.

"I'll make you pay for it, brat." Dick hissed.

Slade pressed his lips against Dick's chin to press another kiss there. "I'm looking forward to it, old man."

[violexides]

the clip makes me nauseous and i don't want this post to blow up because i've had to block enough people as is on this site and grit my teeth through some of the things i've seen people i love reblog (like holy shit guys) but all i have to say is: you're not going to act like Harris is good for Palestine right now. i don't care if you're voting blue, or third, or if you're not voting, you are NOT going to act like Harris is good for Palestine. if you want to vote for her look to all those other reasons that you think Democrats are good or whatever but you're not going to fucking gaslight people into thinking that because Harris said she wanted a ceasefire like twice, disregarding her recent statement at a Detroit event AND how she called protestors pro-Hamas, that she's going to be good for Palestine. not to mention her silence in the last months during Biden's administration (you guys flip flop fast as to whether you think elected officials are able to launch america into tyranny in under a year or if they are unable to do literally anything ever in politics and just have to sit there sadly). you are ALSO not going to act like this is the best we can do in American politics. the lack of political imagination is absurd. i'm not even saying don't vote for Harris because God knows i get it but at the very fucking LEAST start applying pressure for her to be more explicit in calling for an end to the genocide. contact her office, or raise awareness. i am genuinely physically ill over the fact that so many people are saying "what more do you want for her? this is the best we're going to get for Palestine!'" NO political imagination. How can you mansplain the basics of American politics to everyone by saying "third parties aren't going to win you fucking idiot" but you can't understand that you should at least TRY. TO LEVERAGE YOUR VOTE. INSTEAD OF UNCONDITIONALLY VOWING YOUR SUPPORT. There is always going to be a big bad candidate. There is always going to be an unsavory republican versus a tolerable democrat (this should be deeply terrifying to you). there, too, is always going to be a mass of people who can use the power of their voice, or something something "civics" if you need a buzzword here, to DEMAND better out of our officials & that process starts before they get in office. I'm glad you guys are so anti trump that you're saying Harris and Waltz are like BRAT mom and dad or whatever the fuck but I need you guys to give a shit about Palestinians for two seconds and stop memeing them with some white Brit woman's song. The genocide is still going on. footage was released of a Palestinian man getting gang raped by Israeli soldiers and there were riots demanding the release of the soldiers. the Israeli media is upset that this got leaked, not outraged that a man was brutalized in that way. NOBODY in western media is talking about this, they want it to blow over. but they still purport the claims that have been debunked about Hamas.

i don't know who this might upset but you don't just twiddle your thumbs and wait for politics to change once you get a Democrat. you're supposed to demand things, you're supposed to express yourselves. leftists have done a lot of legwork since the start of the genocide across college campuses but it's not even a fraction of the amount that we need to get justice for our brothers and sisters and siblings over the seas. elected officials are accountable to you when they want your vote. Harris is not going to do anything if you guys just keep acting like she could kill a man in front of you and you're still 100% willing to jump into her arms. She clearly does not know how to navigate this pressure if she's saying stupid fucking shit like she did in Detroit so put on pressure. and unfortunately i dont have the capacity to baby you through how to do that pressure because brown folks are already trying to tell you and you're ignoring it, and if you know enough about american politics to try to mansplain it to the PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING GENOCIDED BY AMERICAN TAX DOLLARS, you can surely figure out how to send a fucking email.

im not Palestinian i am an insanely privileged teenager living in America so i cannot even comprehend a fraction of the pain being suffered by the Palestinian people & the diaspora but what i will say is none of you "vote blue no matter what, this is the best we're going to get" folks are ever going to help my close friend's treatment prices lower. None of y'all are ever going to take a stand to keep my best friend from risking going to prison just for standing outside. None of y'all would have said SHIT when my people were getting killed in the Iraq war. And if you think "no that's wrong, i did or i would or i think i might have-" then start saying shit now. Keep saying shit. I'm sorry if this doesn't feel easy to you, I'm sorry if it feels uncomfortable to shake away the idea that Harris is going to save politics and save Palestine just autonomously. But you don't have to take care of her. and maybe you could afford to take care of your own comfort a lot less. she's a woman with immense privilege and you are a person with privilege and the Palestinian people are still being killed. Sorry if this is ineloquent or whatever i don't fucking care. I just need you guys - mostly the people who follow me - to know where im at with this. Because yall keep rbing shit like "if u dont vote for Kamala u vote for trump" as if your white asses are at risk when the uncommitted movement LARGELY COMPOSED OF FOLKS OF COLOR are actually just demanding that their people dont die. Nobody wants trump. nobody wants genocide either. maybe you don't see how Kamala can ruin your life if she continues with her current rhetoric but i can see it crystal clear. Ive been seeing it for months. A lto of us have.

[feeshies]

i deleted that reblog of that "american food" poll bc it wasn't sitting right with me. i don't usually announce when i delete posts like this, but idk. i have a lot of thoughts.

i am used to seeing non-americans talk shit about american food and american food/weight culture. and often it does come from a place of ignorance (either ignorance of societal/racial/economic issues or basic stuff like not understanding that fair food is meant to be batshit and it's not eaten every day). and even in america, many dishes from prominently poor and/or black communities are stripped of their dignity and history in order to be a punch line. i understand why people, especially americans, would have such an adverse reaction to that.

but knowing that the poll was made as a response to the british food poll (that i didn't see at the time) made me feel uneasy.

for one, i love british food. i don't just mean "i like fish and chips because it's fried and i'm american", but many of the dishes on that poll are genuinely delicious to me. when i was in high school, a lady would come in the morning to bring muffins and pastries to those who showed up early enough, but some days she would bring in homemade shepherd pies and good fucking god i can't think of a dish better suited to get me through those grueling days. i tried beans on toast after i saw all of the memes and it's good? i'm sure there are british dishes i wouldn't like and i know i'm only scratching the very mainstream surface in these examples, but i could say that about...any style of food tbh.

not to mention that a lot of the dishes i see mocked often appear to be working class meals? idk, if i saw people talking about burnt ends the same way they talked about these dishes, i'd get upset.

(also i don't like that i have to use "british" as an umbrella term here. i've seen haggis mocked from here to high heaven and come on. at least leave the scots out of this).

additionally, much in the same way that americans are often bombarded with cheap shots about their food and weight, british food gets mocked all the time. like, seriously. this isn't uncharted territory. it's essentially a tired joke at this point.

anyway, i'm sorry to my british friends. i'm glad the post inspired a wider discussion of american cuisine, but i wish it didn't have to be at the expense of another culture's food. like language, that shit's personal and people have a right to be defensive.

[bothfeetinthegrave]

name — Rabbit is a nickname I've had for around a thousand years. My real name is Rory, or Ro if you prefer that over nicknames. I'm not choosy.

pronouns — he / him

preferred comms — discord works for me around %80 of the time, which is much more reliable than IMs here. My info's in my pinned if you'd like to add me - just let me know who you are!

name of muse — This is Eden Muir's blog, he's an OC / my favourite dead guy. My other writing blog @belovedcorvid, where I will probably reblog this, is for Donquixote Rocinante.

experience in RP — I've been writing on this site for around 11-12 years, across a few different URLs.

best experiences — I don't really have a specific best experience, it's hard to compare interactions because they're so different. I do want to mention though that I have never been included in as friendly and immediately accepting of a writing community as I have with OP, both here and on Cora's blog.

pet peeves / dealbreakers — I don't have a lot - I'm a pretty chill guy and the people I interact with are really considerate. I guess if I had to pick something, it's when another person continues an ask without moving it to a new thread? And even that feels really silly to sit down and write out like this.

muse preference ( fluff, angst, smut ) — No smut here, at least not so far - not really my thing. Between the other two, no real preference. Why not both? We can have hurt/comfort as a treat. I'd actually like to write some more shippy things, but I'm slow and not good at recognising when that's possible.

plot or memes — I find plotting to be easier with people I've interacted with a bit already, so I guess I would say memes.

long or short replies — Too long replies I get wordy. OTL I always want to do dialogue only or short replies because I wish I was faster, but they never stay that way. You never have to match me, and if you ever want me to focus in / make something easier to reply to, let me know!

best time to write — My schedule's wild, so right now the stars have to align in the following way: evenings on days where I haven't been on triage team all day, and don't have tabletop. This usually means mid-week and sundays.

are you like your muse — There's a fair bit of me in Eden, just because I think that's the nature of character creation for many people.

I am like Cora because I too am barely keeping my shit together and would like a cigarette.

tagged by: @isutoburu ♡ tagging: @byanyan @intothewildsea @vanishinq @rubctosis @cmdrace @taiixuan and @ anyone else that would like to fill this out, just say I tagged you! I have no idea anymore who's done this one and who hasn't so if I've tagged you and You've already done it I'm sorry. OTL

[tired-biscuit]

i've just seen your posts on dash biscuit and its so sad you're feeling like that :( If i'm to tell you the honest truth biscuit, I don't remember how I found your account but i remember being so intrigued and hooked immediately - I went on to read your War General Kiba (to somewhat expose myself.. I am War General Kiba anon from around a month ago) bc your writing itched my brain so fuckin good !!

It makes me so sad that uni started recently for me and I have been so caught up I haven't gotten around to reblogging war general kiba because I haven't gotten the moment to write my thoughts regarding those:( they're sitting in my drafts. I decided I would read every single one of your fics a month ago (unfortunately I haven't been able to yet) - including the naruto thirst you elaborated on for me, and though I haven't gotten time to read it, THANK YOU SO MUCH BISCUIT for taking your time out to do that :( <3

You deserve every single one of those likes , but you deserve them alongside an equal amount of reblogs :/ i sincerely hope that these followers and whatnot pull their heads out of their ass and start reblogging - because if they don't, they're not going to have anything to read. bc biscuit you are such an amazing and talented writer, and it always blows my mind we get to read your masterpieces for free. FOR FREE!!!! that is so crazy like, this is stuff that could get you MILLIONS and we have the blessing from you to type a few words onto our screens and read it! like WOW thank you so much <3 🍁 anon

oh my gosh, you’re so sweet; imma start sobbing!

listen, you don’t have to apologize for not being able to read my fics; i get it, life happens and we get busy as people and fanfiction definitely is NOT everything there is to life! so please don’t say sorry for that because there is literally no need for it, like i said. YOU’RE GOOD!

it just grinds my gears that i’m not allowed to vent on here about this particular topic because some people will INSTANTLY jump the wagon to call me ungrateful. i get it, i get notes, but people usually don’t understand that likes don’t mean shit on here and that the majority of those notes are just that: likes. sure, i get a little notif that someone liked my story, but i have no clue what they thought about it based from that heart. i have no clue if they’ve even actually read it. to make matters even worse, it makes the post just straight up fucking die.

i spend hours and hours and hours writing, editing, rereading, tweaking the same story for ages. i could just not post it and keep it to myself, sure, but i enjoy interacting with my moots and my followers in general, and giving people that share my interest in the same characters something to read about, because let’s be real; kiba is niche af. i like feeding the kiba girlies because i barely had anything to eat a couple years back when it comes to him and i’ve worked my fucking ass off for those notes over the years, SO OF COURSE I APPRECIATE THEM, OK?

this debate, or whatever you wanna call it, has been circling around here for ages and it’s useless at this point, i think... writers, artists, creators of all sorts say “please say thank you for my creation that i made for YOU after you’ve asked, i beg” and people call us ungrateful or stuck up or whatever the fuck. i mean, do people seriously think i enjoy self-reblogging all the time and begging for interaction like that robin hood meme with the cup???????? no, i do it because it is the only way people will see my work before it disappears into the ether once again, ffs!!!!!!!!

ANYWAYS, i will write a drabble for your war general!kiba ask when i have the time, i promise! i just want to actually make it good and write like a proper story instead of just my thoughts because he is very dear to me and i am a perfectionist when it comes to my royalty AU and it makes me overthink and just… yeah! he has been sitting in the back of my head, clanking his heavy weapons impatiently, lmao.

I LOVE YOU!

[foxpunk]

like, on one hand i get it. i logically understand the motives behind why tumblr is making the decisions they are making. i just do not think that their motives MUST line up with these specific decisions.

in the end, tumblr needs more revenue. full stop. that is not up for debate. if they do not get it somehow, then tumblr is going to shut down because they simply cannot keep things running, and it will happen much MUCH sooner than most of y'all are at all prepared for. hell, it's already something they've been delaying well past when other sites would have been scrapped (well...aside from twitter but that is a recent and extreme example).

so i get why they need more activity, i get why they need more users, i get why they need to have a shop and micro-transactions. i truly do.

but tumblr is not going to be gaining any new users if it becomes a copy-cat for something that already exists. the amount of new and active and dedicated users they will get is minimal when those users can simply be active on another app/site that does the same thing (and likely already does it better). why seek out tumblr when every other app already has an algorithmic main feed? why seek out tumblr when every other app has live video? why seek out tumblr when every other site has a minimally customizable default profile?

what makes tumblr what it is? the surface answer is it's the communities and the fandoms and the memes, but what is it about tumblr that allowed these to develop the way they did? it certainly wasn't an algorithm, or live stream, or online shop.

if you want people to get hooked on tumblr, show them what they can do HERE that they CAN'T simply do on another app. yeah sure all the new features (live, for you, etc.) are fun for new users who are used to twitter and instagram and the like, and the option to use them can make those new users feel less out of their depth. but if that's all you're promoting they aren't gonna stick around, cause they can get that literally anywhere else. if you're gonna try n sell tumblr as a product then you need to realize the key to selling a product amongst competition is making it so that people need that product and what it offers Specifically.

one thing i never see talked about for this is hashtags not just as a promotional tool but as an organizational one. you can search through specific blog and see everything in a specific tag On That Blog. thats HUGE. it's SO useful. regardless of how it can mess up at times, literally NO other modern social media site lets you do that! livejournal and wordpress are the only things that come close, and livejournal is old as shit and largely inactive, while wordpress has a VERY different target audience.

pair that together with how reblogs work and you have an AMAZING thing going here and you're just letting it Sit There with no spotlight on it.

another thing: ASKS. GOD. WHY ARE Y'ALL NOT PROMOTING ASKS. HELLO. they're such a fun and unique way to interact on this site. the messenger is great but every social media has DMs these days. asks are something truly different and, again, they're just sitting there with NO spotlight on them.

another recent feature that i actually really really love is reblog controls. they are separate from having to turn your entire account private to get people to not look at/spread a post. they're perfect for people who don't want to bother password protecting their entire damn blog but still don't want a certain post spreading. talk about that! i'm sure it'd draw some people away from twitter, since you have to adjust privacy settings for your entire profile if you wanna manage who can and can't interact with a tweet.

and if you're worried about people being confused by reblogs and replies and the like. it is literally as simple as having a little slide show with cute graphics explaining what those are when people are signing up. hell, make multiple cute little slideshows. explain reblogs vs replies, explain tags and the specific way they work on tumblr, explain the different sections on the dash. don't make it little pop text bubbles on the dashboard, people hate pop ups. 9/10 they are not gonna look at them or accidentally click out of them and then they're gone and your user is lost. just have it be a page people are directed to before they hit the dashboard. it is THAT simple. let people be able to revisit that page easily. boom. one and done. you had that annoying ass wind up denture icon popping up for all of us, why not put a little icon in the corner for new accounts to revisit the "tutorial" if they forgot something? it literally is that easy it is SO easy. holy shit.

if you're so worried about users being confused by anything different from other social media, it's your job to EXPLAIN THOSE DIFFERENCES. NOT squash them out, are you fucking kidding me hellooo!! sure okay make things a lil more streamlined and definitely improve WCAG, but don't just fucking toss out features that aren't ACTUALLY complicated or inaccessible!! GODDD

it is not actually that complicated to explain a few new concepts to new users. learn how to frame things in a fun way upon sign-up instead of obfuscating any and all information behind 10 different staff/support/wip/changes/etc blogs and the least helpful help desk in existence.

also, i know they already clarified they aren't gonna be doing this, but if they push non-optional algorithm onto the Main Feed i'm gonna blow this whole place up (for legal reasons i must clarify this is a Joke). like. just find me on mastodon at that point.

edit: to clarify what i've already said. i think having algorithmic options (OPTIONAL options) for new users is Fine in the end. like, it's a fair compromise (mentioned that in some tags earlier but realized i didn't say that on this post specifically). i have issues with how it's opt-OUT rather than opt-IN, but in the end it's not really going to affect much (so long as chrono feeds are an option, and are not taken from users who already have them set as chrono). and honestly neither will all the smaller (general UI) changes they are going to be experimenting with. the site and it's core features will largely function the same way.

i'm mostly frustrated with tumblr making all these changes to conform rather than to stand out from the pack.

the one thing i AM worried about is that they hinted at messing with reblogs and replies more though. don't touch them lol. like i said, just actually explain shit to your new users and you'll be FINE lord almighty

[lostlegendaerie]

3!!!!

feat. Egoshipping for the writing meme I reblogged yesterday, and dear GOD this got away from me. Cutting it off now before it becomes a full fucking story (complete with fucking!) but maybe if enough of the Onion Jersey server likes this I'll flesh it out.

cw: alcohol, mentions of sex

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"Well, come on," and there's that smirk she saw a hundred times as a child. "Let's hear it."

Misty takes a drink of her margarita, sits up in her chair, and puts on her best 'I fight ten year olds for a living' grin.

"Honey, you've got a big storm coming."

Gary bursts into laughter; genuine delight, miles different from the mocking cackles of his youth. Misty is too surprised to retaliate for a beat. The hot flush in her cheeks is from the tequila they've been drinking, nothing else.

"What?" she demands, leaning across the table at him, aware of Janine and the Lieutenant beside her like someone is aware of the couch on the other side of the room. "Like you don't have cheesy one-liners you use during battles."

"Yeah, but that's like-- boring levels of cheese."

"Boring?!"

Misty leaps - stumbles, actually - off of her barstool, knocking it over in the process.

"That's it," and she snaps her fingers as she points at him. "Outside. Battle. Now."

Gary oozes off his own seat, grabbing the table for balance. "Did you even bring Monsters out with you?"

She did, but only the one. That's why she steps in close to the Leader slash Champion slash Professor slash Absolute Asshole and grabs him by the belt. Dark brown eyes widen, and she can feel his breath on her cheeks, see the faint sheen of sweat on his forehead. For a crucial moment, she forgets what she's doing.

It's been a while since she was this close to Gary Oak. He grew into his good looks, which she refuses to admit to anyone, and he's probably her favorite of the Leaders who come to this monthly informal bar crawl across Cinnabar. Brock would be, if he came, or Erika, but it's this brilliant little thorn in her side who she comes all the way out here to see. He even has the audacity to tan instead of burn and freckle and burn again. That's probably why his eyes are searching her face so closely; trying to count all the little splotches of color on her cheeks.

Someone whistles, snapping her out of her trance. Right.

Misty yanks two Pokéballs off Gary's belt and releases him, her heart pounding and her legs weak. Reaches blindly backwards for her glass of water and takes two pulls of the Lieutenant's beer before she realizes her mistake, splutters, and finally breaks eye contact to locate her drink.

"Just fuck already," Faulkner laments.

It probably doesn't help their case that she and Gary both whip around and snap "no!" at the same time.

Misty finishes her water but she still feels dizzy-drunk, heat in the pit of her stomach and a ringing in her ears. Gary's undone a couple more buttons in his shirt, leaving it loose halfway down his ribcage like a slut, and two can play at that game. She gathers up the hem of her t-shirt, twists it, and tucks it through the collar so it hugs her bra and bares her stomach.

"Arceus," someone mutters, "I'm too old for this shit."

Gary gets up in her space again, herding her towards the exit. "Give those Balls back," he declares, "you don't even know which ones you grabbed."

"I don't need to know, I'll find out when I throw them!"

He's got her backed against the wall in the entryway, hands sliding down her arms as he tries to reclaim his Pokémon. "You have no brain for tactics, do you?" he taunts. Something clatters and rolls across the floor.

Misty spins him around and traps him against the same wall, his wrists on either side of his head. "Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard," she retorts. He lets out a choked noise.

"Are they always like this?" Bugsy asks.

"Yes," come multiple replies.

"Oh. Um."

Gary attempts to sneer at her. "That's not even the right anecdote for the situation, Storm Girl." The effect is somewhat ruined by the light dancing in his eyes. He thinks she's funny. And he should, she's hilarious, so she presses a little harder and he makes another sound.

"Fuck you," but she's smiling too, much as she hates it, and--

FFFSSSHHHHHHH!

Icy cold water blasts the pair of them, soaking them to the bone. Misty jumps backwards with a screech, and Gary curses violently. Both of them stare at Misty's Tatsugiri, who is glaring up at them with much more condemnation than should be able to fit in such a small, floppy body. Its Pokéball, painted in the lovely blue shades of a Dive Ball, sits open on the floor.

Well, shit.

"Tatsu!" it demands, and Misty wipes water off her goose-pebbled skin.

"W-We're not going to b-battle now, in soaking clothes, s-so get that idea out of your head," she chides the violence-hungry little fish, bending over to grab the Ball. Behind her, Gary makes his third strangled sound of the night and mutters something that might have been "stop it" to himself. "We're going to the C-center for towels."

"Seemed fine battling wet a minute ago," Surge hoots from across the bar, and Misty flips him off.

A flash of red light and another squeal of diminutive rage, and the Tatsugiri is withdrawn. Gary has stepped fully outside and is wringing out his shirt onto the sidewalk, so he doesn't see her when she approaches and jabs him in the side with stiff fingers.

"Fuck!" he yelps, and isn't it nice that his hair looks less stupid when it's dripping wet around his face? "What now, Red?"

"Towels. You're not flying home like that. You'll get sick." Misty jerks her head to the side, gesturing for him to follow, and starts walking.

"I'll be fine," but she can hear him follow her anyway, the wet slap of two sets of shoes walking downtown.

It's warmer outside than in the bar, even at night. Her denim shorts are starting to chafe against her skin already, but Misty doesn't let that or the occasional curious look of other people slow her down.

"You ever think we should?" asks Gary, tone light.

Misty glances at him over her shoulder. He's thrown his shirt back on like a jacket, loose and clinging, and he's not chiseled or anything but it's-- well--

"Think we should what?"

One shoulder twitches in a poor imitation of a casual shrug. "You know. Have sex."

Misty stumbles, recovers, and keeps walking with her eyes on the sidewalk ahead, lit in a hundred directions by a hundred different lights. "Nope."

"Oh, good, me neither."

The answer isn't nearly that simple.

Gary has been a part of her life for a little too long for something like a hookup to be easy; they're friends, finally, after years of bitter rivalry in defense of Ash and he's-- fun. She can pick on him and he can dig at her, a full scale assault of childish insults and slapping hands, and it fills the void her sisters left behind when they moved to Unova. She likes him. And crossing that line of intimacy and messing it up... scares her.

She's not drunk anymore. They're not even looking at each other. There's not excuse for the thought that tumbles it's way out of her mouth.

"You know, hotels would have towels, too."

"Yeah," he agrees, "yeah they would. Closer too, probably."

The hotel and the Pokémon Center are right next to each other, to be honest, and Misty still can't look at him as she turns right instead of left. But the door behind her doesn't close, caught instead by another hand, and side by side they walk into the lobby.

[tennant]

How do you deal with people online who don’t like you, mock you, talk shit, hate your gifs, make accusations, etc? When you reblog/make fandom content, engage with LGBT+ content or adult content, etc., people have STRONG opinions and project those onto others. For example, there’s a popular meme going around dragging a text post I once made years ago. Even now, it’s a reference some people recognise, and every time I see it reblogged, I think about thousands of people laughing at me. Being on this site and engaging with “problematic” content — like most TV shows, celebrities, corn, and so on inevitably are — often feels like you’re just opening yourself up to be a target of other people’s standards and expectations. It’s hard. You’re someone with a decent amount of followers who engages in lots of different content backed by passionate people. How do you feel? Have you been trolled, received horrible anons, etc.? How do you handle it? Is it just easy to delete and brush off? I’m feeling kinda down these days about it all, so I wanted to get your perspective on…just surviving online, I guees (even more so if you’re sensitive).

hey! i'd like to apologise if it took me long to answer your message.

ugh i'm sorry that you have to deal with those bastards! people who likes trolling and bullying people online need to go outside, touch some grass, breath some fresh air, instead of sitting down scrolling through the internet (especially this hellsite), and taking the joy out of other people who wants to enjoy their fandom. the internet isn't healthy.

i think everyone deals with online bullying differently because everyone have different personality? in my case i found there are people who accused me things that i've never done, i was like "i don't even know y'all, all i do here is to dump my gifs, reblog stuff and leave." there's people who used to gaslight my inbox but then i blocked them, now my dash is more peaceful than before.

so at the end of the day, all i do is block those annoying people, hide annoying tags whenever they reblog my posts, filter them out, and post whatever that makes me happy and joyous (but with few considerations like "oh i wonder if this post gonna annoy some ppl? maybe i won't post it").

i hope you have a lovely day. sending u warm hugs <3

[jerzwriter]

Do you feel like we are seeing a lot more far-right bigotry on tumblr this year than we have during pride month in the past? I saw one post from this meme blogger called "r4cs0" where he was claiming that Chipotle had changed their corporate policies to ban homosexuals from their restaurants after a homosexual man was caught stealing guacamole by smuggling it out in his anus. It was definitely fake news and I think a lot of people were reblogging it because they thought it was a joke, but if you go to r4cs0's blog there is actually a huge amount of homophobia, transphobia, dendrophobia and general bigotry going on over there.

Hey Nonny,

I definitely feel it. This pride feels really off to me, and I don't like it. I am speaking from a U.S. perspective, but I know this applies to other nations as well. The anti-rhetoric is always there, but it feels more blatant like they're more empowered. That's been happening ever since 2016, but this year feels more intense.

My personal feelings? Roe v. Wade was overturned. Now, that in and of itself still has me on FIRE, but like I said on day one, Roe being overturned was not just about Roe, and the far-right has no intention of stopping there. Between that and the far-right media, they're emboldened and not letting down.

I even see it in things that, in general, I don't put too much stock in. Like Target's decision to remove their pride displays from certain stores in the South. Now, I never saw Target as the biggest ally, and I think a lot of corporate pride is BS propaganda, but this isn't good. Why? When I'm in lower Manhattan, it's not the kids there that need to know they're loved and supported... they know. This happened in the communities where they are most ostracized, the most in danger. It doesn't sit well with me.

Also, a lot of companies are putting out their pride logo for a day, then taking it down. Excuse me, but fuck you. America is not a democracy, no matter how much we like to pretend we are, in practice, we are very much a corporatocracy, and right now, we need corporations to be allies more than ever - for lgbtq+ rights, women's rights, racial equity - and so many are backing down instead of standing up - and that's not good. I'm looking hard at where I spend my money these days, and I think we should all try to do that.

Now the shit you are reporting here, I'd like to say anyone who sees that and believes it should have their heads examined, but in our crazy-ass climate, who the hell even knows what's real and what's not anymore (and that's QUITE by design). It's disgusting and disheartening, and it is dangerous.

I'm old enough that I remember when pride was a lot more than a party - and honestly, that has to be remembered, and we need to focus on that. It's great to celebrate, it's important to celebrate, and we should celebrate. But we have to stay vigilant, we have to fight, and for those of us fortunate enough to live in more progressive areas need to really remember those who don't and work for them.

Here's my only hope... the younger generation, in general, is progressive, so I hope the future will be brighter. But don't think the forces at play don't know that the younger generation is more progressive and these bigoted dinosaurs' days are numbered. That's why they're doing all they can - who cares if it's legal or ethical - to consolidate power.

It's hard to see all of this. I've lived through a lot and seen things improve so much. To see things moving backward is just sickening.

Stay strong, Nonny. Sending you love and HAPPY PRIDE... no matter what.

[divinamour]

I know you didn’t reblog an “ask me about my character” meme or anything but I’m curious—-how did you get into Skrulls? What caught your fascination? How long have you had your characters and what gave you your ideas? How have they changed since their original conception? No need to answer if you don’t want, I know I’m probably asking for a novel here!

Flicks cigarette out the got damned window.

Definitely don't think it'll be... a 'novel'. It's gonna be KINDA long, but definitely not 'read more' long. I hope. I wrote this part first, no idea how this is gonna end and I'm not going back to edit this.

Fourteen years ago I think in... June? So fourteern years ago, two months from now, I was living my best life! I was- fourteen? Fourteen, going to school, hating myself, etc. etc. All the hits. All the good ones, all the big ones. And then one day my Grandma came by and was like 'C'MON! We're going out to get Chinese!'

Yadda yadda yadda, we finish eating, step outside. Storefront right next to the Takeout? Comic Book Shop! (Which was closed down when I went back to see it on vacation. Friend told me it closed down a few years ago too. Damn. Anyway!)

Go inside, I'm looking around, I'm looking around. Pick up a Spawn Issue, grab a Batman comic, think it was New 52, might've been Court of Owls, don't really remember, and the- !!! Oh, what's this? Who's this- this green alien man glaring at me? Marvel Omnibus for an Event? Holy shit I've never had an Event OMNIBUS before, this sounds awesome! Who the- What's... What's the 'Secret Invasion'?

And that was fucking it. I read the WHOLE thing that day, all the tie ins included. I went on the internet started looking these little green bitches up. What's their beef? I remember them from Marvel Ultimate Alliance, but- I mean the Super Skrull was just a top-down bitch for me to bully in that game, I didn't respect him! But after reading about their war? Their gods, their struggles, them getting their asses WHIPPED by Norman Osborn?! (Shout out Norman, I see you killing Veranke! Love you, bubbe!)

About a week after I got through the Omnibus I was HOOKED. I was all fucking in, chief. I was ABOUT IT. I can't tell you WHAT it was about the Skrulls that made me sit up and pay attention. Can't tell you what line of dialogue, or what issue, what fucking writer?

My favorite part of Secret Invasion wasn't even the Skrulls! It was T'Challa defeating the Skrull Invasion of Wakanda by his fucking self. HE had the best line in that whole event.

Warskrull Hybrid with Beta Ray Bill, Bullseye, Elektra and Wolverine's powers: You can not defeat me. I have been trained my entire life specifically to kill you.

T'Challa, walking up ready to get to it: Then you have already lost. For I have trained my entire life to defeat the unknown.

WHAT!??! YOU CAN JUST SAY THAT!? TO AN INVADING ARMY THAT HAS SOLDIERS MADE UP OF LIKE... SEVEN OF EARTH'S GREATEST THREATS! AT A TIME!? AND HE WON TOO! He killed the invading force and wrote 'SKRULLS STAY OUT OF WAKANDA' IN SKRULL BLOOD ON THE ROYAL TOWER FOR ALL TO SEE.

Fuck the Skrulls, I want more of THAT from T'Challa!

Anyway, digressing a bit, I have no idea. Truly. I hate Veranke, can't stand her, and she was the only real 'named' Skrull in the event. Kly'bn and S'lgurt's words got repeated a lot, but they were really only there to get fucked up and set in motion some NEXT cosmic event for readers not to give a shit about.

My favorite Skrull in the whole event sort of... disappeared in the middle of an issue and then never reappeared again in canon. Or if he did, I have no idea cause he wasn't in the rest of the event and he's not on any MCU cast lists yet so?

I made the FIRST iteration of the Cosmic Skrull blog in 2015. The first post on that blog was on September 29th, 2015 and it was a picture of a toolbox, because Ana'Hira wasn't supposed to be a GODDESS, or an INFILTRATION EXPERT, she was supposed to be The Mechanic!

She was supposed to be a Sage / Reverse Forge character. She could see something, break it down with her cosmic awareness, understand it perfectly, and then recreate, create specs for it, etc. etc. The original story was:

Eat all her siblings, combine their Power Cosmic with hers, and escape the Crunch.

Get caught by SWORD in a Post-Invasion Climate, be tortured by Abigail Brand personally, get turned into an asset for Earth.

Get broken out of the Peak by the Guardians of the Galaxy. Go DEEP into Space, avoid the empire and their bullshit, live life as a merc!

Had to scrap or rearrange a lot of that for this version of the blog. Cut out all the story parts that had to do with writers I'm no longer writing with and adjust things to account for how powerful Ana'Hira's become in years past.

Making Angela & Beatrice Ana'Hira's daughters instead of her 'identities' is me taking the old iterations of this blog, the characterizations and story beats and compressing them into characters that can still exist and be thrown around, without them being T H E driving forces of the cosmic plot, or whatever that means.

8 years worth of changes, growths, downfalls, regressions. It's a lot! The girlies have been through a lot. Ana'Hira's Primary Terran Disguise used to be a White Woman! I think THAT'S honestly the biggest change.

Going from This

To this

I love her just as much as I used to... but I actively hate her now too. Make of that what you will.

[afniel]

I started talking in my tags but it got super long so I give up and it's going in the reblog, lol.

This is really helpful actually because when I just look at it like, 'What do I want out of life?,' Typical Romance doesn't even make the top 10. Or 20. Or 30...which, y'know. That answers a lot of things!

I do want A Partner (and I have one!) but the metric isn't, 'Do I wanna Be Romantic at them,' it's more like, if I go on a road trip with this person and everything goes to absolute fucking shit, will it be fun anyway? Will we be laughing about The Horrid Thing That Happened On The Abysmal Road Trip ten years from now? Can I look at them across breakfast and be like Yes >:3c and they're like NO >:[ and we already know what's going on? If I infodump at them will they pay attention because this clearly matters to me even if they don't Get It? If I described our respective brain weasels as having constructive or destructive interference would that make any sense to them? Are they willing to be the Red Oni trope here? Can they out-meme me at least part of the time?

And like, nothing I just described isn't also platonic. There's no inherent Romance in any of that. The thing I've been assuming is Romantic Attraction is when someone understands you well enough that you don't feel the constant need to overexplain your entire existence to them, and you can sit around in their presence for more than a few hours without feeling kind of tired and like you need to hide and recharge your social battery.

That is not what romantic attraction is, I'm pretty sure! Or if it is, it's such an unusual take on it that it wouldn't count by most definitions. When I look at it from the ground up like that instead from the label down, yeah, no, my ass is aro as hell (and possibly the rest of me also) which I mean. I'm weird on literally every other axis, why not this one too. Seems reasonable.

honestly my advice for people questioning if they're aro is kind of the same as my advice for people questioning if they're trans which is do less worrying about whether or not you inherently fall into this arbitrary category and do more considering what you want in and from your life. like ultimately deconstructing societal ideals of what relationships (or gender) should be like and figuring out what you want them to look like in your life is what matters and whether or not you experience romantic attraction is kind of immaterial

[troublesjunkyard]

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Oh boy, this will be a loooong post. So grab a snack, sit down and listen up.

1: Age

21+

2: Shoe size

EU 39, US 7

3: Do you smoke?

Yes, occasionally. But not as much as few years ago.

4: Do you drink?

Very rarely. When I visit friends or they visit us or on New Years Eve. Oooor a good Glühwein in winter hehehehe.

5: Do you take drugs?

Nope.

6: Age you get mistaken for

Most people mistaken me for a 16 or 18 year old

7: Have tattoos?

Yes!

8: Want any tattoos?

I would but money is tight atm and it's complicated with my skin condition.

9: Got any piercings?

Yep!

10: Want any piercings?

No, I'm done with piercings I don't need more, thank you.

11: Best friend?

Her name is Jade. The name she chose herself. She sadly died almost a year ago...

12: Relationship status

Happily married and together with two lovely partners 🩷

13: Biggest turn ons

My biggest turn on (that will sound weird but whatever...) is when someone can cook real good. It doesn't have to be fancy! Just really fucking good food! :>

14: Biggest turn offs

If someone talks to me as if I were dumb or a little kid. If you think I'm dumb, then you got a problem because I only play really dumb if I don't trust you...

And if someone only wants me because I can be "useful" for them. The staged friendliness ends really quickly if you can't be useful anymore or can't be there for them because of your mental issues.

15: Favorite movie

I got many.....To mention three of them: How to train your dragon, Treasure planet and Atlantis!

16: I’ll love you if…

( •̀ ω •́ )✧ You see my art and reblog and like it, getting fanart or being ask things about them or just ask me things.

17: Someone you miss

My best friend...

18: Most traumatic experience

Last year November through December and January this year. First some hospital stays.

I spent most of the time of christmas, my birthday and New Year's Eve on two deathbeds of loved ones. In January I attended three funerals within two weeks. Had one surgery close behind with narcosis and ready to give up in these three months.

This paired with people being umsympathetic and hating me for not being there for them, for having no energy left to write with them... It took a heavy toll. Many relationship were cut becauseof this. I was the bad person, getting left behind despite offering a second chance.

19: A fact about your personality

I'm honest. Hurtful honest. Many can't handle this.

20: What I hate most about myself

I'm patient. Paired with kindness I can be blind for a long time...

When you really managed to piss me off real hard (congrats to you, that's really hard to achieve with me) , I will say that I won't interact for now anymore. You have a hard time to get me to talk to you. Because I won't talk or interact for a long time.

21: What I love most about myself

My blue eyes (I can scare the shit out of people with it hehehe) and my ability to climb over many walls despite being not tall.

22: What I want to be when I get older

I want to stay kind. Giving others the kindness they never got...

23: My relationship with my sibling(s)

I'm the grumpy oldest sister. I love my four younger siblings to death, even when they're really annoying from time to time. I don't live with them anymore but we still have a really good relationship to each other and call or visit us frequently.

24: My relationship with my parent(s)

My relationship to my partens is good. They supported me a lot through my life and my decisions. I visit them almost every week to have a small chat and drinking tea together. If I need something, they're here for me and I help them if they need my tech-support. xD

25: My idea of a perfect date

Movie night on the couch! Make it really cozy, many many snacks and drinks and let's go!

26: My biggest pet peeves

Wobbly tables and if someone calls me by my nickname my mom only is allowed to use.

27: A description of the girl/boy I like

A big love for memes and good food, tall and chubby with really comfortable clothes. Really good in giving hugs 15/10, prefers to wear blue clothes and accessoires I handcrafted.

28: A description of the person I dislike the most

A friendly facade, liked by a lot of people because it's so friendly, glasses, long hair. Prefers distance (I can respect that tho).

29: A reason I’ve lied to a friend

Because it would've caused a negative mental overload and person can't handle mental health issuses from others.

30: What I hate the most about work/school

The fucking talking behind the back! No wonder nobody does a favor for the other anymore...

31: What my last text message says

Translated into english: Really? You used your brainpower for THAT joke?

32: What words upset me the most

The words "Whatever, I don't care."

33: What words make me feel the best about myself

"You draw my OC so cool"

34: What I find attractive in women

That shimmer in their eyes when they're happy. When they can laugh about stupid little puns and can accept a no without getting mad.

35: What I find attractive in men

Their honest smile and laughter. When they can be honest about their feelings and can accept a no without getting mad.

36: Where I would like to live

Bavarian Forest.

37: One of my insecurities

I search the blame always on myself, even when I'm not the one who was wrong.

38: My childhood career choice

Zoo keeper and dragon keeper xD

39: My favorite ice cream flavor

Mango and Chocolate chip mint.

40: Who I wish I could be

Someone who trusts themselves more...

41: Where I want to be right now

Right where I am.

42: The last thing I ate

Takoyaki! O(∩_∩)O

43: Sexiest person that comes to my mind immediately

My partner Lingo. When she walks around her cozy clothes oooooooh 🩷💜

44: A random fact about anything

The longest word in the German language is

“Donaudampfschifffahrtselektrizitätenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft”

That's 79 letters. It describes the staff of a hydroelectric power station on the Danube. I had to write this word once...

[rphunter]

NAME: CROW AGE: GROWNUP SIGN:AQUARIUS TIME ZONE: CENTRAL PRONOUNS:HE/HIM/HIS

Hi, Neighbour!

I’m Crow, I’m enduring my 30s, tolerating residence in the American Midwest, and I’m constantly seeking out online fandom camaraderie.

RP is my primary passion around here and I tend toward more relaxed approaches, but I’m willing to give anything a go: IC blogging, answering memes and questionnaires, short-form “script and stage direction,” private novella, and of course Discord.

Things have been getting over here bleak lately, so I thought it as good a time as any to try and place some classifieds. 

I like to think I can stay stoic and can totally cruise with problematic topics and themes, but humour is also pretty integral to my own personal approach. I’m pretty chill, impossible to creep out or offend. 

In fact, I'm currently seeking some of that NSFW good shit.

Hell, even if you just want to sit there and toss headcanons at each other, that’s a jolly time too.

Here's my current and functional dramatis persona:

HORROR THE ENTIRE BABADOOK POKÉMON MGMA BOSS MAXIE MGMA ADMIN COURNEY DARK ELITE 4 GRIMSLEY BUG GYM LEADER ARTI TEEN TITANS MAD MOD DING DONG DADDY

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY OF ALL

HIS INFERNAL MAJESTY LONG "DALE KOBBLE" LEGS

Send me an ask!

Reblog a post!

Shoot me a DM on Tumblr!

Find me on Discord at: trocardevil (or previously trocar#9756)

Fun Facts: I'm a trained mortician, have spoken personally with the film crews of Babadook and Longlegs (never you mind why), harbour strong feelings about the oxford comma, and I just love cheese-and-pickle sandwiches. 

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