#Please I want to interact but I don't get any posts on my dashboard

[actual-changeling]

A small 'this is how you use tumblr' for the people that haven't been here very long. These are in no particular order, and if you have any questions, feel free to ask them!

Since I probably did not mention a lot of things, you are welcome to add to this post with your own advice.

a) Reblog posts. if you like it, reblog it. even if you have zero followers and ESPECIALLY if it's art or writing of any kind. We will see the reblog in our notifications and that alone brings joy. One reblog can start a chain and push the post onto many people's dashes.

b) Tumblr is not a very functional website, if you want to survive without losing your mind, there are two things you need: xkit rewritten and dashboard unfucker. Play around with the settings until it is to your liking. Additionally, change to firefox if you haven't already and install ublock origin to get rid of ads, tracking etc.

c) If you go to your settings (account! not blog) you can find this under dashboard at the bottom. Turn off at the very least 'best stuff first' since that will fuck up your dash and not give you posts in chronological order.

The rest are a perfonal preference but it will keep your dash tidy and easy to control if you turn them off, too.

d) Apropos settings—get a profile picture, a header, write something human in your bio, anything. Otherwise people will assume you are a bot and block you on sight.

e) Blocking! Do it generously and whenever you want, this is how you keep whatever remains of your sanity. It's not a lethal offense, it is (usually) not even seen as rude or anything along those lines. You block people and they block you and everyone is happy.

f) Under account settings you will find this:

Just like with blocking, use both options to your heart's content.

g) Tumblr is not like other social media platforms, spam liking & reblogging and going three years deep into someone's account is NORMAL and encouraged. You can search a blog by post type, tags, or even go to the archive and scroll through the posts there.

h) Lastly—interaction. We already went over reblogging (I mean it, REBLOG), but there are also replies and asks. If you add something to someone else's post please behave like a kind human being and don't be an asshole; based on my experience, that's easier said than done. On top of that, the tags are ALSO used for communication, go unhinged, ramble, leave your thoughts, or simply use them for organisational purposes. Everyone loves a good insane tag wall.

An open inbox (either anonymously or with your blog attached) is to be used! Please send people asks if they have them active, use it like DMs or a comment section, use it to recommend something, ask questions, participate in an ask or prompt game—we love asks here.

(We do not like harassment in our inboxes, same rules as above.)

[keexshound]

last tlou post for a little bit but. i don't really read the fic part of the fandom often anymore, but since interacting with any the last of us post puts like five of you guys on my dashboard inevitability i have one request. (mostly towards abby and ellie) (heavy on ellie, you guys show up the most)

PLEASE start making your y/ns have some diversity, add uniqueness to your fics, im tired of getting cookie cutters!! i don't want petite, fem, shy lamb characters in almost every fic. give me someone like dina or something. ellie has canonically dated cat and was in love with Riley, both of which are pretty tomboy style. give me a tomboy y/n.

go farther than tomboy, i want to see those girls fall head over heels for a butch. not flannel and jeans like you some of you think butches are, i want a REAL butch. physical labor and hypermasculine butch.

add some diversity to the trans genre, all it is transgirl ellie/abby. not too much of a complaint, i love it, but i just wanna see some diversity in that. give me enby or transmasc ellie. better yet make y/n the trans one for once. or both of them. t4t would be great to finally see.

[brb-on-a-quest]

Tumblr should really let you pin multiple things as a blog introduction. (I wish).

Anyway, hi, hello, (new friend?), I'm Brb/Birb/(real name redacted). I'm an almost graduated student from the general land of cornfields and more cornfields. There's not much around, that's why I'm here, lol. (Also I've met a bunch of cool people, so now I think I'm kind of stuck here - come join us!).

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If you happen to be a New Person Who Has Found Me (Hello!) and You Want To Talk to Me, I don't bite, I swear. I am a Birb with the heart of a Golden Labrador Retriever. Feel free to Tag Me in any tag games or haunt my inbox. <3 Come say hi! i love friends.

((Art by the amazing @mayamohini jfkfjjfkjgjgjgjfj it’s gorgeous)

(my "character sheet" that is based on my real life attributes--yes, I did roll all of these numbers. I use canva a totally healthy amount sometimes)

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Anyway, more information y'all should know: This is the main account; I do have a sideblog. I reblog a lot of friend's nonsense, post a lot of my own even more nonsense, kind of have a whole "I want to be a hobbit living my best life somewhere not here vibe" I think. You will also see posts about things I think are wholesome/sweet, writing, psychology, fantasy, whatever fandom I'm in (or a friend's fandom),....just general nonsense I suppose. I do post some amount of life stuff when relevant or whenever I find things funny. Although the pic above is an owl, I am probably more akin to a magpie with much reblogging of things I find "shiny" to add to the chaotic mess that is my tumblr dashboard.

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@brb-on-a-side-blog is also me! This was created to hopefully separate original writing content from the rest of the reblogging I do so it doesn't get buried in theory. This may not work out in theory as well as in practice, but I promise to reblog the cool writing stuff to my main blog if you don't want to have it clogging up your dash :).

There are other ones but as I am currently not using them it seems futile to put in an intro post.

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Tags to help sift through to find me in the hoard of posts!

#brb-rambles: Original thoughts about something (or at least as original as I can be).

#brb-(insert part of moots name here): interactions between me and said moot! I'm actually really not great at this but will get better and I forsee mass post editor being a BFF if I do this.

#brb-life: original content relating to my life/thoughts.

#brb-writes: original writing content (this will be potentially moved to sideblog).

#brb-memes (i make memes sometimes).

#brb-library: posts that are either really funny/really struck me so I'm going to save them to print out

#brb-adventures: the hopeful travel tag for some upcoming trips (either the grocery store or New York who knows).

#brb-learning-things: Things I have learned (although it's from my school/classes so questionably but I reason sourced; if it's not, I'll include source link/some kind of citation).

#brb needs a laugh check: I am joking. Please do not take me seriously.

#brb vs the call of the academia: school posting?

#brb-asks/#brb-report:s hopefully new ask tag if I can remember to add them.

#dear north canada love south canada (and associated tags I will not be typing out here) is a fun series I have with @igotthisaccountunderduress (she's absolutely cool, check her out). Again, that won't cover all the posts but again, vibes).

[unrestrained-balderdash-art-blog]

Going on a Riddler fanart break

I'm having a break from posting Riddler fanart to Tumblr. The backlog will still be posted on Cara and Instagram (both @ tbalderdash), and if the break is long enough for it to catch up I will post things made during the break on there before Tumblr. I will still be posting bird art here. I will still post fanart for other fandoms here if I make any (I am currently undecided about non-Riddler DC). The break will be for at least a month. I will probably come back when the OCD medication has kicked in for a bit. Thank you for all of the support on the last post. I don't want to take a break, but I have to for my mental health.

"Organised" ramble about reasoning (this is heavily influenced by neurodivergence/mental illness and I am not trying to sound like an entitled/ungrateful twat. I don't want to guilt trip anyone, please don't feel guilty):

The Timezone Curse: Tumblr has a reverse-chronological dashboard. I am British. I live earlier than the majority of the userbase. I have no idea what time to post things so they don't get buried. Recently I've tried to stop waiting for the exact right minute to post things, as it doesn't stop them from flopping.

Likes vs Reblogs, (and OCD?): I will preface this and say: a lot of this is my brain's fault. Since Likes don't do anything to spread things, my brain gets upset when things keep getting Liked without Reblogged. Unless it is from a bird fan on the fanart, better artist, or irl friend, Likes mean nothing to me. I know this is silly and irrational, but I can't help it and this is the main reason why my brain is suffering posting fanart. I hope medication will fix my feelings. Additionally, OCD brain keeps trying to find a reason: Am I dislikable? Is my art bad? Does it have no appeal? Is it aphobia? Did I do something cancellable without knowing and now everyone hates me? I (think I) know the answer is people just don't use this website that way, but my brain is never sure. This is why I don't have the problem on the other websites, every like helps the algorithm and actually means something in my brain

The combination of the Timezone Curse and lack of reblogs means my art often gets barely any reach (or reach my brain deems meaningful). I desperately want to feel like part of the Riddler fandom community. Unfortunately, due to Tumblr making me suffer (overwhelmed by compulsive need to scroll entire dash, repulsed aroace, and simple posts being able to make me ruminate unpleasantly for a long time) I find it very hard to follow new blogs or connect with people on this site. I love birds, but I need Riddler interaction. I can't look at much fandom on other sites, as they have barely any/no tag filtering, which means I will suffer if I look for him.

Why it's just fanart and not birds affected by this: I started off as a fanartist with no expectation to get big with birds, so I had a que sera sera attitude and I post them whenever they're ready, I didn't expect to get big. I am more fulfilled when it comes to the bird interest (more community interaction + every day can have different birds out there + people in my real life are interested in birds). Additionally, the bird art spreads a lot more (due to bird blogs reblogging). Bird art is my "job" art (it is where I plan to make money from) whereas Riddler is where my passion lies the most (I still love the birds but I have many other ways of interacting with them without needing art). This means I get more emotionally invested in the Riddler art than the bird art

Is art becoming a compulsion? This applies to the birds as well, but since they're "job art" it doesn't matter too much. I keep being worried about not posting enough Riddler art, and feelings of social media sometimes overshadow the joy of creating - I keep thinking about posting, rather than doing. I get too anxious to make art that is "unpostable" (eg: self-insert and him hugging), especially due to the fact I'm trying to get more professional. I feel like there's more I want to expand on this but it's been too long and I'm tired. This break might help me do more high-quality art instead of having to churn it out out of fear of everyone forgetting me.

Sorry for all the text. I don't know if I've explained everything very well but it's been an hour and usually if I post something after 8 it fails, which I don't usually want to worry about but it's a bit important for an announcement like this

[creampuffqueen]

Hi there! I want to start by saying I absolutely love everything you've written (especially your yangvik fics) and really admire you as a writer!!

With that, I have a small question for you: how do you successfully promote your fics on Tumblr and/or get people to read them? I've been getting more into writing fanfiction recently but I'm struggling to promote it / get ppl to read it and I was wondering if you have any advice!

If not that's totally fine I just thought I'd ask because you seem to be a very accomplished writer

okay, first off, let me say how legitimately touched i am to receive this ask. truly, it means so much that someone would say this to me about my writing! i'm really glad you enjoy reading my things 💗

now, as for promoting my fics on tumblr? if i'm being honest, i really don't know how my fics gained the popularity they did. i've been writing on tumblr for quite a bit, probably 4 or 5 years now, and i've only started to gain any sort of "popularity" this last year or so

i think if there was one single piece of advice i could give, it's this: make friends on tumblr. whatever fandom you're in, start following people in that fandom, and more importantly, INTERACT with them. comment on their posts, reblog things they create, and if they write, read their writing and leave comments! don't just follow the "popular" or "big" people in the fandom either, if someone is posting for your fandom give them a follow and start interacting!

i can't guarantee this will increase your readership. but i will say that participating in fandom, especially as a creator, is a million times more fun with online friends. and by making these online friends, you definitely increase your likelihood for more interaction of your own!

fandom is very cyclical in nature. when you start interacting with someone, it will make them want to interact with you in turn. this is how you make mutuals. and when you have mutuals, you have people you can count on a bit for interaction. and this interaction helps spread your work around! even if the only people who reblog something you wrote are your mutuals, that means your writing is ending up on who knows how many peoples' dashboards!

again, some of it is kinda just luck. the times that my works have gotten very popular is when i found a little niche that needed some writing - mainly a long, explicit fic for a ship tag that had neither long nor explicit fics whatsoever lol. if you have a niche you can fill, i say go for it! but that really depends on your scope of interest for the most part

the best thing you can do, i feel, is to create the fandom circle you want to see. post things fandom-related outside of your writing. interact with others in the fandom. these things will help to drum up a following based on your fandom posting, and therefore attract more potential readers

and last but not least, my final bit of advice is this: don't stop writing. i know how disheartening it is to not receive the feedback you crave on something you worked hard on. it really, truly, sucks. and it can feel hard to be motivated to keep going without that interaction. but if nothing else, keep trying. i've been posting fanfiction since i was about 11 years old. i'm now 20, and again, my stuff has only gotten "big" over the last couple of years (though what everyone considers "big" fandom-wise is quite subjective). someone out there someday is going to love your work, i promise 💗

i'm not exactly sure if this advice is helpful at all, so please feel free to send more asks if it's not! and if any other writers have helpful advice about fic promotion, please feel free to comment!! again, thank you so much for sending this, i'm truly touched by it, and i wish you nothing but the best of luck in your writing endeavors!!

[erabu-san]

Hi, I'm sorry you're having a hard time with people tagging your posts when you don't want them tagged with ship, I know most people will not look at the original tags if something is reblogged to their dashboard and just reblog and tag as they usually do, and people when they ship something will tag any interaction between the characters as ship. So like you said, probably a better idea to put in your original post. I think just adding "please don't tag as ship !" or "this art has platonic intention, so please don't tag as ship !" would actually be perfectly fine, maybe a smiley but i don't think it comes across as rude or mean either way, it's completely reasonable.

Personally I don't think lots of people would mind that sort of boundary, and the people doing it now most likely have no idea you have it. Anyone who does mind such an easy boundary (you aren't even saying shippers cannot reblog! just to not tag!) and gets mad that you put it in the post then is not worth your time.

Hope you have a lovely day and people are more respectful <3

🥹🥹 thank you so much anon !!

There is a lot of you who send me support, I read them all. And I am clearly lucky to be understood ! Thank you

I believe I became more sensitive because of lack of sleep, I usually just block and ignore haha

But yeah it became way too much recently ! I find reconfort by sharing thing I like, and I know there is a public who will find it at their taste(if there is no public, i know there is my friends 🫵💕), and.. true, I always expect there is people who doesn't read original tag. Internet is large, and it is sure there is thing out of my control. Even by rationalize facts, and organised my thought, it is hard to supress my feeling. This my problem, I have to deal with it I guess. But why feeling, as a human, is a problem ? Why do I constantly invalidate my feeling because "I have to expect this" ? And why do I have to constantly justify my feeling and behaviour while I am in my right ? On MY art ?

So that's why I started to put boundaries

And it is not only abt tumblr, but also twitter (twitter is the worst for me haha). I still didn't post my art on instagram because I don't want to feel this much again 😭 irony because instagram is my safest place between all my social media ! And yes !! I know there is plenty of my followers who ship them, and we still interact because shipping is not the problem ? They know my art and post abt them are not abt romance and I do not wish it becomes romance and they respect that !

Ah, I started to rant again, I hope you don't mind 🥹 it is week end, maybe a good sleep will help me to deal everything better !

My day became more lovely thanks to you all support, and I am sincerely grateful again for you taking your time to write me a kind message. Anon, I wish you also have a lovely day, and everything will be good for you, right now in present but also for your future 🫶

[aft3rhrs]

It's six am and I can't sleep, but I needed to make this post. I didn't think this needed to be made any clearer, but apparently it does, because I noticed something among my newer followers and overall on my dashboard.

First of all, I stand with PALESTINE, innocent human lives are not a political statement. Unfollow me if you have a problem or disagree. There is no grey area here.

Second of all, this blog obviously contains very dark, adult themes, and it is a space made for ADULTS. I just had to block a minor. I don't want you reading my fics, I don't want you interacting with them. They are not for you!!! It makes me so uncomfortable, this isn't stuff for children. If I notice anyone below 18 following me, they are getting blocked immediately, from BOTH blogs. Please don't make me repeat myself, there is no grey area here either.

[night-raven-miscellany]

Rules, Charas, and Tags :3

✨ I'm an adult (21+) but this blog is PG13 (there will be swearing and occasionally more mature topics) SO nothing NSFW/18+ pretty please (heavy gore, sexual themes, etc.). If you're not sure if something would be ok, just shoot me a dm and I'll happily answer!

✨ With the above, if you want to ship OCs or characters??? Please actually send me a DM about that. I'd prefer to actually be able to discuss it in depth and depending on the context, I may or may not be chill with it.

✨ I have anxiety, a part time job (with an irregular schedule) and full-time school. Pls be patient if I don't respond asap or don't frequently send asks.

✨ Pretty pls read about my OCs before you interact <3

✨ Also if you're sending asks, pls do try to specify whomst you're talking about! Usually I'm pretty good at picking up on context, but I still slip up once in a while </3

✨ I yap a lot in the tags sometimes. This isn't a rule but more something to just be aware of.

✨ Very basic DNI. I don't rly think there's any need to elaborate just keep away if you're a creep or a bigot.

✨ Anyways now the fun part! The actual OCs! Post break, ofc

Our Lovely Cast <3

🎩Lewis Hatterson: A second year from Heartslabyul and host of a gossip-based radio show on campus, NRTea☕. He's relatively laid back and doesn't like sticking to strict rules or schedules (ironic, considering his dorm placement). He often butts (and loses his own) heads with his housewarden because of this. Intro Post

🦐Yuna Sid: Ramshackles prefect (or... One of them?). She's from another world and generally doesn't know what's going on. She's fairly confident and sociable but very guarded unless she trusts you. Intro Post

♌Izem Usiku: A Savanaclaw 3rd year who is in charge of a band of "delinquents" called "The Black Sheep". He's a bit gruff, but ultimately caring. Despite the fact that his group is full of students who don't like their dorms or housewardens, Izem himself is highly respectful of his own. Intro post

🐁James Ratt: Pomefiore 2nd Year, heir to a financial conglomerate in the Shaftlands, very prideful and cares a lot about his image. He's Lewis's co-host on NRTea☕ and is certainly the much more strict and serious of the duo. He doesn't get along with too many people due to the perception that he is incredibly high maintenance. Intro Post (TBA)

🌙Casimir Chernenko: Diasomnia 1st Year, Chuunibyou with a one sided rivalry against Malleus. He speaks in (and often misuses as a result) very complicated and flowery language, so no one seems to know what he's saying half the time. Wants to become "The Most Evil Overlord". Whatever that means. Intro Post

🦜Rusul Sader: Scarabia 1st Year, a dancer and son of a merchant family with a penchant for mischief and pranks. He's got a habit of weighing the pros and cons of things before making commitments (unless it comes to what would simply be the most fun for him). Intro Post

✨Characters are associated by their colors and any time I speak, there will be a fun lil star by it!!!

Important Tags on here!!!

I don't have too many tags, but here are the main ones. They'll be updated as I reveal more characters or get anons and things <3

#✨mod speaks - My tag for just general posts that aren't OC related!!

Likewise, #✨mod reblogs and #✨mod answers are for reblogs/asks that are not in character.

#✨lore dumping and the occasional #✨lore dumping (RP edition) are for posts where I talk about or introduce significant pieces of character lore

#✨dashboard commentary is exclusively for silly posts related to things I'm observing going on in the RPC. They're open for RP, like all of my posts.

#⚫blot accumulation is. A very self explanatory one that you likely won't see often. But oh, it will be there. It will be there.

Below here are all the character tags that you'll see on posts where characters are speaking and/or are heavily talked about.

#🦐nrm Yuna

#🌙nrm Casimir

#🎩nrm Lewis

#🐁nrm James

#🦜nrm Rusul

#♌nrm Izem

The respective lore tags for these characters are identical, just with "lore" at the end.

Anons + Others :3 :

- 🌙🏔️

- 🔌

[crestlecovehq]

🌟 Crestle Cove's Custom Plot Drop 🌟

Hey everyone! We're excited to announce our upcoming Plot Drop Event. This is an opportunity for your characters to get involved in Crestle Cove's main plot with plot drops designed specifically for the event. And it means everyone gets the chance to be included!

Read the details below!

Here's How It Works:

React To This Post: If you want to receive a custom plot drop for your character, simply react to this post with an emoji in Discord (or a like on the tumblr dashboard). This will let us know you're interested in participating in the plot drop event.

Open Your Submit Boxes: Ensure that your submit boxes are open so our team can deliver your plot drop directly to your inbox.

Receive Your Plot: You will receive a personalised plot prompt tailored to your character.

Respond or Expand: You can respond to the plot directly and write your character’s reaction, or take the plot forward to create new threads and interactions with others.

Rules:

Limit of Two Characters: If you have multiple muses, please choose a maximum of two to receive plot drops. This gives everyone a chance to engage, be included and keeps things balanced.

Active Participation: Make sure you’re ready to actively participate. These plots are crafted to encourage interaction and development, so dive in and have fun!

Share the Spotlight: While you can receive a plot for one or two characters, leave some of your other muses available to respond to plots from other players. We don't want people feeling left out.

A Note on Triggers:

Communicate Your Triggers: If you have any specific triggers or content warnings that you would like to avoid, please make sure to inform an admin beforehand. We will do our best to tailor your plot accordingly and ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for everyone. But this is a mature roleplay, so there may be mature themes. We will use appropriate TWs.

Respect Others’ Boundaries: If you encounter a plot or thread where another player has flagged a trigger, please respect their boundaries and proceed with caution.

Request Adjustments: If you receive a plot that contains elements you’re uncomfortable with, let us know immediately. We can adjust the plot to better suit your preferences. We want this to be fun.

Notes:

Engage with Others: Feel free to take your new plot and interact with other players. They are yours to explore.

Creative Freedom: While the plot drops are tailored for your character, you have the creative freedom to take them in new directions. Make the story your own!

We’re looking forward to seeing the directions your stories will take.

Happy plotting and remember, have fun!

FAQs:

Q: What if I can’t participate after receiving a plot? A: Life happens! If you receive a plot but can't participate, please let an admin know as soon as possible. We are all adults and we understand that real life comes first.

Q: Can I trade plots with someone else? A: Plot drops are tailored specifically for your characters, their background and things that may be happening in your current plot. If you think another character would be better suited, discuss it with an admin first.

Q: What if I don’t understand the plot I received? A: Reach out to an admin! We’re here to help clarify and ensure you’re comfortable with your plot. We want the roleplay and plots drops to be a fun experience.

Q: How do I communicate my triggers? A: You can either message an admin privately or use the dedicated trigger preferences channel to let us know your concerns.

[herrling]

Oh my goddd. I really hope you don't mind me rambling, but I saw your recent posts complaining about the community and just wanted to let you know that you're not the only one who feels like this 😭😭 a lot of people around here really do suck (not you or any of my current mutuals, though!)

As a fellow OCD haver — yeah, it's hell sometimes! One of your tags resonates with me a lot, the one about users constantly complaining about white people and men, because it is by no means a stupid take and I agree with you. My own OCD is triggered by the man thing™, to the point where it's hard to feel welcomed here as a male self shipper sometimes </3

Regardless !!!! So sorry for the rant lol it's just refreshing to see someone who shares my point of view,, I hope you feel better soon and please remember to take breaks from the internet hellhole if needed 🫶🫶

noooo it's fine, i love interacting with moots in various ways!

i'm sorry that it affects you directly. honestly, i was like that untill recently i got many posts on my dashboard here that brought up the issue with rhetorics like these (many of which resolve around the problem about white feminism, but let's not get too political), mostly queer wise, so I kinda quit all of it, especially because it feels like we're creating the "good sexism" here, idk.

again. the LEAST I expected to face in the self ship community is queer/gender discourse. i thought we were just loving fictional dudes (gender neutral) :( but here we are ig.

geez it's so weird to me when people be like "dni if you believe in misandry" and then their whole personality is about "ew men". like i get it. you're a lesbian. that's cool (/gen). you don't need to be mean towards a big group of human beings, even as a joke. that's a very radfem thing to do and radfem sucks ass.

or maybe there's something i don't understand, idk, either way it's a great reminder that this blog is completely safe for self shippers of various labels!! (excl. radqueers ofc, gtfo)

[cozylittleartblog]

Oop, hello there! ^^ I remember you from DA, still think your art is so cool!! Still fond of the vintage characters and the world of Tessa n' Val! I'm currently testing the waters on Tumblr lol, hoping to get around a different vibe for documenting my projects n' chatting about stuff I like, and wanted to ask: as someone who's been on Tumblr for a while, what are your main tips for a starting artist in the platform? Wish ya a great day! Stay artful n' creative :]

HI!!!! i remember you too, i always get really excited when artists i like come here. tumblr is the only website i really use for myself and not just to post art, so it means i get to follow them and interact with their art 🥺 i ditched deviantart for everything that isn't posting art and bitching about the website via status updates lmfao, the new inbox and watched deviants tabs are so... out of the way and counter intuitive. hate it there.

anyway, I've written a general tumblr how-to post because there's been so many exoduses (exodi??) from other platforms over the last few years, but I don't think I've ever written one for artists? or at least I can't find it if I did. so here are some hot tips 😎👉👉

NUMBER ONE BIGGEST RULE: if you're an artist and you want to actively gain a following and curate your art, please have a separate art blog where you post exclusively or near exclusively art. it's ok to reblog a post here or there, but tumblr is a website About curating and having specific blogs! it's not that people don't want to see or hear about the artist behind the work, but they don't want 43289 unrelated memes and posts for fandoms they're not in 😅 admittedly i have skipped following some good artists here because their reblogs completely drown out their art and clog my dashboard. people really like curated blogs, almost every artist has a separate art blog 'round these parts. (it's completely fine to post WIPs and text posts discussing your art too, some people would like to see your process!)

speaking of curating: tags are your best friend! tumblr tracks the first 20 tags I believe, so use the first 20 tags to add your important search terms. this is where you put anything you'd want to turn up in the search. really you probably wont have more than 10 of these tags. after that you are welcome to ramble in the tags or use organizational tags for your specific blog.

not sure how to tag? search up what terms you'd use to try to find your own post if you were someone else, and see what tags popular posts in that tag used. you should ALWAYS use the #art and #artists on tumblr tags, as well as any relevant common trigger/content warning tags :D here's how i do it:

FOR FANDOM POSTS: where applicable, I tag Fandom, Fandom Acronym, Featured Characters, Featured Ships, and sometimes #[fandom] fanart and/or #[fandom acronym] fanart. FOR ORIGINAL POSTS: you can tag your art medium (digital art, traditional art, sculpting, etc), the general aesthetic or themes, time periods, and if it features your OCs you can use #oc and their names so if people want to see all your OC content they can find it. admittedly i mostly post fanart so i am very spontaneous with the tags i use on my original art posts lol

4. shorter captions seem to be preferred by the masses, I personally either dump my extra comments in the tags of the original post or I'll put them under a cut. unless it's extremely relevant to the post, like explaining ideas or headcanons

5. have all your handy links in your bio! you can use basic HTML coding to insert links with text and put in line breaks. you should have links to other socials (or something like a carrd that links them for you) and your support streams, like shops and tip jars and patreons. and ofc a little about you and what people can expect to see you draw!

6. have your inbox open! you don't have to take requests, but sometimes someone will throw a brilliant idea at you that you may Coincidentally be inclined to draw. it's also just fun to interact with people who like what you do! sweet comments go a long way

7. last one i can think of - do a seIf-reblog at some point in the day. people live in different timezones and not everybody finishes their dashboard. personally I schedule posts for 12 pm cst and then one seIf-reblog at 8 pm cst. it's also okay to reblog your older artworks for new followers to see, especially if you haven't posted in a while. TV airs re-runs and so can you B)

hope some of it helps!

[nursewashing]

independent, semi-selective roleplay blog for anya from the independent horror game, mouthwashing. written by victoria (she/her, over 25)

CARRD | MUSE BIOGRAPHY | PROMPTS

originally established oct 18 2024. remade from here

1. this blog is 18+ only. don't expect to see smut necessarily, but i don't want to talk to minors here or expose them to heavy content. please be an adult! i will remove followers who are under 18!

i'm okay with personal blogs following me! if you have a roleplay sideblog, please let me know!! i will only be following other rp blogs through my primary to keep my dashboard topical to rp, but! if you want to send anons or DMs, don't feel discouraged! i love any & all interactions!

2. this blog is iconless! anya is a low-poly videogame woman and i don't want to find a faceclaim for her, even with the source of inspiration behind her appearance being an actual actress. i'm here to write, not to do fancy aesthetics!

3. mouthwashing is really content warning-heavy. the game contains themes of abuse, sexual assault, unwanted pregnancy, gore, suicide / suicidal ideation, death, cannibalism, and various other things. trigger warnings will be tagged. i expect you to do the same with common triggering topics.

i will not be directly writing any sexual violence or suicide on here, but it is a significant part of anya's story. terrible things have happened to her, and it may very well be mentioned. let me know if any of the triggers mentioned are absolutely avoidable for you and i will accommodate and keep the topics to a minimum!

if we're mutuals, please tag posts containing sexual violence, real-life blood/gore, and animal death.

i absolutely refuse to write or talk with anyone who ships adults with minors or sexualizes children, even fictional ones. please stay away from me if this is something you do.

4. keeping the above in mind, i don't do proship type stuff. i am here to respectfully portray and explore the horrors, not get off to it or glorify it. i am also cautious about writing with portrayals of jimmy, given what he did to anya. any interactions with jimmy writers will be done selectively at my discretion and must absolutely be plotted ahead of time. if you write jimmy, please ask before you send him this way!

5. plotting & OOC discussion is encouraged to write with me here. we need to at least establish a baseline between our characters before i can do improvised stuff, given the nature of mouthwashing's story. i will, of course, be defaulting to some kind of scenario where anya is alive because... well, that's kind of required for roleplay, most of the time. :-) please DM me to plot. don't be scared to approach me - if you want to write with me, i want to talk to you!

6. no AI generated images/writing. not sure why i even have to say that, but i know some people in the rpc have taken to using AI to replace their writing. don't do that with me

7. crossover, multi-verse, multi-ship, duplicate-friendly, and OC friendly. i will write with duplicates of the same character, including other anya writers.

shipping isn't my focus here, but i'm open to shipping if there's tons of plotting/interaction beforehand! i don't ship anya with anyone from mouthwashing, though i'm very open to other non-romantic dynamics! i write my own portrayal of anya as a lesbian, so don't expect romance to happen between her and men.

[zepskies]

hiiii 🫶🏽 i just wanted to apologize in advance if I spam, i’m finally going to catch up on all your new content i’ve missed! 😅💜

(but pls let me know if it affects your algorithm or something, i’m still not 100% sure how tumblr does things and i don’t want to negatively impact your blog in any way<3)

also this year has truly not let up for me, but finding your page was definitely a positive highlight. not only is your writing phenomenal, you are so kind and I always see you taking the time to interact with everyone!!💗 simply looking at your page brings me joy, so thank you🫂 have a wonderful week lovely!!💕✨

Hey there, friend! 💜 Omg please don't apologize!! Spam away! 😂

I really hope you enjoy any and all fics you decide to dive into. Any feedback I get is like a drop of sunshine in my pocket. Every time I pull one out, it brightens my day and makes me smile. 💛☀️

(aw don't even worry about that algorithm stuff. Any interaction my posts get only BOOSTS the likelihood that other people find my fics 😘)

also this year has truly not let up for me

Hun, I absolutely know the feeling. 2024 has not been kind to me either, which is why I love coming here to share my stuff and connect with people over the characters and worlds we love, and read what other people are sharing with their creativity and hard work!

But wow, thank you so much for that lovely compliment! 🥰 I try my best to make sure my blog is a space for being kind, fun, and open for people to share their thoughts with me. At the risk of spamming people's dashboards (so sorry about that 😭), I try to answer everyone who interacts with and reblogs my posts and my writing -- because I genuinely appreciate every single one. (And I do read every comment and reblog.) 💗

Tumblr has become my creative escape, but also my safe space in a way. And I've gotten to make friends with so many cool and amazing people across SPN/The Boys/adjacent fandoms. 💞

I hope you have a wonderful week as well, lovely!!

[servire]

Read First

While I connect with Armand in part because of his history with Marius, I am very picky about what I want to actually write about regarding him and what he did.

I will block anyone who writes Marius. I don't want to interact or see threads on my dashboard.

I will block anyone who posts sexual book!Armand fanart or imagery. I do not want to see it.

I will block anyone who talks about Marius a lot without tagging it or who defends Marius' actions in the books.

Please talk to me OOC before mentioning Marius in any thread with me.

The tags I have blacklisted are marius de romanus, marius, and aj don't look. I also blacklist blog names of people who write marius. Please let me know if you use different tags.

If you think any of the rules makes me an oversensitive snowflake, please block me. Yes, I've read some of the books, although I couldn't get far in The Vampire Armand because of the content. I DO know what happens in them, and I DO find some of Anne's writing about children or child-like characters triggering. I can enjoy parts of canon without being okay with all of it, and if you can't respect that, I don't want to know you.

If you have questions about any of these rules, please feel free to contact me.

[pearatwar]

500 posts! a new pinned post is in order...

there's going to be mentions of sh, self-destructive behavior and some smutty content in this post and throughout all my blog, but it should be safe to open in public. now you know

about me!

i'm (war)pear! (he/they/any, pansexual, cis amab but i transcend gender as a concept)

synopsis of my life: i was born in italy in may of 2006 from parents that never married and now live separately. this made me many things: queer, autistic, tumblrite, suicide risk and league of legends player.

topics!

i use this blog for everything, including but not limited to:

interacting with mutuals

posting memes

blogging about my life

vents and sh talk

yearning for love (what can i say.)

tech and videogames!

disco elysium (i look at things irl with de skills. am i cooked)

tags!

#pearposting [generic]

#pearblogging [irl]

#pearventing [vents, though i rarely remember to use it]

#pear depths [deep, insightful, thought out or otherwise sappy posts]

#pear's bus tales [posts made on the bus]

DNI if you're racist, sexist, queerphobic or otherwise don't know how to exercise common sense. as soon as you have beef with the gay people in my phone it's on SIGHT with you fuckers

everyone else please interact! i feed off of human interaction and i will. starve please i will bite you! /pos and only if you want but hhh ples

More stuff down below because I hate it when long posts take up all my dashboard

F.A.Q.

Q. What's your favorite color?

A. i bet you can't tell! yellow is a close second

Q. What about your least favorite color?

A. the light blue from mii shirts

Q. Why the obsession with pears?

A. i needed to find an online alias... long story. become my friend and i'll tell you

Q. How often do you post? Do you have a schedule?

A. i post whenever i remember i exist or i have nothing better to do, i make like 7 posts in a row after a Week of silence better get used to it

Q. Summer or winter?

A. i live in a seaside city but summer is the bane of my existence. please take me cold winters

Q. Relationship with your parents?

A. love-hate

Q. Rank on League?

A. unranked

Q. Other social media?

A. uhm. uhh. erm. become my friend first! then i'll tell ya

[lightbringer-morningstar]

Guidelines and Rules

I'm not really one for rules so I'm gonna call them guidelines for interaction.

This blog is mostly active via mobile for the time being.

On This blog I am highly selective and mutuals only for threads.

Selective follow. I prefer a dashboard that is current and relevant to partners who interact with my muse, so please don't take it personal if unfollowing occurs at some point due to lack of interaction. Follow status always has the ability to change if interactions occur through inbox.

Content. Things here will be 18+/25+ meaning content may at any given moment include topics that are not suitable for minors, such as but not limited to violence, gore, cannibalism, blood, death, alcohol use, drug use, and other mature-related themes. Anyone familiar with the source material: Hazbin Hotel &&Helluva Boss would be well aware of the correlations. Expect nsfw. By following this blog you agree to acknowledging possible explicit content and explicit themes that may or may not be tagged. I will do my best to tag accordingly but if something doesn't appear excessive in my perspective there is the possibility it will not get a tag. Apologies in advanced for any possible triggering content but please consider yourself warned and please request tags if needed. I shouldn't need to state this but blogs posting content such as racism, bigotry, discrimination, hate of any kind, lgbt+ phobia or hate, incest, noncon ect. will be instantly unfollowed for my own wellbeing and mental health.

Frequent posts of ooc drama or callout culture related involvement will lead to immediate unfollow or Block. Also any posts, comments or replies expressing derogatory commenting towards others or noticeable passive aggressive behavior will lead to unfollow or Block. Vague blogging will not be tolerated, be mature and talk things out or learn to block and move on, respectfully.

Interactions. Some muses here are rude and some are flat out dangerous. If they are approached with lack of caution I will not sit by and be accused of God-modding/Meta-gaming. Please do not prod/provoke or instigate muses into action unless ready for the repercussion. I do not god-mod or meta-game (unless it comes up in crack-posts/jokes on dashboard) and I also don't accept it from others during threads. This has happened to me before, and I'd rather avoid it. I'm always willing to chat about/discuss actions that occurred if outcomes are upsetting or uncomfortable in hindsight so there's always the possibility for a do-over, just ask.

Uncomfortable situations. Sometimes uncomfortable dialogue or actions may occur between muses, should this happen please reach out and express the discomfort and we can quickly agree to amend it/change it. Maybe a muse gets too mean or aggressive during chatter or they use possible flirtatious advancements when that sort of attention is unwanted. Talk to me and it won't happen again. Just gotta let me know if something isn't being enjoyed and it will immediately stop.

Replies will be done when I have time, should any need to be dropped a courtesy discussion attempt will be made as notification. Activity will be sporadic, but my aim is to be online often. This is a hobby, and I do it to de-stress. If you at any time find yourself not wanting to drop an interaction, reach out and let me know. Should the opposite be true, and you find you want to drop any threads then same would apply. Asking about certain threads or interactions to get an idea of whether they are being continued or dropped is perfectly acceptable but please do not repeatedly ask/spam or hound me, that could result in an unfollow from me.

Any Anon hate will be promptly discarded and will result in an automatic block. This includes Policing anons. Do not go on anon to police what I post on my blog. Please consider unfollowing. Egotistical Anons who decide to abuse the anonymous function on my blog run the risk of being blocked on sight. I will not apologize or explain my posts or my opinions to anons who disagree with me or those who seek to be some sort of authority on what I choose to post on my blog simply because they disagree with me or my point of view or believe I should be "educated" by their standards. Do not impose yourself onto me. Please unfollow if it gets to that point. I would never intentionally offend or insult anyone, but I do reserve the right to formulate my own opinions and to thereby express them as such should I feel the need. I understand that doing so could possibly result in unintentional offense or misunderstandings and so should anyone deciding to follow this blog after reading the guidelines/rules outlined within this post. If you find this unacceptable, please consider either unfollowing or not following to begin with.

Friendly, neutral, or curious Anons are always welcomed.

Manipulation between muns ooc. Do not do it. If I find out it's your intention or you have actively persisted in certain behavioral patterns I will block without warning or explanation. Let's be transparent, direct and mature about things, please. Open and Direct Communication works best.

Writing. Micro, One-liners, Para, Multi-para and Novella are all welcome. I will be honest, I prefer shorter rather than longer when things have not been plotted. I will be putting my best effort forward but I will not be struggling to match length and hopefully writing partners will not either. Please don't ever feel pressured to write more than motivation will allow, it's completely understandable. I'm the flexible type when in comes to rp here.

Shipping. Please don't force it on my muses. Please don't write on behalf of my muses during replies. This is a cooperative endeavor, and consent should be at the forefront of interactions. I ship for chemistry, please be respectful if it just isn't there between muses. Multiship and multiverse. Love it, can't get enough of it but I do ship and write for chemistry. I'm not likely to autoship. The only exceptions will be the ones I agree on during plotting discussion ooc with other muns. Will not be shipping with minors.

Portrayal. Please don't press personal headcanons onto my muses. Don't press on about inferred or implied assumptions from canon material, don't use knowledge derived from source material to tell me through your muses about my muses, it may seem like a fun idea, but it ends up feeling redundant. Especially if we've just begun interactions. [Example: "Oh hey, don't you LOVE ducks???, you're so in LOVE with ducks, I bet you've got some under your bed! Right?

Multi-verse. Multi-ship. All ships will be treated as though occurring in separate universes unless discussed between writers/muns and/or stated otherwise.

Blocking, &&Unfollowing. If I, at any given point sense that my guidelines or personal boundaries are ignored too many times, I will unfollow and/or block with no warnings or explanations. Please respect my decisions and do not choose to harass me, thereafter, thank you.

Cross-over enthusiast. Open to writing with characters from various outside fandoms.

OC friendly. I am always open to writing with ocs provided it isn't only done with intention to ship. I enjoy interactions with some ocs but I do not prioritize ocs over canon. I prefer for there to be some believable explanation behind how the ocs are fluidly integrated into the universe and for them to be fully aware of their place within it prior to beginning interactions as well as awareness of my muse's status and the overall "established world/verse/reality rules". If not please ask.

Mains, &&Affliates. I don't mind adding associated or affiliated rpers/blogs if we've known each other awhile and have been writing together regularly and communicating ooc frequently, and for a long time. If we have a shared formed continuity, it's fine. I'm not likely to take on mains or any 'status' such as married due to being multiverse and multiship. Each relationship is in it's own separate universe unless discussed between writers/muns. Now, I will be transparent here, when I see these things on other blogs: "mains" or "married to" I will be less likely to initiate any interactions as I take it that those blogs prefer to default to their "mains" or "spouses" as priority, so I prefer to either be tagged directly or prompted via inbox in those situations, thanks for understanding.

Duplicate friendly. This means I am interested in writing with duplicates as though they are multiverse variants or clones of some sort, plotted or not. Usually in cases of multimuse blogs. But I will unfollow or block if duplicates of single-muse blogs never interact.

Gaphics and icons. The majority are made and edited by me. Please do not use them without permission. Thank you. Any that are not made by me will be credited if needed.

I'm here to have fun. I'll basically be doing my best to enjoy myself and bypass any drama.