#That tag is more organizational i know they don't have a real interaction I just would love to imagine what it would be lol

[happywitchesofnewdi]

Natsume Birthday Cake interactions 🍰🎁

Bonus:

Caught red handed in the "friend" portion of their frenemies bit (in my mind).

[alchemiclee]

i've been told/keep seeing posts about people suddenly not liking when people add tags to their posts with their own thoughts/feelings/opnions/experiences, and even people that say not to tag with certain common organizational tags (like ships for example i see the most. some people use a ship name for organization purposes and not necessarily for shipping. for example i use "collei and her dads" for cyno, tighnari, collei art for my organization so I cam find them again and theres been a few artists screaming not to use ship tags and that could be seen as a ship tag. so what do i do? not organize your art into my tags and let it get lost and never seen again? not share your art at all? kinda silly but whatever, ill just ignore your art).

I personally think that's all a bit ridiculous....i don't know if that's a more recent thing (like with twitter people coming here suddenly and expecting to act like this is twitter) or if it happened in the years since I took a break from tumblr. but bAcK iN mY DaY we used tags as a little whisper to add our own thoughts without interrupting the main post. adding hard comments or replies was more seen as "too much/too loud" if it wasn't something directly meant for OP. tags were usually never meant for OP and were always for the reblogger and their followers. these days more and more people seem to think tags on their posts are all speaking to them directly or interrupting their post (not to say you can't speak to OP through tags, like i'll say nice things about their art in tags) but not everything in someone's tags on a post they reblog from you is for you! you can ignore it!!!

I know on twitter (where I went after leaving tumblr a while back) people use quote retweets to speak to the OP often. but not always. I sometimes would quote a tweet to add my own thoughts while using the quote as like a citation to credit OP for the idea. but I have a few times where the OP thought I was speaking to/about them and got very upset about it. one was a large account who quoted me back and got very nasty and sent their minions after me. quotes are louder than tumblr tags. so that's more understandable, and I was always very hesitant to do it, but I personally see indirect tweets about another post as extremely rude and posting screenshots of tweets on twitter is also rude.

I loved coming back here mainly for the tag system! I missed being able to share a post and also quietly add my thoughts. go on long rambles related to the main post without stealing their post completely or needing to make a whole new post. I know most old tumblr users get that and don't care, probably. I NEVER saw anyone complain about it in the past. only say how much they love it. it was just part of how this site worked for us. a culture thing we naturally created. so i'm assuming it's mostly new users who don't get this culture? it also doesn't help tumblr made it so you now see tags in your notes tab and not just comments added and replies. before, you would have to go to "someone reblogged your post" to see if they added tags because tumblr only showed comments. I personally LOVE when people add tags to my post with their thoughts and stories and whatnot. ai i'd go to every reblog I got to see if there's tags added. it's like an uncommitted interaction. they dont expect a reply, i don't expect a reply. they are isolated thoughts, but still related. it's still a form of interaction, without the pressure of being direct, and I feel seen/heard when they add them. (it means they're not a bot, auto reblogging my posts /hj) seeing tags on my posts i'm not just shouting into the void alone and someone sees me. me adding tags to a post is a gentle "you're not alone/I hear you/im a real person not a bot" from me. but it also could be me saying "your post inspired me! I want to write something too! but im being quiet about it so i dont take away from your post and your post gets all the credit" when I add my own little tag ramble.

so the fact that people are now suddenly being upset by people adding their own experiences and thoughts to tags is super disappointing and and frankly annoying. tags don't take away from your post and you can just ignore them! no one is forcing you to expand the tags in your notes and read them! hardly anyone will see them. most will only read your post and not people's tags! I know no one usually reads my tags because i've added secret messages to the end of my tags and no one ever responds to it lmao things like send a pic in my ask and i'll draw it for you.

yes I know "RESPECT PEOPLE BOUNDARIES" but it kind of disrespects my needs as well. theres a thin line between someone's boundaries being crosses and someone's needs not being met. but that's a whole debate i'm not willing to have so don't start it. (not that kind of boundary is easy to not cross. not bringing up arguments. but asking people to not use a main function of a website is kind of pushing it imo...) yeah I want to respect boundaries the best i can, but unless you say in the post "don't reblog and add your own tags" no one will know and you get upset when no one knows. and no, no one will read your profile/pinned post before reblogging. no one will go to the original post and read your tags. they will only reblog it right off their dash if they aren't seeing it directly from you in the tags/for you page. some people will reblog 100 posts a day. they won't go to every profile/original post before reblogging just to see if you have any special conditions and rules for your random one post out of hundreds they see a day. that's too much to expect, honestly, sorry to say!

but this is tumblr. maybe it's better for people to accept the culture/etiquette here and let it happen without complaining, or realize this isn't the place for them! because it doesn't meet their needs and boundaries! and that's ok! it doesn't have to be your place. you don't need to stay here if you don't like how it works! asking an entire website to "respect your boundaries" by not participating in a basic or essential function of the website is a little ridiculous to be fair....

no i'm not saying your boundaries don't deserve to be respected. i'm saying this probably isn't the place to have those boundaries in the first place. because there's am established way this site functions that works in counter to your wanted boundaries, so it just doesn't fit your needs. and like I said that's ok! you don't need to stay here if it upsets you that much! it's better if you find a social media where people can't share your posts. like a simple blog site that doesn't have a share function! or like Instagram? people cant share those posts. (sorry, I dont know much about social media) if you really want people to stop adding tags that bad, either turn off reblogs completely, or ask staff to add a notification option to turn off seeing added tags on reblogs! (if you're veeerry lucky, and not a trans woman, they might listen to you)

[fanficfem]

i'm yuri and welcome to the final boss of the internet: a blog dedicated to critiquing online spaces and fictitious works through the lens of feminism. i intend to poke and prod at the misogyny that permeates seemingly every facet fandom culture in an effort to bring more awareness to it and because it brings me a twisted sense of enjoyment. i just looooove dissecting media, meaning no one is safe- fans, creators, and haters alike are under my watchful gaze. no one is safe from me.

below the cut lists resources i deem important, my tag list, and a scuffed faq. read at your leisure. or don't. idc.

RESOURCES

abortion access resources - a small collection of resources related to abortion in a post-roe v. wade usa.

through a rapist's eyes - an article citing actual rapists' perspectives on who they target (and why).

MY TAGS

#yuri yaps - all of my original posts, including asks i answer and any of my additions to reblogged content.

#case study - detailed original posts of mine examining misogyny present in online and fandom spaces. (example tba.)

#resources / #stats / #news - posts that are or have helpful resources, studies and statistics, or news articles about current events around the globe.

#symptoms of chronic internet usage / #fandom brainrot - posts that focus on online and fandom-specific phenomena respectively.

#feminism / #misogyny / #homophobia / #biphobia / #transphobia / #racism / #ableism / #gender critical / #sex industry / #kink critical / #religion - organizational tags for my activist content, including both reblogged and original posts.

#[fandom name] / #[website name] - organizational tags for content about specific fandoms and online spaces. only one tag is used per fandom and it will always be the full name in english. i do not tag specific characters nor do i follow tags with the word "critical".

#spoilers - courtesy tag if the content in question has any spoilers for what it covers. these posts will also utilize the "read more" feature if i'm the original poster.

#[trigger] tw - triggering content will be tagged this way. please contact me if you believe a post of mine should be tagged with a specific trigger.

#drama - posts that pertain to discourse within the feminist community on tumblr. get your shit together before i get the yaoi paddle out, ladies.

#whoops– wrong blog! - anything that i deem as not relevant to the blog's focus on activism. (the tag is meant to be ironic.)

FAQ

"what branch of feminism do you fall under? none, i'm just a feminist.

"do you do any feminist action outside of the internet?" i will... eventually.

"you should focus on real issues, none of this matters." it may not be as significant as real-world action, but i want to open the floor to discussing and criticizing media in a feminist lens to a wider audience. many feminists on tumblr are not chronically online, thus much of the takes i see regarding misogyny in fandom culture isn't made by feminists but instead feminist allies.

"you won't change my/anyone's minds." i know, that's not the point. this blog is intended to focus on something i'm passionate about (media), the culture that surrounds it (online and fandom spaces), and my thoughts about it (feminist analysis). it's cool if it does get someone thinking but i'm perfectly fine with agreeing to disagree. (it's okay to be wrong! <3)

"op is a terf!" / "miku would never support you!" i'm filing you under #symptoms of chronic internet usage as we speak. neither of these are remotely true. seriously, go outside and interact with some real people. speaking from experience, that'll heal you.

[questions about who i am.] yuri's the name and staying up watching video essays about my favorite problematic media is my game. i have a phd in bullshitting and am currently working on my masters in not giving a damn.

[questions about the fandoms i'm in.] oh yeah i love these. ask me anything about the shit i like, i just love to yap. hell, even ask me about fandoms i know nothing about. i can tell how something is just from vibes alone, #trust.

IMAGE CREDITS

miku header by lavendergalactic

teal star divider by plutism

[ivory-apple]

An Introduction!

I don't actually know what to put here, since we don't really use tumblr to much in general! So;

🍎 ❜ Im Lucifer, or Ivory. Either name works for me, don't mind it either way! I'm an introject in a DID system. Here's a link with a little more information (and I mean a little.) about me, including boundaries.

🍎 ❜ Currently bodily 18.

🍎 ❜ I LIKE interacting with people! Don't hesitate to talk to me if you'd like to, I don't bite at all!

🍎 ❜ No real 'DNI', I just block freely. Occasionally for "no reason" too. All to curate my experience, you know?

🍎 ❜ I don't have an exact list of people I want to interact with; Just Hazbin fans and other DID/OSDD systems. I don't really care for sourcemates, I am indifferent to it. I don't really care if I am treated like my source either.

I guess there's a chance I may make things like art, icons, and banners to share on here. Just to have something to do. (Yes, I may take requests.)

ORGANIZATIONAL TAGS;

#🍎 ❜ Ivory Blithers ; #🍎 ❜ Ivory's Icons

#🍎 ❜ Ivory's Art ; #🍎 ❜ Ivory's Banners

[calypsolemon]

like ok, literal non-guilt tripping advice for anyone migrating here from twitter or tiktok or wherever tf

as stated, reblogs give people the most "exposure" on here, but also, its pretty much just the main thing of the website. The "point" here is to have a blog that contains content u enjoy looking at and want to share with the ppl following you

likes are generally used as some mixture of "saving to reblog later" and "supporting posts that i dont particularly want to share (such as personal posts of friends, nsfw posts for blogs that aren't 18+, etc) but I still want them to know I saw it." also you can turn off other people being able to see your likes in your settings.

tags are both organizational and the main way ppl find your content, if they are not already following you. posts will only show up publicly in the tags that are on the original post. If you tag a reblog with something, it won't boost anything, it is for your own personal organizational purposes. This is why reblogging stuff you like might be beneficial over just liking, because you can tag it for your own organization and easily find it again YEARS down the line by searching that tag on your own blog.

its not wrong or "stealing" to add your own commentary to the content of a post, it is not like a qrt. Just be aware that if anybody reblogs that post from you, your addition is permanently attached to that chain of reblogs. If you don't want that, either use the reply function or add commentary in the tags

speaking of which, commentary in the tags is probably the most confusing aspect of tumblr for newcomers. Its really an old holdover from the days before replies existed. It was considered polite to make commentary in the tags as to avoid adding unnecessarily onto the content of a post. You don't have to do it, but if you want to, think of tag commentary as leaning over to your followers and whispering your thoughts about op, while replies are more like having a private conversation with op, and reblog with commentary is like loudly stating your reply to op in a room full of other people.

literally tho, just use this website (and any other, for that matter) however you want. pressure to interact in the "right" way is dumb as hell, if you find yourself feeling stressed into interacting with social media a certain way then you need to step back and remember this is all for entertainment, and if someone else is stressing you for it you should just block their ass and move on. The only thing that matters on here is the same thing that matter in real life, not being a massive dick. Avoid that and you're literally fine

lol as an artist on tumblr literally just like whatever u want and lurk as much as u want. every post on here begging for reblogs doesn't follow their own advice, definitely doesn't reblog every art piece they see, and certainly reblogs less things than they like, because on tumblr content curation is literally the name of the game. if yr migrating to here from twitter or whatever its good to understand that reblogs are not the same as retweets and site courtesy is different in that regard (reblogs are exposure for the op in the ways retweets arent, while likes contribute very little) but u don't need a guilt trip implying that you're doing some kind of moral failing by running a blog that just curates by liking. Just kno some ppl might assume empty blogs r bots since thats an active problem, if u don't want to be blocked. But literally there is nothing wrong with interacting with the internet however u want and artists popularity do not hinge on you reblogging their posts to your 27 followers

[abusiveshipping]

Hey... What can I do if a fandom otp triggers me? I thought I was safe in Amino because I didn't see the ship but today there was a fanart and I started to feel ill. I like a character from that ship but it's impossible to look for fanart without finding this gross ship. Sometimes I feel like just ignoring the character, but now even the fandom/series started to bother me. I don't know what to do, I go from loving to hating the series and I feel stupid/childish but can't help my feelings

hmm this one is a bit difficult to answer, since there seems to be no real solution other than to remove yourself from the fandomfirst of all, i understand. theres a few popular ships that literally make me physically ill to even think about, but i tend to just try to remove myself from the blogs who post about it. i get what you mean about feeling silly for disliking a ship so much, but i need you to understand that your feelings are valid (yes, i just used that word unironically) even though your feelings arent in align with the rest of the fandom’s, ya? theres nothing you can do to control your feelings completely, just how you express those feelings. as long as you arent harassing people, its all good (assuming the ship in question isnt genuinely gross, like incest or pedophilia)as for, like, advice, well. im not sure theres much i can suggest, actually, other than dont interact with the fandom. i understand wanting to interact with others who have the same interests as you, but if its doing more harm than good, then you should just not do it. you can still enjoy the content and make your own fancontent without interacting with the fandom, yanno? that being said, if you really, really dont want to stop being apart of the fandom, i suggest following blogs that focus on a particular character/ship or blogs that dont post the ship at all, and perhaps ask if they could tag the ship. following organizational blogs is really good, because they tend to tag everything, including ships. this is the best advice i have as of now. if you have anymore trouble, feel free to send another ask or dm me on discord (Chad#7801). i hope everything works out for you, hon! -mod roxy