#also you can just generally see it on other people's blog with tumblr reccomending it

[lucy-shining-star]

I understand post saying that blocking people is ok, you should feel more comfortable doing it, but I just can't really agree with them

[chronically-enthusiastic]

Hello there, thanks for stumbling across my blog!

(Here's a lil comic I made for a school assignment)

Artblog: @chronicallyartistic

Audio drama blog: @chronically-listeningtopodcasts

I'm going to start putting my social energy levels in my bio... There's a lot of stuff I want to respond to but i currently dont have the energy to do so, and so if I don't respond within like a day, check my bio and see that...

Who am I / Where else can you find me?

First of all, feel free to call me Eli!! I'm on the waiting list for an autism diagnosis. I am agender and aroace-spec.

I am verrryyy enthusiastic about the things I am interested in (hence the URL hehehe). And currently, those are: podcasts (theres a list at the bottom of the post), good omens, ofmd, bbc merlin, star trek!!!!, lotr, and probably more things that I am too tired to think of right now!

I use the queue! Im not awake at the ungodly hours i sometimes am seen posting at, I just dont want to utterly flood peoples dashes! I do reblog fandom stuff and things ive added anything to immediately, so if you see a few posts in short succession, im online!

I am a very big fan of the oxford comma and double brackets. Semicolons are pretty cool too. And ellipses are incredible.

i love all of my mutuals dearly!! Making cookies and hot chocolate for you all <33

I try to use tone tags as much as possible!

Boundaries:

Things I am okay with sharing/doing:

My age, gender/sexuality, things about my guinea pigs!!, and most other things

Things I am not okay with sharing/doing:

The city I live in, pictures of me/anyone I know, my full name, my birthdate, my phone number/email address, meeting up with people irl, sending/receiving money/gifts, dms (<- though if we're mutuals and interacted a lot dms are fine!!)

^ this applies to everyone im not in the discord with

I will let someone know if they cross boundaries, and *really* would like other people to let me know if I cross theirs!!

DNI: people who are here to spread hate and anger. Just, stay away. I dont engage in discourse. I know DNIs dont deterr these people, but this is a demonstration of my core values :)

Tags:

(At the top cause otherwise it will get lost) ALSO #tw body horror

I block quite a few tags but most notably #tw war and other ones to do with the war in israel/palestine. This is not because I don't care. I care so so so much about what is happening and I cry every time I see a post about it. It breaks my heart that such horrible things are happening. However, I really struggle with high empathy, and seeing a post about it can really affect me for a while, and I need tumblr to be a safe space away from the real world problems. If I follow you - please could you tag things to do with war. Thank you <3

Updated to clarify - I do block the generic tags such as Israel and Gaza, which most of the posts are tagged with by the op, so if you forget its no big deal!!

A list of all the podcasts I listen to because y'know, its fun:

Fiction:

The Amelia Project

Wooden Overcoats

The Adventure Zone

Sherlock & Co

Alba Salix

Unseen

And a whole lot more that i no longer listen to either because they havent updated or they are a little too creepy (Welcome to Night Vale falls into the latter category)

Science:

The Sci Guys

Lets Learn Everything

Lingthusiasm

A podcast of unnecessary detail.

Comedy/other:

Dear Hank and John

The Unmade Podcast

Books Unbound

Lateral

A book list of recommendations from mutuals for my own use:

abigail by Magda Szasbo (@mack-anthology-mp3)

The Alphabet of Candice Phee (@jamie-dinow)

A list of music reccomendations from mutuals:

in the lap of the gods revisited by queen, why can't i be you by the cure, pyramid song, and lucky & the tourist by radiohead, when the sun hits by slowdive, dancing barefoot by patti smith, tangerine by led zeppelin, autumn sweater by yo la tengo, rubber ring by the smiths, water by pj harvey (from @/mack-anthology-mp3)

imi hendrix’s all along the watchtower (from @/catholickedd)

[xx-slug-xx]

Some bozo accused me of stalking an nintendonut1 because I submitted their characters in Tumblr kiss marry kill blogs. Note that I became rather obsessed with their characters and even drew some of them while crediting them. This is the evidence they provided for me "stalking them".

I actually told the original poster to delete the post because I knew nintendonut1 woulf not like this.

Oh, and after I got banned from the Court of Roses Discord server, they referred to me as a creep in this message.

Do not harass or witch hunt them, but I would encourage talking to them about the situation and how I could make amends to them.

Also I'd reccomend reading my post regarding some of the accusations made against me and my counterarguments against the other person mentioned in the first screenshot.

(Whole post’s tone is labeled as /lh and /nm)

Hey man I understand that’s upsetting and all that for you, but I really don’t think this is something for the asks :/ at least not my ask box

Tbh you do seem obsessed even though I know you have genuinely no ill intent. If you are told not to do something, and someone expresses that they are uncomfortable with something, maybe don’t do that thing? When you still do that thing, it comes across as being obsessive and unsettling to people. That’s why people are upset, and frankly, I would be uncomfortable to if someone was doing something like that with my characters to.

Also, I see you posting stuff similar to this in terms of theme (ie, complaining about someone else not vibing with you or someone being uncomfortable with you) in other peoples ask boxes, and you probably shouldn’t do that. I don’t speak for everyone, but you seem to have a problem with people not liking you (you’ve expressed this issue to me in the past) and tbh I think this may have something to do with it? People generally don’t want to be a part of the personal issues in someone’s life unless it’s dire (ie bullying and harassment), and most people don’t want to get involved with stuff like what your talking about.

I completely understand that you struggle with social related things and understanding social cues, and I’m not trying to be rude at all. But that’s just my thoughts and advice, you can do what you want with it. Trying to be as nice/cool as possible when I say all of this. But like, there’s a reason people would say something like this and/or respond like this to your actions, and since it seems to be a pattern, maybe that should tell you something from a logical standpoint?

[leave-a-whisper]

no it's kinda dumb, it's dnp related. or them related but phandom related. i feel like my entire tl for the past month and a bit or so has just been solid discourse and general unhappiness. there are a few moments of joy like vpmo2 announcement and moving hints but other than that... i wish i could be one of those people who just wasn't affected by it but i am :( i never get involved but it still gets me down when i'm just trying to enjoy dnp. it's mostly a twt thing but y'know

I completely understand how you feel. I think this whole year has just been a rollercaoster of one discourse after another, and I'm definitely guilty of commenting on it every now and then when I could have just ignored it

my advice to you is to try and curate your experience. follow someone who posts too much about drama? unfollow. someone who has said some shitty things? mute/filter them. you can also filter the discourse tag so that you only see it when you choose to, and I actually have it filtered myself. I won't look at it unless I'm already aware of what it's about and I have the mental energy to handle it

I definitely need to be better about not letting it affect me as much, too. sometimes I just can't help but share my opinions on something, although recently I've been making a habit of keeping most of it in the drafts so that I can let some steam off without upsetting anyone. I want my blog to be a positve space, and I try to only comment on something when I think that something harmful is going on (ie harassment or bullying) but like I said I'm guilty of breaking this rule

try not to let yourself get too down about it. you're right that twitter can be a pretty drama-filled place pretty much 24/7. if that's upsetting to you I reccomend taking a step back and looking through the people you follow. unfollow anyone who's upsetting you. try to focus less of your energy on an app if it's constantly feeding you useless drama. tumblr isn't perfect, but it's definitely better than twitter when it comes to civility and maturity...for the most part

I just want to enjoy dnp too. sometimes you need to adjust your curation as you go along in order to do that. I can promise you that even though I haven't been perfect about it, my goal is never to make anyone feel uncomfortable or attacked. my goal is always to stop people from feeling sad or negative about something and offer them alternate perspectives, which can sometimes lead to me commenting on something I don't want or need to be involved in. I am always trying to be better, and you're free to come and let me know (nicely) how I can do that, but if I ever upset you or become an unwanted presence in your fandom experience you have every right to unfollow me. I will never be mad about that, I promise

hopefully this helps :)

[haematicmagic]

Oh no, i’m stuck at home! – a guide

So, i know that i’m probably telling this to the wrong people – most of us artists, poets and various fandom dwellers know how to keep ourselves occupied when stuck at home, but especially for workaholics, those with anxiety or those of us dependant on feeling productive to keep out depression (and for the normies), i feel like a extrended guide on how to be home properly could be useful.

By now, everyone has seen checklists on how to behave during quarantine and lockdowns enough to give us all a collective anxiety attack, but what, i feel, is neglected, is the fact that staying home spontaneously for 5 weeks, sometimes involuntarily, can be a terror in its own right.

So, from someone that has been sick for months with almost nothing to do, here are some tips and tricks to not succumb too much, if you’re the type for that

1. Stay active

Yes, i know, nobody is surprised, but its serious. Netflix and chill might keep you occupied for a few days, maybe two weeks, maybe the whole time, but if your mental state depends on feeling busy, stay active. if you have a local forest or park that you can safely visit, go, atleast every two days for atleast two hours. if you have a balcony, sit there.

2. Make your home liveable

keep your rooms ventilated, let sunlight in, take Vitamin D if you have it. Do workout at home if you can. Going stir crazy might not be an issue in your every–day life, but it gets everyone eventually. Eat your veggies before they spoil, eat regularly and with conscience. After work, if you must go, shower and desinfect your stuff, wear clean clothes even if you stay home and keep up woth your chores (if your mental state allows it, of course. There is another thing to be said about those of us that have a harder time to keep up with themselves in general, but this is mainly about not letting daily life disintegrate).

2. New content is your friend.

Podcasts, DnD online, Netflix or Prime from friends – if you’re like me, you most likely have a watchlist the size of east texas. I recently posted a Podcast Rec. List on my blog that has more than a year of pure audio content altogether, many of these are also great for falling asleep or on the go. For podcasts, i recommend Spotify if you have Premium or the Podbean app (which is free and allows you to download podcasts). The obvious big streaming sites exist and now is the time to share them with your friends, see if they have discounts or get those free trials. Also, your local news might have some free documentaries on their websites. There are most likely also books you haven’t read or reread. If you don’t know where to start, you might not like my taste but let me drop a few names:

Podcasts: Welcome to Nightvale, The Magnus Archives

Shows: Good Omens (prime), Preacher (prime), Umbrella Academy (Netflix), How To Sell Drugs Online Fast (Netflix), Obviously Supernatural and Dr Who for a rerun (on Burning Series.to)

Also, because i know Tumblr: If you are taking this opportunity to find every single slash fic on this planet and consume it, in gods name, appreciate the creators and writers that took the time to bring you content. Leave kudos, credit artists, leave nice comments, etc.

3. Do not despair.

Yes, the news are terrifying and staying updated is important, but your mental health is, too. I recommend „Squid“, an app that summarizes news around the world. They have a daily report function with which you can inform yourself quickly and hopefully without fake sensational headlines or panic. I also recommend „Good News“, a news app specifically for positive reports if you feel like giving up on humanity. I am not saying you should ignore the news or the reality of the situation, but the last days or weeks have been honestly depressing and if you already struggle with an outlook on life, dwelling in the bad will not help.

4. Socialize. No matter what.

Discord is free and they have extended some lifestreaming features to match the demand. Amino has communities for any interest with Chats, Voice chats, Community–made Quizzes and more. Mastondon is a (apparently) more secure twitter alternative if you dont wanna use twitter. Twitch has live streams to almost any topic (i reccomend the one that shows Bob Ross shows 24/7) and even a live stream can make you feel less alone. Scedule meetings with friends over there, regularly, just don’t succumb to the loneliness this situation might bring.

5. Learn

Sign up for Duolingo or take it up again and have an adorable owl threaten your family while learning some spanish. Get Mimo, an app much like Duolingo that teaches the basics of programming. Get into ASL, Write a DnD campaign, try that hobbie you haven’t had time for, write motivational messages for your friends that need to work, whatever it is. Try something new, if school or work aren’t keeping you busy enough.

Additionally, try to do physical stuff too. Get into knitting, sewing, wood carving, cooking, baking, prep meals, reorganize your room, paint your stuff, start a bullet journal, start a group, get addicted to tik tok, volunteer,

6. Sleep

Now, this is probably the most important point: Keep a scedule! Especially if school just closed for you and you aren’t already sick, just sitting at home, do not give into the temptation to live nocturnal. Yes, free time is fun, but dont cut yourself off. Get up at a reasonable time if you can, dress and shower and have a scedule. Try not to loose track of time and under/over sleep. If your body demands more sleep the first few days or weeks, that can be just stress compensation but try not to loose yourself too much.

7. Help if you can.

Still healthy and of good financial status or immune sytem? Others arent. Especially the homeless and unensured are at great risk. Find your local organization and donate your time or money if you can spare it. Try to support friends by informing them, keep unreasonable cases out of the hospitals and look after high risk people in your life (those can include but are not limited to: elderly, small kids, pregnant people, trans men/nbys that bind, those with autoimmune disorder, those with a weakened immune system, those in contact with a lot of people in their job)

Many organisations are also looking to either find shelter to animals or other people. If you can take them in, you are doing humanity a favour.

also, if you can, dont be that person to panic buy. This only forces other people into panic buying too. Buy reasonable amounts of what you need and be humble in your choices, if you can. Be mindful of other people. If you can afford/know how to cook at home, dont take the readymade meals from people that cant. In gods name, dont buy up food for people with special needs, like stockpiling gluten free flour just cause you’re on a diet and leaving nothing to those with allergies.)

8. Know your rights

Keep contact with others in your line of work and what procedures they are taking. Dont let anyone bully you into working in hostile environments, if you can. Find out how/when to take sick days for this and when/how your work or school will continue again. This is a special situation and in many cases, there are special rules implemented to help. Dont let anyone fuck you over.

[daddyzlilwitchy-blog]

95 Questions Age Regression (no cgl[re] or ddlg interaction please!!)

I’ve never seen anything like this yeh

choose to answer them all or ask your followers to pick a number based on what they want to know!

Do you like to be called nicknames when regressed? If so which one?

Regression age range (if you have one)?

Favorite movie to watch when Smol?

Favorite kiddie cartoon to watch when smol?

Nick or Disney jr?

What kind of your animal is your favorite plushie? (Optional: include theirbackstory {how you got them}, their name, their age, etc)

Do you like to listen to songs when regressed? Which ones? What song is your favorite?

Do you have a carer? If yes: what do you call them? If no: are you currently seeking a carer? (Cheeky winks)

Babas (bottles), sippies (sippy cups) or cute kiddie cups?

Pacis or no?

Favorite color?

Would you ever wear a diaper or a onesie (like adult bodysuit onesies)? Just one? If so which one and why? (Why is optional)

Crayons, markers, or colored pencils? (Or other?)

Coloring or crafting?

Favorite snack when smol?

Favorite bedtime story?17. Showers or baths (and if you like baths, bubbles or bath bombs)?

Favorite Disney character? (Or any character in general that makes you feel teenie)?

Favorite animal?

Netflix or YouTube?21. Anime? (If so which ones)?

Do you like Pokémon?

Do you like to pretend play when you regress?

What is your regression like? (What do you usually do when regressing)?

Favorite toy?

Things that help you regress?

Cuddles with people or with stuffies?

Communities or no?

Any friends irl who are also age regressors? (How about on tumblr)?

Are you a sib? (If so big or little)? Do you have any sibs? (If so, how many)? Are you searching for sibs?31. Favorite Netflix tv show (for little kids to help you regress)?

Do you sleep with any plushies? (If so how many)?

Does anyone irl know you regress? (Optional: if so, who)?34. Any irl age regressor friends?

Three blogs you recommend that aren’t necessarily age regression but arestill cute (and safe{according to agere league standards}/sfw)

Do you google things to help you regress (other than YouTube or Netflix videos)? If so, what?

Do you have a bedtime? (If so, what time is your bedtime)?

Favorite onesie? (If you have one {and I mean the one’s they sell at target or any store chain during xmas})

Sanrio or Disney?

Based on your answer above, favorite character from your chosen answer?

Can you regress on your own or do you need help regressing (from outside sources, from others, etc)?

Thoughts on glitter?

Overalls or shorts?

Tutus or regular skirts?

Lolita fashion? (Thoughts)?

Favorite toy stereotypically meant for the opposite sex? (Ex: girls are stereotypically meant to like barbies)

LGBT? (If not do you support it, know anyone in it)?

Squishes or slime?

Super hero shows or shows about creepy talking vehicles?

Spongebob or FOP?

Phineas and Ferb or Star Vs the forces of evil? (Random Ik but I forgot the name of the other show the creators or p and f made)

Favorite app on your phone that helps you regress? (Please specify if not free)

What communities are you in?54. What communities would you like to exist but don’t?55. Favorite candy?

Coloring books or filling out those books kids use to learn?

Are you a tall smol or a tiny smol?

Are you a carer? (And are you seeking)? {totally asking for a friend…}

Care Bears or care bear cousins?

Finger paint or regular paint?

Kawaii or cute? (In reference to you)

Spirit animal while regressing?(bonus points if you name both a big and a baby animal)

What do you call the time in which you’re regressing? (I call mine my smol space)

Do you have any community reccomendations?

What are you unhealthily obsessed with when you regress (you freak out every time you see something or think about something involving thischaracter/thing)?

(Optional) why do you regress?

(If you are socially awkward) are you more or less socially awkward when you regress? The same?

Say the first thing that comes to mind, go!

Do you speak with a different voice when you regress or no?

Do you use different text when you regress (like baby talk {chu, wike,etc}) because I know a lot of people find it annoying but I’ve seen afew people do it so idk?

What is your dni? If you don’t have a dni why not? (You should fix that)

Is Kermit creepy or cute? (Same with Barney)?

Do you have any pets? What kinds? What are their names?

Are you comfortable regressing around others? (or are you more of a lone wolf)?

How high can you count when you’re tiny (if applicable)?

What emoji describes you in tiny space?

What is your favorite color when you’re regressing?

Favorite holiday? (Bonus, do you believe in Santa Claus?

Favorite big kid movie, tv show, etc? (Please refrain from any triggering answers)

Favorite chire/agere hashtag to use on tumblr?

Follow for follow (As long as you abide by my dni)? {I’m lonely}

If you’re seeking for a carer, do you want a romantic or platonic carer?

Do you constantly need attention when regressed or are you a lone wolf?

How do you buy things that help you regress (if you live with others, without them finding out)?

Favorite coloring book? (Optional: include picture)

Longest you’ve ever been fully regressed?

Do you often regress fully or only halfway?

Do you have any kins (If so, with who)?

Favorite nursery rhyme?

Park (like, entire park) or only the playground?

Insomniac or early riser?

(Optional) how many followers do you have? {I’m morbidly curious}

Weird things that help you regress that are not meant to help you regress (horror movies, creepy pasta, etc)?

Would you ever try an adult pacifier or has kink ruined all fun adult age regression products?

What do you eat when you’re regressed?

[smollittledinorawr]

95 Questions Age Regression Tag (no cgl(re) or DDlg interaction please!)

I’ve never seen anything like this yeh

choose to answer them all or ask your followers to pick a number based on what they want to know!

Do you like to be called nicknames when regressed? If so which one?

Regression age range (if you have one)?

Favorite movie to watch when Smol?

Favorite kiddie cartoon to watch when smol?

Nick or Disney jr?

What kind of your animal is your favorite plushie? (Optional: include their backstory {how you got them}, their name, their age, etc)

Do you like to listen to songs when regressed? Which ones? What song is your favorite?

Do you have a carer? If yes: what do you call them? If no: are you currently seeking a carer? (Cheeky winks)

Babas (bottles), sippies (sippy cups) or cute kiddie cups?

Pacis or no?

Favorite color?

Would you ever wear a diaper or a onesie (like adult bodysuit onesies)? Just one? If so which one and why? (Why is optional)

Crayons, markers, or colored pencils? (Or other?)

Coloring or crafting?

Favorite snack when smol?

Favorite bedtime story?

Showers or baths (and if you like baths, bubbles or bath bombs)?

Favorite Disney character? (Or any character in general that makes you feel teenie)?

Favorite animal?

Netflix or YouTube?

Anime? (If so which ones)?

Do you like Pokémon?

Do you like to pretend play when you regress?

What is your regression like? (What do you usually do when regressing)?

Favorite toy?

Things that help you regress?

Cuddles with people or with stuffies?

Communities or no?

Any friends irl who are also age regressors? (How about on tumblr)?

Are you a sib? (If so big or little)? Do you have any sibs? (If so, how many)? Are you searching for sibs?

Favorite Netflix tv show (for little kids to help you regress)?

Do you sleep with any plushies? (If so how many)?

Does anyone irl know you regress? (Optional: if so, who)?

Any irl age regressor friends?

Three blogs you recommend that aren’t necessarily age regression but are still cute (and safe{according to agere league standards}/sfw)

Do you google things to help you regress (other than YouTube or Netflix videos)? If so, what?

Do you have a bedtime? (If so, what time is your bedtime)?

Favorite onesie? (If you have one {and I mean the one’s they sell at target or any store chain during xmas})

Sanrio or Disney?

Based on your answer above, favorite character from your chosen answer?

Can you regress on your own or do you need help regressing (from outside sources, from others, etc)?

Thoughts on glitter?

Overalls or shorts?

Tutus or regular skirts?

Lolita fashion? (Thoughts)?

Favorite toy stereotypically meant for the opposite sex? (Ex: girls are stereotypically meant to like barbies)

LGBT? (If not do you support it, know anyone in it)?

Squishes or slime?

Super hero shows or shows about creepy talking vehicles?

Spongebob or FOP?

Phineas and Ferb or Star Vs the forces of evil? (Random Ik but I forgot the name of the other show the creators or p and f made)

Favorite app on your phone that helps you regress? (Please specify if not free)

What communities are you in?

What communities would you like to exist but don’t?

Favorite candy?

Coloring books or filling out those books kids use to learn?

Are you a tall smol or a tiny smol?

Are you a carer? (And are you seeking)? {totally asking for a friend...}

Care Bears or care bear cousins?

Finger paint or regular paint?

Kawaii or cute? (In reference to you)

Spirit animal while regressing?(bonus points if you name both a big and a baby animal)

What do you call the time in which you’re regressing? (I call mine my smol space)

Do you have any community reccomendations?

What are you unhealthily obsessed with when you regress (you freak out every time you see something or think about something involving this character/thing)?

(Optional) why do you regress?

(If you are socially awkward) are you more or less socially awkward when you regress? The same?

Say the first thing that comes to mind, go!

Do you speak with a different voice when you regress or no?

Do you use different text when you regress (like baby talk {chu, wike, etc}) because I know a lot of people find it annoying but I’ve seen a few people do it so idk?

What is your dni? If you don’t have a dni why not? (You should fix that)

Is Kermit creepy or cute? (Same with Barney)?

Do you have any pets? What kinds? What are their names?

Are you comfortable regressing around others? (or are you more of a lone wolf)?

How high can you count when you’re tiny (if applicable)?

What emoji describes you in tiny space?

What is your favorite color when you’re regressing?

Favorite holiday? (Bonus, do you believe in Santa Claus?

Favorite big kid movie, tv show, etc? (Please refrain from any triggering answers)

Favorite chire/agere hashtag to use on tumblr?

Follow for follow (As long as you abide by my dni)? {I’m lonely}

If you’re seeking for a carer, do you want a romantic or platonic carer?

Do you constantly need attention when regressed or are you a lone wolf?

How do you buy things that help you regress (if you live with others, without them finding out)?

Favorite coloring book? (Optional: include picture)

Longest you’ve ever been fully regressed?

Do you often regress fully or only halfway?

Do you have any kins (If so, with who)?

Favorite nursery rhyme?

Park (like, entire park) or only the playground?

Insomniac or early riser?

(Optional) how many followers do you have? {I’m morbidly curious}

Weird things that help you regress that are not meant to help you regress (horror movies, creepy pasta, etc)?

Would you ever try an adult pacifier or has kink ruined all fun adult age regression products?

What do you eat when you’re regressed?

[mapleblood]

my url?? :)

my opinion on;

character in general:  I loved Betty. Like, absolutely loved her. But her recent behavior and actions have had me very, very angry with her. how they play them: I think they play them super perfect. All sides of Betty are captured in their writing and you can really hear her in their responses, and lets be real, capturing the 50 shades of betty is pretty fucking hard.the mun: We’ve never talked I don’t think. But I adore them anyway. Like !! I don’t even know. I just like seeing them on my dash 24/7.

do i;

follow them: Yes!rp with them:  Yes (I think I may have lost our thread? Because tumblr is a dick)want to rp with them: Definitely ship their character with mine: THIS IS A COMPLICATED QUESTION BECAUSE I REALLY DO SHIP THEM LOWKEY BUT THEY’RE ALSO COUSINS AND IT ANGERS ME BECAUSE I SHIPPED THEM BEFORE WE FOUND OUT AND NOW IM SITTING HERE LIKE WHAT DO I DO

what is my;

overall opinion: There’s not much to say other than quality(inserttinytm) blog and that I really do reccomend for people to follow them.

@sweetlycourageous

[detectiveaesthetic]

hello! i've recently decided to start a detective conan side blog but since i'm new in the detective conan tumblr community i don't know who to follow so i'm asking some detective conan blogs i already follow (like yours) to give me advice. can you suggest some detective conan blogs to follow? if possibily at least 90% detective conan stuff and pretty active. thanks :)

Sure! I only really have a couple to share with you since most the blogs I follow are multi fandom or post off the reg, but I can share a couple! Note that I’m going to be reccing mainly detective conan and magic kaito blogs since it’s pretty rare to find detective conan only.

Active, literally 99-100% 14/12 would rec DCMK blogs:

Me! muwahah! i mean, uh--

@rumasaca -Akai x Rei nERD \owo/@nemuri-no-kid - Kai nerd \owo/

@experiment4869 - Cute and really likes Ai and Ai’s a cutie okay

@violetstrawberry99 - Shinran wheee \owo/ 

@ran-nee-chann Pretty cool 

@conanmouri CUTE CONE ADULT CHILD

@dcrewatch Almost put in a different section, but, seriously Skye is a great person to have on your dash especially if you want quick reminders of episodes or to find something. The blog isn’t active in a daily way, but it’s consistently active in at least weekly updates! All the posts are little synopsis type things and the blog’s just a great resource in general.

@shin-ichi-niichan - More like 98% with 1% voltron but bASICALLY 99% they’re cool okay

@detectiveconans - Pretty sure I’ve followed them for literally 3 years they’re great

Active, 90%+ DCMK:

@raifuujin - Admittedly not active-active in regards to posting, but bias and she’s actively on tumblr, just not quite as active with posting. The reason for this being that she rarely reblogs things, so in actuality she’s super active for all the posts she makes. Generally 90%+ dcmk, does a ton of edits and amazing analysis.

@meitanteimary Generally she’s a solid 90% dcmk, although if you look at the url rn it will show some misc other fandom stuff, but she’s definitely 90%+ regularly.

@tortureddove- They post often, run by a queue. The stuff on here is Kaito/Kaitou Kid centric, and is generally duper dark, torture, non-con/rape, gore, crying type stuff. 100%, however it’s more magic kaito than detective conan since Kaito is the person the blog revolves around.

@miskatsura - Long time Eri fan. Been following them for about 3 years now too.

@meitanteisonoko - Update, hint and fanart gathering type blog. Possibly a bit less active than the others, but does a couple posts at a time iirc.

Active, 90%+ DCMK blogs that I’m not too familiar with but I reccomend you take a look at anyway if you just want a very full dash of dcmk content:

@darenimoshiranai A very new blog(like been around 2 months), so I can’t guarantee they’ll stay active.

@cone-the-detective Pretty new(half a year), active.

@3dogawa 

@vermouthsangelSome you should totes look at even though they’re not super active:  

@niveusfides - Specifically an art blog, she posts occasionally but 90%+ of her stuff within the last year has been dcmk, mainly Kaito and Shinichi art in particular! This blog is full of original content ^w^ 

@furuyareis - Nice.

@mk1412 - More of a merch/updates blog?

@meitanteiunknown - Rarely posts tbh but ye!

@furuya-s - They pop in and out but they’re in the 99%+ section if not for sporadic activity

@mistymistery - On and off active

Some you should totes look at even though they’re not quite 90% dcmk:

@monquixote THEY POST LIKE 75-80% DCMK AND ARE AMAZING OKAY more akam trash at 10

@phantom-of-baker-street - Grade A nerd about 65-70% dcmk

Nowhere NEAR 90% - probably more around 5-30% blogs that occationally post some REALLY COOL dcmk stuff anyway:

@shin-red-dear

@meitantei-lavi - HE’S SUCH A NERD

@pocketsizedsleuth - normally they post a lot more dcmk and are more active but recently they’ve been less of both. I love their dcmk art tho please check them out!

@kostektyw - less active with dcmk recently but their art is still amazing and i love seeing them on my dash even when it’s not dcmk too often anymore

@edorazzi - Arts

@headinabox - Arts and shitposts

@alizardjae - They tend to just throw random dcmk thoughts out there once in a while that I tend to super agree with or like tbh

@misty-reeyus - More of a tales blog but they do occasionally post some good ship shit or vermouth and ye!

There are a ton of people/urls that I didn’t put on here for reasons being they’ve been more entirely inactive for a while or fell out of the fandom entirely tbh. I also avoided rp blogs(even the more public ask blogs) in general, and note that most of these blogs reblog most their things, so if you mass follow everyone you’ll see the same post 5 times in a row sometimes ;p

And also a ton I  probably missed because they slipped my mind asjdhkfjhsdkjghg sorry ily all

[sandy-sims]

hi! im a new simblr, can you give me any advice to start off? i love your page and theme, by the way. :)

Sandy’s Masterpost for starting a new Simblr! 👍

Welcome to the community! I’m so glad you like my blog! Just a few months ago I was also new to the community so I know how daunting it can be! Below I’ve put together a bunch of helpful tips and links that I’ve either used in the past or believe will be useful to you, and any other new/aspiring simblrs! Obviously, everything is subjective- what works for me might not work for everyone else!

🎁 The Basics:

Make your tumblr a seperate tumblr, not a sideblog under your main/personal blog. It will make everything easier in the long run, trust me!

Use your description to advertise to others what you and your blog are all about. Also having either your URL or your avatar sim related will quickly advertise to others that you’re a simblr! 

Enable replies and asks in your blogs settings, if you want people to be able to interact with you and your posts! Bare in mind an interactive simblr is much more approachable!!

Keep it sim related! A few personal posts every once and a while is perfectly fine, but post a lot of unrelated stuff you could lose followers. 

Network! Follow other simblr’s, like their posts, leave friendly and encouraging comments! Making friends in this community is a sure-fire way to get started. I would be nowhere without my simblr friends!

Don’t become disheartened if it takes you a while to take off! Every simblr grows at a different rate.

Don’t mistag your posts! Failing to tag your NSFW content or tagging posts that aren’t cc posts as ts4cc will make you very unpopular.

Keep your blog atleast 80% original content! It’s much easier for a blog that tries to be original to gain traction in this community! 

Don’t get caught up in how many followers/notes you have! Just post what you post because you love it! Don’t worry what other people think.

Everyone at some point or another will recieve anon hate. It’s sad that there’s so many negative people out there, but my advice is just to delete it. If you do want to post it, handle it with grace and dignity! (think of Audrey Hepburn!)

This is more a personal one but: try your best to avoid the drama!!

Finally, treasure your followers & always stay humble!

🎁 Common Simblr Terms Explained:

NSFW: Not safe for work. This is used for any posts that contain nudity of adult themes! It’s very important to tag these posts.

WIP: Work In Progress. This can refer to any sim related project that is unfinished. 

WCIF: Where Can I Find? If someone sees a peice of CC in one of your posts that they like they may send you a ‘WCIF’ through your ask box, they’re simply asking where they can find that certain peice of cc. Not all simblrs agree to answer WCIF’s but it’s certainly very nice to!

MM: Maxis Match. Refering to custom content that matches the general aesthetic of the game.

Alpha:  Refers to hairstyles that don’t fit the aesthetic of the game, as they have alpha layers which allow certain parts of the mesh to be transparent. This is what makes alpha hairstyles more realistic looking.

Clayified: Refers to Alpha hairstyles that have been retextured to look more maxis match. 

🎁 Tagging Posts:

How to set up a legacy/story page

What does #saviorhide mean?

Common Simblr tags and their meanings

🎁 Queues, Drafts, & Scheduling:

How to queue posts

How to schedule posts

🎁 Setting Up Your Theme:

Find a theme here! 👈

How to install custom themes!

Ultimate theme installation guide!

HTML Basics!

Ultimate gudie to theme editing! 👈

How to add a navigation page!

Add a music player to your blog! 👈

Add a online user counter to your blog!

🎁 Editing:

Lunapic (free)

Pixlr (free)

Gimp (free)

How to install photoshop actions

Banner creation site

🎁Screenshot Tips:

Sandy-Sims screenshot tips

🎁Helpful Tutorials & Guides:

Improve Game Preformance and Fix Problems

TS4 CC Creation Tutorial Directory 👈

Visual Pose Creation tutorial  

Sandy-Sims masterpost for story-tellers 👈

🎁 Managing Your CC:

CC folder organisation tutorial

Another CC management tutorial! 👈

🎁 Places To Upload your CC for download:

Mediafire

Simfileshare 👈

Dropbox

🎁 X-Kit (optional):

Download

What is X-Kit?

🎁 Reshade (optional):

Download

What is Reshade?  

Pickypikachu Cinematic Preset  👈

Pictureamoebae Heigh of Summer Preset

Pictureamoebae Clear Summer Preset

This is everything I could think of! I hope something here helps you get started! If you’re hoping to be a story based blog I’d reccomend checking out my storytelling masterpost! Otherwise, good luck love!! 💖

[waterparksk-blog]

11 questions

So I got a bunch of these and I didnt realise until now so here goes!! (whoops its taken me like two days to actually answer these)

Thanks so much to @geoffwigingtonshair @gloomboysmp3 @applepuns @musictrash0426​ @fronkieroismyhero​ for tagging me xx (sorry if I missed out anyone ahh)

1.current favourite album? it changes everyday but double dare or life’s not out to get you

2. how tall are you? 5′5 and a hALF that half is very important it makes me above average height

3. do you have/want any tattoos? not really but I think they’re pretty cool

4. physical copies or digital downloads? physical

5. What was your first concert (if you’ve had one)? loool the jingle bell ball

6. marvel or dc or don’t care at all? yikes don’t really care sorryyy

7. star sign? sagitarius but they found like two new ones idk and if you count that I’m ophiuchus

8. favourite movie? ahhh this is hard... all harry potter

9. what made you get tumblr? so this one specifically I wanted a parx blog but my original one was for funny stuff

10. do you want to get married (not to me don’t worry, just like in general)? not keen on it at the minute but I might change my mind idk

11.who is your favourite person in the world? can I say my dog ??

1)favourite colour? changes a lot but maybe blue

2) favourite band/artist? waterparkssss

3) favourite hobby/pass time? haven’t done it in ages but surfing

4) favourite game? slam like the card game

5) colour of your eyes? blue / lil bit grey

6)how long have you had tumblr? since I was 14?? maybe 13?? idk

7) Favourite season? summer bc holidayssss

8) Do you want any piercings? yeah I lowkey want a nose piercing

9)how do you sleep? badly haha my cycle is non existent, but idk like on my side?? depends

10)dream job? volunteering abroad to help people and getting to see the world at the same time

11)favourite quote? To love, to be loved. To never forget your own insignifcance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest of places. To persue beauty into it’s lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, not power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.   -Arundhati Roy

1. what is the first band you remember getting ~into~? snow patrol and green day when I was a kid I’d play them off my dad’s ipod and jump up and down on the bed hahah

2. most recent artist/band you’ve been obsessed with? waterparks

3. do you have any cool “party tricks”? i can vibrate my eyes and i can thow stuff really high and catch it in my mouth like mints and stuff

4. are you homeschooled or do you go to public school or maybe have you graduated yet? public school (the english kind, some places say private and public the other way for school I think??) and i’m in sixth form

5. top 5 favorite people in the world? yikes. my dog, my sister even tho she annoys me, my friends can have the rest of the spaces lol

6. do you have pets? if so what kind and how many? my dog xx

7. would you like to have children some day? if so, would you adopt/foster? no kids for me but I aprove of adoption sm like why keep adding kids to the world when there are already ones that need a family

8. what’s your favorite meme? all of them I just spent like half an hour looking at memes trying to chose but I can’t

9. favorite book? ahhhhhhhhh! harry potter is always going to win but the raven cycle is also a fab series would really reccomend

10. what would you like to be doing right now if time/money/age/energy weren’t an issue? volunteering and traveling the world

11. what do you do in your free time? sleep honestly

1.Do you have any pets? ya my dog

2. Favorite youtuber? don’t really have one whoops

3. What is your favorite thing about yourself? idk sense of humour maybe

4. Do you remind yourself that you’re gorgeous? (If not, you should.) nope, sometimes tho i’m like ‘gal if you put in some effort to like anything you’d be a badass unstoppable bitch’

5. Have you had your first kiss? no and its getting a little tragic at this point

6. If you have kids, what would you name them? mistake lmaooo, just kidding idk tbh maybe aara for a girl and isaac for a boy

7. Favorite place? the beach not that i live near one

8. Dream concert? like a week long festival with all my favourite bands

9. One person you can’t live without? no one suck it

10. Do you have any siblings? my sister

11. What color are your eyes? blue / lil bit of grey

1. What was the last concert you went to? blink 182

2. Star Wars of Star Trek? don’t really have a strong opinion on it but star wars is the only one I’ve seen properly

3. Do you believe in a higher power, religious or spiritual? nope

4. What’s your favourite kind of flower? hmmm maybe roses 5. If you had one day left to live, what would you eat? everything, chips, pizza, lasagne, pasta, a load of ben and jerry’s, cookies, all the food

6. Where do you usually wear perfume? Behind the knees? Neck? Ears? neck

7. How long doe it usually take for you to get ready in the morning? for school like 20 minutes

8. Are you wearing any jewellery right now? nope

9. Is there a band/artist you can’t stop listening to, even though it’s embarrassing to admit? nah not really ??

10. What methods do you use to calm down after being angry or upset? plotting revenge without actually doing it or music

11. What’s your favourite kind of weather? thunder storms or sun

whoops does answering extra questions mean I don’t have to make any up??

[witch-cub-blog]

105 Witchcraft Asks

1. Are you solitary or in a coven? Solitary! 2. Do you consider yourself Wiccan, Pagan, witch, or other? I don't know at this point... But I don't follow the Wiccan religion, I can tell you that much. 3. What is your zodiac sign? Leo Rising and Taurus Moon! 4. Do you have a Patron God/dess? Nah. 5. Do you work with a Pantheon? Nah. Used to, though! 6. Do you use tarot, palmistry, or any other kind of divination? Yes, I do! I use tarot cards, palmistry, pendulum divination, and Futhark runes! I also use coin divination, though I want to get into scrying. 7. What are some of your favorite herbs to use in your practice? (if any) Rosemary, sage, and bay leaves! 8. How would you define your craft? Messy? Haha. All over the place. 9. Do you curse? If not, do you accept others who do? Oh, yes I do. Names are power, and if you've pissed me off, you better hope I don't know yours. 10. How long have you been practicing? 13 months and 11 days! 11. Do you currently or have you ever had any familiars? Yes! I used to have a crow familiar, but he's since moved on, I think. Right now, I kind of consider a stuffed dragon of mine I enchanted my familiar. 12. Do you believe in Karma or Reincarnation? Reincarnation? Yes. Karma? /shrugs/ 13. Do you have a magical name? I don't know what that is, so I'm going to go with nah. 14. Are you “out of the broom closet”? To all family members and close friends. 15. What was the last spell you performed? I enchanted a plush to give to my mother for Valentine's Day! 16. Would you consider yourself knowledgeable? Not at all haha 17. Do you write your own spells? I do! Most of the spells I do are of my own creation, actually. Normally on the spot. 18. Do you have a book of shadows? If so, how is it written and/or set up? I call it my grimoire, and its a tag on my blog. 19. Do you worship nature? Worship? No. Honor? Yes. 20. What is your favorite gemstone? Rose quartz! 21. Do you use feathers, claws, fur, pelt, skeletons/bones, or any other animal body part for magical work? Not yet, but I want to so bad... 22. Do you have an altar? Yes! It's my favorite part of the bedroom. 23. What is your preferred element? Fire, but only because I'm a Leo and I'm biased. 24. Do you consider yourself an Alchemist? Nah. 25. Are you any other type of magical practitioner besides a witch? Not yet, though that might change if I research into it more. 26. What got you interested in witchcraft? It's kind of hereditary, actually? My step mom was a witch and she introduced it to me, and my eldest sister was a Wiccan. 27. Have you ever performed a spell or ritual with the company of anyone who was not a witch? Yes! I've made a charm for my sister while she was with me. (Not the Wiccan one.) 28. Have you ever used ouija? No, but I'd like to! 29. Do you consider yourself a psychic? I don't think my psychic skills are honed enough to give myself such a title, but I do have skills. 30. Do you have a spirit guide? If so, what is it? Everyone has one, but I don't know who or what they are yet. 31. What is something you wish someone had told you when you first started? "You don't have to rush into it." 32. Do you celebrate the Sabbats? If so which one is your favorite? Kind of? I acknowledge them and bake to celebrate, but I don't know enough yet to actually properly celebrate them. 33. Would you ever teach witchcraft to your children? If they asked me to, yes! But I wouldn't hide it from them, if that's what you mean. 34. Do you meditate? All the time. 35. What is your favorite season? Autumn or Spring! 36. What is your favorite type of magick to preform? Charms and enchantments! 37. How do you incorporate your spirituality into your daily life? I carry charms with me, pray at every oppurtunity, throw up wards and cleanse myself nearly anytime I feel I need to. 38. What is your favorite witchy movie? The Witches of Eastwick 39. What is your favorite witchy book, both fiction and non-fiction. Why? I don't think I have one? Every witchy fiction book I've read is super gimmicky and I haven't read a non-fiction one. 40. What is the first spell you ever preformed? Successful or not. I cleansed my room with essential oils and cleared out the bad energy! It was successful. 41. What’s the craziest witchcraft-related thing that’s happened to you? A spirit impersonated the gods I worshipped at the time. 42. What is your favourite type of candle to use? Plain white pillar candles! 43. What is your favorite witchy tool? My deck of tarot cards that I made <3 44. Do you or have you ever made your own witchy tools? ^^^ Also runes. 45. Have you ever worked with any magical creatures such as the fea or spirits? Spirits, yes! 46. Do you practice color magic? Trying to incorporate it into my practice, yes. 47. Do you or have you ever had a witchy teacher or mentor of any kind? Not really? I'm self-taught. 48. What is your preferred way of shopping for witchcraft supplies? Going to Dollar Tree, Walmart, thrift stores. Amazon is nice, too. 49. Do you believe in predestination or fate? Mmhm! 50. What do you do to reconnect when you are feeling out of touch with your practice? I just roll my sleeves up, blow the metaphorical dust off of my energetic center, and do a simple, low-spoons spell! Or I meditate and try to manipulate the energy of something around me or myself to keep those muscles strong. 51. Have you ever had any supernatural experiences? Mmhm! 52. What is your biggest witchy pet peeve? Gatekeeping witches or spirit workers. Pretentious people in general. Thinking witchcraft is a closed off, exclusive club. 53. Do you like incense? If so what’s your favorite scent? Haven't used it yet, but I'd like to! 54. Do you keep a dream journal of any kind? Mmhm! 55. What has been your biggest witchcraft disaster? Trying to conjure spirits on my own. Without wards. 56. What has been your biggest witchcraft success? Breeching my own expectations. 57. What in your practice do you do that you may feel silly or embarrassed about? Well, if you were to walk into my room, you would see dried candle wax. Ev. ery. Wh. Ere. Plus, how passionate I am about it. 58. Do you believe that you can be an atheist, Christian, Muslim or some other faith and still be a witch too? DUH! It's not an exclusive club! 59. Do you ever feel insecure, unsure or even scared of spell work? Oh yeah. It's to be feared and respected. 60. Do you ever hold yourself to a standard in your witchcraft that you feel you may never obtain? Nah. I am myself, and I am capable of anything I set my mind to. 61. What is something witch related that you want right now? The Wild Unknown tarot deck, more crystals, more altar decorations-- Lots of stuff. Also a faery garden! 62. What is your rune of choice? /clutches self-made bag of runes to my chest/ Don't make me choose. 63. What is your tarot card of choice? Death! Bet you saw that one coming. 64. Do you use essential oils? If so what is your favorite? Yes! I really love Mint. I love Mint everything. Or Patchouli! 65. Have you ever taken any kind of witchcraft or pagan courses? Nah. 66. Do you wear pagan jewelry in public? Used to! 67. Have you ever been discriminated against because of your faith or being a witch? Nah. 68. Do you read or subscribe to any pagan magazines? Nah, but I'd like to. 69. Do you think it’s important to know the history of paganism and witchcraft? Of course! Historical context is super important. 70. What are your favorite things about being a witch? The idea that I am not like everyone else, that I have a deeper understanding of the world around me. That I am capable of amazing things, things even the most intelligent mundane could never understand. 71. What are your least favorite things about being a witch? How expensive it can be :'( 72. Do you listen to any pagan music? If so who is your favorite singer/band? THERE IS PAGAN MUSIC. WHAT. SOMEONE GIVE ME RECCOMENDATIONS SCREAMS 73. Do you celebrate the Esbbats? If so, how? No? Those are a thing? Jeez I need to do more research. 74. Do you ever work skyclad? ???? No? What is that??? 75. Do you think witchcraft has improved your life? If so, how? Mmhm! I think it's helped me grow and better myself. It's helping to pull me out of my depression because I have something to do that's constructive! Plus, it just makes my house feel so much nicer. 76. Where do you draw inspiration from for your practice? Other witches here on Tumblr! :3c 77. Do you believe in ‘fantasy’ creatures? (Unicorns, fairies, elves, gnomes, ghosts, etc) Of course! 78. What’s your favorite sigil/symbol? Everytime I make a new one, I'm temporarily in love with it lmao 79. Do you use blood magick in your practice? Why or why not? No, but I want to try it one day! I think it would add a personal connection and increase the power of the spell, since we witches are such powerhouses. 80. Could you ever be in a relationship with someone who doesn’t support your practice? Oh, hell no. If you don't accept me for everything I am, you don't deserve me. /flips hair/ 81. In what area or subject would you most like your craft to grow? I want to be a better Death witch... :'( I want to be more involved in mortality and visit graveyards and take care of bones and hides and not just twiddle my thumbs and dream about it. 82. What’s your favorite candle scent? Do you use it in your practice? Pumpkin spice! No, not really. 83. Do you have a pre-ritual ritual? (I.e. Something you do before rituals to prepare yourself for them). If so what is it? Set up wards, cleanse myself and my space, and light some candles. 84. What real life witch most inspires your practice? All of you lovely witches on Tumblr! 85. What is your favorite method of communicating with deity? Divination! I like getting clear answers :/ 86. How do you like to organize all your witchy items and ingredients? I wish I organized them better tbh. I just keep it all on my altar, though I'm working on getting a spice rack or something. 87. Do you have any witches in your family that you know of? My old step mom and my eldest sister. 88. How have you created your path? What is unique about it? Trial and error, trying new things and applying what I liked. I think it's unique because I made it, really. I can only feel the way about it that I do, I can only do it exactly like I do. It's unique to me. 89. Do you feel you have any natural gifts or affinities (premonitions, hearing spirits, etc.) that led you toward the craft? If so what are they? I've always been sensitive to spirits and extremely empathetic. 90. Do you believe you can initiate yourself or do you have to be initiated by another witch or coven? You can initiate yourself. Don't be pretentious, guys. 91. When you first started out in your path what was the first thing or things you bought? A bunch of pretty rocks, herbs (sage and rosemary), and a bottle of mint essential oil. 92. What is the most spiritual or magickal place you’ve been? My eldest sister's house. I swear to God there had to be a faery ring or something nearby. 93. What’s one piece of advice you’d give someone who is searching for their matron and patron deities? Research, and trial and error! Just introduce yourself, spend some time researching and praying, find out what works for you. Not every deity is going to mesh with you, and you won't mesh with every deity. 94. What techniques do you use to ‘get in the zone’ for meditation? Binaural beats or music! I have to lay down, I can't sit up and meditate. 95. Did visualization come easily to you or did you have to practice at it? I'd say it came easily, though it takes a bit for me to concentrate and not let my ADD ass wander off. 96. Do you prefer day or night? Why? Night. Energy flows so much easier under the moon, and spirits are more abundant! 97. What do you think is the best time and place to do spell work? Whenever you feel like it, wherever you are most comfortable 98. How did you feel when you cast your first circle? Did you stumble or did it go smoothly? I felt a little giddy! I stumbled a bit, but it worked out. 99. Do you believe witchcraft gets easier with time and practice? Oh no way. It gets harder the more you learn, but its super rewarding. 100. Do you believe in many gods or one God with many faces? Hard to say, really. 101. Do you eat meat, eggs and dairy? Yep! 102. What is your favorite color and why? Mint or teal! Because its pleasing. 103. What is the one question you get asked most by non-practitioners or non-pagans? How do you usually respond? "Oh that's so interesting! What's it like?" I usually say: "Thank you! And it's not as crazy as it sounds. It's pretty simple, actually. Just a lot of salt slinging and shouting." 104. Which of your five senses would you say is your strongest? None of them are particularly strong, to be honest. I'm hindered by a lot of things, though I think that my intuition is pretty sharp. 105. What is a pagan or witchcraft rule that you preach but don’t practice? USE WARDS. I forget too often.

@prettyalice13

[midoriyasbones]

idk about everyone else, but i can summarize the basics of getting yourself out there simply. you just need to remember the 3 t's: theme, tagging, and timing.

(also im not saying you HAVE to follow this to get big, this is just what's worked for me)

theme

make sure your mobile tumblr/dashboard view theme are in easy to look at colors. if people are struggling to read it, or it's too dark, they will click away. you don't need a pastel/minimalist color scheme, but you do need readable.

match your background and accent colors to your header and icon. there are websites you can upload the image too that will tell you what the color composition is! make use of that! if you're struggling just do what i do: no visible header or icon, which totally eliminates the problem.

remember that your theme is the first impression people get when they click to view your blog, so whether it's on mobile or desktop it needs to look good. think about how you react when you view other people's blogs. what patterns do you see in big names or just blogs you enjoy? what elements give you an impression the blogger knows what their doing? what elements make you think they don't? reflect on this!!

another thing to keep in mind is to what audience you're catering towards and have that show in your url, icon, and blog title. for example, i have a vld centric url (a lot of them actually so if you're struggling to find one, dm me...) and a vld icon, at one glance you know what my blog is generally about. you don't have to change you're url, i used to be 'ilovechickensofttacos' for the longest time (i still have the url and i intend to use it again once my hyperfixation for vld fades), but having a centric url and icon can really help!

as far as desktop goes, you want something that showcases who you are yet is easy to navigate and look at. for example, i LOVE my theme from cactusthemes because im a huge fan of adventure and space, and this theme is easy to look at and actually fun to interact with! if you need help finding a theme i highly reccomend the following theme makers: @cactusthemes @enchantedthemes @magnusthemes @glenthemes @baechys @espoirthemes @felinum and @yukoki!!! also @theme-hunter is a good resource and of course i'm always up for helping others!

make sure you have an about page!!! one that details who you are and what your blog is about. a blog desc only goes so far.

make sure you choose a theme with links that you can plug your content into, like how my theme has a link to my ao3 and my icons page

tagging

first of all, if you're serious about being seen you need to make regular posts frequently. reblogging content doesn't put you out there, original posts do, and how people see those posts is through tagging so it's super important to put a lot of thought into how you tag!

keep the tags on your post relevent and concise. only people following one or more the first five tags of a post will have your post show up on their dash, so tag wisely! that's why i generally push the ship and character tags up to the front and put my personal tags (such as #jules shitposts) last.

if you tag too many things your post won't show up in any search at all. i forget what the magic number is, i want to say 20 or 30, but i really don't know. i try not to clutter up the tags, sometimes less is more.

look at the tags on popular posts (you can do that by clicking source on the post), particularly ones in the fandom/community you're aiming to build in. note the most common tags usually tend to be character and ship tags. i tend to tag first name, full name, and then vld name and name vld (so keith, keith kogane, vld keith, keith vld) to catch those following those specific tags. feel free to look through my shitpost tag (#jules shitposts) to see what i use!!

use network tags! if your community has any networks (vld-networks, positivevoltron, vlddaily) they generally follow those tags and are happy to reblog your content if you tag them.

don't. fucking. cross tag. not only are you an asshole, but you look like a dumbass!! people go into tags for a reason, and it's not to see something that doesn't even have those characters in it! think of it like this: when i go into the hunk tag im looking for h/unk, not l/ance. i love him, but if im trying to find h/unk content it's frustrating to only see another ship or character and eventually... i'm just going to blacklist the cross tagged stuff and i won't even see your post let alone give you notes, and if you're a repeat offender i'll actually block you. that's the opposite of what you want. so, if that ship or character isn't portrayed, don't tag it!

keep in mind that a lot of people have sh/eith and/or k/ance blocked, so don't tag a k/ance post as sh/eith or vice versa (and the same goes for pretty much any and all ships). you're not broadening you audience, you're pissing everyone off.

do not. put character or ship hate. in. the. character. or. ship. tags. i've always been big on people's right to vent about a character or ship on their blogs (i personally find it to be distasteful, but hey man, it's your blog, as long as it is tagged properly i don't give a fuck), but i have no sympathy with people who put that in the main tags. just tag it as 'antix' and be on your merry way. otherwise... i have a trigger happy block glock for hate cross taggers... and i know im not the only one.

develop a tagging system on your blog! im SHIT at tagging, so i don't tag like every character or ship (except on request!) but im very sure to tag my asks (i use jules asks, except i can't tag them rn bc i don't have my laptop) and my original content all has tags for easy navigation! jules writes and jules shitposts are two easy ones. they make finding my content easy peasy lemon squeezy.

also, tag your vent posts and discourse. i respect people's right to salt as they please but not everyone wants to see it.

timing

timing is EVERYTHING for posting. you want your posts to be out when the most people are on their dash. this might mean watching your activity page to figure out what your peak time is (for me it's between 8 and 9:15 pm EST and usually after 10 pm it's dead lmao) and take note of other active times.

if you cant be on, schedule your original posts to be rolled out during those times, or self reblog them then!

get a queue together based on your needs. i post soooooo much that i only have my queue run once a day. the rest of the time i just build it up so it's ready to go when i have to leave for a trip. if i know i wont be posting at all for a day or two i set it to 20 times a day.

time your self reblogs. i usually do a morning rb, noon rb, evening rb, and next day rb. it usually gets all the timezones in. oh also tag them as self rb so people can filter them out if they like.

i think that's like... kinda it. i'll put some general advice down here though!

make sure your followers have a name to call you by and list it in your about and blog desc! you'd be surprised how many people don't and idk maybe it's just me but it always feels impersonal?? so please!! tell me your name so i can talk to you!!

play ask games! it's an easy way to open up yourself to your followers. and don't just rb them, ask questions too!! i've recently made it a habit to try and ask people something every time i rb a game from them. im usually on anon tho!! sometimes i'll be public if i know them really well. you don't even need an ask game to ask questions though! keep that in mind!

unless you've got something important to say, try to keep your comments in the replies section, and avoid adding them in a reblog. put them in the tags!! i know i dont mind getting comments on reblogs, but i know some people do :// but you can put whatever you like on my stuff!! i love hearing what you have to say!

talk to your followers!!! let them know how your day was!! we care about you!!

if you need a promo... i know i'm always down to lift up youbger or newer creators! not everyone is open to promos but i almost always am, and i don't bite at all

develop a personality or perish. what i mean is figure out ways to express yourself so that people can get a good glimpse of what you're really like! try to be honest, don't hide your feelings. nobody is going to judge you for being 'too enthusiastic' and if they do they probably don't have much of a personality themselves! so don't be afraid to be yourself. it'll all come out eventually, trust me.

make!! original!! content!! even if you don't think it's good, even if you don't think it's funny, post it. post your fan art, your edits, your fics. post your silly hcs and sad theories. post stupid things you'd think the characters do on vacation. make it a goal to put SONETHING out there regularly, that way you're always being seen.

ACCEPT COMPLIMENTS DAMNIT!! when people tell you a good thing, don't voice doubt! this will help you develop confidence, i swear.

i think that's all i have for now... hope this helps!

Hi! Sorry to bother you but do you have any tips to get noticed/gain followers on tumblr? I feel like no one sees my blog and it kind of saddened me cause I feel like I’m just a useless blog that no one sees or cares about

yO! first of all, you’re not useless and i care about you nonnie, don’t ever forget that! secondly, im on mobile so this wont be super complete, but… im going to reblog this with everything i have to say. i can’t bullet point stuff in mobile asks i guess, so just give me a sec!

[blurrybenzoboy]

cw talk of EDNOS/fucked body image then like idek general suicidal thoughts and socital collapse Lol cannot figure out read more soz but legit this blog is 5 years ago who follows it  .... eurgh just tried jeans on that were tight af in January expecting them to not fit at all but they were slightly lose which seemed really dramatic. It’s not it’s just.. idk if shit will ever change in my head, fat is like a state of mind not a tangiblelook/tangible measurement of size.. and that doesn’t have to be the worst omg I'd rather die than struggle with this forever type feeling at all like..but.. the fuck is the point legit know tangible measurements numbers blah blah fuck off but I know and now am starting to question if regardless that information even means shit, what if the scale is legitimately a significant amount just off/broken... what if my fucking jeans can lie to me.. ok lol I wrote the jeans bit and yeah that’s ridiculous, this is ridiculous, just does it matter in a sense of im finding elaborate excuses to not eat cus I can’t go ‘well I’m a fat prick I’m not gonna starve to death’ every single time eventually I challenge it and I don’t wanna I just wanna...... not be fat lol but I don’t think it matters even if I changed size for whatever the fuck is ‘the better’ I guess my head just wants me to be smaller and like lol ok ye not saying I am healthy but I wouldn’t be at what is define by multiple different health standards (tried to find better than bmi and it just seemed wildly off for gender differences, where tf do I go with that when I’m trans, ‘at 6 months on t u can consume a single unit more alcohol and the male calorie reccomendation�� doesn’t help at all god even as it’s own thing its bs ffs. But ye just feels like I’ll always have shit body image and that’s like... well this possibly not brilliant behaviour won’t intrinsically change what it wants to anyway so why fucking bother but I can’t be bother with this anymore like urghhhhh fuck off cannot find how to do ‘read more’ do excuse me in my geriatric state of 27 if you accidentally stumbled across it or know me or god idek. lol (that’s what early 20s me thought of 27 I guess I intended to kms at 27 so relatively god how ancient xoxo like on my birthday I just...stopped caring about late 20s being older... only so many years u can pass past 21 and be like I’ve not made it yet shit shit shit I am running outta time... I’m not gonna make it however I wanted to I’m not gonna make much more of myself than this lol or at least doesn’t feel possible anymore.. society is falling apart, life is bullshit, there’s a pandemic, I’m legit just getting mentally more distressed just in different ways as I age yeet man don’t wanna wait this out too long... I wish I could just end it for the 27 club as a vacuous reason alone but I can’t lol guess I just gotta wait round for death and societal collapse, god can’t wait for things to get even more fucking dire, how much better can they realistically get like enough to work as much as other people but that’s l I t e r a l l y insane shouldn’t take 10 years give or take on disability benefits to see how not right or normal that is but here we are, thinking people deserve human rights is ‘alt left’ and some wild radical concept............. I just can’t be fucked then man I give up, go think that, go enjoy being evil like the bullshit government wow money so important but somehow not even enough, also need power so we can kill people who aren’t us.......chill whatever but I want out of this bs.  Guess I’ll google read more since this is long I am as unhinged as I sound cannot make it sound nicer so others aren’t like lol bye u low life... good Jesus Christ if your gonna think that fuck off then. So I started out to be like im a fat prick n its a mental thing I doubt will ever change and here we are right at I cannot be arsed to live in this society anymore but I can’t kill myself that’d be unfair on other hour her better keep myself alive just incase they want me for some bs reason I can probably no longer fulfil anymore lol.  I’ve written the ED (feels dumb af being this legitimately overweight and saying I have an ED but yeah guess it is or something guess bigger people shouldn’t be expected to feel like this by default, but yeah the ED part the least triggering I possibly can will avoid tags don’t want people accidentally finding this. Doubt long posts receive the unwanted attention my most reblogged post that was a thought not intended to be fucking reblogged like it’s glamorous or logical or good or cool or edgy or anything other than a rubbish self destructive thought I had...that at over 200 notes no longer isn’t just glamorising opiate addiction and suicide but hey that’s, Tumblr innit no porn anymore just stripped back to the human suffering it’s always been full of or pictures of...ominous windows recently lmao u do u yeet done talking.

[stevensavage]

Creative Resources 7/9/2019

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I haven't posted one of these in a few months, so here's the latest roundup of creative resources!  I've added a few here and there, plus some game development tools.

Art Sources

Free

Pixabay - A source for art that is free as well as royalty-free. There's a lot here, and much of it is professional.

Unsplash - A source for photos that are free as well as royalty-free. The quality is very high.

Royalty Free

Canstockphoto - A great source for royalty-free art, photos, and more. Has a subscription system and a pay-more-get-more credit system.

Shutterstock - The classic source for royalty-free art, photos, and more. Has both monthly and specific purchases available.

The Noun Project - A fee or membership-based site for downloading a huge selection of royalty free icons! Once you pay for it or download it, it's royalty-free! Useful for all sorts of projects

Book Covers

Premade

Go On Write - Premade covers for books - pick one that looks right and the artist will change the title and author appropriately. A great bargain, and even has series of covers at discount! Will do custom work to.

Services

Paper and Sage - A reliable source of both premade and custom book covers.

Tools

3D Book Cover Design - Makes 3D Mockups of book covers.

Canva - Book cover creator, though you will want to provide your own art if you don't want to pay for rights to their stock photo. Also has other services.

Book Reviewers

Review Sources

Midwest book review - Will review books for free, but it's a matter of choice.

Self Publishing Review - A classic paid review service (where a pool of reviewers is available) for books. Not always a guarantee of the best reviews of course, so you take your risks . .

The Indie Review - A large, constantly-updated list of indie book reviewers.

Color Tools

Collections

Color Tools - Plenty of useful online color tools.

HTML Color Codes - Useful color tools, with a focus on web-focused colors.

Material Palette - Useful tools for desginging palettes, finding icons, and locating specific colors

Color Schemes

Color At Adobe - A color theme creator that lets you create schemes, or even get one from a picture, and has a powerful interface.

Color Calculator - A color scheme creator that also has useful advice and guides.

Colormind - A color theme creator that creates schemes with simple clicking, or get one from a photo.

Colors at Halfpixel - A simple palette creator (with a mobile option) with intuitive controls.

Coolors - A useful and powerful color palette creator that's easy to use and powerful.

Huesnap - A palette repository and creation tool

Contact Management

Mailing Lists

Mailchimp - Mailchimp may have some restrictions, but it's the go-to for easy mailing list management, which is perfect for authors and artists. It also integrates well with other tools.

Professional

LinkedIn - The classic business networking site, and pretty unavoidable for most professionals.

Game Creation

General

Game Maker Studio - A powerful game creation tool, with free and paid options

Unity - A popular, well-supported game creation tool, not only popular, but one with many tutorials available.

Interactive Fiction - Graphics

Ren'py - A powerful game creation tool with an inclination to visual novels and life-sim, and capable of powerful customization.

Interactive Fiction - Text

Choicescript - A choice-based game system, both for fun and used commercially.

Twine - A web-based Interactive Fiction development tool with multiple options.

RPGs

RPG Maker - Game creation tools - the original was RPG focused, but the company has also expanded into Visual Novels.

Generators

Generator Sites

Chaotic Shiniy - A diverse source of generators in a variety of styles.

Darkest of Nights - Fantasy-oriented generators.

Donjon - Generators for a variety of genres and game systems, some of which provide graphics as well!

Dropping-the-form - Generators for various settings.

DunGen - A powerful dungeon generation tool!

Eposic - Generators - among other imaginative efforts.

Fantasy Name Generators - And there are a LOT of them here. About anything you could want, and a few you didn't know you needed.

Feath - Generators of various types, conveniently categorized.

Generator Blog - Links out to many other generators.

Generatorland - Lots of generators and generator tools.

Mithril and mages - Generators for a variety of genres.

Name Pistol - Band name generators.

RanGen - Random generators, from fantasy to helpful writing tools.

Serendipity - A generator site with some setting and name generators.

Seventh Sanctum - A gigantic collection of generators founded in 1999, with a focus on writing and RPGs.

Springhole.net - A site of generators and other creative tools.

Squid.org - Home of a complex name generator with many, many options.

The Force - A powerful name generator with multiple options.

Graphics

Graphic Tools

Art Rage - A painting-oriented digital art program supporting many operating systems, tools, and formats.

Clip Studio - A comics, painting, and illustration tool with many options and features

Mediabang - A comic and painting application that's free and multiplatform!

Paintstorm - A low-cost digital painting program with many advanced features.

Graphic Tools - Free

Gimp - Aka The GNU Image Manipulation Program. A free, open source graphic tool that will take care of almost all of your graphic needs (barring a few limits like CYMK conversion and the like).

Krita - A free graphic tool focused on professional workflows.

Made With Mischief - A quick, free sketching and brainstorming tool.

Sketchbook - A free sketching program.

Graphic Tools - Painting

BlackInk - A painting program, focusing on stylistic work as opposed to realistic

Mac

Pixemlator - A low-cost alternative to Photoshop for Mac, with lots of compatibility options

Helpful Tools

Relaxing Backgrounds

4 Ever Transit Authority - Ride the bus through randomly generated art deco cities. A great program to run in the background or on your TV or monitor to relax you while you create.

Anomolies - A relaxing background display/artgame that creates surreal spacescapes, often with strange nebulas and sites that resembe anything from devices to lights to disturbing lifeforms.

Becalm - A relaxing journey via sailboat through surreal worlds with a relaxing soundtrack and audio. Can be run for a few minutes or in a loop and you can switch between multiple settings.

Panoramical - Available on Itch.io And Steam. Panoramical is an audio/visual remixer where you can tweak settings in multiple environments, turning them into audio/visual displays. Find your favorite setting, leave it on, and relax.

Station To Station - A simulated train ride through imaginary environments. Run it in the background or through your television while you create to help relax you

Portfolios

Services

Adobe Portfolio - The popular porftolio site - that comes with many Adobe subscriptions.

Artstation - Multimedia-focused portfolio and blog platform

Format - A portfolio site with store services as well.

RPG Resources

Random Charts

Chartopia - A site with a huge and expanding amount of charts for RPGs, easily sortable and classified.

Self-Publishing

Audiobooks

ACX - Amazon's self-publishing audio platform

Audible - Another amazon audiobook publishing platform

Findaway - A wide-ranging audiobook distribution service.

Cards

Drive Thru Cards - Self-publishing for card games, both physical and downloads.

eBook

Itch.io - Itch.io doesn't just do games - it also allows for people to publish books, and is very open-minded.

Kobo Writing Life - Distribute your eBook via Kobo

Nook Press - Distribute your eBook via Nook

eBook-Multiple

Draft2Digital - A service that distributes to multiple eBook platforms.

Smashwords - A wide-ranging ebook distribution service.

Physical And Ebook

Ingram Spark - Ingram's eBook and physical book publishing platform. Wide reach, but may require some setup fees and has some limitations.

KDP - Amazon's full-service print and Kindle publishing service. Warning, the eBook distribution is only through Amazon.

Lulu.com - A print and eBook creation and distribution service.

RPGs

Drive Thru RPG - Self-publishing for RPGs, both downloadable and in print. Also supports related merch like calendars.

Video Games

Itch.io - Itch.io is a supportive, indie-oriented game store site. It also has a lot of self-published resources for game development, as well as supporting books of all kind.

Website Creation

Services

Squarespace - The popular website creator with many options.

Weebly - Easy and simple to use website, blogs, and stores.

Wix - A simple And effective website source, though paid options are reccomended.

Wordpress.com - The classic site, with free and paid options. Obviously blog-focused.

Writing Research

Maps

Old Maps Online - A way to find and view old maps of the world. Great for research and imagining.

Writing Tools

Ebook Creation

Calibre - A free ebook creation tool.

Jutoh - Not only converts your book to various ebook formats, it's a powerful enough tool that you could even write books in it.

Word Processing

LibreOffice - A full, free, open source office suite. Beyond the free price, it's fantastic ad using ODT format and creating PDFs.

Word Tools

Describing Words - Ideas for how to describe a given word.

Dictionary.com - The classic online dictionary.

Related Words - Helps find words similar to or related to one you're using.

Rhyme Zone - A tool to help you find rhyming words.

Thesaurus.Com - The classic online thesaurus, with plenty of useful options and displays

Wordsworth - A tool to see if words you're using fit the time period you're writing

Writing

Scriviner - A writing tool that combines note taking, tracking, and writing into one application.

Writing Checking

Grammarly - A pricey but powerful service and software for checking grammar, spelling, and even plagarism if you need. There are free, limited options.

Hemmingway - A grammar checking tool with both web and desktop versions.

Pro Writing Aid - A subscription-based writing checker service/tool.

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