#and I'm not gonna delete this sideblog!

[royaltyfreeramblings]

do you ever have a character that you like a lot but the fandom won't stop talking abt. like every conversation regarding said media winds up involving them and somehow and neglects the rest of the characters present. like. i understand enjoying characters a lot!! but also... theres more to see there than just blorbo y'know

[thelegendofmrrager]

Oh I haven't been up till 4am hyperfixating since the trailer park boys days lads we're back in it now

[halfwayriight]

Yesterday was a really good day for me. My fave band is back and i'm happy. But my body is so tired lol, i need some good sleep 😃😴

[yonghoontual]

ok, friends! I'm moving on from this blog (my main, too). if you want to follow me, you can do that @wujucupid (there's like nothing on there yet, tho)!

[negative-speedforce]

Songs I feel like would be Siv's music taste:

[takethistoyourstardust]

might feed my sideblog addiction and make one for rora specifically so her lore is all in one place.

[wandering-free-and-queer]

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[mishkakagehishka]

Maybe i should lay off the coffee

[mothbaaalls]

AUGH FUCK NO THE YEARNING

[nxmelessfighter]

MUSE SURVEY: BATTLE EDITION

repost, do not reblog! ( source ) bold what consistently applies. italicize situational, not always.

DOES YOUR MUSE, WHILE FIGHTING …

fight honorably  / fight dirty  /  prefer close-quarters  / prefer range / chat during  / go silent  / low pain tolerance / high pain tolerance /  attack in bursts  / attack steadily / go for the kill /  aim to disarm  /  fight defensively / strike first /  provoke easily / provoke their opponent  /  tease /  get visibly frustrated /  shout while attacking  / use strategy  / focus on their battle /  experience conflicting thoughts during battle  /  rush in recklessly  /   try to read their opponent before fighting / fight wildly  /  fight calmly / fight with anger / fight with excitement / fight because they have to /  fight because they want to  /  fight without regard to wounds / run away when wounded  /  hide wounds  /  take a blow to protect another / prefer a blade /  prefer a gun  /  prefer a bow  /  prefer a shield  /  prefer a spear  / prefer a personalized weapon / prefer magic or spells /  prefer brawling / their greatest weakness is physical  /  their greatest weakness is mental  / their greatest weakness is emotional / transform for battle  / fight as they appear / rely on strength  /  rely on speed  / use everything they have  /  hide their full potential /  exhaust quickly  /  high stamina /  doubt their strength  /  proceed with caution /  behave arrogantly / brag after landing a hit  /  belittle foes abilities  / use psychological tactics  / use brute strength  / avoid civilians  / strike down civilians / damage surroundings /  avoid damaging surroundings  / signature fighting style /  making it up as they go  /  mastered skillset  /  learning their skillset  / fancy footwork /  sloppy footwork  /  messy fighter /  elegant fighter / accept defeat  / refuse defeat /  beg for mercy  /  compliment their opponent  / insult their opponent /  use unnecessary movements ( flips, twirls )  / move efficiently /  barely move  / prefer to dodge / prefer to block /  defend their blindside /  has no blindside  / use all available advantages /  strictly use one main method  / play around  /  hold back  / fight ruthlessly  /  show mercy  /  wait for opponent to be ready  / strike when opponent isn’t ready  /  fear death  / fear pain  / fear killing / has PTSD /  avoid fighting  / has lost a fight / has won a fight /  has killed /  refused to kill  /  want to die standing  /  would succumb slowly.

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tagging: whoever wants to do it

[yumenosakiacademy]

the SHEER amount of ppl i jus blocked in 1 sitting holy shit. It has 2 b like near 200 give or take.

[ace-malarky]

Or I could slam face first into burnout and nihilism, i guess that's also an option :I

doesn't help that the recording I have of the last dnd session (from the beginning of fucking january) only really has my voice and fucking like. whispers. of the party. so it's unusuable, of course. and like it's fine it was just a dungeon crawl there wasn't any plot relevance or whatever but I'm just. so tired.

but that really kinda fucked up my plans for writing yesterday haha

my main plan for November is to pile into even more scenes and also maybe that one DnD session I still haven't got around to writing lmao

no word count, just getting things done so we'll see

[were--ralph]

"I'm deleting my sideblog bc nsfw. Now I'm gonna rb a picture of an incineroar with his balls out on main"

yall complain about the porn ban then i put balls on your feed and you complain too

[butchbarneygumble]

Imagine how I must feel as one of the only fans of Mighty Magiswords. You know. A headcanons-and-fanfic kind of fan. I even cosplayed Prohyas once.

Of course, it's nothing compared to what the actual victims went through... I'm fine. But it still felt like a part of my identity has been permanently soured. I don't want to seem like I somehow have it worse, that's not my intention. Nothing bad happened to me personally. I'm only posting my own side of how I deal with the situation, to get some closure myself and show solidarity with the victims.

I don't admire him anymore, and that's putting it lightly.

Full story under cut. Content warning for non-graphic discussion of csa.

The news came to me from my ex-but-still-friend. He told me privately, out of nowhere, just dropped it on me. Like, "Hey, sorry to tell you, but the guy you like got arrested for csa". However, I am glad he told me rather than me having to find out on my own.

The news hit me, and I felt nothing in my body. I usually would get this painful fight-or-flight all through my body whenever I read something that upset me, something I've been training myself to get better with. But right now? I just felt like... "huh. That happened." It helped a lot that Magiswords wasn't my fixation of the moment. And like... it's been like I've been slipping away from it. Like I didn't need it anymore.

More and more people were talking about him, and it wasn't positive. Who? Kyle.

I talked to him. Personally, like many people did. He never acted weird to me. I admired him. I loved his art, sent him physical fanart, all that stuff. I knew more than one person said he was not trustworthy but hey, he made a show that saved my life, so it was a constant struggle between feeling like I had to pick sides. I was going through hell by virtue of my dad being terminally sick and needing constant care, so I was gonna ignore the red flags and enjoy my silly sword show that brought me such joy.

Even if as time went on it started get harder and harder.

But you know what a certain depressed horse show said? When you're wearing rose coloured glasses, red flags just look like flags.

I now think dodged a bullet.

What emotions do I feel? Betrayal. Anger. Disgust. Disappointment.

The irony about it all. The sheer painful irony of blacklisting somebody for *drawings*, and then going behind everybody's back to actually hoard *actual* csa, and revenge porn, and all sorts of nasty stuff. For the record: there is nothing wrong with being put off or disgusted by specific sorts of drawings. But the irony here is what's most painful to me. I do not like people using this as a "gotcha" for either side of this tired argument. It's disrespectful to the actual victims.

People say I can easily seperate art from the artist if I want to but... right now I don't think I want to. He's in every pore of its identity. I do not want to talk or think about Magiswords right now, and I don't know if I ever will again.

It meant so much to me. Prohyas felt like Me. Being a goofy capable adult who doesn't stop collecting things he likes just cuz he's an adult. I thought I was trans for a while and the euphoria of relating to Prohyas helped that. Then he got lowkey confirmed nonbinary and I was over the moon.

It was good. Emphasis on "was".

And to the man himself I have one thing to say: you're another one in a long history of cartoon artists who end up being unsavoury, slimy people, taking advantage of young people, especially girls, in the animation industry. Not something to be proud of. I know we talked and you seemed perfectly okay to me, personally. All I can think is thank god it never went beyond casual chats.

I guess I can finally say I never liked the joke about Vambre not liking pants. Sure, sensory issues exist, but I doubt that was the intention of the design. I have deleted my sideblog where I chronicled ooc screencaps of the show and deleted my little spotify playlist of songs that reminded me of the show. I don't want to finish my longfic where Prohyas and Flonk fell in love anymore. I can't even change it into ocs because it's just so ingrained in the show's lore. So yeah, there's that.

I'll be fine. When the news hit I took it surprisingly well. I was going to an Alestorm concert and it was the most fun I had in ages. So yeah, I've got Christopher Bowes and His Plate of Beans to fill the void of comedy music. Was fixating on Simpsons already so there's that in terms of cartoons. I'm fine.

All I can say is my heart goes out to all the victims, and I'm deeply sorry I didn't see you sooner. I hope you can heal and have some semblance of closure now that he's gotten arrested. My heart goes out to all of you and again, I am so so sorry. I wish you all the love and healing.

[drawnfamiliarfaces]

Since this is currently my most active blog with some followers, just wanted to say a few things:

It's so incredibly depressing to see tumblr sellout to the whole AI shit and try to pacify users by the opt-out toggle option when it mostly likely won't do jack shit. Tumblr has been doing shitty things for awhile now, but out of all old social media it was a last shabby bastion for various weirdos, including a fandom weirdo like me.

I'm just an old silly hobbyist artist who badly draws fanart of old cartoons, but even the idea that my stuff will help train AI to be better to stealing desirable art of actual artists, whose work is their livelyhood is fucking maddening. Opting out won't help (Sources say data is already available to companies). Deleting stuff won't help (tumblr have access to deleted blogs and reblogs put your stuff in reach too). Using Nightshade and Glaze is not a viable option for me (my old laptop's specks is not up to support those programs, and I'm too afraid to try and accidently fry it and than all my shit would be lost) and even those doesn't solve the problems of all of my old stuff across like 7 sideblogs+my old tumblr account's 2 blogs.

Of course, maybe all hope is not lost for tumblr. There may be solutions and decisions later down the line. But for now I probably won't be posting any new stuff for a bit while I decide if I want to stay on tumblr and be complicit in feeding the insidious and insatiable AI machines.

And as alternatives, I created new account for bluesky, and consider pillowfort and cohost to share my random silly art. Even dusted out my old tapas and newgrounds accounts, and consider webtoons and comicfury to post and archive my few comics. Hopefully I will share links in my pinned post when I set whatever I decide up, even if all of it is so exhausting and depressing.

And hey, if you read this so far - just a reminder:

Opt out on that 'share with third parties' toggle like explained here! - it may do jack shit, but its better than nothing.

Write a polite disagreeing feedback to staff like suggested on this post. - remember not all staff had a hand in this, so no need to be rude, but make sure to have your voice be heard.

Use Nightshade and Glaze to poison your art - if you are an artist and are able to do it unlike me. It may not be sure proof way to stop/kill AI, but it sure shows that artists will fight back.

Use ArtShield - an online lowtech alternative to Nightshade & Glaze, puts a stamp/watermark on your art, invisible to humans but supposedly makes AI think its unsuitable to train on. (edit)

And please, take a moment for yourself. Because it fucking sucks.

So, I'm gonna go take a step back and burrow into some hole and cry for all of those who AI fucks over. I won't be gone forever, but for now I'm too frustrated and dissapointed to do anything.

and ALSO just to be fucking clear

🇺🇦 I STAND WITH UKRAINE 🇺🇦

🇵🇸 FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA, PALESTINE WILL BE FREE 🇵🇸

🏳️‍⚧️ TRANS RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS 🏳️‍⚧️

🚫 AI CREATIONS ARE NOT ART🚫

fuck you shitty side tumblr I wish you all a fucking hammer car explosion

[kenobihater]

i think deleting and reinstalling the app fixed it?? i still can't see the few invisible reblogs on my old posts, but at least i'm getting more visible notifs on the app that match the little badge number on the notifs tab?

i'm getting like maybe half of my notifications!!!! i get some of the push notifications on my phone but a ton of them aren't in my activity page! i have asks in my inbox i didn't get notifications for, i've seen ghost reblogs on a lot of my posts, i don't remember seeing any of the last ten followers i've gained except for one, and that's just the shit i know about!!! if anyone has sent me messages or replied to my post or anything like that and I just ignored it, know that i am not ignoring you on purpose, this stupid app is keeping me from seeing it 🙃 gonna try logging out and logging back in again and then checking with my phone's browser if it's just the stupid app