#and they're still active on this hellsite

[anotherferalrat]

Sooo uhhh

Alhaitham's Writing on the Wall amirite?

*sobs*

[thesmpisonfire]

QSMP LANGUAGE DAY

It will be in March 3rd‼️‼️

Since this weekend there's still the strike so not everyone will be online, so moving it to next weekend!

What is "QSMP Language Day"?

It will be a day here on qsmpblr that everyone will speak their native languages and, those who speak english by default, try and speak other languages they're learning and get some help as well!

The goal is to make everyone feel more comfortable speaking their mother tongue here on our hellsite and even find other peers that speak the same language as we do and we never knew about!

If it all goes right and we enjoy it, we could have it happen more often, even weekly if so, to also make qsmpblr a little bit less english-centric and maybe even rope some non-english speakers in here

The translator use is not only recommended but also actively cheered upon!! You can use Apple's in-built translator, you can use Ok Google's in-built translator, you can go copy text it in translator, or download a browser extension if you use desktop!! Everything is allowed for your better understanding

So everyone!! Prepare! Spread the word! Cram some duolingo lessons more!!

Let's all be ready for March 3rd!!!

[monscrow]

intro post, i guess!!!

last updated 06/nov/2024

⚠️flash warning for blinkies at the bottom⚠️

free gaza, free palestine, stop genocide. you don't agree? block me.

i go by both mons and crow.

my pronouns are they/them, he/him and any neos/xenos that you think would fit either comedically or off of vibes.

lvl 16, so, a minor !! beware

aromantic, graysexual, something like that; qprs are sick asf and all hail relationship anarchy.

art sideblog is @monscrow-arts

super amazing pretty boyfriend !!!<3 🍎

audhdcd (asd + adhd + ocd 😻😋) and hEDS (+ ortho hypo 😛). i use tonetags.

bday is oct 7. 🎉🎉🎉

i'm mexican 🇲🇽!! i speak both spanish and english.

timezone is cst/utc-6.

i say slurs i can reclaim (mainly the f and t queer ones) and swear a lot, though if that makes you uncomfortable please either block me or lmk so i can try to tone it down when around you.

i love interacting!! feel free to tag me in stuff, send some asks (be it on anon or not), or message me! moots can ask for my discord even if we've never actually talked before. though i suck at keeping consistent, nothing personal i promise</3 /gen

i tend to spam-reblog so do with that information what you will.

some tags you might see me use here and there:

#mons rambles ← just my thoughts, ideas, opinions, and whatever i feel like throwing into the tumblr void.

#ask a crow / #anon asks ← askbox replies.

#save / #art save / #fav / #hellsite faves ← these are more for myself, but yeah they're pretty self-descriptive. just in case you get curious or anything.

#🍎 ← beloved.

hyperfixations/interests/things i'm passionate about !!! i guess, kinda

→ mcr (+ most of the members' solo projects)

→ killjoys (california + national anthem, but mainly calif and fanon)

→ demolition lovers lore (i have literally written like at least three different essays about it for school help me i'm so serious)

→ emo/alt/diy culture

→ will wood

→ bandom in general

→ graphic design, arts and crafts, illustration (that's right y'all graphic design IS my passion 😔)

→ fnaf

→ cosplay/costume-making

→ d&d

→ crows (no way, crow, really???)

→ australian shepherds

→ the umbrella academy (s4 isn't canon in my heart + currently reading the comics !!! )

→ gravity falls

→ neurodivergencies/psychology/disabilities (this one's pretty meta ngl)

→ lgbtqia+ identities (emphasis on the aroace-spec ones + relationship anarchy)

→ politics/activism

→ linguistics + conlangs

→ fantasy in general (high fantasy, magic, vampires, tieflings, you name it)

→ boardgames

→ the count of monte cristo (2024) (also i just bought the book so i'll be reading that too !!)

→ parkour civilization

→ uhhhh there's more but i don't remember rn, i'll keep adding as i see fit (probably... maybe..... perhaps....... quizás........ puede ser..........)

dni

trump supporters, terfs, transphobes, anti lgbtqia+/queerphobics, exclusionists, ableists, racists, prolifers/antichoicers, proshippers/anti-antis, irl gore, pro-israel/zionists, pro-ai generated "content", pro-nft, non-critical media consumers, classists, ed blogs, sh blogs.

also, i'm aware that dnis tend to not be effective and i probably will still get shitty ppl in my inbox so i can and will block. though i'm p chill as long as you're chill. this blog is run by a very neurodivergent, mentally ill, mexican, transmasc, aroace faggot, and any kind of bigoted hatred will not be tolerated.

blinkies made with blinkies cafe !!!

pssst btw, before you go, if you read my intro post i'd heavily encourage you to like it, so i can know!!! :] (/nf though!)

[prismatoxic]

still thinking about the popular blogger who reblogged one of my posts to say "i don't go here but that guy is a child" about chilchuck, thereby ruining my notes until i muted the post

i should just block them atp because every time i see their url i get mad, but they're on. a lot of posts. and tumblr's only gonna hide said posts if they're the OP anyway, iirc

like. why the fuck did they do that. lmao. why did you walk onto a fandom post about chilchuck being an attractive adult and openly say you knew nothing about my fandom but that he was clearly a kid. i'm lucky i didn't get death threats over it tbh, the way people on this hellsite are about "sexualizing minors". good thing the post wasn't actively thirsting about chilchuck.

like you know you're popular. you know people pay attention to you. and you know you have 0 context for this fandom or what the post was about. why did you do that, dude?

[kateknowsdramas]

How is my dearest? It's been years since I've watched a great sageuk love story from what I've seen on my dash we've got the most devoted ML on earth but all I see on here and twitter are his quotes and gifs with him saving the female lead 5632 times, is this a princess man situation where they're both very devoted to each other and make sacrifices and protect each other or is it just the ML doing that stuff bc that's the impression I'm getting

Oh, Anon...let me say some things about My Dearest.

So, I'm never on Twitter or X or whatever that hellsite (non-affectionate) has become. It sounds like most of the content is directed at Jang Hyun's rescues of Gil Chae. Which, fine, there are several of those. She becomes entrenched in a few life-threatening scenarios in which he helps her.

That said, this is in no way a situation where Gil Chae is a wailing maiden who sits back and waits for him to come. She actively protects herself and others not waiting to be rescued.

This show is about two people who have to struggle with not only their feelings, but their responsibilities to other people in the midst of a brutal opression.

Gil Chae is a smart, strong, fiercely protective and loyal woman. During the times she is in danger, she is actively protecting other women around her and making choices that save them.

She loves Jang Hyun but because they both suck a communication and being honest, their relationship becomes fraught with complications. They are both devoted to each other but Gil Chae, because of her position, has to make choices to protect her family which puts their relationship through a huge trial.

But this guy is so damn devoted to her I could lap it up with a spoon.

He swears by the moonlight! And he DOES! Near death, he still goes to help her and she doesn't even know it. They're an amazing couple and in my top OTPs.

My Dearest is one of the best written and acted historical KDramas I've watched. It has a hits a ton of very serious historical issues including the station of women and what they had to endure. But it also remembers that, at it's core, it's a show about two people who love each other and also have to navigate the world around them.

It's a 10/10 no matter what happens in the last episodes. Highly recommend watching.

[secondbeatsongs]

hot take - like, actual controversial take: I don't care about tumblr live

I honestly do not give a shit about it. I'm not going to use it, but I don't care if it's around, and I'm fine with snoozing it every week. it doesn't bother me

my guess is that this is a service that operates through some other social media app, and that tumblr is getting money for how many people they can get to use it. this would explain why you can't disable it permanently but only snooze it - by having to turn it off every week, you'd be briefly seen as an active user, since while it's unsnoozed, you'd be making the conscious choice to not disable it.

(or, it could be that because it's on a toggle, to re-snooze it you have to briefly turn it back on. maybe it's that that makes you seem like an active user)

is this the actual truth? who knows! but it's so un-tumblr-like, that I figure they must be getting something out of it. and since I can still turn it off and not have to think about it most of the time, I say more power to them, because I want this site to survive, and if this makes them money then cool, have fun

I will never use it, of course. I'm not going to accept those terms and conditions, and it seems sketchy as hell. but I don't think they're bad for choosing to have it, if it's something that keeps this godforsaken hellsite chugging along

[amyyscorner]

Tumblr is a great platform. Sometimes.

Let me explain.

I've been active on tumblr for since 2015. I've seen communities come and go. I've lived through the porn, the ana blogs, every post having a supernatural gif in it's reblogs and through a lot of assholes.

Tumblr is able to bring communities together. While pages like Twitter exist purely to judge what people do, tumblr exists to create. It started out as a platform for blogging. And in one way or another it still is.

Now, I've been on the fanfiction side of this hellsite for quite a while now. But the uprise in hateful messages sent via anon are on an insane level, lately, that I do not remember experiencing before. During the last few years, so many creators have gotten unsayable things sent to them, that it often ended up with them disableing their accounts - never coming back.

I want everyone to understand something: If you send something into someones inbox, they will read it. They will see it. Even if they do not respond to it and don't post it. If you write something anonymously, then you have that power we love about the internet. Anonymity in its purest form.

Please consider the person on the other side of the screen. We are not celebrities with a PR-Team checking our comments for us. We read everything ourselves. We filter through messages ourselves. If you use someones shared pain against them, then you are causing incredible amounts of pain. A lot of us treat tumblr as a safe space. We smile about our favourite people, write little scenarios, make silly art and we yell out our thoughts. All of them. Good and bad. As creators we do not owe anyone anything, but ourselves. Please genuinely remember the person behind the screen. They're probably just like you. Some are on their way to school right now, others are just back from a night out drinking with their friends. Some haven't left their bed all day and others are hugging a parent. We are all incredibly unique people with unique experiences.

The next time you want to send a message anonymously, consider if it may be hurtful. You are here because you share an interest. Do you really want to cause harm to the person that just made you feel warm inside?

[gaycrittercentral]

if each max sin and sam virtu decited to date eachother, who would each date?

( like would lust max choose chasity sam or? )

ooooOOOOOoooo this is a fun one!! :D also WOOOOWWWW FUCK YOU TUMBLR I HAD THIS ALL WRITTEN UP AND READY TO GO AND YOU JUST FUCKIN CRASH ON ME AND DELETE ALL MY GODDAMN WORK?????? wow. hellsite real fjdksljgds;jfdsj

anyway back to the fun question ^^; this gonna get long so I'll put it under a cut!

Yeah I think you're absolutely right, Chastity and Lust are hysterical together. Like it's too much fun to chase him down and flirt relentlessly and watch him squeak in terror, Lust wouldn't be able to resist lmao. Also as I've touched on in past posts, Chastity is really just barely holding back his own desires and would definitely be into it despite his intense embarrassment. Like they make out in a closet for hours and then he stumbles out with cartoon smooch marks all over his head all woozy and lovestruck lmaoooooo. Now how about the rest of them...

OOH y'know who's really funny together, Greed and Charity. Because Greed wants everything, and Charity wants to give it to him. They are actively making each other worse and it's great <3

but I don't think they'd all match up one to one, like for example, Diligence and Sloth are funny together but would absolutely drive each other insane (or probably just to tears in Sloth's case :'/). Instead, I think Sloth would be drawn to Patience, because Patience won't make him get up pretty much ever lmao. They just sit still all day and Sloth gets a good nap and cuddle in hehe ^^

Now how about the more, er, temperamental ones...Wrath is tough because he just likes to shoot at everybody, so he's not exactly in the market for a partnership, much less relationship. But y'know, he'd be kinda perfect with Diligence because he needs people to shoot and Diligence needs people to arrest, so Diligence just goes around siccing him on every criminal in sight xD Then when Wrath gets bored and starts shooting at Diligence he just scoffs like "Stop that Max I have paperwork to file. Go shoot at some pigeons why don't you" fdsjksdljgs;dhf

Gluttony is absolutely not getting a date, he's getting a snack. And probably it's Temperance. Like Temperance would love to have a proper relationship with at least one of his multicolored husbands, but he happens to get a little too close and Gluttony's just like "ah perfect you look edible >:)" and that's all she wrote lmaooooo

Another tricky one is Humility since he's kind of just a conglomeration of self-loathing, poor baby. Honestly it would be WILDLY toxic, but I could kinda see him ending up with Pride if Pride decided he liked keeping him around for like menial tasks and offering worship and shit. Probably there's more to be said about that depending on whose version of Pride we're talking about, but I'll leave that for @pikaflute or @lizardtheartist to expand on if they happen to feel like it ;>c

And lastly, I'd love to see Kindness and Envy pair off because every version I've seen of that poor boy could use some love and reassurance, and that's all Kindness wants to do day in day out ^^ like Kindness would still be bouncing around helping other people too, but if Envy's clinging to his shoulders the whole time then he'd be able to check in with him frequently and make him still feel appreciated and cared for. What's better for feeling valued than being carried around by somebody who spends every waking moment asking if you need anything and telling you he loves you and idly scritching your cheeks while he does other stuff? ^^<3 Sure, Kindness still needs to calm the fuck down and take care of himself too, but Envy does also need to be blasted with love like that lmao so it would at least be nice in the short term.

Oh and I almost forgot their poor chopped-up counterparts, Bliss Max and Sin Sam! :0 they're interesting because they kind of go in two opposite directions--Bliss Max gets along with everybody and would probably be perfectly chill hanging out with any of the virtues, but Sin Sam is kind of perpetually ticked off and doesn't wanna be around anyone lmao. Probably Bliss Max could get along especially well with Kindness (but Kindness does try very hard to make that a given), but I could also see him being good buddies with Chastity. Since he's not really flirty, Chastity would feel safer with him, and maybe they'd have a nice little chat about hobbies or some such lol. As for Sin Sam, he might be able to have some fun with Wrath for a while, but that's assuming Wrath doesn't just try to shoot him on sight instead (which honestly seems like the more likely outcome). He'd also be able to have some fun with Lust, but he'd get sick of Lust being all lovey dovey and ditch him pretty quickly (what a heartbreaker shhgjfjdskhgsjfs xD). Bastard man. He kinda deserves to get stuck with the irritatingly bubbly Bliss Max lmaoooooo

And that's all I got!! Btw if anybody else makin vice content wants to reblog with ideas I'd love to hear em! Thanks again for a fun ask, bud :D

[lol-jackles]

"Anonymous:Hi. Why do you say that Jared fans are the most chill and nice part of the spn fandom, when in twitter, they were the first to be happy and mock jensen's work? I dont care about anyone but it was cringe to read the pettiness and bad taste of JP fans" lollll considering there are not one but TWO heller cults that we know of that abuse their own members and encourage them to abuse others this is the most hilarious tale of fake woe

Oh yeah, I saw on my dash that escapees from Destiel-heller Jaistiel's merry band of mean girls cult are apologizing for their own non-specific crime of toxic behavior. Notice that the escapees aren't confessing and making amends, their apologies are largely about making themselves feel better, but still, could be step in the right direction.

Before Destiel hellers, there were and are the Ackles Army and I've told my story many times that my petty bickering with them on the defunct IMDb forum was half the reason why I started this blog on this hellsite. These two groups of fuckwits all have the same goal: to get rid of Jared because that is the only way Jensen and/or Misha can succeed in their careers, not because, you know, no producers wanted them as leads for expensive tv projects.

I recall Will of The Teamfreewill2pointo blog said many times that escapees of Goob's cult have contacted him saying how terrified they are of Min/Occam/Aaron and their merry band of make-believe-terrorist. Speaking of Goob, that blog is gone. I'm guessing they're just show up under a new identity, complete with new gender and racial identity looking to grift SPN new fans or migrate to another fandom to terrorize. They're still active on twitter and this is one of my favorite of their's ...

Look at that, no retweets and no likes and barely a hundred people read it. Buddy, it's you who is going away because none of your claims panned out. You took nothing. The SPN fandom has and will always belong to the fans of Sam and Dean and Codependeny Bro Bonds.

[pardonmydelays]

hiiii poppy! i'm really glad you're still here <3 i love you and reach out to me whenever possible (and lmk if you need poppy appreciation post 2.0)

i love you and dw, no one blames you for taking a break off tumblr! I also sorta want to due to current situations (yk the amazing person who joined tumblr ahahah, im kidding though im not gonna do that, they're not that active)

anyways

*hugsssssssss*

you and lin be like:

no, that's not me & lin, that's you & me 🫂

ahhh! how am i supposed to leave this hellsite when you guys are so fucking amazing. i just can't. i don't need another appreciation post, i just need my gang.

[imaginarianisms]

here's a few things the rpc has REALLY gotta get back into doing !!

Reading Each Other's Rules !!

Communicate Communicate Communicate Communicate & Not jumping to conclusions about people & assuming other people's character & intentions & Ask what they mean & if you need clarification on something Ask Them. i promise you things would likely go a lot more smoothly & bad experiences with people not communicating with me/you/us that could've been avoided or at the very least reduced if we simply spoke to one another & less feelings would be hurt.

Stop Vaguing People & Getting Involved In Shit & Being Mean To People For Petty Shit When Things Can Literally Be Communicated In Private Respectfully. civil discussions can go a really long way. if the disrespect or offense in question isn’t malicious, there’s no need to approach the topic maliciously. you’d be surprised at just how much can be solved by just asking someone to clarify something.

Understand That Just Because Someone Writes Something Or A Character Does Not Mean That They Condone Or Endorse Them Y'all Why Are We Still Having This Conversation In The Year 2024

don't like something or you genuinely can't handle a topic? use the tools at your disposal to curate your own space (there's two magical things on your screen: the scrollbar & the block button that you can use that can be your true besties frfr) that's Your responsibility tungle dot hellsite dot com user, not anyone else's.

respecting others & understanding that's another human person sitting on the other side of that screen that has hopes & dreams & feelings the same way you do.

telling your friends how lovely & talented they are & how they portray their muses !! there's a whole lot of negativity going on, the best thing we can do is lift each other up & treat each other with kindness & compassion !!

commenting on peoples' posts, hcs, art, edits, etc., telling them you see it & that it looks good, it's cool, it's entertaining, etc., bc we as content creators can't read your mind & as nice as it'd be for us to always serve ourselves with our work, realistically people Will lose motivation to continue creating after a while without some kind of support. if you Like Something then SAY SOMETHING!!!!!!

sending each other's muses messages about other muses they're talking to, characters from their canon if applicable, their worldbuilding & generally getting actively involved in the narratives & worlds other people create & encouraging people to discuss them. there's nothing i like more than doing that, it feels great.

asking random unprompted questions about your friends' characters without fear it's "too much" (THAT'S YOUR ANXIETY BRAIN TALKING!!!!! DON'T LISTEN TO IT SOMETIMES OUR BRAINS LIE!!!!!) provided the question isn't invasive or rude, ESPECIALLY if the character is an original and/or fandomless character.

sending heartfelt & honest words of positivity about other people & the work they do, not chainmail, not lazy generic shit, but out of real kindness from the heart.

Drawing People Fanart / Making Graphics / Making Drabbles of their characters / ships / OC's !!!! please !!! really !!! most people adore it !!!! i Promise you that taking the time & putting in the effort to show someone that the work they do inspired the stuff you do will make anyone's fuckin day. it'd make me explode & die tbh.

Telling!!!!! Other!!!!!!!!!!!! People!!!!!!!!!!! That!!!!!!!!!!! We're!!!!!!!!!! All!!! Doing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jobs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Actually Interact With Each Other. i have no idea what's going on these last few years but years ago we used to interact w/ each other a lot more than we used to. send asks & memes & prompts to each other, ask each other questions about the muns & their muses & actually take the time to interact with your moots & muses.

acknowledging our mental health!!!!! you're not a robot, you're a human being!!!!! be okay with the fact that folx need space & time! it's okay to not be in the mood all the time, you're a living breathing human being that matters, respect that.

make sure Other people feel included in discord servers, rp groups, multi-way threads, events & just overall & not just the few people you talk to. it's perfectly normal & understandable that you may vibe with some people more than others, but only talking to other people you're familiar with can lead to your other moots feeling left out. your moots aren't numbers on your follower list, they're people & writers & they deserve reciprocity & vice versa. if you're not going to engage with someone then why follow them. that's literally the whole point of being moots.

surround yourself with people who actually love you.

acknowledge each other's artwork, graphics, metas, threads & worldbuilding in your own portrayals & works. PLEASE. PEOPLE !!!! DON'T!!!!!! KNOW!!!!! YOU!!!!!! LIKE!!!!! THEM!!! IF!!!!! YOU!!!!! SAY!!!!!!!! NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!! TELL!!!!!!!! THEM!!!!!!! THEY!!!!!! MATTER!!!!!

Literally Just Being Fucking Nice To Each Other Openly For No Reason Or Prompt

understand that there's a glaring, obvious hatred of & disregard & a subconscious bias & avoidance of characters of color (ESPECIALLY black & indigenous / native characters of color), elder characters, really young characters, characters with strong cultural and/or religious influences that aren’t easily digestible/palatable/dumbed down/fetishized especially if they're tied to a marginalized community, female characters who don't automatically ship and/or smut with you, disabled characters, mentally ill & neurodivergent characters who aren’t concentrated into Edgy Aesthetics TM & nothing else, t.wo s.pirit, t.rans, n.onbinary, g.enderfluid, a.gender & i.ntersex characters (especially queer characters of color), fat characters, nonhuman characters, especially characters who's marginalized identities intersect with each other, characters who aren’t cis and/or heterosexual and/or p.erisex skinny white people in their 20's ... i could truly Go On but actually practicing what y'all preach & opening up your minds to new things & portrayals, ask yourselves Why you don't interact with or write any of these characters if that applies (which likely does) & start showing up for these muses & the muns that portray them, ESPECIALLY muns of color, because these are stories that NEED to be heard, loved, respected & most of all appreciated.

[poisonflowercorvidae]

Are you still active? Also, do you have any new wedgeshot headcanons? Thank you :)

I still log in to this hellsite (affectionate) daily; I've just been conditioned by Some Discourse ages ago to mostly stay in my little hidey hole and occasionally push content out. But if I'm not at work or running errands, I'm probably here. Lurking.

But let's see...Wedgeshot headcanons...*riffles around in my pocket*

Hot Shot and Wedge rarely fight after getting together (flirtatious bickering doesn't count), but it takes them a while not to take those rare fights into hurtful territory. They mellow out over the years and get better at taking a step back and talking things through, and they always apologize sincerely and thoroughly even at the beginning, but it's still something that takes work between them.

Co-leadership! Co-leadership! I think this is a pretty basic headcanon a lot of people are already aware of and behind, but yeah, Wedge and Hot Shot definitely end up leading the team together.

Surprisingly, I don't have strong opinions about them conjunxing or bonding? But if they ever do go as far as bonding, you can bet the rest of the team gets a lot of mileage out of that "bonding means becoming one spark with two frames" thing, going on about whether they have two leaders or only one.

Wedge's response to Hot Shot getting hurt can vary anywhere from "That's what you get for messing around"/"What did you expect?" to "Dear Primus, don't let this be what finally gets him" depending on the severity. Hot Shot treats any time Wedge gets hurt as cause for immediate attention. He won't let Wedge shrug off anything without assurance from a medic that it's really fine, actually.

Before they get together and in the early stages of the relationship, Wedge gets far more nervous about saying, "I love you." Hot Shot says it more easily, but he has a bit of a habit of saying it to all his friends, so it takes a few tries for him to get Wedge to understand that he means he's in love with him.

Unless they're specifically trying to embarrass each other, they don't use cutesy nicknames in public. If they ever do try to embarrass each other with them, it immediately backfires as Whirl, Hoist, Scorch, the end-of-series recruits, etc. roast them both for it (Medix usually doesn't join in, but he might comment dryly here or there or roll his optics at the whole thing).

Hmmm...And that's what I seem to have as far as headcanons right now. Thanks for the ask!

[rynnaaurelius]

Still thinking about a very stupid conversation I had with @paleode-ology the other day after finishing season two of Our Flag Means Death. I have decided that I want to hear from the hellsite. Your parameters:

ONE: Jim from OFMD, at minimum, still retains some cultural Catholic values after being raised by a Catholic nun, even if they're no longer actively practicing (see: their reactions during the curse episode, their retelling of the Pinocchio story).

TWO: The world of Our Flag Means Death is not that of our own. Real history is to be considered and riffed upon but not taken for granted.

TWO-A: Jim's Nana rejects the idea of Turning The Other Cheek, a pretty universal Christian commandmant, and endorses Jim running off for revenge and pirating. Is mildly bemused by the idea of more than two genders. Suggests historical divergence.

THREE: Stede and Mary take monogamous wedding vows.

FOUR: Spanish Jackie has a harem. This (and the Jim/Olu/Archie/Zheng polycule) is taken in comparative more stride than Jim being neither man nor woman nor fucking mermaid.

Mothers and fuckers of the jury, have at it:

[astralleywright]

just want to say im glad for another person on this hellsite who is able to see the nuance of the godhood situation. it's VERY interesting how no one really sees ashtons anger at the pantheon as an issue, beyond some of tumblr, at this point. and while im glad it's secluded to here, it's deeply annoying at this point to act like their belief at this point is ashton' biggest problem. and it's honestly actively harmful to analysis at this point for anyone (many big accounts, especially) to suggest that there arent valid reasons for folk giving their *entire lives* to an anti predathos cause to be cautious when they've often been burned or slighted by the pantheon or its institutions (still reeling from folk calling frida evil for their measured disdain at the gods as if they werent from AEOR.)

oh god the takes on deanna and frida that first week. their perspectives were SO fascinating and complex and layered and a little confused in a very very real way, and so much of the posting about it was just begging for a PC that loved the gods uncritically or assuming they must be secret ruby vanguard spies because they didn't. aabria iyengar's incredible brain is wasted on some of you!!!

and yeah there's this very persistent idea that the, "what have the gods done for me" question, or similarly personal reasons for ambivalence or antipathy towards them, is selfish and wrong. which, given that these things are being said in response to "something is trying to kill the gods and we are risking literally everything to save them", is insane, but i also think it's not really fair under normal circumstances either? given how deeply individualized a relationship with one of the gods can be in exandria, and the fact that they clearly play favorites with mortals, and pick and choose whose calls to answer, and can literally grant whoever they want the power not just to bring people back to life but also murder them a bunch, it actually feels extremely reasonable to think they suck. they're unaccountable (to you) arbiters of an unfair system!!

but somehow the fact that the gods are flawed gets used to shield them from criticism; it's a reminder that they're just like people, which means that they should be forgiven and understood like people, and saved like people. they can't do everything, they're just trying their best, they have their own feelings. and because they're like people, they deserve to maintain the massive amounts of power they hold over all other people and should be revered and respected and not have their actions questioned, i guess?

it really is a shame, because it feels like there is so much fascinating discussion and meta that could be had on this topic if people weren't so intent on defending the gods no matter what, often twisting the narrative being presented to do so, and casting characters as objective and reasonable or selfish and irrational based on where their opinions lie (see liam repeatedly saying orym's opinion on the gods debate is deeply biased on 4sd, only for fans to continue to treat him as the measured voice of reason.) instead we're stuck with, "laudna shouldn't hate the gods because of her previous treatment by clerics (it was her fault anyways for being scary and dead), but she should support the gods because a cleric brought her back to unlife." sad!

[intcritus]

AMBIE !! I absolutely adore you to the moon and back, not only are you one of the kindest people I’ve met on this damn hell site but also one of the most creative!! your writing is truly soo incredible like I love to read it & your headcanons? chefs kiss!! all of your muses are so nuanced and beautifully written, I’m always excited to get to know them better!! be it through interactions or headcanons, it’s always a true pleasure to behold! you’ve poured so much love into each and every muse you have created or picked up and I am truly astounded ❤️ seriously, I always miss you so much when you’re not on the dash because it simply isn’t the same without you!

this is my face rn as i read this. honestly, this is literally making me cry. you're so sweet, vee ! i just try to be as kind to people as i want them to be to me, y'know ? this hellsite is already stressful and i never want anyone to feel any more stress than they need. every muse is just so special, even the ones i've yet to post. they each hold like a tiny peace of my creative process ( and they're all linked lmao so ) and it makes it a very fun process to write hcs and figure out what they'll be in the long run.

its why i never make big bios because im still figuring them out. but ahhh this was so nice ??? i can't promise to be on more, but i promise i'll be in your inbox learning about your muses while you learn about mine because you're amazing ???? each of your muses is so intricate ? so meticulously created that learning about them always makes me greedy to learn more. also please remember to rest ? it's okay not to be active, if you wanna lurk and be silly, do that, you deserve to have fun even when you're not writing. love you <3

be nice to be pls jkjk / @metrictita

[heresiae]

being of this lovely hellsite since 2007 I saw all the evolutions and... we hate them all, everytime. but, of the three biggest changes (comments, chat and reblog structure), the only one that we embraced better is the chat (it's not like I use it much, but maybe other do?). comments are ok, but it allow people to make a comments instead of actively participating in the conversation through reblogs. I mean, they're ok in post where a reblog might be too much, but with some people they're just... meh. and yes, sometimes the branch reblog structure is missed, but we're used to the new one.

I also remember when using tumblr without x-kit was, indeed, an hellish experience. not like today, when if you don't have it you can still manage around, it was literally impossible to have a not "I'm going to kill this site" experience without it.

so, I have to be honest, after the communication the they will not get rid of the chronological navigation, the most anxious point, for me, is the conversation one.

people: it is working right now. it's working for everyone that had used tumblr for more that two weeks. not only it's not difficult @staff, but it's also the very way that distinguish us from other socials.

if we preferred other ways of communicating, we wouldn't have stuck with it during all the 16 years of mayhem till today. we LOVE how we're communicating right now and trust me, as a UX designer, completely eliminating the learning curve on a social platform it's impossible. you do have some ux problems, but not on the dashboard. it's mostly in the menu and every time you wan to change some settings that is not completely intuitive (also, you're search DO need a much better way to work).

honestly, the only thing you should do on your list, it the last one: FIX THE DAMN APP.

I discover new tumblrs and creators regularly, because my mutual do and reblog them and they probably do the same, etc. it's a chain and it's working. when I'm feeling adventurous, I follow a tag, or search for something.

creators are very well loved and supported here. the creative community is not only very active but prone to teach stuff to us civilians. now, if you're able to put more creators in my dash (since I can't afford to pay for the free-from-ads anymore) that's ok, but DON'T PUSH IT.

please, don't make us more like the others? we are not becoming a refuge from other social for nothing. don't change things too much.