#and yes there will be samples

[saffron-mantled-dawn]

I'm rather late posting on here as I was having some technical difficulties posting these photos, but at long last it gives me great pleasure to finally announce the launch of my artisanal perfume brand Amphora Exotica! 🥳 Some dreams really do come true, alhamdulillah 😌 But with that said, my heart still weighs heavy for Palestine so to show my gratitude I'll be taking a percentage from my personal cut to donate to organizations helping Palestinians in need 🤲🏼

I'm starting with just 3 compositions for now but worry not, as there are 5 more waiting in the chamber...

amphoraexotica.com is live and ready ☺️

Also, feel free to follow AE on Instagram to stay updated! God bless and stay fragrant

🌹💓🌹

[weirdgirlvampire]

If yes, tell me what it is in the tags!

[aropride]

*like, at least 80% of the time

*not counting high-risk situations (airports, medical settings, concerts etc) for the sake of this poll

[eru-iru]

[chipped-chimera]

Shrimp Inspector 🦐👀

[roblogging]

i've spent a lot of the past 24 hours talking to various trans people in the fandom that reposted or dmed me about this video and i'm gonna yap here under the cut about it.

(i'm not a spokesperson for trans people obviously, and i don't mean to lead these discussions. i know i've had a lot of them recently but yeah it's been rough, i just thought this was interesting to share and can hopefully share a lil of how people are feeling.)

i've always assumed that the hate that i've received on my account was because of me? i post videos talking about discourses, i'm open about ships i like that are generally hated, etc etc, i've just assumed it was a me thing.

but then when people are mad about those things, it more often than not comes to slurs. it's come to people debating my identity, questioning how much of a man i am when i wear makeup, posting me on reddit pages, throwing the words tranny and "she-man" around farrr too much, and i thought "isn't it heartbreaking that this is their first thought?"

so it gradually became less about me as an individual, and instead my identity. and just that these people are mean.

and i made that video from the perspective of someone who's already upset. who's had a lot of stuff like this happen and is Sad about it.

but i've spoken to 47 trans people that reached out to me themselves about this, and have so many more requests to get through, and not one has said that they feel safe and comfortable in this space. not a single one.

so i thought i'd share some of the things that were said (with permission and anonymously) because i think it's quite interesting to see what the issues are:

the MOST mentions goes toooo: the discourse about male characters - namely sirius - wearing makeup and the way gender norms become the forefront of this - makes them feel as though people dislike "unconventional trans people" as one person put it.

alongside this, the hate for trans characters - namely regulus - and how people get very mad about it "reinforcing heterosexuality" - do not feel recognised as the gender they are, feel as though people are viewing trans people as "fake men or women" - quote.

discourses surrounding height, hair, 'gender presentations' etc - brought up by a lot of people and they recognised that this is coming from a good place (not reinforcing heterosexuality) but feel as though the amount of focus put on it is disproportionate to the presence of it. copy and pasted quote: "I'm a 5 foot 2 trans man and feel like less of a man because of it"

profitting jkr: (obviously, because that's what the video was about) i want to add that nearly everyone said that they understand the desire to, and were receptive of the fact you don't know what goes on behind the scenes re: donating elsewhere etc, but said that they've felt less safe since the surge of posts about the reboot.

guilt. which makes me glad that i posted about that here a few days ago because i felt alone in this. a lot of the people i spoke to feel guilty for being here, and feel as though they can't claim that this fandom is inclusive anymore.

comment sections: brought up by a handful of people who said that not enough people delete horrible comments on posts - one said "even if they argue against them it just feels worse than deleting it", another said "obvs i can't ask people to delete them on their own account but it does suck that they dont think to" - every person that brought up comment sections said that they tend not to look at them now which makes them feel like an outsider in the fandom.

cosplays: brought up by four people and feels relevant to above points about "gender presentation" - said that unless you're cosplaying sirius, they nearly always have to delete comments saying something along the lines of "xyz wouldn't wear makeup". all of them said that they just feel nice in it and never meant it in a bad way.

scared to be loud: scared to post, especially with face. a few acknowledged that they are scared to do so anyway, but worry about it in this space as well. bolded this one because it makes me so sad, but having been put on reddit pages for saying pete was their friend, i get it.

and the final point, a copy and pasted line: "i dont want to be represented when it suits them and i don't want to be a box they tick when adding diversity to a fic and then cry in comments. i dont want performative support"

ALSO ADDING HERE:

nearly everyone (bar 7 people) that reached out to me acknowledged that this is a minority, and not the majority. they were very clear that it isn't their whole experience, but is an issue regardless. a lot of focus was put on curating your own space and finding people who do support you, but algorithms don't always make that possible, and it's difficult seeing it happen even if they don't interact.

which is,,, yeah. that's the crux of it really. most of the time it's fine and it's lovely and things like this don't happen, but they still do, and how do you feel like you can engage when you don't know what side it will get on?

which,,, sucks. because there's not really anything anyone can do then. it's just screaming into a void and hoping that you don't end up on the wrong sides.

but anyway, i thought it was interesting. especially the comment sections and the headcanon discourse - which truly, i see less of on tumblr anyway but for all of the above reasons, don't fancy discussing this on tiktok right now which is the epicentre of it.

but yeah. food for thought perchance, and some very good discussions !! thank you to anyone that messaged me and allowed me to write this, you're not screaming into a void with me 🫶🏻

[faithblob-says-things]

Dp x Dc prompt 1

Jazz is a clone of a Justice League member (up to you who). Maddie made her by combining her own dna and the league members. Danny, a recently made League Member, is (maybe not so) discretely trying to figure out which of his coworkers it is.

[soullessseraphim]

Context of the reverse ending : Liam needs to do some research on the arcana and they have books about it. In exchange, Valdemar gets to study his decaying arm.

[mulders-too-large-shirt]

i'm new here, and i see this repeating theme in a lot of posts, so i need to conduct a poll to see how widespread the sentiment is:

note from OP: as of making this post, i have only seen up to s3. normally on my blog i ask people to avoid spoilers in the notes, but as i am expecting this might cause some scholarly debate, i will be muting the notifications on this post, so you can (and should) discuss to your heart's content, including citing any source scenes to suit your needs!

[saph-yells-into-the-void]

hold on i wanna see smth real quick

[suntails]

it's my bday and the test sample arrived super early!!! a present for lil ol me YIPPEE!!!!

[usbkinitopet]

"Untitled Kinito Song"

(Wanted to share this video while I recover my energy for a new video coming soon!.. especially towards an ask!! If you can get what I based this song on, your rad, because this is meant to be silly and canon to USB!Kinito lore c:) - Mod Soni

[yeehawgeek]

ok i saw someone else made a poll about this, but i want more detail

if anyone is nasty towards anyone else, you’re getting blocked

reblog for sample size i guess

[minsarasarahair]

So 7s SPL official artist uploaded the full art version of cover in Xiaohongshu... It look way better for some reason?? Maybe I felt its zoom out? And you can appreciate how beautiful the background art without the logo or synopsis?

[wolfy1298]

Little did I know that I’d change career goals