#back to your regularly scheduled fandom

[abluescarfonwaston]

Dating: because it's the only way you could ever even dream of affording a house

[xxxsugarcyanidexxx]

No actually fuck you *mlps your House*

[arachnestwilight]

Unmasked and cosplay.

[tuptastic]

oughhh i want to talk about all my old hermitcraft stuff from when I was in high school so badly, I used to have a fanfiction I was writing that I gave up on to rewrite that I've still been working on ideas for and making headcanons for for like...4 years now and it makes me go feral

anyways anyways hermitcraft fandom we go wild over watcher stuff I Know I'm One of them but like...the concept that they're not evil and just do their job and hang out and like their players?? makes my heart happy. very big very tall creatures who are not human but not exactly space either who absolutely love these little dorks they've been asked to keep an eye on. they're not all good but like. most of them are decent. xisuma is the younger of a set (i still haven't named her, i want it to be something either really elegant or something super silly and cute from the Hermits naming her), he's practically the son of the older of the pair, and they're a phenomenal set. but when they're assigned to hermitcraft everything changes.

he spends a lot of his time on the ground with the players, and he finds himself just absolutely falling in love with them and his time with them, and when they find themselves in need of an admin and a leader he makes the difficult choice and gives up his life Watching and becomes one of them - an incredibly difficult process that he wasn't even sure he would survive due to what he had to do to adapt. (It was in this process that his twin forms and its great they're great they're jerks to each other and it works for them).

I have an old adaptation from an SMP of an admin form that I'm utilizing here that he forced himself into - he couldn't become a player but he couldn't live among them in his current form, so he found a middle ground. It isnt stable, it's joints are made of fluctuating code and it doesn't like the overworld anymore than his first form liked to fit in it, but it's the closest he'll get - besides, because the admin form is a blank slate, he can create his own appearance overtop of it.

but to do this he gave up his life with the person who he'd spent his eternity with, and who he knew he would likely never truly see again. and all the love in the world he has for his expanding players and his worlds could never replace the empty place he has for the person who taught him how to love to begin with.

(she saves his life later on when he tries to be a silly self sacrificing little goof and everyone cries but he doesn't know that xoxo)

anyways I just needed to get this out of my brain I may do this for the old fanfiction as well, it was related to the s6 civil war and time travel and stuff and I kinda miss it but God idk if I'll ever actually get to write it now with adult stuff. it was originally grian centric but it definitely is now xisuma centric he's my little dude.

[acidicpenumbra]

two "ultimate" level douchebags

[thepastneverforgets]

The way some of you talk to defend Tommy just shows that you actually hate Buck. Season 1 Buck was nothing like season 2 Tommy and I can't believe that more than one person agrees with you.

do i hate buck, or are y'all so bias for him that youre willing to overlook any and all flaws he has and treat a grown fictional man like your precious infantilized uwu baby who needs to be protected??

"season 1 buck was nothing like season 2 tommy"

season one buck literally treated a job about saving people's lives as a vehicle to be used just for impressing women and fucking them in the fire engine.

season one buck looked athena in the eyes and callously dismissed her critiques of his irresponsible behavior while acting like he was the biggest hot shot hero on campus

season one buck was closeted without even realizing it

season one buck was so self-absorbed and bad at his job he GOT FIRED FOR IT

and the only reason he got it back was because BOBBY was able to overlook his flaws and see the potential good in them. and how buck is way more than just the irresponsible frat-boy who thinks he needs to act up in order to receive attention. just like how the portion of the audience that is reasonable and understands nuance and isnt buddie brain rotted does with tommy kinard himself.

not to MENTION, season SEVEN buck LITERALLY agreed to go out ON A PUBLIC DATE with a MAN and then FORCIBLY tried to shove that man back INTO THE CLOSET when his best friend stumbled upon them on the date HE WILLING AGREED TO HAVE IN PUBLIC so yall need to stop writing off just how fucking impulsive and immature buck can be sometimes. it's so fucking dumb boring

[revenantghost]

Man! I feel bad about being not as present for bookclub as I was last year, and also about how behind on messaging/responding to peeps between migraines and health stuff I am, but the community here and support and kindness has been amazing even as I feel like I'm letting everyone down, and I've just gotta say:

Thank you <3

[nikkoliferous]

This is the bully list after what happened to @abby118 . It comes from a famous Loki GIFS creator on tumblr who is also getting harassed & showed in the toxic behavior of this person behind these many alts accounts. Share it with everyone !!

lokilaufeysondiaries strangegodsloki queenofstarsign85 dreamingofimpalas hereitgoesagain067 buckybarnes-winters0ldier themoonsmaven nerdconpp crackships-r-us69 lokisimp89 lowkey-lokid souls-for-fandoms cassius-blackwood fandemoniumfantasies ladylovelyfan2014 lokismilkshake goddessofvictoryy

PSA for people being targeted by any or all of the above blogs.

personally, I am agnostic on the topic of preemptively blocking people (and sharing block lists, for that matter). I don't usually block people myself unless I'm getting directly harassed and they're becoming a distraction/it's the only way to get them out of my notes. with that being said, that's a personal choice of mine, and I fully support the rights of any blogger to block any other blogger for any (or even no) reason. nobody is entitled to read or interact with anybody else's blog.

this should also go without saying in this day and age, but I do not condone nor encourage anyone going to any of the above blogs to counter-bully them. do not spam their posts' notes, do not send them anon hate, so on and so forth. just block (or don't, if you prefer) and move on. not only for your own sake, but because from my limited direct interactions with/knowledge of a couple of them, it's clear that they crave the attention and it only feeds into their self-pitying view of themselves as the perpetual victim (despite them being the aggressors in each instance I've borne witness to). don't feed the trolls, etc etc.

stay safe out there and do what you need to do to take care of yourselves, loki fandom. 💚💛🖤

[o-wild-west-wind]

tumblr algorithm stop feeding me takes that this show is just a silly goofy comedy that shouldn’t include death or that Izzy is the token disabled elder queer on the show where an actual disabled elder queer is literally the romantic lead or that Lucius and Pete being called “mateys” is diluting their gayness because it’s not “husbands” or that it’s sexist that Zheng lost her fleet and later prioritized her love for a man or that Ed is Izzy’s abuser because we conveniently forgot all of season 1 or that trauma is never followed through with because sometimes actions are used instead of words or that Ed learned nothing because the inn was apparently a whim as if he hasn’t been obsessing over retirement from day 1 I swear did we even watch the same show?? I literally feel like I’m in backwards land?

I have a really novel concept for y’all complaining about character’s arcs not being fully resolved or healed and that’s called there is supposed to be another season of this show

I also have another really novel concept as to why every single character did not have a one on one trauma apology session and so much time was spent on Ed and Stede and that is because this is literally the Ed and Stede show and also sometimes parallels are meant to be inferred and extrapolated because that is what efficient storytelling does instead of spoonfeeding you

And my most novel concept of all as to why some beloved characters had less screen time is because Max is a massive jerk and cut the budget

Y’all this wasn’t personal and maybe this show was never about Izzy maybe the show called our flag means death is actually about death maybe sad does not equal homophobic letdown maybe the brown gay character introduced as the love interest from day 1 gets to outlive the angry white guy that had a redemption arc after actively bullying and trying to break up every gay couple for a season I don’t know what to tell you just can you please let non-white people have this arc for once without assuming it’s an attack on you I’m BEGGING y’all

[ravenlocksentwisted]

I've noticed a behaviour that I've been blocking popular bloggers for.

We all have boundaries. Things that we won't accept. Lines where it becomes NOT OK for someone to talk to us anymore. It's incredibly important to enforce those boundaries - even moreso in the deluge of communication online that comes from people we don't know and don't share values/norms with.

I've noticed a particular thing that (sometimes) happens when a person dealing with the maelstrom of a popular social media account hits their "NO" line. It goes something like:

"How DARE you (a person who may never have interacted with me before) violate my boundary (which you should have known by paying careful attention to all of my posts and sharing the exact same sense of online norms as I do.) I am going to use forceful (or hurt/put-upon) language to tell you how terrible you are for doing this."

"If you question, explain, or even apologize, I am going to tell you you have done further harm, because you should know (by reading my blog/mind) that I consider it a boundary for YOU to not interact with me after I scold you. I am going to continue this conversation instead of blocking/disengaging, because for my boundaries to be enforced, I require you to back down."

It's not always quite this obvious, but as time goes on I both have less patience for this attitude and start to recognize the harm that internalizing the "rules" that are broadcast like this has done to my life.

I have a lot of sympathy for the people running these accounts I, too, work with the public. And when you're running a community of any kind, it can be really helpful to slowly teach people the most useful ways to interact with you. It also sucks that no matter what you do, some people are going to be jerks. Wherever possible—easier said than done—you do need to exclude some people from your community!

But the more it looks like someone is repeatedly engaging in these behaviors:

Beating people over the head with the concept of boundaries instead of personally enforcing them

Scolding people for not being personally familiar with them and their blog

Having a large number of sometimes-conflicting rules

Claiming that their cultural norms and expectations for behaviour are universal

Using emotionally-loaded language to ensure the offender is seen as having egregiously violated an agreement

The more I've started realizing, "Ah, this person is not safe for me to be around, and reading some of their posts might be harmful to me. Better block them."

And we're all happier for it.

[say-hi-intrepid-heroes]

.

[comfortingevanbuckley]

.

[misiahasahardname]

i swear i’m gonna draw more tmnt stuff i’m just brainrotting hard over primos

[wakebymoonsleepbysun]

Uhhmmm sorry for not working on my secret DJ project or writing anything but I realized this was close to being done so I spent the afternoon finishing the last of it.

The artist is yuumei-art here on tumblr (I'm not sure if they'd want to be tagged, apologies if I'm guessing wrong) and the kit was purchased from Diamond Art Club which DOES work with artists, so the art was used with permission and credited.

Slight PSA/ramble below

Careful about who you buy diamond paintings or counted cross stitch patterns from because so many sites are shit. (To the point where I've seen things listed as "counted cross stitch diamond painting" which is not a thing and it's highly unlikely that they're actually giving you both products with your order.)

A lot of them do not work with the artists, just grab pretty pictures and make patterns from them. Which is fine (imo) if you're doing it for like...an MCU movie poster or a Disney poster or some other hugely rich IP, less so if you're doing it to an indie artist. Where the line is on that will vary from person to person, but even if you don't care about that, there's another thing to consider.

It's very easy to just run a piece of art through a filter to limit colors/pixelcount and convert it into a xstitch pattern or diamond painting grid, but the result will often give you something that just looks like a crunchy jpeg. (Diamond Art Club and probably most of the diamond painting kids you'd find in craft stores do not do this as far as I can tell, or at least if they do they touch up the piece so you get those nice well-defined edges like what you see around the tiger's face.) This is less of a problem for xstitch kits because depending on the fabric weave, the smaller "pixels" give you a better DPI, basically.

Basically, if you're looking at a DP or Xstitch kit and they ONLY show you the art the work was made from, no finished piece or even a rendering of what the finished piece would look like...proceed with EXTREME caution because you'll probably get a jpeg with some amount of crunchiness to it.

...oh god nobody tell these companies about AI art...fuck...oh no...oh nononono....

[cementcornfield]

going to bed, appreciate you all 💜

[once-ina-blue-moon]

more oc art sorryyyyyyyyy