#basil blabbers

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sometimes when im sitting alone in my bedroom, ill think: "i want to go home". and then itll hit me a few seconds later that i... am home. its not as if im missing a family thats still right there.

i dont know if the "home" im longing for exists. if it does, im not sure that its around anymore.

and suddenly my room feels far too big. or maybe i just feel too small.

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an online friend group may include:

guy who is nocturnal.

guy who goes to bed at nine pm.

guy who is inexplicably literally always online.

guy who lives on the other side of the planet.

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"not all autistics are low-empathy!!!! some are really high-empathy!!!!!" okay cool good great. but are you like... normal about autistics who are low-empathy, though? because people with low empathy exist and are normal people. are you normal about them?

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ive been trying very hard to formulate a way to say this that doesnt make me sound like an asshole but honestly ive like. given up.

youre gonna drive yourselves fucking nuts with all the doom posting. and all the "its gonna be okay, you have to live" posting isnt any less doom posting. its all the same song to a different tune.

its shitty and terrible and youre allowed to feel shitty and terrible. but its not like. gonna change because you feel shitty about it. and constantly thinking about how shitty you feel about it is just gonna make you feel worse.

go like. eat a snack or something. play a game you like. i dunno. its shitty! but dont spend your time catastrophizing. drink some fuckin water or whatever other cheesy bullshit keeps you occupied while you process.

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YOU.

ARTIST.

REBLOG YOUR OWN ART.

im being so serious. this is absolutely my sagest advice for any artist posting on tumblr. reblog your own art. do it at whatever arbitrary time you set up for yourself, once or twice a day, a few times throughout the week, randomly and whenever you remember to. it does not matter.

things can get flooded in the tags, you could post at a time that no one who would want to see the art would, your art could even just get eaten by tumblr itself because it is prone to doing that.

if you want people to see your art, youre allowed to wave it in front of their face and say "HEY LOOK!!!! LOOK I MADE THIS! ME! I MADE THIS!!!!!"

it might feel disheartening, especially if youre the only one reblogging your own work, but i swear to god it is worth it i cannot tell you how many times i have bumped one of my posts only to get someone in the tags going "HOW DID I MISS THIS??????"

it is not wrong of you to want to show off the work that youre proud of. reblog your own art.

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hey you should play in stars and time. HAVE I MENTIONED THAT I THINK YOU SHOULD PLAY IN STARS AND TIME? you should! its good! play game!!!

(ID template via this post, edited for this meme by @/merrysville!)

[ID: A meme from a TikTok of a man looking out pensively over a porch, with the caption edited to read: "I bring a sort of ''You should play ISAT'' Vibe to every interaction that people who haven't played ISAT don't really like." /End ID.]

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do you . think about them??? i do. i do very often.

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draw that man (isabeau) fatter. my final message. goodbye.

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hate when i see someone complaining about something that was an intentional part of a story. because they are entitled to their opinion and if they didnt like something or it didnt work for them thats fair. but also i want to grab their shoulders and shake them and go "THATS THE POINT THATS THE POINT!!!! THE POINT WAS THAT IT WAS STRANGE OR WRONG OR INCONSISTENT THAT WAS THE POINT THE WHOLE TIME!!!!!!!!!"

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i dont talk enough about mira. did you know i love mirabelle isat??? did you know???? NOW YOU DO. SHES MY FRIEND. MY FRIEND MIRA. the mibelle. the meeb. the miwa.

LOOK AT SHE FACE.

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Every time someone uses "delusional" or "delulu" as slang every psychotic person on the planet should be given five dollars.

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hey so im selling my partner. giving him away actually.

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google how to kiss that rogue. oooon tge mouth.

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an asexual biromantic and bisexual aromantic walk in to a room. call that ABBA.

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happy artfight.

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[shaking with barely restrained rage] i can handle change. i can handle sudden changes in well established routines without trouble. i will not become a bitch to everyone around me because i was left scrambling with no war[ROAR's "I Can't Handle Change" fading in]— what the fuck is that. stop that.