#but I only have so many sideblogs in the first place bc I want to keep careful track of my meta and refuse to organize my main

[puppy-phum]

tag game ✨

thanks for tagging me zey @thasorns ♥ i teared up at your addition about me, that is so sweet :( i miss our dff talks too! idk what you're into these days but would love to talk about some show with you again :')

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1. why did you choose your url?

bc am obsessed with one (1) man who belongs to another amazing guy ♥ (been thinking about an url change lately tho bc i'd like to put last twilight and the hurt it caused behind me but haven't found something else to tie myself to yet. maybe we are and phumpeem if the ending delivers?)

2. any sideblogs? if you have them name them and why you have them.

not really. the only side blog i have is my og url vishcount saved for nostalgia purposes but there's nothing on that blog

3. how long have you been on tumblr?

started on this hellsite (affectionate) on the lord's year 2013 and it shows

4. do you have a queue tag?

i don't use the queue much so no. you will only catch me reblogging like ten posts in a row when am online/in the mood and then going back to lurking again

5. why did you start your blog in the first place? 

i was into a bunch of animes and tumblr was filled with amazing fanart. i wanted to be able to look at them in peace

6. why did you choose your icon/pfp?

to show who my url is about ♥ mork my beloved

7. why did you choose your header?

wanted it to fit the theme. also i adore the last twilight rooftop kiss, it's one of the brightest spots of the show

8. what’s your post with the most notes? 

most likely this the untamed edit from 2020. i was truly living my peak back then :'D tbh i feel like the whole of tumblr was living its peak when the untamed was airing and when we all lost it together for the longest time after

9. how many mutuals do you have?

way too many and i adore all of them, tho i probably forget or cannot recognize most of them. especially if you've changed your url/main fandom OR i have, we might not even know each other anymore haha

10. how many followers do you have?

more than i deserve and idk what all of you are even doing here but i like feeling like i'm part of some type of crowd ♥

11. how many people do you follow?

quite recently i unfollowed some inactive blogs and blogs about things i don't really care for anymore so my follow count is a nice number of 205

12. have you ever made a shitpost?

uh. i don't really know? do some posts from my finnish tumblr (suomitumppu) era count? :'D

13. how often do you use tumblr each day?

am chronically online and i open this app like a fridge

14. did you have a fight/argument with another blog once?

no, not really. am not really one to share strong opinions, especially negative opinions, publicly online which i think is the cause of most arguments ppl have here. i'd rather just keep my peace and be nice

15. how do you feel about ‘you need to reblog this’ posts 

mostly i don't like doing things when am told to do them

16. do you like tag games?

yes! it always makes me happy to know that someone is thinking about me and i do find these a lot of fun to do ^^

17. do you like ask games?

also yes. i just don't often reblog those bc i don't really have a lot of interactions on this site. if i find an ask game with very interesting questions, i might forward it to kiddo @i-am-just-a-kiddo and we do it together privately to enjoy it like that ♥

18. which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?

the first one that comes to mind is hanyi @ruanbaijie who i think deserves all the recognition for her absolutely amazing giffing skills ♥ she's also the sweetest so idk what's not to follow, make her even more famous if you can!

19. do you have a crush on a mutual?

nope. idk if i function like that tbh. i have some huge friend crushes tho and want to be closer with some ppl a lot! not mentioning names bc am shy haha

but i want to say that monica @stormyoceans is very important to me these days. she brightens up my days and makes my whole fandom experience so much better by simply being her enthusiastic and authentic self ♥ never change!

and also jessi @oswlld who i still cannot believe is someone i can call my friend and bestie on this site. i am so happy we've gotten to share bad buddy, vice versa, and last twilight together! also happy to hear about your life at times and to just share silly things with you ♥

third one i want to mention is shannen @icouldhyperfixatehim who always manages to stand out in a positive way. we don't interact much but i cannot help but feel very giddy about their presence on my dash. they leave the best tags and every time they reblog any of my edits with their tags, they manage to make me feel like i've made it and my edit was worth the effort :'D so thank you!

20. tags?

want to tag at least @psychic-waffles @foxofninetales @hils79 @sherrymagic @srnileforme and @thitiponqs ♥ also the ones i mentioned before are free to join and anyone else who wants to do this!

[mariejordans]

i honestly don’t even know where to begin with this post, so i guess i’ll start with hi! sorry, i’ve been gone so long, though probably most of you didn’t even notice i was gone lol. sorry for not giving any warning to my absence, and i am especially sorry to the mutuals who have reached out to me that i haven’t responded to. i was and still am struggling with anxiety and depression and towards the new year it was getting to be a bit much for me, so i decided to take a mental health break from social media.

i’d honestly been contemplating coming back, but today i received a dm from someone with a link to a post that was accusing me of bullying and creating fake accounts to bully other people in this fandom. first of all, i would like to emphasize that this is not true. attached below is a screenshot of all the blogs that i own (EDIT 2/9/24: i have since deleted the screenshot for my own privacy and i believe that since i made this post, there has been more than enough evidence to clear my name.) milfsociety is my main account, which i have linked before on this blog and many of my mutuals also follow me on my main, and the rest of them are just me saving my old usernames or other sideblogs that i rarely use, but all of them have been inactive for two months at least.

i do NOT condone bullying ever, and to be continually accused of it by this person is very disheartening. it started with this post (seen below) that i made back in november after seeing a post discrediting marie as the main character of gen v. i admit that my language was probably a bit harsher than was necessary, but honestly my intention was not to send hate to op (which is why i never tagged it with any gen v related tags) but to defend marie. it also wasn’t meant to be solely specific to this one person but as a general post because at the time, there were lots of accounts discrediting marie and to be honest, i was just kinda venting bc of how sick of it i was. (also, just to mention, i have intentionally left out their username because the last thing i want is to send hate to this person.) this was the only post i made on the topic and later i heard that apparently op blocked me afterward (which does not offend me in the slightest since i have since done the same thing) so this honestly should have been the end of it.

i honestly hadn’t given this post a second thought until a little under a month later i received this ask out of nowhere, accusing me of ableism and bullying. i replied to this ask, which i will link here. honestly this ask came as a complete shock to me, because i had honestly forgotten all about my previous post.

i responded to anon and in the reply i apologized to their friend for my hurtful comments and expressed that it was never my intention to attack anyone, especially anyone with a disability, which i did not know about when i initially made the first post. i also explained my side, stating why i made the post in the first place, which i still stand by. originally, i had linked their post in my reply, which in hindsight was a mistake that i regret and i should’ve known better. again, my last intention ever is to spread hate and negativity or to bully anyone, so i deleted the link when i was asked by a third party. this person has also since deleted that post about marie entirely.

shortly after i posted the reply, i guess i can only assume that whoever anon was told them about the reply. i’m honestly not sure if they’ve ever actually read this reply or not, but they made a response to my reply, accusing me of harassment and bullying. honestly, it really confused me at the time, since i’d only made two posts in reference to them, and one was a reply to an ask, but we ended up having a third party account who was mutuals with both of us acting as a mediator to settle things and i genuinely wanted to move on from the situation. we both had each other blocked and it seemed to me that anon was just trying to instigate more drama between us, so i thought it best to just leave it at that. i was also going through some mental health issues at the time (unrelated to this situation even though it didn’t help) and had been considering taking a break from tumblr, and so i thought it would be best to just go inactive for a while.

this is honestly the first time i’ve used tumblr in the two months since i’ve been gone, so i have no idea what else has been happening regarding any other blogs and this person, but apparently i am being named as the sole instigator here and i just wanted to once and for all clear up this issue and my name. i’m honestly not sure if this person will see this post or if they’ll even accept it as truth. i can’t force them or anyone to believe me as i really don’t know what else i’d have to do to prove that i don’t have any other secret accounts other than making this post.

i will probably continue to be inactive on this account as i think it is in everyone’s best interest. i never wanted to contribute or start any drama in this fandom, but i feel like i am partially responsible in how this situation has turned out, so i would also like to apologize to you all as well. i’ve never had an account of mine get as big as this one has (thank you to everyone who liked and supported my silly little ramblings!) and i can honestly say i have had the best time interacting and fangirling with you all about this show and these characters that i love so much and i will continue to enjoy and love gen v and marie from afar!

goodbye for now,

rose (aka mariejordans)

[khaopybara]

tag game ✨

@mbjw saved me from saturday boredom and tagged me in this, so thank you jubs, i enjoyed these a lot.

1. why did you choose your url?

i love khaotung. khaotung was obsessed with the capybara song last year before i even knew who he was. capybaras happen to be a very common animal in the region i live. i was very happy they were getting the recognition they deserved. put them together, we have lovely khao + capybaras = khaopybara (i'm also super sure i've seen people here and on tw use this and i just stole it. i'm not creative especially when it comes to usernames).

2. any sideblogs? if you have them name them and why you have them.

i have two other sideblogs. @tuseryoo for all of the gifs i make so i can have all of them in one blog just because, so i feel like i'm not losing track of the things i create (even though i haven't updated that one in a while), and @captain-xandis that some moots might have noticed in their notifications bc i recently created that one to post gifs about critical role, but i always forget to check which blog appears on top of the thingy, so i'm constantly deleting and reblogging things in the right blog these days.

3. how long have you been on tumblr?

as of july 3rd, i've been here for 11 years now, so since 2013? which tracks with my super strong k-pop phase tbh.

4. do you have a queue tag?

nah, i have a queue going for gifs that are requests or for episodes that already aired, but usually i just post things whenever.

5. why did you start your blog in the first place?

ha, i was into super junior. and i was experimenting with fandom for the first time at the time. that's it. i felt like tumblr was a lot more creative and pretty than twitter or facebook, so i stayed.

6. why did you choose your icon/pfp?

i am a mook defender and apologist. i also think aya is super cute and super pretty. i change icons so often though, i blame all the pretty women in qls these days for making me change it all the time.

7. why did you choose your header?

i am breathing and living for the heart killers and kantbison and unfortunately i'm dying from lack of content. the tattoo table kiss is going to change lives i think, so until we don't get the official version, i'll have this masterpiece displayed there somehow.

8. what’s your post with the most notes?

as of now, it's a 23.5 official trailer gifset of sun being jealous of ongsa with amazing 939 notes, but the gifset of lada protecting earn from hitting her head on the table is quickly catching up with 877.

9. how many mutuals do you have?

17 mutuals? i think that's right.

10. how many followers do you have?

843 if you count the main blog + side-blogs.

11. how many people do you follow?

... 27 blogs.

12. have you ever made a shitpost?

i mean, sure? i do get embarrassed by my own shitposts sometimes and i delete them tho.

13. how often do you use tumblr each day?

all the time. it's my favorite social media for sure. i get to see pretty things and my dash is much better curated than other apps. it's great.

14. did you have a fight/argument with another blog once?

i don't think i ever fought online. i block people with remarkable expedience tbh if i don't like their vibe or their tone or the shit they post, and i also make use of the filtered tags, so you know, no reason to fight.

15. how do you feel about ‘you need to reblog this’ posts

these exist? good for them. you shouldn't tell people what to do.

16. do you like tag games?

sure! i only started being part of them now, so sometimes i forget them, or i just don't see i was tagged, but i do enjoy them.

17. do you like ask games?

i don't think i've ever done an ask game but that's mainly bc i think people won't want to know and won't send any asks, and i'd rather spare my ego from that humiliation.

18. which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?

i think many of my mutuals are famous in our ql bubble which makes it a little crazy that some are my mutuals tbh. that's most of them actually.

19. do you have a crush on a mutual?

i do have people that make me kick my feet when they interact with my posts like, twirling my hair, silly smile, giggling because they've noticed me. but actually crushing, imagining our lives in the countryside, with a kitchen facing the meadow in a fine spring morning, with two dogs and three cats, no.

20. tags?

i'm tagging @namtanfilm, @aylinaliens, @sollucets and @sherrymagic, @ayansukkhaphisit and whoever feels like doing it, and to those i've tagged, just ignore this if you want, too, no pressure.

[greatyme]

tag game 🫧

thank u @markpakin for the tag!!! :D

1. why did you choose your url?

bc I am a canker sore girl (an intak fan lmao)! But why did he also lowkey come up with a fire gender like yes… canker sore of a girl…. splendid…..

2. any sideblogs? if you have them, name them and why you have them.

@lwjenthusiast is my cql/mdzs sideblog I made after I started reblogging so much cql on main that I wanted a blog for it lol. I like it for organization n whatever. @biantianyang is my beety/tgcf sideblog for tgcf & beety purposes hehe (I think I’m more active on here than the other one lol)

3. how long have you been on tumblr?

For this blog, since august 2019

4. do you have a queue tag?

Nah

5. why did you start your blog in the first place?

I used to stalk the druck tag without a blog and I wanted to get involved!! Once a skam acc always a skam acc…

6. why did you choose your icon/pfp?

It’s an iconic photo of ffv era Hayley!! I need everyone to know I’m a paramore fan too lol

7. why did you choose your header?

It resonated a lot with me. I’ve had it for years. It’s just a little quote from a book I love, grief is the thing with feathers. And I will Never move on. It’s one of my last acts of love

8. what is your post with the most notes?

I’m pretty sure it’s a post I made before only friends aired joking abt the type of product placements they’d have. Every time someone likes it I’m reminded of how they failed me via NONE OF IT tho. That show Needed some product placement BAD imo

9. how many mutuals do you have?

I counted once and it was maybe like 30 something…?

10. how many followers do you have?

I like the anonymity of this on tumblr so I shan’t say hehe

11. how many people do you follow?

138 and sometimes I think it’s too many lmao

12. have you ever made a shitpost?

Hell yeah brother

13. how often do you use tumblr each day?

A Lot… countless times probably……..

14. did you have a fight/argument with another blog once?

I want to say no but like also maybe…??? If I did it was a long time ago tho

15. how do you feel about 'you need to reblog this' posts?

Extremely inconsiderate to people with ocd. They’re so guilt-trippy I hate them. I refuse to/do my best not to reblog them on purpose if I see them

16. do you like tag games?

Ofccccc <3333 hehehe

17. do you like ask games?

Yessss these too!

18. which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?

Omg idk… all my mutuals r famous in my Heart (is this too corny lol)

19. do you have a crush on a mutual?

Hmmmm not literally noo

20. tags?

@pondphuwin @thisonelikesaliens @charles-edwin @loserlesbianongsa @iliketodecompose @brightokyolights @celestial-sapphicss @icouldhyperfixatehim (if u want/if u already did this I’d love 2 see it hehe)

[seabirdtxt]

Hi, I’m Bird. welcome to my sideblog! i hope you have a good time :) thanks for reading! 🩵

Ask box is: On hold

WIP tracker

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Rules & TOS:

- I am using this blog as a place to put my self-indulgent fandom fics. i don't proofread or beta my stuff so if i make typos no i didn't 🫡

- blank blogs please do not +follow! i will assume you are a bot and block/softblock you. You can remain empty/anon as long as you have some profile customization and maybe a post/reblog or two

- you can send asks/requests and i'll tackle 'em asap but please don't expect too much of the social aspect from me, i struggle with socialization like a feral cat

- i write reader fics. this means: gender neutral, no physical description/indicators, no gender-biased nicknames clothes or scenarios, you/yours and they/them pronouns only.

- do not call my Reader she/her, or any fem-aligned nicknames. im dead serious, this is a ‘block on sight’ thing, it kicks up my dysphoria and it's the same reason i won't read fem!reader fics. i won't block for the first time, but if you commented on something or sent an ask/request and I deleted/didn't respond, this is probably why. I'm giving y'all the benefit of the doubt that maybe you didn't check my page first though! but continued behavior will earn a block .

- i’m not holding a taglist atm, you either perceive me or don't. (if i ever write smth longer that warrants a taglist i’ll be sure to mention it!)

- no bigotry or discrimination allowed, please use your good judgement when consuming media, etc. there will be no bitchin in my kitchen!

- no reposting, copying, or heavily referencing! plaigarism is the 8th cardinal sin 😊 yes this includes feeding my writing to AI. don't do it.

- re: above ^ making stuff inspired by/expanding on concepts is totally fine though! i'm inviting everyone to come play in my sandbox :3c if you do, please tag me! i'd love to see and rb from you 🥰 (AI is still 100% off the table though)

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Request Rules:

currently in genshin/sagau fandom so mostly stick to those themes please! (and do let me know if you want canon or other AU settings! otherwise i'll assume sagau)

i won't do crossovers sorry! i'm not too knowledgeable on many other media or fandoms and i'd rather not butcher something im not familiar with!

willing to write both platonic and romantic! (specific character romance with the male characters only, sorry, but platonic is free game!)

i write kinda slow tbh, so please don't send me anything that is time sensitive or has a deadline bc i probably won't make it in time :')

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General Tags:

Writing -> #seabird.txt

Doodles -> #seabird.png

Asks/replies -> #seabird.inbox

Personal -> #seabird.exe

Reblogs -> #seabird.rb

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Masterlist below the cut:

Glitch in Irminsul AU

SAGAU setting, where the Irminsul tree behaves like a GIT repository, and the Creator's arrival accidentally merged old branches into the current data.

Blog Tag - [p1] [p2] [p3] [p4] [p5]

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Bloodletting AU

SAGAU cult au, the Creator descends to Teyvat with no obvious godly powers and is rejected by the acolytes, until it's discovered that their golden blood has strength-enhancing properties.

Blog Tag - [p1] [p2]

[rb1] [rb2]

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Voice of God AU

SAGAU cult au, set pre-isekai. The Shouki no Kami is powered up and connected to Scaramouche, who then experiences a sudden jarring connection to the Creator.

Blog Tag - [p1] [p2] [p3]

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Wish Upon series

Stardust AU, canon setting. Wanderer tries to catch a fallen star to get a blessing from Celestia and obtain a heart. Instead, he gets you.

Blog tag - [p1]

Misc. fics

Not aligned to any specific AU or series!

[200 Follower Event tag]

[Creator!Reader and Cyno's bad jokes] [dollmaker!Reader and the scara gang]

🔞 [18+ tag] 🔞

[khaoray]

tag game!

i was tagged by @thitiponqs, thank you mona <333

1. why did you choose your url?

sometimes a character/actor combo takes over your entire brain and you all saw how insane khaotung playing ray made me

2. any sideblogs? if you have them name them and why you have them.

this IS the sideblog beloveds as much as i wish i could make it my main but also @mqjima as it's my gaming blog

3. how long have you been on tumblr?

2011. i accidentally deleted my first blog so this one has 'only' existed since like 2014

4. do you have a queue tag?

'i'll take queue to the moon' it's a play on a jonghyun lyric :)))

5. why did you start your blog in the first place?

i'll be real with you i do NOT remember

6. why did you choose your icon/pfp?

poom is the most beautiful man in the entire world

7. why did you choose your header?

sandray own me heart and soul

8. what’s your post with the most notes?

it's this one. baby numbers really but alas.

9. how many mutuals do you have?

i have no idea and wouldn't know how to check bc this is a sideblog. if we're both sideblogs they cancel each other out and just say following lmao

10. how many followers do you have?

i have been stuck at 1.8k for like 6 months please i long to reach my next milestone

11. how many people do you follow?

i recently went on a clean out so 142

12. have you ever made a shitpost?

this entire blog was built on gifsets and shitposts it's a core part of my identity.

13. how often do you use tumblr each day?

if i'm awake, i'm probably here dkshkasjdh <- REAL AND TRUE MONA!!! (if i'm at work it's a lot less hurray 12 hour work days <3)

14. did you have a fight/argument with another blog once?

no, but i did once have an army camped in my mentions for like a week bc i said i disliked their music one time that was fun

15. how do you feel about ‘you need to reblog this’ posts

if they're in relation to supporting artists on this site and just generally mentioning that you should reblog more then i agree with them. if they're a direct call to action then i think they're stupid <3

16. do you like tag games?

yes bc it means people remember i exist and i am in constant need to validation asdfghj

17. do you like ask games?

generally speaking yes

18. which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?

i mean with 13k followers i'd say you are mona lmao. but honestly most of my mutuals feel famous To Me but maybe that's just bc of the circles i run in?

19. do you have a crush on a mutual?

no but seeing @markpakin in my notes always lifts my mood bc i know they're about to say the most insanely complimentary shit imaginable to me rin's talents are truly to be admired 😘😘

20. tags?

i don't know who hasn't been tagged at this point lmaooo but if you haven't and you want to then go ahead and use this as your excuse!!!

[cbk1000]

hi there the book of merthur is one of my favorite fics and i have a question about it, i hope this is the right place to ask and you don't have a writing sideblog or anything?

I'm such a fan of The Mums from the book of merthur, but i'm curious what made you decide to keep Igraine alive? was it for any particular reason for a plot? spite against the BBC for fridging her before the story even started? Just bc you wanted to make A Mum and unleash her on the story with a cooking ladle and a lot of anger to get out? Not that I'm complaining, she and Hunith are a terrifying force to reckon with and a point of hilarity across the book. But i haven't read a lot of fics where Igraine lives, and even fewer where she has a major effect on the story as your Igraine does. definitely an underrepresented character with a ton of potential!

As soon as i started reading your fic (many months ago) i could tell you're knowledgeable in the Arthuriana, and as i've been making my own fic and doing research about the Arthuriana, I learned that the more popular spelling of her name is Igraine and not Ygraine (and let me tell you, it's been a bastard trying not to confuse the names Ygraine and Yvaine in my fic), and so i also wondered if you had any deeper Arthurian reason for choosing to spell her name Igraine instead of Ygraine or was it just easier on the writing/reading? (I personally repeatedly mistype BBC's Gwaine as Gawain cause that was the first spelling of his name i became familiar with, also an incredibly annoying mistake of mine.)

Thanks in advance for answering (though take your time doing so!) and i hope you're having a fantastic day!

This is my only blog, so this is the right place to ask! Also, thank you for asking; I rarely get questions about inspirations/thought processes and I love talking shop about writing. I'm going to put this under a cut because, surprise, someone who wrote a 600k+ fic is long-winded. lmao

It's been four years since I started the fic, and the pandemic has turned that into about 84, so I can't remember exactly what pushed me to keep Igraine alive, but the first chapter was inspired by a version of the folktale St. George and the Dragon (sometimes also called St. George of Merrie England) that I read shortly before deciding I wasn't done trying to purge myself of BBC Merlin. The image of an enchantress carrying babies away to a cave in the woods piqued my interest, and that segued into me deciding to make Arthur one of those babies. While there are loads of versions of Arthurian stories, most of them show Arthur's conception as happening through Igraine becoming pregnant by Uther after he uses magic to trick her into thinking he is her husband, which is real gross and rapey of him, so I think probably what sparked the initial idea to have Igraine live was that I wanted to play that out a bit and show the repercussions of it and how Arthur was an innocent who obviously was not at fault whatsoever for what happened--but he was still the product of rape and a part of Uther, a man Igraine despised. And of course you can't explore a mother/son relationship that complicated if the mother is dead.

Also, BBC Merlin is a total sausage fest and, quite frankly, I think the writing for all the women was TERRIBLE, so part of it was also just me wanting more women in the story who felt like actual complicated humans and not one-note villains or love interests. Hunith and Igraine are both middle-aged, and I liked the idea of giving them a bit of space and a voice in the type of story that's generally about dashing young people running around swinging swords and getting rescued from towers.

As for the spelling, if I remember correctly, in the first canon era fic I wrote, I did actually spell it as Ygraine, so I've used both spellings in my work. But honestly, I chose Igraine this time around because I knew it would come up a lot more and it's just easier for my English-speaking brain to remember. There are multiple, slightly tweaked versions of many of the characters, and spellings and even names change slightly depending upon the source (Morgana is a good example of this), so if a character is going to be a recurring one in any of my stories, I go with whatever is going to be easiest on my brain. (And yes, Gwaine/Gawaine is annoying; I think we've all made that mistake.) I have done a LOT of reading on various Arthurian texts, so usually there is a more specific reason for something and a particular source of inspiration, but in this case it's really just, 'There are eight million variations of spelling for this, I'm going with the one that's easiest to remember in a 600k story where I already have to keep track of a billion things.'

Also, I want you to know that the bookmark note you left on Book of Merthur referring to a 'wet sock of a gay person' made me laugh, and I still think about it randomly and laugh about it. lmao

[soulrph]

I'm so happy to have your blog on my dash it has shown me that I'm not the only one struggling in the rpc. I feel like the rpc has fallen into a coma, people are so wrapped up in their own bubbles that they don't interact with each other anymore (it seems) like I'm so frustrated with tumblr at this point, I'm so sorry I just don't know what to do, it's really disheartening to have like 1k followers, writing an rp blog but no matter what you do, no one sends anything at all, no asks, no memes, no starters, nothing, it makes me sad and wonder if I have done something wrong? I checked the settings twice as to make sure asks are enabled and I try to regularly send the people on my dash things but now I'm questioning myself. Like why and how are so many people following me if it feels like they don't want to interact? Of course I know many of these are lurkers but not all? I'm so confused by this to be honest...

My Question is: Am I the only one who feels like that?

my lovely friend, let me tell you something. these feelings you’re having? we ALL have them at some point in our tumblr lives. it’s perfectly natural, there’s nothing wrong with them, much less with you for having them in the first place. you understand? i want to make that much clear before i continue, because i’m getting the impression that you might be trying to take on the blame and responsibility for other people’s actions, and that’s not close to being accurate, love, okay? you’re doing just fine! and now i’m going to go into a little detail on your message. but i don’t want you to read on unless you’re feeling solid and good about yourself again, because try as we might, we’re not responsible for other people. and you mentioned that you’re very active in your efforts to make people feel comfortable, so no. don’t go blaming yourself. you’re doing nothing wrong, my love, i promise.

NOW! i say as i slap my hands on my knees like a suburban dad in an american film! except not, bc my laptop’s there, but i digress. before i continue, i want to say that i’m only one person, my suggestions may not be applicable to you. if anyone reads this post, and would like to contribute their own suggestions, you’re all welcome to hop into the comments to help our lovely friend out! this is a sideblog, however, and i will not be able to interact with these comments directly!

the first thing that i’m going to say here is that 1,000 followers is a LOT of people. like that’s overwhelming to anyone, but i feel like it could also contribute to these feelings of isolation when you have a thousand people following you and nobody’s really reaching out. that’s why i would suggest that maybe you might feel better if you try and bring that number down? it’s like this; if you host a big party, realistically speaking, you won’t be able to invite a thousand guests. it’ll be next to impossible to have these intimate personal connections with one thousand individual people, right? but if we try, say, 500 people? instantly easier to handle, i think. personally i try to keep my own limit at 150 mutuals, because i’m oftentimes too tired and too stressed to handle the idea of much more than that, and it’s much fairer to 150 people than it is for 1000 people.  plus, those 150 people are far more likely to have solid friendships with me. i’m only one person, and so are you, and we can’t be pressuring ourselves into trying to interact with 1000 people!

in your case, this also applies. 1000 people is a LOT. if you bring the number down, perhaps then you can explain to people that you will be implementing a few changes in the way you do things. you want to plot with people. you want to develop solid relationships both OOC and IC. you also might find it useful to use an interest tracker or a permanent starter and plotting call, or a few open starters are also useful! 

i’m going to repeat something here. you are not responsible for other people’s actions. there are parts of the rpc that are withdrawing from the core purpose and values of the community, and the lack of interaction is a widespread challenge. it’s not their fault. it’s just something that’s happening. that being said, you can only control YOUR experience. which sounds powerless, but it’s actually entirely the opposite!

you can make that post and say what you expect to change in your blog. “i’ll be much more active in the rpc from now on, i’m here to make friends and write with like-minded people, and i’m going to be cleaning out my followers over the coming week. if you want to stay mutuals, please let me know, but i don’t want to stay mutuals unless we intend on building a solid friendship and writing together!”

you can obviously change the wording! be as nice or as blunt as you like! but try to be firm. your experiences of the dash are yours and yours alone. my suggestions might be worth nothing to you, and that’s more than okay too! but my earlier experience in the community was very much like yours in that i had about 500 mutuals, but it was so quiet and awkward that i may as well have had 0. it only changed when i brought the number down to 150, keeping my mutuals as people who i wanted to write with and befriend, and then posted a quick psa to let people know that i was planning on actually writing much more in the future, and i would be changing certain things in my blog to accommodate that.

you don’t have to do any of this, my love. you don’t have to soft block any followers, you don’t have to make a psa, you don’t have to do anything! my decisions came from a place when i was so frustrated by being stuck in the “nothingness”, or the “meh, idk, i don’t mind, idc” phase of the community, that i just decided to shift gears and change things. the way i see it, i could have 20,000 mute, withdrawn mutuals, but just one person who i genuinely loved to chat to and plot with and write with would outshine the lot of them! fortunately i found much more than just one person, though. and i know, i KNOW, you will too.

[shrunkupthejams]

hello tumblr, good timezone! a little life update (which was written at 2am? and gets very rambly and long but *shrugs* i tried to break up the walls of text a bit):

1. did i disappear? yes. will i elaborate on that? not really, i don't feel like it. but i will say that once you take a break from social media it is really hard to go back. it's very freeing, and that made me worried about how tumblr would take over the little free time i have if i came back. also hyperfixations are a lot harder to not hyperfixate on when i frequently spend time on here. overall, idk how long i was gone for, but it was a very good, much needed break that was probably great for my brain.

2. idk if i'm back back yet. we shall see. again productivity is doing much better without any tumblr in my system, as much as i do love spending time here.

3. i have read some very inspiring fics lately and am having many writing thoughts! which is great bc i really fell into a slump that i haven't been able to get out of this year like... back in may, or whatever. unfortunately, i have no time between catching up on missing school work from being sick, my job, and fucking moving. so.

4. not very tumblr relevant, but oh my god im fucking moving. again. story of my life basically. it's. fine. just happened really fast and it's weird to process. im officially in moving limbo for the next two weeks. and that sucks. but it's ultimately good for my system, i think, because i was getting restless waiting for the usual regularly scheduled "big change" in my life, and that quota is now being filled and it's relieving.

5. dear lord i don't even want to look in my notifications.. if anyone tagged me in stuff while i was out... im so sorry but it's likely lost in the pile. avoiding my problems on social media is like my specialty, and my notes is currently one of those problems.

6. (if you see me unfollow a bunch of stranger things blogs (hello, i know some of those are mutuals), im sorry but i clogged my dash with st blogs so bad and i cannot afford slipping into that hyperfixation rn. i can't do that to myself. it's not personal or anything. so um. don't mind me haha.. i should really consider the state of my dash before i follow... but alas, i do not. one of the main reasons i typically avoid the hellscape that is instagram! oh and tbh, i knew it was time to come back to this hellsite when i started casually wasting like. an actual amount of time on instagram semi-regularly. that's when yk it's time to go like fuck i do not want to be in a place where i am wasting time on instagram of all places. wasting time on tumblr is at least tasteful. sorry artists of instagram ily but i simply cannot.)

7. ahaha watch me avoid my sideblogs after this (not that's incredibly relevant). i can only involve myself in social media so much rn...

8. more irl news: after, at least of 2022 and then some of saying i need therapy, i'm finally getting therapy! first appointment booked for this wednesday babey :) thank GOD. definitely needed this after discovering that apparently you can have grandfather issues, as if my current parental issues weren't enough.

9. another irrelevant irl update: i got my license! fucking finally! idk if i ever complained about that on here but YEAH. it feels like so much has changed since i was last active on tumblr..

10. as a final bit of news, since this got fucking long im so sorry, im trying out the name kurtis now. seeing how that fits :)

and um yeah that's how my life is going rn. ill try not to go off in the tags about anything, considering the length of this post. sure makes that relatively new dashboard post shortening feature come in handy tho! haha..

[goretzkastits]

I understand that so well 😭 but if I like them and we have a lot in common I usually just filter tags. I don't mind some f1 drivers on my dashboard but I don't need to see aaall the commentary (or kpop or anime etc)

The thing is, I don't want filtered tags on my dash. When some of my mutuals that I already had started posting about those things my dash was 80% filtered posts and it made me not wanna use tumblr at all so I'm glad some of them made side blogs. And like. This was never an issue in the past. Before I made this blog literally the only filtered tag i had for years was game of thrones ahsjdkdk bc I was mainly still just following people from "old tumblr" so there was no need for filtered tags. Personally, I always make a side blog when I feel like a specific thing is "taking over" my main blog and I've always had a great experience with that all those years. And yeah idk if I see that a thing is taking over someone elses blog and I basically only see filtered posts at that point I just... have to unfollow. And that's why I just don't follow many people from the football bubble back in the first place bc they already have f1 also in their bio for example. I'm not saying people NEED to make sideblogs, but yeah tumblr is something you need to curate for yourself and it was easier when sideblogs were more common.

[duunswitch]

puts water gun at you 10-15 go !!!!

put that away????

if you play original muses with canon roots  ( like oc siblings, coworkers, etc. )  or someone who’s been either just a name or a few lines of dialogue in canon, how do you build that character? do you pick the muse first and build from there, or do you need have the muse ready in your head and only then pick the connection, or a combination of the two?

So to start: I don't pick my muses, they pick me lmfao. I'll feel a spark or whatever you wanna call it, when the muse just kinda moves in whether I like it or not and then I start building. A combination is probably closest to how I do things.

I rarely play OCs related to canon characters, unless they're specifically plotted with a mun (usually a friend) who plays the related canon(s) so the process typically involves talking to the other person and building said ocs together. a good example are the fanchildren for my xiv wol Lumianne and Elidibus that I have with tick's Elidibus blog and we created them together as an indulgence after the children meme we both reblogged lmao. (let this be a warning to anyone who sends me child of our muses memes; if you indicate interest in the resulting children i WILL hand them to u as full fledged muses)

As for the latter, I love characters like that who are basically a blank page even in canon and those I typically ratgrab and then run wild with. There's no real process to turning a blank slate canon character into my own, tbh; I'm more of a "build on the fly" kinda person. I write a character and let them build themselves. I work best when I'm bouncing off of other characters in an organic fashion, rather than building them up and then setting them free in a sterile environment. I'm very character and interaction driven here, rather than plot. So I'm always in the process of building a character, even when they're mostly done.

have you ever built or picked up a muse because you wanted to use a certain faceclaim? how did it go?

Max already existed but only as a background character that was name dropped but never seen, but I had some icons in my Folder Of Many Icons so I decided to bring him around as a guest muse (before giving him a perma place on the multimuse lore sideblog) bc I wanted to use those icons lmao

what’s the weirdest thing that has ever inspired you to make or pick up a muse?

*thinks about this for awhile* I know there's something, but I can't think of any right now tbh lmao.

wait no, i lied - for a short while in the transformers fandom i had a very silly sideblog that existed solely to roleplay as a random buffalo stranded on a robot space ship. i don't remember what inspired it, and it didn't last long but it was entertaining for me and everyone i threw it at

have you ever not gone through with playing / adding / making a blog for a muse because you’ve feared no one would care about that specific muse?

*gestures to literally every muse in my brain that exists but which does not have a blog*

if you see that a friend of yours has just made a blog for a muse you were planning to play, will you still make the blog?

depends on the muse tbh; shenanigans are really fun so if that's an option I will generally take it and I'm not against doubles in general. I have multiple trigun blogs and i interact with doubles on said blogs all the time so it's not an issue for me unless it's a muse i haven't solidified yet and want to avoid accidentally stealing headcanons while they're still forming.

which muses of yours have currently very dead fandoms?

i don't think any have really dead fandoms so much as small, very lightly populated ones? the ones that do come to mind are also muses i no longer roleplay tho, or else they were dead-ish fandoms but recently came back to life

[justsomeoneunordinary]

the reason why i reblog so much from myself recently is bc abt a month ago i got so fucking angry with the lack of reblogs on this site that i said fuck it i'll go back through my archive and bring back things i find either underapreciated and/or just want to see on my dash again by queuing this all up

and then i happened to get quite some new followers and thought hey perfect now these amazing creative works will get to do the rounds. but oh how naive i was! so many of y'all only like and don't reblog or cherry pick what you reblog! what the fuck is the point in that

the haku and zabuza art piece is currently doing rounds on my dash bc ONE person reblogged it from me and then others rb from them. this is how the site is supposed to work!!!!

the things you like from me? you only get to see them bc i reblogged them in the first place!!!

i am THIS 🤏 fucking close to just block everyone who doesn't reblog and softblock those who cherry pick what they reblog

you don't have followers? i don't care, reblog. it doesn't fit your blog? i don't care, make a sideblog and reblog there. either you like it and then you also reblog it. or you don't like it in which case why would you click on the heart?? scroll past it

it's not that difficult of a concept actually

[neversetyoufree]

Considering doing something really stupid right now

[omaluv]

— 𝐭𝐚𝐠 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞.

tagged by — @hyuckefi thank you <33

1. why did you choose your url?

i had just found out that the danish word for lion is løve. then out of curiosity, i looked up more lion-related words in the language and came across løvinde, which means lioness, so i just took out the i. also it's perfect bc i've been associated with lions all my life. it's basically a personality trait at this point.

2. any side blogs? if you have them, name them and why you have them.

this is my only sideblog actually. @mfsln is my main hoe. it's more of just a personal blog with lots of scattered interests + shitposts.

3. how long have you been on tumblr?

i've been here on a diff acc before, but i won't say when i made it. i decided to make a new acc (which is the one you're currently seeing) and start anew feb of this year! tho i only started writing around this april

4. do you have a queue tag?

none as of right now, but i might eventually

5. why did you start your blog in the first place?

i was just really unhappy with my old blog

6. why did you choose your icon/pfp?

chaeyoung is one of the lomls and it fit the cottagecore theme i was going for

7. why did you choose your header?

it just went with my theme, no special reason

8. which post of yours has the most notes?

the 'little ways nct dream show you they love you' headcanon

9. how many mutuals do you have?

gosh i've got no clue 20-30 i'm guessing

10. how many followers do you have?

108 i think

11. how many people do you follow?

97 is that even a lot ?

12. have you ever made a shitpost?

i think the real question is, who hasn't?

13. how often do you use tumblr?

three ish hours a day maybe

14. did you have a fight/argument with another blog once? who won?

nope but if i did i most definitely would've won ;)

15. how do you feel about 'you need to compare this' posts?

i have no idea what those are lmao

16. do you like tag games?

so, so much

17. do you like ask games?

yes! planning to have one here soon

18. which one of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?

prolly @/soleilsuhh :>

19. do you have a crush on a mutual?

that's a secret hehe but also i don't crush on ppl easily

20. tags:

@hwiseungs @perhapsthanatos @wonciel @ikigaicoeur + whoever wants to do it as well!!

[jaspxr]

Hello.

I...might be back?

First of all: all hail tumblr gods, you are infallible and never do anything wrong, your interface is perfect and I am so happy that you have chosen me to stay on your wonderful platform that is full of faultless new additions and miraculously perfect and well-executed upgrades.

And secondly...yes, tumblr has been kind enough to return my blog to me. The whole thing has been incredibly frustrating and stressful, but your support and kind messages have been so incredibly welcome and unexpected, tbh. I know someone might say I’m melodramatic, since it has been only a day plus something, but this community, that I’ve been part of for the past few months, is something that honestly means so so much and I don’t really care what anybody thinks. I have met so many new and interesting and funny people here, people I’ve considered friends from the first DM or ask, and that is such a blessing (and such a curse when taken away so abruptly).

What I want to say is THANK YOU.

You all are incredible, wonderful people. Thank you for making tumblr such a wonderful, colourful, talented, creative, KIND place, each and every one of you!

Thank you for every message, ask, every incredibly kind word (that I still don’t think I deserve) that you sent me, and the willingness to stay in touch and following my other blog! I love and appreciate each and every one of you. I’m so sorry to have worried you and I can’t wait to start chatting to you all and annoying you in the tags again...

I am sending you all tight hugs and platonic kisses 💋 Thank you for being my friends 💕

As @fightingdragonswithreid​  said, I had my Emily Prentiss arc and I hope that’s the last of the excitement for a while, bc unlike her, as much as I love England, I don’t want to work for Interpol.// also I promise I won’t be mad if you unfollow this blog bc of all the drama, or my sideblog now that I’m (hopefully) here to stay

[danikatze]

I got a bunch of new followers (hello 💖) bc of Inktober, and I came across this tag game today (on @vacationgerry 's blog!) so I figured I'd answer these questions as a sort of introduction :))

1. Why did you choose your url?

My name is Danika and a 4 year old English girl once, 15+ years ago, called me Danicat. I loved that so much that it's been my username most places since. It used to be danicat91 bc it wasn't available without numbers, but I hated the numbers so I changed it to the German version Danikatze a few years ago. (it's daanikatze on twitter and ig)

2. Any side blogs?

@danifanatic where I rb stuff is the only active one. I have another where I collect art refs/advice and only to never look at it anymore. And another one where I posted original art but that one's dead too (I don't make enough original art and I prefer posting it here anyway)

3. How long have you been on tumblr?

Since 2012 I think

4. Do you have a queue tag?

for my sideblog yeah. It's "q"

5. Why did you start your blog in the first place?

.. bc I wanted to post nsfw stuff and I heard this is where I could do it hehe. I deleted most of it since then. I had a nsfw sideblog for a bit, but I deleted that too a few years ago bc it was dying anyway and then the porn ban happened and I got sick of it.

6. Why did you choose your icon/pfp?

I love (and in some ways relate to) Shino and he's wearing one of my favourite hoodies in that one. Just really pleased with that drawing overall!

7. Why did you choose your header?

I thought it was cute and Wai just makes me happy :) (She's kinda my air bison oc? My best friend gave me an Appa plushie and it looked nothing like him, and so Wai was born ^^)

8. What’s your post with the most notes?

My dog dad Kakashi comic.. Almost 30k notes now

9. How many mutuals do you have?

Around 15 I think? I've talked to maybe 5 or 6 of them hahah

10. How many followers do you have?

A few thousand, but I accumulated them so slowly that I feel like half of them must've left tumblr by now hahah.

11. How many people do you follow?

78

12. Have you ever made a shitpost?

In hindsight I guess the dog dad Kakashi comic is pretty much a shitpost ^^;

13. How often do you use Tumblr each day?

Err about 15-30 min every morning and then compulsively checking the rest of the day

14. Did you have a fight/argument with another blog once?

Once, wwwaay in the beginning.. I followed someone who kept bullying one of their friends. I told them said friend didn't seem to think it was funny at all, and they told me to mind my own business, after which I unfollowed them. I've learned to just unfollow people when their blog makes me anxious in whatever way (if I can't blacklist the stuff that makes me uncomfortable)

15. How do you feel about “you need to reblog this” posts?

I skip those very quickly, or maybe see if I can rb another version.

16. Do you like tag games?

Yes, but tagging other people is bad for my anxiety :P

17. Do you like ask games?

Yeah! It's been a while since I've done one

18. Which of your mutuals do you think is Tumblr famous?

idk?

19. Do you have a crush on a mutual?

Oh for an aro person I crush so much.. Art crushes mostly, like a mutual will post something and I'll go 🥰 ohh 🥰 amazing 🥰 how skilled 🥰 how cute 🥰