#but old habits die hard

[strqyr]

not that there's much to go off of, but the vibe i get from summer is that she's friendly and easy to get along with, but in a way, guarded. as in, someone who you've talked a lot to, someone you'd consider a friend and have even opened up to about personal stuff, but once someone asks you to talk about them, you're... stumped, and quickly realize that for all you've talked with them, you don't actually know that much about them; they've kept their personal life a closely guarded secret, and you never noticed.

summer's teammates might consider her someone who'd never lie, but is that because she never did, or because she was that good at lying even if she didn't do it that much? the lie she told tai came out fairly easily, with no sign on her face or demeanor that something was off once she had steeled it; mayhaps she's just good at keeping secrets while making it seem like nothing is amiss.

maybe summer had her own walls build around herself, but instead of trying to distance herself from others, she blended right in.

[luceafarul-de-dimineata]

I absolutely love RoBul. Best ship ever, I will take it to the grave. It's so fucking funny to me that the most homophobic countries in the EU are gay for eachother. They literarly are homophobic and gay. I love them. Pathetic little critters.

If RoBul has 1000 fans, I'm one of them. If RoBul has 10 fans, I'm one of them. If RoBul has 1 fan, that's me. If RoBul has no fans, I'm dead.

[phynali]

Tumblr tip sheet for twitter refugees

i’ve seen a lot of different advice posts but none that had what i consider all the key advice in one spot, so here we are. long post ahead.

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1. your dash can be put into reverse chronological order and it is a BETTER experience if you do that

Go to your settings -> Dashboard -> Preference

Turn “Best Stuff First” OFF

2. you can (and likely should!) turn off algorithmic content

Under the same menu. Settings -> Dashboard -> Preferences

There are two algorithms on tumblr.

One is “In your orbit” and I fucking hate it. i want to see the content that I like, not that some random person i follow likes. if i wanted to see that content on my dash, i’d follow the people who put it there.

The other is “based on your likes” and it is hilariously bad because if you like a post for something you don’t normally like or follow (e.g., when I watched a new movie and liked one post about it), you’ll suddenly get a dozen posts about that thing and only that thing.

I keep it on because it’s hilariously bad, but i honestly recommend turning it off. it routinely recommends shit to me that i hate and i have to keep telling it that i am “not interested in this post” for things tagged with my nOTP, but until / unless i filter that ship tag out entirely, i will keep being serviced those

3. filtering / blacklisting is your friend

this is true on every platform, not just tumblr. i’m sure veteran twitter users are well-versed in it, but just as a reminder. you will be expected to filter your own content/dash here on tumblr, and if you complain about seeing something that was properly tagged, you will be rightly mocked as a clown.

Settings -> Account -> Content You See

you can filter both tags and post content. There’s a completely innocuous post i absolutely hate that does rounds and is never tagged, and i almost unfollowed a mutual for how much i hate that post and them reblogging it so much. but i typed a specific sentence from that post into the “filtered post content” options and BOOM - haven’t seen it since. glorious.

4. content controls are your friend

under the same “Content You See” menu. You are automatically opted OUT of seeing this stuff, so you MUST opt in to see mature content.

you’ll want to determine your own preferences, but i prefer to see all of the mature content types that may be hit with a community label.

5. long posts are (probably) your friend

tumblr cuts posts over a few lines if you have this turned off, and it’s really annoying and really truncates your experience of the website. THIS is itself a long post!

part of the quintessential tumblr experience is being annoyed by the “do you love the color of the sky” post.

seriously, this isn’t twitter. we aren’t here for 280 character bite-sized posts. i 10/10 recommend keeping long posts on.

Settings -> Dashboard -> Interface

6. blog-specific settings

there is also a menu for additional settings (including updating the appearance etc) for each blog you have (your main, and any sideblogs).

this is near the end of your options under Settings -> Blog Settings (click the individual blog to update)

under your blog settings you can...

- enable your custom theme (which you should! this is turned off for new users but personalizing your page is part of the experience)

- decide if you want people to know what posts you’re liking and who you’re following. i do NOT, so these are off. internet privacy is allowed on tumblr, and don’t let anyone bully you into thinking you need to make everything public for their supervision. consume all the problematic content your little gremlin content desires and tell people to fuck off if they take issue with that.

- determine if and how others can interact with your blog!! there some settings about asks, messaging, tipping (if you’re here to make $$), whether people can even SEE your blog, if it’s searchable, etc. tumblr gives power and control back to the users! use that power!

here, you can specifically set your “Ask” preferences to on or off, and to accept or NOT accept asks from anonymous users / logged out users.

if you’re here to interact with friends or just vibe, or don’t reblog a lot of asks games or encourage anon inbox messages, and/or especially if you’re getting harasment and don’t want to deal with shitty users, it is okay to turn off anons, and i ENCOURAGE you to do so.

i keep it on for my fandom sideblogs and off for my main and this makes me happy. do what makes you happy.

7. etiquette and interface

- change your icon so no one thinks you’re a bot

- reblog posts so your account isn’t empty. also, with  algorithmic content turned off by most users, YOU are the algorithm, and interaction on this website is strongly encouraged. making or reblogging posts part of the experience and sort of the whole point

- reblog tagging: individual preferences apply. instead of adding a comment on a reblog, users will often add their thoughts in a tag, if they aren’t specifically looking to engage in a dialogue or add on to the post itself. other users can then decide to copy their tags (often with “prev” for “previous” appended) or even copy/paste them into a comment on their reblog, which is your tags “passing peer review”. people also tag to index posts so their blog is more searchable, and to include trigger warnings and content warnings related to a post. you can also choose to not tag anything. it’s your blog, do what you want.

- tags are how people find new content. if you make a new post and want people to find it, they will be searching the tag related to that content, so tag it accordingly. people can also follow tags and get notifications when new posts are made into that tag.

- do not censor words! this isn’t tiktok or twitter. we say ‘fuck’ and ‘kill’ here. if you write “unalive” or censor swears or triggers, people’s content filters do not work, and you will have undermined their ability to curate their content, moderate their experience, and avoid triggers. don’t do that. just spell out the whole goddamn word, please.

- you can make sideblogs under a single account! this means you have your main, which you interact (like, reply, and follow) from, but which can be used to have a space for all your posts and reblogs on a given topic (fandom, hobby, fixation, whatever). you can also direct message to/from a sideblog and accept asks etc.

- if you use tumblr in your browser, there is an add-on called XKIT. this used to be a tumblr user staple and allowed for a lot of functionality that tumblr didn’t used to have. tumblr has since very much upped their game, but it can still be worth using XKIT if you’re regularly in a browser and not on the app. for example, it includes some ad-blocking capabilities. I use “New Xkit” and have a few personalized settings with it.

- posts go around forever on this site and new memes crop up every day, retreat, and then resurge out of the blue randomly. this makes for tumblr-wide in-jokes that circulate for years, like “do you love the color of the sky” and the “color theory children’s hospital” post. if you don’t get these, you can ask and i’m sure tumblr will deliver, but you can also wait around and follow more people and these will turn up eventually.

- your dash is what you make it. your interaction is what you make it. you have control, you are not at the mercy of algorithms and advertisers if you don’t want to be. paying for ad-free browsing is an option. they even give you the option to toggled your ad settings within ad-free browsing. seriously - you. have. the. control.

this is something that we love about tumblr and one of the things that makes it our hellsite (affectionate) instead of our hellsite (derogatory). if you’re finding your experience to be negative but still want to stick around, i encourage you to block accounts or content that makes you unhappy or anxious, to follow the accounts that bring you joy, and to adjust your settings into whatever makes you happiest and least stressed out.

[ninjagirlstar5]

So, I saw a post where someone headcanon that Kojiro has Stan Pine's voice, and I haven't been the same since-

(I have not watched Gravity Falls.)

[itsdrawingmen]

Oh, kiss me like the final meal, Yeah, kiss me like we die tonight

[baker-chan-senpai]

something of an experiment

[alaska-cruise-passenger]

[textingtroublesanswers]

Well I assume it was the kids keeping him up... Might've been something I told him though... Either way, it's in the past now.

*Handing over Maria, turning Emil around on the couch to face Mikhail, Tala stands up and takes the empty glass with her*

If you do see Ludwig while I'm gone, can you let him know I feel bad, and I'd like to apologize to him?

-🦖

"Da, da. I will."

Jacques huffs, "I think he should apologise to you instead. He was the one who came into the kitchen acting like your very presence offended him."

Jeremy rolls his eyes, "Have you ever popped two kids out of your ass & then had them keep you up all night for months?"

"You kept me up all night for years," Jacques quips, rubbing the bridge of his nose, "And babies do not come out of people's asses."

"Chill, it was just hyper-goalie."

"Do you mean hyperbole??"

"That's what I said, keep up, Spy."

[fiadorable]

The Librarians #36 Jenkins and Morgan

The Librarians #2 or #9 (or both) Jenkins and any of the LiTs

2, 6, 9, 11, 16, 17, 24, 25, 30, 35, 36, 43, 44, 46, 49,

I love ALL of these prompts. And I hear Jenkins voice in my head.

Really almost anyone, romantic or platonic, with Jenkins

Thank you for the prompts! I chose #9 and platonic Jenkins and Eve for this week's Wednesday 100 😊

The Librarians Eve & Jenkins

Post-series

Eve woke, gasping and groaning. Surprised it had worked. Body screaming as though her atoms were being reconstituted with each breath she sucked down.

"It's true," she rasped. "You can't hear an approaching train until it's too late."

Newspaper rustled next to the bed. Jenkins, folding the opinion section with sharp, angry creases. "Don't you ever do that again."

"Says the man who threw the both of us off a cliff last year."

"A small cliff. I did not shove you out of the way of an oncoming train!"

Eve grunted, shifting. "I'm your Guardian."

"Yes," Jenkins relented. "You are."

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send me a pairing and a number and I'll write you a drabble (or something)

[perilegs]

It's not an immediate change. When the party arrived in Baldur's gate, Nøkk became quieter. Bit by bit. You could hear him sing to himself or tell tales by the campfire less and less. If he didn't need it to cast spells, Nøkk's violin would have started to collect dust. The night before the journey to the Bhaal temple was dead silent.

[enneamage]

not Wil being forced to confront his daddy issues by his qsmp egg daughter. This "lore" is gonna be soooooo

I’m going to do a trust fall and hope that clip channels and liveblogging will keep me relatively up to date with how this whole thing unfolds because I’m already hearing very mixed reviews but do not have the time to keep up with Child Murder on Gay Sex Island in its raw form at the moment. Once things start going and the patterns emerge we’ll see what incidental insight into his psyche he’ll be acting out in Minecraft this time.

[lovevalley45]

i'm realizing this now that we're gonna prob have tomas around for an ep or two (considering how we are constantly losing NPCs this season) but i will be. struggling just a lil to not call him tomaz instead as in zari 1.0 bc my brain is truly just wired like that

[blushouyo]

the conversations w voss and elminster were... interesting. to say the least.

[runicsorceress]

Green screen, void black, funky orange, both blues, and cookie

I know these are the same as flare's, but they still apply :D

-@water-pokemon-appreciator

thanks sidon.. honestly we should bake cookies together. your cookies are really fuckin good

[bkd-b3ans]

I'm sorry I keep forgetting to draw his clothes

[pumpkinstep]

I've been listening to chonny Jash a lot and I heard once that a lot of systems relate heavily to his tally hall fractured identity album and honestly I see it.

when I listen to it, I can't help but think of myself and how lonely it was to be the only one. I mean the bastard upstairs has always been there and of course point dexter but like they're not really much for conversation. they don't understand what it was like I do

punk ass bitches