#but tumblr is not made for those

[talaricula]

Things I've seen tumblr memeing about James Somerton doing à la "How did no one see how bigoted he was!" as if those things haven't been a significant part of tumblr culture for over a decade :

Presenting untrue and bordering on conspiratorial versions of (queer or otherwise marginalised) history without any sources

Completely disregarding and disrespecting any expertise on socio-cultural topics/humanities and distrusting academics and historians (incl. acting as if no academics or historians could be queer or marginalised)

Downplaying the role misogyny played in the historical oppression of queer women and concluding that queer men must have been more oppressed than queer women

Bi women are, at best, not as queer as "real" queer ppl, and at worst, simply equivalent to straight women

Despite nominal trans inclusivity, transmasculine ppl are functionally women when convenient (combined with the above, bi transmascs are functionally straight women)

Despite nominal trans inclusivity (bis), shamelessly attacking, threatening and actively endangering any trans woman who questions them or smth they find important (often by unfairly presenting her as violent or as a threat)

Having absolutely fucking wild and reductive takes about ace ppl, the oppression they face and their place in the queer community

Stating that marriage equality is an assimilationist fight while completely ignoring its direct roots in the horrifying consequences of the AIDS crisis for partners of ppl who died of AIDS

Praising western media creators from the past for queer coding even under censure and in the same breath condemning current non western media creators for being homophobic bc their representation isn't explicit enough

Blaming China for all existing homophobic censoring in western media

Assuming all queer media would be better told by western creators and by western standards

Only out queer ppl get to tell queer stories

Heavily criticising almost all queer media created by women or ppl they see as such (see above points about trans ppl) or involving/starring a significant amount of women for any perceived or real amount of "problematicness", but fawning over and praising and negating criticism of queer media created by and starring mostly or even functionally exclusively men (even when it could be argued that, you know, not involving/seriously sidelining women is a pretty clear example of misogyny which should probably be considered "problematic")

And I'm probably forgetting stuff or there's stuff I have internalised myself and don't recognise as an issue

Like idk but I feel like the takeaway from Hbomberguy and Toddintheshadow's videos should maybe be "be aware of such patterns in your communities bc they definitely exist" and not "this guy is uniquely awful" and I feel like a lot of the discussion I've seen surrounding this has been severely failing at that. Most ppl who've spent any significant amount of time on tumblr prob either have internalised at least one of those thought patterns, have had to de-internalise them, or have had to be extremely vigilant to not internalise them (which is done by, you know, seeking out other sources, which also seemed like an important takeaway from the videos)

[me-beef]

@strangeravatar made a great point

i was gonna focus on the spike-hotboxing-celestia aspect but i got distracted somewhere along the way and i think i forgot what joke i was trying to make

but dont you think its interesting how many guards of the exact same color/body type she's managed to accrue?? i do

ooohh you want to go look at our stickers so bad

[nipuni]

Here is me being super normal about Doctor Who!! I tried on Nicolas' Ten costume today 😌

[somerandomdudelmao]

I made some colored refs for my comic ~ And also some sketches because can you guess who is my favorite haha

[dreamerinthemoonlight]

Chapters: 6/? Fandom: Genshin Impact - Fandom Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Zhongli (Genshin Impact)/Original Female Character(s), Kaeya/Zhongli (Genshin Impact)/Original Character(s), Kaeya (Genshin Impact)/Original Female Character(s), Kaeya/Zhongli (Genshin Impact) Characters: Zhongli (Genshin Impact), Kaeya (Genshin Impact), Merakia Mahyn-OC, Yoimiya, Jean, Cyno - Character, Diluc, Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s) Additional Tags: Espionage, Alternate Universe - Fantasy, Alternate Universe - Royalty, Polyamory, Polyamory Negotiations, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Spies, Fake/Pretend Relationship

Chapter Summary:

Kaeya, Zhongli, and Merakia hammer some things out, then spend time together.

[hiding-under-the-willow]

Okay so I need someone who's better at landscapes and art style replication than I am to hop on this idea. because this man and his alien planet biome and storyline were made for the scavengers reign art style fr

[nooskadraws]

a study of comfort 🌿✨💀

an illustration for a blanket available for preorder! (only open for two weeks!)

[99-devilz]

my friend called v1 lame so i made this in response. blood thirsty war robot cries like booboo idiot and is dangled like sobbing wet pathetic creature

[misstoodles-doodles]

Safe & Sound 💙

I just really wanted someone to give Echo a blanket so why not let it be Rex

Closeups T-T:

Bonus Doodle:

[nachocheezos21]

might as well dump my seb doodles because….🐟

[beebundt]

chasing light

(border variants below)

[kellydoodles]

I finally beat FFVII Rebirth and had to draw Zerith again. 💐 Aerith and Zack OTP 😭

[aquacomet]

The 2024 Ruin Eclipse day magma collab has now concluded and here is the final result! 🎉

A super big thank you to the many amazing artists that dropped by to join Ruin Eclipse's first anniversary party! We had an amazing number of 25+ artists join this event! Wow!! (An additional thank you to those who shared the event, expressed interest or just came to say hello!)

⭐Here's the list of all the artists that participated!⭐

@aquacomet - @theblog-with-thestuff - @saltyfryz

@gyxtar0luvs - @atherflame-theconcubus - @stingrayet

@pluck-heartstrings - @flowysgonemad - @nikolliver

@linafoxoficial - @crabsnpersimmons - @jelliannn

@lil-lemon-snails - @lurking-loaf - @socksandbuttons

@thatmooncake - @flinxypie - @nexerist - @ghosteii

@lll-damien-lll - @ghostlysqueakyfrog - @ask-blueeclipse

@vectorisheree - @piowasthere - @lemmonesandblues06

(I took care to note down everyone who participated and added their credits, but if I missed someone let me know what you made and I'll add you to the list!)

[myreitha]

More gold painted things - this time some shoes a friend asked me if I could jazz up for him :)

As usual, the paint is Jacquard Lumiere Metallic paint in the color 552 Bright Gold!

Image description in alt (If it's best to do an ID in text here too, please let me know!)

[hiragis]

No home to return to.

Happy Oct 3rd to those who celebrate!

[arscorpii]

episode 11 / episode 29