#discord friends that are scrolling tumblr please dm me on tumblr if you need anything or wanna talk bc i like actually bonafide cant open di

[lobslobslobs]

* when the storage and memory crunch on the phone so bad you cant boot up apps to communicate with people . why does tumblr open but not messenger or discord . this sucks

[abyslita]

happy new year cuties !! i wanted to start this year off with some positivity ,,, especially since i’ve never done one of these posts before because i’ve been too scared um..i hope everyone has a good new year !! this is just appreciation for my moots, but there’s something for everyone at the end 🥹 i’m so sorry if there’s any typos.. im sick and shaky :,) apologies in advance !! happy times..

@frilliette (kuni !!) — RAHHH one of my biggest inspirations by far :,) i got into editing because of you tbh, i’ve always thought your work was so pretty !! i genuinely don’t know how you do it, you never fail to impress me when you post your designs 🥹 and you’re super sweet too !! i always see you in servers but i get too scared to say hi ,, even though we’ve talked before 😭 you’re one of (if not) my favorite editor(s), especially since you don’t get discouraged when it comes to rude anons or anyone who decides to degrade your work .., thank you for being my . friend, i think? I CONSIDER YOU A FRIEND 😭❤️ i hope you have a beautiful 2025 kuni :3 my dms are always open if you wanna talk or need help with anything !! im so so proud of you for making it through another year even with all your hardships that you may not tell anyone about ^_^ you’re a strong, kindhearted, talented person ! never ever forget that :3 ILYSM !! /p

@selysie (cherie :3) — HII CHERIE !! omg you have been such an inspiration to me ever since i knew you had a tumblr, and once i realized you followed me i felt so honored 🥹 /gen AND YOU USED MY STUFF EEEEKKK !!! you’re one of my favorite editors, i love seeing your work on my feed every time im on it just scrolling for inspo 😞 your style is so beautiful and your dividers are what inspired me to start making mine actually :,) i dunno how you do it .. please don’t ever stop being who you are !! your editing is an inspiration to so many people and i don’t think i’d be where i am today without your inspo :3 i’m proud of you for making it through 2024 and becoming who you are, it’s never easy to do, but you’ve accomplished it again and im so proud of you ! /gen much love and hugs :3 /p

@hrlyqueen (KYLIEEE!) — HI KYYY OH MY GOSHHH MY BESTFRIEND 🥹 ILYSM /p you have been so supportive all this time i’ve been editing and i can’t be more grateful, even when my work wasn’t the best you always encouraged me to make more and improve and that’s something i couldn’t ever repay you for .. you’ve always been there for me no matter what, and you’re definitely one of the people i’d like to keep in my life for as long as i can :,) i’ll always be here for you ky! you’ve done such a good job this year and im so glad i get to be your friend through another one <3 i’m proud of you and all your achievements, ilysm and i hope you have a sweet new years and everything goes smoothly in 2025 !! ♡

@dwollies (koko :3) — !!! HII KOKO !! we may not have interacted much this year but i’m so happy to have you as my moot !! your editing style never fails to impress me, i actually used one of your layouts as motivation to retheme :,) you’re super kind and i tend to . uhh i guess,, moveee??.. towards your page when looking for inspo, especially because of your style :,) AHGSJDHM ITS SO PRETTYY i think if i ate it it would taste like… plums .. :3 im so proud of you for making it through 2024! i wish you a very happy 2025, much love and hugs !! /p

@ibandage (caprisun…) — HI KAPRI.. hah caprisun get it i’m sorry. anyways.. HAIAII KAPRIII NY SECSOND BESTFRIEND please change your name on discord. i’m tired of seeing penis on my SCREEN SDPTP /j but on a serious note thank you for being here for me :,) even though we only met what like. a few weeks ago, you’ve quickly become one of my best friends and i feel very comfortable around you! i get to be myself, knowing you won’t judge me and that’s something i’ll always be grateful for<3 ENOUGN WOTH THE PENIS THOUFH. ILY !!! /p im so proud of everything you’ve done this year, and who you’ve become :3 i’m looking forward to spending another year with you and seeing you grow even more !!

@bandagewastern (anthony!!) — HII ANTHONY !! it’s been a bit since we’ve talked and i miss you 🥹 though we don’t interact much, you were one of my first 100 followers i believe, and now im nearing 500!!! thank you soso much for being apart of this (that sounds a little cringey but.. oh well!) i can’t thank you enough, you’ve been here since i was just starting out editing :,) your style is so beautiful , i love seeing your posts on my feed whether it’s your art or just you talking !! my dms are always open if you ever decide you wanna talk more / you just need help with something :3 you’re so strong for making it through another year despite the challenges you may have faced, and i’m proud of you <3 happy new year anthony!

@ubelaces (ube ^^) — HII UBE OMG !! you were another big inspiration of mine when i just started out editing.. your style is so pretty i don’t know WHERE you got it from.. eats it and steals your style /j ITS SO PRETTYYY EVERYTHING YOU’VE MADE IS GORGEOUS 🥹 i’ve always looked up to you as an editor, and im so glad we’re moots even though your work is sm better than mine .. :,) NOT IN LIKE A NEGATIVE WAY.. i love it sm i keep saying that but its gorgeous i could cry i think it’d taste like blueberry muffins .. /pos . if you ever need anyone to talk to my dms are open ! i hope you have a wonderful 2025 and im so so proud of you for making it through another year, despite facing challenges and setbacks <3 ILY !!! /p

@lucentmaiden (essi !) — HAIAI ESSI !! i see your work on pinterest and ouh my days.. it’s so gorgeous 🥹 i’ve always wanted to have a similar style to yours, however i feel like for me it’s too hard to achieve so i applaud you for making such gorgeous pieces in that style !! before i followed you on tumblr i always went to your pinterest page when i was feeling low on inspiration just because you’ve always been a person to help me get that motivation back, even if our styles are completely different !! im sorry if this makes it awkward considering we’ve never interacted before, but im so glad you’re my moot and im so proud of you for making it through 2024 <3 i hope you have a happy new year and have a beautiful 2025!

well that was a lot.. again i’m so so sorry for the typos i’ve been so sick and i can’t get my hands to stop shaking :,) now onto everyone else , (even if you’re not tagged in this, i love and adore you sm /p /gen)

happy new years !! i’m so proud of you for making it through another year and being strong enough to celebrate with me and other people. you’ve done your best this year, and i’m so proud of you for doing so. it’s not easy to get up everyday, and even if you didn’t, even if you couldn’t muster the strength to get up, i’m still proud of you- because you made it through the year. you lived through 365 days of challenges and uncertainty, that’s something to be proud of ! i wish i could be there to celebrate your accomplishments, however, we may not know eachother .. happy new year <3 i love you all sm !! my dms are always open if you need new friends or just wanna talk for a bit. ♡

[laveries]

┈ ┈ ┈ — Introduction ୧ ‧₊˚ 🍮 ⋅ ☆

꒰ 💌 ꒱ -- Hello world !!

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꩜ 🍰 ៸៸ I’m freya !! ᯽ ៸៸ ⊹ ִֶָ 𓏲 ๋࣭ female ‼ ࿐she/her « ֪ ׅ ֹ =͟͞ ♡

₊˚⁩ 🍥 ᎒ I’m here just bc why not !! >.< ｡୭

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𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶָ 🌷🧺*:･ My Gacha Persona down below !! °˖➴

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💋🕯യ₊⋆ 💌 ﹪

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𖢷 ۪ ࣪ ﹙☆﹚ ࣪ ִ byf! ‹3

⋆ 01. I’m a minor

⋆ 02. I might make nsfw jokes. (I don’t actually mean them tho I promise)

⋆ 03. I swear sometimes

⋆ 04. Tonetag user bc yeah why not

⋆ 05. I might make mean jokes sometimes bc I’m like that but if a joke I make is like- overly offensive then just slap me bc I actually have no idea what I’m doing-

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ᘏ ࣪˖ 🩰🎞️| disclaimers ・°☆

⋆ 01. If you don’t like my content, keep on scrolling! Don’t let me ruin your mood!

⋆ 02. If I say something offensive, please correct me. I am always willing to become a better person! Or maybe I’m just mad idk but pls don’t leave me hanging correct me pls /srs :’)

⋆ 03. Pink and kaomoji lover uhh XD sorry if that annoys u for any reason

⋆ 04. If u get inspired by me, I am glad! I like people getting ideas from me! But give credit the day you introduce the subject! (ex: oc, gacha bg, etc.)

⋆ 05. If my english is bad then I might just be tired or have no idea whar I’m doing XD

⋆ 06. I don’t rlly like nosy people soooo yeaahhh

⋆ If you need one, I’ll put a tw in my post! Just ask me in my tumblr dms and I’ll edit it (My dms are mostly open, if not just do an ask, or js comment on the post)

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˚𖦹🍈 ꒱ DNI!

⋆ 01. proship

⋆ 02. comship

⋆ 03. sexist or misogynistic

⋆ 04. racist ableist, islamphobic, etc

⋆ 05. pedophile, groomer, sexualizes minors, jokes about r×pe, etc.

⋆ 06. if ur attached to anything controversial!

⋆ 07. If u support, participate, tolerate, or justify any of the above.

⋆ 08. Not that big of a deal, but if ur overall annoying person to b around (I’m a bit impatient btw so uh)

(Note: I don’t care if you are homophobic, transphobic, xenophobic, or if you don’t support LQBTQ+ but on my blog, don’t rub it in other people’s faces. (Ex: invalidates a person’s pronouns / gender / identity purposely, make hate comments about LQBTQ+ community.))

(Note 2: I also don’t care if you hate gacha kids or sum shiz, just please don’t bash me for it-)

┈ ┈ ┈ ➴ 🤍🥐 • ⌗ Posting?! 🗓

⌗🌷 Gacha ✧゜  

⌗🍡 Basic Stuff abt me and my life

⌗🌸 OC stuff !! (Ask my OCs, introductions, idk)

⌗✏️ Simple doodles

⌗🍮 Roblox stuffs! (I will post abt adopt me builds, meepcity builds, SCP 096 builds, or just random gameplays.)

⌗💭 Shitposts, or Anything really !!

🩰•💭» I post when I feel like it btw !! 𓈈⌇

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⌗ Submitting: Must be sfw btw! You can submit fanart, or smth you want me to see !! | 🎀

✩ ᵕ̈ ིྀ ! Asking: Ye :] You can ask me stuff! Or ask my OCs stuff too! •˙ 🦢 ⌗ ⊱

౨ৎ I usually take a while to respond to DMs !! ʚɞ ⁺˖ ⸝⸝

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ଘ(੭ˊᵕˋ)੭ Secret Drawing Box!

┈ ┈ ┈ 〘💌💭〙- That’s all for now !! ࿐྄ྀ

🥐₊ ˚ .⌗ ᜊ stay safe !!

⌇𖧧𖤣 Byeeee !! 𓍯

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☆.𓋼𓍊 𓆏 𓍊𓋼𓍊.☆

[irrelevaantidiot]

I've legit given up on any hope that I'm gonna get a good night's rest it's literally 4 am so im gonna ramble about anything and everything

Also tree is staring at the huge ass ramble

First of why he look like that anyways actual ramble time

I was on discord earlier and I was scrolling through my dms list in hopes I could find my friends dms, appearantly I didn fucking close an ex friends dm where she was guilting me like 6 months ago, also she still had a pfp of the character that I INTRODUCED her to like bro stay out of my fandom now grrr

Another ramble, I've been stuck on the same doodle for like. the last 2 nights? idek what it is I gues shrrrresjsjsjajjjwj

Also pinterest doesnt save my images sometimes like holy shit u guys do not realize how long it took for me to get this shit to download

Bro is skedaddling

Anyways I also realized that i have a whole list of ocs I've projected on and idk how to feel

Akakakaksoeoeoekeoewwsseeeesjsjeeeesw my insane dreams are returning guys help

Also um. i think im becoming obsessed with mlp hsjekkee help!!!

Anyways I've been considering working on an astrobiology painting because brainrot is real i am normal about that shit even tho that's literally cringe eli you're shipping a tree and a blackhole that's physically imposible!! dont care!! anyways im blackhole

I've been meaning to work on my DPA gijinkas but I no no wanna rn man

Also umm dr fizz hyperfixation please send pics of him if u want I need to add it to a collection

Oh have I mentioned my astrobiology shrine yea I printed out some screenshots for it and it disappeared and I'm mad??

Liam plush has been doing well

Winner and blackhole are the realest characters ever /hj

I made an object sona and hes a bitch and I also want his gender

Need I say more I think I'm becoming a silvercandle fan like dude this whole scene was the most goofy shit ever

Also tag urself I'm tree and I'm only bringing up this image because it reminds me of the time when I was 4 and I got my finger stuck in a soap bottle

Also HAJSJJnnnsnwweee!

I'm excited for the omori manga dude!!!! Genuinely I love omori sm im so glad it exists

I realized I'm on tumblr and I can follow the tags for anything and everything I want and I'm happy

Anyways baller

This is literally me and my friend

Sometimes i remember the very dark era like 3 months ago where I was a huge fucking simp for my own oc

Sometimes I wanna write dialogue between my two characters that just. try to kill eachother

Radio session over thank you for coming to my tedtalk this is literally my face rn it is 4:50 am

[sanderssidesgiftxchange]

Hey, I'm really interested in joining but cant find a working link to rules or an faq. Help?

I just checked the links, and they seem to be working ok for me? But I will go ahead and post the faqs in the undercut for you now! Thank you!

- Mod R

Q: How do I sign up?

A: Sign up forms will open September 3rd, you just have to fill out a quick form and you’re in!

Q: What are the guidelines to giving/receiving gifts?

A: You can check out the official rules on our rules page! If anything is left unclear, feel free to shoot us an ask.

Q: What do I do if I forgot to add something to my sign up form?

A: Please try to put all information in your application to avoid confusion for everyone, but if something slips, contact the mods through this blog, email or discord.

Q: Do I have to give a gift to receive a gift?

A: Yes, in order to get a gift you have to be able to give one.

Q: How am I matched to someone?

A: You’re matched based on both your wishes and what you are willing to create. We do our best to match you to someone that will create at least one of your wishes and you are matched to someone for whom you are willing to make their wishes.

Q: What if I need to drop out?

A: We’d really hope you can make the time to finish your gift, but if you can’t make it, that’s where the pinch hitters come in. If you know you can’t finish your work, please tell us as soon as possible so we can find someone to fill in for you.

Q: What is a beta reader and why should I have one?

A: A beta reader is essentially a second pair of eyes. Your beta reader will read your fan fiction and comb out any grammar or spelling mistakes, as well as discuss and give you advice to make your fan fiction the best version of itself it can be. We strongly recommend you have one. We aren’t strict - it can be one of your friends if you’d like! If you happened to get a friend as a giftee and need a separate beta reader, let us know. If you signed up as a beta reader, you may be contacted to beta read someone’s fic during the creation period.

Q: How do I find a beta if I need one?

A: Beta forms will come out alongside the sign ups, and if you’d like a mod to pair you with a beta, all you need to do is send an ask to the gift exchange blog or message one of the mods. You can also ask a friend or ping the beta role in the discord if you’d rather find one on your own.

Q: What is a pinch hitter?

A: Inevitably, some people won’t finish their work in time, and that’s where the pinch hitters come in. Pinch hitters are people who can cover for these people and make a gift last minute, to make sure no one ends up without a gift. If you signed up as a pinch hitter, we may DM you and ask you to create a gift. Pinch hitters may have as little as two weeks to put together a gift.

Q: Can I be a beta reader and/or pinch hitter without signing up for the event?

A: Absolutely! If you’d like to be a beta reader or pinch hitter but you aren’t able to commit to the event full time, just fill out the forms for the respective role when sign ups start.

Q: How do I submit my gifts?

A: All you need to do is post it on Tumblr and ping the gift exchange blog! We will reblog it and add the event tag for you.

Q: What do I do if my giftee didn’t give enough information?

A: You can scroll through their blog to figure out what they like, send them an anonymous message, or ask us! If you can’t figure out what to give your giftee because of insufficient information, we can pass on any questions you may have and get back to you.

Q: Am I guaranteed a gift?

A: While we make every possible effort to make sure that everyone gets a gift, we  cannot control whether everyone is responsible enough to follow the rules, or whether there are enough pinch hitters to cover last-minute gifts. Please understand that the mods are unable to do anything about this, especially with an event this big. We hope people are able to enjoy the event even if not everyone receives a gift.

[luminous-studiess]

Ummm so I'm new to tumblr so don't judge if I did something wrong.Ummm how can I be like you? Like you know? Productive and smart.I always push myself but ended up being distracted by things (I have adhd and depression).I can't even remember anything after.I suffer,and continue suffering, from my mental illnesses.I just can't keep myself on track.My family makes fun of me for trying.I'm actually trying to find a part time job here but nothing hires minors.Idk please help meee.

hi, friend! answer under the cut because this will be long. 

please know you’re doing nothing wrong, and that the fact you keep trying to become better and to push yourself to always get things done despite difficult circumstances already shows that you ARE already productive and smart. 

second, it also helped me when i was struggling very heavily last year to learn  two things: 1) there will always be particularly bad days when you live with mental illness, but all the little efforts you take, it slowly does get less difficult. getting better does not mean completely getting rid of all the symptoms you experience, but mostly just learning the best ways and small, gentle things you can do for yourself to manage your condition. this really requires a gentle but firm balance between pushing yourself to do the things you absolutely need to do, but also knowing when what level of work/school/self-care or hobbies is the limit, so that you don’t get too overwhelmed.  this means most of the time, you don’t have to worry about being productive for its own sake. it helps me when i feel like i’m drowning to know how little i can do/the most non-negotiable bare minimum, that still helps me not to fall behind.

^ this is a small, cheap pad of sticky notes i carry with me throughout my entire day. it’s only big enough so that i can only write a few school tasks/personal things i need to do/chores, which helps me evaluate what exactly i can only get done, especially on days where i don’t feel well. checking off absolutely everything on my tiny list makes me feel like i’ve accomplished a lot, because i i have-- they aren’t necessarily a lot of tasks, but they’re the ones that i know really do need to get done. it also helps me focus when i have a lot of nervous energy, and have a panicked sense of “so many things need to get done!!!?” because i can give myself a bit of time to sit down, maybe turn on an episode of a show i like or make some coffee, and write down my tasks. it really helps me with the faint, tiny guilt and dread i used to feel day by day that i was being unproductive or lazy, because now i know i’ve fulfilled all my obligations to myself (everything from doing laundry, to making dinner) and to other people (schoolwork and other tasks). it’s okay to move at the pace that’s only possible for you right now. it’s better to feel comfortable with the smallest things you can do, and build on that as the days come. 2) getting distracted is normal, given Everything Happening Right Now, plus with a mental health condition that makes it hard to focus. it can also be hard to remember things when i study, because of my own health conditions, but i’ve found that the following things have helped: regarding distraction - use a small system that keeps you from accessing any distractions when you need to get something done. i try to leave my non-essential device in another room, and set up a timer-based blocker, to limit the websites i access. - i try to acknowledge the distractions as they come, and try to figure out why: am i hungry? am i tired? have i gotten enough sleep? do i need a break? if it isn’t anything serious, i just acknowledge that i’ve gone briefly off-track-- without guilt, without judgment. then i try to turn my mind back to the task at hand. - a good ambient playlist can make me feel more focused during hard tasks in the sense that i have some form of stimulation to keep the “itchiness” at bay. video game soundtracks and film soundtracks are also wonderful for long, tricky tasks.  - sometimes i just have to start to feel motivated-- the focus actually comes in in the middle of the task. the fact of starting something may actually make you feel motivated.

- procrastinate productively: sometimes when i really don’t want to study i turn on a movie or a show and use the time to clean my room or fold laundry. my life still feels put-together, and i enjoyed myself! win-win.

- and sometimes i realize that focus may be impossible at the moment: take a break, go for a run, do something you like, take a nap.  regarding learning and remembering things i used to have the worst time recalling things for school, until i prioritized two things: SLEEP, and not cramming. i used to get extremely poor grades in my first year of law school because i would put off studying at the last and latest moment-- a few days before exams, pulling all-nighters right up until the hour the exam started. i would also just use my free time to scroll on social media, instead of taking a nap or going to bed early. this was absolutely wrong. during the exam, i couldn’t recall anything because i was too tired, too frazzled, probably didn’t have breakfast, and because i had started and finished half a semester of reading in one night. my grades have gotten much better lately-- i’d like to think it’s because i’ve centered it around two things: (a) getting enough sleep every single night (helpful ESPECIALLY if you have health problems-- mental or physical), and (b) making exam day the least stressful it can be. how do i do this? - this means not only learning things for the exam, but also for classes on a daily period. you don’t have to study particularly hard, but you just have to study enough that you can understand what the professor is saying in class. set definite study hours every day, stop at a very specific and reasonable hour, and go to bed. try to get at least 6 hours of sleep. sleep helps me absorb everything better (idk science but this is from experience and also some very smart people i know ALSO prioritize getting sleep). wake up at a reasonable hour.  - how to study: read the syllabus, and try to get a decent overview of all the topics you need to cover before you start testing/making flashcards/doing active recall (which is IMPORTANT bc this helps you actually train your brain to retrieve information). imho as someone low-energy i find that rewriting notes/making reviewers/making flashcards makes me very tired and leaves very little time for actual studying, so it just helps to test myself by looking at the syllabus and trying to explain the concept to myself, then peeking at the textbook or materials to see what i’m missing. mind-maps are also energy-efficient ways of figuring out how concepts fit together. - how to study for exams: the very latest you should start is a week ahead. two weeks ahead is ideal. map out how much information you need to re-learn from the syllabus. move slowly with the aim of finishing the coverage by the first week. the second is for reviewing and RESTING. - THE NIGHT BEFORE THE EXAM: do a final, gentle survey over the topics you may not understand. stop at 10 pm. go to sleep.  - EXAM DAY: you’ve done the work. take the time to eat breakfast, test yourself SLOWLY AND GENTLY (avoid reading huge chunks of textbook at this point-- youll only confuse yourself), and set up your workspace to take the exam. crush said exam. as a final note: it can be hard to get things done when the people closest to you aren’t supportive. try to reach out on studyblr and find discord study with me servers, or study communities on reddit (they’re actually really nice), or with students in your class. if you need to talk, just dm me. you can do this friend, okay? take care always. gentler days will come. 

[littlegreypistol]

This. Is a problem. Here is why.

Hello everyone, followers of the wonderful and lovable, Anon Chase Brody. I am not whom you think I am, not even the mun of anon- c̴h̴asȩ. I would say that I am here for fun and games as of course this is what these accounts were made to be; for your entertainment but there has been an issue brought to my attention that I really want to address. This topic is going to be heavy. If you dislike the discussions of harm to ones self I suggest that you keep on scrolling. However if you feel you can handle this topic I feel this is an important discussion that must be read.

I got notified that there has been a spam of disturbing asks that continued on in the mailbox which made it very difficult for the mun of anon-chase. I chose to hop on and have a talk about this, seeing how it being an anonymous ask, this can be continuous which I want to prevent from happening.

Whether or not this was supposed to be sent as a scare or a joke, its no where close to fearful or funny. And if you are in a need of help I highly recommend clicking this link.

https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ Why I am making this a big deal is because I get these often in my dm’s. And I mean everywhere. Twitter, Tumblr, Discord, the list goes on. The only difference is I don’t only get anonymous asks but also get some with open account names of the person and understand that these are people just going through a rough time and probably just in need of an ear to hear them. So if I may speak for Chase, I want to say its honestly depressing regardless of the comments intention.

No one likes to see someone struggling to push forward. Even I myself can get in that dark mindset but it is what makes us most likely human and know that something is wrong. Having this talk with friends and family is another situation. It’s a lot easier to control and get help by people who are physically there but to take this to someone online who you barely know even if its been a few years talking with them you still don’t know them personally enough to shoot something like this at them.

Understand you are putting not just yourself at risk but the person you contact online.

Some people can handle this type of subject but it isn’t easy. I myself may stop everything that I’m doing, even something very important, because it is MOST terrifying to hear/see someone say “I want to kill myself” or “I’m going to kill myself”. I’ve had a couple people try to reach out to me in ask for help when their going through something troubling at home but understand that myself and anon-chase have lives of our own and even we can be going through something, whether its worse or not than yours; we still have things we’re going through that makes us just slow down and have to think. 

Having to stop for something like this just makes it worse for us.

Please know that I’m not saying “Don’t come to us because we have better things to do” no. ABSOLUTELY come talk to us if you feel that you’re going through something and you just need someone to talk to. We’ll listen. If we have something on our plate at the moment we’ll let you know and guide you to someone else to talk to, hopefully better. But don’t send things like this to grab our attention.

Even it being anonymous makes us sick to our stomachs. It brings the reader to a tense situation. Make them feel like they want to desperately help when they know they can’t. It’s an absolute loss to us and puts heavy weight of thoughts on our shoulders. It makes us feel hopeless. Maybe even worthless. Past bad thoughts coming back to us telling us we’re not heros even though we really want to be. I post this only to speak for people who are probably getting the same things. Or if you yourself are sending these messages to people. Just stop... Get some professional help. Or stop hiding and actually speak. Because this honestly is sickening. And if you are someone who gets these kinds of messages please don’t think any thing harshly about yourself. If you can’t do anything, you can’t. Don’t let yourself tell you that you’re a horrible person for not reaching out to someone you don’t know. It isn’t your responsibility as much as you want it to be.

Don’t blame yourself for things you aren’t in control of.

[barksbog]

frequently sent anons and stuff

gonna answer some thing people keep asking me or keep getting wrong or i just really feel are important to know

(i have a faq but we all know what tumblr mobile be like)

how did you become a plush making gremlin?

always loved plushies and weird creatures

learned how to make plushies on The Internets

took some commissions for custom ones (did not enjoy that too much)

started to sell my own designs

here we go

^most professional image that exists of my face.

whole lot more under the cut

1. business/onlineshop related 

Do you take commissions? I don´t really open for regular comissions.

i sometimes accept “sponsorships” of stuff that fits with my other work. especially if it´s just a recoloring of an existing pattern (like a different species of slug or toad for example).

will you sell more of this plushie?

if it´s still in the online shop but listed as out of stock the answer is most likely yes. it takes me a while tho because i really do make each one myself. this is a one gremlin operation.

i really wanted to get one of your microraptors, spinosaurs (or any other dinosaur plushie)? will they come back?

sorry they really won´t. neither will i restock any of the dinosaur charms, pins and stickers once they sold out. for a good amount of reasons i have decided to leave paleoart behind. as cool as dinosaurs are. i like my mental health more.

i feel like everyone who witnessed the level of drama coming from certain members of the paleo community understands completely what i mean and while i know you can create paleoart and just reduce interaction to a minimum i like to be active on social media and discord servers relevant to what i do.

do you ship to ...

yes. yes i ship worldwide.

does that plushie really cost 30,000€?

no my likely american friend. it´s 30.00€ we just use commas here and so does my shop when set to €. i can´t set it to $ because i need to pay my. everything. in € and honestly don´t want to constantly gamble on the current exchange course being steady so i actually get my money. paypal will let you pay in your currency tho and just send me €.

i tried to contact you and you didn´t respond?

-if you contacted me like “hey” or “hey i have a question” i´m unlikely to have the energy to respond. please always contact artists with what you want to know

-i have answered that question a lot before or it can easily be answered by looking at my onlineshops faq

-you sent me an anon about a order. i can´t help you there

-if you have order related question it´s best to email me through the contact form of my onlineshop. if you just email my business mail it often ends in spam and i don´t see if for a few weeks.

2. sewing/plush making related

Where do you get that fabric? how does that happen to have toads on it?

i get it custom printed by spoonflower (they have a factory in the US and in Germany). i design it in photoshop and just upload it and they print it for me. they can be a bit slow. or just send you a meter of middle earth for no reason. or print a meter half black for no reason but overall their quality is great and so is their customer support when they do mess up.

a few tips i have are:

- the minky piling runs from the top down.

- you can design meters even when it says and displays yards in the preview, just check if it´s set to meters when in the basket before checkout.

- never set anything to center and order more than one meter, it will be printed once in the middle and leave you with a bunch of white useless minky.

- if you don´t want to wrangle 4 meters of fabric apart just keep adding One meter of the design at the time and you will get precut meters.

where did you learn to sew? how do i learn to sew?

I had a very basic crafts class in school with a shitty teacher that told me that “i´m sloppy and Can Not Sew” but really everything useful i ever learned i learned from The Internets so just go and look for some free patterns and tutorials and you are good to go. after trying a few patterns you will get a feeling for how plushies work and can combine what you learned. it´s really just like when you learn to draw and break things down into shapes.

if you have some questions or things you can´t figure out or just want to talk about crafts i run a really nice server with palaeoplushies

https://discord.gg/Cqwq4r3

what´s it like to run a business with 21?

stressful. i´m not always sure what i´m doing. but i´m doing it. and i believe in you, you can do it too. there is a 10kg bag of stuffing and a 25kg box of beans in my room. i have a whole huge sorting box full of eyes.

you are doing this fulltime? that´s really cool

yes i do this fulltime However. i really wish i could have a sidejob but i can´t because i have a funky brain and migraines so i really can´t find or keept almost any job.

^me doing my job.professionally. my job being. turning the fricking frogs gay.

3. personal.

so you are australian, how are the kangaroos?

No. Stop. I´m austrian. i don´t even know if you are joking or for real. just don´t.

so you are german? you speak german right?

again. i´m austrian. yes we speak german here but a different dialect so i likely don´t sound like the germans you have heard in movies. in fact the majority of germans will not even understand me.

can you stop complaining about the weather?

yes i complain about heat because. i´m heat sensitive. also because i´m actually an Alpine Gremlin and shouldn´t be subjected to temperatures over 30°C. our house doesn´t have AC. i work in here all day at 28°C room temp and with high humidty.

yes i complain about the cold too. because our house is old and badly insulated and i have to carry in firewood in laundrybaskets to feed to an old woodburner and it sucks. our house frequently falls down to 16°C.

so there is a spelling mistake?

yes i make a lot of spelling mistakes. or just switch out whole words. or forget whole words. unless it´s something important like a salespost please just don´t point that out constantly. like mentioned before i have a funky brain and it just be like that. also like mentioned before. i´m austrian. english is actually my second language so. be nice.

way too long list of spire fun facts:

i´m nonbinary and use they/them pronouns. i´m also very gay.

if you see me refer to “my wife” that´s the moon. i´m legally married to her. i really like dramatically standing on my balcony and looking at her.

if you see me yell about “the lesbians” that´s my mourning geckos.

i have 13 furbies. and you have no right to insult them. they are baby.

i also have a lot of skulls and other dead things

I´m autistic and come with some extra dyslexia, depression and anxiety.

i also come with intense migraines that can make me useless for a solid week

i live in a village surounded by woods with less than 200 people

i did spent a lot of time in vienna for 6 years tho and lived there for three of that 6

i actually have a diploma in graphic design. that i don´t really need for anything but winning argument about aesthetic choices or making jokes

yes. i am kinda short. (162cm/5.3ft)

i have two cats. they are littermates tho. so i get some people have a hard time telling it´s not just the same cat. i swear they are two different cats tho and actually really easy for me to tell apart.

milk belongs in tetrapacks. not jugs. fight me

tapirs are nasty creatures

krampus comes on the 5th or 6th of december. stop calling him the christmas devil you fools. my source? growing up with the krampus tradition.

you know what happens on the 24th tho? me. that´s my birthday. and that is in fact austrian christmas day. all christmas happens that day. if you wish me merry christmas before happy birthday i will never forgive you.

i really loved balto as a child. the dingo pictures version tho. i was enraged when i saw the ofiicial balto because i thought they stole it from dingo pictures. i watched a lot of dingo pictures and that´s why i´m Like This

^my lovely wife

if you see me rambling in the tags. generally i´m. okay. you don´t have to worry but if you relate or just feel like talking to me? you can dm me and i have actually made friends like that before so.

if i don´t respond to your dms or asks it´s not because i don´t like you i just have very low social energy most days 

and finally.

if you think me and @palaeoplushies are the same person we have a legal right to your soul and your favorite child for our Collection

we prefer none human children tho

(i´m sorry for tagging you. and making you scroll through like “wtf is spire taggin me in now again” but it would have felt weirder not to let you know about the future souls i´m sending your way)

[magdaclaire]

24 - “I never want you to think you’re anything less than my top priority.” with Winteriron?? 👀 Many please an' thank (Bonus points if Bucky says the quote) Ayyy

Thank you for the prompt, Z! You get a teenage, LDR winteriron that happens to be a Winteriron Bingo fill for me! Thank you for that, my friend!

Hope you enjoy - it’s well over a thousand words, so most of it is going under the cut!

Bucky is the first person to say that he’s a dumb, gay bitch. Well, he’s a dumb, bi bitch, but the integral parts are that he is really fucking stupid and loves boys. Well, one boy in particular, right now. He knows that he’s stupid as he writes what he’s writing, as he makes what he’s making, but he doesn’t care.

It’s 11:57pm, May 28th, Eastern Standard time. In three minutes, in Bucky’s time zone at least, it will be Tony’s birthday. Even though it’s another three hours until it’s time for Tony’s birthday in California, Bucky doesn’t give a fuck. Celebrating International Tony Reallyveryintelligent’s Day is an all day activity, and the day starts at midnight. It started a couple of weeks ago, really, but that doesn’t matter.

He doesn’t know Tony’s last name, but he’s still one of the best friends that Bucky has ever had. Tony likely won’t see whatever Bucky posts about him until well into tomorrow - his dad is hosting some big party for the ‘event’ that Tony had scoffed at through numerous text messages, dreading his own birthday like most kids did the dentist. Bucky had coaxed him into being at least excited to talk to Bucky the night of; Tony’s parents (bastards) leave for a cruise tomorrow at three PST, which means that Tony will want to be in voice chat at about 3:15. Bucky has already begged off of family dinner for tomorrow, and he’s real lucky that his mom understands the importance of friends, even the ones online.

So, with all of this planned out, one could imagine Bucky’s surprise when his Discord starts ringing in a call at 12:01am, Eastern Standard, right after he’s posted his birthday post for Tony, and it’s not even a voice call but a video call, from Tony himself. Tony who never video calls. Tony who never sends selfies. Tony who is so shy about his appearance that Bucky has only ever seen pictures of his hands, or of his designs, never of Tony’s face. Bucky confirms the call and pauses his Spotify, placing his full attention with his Discord and the fuzzy video picture that’s getting less fuzzy by the second. When he can see clearly, Bucky nearly chokes on his own spit.

Tony looks a little younger than seventeen. He has bright eyes with bags beneath them, but his face is so baby soft that he looks about fourteen, tops. He’s got a sweet curve to his mouth that says that he smiles a lot, but a sadness in his eyes that says it’s not always real. His nose is rounded at the tip, not big and not small, but perfect for his face. The arch of his eyebrows is expressive, and, all together, his Tony is a very pretty young man. However, there are two things that are most important. The first, less important thing is that Bucky’s Tony is Tony Stark, heir to Stark Industries and son of Howard Stark, one of the richest men in America. More importantly, secondly, his Tony is crying. At least, he has been crying, even if he’s trying to cover it up, Bucky can see the redness around his eyes, the tear tracks he hasn’t properly wiped away.

“Tony, sweetheart, what’s wrong?” Bucky says, dropping sweetheart immediately even if he’s never been brave enough to call his friend that before, even in voice call. Tony is smiling through his tears in a way that looks like he’s happily swallowing knives, or something to that effect. Bucky wants to crawl through the screen just to hold him, a desire that he has had before, even in the beginning when they were only talking through tumblr DMs. Tony hiccups, and then he speaks, and he’s so goddamn pretty, even when he’s crying.

“Hey Buckaroo. What’s up?” Tony asks, changing the subject like he always does when he’s upset (Bucky had to wrangle exactly how bad Tony’s dad is through several days of what felt like careful espionage, and he’s still not sure he knows the worst of it). He wants to hold Tony, card metal fingers through his hair, whisper to him and tell him that he’s alright, that he’s good, and that he’s worth everything Bucky wants to give him.

“Back track, honey, I need you to tell me what’s up. I thought you were at a party tonight, Tones. What happened? Can you tell me? For me?” Bucky coaxes softly, and it’s a low blow, but whatever it takes, after all. Tony doesn’t like to put things on other people, so it’s better if it’s for Bucky’s sake; Tony knows that his friend will worry, will internalize it and blow it up, will think about it for days. Instead, Tony sighs.

“Howard,” Tony says, which is what he always calls his father when the man isn’t in the room (other than dear old dad, which gives Bucky just as much of a bad feeling), and sighs again, “decided I was a disappointment again tonight. He said a lot of shit to me, in front of a lot of people, and managed to make it seem completely kosher. So, once again, I’m the rebellious shit kicker, and Howard comes out smelling like roses. It’s… god, it’s fucking bullshit.” Tony finishes with something that sounds like it starts as a laugh and ends as a sob, and Bucky winces. He doesn’t know how to comfort this, how to make it better, how to help at all, and he feels like such a piece of shit.

“Check your @ mentions on tumblr,” he blurts, and Tony tilts his head and he looks so cute and Bucky wants to die. “Just… check your @ mentions. Please,” Bucky repeats, more confident this time, and Tony takes the distraction. He clicks out of the window he has Discord in, and Bucky can see him dragging the little box that has the video feed of Bucky in it, which just makes him smile. Tony is real cute, after all. He watches as Tony scrolls through things, and sees him see what Bucky posted.

“Snowflake, what is this?” Tony asks, and the use of the nickname makes Bucky’s stomach drop out with butterflies like it does every time. It’s another story for another time, how Bucky got that nickname, but he thinks he would hate it if it came from anyone else. Bucky scrubs his metal hand on the back of his neck, giving Tony a shy smile.

“A moodboard for you… and a fic for McKirk, maybe dedicated to you?” Bucky replies, biting his lip. He knows it’s a lot, but… it’s what Tony deserves. Star Trek is the fandom that made the two of them friends after all, a shared love of McKirk and a quiet respect for Spock that sometimes extended to shipping McSpirk or just Spirk but. Well. McKirk is special, because they’ve agreed that Tony is the Kirk type, suave and sunshine, while Bucky is more of a McCoy, gruff and reining Tony in, and. There’s something he wrote into Kirk’s character that will make it special for Tony, and there’s a reference in McCoy’s character that makes it specific and well… Bucky projected them onto McKirk, okay? He can admit that.

“You,” Tony says, cracking his first genuine smile of the call, “are a menace.” He only says that when Bucky does things that he thinks are too nice, and Bucky wants to do a hundred nice things. He watches as Tony reads over the fic (Tony once tried to explain how fast he reads to Bucky, saying things like twelve hundred words a minute and choking on a blush that Bucky could hear through the mic, and Bucky had just put him out of his misery by saying “so, fast, right?” which Tony had laughed at), and knows when he reaches the part that reads as too much. Kirk is trans and McCoy has a metal prosthetic and Tony looks at him like he hung the moon and Bucky is halfway in love with a boy three thousand miles away.

“So… what did you think?” he asks after a few moments of silence, biting down hard on his lip. Tony stares at the box version of him hard, which Bucky almost feels as if it’s burning through his skin.

“I just… Why? This must have been so much work, Bucky. And… exactly at 9? So… midnight for you? Exactly? Bucky,” Tony says, choking on his words, and Bucky wants to hold him.

“I never want you to think you’re anything less than my top priority,” he says honestly, deep and almost growling in the way that he knows Tony likes based off of the way that it has inspired silence before, and Tony’s looking at him. Bucky wants him to look for the rest of forever and maybe keep looking.

“You’re perfect. Did you know that? You’re the most perfect person I’ve ever met,” Tony tells him, and then Bucky is choking on a blush and Tony is looking like that cat that caught the canary. Bucky recollects himself.

“I think that’s you, sugar. No matter what Howard says, no matter what anyone ever fuckin’ says, you are the most perfect person in the world, I promise you that. You are perfect,” Bucky emphasizes, going from teasing to imploring, and Tony freezes.

“I think I like you more than I planned,” the Californian admits, word vomiting, and Bucky sighs in relief.

“I’m damn glad. I’ve been likin’ you more than I planned for months. I know we’re far away, but… would you maybe like to… go together? Be mine?” Bucky asks stiltedly, feeling panic in his lungs even when Tony admitted himself first, because the idea that Tony wants him back is otherworldly. Tony nods.

“Be mine, Valentine. I’m Tony Stark, I’m seventeen, I live in Malibu, and I’m about to graduate with my second doctorate, looking for a college to get my third. I really like this really great guy who has these really pretty blue eyes that I’ve just been staring at in his selfies for the longest time,” Tony says, giving him that ‘suave’ smirk that’s been so rumored, and Bucky loves it. He smiles back.

“I’m Bucky Barnes. I’m eighteen, I’m going to college at NYU this June for engineering, I live in a shit neighborhood in Brooklyn with my best friend Steve. I like this real great fella named Tony with these big brown eyes that I’m just seein’ for the first time today, but I’d sure love to see them a lot from now on,” Bucky flirts back, and Tony flushes, dark red taking over his olive toned skin. Then, Tony seems to be thinking for a moment, biting his lip.

“Speaking of New York… I’m coming to tour Columbia next month, and I haven’t booked a hotel yet… Think you could help me find somewhere to crash?” Tony asks, wording it vaguely, but Bucky can read between the lines. His heart nearly jumps out of his chest.

“It’s a date,” he says.

[bitegore]

A thought, which I’d be actually really happy to have input on from any side

(I’m going to tag @shades-of-grayro because I know you’ve got a differing perspective on some of these things than i do, and I don’t know of anyone else with it at the moment. i’m also going to tag @biaroace​ because you’ve also been helpful to discuss with) 

anyway, onto the thing: 

When i was introduced to the oriented aroace discourse, it was my understanding that the argument is pretty much whether or not the label is going to be like “allowed” to exist, I suppose? At least my understanding was that the label was being argued over from the perspectives of “the label should exist” vs “the label should not exist, there are other labels” which had smaller subcategories, sure, but that was the main core of the argument. 

I haven’t actually seen that argument, though, outside of very vague references towards it. 

So for the most part, this post is just meant as a call for discussion, specifically about this facet of the argument. I can’t actually search for posts on my computer because after I scroll down about three page lengths, all posts get whited out; this makes it very difficult to go through the tag and look for information. I’m also aware that some people might not use the same tag as I would think to search. It’s also much harder to find one small subset of an argument than it is to find posts discussing in general. I don’t like to put the burden of proof on the people who I talk to in an argument, but as it stands I am beginning to realize I’m woefully underinformed on the actual problems that people have with the label and its definitions. 

If sent links, I will read them. I believe my DMs are open to anyone, and if you would rather reach out there, I just ask that you come into it with an open mind if you’re down for discussion, or a little disclaimer that you don’t want to talk about it, because i’m very used to sort of chatting in DMs and will probably assume off the top of my head that you also want to chat about the links or commentary you send. I don’t think you can send links in asks, though, unfortunately, but you can definitely also tell me that you’d rather remain anonymous in DMs and i will keep anything regarding you anonymous*.  I’ll also happily read arguments made by individuals, though I’d prefer to do that over discord** or google documents because tumblr DMs have absolutely abominable search functions and I don’t want to misrepresent anything. You are also welcome to reply or reblog this post with stuff, but being that it’s a post, the addition might get buried in my notifications box, and that’s not ideal. 

I believe that’s all. Last point: My dms are always open about everything, as a general rule. If you wind up on my blog and don’t actually want to talk about the discourse, but you can see that I like transformers and you like transformers, or we have some other shared interest, or you want to get something off your chest to a stranger, anything, you’re welcome to walk into my dms and talk about that! I like talking to people.

clarification on certain things are under the cut to try and cut some of the length off this post. 

*Not that I would be doing anything to try and point people towards you unless you run a blog about issues like this one anyway, such as biaroace or shades-of-grayro. I do believe that people should be held accountable for arguments in certain cases, but this isn’t a case like that in any way. Additionally, if you do wish to remain anonymous, I’ll assume that holds true for the  entirety of the discourse unless stated otherwise. I have standards, and one of those is that I treat people with the respect they ask for. Anonymity is a very small thing to be asked to give to someone. I’m also open to other requests (changes to phrasing, tag etiquette, punctuation, etc) for the same reason.

**My discord handle is ooze and goo and bone shards#2800 and i know for a fact that I can get DMs from anyone; however, Discord is where I go for most of my writing and friend things, so I have a much higher tolerance for bullshit there as I’m so far from used to dealing with bullshit coming from my Discord pals. Please don’t come into my discord DMs with hostility. If you feel that I am being hostile to you, and know that you will be hostile as well, that is absolutely fine! However, I ask that we then do not interact on Discord and instead work in google docs. (A note on that: if you feel that I am being hostile to you, I am all in favor of retaliation in kind. Self defense is important, even mental self defense. But i would like a note of ‘hey why are you being hostile/mean/aggressive’ first, because I’m not always great at conversation, and I know for a fact I’ve unintentionally started fights with my friends by missing hints and tone before.)

(End note: all bolding is just meant to make it easier for ND folks with adhd/similar issues to read long paragraphs without losing their place; its not actually meant for emphasis on anything other than “this is the central point of this paragraph.” My adhd makes it difficult for me to look at long paragraphs without my eyes slipping around and missing lines, so this is meant to combat that kind of thing. I do worry that it might come over as condescending; it is not meant to be. )

EDIT: i feel the need to put this on here. i can be extremely persistent sometimes if im worried that i’m confused, and will ask many questions. if this makes you uncomfortable, feel free to tell me to stop, and I will. I just don’t like to be wrong, so I will upon finding out i’m wrong immediately come for clarification, sometimes on too many things at once. However, I absolutely respect that that’s not cool and therefore if you want it to end, tell me, and it will 

[gfd-cleric]

Shdkdhskdkk this is funny

But, genuinely life changing advice is to get a journal and write in it every time something nice or good happens to you, including the date.

Because your traumatized brain is lying to you and misremembering your past, and making it seem like you never did anything happy or fun or joyful, when in fact you actually have quite a lot of memories buried that you need a slight reminder of to remember.

After the horrible trauma I went through starting in 2018, I thought my life was a blur of suffering and periods of nothing in between those bad moments, with only a few brief moments of extreme happiness such as when Deltarune came out and when the Avatar: The Last Airbender renaissance happened.

But then one day I scrolled through my phone's photo library the last few years, and another i went through my Discord chat records, and realized there was so much other stuff that happened then: my 'character arc' growth into an empathetic progressive person who gets involved in activism who changes peoples minds and supports others happened during my traumatized period - I played Song of the Elves and explored the Forthos Ruin in Oldschool RuneScape, two content updates I loved - I made many new friends, and made a Tumblr blog I love and manage my archives and tags of(and can remember happenings by checking said archive), I watched Steven Universe and fell in love with it - I made some of my closest friends and learned lessons I needed to learn to heal and create a peaceful and prosperous life, but my hurt and traumatized mind didn't want me to know that, and had to be shown and taught that things did happen.

Those years were still traumatic and quite arguably the worst in my life. But life is complex, and even with bad things happening, good things happened as well that should be remembered. Please, console your hurt self and learn with them how that is a wrong way to view your past, and start finding ways to record your past and the good moments in it, even if it's just checking your photo roll, or Discord DMs, or Tumblr archive, or a normal journal to keep notes for yourself.

[nootvanlis]

Ever wanted to chat about Carmilla with other people?  Never been invited to a group chat before? me Well here’s the place to do it!  Now that the movie is being filmed, I’d reckon that the Carmilla Movie BTS channel will be popular.  I will try and keep up with all the updates on there and everyone should participate in updating us as well (:

It’d be nice if there are at least 10 people 😝

CLICK HERE TO BE SENT TO THE CHAT ROOM & sign up

Below are just basic instructions to understand the Discord chat/server (after you click the link) if you need help understanding and getting around it.  AND THERE ARE PICTURES SO IT’S EASIER TO UNDERSTAND!!  It’s fairly easy after getting the hang of it.  To learn how to invite friends to this chat, just scroll all the way down.

Type in a username (you don’t have to use your tumblr username, choose whatever you want since you can change your nickname in the server, which I’ll tell you how to below)

Register your account

You can choose to download the app (on your phone if you want to chat on the go) or program (pc or mac) or just stay using the browser version.

Now if you want, right click on your icon to change your nickname (to be a little helpful, put your tumblr username and then your name in brackets.  You don’t have to do this, just a suggestion)

*You can also change your nickname by clicking the server name (Which is “Carmilla” on the left top corner)

Now for the fun part!  Here’s the list of topic discussions i have so far (feel free to suggest some!)  Try and stay on topic when discussing in channels.

If you don’t know if the topic is the correct place to chat in the chanel, click at the top for the channel rules + description

Click on the description and this should pop up (this is the carmilla-general description as an example)

Click on that thing with an arrow to add files (use gifs because they’re fun!) while chatting.  To play a gif in chat, just hover it or click on it

Use the @ sign to @ anyone who is in chat.

(obviously I’m Noot and right now there are no admins so you don’t have to worry about those.  Also, only I get to @everyone so you won’t get that option).

Do you want to DM someone?  Just click on their name/icon on the right hand side and this will pop up.  At the bottom, you can DM them by typing a message out and hitting enter.

You can click your username at the bottom left to toggle your status.

Ok let me explain these icons (they appear on each channel so they’re separate settings for each channel)

The bell mutes the specific channel you’re on if you don’t want to hear notifications for it.

The pin shows you pinned messages that everyone can see (Me and admins can add pins.  Right now it’s just the channel description.  if there’s anything funny or any other rule I miss, it’ll be pinned and you can read it there)  

It will look like this if there’s something new to be read

The @ icon is just a place to see if anyone’s mentioned you so feel free to @ people!

Don’t worry about “voice channels” at the moment.  i don’t plan on using the voice/talk options with y’all unless you want to schedule one in d: Just make sure your mic is off/mute at the bottom left corner (even though I already disabled those options, just make sure anyways)

Click on “Carmilla” on the top left corner to change notification + privacy settings on this specific server.

For the notification setting, if you want a “beep” every time someone talks, switch it to “All messages.”  There are also specific options to get notification from some channels or not.  (Ex.  I only want to get notifications from the Carmilla Movie BTS channel so I’ll choose the “ALL” options.)

Click on this icon at the top left corner to add friends + see your friends list and message them

Click on this icon at the bottom left corner to change your user preferences (Ex. Under “My Account” you can change your profile picture”

Lastly, if you want to invite anyone click the person thing with the + sign at the welcome message and rules channel.  My setting right now allows anyone to send links to anyone to join.  However, if it gets too hectic, I’ll have to revoke this option.

Well, that should be all the basics.  You’ll get the hang of stuff soon enough.  Please feel free to get to learn more about Discord and change your setting according to what you like.   Happy chatting!