#feel free to help me out with the alt text

[punkkrat]

[counterintuitivecomics]

WHY WE MASK: It's Not "Just A Cold": A Handy Scientific Guide to Surviving COVID-19 Together

Here, have a free science zine with a ridiculously long title! Endless thanks to my partner and fellow disabled artist, Kimball Anderson aka @earnestattempts, who helped through the entire year-long process with art edits and image descriptions (located in the alt text). Additional thanks to my friends Dupe and Caitlin, who gave me thorough copy-edits, and every friend who read drafts or listened to me rant about COVID-19.

Feel free to spread it far and wide! And hit me up if you're interested in printing &/or distributing free copies :D

Read WHY WE MASK with Endnotes - includes working URLS so you can read the scientific papers I cited for yourself. Plus links for all the other resources, and a full transcript.

Download WHY WE MASK - Free PDFs to read, print, and share! Any donations go towards print copies &/or local mask blocs.

Can't get enough free printable COVID zines? Check out @newlevant's excellent What's Up With COVID & How To Protect Yourself: 2024 Ed! It was a huge inspiration in the final stretch.

Extra pages under the cut:

[princess-of-purple-prose]

[ID: A collection of Naruto fanart. The first piece is colored and shows Naruto and Sasuke in fancy outfits from official art: Sasuke’s in a purple ensemble featuring a sleeveless shirt, and Naruto is in an orange traditional outfit.

The second is a comic. Naruto has an intense expression as he puts a hand on a surprised Sasuke’s shoulder. Then he quickly moves in and kisses Sasuke, and Sasuke emits a thought bubble with big exclamation marks. A heart floats between them.

The third is art of Sasuke playing a cello labeled “idk how to draw cello”. He looks serene, and a glow radiates from him. The fourth is a comic titled “Their first date:” and uses dialogue from a text conversation, Naruto’s dialogue in gray and Sasuke’s in blue. They’re sitting across from each other at a restaurant table, and Naruto looks dreamy while Sasuke is sweating. Their convo reads:

Naruto: Do you play the chellow (“cello” spelled incorrectly)

Sasuke: I play the cello

Naruto: Sorry. Couldn't spell it. How long you been playing that for

Sasuke: 16 years

Naruto: Shit. Must be good with ya fingers then.

Sasuke: I am When it comes to music.

Naruto: Haha yea that's what i meant lol. My bad

Sasuke: Yes

Naruto: U play in any orhristras (“orchestras”, badly misspelled)

Naruto: Sorry auto correct. Orgrastures I mean (“orchestras”, again spelled wrong)

Sasuke: Orchestras? End ID]

ALT

ALT

ALT

ALT

some more sns stuff!!

the chat message thing source

[haikyuupaladin]

TLDR; don’t give tumblr money until they start making visible improvements towards accessibility

I’ve seen a few posts around about something people are calling crab day where you’re supposed to gift the crab button to your mutuals to support Tumblr financially. Please don’t participate in this unless Tumblr starts making noticeable improvements towards accessibility between now and then. It’s been 5 months of me trying to get the bare minimum of accessibility for photosensitive users or even just find out who I can talk to to get anywhere, and Tumblr is refusing to make any changes.

@photomatt has doubled down on the suggestion that you should just pay for ad-free or install an ad-blocker instead of listening to any of the suggestions photosensitive users have repeatedly made. Please do not give money to Tumblr until they show a commitment to accessibility because they will continue to ignore our requests if it doesn’t impact them financially.

Some of the requests we’ve made are:

1. Allow us to disable autoplay on browser as well as the app. This is an accessibility feature, not a data-saving feature, and should be treated as such.

2. Include ads in disabling of autoplay, along with other formats that currently get around the autoplay feature. Currently even if you have autoplay disabled you can still end up with flashing lights in your face every few posts from ads.

3. Improve the reporting process for strobing ads. The quick reporting process doesn’t provide good options to ensure the person reviewing the report realizes that it’s being reported for flashing lights so you have to hope they agree it’s either malicious or offensive and don’t just brush you off as abusing the report function. The more complicated reporting process involves getting a screenshot and the link that the ad brings you to, which requires lingering on the ad, which if you’re trying to report the ad for your safety, is dangerous. You can also still get the same ad 10 times a row after reporting it until it’s been reviewed. Which again, presents a danger to users.

4. Add a community label for flashing lights. Flashing lights are commonly untagged or mistagged, even sometimes maliciously. It would be extremely helpful to the photosensitive community to be able to add a warning to a post that doesn’t have one.

I’ve talked a lot about the photosensitive community in this post because that’s what I have personal experience with and what @photomatt has explicitly come out and just said to buy ad-free about, but there are definitely other accessibility issues that need to be addressed as well (like the alt text function needing improvements to make it accessible to users who need it and don’t use screenreaders, or the fact that a lot of tumblr official stuff still doesn’t seem to use the alt text feature themselves). Please feel free to add on accessibility issues I’ve missed in the reblogs.

[hurtcember]

Above is the official Hurtcember 2024 prompts list.

Below are alternative prompts in case one doesn't want to do a few of the prompts (but still do the whole challenge) or for those who just want to write/draw more.

Both lists are typed out at the bottom of this post.

RULES 1. You can write/draw for any fandom or pairing 2. You can write/draw SFW or NSFW content, just label it accordingly 3. Please tag any Tumblr posts sharing your prompt fills with #hurtcember2024 so that we can find and repost them 4. If you post your works to AO3, please add them to this collection and add "Hurtcember" and/or "Hurtcember 2024" to the additional tags of your prompt fill(s) 5. The challenge officially starts on December 1st but feel free to write/draw before then and/or submit things after the month ends officially, whatever works best for you 6. Be kind to other participants 7. You DO NOT have to do every single prompt if you don't want to. The point is to have fun and spark creativity, not to feel like you're doing a chore

Prompts List (Text Copy) 1. Collapse 2. Breakdown 3. Blood 4. Scars 5. Faint 6. Touch-Starved 7. Abandoned 8. Cuddle 9. Exhaustion 10. Touch Aversion 11. Caretaking 12. Cry 13. Nightmare 14. Near Death 15. Trauma 16. Bruise 17. Concussion 18. Fatigue 19. Desperate 20. Panic 21. Afraid 22. Self-Harm 23. Bed-bound 24. Dissociate 25. Accident 26. Guilt 27. Pain 28. Captive 29. Dehydration 30. Dizzy 31. Hyperventilation

Alt Prompts List (Text Copy) 1. "Don't leave" 2. "Help me" 3. "Leave me alone" 4. "It's my fault" 5. "Take my hand"

[digi-lov]

Digimon Card Template->

Hey guys, I finally finished the templates! A few words to read before using, and more words under the cut if you will. I'd love to see any and all cards you create, so feel free to leave me an ask or DM! Also if you feel like supporting me a little, feel free to stop by my ko-fi->

First off, all fonts you need for the template are in the "Card Template Fonts" rar file. Remember to install them first before opening the files. Second, I recommend working with the PSD file in Photoshop, if you can. It has more and easier customization. If you use CSP, do use the CSP files. The PSD Text layers don't work in CSP, as well as certain other settings. I did my best to adapt the file to CSP, and it should work fine!

The Files have "HELP" layers in certain folders, I recommend reading them! Some of the Information I will repeat under the cut.

HAVE FUN! I wanna see lotta cards!

Okay, below the cut I'll leave some notes on how the Digimon cards are designed, as of the num <03> era at least.

Digimon cards have seven different colors. Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Black, Purple, and White. White cards are rare and reserved for special Digimon/Tamers, and usually don't interact with other colors. For easier reading, Yellow and White cards have black text in their colors, instead of the usual white text. On multicolored cards, card including Yellow (or white) have white text with a black outline. (before <03> if Yellow was the first color, the text was black with white outline instead, but they unified it with the update) The color on the left is considered the first color. Since the design update, the Card color is displayed in a color wheel around the Play cost. The digivolution cost bubble also recieved a color wheel, as well as the buble being split into the differen colors. Imagining it like a clock, the top color is the first, and then circling clockwise. Digi-Egg, or Lv.2 Digimon are always single color.

[tricolored cards have been introduced just recently and super rare. use sparingly]

Now to the Effects. The main effect is in white color with a black outline (also outlines on the keywords), while the Inherited Effect doesn't have outlines (unless it's a Yellow double color). If the Digimon has no Inherited Effect, there will be a small dash in the box.

Only white cards have black text in their main effect.

The effect text will start in the lower bottom of the image, not all the way at the bottom, and go down from there. If the Effect is too long it will move up.

Besides the regular evolution requirements, Digimon may have special "Digivolve" rules in their effect. This can make an evolution from a specific digimon cheaper, allow X Antibody Digimon to evolve from their normal counterparts, serve to overlook color requirements, or to allow evolution from certain traits, etc.

Some Digimon may also have an extra "Rule" in the bottom corner.

Ace Digimon will always have [Hand][Counter]<Blast Digivolve> effects. Most of them have no inherited effects. They also have a significantly cheaper play cost than comparable Digimon, but in turn have the Overflow mechanic. EX6 introduced Blast DNA Digivolution, which specifies the required Digimon by name, and not just Level and color.

Lv.6 Digimon usually don't have inherited Effects, some might though, if they were made with Lv.7 evolution in mind. Furthermore Lv.6 Digimon pop out of their frame, even on the normal arts.

Now Tamers originally had neither traits, nor inheritence effects. But certain Tamers now do! Tamers with Mind Link effects, or the kids from Frontier for example, will have Inherited Effects.

Option cards have a grey backdrop for their effects, and the effect text is black. This black effect text carries over to full/alt arts, regardless of color. The have a (use) cost instead of a play cost. They can also have traits or rules, but it is rare.

[whoishotteranimepolls]

I've been waiting to respond since you made that post mocking us for wanting problematic characters banned from your polls because apparently you are not taking legitimate criticism of anime seriously. Because it is full of poor representation of minorities and lgbtq+ and you and all of your followers are laughing about it like it's nothing.

I will start with Yamato because everyone acts like one piece even though it's so full of misogyny. Having a trans character is amazing when I don't even think Yamato is actually trans. I'm pretty sure it's a translation error and everyone has latched on to it. So again that is not good representation if it's not confirmed representation and even if it was confirmed, it's not good representation. Yamato because of the one piece art style by default Yamato is full-blown a fetishization of trans people because all one piece characters if they are drawn, female presenting are drawn like sex dolls. So unless they go through an actual gender transition and not just a pronoun change. There cannot be good representation with Yamato because Yamato is a fetish, not a fully fleshed out character. I mean to boil it all down. I don't think the author is capable of having any good lgbtq+ representation one piece is just not a sophisticated enough story and the characters are just too shallow for that to be possible

Bleach did a similar thing with Yoruichi acting like it was so amazing to have a character of color and she is supposedly bisexual but she's just waifu bait and it reeks of misogyny and fetishization of BIPOC. She's a furry to top it all off. It doesn't help that the bunny chick from my hero is basically the new gen version of the same character, but at least she is disabled too. So at least they tried to do something with her character other than waifu bait

So I would like to know why every character I've seen promoted as great representation in anime for either the BIPOC or LGBTQ+ communities seem to only be horribly fetishized, useless, waifu bait. Not actually a good character.

And even when Japan is dealing with its own ethnic minorities and indigenous populations it still does a horrible job by playing into the Noble Savage stereotype Hollywood likes to play into. Have you not seen the anime Golden Kamuy? It's about Japan's own first Nations tribe and it's So disrespectful to that. I swear they could not have had a single person from Hokkaido, much less a member of the actual Ainu people involved in the creation of that anime or manga. And yet I've seen so many people brag about that anime and manga and how it's so good for diversity. When again, every single Ainu character acts like a bad native American stereotype from like a 1950s American Hollywood western. It's that bad and don't get me started on the fan service in that show. It's at a level that could be considered exploitative but it's okay. Some of the characters might be gay so it's representation. To top it all off it reinforces white colonial beauty standards because the main Ainu character is specially because she's half white and has blue eyes like her white dad and she talks about how she's going to be a new kind of better Ainu for the future because she's white passing. That show is a reductive racist dumpster fire and I can't believe anyone says otherwise.

But you said you won't ban characters unless the fandom becomes too toxic. But you really should consider looking out for the LGBTQ+ and BIPOC communities by not promoting toxic problematic characters and actually banning these toxic problematic characters and shows

Fandoms vs Illiteracy #1

Feel free to critique the essay but not the person nor the person's intelligence. Do not call names, degrade the person, or personally attack them in any way. The purpose of this series is to critique/analyze the arguments contained in the essays.

For those unfamiliar with the characters mentioned, here are pictures. The names are in the alt text.

And here's one of the promotional images for season 2 of Golden Kamuy

So now that everyone is a little bit more familiar with everything mentioned in the essay and knows the rules, feel free to do your own research and respond.

[korrasamiweek2024]

Hi everyone! This December will mark the 10th anniversary of Korra and Asami walking hand in hand into the Spirit Portal and changing the animation game forever. Korrasami means so much to so many people, so let's give them the celebration they deserve💖

Here's a general idea of what to expect and when:

February 1st - April 30th: Prompt Submission. Let me know what kind of prompts you'd like to see! Send me a message here and I'll add it to the list.

May: Prompt Voting. Depending on how many prompt ideas are submitted, this could take one week or a few weeks. We'll see when we get there!

June - December 14th: Long stretch of time during which I'll be on my hands and knees begging you not to forget this event is a thing, and you can brainstorm and work on your submissions!

December 15th - December 21st: Korrasami Week!!!

Keep reading under the cut for rules and guidelines😊

Rules and Guidelines:

1. What's allowed? Pretty much anything! Artwork, fanfiction, gifsets, headcanons, analysis/meta, memes, etc. are all welcome, as long as they're your own work and are Korrasami-focused.

2. Explicit content is fine, but the characters need to be adults, and everything depicted MUST be consensual.

3. Please abide by Tumblr's guidelines about explicit content, otherwise there's a chance Tumblr might delete your submission! If you're not sure, you can always post your work to another site (AO3, twitter, etc.) and then link to it here. All explicit content posted and reblogged here will be tagged "nsft" so be sure to block that tag if you'd like to filter out such content!

4. No whitewashing, racism, misogyny, transphobia, ableism, or other bigotry of any kind.

5. When submitting visual or audio media, please include a description either in ALT text or in the body of the post itself.

6. Other characters and relationships from The Legend of Korra are welcome, but your submission should be primarily about Korrasami.

7. Be kind. No criticism ("constructive" or otherwise) of other people's work unless the creator explicitly requests it. If you don't like something, just keep scrolling!

8. Follow the prompts if you can! They're meant to be helpful, but if you get inspired by something else entirely, please feel free to submit whatever you make!

9. Tag for content warnings if you think something might be triggering.

10. Submit your fanwork either by mentioning @korrasamiweek2024 in the body of your post and using the #korrasamiweek2024 tag, or by submitting it directly to this blog. You can also add it to the Korrasami Week 2024 Collection on AO3. All submissions for each prompt will be reblogged or posted by the end of the day.

11. There's no such thing as a stupid question, so if you're unsure about something, feel free to ask!

[halfway-house-in-hell]

charlie redesign!

+her gf 😁

(image id in alt text)

im not good at jotting down my thoughts so forgive me if this sounds weird

-she's a doll. she was created by her father lucifer as a gift for her mother, lilith, because lilith could not conceive a child naturally. lilith did not like this, and resents charlie and her father, causing a rift in their marriage. charlie feels responsible for this rift, and tries to help them reconnect to little success.

-the whole doll thing helps explain why noone takes her seriously. they dont see her as a "real" demon or the "real" princess of hell, they see her as a weak little toy.

-she is far too trusting-which is why she takes a deal with the radio demon, a demon who is not at all trustworthy, and has a very thin skin. she feels like she needs to prove her worth to the hell, she wants her citizens to take her seriously.

-her hotel, set up to rehabilitate sinners, has free entry. she tried to get funding to build it from her father, but he denied it as he did not believe it would work. charlie's rehabilitation plan was not the most well thought out, and so she tends to freak out when things go even slightly wrong.

-in the first "series" the hotel does not official approval from heaven. they realise this is a problem when a sinner who is in the process of rehabilitation gets killed, and instead of respawing in hell they respawn at the gates of heaven. when the angels who guard said gates see this, they immediately send the demon back down and demand to know what is happening (this is the setup for the "second season)

-charlie truly believes that. a) all sinners can be redeemed, even the "truly evil ones" and b) that these sinners will have a better life in heaven, free from the annual genocide. she is unaware/only partially aware of heavens strict conservatism and deep hatred of sinners (i have more thoughts on how exactly heaven works but i dont wanna make this post any longer than it needs to be)

-she and v(im not calling her vaggie. might give her another name that starts with v) complete eachother. v is the only one who takes her seriously and believes in her hotel, and charlie is the only one v can confide in and truly trust. charlie is the bleeding heart to v's closed wound.

ok i think thats it if you read this far thank youu❤️❤️❤️

[now-showing-at-the-hawk-events]

   Now Showing At The Hawk

       🎟MetalSandwich Movie Mania🎟

Tag for the event is #MetalSandwichMovies24

Welcome to the MetalSandwich Movie Event! I hope everyone will have a good time and make new friends as we create or appreciate the cool stuff that comes out of this event!

After a movie night with some friends on discord where we watched The Lost Boys, the idea came about to me to have a Week, seven days with a prompt for each day, with the date and prompts announced months in advance so everyone has time to make something for it!

We held the event and so many of you participated and had a lovely time, I knew I wanted to keep it up!

The prompts will be focused on movies from any time BEFORE 2000! Go back as far as you want! The date for the event is November 10th through 23rd!

Remember, even if you can't participate, you can still join in by showing others your love and support! You could even join the discord to hang out or have a movie night!

Tag for the event is #MetalSandwichMovies24!

           The Official Prompts!

Nov 10th - Musical Movie Day

Nov 11th - Animated Movie Day

Nov 12th - SciFi Movie Day

Nov 13th - Fantasy Movie Day

Nov 14th - Action Movie Day

Nov 15th - Adventure Movie Day

Nov 16th - Romance Movie Day

Nov 17th - Historical Movie Day

Nov 18th - Horror Movie Day

Nov 19th - Creature Feature Movie Day

Nov 20th - Free Genre Movie Day

Nov 21st - Iconic Movie Day (EX: Labyrinth, Rambo, Nosferatu, Etc)

Nov 22nd - Cult Classic Movie Day

Nov 23rd - Final Day to Post

     Read more for Rules & FAQs

What is accepted for the event?

Anything! Fan fiction, fan art, photo edits, moodboards, fan videos, playlists, cosplays, you name it! Just let your creativity go!

Is there a minimum word count or something similar for other projects?

Not at all! Go wild, write drabbles, do anything!

I will ask that any videos include captioning and images include alt text to be considerate towards our friends with visual and/or auditory processing difficulties!

How strict do we have to stick to the prompts?

Good question! With the variety and freedom of the prompts I hope you'll have plenty of wiggle room. And maybe you don't feel any movie au in particular but still want to participate? Maybe the boys just have a movie night watching a movie of your choice or they're actors! Who knows, you do! ;) I just want everyone to have fun. If you'd like any movie suggestions, let us know and we'll make a post!

I might run a little late in posting? Is that okay?

Life happens and it sucks! The dates are good for organization and giving everyone a clear schedule to try to keep to. But anything made specifically for this event will be accepted as long as it is posted sometime before the end of the year. Otherwise, there's always next year!

I'd like to chat, maybe share ideas, or just show love for our favorite guys! Is there a discord?

Yes! It's 18+ and you can join us here!

Cool! Is there a Twitter?

Also yes! Give us a follow and share!

What kind of ratings and content are allowed?

This is an explicit, kink, and Dead Dove friendly event as we are dealing with many kinds of movies, including horror! All ratings welcome! Just make sure to tag appropriately. If you're unsure and need help with tagging, reach out via DM and we'll give our best suggestions.

[yuna542]

[2.]

~The Return of the Kook-Princess~

Pairing: JJ Maybank x Reader/Oc

Genre: Fluff, Enemies to Lovers, Smut, Angst, Drama, Action

Warnings: Physical Fight, Blood, Swearing

Taglist: Open

Word count: 2,4k

Summary: The Kook princess is back after a year and reignites the war between Pogues and Kooks on Kildare. But she quickly realizes that after this year, nothing is the same as before. Deception, secrets from the past, and dangerous conspiracies sweep across Kildare, leaving her no choice but to work with the Pogues and her personal nemesis to find the truth and maybe even $8 million. A dangerous treasure hunt begins that turns her world upside down.

Soundtrack:

⏯️Play: Left Hand Free by alt-J

“Well, your left hand's free

And your right's in grip

With another left hand

Watch his right hand slip

Towards his gun

Oh, no”

Sky PoV.

My first day was completely uneventful. Other than sorting out my things and finished cleaning my room, I had done nothing. Our new property, Lionelly Ville, was still stunning. However, Rick had done some renovations. It bordered a large pool with a terrace and a verdant garden lined with colorful flowers.

Early the next morning, Sarah Cameron was at my door.

I had texted her that I was back and she had immediately pulled me into a tight hug, as if she hadn't ghosted me for a whole year.

We walked a beat together and I couldn't help but notice that very little had changed around here. The same people, the same houses, and the same warm breeze swept the streets.

Figure Eigth was still as clean as before and full of magnificent mansions, shiny cars and pretty gardens.

In the evening, there was a celebration at the Cut. Sarah, her boyfriend Topper, and Rafe picked me up and together we headed out. At the Cut, however, the houses seemed even more broken and the holes in the streets bigger than before. It was like entering another world that resembled a garbage dump. Still, the beach here was the most beautiful. It stretched for several miles and the sand was white as ivory. The sun was already beginning to set and the sound of the sea made me breathe a sigh of relief already from afar.

The sea here was very different from everywhere else. It welcomed you and the smell of salt in the air and the sun's rays on the sand was unique. It reminded me of home and filled me with a comforting feeling.

Loud music could be heard from far away and there were already some people there.

"Did you miss the beach?" asked Rafe, looking at me from the side as we climbed over the dunes.

"Definitely. Nassau is beautiful, but the beaches don't compare to these."

As soon as we got closer, heads started turning and I was eyed curiously. Most of them seemed to be thinking how they knew me, after all I had changed a lot.

My hair was longer, my skin more tanned and my figure more feminine. I had clearly stronger curves, a slim waist and sharper facial features, only I had not grown.

Immediately the whispering began when I was recognized by the first. Everyone on this island knew my story. I was the Kook princess who had lived the perfect life until her mother completely lost it and jumped off the balcony.

"Looks like you're going to have to give up your throne again, Cameron!" someone suddenly shouted. Sarah and Topper stopped and looked over at the small group watching us.

„The same rats as before," Rafe said, pointing to the Pogues. I recognized Kiara immediately and Pope had hardly changed either.

Kiara sat in the sand and looked at me coolly. Sarah had told me that they were no longer friends, but rather something like arch-enemies.

I wasn't surprised, considering who she hung out with.

Kiara and I had never had a close relationship, although I would have liked to get along better with her. However, it would have hurt my image, especially now that she was hanging out with those Pogues.

I smirked and eyed the other two boys. With these two, it took me a moment to recognize them. They had indeed changed. The one with the cap sitting crookedly on his head, had to be John B. He had hardly been to school and in general I had seen him very few times. Sometimes he had been on the Cameron's yacht working while Sarah and I had been there tanning. He always was cute, but now he evolved. He had become handsome. With his puppy-eyes and the charming smile you wouldn’t think he was a little shit, with no manners and nothing but stupid ideas in his head.

My gaze lingered a second longer on the cheeky blond and when I recognized him, I suppressed a surprised sound. That could only be JJ Maybank.

The guy who had been giving me a hard time and headaches here on Kildare for ages. We'd loathed each other since third grade. It all started on a steaming hot day, when he'd once threw a dead fish on me while I was eating lunch with Rafe and Sarah at school. It was humiliating and I would never forget the smell, which clung on me like chewing gum for days.

He was now quite a bit taller than me and had grown broad shoulders. You could see his defined torso through the long slits on his tank top that looked like he had cut them in himself. Or ripped it accidentally.

His hair was long and all messed up. They gave him this devilish expression that was only enhanced by the intense blue of his eyes, which seemed to always sparkled treacherously.

The shining sapphires roamed up and down my body as Kie asked:

"What are you doing here?"

It sounded like an accusation.

"I'm living here again. My stepdad found new work," I explained tersely, trying to ignore JJ's piercing gaze. He had that dirty grin on his lips that I remembered from before.

Then I turned away, no longer seeing any point to the conversation.

The Pogues were poor bastards and scum who were always looking for stress. It was best if you could just ignore them.

The eternal war between Kooks and Pogues was still in full swing, as I could see from Rafe's expression.

As it slowly got darker, I drank vodka shot after vodka shot with Rafe and eventually the world started to turn a little. I danced with Sarah to the music and moved my hips to the beat.

Topper and Rafe watched us and applauded as we twerked and goofed around.

That's when I felt a look at my back and turned around. Sure enough, there stood JJ, looking right at me.

Kie seemed to have taken his beer away from him and he was swaying a bit on his feet.

"Hey, princess! Would you dance on me like that sometime?" he called over, grinning stupidly.

Rafe shot up from his seat and fixed the blond pogue aggressively.

JJ moved closer while Kiara crossed her arms behind him and rolled her eyes as if she knew what was coming. But she did not stop him.

"Or do I have to pay like all the others?" he added provocatively, tilting his head.

"You couldn't pay that price even with four jobs, asshole," I retorted, to which Sarah laughed. JJ just wanted to provoke. Nothing else. But it worked. This guy was getting on my nerves just by being there, and his stupid grin only made it worse.

Just then Pope and John B joined us. They stood beside Kiara and observed the situation. Everyone seemed drunk. Especially Rafe and JJ.

"I doubt it's worth the money," he muttered, looking down at me.

"I guess you'll never know, idiot," I shot back disgusted, the alcohol making the feelings swirl twice as hard. When no reply came back, I turned away indifferently and returned Rafe's satisfied smile.

"Oh, all I have to do is ask every other guy here, if I remember correctly.“

The comment finally achieved its effect now and I was starting to get pissed. He had just called me a slut in front of everyone. Topper sucked in a sharp breath, Sarah glared at me, and Rafe took a few steps toward JJ.

"Just shut the fuck up!" he snapped at him, but JJ seemed completely unimpressed, even though Rafe was taller than him and way more intimidating.

"Is your self-confidence really so puny that you have to defend your turf, Kook?"

He spat out the last word like an insult.

Maybank sparkled provocatively at Rafe, who was now slowly growing angrier. You had to hand it to the Pogue. He knew how to really get someone riled up.

"You should get out of here with your little Pogue friends while you still can," he growled, his nose almost touching JJ's.

"Come on, it's not worth it!" shouted Kiara, taking a step toward her friend, trying to pull him back on his shoulder.

But things were just getting exciting now. Amused, I followed the argument, while Sarah also tried to calm Topper, who wanted to go to Rafe.

"I'm not afraid of you, Cameron," JJ replied calmly, and you could clearly see that he meant it.

He stood tall and didn't back away an inch. His blue eyes bored full of stubbornness into those of Rafe, who was now becoming more and more aggressive.

The tension in the air was palpable and you could almost smell the excess testosterone. The alcohol and darkness only increased the emotionality.

"Let's see if you still say that when I'm smacking your stupid face. Don't you dare even look at her again!"

Rafe's carotid artery popped out and his face turned red. JJ, on the other hand, was still grinning broadly, only his jaw twitched tensely. Out of pure provocation, JJ now turned to me again and put on a charming smile.

"Princess, you really should put a leash on your guard dog, otherwise..."

But that was as far as he got. Inside Rafe seemed to blow a fuse, he pushed JJ hard away from him in a second and followed it up with a punch right in his face. Screams went up and the crowd around us automatically increased in size. People were whispering and the music was turned down.

JJ staggered back a few steps and I watched in surprise that he just took the punch with a shake of his head, even though it probably would have knocked someone else out immediately. He grabbed his lip, which was now split open, and looked at the blood on his fingers. Slowly, he lifted his gaze, and as he did so, the corners of his mouth moved upward.

"That was all? That tickled at best, you weak snob. Running your mouth and then there's nothing behind it. Typical Kooks!"

I didn't understand why he kept provoking Rafe, but it was funny to watch. However, only I felt that way. Sarah was calling out to Rafe and even Topper was trying to calm him down.

Why didn't they just let the two of them fight and then it would be over? It was always like that. It seemed like Sarah was even afraid of the escalation. I still didn't understand why.

Rafe immediately rushed at him again, grabbed him by the legs and smashed JJ to the ground.

Tangled into each other, they rolled through the sand and punched each other over and over again. JJ hit him hard in the face several times, but Rafe was so intoxicated he didn't seem to notice.

Gradually I understood Sarah and Topper's panic. Rafe was losing control of his own rage. He was caught in a whirlpool of anger, adrenaline and hatred that shut down all rational thought.

Sarah screamed incessantly for the two of them to stop. John B was cheering loudly for JJ, while Kiara was shouting the same thing as Sarah, at JJ, but the boys heard nothing. They kept hitting, punching, pulling each other off their feet again and shoving each other violently into the sand. Pope tried to get between them, but John B held him back.

That probably wasn't such a stupid thing to do. The Pogue would probably be torn between the two. The hatred in Rafe's eyes and the anger in JJ face were frightening, yet I couldn't look away. Even though Rafe was older, bigger, and physically superior, JJ held his own ground amazingly well. He took a hell of a beating and actually still managed to shout provocative comments.

Then Rafe suddenly landed on top of him and pressed his arms to the floor with his knees. JJ looked at him with a grin that gave me goosebumps.

Rafe was blinded by anger and kept punching his face until the shouts around him got so loud that I started to get scared after all. JJ's face was covered in blood and it was no longer a small beating. I realized that Rafe was going to kill him if no one intervened.

Despite everything, JJ remained conscious and even the grin did not disappear.

It was almost as if he was enjoying it. As if he was used to this ordeal and had wanted exactly that to happen.

Kiara shrieked almost as hysterically as Sarah did and Topper also yelled at Rafe to stop.

"You're killing him! It‘s enough!"

The onlookers were getting quieter now. Where before they had been cheering for the boys, now they began to be embarrassedly silent or excitedly whispering. Everyone was paralyzed.

Finally John B did intervene and jumped in behind Rafe. He grabbed him by the neck and yanked him away from JJ in a headlock.

Topper came to his rescue and pulled Rafe behind him before he could go after John B as well. Everyone silently agreed, that it was enough.

There was a crazy glint in his eyes that made him look completely insane. His eyebrow was busted open and blood was pouring out of his mouth.

Sarah and Topper forcibly yanked him away and tried to remove him from the beach. He ran his hand through his sweaty hair and still fixed his eyes on JJ, who was lying on the ground, breathing heavily and looking up at the sky.

I did not show it, but I was impressed. JJ was tougher than he looked. The blood on his face contrasted extremely with his blond hair and the grin became a raspy laugh.

He coughed and spat a gush of blood into the sand. Kiara knelt by him while the other Pogues put themselves between him and the others.

"Your little sister hits harder, Rafe!" he shouted, lifting himself up, but falling back into the sand.

Shaking my head, I looked at the Pogue. He had to be completely crazy. Even though he was lying in the sand with his face covered in blood, he was laughing as if he had won.

Looking at Rafe like that, and the people around us, I realized that JJ may not have won the fight physically, but on a mental level he was the clear winner and everybody knew.

"Let's get out of here!" determined Sarah, shoving Rafe hard toward the residential neighborhood. I paused for another moment, watching JJ ignore Kiara, who was trying to help him.

That's when our eyes crossed and he winked at me almost flirty while wiping the blood from his lips with the back of his hand. I shook my head in bewilderment, but had to smile at his audacity.

Then I followed the others.

"Just run after your Prince Charming, little princess!" he called after me, whereupon I only raised my middle finger in the air without turning around.

⬇️

© Yuna542 — 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝.

[radfem-vex]

I've revotalized a version of the (Radical) Feminist Sisterhood Flag originally made by Diana Russell!

OG flag by Diana

Dr Diana EH Russell, PhD, (November 1938 to July 2020) was a feminist writer and activist from Cape Town, South Africa. She was an anti-apartheidist, women's rights, and human rights activist.

She was a triple alumni who attended University of Cape Town, London School of Economics, and Harvard University.

She organized (along with other feminists) the first International Tribunal on Crimes Against Women, which was held in Brussels, Belgium.

She was anti-porn, anti-sex trade (or anti rape-economy), and properly defined femicide as the killing of human females because they are female. There is so much more about her to learn, I recommend dianarussell.com

Attention bilingual people:

Diana Russell really wanted her message of global sisterhood to be spread to as many feminists as possible. The uniting and collective organizing of women is how we secure more rights and begin to structurally reorder society towards female liberation. Diana's message unfortunately is only available in English so if you can reblog with a translation of the following, I'm sure Diana's spirit would much appreciate it.

Dear Visitors and Supporters, I'm convinced that the wide distribution of this feminist flag would help to bring attention to feminist actions, and to facilitate international feminist solidarity, thereby empowering our struggle to combat misogyny and sexism in all its oppressive and discriminatory forms. I regret that the words can only be in one language; but I have seen no good alternative to this limitation. I'm searching for a fabulous feminist organizer with the vision, energy, time and motivation to take on the important job of marketing this beautiful feminist flag. If you're interested in helping with this project, please contact me via my contact page. Thank you! —————— 2020 NOTE: Diana has passed away so she can no longer work on this project that was very important to her. But she would definitely want other feminists to take up the cause of creating a feminist flag, either using her flag design (please credit her if you use it), or another design. So please feel free to do so! Thank you! ❤️

In my contribution, I've created a high quality rendition of Diana's initial global sisterhood flag with essentially more vibrancy. I've also created a version that contains the radical feminist symbol I've created.

1.

This is definitely my favourite out of the set. Image ID on alt text.

2.

3.

4.

[tumbleblunder]

The Kinitocord Fan Server is now OPEN!

Took me a bit, but it's done!

Welcome to Kinitocord!

This Discord server is meant to be a space for older fans (16+) to discuss, create, and RP all things KinitoPET!

In addition to more lax content policies (compared to the official KinitoPET discord), this server also hosts dedicated fandom chats, an AU hub, tupperbox for roleplay (and systems), AND strict anti-harassment rules alongside an anti-alt verification system.

Anyone over the age of 16 is welcome to join It does not matter to me if drama has happened here or in other spaces in the past. So long as no one is being hurt IRL, I would vastly prefer to judge people based on their behavior today. The rules of the server reflect this belief. So please do not be shy about joining!

Currently, I am the only server mod- but I may bring on more people to help depending on how popular the server ends up getting. We'll just need to see. If you have any questions, feel free to DM me on discord or shoot me a message on Tumblr. I hope to see y'all there!

[a-substantial-trash-pile]

welcome to the Garbage Dump™

here to provide you with all your trash-producing needs.

🐠 Links (aka where you can find my trash):

~ if you just want to see my art shenanigans, i’ve shoved most of it into my secondary blog here: pile-of-trashley

~ Ko-Fi                  ~ Twitter

~ Instagram           ~ YouTube

🐋 other Things to know:

~ i mainly queue reblogs to my blog cuz i like having it on a schedule, so if you see just a like from me on something of yours, there's a 99.9% chance i’ve reblogged it too! it’s just waiting for it’s turn to post in my queue.

~ ID text for my art posts can be found under the ALT button 👍 (sorry in advance if i forget to do it on any my brain is broken)

~ MY TAGS: my personal ramble posts are tagged as "trash rambles" and my more negative ramble posts as "trash rants." queued posts are tagged as "q." feel free to blacklist these as needed!

🍉 Links to resources to help Palestine:

Operation Olive Branch: google spreadsheet that provides resources & places/families to donate to.

Help Gaza: another spreadsheet that provides a list of places/families to donate to.

ceasefiretoday: site to help you find your representatives (US/UK/Canada).

article listing Palestinian artists/designers to support

article explaining what companies to boycott

tumblr post by user sulfurcosmos that compiles A TON of resources into a list that’s being actively updated as of now so please check it out!!!

[copperbadge]

Hi Sam. A potentially stupid question. Image descriptions for screen readers. Do they work the same way for audio and video? As in are they needed or helpful? I'm finding conflicting answers when I search for this.

Not at all a stupid question! I think sometimes it can vary by community, to be honest.

Screen-reader users, visually impaired folk, and others for whom IDs are particularly relevant, feel free to chime in; I'm going to ramble and you likely have more useful stuff to say. Remember to do it in reblogs or notes, as I don't post asks sent in response to other asks.

I'm not visually impaired, and I don't use a screen reader and thus am not really able to speak with firsthand authority. In the past, when I've asked, I've heard that in-post text is better than alt-text for images; even if that stops being the case, I prefer to use in-post text because there are people who aren't screen-reader users who also like the IDs. I do too, actually. And generally I've heard that video as well as image should be described. I don't do straight audio generally, but when I do, if it's a song I don't bother because the title is there and lyrics are googleable, if it's speech I like to see/give a transcript.

I like when videos have descriptions especially, because I am almost never in a position to play a video I see on my dash. If the video doesn't autoplay I don't want to hit play because then it will load with audio and I'm usually either a) somewhere I can't have audio or b) already listening to something and unwilling to turn it off. If the video autoplays it's muted, but if it's audio-heavy there's the same issue. So if someone posts a video without a description/transcript, unless it has captions, I can't engage.

There are a lot of guides out there for how to write IDs and I kind of think, based on conversations I've had, most of them are bullshit by people who don't use screen readers. In my experience, which is not universal but is relatively comprehensive, people who can't see an image often do not want a precise objective description as we're instructed to provide.

There's a great essay that touches on this, Against Access, where the writer, who is Deafblind, talks about how he doesn't want a diagram, he wants an emotional evocation.

Why are you telling me, telling me, telling me things? Your job isn’t to deliver this whole room to me on a silver platter. I don’t want the silver platter. I want to attack this room. I want to own it, just like how the sighted people here own it. Or, if the room isn’t worth owning, then I want to grab whatever I find worth stealing.

I've had people get shitty with me about putting "feelings" into my IDs, but the majority of people for whom those IDs are necessary have told me they like it because, for example, saying "She looks like she's about to commit violence" is a subjective opinion but conveys something that "A woman is standing with arms upraised and a frown on her face" does not. And if you're describing an image but there's not a ton of meaning to it, describing it in clinical detail is wasting time. A paragraph describing a fortysomething white guy and all the clothing he's wearing and the room he's in is not as helpful, on occasion, as simply saying "This is a photograph of me in my bedroom." It depends on context, which is your call to make, and the only way to get good at that is to do it.

But again: this is my experience with my readers, and even John Lee Clark, quoted above, doesn't speak for his whole community. So I would suggest that the best way to get an answer for this is just to ask your readers what they'd prefer. If you have friends who use screenreaders, ask them. If you don't, or if you don't get a response from your readers, I would do what you feel is best until someone tells you otherwise, and then be gracious and discuss it with them so you can better understand their needs. In my experience, when someone is genuinely trying to make a more welcoming space for disabilities -- as opposed to making virtue-signal attempts to Be The Perfect Ally -- they get a lot of slack when they don't get it exactly right. It is better to make a welcoming space for people to feel safe telling you that you fucked up than it is to pretend you're never going to fuck up.

So yeah, as someone who is more or less fully sighted, that's my two cents, but if you really want to know what your readers want, you know...I'd ask them. :) Good luck, either way.

[echo-bleu]

Disability pride request? Two characters of your choice hanging out, maybe one using two forearm crutches and one using two canes. They can be friends or partners - I just generally love seeing disabled characters interactng with one another!

How about three disabled characters?

Once upon a time @camille-lachenille sent me a prompt about Míriel having Ehler-Danlos Syndrome. I had already sketched a disabled Celegorm with EDS in mind and, thinking about how it's genetic, had an epiphany about Celebrimbor (and the meaning of his name) and I drew him as well. So I wrote a fic about all three of them dealing with chronic pain, but I still hadn't drawn Míriel. That oversight is now fixed!

They have more in common than just chronic illness xD.

This is still titled "The EDS gang" in my files, I'm going to stick to it. Set sometime in Fourth Age Valinor, when most things are good again...

Disabled Tolkien characters series

(Feel free to send me more disability prompts! I love drawing them.)

More ramblings about disability aids that devolved into bullet-point headcanons under the cut. ID and transcription at the end, but they're also in alt text.

[CW: this is all fairly light but discussion of death and trauma and you know, everything that comes with these three.]

I do not know how to make comics. I'm sure that's very obvious but, you know, learning new things and all that. One thing I learned was that my usual style of rendering does not work with it as well so I rendered them entirely twice.

It was meant to be day 21 and 22 of my October challenge, because surely I can draw and colour a full page in a day (spoilers: no). In the end it was a combined 15 hours of work over 3 and a half days because I made it as complicated as I possibly could 😭 Still, I had fun and learned a lot.

Note: Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is a connective tissue disorder, affecting basically how your cells are glued together. There are a lot of different symptoms (and different types of EDS) but a frequent one is joint pain and hypermobility, and it's at least partly inherited.

Míriel:

Red was Míriel's colour first. She's not into gaudy things and rarely wears vivid colours, but almost always something red. She barely wears any jewellery since reembodiment, mostly for sensory reason (She is very autistic. That's something she gave Fëanor, Curufin, Caranthir, Ambarussa and Celebrimbor, at least.)

She died of post-partum (and general) depression and energy depletion from childbirth or something, but the chronic illness that was taking all of her energy and keeping her from her craft certainly didn't help.

Also pregnancy was horribly rough on her, partly because EDS can be affected by hormonal changes.

She's actually been better since reembodiment, because she has better accommodations (Finwë did his best but he was very lost) and also a Vala on hand who makes her very good painkilling tea.

She wears knitted compression gloves that she designed to help with hand pains.

Her wheelchair is of Noldor make, but I'm sure Celebrimbor will have suggestions for improving it.

The tapestry that she is weaving is actually this painting of Finrod that I did a while ago. I figure that she's representing calmer, nicer things now that she doesn't have to weave her grandchildren's downfall and deaths.

Celegorm:

He was in a relationship with Oromë before the Exile. After his reembodiment, it took them a while by they talked it out and forgave each other. Oromë doesn't quite get elves, but he's really supportive.

He has a pair of wolf-head canes carved by Nerdanel. He alternatively uses both, just one and sometimes none depending on activity/pain level.

He wears bandages as compression garments because this is a world without elastane. His leggings have reinforced knees for support.

He's always heard about Míriel having the same thing as he does from Finwë, and he knew that when he started showing symptoms, Fëanor was terrified that he'd fade too. So for a long time, Míriel's story was kind of hanging above his head.

That's why it takes him a while to go seek her out after he's reembodied. Celebrimbor understands why it's important to him and he pushed him to it a little bit, so Celegorm dragged him along.

They're going to get along great. Míriel is both the quintessential grandmother and also she has a twisted sense of humour that Celegorm will just love.

Celebrimbor:

Celegorm was always his favourite uncle, and they became very close when Celebrimbor started having symptoms in the early years in Exile, and Celegorm stayed with Curufin in Himlad for him.

It took Celebrimbor a while to forgive him after Returning (not as long as Curufin but still) but they've gone back to being really close.

He was really unlucky with reembodiment: while he wasn't reborn with the physical aspect of his torture, the memory of pain and the trauma made his chronic pain a lot worse than it was before, and he can no longer walk unaided.

He designed the silver ring and wrist splints back in Eregion with Narvi's help, and ended up literally living up to his name (which means "silver fist/grasping hand").

Paradoxically these were a great motivation for him to work through his trauma and go back to the forge, because he couldn't find a silversmith in Valinor who could make good enough ones for him, even with all of his sketches and specifications.

A lot of his work since reembodiment has been designing and making disability aids for people.

He uses platform crutches to spare his hands as much as possible. He invented and designed them, of course, as well as the KAFO brace that he wears here. He's also a part-time wheelchair user.

He is still wearing dwarven beads in his hair. He obviously didn't bring anything back from Middle-Earth but he asked Gimli to make them for him in remembrance of Narvi. His tunic is also dwarven-inspired.

He is pretty chill about Sauron here. I don't know if there was a redemption (I have feelings about @chthonion's The Harrowing and @mynameisjessejk's Otter Mayhem) or if he's just been through enough elf-therapy to be able to joke about it. Celegorm's sense of humour is just Like That.

Celegorm and Celebrimbor are about to try Vairë's special painkilling tea for the first time 👀

Between all of them they should really open a disability aids shop or something. They just might! Míriel doesn't really ever leave Vairë's house but I think Celegorm and Celebrimbor will keep visiting her a lot, and eventually all of the grandkids will as well.

Image description and transcriptions:

Two digital comic book pages.

Image 1: The first case takes the whole width, showing two pairs of feet with each two canes/crutches on a tiled floor, with a speech bubble saying "Do you think she'll want to see us?"

The second line has two cases in 2/3 and 1/3 format. The first shows two hands in red fingerless gloves working on a tapestry on a loom. The second shows part of a light-skinned face in profile, with curly white hair. Three speech bubbles say "My love?" "Um?" "There are people here asking for you."

The bottom part has one case off-center showing the same hand undoing the brake of a wheelchair, with a speech bubble saying "Your grandson and your great-grandson." above and one saying "I'll be right here." below. Then a full-length off-case portrait of Miríel, a light-skinned elf with shoulder-length curly white sitting in a wheelchair and pushing herself. She's wearing a pale pink embroidered dress with red accents, red fingerless gloves and elbow pad and brown boots and smiling.

Image 2: A single large case shows two elves standing in a room with a tiled floor, with a large door and two tables behind them. There are thread spools on one table and a tea set on the other. One elf, Celebrimbor, is brown-skinned and slightly chubby, with long black hair in a braided bun, wearing a red tunic and dark green pants. He is leaning on two decorated platform combo crutches made of wood and metal, with a KAFO brace on his leg. He wears finger and hand silver splints. The other elf, Celegorm, is pale and has long white hair in a high ponytail with small braids, he has tattoos on his neck and arms and he wears bandages on his shoulders, elbows and wrist. He wears a green tunic, leggings and wrap-around gaiters. He is leaning on a cane and holding up another cane, pointing at the first elf. Both canes have handles carved in the shape of wolf heads.

The speech bubbles are arranged around and below them, giving this dialogue, with the speakers distinguished by the shape of the bubble (the parts in parentheses are smaller text in the bubbles):

Celegorm: "My lady, my name is Tyelkormo, and this is my nephew Tyelpë." Miríel: "I know who you are, my wonderful children. Come sit." Celebrimbor: "That would be nice, thank you." Miríel: "Vairë, my love, would you make us some tea?" Celebrimbor: "My lady!" Celegorm: "A Vala who can make tea! (I could never get Oromë to do it.)" Miríel: "It was a long domestication process." Vairë (off screen): "Hey!" Celebrimbor: "Instant hot water! That’s nice. (I wonder if I could replicate that.)" Miríel: "She makes wonderful hot water bottles." Celegorm: "Oromë just uses his hands as hot pads." Celebrimbor: "Ew, I didn’t need to know that." Celegorm: "What? Just because your Maia burns everything he touches–" Celebrimbor: "Shut up." Miríel: "You must both tell me everything about yourself. And your partners!"