#i want to be grateful to this site and to the people who I interactive with here

[gawrkin]

I Believe it's now over a Year since I've joined Tumblr

First of All

THANK YOU so much to all My Followers and Mutuals!

I wish I could mention all my 99 followers, but I felt it was too unwieldy so I'll just settle for keeping it small:

Thank you very much to:

@cesarescabinet @sanddef @0rions-belt @fairyhagmother

@mistoffeleesisawitch @moirailsupport @taliesin-the-bored @dullyn

@gailyinthedark @enjoyerofstories @rainbluealoekitten @a-funeral-pyre

@agravaineoforkney @gingersnaptaff @sagewiththyme @emperorcandy @nukethebees

@jimmythejiver @oneshoulderangel @salomania @wandrenowle

@wildbasil @sickfreaksirkay @liminalpsych @neapolitangirl

And Shoutouts to:

@tiodolma @delphiniumpacificguinevere @the-king-and-the-druidess @thesquireinvictus

@adhd-merlin @joemerl @gellavonhamster

and many, many more!

With special thanks to:

@queer-ragnelle - who's Arthurian Preservation Project was the best resource that I was fortunate enough to discover. (You should go check it out HERE)

SO... a whole year has passed since I've joined Tumblr and wow, I didn't think I would come to love blogging here; I don't really engage with social media much at all, even now. But here, it's different. I first came to Tumblr because of my growing obsession with the Arthurian Tradition - something that had been growing for a long time since I was still in High school. Back then, I was also a freak for folklore and mythology. And having since come here, I think it's helped me a lot, both in my personal life and with my obsession with Arthuriana. The community here is wonderful and comfortable to talk about our little niche

With all that said, I thank you to all who've liked and reblogged my posts and, trust me I've got PLENTY MORE things to show and talk about King Arthur and his mythos.

So, I hope I can continue blogging about our favorite knights and ladies at Camelot for the forseeable future.

Finally, to cap off

I wish you all love, peace and happiness no matter what

[fingertipsmp3]

Watching people catapult that white girl who said the n word to fame instead of ignoring her like she deserves

[mrkida-art]

PSA! I am (not) leaving tumblr. But… 

Hi people! I want to start this by saying, I am NOT leaving Tumblr. I am however gonna start focusing on other social media and go back to using my Tumblr blog as an archive for my art. This means you will still get to see my work if you follow me, but most of my activity will be on other sites (also, some of my other socials will have work previously unseen on tumblr btw!).  I won’t link my Carrd here (to avoid my post getting suppressed) but you can find it in the image or in my bio. 

There are two reasons for this, first, I have been neglecting other socials and I got to get my ducks in a row and actually build audiences on other platforms (esp since my “main” audience was on Twitter and well, you know what happened there). The second and main reason is because my engagement has totally died on this site and I’ve received very little feedback or response to my posts on here for a while now. I am grateful for all the interaction I do get and for those who continue to support me, but like most artists, one of my main reasons I post my work is for some sort of response and if I don’t get any, I am simply gonna go looking for other places where I do. Because well, that’s where I have the most fun posting and Tumblr has not felt very fun lately. It’s also very hard to gauge the interest of my audience here with the lack of comments, I have no idea what people think about my work.  What do people enjoy about my art? Are people bored with it? Are people tired of the subjects I work with?  I don’t know because my audience does not tell me, 99% of my notes are likes or reblogs without any sort of commentary about the art itself. 

And yes, I am very grateful for that support too, of course I am!  It’s just that comments are what motivates me to post, and with my note count going down more and more for every post I make, it's simply not worth it for me to put much time into this website with how things look right now (and how Tumblr users use this site nowadays) So instead I am going to try to put more effort into building audiences on other socials where people interact more with artists (like Tiktok for example, we’ll see what happens with the possible US ban though). 

So to summarize this PSA, I am not leaving, but I will mainly use Tumblr as art archive and focus on my other socials instead (and please go follow me there too!)      

[eschergirls]

February 2025 Escher Girls Patreon Thank You & Life/Site Update

Hi everyone! I hope everybody is okay despite everything going on in America and the world ):

As some of you who follow me elsewhere know, I've been recovering from sudden surgery for most of January which is why I haven't really been able to do much with the blog this month. I'm still recovering so this update will be short.

Before I had to get surgery, I managed to restore and update some old posts, they are: this old Black Widow post & an associated humorous redraw with Iron Man in her position instead, a great inked redraw of Yelena Belova by frequent EG contributor Deanna M. Brigman, a really strange cover of Yelena and Natasha fighting,and an old panel of Natasha from Avengers #399 which I finally found a source for.

All restored/fixed posts have working images, videos, and animated gifs (a lot were broken or deleted by either Tumblr or during the move to the new site), and have added image descriptions for screenreaders, sources, and links to the cross-posts on the site & on Tumblr.

I have also been looking through my email inbox and Tumblr inbox, and there's a bunch of submissions during the pandemic and site move period that I think I never got around to posting due to a combination of moving the site, the pandemic, and exam stresses. I'm really sorry for missing those, and I'm now processing and posting them all.

And now I want to give a huge sincere thank you to Escher Girls' January 2025 Patreon subscribers as well as those who have donated on Ko-Fi this month. Thank you so so much for your support and helping to keep this site afloat. If you want to join my Patreon, you can here, it helps me keep the site updated and running as hosting and domain costs continue to rise.

Also, if you want to help me with post-surgical recovery, you can donate at ko-fi here. I don't expect people to donate anything, especially in this economic climate, but if you want to, I would be really grateful and appreciative.

Anyway, without further ado, thank you so so much to the following for subscribing to the Escher Girls patreon last month:

Anne Adler Cat Mara Chris McKenzie Em Bardon First Time Trek Greg Sepelak Karrius Ken Trosaurus Kevin Carson Kim Wincen Leak  Manuel Dalton Mary Kuhner Max Schwarz Miriam Pody Morgan McEvoy randomisedmongoose Rebecca Breu Ringoko  Ryan Gerber Sam Mikes Sean Sea SpecialRandomCast  Thomas   

And also a very special thank yous to JohnnyBob8 and Imry for their generous donations through Ko-Fi!

And just a general huge thank you to everybody interacting and submitting things to the site. I love reading all your comments and your interactions. <3

Also, if anybody is on Fedi and wants to talk to me, I'm at https://urusai.social/@ami_angelwings.

I hope everybody stays safe and I'll see you next month,

Ami

PS: As a reminder, we added a button that links to the Escher Girls Tumblr and to our RSS feed for those who want to follow that way. (For newbies, RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication and is basically a feed you can read using an RSS reader. Simply copy and paste https://eschergirls.com/rss.xml into an RSS reader and it will keep you up to date on Escher Girls!)

Make sure it is eschergirls.com and not eschergirls.tumblr.com, as that is Tumblr, and not the self-hosted site.

If you have any issues with the site or suggestions to improve it, please do not hesitate to contact me and let me know!

If you wish to support Escher Girls, you can subscribe to our Patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/ami_angelwings or donate through Ko-Fi at: https://ko-fi.com/amiangelwings.

[nariism]

Hi all,

After some thought I've decided to officially archive this account. This means that all my writing will stay up, but I will no longer be using this blog to interact, reblog on or post to.

Ultimately, this is due to a combination of me being too busy nowadays to write anything substantial and not being a part of fandom culture/keeping up with content anymore. There were some things I intended to wrap up (like the neglected last few fics from my event ijbol...), but I'm out of practice and not motivated enough to do them justice, so I apologize.

A big warm thank you to those of you who supported me, helped me, and, to some of you, became some of my best friends. I truly can't express how much my mutuals and those who read my silly little stories mean to me T_T

When I started actually using and posting to Tumblr for the first time, I was so nervous. I had no idea how the app or site worked, how to format things, or even if my writing would be taken well. I picked up writing as a hobby for the first time in years because I had just moved to a new city away from all my friends and family. Writing helped me open up online and make friends with some of the best people in the entire world, and I'm so grateful for that.

To my mutuals who I don't keep in touch with outside of Tumblr, let me know if you want to talk on Discord or anything like that ^.^ and to those of you who interacted with me, kept me company, and (frankly) kept me sane over the last 2 years, thank you.

Happy lunar new year! Thanks for everything 🩷

[yridenergyridenergy]

On the eve of the seven-year mark for this account, let's address the biggest hate point about me: how I insist that people either ask before, come and say thanks, simply link to or credit this page when they share/repost the content.

Even if I manage to convince a handful of peopIe, I will continually have to argue and work with people on this because it's not inherent. For example, I come from an online community where, decades ago, we were shocked when we learned that Japanese artists were mad that some people had simply copied and pasted their fanart. It's obvious when you stop to put yourself in their shoes, but for a lot of people, it takes some personal effort to accept the realization that: "Oh okay, I see where you're coming from." In no way am I comparing fanart with most of my content, as artists deserve a ton more praise, but the concept of being grateful for where you got stuff and not simply saving and reposting stuff is the same. And guess what? People outside of that aforementioned community, and even probably newcomers to that community, are still sharing uncredited fanart. It's not inherent, I get it.

For almost seven years, I have posted twice daily, at least, and this requires quite a lot of budget, time, innovation and effort. And absolutely, the content comes from the band themselves, I'm not the photographer(s), the live show recorders, the interviewers, etc. However, you also wouldn't have that GIF, JPG, etc. if it wasn't for me. I do it to share the love, the passion. If I don't mention the source in my post, then it's either directly cited on the picture or the band has not mentioned the source either, like for memocas.

Also, each perpetrator thinks of themselves individually, but imagine my perspective too: it's not just one, but dozens of people who keep reposting my content to their own crowd of followers without any context. When you don't mention a source and just display new content out of nowhere, you are indeed claiming it as if you were the benefactor.

So, am I fighting for the "clout" or whatever? Well, maybe in the same capacity as those people are clearly attracted to. Whether we are or not, it's just about the principle behind the whole situation that reposting is not the proper way to show that you are grateful about something. Unless it came from a robot or some big corporation without feelings or humanity. If you don't wish to interact and ask permission or say thanks at all, let alone like or reblog on Tumblr, then the least you can do is to mention where you found stuff. To whom you owe the pleasure of having seen that content and being able to share it.

And it's so stupid because on Twitter, for example, you benefit from 280 characters now, plus a link gives a preview of the images that are on the landing site. There is zero excuse for not mentioning your source right there in the post where you repost an image (or screenshots of a translated interview, mindblowingly enough), in addition to whatever small comment you want to make regarding the content, instead of in a subsequent reply that nobody will bother to check.

A lot of people will still disagree on this and hate me, and that's fine. If you don't like me, then don't engage with what I share, because that's just hypocritical. This really shouldn't be that controversial, it's just that your feathers are temporarily ruffled. People added watermarks on their GIFs and scans etc. way before I did.

And the descent from "Please credit if you repost" to "Do not repost" came because people didn't do even that anyway. But if someone comes to ask me if they can nevertheless, I'm super likely to say 'yes'.

At the end of the day, I want to keep this blog positive, I want to foster a good environment to lift people's mood day by day. We have enough bullshit in our lives. I've heard of the Dir en grey community being toxic at probably more than one stage of its existence, but hopefully we can keep avoiding that.

As for me, I am eternally grateful to those who keep up with my apparently insufferable self.

[thechekhov]

If I may, what’s your biggest regret/joy from making this series into what it is? I hate the AUs that are just “The show but everything is exactly the same minus slight differences that don’t amount to anything” so your comic has a deep place in my heart :)

That's an interesting question!

(Though I AM personally fond of AU stories with more fundamental change, I don't particularly feel like the hate towards those 'change a minor thing' AUs is justified. There are many ways those stories can be very engaging! They're different for sure, but they, too, have value!)

I think my biggest joy has been the fact that I'm able to continue the comic.

It's my largest project by far and I've had a lot of growth because of it! Drawing over 200 episodes that's kinda inevitable but regardless, I'm grateful for the circumstances which have allowed me to keep it going. For the readers, for the luck I've had in my job, and for my partner's support!

My biggest regret is.... honestly nothing?

I could say I regret not taking this comic more seriously from the beginning.... but it was the casual nature of Season 1 that allowed me to keep it running in the first place! If I had been trying for season 3-4 art from the beginning, I would have probably burned out and quit much earlier!

I could say I regret small changes here and there, but again - all my previous decisions have made the comic into what it is today! All my choices have compounded into the story's current arc.

What I DO regret is...... because I now have to juggle my IRL job and my comic and GMing, I have very little time for anything else.

I also regret that this workload makes me an even grumpier person than I am naturally, and sometimes I just don't have the patience to present myself in a PR-positive light. I grow frustrated with readers who assume I have more time than I do, and I get annoyed by those who expect me to perform customer service work and answer questions (which are in the FAQ). I know it isn't their fault, and I KNOW I should appreciate their curiosity... but being tired all the time means I sometimes cannot react reasonably to answering the same question 100 times.

And it's hard! It's hard to have to be the 'face' of a comic and be expected to interact with everyone with an everlasting smile, even when I'm bone tired. I'm not even a social person by nature! I don't want to be a public figure. I don't need people to idolize me. I just wanna draw.

But that's less of a comic regret and more just a general regret of not realizing that this is a part of my 'job' now.

I wish all the other artists that use tumblr or twitter or any of those other sites a very 'you do NOT have to wear the Social Media Personality hat'.

anyway............the point is............ it's mostly joy! No real regrets about the comic itself.

[thewanderingmask]

Hellooo sorry to barge into your inbox like this but I am going FERAL over your Joel winner art so I hope you can excuse this senseless essay of a ramble

First off, stained glass window art?? Yes please?? I love how the entire fandom has just accepted that kind of style for the winners and it's FABULOUS. I absolutely adore your art style and Joel looks SO COOL in it!!! The sword and the ender pearl is perfect (the sword because he's a fighter, the pearl because that's how he died!!)

The hands around him!!! I LOVE how distinct every single one of them are, you can immediately tell who they belonged to. (Okay, the black long-sleeve thumbs-up is giving me trouble. Gem?? But the others going clockwise I BELIEVE are Pearl (the crown ring!!), Ren, Bdubs, Cleo, Tango, Grian, and Etho.)

The backgrounds are LOVELY and immediately distinct: Gem's barn, Scott's cake, Scar's roller coaster, the Tuff Guy's bases, the Spanner's bridges, and the bamboo for the Bamboozlers!!

THE FIVE PREVIOUS WINNERS!!! Quite frankly I consider it silly that we've been canoodling around with celestial objects for so long and I LOVE the symbols you chose for everyone- the red eye for Grian, the stars for beloved Scott, the crescent moon for Pearl, the sunflower for Scar and Martyn's shirt design!!

I'm deeply fascinated by the flowers- the cherry blossom is most likely a tie to his s10 base, but cherry blossoms also symbolize the balance between life and death, beauty and violence. Very fitting for our family-oriented yet ever bloodthirsty Joel!! The blue ones are most likely forget-me-nots, which also fits very well with Joel's ideals of making alliances and having "friends, not family".

"It's Your Turn"... man, I was rooting so hard for Joel this season and I'm SO HAPPY he won. Man deserves a victory.

I'm terribly sorry for this block of text but I just really wanted to tell you that your art is APPRECIATED and your style is FABULOUS and it always makes me smile when it pops up. Keep creating, my friend, because you have gorgeous talent and I'm incredibly grateful you shared it with us. Cheers!

hi anon and thank you for this lovely message, it made my day

longer art talk under the cut

you're absolutely right about all the hands, well done figuring out gem! it was based on her red life skin, but i couldn't think of anything to make it more clear who it was.

(at least, not until after i'd already finished and posted the piece)

flower language is rad and i did wonder about the meaning of the ones in here, but didn't actually think to look anything up. i like that the blue ones are forget-me-nots! i added them to the winners' circle as a nod to cleo's avatar!

because i literally forgot there were 6 previous winners until i'd already committed to the composition.

the series i forgot about was actually limited life. idk why. i'm new actually haven't seen any series before this one. (i also had to check with a friend of mine who's been watching the series a lot longer, to see if the symbols i'd picked would work for the other victors)

anyway since Real Life was april fools and not really played the same way as the others, i figured it made sense to add martin to the symmetrical circle of 5, and put something around the circle to represent cleo. hence the blue and yellow flowers!

and yep the sakura is hugely inspired by his hermitcraft base, plus the trees at the site of the final fight. learning it has meanings that work so well for his performance just puts such a smile on my face!

(since drawing this, i've seen other people using a comet, which is also so freaking good)

anyway thank you again for this ask, and for giving me an excuse to go off about how i put Very Much Thoughts into art sometimes

i haven't really interacted with many folks in the fandom itself! i'm shy, and i'm generally pretty happy to sit quietly in my corner and sometimes throw a piece of art to the winds to go wherever it might. but a result is that i don't always know how my art is received, if it lands, or it if it feels off to folks who've been around longer.

so your message made me really happy today! thank you!

[tuiyla]

Oh hi guys.

Crazy to think that it's now been ~a year and a half since my presence on here has only been occasional and not very substantial. I do check tumblr every now and then and get these bursts of oh, I should finish what was unfinished. But you know how it goes, life gets busy and for better or for worse, I just don't have the kind of time that I used to to dive in truly ridiculously deep with something like Glee, or any of my other fandoms.

Well, I say for better or for worse but I can honestly say to you guys that it's for the better. Life is good. It's different than it used to be and that change started two years ago now but yeah, it's good. The tuiyla who infrequently pops up here again to go "and another thing!" is not the same who would do all those in-depth analysis and spend countless hours on gifsets. And you know, much love to that tuiyla, honestly, and much love to all of you. I've been going down memory lane with some posts and interactions and I want you to know that I am grateful for the very active era that I had on here. It was, above all, fun, and not only did it get me through the pandemic but gave me such an outlet for the nerdiest of impulses and creative bursts. And all of you were truly so kind to me. Sure, there was the occasional fandom drama haha and anons wanting to stir shit but what's some pettiness to the outpouring of support in my dorky endeavors. People interacted with my projects and humored my many ramblings and I appreciate that. It's still a little crazy to me that people were so invested in what I had to say and engaged with it all.

I'm aware this is starting to sound like some kind of goodbye post and it's not, not really, but also I think I'd be foolish not to acknowledge that the era I'm describing is over. And that's okay, really. There are still things I wanna finish, one day, if I get a strong enough burst of motivation. There are several things that come to mind when I think of what my tumblr magnum opus would be, like Santana comphet part II or that bloodbending essay I've been sitting on for the better half of a decade, if not a full decade. We'll see. We'll see if I ever finish gif WIPs or touch the Glee singing database again. I'll fully admit that there are asks I will probably never get to and for that I'm truly sorry because it is an honour for people to want to know what my two cents on a given topic is. I'll be going through some old asks and see what I can realistically get to, not that I would expect anons from literal years ago to still be keeping an eye out for answers haha.

But to those who are reading this and recognize this silly username from a while back, can I just say, I wish you the best. I hope you're well. There are many, many users on here that I look back on with such fondness. So many anons made so many of my days with their kindness and thoughts and engagement. It really is something to come back to, even if briefly, even if rarely, even when life gets chaotic. In a good way, but chaotic nonetheless. Like, guys, I'm literally getting my first tattoo in two weeks and it does have to do with my username. Isn't that crazy? Not that I'm getting my url tattooed on my body, obviously, but Tui and La will soon be doing their eternal dance on my arm. Wild. And beyond that, I'm currently very grateful for the job that I have, that I started two years ago and changed the course of my life. I'm also soon maybe possibly starting a part-time job in teaching high schoolers, also very crazy. We'll see how that will go.

Well, all that's to say, hello everyone. I'm here, sometimes, and appreciate all of you and this crazy site. Good memories from here and it's not something I've fully relegated to the past.

[churromancermasterofchurros]

I think that the switch from reddit to tumblr is particularly difficult for me so far, and i know it's just been a few days, but i wonder if other people are having these issues as well, so i thought it might be a decent idea to write out my thoughts here.

-first off, i was a lurker almost exclusively on reddit. Much more introverted, and i only spoke about things i knew or if i knew id get karma for it (being a person with RSD, i kind of hated downvotes, regardless if they were just "useless internet points" or not).

-tumblr requires you to be more interactive and speak out more with its etiquette, by reblogging and so forth (ive read in a few places that comments sections werent used much before the refugees invaded tumblr, which i think seems like a cool positive)

-while there arent any downvotes, i still feel anxious to talk/put myself out there. Am i reblogging right? Are my tags funny? Is my blog a big uninteresting mess?

This isnt a problem with the site itself, but with me obviously. But we are talking about my difficulty here, so it still needs to be said.

-the communities arent built in here like they were with reddit, so you sort of have to find it, and the regular posters who have the kind of quality content you want. This is pretty cool, but vastly different from reddit and im having a tough time getting used to it.

-there's definitely a few people i missed from the reddit communities i was in, and i wish i knew if they were here or not. (Talking about you, u/nepalman230)

All this being said, holy hell, its wild. Im putting my thoughts out here right now, and while it does feel....uncomfy, i think its more because im not used to it. It feels more like shouting out to the void. Maybe itll talk back. Who knows?

But i think this site is very neat, and i love love LOVE how much more inclusive tumblr is. Im straight and a cis male, but there were a lot of toxic communities that would just not let people be who they say they are, and im so glad that all my LGBTQ+ friends have a more inclusive place like this, and that so many have migrated over here. I wish i wouldve come here sooner.

Im also very grateful to all you veteran tumblr users putting in the effort to help us out. Youve put so much out here for us, to help us better understand how to navigate these new waters, and honestly? I'd have been really screwed without the help ive received, because tumblr is really kinda chaotic.

Its good to be here, and i'm hoping i can get over all my dysfunctions and really enjoy this space you've shared with us.

[shadyufo]

How much do you like selling on Etsy? I've been thinking about opening up a shop to sell my own taxidermy art on there. It's just that I've heard Etsy is known for shutting down shops randomly and people keep saying that Etsy's "dying"/on a downward slope. I also heard there are a lot of scammers... What are your thoughts?

Hi Anon!

My feelings about Etsy have definitely gotten sorta complicated over the last few years.

First of all, I love my little shop. I love getting to interact with so many sweet and lovely folks and I love getting to send my art and oddities all over the country. I’ve sold pieces through Etsy that have ended up in museums and classrooms, as props in movies and television shows, that have been centerpieces in peoples’ weddings, that were birthday gifts for little kids just getting into nature and science, and so many other neat and wonderful places with some really awesome people who I am forever grateful to for supporting my shop.

That said, in my opinion, Etsy is definitely not what it used to be and there are plenty of things I wish they would do differently to make the site better for sellers and buyers. I think their search feature needs a total revamp and they also need to crack down on all the sellers flooding the site with mass-produced merchandise. Their recent decision that AI-made content is totally fine by them is another serious bummer and a slap in the face to the real artists using their platform. The list goes on.

In spite of all that, if you want to open an online shop, then Etsy is still probably the best site to do it on, at least starting out. It’s a trusted, household name and they have millions of users from all around the world so you are going to be getting much more traffic than if you were just starting your own site from scratch without any sort of social media following.

You'll still likely want to grow a social media presence (if you haven't already) to help drive traffic to your site rather than rely on Etsy alone for this. A great deal of my own shop's traffic comes from Tumblr and what little I post on other social media. This is something I really should be better about as I've kinda shot myself in the foot by not utilizing them more over the years...but I just really don't like using TikTok or Instagram haha.

From what I’ve seen, vulture culture stuff-wise, Etsy mostly gets mad at folks who sell wet specimens or other more “gruesome” type of oddities and don’t blur the main listing photo or do something similar to warn folks that it could be something they might find upsetting. They also prohibit the sale of some animal parts that are perfectly legal to buy and sell provided you follow the laws around them. So if a seller was listing some of those items, while legal elsewhere, that might have gotten them in trouble with Etsy. Here's a list of what they don't allow. And here's a more specific list of their prohibited animal parts. Note bear, wolf, and zebra are on the list—it's perfectly legal to sell parts from some of these animals in some places provided you follow the laws around doing so, but Etsy doesn't allow it at all. I've had them remove listings for domestic dog and cat skulls in the past as well—the law there is in regards to selling dog and cat fur (which is illegal in the US) but Etsy seemed to think it covers bones as well which it does not.

As for scammers, don't click on suspicious links anyone sends you and watch out for people wanting to contact you outside of Etsy. Don’t swap phone numbers, email addresses, etc with people. Etsy has guides on their site on what to watch out for that it’d be good to read through.

So all of that to say that if you want to start selling your work online then I think Etsy is most likely going to be the best place to do it, at least starting out. If you want to just dip your toes in the market before opening an Etsy shop though you can always try posting a few items here or there on Instagram or one of the oddities selling groups on Facebook but in my experience at least, Etsy is still the best way to go. Then, once you build up a following, you can always start your own site or branch out beyond Etsy if you want to.

I wish you all the best, Anon! Hope you find wild success selling your work wherever you decide to do it <3

[maxmoffs]

if you saw my post last night ❗️ since I couldn’t do a lot in the past few months leading up to christmas , sporadically writing , during, I decided to be off discord + dms , and major clean my blogs . and for my mental and to feel happier + less pressure, I did do some soft blocking just for those who have followed me but never interacted, nothing of personal! im obviously open to them following again if they come back but as of rn bc I’ve stopped following back in general. it’s just for my own mental wellbeing and rather focus on you guys that do genuinely want to write with me, wanda and my muses, because I love them all. ♥️ THAT BEING SAID, HELLO. I AM OFFICIALLY ON MY WEEK BREAK . EEEEEEEE expect some major writing after a month of being completely icky activity! it doesn’t seem a lot, and I will still be naturally periodic, but because I work 5 days a week, I really barely can keep up so this break is a lot for me, im sorry im such a difficult partner 🥹 but honestly i do love my all blogs . I had a panic delete this week because i got a weird message and felt like, really ppl got annoyed lmao but it’s natural anxiety, so we ignore! so i DEFINITELY love those of you that are understanding AND continue to write with me anyway despite my slowness , now that im in a balanced headspace now and not thinking about holiday chaos, seriously just want this space to be lax and not pressure because I also opened these blogs to let my writing creativity out and run wild and I missed the rpc so much , i missed writing with people / aka all of you and i am ( really truly believe this ) always excited and incredibly grateful to be writing. so this is the last time, I’ve ever ever saying sorry for my activity again. really can’t let this site make me feel less or have to prove my writing!! do not tolerate behaviour of the sort, and I can’t let it get to me, especially when this space just serves as my space where I can unwind from my chaotic life , so we dont need unnecessary pressure nor expectation, but just pure fun and my creative juices to flow , so whoever stays stay, whoever goes goes, sayonara because I cherish those who do enjoy to continue to write with me ♥️.

[dhs-in-distress]

Finally posting this damn OC-canon-interaction post (for Scatters and the main five bots currently)

(Don‘t wanna seem desperate or guilt people into doing it, just wanna say that if anyone wants to suggest characters (or situations) for the interaction thing I‘d love that cause I love thinking about how two characters would talk to/ feel about one another or how they‘d interact given a specific situation or how it would progress given enough time.)

Anyway, Team Prime under the cut,,

Optimus: Best way to describe it would probably be „exasperation“. OP already has a whole unruly team to deal with, and then this asshole stalks them for weeks, falls through the roof, on the brink of an exhaustion-induced „coma“. He can‘t not take him in, that would go against everything he personally stands for, but he sure doesn’t like the alternative either. Scatter disrupts the workflow, is hard to talk to and negotiate with, hardly takes orders; and if he does he almost never takes them seriously enough, harasses everyone and is more of a disturbance than any help if OP does try to take him on missions. He does however notice that he makes a great babysitter for Sari, and basically permanently assigns him as such whenever the others go anywhere even remotely dangerous. Additionally Scatters knows much more about Earth than all of the others combined and has a much deeper understanding than Sari (because she‘s like 8), so OP sometimes makes him do basic intel and scouting as well, but doesn‘t really trust him beyond that.

Going into Scatters‘ perspective on the whole thing (and ignoring the work stuff since that‘s largely the same), he mostly views OP as a complete pushover, but with potential. He very much avoids him, only talks to him if absolutely necessary and exclusively refers to him as „Prime“ in hopes of distancing himself from anyone by the Prime title out of sheer spite and principle. Deep down he does want OP to succeed though, can‘t help but feel sympathetic towards his whole… situation. He can somewhat relate, also having his life „screwed over“ by Sentinel, but thinks that OP‘s still „saveable“ from… everything pretty much. He can still turns this around, has the capacity to change something, maybe everything, for the better. For the most part though he‘s just a kid to Scatters, and a pushover, like wow.

Bumblebee: They don‘t have the greatest start, with Bee immediately assuming Scatters is a Decepticon and deeply offending him in the process, but quickly grows to view him as „Prowl if he was downright mean instead of just standoffish“. He doesn‘t really get Scatters‘ deal, but spends time with him by proxy because of Bulkhead, who Scatters typically hangs around if he‘s not off alone doing shady stuff. At some point Scatters let‘s it slip that he‘s not only privy to Earth knowledge in general, but also knows a fuck ton of media, including video games and action movies. This opens up their relationship a bit, because while Scatters still isn‘t too nice about it, he does share all the good websites to pirate stuff and even recommends a few things Bee ends up enjoying a considerable amount. In the end Bee doesn‘t find Scatters to be all too bad, he‘s easy to tick off and not too talkative, but is the one „older“ person on the team who gets and „supports“ his interests.

On the flip side, Scatters finds Bee to be incredibly grating. He‘s loud and bold and expressive and happy, and Scatters is a bit resentful about the free self expression and joy, since he himself is still on the „not allowed to feel happiness because the love of my life is dead and I shouldn‘t disgrace him like this“ train. And while it might come across as bonding or kind of him to take an interest in Bee‘s hobbies, Scatters mostly recommends these games and movies and sites because he knows it will annoy the rest of the team way more than him (because they live here and he does so only when necessary).

Ratchet: Being somewhat similar in both background and temper, these two do not like one another, and are often downright hostile if they‘re ever forced to talk, which is more often than one might think. Scatters downright refuses most medical treatment, especially if it‘s from Ratchet, and the whole „not taking orders seriously, if he doesn‘t refuse them altogether“ thing annoys Ratchet a lot more than it does OP (he‘s mostly just tired, and has more important shit to deal with anyway). And yeah, they‘re always at each others‘ throats, both figuratively and literally, arguing over every little thing even if it doesn’t matter at all, and by the time someone (Bulkhead usually, he‘s the only one both physically and emotionally capable to get them apart and to both calm down) ends the fight it‘s not even clear anymore why it started in the first place. Part of it is also that Scatters reminds Ratchet a little of himself (obviously), he sees all of his worst qualities in that guy, and wonders to himself „oh no am I this fragging irritating??!“ sometimes. The good side is that it makes him a LITTLE (a LITTLE ok, a tiny bit) more conscious about his way of dealing with these issues (that being… not dealing with the PTSD at all and just hoping it goes away) and that maybe there are ways to get them under control.

Same shit different diaper with Scatters‘ perspective. He sees himself in Ratchet, but in contrast to how Ratchet sees himself in him, Scatters almost feels like Ratchet is a better version of himself (gross oversimplification but if I got into all of that this post would need another month to be done and I want to get this out this week god damn it). Ratchet is great at his job, has people who care about him and who he (sometimes) openly cares about back, he pushes through his flashbacks and still manages to be relatively well adjusted and normal through all of it. Scatters could hardly function in his daily life ever since Trailbreaker died, had a terrible job, one friend who he refused to call such and continues to push people away even now, completely consumed by grief, guilt and anger. Deep down he admires Ratchet for still managing to be semi-personable with him in spite of all he‘s gone through, and he hates this whole situation and Ratchet all the more for it.

(There would definitely be some strong development in the relationship between these two, but that would, as we in Germany say, den Rahmen sprengen.)

Prowl: Scatters continuously and deliberately takes up the best spots for „lurking in the shadows unnoticed“ and Prowl is not a fan, but with how calm and collected he is there‘s hardly any real conflict between the two. All things considered, he‘s mildly irritated at times, throws in a sarcastic remark occasionally if he feels the offence is particularly noteworthy or bad, but largely stays out of the way and doesn‘t get bothered as a result. He even finds the similar fondness of dark and/or quiet places they have to be somewhat endearing. (I have a whole situation/scene for that dark/quiet places thing don‘t even get me started,,,, That (positive) interaction they have in my head is everything,,,,,,,,,,,,)

Scatters appreciates Prowl; for not constantly bothering him, for being the quietest of the bunch, for accidentally showing him all of the best places to quietly lurk in the shadows and spy on the team, all around really. Can‘t help but find his stoicism and coolheaded nature a little admirable, but he‘d probably never get to that point of self-restraint… He treats Earth, the flora and fauna alike kindly and with respect, and Scatters has been there for 50 years alright, he‘s gotten a little attached to the place, and seeing someone have this kind of deep love for, and fascination with it deeply moves something in him. Plus, his snide remarks can be very amusing, so amusing fact that even if Scatters takes deep offence to them at times he still can‘t be too mad.

Bulkhead: To him Scatters is simply… very odd. Not in a necessarily negative way, but not in a necessarily positive one either… He hates the constant disrespect towards OP and Ratchet, but is grateful for the contrasting support for Bee, (even though it doesn‘t feel 100% genuine for some reason…) the kindness towards Sari and the respect for Prowl. OP is his boss and he really does value him a lot, but Bee, Sari and Prowl are his besties damn it, the way they‘re treated has to count equally! And Scatters does act similarly around him. He appreciates the art, and the process often equally as much as the final product (if not more so), defends him (on occasion, and it usually results in a fight…) and encourages him to stand by both his creativity and intelligence. Though he is often aggressive and even mean about it, which shouldn’t even be possible, but Bulkhead finds that he appreciates the gesture for what it is and for what it‘s intended to be.

Scatters low key adores Bulkhead (can you tell I‘m protecting???). He‘s extremely kind and gentle, has the same love for Earth that Prowl (and in a way Bee) do, and is quite clever if the others let him. A part of him pushes back against Bulkhead’s welcoming nature, tries to deflect and tells himself that he isn’t allowed to have this and that he has other things to be focused on, but it‘s hard, and ultimately falls flat when he accepts that he desperately wants to see Bulkhead succeed, both at this mission and as a person. His creativity and general love of the arts only serves to endear Scatters more, because he too is very, very fond of these things and Earth‘s many cultures and ways to express oneself. He enjoys watching Bulkhead‘s process, at first from afar, but gradually just sits with or somewhere near him to bask in the… sauce, so to speak.

I do also have thoughts on how sparring between each of them would go, but I‘m tired ok. Not in this post.

Ok, that‘s enough for now, I hope I got the basics about how these guys feel about each other down well enough. Jailbreak‘s definitely getting her own version of this with the main 5 cons, but until then… this is what I have.

[pumpkin-the-girlie-girl-vixen]

The Night I Met My Match: A Journey from Insecurity to Intimacy

In the quaint town of Stillwater, our paths crossed in a way that felt almost serendipitous. He walked the streets to greet me for the first time, a meeting we had both agreed would be a fleeting moment—just a one-night stand. Our connection originated online, through a fetish website I joined to help build my confidence. As a bigger girl struggling with self-esteem, I knew I needed to take that first step towards embracing who I am. I yearned to believe that I was beautiful just as I am, and I hoped that exposure to others who appreciated me would help me in my self-love journey.

My struggles with self-image were profound. I often told myself that I was not beautiful, sexy, or desirable, and the negativity felt suffocating. I’ve endured a lot of pain and disappointment throughout my life—from family, friends, partners, and even strangers—who have only fed into my insecurities. I often felt like the ugly, unattractive girl that no one would want to touch with a ten-foot pole, and I was exhausted from that mindset. While I appreciated the kind words from those who tried to uplift me, it was difficult to internalize them; I felt broken and damaged.

I embraced my identity as a chunky, curvy redhead with a big booty & big boobies. To protect myself from negative comments online, I decided to post on a fetish website where larger women are celebrated. I knew there were many people out there who preferred curvier figures, and I hoped that showcasing myself in this space would help me cultivate self-love. Thus began my journey on this platform, where I started to curate content more frequently, gradually increasing the boldness of my posts overtime.

In the beginning, I struggled with self-acceptance when it came to sharing nude photos. I would hesitate, feeling disgusted and embarrassed. However, rather than deleting these images, I allowed them to sit in my gallery for a few days while I built up the courage. Reassuringly I still often hype myself up to share, always eventually. I reminded myself that many people love redheads and curvy women, and while I might not see the beauty in myself, perhaps others would. This process of self-encouragement proved effective. Surprisingly, I experienced very little negativity, with only a couple of rude comments throughout my years on the site.

I didn’t join the platform to engage in sexual encounters; I was fearful of danger in all of its forms and I was simply not interested in flirty exchanges. Instead, I focused on the overwhelming attention I received, which was far more than I had ever experienced on any platforms anywhere else. The number of messages was astounding. The admiration others gave felt wonderful. I am grateful for the positive attention and engagement, appreciating how each interaction helped build my confidence, even if I never responded to direct messages, but I always make sure to heart react to each and every complimenting comment to show my appreciation, The heartfelt comments from my followers mean the world to me, even if they don’t realize their impact.

I was in shock, witnessing how uplifting this experience was for me from the beginning, and even presently today, and I’m positive continuing on this journey. While I still have my insecurities, I reached a point in my life where I can genuinely say that today I love myself and feel beautifully desirable, when before I couldn’t. This realization was monumental; I finally feel authentic in my self-affirmation.

However, as my self-love journey progressed, at the time I found myself feeling incredibly lonely. With the nagging love of encouragement from both my mother and best friend, I slowly began to consider putting myself out there again after a few years of being single following my divorce of eight excruciatingly, exhaustive, depressing, abusive, unsatisfactory, amount of years. On June 29, 2024, everything changed for me. Having gathered quite a substantial amount of followers over the years, I met someone who would become pivotal in my life. We agreed to a one-night stand, which I initially thought would be a simple encounter where after I’d kick him out treating him as a booty call. That’s what my intentions were and I expected to do just that, but thankfully fate had other plans.

As I met him that day, I couldn’t shake the feelings I immediately developed for this man, the feelings kept growing stronger and stronger as the hours passes, no matter how hard I tried I couldn’t avoid myself from continuing opening up my heart to the risk of another person hurting me, especially in a matter of one night. I know that I am not easily convinced, easily persuaded, or easily impressed by anyone. {There are plenty of fish in the sea, but you know what else is in the sea, trash, a lot of trash. Luckily I ended up with a dimamond, a rare jewel I will not be able to ever replace. This diamond is my rock to this very day, so I take very good care of him.}

Even though it was daunting, I couldn’t ignore what my intuition was telling me. My body communicated in unspoken ways that this man was different. I could feel the intensity of that connection affecting me physically and emotionally. I struggled to suppress my emotions; I wanted to keep the physical sensations I was experiencing hidden from view. Yet, the strength of my feelings overflowed, spilling out in ways I couldn’t contain. My emotions manifested through my body language and facial expressions, revealing the truth beneath the invisible mask I tried to wear.

He was a remarkable person—genuine, relatable, and effortlessly charming. We connected instantly, spending hours talking through the night and experiencing a magnetic attraction that was undeniable. Baffled When we realized what time it was, before he left to head to work early that morning, he casually asked if he could return afterward his shift. At that moment, I realized I could see him becoming a significant part of my life. When I gazed into his eyes, I could sense that he would either be a lasting presence in my life or the one who would heartbreakingly leave me shattered.

What started as a one night booty call, blossomed into something far more beautifully profound. My journey of self-love had given me the resilience and confidence with my appearance, to finally be comfortable expressing my personality which led me to attract and retain an incredible man into my life. I’ve come so far, and now, I cherish every moment—both the beautiful ones and the challenging ones.

and now… every single day no matter how or what the circumstances may be, I think about him when the suns out and I think about him when I see the moon, and I believe that he will be in my brain forever and now until the end of time whether he’s present or absent. ♾️

@bigmikeyde ♾️ @pumpkin-the-girlie-girl-vixen ♾️

💚♾️🧡

[hy0ung]

Hii my stars! 🌸✨

How are you? I'm fine, thank you. Came here for a little chat, maybe a vent and announcements, so let's start with this post, and you will be able to go back scrolling real soon, I promise!

First of all, announcements:

1 - Requests OPEN FOR ANY GROUP/IDOL: I know I said I'd stick only to my Tinybebe little bubble, but some kind people asked me about other groups, and I enjoyed doing readings for them, so now I'm fully open to other groups too! ✨🩷

2 - Christmas event + shipp game coming: Most of you who follow me probably came from my shipp games, where you could get a reading on you and your bias. As I said, I stopped doing these readings for free because they were a lot, demanded a lot of energy, and some people didn't even show any gratitude, even a thank you or feedback, and they unfollowed me as soon as I did their reading. So yeah, now I only do it as paid readings, but as promised, I'd host some events on special dates, like Christmas! So please be tuned in, because soon I'll drop the post with the infos and rules! 🎄🎁

3 - Paid readings: I have a special post dedicated to it, so if you want to buy one, this month I'll do a special promotion: buy one, win one. So, by buying a reading from me, I'll gift you with any other you choose. I await you in my DMs! 🌸✨

4 - Kindness: I would really appreciate it if you could please keep it friendly. You know me, I don't back down in a fight, and I'm not afraid to speak out or even argue when I feel the need to, but I still would appreciate it if you were polite in your asks. It keeps this community cool, easygoing, and friendly. Recently I found this site called Grammar Check (I'll put a pic here) that helps me to translate and fix the grammar mistakes, because, as you know, English is not my first language, and it helps me to be able to post quickly for you, but please, have some patience. I still have a weekly job, sometimes I work on weekends or in extra shifts, and I'm still at the university, so yeah, it could take some time. Please be kind and empathetic! 

I know that a few days ago I said I would be more active, and then I disappeared again, and I'm really sorry about that. Some of you don't know, but in addition to going through financial difficulties, I've been going through a difficult emotional period. I've suffered from anxiety and depression for a long time now, and although I manage to live well most of the time, this year I've had more relapses than usual. I've had problems at home, health problems, and that's made it hard for me to be here constantly.

But I'm really determined to change that. I always get motivated at the end of the year, making plans for the next year and organizing my pending tasks. So yes, I'm working on it! I'm changing my mindset and my habits, and in this way, I'm managing to stabilize myself, and that has helped me lately, so I believe I'll be able to keep my presence here.

I want to interact more with you, so if you've read this far, know that I'm grateful for your presence and your support. Thank you so much for waiting for me and for understanding me. I will work hard and do my best to make this blog a comfortable, safe, and happy place for you! ✨🩷

[gadzooksgalore]

I'm not entirely sure why but lately I've been in a very introspective mood when it comes to my art, specifically the attention (or lack thereof) it receives. So I'm gonna ramble a bit. Feel free to ignore this completely.

God has been growing me in a lot of ways over the past few years and I've finally reached a point where I no longer worry about/obsess over the amount of attention my work receives online. And gosh, it's seriously so freeing. To simply post something I made for the sake of sharing it, rather than wondering how many people will like it? It's a wonderful feeling. Don't get me wrong, I REALLY appreciate when people interact with my work and speak kindly about my stories/characters. It's something that inspires me to keep creating! But I'm just grateful that external influence no longer dictates the worth I attribute to my art. (Now the only problem is internal influence and comparison and my own stupid expectations...but that's a conversation for another day.)

At the same time, I realize my work never got much attention over the years because I didn't make enough art to warrant attention. And I think I always secretly knew this but seeing just how little people cared about my work still hurt. Even now, many of those who interact with my art are people I've initiated conversations with or consider friends - which I've come to realize is much more meaningful than the opinions of strangers, from my perspective. Regardless, consistency is very helpful when it comes to catching folks' attention within online spaces, and I recognize I just can't manage that. How many times did younger me feel terrible about herself simply because her sporadic art got a couple likes, or none at all? Sometimes I wish I could grab her shoulders and say, "The internet is a weird system and you can't keep up with it, so don't waste your feelings on this beast!"

I'd need two hands to count how many times I've wanted to create some sort of art-based ask blog, only to reach the conclusion that it'd be less disappointing not to try than to watch it fizzle out due to my own lack of ability. I've mostly come to terms with the fact that I'm just not fast, and that sometimes my 'best' is not very good. But aside from wanting to encourage interest from others on this site, there's always been a part of me that wished I could draw quickly and produce character art to bring life to the overwhelming amount of ideas in my head. For me.

I just wish I could draw what's floating around my mind, and in this particular season I wish I could draw at all. Not for anyone else but myself. To see the characters I created, drawn by my own hand. It's funny how priorities and perceptions change as you grow. Back then I wanted attention, but the only thing I want now is to be able to draw again.