#i appreciate this a lot

[soaps-mohawk]

Here hun, have some of my sunshine ☀️ remember, you are amazing in every way. 💕

Thank you, love 💚💚

[carbonatedlight]

ur artstyle is cool, i can tell you read penny arcade. i mean that positively, i feel like that could be misread as like, a dig. I just like it when the interest™ helps shape art. peace and love on the planet earth <3

HI I THINK THIS IS MY FAV COMPLIMENT EVER!!! THANK U SO MUCH 😸

[zombiecleodoodles]

hi h ih ih i i lov your cleos theyre so <333 beloved by me thank you. scuttles back off into the vents to commit mail fraud

ahhhh hi, tha nk u, am sobbingggg <3

[metalcorebarbie]

👑

👑: your blog aesthetic is lovely!

Oh thank you! ✨

[thedawner]

I find your bug's life fanart infinitely fascinating, truly lovely to look at, and I'm always looking forward for a new piece. Though I am curious what it is about a bug's life in particular that drives you to create for it? If there is one, either way, I'm enjoying my stay here

Thank you, this is very meaningful and encouraging ;A;

I love the bug designs in that movie, they're very fun for me to draw and stylize and I also like the potential for various AUs and general world building! It's a very nice setting.

[magicalara]

Hello! AO3 anon again! I read your Grelliam week of requests fic, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA" is quite possibly the only way I can sum up my feelings about that. You got a talent of making me feel real fluffy inside x3

Oh anon 🥺 you're so sweet, thank you so much

Made my day with this ask just so you know 💜

[arelyhb]

Happy birthday, gorgeous 😘😘😘

Martine, you're a badass. Not like you didn't know that already 😏. THANK YOU SO MUCH! ✨️🖤✨️

Sending you a whole lotta love.

Interesting gif... I know that's what Pine does as soon as you walk in. 😏. Dirty birdies. 😈

~A.

[boqvistsbabe]

you’re not stupid. college is hard and it challenges everyone. you’re meant to be in those hard classes, you belong there and you can do it. don’t let anyone, especially your mind, convince you otherwise. you got this <33

Thanks friend :) I needed this truly

[ariazou]

"Who are you to tell me how to hold it!?"

Persian Izutsumi strikes again and I'm dragging Senshi down with her 😼

I really love the head pieces on the women in Persian miniatures of the iconic Qajar era (if someone knows what theyre called please let me know 😭) And I definitely want to keep exploring the different looks on Izutsumi

[forsworned]

Ramadan Mubarak ☪️ (I hope I said that right)

aw thank you so much! you did for sure. wishing everyone who is currently participating in ramadan a safe and amazing ramadan <3

[i-am-a-fish]

I'm very sorry to ask something like this, I've really been struggling with this question, and I wanted to ask the combined wisdom of the people on this site

I would like to know why you keep going, and what drives you to keep living. I know there are a lot of reasons to stay alive and enjoy life, I can think of a few that personally resonate with me, but I really want to know what your reasons are

You do not have to comment on this if that's too big of an ask, and I'm very sorry for asking something like this, I really need someone's help, I feel like I don't have much purpose

Also if I may ask, please don't post any suicidal ideation in the comments of this post, I really can't handle something like that right now

[frownyalfred]

want your favorite author to update but don’t want to be too pushy in their comment section?

here’s 5 things you can do to encourage them:

Reblog their fic link on tumblr (bonus if it’s with tags)

Bookmark the fic with a note about what you’re excited about/love in the fic

Recommend the fic to your friends or local discord channel

Draw art or create other media for the fic (as indicated by the author’s comfort level)

Leave them a comment when re-reading about the parts of the chapter/story that stood out to you the second time

[unforth]

Gentle reminder that very little fandom labor is automated, because I think people forget that a lot.

That blog with a tagging system you love? A person curates those tags by hand.

That rec blog with a great organization scheme and pretty graphics? Someone designed and implemented that organization scheme and made those graphics.

That network that posts a cool variety of stuff? People track down all that variety and queue it by hand, and other people made all the individual pieces.

That post with umpteen links to helpful resources, and information about them? Someone gathered those links, researched the sources, wrote up the information about them.

That graphic about fandom statistics? Someone compiled those statistics, analyzed them, organized them, figured out a useful way to convey the information to others, and made the post.

That event that you think looks neat? Someone wrote the rules, created the blogs and Discords, designed the graphics, did their best to promo the event so it'd succeed.

None of this was done automatically. None of it just appears whole out of the internet ether.

I think everyone realizes that fic writing and fanart creation are work, and at least some folks have got it through their heads that gif creation and graphics and moodboards take effort, and meta is usually respected for the effort that goes into it, at least as far as I've seen, but I feel like a lot of people don't really get how much labor goes into curation, too.

If people are creating resources, curating content, organizing the creations of others, gathering information, and doing other fandom activities that aren't necessarily the direct action of creation, they're doing a lot of fandom labor, and it's often largely unrecognized.

Celebrate fan work!

To folks doing this kind of labor: I see you, and I thank you. You are the backbones of our fandoms and I love you.

[haxxydraws]

🏳️‍🌈🧙✨

Happy Pride! Have some wizards!

I'm really happy with how these came out, so I hope you guys like them too :)

If you want, you can also get them on stuff at my redbubble!

[chalkrub]

reminiscing about childhood books after that ask - all due respect to cool sleek movie toothless....but to me, he will always be a mean little gremlin

[chronicpaingirlie]

as much as i appreciate the intent of the “being disabled doesn’t make you a burden” type posts, i don’t really agree. a lot of times being disabled DOES make you a burden

& i think that maybe we should try to shift focus to the fact that even if you’re a huge burden on society and can contribute absolutely nothing, you’re still a human being who deserves to exist.

like. there’s nothing morally wrong with being a burden on other people. you aren’t a bad person for needing to rely on others. you’re allowed to be a burden & disabled people who are burdens on others, i love you