#i don't think it will ever be posted

[paintedcrows]

Whenever Bill sees KingOfNJ's fics through Stan's eyes he just thinks they have the same taste in fanfiction (disgusting. unthinkable) continued

[egophiliac]

don't think I'm not still obsessing over 7-12

[condensed-ink]

[magnusbae]

To illustrate this post by @mayahawkse I would like to visualize to you the difference:

A post in 2023:

A post in 2014:

A zoom out of the same post:

This is what a community looks like.

See how in 2023 almost all of the reblogs come from the OP, from their few hours/days in the tag search. Meanwhile in 2014 the % of reblogs from OP is insignificant, because most of the reblogs come from the reblogs within the fandom, within the micro-communities formed there. You didn't need to rely on tags, or search, or being featured. Because the community took care of you, made sure to pass the work between themselves and onto their blog and exposed their followers to it. It kept works alive for years.

It's not JUST the reblog/like ratio that causing this issue, it's the type of interaction people have. They're content with scrolling and liking the search engine, instead of actually having a reblogging relationship with other blogs in their community.

Anyways, if you want to see more content you like, the only true way to make it happen is to reblog it. Likes do not forward content in no way but making OP feel nice. Reblogs on the other hand make content eternal. They make it relevant, they make it exist outside of a fickle tumblr search that hardly works on the best of days.

If you want more of something, reblog it.

[quaintpanic]

its like. when someones a really really good builder but they dont fucking light their shit up. this is what it feels like to me.

[mayasaura]

Was thinking about this line because Harrow what the actual fuck are you talking about, and I realised something.

Not only does Harrow really for real not know that Gideon loves her—in the bullshit context of their lives, this is a reasonable misunderstanding for her to have.

What has Harrow known Gideon's life goals to be since they were children? Hint: There are at least two Harrow is fully aware of.

The first is to be wanted. As much as Gideon hates and wants to escape the Ninth, she also paradoxically craves their acceptance. They're the only community she's ever known. Harrow plays on that desire from the very beginning, mostly by kind of .... well, okay, by negging her about it. Ironically appealing to her sense of loyalty and duty to her house when they both know Gideon never even had that bridge to burn. That kind of thing.

Whether or not she's right, Harrow sincerely believes that acceptance to still be important to Gideon. First flower of my house, the greatest cavalier we have ever produced. You are our triumph. The best of all of us. When Harrow has only seconds left to make amends, she not only banks hard into praising Gideon, she frames it to unambiguously offer Gideon the acceptance she's always been conspicuously denied. Assuring her of her value not just as a person or as a cavalier, but as one of their house, one of their people.

The second thing Harrow knows is that Gideon wants to join the Cohort. Easy, everybody knows that. She's only been telling everyone with ears (and then some) since she was eight years old. It's the bait Harrow dangled to entice her into this mess. She wants to be a hero, to do great deeds like in the comic books. She wants to be a soldier.

Against the backdrop of all that context, Gideon's dying declaration "for the Ninth" starts to sound a hell of a lot more like "for Queen and country." Especially when you remember that Harrow is still the sovereign ruler of the Ninth. From Harrow's vantage point, Gideon could easily be playing the heroic underdog in a war movie. The soldier no one believed in until she threw herself on a grenade to save her squad. The knight errant who proved her chivalry by giving her life in service to her king.

From that perspective, Harrow's line to Ortus makes sense. She's following through on her promise of acceptance, defending Gideon's loyalty to the first Ninth face she sees. She's playing out Gideon's war hero fantasy, where Gideon's act of heroism proved them all wrong about her. In which case Ortus's response, "You are the most worthy heroes the Ninth House could muster. I truly believe that," flows very naturally as a reply. He understands what Harrow is trying to say, and affirms it.

It's not a hero's burial in the Anastasian, but it's the closest thing Harrow has the power to give her. And it's a fucking reasonable interpretation of Gideon's actions that doesn't touch on her feelings for Harrow at all. Fuck me.

[arttsuka]

Another comic inspired by real life

Oh to go to hide behind youn grunkle only to discover it's actually his twin brother and now they're laughing at you

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Look what we've become.

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[kmesons]

the tgwdlm soundtrack: a visual summary

[gongyussy]

you think YOU had a bad day at work?

bonus: sid shrieking "no!!!! NO!!!!!" loud enough to be heard in the stands and on camera

[toodrunktofindaurl]

Tethered 💜🖤

[puppy-wife]

where are my sweaty girls at? the girls who get a little hot and their armpits are already soaked. the girls who spend five minutes in the sun and they're already slightly red. the girls who drop sweat while they're fucking your brains out, or getting their brains fucked out. the girls who have a shine and a sheen on their skin like they're made of pure silk and desire. the girls who sweat a lot, and they stink, and it's the most heavenly smell you could ever find. I crave the salt, let me drink you in.

[xitsensunmoon]

My first ever comic con! And first cosplay too. Of course it's gonna be my boy :] Ramblings about the process are under the cut(Let me know if?? You would want me to elaborate with process images for any of the steps?)

The costume took me forever to make, as I've never done any machine sewing, sculpting, fabric dying or spray painting before but learning all of these was so fucking fun!! I never realised just how many different skills go into making a cosplay but it was so worth it!!!

Almost all of the clothes(except the hat) were purchased first as bases, but all of the detailing was added by me. All of the fabric used was originally just scraps that I was given for free so I needed to learn how to dye and dye all of the stars, they were originally white.

The sewing machine was its own beast that brought me tons of frustration from the lack of skill and knowledge (it was devastating to find out that 95% of fuck ups were my fault and not the machine's lmao). But as a result, a hat sewn from scratch, all of the fur trims, embroidery on the corset, stars and the collar(which is very hard to see on the pictures unfortunately) was all added manually. The stars and the stripes(on the back of the cape) were attached using heat-and-bond adhesive (I WISH I knew about such thing just when I started working on this. It would save me so much time and nerves.)

Then I found out about polymorph(mouldable plastic) and it has become the next thing I wanted to learn, to sculpt the claws and the fangs(yes, they're handmade jfksjs). The claws I then primed and painted in trillion coats because I wasn't satisfied with the colour of the spray paint. The fangs I moulded to my own teeth and then stained with tea to match the colour of my teeth :)c

As for makeup, I used Mehron Paradise water activated paints. At first I wanted to try to save money and bought myself Snazaroo instead, which unfortunately turned out to be a waste. Snazaroo didn't hold on my face for longer than 2 hours, cracking and peeling awfully. Mehron on the other hand survived 11 hours of me smiling, talking, emoting and such and didn't even crease at the smile lines(I'm actually shocked about that). It obviously works like any other makeup which means your skin texture and wrinkles won't go anywhere but Mehron's elasticity pleasantly surprised me. It did obviously smear from sweat and saliva(if you're eating and licking your lips) but if you don't touch the skin it just dries again, self setting. But if it's dry it's fully smear-proof. Highly recommend!

And last but not least, I've decided against painting my hands as it was very risky that I will stain everything I touch at the smallest hint of sweat. So instead I got myself gloves-tights(? Not sure how they're called but it's made from the same fabric as tights) and painted them with normal acrylic paint(did you know you could dye fabric with acrylic paint? I personally didn't), then heat set with an iron and voilà, they're reusable, my hands are not stained after an exhausting day and I don't stain everything I touch. It worked wonderfully which honestly was a surprise as I was really sceptical that acrylic paint will somehow stay in place.

I think this whole thing took me minimum of 6 months with big-big breaks for my school and life in general. But I'm really proud! This project taught me so many new skills and I couldn't have been happier about learning new knowledge, even if it sucked to fail in the meantime.

Everyone at the con was really nice and gave me a large confidence boost even tho it was my first time and I had no idea what I was doing. Taking photos with other people was really awkward/new for me as I hate cameras so I really had no idea how to pose/behave in front of one. But that's okay I think. This whole experience definitely made me want to do this again, so I think that will come with experience. Thank you for reading this far, hope you enjoyed this little summary :)

[licorishh]

double ?? upload ???? yeaaaahh i've gotten FASTERRrr for whatever that's worth so complementary blyla because guess what i miss them too (nobody was surprised by that)

[castrovulcant]

❔️💗🤔

For a minute I thought you were questioning your love for me.

Thank you for the ask.

❔Choose a random WIP and talk about it.

There's this WIP that I've written around 12k words for, (which by my style is around 4 chapters?) It has Rose believing herself to be The Doctor due to parallel and TARDIS shenanigans, I thought it was an interesting concept. I had an entire plan written out for it, I wrote about three thousand words when I was out for a walk early one morning, and then I just stopped.

She thinks she's The Doctor because whenever she tries to remember herself, she remembers that name instead, so it must be her name. She stumbles across Five who is at first, confused as to why he can't sense her, if she's a future version of him then he should be able to sense her, after all, they're all on the same wavelength. He refuses to contemplate it further because if she is his future, then he wants no part in it. But he comes across her a second time whilst looking for TARDIS parts, this time he triggers a memory in her that leaves them both aching physically (his mind reaching out for hers and only coming across fire. hers trying to protect her from herself.) After a while, he follows her, he comes to the conclusion that she's not a future version, and he just wants to help her become herself again. She won't let him get close to her, she won't let anyone get close to her. It's The Master that tips her off that she isn't The Doctor.

💗Is there a scene you can’t wait to write for a WIP?

I want to say there's this scene in Masquerade, but Masquerade's been written entirely out of order so I'm pretty sure I've already written it. The conclusion has been written (there are two, I can't decide which one to use), as well as the switch, but I think it'll be the feeling of loss and hopelessness, that this situation is real. They can't stop it, they can't change it, it will happen and it will feel like they've left a piece of themselves behind. That part of them died, they're a tiny piece to a giant puzzle that they never had control over.

🤔Do you have any WIPs where you wish you had chosen a different fandom/character?

Okay, so, I reckon quite a few of my Smallville/Doctor Who unposted small ficlets are quite interchangeable with each other. I love to explore the weirdness that is Clark being Kryptonian/The Doctor being Gallifreyan, I love looking at it from an outsider's perspective, I love exploring what they would perceive to be the norm that isn't, and (as is typical for me) I love exploring the whole last of their kind. So often I'll be like, "Oh, this is a great idea for Doctor Who." Before getting midway through it and realising it would be better for Smallville (dependant upon character dynamics and general theme).

Actual posted story tho? I wish I gave Monotone to a different companion, I chose Peri because I was talking to Sapphyre about the idea and was stuck for ages over which companion to give it to. As most companions don't seem to be bothered by the timeless feel of it all, Peri seemed to be most suitable because she's studying Botany, has been getting plants for research, and because she had a string of serials that were space stations. But it seems better suited for someone else.

[yyyipes]

Sweetheart's photo shoot!