#i just didn't use the name on my main tumblr account for some reason

[ask-prune-juice]

Borf borf

"Is that your pet? They seem friendly, do they have a name?"

[sexhaver]

can you tell us all the plugins / ad blockers you use

on desktop, uBlock Origin (NOT Adblock Plus! they sold out years ago! they literally take money from advertisers to make sure their ads get through their filters!) and SponsorBlock for Firefox. if you still see ads on youtube specifically check out this page. if it's green, then the problem is with your specific installation and you should check out this reddit megathread. if it's red, then tough luck, wait a few hours for uBlock's crack team of hackers to catch back up in their constant arms race with Youtube.

for Android, get ReVanced Manager from here and use that + an .apk download of the latest Youtube release (just google "youtube apk") to patch yourself together a version of the Youtube app that acts like you paid for Advanced even though you didn't, which means no ads. also, side tangent, that's where the name comes from: originally it was just "Youtube Vanced" because it was "Advanced" without the "ad"s. then the Vanced team got slapped with a C&D for being dumbasses and minting NFTs of the Vanced logo, which was literally just the Youtube logo, so ReVanced rose from the ashes to continue its legacy. oh also there are a shitload of boxes you can check off during the patching process and one of them just integrates Sponsorblock for you, so that's nice.

i should also mention here, for no reason in particular, that the Vanced Manager app lets you patch a number of other apps in the same way, removing ads and adding "premium" features without you having to pay. one of these apps may or may not be Tumblr itself.

as long as you're fucking with your Android, download xManager and use it to get ad-free Spotify without paying for it. iirc the app auto-downloads the apk for you but it's been months since i last fucked with it so i might be misremembering.

honorary mention goes to NewPipe for being a way easier to install alternative to all of the above if you don't care about logging in. it's an alternate frontend for youtube that lets you watch it ad-free right out of the box. the main drawbacks are that the UI is a little ugly (especially compared to the official/ReVanced version), you can't use Sponsorblock, and it doesn't sync with your Google account (this could be a plus for you if you're big into privacy but personally i like having my likes and watch history synced across desktop and mobile). although now that i just did some research to make sure i wasn't talking out my ass, it looks like the original dev is working on a forked version of the app named Tubular that does have Sponsorblock and is apparently trying to get google account stuff working, so that's cool. oh and it can also browse/play Soundcloud ad-free, if you still use Soundcloud in 2024

[toxicanonymity]

For context, a tumblr account has been posting anon hate for the past week or so, mostly toward writers. A parasocial hater of mine discovered the account and has been going to town. I posted this after they invoked Israel as an analogy. Yes really.

Obviously I am disgusted by what I just read, and floored that anyone would post such a deranged analogy in the interest of stirring up fandom drama. I'm very sorry to everyone who has been attacked and everyone who has witnessed all this. Others have posted about the situation as a whole, and I'm not sure what I could add. But I want you to know many of these "confessions" are from one individual who has been fixated on me (and probably others) for weeks if not months. I already had the following in my drafts:

warning: please don't read this if you're sensitive to hate or could be triggered by the trivialization of real abuse. (edit: they went on to trivialize genocide too but they'll pretend to be different people). there's also a really gross anatomical reference.

the screenshots are all after I blocked them.

I normally don't address things like this, but that's because I'm trying to keep it off your dash and off my blog (for several reasons including not wanting to give the hate a larger audience for their message). Normally I block/delete. But thanks to a blog dedicated to posting anon hate, some of this is already on the dash, and I thought some additional context could be illuminating.

a couple weeks ago, this person chimed in on my non-fandom post, and their comment made me uncomfortable. I checked to see if they followed me and they didn't, plus their blog tagline was antagonistic. I was confident they weren't being earnest. I replied, pointing out my issue with their comment and asking them to keep their thoughts to themselves rather than coming at me from a sideblog. I thought they must have followed me from a main account since they somehow found an untagged, unreblogged post without following me. But I now realize they were simply hate checking my blog.

(Blocked the burner too)

They were saying this last bit preemptively - I've never talked about stalkers here. I didn't include all their anons, just enough to show they clearly out themselves as being the same person. In other "confessions," they make repeated references to a former fandom writer they idolize (not me) who they also posted about on their blog.

I won't be dropping this creep's url in this post, but I had never heard of them. This week they have repeatedly changed their url, display name, and blog appearance. Their writing is recognizable and I believe they are responsible for the unhinged asks preceding katy's departure from tumblr. They also made a rude comment on her post.

This may only aggravate them. I expect them to hurl any lies and accusations they can think of toward me. They will act like they're laughing and amused, too. You may recognize their tone. I want to trust this fandom not to believe and repeat anything they hear, but unfortunately my experience in this fandom leaves me pessimistic.

I can only hope people use common sense at this point.

Note - I know I'm normally really private about everything, but you're welcome to share this. Their lies are already out there anyway. Also feel free to DM me and I will tell you what you want to know.

Update: the anon-hate account referred to above has deactivated. It was named pedgeconfessions. It wasn't the first to pop up this summer and may not be the last.

[lemotmo]

She responded 🤣

Q. Ali! Now can we say they're trolling? Please let us call it trolling now!? Holy shit!

Q. I desperately need to hear you try to make this sound professional 🤣🤣🤣. I freaking love him!

Q. Ryan said wah cry more 😂😂

A. Okay I had to watch it several times because I didn't quite believe it on my first watch. For starters it is a genuinely funny video. The part about only introducing him to like 4 people and just calling everyone else extra absolutely took me out. Genius. I don't think he shared it with cruel intentions. I think he honestly thought it was funny and that most of the people who follow him would find it funny. Having said that though I don't think he actually cares if it offends anyone. And he shouldn't care. Things have been uncomfortable and unfortunate for Oliver but what they attempted to do to Ryan was grotesque and indefensible. If anyone has the right to be over their bullshit it's him. Oliver is getting hate from them because he doesn't ship it and doesn't appear to be friendly with Lou. Ryan is getting hate because he's the one Oliver prefers and he plays the character the audience prefers. That's it. That's what they're so upset about and for that reason, and only that reason they tried to assassinate his character.

Everything that we have seen, heard and experienced over the last 3 months would not have happened if his name was Loretta instead of Lou and he was playing a Tammy instead of a Tommy. The entire thing has been endlessly ridiculous and entirely exhausting. If we're this over the entire thing imagine how over it Oliver and Ryan are. He's going to appear in some capacity in season 8. They're going to get to see him for at least a bit. They need to take what they get and let the rest go. He was never going to be treated like or added as a main. It's not our fault they decided to believe proven liars instead of facts directly presented to them. If the cast wants to have a little fun over how stupid the entire situation is, then more power to them. And it was a truly funny video. Voodoo dolls and all 😂

Thank you Nonny for dropping this in my inbox. :)

As for the rest of this post? I agree with all of it. :D

It's a genuinly funny video. He shouldn't be afraid to post it, because some fans might not like it. He is free to post whatever he wants to post.

¯\_ (ツ)_/¯

IMPORTANT! Please don't repost this ask and/or a link that leads straight to my Tumblr account on Twitter or any other social media. Thank you!

Heads up! For anyone who is giving me the shifty eyes for reposting Ali's updates instead of reblogging. Read this.

Remember, no hate in comments, reblogs or inboxes. Let's keep it civil and respectful. Thank you.

If you are interested in more of Ali’s posts, you can find all of her posts so far under the tag: anonymous blog I love.

[freddie-77-ao3]

sup yall we're vibing here

anyway. hey, my name's freddie, and i'm finally trying to write an actual intro/master post which... we'll see how this goes.

important stuff is highlighted in orange.

so, basic stuff:

as I said, my name's freddie. he/him pronouns. i'm a college student (majoring in accounting, might add a psych minor). not gonna say which college but i'm currently in california.

i've been on tumblr since 2019 i think? not under this account, this started as a fandom account and then spiralled out of control... really fast. um, my regular tumblr which i've not actually opened in ages is @chronicchthonic14 so. yeah.

not particularly relevant to this blog, but i might mention it at some point so, i have autism and adhd. and some other things but. like. that list is very long and those are the two most relevant because i promise if i come off wrong/mean, i didn't mean to, i just forget to make my words normal. but. those are the two most referenced. if for whatever reason someone wants to know more or has questions you can send an ask ig?

i'm scottish, born there. moved to US when I was four. finishing uni and moving back.

some quick warnings

this blog definitely contains cursing/vulgar language, whatever you want to call it, so if you're not comfortable with that, probably not the blog for you, as i don't tag cursing or anything for you to filter out.

if, for whatever reason, if i ever reblog something that contains a slur (against racial minorities, queer people, anything) i will ABSOLUTELY tag that though.

also if anyone has any trigger warnings they think any content needs, please let me know-- asks, dms, comments, reblogs

the cursing thing also applies for sort of dirty jokes? think that only applies to like. two posts and very not explicit. those aren't currently tagged but if they get any more explicit they certainly will be.

queer identity because the explicit reminded me, i'm asexual, and probably straight. maybe bi? dunno, don't particularly care. and i'm trans. ftm. this isn't the blog i talk about that on usually though, unless it relates to a specific ask or a fandom thing.

which, getting into what this blog is for because i can't think of anything else i need to add here (guys let me know if i forgot important stuff, please, i'm an idiot!!! i will forget the important stuff and write random shit instead!! i've already deleted three tangents from this!!)

sooooo

fandoms!! ones i write and/or post about or will potentially post about

percy jackson extending to hoo, toa, tkc (definitely post way less about this), mcga (again, way less). haven't read TSATS or COTG yet, but spoilers are fine. i post way more about minor characters. write fanfiction for and have some posted (both on here and ao3) and a bunch of snippets.

dcu-- films, comics, animated shows, all of it. personally, my favorites are young justice (the comics, not show version), new teen titans, and batman inc (batgirls, nightwing, and red robin esp). late 90s yj run is my favorite, and i loved the DCeased event. favorite batman comic is definitely court of owls run. no fanfics posted, but some on docs.

mcu-- way less so, but have a stucky oneshot. slowly making my way through in timeline order.

throne of glass. i'm an aedion and chaol apologizer because they do a bunch of dumb shit but then WHO DOESN'T in this series. fanfics in doc, not posted.

this would go on for ages if i listed everything so instead, here's an ask i answered on my fandoms/genres and everything. feel free to send me asks about anyone. if you send me something about radium girls i may cry though (tears of joy) so there's your advanced warning.

main things you'll see on my blog are incorrect quotes, snippets, and the occasional fic

this^^

my... idk, contact policy? seriously what do i word this

asks are always open, anon is on.

if you send hate... whatever. i'll probably delete it.

unless i find it funny. then I'll post it. there's really little you could say to me that would hurt.

when i say asks are always open, you can drop anything you want.

literally anything

you need to vent? want advice? want to request headcanons? request a fic? give me a prompt? ask random things about me? something else I've forgotten? go right ahead

if you want to ask me to update my fics? go right ahead. sometimes i forget i didn't post something.

send as many asks as you want, i don't care if it might be spam

i can't promise i'll respond to asks in a timely manner, sometimes i open my inbox and forget they exist for months, i'm sorry. if it's something you really want answered you can send another one

dm's are alright? if you want to be friends or something, go right ahead.

anyone can reblog any of my posts/comment/heart, i don't care. you want to heart 50 things in a row? i adore you. if i had kids, you would get my firstborn

if we're mutuals you can ask for my insta/give me yours.

now, other accounts:

anyway, i think that's it?

[multific]

!!! Let Me Be Clear !!!

Okay, EVERYONE.

@yautjabeast aka @poppytanji123 on Wattpad, this one is for you and ALL the others who think it's okay to steal.

I'm here to make one thing clear.

DO NOT STEAL, REPOST OR TRANSLATE ANY OF MY WORKS  

This little message has been on the bottom of all of my works, on top of my Masterlist and even in my Bio for a reason.

Yet, it looks like some people just don't get it.

I write because I enjoy writing, not for people to copy and paste, repost and gain views/likes whatever.

Each story posted here is MINE unless credit states otherwise.

NO ONE has permission to repost, translate or STEAL anything.

They are my babies, and you don't have permission to take them!

I would hate to go down like many other Tumblr writers due to plagiarism.

EVEN if you put my name as credit I DO NOT GIVE PERMISSION.

I have done it in the past, those can obviously stay, but for a long time now, I do not want my stories to be posted by other people.

I have a Wattpad, AO3 and Tumblr for a reason.

These are my main accounts and only these should have my works on them. PERIOD.

I would get it if people got inspired, wrote a continuation or reached out to me regarding an idea. But just copying and pasting something off of Tumblr and posting it elsewhere IS NOT OKAY.

Recently, someone wrote to me on Wattpad saying someone has been reposting mine and other people's fanfiction.

And yes, 4 of them were stolen from me and I found many of other people's works as well. 2 out of the 4 didn't even mention my account name anywhere, which makes it look like the person posting is the writer.

PLAGIARISM

Now, one can say it is only fanfiction what's the big deal?! The big deal is that I spend hours or days on something that someone just steals!

IT IS NOT OKAY.

Please if you see this, report report report. Post a comment, and let the people know about the thief!

Thank you.

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A/N: Reblogging never bothered me. It's the blatant stealing that got me to this point. Liking, reblogging and commenting is what Tumblr allows, which is what I also appreciate since it gets my work out there.

Taglist: @fleursirvart @greenarrowhead@thisismysecrethappyplace @sincerelyfan @theoneanna @aestheticsandmarvel @rororo06 @castellandiangelo @destynelseclipsa @spilledinkindumpster @capsiclesdoll @puknow @alwayshave-faith @alex12948 @lxdyred  @imagines-by-a-typical-fangirl @anonymoussherlockandmarvelgeek @praline357 @trshngyn @avengers-r-us @violet-19999 @top1bbgloak  @manduse  @jacalineiscomingforyou  @mandoloriancookie @noname2246

~Masterlist~

AO3

[7grandmel]

Blog Update - 16/06/2024

TL;DR: My 1-month break is over! The blog is returning but with a slower rate of posts. New forms of posts will start rolling out soon as well - scroll down to the bullet-point list for details.

Hello all! I've been receiving some asks and questions in the request form wondering where I've been this past month. Rest assured, I've been fine. With Athletic Doctor back in May, I reached the one-year anniversary of doing this daily-rip-posting thing, and today, June 16th, marks the one-year anniversary of this blog's existence as a whole with Snowball Park - Super Mario 3D World. Because yeah, for those first 30 posts I didn't do this as part of a blog, but as a daily activity for my own personal Tumblr account on @melblur. If you compare the word counts on those first few posts (the "First 30 Archive") to the posts made later in the blog's run, you'll likely be able to see how my focus in writing evolved, going from mere shoutouts and recommendations to full-on retrospectives and analysis. That was a large part of why I chose the blog's initial name as "Tumblr's SiIvaGunner Historian", there's something about regaling these oft-forgotten events in the channel's history that just invigorates me, a passion that kept me doing this for a year straight. What began as nothing but a laid-back writing exercise to keep my mind sharp became something that, on some days for rips that I was truly passionate about, drew my FULL undivided attention for an entire day's worth.

You saw the TL;DR, and you can probably tell where this is going. By the last few posts, I was noticing myself that this really isn't sustainable to keep doing at a daily rate. I've worn that pace as a badge of honor for so long on here: In my mind, it just made so much sense for a blog celebrating SiIvaGunner, a channel partially defined by its insane rate of uploads, to also do things at such a high pace, with so many references to past posts interconnecting them all just like the many in-jokes on SiIvaGunner itself. But this blog isn't a network of a hundred team members and a thousand contributors - aside from the requests on what to write and footnotes left by a rip's creator, everything made on this blog has done solely by its writer, me, Mel. I loved it - but I do think its about time I slow things down.

I was as torn on this choice as you likely are seeing it - after all, it's called "TODAYS siivagunner" for a reason, right? I was toying around with how to resolve this as far back as in March of this year, tossing around ideas and concepts as to rework the blog to be more feasible whilst still preserving its spirit. The April Fools prank, the legendary Raftmageddon of Raft Ride ~ The Story So Far, was sort of an offshoot of this, a day where posts were more rapid-fire than ever yet were all contained to just five or six sentences each: Short, snappy, concise, and even pretty casual and silly a lot of the time. And that was really fun for the sake of the bit, it again fit with the nature of Raft Ride the same way that my main posts sort of fit with the nature of standard SiIvaGunner uploads, but I realized even then that it wouldn't be a good fit for the blog's main posts - the things that make both you and I most happy as readers and writers respectively are when I get to truly get down to the meat of a rip and explore its contents and history to the fullest.

A month went by quicker than I thought it would, but alas, here we are. A lot can change in not so much time - I'm currently employed, for one, which is yet another reason why daily posts feel far less feasible, but I'm also spending my time expanding my interests, listening to albums, reading books, watching shows, talking to new people...I want this blog to keep going, but I also don't want to use it as an excuse for my own lack of growth as a person. And so, I've landed on a compromise that I hope will satiate all of us. Here's the current plan for the blog going forward:

Rip coverage will be going from daily to weekly, posted every Monday starting tomorrow, June 17th. In return, the goal is to make these posts as well-written and interesting to read as possible.

Requests for these posts will still be taken as normal. I'll of course try to prioritize requests from people who haven't had theirs featured on the blog yet, but keep in mind that it's still up to my judgement if I'll be able to have enough to say on a rip (or know enough about a rip's topic) to warrant writing a post on it!

New, more laid-back kinds of posts for the blog will be featured in the days between rip coverage posts - these will be a lot simpler in nature and made ~2-4 times a week depending on my schedule. Here are some examples of posts I have in mind!

GIFs and image sets from the channel's various visual rips and/or lore videos! Think the Christmas Comeback Crisis, the KFAD Tournaments, the Festival events of Season 4, 5 and 6, legacy content posted on the SiIvaGunner Twitter account, and more!

Character appreciation posts featuring all sorts of characters from the SiIvaGunner lore! Celebrate the figments you love with all twelve other SiIvaGunner fans on Tumblr!

Trivia about the channel, which I'd otherwise sneak into main posts, may get small little posts in of themselves! This can be anything from Did-You-Knows about how in-jokes have been carried on during the channel's life, to easter eggs and references, to fun tidbits about rippers themselves.

Shitposts! Goofs! Stuff I'd otherwise reblog under the #epic flintstones tag, basically.

Miscellaneous text posts related to the channel, such as Guides, summaries, or just whatever various thoughts I have!

All of these will have their own tags dedicated to them, just like #todays siivagunner - what tags they end up being is still up in the air and may change even as the posts are rolling out. Either way, the blog's pinned post will be continually updated with all the relevant tags and info about the blog - keep an eye out on it during next week.

Whew! That's a lot of stuff covered. I hope you're as excited for the second year of this blog as I am! Hopefully the greater variety of posts will help with the longer wait between "main" posts. The goal is, as you can imagine, to keep the blog a fun read for you all and just as much of a fun passtime for me, whilst also easing my own workload enough to make it manageable. I love running this blog more than anything, and I'm hoping this new schedule will give me more energy to make better posts - Maybe I'll even get a chance to interact with all of you even more by discussing more than just per-rip analysis.

Thanks for reading everyone - That SiIvaGunner Tumblr Blog will officially be back tomorrow!

[sonicjustbecause]

Is a bit in my mind these days...

Last month there was on YT a video. It was an answer toward a well known tumblr Sonic fan, who now has deactivated her account.

The topic was mostly about if Sonic was a introvert or ambivert character. I won't share the video as is mostly a direct answer toward her, but it cleared the common misconception about the meaning of words such asd introvert/ambivert/extravert (I didn't use those adjective much because I was not so confident about their meaning.)

I may share some photogram. I also left the name of the autor just in case you want to give a look...

The traits are determined simply on what activity makes you happy. it has nothing to do with how outgoiung or reserved you are.

(to tell something about myself, I'm a pure ambivert but my overall personality is not... uh... enjoyable? By most. Even though I'm a peaceful person. My main flaw is too much infodumping on topics of my interests, mostly art and science. People don't like that.

I lost touch from my extraverted side and I quite miss that. Overall I'm cautious on how I present myself nowadays, just to avoid to make people run away).

This. One of my best friend from art school was exactly like that, shy and socially awkward. She was even soft spoken when I knew her first and she had a beautiful voice (later she switched to loud talker because she gained confidence around me and her newly made friends). And she was also definitely an extrovert. She often complained how she felt exausted due to four hours lasting lack of social interaction and she needed to gather her 10 friends to recharge her battery.

Now, I won't analyze a character from Sonic, but i will analyze an overlooked extroverted character from Dragon Ball.

DB has a unusually high cast of introverts. This traits virtually fit all Z warriors, for some reasons.

But there are few extroverted, like the Ginew force, Mr. Satan and...

Yep! Future Trunks.

Future Trunks is a bit underdeveloped in Z but is shown that he is perfectly fine in social situation. But in Dragon ball Super his personatlity as whole is more explored. In both manga and anime he admits being around people relax him. And he appears refreshed after having been into a social situation, especially with lots of people around, while he obviously does not enjoy solitude at all.

As for Sonic? I perceived him as ambivert in all media but Sonic X. There he is a introvert, yes. But only there. The fact that he is mysterious may be misleading though.

[intrepidacious]

hi! ok I just wanted to ask someone who knows how tumblr works haha

so I found someone who writes amazing content so I decided to follow them. I binged lots of their fics earlier today and when I checked their profile again later, their profile doesn’t show. It seems they might have blocked me and I don’t know why :( I commented that I loved their fics and the comments are removed. my profile has my age and I am decently active on reposting & commenting on fics. This happened to me one other time too so I just am confused I guess :( I tried to message them but it said it wouldn’t go through so that makes me think I’m blocked? I guess I don’t know why a couple people blocked me? Just kinda made me sad bc I really enjoy their work but now I won’t be able to see anymore ☹️😢

happy to!! 💛

first thing you gotta remember that in all likelihood, your getting blocked is nothing personal. reasons for blocking someone on tumblr include but aren't limited to:

you don't have your age (range) listed in your bio/clearly visible on your blog

the age you have listed doesn't adhere to boundaries a blog has set (f.e. you're a minor, or it only says "18+" which i know many writers don't accept)

your blog is completely empty i.e. you don't post/reblog stuff

you don't reblog other people's writing

you spam like posts

you've never changed the default icon/header to something else

people don't vibe with the things you reblog

your theme is a colour they don't like

a lot of the time, it comes down to everyone's preferences. god knows i've been blocked by people and didn't understand why, but frankly it's none of my business. most likely, you won't ever find out, either. everyone is creating their own online space, and sometimes that means having a quick blocking finger. i'm sorry that you won't be able to read those stories anymore but you have to accept creators' boundaries.

however, there are some things you can do and try to prevent getting blocked in the future. these are only a couple of suggestions around tumblr etiquette i've picked up on over the years; if anyone else wants to chip in here, please do!!

1. make sure your blog is, by all appearances, that of a human being

this might sound stupid because of course, you are a human, but with the recent bot wars it's all the more important to double check for red flags.

check your url. does it include a random string of numbers, lots of dashes, just a name and an adjective? all of these have been indicative of porn bots and people might block you on sight.

change your icon and your header. yes, both of them. there are lots of creators on here who make wonderful fandom related headers and icons, or you can create your own with canva. just be sure to follow creators' rules and preferably reblog their creation

change your blog title. if your account is new, it will just say "untitled", which is another indication you might not be a human. use quotes, song lyrics, anything you enjoy

add a bio. this is where you put your name or nickname (you can make one up) age, age range, links to second blogs (if applicable), more quotes, whatever. i prefer my bio short and to the point, but that doesn't have to be you.

important: do this for all blogs and side blogs you use regularly. if you have a second blog for reblogging fics, you need to put up your age there as well, or at least visibly link to your main blog so creators can see you're not a minor. the harder it is to verify that you're an adult, the more likely it is that you will get blocked

2. know the different kinds of interactions on tumblr and navigate them well

there's a difference between liking, commenting, reblogging, and reposting, and it's important. lots of people use reblogging and reposting interchangeably, but that's actually incorrect and can lead to serious mishaps. let's dissect them one by one.

liking.

you're familiar with the like from other social media platforms. you tap a post twice or hit the little heart at the bottom of the post and it's added to your likes. wonderful, right? well. tumblr is a little different.

tumblr doesn't have an algorithm. let me say that again. there is no algorithm on tumblr. i guess there is, on the for you page, but that doesn't count because it's really shit. the only important thing on tumblr is your dashboard, and your dashboard only shows original posts and the reblogs of those posts from people you follow.

no one cares about your likes. your likes don't do shit. that's why creatives on here keep talking about reblogs. you need to reblog things on tumblr in order for them to get seen. it's a snowballing effect. likes are nice and all, but they're private. they're not contributing to a story or an artwork being seen by more people. they're essentially empty interaction. what's more, should a post get deleted for whatever reason, that post is gone for you forever.

i know some people use their likes as bookmarks for things they want to look at later, but i would strongly urge you not to do that. people block serial likers, because most of the time it is, sadly, very unlikely that they will come back and actually interact with the post again. that's just the way it is. we can thank tiktok and instagram for that. again, tumblr doesn't have an algorithm. if you want to genuinely support and encourage people on here, you need to do more than liking.

commenting.

this is a step up from liking, because you're actually interacting now. a comment will show up in the activity of the person whose post you left it on and of the original poster (op)—more on that distinction in a minute. comments are encouraged especially on ask/answer type posts, or as a reply to an earlier reblog.

when it comes to fanfic, there are, again, pros and cons. you can only leave a comment from your main blog, which means that even if you have a second account where you reblog fics, there's not necessarily a link between the two. this can lead to your getting blocked if you've never reblogged a fic to your main blog. on the other hand, if people comment on your fic without reblogging it, but they do reblog other people's fics, that can also rub creators the wrong way because it creates a strange sort of hierarchy: why those fics? why not mine?

important thing to note: i am not saying that to make anyone feel bad about "just" commenting, i just want you to be aware that this might go on in a creator's head. it has in mine. i'm very aware that this is a me problem, but it's also a reason why people might get blocked out of the blue, which is why i wanted to bring it up.

reblogging.

ah yes, reblogging. reblogging is the thing that makes tumblr tumblr, and it's so easy to do. you just hit the little 🔁 symbol at the bottom of the post, and boom, it's reblogged to your own blog. everyone who follows you can now see it on their dashboard, and if they reblog it, their followers can see it, and so on and so forth. every time someone reblogs a post from you, you will get a notification in your activity, and so will the op.

reblogs are the heart and soul of tumblr. yes, original posts are (usually) individual creations, but the community aspect of this site is born through the reblog. there are different variations on how to reblog. all are valid, because all help spreading posts around.

the empty reblog is the quickest option. there's literally a quick reblog option on mobile: if you hold your finger on the reblog button for a second or so, you will see your icon appear. if you swipe in that direction, the post gets immediately reblogged to your blog. something similar can be done on desktop with the xkit browser extension. it's fast, it's easy, it gets the job done. it's perfect for when you like a post but don't have anything specific to say/reply.

the reblog with tags is the second fastest option. tags, on tumblr, are sort of the sotto voce version of comments. yes, you can use tagging to organise your blog and make your posts easily findable (is that a word?) but the real fun begins when little asides are added. you can keysmash in the tags. you can put your thoughts in the tags. you can go full caps without it looking overwhelming in the actual post. if you're just starting to comment on things, the tags are a great place to start, because the actual post will keep looking the same; the tags are just a little additional bonus for both you and the creator. this is what you would use for the majority of posts that aren't works of art in any way, too, like text posts you want to find again, polls, photographs etc.

the reblog with additions though? oh boy. that's the real stuff. imagine it as clipping on your thoughts to the post, right there for everyone to see. you can add gifs, and memes, and change the font, and change the colour, and scream, and keysmash, and ramble without limitations. it's like catnip for the op. if you reblog a fic, a moodboard, a piece of art, a gifset, whatever it is, and you put your thoughts underneath? man, it's amazing.

side note: if you're new to commenting on people's fics and you don't know what to say, i highly recommend referring to this post. (btw i linked my reblog so it can act as an example of the different forms of adding to a post: there were other reblogs before mine, and i've added tags. useful in its content and as an example!!)

reposting.

this is where we need to be careful. reblogs are great. reposts are theft. where's the difference? reposting refers to you copying another creator's work, whatever it may be, and creating a new post without any indication to the original person's efforts. even if you do include their url, you will most likely get reported and blocked. because now, you've become the op of this copied post, and the actual creator will get absolutely nothing.

you will most likely have seen banners in fic communities that state something along the lines of "don't copy or translate any of my work to this or any other site". that's what this refers to. this would also include the following:

posting another writer's story to ao3/wattpad/another fic site of your choice without their permission. you can absolutely never do this. "but what if"—NO. never. fullstop.

some creators allow translations of their work, but you can only ever share those with their explicit permission and proper credit.

saving a gif to use without linking back to the artist. this is maybe my biggest gripe. yes, i know this site sucks at making gifs searchable, but still, you can't do this. and no, "credit goes to the original artist" doesn't count, where did that bullshit even come from? it makes me so mad. that's not giving credit, that's being lazy.

3. be nice, and have fun

this is fandom, and it's supposed to be a hobby. this is supposed to be a good time. none of us are getting paid for any of this. yes, we're all passionate about what we do, whether we're looking at other people's creations or we make them ourselves. we're fans of that common thing, and isn't that great?

just a little more internet etiquette that's not really tumblr specific but could be a good reminder for everyone:

not everything is for you, and that's okay

if something's not for you, scroll away

if you don't like what someone is posting, ignore them. mute them. block them.

do not ever, and i mean ever, send anyone hate. you don't know who's on the other side of the screen. block them and move on. life's too fucking short.

don't correct people's grammar/spelling. only assholes do that. if you can't help yourself and they're a person you've interacted with before, shoot them a private message and be nice about it.

don't offer unsolicited advice. i don't care if you want to give constructive criticism to help the other person. unless they've explicitly asked you to do that, don't. you'll get blocked so quick, and you'll ruin someone's day.

if you're reading a fic that's not finished yet, don't ask for an update. yes, you're excited for the story to continue. but "part 2", "when's the next chapter out", "more please" and so on are all things that put pressure on creators whether that's your intention or not. it gives us the impression that what we've already put out is never enough. and that sucks. by all means, be excited about what comes next, but not like this.

read!! old!! fics!!!! the beauty of tumblr being the way it is is that there's zero shame in interacting with older posts. it's not like you're liking a seven year old post on instagram. in fact, if you're commenting on a seven year old fic/gifset/moodboard/artwork on tumblr, i can guarantee you're gonna make that creator's day.

i'm absolutely positive that i've forgotten something in this post even though it's longer than several of my wips, so if any of my moots want to add something that'd be great!! in fact i'm gonna tag some of you because you know what? if you've read all of this you deserve a kiss. have a wonderful day 💛

@marvelettesassemblenow @barnesafterglow @imaginearyparties @aphrogeneias @brandycranby @writing-for-marvel @foreverindreamlandd @sanguineterrain @demxters @wildlivelychild

[ugh154628]

I didn't want to break the silence for personal reasons but I'm not going to stand for anyone harassing someone else by spreading lies that someone went out of their way to contact me because that isn't the truth. If it causes some backlash, so be it. It's not something I haven't dealt with before. For literally almost six years I have dealt with cyber harassment, stalking, severe smear campaigns, etc. actually. I just hate dealing with it. It's fucking exhausting having to.

Whisper didn't contact me. I contacted quitth3li3s earlier this week after seeing I was being blamed for a situation I knew absolutely nothing about at that point in time. What actually happening was that midokioaki posted a screenshot of messages between them and B claiming that I was messaging the Bad Omens fan basis to incite further harassment on B and that screenshot included the account name quitth3li3s. Mind you, this was after the fact that B accused me of involving myself and messaging these blogs. I had not at this point.

After seeing the screenshot midokioaki posted, I messaged the quitth3li3s account asking what was going on between them and B considering my confusion being randomly involved in this situation by B and Cece (she runs the midokioaki blog, more on this soon). I also asked for clarification about how they knew about the tension between B and I, which they told me was do to other people messaging them that information. At that point my take was that since B posted her FB name to the "anti" account, randoms creeped on it and found out that way since she posted about our drama publically on FB or that someone once closer to B amongst this tumblr fan base (that now isn't on good terms with her) knew about her main account, which is the one she used to post about me on a lot and included screenshots of both our Facebook names. And she included screenshots of my fb name, Cece's fb name, and Cece's tumblr names on that main account too, so it would make sense that people did some pretty simple creeping to find that info to use against B because they interact on tumblr a lot.

Anyhow, I ultimately just irritated that I was being dragged into their drama again for no fucking reason and was curious to why, and why/how a bunch of randoms knew about shit between us and that's why I messaged quitth3li3s, since that account name was in midokioaki's screenshot and being used against me. Again, for no fucking reason. Because some reason Cece and B blame me for every single social media quarrel they encounter and "coincidentally" seen to start themselves anyways. This isn't my first time seeing this scenario since they became friends. Whoever runs the quitth3li3s account gave me an explanation but deactivated shortly after messaging me something concerning that I obviously couldn't respond to, so I messaged Whisper to pass my response regarding that upon seeing that Whisper and that account interacted via reblogs. Then, we conversated for a bit following that considering we related to what we were both going through with with B. That's it. That's all it was. So no, Whisper did not contact me. I contacted them.

To clarify, the account midokioaki is one the 4 accounts being used by Brandi's friend Cece mentioned earlier -someone who has been stalking me for nearly 6 years now- to bully/harass and defame for quite some time now. The stalking and harassment situation started in early 2019 because of Cece's jealous rage influenced by me dating her ex boyfriend for 3.5 years, combined her delusion that her and I were "best friends" and I "betrayed" her, which was a major exaggeration to further support her absolutely psychotic vendetta against me because first of all, I met her THROUGH my ex who I was already friends with, we only hungout when they were together, I hadn't seen her in over a year when he and I started dating (not since they broke up), we were basically just cool on social media and would shoot the shit sometimes, so I had no obligation to consider her in my dating life. And, she also had a boyfriend when him and I started dating who just so happened to be one of HIS old friends, she was not single, she had again been broken up with my ex for a whole ass year at the time, which makes her a hypocrite and again, means there no logical reason to believe she would be so bothered by him and I dating OR that I was obligated to make it all about her. I don't know how "dating" him equated to betrayal and justified her harassing and defaming BOTH of us the entirety of our 3.5 year relationship; namely spreading a rumor that he had assaulted her "over 20 times in her sleep" and that I was a "r**e/abuser supporter" and I was dating her "abuser" to justify her absolutely psychotic behavior toward us; who she is now back together with, engaged to, and they harass me together now...which just goes to show by itself that it OBVIOUSLY a serious lie due to jealous rage on an illness level that she needs to get therapy for. And then my ex told Cece that B and I didn't get along, and linked them up to be friends based on some weird mutual hatred they have for me and now they harass me together. They all 3 do. Long fucking story behind that one and its still continous. I may or may not delve into that details on that story eventually, but if anyone has specific questions about it/wants evidence confirming the truth of certain things - after Brandi and Cece begin smearing for making this post because I know for a fucking fact its going to happen-, please message me before believing words and out of context screenshots by them. These people are professional liars and are really good at playing the victim, especially when the other party hasn't told their full in depth side of the story to relevant parties.

And if you're curious/to kinda shed light on how bad this has really been, examples of Cece's stalking behaviors include but aren't limited to exploited my lingerie pictures, printing those photos on a coffee mug, searching my personal info online through "tracking" sites (such as my home address, phone number, parent's phones), vaguely threatening to send my photos to my parents to humiliate me, indirect threats involving firearms and physical harm, lies about my ex boyfriend assaulting her "over 20 times in her sleep" to claim I was a r**e/abuse supporter (they got back together after I left him BTW, now engaged, and I have all the proof of her assault accusations on videos, social posts etc. Yet they both completely deny and ignore her defaming both of us like that for over 3 years and actually now harass me together) tracking my IP address/service provider, posting unlawfully videos recorded of me in the privacy of my bedroom -taken by my ex without my permission- having a dissociative panic attack to be used against me ina variety of ways, dressing up as me for Halloween, copying my outfits/social media posts, responding to literally everything I post on social media, etc. And even Brandi and Cece's friends threatening to show up to my place of work due to their slander. Because they live in my area, they have built a more physical coalition against me; putting me on guard in public places and making me feel unsafe on a daily basis. More recently Cece actually tagged ALL of my friends business pages, previous employers, etc. to a Facebook post slandering me; that she edits at least once a week for the past year and half, with detailed lies and the use of out of context screenshots and photos to support them. Although Brandi hasn't explicitly made it apparent that she does (all) the things Cece does, I have quite a bit of proof of her supporting Cece's behavior. Supporting her bullying me, mocking my career dreams, making fun of my clothes, my appearance, doxxing, infiltrating my privacy, projecting, and even the initimate video Cece illegally gained access to and posted to YouTube, which Brandi actually convinced Cece to send that video to her "We hate Amber" group chat and pretty much encouraged her posting it. Oh and I also have a screenshotted post of her implying that she gained access to an old shared album between my ex and I that contained my nudes and threatening to do something with it. I could go on and on about all the shit Cece does. But what really takes the cake is that both Brandi and Cece they project all of their behaviors back onto me and strategically paint me as the villian that they actually are.

I will clarify that in 2019 when Cece first started smearing me on the internet? I got ugly and I won't deny that. I got really ugly at some points and said mean things I'm not proud of before this turned into something beyond basic social media drama. When Cece outted my personal information and mocked it, I sent it back. When my appearance was bashed on, I bashed on Cece's back. When she made fun of me, I made fun of her. It was shameful really and I am 10/10 disappointed in myself for it. It did stop after the first few months of dealing with her when this situation began to transform into something serious and scary. I've grown a lot since it first started, too. That isn't me anymore. It was never even average behavior for me in the first place actually and Cece is really the only one who ever dragged that side out of me in my whole life so far. I actually think she got a kick out of it. Like there's this quote I heard in a TV show that said something like "Psychopaths feel less alone when they get people to do the things that they do" and it makes sense. I think she likes breaking generally kind and empathic people out of character to make herself feel powerful and because she feels less alone with herself when she does. So the way I see it, it was a malfunction of character due to the anger coming from a weird manipulative situation that I had never experienced for. I'm not trying to excuse my behavior necessarily but I just want to make it clear that it wasn't unprovoked. When it first started, I thought bringing myself down to their low level was the right answer and it wasn't. It never really is. And they absolutely hang all of those old posts over my head, most being 4 to 5 or more years old and not nearly as much as how much they've posted over the years to this day, but still worth mentioning. I'm pretty sure 2 twos of trolling after being smeared on social media over dating someone's ex and biting back isn't comparable to maintaining 4 different blogs, a youtube, Facebook, and more to specifically harass one person for OVER half a decade and STILL but whatever helps the bitch sleep at night I guess. I can explain all of that with the necessary screenshots and the dates on them if I need to. And I can definitely say I've never doxxed, made continous violent threats toward, physically stalked, anyone or done anything else like they have. I've really never done anything more than respond, defend myself, and defend my truth. Most of what I have ever posted was content intending to clear up some pretty serious lies they spread.

The midokioaki account: Anything and everything, literally any third party hearsay without valid evidence, out of context "evidence", my selfies, my social media shares...like any and all personal information relative to me is posted by Cece on that midokioaki blog to support her 101 percent false smear campaign about me. A lot of stuff completely unrelated to her. Cece screenshots all of my posts on every single one of my social media accounts within hours or even MINUTES of me posting them whether they have to do with her or not to that midokioaki account. It's sick. It's terrifying. It's fucking insane.

And with that said, please talk to me before believing a God damn word on that train wreck of a blog and/or harassing me over it and please leave everyone alone about contacting me because its not true. I have solid evidence against almost all these accusations being spread about me, and other people. And I was the one who initiated contact with the other people B is harassing on here.

TLDR: Cece made the mistake of posting things to the midokioaki blog used to defame me and I found out what was going on before I talked to anyone here.

[blackhairedjjun]

flowers of every color | writer's behind the scenes!

some stuff about my writing process for the fic! be warned that if you haven't caught up yet, there are spoilers

tagging people who liked and/or replied my interest check post: @agustdiv1ne @mazeinthemoon @txtistheloml @kyaneosprincess @teletubbiesssss @banggyu0308

these are pretty long so i'm putting them behind a read-more hehe

story planning:

while we've gotten plenty of yeonjun in prince outfits over the years, the main inspiration for this fic is yeonjun's opening outfit in act: sweet mirage! i saw that and was like "oh man he would be SO DASHING as a prince 😍" and just went from there

if you've been here from the start, you might know that i didn't originally plan make a series! i just word-vomited the first chapter (well, what became the first chapter) directly into tumblr's post editor because the thought of prince!yeonjun wouldn't leave me alone, especially after seeing a few other prince/commoner and prince/servant fics floating around lol. chapter 1 is also the only chapter made using tumblr's legacy editor rather than their new one (which is also why the cover pics are one big edited photo and not 3 separate photos, i couldn't figure out how to get 3 photos to line up in the legacy editor).

i honestly did not expect people to read chapter 1 but they did!! and they liked the idea!! plus even after writing chapter 1 i STILL couldn't get the idea out of my head so i decided to write it as a full story. i've written plenty of oneshots before under my (non-kpop) ao3 account, but this is my first multichapter series! so i opened google docs and made a quick outline of the story's main events.

the original outline for foec had 6 chapters + 2 endings, but as i wrote the story, i realized that more detail and scenes were needed than what i initially outlined! chapters 3 and 4 (ball preparations + the ball / gazebo dance scene) were supposed to be one chapter. chapters 5 and 6 (y/n hanging out with the chois + getting caught + punishment + intro of arranged marriage) were also supposed to be one chapter. chapters 7-9 (end of friendship, reconciling with soogyu, y/n & beomgyu talk) were also supposed to be one chapter!

i actually started writing the bad ending first before the good ending -- my reasoning was that if i were the reader, i would want to save the good ending for last so that i could end the series on a positive note. i was very surprised when people voted for the good ending first in the poll LMAO also as far as i'm concerned, both endings are canon in a "branching timeline" kind of way. they are both the real ending! i do have a soft spot for the good ending but also i love angst too much to not write a bad ending haha.

honestly most of the story beats from my original outline made it into the final fic! the biggest change has to do with queen hwayoung's and princess ajin's roles in the story (more on that below).

character notes:

when i was first brainstorming i really wanted to include both taehyun and hueningkai in the story as well, but i struggle with writing ensemble casts and choi line + y/n (+ the supporting characters in the castle) were already enough for me to handle. soobin and beomgyu were the easiest for me to incorporate into the story since they have the same last name and i could go "oh in this universe they're part of the same royal house hence the same last name" HAHA. i do imagine that the house of choi princes are also friends with tyunning (kai does get alluded to in chapter 9), but they're off doing their own adventures.

some of little moments in the fic were inspired by actual things txt have done in variety shows! yeonjun, y/n, soobin, and beomgyu playing cards in chapter 5 is based off to do ep. 53 where they also play cards. soogyu playing badminton in chapter 8 is inspired by gbgb era idol human theater where they played a little badminton by the pool. and there are a lot more small character quirks that are inspired by gifs or fancams i've seen of them haha.

queen hwayoung and princess ajin were originally not supposed to be part of the story! my original idea was the have the arranged marriage subplot be heard secondhand by through advisers so that it feels like an invisible force pulling yeonjun away from y/n. but i needed to make the threat of the arranged marriage stronger and ended up writing the scene with queen hwayoung in it for chapter 6.

princess ajin especially was a late addition -- originally she was never supposed to appear at all, never visiting the castle and only speaking through her mom / royal advisors, so there was that threat of yeonjun being married off to someone he's never even met. but after looking through the feedback of chapter 6 i realized that i kinda-sorta accidentally made setup for her oops. people were wondering what she'd be like, and it would feel too anticlimactic to never have her appear in the story, so i wrote her in. which i don't regret because i did enjoy writing her big scene in chapter 10!

speaking of which: a friend of mine asked what happens to princess ajin, and honestly i wanted to give her proper closure too! but i couldn't find a way to fit it into the story in a way that felt natural. if you ask me though, she gains some level of political independence from her mom (represented by her visiting the castle in the good ending). she still marries for political reasons, to a prince or nobleman who is also in it for the politics, and at first they treat their marriage as a business partnership. eventually they grow close and form a devoted "i'd do anything for you" bond -- not necessarily romantic in nature, but caring in its own way. (i'm describing a queerplatonic relationship basically)

tbh i don't have the energy to write another multichapter right now, but i would love to see spinoff fics for soobin and beomgyu or even taehyun and kai as princes in their own kingdoms! so if you're reading this and you want to do it, you have my blessing <3

flower notes:

while some chapter titles were planned around a specific flower representing the events & progression of the story, others were not (because of the chapter splits i talked about earlier) and i just chose whatever flower was in it lol. the planned chapter title flowers are: yellow roses (ch2), pink roses (ch4), sunflowers (ch5), striped carnations (ch7) , purple hyacinths (ch9), red roses (ch10), daffodils (GE), and white lilies (BE). the unplanned title flowers are: irises (ch1), lilies of the valley (ch3), red and purple zinnias (ch6), sweet peas (ch8).

i mostly used this website as a reference for the language of flowers, BUT i also double check with one or two other websites to make sure i'm getting an established flower meaning and not something made up! when i started fic planning i made a list of flowers with meanings that fit the main story beats and character progressions, then picked the ones with the most established meanings (i.e. supported by multiple "language of flowers" websites) and/or the ones that were appropriate for the growing season.

even though i wrote a disclaimer not to pay attention to botanical accuracy re: seasonal flowering times, i originally envisioned the fic to take place over the spring. then when it got longer, i imagined it taking place over spring and summer, so i tried (keyword: tried) to choose seasonally appropriate flowers or flowers that bloom year-round. this is hard for me because i live in a tropical country. i have never seen a lot of these flowers in person because they don't grow in the climate here, and i have no idea what a four-season year feels like. so i decided not to put time-of-year markers in the fic and leave the season ambiguous, and added that disclaimer about the flowers' accuracy.

an example of this: chapter 9 is named after purple hyacinths. i first decided on this back when the story was only supposed to take place during the spring, since hyacinths are a spring flower. i considered naming it after hydrangeas because they mean something like "thank you for understanding" (i.e. y/n going "thank you for understanding what a hard position i'm in" to yeonjun), and also because they're one of my favorite flowers. but i wasn't sure about their seasonal appropriateness since some sources said that they bloom during early summer so i changed it to hyacinths. BUT THEN the fic got long and i started imagining that the later chapters take place in the summer SO the hyacinths ended up being seasonally inappropriate after all! and hydrangeas would have been more appropriate! especially since txt literally has a song called hydrangea love out aarghhh noooo but anyway it is what it is

other flowers that didn't make the cut + their meanings: sweet william (gallantry), alstroemeria (friendship or devotion), freesia (friendship, thoughtfulness), white tulips (forgiveness, consideration, respect), thyme (courage, strength)

other notes:

the key lime pie in chapter 6 is based on a real pie that i ate at my friend's house when i visited her there and i thought it was the most delicious thing i have ever eaten. in the original draft it was a lemon tart!

i wanted to keep this series strictly sfw, but i did consider making both the good and bad endings have suggestive, fade-to-black scenes. for the good ending, the suggestive part would have involved y/n in yeonjun's room the night after their speech / before waking up together. for the bad ending, it would have happened when yeonjun visits y/n's quarters. i didn't write them bc i... am not good with anything suggestive or nsfw klsadjfklasjd

I COMPLETELY FORGOT BUT Y/N'S FATHER WAS ALSO IN THE AUDIENCE FOR THEIR SPEECH IN THE GOOD ENDING... i have no excuse for not writing him in other than I Forgot. i am so sorry but please imagine he was there

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that's all i can think of for now! if you have other questions about foec or my writing process please please feel free to reply to this post or send an ask <3

[stellaralignment]

MorningHaiku here. Wanted to leave an explanation for anyone who cares and as a record for myself. Mostly a journal post though tbh. Tl;dr i renamed myself to Stellar Alignment and am going to be branching out into more poetry and art. I've stopped the daily haiku, so if that's what you followed for, 100% understand if you leave. Curate your virtual life!

In case you hadn't noticed, I haven't posted any poetry lately. Mainly because I learned some of the nuances of traditional Japanese haiku, and how it didn't really translate into English. This got me thinking about why I started this blog and writing poetry in general.

I started regretting making my primary tumblr MorningHaiku, as if i had known the quirks of how blogs and accounts worked, I would've made a more personal primary blog and just run Morning Haiku as a side blog. This was an issue, as what I'd want as a main blog, stellaralignment (a name I'd chosen a while back as my pen name) I was using as a side blog for my sketches.

While I could've gone through a lengthy process to swap the posts on the two, ultimately, I don't care enough, and I didn't want to just nuke my account and start fresh. I think my early poetry deserves its place as the reason I started a tumblr.

Now, I've made the switch in name only and will start posting more poetry and art here. I've given up on haiku for now and won't try to continue doing that daily, though a daily challenge for poetry in general does sound fun.

Goodbye and thanks to everyone leaving who came for the haiku, I hope you enjoyed it in some small part, and thanks to everyone sticking around, look forward to new, lengthier poetry and very, very bad art as I learn how to use pencils.

[juleskelleybooks]

Hello and Welcome!

I figured since I have a bunch of new followers it might be nice and responsible of me to make an actual pinned post. Sorry, it might get long.

About Me:

My name is Jules, I'm currently primarily using they/them as my pronouns but I also answer to she/her just fine, and I've been in fiction publishing since roughly 2009. I started out writing queer romance as M. Jules Aedin, and if you were around and reading romance back then, you might recognize Paper Planes or Windows in Time, which were perhaps the most popular. I also worked as an acquisition and content editor for one indie press and as a proofreader for another.

I'm neurodivergent, ADHD+, with tendencies toward depression and anxiety, and after the release of Lovegames in 2012, I hit a major depressive episode and took the next few years off writing and quit my editing jobs.

When I was ready to come back to writing, I wasn't the same person, and I wanted to write different things. I chose a new penname, and my first published work under the new name was Edge of the Woods which -- while still queer, and still with strong romantic elements -- was definitely not the formula romance I had been writing. It was a little messier and didn't fit very neatly into a genre.

I just recently decided that I wanted to embrace that messiness. Every time I've published with an external publisher, it's been so stressful for multiple reasons that, with recent strides made in the field of self-publishing, I've decided to strike out on my own.

Where to Find Me:

Mostly here on tumblr! I used to spend some time on Twitter, but with recent developments, it's unpleasant so I've mostly shuttered that account. You can still follow me at @juleskelleybks though, if you'd like.

I also have a website: juleskelleybooks.com

I'm primarily published through Amazon at the moment, though I'm looking to go wide now that I'm moving to all self-pub. You can find me there, but you can also find me at payhip.com/juleskelleybooks where I try to make things as easy on your bank accounts as I can, including running coupons frequently.

How to Contact Me:

You can send me tumblr Asks, or emails at juleskelleybooks@gmail.com, or through the contact form on my website. (Or ping me on Twitter, that's fine, but it might take a while to answer.) You can tag me in posts here, whatever. I'm friendly and like to chat but also prone to my meter abruptly running out, so please don't be offended if I don't get back to you right away.

Additionally, this is run as a sideblog, so don't worry if you don't see me follow you back; I probably followed you from my main blog. That one is just pure chaos and this one is distilled to only publishing stuff. :)

Post about books *as of July 30 2023* can be found here: [Link]

[mxtcha-tea]

Where I've been and where I am now

Alright, please read the pinned post first. That's more important than this.

WARNING; IMPLICATIONS OF SUICIDE

Anyways, hi

Oh gosh, it's been such a long time since I've step foot in here. It's unbelievable that this was here since 2021. But anyway,,,

Hi, I go by citrus now! Not an exciting or groundbreaking name. I decided to change my name, yet again, and just went with citrus. I think its sounds nice? Idk

Alright, back to what I wanted to talk now. So, after this post I sorta got back to reality?? I mean, since I spend most of my time in tumblr back in uh, 2020 to 2021, it kinda became a little place for me to stay in the internet.

But after my leave, I didn't have anything else to hold onto other than trying to keep my grades alive because believe it or not, my grades plummeted after that!! How sweet!!

While the internet has been one of my worst addiction, it was still a place that I'm (fairly) comfortable to be in since I could talk about my interests whenever I want(believe it or not, I have no one to talk to at school, wow, shocker)

And that's where the storm started, I was thinking of not-so-friendly thoughts and attempted, yknow, forever sleeping. I was lost and I was too scared to tell anyone about it.

It went from me thinking of that, and then denying and then telling myself that I only think that way to make myself be pitied and then forget about it and the cycle continues.

That's until around, maybe August 2022, I started to think straight again and tried (emphasis on tried) to make myself better again. There's time it works and didn't but slowly as October came in, I started to feel better.

I still think about forever sleeping but very rarely. And now that my mind is (slightly more) okay now, I wanted to get back here and apologize for my past behavior and for leaving everyone in the dark.

Alright enough about the depressing stuff, I wanna talk about how I am now. Well, I'm good now! Maybe still a little lazy like I was before but nonetheless, I am a-okay

I managed to socialize a bit at school and got myself a friend that I'm more close to than others (technically best friends, but they still don't know a lot about me like how I don't know a lot about them, so there's still a little gap there)

(And if anyone cared enough to know) my main interest as of now is Twisted Wonderland. After the English translation was announced, I went ham and eating up content about twst like it was my last meal.

Anyways, here are more infos that are more than less interesting;

I got myself in reading more literature, whether it's in English or malay tbh

I also got interested in coding and believe it or not, I'm kinda trying to make a game using renpy

I still write and draw thankfully

....i got myself some cat headphones

I have an exam later in uh, I think January so I've been trying to get myself motivated to at least study

And that's about it. And to conclude it all with a question, actually 2 questions

What are you gonna do with this account now?

Well unlike my old account that I deactivated, I'll keep this one up for obvious reasons

Do you have another account on tumblr? (and maybe accounts on other platforms?)

I do have set a new account on tumblr for my twisted wonderland interest. But i'm still trying to fix the theme and clearing my drafts over there so I won't tell the @ for now

And yeah, I do have other accounts on other platforms (but that's a story for another time)

Thank you for reading this all the way through and have a nice day!

[cryptid-deity]

Sso ask game!! 14, 17, 22, 29! (apples-stables)

Thanks for the asks!!

(Like I said in my initial reblog, these will all be about the character of my main account, Cadence)

14. Who’s their best friend? Their worst enemy?

Her best friend (and squish, in the asexual way) is Rania, although she gets along really well with Justin too! It's just that she lives in Mistfall, so she sees Rania way more, and she feels more involved in her life. She's definitely close enough with Justin for Loretta to give her constant side eyes when she visits though, lol - even if they've got nothing romantic going on at all.

After the events of the main storyline so far, her worst enemy is either Darko (for you-know-what) or Sabine (for chasing her through the forest of Dino Valley, which was possibly the most terrifying experience of her life). I think if she saw Darko again, it'd be on sight, but she'll never not loathe Sabine for trying to kill her, either. No getting buddy-buddy with the Dark Riders for her, no siree.

17. What’s their favorite city/town in Jorvik?

Dundull! She didn't decide to move all the way there for practical reasons, haha. She just loves the nature and Rania the people so much :3 She's also interested in the culture and thinks it's cool that the town is still pretty connected to it, since she's from a very urban and internationalized area where she doesn't really feel connected to her own ancestors.

22. Do they have any hobbies or talents?

She loves archery! She's training to be able to do it on horseback, too, but she's not that experienced yet. The sheer coolness of it motivates her to keep trying, though. Aside from that, she enjoys singing (very fitting for her name) and filming! She has semi-serious dreams of becoming a director, and has shot a music video with some OC friends for their cover of Glue Man for fun.

29. Do they like technology or social media?

She's not very interested in technology beyond what fulfills her basic needs. Her devices are all easily ten years "behind" on the latest models. As long as they can do everything she wants them to, she'll keep using them, even if they're getting pretty slow by now and she'd perhaps be happier with more efficient devices. Change scares her, though, so she's not in a hurry XD

She uses very little social media and she particularly hates sites or apps that really push algorithms. She has an Instagram account, but only to be able to like posts by her friends and, like, two other accounts she follows. She absolutely refuses to touch TikTok. She probably has a Tumblr XD She likes to spend a lot of time outside, though, whether on walks or on rides, and she enjoys helping out the people of Jorvik with physical tasks, so she's not online as much as she was back home.

Thanks again for the questions! This was fun :D

[erigold13261]

ok somehow i only just discovered you have a d3v14nt4rt account

Why are you censoring it?

Anyway, yeah. I have a deviantart. It's actually linked in one of the tabs on my tumblr page, but you have to be on desktop or a browser to see that tab or something, and I never update that shit anyway so it's not really worth looking at.

But yes! All my social media that I use is just the same name as here "erigold13261" which makes me wonder how many people see me as a bot because of the numbers. Probably a lot.

Funnily enough, I originally did have the blog erigold to myself, but I made it a side blog because I had no idea what the difference between a main and side blog was. Once I found out I deleted that side blog and tried to change my main blog to that, but couldn't because of the like 30 day wait or something before a name becomes free after it's no longer in use.

Long story short, I made my name "erigold13261" as a place holder but forgot to grab just "erigold" when the time came and now someone else has it I think but also I had already posted art with my username and didn't feel like changing my tag brush thing.

SO yeah, if you see a social with the username "erigold13261" then it's most likely me. I have a deviantart, twitter, instagram, kofi, artfight, redbubble, and probably some other sites with that name. It works out too because a lot of other sites already have the name "erigold" taken, but none have "erigold13261" taken whenever I try!

Edit: Just remembered, only site to not follow my naming rule is youtube, for some reason it's just "Eri Gold" instead of one word with numbers. Idk why I did that, but I did.