#i just personally only block people for bad tagging etiquette or if they try to pick a fight with me directly

[heycoyotegirl]

always wild to find out a blog you've never interacted with blocked you

[dragonheart2497]

things twitter migrants may find useful that dont often get included in "how to tumblr" posts

1- queueing!

instead of feeling bad for spam-reblogging and clogging up other people's feeds, you can click the dropdown and add it to your queue instead!

you can edit how many times a day your queue posts, and between what hours. You can easily re-order or completely shuffle your queue as well!

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REBLOG STUFF. Tumblr doesn't run on an algorithm!! YOU are responsible for putting cool stuff onto your followers feeds!

"but if i reblog too much people can't see my posts!" i have just the thing for you

2- personal tags

You can have different tags you use on your blog to help people navigate! for example, i use "dh rb art" when I reblog art and "dh rb" for most other reblogs- that's so that people can filter my reblogs out of their feeds if they dont wanna see that, and only want my original posts to show up.

On the other hand, my art is tagged "dh2497" so they can easily search my account for it!

If you open a person's blog and click the search button, a list of Featured Tags will show up. By default this is just the blogger's most used tags, but you can customize what shows up on yours in your blog settings

You can follow entire hashtags too! if you wanna see hermitcraft fanart without following every hermitcraft artist, follow the tag :D

3- Filtering

Tumblr actually hides things you don't wanna see, very nicely!

In your account settings, you can filter specific tags, and even specific words that show up in the post.

sometimes different bloggers warning tag differently (i do [trigger] tw or [content] cw) so you can try to input every variant, but if its something you really want to avoid just put it in the post content as well. Blocklists aren't really a tumblr thing, so if you wanna avoid an entire community you can block their tag as well

NEVER. CENSOR. YOUR WARNINGS. PLEASE. On twitter or tiktok or wherever, you may have to do that or else the algorithm suppresses it- THERES NO ALGORITHM HERE!!! if someone reblogs your post, it will show up for others, don't worry!!! you're just bypassing filters placed for people's safety, if you censor words.

Also! don't worry too much if a word you wanna filter is commonly used in unrelated contexts- tumblr doesn't remove it entirely, but rather adds a 'spoiler' so that you have to click on it to view it. So just in case it is what you want to avoid, you have time to prepare to see it.

4- effective tagging

[read more in detail here] Only the first 5 tags will show up for people who follow the hashtag. That makes them the most important! Then, the first 20 tags will make the post show up when searching that tag. The rest of them do not give your post any visibility.

I see a lot of people reblogging art with fanart tags- that can be useful for searching back the tag in the reblogger's blog specifically, but doesn't actually give the OP more visibility in that tag.

You'll learn what tags to use by checking the content you come across! most communities are "[word]blr", and most fanart goes "#[character/show] fanart". tumblr tags can have spaces!

Lastly, a few notes

you will only have 1 PRIMARY blog. this will appear when you like a post, comment on a post, or follow a blog. your sideblogs will not link back to your primary blog, but you cannot do those interactions as those sideblogs.

artists love receiving compliments when you reblog!! commenting does NOT boost the post. most people put their compliments in the TAGS of their reblog, so that it doesn't become a long post/thread, and if people reblog the reblog of your reblog you won't keep gettings notifications about it. The artist will still see and very much appreciate it

read up on tumblr etiquette, do not treat this place like twitter or you'll be disliked lol. there are some 'big blogs' but follower counts aren't public, popularity isn't a contest here. make friends, or just block/ignore people you don't get along with. no one cares about your petty arguments

if you noticed the lil cat in my screenshots, that's from a very useful browser extension called XKit!! it enables 1-click queue reblogs (automatically adding your tags), mass-post editing, and lots of other great tweaks vanilla tumblr doesn't have! and the cat is a silly cute thing you can enable in it as well

[malice-mercy-miracle]

I normally stay out of interpersonal fandom drama because it's exhausting, pointless, and I'm too old for that shit. But I've been in online fandom spaces to varying degrees for about 20 years, and my short stint with the Bad Omens Tumblr fandom thus far is, without question, the most toxically selfish and immature community I have every stepped foot in. And I was in the A:TLA ship wars.

I'm going to try to keep this very simple.

Don't like; don't read. I truly cannot fathom the fact that this aspect of fandom etiquette has fallen by the wayside. If you don't like fic/art/ships/tropes or whatever else, just don't look at it. It's that simple.

You are responsible for your own triggers. Now this comes with a heavy caveat, in that anyone writing dark/traumatic content should tag it as such. But ultimately each individual is responsible for their own mental health. If a fiction has dark content and has appropriate warnings, just don't read it and you won't be triggered. If a fic has dark content and it's not tagged, politely ask the author to use appropriate warnings. And if they refuse? BLOCK THEM. Because 1) that's bad etiquette on their part, and 2) blocking someone who typically posts triggering content is a great way to not deal with triggering content!

Writing about illegal things is not illegal. I can't believe I have to say this. Depiction of illegal, taboo, or harmful things in media is allowed. The only context in which it should reasonably be constrained is when the target demographic is likely to try to replicate it - AKA children's media. I'm pretty sure no one here is an eight year old?

People can have any variety of reasons to read or write taboo, traumatic, or illegal content into their fics. It's not your business why they do it. Genuinely. You are not entitled to that information. Nobody owes you justification.

Harassment IS illegal. Sending people repeated hate messages, threats, comments on their children or personal lives, etc. could all be construed as harassment and is actually fucking illegal. You do not respond to someone portraying something taboo, triggering, or "but that's illegal!" in a work of fiction by harassing them until they leave the fandom space because they feel unsafe. Given that these behaviors are typically happening on anon, I'm pretty sure you know this.

I'm coming at this as someone who is not only in fandom spaces, but also reading, writing, and reviewing outside of fandom. I have read books that contain wildly problematic content, but there's still a time and place for how I respond to that. I don't send authors anonymous hate mail because their book had a gratuitous SA scene for cheap drama; I write a professional review calling it out, explaining why it's an issue in terms of how it's framed and in context with the genre and target demographic, and I do what I can to make sure there's content warnings available for future readers.

Now you might be thinking, "This is Tumblr. We don't have any professional review spaces here."

You'd be right.

Because this is fandom. We're talking about fanfic. Something people write for shits and giggles as a hobby. For free. Chill the fuck out.

Anyway, that's my piece. Any and all vitriol or I Have Zero Reading Comprehension responses to this will be blocked/reported as needed. ✌️

Edit: Also wanted to add really quick: YOU CAN STILL BLOCK AND REPORT PEOPLE ON ANON. Here's a guide.

[f0rtuned]

Inbox: 3/5

Requests: Closed!

(Read the request etiquette before sending a request)

What I do

Stimboards

Moodboards

Xeno suggestions

Pfps

Character outfits (Closed)

Username suggestions (Closed)

Want something not listed? just ask, and i might do it!

Dni

Basic dni, transmed, misogynists, detrans kinks, any kink accounts of any sort, dark/immoral-ships, bullies, jerks in general, anti multispec gays/lesbians, gender/sexuality police, etc

About the blog

You can refer to us as Mangle, Foxy, or The Rot (note, The Rot is a separate part of us (kind of like an alter, but not actually an alter.) so if you refer to her she'll be the one replying

I instinctively tag things as kins, so if you dont want that please let me know!

i will NOT do extreme gore or any graphic content involving veins or eyes

in your requests please give me a theme you want me to do

i am not taking mod applications

We love getting promo requests

If we're an anon on your blog, we use the signoff "Capt. Mangle" (note: if we dont reblog/like what you made for us, we probably didnt see it! for some reason our tumblr doesnt give us notifications when we go on anon.)

Sometimes we refer to ourself using we/us/ours, but this blog is ran by one person

We have trouble doing comfycore or any emotion (hope, sadness, happiness, etc), so if you want that we reccomend going to another blog, but we can do our best!

Follow my main, @strzbzr

Anon list + how to become an anon + whitelist and blacklist + about the blog owner under the cut

Anon list

🐊 Anon, 🛡️ Anon, 🧺🎞️ Anon, essay anon, 🌈🎀 anon, 🐀🕸️ Anon, 🦝🎸/🍥🦴 Anon, Infected Anon, Spook anon, Chat/Vex anon, Mx. Nibbly anon

(did you ask to be an anon or use your signoff and youre not on this list? let us know! we'll fix it asap)

How to become an anon

all you have to do is use your signoff or ask me! the signoff can be letters, words, or emojis! as long as it isnt either taken by someone already or offensive/problematic, you can use it!

Whitelist (note: you can request other fandoms! these are just fandoms i know well / or arent commonly accepted on these types of blogs!)

(note no.2: I DO NOT WANT DISCOURSE HERE. the reason i allow problematic sources is to provide a safe space for everyone and accommodate for as many people as im comfortable with. If you try to start any discourse with me, you will be blocked.)

❤️ = favorites to do, 🩷 = ones we like to do, 🧡 = neutral, 🖤= fandoms we arent in/dont know anything about but still accept

Fandoms commonly accepted

Fnaf 🩷

Your turn to die 🩷

Oddities Roleplay / Minecraft Fnaf Roleplay ❤️

Welcome Home 🧡

The amazing digital circus 🧡

Danganronpa (games) 🧡

Danganronpa (anime) 🖤

Sonic 🧡

Springtrap and Mangle / S.A.M (Au by Quiettomato) ❤️

Slice of life (Fnaf au) 🧡

Regretevator ❤️

DDLC 🖤

Cookie run kingdom 🖤

Invader zim🖤

And some others I might have forgotten! (more on the carrd)

Fandoms commonly not accepted (please note that i do not support most of these!)

Boyfriend to Death 🩷 8:11 ❤️

Nekopara (NOTE: im only willing to do the characters who look like adults, the ones that look like kids give me the ick, sorry) 🖤

Dream smp / any smp in general 🖤

Most games with ns/fw (as long as the request is sfw)

The coffin of Andy and Leyley 🖤

Super Sonico 🧡

You and me and her 🧡

Blacklist

Alfreds Playhouse

Monster high (personal reasons)

Fandoms that entirely revolve around something super bad (not sure what counts? just ask me!)

About the blog owner

Our fictkins: The Mangle, Amy Rose, Streber (Spooky month), Pest (Regretevator), Beetle (8:11)

Our irls: Ryker Dublin, Sara Chidouin, Funtime Foxy (tor)

Kinsidering: Empty!

Our traumakin: Shin Tsukimki

Our regression kin: Ruby gloom

Our pronouns: bug/she/it/him/they/xe/exe/nyan

Our sexuality: Gay, multispec (quoigender), Polyam, demisexual

[dcynight]

RULES

CONTENT

- NSFW will be likely on this blog but not a constant. If you’re uncomfortable with murder, gore, blood, abuse, etc. (or any mentioning of these things); Then this blog isn’t for you. Sexual things may occur from time to time but it’ll be rare and tagged accordingly!

- Most art I use on here, whether for icons or other means are not mine, nor do I take credit for them. All things that I draw specifically will be tagged as such! Artist credits are as follows: koda_mint, shandzii, sanchesky, fluffpillow, deceptiveshadow, (more tba + links)

- I’m personally triggered by very little, but if I follow you back, if you could tag the following things for me I’d greatly appreciate it. Otherwise tumblr savior won’t work: emetophobia / trypophobia

- Again this blog is going to be full of adult themes and scenarios at times because despite these two being silly daycare attendants, this is still FNAF after all! I’m fine with role-playing serious topics, HOWEVER! Please message me or plot with me beforehand when it comes to heavy topics like this so we’re both on the same page.

- I WILL NOT post about fandom discourse, nor will I engage in call-out posts, vague-blogging, or anything else related. This is a fun and drama-free environment for both me and my friends. If you start drama, harass people, bully, or send hate of any kind towards me or my mutuals, you will be blocked and reported. As Sun would say, if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all!

RP ETIQUETTE

- Personal blogs that follow me will usually be blocked. If you have a sideblog that’s your roleplay blog, message me and let me know, or have it stated somewhere on your blog so that I’m aware! I’ve tried in the past to let personals chill here but after weird inbox messages and nonstop spam in different areas, I no longer tolerate them.

- I don’t usually care about reblog karma. I will always personally reblog memes and prompts from their sources, and I won’t get angry if you reblog from me and don’t send something in every single time. However, I WILL get upset if you start to use me as your CONSTANT meme or prompt resource. This means, if you constantly reblog memes from me and never send even ONE back in to me. I will probably say something to you! This is a roleplay blog, and it gets discouraging after a while if you take everything I reblog and never bother to try and send anything back.

- I will ALWAYS read your rules page before I follow you. I will also do my best to make sure I send in passwords or any other form of verification. HOWEVER, I follow A LOT of people so if I ever break a rule of yours, I can assure it was probably an accident. Just message me privately and let me know and I’ll fix it, no problem!

- I have anxiety and my memory and attention span can be shitty and sporadic at times. So it’s totally okay to remind me of replies I owe if it’s been a week or so since I’ve replied! HOWEVER, do NOT harass me or constantly pester me to reply to a thread. Otherwise I’ll drop it completely, and may even soft block you if you become hateful about it.

- Going off what I said above, my memory is bad at times. I also follow a TON of people. I WILL forget things. I may forget about replying to threads, I might also forget about replying to ooc messages, and even certain rules or headcanons about your blog or characters. I can PROMISE you this is not intentional though, and I encourage you to nudge or remind me of things if I DO forget!! Just again, do not be rude about it or hateful. I promise I’m doing my best.

- Sometimes I may get overwhelmed by the amount of threads I’ve accumulated. Or I may not know how to continue a thread if it hits a dead end and I can’t think of anything to keep it going. If this happens I’ll most likely drop a few that I may not be feeling atm. If this happens I will do my best to message you first if I decide to drop a thread of ours!

INTERACTING

- I will ONLY interact with MUTUALS. This means if you follow me and I am not following you back, then I’m probably not interested. My inbox is always open though to anyone even if we aren’t mutuals!

- I will interact with ocs and canon characters from different fandoms. But again we have to be MUTUALS, and I do ask that you have an about page or post somewhere that I can get to, just in case I’m not familiar with your character.

- I WILL NOT interact with personal blogs, or anyone under the age of 18!! This is for my own comfort and even safety. You don’t have to put your age on your blog, but if I ever find out you’re underage, you will be blocked!

- This blog will be multi-ship and multi-verse! I don’t do mains or exclusives, though I may have certain people I respond to quicker just based on the fact we’re close friends or mutuals.

- In addition to running this blog, I run another RP blog, and I also have a job irl. So my activity on this blog, as well as in general, will be sporadic.

ABOUT THE MUN

Name: Nub / Nubby

Age: 27

Pronouns: They / Them

Hobbies: Cosplaying, art, crafting, sewing, cross stitching, roleplaying, cooking, and prop-making!

** I also take art commissions! If you’re ever curious about prices never be afraid to message me!

[jenelain]

#JENELAIN ─ an  independent  and  mutuals  only  original  character,  primarily  an  affiliated  sorority  witch  but  adaptable  to  different  verses.  21+  only  for  mature  and  triggering  themes.  a  study  in:  the  sisterhood  between  witches,  the  boredom  of  dangerous  girls,  burnt  out  pageant  queens,  a  morbid  obsession  with  beauty  and  perfection  and  pink  horror.  magicked  by  reyna. 

▍THE COVEN: @dailhia, @rch-wtch, @fablelike, @bunnybiter

LINKS: dossier + verses  ＊  prompts  ＊  plotting call non-mutuals, minors and personal blogs don't interact. rules under the cut.

BLOG RULES.

⊹ ㅤall lore and information found here are entirely original. genevieve is an original character that i've been writing since 2020 and recently brought to indie rp. she is of my own creation and therefore everything about her is mine. credit for everything else goes to the affiliated group. please don't take inspiration from or lift any writing or edits found here. a portrayal note to keep in mind is that i don't have a non-witch or slice of life verse for genevieve. her being a witch is integral to how i write her and find it difficult to write her in settings where she isn't one.

⊹ ㅤstandard rp etiquette applies and should be reciprocated. don't godmod, respect boundaries and don't be a weirdo, we'll get along just fine. the activity on this and all my other logs will be sporadic at best. i'm chronically ill, neurodivergent and work full-time alongside having other obligations. any of these may affect how around or online i am.

⊹ ㅤi curate my dash liberally and encourage people to do the same. this is not meant to be a personal attack against anyone. in general, please don't follow me if you take roleplay related things personally (such as how active someone is, whether you see them on the dash but not replying to you etc) or can't communicate like an adult. i'm not trying to be mean, i just prioritize my own comfort. if you'd like to break mutuals, please soft or hardblock and don't try to evade blocks. my boundaries and activity are not indications of my interest in you, our plots and our characters. read more on that here. 

for personal comfort, my discord will only be given out once we've built rapport ooc. i understand that ims are a little finicky and annoying to use, but after some bad experiences i'd rather give it out selectively. please note that i am slow on discord as well.

⊹ ㅤthis blog will feature mature and triggering themes, so interactions are strictly 21+. this goes for both muns and muses. triggers will be tagged as "trigger word /" without censoring the trigger word. though i will try to keep in mind what needs to be tagged, i may forget and will appreciate any reminders. i don't follow blogs that refuse to tag or don't have some form of a tagging system, especially for triggers. no taboo plots will be written.

please tag the following for me: rape including rape fantasies, suicide and suicidal ideation, visual and graphic depictions of self harm, images of rodents and snakes.

⊹ ㅤi don't post or do starter calls, so your best bet to interact is to send memes or plot! turning answered prompts into threads is encouraged and highly preferred. reblogged prompts have no expiration date and can be sent in by mutuals at any time. i do not repost memes to new threads and answer them from the inbox. if needed, feel free to move things to a new post or ask me to do so. i won't mind!i typically try to initiate contact by sending memes or interacting ooc. we don't have to write right away! i think if we jive ooc, we'll get around to writing eventually. if we don't get along ooc, chances are that our characters will not. please don't rely on just me to do all the reaching out, however. interacting is a two-way street. feel free to message (again or first, especially if it's been awhile) or interact yourself, and i will do my best to reach out!

⊹ ㅤthis blog will be very minimalist in terms of formatting. i default to being iconless and using regular text with minimal formatting. all i ask is that your posts with me are legible and accessible. i have a hard time reading things that are in extra small fonts (smaller than the tumblr small text), gradient colors and in screenshots. i'm visually impaired and value accessibility over aesthetics.

⊹ ㅤ leave your drama at the door. callout culture makes me anxious as hell and i don't care to kiss up to popular blogs. however, i do not think calling people out for racism is starting drama. i won't reblog callout posts unless they're about actively harmful behavior. i have a personal dni in place. i won't publicly name them but if it looks like you heavily interact with them, i won't follow or might block you.

⊹ ㅤi'm open to any dynamics, whether romantic, platonic or antagonistic. i typically prefer romantic ships with people i am already comfortable with. if you're interested in trying out a ship with faye, let me know! i also really enjoy platonic and familial bonds and find them super interesting. in terms of romantic ships, i won't do them between faceclaims that are in the same group as faye's faceclaim.

⊹ ㅤnsfw writing may or may not be present. my comfort and interest with this fluctuates depending on how i feel, as i'm asexual. please don't mistake asexuality for ignorance about sex or being a prude. just don't be weird about it.

⊹ ㅤdo not follow me if you're a bigot, racist, homophobic, transphobic, zionist, antisemitic, islamophobic, a pedophile, etc or support and excuse any of those things. this also applies if you don't think asians are diverse or count as poc, or if you think it's okay to interchange them. i don't want to see anything supporting israel either. stay the fuck away from me. free palestine.

⊹ ㅤi'm wary of blogs that primarily use and interact with white or east asian (especially those that are idols and korean) faceclaims. while i don't think using idols automatically means you're a fetishizer, there are always signs to me whether you identify as a krp blog or not. i'm wary of any fetishizing as someone who's southeast asian. if you take offense at this, maybe you're part of the problem. additionally, i don't write with blogs that portray real life people (including wrestlers and historical figures), interact in the kink/smut/krp/asian rp tags and use wanted opposite tags or collect faceclaims and muses.

⊹ ㅤthere are certain fandoms that i don't feel comfortable interacting with, most notably: harry potter (i don't care how anti-jkr you claim to be), stranger things, the last of us, attack on titan, call me by your name, sarah j maas, colleen hoover, vivziepop, the boys. if you're a multimuse you're exempt from this, just don't write any muses from these fandoms against mine. exemptions may be made, but this generally is for people i'm already friends with. please don't assume.

⊹ ㅤi won't interact with white versions of characters that have been confirmed or cast as poc or with characters that are canonically racist, nazi adjacent and rapists/abusers.

⊹ ㅤwith faceclaims there are way too many problematic ones to really specify, but if any of them fit the dni criteria found here or are deceased, i don't want to interact with them. i'm specifically uncomfortable with interacting with jacob elordi, timothee chalamet, son chaeyoung, son naeun, jang yeeun, moon taeil, hyuna.

▍credit: collage by nakosgf, sweetheart psd by weirdestwitch, mint ranchrawee gifs by keetika

[crossovernonshipstournament]

All right so I'm going to get the groupings done today and hopefully have the matchups posted by today or tomorrow, but before I get started on that I thought I'd take a second to lay out the etiquette I'm expecting (and what behavior I will be banning) from this poll.

So, unlike the Artificial Kids Poll, which leaned into the "we're taking the kids out for ice cream later" vibe, I'm not gonna come down super hard on trash talk in this one. But that doesn't mean that anything goes! Here's some ideas of what will and will not fly.

Things that are fine:

-Comically exaggerated threats. (Ie, "If my fave doesn't win I'm blowing up the moon!" This is absurd. You're being silly. This is Saturday morning cartoon villain levels of overreaction. I'm fine with this.)

-Playground levels of trash talk. (Ie, "I can't believe they crossed over Camp Camp and Bob's Burgers. Look, see? Little King Trash Mouth." Look, you wanna throw shade at the characters, go for it. They can take it. This is okay too.)

-Incentivizing people to vote against an entry. (Ie, "If this entry wins I'll never watch this show you all keep telling me to watch/if they lose I'll definitely watch it." You wanna hold your own interests hostage to your followers do what you want. This is also fine.)

Things that are not fine:

-Insulting the canon properties or the people who enjoy them. (Ie, "Pitting this media property that I really like and find meaning in against this random who cares media property is an insult to my favorite media property." Any media property can have meaning to anyone, and sometimes the submissions came from people who were trying to fix a bad media so aren't even fans anyway and wouldn't appreciate the implication.)

(AND YES I WILL BE HOLDING MYSELF TO THIS AS WELL. There's RWBY characters in this poll and I am going to be sitting on my fucking hands not to insult RWBY's bad writing or take my usual potshots at how bad cRWBY are at their jobs. Like, for example, see that <- That kind of thing won't be tolerated.)

-Comments about the characters' appearance that can potentially reflect on real existing people who share that trait. (Ie, Felix is cartoonishly thin and explicitly drawn to look like a grimy little shit-weasel; remarks like that are fine, but "He's so ugly, look at his stupid white boy haircut and his complete lack of an ass," are traits that potentially someone reading could possibly have. We're only looking to trash the pretend people, we don't want collateral damage over here.)

-Should go without saying but anything that counts as real world hate-speech (racism, transphobia, anti-semitism, misogyny, ableism, etc, etc, etc- if it feels like you're using my silly tumblr poll as an excuse to be a bigoted piece of shit, I'm blocking you.)

-Anything that invalidates a character's likeability as a character. (This one is purely vibes but a good example is the person on Artificial Kids who kept tagging a poll with their fave against Boyd with how much they hated him. This wasn't trash talk; this was genuine insulting the character and by extension his fans just for the crime of being against their fave. If you're getting this het up about a silly tumblr poll, you probably need to take a step back from online activity. Take a walk around your block or bake some bread or take yourself out for lunch. Something to settle your feelings idk. Just step away and calm down it's not that big a deal.)

TL;DR: I am allowing friendly ribbing and trash talk, but keep it in good sportsmanship territory. Your shade should not extend beyond the pretend people you're throwing it at. Are we all clear? This is a silly tumblr poll, it doesn't need to get that serious.

[bhaalkin]

#BHAALKIN ; an indie, semi-selective, private ( mutuals only ) , 18+ depiction of baldur's gate 3's orin the red. slaughtered by rev ( 20 / they/he/she / gmt/bst )

also available at @janeromeroshow , @rcluctantfollowcr , @selfawxre & @vindixta

carrd and blog under construction, placeholder rules below

( profile pic credit | psd credit )

001. this blog is 18+, and due to the nature of the muse will contain graphic ( WRITTEN ) depictions of violence and gore. no depictions of irl gore will ever be shown on this blog, and any drawn gore will be tagged appropriately. this blog may also contain :: suggestive or sexual content ;; discussions of domestic and child abuse / trauma / incest that may be triggering ( none of which will be romanticized and the latter is only there because it is part of orin's canon backstory ! ) ;; written and visual depictions of blades / knives, meat and blood ;; and generally triggering topics due to the nature of the muse. please stay safe when viewing this blog - if you need me to tag something that i do not already tag, please just let me know!

002. please use common roleplay etiquette when interacting with me. this includes, but is not limited to; not god-modding or hijacking threads that are not yours, not taking control of my character / meta gaming, etc. this blog is also mutuals only and private, so please make sure we are mutuals before sending asks and starters in! ( note that "mutuals-only" does not mean i am not open to making new mutuals. )

003. please soft-block me if you unfollow so that i do not unintentionally keep contacting you if you've decided you do not want to write with me. i will not be offended, i promise! if i re-follow after you've soft-blocked, just drop me a message or hard-block me and the same applies there.

004. i will likely be low-activity and slow to reply at times. please do not be pushy or rude if it takes me time to respond! if you genuinely think i've missed a thread or lost it or you want to know if i'm still up for it, my dms are open and welcome!

005. i very much dislike drama, so please don't expect me to reblog callout / drama posts unless the person is a genuine danger! i also do not vague post or interact with vague posts about specific people. please respect this. i also try not to make more general vent posts, but i do struggle with my mental health, so if you do see something, it will not be about you!

006. shipping is not a priority on this blog, but that does not mean that i'm not open to it! however, i will never go into an interaction expecting a ship and everything is chemistry and the comfort of both writers based ( also please be aware that orin is like, objectively a terrible person. if i DO write a ship with her it will not be sunshine and rainbows, and i'd like any writing partners to be aware of that from the start! )

007. speaking of orin being a bad person - while i do want to explore a lot of darker themes, i will always ask before inflicting harm upon your muse(s) and i totally encourage plotting to make sure we are both comfortable! mun does not = muse and i do not want people's experiences writing with me to be unfun or uncomfortable.

008. i, the mun, struggle often with severe anxiety and depression, and i also happen to have adhd. my motivation may be sporadic - i promise it's not personal!

[dankovskaya]

Hi sorry asking anonymously because I'm super embarrassed but how do you have conversations with people on this site? How do you interact with people?

Well okay I've had various different blogs on here over the years so I've done the whole "aggregating mutuals" thing from scratch multiple times and honestly it all just comes down to not being afraid to chat with people directly I think. The best thing to do is really just find blogs that have things in common with you and ideally are already kind of "chatty" (as in making personal/conversational text posts relatively frequently, writing thoughts and opinions in the tags of posts they reblog) and then...chatting with them. Reply to their posts in a friendly way or comment on their tags when you reblog the same post from them. You can also send them asks directly with a thought or question or compliment or something but that feels a little more pushy imo lmfao. Not inherently bad, it's just that I think most people who have been here for a while are used to getting random asks from strangers that are alarming or unpleasant so seeing a notification in your ask box can be foreboding 💀 And idk talking in replies/tags just feels more casual to me. Inside voice. An ask is kind of like someone coming up to you and sticking a microphone in your face and less like actually speaking to someone on equal terms.

There aren't hard rules or anything tho and if you're on here long enough you'll probably get used to um. The "etiquette." Which isn't even universal in the first place lmao. The only things I would avoid are like. Reblogging someone's post and commenting directly on the post itself unless you're already friends (very alarming. Who are you and why are you stealing my post.) and just generally acting overly familiar but that obviously goes for real life too. Don't expect most people to follow you back instantly either btw and it's not like an insult if they don't. It just depends on the person? Some people will see a blog with similar interests who seems normal and just follow back instantly regardless of whether you've ever spoken directly, and some people might wait until you've interacted with them a few times before they consider following back, and some people may just never follow you back if they're not interested in what you're posting. It's not about you personally 😭 And some people have a looooot of followers already and therefore a looooot of people trying to interact with them, and so you might just get lost in the crowd. Some people also have been here long enough and had enough bad experiences that they just never follow new people, or even block new people who try to follow them. Just remember none of it is personal 👍 They don't know you any more than you know them. Be normal and kind and you will survive 💖

[teacupsandcyanide]

no spoilers below for Glass Onion I am just making a group suggestion for fun times

I think it’s genuinely atrocious that there has been only a one-week cinema release in relatively limited theatres for Glass Onion, and after that it won’t become available online for another month, and even then ONLY on Netflix. To my understanding there's not going to be a later, longer conventional cinematic release. I ... do not like the sound of that trying to become a thing, buying up streaming rights to the point of drastically limiting the cinema run, and then slapping "Netflix Original" on it to make it sound like they have the creative or intellectual rights/involvement for that to all be reasonable.

And yeah, once it’s online people will start streaming it, but in the intervening weeks the film is going to be picked apart and digested online. That in itself isn’t inherently bad it just means that so many people are going to be spoiled for it and it’s a murder mystery. If you're the kind of person who doesn't mind spoilers that's all good, and if you're a sicko like @goldenaltar who likes getting little appetiser spoilers then that's great, but there are many people who hate spoilers and who find that their experience of a piece of media really gets affected by them.

Usually online etiquette is to be open from the get-go about what you're going to tag and not going to tag. But also sometimes the way you find out that That Thing you were interested in has come out and you need to block tags for it is someone on your dash casually dropping a huge spoiler about it. Sometimes your friend or a tumblr you like just doesn't have the capacity to tag for spoilers, and that's not their fault at all, but also it means you have to either unfollow them for a bit or stay offline entirely.

For me, with ADHD I can't rely on my brain to remember to refollow mutuals and blogs I like after I've seen The Thing, and spoilers really ruin my motivation to watch/read The Thing, so the option I take is often to stay offline entirely because it's the easiest and most secure option. And during that time I feel really pressured to watch or read The Thing so that I can go back online, and that makes me dread watching/reading The Thing, and I feel forced to get into The Thing when everyone else is rather than when I feel ready to. This may be another ADHD thing, but I get stressed to fuck when I'm forced to watch/read The Thing when The Stars Aren't In Position because I feel like I can't process it and aren't getting what I could get out of it. (This phenomenon accidentally ruined ofmd for me, and it's no one's fault it's just what happened, but it's probably going to be a long time before I can rewatch the show and actually enjoy it this time rather than view it as Task Item 47.)

And I feel like I'm not the only person who feels that way. I've seen so many friends/mutuals and other people on tumblr saying things like "I am so fucking tired of watching The Thing as fast as I can as soon as it comes out. It exhausts me and sometimes negatively impacts how much I end up enjoying it. But I feel like, for many many reasons, I have no other option."

When the play The Mousetrap written by big name murder mystery girlie Aggie "Baby Girl" Christie came out (stay with me I promise this is relevant) in London's West End in 1952, Baby Girl (this is a semi-derogatory (for the bad stuff) and semi-affectionate (for the good stuff) thing I call her, it's like our thing don't worry) was very concerned about the plot twist being revealed in reviews. She was already very used to her murder mystery plots getting spoiled by reviewers and Baby Girl did not like it. So on opening night and onwards elsewhere traditionally, performances of The Mousetrap end with the audience being asked not to spoil the plot twist for others so that other people can enjoy the play too. It's kind of cool because no one has to and many people don't, but bringing people into a secret makes something that is ultimately just a nice and kind thing to do also sexy and fun.

And I think. It would really sexy. And really fun. If we kept spoilers on tumblr under readmores. No one has to and many people won't. That's all good. But I really hate Netflix right now and the entire system they're trying to set up, of giving people one week to catch a limited release film and then stranding them in a wasteland of spoilers until December, at which point the only place to watch it (haha. theoretically) will be on Netflix. I would very much like to not be part of that system as best I can while still supporting an amazing film which I loved and a series I would like more of.

So absolutely, if you're thinking about catching a cinema screening today (or tomorrow if you're further away from Thursday than I am), I say it's well worth it, it's fantastic film. My partner and I drove an hour and a bit on a weeknight to see it and it was 100% worth it imo. But we were lucky to be able to do that, and I would like to ensure that other people get to experience the film the way we did – on our own terms, at a time when we were pumped to see it, and without any spoilers we didn't want. So my thing from here on until early Jan is going to be keeping anything spoilery under readmores. No one else has to do it and I think most people wouldn't. But it's nice, and it's kind. And it's sexy and fun.

Also I'm not gonna make any comments on whether you should stream directly from Netflix's tit but I do think they should go fuck themselves for this one. yeah it's just a movie but I will hiss at people who try to pry my small tender joys from my anxious depressed little hands

[godeyed]

a  novel  based , independent , highly private and mutuals only portrayal  of  

𝖆𝖊𝖒𝖔𝖓𝖉 𝖙𝖆𝖗𝖌𝖆𝖗𝖞𝖊𝖓 : kinslayer , aemond one - eye.

second  son  of king  viserys  the  i  and  alicent  hightower.  based on  george  rr martin's  fire  and  blood.  

triggering  themes  will be tagged / include  : anger and violence,  murder,  death,  particularly child  death  and  the celebration  of  it  (  especially  when  it comes  to  lucerys velaryon  , rest in peace king )  misogyny,  mentions  of  incest  (  but  never explicitly  written.  ) 20+  only.

interest tracker . . . prompts

please read my rules before following : i will not follow first as i want writers to read my rules and decide for themselves if they want to follow <3

my boundaries include:

since incest unfortunately is a huge part of the ' a song of ice and fire ' universe, it can't be avoided, and so it will be mentioned ( and tagged ! ) however, it will never be explicitly written.

do not follow me if you write lucerys x aemond / lucerys x aegon.

anti - daemyra. and i just generally will not be cool w ppl writing incest in anyway which includes aemond and helaena and aemond/aegon .. pls no thank u ! i firmly rebuke all of the canon / fandom ships for aemond sorry fjdjf. this includes aemond x alys , who i don't ship for my own reasons. ( i am uncomfortable with age gaps mostly but am willing to write them in a non - romantic way ! ) i also ask if you do ship them in a romantic way and decide to follow me, to please tag it so that i can block the tag.

there will most likely be criticism of house of the dragon found here. it will be tagged as : hotd crit / with that said i do not mind writing with hotd based muses at all, this is just a personal thing when it comes to the way they decided to depict aemond / it goes directly against my portrayal.

i assume if you follow me, you have an interest in the greens in some capacity ( as do i ! ) however : if you are anti - team black , anti - rhaenyra , anti - alicent , anti - targaryen women , please don't follow me. criticism of all of the above are welcome , but i tend to avoid people who proudly claim they hate any of the those characters / especially targaryen women. if you can't acknowledge the fact that a lot of them ( especially dany and rhaenyra ) are the heroes / victims of the story , who have flaws along with any other character , then maybe i am not the person to follow.

this blog is an attempt at writing aemond in a very novel - based way. he's cruel , a loser , narcissist , definitely a misogynist etc. he kills his poor nephew because he wants to kill him, it wasn't an accident. despite this, i'm interested in writing a very nuanced character who does bad things bc he feels entitled to it , as well as stepping away from the way media always needs a reason for a character to do bad things. sometimes there is no rhyme or reason. if you don't like that, then this blog may not be for you. <3

with all that said, i do think aemond serves cunt. he has a lot of qualities that i like and want to portray / really love the idea of his position within his families dynamics. i'm going to try talking about all his cool and cunty qualities a lot here without erasing the bad.

writing , shipping , general etiquette:

multi - verse, multi - ship, i do and will practice mains and exclusives. duplicate, crossover, and oc friendly. ( for ocs please have a bio or at least some stats ! )

very important note : do not approach me immediately for shipping purposes. i hate feeling like someone doesn't care about my character beyond a ship that they can offer.

with that said, shipping is so fun, and i'm not gonna pretend that i don't want to do it ... but it's just not a priority for me. if you'd like to, we can discuss it only after we have already established some sort of foundation whether that is through a thread or through plotting. keep in mind that he's not a particularly fun guy so ... just you know, please remember that when you approach me.

please do not god - mod! please also keep in mind that my activity is very low. you can remind me about a thread you might think i missed, but please leave it at one reminder and do not pester me. i have a full time job and writing is just a hobby. if i do not reply to a meme you sent me, or if i don't continue a thread, it doesn't mean i'm uninterested.

if you want to unfollow, please hard block so that i don't forget and try to refollow you. i'll do the same.

i don't care to see vagues or ooc drama, we're all adults and if you ever have a problem with me, i'd love it if you communicated that or simply just block me!

this really doesn't need to be said but i'll say it : if i see racism, transphobia, homophobia, white washing, etc. i will simply hard block.

thank you for taking the time to read this. i know it's a lot but i just want to make sure that i'm comfortable in this space, and set clear boundaries so that there is no confusion in the future. i am super excited to explore aemond's character in a way that feels right to me and to the depiction that we received of him in fire and blood!

[gnkaku]

GNKAKU  ─  a  private  and  independent  roleplay  blog  for  doppo  kunikida  of  bungou  stray  dogs,  but  adaptable  to  different  verses.  based  on  personal  interpretation.  21+  only  for  mature  and  triggering  themes.  a  study  in  the  jerk  with  a  heart  of  gold,  having  an  unshakeable  code  of  honor,  being  an  old  man  in  a  young  man's  body  and  the  dad  friend.  investigated  by  reyna.  also  found  at  nightmaretv,  jenelain  and  tormenther.

▍AFFILIATED WITH: @ninkaku

LINKS: about ★ prompts ★ verses ★ navigation non-mutuals, minors and personal blogs do not interact or reblog posts. rules under the cut.

blog rules.

⊹ please don't take inspiration from or lift any writing or edits found here. i don't adhere to fanon or interpret it as "canonical", so consider this interpretation headcanon based. i'm indifferent about duplicates, but if they make you anxious please prioritize your comfort and feel free to hard or softblock as needed. just don't take it out on me. i'm largely unaffiliated with the fandom or the bsd/animanga rpc and would like to keep it that way. i will be selective about who to follow or follow back. don't take it personally.

⊹ ㅤstandard rp etiquette applies and should be reciprocated. don't godmod, respect boundaries and don't be a weirdo, we'll get along just fine. the activity on this and all my other logs will be sporadic at best. i'm chronically ill, neurodivergent and work full-time alongside having other obligations. any of these may affect how around or online i am.

⊹ ㅤi curate my dash liberally and encourage people to do the same. this is not meant to be a personal attack against anyone. in general, please don't follow me if you take roleplay related things personally (such as how active someone is, whether you see them on the dash but not replying to you etc) or can't communicate like an adult. i'm not trying to be mean, i just prioritize my own comfort. if you'd like to break mutuals, please soft or hardblock and don't try to evade blocks. my boundaries and activity are not indications of my interest in you, our plots and our characters.

for personal comfort, my discord will only be given out once we've built rapport ooc. i understand that ims are a little finicky and annoying to use, but after some bad experiences i'd rather give it out selectively. please note that i am slow on discord as well.

⊹ ㅤthis blog will feature mature and triggering themes, so interactions are strictly 21+. this goes for both muns and muses. triggers will be tagged as "trigger word /" without censoring the trigger word. though i will try to keep in mind what needs to be tagged, i may forget and will appreciate any reminders. i don't follow blogs that refuse to tag or don't have some form of a tagging system, especially for triggers. no taboo plots will be written.

please tag the following for me: rape including rape fantasies, suicide and suicidal ideation, visual and graphic depictions of self harm, images of rodents and snakes.

⊹ ㅤi don't post or do starter calls, so your best bet to interact is to send memes or plot! turning answered prompts into threads is encouraged and highly preferred. reblogged prompts have no expiration date and can be sent in by mutuals at any time. i do not repost memes to new threads and answer them from the inbox. if needed, feel free to move things to a new post or ask me to do so. i won't mind!i typically try to initiate contact by sending memes or interacting ooc. we don't have to write right away! i think if we jive ooc, we'll get around to writing eventually. if we don't get along ooc, chances are that our characters will not. please don't rely on just me to do all the reaching out, however. interacting is a two-way street. feel free to message (again or first, especially if it's been awhile) or interact yourself, and i will do my best to reach out!

⊹ ㅤthis blog will be very minimalist in terms of formatting. i default to being iconless and using regular text with minimal formatting. all i ask is that your posts with me are legible and accessible. i have a hard time reading things that are in extra small fonts (smaller than the tumblr small text), gradient colors and in screenshots. i'm visually impaired and value accessibility over aesthetics.

⊹ ㅤ leave your drama at the door. callout culture makes me anxious as hell and i don't care to kiss up to popular blogs. however, i do not think calling people out for racism is starting drama. i won't reblog callout posts unless they're about actively harmful behavior. i have a personal dni in place. i won't publicly name them but if it looks like you heavily interact with them, i won't follow or might block you.

⊹ ㅤi'm open to any dynamics, whether romantic, platonic or antagonistic. i typically prefer romantic ships with people i am already comfortable with. if you're interested in trying out a ship with kunikida, let me know! i also really enjoy platonic and familial bonds and find them super interesting.

⊹ ㅤnsfw writing may or may not be present. my comfort and interest with this fluctuates depending on how i feel, as i'm asexual. please don't mistake asexuality for ignorance about sex or being a prude. just don't be weird about it.

⊹ ㅤdo not follow me if you're a bigot, racist, homophobic, transphobic, zionist, antisemitic, islamophobic, a pedophile, etc or support and excuse any of those things. this also applies if you don't think asians are diverse or count as poc, or if you think it's okay to interchange them. i don't want to see anything supporting israel either. stay the fuck away from me. free palestine.

⊹ ㅤadditionally, i don't write with blogs that: portray real life people (including wrestlers and historical figures), interact in the kink/smut/krp/asian rp tags and use wanted opposite tags or collect faceclaims and muses.

⊹ ㅤi'm wary of blogs that primarily use and interact with white or east asian (especially those that are idols and korean) faceclaims. while i don't think using idols automatically means you're a fetishizer, there are always signs to me whether you identify as a krp blog or not. i'm wary of any fetishizing as someone who's southeast asian. if you take offense at this, maybe you're part of the problem.

⊹ ㅤthere are certain fandoms that i don't feel comfortable interacting with, most notably: harry potter (i don't care how anti-jkr you claim to be), stranger things, the last of us, attack on titan, call me by your name, sarah j maas, colleen hoover, vivziepop, the boys. if you're a multimuse you're exempt from this, just don't write any muses from these fandoms against mine. exemptions may be made, but this generally is for people i'm already friends with. please don't assume.

⊹ ㅤi won't interact with white versions of characters that have been confirmed or cast as poc or with characters that are canonically racist, nazi adjacent and rapists/abusers.

▍ REYNA, THEY/SHE, TWENTY-EIGHT, FILIPINO-CHINESE. i’m neurodivergent and english is my third language. i love horror (especially religious, eldritch and sci-fi horror), asian media, cozy games and playing ttrpgs and board games. i swear i’m a lot nicer than my rules make me sound. i look forward to writing with you!

[skullamity]

Hey bud, YTA.

I am trans, and I do not care one way or the other about genderbending headcanons in fanfic or fanart. It does not appeal to me. But if I was repulsed by it or it made me dysphoric? I would immediately understand that this is a ME problem and take actions to curate my own experience. You mentioned that you have a role that allows you to see it? Discord doesn't lock you into roles--if it sucks, hit da bricks! You don't even need to leave the server if you find value outside of that one specific channel, you can literally just choose to not see it and never interact with it!

You sound young, which means that you probably did not internalize ye olde early internet etiquette of "don't like? don't read/look/participate!" If you repeatedly expose yourself to a channel that is basically called "that thing I don't like" on purpose, it is, again, a problem that you are making for yourself, and could easily solve by Not Going Back In There To Fume.

If you don't like something, the first step is to figure out what you can do on your end, on your own internet accessible devices, yourself. Block, change roles, leave, use tag blacklisting features.

If you have done everything you can and it's still showing up in your feed, mixed amongst stuff that you are there to see? Then you can take the next step and ask the mods, but rather than demanding that it be banned, it would have been more appropriate (and probably gotten a better response!) if you had come to it from a position like "I still want to interact with (specific content), but (content that triggers my dysphoria) is constantly mixed in with it. I don't mind if other people enjoy it or use it to explore gender, but it's making it hard to enjoy myself. Can we please make a channel and opt-in role that is separate from (content I am here to enjoy) rather than a sub-channel so that there's less or ideally no crossover? I've done everything I reasonably can on my end, and I'm still seeing it."

Finally, you need to understand that if you approach it diplomatically like that, and they STILL say no? Then you still have to curate your own experience with that information in mind, and weigh the positives and negatives of staying and seeing content you like but periodically seeing content that makes you upset OR going and losing access to the content you like but also no longer having to see content that makes you upset mixed in with it.

You are not an asshole for being uncomfortable, you are not an asshole for experiencing dysphoria, you're not even really an asshole for trying to approach the mods to do something about it--but you were an asshole for trying to curate everyone else's experiences without their consent or input, and you were an asshole for responding to being outvoted by deciding that everyone who did not agree with you was transphobic. You are also an asshole for not understanding that just because something makes you, personally, uncomfortable, it does not mean disliking that topic is a sign of moral virtue on your part, and a sign of moral failure on the part of everyone who willingly engages with it.

You can just Not Like Something without needing to justify that dislike by proving that only bad people would like it!

There are all sorts of headcanons and tropes in fandom out there that gross me out, make me uncomfortable or I just find irritating or boring, and people usually tag for them, which makes them easy to avoid. But sometimes people won't tag, or forget to tag, or don't think something is worth tagging and I'll be reading, several chapters into a fanfic or whatever and be slapped in the face with something that I hate or that ruins the reading experience I'd been having up until that point for me.

And do you know what I do?

I hit the back button, I close the tab, I don't read anymore. And I especially do not throw an actual tantrum, leave them comments accusing them of being bad people, report them or try to get their account investigated or suspended. There are better things I could be doing with my time, like finding content that I would actually enjoy reading.

AITA for calling the mods of a discord server transphobic?

For context, I am trans and I had joined a fandom based discord server. I am not going to say what fandom it is though, so things will be kept vague.

In the discord server, people were allowed to share art from other people they liked as long as they linked it. The art sharing thing is not a bad idea because I would love to support artists. However, the problem lay with the art that people would share. I have no problem with the NSFW art people shared since the mods made a channel for people to share it where minors couldn't see.

The problem I had with the art sharing was when people would share genderbend art. Genderbending is basically when someone takes an existing character and imagine them as if they had always been the opposite gender. It made me feel uncomfortable because it felt wrong that they would just pretend a character had always been one gender.

I brought it up with the mods in dms and asked them if they could ban genderbends from the server because it made me feel uncomfortable. I explained that genderbends are rooted in cissexism and are linked to transphobia as well. The mods said that they would discuss it and then they went and PUBLICLY asked about it in the discord server with everyone which made me feel uncomfortable.

Some other trans people in the server said that I was making a big deal out of it and said the mods did not need to ban it. They said that it helped them with their gender dysphoria, but I argued that they were supporting something that was inherently transphobic. I explained that trans people are further erased by genderbend subculture pushing more trans-friendly genderbend art out of the community, thus taking away what little space we had to begin with. Genderbends cause harm.

But in the end, the mods refused to ban genderbends. Instead, they made a poll asking everyone if they wanted to continue allowing it or not. Since the majority voted to keep it, they did not ban it. So I called everyone in the server transphobic for allowing it to continue.

AITA?

What are these acronyms?

[avephelis]

hello any twitter migrants following this blog!! while a lot of people have been posting about reblogs > likes, and the tumblr algorithm (helpful!), i just wanted to post something about the less talked about elements of tumblr etiquette.

TAGS. on tumblr, tags are that bit at the bottom of the post (like a footnote). usually to find posts people search by tags (like key terms), so it can be good to tag fandoms, characters, etc (individually, ex. #sonic rather than #sonic the hedgehog fanart shadow tails). BUT WE DON'T TAG UNRELATED THINGS (this is ANNOYING and will not get you "exposure").

TAGGING is also important for filtering - TUMBLR IS ALL ABOUT CURATING YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE. so it's important to tag fandoms, trigger warnings, and so on, in case people have them filtered out (ex. #tw violence). and you can block tags too!

ON REBLOGGING - when you reblog, you can add tags, or add on to the post. when you add tags, they are NOT carried over if someone reblogs the post from you. generally, compliments, personal notes, small additions, or extra tws go here. adding to the post WILL carry over, so people will use it to add additional information, jokes, fun extras, and so on - things that ENHANCE the original post.

BLOCKING IS ENCOURAGED. if someone makes you uncomfortable, block them. if someone posts things you don't want to see, block them. unless you're mutuals, people probably won't even notice, let alone care.

DON'T DERAIL POSTS. i don't mean "don't add random shit", because tumblr thrives off chaos. i mean "don't use someone else's post to push your own agenda or air your own grievances". it's like cutting into someone else's conversation. rude.

ASKBOXES ARE USEFUL. if you have a question, want to reach someone, or just want to send prompts, you can send an ask! if people don't want them, their askboxes will be closed, but they're generally appreciated (as long as they aren't rude, or sending anon hate)

THERE IS NO CLOUT ON TUMBLR. nobody sees your follower count, so a 2 follower blog can converse with a 1000 follower blog easily. there are no dates so posts from 2014 circulate next to posts from an hour ago. notes aren't based on who sees your post, only who leaves a like, comment, or reblog. it's essentially anti-social media.

DON'T ASK PEOPLE TO REBLOG YOUR POST IN ASKS. they won't. if you want to promote a post, use tumblr blaze and pay. if you need money desperately, go to a subreddit designed for that. tumblr is useless, and these asks range from annoying to guilt-trippy and triggering.

TUMBLR HAS A HISTORY OF BOTS so you'll probably be blocked upon following if your blog has nothing customised. chuck in an icon, or a header, colours, a subheading, etc. just something.

YOUR HOMEPAGE IS CALLED THE DASHBOARD/DASH. nobody really cares if you call it a timeline, but just so you're aware.

DON'T C3NS0R TAGS. a bunch of tiktokkers have been censoring tws or curse words (yknow like.. "k1LL", and so on). this is bad because it bypasses blocked tags - if someone has #tw abuse blocked, #abu$3 will still show up). nobody cares if you swear (if they do they will filter it out). tag properly.

that's about everything i can think of, but just being nice, generally, is a good starting point. nobody will fault you for being imperfect if you're trying your best.

tumblr functions like an ecosystem, and new organisms need to acclimate, lest there be an issue of invasive species.

[theminecraftbee]

hello you seem to know whats going on help what is tumblr ettiquette and how do i tumblr

oh, uh, howdy! i will do my best to answer this, but i was joking yesterday about how i'm bad at answering questions about knowledge i've known for a while because i am bad at divining what details other people need to know when i already know them. but here's some tips that might help!

turn off best posts first, anything that tumblr recommends you, visible likes, and visible following. you should be able to do all of these things in your settings i just recommend doing them to make your life much easier.

don't use tags that aren't relevant to your post. for example, don't tag an intro post "hermitcraft". however, it's also worth noting: don't use tags with words that aren't relevant to your post, either, because tumblr's search is bad and will pick up those too. (so don't tag "and i really like hermitcraft" in a post that has nothing to do with it, either.) this only matters for... i think it's the first ten tags? after that, tumblr doesn't care anyway. (it might even be as few as the first five i don't. optimize my tags for discoverability anyway so i don't know.)

have a profile picture and a blog title that isn't just your name. some people's blog titles are their name? but you don't see those unless they click on your blog so most people's are like, jokes or things they want to title their blog. your url is also only sort of your name - it's what people know you by but it isn't usually your actual name (for example, my name is second, but this url has nothing to do with time).

reblog stuff! i know you've been hearing about this a lot, and i'm actually gonna say "yeah some people are really super aggressive about it and it's probably not necessary", but know that on tumblr, it is normal to reblog way, WAY more than you post as original content! if you have commentary to add on that reblog, you can put it in the tags if it's stuff that doesn't add to the post (like compliments, random anecdotes, answers to tag games) or, if you're feeling spicy, add a comment on the reblog - although etiquette suggests you only do this if you have a comment that adds to the original post, and most people don't do that often. if your tags are good enough (or you see someone's tags in your notes or while reblogging that you like enough!), it's normal to copy/paste or screenshot them into a comment on the reblog to share them with other people.

the queue exists! this is a way to put posts to post or reblog into a waiting list that tumblr will post at regular intervals. i largely use it to stick art and other things into so i don't completely spam my dash. ...then i spam my dash anyway. use of a queue is entirely optional, but is a way you can use tumblr if you like it!

it’s perfectly fine to reblog old stuff, and in fact treated as normal to have certain old posts circulating. don’t worry about it!

generally, it is better to, if you see stuff in the tag you dislike, figure out what tag or words to block and move on. (for example, i have the phrase "stim board", "stims", and "mood board" blocked, and i know many people have the phrase "x reader" blocked. people who don't like shipping can block the relevant shipping tag, etc.) if you don't like a specific person's content, block them and move on. i am not gonna sit here like some people are and pretend tumblr is a perfect place without discourse; hermitblr was literally just having the world's stupidest discourse last week. however, generally, we try not to do callout posts and have a much more "tolerant of things we don't like" attitude than what i've seen of mcyttwt. we also, generally, have had fewer discourses lately, i just like, don't want to give the impression i think we're immune or something. so just... try to keep that going!

treat ccs as any other user. follow, don't follow, or block as you want, but they aren't why we're here. we're why we're here. so don't treat them as any different from any other tumblr user, yeah? tends to work out better for all of us.

additionally, i'm gonna recommend: i leave anons on. you can block anons that send you stuff you don't like. you can also just... ignore anons or off-anon asks that send you stuff that annoys you. "tumblr may have eaten your ask" basically isn't true anymore, but it could be, and it's like, not that rude or anything to ignore people you don't like.

like okay i cannot recommend the merits enough of ignoring people you don't like. it works SO WELL. if you need to like, link or screenshot them in private with other people you know who will ignore it in public, vent, and then just... ignore them. oh my god does it make your life so much easier.

finally, it can be hard to find new friends at first. i honestly followed a lot of people who reblogged my stuff early on, as well as artists i saw that i liked and writers i saw that i liked. then, as time went on and i saw certain names around, that's who i followed, too. (plus i think i rooted out some joe stream regulars to follow, haha.) you'll build up a circle of the kinds of people you wanna follow. most people don't notice that much when people follow or unfollow. (some people do??? those people baffle me.) so it's not a big deal if you do that. have the experience you like!

hopefully any of this actually helps you!! good luck out there - i know it's scary getting used to a new place!!!

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tumblr etiquette 101

a list that is nowhere near exhaustive, from yours truly.

First off, welcome! Whether you’re a twitter veteran looking for anything but whatever twitter is, or a new user just done signing up, glad to see you in our ranks beloveds! Welcome home. Refer to this quick tour to make sure your fandom experience (or tumblr experience in general) is a positive one!

Disclaimer: I know it’s long, but please try to read or skim through til the end if you’re new here! This is by no means meant to be a rule book (for the most part lol), only a guide to help you get settled easier!

1) Your blog

This is where people will see and interact with you, so put some effort into it!

Try to choose a name (url) that’s simple. You can see it as your brand, it’s how people will perceive you and remember you. If you’d like to interact with other users here (and not use the site just for the content) it’s better to have something short and sweet, preferably without spaces. (Of course, these are only suggestions.) Rest assured, you can change it literally any time you want.

Have a theme. Utilize the tool that lets you edit your blog’s color or the font of your bio! You can make it match your profile picture, or your blog if it has a theme of its own. Make it feel homey :]

Fill in your bio. People will be checking out your profile probably more often than you think. Don’t leave it empty! Put in any information you’re comfortable with sharing and isn’t too personal (like your age if you’re a minor, or other TMI that can be found on other people’s carrds). It’s always better to add a name/nickname people can use to refer to you by, but feel free to use your blog description to shitpost still.

You can have an intro post. More often than not, you’ll see a blog have a pinned post, a post permanently appearing at the top of a blog until you pin another post or unpin it. You can make one of those, if you’d like to introduce yourself in more length, link any other socials or a carrd, and show others visiting your blog how you tag things so it’ll be easy for them to navigate. Not an obligation.

Keep your anonymity and your safety. It should go without saying, but there’s no harm in repeating it just in case. Your comfort, privacy and safety has the utmost importance. Don’t share any information you don’t want to. Don’t share your age if you’re a minor, or any other incredibly personal info. I’d encourage you to go by a nickname that’s not your real name, (blog name, your brand, remember?) since there’s safety in anonymity, and that’s lowkey one of the big deals of tumblr, but that’s up to you still.

Choose what you want to be visible. Your liked posts and who you follow are all things you can set to keep to yourself and hide from the publics eye, how handy! You should go through all the setting while you’re at it, set it to your comfort.

Side blogs are a thing. You can have multiple blogs that you can use for different things (see: different fandoms, art blog, etc) to keep them organized or away from your followers. Just remember that the replies and off-anon asks you send will be from your main blog, as well as where you follow other blogs from.

2) Interacting with others

You’ve set up your account, now comes the fun part!

Follow to your heart’s desire. If you care about others seeing who you follow, fear not! In tumblr, usually only two types of blogs keep their following visible to others: newbies, and big blogs using it to point people on other good blogs’ direction. Just turn it off, and go ham following people.

Customize your dashboard. Gonna mention just two things here: this is another reason why it’s really important that you follow blogs without sparing, your dash will collect dust otherwise; and you should turn off “best stuff first” in your dashboard settings, to have a better community here and all.

Follow tags. You can set it in your settings that posts with your followed tags appear on your dashboard.

You can check the og post for edits and context. When you see a reblogged post you don’t understand the context of (or don’t recognize the character in case of fanarts), click on the profile so it will take you to the original post. From there you can check the original poster’s tags to get the context, or see if there have been any edits made to the post, since when you edit a post it doesn’t update any past reblogs.

Send people asks... This is how you make mutuals, people! Do it off-anon if you’d like them to know your blog, or anon if you’d rather not! (You can still end your messages with a signature to show you’re the same person, -[name] is one example.) Send them nice messages, ask their opinion on something, discuss things, or just straight up shitpost lol. Go wild. The sky’s your limit and it’s definitely more than 280 characters.

...and let them ask you! You can set your preference in the settings, do it on desktop tumblr to access more settings tho! What you can customize on mobile is limited (like letting people ask you things anonymously, that’s only on desktop settings). In my personal opinion, it’s always better to tag their username (or a nickname you give them, if they’re a friend) on that post, since you wouldn’t want your interactions with your friends to get buried in your blog forever.

Comment on posts. If you have something to say but don’t want the post to appear on your blog you can add a comment. The owner of the post will get a notif for it, but for anyone else you need to tag them.

For the love of god, reblog. People will only see your liked posts if you have it visible to public and they specifically go on your blog to look at them. You like something? You reblog. It’s already hard for posts to circulate properly, if you don’t reblog them literally no one will see them. If not for anything do it for the artists. Just hold and drag on mobile to fast rb.

3) Your Posts

Finally here! Don’t be a lurker, post and engage!

Make use of “read more”. If your post is long, add it. That’s what you clicked on earlier to expand this post. On desktop leave an empty line and you’ll see three dots appear, and on mobile type :readmore: on that empty line.

Draft a post to come back to it later. Pretty self explanatory.

Queue your post. Whether it’s your own post or you’re reblogging, make use of the queue feature to a) not spam reblog and fill up the dashboard of people following you and b) keep your blog active while you’re gone. Mess around in the settings, it’s fairly easy to set up.

Schedule your post. Same as queueing, the only difference is you get to choose the exact time your post will go up. Handy if you want to schedule a post for certain dates like april fools, or 5 years in the future for some reason. 

Format your texts. You can do all kinds of fancy stuff here (that’s a link, try pressing on it). Twitter doesn’t have this, make use of it. Changes depending on whether you’re on mobile or desktop. (Desktop has less features.)

Check your stats. If you’re trying to understand the algorithm better or want to look at some pretty graphs you can get your data on that on desktop tumblr.

@ people in comments. You’ll get all the notifs when people comment on your posts but they won’t see your reply unless you tag them in your message.

4) Tags, and tagging a post

This is where my earlier statement “this isn’t a rule book” stops being applicable. It’s not a war crime to go against these, I won’t come chasing you (don’t take my word for this) but you’ll work up a bad rep. Just saying lol.

Do NOT crosstag posts. It’s really tempting to add unrelated tags to increase your posts’ interaction, I know, but that’s not what tumblr is about. Don’t be a dick and make other communities’ experience worse for them.

Always tag your posts with “crit/critical/discourse/etc” if it calls for it. There’s no exceptions to it. This is the reason you see people migrating to tumblr. Let people enjoy things.

Don’t main tag a critical/negative post. If your crit post is about “Thing”, you add the “Thing critical” tag, but not the “Thing” tag. People block crit tags if they don’t want to see it, don’t shove it in their faces by main tagging it. 

If you don’t want to see something, just block it. Another reason why people are able to survive on tumblr. You don’t start discourse, you don’t make call-outs, you block. You can find something for every community you can think of if you go looking for it. The worst of the worst probably won’t ever appear on your dash, but if you’re worried or feel the need for it, you know where the block button is.

Feel free to shitpost or ramble. More often than not you’ll see people rb a post with a comment, and their elaboration will be in the tags. The tags are only visible on your profile and the notifications of the owner of the og blog. Just a thing people do.

Reblog artists’ posts with nice comments in the tags! Commenting on a drawing is usually done through the tags (Not an obligation, again, just a thing people do. Feel free to add your comment on the rb itself if you’d want other people to see it tho!) and leave nice messages for the artists! It’s a win-win for everyone involved. 

If you have more than a single follower, always use the common tw warning tags. You don’t need to tw everything, but tw’ing some common things is the bare minimum human decency. Keep it safe for others. 

Tag a post “long post” if it’s really long. Pretty self explanatory. Don’t make people scroll through all that please lol. 

You can use them to organize your blog. This is more of a pro tip, if you’d like to not miss a post in your blog, cause they will start pilin’ up soon enough.

#Liveblogging is pretty fun. If you’d like to talk to people during streams, don’t forget to add the relevant tags still! Again, you won’t show up on people’s dash otherwise.

Whew! That got out of hand. Hopefully I didn’t bore you too much. Check out blogs like @heritageposts and @hellsite-hall-of-fame to honor our past o7. @mcytblr-hall-of-fame too maybe :eyes:. Anyways, don’t forget the most important rule of them all:

Enjoy your stay! You’re meant to have fun on here while also making friends (if that’s your thing). Just be kind and respectful of others, you’ll get the hang of the rest! <3