#i would have put this under a readmore but im on mobile

[hustlerose]

finally finished FILTH by irvine welsh. i stand by what i said abt it before. this book would put 99% of puritanical twitter geeks in the fucking hospital

if the middle third (or even the middle half) of it was removed or reduced, this might be my new favorite novel. as it stands, there's so little plot in there, it really drags. until the ending, of course, which is the best thing i've read in a long time

i can see the argument that the lack of plot is a positive, though. filth is a study of bruce robertson as a character. the murder mystery plot is secondary. and the directionlessness serves to donstrate that bruce's life fucking sucks. this is the life you get when you act like robbo: hollow, dull, aggrivating, gross, full of petty bullshit, and slowly getting worse.

if he actually did his job, or had deep relationships with other people, this would be a normal detective novel. instead, it's an experimental scottish acid trip. it's a slow drop down a bottomless pit

and i love this character. he really is good enough to make you keep reading, plot or no plot, just to see him do stuff. he starts already depraved, and only gets worse. he is disgusting in very ordinary, human ways, even while everything ramps up to absurdity. every aspect of him is horribly plausible. i saw myself in him sometimes, and felt sick

thats whats so compelling abt characters like humbert humbert or patrick bateman. you hate him, obviously, but we've all been that guy once or twice, just a little bit

no spoilers, but the ending is amazing. it reminded me of lolita in a lot of ways. its the same sudden gut punch, where we see what other ppl really think of the main character. he thought he was soooo smart, so in control, the master manipulator. he thought everyone would see him as the most masculine, powerful, interesting guy in the world. what a fuckin joke

btw someone on the disco elysium team was definitely a big fan of this book. the fascism, the loser cop archetype, the divorce, the focus on character over plot, the dreamlike introspective stuff. the mix of comedy and tragedy, condemnation and empathy. it all fits so well. it would be pretty easy to make a hdb who's basically an alternate universe robbocop

[sunnnfish]

Due to the mental anguish I am rambling about tbhk. I WAS going to put this under a readmore but that keeps breaking the post on mobile so. Im sorry. Tons of spoilers for chapter 99. And like the whole series. You know how it is.

I feel like I need to make an itemized list because there’s so fucking much I need to talk about right now

The violence and parallels to tsukasa. I mean who can forget tsukasa prying mitsubas mouth open to feed him number 3s heart. Who knows what tsukasa’s intentions were but they weren’t necessarily bad— as we know now mitsuba needs to eat to survive plus number 3 was like a pretty big power boost that would keep him together for a longer time. So he likely just wanted mitsuba to live comfortably. BUT ALSO there’s the beginning of the chapter where tsukasa tells mitsuba to dig the heart out himself vs kou who gets it for him. Anyways. With kou here it clearly came from a similar place of wanting mitsuba to not disappear. There’s a desperation to it and fear and it’s one I personally actually know quite well. I’ve dealt with friends refusing to eat and take care of themselves and it is a violent frustrating feeling that just ends with crying after the anger fades. There’s a lot of confusion like. Why do you not care about yourself as much as I care about you. Anyways. His actions make a lot of sense to me bc I have felt and done the exact same things.

Me core ^

and THEN there’s mitsubas feelings of wanting to be fucking exorcised and going to the fucking minamoto household to do it there’s so much here hang on. Like. I think he went to the minamoto house for some sliver of hope. If he wanted to for sure disappear he probably could’ve waited it out or something better but he went to the place where, depending on who answered the door, he’d either die or be faced with fucking. Kou minamoto. And the fact the he chose to reveal himself to kou it’s like. Did you really want to disappear. Did you really. And then taking him out on a fucking date basically like. You don’t want to disappear do you. You just don’t want to be. This. He wants to be human. He wants someone who will understand him and. And. Kou so readily accepts and understands him. Even the parts he thinks are ugly or unworthy. Fuck.

AND THEN. Kous feeling of inadequacy and fearing that mitsuba trusts tsukasa more than him and connecting to the vision he saw in the red house. Whether he accepts it or not he wants mitsuba to need him. The red house showed him a mitsuba who told him that he needs kou that he wants kou to be a supernatural with him and he brushes it away knowing mitsuba would never say that to him. He tells himself that mitsuba would never trust him or want him like that but he wants it to be real and he’s still hurt when the real mitsuba won’t open up to him. And it all comes back to his overall self worth issues of wanting to be strong and dependable and worthy.

AND this is all under the context of Teru finally letting kou have some responsibility and telling him to go exorcise the low level spirit that came near their home and AaaaaAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUU. KOU MINAMOTO……..

God its just. Kou minamoto cares about mitsuba so so so much and neither of them completely understand the gravity of it all. Also at this point hes said like 3 times that mitsuba is the root of all his worries. ALSO dont even get me started on the art and expressions this chapter. It’s so gorgeous like as always but. God. Also the keychains. Im gonna[blaring truck horn]

ALSO the way mitsuba says at the end like ‘you’d be lonely without me’ or whatever and kou almost looks shocked for a second like. Oh. And its like he thinks about it more and cries more because yeah, he would be lonely. He’s been lonely. Mitsuba somehow inexplicably became like his closest friend that knows everything about him and god he was lonely when mitsuba disappeared. The first time and the second. And he’s barely had time to process any of it because to everyone else around him mitsuba doesnt really. Matter. And because kou is so kind he is always putting everyone else’s problems in front of his own. The severance happens and it becomes a journey to help nene bring hanako and aoi back—next to no mention mitsuba aside from the leads to the red house, much less trying to find and save him too. The whole time theyre in the boundary to the far shore its all about hanako and nene and number 6. And there’s STILL the conversation about how to become a supernatural that he brought up with nene but noooooo we cant ever know anything about what kou wants. And like. It all comes back around this chapter because he so so selfishly wants mitsuba to live. One of the only things he lets himself want. And it aches. God. I wish i was any good or natural at prose writing because god the things i would write about minamoto kou. AND TO TOP IT OFF HES LIKE FUCKING 14 YEARS OLD…. Okay. Okay im done.

[wygolvillage]

thoughts on the alleged 4chan nocturne leaks:

(would put this under a readmore but im on mobile)

-richters possession arc being caused by annettes death is exactly what i feared but the thing about her choosing dracula over him because hes "too priveleged and rich"- AND DRACULA ISNT????- is insane like genuinely insane. literally in rondo her Big Character Moment is her threatening that she would rather kill herself than choose dracula. are you insane

-the lack of explanation for dracula is really funny to me

-"alucard and maria have awkward sex in the caverns" i fucking hate everything im going to kill you

-all of it sounds bad

-i dont have anything to add it just all sounds so bad. so bad!!!

[whump-captain]

Whump Challenge

I got tagged by @sasuga-whump to do this great challenge! Ill put it under a readmore bc it's quite long but i had a blast (◡‿◡)

I'll tag @deepwoundsandfadedscars @thatsgonnaleaveamark @set-phasers-to-whump @crash-bump-bring-the-whump @whumpapalooza @whump-side @justwhumpythings @radioactiveartz and anyone who sees this on desktop rather than mobile

1. Favorite whump trope(s)?

I do love anything to do with knives - stabbing, carving, knives to throats, etc. Impaling is up there too, and fractures of all kinds.

2. Least favorite whump trope(s)?

I'm not into dehumanisation in any way, or humiliation, they're squicks in fact. Anything with conditioning is also very much not for me.

3. Top 3 whump scenes and why?

Ohhhhhh good question. Recent faves are:

A scene in Resident Evil: Village where the protagonist is strung up from the ceiling by hooks stabbed through his hands. He then has to free himself by ripping the hooks out, making the wounds worse. Not much in way of consequences because of the game's slasher-horror conventions but very good still

Hard to describe without spoilers lol but in a book i just read, there is a character who's a clairvoyant and can remember things before they happen. When another character wants to hit them with a glass bottle, they experience the pain even though the hit never actually lands - the intention is enough to hurt them. It later gets used to torture them, too. It's very unique and very fun (◡‿◡)

There's a whole sequence in the webcomic Shiloh where a character loses a fight to a mantis-like monster, ends up severely injured and thrown off a cliff into a river. His colleagues find him half-dead and rush him to a hospital.

4. Top 3 characters to whump and why?

I whump my OCs 95% of the time so i don't have many fandom faves lol. I have been enjoying some horror protagonists though - Ethan Winters from Resident Evil and Murphy Pendleton from Silent Hill: Downpour both are very hurtable and get roughed up nicely in their stories.

5. Favorite fandom for whump (show, series, etc)?

Again im not much of a fandom whumper but it's usually whatever im into at the moment - recently Silent Hill

6. Do you prefer written or watchable whump?

Oooh that's hard, i think i lean every so slightly towards watchable. They both have their wonderful parts (◡‿◡)

7. Do you also like hurt/comfort?

Yes! I always prefer the hurt lol but im also very into some good comfort

8. What do you think the difference between hurt/comfort and whump is?

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ To me, whump means "the hurt part of hurt/comfort" but tbh the terms are pretty interchangeable to me. H/c is a more well-known term so i find that it tends to end up being used towards more fics, even ones that only feature it briefly.

9. How would you explain whump to someone who’s not familiar with it?

Depending on how familiar with fandom terms they are, i suppose. Either "the hurt in hurt/comfort", or "like angst, but often about the physical side", or "stories where the point is for the characters to get injured". Probably add something about exploration of vulnerability, in case they want a deeper explanation.

10. Is there any old whump you particularly enjoy? (say, pre 2000?)

Hmmmmm im sure there are some Star Wars books ive read that are from the 90s and have some good whump but i genuinely don't remember lol

11. Why do you think you like whump?

Now that's the big question, isn't it lol. There's definitely catharsis there - seeing characters allowed to express their suffering and then having it validated and soothed. It's an outlet for emotion, too, especially anger which i struggle with and can channel in a safe and controlled way onto Fictional Character Stabbings lol. I also just like the aesthetics of the kind of exaggerated violence that whump tends to feature, there's a darkly melodramatic thrill to it that im really drawn to.

12. When did you realize you liked whump?

Literally as early as i remember lol. I was under 6 wishing characters in cartoons would be put into peril, i was always into it

13. Favorite posts with whump (gifsets, picspams, etc)

I do love gifsete with my whole heart, im so constantly in awe of the amazing gifmakers we have in this community bc they let us experience the best of whump from all over the world. I also like prompt posts, @injuryprompts never fails to get my creative gears turning

14. Are you “out” to people in real life?

Absolutely Not lmao and for a bunch of reasons. Mostly because whump is something quite personal to me and wouldn't want it to be misunderstood but at the same time i don't think i could properly explain it. I also don't want people to think it's a sexual thing - which again is something commonly understood in the community but probably not so much outside of it.

15. How did you find the whump community?

I was on one of my periodic searching-for-hurt/comfort-fics sprees when i was reminded of the term by the tags - i've been aware of it as a fandom thing but always forgot about it. Then i had the idea of searching it on tumblr and then it all began lol. I was so stunned to see a whole section of the website so dedicated to it and i can't believe how long i've managed without it (◡‿◡)

16. Any unusual mediums you like for whump (plays, music, vlogs, etc)?

Hmmmmm i very much like video game whump - both actual scenes and just the natural way a character gets beat up throughout the gameplay. An unusal niche of it is, i would say, point-and-click puzzle games. It feels weird because they never have an actual protagonist lol but the plot always involves being trapped, or captive, or escaping, and that just always gets my whump imagination going lol. I like imagining a character for them, scared and injured, struggling to puzzle out their freedom.

17. Any meta about whump you’ve been dying to share?

It's mostly just an observation but im utterly fascinated by the fact that so many people are into whump from very early in life. There was a poll about it going around recently and the most picked answer was "6 and younger" and it just. blows my mind. What a strangely specific thing to be born with. I would love to study this in some way but i wouldn't even know where to start.

18. Whump fic(s) you’d love to see?

There are a bunch of writers here whose fics i would love to see continued but i'm nervous to tag them bc i don't wanna pressure them lol. In general im also always on a lookout for strong platonic friendships in stories and creative magical whump, especially with a horror twist.

19. Whump you’re looking forward to? (Maybe something teased or something you haven’t seen yet?)

I've been reading Witch Hat Atelier and recently there have been theories that some visual symbolism is foreshadowing my favourite character getting hurt in an upcoming fight. I don't want to get my hopes up too much cause it's all guesswork lol but i would very much like that (◡‿◡) Similar thing with Wilde Life, a webcomic, in which the protagonist is currently held at gunpoint - in that story, however, not much injury happens at all lol so again not holding my breath.

20. Top 3 favorite whump fics?

Hhhhhh just three???? i need some kind of bookmark system for real because i can't remember half of the stuff i read lol so these aren't my Top top 3, just things i really like

In The Woods Somewhere by @knivestothroats has to be on here because it's honestly the pinnacle of my writing goals - the flow and pacing are impeccable, it escalates the stakes so smoothly that i put it down, and it's just such a brilliant self-contained story with characters that stick with you and some scenes that i still think about, years since i've read it.

@whumpapalooza 's Space Interns also have a very warm place in my heart bc i just love the characters so much and it's not often that i want whump for Every Single Member Of The Cast but here we are

and most recently i've loved this BHTB fill by @crash-bump-bring-the-whump and its lovely prose and the ability to get me hooked on brand new characters in a single work

21. Tropes you think are overdone?

Conditioned/"broken" whumpees, to me it always seems like the same few tropes and phrases cycled around in new costumes. But i will admit that i also just dislike the trope all in all lol so im not being entirely objective here. Creepy whumpers also usually come off as cheesy, i think, because they always use the same set of kinda stereotypical and, well, overused lines. It seems like it's a go-to "default" whumper for prompts/short fics but imo it's actually very difficult to do well. Just my opinion tho

22. Tropes you think we could use more of?

Hmmmmmmmmm it would be cool to see some cool horror/magic themed whump, with strange creatures and eldritch threats. I'm also always in the market for more unique character dynamics, they can keep even the most basic of tropes fresh.

23. Favorite sites/archives for consuming whump? (question by @dammittmarie )

Honestly just tumblr lol. And ao3 sometimes if i want fanfics since it's very easy to find things there

24. Have your whump preferences changed recently? If so, why? (question by @fyeahvulnerablemen​)

I've been leaning more towards horror recently as i get more into the genre! But within it im still into the same kind of whumpees i believe lol even though they're getting less gunfights and more possessions

[the-nerdy-fangirl]

Weather rant

This is such a long rambly post it will be going under a readmore if I can do that on mobile. I cannot. Feel free to skip Im just a bit lost

Bro idk if it’s a climate change thing or what but monsoon season has started two months early and is hitting h a r d

usually we get a super wet july-august especially in the afternoons, but this year starting in the beginning of may it has just been downpours after 4 and temps in the 60s at the highest. And it has Not let up but for like a couple days

I love being under tornado watch hah a not like I am terrified of the possibility of them plus I live alone it’s just me and my dog Poe. he kept yelling at the front door - I think he can tell I am not super comfortable with the possibility of these storms developing - and now that we're in my bedroom and I closed the door He is sitting directly on me and growling at all the thunder

I went a bit prepper and put my (already mostly packed because of the threat of fire from the lightning) important go bags in my innermost room and am probably being overly cautious in that i am not going to use any running water while there’s so much close lightning but I’m hoping it will help me feel less anxious. Like I just would grab my laptop, phone , portable battery, and Poe and skeedadle into the bathroom

The rain is great but the lightning and wind are what’s getting me. And i lived in tornado alley for all of college (mostly not during tornado season though) fires and tornadoes baby. ugh.

Supposedly going to have a break for at least 2 hours so i think i will do my Duolingo and sleep until it wakes me up

God if this is a climate change thing… where’s that list. the list. Father may I have my [redacted] from the safe in your office. I have a task.

[nemainofthewater]

Part 2 propaganda for the write-in candidates under the cut:

Other

by @thelaithlyworm

by @a-gay-gremlin

#dunno if there are rules im failing to follow here#but whatever in the spirit of meow meows fuck the rules#Love Quinn#is the poorest of all meows#she only horrifically murders all those people for love#its so poetic by @satirickitty (I think this is Harley Quinn from DC comice, but please tell me if it isn't @satirickitty so I can add the proper character to the write up post at the end of the poll)

#okay so#he shouyue from yym: doe#doomed by the narrative and committing crimes because of it! by @onmyo-jin

#Wu Xie#Vote Wu Xie by @epicwalrus

#cdrama poll#wu xie#so adorably hapless#then a mob widow#then a consumptive maniac#this blorbo contains multitudes#dmbj fandom represent by @momosandlemonsoda

#ooooh wu xie!!!!#darling! by @pinkbalrog

#my taumatized meow meows#bai choufei#lei chun#heroes#syxssyx#说英雄谁是英雄#to be clear i don't ship them by @psychic-waffles

#shi mei#he did everything wrong but your honour have you considered that I love him by @travalerray

#do you know why ronghao-love-between-fairy-and-devil gets my vote?#because he OWNS it#he knows he's wrong and he's like 'the ends justify the means. to me'#and i respect that#also he is just. so sad. about his teacher's death and spiritual dismemberment#if I'm honest shen yurong is more of thr wet bedraggled type but i dislike him so i will not be supporting him at this time#(his motives make sense but also he committed Crimes against my fave so fuck him honestly)#(i DO like him as a character. but like. do i like him? no)#(i ADORE ronghao. for whatever reason. he's so SPICY)#ok EDIT if this is ranked choice voting Xie Wang from word of honor gets my vote if Ronghao loses#what an excellent poor meow meow#Unrepentant. wet. sad. bedraggled#what's not to love?#thinking avout it perhaps i am just not the sad meow meow type#i only like the ones who arw unrepentant lmao#MAN OK I keep thinking about that one face Jin Guangyao-The-Untamed makes after he tries to explain his motives at his mother's shrine#and all the people he kidnapped are just like 'cool motive. still murder'#and he looks at the sky with the MOST stressed put upon 'I WAS TRYING TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND BUT I SHOULD'VE JUST KILLED YOU INSTEAD' look#that i have EVER seen#voted rescinded#ranked choice:#first: jin-The Untamed-guangyao#second: Xie Wang from Word of Honor#third: Ronghao from Love Between Fairy and Devil#so that's a vote for Jin Guangyao i guess#propaganda#the untamed spoilers#long post#I'll put this under a readmore if someone wants to tell me how to do that on mobile) by @wanderingthunderstorm

#Wu Xie#Vote Wu Xie#also the crimes wu xie would commit would be really bonkers and fun to watch by @migratory-potato

#xunfeng from lbfad#cdrama by @circumference-pie

#meng yao#jgy by @kawayan

#this is Wen Kexing erasure and I'm not here for it by @crash-standing

Have they committed crimes?

Yes, so many. SO MANY.

Are they still my special little meow meow, sopping wet, should be allowed to commit MORE crimes?

Also yes.

By the nature of the poll, this is highly subjective - please feel free to nominate your own crime-filled blorbos if mine don't tickle your fancy! It is entirely possible for the write in candidates to win (looking at you DMBJ fandom) so feel free to coordinate, cooperate, and get your characters to the finish line!

Please do be civil though - lift your own meow meow up, don't put other meow meow down.

Have fun everyone!

Write-ins, propaganda, and images are welcome!

[stabbingandorbeingstabbed]

big tw for eating habits and food stuff but!!! i am awake before noon had avocado toast with everything bagel seasoning for breakfast and now i'm having coffee with oat milk and a cigarette before i work out for like 45 minutes vs the last few years of my life it was Normal for me to drive thru mcdonald's at 3 am for a Snack of two whole entire mcchickens and to never be out of bed unless i was at work and i am feeling. very proud of myself lmao

[rexscanonwife]

Took a little break from comms to doodle my SCP self insert idea! 💕💕💕 @atomic-shipping @snagg-ships @yamiselfships @spectrumselfshipping @space-sweetheart (I hope it's not annoying to tag you guys ahdjfk 😂)

SCP-6315 AKA; the No-Eyed Girl, was discovered by a family in northern California sleeping in the attic of their inherited vintage home! She's mostly me but with black voids for eyes, fangs, and superhuman strength. So basically my idealized self! She's very friendly and cooperative with SCP personnel and has an aura that has a calming effect on everyone she encounters, making her especially helpful when dealing with the more violent SCPs.

On the flipside, when she's in distress and cries she does harm to those around her stretching within about a 30 foot radius! Those affected will begin to experience organ failure and general health deterioration until the crying stops so she has to be kept at least in a state of contentment! And she's gonna hold hands with SCP-049!!!

[gobbluthbutagirl]

it feels like just yesterday i was 18 and everyone was telling me “it’s okay, you’re still young, you’ve still got time” but i’ll be 24 before this month is over and i never went to college, i have a ged but basically a 9th grade education, and i’ve held one real job ever in my life and not even for long enough to qualify me for other positions in THE SAME FIELD that i literally don’t even want to work in. i bought my own car and paid for it up front and drove it 2500 miles just to have it totaled 3 days in, then managed to get into ANOTHER car accident that same day not even 10 minutes after i left the rental car place, and now i’m so scared of driving that i missed the 10-day deadline to apply for a california license on purpose and have therefore doomed myself to a lifetime of never driving again. i have never once formed a meaningful relationship with another human being, romantic platonic or otherwise, and i moved from a shitty little college town where nothing ever happens to a city where everything’s always happening all the time just to continue never leaving my house. like damn what happened

[silenceofthemongooses]

theres a dude in my year whos in a bunch of my classes this semester

and this man physically cannot hold a conversation without talking about how high or drunk he is or was

friendsgiving ? “YOOOO SAM I WAS SO DRUNK LAST NIGHT AND THEN THIS MORNING I JUST FINISHED OFF THAT BOTTLE OF WINE”

discussing teachers? “yeah he has no idea who i really am because i always came into his class high”

literally just waiting for class to start? “hey, anyone want to go grab food from [the cafe in the building]? i’m as hungry as i was last night when i had the munchies haha”

like, whatever, if you’re going to drink and smoke, i don’t care. but are you really that boring and uninteresting that you can’t hold a conversation about anything else ?????

straight up. every time i’ve talked to him. or been near him. he cant fucking shut up about it and he’s my least favorite person at cooper

[wooahaes]

Hi Daisy! (I'm so sorry, I don't know if it's weird for me to call you that, I can stop!) How are you? I'm new to Tumblr, so I don't actually know if I've done this right. Sorry if I haven't! In your questionnaire, I said that I was too scared to message you, but I've finally done it! I wanted to say I love your work, it's so comforting and I find it immersive. Sorry if this is a stupid question, should I be reblogging fics that I like? I feel bad for not doing it, but I don't know what it is.

omg its 100% fine to call me daisy?? its not my real name but i think a lot of ppl would guess that skdfhsdf pls know that if u see this (literally anyone who follows me) its 100% ok to call me daisy!! i wouldnt have it on my blog if it wasn't <3

i'm good! tummy hurtin a lil and im feeling the lack of sleep (rewatching shinee world iv was worth it tho), but it's all good <3 welcome to tumblr u will never leave /j

also omg hi!! ur message was super sweet and im proud of u for stepping out of ur comfort zone!! pls know i don't bite (unless ppl bite first) and i'm always happy to talk to anons <3 also i'm glad i can provide comfort to you!! ur super sweet aw

absolutely not a stupid question at all tho!! a lot of writers and other cc's will say a resounding "yes" and while i do think that people should reblog fics they like, if its initially like... super daunting to do so, i think its okay to like? getting used to tumblr can be kinda hard in the beginning, but i do highly recommend reblogging fics--even if you don't have any followers btw, the engagement still means a lot to ppl!! even if ppl don't put tags or anything, it says "i like this and i want other people to see it" since likes aren't public the way they are on other websites (or at all, if you turn them off)

please don't feel bad for not doing it since you're new!! literally i think most people don't understand how tumblr functions but that's pretty normal for joining a website haha

i'll explain things under the readmore and you can let me know in another ask if you have any questions!!

so full disclosure: i'm working on desktop and things are usually pretty similar on mobile, but there's a few differences that i can try to explain if you're on mobile!! but for reblogging:

at the bottom of a post, you'll see a couple things. they're in the same place pretty much for both desktop and mobile. if a post has been interacted with (through a reply (the little bubble icon), a reblog (the arrows), or liked (heart)), it'll have notes! you can nowadays see what other people write in their replies/reblogs by clicking on the notes key and looking through the different tabs there, but some people limit their replies (the bubble will be grayed out as a result) or turn off reblogs (reblog arrows will be grayed out).

excuse the extra buttons on mine: im on desktop and i have an extension called xkit active <3 (it allows me to block posts + do quick tags when i post fics)

as you can see: this post i made (which is dk uts skdfhds its the first thing i have thats not my pinned post) 48 notes, followed by a series of buttons. ignore the first two (they're from xkit), the rest are what you'll typically see on a post.

in order:

the single arrow can be used to share the post. either you an send it to other tumblrs (not all people have DMs open, and i'd honestly say ask before you DM someone if you don't know them well), or you can copy the link, share it on twitter/facebook, or do other things w the "more" button like send stuff via text n whatnot. its very possible to send things from a sideblog, if you ever have one and want to do it that way

on mobile your main blog will be at the top of the page with a little down arrow next to it: all you gotta do is click it and decide what blog you wanna send it from. on desktop:

you can see the bubble next to "your message here" isn't my icon since the message would be coming from my main. all you gotta do is click that little bubble (of your own icon) and you can send things from different blogs <3

anyway!!

the little speech bubble is the button for replies. tapping/clicking it will just open up the replies tab.

reblog on both desktop and mobile will open up the tab to reblog something. if you're on mobile, though, and wanna reblog something quickly, you can press and hold. i have sideblogs so i can't confirm if only having one blog will just auto-reblog it, but with sideblogs it'll pop up 2-3 of your recently used blogs (if you have more than 3).

on desktop:

this is what reblogs will look like! it's similar to posts, but the difference is just the blue "reblog" button compared to a blue "post" button. important distinction: the #tags is for tagging stuff (or, yknow, posting thoughts if you want lmao the tagging system on tumblr is kinda broken). if a post asks for something "in the tags" then you type in the tags as opposed to the main body <3

anyway, that lil heart outline is the like button <3 it just says that you like a post :) they don't get broadcast onto other people's feeds the way they do on other websites, but you can have them public or private through messing w settings

i hope this was helpful!! pls feel free to let me know if you have any questions <3

[megatraven]

RE: Number asks--4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, and 44. (Apologies in advance for the interview dump--and feel free to ask any back to me that you want! XD)

sorry this took a bit! my computer's been crap the last couple of days and answering this on mobile was a no-go :^) (if i already answers some, then i didn't re-answer them here!)

i am putting this under a readmore cause it's a little long, and there is a potentially triggering answer (with TWs on it)

4:Do you drink? - sometimes! not very often tbh, and when i do it's USUALLY just one drink tops

8:Want any tattoos? - YES!! the best tattoo idea i've ever had and desperately want is a tattoo of a grape on my finger tip so that when my fingers prune it becomes a raisin :))

but also i want this symbol tattood on in honor of alex <3:

but also also.... i want a bunch more too :) i want to get a cool sleeve tattoo that travels over my back and down the other arm

10:Want any piercings? - not really, i'm not big on wearing jewelry and the piercings i do have are empty for most of the year

14:Biggest turn offs - physical intimacy that isn't initiated by me. mansplainers. i dont really knwo what else to put here bc i don't necessarily even get turned on LMAO

16:I’ll love you if - this is a hard one because i already love everybody, i love all my little friends and followers here on tumblr dot com

18:Most traumatic experience - (TW: suicidal thoughts (not mine), knives) once when I was younger, i was home with just my older brother and my mom. out of nowhere my mom starts yelling and crying and me and my brother rush over to her and she's so obviously in pain and she's yelling about how her head feels like it wants to explode. (found out later she was having a really terrible migraine). my brother was trying to calm her down and we were trying to figure out what to do. i remember her saying, very clearly, that she wanted to take a knife and stick it through her ears to get the pain to stop. that she wanted to die because it hurt so bad. my brother kept an eye on her while he called our neighbors to come help. i went and took all of our steak knives and hid them. just in case we couldn't stop her. i was just a kid. i didn't know what else to do. but after so many years, that situation has stuck in my head, and it makes me extremely afraid of other people in pain. my mom's had a lot of health issues over the years and there have been times that she's in intense pain and i've always just froze up. and i would try to prepare myself to hold her down if i had to, like my brother was prepared to do back then. and sometimes i would wonder if i need to hide the knives again. (it never got so bad again, though, thankfully)

20:What I hate most about myself - i have a tendency to self-isolate when i'm feeling down or anxious and that only makes me feel WORSE and i hate it so much. im working on getting thru that tho

22:What I want to be when I get older - an artist and writer :) BUT!! also would be very interested in being an anthropologist still, too

24:My relationship with my parent(s) - strained a lot of the time, but it does a lot better when we're not living under the same roof. i love my parents, but they have a lot of room to improve, and i don't think they will. they love me, too, and they've helped me out a lot when shit has fallen apart, which i'm endlessly thankful for. but i don't know if they would love all of me if i came out which strains the relationship on my side which frustrates them and it's just. woof. we have stuff to work through lol but i'm not ready yet.

26:My biggest pet peeves - self deprecation as a form of humor, and refusing to take care of your body's basic needs even with a reminder to do so. neither one is funny or cute or quirky. it's annoying as shit. when my friends do it i want to throttle them (with love)

28:A description of the person I dislike the most - genuinely cannot think of a person i dislike the most

30:What I hate the most about work/school - i am taken advantage of because i'm a good worker and im a doormat so they just keep getting away with it >:(

32:What words upset me the most - when other people call me stupid or dumb or otherwise imply i'm not smart. when people try to control and box me in re: my sexuality as if they have any authority on that.

34:What I find attractive in women - everything :)

36:Where I would like to live - denver colorado! or really any place with mountains that gets relatively cold

38:My childhood career choice - volcanologist! (still kinda want that tbh) and firefighter, like my dad.

40:Who I wish I could be - i'm pretty happy being myself tbh

42:The last thing I ate - strawberry toaster strudels for breakfast

44:A random fact about anything - the plural of the word "beef" is "beeves"

[jo2ukes]

i was tagged in the get to know me game by @bioticbarbie (thank you love!!) and since i've gotten an influx of new followers lately i think it's a good excuse to do this lolol

i'm gonna put it under a readmore tho cause it's a little long. if u see this and want to do it, consider yourself tagged!

why did you choose your url?

i wanted to have the url josuke or josukes since i'm jjba trash and i love my boy, but none of them were free so i turned it into jo2ukes and it's a url/username that's free on most social media and gaming platforms (except twitter >:[ i had to use a zero instead of an o lol) so it's kind of followed me everywhere and im super partial to it!!

any side blogs? if you have them, name them and why you have them

only two that I use: my art blog @oorsinoo (for art spam) and my aesthetics blog @vonaegirs (i just like having an aesthetics blog with a color scheme which is what that is)

how long have you been on tumblr?

too long. i think since like 2012 lol

do you have a queue tag?

yes, and it's super creative! it's just #queue tag

why did you start your blog in the first place?

uhhh i moved out of my parents' house and i finally had free reign on the internet without having to be secretive about it and wanted to get more involved in fandom spaces i guess? i grew up in a small town and didn't really have a lot of people to talk to about my interests (anime, at the time) so i was kind of drawn to online social spaces

why did you choose your icon/pfp?

bc gonta is best boy. gonta supremacy. he is my son he is my world and i would die for him

why did you choose your header?

my header image just goes with the color scheme i wanted on mobile. my header desc. is just kind of a quick rundown of me as a person i guess?

what’s your post with the most notes?

my e3 post lmfaoooo

how many followers do you have?

currently im at 300+ i'm not sure the exact number, but in the 300s

how many people do you follow?

around 200+ i'm also not sure of the exact number lol im looking for more to follow, i'm just rly picky about tagging systems bc there's a lot of stuff i filter XD

have you made a shitpost?

i think that's all i post pretty much

how often do you use tumblr everyday?

im literally on here all the time. i need stimulation when im doing my 8-5 so...

did you have a fight/argument with a blog once?

yeah one time i got called homophobic and someone made burner accounts to fight with me because i said that people should respect bi identities and not assume that all "m/f couples" are straight (or cis). so that was fun

how do you feel about ‘you need to reblog this’ post?

i hate them lol

do you like tag games?

i do! i'm dumb and forget about them a lot, but they're fun and also i love being vain <3

do you like ask games?

yes!! i don't get a lot of asks which is fine, but when i get an ask game going, it's always fun!

which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?

i have a couple fairly famous mutuals actually, i won't tag them or name names, but SOME of them have posts that have been featured on buzzfeed dot com

do you have a crush on a mutual?

platonic crushes yes- i adore all my mutuals u are all so funky and fresh and i cherish u! <3

[kirby-the-gorb]

reply roundup!

no promises, but I am hoping to have time/energy to make some Exciting Drawings this week :3

under a readmore for length.

on the [previous roundup]:

@bubblesthesanddragon said: i got a snake plant! i've never had a houseplant before so i wanna start with something easier :)

oh snake plants look like lovely friends! starting with something straightforward is always a good idea, I hope you enjoy them :>

on [cane]:

@macro-microcosm said: i’m excited for your new battery! I had to use a wheelchair over long distances for a little while after a surgery. mobility aids are real lifesavers

they really are! I’m glad they were useful to you when you needed some extra help :>

@unluckyxse7en said: *EXCITEDLY FLAPS MY HANDS* YES CANE USERS PRIDE!!!

!!!! yes!!! happy flaps!!!! the highest honor!!!!

on [yarn madness]:

@isdisorigionalenoughforyou said: save him

he’ll get out of there eventually

@inexplicably-spookified said: i thought he was being attacked by worms on a string at first. wormby... sdfgsdgsdf

ohhh that would be very fun lol

on [dimmadome]:

@mahougirlmaddie said: You are doing the lord's work

I am simply a vessel through which the lord may work lol

@the-halo-of-my-memory said: im giggling, its perfect

I’m so tempted to redo this design on like. a pair of leggings or something. and the hat just keeps going up.

@angst-and-fajitas said: op your MIND put this in the louve PLEASE

tied for highest honor with happy flaps! just a small drawing of kirby with his very tall hat placed like, above a light switch or something. (I’ve never been to an art museum, aren’t lots of paintings like way smaller than we tend to think of them?)

on [woods]:

@bubblesthesanddragon said: he explores!

what will he find? hopefully a snack

on [sad]:

@logical-octopus said: *pats u on the shoulder*

thank you, I imagine octopi (octopuses? I hear we’re swinging back towards octopuses) are very good at pats.

@here-comes-de-custard said: hope you feel better friend :(

I’ll be okay, it’s just been very stressful! lots of scary appointments, although they will hopefully end up qualifying me for disability compensation. thank you <3

[gavis-bettel]

when u go into a mental illness tag and see that big ole "everything okay?" from tungl support like of fucking course not?

[delku-archive]

re: the bnha × danny phantom au and assorted ideas. this is getting kind of long so i hope i put the readmore in properly (its been a while and im on mobile)

edit: readmore does not work. great, thank you. i am sorry for being long

as bnha is implied to take place in a future setting and the glowing baby is estimated by fans to have been born around 1970 (based on the architecture of the hospital shown in the scene), paranormal investigations were very "in" around that time. as college students at the time, jack, maddie, and vlad were pioneers in ghost-related science and technology, and their legacy leeches into modern ghost hunting internationally with the fentonworks brand being industry standard among ghost hunters.

as heroes became more widespread, ghost hunting became one of their obligations. knowing how to chase down, neutralize, and capture ghosts is an essential part of any hero's repertoire.

the rise of quirks meant that humans could stand their ground against ghosts as long as they had a suitable quirk. this lead to stronger disparity between those with "useful" quirks and those without. ghosts still held an indisputable advantage over humans, though, since their abilities are far more versatile and they're relatively untouchable on the material plane.

danny phantom becomes somewhat of an urban legend. his existence is a confirmed fact, but what he really was escaped the general populace. most believed that he was an exceedingly early example of a quirk, while others simply believe he was a ghost with really fucked up priorities. very few know of his true identity, and fentonworks did this on purpose to protect their name. [danny's secret gets revealed to his parents eventually, but the "series finale" never happened because fuck that nonsense]

halfas have only very rarely come up in the time since danny. usually the result of a portal accident wherein the engineer ignores instructions - they tend to get captured by skulker before they can explore their identity. danny's fate is that he protects the ghost zone in the absence of his friends and family, while vlad fades into obscurity under the rise of superhumans (he finds himself satisfied once he's bought the green bay packers, but that only happens after american football is banned for being too dangerous).

the ghost zone is practically untouched by humans. portals are built specifically for the purpose of returning ghosts to their realm, not for exploration or science. fentonworks designated the ghost zone too dangerous for foot traffic, and suggested only mechanical probes be sent in. people stopped doing that once walker (the cop ghost) set up intercepts to confiscate material objects. danny ended up being the main contributor to human knowledge of the ghost zone, but his achievements go unattributed due to the nature of his person.

ghost activity saw a global increase after the original fentonworks installation of the portal, so it was only natural that in the coming decades labs across the world would pick up on the technology to aid in efforts to suppress it. ghosts went from myths and stories to everyday life in a matter of years. the fentons became rich from licensing their patents for ghost hunting tools, and the thermos became more well-known for catching ghosts than it ever was for keeping soup warm. officials tasked with public safety were required to have one on their person at all times.

uhhh my brains dry now. izuku gets ghost powers in this au because the slime villain is a ghost. i wanna think about what he does with his powers and what his core/theme/whatever is (lightning right? gotta be lightning) ouguuu im tired