#if i can identify it i will post it for the bug mutuals

[millionsknives]

horrid magnificent beast the likes of which i have never seen just creached across my floor

[grunckle]

Void Worms as the Demiurge and Iterator Inverses (And also clearing up some things about the Qualia post)

So, I'm going to be going a bit more in depth on the Yaldaboath-Void Worm comparison I brought up in my previous post. Here's the post for anyone who didn't see it already:

I also just wanted to expand upon some things and maybe clear up some confusing parts that I didn't cover in the original post.

But first I'll give a quick explanation on what Yaldaboath (who I'll just be calling the Demiurge from now on) is before drawing the comparisons. The Demiurge is a being in Gnostic belief that created the material world. He is often identified as the god of the Old Testament, and is malicious and inferior to the True God called the Monad, who is above all else.

Of course this is very simplified and I'm leaving a lot out, but what you should take out of this is that he created the material world.

So back to void worms, they heavily resemble the Demiurge in a few ways. Visually, they both share a long, serpent-like body, and glowing "halos".

But beyond that, they indirectly share a few celestial motifs. The Demiurge gave birth to Archons who ruled over different, "celestial spheres." Celestial spheres are a concept in Rain World cosmology, as it's mentioned in the Deep Pink pearl.

"On regards of the (by spiritual splendor eternally graced) people of the Congregation of Never Dwindling Righteousness, we Wish to congratulate (o so thankfully) this Facility on its Loyal and Relished services, and to Offer our Hopes and Aspirations that the Fruitful and Mutually Satisfactory Cooperation may continue, for as long as the Stars stay fixed on their Celestial Spheres and/or the Cooperation continues to be Fruitful and Mutually Satisfactory."

But, even beyond that, they straight up appear visually in the depths through Guardian Halos.

And then Gnostic celestial spheres for comparison.

Void Worms are also described as "stars" within ancient dreams and our own.

Now, this is only a tangential relation to the Guardians who also reside in the Depths, but there is one more thing that I believe cement the Void Worm Demiurge theory that is much, much bigger in the context of Rain Worlds narrative.

Void Worms have a lot of iterator parallels, which lead me and others to believe that they act as a direct inverse to Iterators. Iterators usher beings to ascend past their mortal confines, and Void Worms trap beings in the material world like the Demiurge.

The first of which are just some design similarities between the two. They both have round heads with bug-like eyes, and they both have halos.

Next, the scenes in which we see iterators and the void sea are very reminiscent of each other. There are thousands of iterators above, and thousands of void worms below.

Void worms have 8 arms/tentacles, iterators cans have 8 legs.

But probably the most striking piece of evidence for this parallel is the music that plays atop the Wall and in the Void Sea. They share the same musical motif.

And, as a quick fun side note:

It's pretty common knowledge at this point that Void Worm skin is corn, but whats less common knowledge is that it's also made of fractal patterns and neurons.

Basically I think all this points to Void Worms being iterator inverses and working like the Demiurge, manifesting the material world and trapping beings within it.

Now, just to clear up some things about my previous post. I don't think the rot itself is made from the ancients' mutated brain matter, but rather the method in which both cabinet beasts and the rot are made are similar. They're both made by taking neural matter, (Five Pebbles's brain in the case of the rot and the Ancients' in the case of cabinet beasts) and mutating it into something else. Its more just a conceptual comparison than evidence the two are related.

Second is more about personal interpretation, but I don't really think that each Void Worm we see is manifesting it's own world. All together they act as the concept of the Demiurge, manifesting one universe. Perhaps they're not even conscious about it, and experience a divine realm similar to us while they swim around aimlessly in the Void Sea.

And finally, adding onto my last point, that's why I don't think the parallels give a lot of insight into how the cycles work, other than that by entrapping creatures in the physical world those creatures are also subjected to the cycle. I have my own cycle theory that I believe works a bit better that I might post later. But yeah I just wanted to clear that stuff up.

[stolentrekblr]

Some FAQs

"I feel compelled to tell you I am pleased/angry/don't care about this!!!" I am not telling anyone how they should feel about this. While my blog title is a touch incendiary, I am tracking down the posts I find in the wild and tracing them back to their original poster. It bugs me when screenshots get reuploaded here when the original posts still exist, so I'm doing my best to track them down for you. I also wanted other people to know when their posts/art/edits/words officially escaped containment. While I'm personally irked by the behavior of taking without consent and/or credit, that doesn't mean you have to be. Your response is valid :)

"Why only Star Trek?" Focusing on Star Trek alone is already a massive undertaking. If I could do more, I might, but I am most active in the Star Trek Tumblr sphere and more capable of identifying and tracking down the original post.

"Can I send you something I found/my own post that was reuploaded?" Please do! I am but one person with a questionable attention span, and this is an ambitious undertaking. Tumblr may be the incubator of the Internet, but its search function makes finding things challenging. There is no way to automate this process that I know of.

"What's your issue with this particular Data page?" Initially, I didn't have a problem with this page. My Facebook friend had sent me a couple memes from it, so I liked the page and moved on. I assumed the page runner was just another Trekkie who made memes and reposted art. As time passed, I noticed that many of the memes that lacked credit were coming from Tumblr and from mutuals who had no idea their words/edits/art had migrated off the platform. I mentioned to a couple artists that their work had been reposted and none of them had any idea until I'd mentioned it. I noticed the page was uploading peoples' edits without credit and taking captions verbatim, and that bothered me personally. Two of my posts were lifted in a row, and I had made a couple posts on my main ( @thresholdbb ) about it. It eventually hit a point that I decided this endeavor needed its own dedicated space.

Maybe it's because I spent my entire professional career in education, repeatedly citing all of my sources and teaching students that plagiarism is wrong. Maybe it's because consent in all spaces is vitally important. Maybe it's because the page runner repeatedly solicits money via subscribers, not to mention the "Gift" button that appears in the corner of every stolen picture. It seems disingenuous to present content as your own and also profit from it. On some level, I think the page runner knows what they're doing is at the very least morally questionable/dishonest/wrong, since they do not like or reblog any of the posts they re-upload to their page. (Believe me, I spent a long time trying to track them down before starting this blog.) Far as I can tell, they do not make original posts here, but I cannot confirm this. They make a few original posts on their Facebook pages (I think there's something like 7 that all have the same MO), but they are mostly selfies soliciting money. Like do what you need to do to support your family or whatever, but stealing from people in this way is not cool IMHO.

While it is the nature of meme culture to spread them around without credit, these posts are regularly being taken from a community in which I actively participate.

"Why would they watermark my post?" From what I can gather, straight up screenshots can get nuked because they go against some term of service, but I'm not a super active poster on Facebook and cannot confirm.

"What's your goal with all this?"

Awareness - now you know if a post has broken containment, if your art has been reposted, if your edit has gone uncredited, and where the original post is so you can reblog and add your own tags for OP to read. I'll often see a post in the wild and want to add my comments on my own blog but then can't find it, so I'm doing that legwork as much as I can for the tumblr community

"What if my blog has a do not repost disclaimer on it?"

It seems reposters don't particularly care, but I do. Even when art is reposted with the username/link/credit, the two can quickly become separated if your work doesn't have a watermark because of how some people tend to repost. Let me know you have a disclaimer and I'll add it to the repost report. If you have merch or a tip jar associated with your work, let me know and I'll add that too.

"I'm concerned about Meta's AI"

You and me both. I'm not wild about the fact that tumblr users have no say in what happens to their words, art, and images on another platform. Here they at least gave us the illusion of choice that we could opt out of LLM training, but that disappears once it migrates to Facebook and other social media platforms. People's art being fed into these algorithms without their consent is a concerning trend

"Can I reblog the post and delete your screenshot from it?" Please do! Let the original post be free! In fact, I encourage you to get rid of my reblog completely.

"Why are the posts delayed?"

This page runs on a queue system because I'm not allowing this pursuit to take up my time and mental space every day

"What's your Facebook name?" Must really suck when someone is anonymously taking screenshots of your posts, uploading them somewhere else, and you don't have a say about any of it. On that note, what's your Tumblr name? Mine is @thresholdbb :)

Update: it's @/gjoshmatheny provided they don't change it. This information is provided for blocking purposes only, not to engage with or harass them. Don't feed the trolls

"Why not make your own monetized page?"

I don't want to. I want to post, connect, and nerd out about Star Trek, not profit from my incessant posting. I could and might have moderate success, but it's a lot harder when the posts are original and haven't been vetted by another user base before reposting. I like the Ferengi, but I don't want to emulate them. Besides, even the Ferengi followed the Rules of Acquisition. As a side note, there is already questionable legality over profiting from a copyrighted franchise such as Star Trek, but I am not a lawyer; I'm just some brainrotted tumblr user

"What does the rest of the tumblr trek community think?"

I'm glad you asked! I've compiled reactions here

Also as a side note, reposters sometimes take uncredited memes and images from Tumblrs that do have monetized FB pages/tip jars that post all original content

Overall, the Trek community has a lot of good will, but in my experience that typically comes with a strong sense of justice. I'm just out here spreading the word

[murruspins]

Welcome to my blog!

Hello!! Welcome to murruspins :3!

This is a special interest blog, however it also kind of acts like a diary. I write down what I’m thinking or hyperfixating on, same goes with my regular interests! This blog will also have alot of alterhuman content, as it’s a big part of my identity!

About the owner of this blog…

My name is Murruyu! I’m a transfem enby, and would prefer if you used they/it/xe on me aswell as fem + neutral terms! If you don’t respect my pronouns, I’ll simply block you, no biggie! 🤍

My special interests are mcyt (hermitcraft & life series specifically), horror, metal music and bio! When I say bio and horror, I mean all aspects. I love horror games, movies, shows, etc. And I love all biology paths/subtypes! (Eg: wildlife bio, botany, palaeontology, and more!)

I’m the host of a minor bodied DID system, however I won’t get into that much on this blog, as this is my personal blog! However, I will talk about our physical disabilities because they impact my everyday life, and this is a diary blog after all! [I will mainly talk about my EDS and CFS]

As I said before.. I am an alterhuman! More specifically, here is a link to all my kintypes!

This list may be updated/edited in the future, but for now, these are all of my (known) kintypes! Some stronger than others. More specifically, I have a super strong connection to the feline clade, more so than my other kintypes. Obviously, due to being alterhuman, I do not identify as human. I instead identify as my kintypes, I may post about my alter-humanity frequently 🫶

I am ALWAYS looking for moots/friends!! Click here to see my interests + adult mutuals are okay, just no dms!

DNI/BYI

DNI:

• People who hate on ANY of my special interests. No offence, but you’re not welcome here, this is my safe space! [PS: being afraid of horror or animals is not the same as hating on them, if you have a phobia of something that’s completely fine! Just don’t insult my spintrest on my page 🤍]

• Anti alterhuman, Anti Age regression, Anti pet regression

• Endogenic systems, Profic/Proship/Darkship/anything that fits into that category.

• FURBY BLOGS!!!!! Furby centred blogs/Blogs with furbys as their theme/pfp dni. Moots r okay but please add a warning whenever you post them 😭🫶. I’m terrified of those little things.

BYI:

• I’m autistic, I need tonetags! If you’re going to ask anything, I’d appreciate you using tonetags so I can understand you better! :3

• Adults may not ask to be my friends, No offence, just for boundary and comfort reasons, I am a minor after all. Mutuals are fine!

• I generally do not engage in discourse, if that’s something you’d like to know before following! This blog is focused on being diary, alterhuman and interest themed!!

• This is my main blog! If I’m active, it’s probably here. But my side blogs are…

> @liostims , my stim blog

> @lovesicksyndicate , our sys blog

> @faunafeature , my animal info dump blog

… Please keep in mind many of these blogs may be inactive, as this is my main!

MOOT SPECIFIC:

• I would appreciate if you tag your posts to do with war, guns & etc to do with tw war or war. I grew up in a situation that causes these to be big triggers for me. Thank you 🫶

• If you post dead animal imagery PLEASE add a tw or cut off or SOMETHING. I know this is specific but I’ve had a moot do this before and it was actually insane. I admit I’m a bit sensitive but I still don’t want to see that

Finishing up/Extras…

. . . Emoji games!

How these games work; ask via the ask option, and write an emoji + any other info you’d like, and I’ll answer! Just a small game for fun!

🐾 , info dump about a random animal I’m fixating on at the time! (Please include if you don’t want a specific animal due to a fear, for example: bugs).

🐈 , song of the day! ask and I’ll give you a song that’s been stuck in my mind recently, or just a random song off my playlist!

🐍 , daily check in! I’ll give you a small rant about my day so far, and tell you how I’ve been recently! (I’ll try to keep it positive.)

"(Therian/biology/metal/anything related to my blog) culture is…" asks are also always appreciated!! I love seeing them, and I love interacting with people!!

Blog tags . . . !!

#murru mews 🐾 | my general tag! Diary entries!

#murru hisses 🐍 | vent posts

#murru’s asks : replies to my asks!

#murru’s rants : rants!! Either in response to the emoji games, or just to infodump :]

#murru’s playlist : anything to do with music!

#murru’s toybox : anything to do with my collections!! I collect a lot of things, so this tag will be full of things in my collection :]

#murru’s games : an additional tag, just for my emoji games!

PS: blog creation date.. Jan 30th 2024!

Thank you for reading !

. . . Enjoy your travels, dear friend!

[melodraca]

~ Introduction Post ~

(Via: Outofcontextanimash)

Hello there, and welcome to my blog! My name is Gabriel, and I've been on this site for way too long

Mutuals, new followers, etc. feel free to reply to this post and tell me about yourself, infodump, talk about ocs, etc. I'm always happy to chat!

One like on this post = one high-five

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Don't forget to kiss the mezuzah on your way in!

(Via: Frankfontainecalloutpost)

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Check out the links below to see my about, and to find me on other sites!

About Me

Linktr.ee

DeviantArt

Art Fight

Toyhou.se

Flight Rising

Twitter

Warriors Sideblog

(Mobile-friendly "About Me" under the cut)

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ABOUT

Hello, I’m Gabe! I’m a queer, Jewish hobbyist artist/writer with a ceaseless obsession for character creation. I’m a trans man, and I exclusively use he/him pronouns :)

I live in Canada with my roommate/best friend/RP partner/guy I bother, and my rancid little budgie Genji, whom I love terribly. I have a nasty habit of creating tons of characters and then never doing anything with them, kind of like a dead-beat father

Outside of art and character creation, I love dragons, video games, hiking, literature, film, paleontology, and animals/zoology. I’m currently in university, double majoring in English and biology!

Autism/ADHD/OCD/anxiety and physically disabled as well. I’m terrible at messaging people first, but I am always delighted to get messages <3 I’m awkward, but I love chatting. Also feel free to ask me to tag things!

On testosterone since July 25th, 2015

Post top surgery since October 26th, 2017

Post hysterectomy since August 6th, 2020

Currently on the wait-list for phalloplasty!

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HEADS-UP

This isn’t really a DNI or a BYF, but more of a heads-up about the kind of content I reblog and my general takes on things. I don’t engage in discourse on here, like ever, but I figured I should include this anyway

This is probably a given, but I block conservatives/terfs/bigots/etc. on sight

I identify as queer and I use the (reclaimed) f-slur pretty frequently. I don’t tag reclaimed slurs

I do tag triggers as thoroughly as I can (nsfw/nsft, blood, transphobia, etc.) Please let me know if I ever forget to tag a trigger!

On that note, I’m an adult, and I frequently reblog/discuss things with mature themes (mostly jokes tbh). I also swear a lot. This isn’t an nsfw blog or anything, but y'know

I’m a furry, and I reblog (sfw) furry art. I may be cringe, but at least I’m free :3

I love the horror genre, and I sometimes reblog horror stuff. I tag anything with blood, gore, injuries, or body horror, but I don’t ever reblog legitimate/intense gore

My general political take on things is that every human deserves basic human rights, and violence or bigotry of any kind (transphobia, racism, antisemitism, ableism, misogyny, homophobia, etc. etc. etc.) is bad, actually

For my own mental health, I don’t answer inflammatory asks, or asks about topics I’m not comfortable with

Ask games are totally okay! I don’t really do “send this to 5 other people” type ask games, but I appreciate the sentiment nonetheless ^_^

Oh yeah. I should mention that I love MCYT (Minecraft YouTube), specifically Hermitcraft and the LifeSMP, and I post about it a lot, including shipping content. I feel like I need to clarify that I’m shipping the characters, not the Real Human Guys playing them. This is a super minor note, but like, y'know, just in case

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INTERESTS

Feel free to check out my top tags to see the topics and fandoms I enjoy! I’m trying to tag things more comprehensively, but sometimes I forget so please, like, bear with me <3 I frequently post…

Animals (birds, dogs, bugs, etc.)

Dragons :D

Photography and nature

Paleontology and biology

OCs and art

Jewish stuff

Whatever I find funny or interesting on my dash

Posts that give me an excuse to info-dump or ramble

Occasionally politics/social justice/current events

In terms of fandom, some of my favourite things are…

The Magnus Archives/Protocol

Minecraft and MCYT (Third Life / Hermitcraft mostly)

Pokemon

Fallout

The Elder Scrolls

Flight Rising

Breaking Bad / Better Call Saul

Dungeon Meshi

Severance

Baldur’s Gate 3

Fullmetal Alchemist

Jurassic Park/World

Nope (2022)

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Invincible

Fire Emblem (mostly Three Houses)

Infinity Train

Steven Universe

Definitely more I’m forgetting right now

[cattytheartcat]

Ok ik this is old drama, but it seems rlly important now

'Bug Enthusiast or pest enthusiast?' A thread documenting some disturbing content from Pitaya, who could possibly be IdolMantis.

First, I'd like to announce two things; first, don't FUCKING harass anyone involved, and DONT harass Idol himself despite his predatory behavior. I don't condone harassment, witch hunting nor death/suicide baiting. Second, this thread is for, specifically, this reblog chain with a mutual and myself because of some alarming anons talking about Idol and his dark past due to an accidental like/reblog.

This is going to become a thread, as there's a shit ass 10 image limit aughg-

Now, lets dive in. These are from a wayback machine archive, which I can provide links to at the end.

As you saw in the original reblog chain, IdolMantis seems to have had multiple names in the past. Raisinrat, UnicornMantis, Bugcore, Ackee, Pitaya, all these names seem to be connected to Idol himself. Now, Idol is STILL active to this day on Tumblr, Instagram, and Twitter, however he posts for his two web comic series; Monsters and Girls and Bugtopia.

As the two comics aren't anything harmful, they do involve quite alot of implied sexual content with mainly lesbian couples, some of which are drawn to look more androgynous or masculine. If you are under 18 I advise NOT to search out these comics, just to be safe. Idk I don't feel like minors should really get involved in that stuff but someone can correct me if needed. I do not know Idol's gender identity nor sexuality, and it doesn't seem like he's tryna sexualize lesbianism, so I won't speak further on these comics as its not my place to dictate what's good or bad rep.

However its good to keep these 2 comics in mind as we see what he used to be involved with.

The full callout was made by a Tumblr user titled AckeeLoveMail, which seems to be deactivated by now. The blog is pretty much a "critical" blog, or a callout blog, dedicated to a person named Pitaya, who used to have a blog named Bugcore. Bugcore has been archived, but no other info or images were archived correctly.

Remember, Idolomantises (IdolMantis) calls himself a "Bug Enthusiast" on Twitter. I don't know if these two pages are the same, though considering Idol's obsession with bugs... its an alarming possibility.

[Lol remember how we could customize our blogs]

Anyway, there's two main links here; the Bugcore blog link, and "The Callout". That link takes us here;

Notice how its said that he deletes posts and claims people just hate him for no reason.

Hmm....

Also, the beginning of the callout sounds familiar....

Lil offnote, but its said here that he identifies as non-binary. Currently he draws very sexual content of predominantly feminine identifying characters. Again I can't say much, but I do know that I've seen alot of people show concern on masculine ID'ing ppl consume or create content that sexualizes lesbian couples. Again, someone can correct me on that.

Anyway, second part of the callout.

The evidence:

This one is just... weird? Idk. Anyway bc of shitty image limit this is part 1 of... god knows how many posts.

[goblinbugthing]

Bugthing’s brand-new Pinned Intro Post!!!!!!

Hi! I’m Bug, I’m a mentally ill emo artist and fic author. This is where I put my nonsense for you internet ppl to look at.

I’m transmasc, currently identifying as altersex & xenogender, and I use he/xey/it/they pronouns. Mutuals, and only mutuals, can use my other neos, blood/bleed and gore/gory. I’m lunian/mspec lesbian, fictoromantic, and fictosexual. Please respect that!!

Currently, I’m into Hollow Knight, The Broken Script (as in the Minecraft mod), the Kirby series, A Hat in Time, Bug Fables, Cult of the Lamb, Rain World, and Fate/Zero. Do be warned, though, I can fall out of these fandoms at any time — my interests are almost always fluctuating.

This blog is safe for minorities! (e.g. disabled ppl, LGBTQ+ ppl, BIPOC, Palestinians, etc.)

16+ only blog btw, no kiddos

Other stuff under the cut!

(divider gif via @/animatedglittergraphics-n-more)

My asks are open! Feel free to ask me stuff about my hyperfixations, or whatever you wanna know about me, as long as it’s not too personal.

Commissions are closed. You can still support me by donating/tipping! Ko-Fi linked below!

My other socials:

My YouTube channel (I don’t upload much)

My Wattpad I can’t link for some reason. My @ is goblinbugthing on there (I hardly ever touch this one)

My AO3 (All my fics live here now)

My $$app (Consider supporting me and my reckless spending addiction)

My Ko-Fi (Support me with tips!)

My other blogs:

@princes-creations-askblog — An askblog specifically for my OCs.

@ask-emporianroyals-au — My AHiT AU askblog.

@kirby-souljourney-au — My Kirby AU blog.

@hollowknightinsanity — My HK sideblog.

@xx-scene4ngel-xx — My RP blog, where I act as my fursona.

Current works:

Kirby: Soul Journey — My Kirby AU fanfiction, taking place after Kirby and the Forgotten Land. (Read on Tumblr / Read on Wattpad / Read on AO3) (To be rewritten)

Kirby: Soul Journey oneshots collection — A set of oneshots created for K:SJ. (Read on Tumblr / Read on Wattpad / Read on AO3) (To be rewritten)

Hollow Knight: Empty Promises — A set of fics created for my base Hollow Knight AU, Empty Promises. (Read on AO3 / Wattpad link to be added)

My tag key:

#buggie’s rambles — Text posts

#buggie’s randoms — Nonsense stuff! In other words, my homemade memes

#buggie’s doodles — Doodles and sketches

#buggie’s characters — OC stuff

#buggie’s creations — Proper artwork

#buggie’s creations (in the making) — Work-in-progress artworks

#buggie’s building paradise — All my Minecraft build stuff :3 (here’s a list of all the mods i use if you want em)

#buggie’s stories — My original writing

#buggie’s answers — My answered asks

#buggie’s polls — Self-explanatory. My polls

#buggie’s queue — The Very Rare Queued Posts

#buggie’s stims — Stuff I stim to

#buggie’s sluttery — Anything super suggestive or borderline NSFW

#buggie irl — IRL pics of me, mostly just my gender euphoria

#saved 4 serotonin production — My comfort tag

#quicksave — Stuff I want to look at later

#important — Self-explanatory. Important stuff

#semi-important — I’m honestly not sure, just scroll through the tag if you want an idea, because I can’t describe it myself

#besties doodles — Art from my mutuals

#besties rambles — Ramblings from my mutuals

#other’s art (it’s awesome) — Other people’s awesome art

#bbg tag — Posts both by me and by other people about my F/Os

#images that describe my gender — My gender envy tag. Don’t question the stuff that’s in there.

I tag triggers with #cw (trigger).

I tag OCs with #oc: (oc).

If I make any new tags (or remember any ones I forgot), this section will be updated!

Also, please keep in mind that tumblr is a bit fucky and sometimes doesn’t show posts under tags for some reason! Some posts might have my old tags on them.

And I believe that’s it! Enjoy your time here :)

[catspores]

> yo, i'm stevie, welcome to my blog. i mostly post whatever i'm thinking about and stuff i make. or memes that i like. look under the cut to get to know me!

BYF:

> i have no DNI because i block freely. blocking is how i curate my space. proshippers, TERFs/truscum/etc., and people that are generally nasty or annoying will be blocked on sight.

> i don't do DMs or anything besides distant friendship with anybody under the age of 16. i will not help reinforce the idea that minors should be okay with having private conversations with adults online.

> i don't post full-on 18+ content on this blog but i reblog untagged artistic nudity and suggestive humor.

> i have brain damage and this affects how I communicate. please ask me directly if you misunderstand something i say and don't make assumptions. i don't use tone tags outside of a (word in parenthesis) style thing. i will use them with you if asked, but i somewhat struggle with them.

> if i'm saying something harmful please tell me directly and calmly. i might not realize what i'm saying is bad or i might be miscommunicating something. i'm always open to constructive criticism and discussions on things.

> DMs are open for mutuals! i only follow people back if i have an interest in doing such.

> odd tidbit, but please don't infodump to me or try to explain interests unless I ask you to. i get overwhelmed very easily by people suddenly saying a lot of things to me at once.

ABOUT ME:

> i'm a 20 year old butch lesbian dogboy from southern missouri. birthday is may 5th!

> i'm an artist and writer, looking to make music and games some day. i love making things so fucking much.

> i'm a buddhist and a marxist-communist!

> i'm physically and mentally disabled because of childhood lead poisoning amongst other things. gotta love them yummy lead paint chips!!! 😋

> despite the username and love of cats, i'm a golden retriever therian. i don't identify as a furry but i'm chill with them.

> i would list my fandoms but i'm hyperfixated on hlvrai and overwatch and that's the only fandoms i consistently post about.

my interests include:

• psychological, body and religious/afterlife horror. other kinds, too, but those are my favorites.

• nature, bugs, and critters.

• animated sitcoms made for middle aged men (american dad, futuruma, rick and morty, some others. i hate south park, though).

• 2000s-2010s cartoons (courage, invader zim, spongebob. you know, stuff you'd imagine a stoner geek would like).

• 2000s-2010s internet culture, especially old memes like the MLG era.

• other things that you'll see me post about.

OTHER ACCOUNTS:

> @spore-eruption-cloud (system posting).

> mutuals can ask for my 18+ blog

> catspores on tiktok.

> mutuals can ask for my discord.

TAGS:

personal tags:

• [#stevie brain trash] - general posting and reblogging. named because i post like i'm emptying the trash in my head.

• [#jenkins tag] - MY SWEET, DARLING BOY!!!!!!! best kitty ever.

• [#stevie scribbles] - catch-all art tag.

• [#stevie star pieces] - essentially a portfolio tag. my favorite works on my profile.

• [#important] - important post for one reason or another. usually will be related to something i consider serious.

• [#save for reference] - art references i want to use at some point.

• [#save for later] - something i want to keep tagged for later viewing.

• [#save for a laugh] - posts that gave me a bit of a giggle and i want to be able to easily see again.

OC TAGS:

• [#oc: corvid] - an alternate identity that believes it's the host. cyborg, killer for hire, scientist, and many other things.

• [#oc: val] - the host that's unaware that she's not in control of her life. cyborg, pathetic loser.

• [#oc: nina] - former baseball player for the fortune city diamonds turned smuggler. works in close contact with anti.

• [#oc: jade] - a demonic augment/cybernetic/mech mechanic. the protagonist of my OC universe.

• [#oc: reece] - apathetic and depressed alcoholic butch lesbian that accidentally adopted a demon off the streets before he got divorced from his ex-husband.

• [#sona art] - this is ME!!!!!! my sona hails from a species of (made-up) demon that embodies decay and entropy, thus the mushrooms on his head.

• [#oc: anti] - smuggler and contract hitman that hopes to be the spark that burns that damn city to the ground. she's not above manipulation to get her way; a small price to pay for the greater good (as she'd put it).

• [#oc: tuesday] - a ghost whisperer with a horrible streak of luck. she is scared of everything all of the time.

• [#oc: maxie] - skater/stoner/idiot/somehow also the voice of reason in her polycule. being the only normal one will probably do that to a girl.

• [#oc: dr. death] - a talking skeleton with a radio show and a secret even he's unaware of.

• [#oc: misc] - miscellaneous characters. either unnamed or the name has been forgotten.

SCRAPPED OC TAGS:

• [#oc: angelo]

• [#oc: marina]

• [#oc: jaguar]

• [#oc: lucan]

• [#oc: lotus]

[chambercultist]

Remember, I'm a volunteer!

Hi I don't share my name online anymore (u can still use them if u know) but otherwise call me nash or rescue (these are still technically my names). IT/ITS OR NO PRONOUNS PLEASE

my sideblogs are at @colobodai, but more importantly @mizuboys art

I DON'T SELF CENSOR ON PURPOSE MY COMPUTER AUTOMATICALLY MAKES FISH PUNS WHEN I TALK IT'S FOR THE BIT I PROMISE

i like roblox games ftmp but if i've ever posted aboat somefin in my life you will sea it forebber. also i reelly like guide fe2 and telamon

no DNI but i'll block you if you're anti endo or some other stupid syscourse. also antiship you people are annoying as fuck. i'm naut a proshipper but an adult and i think what people do with pixels on a screen are none of my business and neither is anyones sys origins

mutuals pls add me on discord and roblox im rescuebiograft on both. also whether or not i follow u feel free to tag me in stuff i love being tagged i will do tag games if i remember to. other fun info under cut :3

my pronouns change a lot cause i don't like how any pronouns sound on me. i have many genders i could possibly identify with but i tend to choose them based on the flags cause its more fun. ily fingender

i spend all my waking hours doing some sort of stupid shit on roblox if you friend me i will probably join ur game randomly and hang out. WATCH OUT!!!

my non fandom interests include old anime (especially physical media and collectibles), bugs (caring for them specifically) and reellyyyy reely deep under the ocean. rips open shirt I LOVE HADAL ZONE.

i also really like shoujo and slice of life anime that's my favorite kind of anime. i heart k-on and lucky star and nichijou and such. heres images

[lastoneout]

hi! who are some of your favorite blogs?

Hmm....I mean my first instinct is to just plug all of my mutuals but I feel like that's something people should be allowed to keep private if they want so I don't really feel comfortable doing that(also I would probably forget some people and that would make me feel bad), but aside from them I enjoy headspace-hotel's posts, they've really helped me recontextualize my relationship with nature and have actually inspired me to work on my fear of bugs? I also really enjoy gimmick blogs! Especially alphabetcompletionist, identifying-cars-in-posts, and reading-comp-posting, those ones are always delightful to have on my dash. dear-ao3, yamujiburo, and vaspider are also great for dashboard enrichment.

Uh, there's absolutely more but that's the ones I can think of off the top of my head!

[windkonig]

hi I'm michael!

welcome to my blog! I post stuff I like. you can find a list of that here

just bc I reblog it doesn't mean I've watched/played it, though. I try to tag most things, but sometimes my arm hurts.

my blog operates primarily on a queue that is usually set to post 25 times a day.

if you want, you can send in pictures of bugs/reptiles/amphibians you saw and I will do my best to identify them! be sure to give me a general location, as this is very important for ID purposes!

here's where you can find me!

@yeahponcho - for my pet lizards!

@doritobug - for arthropods!

@hatsune-michael - miku!

@surgat - gallery of my oc!

@hastebreak - FFXIV blog!

@neature-walk - I post bugs/reptiles/amphibians I found here!

twitter: https://twitter.com/HatsuneMichaels

last.fm: https://www.last.fm/user/windkonig

if you are a mutual of mine and we've had a friendly interaction before, feel free to message me for my discord!

[xx-scene4ngel-xx]

Haiii :3€ im making again hueh

Hellooooooooo!!!!!!!! My name’s Bug, I’m just some random Dragon-Angel bimboy that happens to work for a goddess. This is my blog where I post my nonsense and shenanigans abt my existence here or something :)

I’m transmasc, currently identifying as xenogender, and I use he/xey/it/they pronouns. I’m fictoromantic, fictosexual, and lunian/mspec lesbian!! If you don’t respect that then disrespectfully gtfo <3

My hyperfixations are Hollow Knight, Kirby, A Hat in Time, Bug Fables, Cult of the Lamb, Rain World, and Fate/Zero!! Sometimes I’ll post stuff related to those things, but mostly just my bullshit :3

This blog is safe for minorities! (e.g. disabled ppl, LGBTQ+ ppl, BIPOC, Palestinians, etc.)

Please don’t be weird in my inbox!!!! I mean, you can say fruity shit, I’m fine with hornyposting, but none about me please! It makes me uncomfy

Other stuff under the cut !!! <3

(dividers via @/animatedglittergraphics-n-more)

Asks r open!!!!! Ask me whatever as long as it isn’t like. Really gross or personal <3

My socials!!!

Youtube channel!!!

Wattpad acc!!!

AO3 acc!!!

$$app acc!!!

Ko-Fi acc!!!

My other blogs!!!

@goblinbugthing — main blog!!! (ooc)

@princes-creations-askblog — oc askblog!!!

@ask-emporianroyals-au — ahit au askblog!!!

@kirby-souljourney-au — kirby au blog!!!

@hollowknightinsanity — hk-specific sideblog!!!

My silly little fanfics!!

Kirby: Soul Journey — Kirby au fic, takes place after katfl, to be rewritten (Read on Tumblr / Read on Wattpad / Read on AO3)

Kirby: Soul Journey oneshots collection — self-explanatory, also to be rewritten (Read on Tumblr / Read on Wattpad / Read on AO3)

Hollow Knight: Empty Promises — HK au fics, currently only oneshots (Read on AO3 / Wattpad link to be added)

The tags!!!

#shut up boything — in-character posts

#imadge from the fucking guy — my art tag

#mod boything | ooc — out-of-character posts

#critter’s buddypals — posts featuring other OCs

#modguy’s friendos — my mutuals’ posts :3

#this just in: stupid fruit says something stupid and fruity — hornyposting tag (yeuh sorry this is gonna happen sometimes)

#creature reblogs — rbs

#boything answers your strange little questions — answered asks :)

#the fucking guy does his job (for once) — my original writing!!!

#boything asks you strange little questions — polls

#boything imagines — non-canon stuffs (e.g. mine n holly’s daughter moggie)

I tag triggers with #cw (trigger)

I tag OCs with #oc: (oc)

If I make any new tags, I’ll update this!!

DNI list:

Pr0shippers (gross!)

NSFW blogs (GROSS)

TERFs (fuck you. disrespectfully.)

Transphobes, homophobes, racists, ableists, sexists, misogynists, antisemites, etc.

H@rry p0tt3r enjoyers (go away.)

D@ng@nr0np@-specific blogs (big trigger. dont like)

Zionists (FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU)

People supporting Israel’s genocide of Palestinians (FUCK. YOU.)

Ppl who ship The Knight/Ghost and the Grimmchild with each other??? (idk i just dont like it.)

AI “””art””” hoes (disrespectfully, i hope you die)

H@zb1n fuckshits (😐)

Out of character stuff I wanna say

Hiiii mod here, I go by the same name as my sona

Also same pronouns, same sexuality, same gender identity, etc.

IRL, I AM A MINOR. My sona’s age kinda depends on which universe I decide to throw him into, but IRL, I am still under 18 and I do not want any gross stuff in my inbox, reblogs, comments, or anywhere else.

This is very much an RP blog! If you wanna send your own OCs at me so we can put them in Scenarios together, then totally go ahead and do that!!

Uh. I do think that’s all!!! Bai-bai!!!!!! <333

[sofd-maybe]

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[mx-t4t0]

hey

About/BYF under the cut!

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Hi! I'm Tato! I'm an artist!

I'm 21, and I'm a gendersatyret and fluidflux boygirl! I'm a xenogender bigender trans man for short :3 I'm a non-SAM pan gaybian, a turigirl, a sapphboy/lesboy, a sapphillean, and I'm ambiamorous, nebularomantic and aegosexual (possibly demi). Just queer is fine too 👍 Extersex, might have PCOS but I haven't been diagnosed so mark me down as questioning. You can use any terms for me so long as you mix it up a bit, I'm whatever gender is funnier for the bit.

You can find the rest of my pronouns here on my pronoun page

i love my princess :)

mutuals can ask for my discord ✌️

I'm otherkin, my primary kintypes are alienkin, spacekin, dragonkin and fairykin! Friendly to all kins, linkers and the like <3 (even choicekin and other people who kin for fun, i'm an adult i do not care for KFF discourse. so long as you're nice to all kins too i don't care) I'm auDHD and physically disabled :^ I'm a radical inclusionist and non-traumagenic friendly :]

i'm a transandrophobia truther. a filthy transandrobro who loves intersectionalism and hates the gender and sex binaries. transandrophobes get off my lawn. i survived in the transtrender/tucute trenches u are nothing to me. intersex people i love you transneutrals i love you transfemmascs i love you transmascfems i love you transfems i love you transmascs i love you. this includes afab transfems, amab transmascs and everyone who doesn't/refuses to conform to the false afab/amab binary. we're all in this shit together 🫶

I openly and proudly reclaim words like transandrobro, femboy, fag, dyke and tranny, as well as cripple on occasion, and I will not tag them. If you don't want to see those words, don't follow me maybe. i don't like theyfab for myself but much love to people who reclaim it. we are siblings in arms 🤝 if you call me a "trans identified female", tme or a theyfab i'm projecting my period cramps on you

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My hyperfixations switch around a lot! Right now I'm reading the Silmarillion so I'm autisming about that :) Fëanor enjoyer but not a Feänor apologist. your honor he did do all that. he did. something wrong with him.

I post about MCYT, as well as the Tolkien legendarium, and sometimes Star Wars!

I don't make sideblogs for any of my interests, if you follow me you're getting the undiluted stream of all my reblogs. Hope you like me babygirlifying fictional adult men you might not know because that's what you're gonna get :3

Hey! Send me blinkies and userboxes you think I might like!

this shouldn't have to be said but i consume media critically. i'm not. i'm not just fucking chowing down on things and adding all of it to my actual worldview. be sensible

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I have a linktree where you can find all of my socials! go follow me there too i post bangers :]

if you've got questions or if you just feel like saying hi or sending me pictures of cool bugs, my inbox is open! anon is even on if you're shy! hate will be ignored and blocked unless it's funny as shit or deeply perplexing

Check "#art" on my blog to see my drawings, and "#tato speaks" for my occasional rambles about topics and themes and things. i also have "#mutuals my beloveds" specifically for interacting with mutuals

I might forget to tag triggers so if you need me to tag something for you, don't be afraid to send an ask!

occasional sex jokes or suggestive art will be tagged #suggestive, nothing outright nsfw but if you don't wanna see those, block that tag!

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BYF:

If you don't understand something on my DNI it most certainly doesn't apply to you <3

General DNI: Racists, queerphobes, ableists (including people who believe in "narcissistic abuse", or any other "cluster B abuse"), zoos, radqueers, transx/transID (transrace*, transdisabled, etc), proshippers** and anti-antis, (NO)MAPs and other pedos, pro-contact or anti-recovery for any harmful/non-consensual paraphilias, exclusionists of any kind, anti-kin, transandrophobes and transmisogynists, TERFs and TIRFs***, transmeds, people who don't support AFAB transfems and AMAB transmascs and won't listen to intersex people about those labels, anti-non traumagenic, fakeclaimers, fatphobes, tankies, zionists, "pro-lifers", pro ED/self-harm, cryptobros, nftbros, aibros, Harry Potter fans (i don't care if you "don't support JKR" - THAT DOES INCLUDE MARAUDERS FANS)

*not in the "kid adopted by parents of a different race" way, i do mean in the ""transitioning" to a different race than the one you are" way

**mostly for underage x adult and/or incest pairings. i'm more lenient on toxic or otherwise unhealthy pairings so long as you're not straight up romanticizing abuse. i have no quarrel about tactful depictions of any of those things though you can do that without making it weird. generally i don't care about shipping discourse when we can just avoid each other, it's just uncomfortable for me specifically. we can play on different sides of the playground.

***trans inclusionary radical feminists. if you don't understand radical feminism is a completely backwards ideology and that giving it a new progressive coat of paint doesn't make it better, i don't know what to say to you

For MCYT fans: I do not support cc!Dream, cc!George, cc!Sapnap, cc!Forever or cc!Wilbur - Stans and apologists DNI

For SW fans: Any flavor of Padawan x Master and clonecest shippers DNI

For LOTR, the Hobbit and Silmarillion fans: People who get mad about, or even just like, weirdly defensive against queer readings and headcanons DNI. i doubt you would have survived the rest of this post but. just in case. you don't even have to agree that blorbo from your book is queer, you just need to be normal about the idea that they could be. it's free and easy!

I'm not super strict with this one but I would prefer people under 15 to tread lightly; you can interact and follow, but yknow, treat me like you'd treat any adult stranger. No upper age limit though I don't care about that, love and light. The generational divide is a scam anyways.

I MIGHT REBLOG SFW FORCEMASC SOMETIMES. it's comforting to me but i know it could be distressing to some people so. ask your doctor if tato's forcemascposting is right for you i guess

If you interact anyways because you "don't care about DNIs" I will just block you. I don't care. I'm busy playing with my touys. In general I block liberally. You could pass my DNI but still fail the vibe check. Something something curating your online experience <3

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[unlikely-course]

The tl;drs of this very long post, which is about Gideon’s arc and her relationship to Harrow:

-Gideon’s arc in gtn is a corruption arc because tlt is not just goth but Gothic

-Gideon “forgives” Harrow because of Trauma and that’s definitely not the endpoint of how she feels about Harrow or their past

-The narrative knows what it’s doing

When Gideon says “For the Ninth!” as she dies, and thinks “this is the loyalty they always said I lacked, this is me making good” that’s not growth, that’s part of the tragedy of the moment. Like, the Ninth does not deserve her allegiance! It is, as Gideon was the first to remind us, rotten to the core. When she dies, it’s for Harrow, and her saying it’s for the Ninth does represent on some level that she’s come to new understanding about who Harrow is and how Harrow views herself *as* the Ninth, but like this is, I mean. Bad. Harrow herself does not deserve Gideon’s loyalty! Gideon gives it to her because it is a relief. Gideon is very good, yes, but the forgiveness is a response to trauma. The second Harrow shows even the slightest vulnerability or regard for Gideon, Gideon is eager to make amends because she has been starved for any positive association to others for her entire life, and Harrow was literally the only peer she ever had to associate with. She correctly identified that resistance to Ninth society was vital to her survival and selfhood, but also that shit is exhausting. That resistance is also partially formed by that society conveying to her: we have no place for you, we have no use for you as you are, and that makes you hateful to us.

Her response to Harrow and the cavalier role then is pretty classic! It is a relief to have a place, to be able to stop fighting, to give herself over to a structure sold to her as one in which she can support and be supported, to resolve the central conflict and most complicated relationship of her life. I maintain that you the reader are also supposed to feel initially relieved and even cheered by Gideon and Harrow growing closer and then gradually unsettled when Gideon embraces cavalierhood and the increasingly invasive demands of the trials, and has her mindset adjusted in increments toward sacrifice. To feel her thoughts turn in this direction is alarming! This is purposeful, and it is purposefully mixed in with good feelings, the same good feelings that Gideon is getting, to distract from and inoculate you against what is happening just as Gideon is inoculated against it.

In addition, Canaan House is a very particular crucible. This is not only the first time that Gideon has ever been bombarded with new people and experiences, but also the first time she’s faced these unknown external threats, which pushes her to unite with the familiar (Harrow) against them. Her past and present environments have made it so that the compassion she comes to feel for Harrow gets bound up in the idea of being loyal to her house, the ‘contract’ of her new role, and the positive interaction it gives her until the idea of her offering her life to Harrow is not simply necessary in the moment but good and right. Redeeming, even, when we as readers know she has nothing she needs redemption for. 

Gideon is so very angry when she comes to in htn, and it is not merely anger at those who have wronged Harrow or anger at Harrow for endangering herself. On the First, she made a simple deal: her life for relief from the emotional state she had to live it in. Forgiveness for some kind of peace. And when she wakes up that exchange is refuted. Gideon frames Harrow’s actions as a rejection of herself out of low self-esteem but also in an attempt to deal with unresolved anger she has towards Harrow, anger that cannot fit into the cavalier role she wants to embody, anger that she attempted to trade away but in actuality can’t. Because the role she was sold, the type of relationship the cavalier and necro is supposed to be, is ultimately false. It encompasses very real and deep relationships, as we have seen, but the framework uses these real elements to its own ends, the Empire’s ends, and despite its proclamations of mutual care the relationship is always at the cavalier’s expense.

This is what it means to say Gideon’s arc in gtn is a corruption arc. It’s not that she becomes “bad,” it’s that the corrupting forces of the narrative have reached out and altered her, worn her down, seduced her even. This is Gideon’s first contact with the wider Empire, in the seat and seed of its wretched power, and it has used her goodness, her capacity for connection (and yes for forgiveness as well!) against her to further ensnare her, to draw her in line with itself. And then she dies for it, as it demands! Wow. And the we have the other side of that, which is when Gideon says “For the Ninth!” she’s signaling to Harrow that she has come to value what Harrow values, just as Harrow herself, watching in horror, has come to realize her values are very fucked up.

And Harrow has indeed realized that by that time! Harrow really does travel such a distance in gtn, but this is largely obscured from us just the same as plot details are in the book, by the limits of Gideon’s perception. And let me be clear: this is a feature, not a bug. It is not a weakness. It is vital! Integral! To the above, and all it entails for Gideon as a character and the overall themes of the series, that Gideon forgive Harrow without Harrow having “earned” it or made real amends. The fact that she does conveys to us everything I’ve just been talking about!

Furthermore, this story is in conversation with a rather particular type of Christianity, but Gideon’s Jesus parallels are even more widely applicable. Forgiveness is kind of a whole theme with that guy, and the book is also plenty interested in what it costs for a human to forgive as divinely as scripture demands (to forgive as the bond demands, as the empire demands). In some ways there are good things that may come of it, sure, but it is not a purely redemptive force for the giver or receiver. It does not necessarily resolve.

I myself can’t say that I ship Gideon and Harrow in the way people traditionally think of shipping, nor as I have traditionally shipped other characters. Still, I reject the notion that that way of relating to each other is not a central part of the questions the book is asking. Like before, when I was talking about Gideon finding something to believe in in the way the adept/cavalier bond is sold to her—although we see that bond encompass many different types of relationships it is in Gideon and Harrow’s case speaking to how romantic love (much like that forgiveness!) is not immediately and entirely redemptive. I mean, Muir does say the series is about how love can be redemptive, but I think can be is the operative phrase here, in that it’s also first demonstrating the ways it’s not, or at least not always the way we think it will be--the limits and then the power. Trying to set that aspect of the relationship aside (like a “sisters” route or something similar) is a weak and queasy side-stepping of the issue.

Remember that interview where Muir says something along the lines of like, she didn’t write it as necessarily romantic but definitely homoerotic? Yeah. 

Despite all that I do want to make it clear that I hope Gideon and Harrow work it out in the end. Just don’t assume the narrative does not understand what working it out might entail. And who knows? I might have the read all wrong. Maybe Muir doesn’t understand what she’s doing. But I feel pretty compelled by the textual evidence.

[a-christmas-fruitcake]

hello friend could i ask you to tag for insectophobia or bugs tw on the bug posts u rb? they are very lovely but seeing them on my dash makes me a little uncomfortable. you are of course welcome to say no, but i would like to keep following you so i thought i might ask. have a lovely week!

I appreciate the ask and I'm gonna be real with you, anon

I'm an entomology guy. I've spent years of my life studying and filming and IDing mosquitoes, and I have a deep love for most arthropods--especially ones that I think are neat or pretty or weird. Most of the biology classes that I took in college were for animals without bones. I love these weird little creatures. I feel like even if I gave it the old college try there would be posts that slip through the cracks because sometimes I see a bug and reblog without thinking.

I mostly use tags for commentary unless I can steal someone else's tags that identify a media but I'm also on mobile 99.9% of the time so I barely tag at all.

I do appreciate you asking, and if you'd like I can try to reccomend some mutuals of mine that are similar but less bug-oriented for you!