#it sucks that tumblr won't let you edit reblogs

[putterpen]

@vespasoulchanger

Yeeeeah. The other picture. I saw two bears across two entirely different game franchises and went "Lol wouldn't it be funny if they were related?" to nobody but myself. I'm sure Bobby and Freddy are offended by my specism. Then I started to take the silly idea kinda seriously? Then over thought it. I did base Bobby's pizza uniform on the FNAF movie costume.

So yeah Freddy Fazbear is Bobby's dad in my AU. Freddy Bonafazio is his real name. People usually shorten their last name to 'Fazio which eventually turned into Fazbear. Its a local thing.

I'm being bad and only focusing on one parent (Like Scott Cawthon) Fred is the owner of a humble pizzeria on the island known as Teddy Paw Cay. A successful partnership with Play Co. allowed him to sell their their toys as prizes. He comes from a long line of roboticists and designed his own mascots and animatronics, some of which are even produced at Play Co.

Bobby loves her dad and she means the world to him. Freddy has dedicated his life to the entertainment and happiness of children as Bobby's love for him and her friends gives him seemingly endless inspiration. But one strange day the magical toy factory in the valley was closed down and abandoned, seemingly overnight.

Without the toy factory, Freddy struck out to find a new business partner on the mainland. A very laid back raccoon-dog type lad with a hand in many businesses. He's kind of mysterious yet friendly! Although Bobby realizes later on that her father began to change in some ways after their partnership began.

Unfortunately this partnership meant Bobby had to move away from the island. Alone and without friends, she was immediately smitten with one of Nook's nephews though her feelings were not reciprocated. He eventually warms up to her and her strong cuddly warm bear hugs even if he doesn't want to show it out right.

Note: Tim's comment is from their first meeting and Bobby's first time on the mainland. An attempt to streamline the "canon" Smiling Critters with my AU where everyone wears clothes. So one day in every little critter's life, they wake up and realize: "Hey clothes are cool. I wanna try some on!" Before then, little critters usually scurry around wild and fancy free, even running around on all fours sometimes, basically showing more animal like behavior, in very cute ways. As they grow up they start acting more like "people" and there are shops dedicated to little critters trying on an array of outfits. Discovering themselves and their tastes. Tim thinks he is "all that" and wouldn't be caught dead with no clothes, Bobby just hasn't gotten around to that yet.

Also experimenting with a possible eye style with Bobby.

[omnificent-orion]

It’s not quite the same as what you were talking about here https://www.tumblr.com/omnificent-orion/751917602119483392/this-is-just-me-throwing-spaghetti-at-the-wall

But @/catboygirljoker and I (with an art boost from @/1071png) have a fundraising effort currently going through July.

We’ve managed to raise $70 so far but would love to raise more if we can, by continuing to get the word out.

I completely understand if not, but figured it might not hurt to ask.

Thank you for any consideration!

Hell yeah, I can get behind that!

[tsukiida]

i just scrolled through my blog and i realised i have only two modes: weird pseudo-philosophical rambling. and absolutely unhinged yelling. AND I TELL YOUUUU IT'S SO FUNNYYYYYYY because i spent so long trying to curate my voice and sound like a normal, fun, easy to approach person back when i first made this blog!

then again it's been 3.5 years so i guess my voice changed naturally 🤨 i'm not smart enough for this 😮‍💨

[asiandramanet]

I really appreciate you coming back as I see you queuing. However, I want to let you know that if you are using findtags to see posts, there's a ongoing glitch: if somebody edited the tags after posting, their post won't appear in findtags even if it's the first five tags. And a lot of us don't tag you in the first five tags due to various reasons. While I really appreciate you queuing older posts, I'd suggest go with the newer posts first so that you'd end up missing less posts (and I'm honestly I'd feel bad if I message you links to my missed posts, since I know you have a lot on your plate).

I was the findtags glitch anon. I want to clarify by newer posts, I meant using tumblr's own tag search to get as many newer posts as possible without missing any. But I have no idea why the tumblr tag search only shows so few numbers of posts nowadays. It sucks!

hiii anon! i was actually going with older posts first as to not miss anything but honestly you might be right bc tumblr does suck when it comes to tag and i would imagine some posts just disappeared... we will queue september first then go further back. btw i did use the tumblr tag search but as i said tumblr sucks and hides a lot of posts and it's even worse for us because we don't know which posts it hid... but if there are any posts we missed that you'd really liked reblogged on the net, don't feel bad about messaging us about it. if it's easier feel free to message me (anna) about it on my personal blog @kwon-eunbi or in our discord server (if you're a part of it) <3

[cookiesandcreamsupremacy]

Pretend that there's a decent title

I probably won't edit my Tumblr account soon

Speaking of Tumblr account, I don't have the app, I refused to download it because I don't have enough storage

Genshin was my second fandom, Twisted wonderland being the third

I suck at grammar (If you have good grammar book recommendations please let me know)

I like reblogging, if you notice that you have a fic that I liked but didn't reblog it's because: I'm not in the mood to reblog/my brain isn't currently working/I'm too lazy to do so/It's night and I plan to do it in the morning/other matters

I curse, a lot, but I'm trying to limit it

I reblog spoilers, just block #twisted wonderland spoiler and #spoilers if you don't want to see them

[usernameproxy]

adding a little about her via reblog because tumblr hates me for some reason and won't let me edit the original post! @smallartistocbracket could you please add this to the submitted characters list for Krinn?

Krinn, also known as The Kingfisher, is a polyam lesbian pirate who committed matricide at age 12 (her mom sucked). She's 21, from the Sol queendom and is The Pirate. She's so notorious that bounty hunters fall over each other trying to capture her (at least 2 are her exes).

During the plot, Krinn convinces two princesses to become pirates with her, and then ends up dating them. She also reconnects with her abandoned sibling in a very dramatic fashion (the backstory to this is that her sibling is convinced that the Kingfisher and Krinn are separate entities, and that the kingfisher killed Krinn and her mom. so Krinn's sibling accidentally believes that Krinn is her own murderer. It's rough).

Krinn is smug, quick-witted, a little bit mean, and an experienced fighter, thief, and summoner (basically people can summon weapons/tools, and in rare cases celestial powers, which are fire, rocks, and small stars. Krinn can summon 3 weapons (two daggers and a flintlock pistol) and also fire, because i can make her as awesome as possible). Krinn's main flaw is that she condemns vulnerability both in herself and others. also she has no common sense.

In short: Krinn is a smug pirate who will definitely laugh at you if you cry, and is most likely to be found stealing fireworks.

Krinn art masterpost! (im making this post for @smallartistocbracket) Some of this art is pretty old, but i think they're still pretty good, especially the ones i made using markers :3

[incorrect-lord-of-the-rings]

I posted 759 times in 2021

377 posts created (50%)

382 posts reblogged (50%)

For every post I created, I reblogged 1.0 posts.

I added 999 tags in 2021

#lotr - 158 posts

#lord of the rings - 144 posts

#lotr meme - 109 posts

#incorrect lotr - 104 posts

#lord of the rings meme - 98 posts

#incorrect lord of the rings - 91 posts

#the return of the king - 79 posts

#tolkien - 73 posts

#the fellowship of the ring - 72 posts

#the two towers - 71 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#so if you're wondering why im using a man for my reaction meme it's because aragorn himself would be like 'im sorry he's just a shitty guy'

My Top Posts in 2021

#5

Since tumblr won't let me post more than 10 pictures, I'll tell you here. This post was my "Cast it into the fire!" Post+ meme about me hating post+ and tumblr's attitude about it (haha suck on that, tumblr)

1267 notes • Posted 2021-07-22 07:36:11 GMT

#4

Lord of the Rings as The Reductress Headlines

The first ones

1434 notes • Posted 2021-10-23 02:58:50 GMT

#3

Lord of the Rings Characters as Youtubers

Aragorn: Vlogs like once every other month, always out in the wild, maybe does a Q&A once, always shows his horse, has cinematic footage of mountains from a drone, philosophical voiceover, gets over 1 million views every time he posts

Legolas: Makes fun of Aragorn's vlogs, finds him in the middle of the woods, acts like Steve Irwin finding an animal in the wild, Gimli appears every once in a while, making weird comments and joining in making fun of Aragorn, Legolas also tries 5 Minute Crafts life hacks and tests them out with Gimli

Gimli: See "Legolas"

Frodo: Reviews books, teaches English language arts, also teaches other languages for free, talks about publishing his own book, very calm

Sam: Cooking channel, does a taste test every once in a while featuring Rosie, Frodo, Merry, and Pippin. Merry and Pippin weren't supposed to be there the first time they did it, but then they crashed the taste test and the viewers loved them so much that they had to be there for the rest of the time

Merry and Pippin: Commentary channel, they make fun of everything and crack the worst jokes, sometimes they do pranks just to make fun of the prank channels but Pippin enjoys them far too much, the weirdest editing, constantly reference Vine, they also make really stupid music videos about the weirdest subjects

Eowyn: Tests out weapons of all kinds, also rants about everything in her life, enters into Renaissance Faire duels and battles and films them, talks about what formal wear you can pair with a nice sword, weird editing, uses memes a lot

Faramir: Cozy vlogs with Eowyn, talks about meaningful subjects, talks about old poetry and goes into the deeper meanings of them

Boromir: Vlogs with Merry and Pippin, makes workout videos, constantly advertises Faramir's channel and links it in the description, very fun

Eomer: His videos are a lot like Boromir's videos, but with more horses, essentially a cowboy, does a lot of horseback riding and includes Eowyn a lot

Arwen: Fashion expert, models her clothes, makes her own, does a lot of Q&As and gets to know her fans with live videos

Gandalf: Posted exactly one (1) video and it was a blurry video of Pippin trying to ride a little Barbie car over a fence and crashing it and Gandalf being like, "Fool of a Took."

1684 notes • Posted 2021-01-16 23:26:07 GMT

#2

Legolas wears crocs.

5621 notes • Posted 2021-01-18 05:13:02 GMT

#1

I had to find a picture of this 2017 article again because it's just so iconic.

59905 notes • Posted 2021-09-05 21:01:11 GMT

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[domjaehyun]

(note: my thoughts/additions will be in pink, small text bc i am incapable of withholding my commentary 💖)

I posted 5,784 times in 2021

5518 posts created (95%) (note: that's not as bad as i thought tbh)

266 posts reblogged (5%) (note: that's a lot more than i thought... v curious abt the percentages bc i can recall talking to friends, rbing fic recs, boosting my own fics, and... the period of time where i horny posted... how fun)

For every post I created, I reblogged 0.0 posts. (note: we love the teeny tiny ratio 💖 this blog is primarily my thoughts love that for me)

I added 11,284 tags in 2021 (note: holy shit??)

#answered - 5312 posts (note: this tracks... yeah)

#anon - 4803 posts (note: this also tracks, yes)

#👄 - 242 posts (note: this cracks me up for some reason)

#jizz.txt - 218 posts (note: pls i didn't know i talked that much omg)

#wet dream - 206 posts (note: wet dream anon my love omg return to me soon)

#🔮 - 144 posts (note: i love this for us so much omg not to mention i def have messages from you in my inbox that i haven't answered yet 😭)

#ari - 100 posts (note: ari omg this is so cute stop i'm emotional some of y'all rly fw me like that 🥺)

#ask spam - 99 posts (note: this is v funny bc . i didn't think i ... used that tag that much but i see now that it was aptly named so props to me)

#🧠 - 81 posts (note: it's SO cute to me that like . specific anons are in my most used tags like 😭 y'all like me!!!)

#soup - 79 posts (note: SOUP ANON return to me soon pls i hope you're doing well omg)

Longest Tag: 138 characters

#than i let on sjfjsjdjd i just say it’s fine bc i think i’m being irrational but the whole time i’m ‘fine’ i’m thinking abt it and getting

(note: tumblr is so me-phobic... it won't let me see what this tag was from 😒)

My Top Posts in 2021

#5

anonymous asked: jewel please consider this the ask to share your favourite nsfw mark lee thought because i have never wanted to suck a dick quite so badly over the last few days i need something to feed my thoughts

okay it might not be my favorite bc that particular fantasy is very personal to me 😭😭 but here is this: (edit: added a read more i am not a monster)

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336 notes • Posted 2021-08-26 09:48:38 GMT (note: markie...i think abt this often tbh...yeah)

#4

anonymous asked: HelP! Thinking...about...touching Mark while we’re just talking and having him get clearly flustered maybe even give some flirty looks back and then just kissing him mid conversation and have him mumble in between the kisses...maybe smirk into them too AHHHHHH wtf wtf and he’s just sitting there and taking this kisses -👄

so. i got a little carried away and took this in a different direction.........whoops

“but yeah, so i was saying to hyuck,” mark’s telling you the latest practice room shenanigans, and you’d love to be an active listener for him, you really would, but he just looks so damn good sitting there. his hair’s pushed off his forehead, messily tousled from him running his fingers through it all day, and he’s not making matters any easier by drumming on your thigh absentmindedly as he tells you about his day. 

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514 notes • Posted 2021-03-21 00:56:26 GMT (note: ...second mark post...interesting...also would like to note that 👄 anon is appearing in my top posts too 😭)

#3

anonymous asked: I’m such a hoe for Jaemin but like Jeno has been creeping up my list. Like nomin torturing the shit out of you omg

「 𝟷:𝟸𝟼𝚙𝚖 」 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚍 𝚞𝚙; 𝚕.𝚓𝚗, 𝚗.𝚓𝚖 → 𝟷.𝟹𝚔

“Oh, my God, please stop teasing me.” You beg in a gasp, your fingers clenching so tightly around the fistful of bedsheets that it almost hurts. Jaemin looks up at you, mouth and chin glistening with the wetness of your arousal, and makes a big show of licking his lips. He’s been edging you all afternoon, lips, teeth, and tongue so expertly navigating your core and winding you up in the best ways possible.

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545 notes • Posted 2021-02-07 09:43:35 GMT (note: so far 3/6 of my biases have appeared in my top posts.......inchresting)

#2

anonymous asked: I want Mark to play with my 🐱 soooo bad 😣😣😣 kiss it a bit too? I want his mouth on my heat 🥺

“stay still,” he mumbles into your core, and you squirm once more, giggling nervously. “yo–stop moving,” he grunts, half-amused, half-annoyed as he pins your hips down roughly. your breath cuts off suddenly, stunned into momentary submission at his act of dominance. your succession of power doesn’t go unnoticed by mark, who looks up at you curiously, a dangerous little smirk curling his lips. “you liked that?” at your silence, he nips your inner thigh to get your attention, and you yelp, glaring down at him petulantly. “i asked you a question.”

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680 notes • Posted 2021-03-21 07:53:29 GMT (note: i have reason to believe this was also 👄 anon but i could be wrong...but i don't think i am... if it is her then she is 2/5 of my top posts love this for us... so far 3/5 of my top posts are mark-centric...love that)

#1

𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠. – 𝐣.𝐣𝐡, 𝐥.𝐣𝐧

summary. you'd realized fairly early on that there's something very slightly different about jeno and jaehyun; not bad, just...nothing you've ever known before. you do your best not to think about it and not to think about them, but it's getting harder and harder to keep your mind off of the two most coveted frat boys on campus, especially as they make it clearer and clearer that you're the only one they want... and that they always get what they want. between jeno's pointed teasing and jaehyun's gentler goading, it's obvious that they've put self-serving targets on your back. jeong jaehyun and lee jeno are nothing if not notorious for their aim. (creds to @/gohyuck​ aka raya my beloved for this incredible summary)

pairing. lee jeno x reader x jeong jaehyun

genre. smut, mild humor

word count. 27.1k (one day….i will atone for my sins)

contents & warnings. explicit smut (somewhat soft dom!jaehyun, somewhat hard dom!jeno, sub!reader, public groping, fingering, oral (receiving), overstimulation, unprotected sex, daddy kink, breeding kink, praise kink, nipple/breast play (receiving), lots of dirty talking), brief mentions of drugs and alcohol, and there’s, like, one creep who objectifies the reader

author’s note. just a note that, because jeno and jaehyun are incubi, their seduction techniques may come across as mildly predatory at times. there are elements of dubcon in this story, so please take note of this if you plan to read! (the dubcon scene in question is mild and becomes actual consent quickly, if that’s any consolation!!) i hope you enjoy, and please, please, please, let me know if you liked it!

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3888 notes • Posted 2021-04-22 01:48:29 GMT (note: ahh...fiending... this was my first time ever indulging in my dc kink which i'm usually way more private abt... and i remember how Against It some of y'all were 😬 ngl that wasn't the first fic i've posted w that element (although i wasn't fully aware i was doing it the first couple of times) and? it will not be the last 😌 it's hot sorry not sorry 💖 anyway . also i didn't notice that i posted fiending right before jeno's bday so. a win for me ig 💖 also bc i feel like most ppl aren't reading this post, i'm making a small "secret" announcement... the fic i'm working on is... another... fivesome fic... did i mention this already? i don't think i did... hehe... anyway... out of my top 5 posts from this year, 4/6 of my biases were featured... apologies to hyuck and jungwoo but tbh i'm making it up to them bc the fic i'm working on rn is like . about them hehe)

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(note: much much love to everyone who's been so sweet and loving to me this year!! i really appreciate everyone who's been so supportive of me, like, finding my voice more this year? i feel like i've def grown a lot like i'm way more likely to speak up for myself which i rly like :D like it sounds cheesy kinda but i rly have like . lowkey matured as a person this year :D anyway i'll stop rambling thank you for being wonderful and making this fun for me!!)

[hood-ex]

#another key stage is flip flopping between ''why does everything i've ever written suck :/''#and that one simpsons meme that's like ''am i out of touch? no it's the children who are wrong''

LOL no literally that's the exact feeling 😂.

I suppose my approach to this issue (after having a pout about it 😆) is to analyze what I've written and to find the areas where I could improve for next time. This not only goes for writing/editing the actual work but for how the work is presented or "advertised" as well (the new polling feature comes in handy for this 😌).

Thinking about how subjective writing can be is also helpful. I cannot tell you how many shitty fics I've read that ended up getting loads of comments vs. the really good/interesting fics I've read that I thought deserved waaay more comments. And sometimes people have no idea how good a story is because they never click on it/won't click on it because of a lack of comments/kudos. I love it when I find a gem of a fic just floating around. And then I get angry on the writer's behalf because ?? why aren't more people reading the fic/writing comments?? In those cases, it feels more like a luck/timing issue than a creative one.

I will also say that posting a fic on tumblr and letting it live it's life without reblogging it over and over feels so much nicer. Like woo it's in the wild, it's not my problem anymore lol. I remember when I'd obsess about posting a fic at the right time or reblogging it idk 4 times for more visibility, but that would sometimes just cause more disappointment if it didn't pick up traction and, tbh, a sense of embarrassment/shame? So yeah, in general, I've come to enjoy posting things kind of willy nilly and letting them do their own thing rather than chasing that validation via notes and such.

But yeah no, from one perfectionist to another, I don't have much wisdom to share in this department asldkja. We're on the same struggle bus 🚌.

I know my general thought process/course of action when this happens to me, and I'm curious what it's like for other people so:

🧿what steps do you take to not take things personally if a fic doesn't do well, or if your writing/posting/sharing experience isn't going how you'd like it to?

oof that's a tough one. honestly, i think i do take it too personally when something doesn't do as well as i thought it would, and it's something i need to work on (as well as perfectionism in general, but shh)

i don't really take any steps in advance, but after i post something and it doesn't get the response i was hoping for, i let myself feel disappointed for a bit and then try to focus on whatever positive responses i've received and/or what i got out of writing the fic. i also try to take a "what's done is done" approach and remind myself it's just a fic i wrote for fun in my spare time. eventually i just move on and stop thinking about it 😅

[cal-kestis]

Helloooo! I’ve been really loving your Star Wars edits (especially the ones of Rogue One/Diego Luna) <33 Thank you for the content! I wanted to ask, do you have any tips on managing a Tumblr & making edits? I’m planning to maybe post things like gifsets to start my blog :)) I’m new to Tumblr but I really wanna connect with the community so I’m taking all the advice I can get :>> Thanks in advance!

hello there! first, welcome to tumblr and thank you for the kind compliment! it's so exciting that you'll be making new content! and I'd be happy to share some tips under the cut :)

tips for your mental wellness: - set boundaries for yourself and your blog. tumblr should be a safe and happy place for YOU, so it's completely valid for you to make clear what you will and won't post about - as soon as creating feels like a chore, take a step back. it's easier said than done, but try not to feel the too-common pressure to constantly produce content - be selective with who you follow — don't let the bad apples ruin your experience here - don't feel bad about blocking someone! if they make you feel uncomfy in any way (or if they're stealing your creations), block 'em!

tips for managing your blog: - create a tagging system! this keeps your content organized and help your followers filter things like potential triggers - use the queue to keep your blog active even when you're offline! I currently have mine running to post 5 times a day between 6am-11pm (US/Pacific time). currently, tbobf is increasing the amount of new content — but I usually have it set to 3 times a day between 8am-12am when there's less new content - make a tracking tag so people can show you stuff they've made! generally, people use the #username format (like mine is #usernik) — but you can make yours whatever you want. put it in your blog description so people can see it when they visit your blog! (and again, be clear about what you don't want to be tagged in — I do this in my about/nav page)

tips for tumblr etiquette: - when applicable, ALWAYS link inspo in your caption! there are so many talented creators on this site who spend hours making gifs/edits — and it sucks when you see someone recreate your idea without linking back to what inspired them - if you "like" something, reblog it too! that's how we show support to fellow creators and increase their visibility - don't be rude in your tag commentary. no one wants to see #i love everyone in this set except [character name] - be kind and respect other people's boundaries! - post replies under a gifset aren't for conversations with friends, so use DMs instead - tag potential triggers to keep your followers safe! and if someone asks you to tag a trigger, be respectful and don't invalidate them - and of course, always reblog and never repost. even if you put an image source link under, the creator would prefer a reblog

tips for making edits/gifs: - use the highest quality files you can find. when I can, I always use 2160p files for gifs (aka 4K). if I can't get 4K, then I'll do 1080p with the biggest file size I can find. here's a helpful tutorial! - I use photoshop, but I know there are other software people use to make gifs. find what works for you! - here's a basic gifmaking tutorial! (I also love their sharpening action) - my ideal gif speed is 0.05 sec. this is a preference but 0.05 is pretty standard with most gifmakers I know! I sometimes use a faster speed when giffing video games like JFO - put photography credits in your caption if you edit photoshoots! - the file size limit for gifs is 10mb (more info here) and the maximum width is 540px (here's a guide on image dimensions!). also, the gutter size is 4px - establish a creations tag and link it in your blog description. for example, my creations tag is #myedit* - how to get your creations seen: tag other people in your fandom (most people love to be tagged, but you can always check with them if it's ok!), tag appropriate source blogs (for star wars creations, you can tag #starwarsblr — or for diego luna creations, you could tag #diegolunasource), tag appropriate edit tags (for example, #swedit for star wars)

tips for connecting with people in your fandom: - leave nice comments in the tags of your reblog! most friendships or follow-backs I've made have started with super kind tags in reblogs of my sets :') - see if there's a discord server you can join to connect with people who love what you love! I'm part of a few servers for creators and one with some of my mando friends <3 - again, tag people in your gifsets! - apply to source blogs and networks to be part of a group of like-minded people in your fandom! - start a conversation in DMs! or if you're feeling shy, you can submit an ask with one of those "chain mail" things like "send this ask to 5 people you follow to brighten their day" - make an about page! this will help other people get to know you and the things you love! but of course, be safe and don't give away info that could put you at risk!

I hope this helps! and again, welcome to tumblr!

[booksbabybooks]

The Old Guard comic and killing what you love

I see so much excitement on here about the Old Guard comic coming out in April, that I kind of feel like a buzzkill bringing this up and I'm sure I'll get hate for this but: some of you at least are going to have to buy the damn thing.

Because we all know what's going to happen. Days after it comes out, the whole book will be scanned and online. Blogs will share the whole thing page by page. You'll know where you can download an illegal PDF. And most of this will be done from no more malicious reasons than love and enthusiasm. And in doing so, you pretty much guarantee that there won't be another comic after it.

There's a real culture online - especially on Tumblr - of feeling that all creative products should be free, and that by making them freely available you are doing an uncritical good, and sticking it to the system while you are at it.

Some of this comes from reasons it's hard not to have sympathy with: a screw you to the system, a 'fuck it, Disney can afford it', or genuine poverty / lack of access to a legal version of it.

Less attractively - not to be your salty aunt here, but it's true - it stems from an entitlement, a belief that you should be able to consume any art you want, free, immediately and without ads. (And often with no sense of irony or awareness: the same people who will RAGE against people liking but not reblogging fan art are happy to share a link where you can download books for free.)

But artists need to eat. They need to pay rent. And in almost every creative industry, the vast majority of people do not earn enough to live off. I don't have the exact figures to hand (you can get them from the BPI / Society of Authors websites if you are intetested) but something like 90% of musicians earned less than £200 from streaming last year. A similar percentage of authors earned less than £1000. This likely includes some of your favourites. Some people you view as successful. Some people that, if you took a moment, you'd be heartbroken were harmed by your actions.

(I work in the creative industries and I can tell you: they don't make many people rich. I have friends who are best-selling authors who survive on teaching gigs. And while it is about the money, it's not just about the money: I've seen comics artists deeply upset because a day after a book landed someone has uploaded the last five pages onto their blog as a "tribute".)

So pirating isn't a victimless crime, however easy it is it to pretend otherwise. (Also, it's not without risk: 'but I love them, your honour,' isn't actually a viable legal defence for copyright infringement).

But it also sends a message to the companies (including those who, yes, probably do deserve to be robbed) that IT'S NOT WORTH PUBLISHING THIS ART.

No publisher ever thought, it got a load of hype even though sales tanked, so let's publish another one. No film studio thought, ticket sales suck but illegal downloads were high so it's a win.

And it's especially important if the art you want to consume challenges the existing narrative of what sells. The companies that create these things - that pay the artists and writers and filmmakers - will continue to believe that nobody wants a queer superhero / Black romantic lead / disabled central character until the bottom line proves otherwise.

(Not to also point out that if you don't believe creatives should be paid, you encourage a system where only rich people get to make art, or at least get to decide who makes art).

So: if you possibly can, buy the damn book.

Club together with your mates to buy it.

If you can, double what your money does by buying from a comics store or indie bookshop.

If you are broke, order it from your library - most libraries stock graphic novels now and also offer digital lending. Remember, authors get paid for every loan out.

I'm sure there are some people for whom these are impossible options - this being Tumblr, I'm sure many people are already frothing to tell me how privileged my viewpoint is. And it's not like I don't know comics are expensive, or that not everyone has a local library.

But a lot of you do. So it's to those people I'm saying:

You want more of these books to come out? You have to support them.

EDIT: While I am here saying pay for your art I would remind people that my 2020 Kindness project is giving away my stitches to good homes for free so if anyone wants these Joe and Nicky stitches they are still available. HMU. (UK only due to postage, sorry)

[blueprint-han]

Sometimes when I want to reblog a fic that's particularly long, tumblr just won't let me 😭😭😭 It just sends me back to my home page. This sucks a lot because I prefer to read monster-sized fics. What should I do about this?

Oh my gosh! I've had this situation a lot of times and you have two solutions for this: I think you're using the Tumblr app because the app is the one which does weird shit lile that huhu </3 So you can either reblog via desktop, or !! An easier solution: just fast reblog.

Meaning just press down in the rb button and drag it towards the blog icon you wanna rb too, and it will be reblogged! THEN, you can go and edit this reblog and add your tags and comments. This is what I do when I read long fics on mobile and have to rb. 🥳

[blondiehpfan101]

An older selfie, but one with my favorite hoodie!! Happy swiftie disabled selfie night from a epileptic swiftie! @swiftiesofcolor

EDIT(cause tumblr keeps crashing on me):

People know about Epilepsy so I won't rant on that, but I thought I should explain my polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) cause I don't think as many people know what it is sooo basically it messes with the balance of hormones which seriously messes with me physically (makes menstrual cycles even worse/longer, and sometimes more or less frequent) and mentally it messes with how I feel emotionally. And it can cause infertility which sucks! I found out I had it at 15, and it was a relief to know that at least it wasn't normal (which might sound odd) and I've been on birth control pills to treat it, and on the pills it's manageable!

To all my fellow disabled swifties I am so proud of you for being strong through whatever it is you're going through! I love reblogging as many selfies from selfie nights as I can, so if you'd like me to reblog yours let me know! If you wanna talk at all, my DMs are open 😊 I love you all ❤💛💚💙💜💖

PS: I would REALLY like to thank @swiftiesofcolor SOOOOO MUCH for creating the selfie nights for everyone, because they do so much good for anyone in any of the selfie night groups! I love you guys, and I hope you know how appreciated you are!

[rabbitindisguise]

The fundamental purpose people have always used XKit for has been to fix Tumblr and revert it back. Tumblr users don't like new things- and we have good reason to not like new things. Because new Tumblr things generally suck. The only exceptions to this has been the change from nested reblogs, and the font options for mobile. These two features have had the best reception of any modifications so far.

We absolutely need old Tumblr blue. This is pretty much non-negotiable for anyone with migraines that can be set off. A site won't be accessible to everyone's needs, and trying to find the perfect blue isn't going to work. Let there be themes with different types of blues we've seen in the past.

The blacklist is tag only. This doesn't work. I rely on keywords in the posts to get anything blocked. I also need the option to collapse blacklisted posts so that the tags are the only thing visible without taking up a huge amount of space.

Forced endless scrolling is not cool. I'm been scrolling my entire dashboard every day since I first made my main blog in 2013. I need pages. Other people need pages. Pages are essential. Especially working pages that I don't have to manually edit the url just to get back one page of I miss something.

The font isn't more accessible for my dyslexia, and I want the old one back.

All these accessible options have literally made the site so bad that trying to find a way to turn it off is basically impossible for me because I can't be on desktop for more than two seconds. I can't give feedback because I can't even see what features it has because it's so awful to look at my brain quits before I do. Between the migraines and reading fatigue, I'm stuck on mobile. Indefinitely. I like finding bugs and stuff like that but I literally cannot physically use the website even if I'm willing to brave the no-keyword-blacklist no man's land that is my dashboard right now.

Feedback for what people might actually want to see:

Make everything on this website do what it's supposed to do. Audio posts play audio. Video posts play video.

Let people change things if they want to by letting them have custom dashboard themes. It's not that complicated. If you're dead set on changing the colors and the fonts and the aesthetics every five seconds, let people just pick what they want and leave them be.

Don't just bring back pages, make paged scrolling functional. I want to, with a click of a button, go backwards and forwards from whatever place I was when I clicked it. Right before the forced update, I could only see the second page behind the one I was on some of the time.

End the nonsense of forced roll outs. People aren't responding or cooperating because they hate whatever it is that you're doing. Bring a good update, and the users will come around eventually. I'd like the new update if I had a choice about getting to use it.

The ability to turn off features with an individual desktop theme. No rainbow, stuff like that. For desktop and mobile.

More custom stuff like the rainbow text and the curly font, but on both desktop and mobile. Tumblr got so popular in the beginning in part because of the themes for the individual blogs, and a lot of the userbase knows HTML. These are features that no other blogging website offers in this format.

In house meme editor that actually functions the way meme editors are supposed to. No branding. No bells and whistles. An "add font" option that works on gifs and still images, and popular meme templates (which will have to be added to nearly monthly, but classic templates get used all the time). That's all anyone really needs.

More respect for artists. Let images be higher quality without having to click on them. Increase the word count and paragraph limit on posts. Heck, if you want money, let people buy access to posts that the artists lock themselves for that purpose and take a lower cut from their profits than traditional e-commerce websites. Or let people tip. Or set up an e-commerce platform yourselves as an extension of paid themes. Regardless, this site was built on artist participation yet you can barely tell these days.

All of the above would be way more useful than a new site design that's apparently overworking people's laptops and doesn't function with XKit. Sources: me reading complaints about Tumblr in solidarity because I have complaints about Tumblr.

New XKit and the new Tumblr dashboard

Hi everyone! Some of you may be aware that Tumblr has been offering a beta of the new web interface for a little while now. This new web experience comes with some nice perks, such as color palettes, soft refreshing, a built-in tag viewer, and a better user blocking system. It’s also much more accessible for those with reading difficulties, and should be fully compatible with screen readers.

Unfortunately, such drastic improvements has come at a price for those that truly rely on XKit features - the new web interface is entirely new, written from the ground up, and thus, XKit doesn’t work on it.

Recently, we’ve become aware that some people have been forcibly opted into this beta with no option to exit it, and this lines up with the projection that this new web interface will be fully launched by April 2020. However, we do not expect to be able to fully update XKit for this new dashboard before its full launch.

“Oh no! Tumblr’s trying to kill XKit!”

You would be amazed at what’s actually happening. A few Tumblr engineers are working with us and are building things into the new dashboard specifically to make our jobs easier! So please, rest assured that XKit being broken currently is not part of some grand scheme to make the Tumblr dashboard unmodifiable - we just need more time to catch up, and we’re being helped along.

“But I can’t use Tumblr without XKit!”

This is a problem we see echoed a lot. While we will be updating XKit to work on the new dashboard, we can’t give anyone a timescale. So, in the meantime, we ask that you learn to use the new dashboard with all its new features, and give clear, constructive, and respectful feedback to Tumblr support.

Tumblr has already implemented some equivalents of existing XKit features, and we’re already expecting more to appear down the line. If you can successfully communicate why certain XKit features are invaluable to your usage of Tumblr, we may see that list grow.

This is not the end for XKit - merely a stage of metamorphosis. Thank you all for your patience!