#ive never edited a meme before

[redrobbingabank]

Alternative option

[videodrome-fag]

Yo mr white check out this dope pattern, bitch! (I’m not good at marketing sorry, but she’s cute uwu)

[Video ID: A short tiktok showcasing crochet tote bags styled to look like citrus fruits. The video begins with three miniature versions of the citrus fruits held up to the camera, which then fade to reveal the larger bags. The bag on the left is a lime, the bag in the middle is a grapefruit, and the bag on the right is an orange. The orange bag is then used to reveal that a larger, mesh version of the bag is hidden inside the citrus pouch and that the bag is reversible. /.End ID]

[Image ID: 5 photographs showing details of the citrus fruit bags from the video above. The first photo shows the bags lined up with the mesh peaking out of the citrus pouch. The next three photos shows each bag individually in this style laying in grass. The last photo shows the bags in their pouch form hanging from a flower bush. /.End ID]

[asteraegis]

haha was in a... silly kind of mood. howlen in warriors orochi naotora li's deity outfit, hien ass up, and uh *reading smudged handwriting* oh zenos torture porn whoops.

thanks howlen for censoring. two versions of the zenos thing in case you understandably are a normal person and dont want your baby girl beat up. alt text available, may be helpful to read before enhancing on the last image.

[damnatvs]

tag drop (ooc tags)

[once-in-a-half-life]

took me a while but I finally got around to checking out the model and do some small renders with it :3

model source

I FOUND A MODEL OF G-MAN FOR MMD

once my classes and exams are done it's so joever

[stolentrekblr]

Trekblr Community Reaction

I have wanted to compile reactions from the community for a while now, and today I finally made it happen. I have not editorialized anything, doing my best to copy reactions as written. Without further ado:

i love accs like this and the people behind them. the dedication to search for stuff like this and bring it home. sounds absolutely maddening and i salute them. to sift through garbage theft accs… doing the lords work

idk if i should feel honored or not, at least my username is there lol. this is very funny to me. like i dont even use facebook anymore

Omg they erased the last sentence. Lmao. I mean if you’re gonna steal my posts at least include the entire thing. It’s literally the least you could do

chat should we kill them?

OMGOD IVE MADE IT!!! this is crazy because i feel like my dad might actually see my star trek posts LMFAO. he's always on there. this is a big moment

I don't have a problem with reposts of my stuff if the watermark/username is included, but I appreciate the spirit of what you're doing

Nice sentiment but i really don't want people on facebook to have a link to my tumblr blog. thank god it's uncredited... been around a while my posts are always being stolen

The person Im thinking of flat out took OC memes from me and passed off my captions as his own. He gave me credit once from what I've seen and then the other times it looks like he made it up himself. I'm all for tossing memes out there and letting them be wild and free, but this guy twists it and uses it to beg for money on his page. He's got the lobes.

Why did they censor my pfp but not my username WHAT

damn. ig im famous now. better start lining up for autographs

People are posting me to Facebook???????

Damn... I'm not even mad about this tbh... someone thought my stupid post was good enough to steal and put on a facebook group 🤣🤣

disgusting

?!?!??!??!??!??!?!!!??!?

You know what I'm ok with Facebook enjoying this one I appreciate it being edited over them

This has never happened to me before

I honestly don’t mind seeing screen shots of my posts showing up elsewhere, it’s inevitable, but the nature of a screenshot shows the source of the post as well as the OP. But this crap is blatant plagiarism. Obviously this person is on tumblr, so I hope they see this. Please do better and have a smidgeon of integrity. Just give credit? It’s really not difficult? Thanks @stolentrekblr for the effort here.

Yooooo this is wild! Glad people like it I guess

This one ALMOST gives credit. But not quite. Could’ve just typed my handle in the post 🤷‍♀️ super easy, barely an inconvenience.

Come on... Just type "credit: *tumblr handle of the OP*" It's so easy not to be a spineless thief.

The watermark 🙄🙄

keep doing your thing op. you're like an archeologist but instead of screaming about how it belongs in a museum you are adamantly making sure people know where these things came from. i can't even fucking imagine the searching you have to do to find these posts. earlier today i couldn't find a post i had seen yesterday. keep it up!

I tracked down a post of mine that you found reposted on the data FB page, and left them a comment. "Hey look, its my post! didn't even crop out my tumblr url lmao. it was much more popular on my blog tho (1,817. notes)" They did not respond. 😒 It only got 344 reactions and 6 comments on the data page though... that page has like 38k followers... at least my posts do well when I post them myself on the Star Trek Shitposting page 🤣

I've made it. I have arrived. I got my 5 second shitpost lifted and put on another social media site, complete with a hazy photo overlay. I have won at Tumblr. I can rest now. I can rest.

Ohh yeah, this guy's a real loser. It's the WATERMARK for me 🙄

The HUBRIS!

ahh wow Ive never had a post escape containment before!! did they at least link back?

I am touched ^-^

plagiarism is the real problem. it gets worse when you see someone profit off the passions of other people in a fandom

well damn. and i'm here looking for employment...

sad to see someone else repost on fb and even watermark it. seriously what is up with the watermark over a screenshot of a tumblr post

Yeah. I think you're doing good work. I think exploitation is so baked into society that some people don't even realize when they are using the free labor of others for their own gain.

[amongsnot]

oh my god im so scared ive never posted art before please be nice

edit: tumblr made the image blurry so click on it for a better image :3

anyways i kind of want to create a spiderverse au comic with the nicktoon characters... instead of doing reference images though i wanted to do this undertale meme (don't worry ill do references soon)

this is what i imagine timmy to look like though, almost? ill go more in depth if i make a reference image of him, and a few details might change if i end up doing that, but this is the base design for his character

anyways ill try to finish a chapter of my text fic soon :) sorry for the wait!

[midiport]

could u explain the "she recovered" pic? i figure its a meme with awful backstory hence everyones tags but ive never seen it before

image thats been floating around the internet since like 2009 that got a good ending edit

[fragments-of-voices]

hi sorry to bother but how exactly does this work? as in, id like to help but ive never dubbed or edited anything,, , ever,,

OOOOOOO I GOTCHU DUDE!! And of course, before I start, I simply MUST make it known to you all, that in the Discord, there is a designated channel for server questions and audition assistance!

Also! if anything doesn’t make sense, it’ll make a lot more sense of you join the Discord and sneak a peak wink wink nudge nudge And while we do have many experienced fandub VAs that have been at this for a while, don’t let that deter you from trying! I mean I’m the owner and I use VERY limiting devices and programs, and quite frankly I’d love to help people just getting into the community!

Below the cut is the actual explanation for things- and while you’re at it everyone, please do consider checking out the FoV community- we’d love to see you there!

Basically, anyone ages 14 and up can audition for the following roles: Voice actor/VA, artist, editor, or event host/hostess! (Event Host is the only role below not explained, you just fill out the template and tell me why you wanna be a host)

For any audition, you fill out the necessary information (very quick, just basic stuff like name, pronouns, age range, etc) and attach the videos/files/images that showcase your talent. Of course, each template is a little different depending on the role, but you’ll simply have to see them for yourself ;3

Editor Audition Required Attachments: Anything you yourself have edited! A link a YouTube video, some funny shitposts, serious work- anything that you feel is good enough to showcase that you can use an editing program (I’m not picky which one) to make videos!!

Artist Audition Required Attachments: Anything YOU have drawn- old sketches, animation memes, ship art, self ship art, x reader art, professional work- I encourage you to show any art of yours you’d like!

VA Audition Required Attachments: This one’s a tad bit more lengthy! As VAs are required to speak and sing, you can imagine you’d need to showcase your singing ability too!

Let’s use a Hallritt audition as an example. For the speaking clips, you need to use at least 2-3 lines showcasing different tones of voice, so that we know you can voice him well.

Singing wise, you would need to send at least 15 seconds of singing using your Hallritt voice, using ANY song that either has him or his original VA singing in!

[exoticalmonde]

LUNDInium Outskirts /but it's her insane doodles/ PART IV

Me: *Casually watching my operators work on ZT-7 farming* Me: *Looks away for a second* Lessing: "Du kannst rennen, aber ich werde weiter jagen." Me:

I forgot I set all the Leithanien characters to German the day before...

--- Me: *In the base* Poz: "Doctor, if you insist on spending time together, how about we talk about your favourite books?" Me: *Pushes everything off my desk to clear space* "You just need to ask!"

--- There is no doodle for this one, but since it's HorseUncleTM merch, I wanted to show it off because the last part didn't actually feature what I was shown and how insane it looks knowing she has her entire desk COVERED with them.

---

How is RI-13 not broke yet living in holes, who knows...? Perhaps the rumours are correct and Dr. Lundi really dealing secretly with firearms on the black market of Sargon. ---

The event of Dr. Lundi half-crying on the bus back home because she couldn't stream to us BUYING the SKIN will be a core memory created based on eternal friendship. I will never be happier to wake up than I am when I see an 'Eve, can I be soggy again?' before being bombarded with Mlynar details and ramblings regardless of what I say.

There's a lot to unpack but I can't possibly ever talk about Mlynar the same way Lundi does in VC. She pulls up receipts proof of her words as well every time she mentions something.

--- We also have a new Pinkie sticker! Wahoo team!!!

Based on this --- Based on this post about our Arknights Yumeship's kid being bullied, I had a little spiral and was just thinking about different scenarios. Out of all the answers given, Kryo's is most direct and... very in character towards his sarkaz/draco child.

Lundi's also leaning towards physical aggression, instant retaliation for their little baba horse.

And then I just... imploded... (This was on the basis of the parents trying to justify their child's behaviour)

While Pinkie is not too interested on the aspect of children we've been trying to involve them more in the Yumeship questions just because their relationship with Swire/Chen is SO wholesome but they're shy to actually indulge. It's alright, we will always be there for the sugarbaby ultramind that is our friend.

You can see this conversation was very important to me.

Which is why this ART IS SO CUTE IM CRYING I LOVE THEM

---

Vigorously searched for the video, but basically, me and the Team were watching Unusual Memes from this one channel and one of them was of a guy who walked up to his neighbour/friend's home camera and said 'Well, you DON'T get to decide when to party, I want you around now.' And well... if that isn't Lundi pulling Dr. Eve out of bed during some of her emotional episodes.

In reference to this, Dr. Pinkie was upset Lundi wasn't just breaking down my door because she usually does that without asking. So some edits were applied and a part 2 has been added:

We all loved everything about this. Thank you Pinkie for always being some of the best designers and always editing things in the funniest way possible.

Me: "It looks like I'm getting kidnapped." Lundi: "Child napper."

... ... ... I JUST NOTICED THIS GIF WAS CREATED??!?!?!?!?!?!?

I'M GETTING TURNED INTO SOURDOUGH HELP ME --- Pinkie stealing Dr. Lundi's food.

--- God forbid I ever sneeze in call

--- And as some of the final doodles there's for this part, allow me a little TW about bugs because I am absolutely terrified of this thing and I am afraid that its arms are longer than mine so I can't even come into reach to kill it.

It's not my fault people make shelves so high up.

[gophergal]

I KNOW THE AUDIO FROM MEET THE SCOUT HOLY SHIT THAT'S WHERE THAT'S FROM?!?!?!?!??!???????!? (also mild gender envy but from what outsider knowledge i have I think this isn't rare amongst the people????)

Getting into TF2 was a huge case of "holy shit, that's the origin of that?" for me, too. I never realized how big an influence that franchise has had on internet culture before, but it's genuinely massive

And yeah, lmao. A lot of folks have Big Gender Envy for the funny Scoot. Gimme a sec I need to find that one meme I like about this.....

(ah fuck I can't find it rn. But it's the one with "Transmasc Transition Goals vs Transfemme Transition Goals" but someone said "Ive never met a transguy who hasn't wanted to look like at least one of the Mercs, so someone edited the meme to have the team lineup)

Anyway, I may not consider myself Transmasc, but Medic gives me HELLA gender envy. I wanna be that freaky motherfucker so goddamn bad. He's masc in a bird way and I NEED to be that like I need air to breathe

[wygolvillage]

a new year's resolution

well, as of 2024 i’ve decided i will no longer be posting on tumblr... this shouldnt be the hugest surprise since ive been pretty critical of staff, the over-monetization of the website, the site culture, and the user experience for the past year and gradually reducing my time spent scrolling the ol’ dashboard- ive even mentioned my intent to eventually leave; well, that eventually is now! gradually ive found myself analyzing the effect that using tumblr for 7+ years has had on me, and the effects of social media in general.

ive never had to write a goodbye letter like this before. while ive joined and left several online platforms over the years, its always been a gradual fade in interest rather than a conscious decision to stop. never have i used a platform as long as ive used tumblr, over 1/3 of my life. ive grown up with tumblr, for better or worse. how do you write a goodbye for that? i guess ill have to try my best. because as important as tumblr was for me, ive recognized the way its hurt me too.

finding other avenues of online self-expression particularly has made me think a lot about this. when i edit my website i feel accomplished, happy, and content, feeling i have put something of myself out into the world, my seed to grow and garden to tend. when i scroll through tumblr i feel as if my brain is mostly idle, and when i do emotionally respond its often out of anger or annoyance, because anger = engagement and social media sites like tumblr WANT engagement. particularly because i have OCD ive found myself upset by certain aspects of tumblr discourse culture, as well- it is basically the Scrupulosity Website and much of the way i react to and interact with media has been colored by my years spent absorbing the viewpoints of said Scrupulosity Website! i even used to look up discourse topics on tumblr just to anger myself on purpose, which is a dangerous road to go down, to build up Enemies and Factions in your mind- this is how discourse culture works. the culture of tumblr teaches you to see the world in black and white, and to feel like youre always in danger of compromising your moral purity or being attacked by the morally impure. If You Don’t Reblog This You Are A Bad Person. even as someone who nowadays tries to stay away from discourse entirely, its still there in the back of my mind, because the way we interact on this website is colored by this. when im online i dont actually want to be angry all the time! in fact i like putting my effort towards more positive stuff. but additionally: tumblr made me unhappy but it also made me an addict

and yeah social media addiction sounds like a silly boomer thing to complain about but one thing i noticed when i started trying to curb my time spent on tumblr was that opening the site was damn near compulsive. we all know those “open tumblr, close tumblr, open tumblr again immediately after” memes but that did describe my behavior pretty accurately. the draw and allure of social media feeds is powerful, if i accidentally click the youtubes short tab ill find myself a half hour later scrolling through random shit i don't care about and asking well how the hell did i get here? i dont even like that stuff! tumblr is no different no matter how much the site tries to coast on the reputation of being the last social media that's a “remnant of the old web” and “has no algorithm”. i like my chronological dash but it is equally as addicting to scroll through the thousands of people ive followed over the years, as it is to scroll through the algorithmic feeds of youtube shorts, because that's just social media!

and kicking addiction is pretty damn hard. before 2023, i made two separate attempts at reducing my tumblr usage and both fell through within a week due to that addiction. for reference this current bought of thoughts about reducing my tumblr usage and making my online/irl balance more healthy, around the start of 2023 when i began working on my website and its taken me an entire year to wean myself off of the hellsite, bit by bit. theres a point where it stopped being a conscious act, and even as i was carefully whittling down how often i use tumblr with extensions like leechblock i still had that compulsion go off multiple times every day, its a really strange feeling. but now that ive found so many more ways to express myself online, i just feel more whole now... i guess what im saying is that when i post on tumblr my first instinct is to complain or wallow about something, when i post on my own handmade blog on my website i always want to talk about things that excite me or make me happy! and its been such a tangible change in the way i think and act and im certain its because of the way social media and tumblr have their own “societal expectations” and structure that is built to feed on this negativity loop.

and a lot of the biggest shifts happened when i began immersing myself in the ideals of the web revival, while creating my own website. finding things that genuinely interested me and niches i want to occupy made me so much happier. i know we make a lot of jokes about having mutuals we never talk to that mean the world to us and i do think that is indicative of something. like, when i post on a forum full of strangers i am engaging with more “face to face” (or the digital equivalent) communication than i do with years-long mutuals. how genuine are these connections, this dashboard, the enjoyment i got from that meme post ill forget in 10 minutes? (not to say that i don’t genuinely care abt my followers and mutuals. ykwim?) i can still get all the things i enjoy out of tumblr in a more curated form via rss feeds; ive been so much more proud of what i post and create and code on my website. what am i here for? i gradually realized that i am losing absolutely nothing when i “miss out” or block tumblr on my phone or what have you.

since starting working on my neocities site ive felt so much creative drive. ive created whole interactive essays and worlds and games and writings and so many things i could never host on social media. my website is a place of my very own, and ive been learning the value of focusing on what i put out into the net compared to what i take from it. its made me feel so much more fulfilled when i spend time online.

and let's not forget about staff. i have broader issues with how automattic in particular has gone about running the site. the ads only took up more and more of the dashboard, and every month it felt like there was some new paid feature doomed to never take off. all while the user experience gradually degraded. using the site without browser extensions to fix the ui and block the ads and tumblr live and all the other shit they threw all over the place makes it look like its ridden with viruses, and i think the fact that its become so normalized to feel like we have to stay in spaces that become increasingly hostile to us, even while the internet is so vast, is really strange (i mean, i also thought that way at first). but Anyway. so much time and effort was spent on features no one liked or wanted in some desperate attempt to get a little extra money, while staff members get in public fights with users who complain about getting monetization shoved down their throat. its so openly pathetic. the merch store had mostly mediocre designs and the digital tumblrmart is absolutely full of useless digital goods with free alternatives. considering this is a userbase that gladly donates to other sites donation drives for hosting costs (i.e. ao3, wikipedia, internet archive), i am shocked that staff never considered the obvious answer of a fucking donation drive once a year or so! the ceo telling people with concerns about the ads being unsafe for epilepsy to “just pay the ad free subscription” is one of the most disgusting things ive ever heard from someone officially representing such a platform. do not be fooled by the reputation tumblr has cultivated: all that it cares about is making money from you. tumblr is “in danger” because it can't turn a profit- because a profit is all they care about!

so why stay here when im happier elsewhere, apart from the addictive compulsion? that's what ive been thinking through for nearly a year, realizing that i have no reason to, and that weaning myself off of the addiction is in my best interest. i can create and blog and have fun online and connect with others and follow other peoples work all without the need for tumblr anymore! and i think id be all the healthier for it.

over the past year ive truly fallen in love with the internet again and ive loved putting myself out there, unrestrained in ways i havent felt since i was very young. but nonetheless ive learned a lot on tumblr, ive had some of the worst and best experiences of my online life, and i dont doubt that i would be a much different person if i had never been a tumblr user for as long as i was. but i had to break out of this shell eventually.

i keep going over this wondering how i can express every feeling in my head, how i can word everything just a little better, how i can make the perfect goodbye. but i think this will have to suffice.

you can still keep up with me online here:

-explore my website: i keep it consistently updated and im always adding new things and writing new posts on my blog! you can even speak to me directly on the site! if you sign my guestbook or use my chatbox ill try to respond :) if theres anything on this list you do id like it to be this one! i worked hard on it! you can even send me chat messages on my homepage! just keep in mind it may not display everything right on most mobile browsers, but it should be mostly navigable...

you can also subscribe to my rss feed. if you don't know what rss is, it allows you to use a feed reader to keep up with updates from sites all over the internet! my rss feed will notify you whenever ive made a new post on my blog or made an interesting edit on my site id like you to take a peek at :0 convenient, right?

you can also email me at wygolvillage@gmail.com to message me directly. if you prefer im also “wygolvillage” on discord

thank you and happy new years :) thanks for seeing me off as i sail to a new sunrise <3

[midirecovery]

pt 2

ive known jett since hs. it wasn't until over 2 yrs ago that we really started talking. we reunited at savannah's bday at casino and ended up talking in the parking lot in 30degree weather until 4am. we had a ton in common and the chemistry was palpable. we said gn and went our separate ways. kept texting n stuff but nothing crazy, just regular stuff that didn't cross any boundaries.

we ended up meeting up for drinks again at casino with sav and her bf at the time so that it wouldnt be weird or a date since i had been dating a* for about 6 months at that point. sav and deonte ended up leaving and jett and i stayed behind cuz we were emphatically talking. at one point when he went up to go get another drink, he put his hand firmly on my thigh as he got up and my face went red hot and i had to look down. after a beat i looked up and saw that ~~~max deems~~~ and the blank hellscape boys were there, of all fucking people, and kinda thought maybe he clocked that. after everything max and i have been thru 😅😅😅 obviously that night didn't end with anything crazy, we both went back to our separate homes very respectfully. he did flirt with me hard after, he sent me a romeo void song that was super overt; never say never. lol. but i was pretty clear that im in a relationship and can't flirt or anything and he backed off.

it's been pretty chill and friendly since then. just occasionally talk about things culturally, books, music, art, hentai lol, creativity, macabre shit, yadda yadda.

one of the sick n twisted things is that he's slept with my sister before when they were teenagers. i developed some complexes from having a hot older sister 😅 she was extremely sexually active so my own dating pool was limited and risky once i started dating in the city. i always intentionally avoided anyone that's been with her. so this is one that's freaking me out. am i a conquest?

we bonded over the edgier things; i had just gone thru my old web forums phase and discovered a lot of things such as cutedeadguys.net, and i didn't realize i was talking to the necrophilia guy. well obviously not really lol. but he is also an edgy pervert (!) and that's an aspect of myself that i can't really share irl. so it feels really nice to be recognized and matched in this way. i saw him again at sav's bday at the end of january a few months ago and it was a little awkward - the tension was definitely there. kinda avoided him even tho i was excited to see him. we ended up sitting next to each other around the fire and getting into deep convo. it was really fun!! and deonte did a great job playing goalie making sure it wasn't getting weird lol. it feels weird; ik savannah kinda likes him, or is bonded with him, and then there's the whole thing with my sister. it is just too weird.

now, he's being so sweet that i'm starting to get turned off. i have a hard time trusting it. also what will come of it? what's the point? am i being naiive?

one thing that i find really endearing about him is that he's a freak lol. can't get over the fact that he said he's in craigslist and fbmktplace looking for prosthetics in the hopes of meeting a cute amputee girl. and that his hobby is trying to figure out how to edit his dick pics just enough to where IG won't remove them from his stories. once he took a full body dick pic completely in the buff in the lobby of his tat shop where someone could just walk on by. i think it's so funny. i sent him a funny meme that was referencing when your friends post nudes in their stories "who are you to get me wet!" ramona singer. then idk how it went from there to us admitting that we both have crushes on each other, but we were both also drawing the line like im in a relationship!! the convo moved on and we talked normally.

the next day he posted on his close friends story a collage - his overt nudes, a tattoo of a sacred heart on a sternum, a cute pic with a gory body, and in the center a video that revealed that he had tagged a wall with a message super huge: "hi eva i hope u r having a good day!!!" all set to my favorite song of all time - goodbye horses q laz. lmfao. i sat there at work with my mouth actually agape. the whole thing felt like a love note. like a valentine. i went to go find the wall in the daylight the next day after he sent me the coordinates - a dick scavenger hunt. i took some pics down in the stairwell where the tag was. nobody had ever thought to do something like that for me. :( now there's a big wall with my name on it. it's a cute gesture to me. i sent him the photos.

now it's getting kinda crazy. we had this whole long talk. he said he'd wait for me, essentially. that he would do everything he can to make me happy and to make all my dreams and fantasies come true. that he's not going anywhere and even the thought of something happening with me in the future is enough for him. he asks me how my day is. he says "i hope you feel as pretty as you are today." he tells me im on his mind constantly and his motivation. when he was telling me that he's had feelings for me for a long time, he was listing memories like the first night at sav's bday party, and also that he's even jerked off to the notification of me liking one of his instagram story dick pics. and then proceeded to whip out a screenshot of that notification so fast so i knew he wasnt lying. he is incredibly attentive and soooo emotionally available lol. we've talked about sex before and we are definitely matched, both in libido and styles.

it's all so much. i kinda have a hard time believing him now- like, who else has he told this to? if he's just freeballin saying this sort of stuff i have a hard time not being yucked out at the thought of him treating any other woman like this atm. i just can't be sure that it's authentic. the other thing is that his dick is an anomaly - i have no idea how he doesn't faint every time he gets hard. i think he's a slut lol. he's definitely been slutty towards me. so i'm not sure if he's being emotionally authentic or if it's a wants-what-he-cant-have situation. somebody being porn-addicted is a hard pass for me in every way. considering that we've connected on a genuine level and have spent a lot of time talking about many things, there's a bona fide friendship there. like it's not like meeting on a dating app or anything. also if this were a legitimate thing i could never bring him home bc of my sister lol. also he is like.. jacked. which i don't like. but he talks a big game so it's easier to look past.

today he sent me a little collage that was like an overview of his day. in it, he had edited a photo of me to be asuka in the hospital scene from nge. he added pics of his morning wood (attributed to me), another similar photo, a pic of the book he was reading, a pic of him walking his dog, his breakfast, a pic of the painting he was working on, and a pic of the relic of mary magdalene. once again, a little valentine. it's getting really hard to keep my head clear

[actualbird]

pardon me! I wanted to try the game tears of thermos, but I’m a little nervous since I don’t play these type of games. Do you have any advice on how to best enjoy myself and invest in its world/characters?

hi anon!!! im so glad you wanna try out tot!!! i do have some tips, but before i go there i must inform you that autocorrect mustve done something to your message because you said tears of thermos and i cldnt rest until i edited a meme of that

sjfhavkkHJVKJHJKSD OKAY ANYWAY, TIPS!!!!

im particularly interested in how you worded this ask!! ive had a lot of people ask me tips on how to start tot (and the relevant ones, i'll link in this ask too) but never on a narrative investment/immersion angle. so my tips for this will be a bit different

but before that, here are my past tips from my tot tips tag

general tips for a newbie (gameplay tips and story tips)

how to "predict" upcoming events

tot stories in chronological order (only updated til july 2022)

now for your question i guess my biggest tip would really just be to treat tears of themis like a visual novel that just so happens to update with more stories.

idk how much of a newbie you are to this genre, but when i got into this game i had NEVER played any other otome before in my life. so it was all new to me!! and i basically treated it like an updating visual novel, this is My Method, and that got me quite invested (as is obvious from my entire blog). so when i say "treat it like a visual novel" i mean:

im personally not particularly a card completionist or a gacha enthusiast. which, hell yeah, this game wont bankrupt me LOL. but also, since cards are the main way where new nxx boy stories are released through, for any card i dont have, i just watch it on youtube. because basically every card, event plot, minigame, etc gets uploaded by someone a little bit after its release. so if youre bummed you missed an event card but you dont really Want the card, you just want its story, just search it on youtube!! search [card name/event name] + [whichever language dub you prefer] + tears of themis and voila! new story for you to read!!!

if you want plot = read Main Story. this is where all the heavy main plot happens and it is SO GRIPPING AND RIVETING.

if you want character development and relationship development between mc and each boy = read Personal Story Bloom Chapter, and then the respective nxx boy's Anniversary 1 card, Personal Story Sweet Chapter 1 and 2, and then the respective nxx boy's Anniversary 2 card. the personal story routes (aka the routes where mc eventually ends up with the boy romantically) are where a BULK of characterization and character development happens, imo

if you want romance and oneshot dates = explore the available cards!!! the tot wiki has an archive of all the available cards per boy on each of the characters' main pages. for example, here's luke's page. scroll down to the cards section and Behold. Luke Stories As Far As The Eye Can See

these pages dont have the story transcribed in them, but theyre great to use as a directory or a map of cards. so if any of the cards catch your eye, then take urself to youtube to find the card and voila (again)! new story for u to experience!

(note: SSRs always have a full 6 act story. SRs either have a 6 act story that is unvoiced, OR 2 voice messages. MRs always have 2 voice messages. R cards have no story and no voice messages)

if you want nxx team dynamics = read and/or play the events!!!! this is my favorite thing, the tot events are a treasure trove of fun cases and awesome team dynamics. in the game itself, some of the big events are available as DLC for anybody to play themselves at any time. to get there, X-NOTE Story -> lower and rightmost button Event -> upper and rightmost button Past.

if theres anything i would reccommend the MOST, itd be to download and pllay the event Mysteries of the Lost Gold. it's so good. it's my favorite event story. trust me on this

i hope these tips can help!!! happy playing :DDD

[monsterrae1]

📈📈Fic's stats meme📉📉

Rules: give us the links to your fic with the most hits, second most kudos, third most comments, fourth most bookmarks, fifth most words, and fic with the least words.

Tagged by @exhuastedpigeon @loserdiaz @disasterbuckdiaz @hippolotamus @honestlydarkprincess @wildlife4life

Most hits:

Till now I always got by on my own (I never really cared until I met you)

After Abby packed her bags and left, Buck felt suffocated by LA and the reminders of her, so he throws himself into his work until Bobby makes him take some vacation time, Buck ends up taking a small roadtrip from Texas to LA, until his jeep breaks down in El Paso and he finds himself pulled to his mechanic and his adorable son, and somehow finds himself staying in Texas trying to help them get a surgery for Chris, when other options don´t work, Buck decides to ask Eddie to marry him so he can use his insurance. Sure things can´t get too complicated right?

Second most kudos:

You're not my homeland anymore (so who am i defending now?)

Buck thought that he and Eddie were in the same page, when Eddie starts dating Ana its very clear that they werent, so whos gonna mend Buck's broken heart?

Third most comments:

Tumblr prompt dumps

Collection of prompts ive answered on my tumblr, figured they could be accesible in one place.

Fourth most bookmarks:

Suddenly thunder and everything's changed

Before Eddie even transferred to the UCLA medical center ER’s rotation Buck was already a house hold name, during Eddie’s very first week he had heard the horror stories about the accident-prone firefighter who had been brough in after a firetruck had crushed one of his legs, had an pulmonary embolism during his recovery, he’d been caught in a tsunami a few weeks after the embolism, and one of the nurses even told Eddie that he had been brought in after chocking on bread and having to have an emergency field tracheostomy while on a date. Eddie thought he was ready to meet the firefighter, he expected some cute dude, charming enough to have all the nurses wrapped around his fingers, he was not ready for the 6’2” Adonis with the most adorable smile he had ever seen that was currently lying on his ER bed with a busted lip. “Mr. Buckley I assume” Eddie said walking to him, Buck nodded at him. “That would be me, have they warned you about me?” * Eddie's the newest ER Doctor in UCLA, he never thought his new beginning would mean he'd fall in love with a firefighter, he never expected the firefighter to be taken away from him by a lightning strike

Fifth most words:

It's the Tumblr prompts dump again

Least words:

Tumblr prompts dump sterek edition

Collection of prompts ive answered on my tumblr, figured they could be accesible in one place, this time for Sterek

Tagging if they wanna do this @brokenribsdiaz @loveyourownsmiilee @cowboy-buddie @buddierights @alyxmastershipper @heartshapedvows @prettyboybuckley @rogerzsteven @bigfootsmom @spotsandsocks @giddyupbuck @jesuisici33 @folk-fae @housewifebuck @elvensorceress @shortsighted-owl @the-likesofus and whoever else wants to do it!

[calsvoid]

writing meme: about me

i got tagged by @lusthurts so thank you for that <3

1. How did you get into writing fanfiction?

ive been into writing for years before i got into fanfiction specifically so i guess just from reading fanfiction i guess, but if you want a longer story, i got more interested in writing from roleplaying on amino and got into fanfiction because the fandom i was in at the time got OBSESSED with this one popular work and i just HAD to check it out

2. How many fandoms have you written in?

officially, my ao3 account only has glee works rn but i do have a 911 fic im working on and i do want to venture into more fandoms, but i don’t really have the confidence to do so yet

3. How many years have you been writing fanfiction?

i’ve been trying since 2020 to be more of a fanfic writer but never actually got anything solid until 2023 so 1-4 years depending on how you see it

4. Do you read or write more fanfiction?

definitely read im a slowass writer and part of that is because im too busy reading fanfiction instead of writing

5. What is one way you've improved as a writer?

overall in the years i’ve been a writer, i feel like i’m better at portraying characters as well rounded and creating characters that aren’t just one stereotype. when it comes to my time as a fanfic writer, im better at writing actual scenes rather than just random narration

6. What's the weirdest topic you researched for a writing project?

the probability of survival when falling from certain heights. also ohio the glee writers were cruel for making their show based in fucking ohio of all places

7. What's your favorite type of comment to receive on your work?

i’m honestly not picky i love all types of comments, but if i really had to choose, it���d probably be any that point out a specific part or line or whatever in my writing. it makes me so happy when people have some detail stick with them

8. What's the most fringe trope/topic you write about?

i honestly haven’t done anything too intense in my writing i think the most out there i’ve gotten is just emotional infidelity and that’s just standard for seblaine. i do plan on killing blaine in one wip of mine, but it’s just an idea for now because i’ve got other shit to focus on

9. What is the hardest type of story for you to write?

longer stories are literally impossible for me. i absolutely SUCK at writing anything longer than a couple thousand words and even that is hard for me. smut is also hard but that’s because i haven’t bothered to write smut, so different vibes

10. What is the easiest type?

well if you see how many hurt no comfort fics i’ve published it’s obvious fluff is what i’m best at. but yeah short vignette angsty stories are super easy for me to write. it’s just 50% projection and 50% exaggeration and 100% gay, so no problem there

11. Where do you do your writing? What platform? When?

i often write at home, on my notes app, at any point of the day, and i post all my stuff on ao3. i will sometimes edit on my laptop on google docs, but i get lazy too and so my latest fics have been mostly raw and unedited.

12. What is something you've been too nervous/intimidated to write, but would love to write one day?

smut and literally any ship that isn’t seblaine and also longer works. i’d love to be one of those writers who comes out with these multi chapter masterpieces but i’m just not right now. i’ve had ideas for other ships too, but i never really flesh them out because they’re usually stuff that would span across thousands of words and i don’t have the time, energy, nor skill level to do that yet. and again, for smut, i just never bother, and while i think im never going to be the explicit sex scenes type of writer, i love the angst potential of it

13. What made you choose your username?

acedisgrace is a name i’m like 85% sure i saw a joke about from a stolen tumblr post on instagram and i was like hey im asexual and a disappointment haha what if i change my discord name to that and then eventually when i got an ao3 account, i just went with it because i saw it was available there too. as for calsvoid, they’re my initials and i spew whatever bullshit i want on tumblr and also i wish i didn’t have a body and instead was an amorphous blob of nothingness

i don’t really know who to tag that i haven’t already seen tag so anyone who would like to do this can