#probably not. i hope not. id like to think this site has some people that can read in it

[kakusboyfriend]

Saw someone with a Kaku icon in my notifs and just started going No. No. No no no no. No.

Like sorry man, it's nothing personal. I don't know why I can't stand the thought of strangers even liking him as a character, but it genuinely makes me unwell most of the time.

I'll get over it someday, because I know it does me absolutely no good, but like I said countless times - this year has been inhumane to me so I get irrationally territorial sometimes. I need to sniff you thru a closed door before I trust you.

[ryanyflags]

A List of Gender Terms !

So I disappeared for 2 months, but I finally completed this project! :D (Though I've been making some random posts talking about it, so it's not like I was really gone, or what I was working on wasn't obvious.)

It started off as me having trouble keeping track of a couple gender terms (and also not knowing they existed before, since I've never really seen people talk about them), then I thought I should make a list, and if I was going to do that I might as well post it to help other people too. Which I started out trying to make that list on Tumblr, but I found it too limiting so I moved to google docs, which I also found too limiting (I just couldn't achieve my vision, if you will), and now I know html and css.

As usual, I kinda overdid it, but I think I should be a little proud of myself. I had 0 knowledge of html and css, and 2 months later I've made my own website. (I could have made it much quicker, but I often had to take breaks, a bit overwhelmed by all that new stuff.)

Anyways, it has a ton of terms on there.

I have sections for nonbinary, abinary, midbinary, atrinary, midtrinary, androgyne, agender, neutrois, maverique, ilyagender, aporagender, outherine, kenochoric, and xenogender.

For 7 categories (sex terms, adult, general term, child, gender quality, gender-quality-in-nature genders, and spectrum / -iagender spectrum).

And they all have sources on both Archive Today, Wayback Machine, and if still existing, the original post too. (At least to the best of my abilities, and there are a couple of exceptions that I couldn't figure out.)

I did put effort into this, but it's possible I missed something. So if I made a mistake anywhere, or if anyone has any extra information to add on, or if you just have some comments, you can tell me. My ask box is open, but comments on this post would probably be fine too.

Also, I checked on a couple of different browsers, mobile too, and read up on web accessibility and checked and all that (I tried using a screen reader, I'm not a pro at it though, so it's possible I may have missed something obvious), so I hope the website itself is useable. But if there's any bugs there, just tell me (it'll be appreciated).

I'm also thinking of making another compilation, but for flags (for all of the terms listed here), and maybe orientations too, but maybe later haha

I also don't know how to write a image id for the top picture, if anyone wants to write to one I'll add it.

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Below the cut is a short little video scrolling through the site.

[dedalvs]

ive done a lot of translating to high valyrian in my day and id like to think im pretty good at it sometimes (the way ive spent literal hours researching how just one piece of grammar works to change a noun to an adverb or something is maybe insane)

anyway all that to say i usually know what to look for and how to apply it, but i am struggling with this new bit im trying to translate. “i disdain all glittering gold.”

ive replaced disdain with hate cause there doesnt seem to be a word for disdain in valyrian and hate is the closest approximation. same with glittering — replaced that with shine, and had to manually transform that to an adjective (jehikagon -> jehikere? dunno if its right)

so what i have now is “nyke buqan unir jehikere aeksion”

(im not as concerned with getting the word order right as i am with the rest of the grammar)

ive learned from a previous answer “nyke” is potentially (probably) unnecessary here, so that leaves it as “buqan unir jehikere aeksion,” but the unir there in the middle kinda makes it feel off and im not sure if maybe that also needs to be part of a compound word like valar or how to make it one if so because idk what part of valar is all and what part is men and how to fit aeksion into that equation.

i lost track of what my question was originally meant to be but i guess im wondering if im on the right track and if theres some guidance you may have to get me all the way there.

thank you for your time 🙏

Uhhhhhh... Not to be that dude, but...maybe be more concerned with that...?

I'm not sure if you know about this site, but my wiki is exhaustively updated with respect to High Valyrian, specifically. There's a team of people that work on High Valyrian and it's massive. For example, you could go to the entry for jehikagon and see that jehikere is wrong: it should be jehikare. And, of course, it has to agree with āeksion (note the long ā), so it should be jehikarior. To get the sense of repetitiveness (with "glittering"), you might add ā- to the front, so ājehikarior.

Now for "all", why not use the collective? This is how you get "All men must die", so it should work for "I distain all glittering gold". That would be āeksior. Of course, it would need to be in the accusative, so altogether it would be ājehikarior āeksȳndi. By adding the repetitive you kind of get the aliteration, too, since they both begin with ā.

Finally you have "disdain", for which buqagon serves. Aside from sound a little more posh, the difference between "disdain" and "hate" in English seems to be one of duration. The words "disdain" and "loathe" seem to emphasize that this is a character trait rather than a reaction. If you disdain something, you've given it some thought, have experience with it, and may use this as a way of describing or characterizing yourself. You can do this with "hate" as well, but it's a much more common word, and so can be used in other more basic ways, whereas "disdain" and "loathe" tend to only have specalized uses. To try to approximate this, you could use the frequentative with buqagon to imply a lengthy duration. That would give you jobuqan "I disdain". In fact, you could even use the aorist if you really wanted to imply that it was a description of yourself, i.e. jobuqin.

Now that you have the pieces, though, I really hate to say it, but the words must be in the right order. I mean, you can change the order of the noun and adjective, if you'd like, but you simply cannot put the verb first and think you've created a Valyrian sentence. It's not just "kind of" wrong: it's completely wrong. It'd be like suggesting "I him saw" is close enough in English because the forms are correct. It's not. It's wrong. This is not a minor part of the grammar you can ignore. High Valyrian is aggressively verb-final. The verb must be at the end.

All in all, that gives you:

Ājehikarior āeksȳndi jobuqin.

Hope that helps!

[triglycercule]

which sans aus do i think would believe in climate change challenge GO

horror: really sans (and by extension any classic variant) would believe in climate change due to being former scientists. like what type of scientist DOESN'T believe in climate change. so horror would believe in climate change but he'd be really damn pessimistic about it (because he's an asshole!) like he genuinely wouldn't care at all. sometimes on bad days he purposely litters. on really hot/cold days as a result of climate change he'd complain and start considering bring environmentally friendly. but he never does. horror wouldn't care at all

killer: he would believe in climate change but he similarly to horror wouldn't care. because he simply has more important things to care about (kities :3 nightmare :3) he thinks those things are somehow above climate change (dumbass!!!! nightmare would melt like wax because of climate change) but when faced with the reality that things are actually being affected by climate he'd be like damn.... this shit id actually happening and i'm contributing to it.... but then he'd immediately move on and get back to more important business

dust: climate change believer but he just does not care. like he tries not to be wasteful and litter and he probably properly uses a recycling bin but in the end he doesn't really give a shit if his efforts are really helping. also he kinda forgets sometimes and that's really not helping the globe. dust would bring it up in fights that he recycles and then people (horror an killer) would shit on him for A. being a pretentious stuck up dick who thinks hes better than everyone for being environmental and B. because he's a goddamn hypocrite that doesn't even stick to his own recycling goals. goddamn asshole

nightmare: he's smart enough to know that climate change does exist but he purposely pretends that it isn't real to piss people off (and get those delicious delicious negative emotions :3) and he'd do it so confidently and he'd belittle you so much that either you get so pissed off and irritated at him or you start questioning yourself and if climate change actually IS real? he'd make up fake sources for climate change being fake and site the mtt as his source because they used to be scientists 💀💀

ink: this fella doesn't even know what day of the week it is do you think they would remember climate change??? absolutely not. anyways ink probably has it scrawled down on his scarf: CLIMATE CHANFE EXISTS. IT WILL KILL THE CREATORS/CREATIONS. but then he still doesn't manage to remember it!!!! but if they could genuinely remember everyday i think ink would try to use less earth harmful stuff for his art and try to be environmentally friendly. key word TRY. this is the guy that goes around teleporting and fighting with ink they would litter the substance everywhere

dream: he really really struggled with grappling with the concept that YES climate change exists. YES there is enough trash out there to kill the earth. YES there is not much he can do about it. like every moral dilemma question about climate change was asked by dream (to swap) and he's very upset about climate change prior to maturing. but after maturing he knows that he can't do much to help climate change but he is FERVENTLY environmentally friendly and tries to remind everyone around him to help the earth (without shoving it down their throats because he's nice like that). if dream had the time he would probably start a nonprofit for helping the earth. he would start a nonprofit for everything actually. modern au dream where he has several nonprofit organizations to help various causes. someone out there's gonna love this idea

swap: he does. i think he would make a joke about it at first when being asked like CLIMATE'S CHANGING? I HOPE HER NEW OUTFIT LOOKS GREAT! or some dumbass fucking joke like that but this guy is even more environmentally friendly than dream. he goes to RALLIES for the environment. he would use environmentally friendly soaps and even fucking kitchen utensils. this guy is just here for saving the earth. he wants to really really believe that big corporations don't mean bad with pollution but he knows. theres no convincing himself that big corp wants to save the earth. even someone like swap who always has hope can't convince himself of that shit

cross: he would obviously believe in climate change. i actually don't know if theres someone here that i don't thinm believes in climate change yet. anyways cross would and he'd recycle regularly and try to be good at it. but accidents happen and he messed up his recycling sometimes and then he feels bad for it because the goddamn earth is gonna die if he doesn't at least contribute his part. cross is baffled by people who don't believe in it the same way i am at flat earthers. like HELLOthe rising temperatures are right there!!!!

error: doesn't care. he lives in the antivoid climate change doesn't effect him. also it would just make his job easier :3 error LAUGHS in the face of rising temperatures

now you may ask why did you decide to post this. but what you should really be asking is why not shouldn't i have posted this. the question was clearly on everyone's minds. i was just the only one brave enough to step up and determine if these fictional characters would care about our world melting to death (OBVIOUSLY)

[ens-70s-and-80s-stuff]

Why Belushi's presentation makes me skeptical about Saturday Night

a short essay, if you will. ive seen other people's opinions posted around 70s Comedian Tumblr, and I'm wondering on y'alls takes on this.

I feel like there are a few things that rub me the wrong way about Saturday Night, the movie about SNL's first episode, coming out next month. Most of the issues I have with it are smaller; Little issues I can look at and say "Huh. That's a little lame, but that won't make or break it."

But in the trailers, there's one thing that stood out to me as the issue that really made me worry about what this movie was going to be. It's the way they've presented John Belushi. The movie seems to present him as two things:

The Bee Guy

The Guy With Issues

These two little details are the things that really rub me the wrong way, because they seem to be not very faithful to who Belushi was as a person. So I wanna argue my points really quick, and see what the fellow comedy/SNL/John B fans think.

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The Bee Guy

This is the part that I feel is a little more straightforward to explain. Probably a solid half, maybe more, of the clips we see of Belushi have him in his bee costume. Which isn't inherently a problem, but its important to note that John infamously hated doing the bee skits, and he was frustrated about being known as the Bee Guy.

To be fair, I think we will see much more of John not in the costume in the actual film itself. But it feels a little disrespectful to present him as "Hey! You remember those bee sketches from classic SNL? Look, this is the guy who did the bee bits!" in the advertising. especially considering- many members of my generation dont know John- or at least, dont know him very well. so a lot of people might see the ads, or see the movie, and walk away thinking of John as the Bee Guy.

And honestly, I know the bee thing probably isn't much of a big deal, but feels just a little inconsiderate imo.

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The Guy With Issues

This is the bigger thing, the thing that really worries me about this movie. It stood out to me in the trailers that, in so many scenes and press photos...

...they almost seem to be going for this aggressive, grumpy, moody asshole.

That's what worries me. The idea that this movie might be Wired all over again. I'm worried that this movie will present John as this cracked out, violent, fucked up guy.

And of course, John was not perfect. The man had his demons. But I'm talking about this in the context of Reitman's creative direction. He told these actors not to study the people they were playing, or talk to them. So if Wood didn't decide to do research anyway like Smith did, would be going only off of what he knows, or what he's heard about John.

And I'm just saying. Before I got into this fandom, all I knew about John was that he was some crack addict who (and I no longer believe in this following rumor) cheated on his wife. What I knew about John was what gossip sites parroted from Wired. So who knows what Wood has heard about John.

So I'm worried that this movie will follow in Wired's footsteps. That it'll choose the sensation of a selfish, angry crack addict over a faithful representation of the person John actually was.

----- But Who Knows?

Maybe the movie will surprise us. While I do have VERY strong doubts about the writing and creative choices for this movie, there are some talented people working on this film. And of course, an advertisement isn't always a truly accurate representation of the final product. Maybe the film will prove to be a decent take on John when its not just the scenes picked for a quick ad. Maybe Wood did his research anyway and just hasn't mentioned it. I hope we get something better than what the trailer showed us.

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So yeah, that's my thoughts on what we know about this film so far lmao. Like I said, yall are free to comment or whatever and share your opinions, cause id really like to know more about what the rest of the fandom is thinking.

[octoxicash]

abandoning down all my twt accs for the forseeable future for real now, wiping my public accs art too sometime today

some thoughts on it bc i feel a bit emotional abt it? is that stupid? over twt?? . idk give me better things to think abt or draw in my inbox or smthn

my OctoXicAsh twt acc was literally my first acc under that name, ig besides my Splatoon 2 acc where i adopted it. like before that it was shit like. CattyKat or smthn. i know ShadowKat or UltimateKat was one at some point. that user is probably still out there somewhere on League or smthn. stupid shit shit like that but not ME yknow?. OctoXic / OtoXicAsh was like my first For Real Me usernames ever and obviously i still use it to this day. so that acc feels special to me ig

it was my first social media platform too (not counting Pinterest bc i didnt use it as a social thing and still dont) and i met my bestest of friends and my now boyfriend too thru the dsmp/mcyt boom in 2021. id say that was my first truely interactive fandom which is an cringeass shit to say at my grown age but my families were too poor to afford a phone for me til i was like 16/17 and before that i just,, wasnt a very adventurous kid on the computer. 2021 jump into twt and fanart was my first step outside of my own bubble, and during the pandemic it became a lifeline. and like. Elon buying twt sealed its grave, there was no doubt abt it but i was def one of those "i go down w my ship" people bc thats STILL my biggest acc by a LONG SHOT and i had made WAY too many great memories and friends to let it go. up until literally today, my priv twt OctoIsYelling is STILL essentially a massive groupchat for me an my friends in an acc form, interactive and communicative while still letting me be in my own page. its better than insta or tumblr in that sense and it was PERFECT before it went to shit

but now the site genuinely barely functions man. its slow and laggy and reloads constantly and eats my battery worse than SKY COTL. AN ACHEIVEMENT. the app just refuses to work at all if i have my phone plugged in for whatever reason and idk how to fix it. i thought it was a me problem for so long until 1 post talking abt it changed everything. like it GENUINELY DOESNT WORK. and it SUCKS. its plauged with adds for a subscription that no one reasonable would pay for and straight up hard alt-right politics. the bots are outrageous like its sooo bad its so bad i havent opened my dms on public acc in at least a yr. sorry if anyone tried to get ahold of me. the algorithm that used to be like at least half decent is now ALL doom and bait and SHIT, its not even rlly worth it to try n cultivate ur spaces now bc no matter what shit u dont want is being pushed in ur face. the transphobia is so unbelievably bad, and while ive done my best to fix my tl its still so ass. THEY TOOK AWAY TWT CIRCLES MY BEST FRIEND 💔💔💔💔 I USED TO USE THAT FOR SHOWING OFF ART FOR MY FRIENDS TO MY OTHER FRIENDS WITHOUT THE ONE WHO ITS FOR SEEING💔💔💔💔💔💔

despite all that keeps going wrong or being fucked over i still held on for so long but i just CANT in right mind stay on the site any longer when its actively feeding its generative ai. ive been small enough and lucky enough to where no one has targeted me and used my shit (that i know of) but now its completely unavoidable and its UPSETTING

i want my big friend gc that was my web of oomfs and moots back. bluesky has hope for me but theres no priv accs and im not comfortable enough to air out every thought i have publicly. idk when privs r coming there but i hope its soon :( i miss old twt so much and i only caught glimpses of it before it was bought out. im so thankful for my time there but i cant help but feel hurt yknow?

idk if anyone else understands me rlly bc ppl have just been so frustrated w the site/app and the cons have def been outweighing the pros, but i still loved my time there. i hope im making sense. it sucks. it feels too personal. thats THE OctoXicAsh and OctoIsYelling accs. that was essentially my journal. :(

i dont have the heart to deactivate my accs esp w the load of history i have on them i RLLY dont want it gone, but ill be wiping my art from my art acc and ceasing all activity on them indefinitely. probably forever. hell.

thank u for reading all that if u did. im feeling sooo fine abt everything in my life rn. everything is falling to peices lately but were sooo fine. we ball so hard

[l-tora-l-archived]

HELLO CUTIE WHATS UR MAIN BLOG, SHARE PLS XOXO

HIIII sorry for taking like ten centuries to respond to this but like tbh ;; Im quitting tumblr I think. (ALSO UNI PLS IGNORE THIS LOL ITS MAINLY FOR EVERYONE ELSE CAUSE I ALR TOLD YOU ID POST THIS HAHA😭🙏)

Mega explanation under the cut talking abt some of the trashy behaviour I've had to experience on this forsaken app over the years, but mostly how I feel about it so yeah if you don't care that's alr hope everyone has a good life, cause as I said I quit.

I deleted the new blog I ended up making bc this environment has never really been welcoming to me and I can 100% say that tumblr has actively made my experiences with practically everything irl AND online worse than any fruitful goodness it has or could ever bring. From putting my everything into relationships including comfort, support and psychological + therapeutic sessions for people even over ten yrs older than me (at times older) without even getting a single kind thought back, to the genuine rudeness of some people, to the (excuse my language) but half assed and crude responses I receive ... honestly the list is endless.

One thing I'm trying to get better at is to notice when my presence is clearly not wanted and act accordingly. It's just saddening that the one place where it's encouraged to be your true "nerdy" self, as the catchphrase of this site is, I am not allowed to be just that. I really do wonder what part of me is so incredibly intolerable or forgettable, that I am expected to practically grovel for even ten minutes of people's time - and that's with the closest people I know, forget abt ten minutes for regular conversation I can't even get ten minutes from the people I stood with through thick and thin with, even though I myself struggle really hard to be there and yet always am.

From now on I'll just say that no I will definitely not come back, I will also not use this account and if I ever DO come back it would probably just be a call out thread on SOME people who deserve jail time more than silly time on tumblr dot come /hj (but not rlly hj hahejdsj this is so srs and continues to impact my life after almost 2 years ... but ugh what.ever.😀👍). But I'm also a coward ngl so like that would never happen !

I would say "oh btw I have this account you can keep in touch on ! :>" but truthfully, I am so let down by how uninteractive, uncaring and exclusionary everyone is no matter how hard I try to do the best I can to treat others how I'd love to be treated, and how I basically am sweating to keep convos going, bc in truth I don't think anyone rlly likes me enough here or anywhere really to even want to talk to me in general, so I'll spare you all that. The proof is literally in the fact that I've amassed a sizeable following which I am shocked with, yet despite it all I feel so lonely bc nobody even bothers with me at all whilst ppl who just start out get 50 best friends in such a short time frame. I see I am not everyone's cup of tea.

I once thought maybe just maybe I could have a good time online just how everyone suggests that online is better than irl and it is a reprieve for some. Looks like I am eternally unlucky bc how is online on par or perhaps even worse than irl for me ? And make no mistake irl is atrocious to me too.

I do not mean this to be passive aggressive but I just want to communicate my thoughts. If I was being passive aggressive that'd imply that I knew that everyone here was capable of treating me as I wanted, as I have consistently treated my "friends" on here, as a reciprocated effort. But as this thread suggests, that was and can never be a reality for me.

TLDR // not coming back bc :

People genuinely don't care or don't put in any effort at all

Bullies (mean ppl way at the beginning of my account) + I am let down how everyone let TWO whole adults get away with being weird to a then minor (me) right in front of your faces

Very traumatised and uncomfortable being on this app to the point I can barely even socialise at all from the precipitating impacts.

Hope everyone has a good life.

[cpunkwitch]

answering my questions p3

[pt: answering my questions p3]

part 1 (link), part 2 (link)

ask game 3 (link)

biggest inaccessible thing that angers you right now?

doors with round handles. fuck those door knobs im glad my bedroom door doesnt actually close so i dont have to use it.

2. something no one talks about that you wish had more discussion about how it could be more accessible?

windows. i dont ever see anyone talk about how windows (that are meant to be opened for air circulation etc) could be more accessible. the window i have i have to wrestle with in order to get it open in the summer, because of that i avoided it this summer and ended up not having ac

i get there are some windows that have the screen on the other side and the inside slides up, i prefer those, my sister has that in her room, but the locks and the act of opening the window itself is not easy or something everyone can do.

3. what are some good resources that help you out? any blogs or sites that really helped you out with a disability or gave you support?

a user on here actually suggested speech assistant to me, i dont remember who but i was able to find an aac for my phone thanks to a tumblr user. i dont really have anything else to respond with, my resources are actually kinda limited ^^;

i got my cane off amazon, thats really the only other thing i have.

4. if you have an aid, mobility or not, how did you get it and do you know any good places to get them at good prices?

unfortunately all i know is amazon because i dont have a way of using other sites. most other sites dont use stripe and paypal is a bitch to me. i know there was a post going around earlier to be put on a wait list for a free wheelchair i think? if anyone knows where that post is id like to reblog it again

best way to get things at a lower price though is if theyre used/2nd hand. theyre considered worth less than new ones as they've been used and probably worn in already, therein they arent in mint condition like newer ones, but theyre still good. i actually got my first two binders that way. (tbh i get most things that way)

i know you can find 2nd hand stuff on facebook groups/marketplace, Kijiji, ebay and similar sites but i dont fully trust most of them myself.

when it comes to aid's that are programs though, such as aac or screen readers, there are tonnes that are completely free or come with small monthly subs or in-app purchases that arent too pricey and a lot of sites and social apps have those built in now a days with stickers, emojis, gifs, text-to-speech options on devices and so on.

5. any programs you know of that are either easily accessible or make things more accessible?

aside from my answer in 4, i have asl bloom which is like duolingo for american sign language. if you wanna quickly learn some asl for free, asl bloom is great!

i mentioned i have speech assistant for an aac, i've excitedly posted a bit yesterday about using it for the first time in a classroom setting.

6. whats an aid that no one mentions being an aid? could be big or small

anything is an aid if it assists you. glasses, braces, screen readers, etc

i see plenty of people acknowledging that pictures, emojis etc are aids as well esp for the nonverbal, more so than i would see sometime in the past.

a lot of things that might not be considered socially acceptable can be aids too, plastic straws for example, esp bendy ones, but thats been talked about quite a lot since the pandemic and i hope to see that discussion continue until theyre finally brought back as the default.

things that i never-to-rarely see anyone mention as an aid of some sort though? aside from medication, creams and things for pain management, theres not much to come to mind.

7. any recent news that really pissed you off, like an accessibility being taken away?

there was something at the time of making that ask game but i no longer remember what. nothing recent that have to bring up, at least not right now.

8. any good news to share with the disabled community?

i am sorry to say i bring no news at all, good or bad, but i may have some at a later date. perhaps whenever i get that french aac update we can consider that good news

9. what are some helpful things in your town/city for cripples?

nothing special i can think of

10. what can your town/city improve on to help?

the fucking side walks

11. is there an accommodation you wish you had/could get/want more of?

if i had the money and was in a different situation, id get a shower chair, braces or compression gloves, a wheelchair etc.

typing programs like typist arent made with disabled people in mind and i wish they were, i make mistakes because im dyslexic and cant always control my stims and they score you on how many mistakes you make with no backspace option and you cant continue until you improve with the least amount to no mistakes. they should at least let you use the backspace.

i use typist for class and it pisses me off that i cant go back and fix my mistakes. not just typing either but writing classes in general that grade you on how many mistakes you make should consider and accommodate people with issues writing/typing. just giving them more time to work on an assignment is not much of an accomodation. tics, stims etc are all things that can effect a persons writing and its pretty unfair and ablest to think that everyone can just stop making mistakes with writing if they practice enough.

12. whats some discourse going around right now that you wish would stop?

non physically disabled / able bodied people claiming cripplepunk includes them. should never have been discourse to begin with the name itself should be fucking self explanatory and if you know anything about cripplepunk its that its FOR THE PHYSICALLY DISABLED

also transid/transx bullshit...

13. advice for people who are only just discovering theyre crippled?

its okay to be disabled, learning your physical limitations and general limitations with your body is actually a good thing.

youre not lazy, youre not unsightly, youre not gross, youre not creepy, youre a living being and you deserve the accessibility, accomodations and help you need or want. if youre thinking of getting assistance get it.

youre not taking anything away or hurting anything by calling yourself disabled and using aids if you think it helps you.

whatever you have hindering your physical functions does not define you nore is it the only trait about you but it is a part of you that comes with you. dont let anyone disrespect you over it, get/use what you need, its your body.

14. any questions for people who've been in the community a while?

what were things like when cripplepunk first started? how did it gain traction and popularity? how did you come across it and what was it like when you were new?

do you have any advice for people just joining cripplepunk and things to say about content creation for cpunk? is there content you wish to see more of or reoccur? what was content online like when you first joined disabled/crippled spaces?

15. ramble about your condition?

man i really need to book time with the chiropractor. my arthritis aches are in more than just my hands and wrists, i get really bad foot cramps, leg and ankle pain and i have seriously bad tension and stiffness in my neck, shoulders and back.

if i remember tomorrow i'll call them when i get home for lunch between classes. and see if i can book thursday afternoons

a lot of my condition comes from my moms side of the family, which is cool in theory, i like talking about that kinda thing, hereditary and genes n stuff interests me but because its my mom and i grew up in her shadow being referred to as her "mini me" and shit, it makes me pretty uncomfortable to know just how much like her i am and i cant get away from it. (and thats not even mentioning how uncomfortable i am being associated with one of my ab/sers(u) to such a degree)

16. rant about your environment?

i feel like thats a thing for an entire post on its own. i could rant about my home environment or my city.

17. if you have any aids, have you decorated and/or named them?

ive painted my cane and and trying to paint it again when i remember, have the time and spoons, but i havnt named it or added any attachments and i want to. suggestions are welcome!

18. tips for maintaining mobility aids of any?

as a cane user:

wash and sanitize the handle/grip and foot of your cane as frequently as you use it. especially if someone else has touched it and you've been outside with it and have allergies!

use paint sealer if you customize your cane and use masking tape on the parts of it that you arent customizing (handle, foot, joints if its foldable)

place it by the door but not next to the entrance or shoes so it doesnt get knocked over/kicked etc and so you remember to take it with you if youre an "out of sight out of mind" type of forgetful person like me.

crippled-pvp mentioned this before; place your cane under the seats/on the floor if youre in a car. its deadly otherwise.

19. anything that motivates you to leave your house even just for fresh air and a stretch?

coffee/snack runs. the garden on campus nearby. if it werent for close by things like that i'd see no point in leaving the house outside work/school. and maybe a few other things like painting in the back yard ig?

20. free space!

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Hello, August! Etiquette (?) question here: I'm three days into Flight Rising and don't know anyone personally who plays. I've been exploring the incredible artists on Tumblr (yourself included wholeheartedly). Are there social guidelines around sending friend requests? As much as I might like someone's dragons, I'm still a random stranger asking to be friends. Would you list your ID# in your bio so people can add you, or so they can find your forum sales and stuff?

Every player has their own opinion, of course, and I know you can't answer as a monolith. I guess, if you have any suggestions from experience? The... community vibes around friending? Thank you kindly for reading!

Hey there! First of all welcome to Flight Rising :) Send a PM to 888 (id 670602) and I'll get you set up with a few things...

If you're asking about the reason people put their IDs into their blog bios, yes, it's there so people can find people on-site that they enjoy talking to on here! I use it myself because some people might ask for pings (but don't have their FR username in their blog url), because I want to check out someone's lair, or because they are someone I vaguely recognize and want to confirm if it's them.

The community experience around random friend requests is probably less complex than you think. People tend to say in their bios (on-site) or a linked 'About Me' dragon whether or not they mind receiving random friend requests. Other people might also put things like this in their bio so people know what's up when they get a friend request from them!

It all really depends on what each person views the function of their friend list as. For me, I add people who I talk to on the regular/lairs I want 'bookmarked', so I don't accept random friend requests but I don't reject them either. The pending list becomes sort of a secondary friend list for me... Other people just want to have as many friend as possible! Number goes up.

For your case specifically (finding cool people on Tumblr and wanting to friend them on-site), it could help to send a PM along with the request and let them know you found them here first and think they're really cool! That will scare them less than getting a request from someone they've never seen before - like you said, a total stranger asking to be friends. Hope this helps and have a good time on here :)

[pyretta666]

hi! i'm doing a presentation on the impact and community of tumblr for my media studies final and i wanted to reach out to my mutuals with some questions that relate to my topic. i would so totally love and appreciate if you could answer some of these for me.

it would be so totally rock and roll and awesome and amazing and i'll literally love you forever and ever and ever! :)

thank you thank you thank you!!!!

the questions(i know it's a lot, im so sorry):

1. how is tumblr different from other social media platforms?

2. how has the tumblr community affected you as a person/online presence?

3. do you feel more inclined to post more personal or private aspects of your life and or opinions on tumblr rather than other apps? as in do you feel you are less likely to be judged on tumblr than other platforms?

4. what are your favorite aspects of tumblr?

5. what would you do if tumblr got shut down?

6. what are some things that only tumblr bloggers would know/understand?

or

7. are there certain traditions on tumblr that you think other media sites wouldn't understand?(an example being our site wide celebration of the ides of march)

8. what are some of the largest fandoms/inner communities on tumblr? are you apart of these fandoms/communities? if yes, what is that like for you?

9. do you find tumblr to be educational in terms of academics? among other things such as politics and general life experiences?

10. all in all, how has this app changed your perspective on social media, the world, your life, and so on.

please add anything else you find to be important!!

hello! 1. tumblr is different from other social platforms because i think there is no algorithm (like tiktok, youtube, etc.) that shows us content on our dashboard. it is mostly from the blogs we follow. i think there is also more tight knit communities here.

2. tumblr had made me feel more understood online.

3. i do feel more inclined to post more personal stuff here. this is one of my only social medias that i do have. i feel A LOT less judged here if i were to post something personal.

4. my favorite aspects of tumblr are probably the communities here and the customization of blogs/themes. i also enjoy creating things to post!

5. if tumblr got shut down, i'd probably be very upset. i don't think i'd migrate to any other social media apps, i'd most likely stick to pinterest and that's it.

6./7. i think there are many things that only tumblr bloggers would know/understand. i cannot think of any good examples, but it feels a lot more focused on community here. i'm not sure how to phrase it

8. i am part of the goth, metal, and horror communities here. personally, all of the people i have interreacted within these communities have all been super nice and genuine.

9. i wouldn't say i necessarily find it educational, but it definitely can be for other users. i like hearing about other's experiences and things they have gone through. it makes me feel less alone.

10. tumblr has given me a little community that i love interacting with. i trust tumblr more than other social media apps. it's also oddly relaxing sometimes because the corner of tumblr that i have experienced has been overall drama free compared to other social media sites.

i hope this could help, sorry for the later response!

good luck on your presentation! :D

[winderlylandchime]

2x11 2/2: ‘He does *waves his hands around* all of this for them and they still act rude in a way, if i was him, i’d burn the whole place down, okay thats a but much but they are very very rude *brian tries to give his tickets to linds* HE CARES! NOT THAT IM SURP- blondie, if he didn’t wanna be here, he would just say adios and leave you alone in you DIY dress! WHY DO THEY KEEP TELLING HIM WHAT HE THINKS AND FEELS AND GOD DAMN IT THIS IS ANNOYING ME SO MUCH *looks at me* hey, if i was like 100% sober, do you think id watch it more peacefully?’ Narrators note: no, i dont think so, in fact i think the drugs are helping him, wish i had them when i watched s5. ‘She wants him to fuck lots of beautiful guys but she almost had a stroke bc ted started a porn site. Who is she lying to? Him? Herself? Or me? Bc i feel lied to. Whateved, give me my boy and Bri Bri in Miami!! Dancing and drinking and having fun!’ And now Justin cancelled on Brian ‘NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WHYYYYYYYYYY BLONDIE! WHY DO BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO GOOD PEOPLE?!?!?! He wants to console debbie?! She has mike! Fuck debbie! That bitch better drown in her tears if he wants to cancel for that!’ And now he is watching the tv like a hawk to see if Debbie cries. ‘HE ISNT EVEN CONSOLING HER! She is smiling! Not a tear on her! *he now paused the tv on mel* i swear i dont mean this in a bad way, okay maybe it is but im not 100% sure so you tell me..BUT she gives off the vibe like if she did an interview about her character instead of saying the name or whatever she would speak in first person..now to think of it that nerd also gives of that vibe (when asked which nerd he just went ‘im done explaining myself).. not one tissue was passed to debbie! Not one! I guess this wedding was cute but come on! Give me brian and Justin on a trip! I had to suffer doctor bone crack and mike fuck in a forest, i think i deserve something good for that’ ‘i will kill myself if it cuts to Brian sad in a loft or some shit like that. HE CAUGHT A BOUQUET!! DOES THIS MEAN HES NEXT?! i wonder who caught it at the wedding? Probably Emmett’ And at this point he is no longer chill or collected. He is now going on and on about how lindsay sabotaged him and how he is a good person that deserves good stuff and that them not going on a trip is horrible and that he is fully expecting them to go on a trip by the end of a season but since miami just happened he is willing to compromise that s3 better start with them somewhere on a trip/returning from one. I think he might kill me when he sees the finale.

OH MY GOD in my last answer I forgot to address your brother going WILD over Brian deciding to take Justin to Miami. Welcome to the fandom, friend. The things we melt at. (NGL my spouse took me to Dinah Shore which has a white party for my 30th and it was very romantic... in its own debauched way) (we were younger then and better able to mimic Brian's lifestyle)

Thank you to your brother for seeing how batshit Lindsay is. What the fuck does she want from Brian? NO ONE KNOWS. IT IS A MYSTERY.

And yeah, Justin staying. I get that it made sense for his character. Probably a bit of foreshadowing for Ethan. (And not a single tissue passed to Debbie) (but also truly no offense to Sharon Gless, she is so normal about Debbie). (Which nerd? I die)

Brother better buckle up if he's hoping that Brian and Justin get to go away to any-fucking-where. Vermont, Miami, Ibiza... none of it happens. Ever.

I get so sad seeing Brian catch the bouquet at the white party. IDK why. It makes me sad.

I wish we could start a fund for you for the end of this season - to pay for your therapy and probably your brother's.

[pisswizzard]

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I definitely think i get where you’re comin’ from and agree in a lot of ways, and i really appreciate you for the good faith rebuttal.

That said, I took the point of this post less as a slippery slope argument and more along the lines of what @42questionsandaloafofbread was saying about normalization and how this works on a neuropsychological level as well as a societal level.

It’s in the same vein as how this this site has done a good job in encouraging folks to understand that making suicide “jokes” has a negative effect on your mental health, as well as that of those around you; even if you don’t really mean it and it never happens, there’s still the effect of making these serious concerns ‘not that big a deal’ or accidentally encouraging unfortunate or outright dangerous thought processes. And again, this is not a thought crime matter, but more of “a knife and can be a weapon or a tool depending on how it’s handled.”

It’s kinda like Poe’s Law, wherein satire fails in it’s objective if it is indistinguishable from genuine usage. It emboldens the right wingers who do mean it, makes folks targeted by right wing politics feel unsafe within their communities, and makes the general layfolk a little less wary of talking points that should at least be a red flag. This includes situations in the which folks at the edge of the pipeline could really use some community support and redirection but might not get it until they are much farther along simply because their friends thought it was just a joke.

I really don’t think this should be taken as a “if you do this, you’re doomed to become a bad person.” kinda dealy. (And i also have a long history of similar ocd thought spirals, so i really do understand that point.) It also doesn’t mean anyone should beat themselves up over having engaged in such things. It’s just, once you know that something has certain connotations, you should think twice before throwing them around.

You also mention reclamation, and i hear you on that. Tbh I have less to say as to how to navigate this in a more nuanced way. Cuz i do think this is gonna be a very case-by-case situation. Take Pepe the Frog, for example. The creator has long since come out vehemently opposed to the usage and it really sucks that it became what it did. That said, I know that I personally would not trust some rando using Pepe casually, and I wouldn’t confront them on the matter either; i’d block and move on. But if a friend did so unwittingly, i would talk to them in private about the matter and hope that they understood. I would also probably reconsider how close i wanted us to be if they didn’t really care about the fallout of their actions. For a lot of the more prolific symbols, it’s simply not worth it imo to risk the unintentional harm that using them could (and likely would) easily do, even if one has noble intentions.

But even this is a nuanced matter because I do think the tags are correct about right-wingers taking mundane symbols with the specific intent of obscuring the meaning and jeopardizing those who call them out. This tactic is particularly difficult to circumvent, but doing so is still a very worthwhile discussion to have.

All in all, this becomes a use your best judgment matter, but maybe do so with very well-considered risk awareness.

ironic right wing shit will erode your mind without fail. I don't touch that shit

[crazy8diary]

The last few days have been better than the days before... Enjoying my home and time to myself... Glad to see family and friends and know I need to socialize but want to better prepare myself for what's in my near future...

I want to impress people women mainly by making them laugh and giving them my thoughts experiences and heart 💝 wrapped all up as a gift

Privacy is important to me and I don't want to distance myself from interaction with others for mental reasons... I do well joking with these people... Maybe it helps me maybe it makes me look like a fool but idc because I'm just being my true self and showing out is my way of flirting 😜

I may find reasons to message some women that I make take interest in on different sites but mostly waiting to answer messages because I know some women are lonely looking for a man that's right for them at the time...

I just want someone to step in and help...

I would step into someones life but very weary of the consequences that could come from that and I don't go to party's, bars, strip clubs, tha club or any of that bs because I'm trying to make it till tomorrow my friend...

Afraid of most human get togethers or large gatherings but if I know everyone I get along fine.

Been watching my regular line up of shows on few channels... Ready for smackdown and wanting to start watching raw again when I get Hulu and wifi here at my home in February I hope.

I've got to get my birth certificate, new ID, resend for my EBT card because it's damaged and taped...

Still need to look up how to sell on ebay and get my shit together... Those delicious peppers should sell themselves if I have enough and I'm sure I will... Not look to take up to much dirt and wanting to keep my property looking good...

Supposed to have someone bring some bricks and start cooking food outside like a grill... A make shift cooking station... Definitely doing steaks and ribs and probably veggies and beef cobbobs... Would love to cook breakfast on a fire or by heat lol.

Life is good and only getting better ...

I'm in a good place in my life and I don't want it to end... My whole life has built up to this and I don't want to see myself unhappy especially after all that's happening and happened with family and friends... I'm always happy and that matters most to me besides my pets and what my family thinks of me and others too... Won't a good portfolio and not a poor one ...

I ate at Jersey Mike's and have to say their spicy big kahuna Philly cheese steak was hot right out the oven and delicious as a mf... Mnnnn... I may go back and try to find some spicy chicken sandwichs or get the big kahuna again... Damn it was huge and delicious man...

I will always love the way I care for myself... I do better than I ever have and I'm proud of myself and hope I can look back proudly on my adult life as an old man and love each sec, minute, half hour, hour, 12 hours, day, night week, month, year, decades and life

Log #5 I believe...

(A beautiful life)

Thank you for all the views

[dungeons-are-too-cold]

can you make a one shot where reid has to get into one of the casinos he was banned from bc there was a scene there and the people who own the place are like "wait a minute-" I've beeb offering my first born for this

Request fro @weird-hoodie-kid : This was oh so fun to write. I think this is honestly some of my best work so i really hope you like it! Warnings: slight alcohol consumption word count: 1.2k words

Vegas cases were always hard for Spencer. Between family drama and the possibility of running into people he grew up with, there was always something that could go wrong. The one thing he didn’t expect to be a problem though was the fact that he was banned from nearly every casino on the strip.

“Are you sure you’re allowed to be here?” Morgan said. He was eyeing Reid as the team rolled into the first casino. The unsub was killing dealers all across the city, so they had to visit the sites and Hotch insisted Spencer go because he would know these locations best. Spencer didn’t have the heart to tell him it was probably a bad idea.

“Yeah, I’m sure. Why do you ask?”

“Umm, you’re wearing a hat and told us not to introduce you to the owner. You also mumbled that it was good the security guard was new,” Emily retorted. Spencer had also been hiding behind the both of them as they came in.

“I might have been banned from this particular casino. Twice.”

“How do you get banned twice?”

“You wear a believable fake mustache and talk exclusively in Russian?” As much as he wished he was lying about the mustache, he wasn’t. Spencer was banned once when he was 16 for being 16. Luckily for him, they were nice because they hadn’t realized he was also counting cards, but in order to get back in after being banned from basically every casino he could get into, he invested in a convincing fake mustache and learned just enough Russian to be able to play. Now that time he was banned for counting cards, but he doesn’t like to talk about that.

“Reid, you should have stayed at the office!”

“Ow! There’s no need to hit me Emily,” Spencer said, rubbing his bicep where Emily shoved him. “There is no way the owner is going to recognize me. I promise. He could literally look at my ID and not be able to recognize me.” Even with his confidence, Reid still found himself hiding behind Morgan every time someone walked by in all black.

They all decided it would be best if Reid didn’t talk to the owner, so he was left to wander the casino. In hindsight, that was a horrible idea, but at the time it seemed he would be able to hide easiest among the crowds. It was a busy Friday night, so it was quite easy for Spencer to fold inconspicuously into the crowd. His long coat and flat brim hat obstructed his appearance just enough to seem nothing like himself let alone his 18-year-old self, but it was drawing an odd amount of attention from both patrons and staff alike. Not many people kept their coats on inside a sweaty Las Vegas casino, even in November.

“Umm, sir, I’m going to need to check your ID,” said one of the bar tenders when he tried to order a jack and coke. With how suspicious Reid felt, he definitely looked like some teen trying to look older. No one could hide a baby face like his, even under that hat.

“Of course, yeah, for sure. Let me just… here, here you go.” Reid struggled to pull his wallet out of his pocket. Usually, he just reaches for his credentials, but he didn’t want to reveal his FBI agent status just at this moment.

“Cool cool. You alright man? You seem kinda nervous.”

“Yeah, I’m alright. I’m cool. Just, uh, haven’t been to Vegas in a while.” He shifted as he took a drink from the bartender. “Is it usually this busy here?”

“I mean Fridays can still be a lot, but this is nowhere near our usual crowd. That killer has a lot of people skipping the tables, going straight for the slot machines.”

“Makes sense.” Reid took a sip of his drink and turned to observe the crowd by the nearest set of slot machines.

“Wait, are you a model or something? You just have this familiar look, and I swear I’ve seen your picture somewhere.” Reid started to panic.

“Nope! Thanks for the drink,” and with that, he set his drink down on the bar and started into the crowd. Out of his peripheral vision he could see the bar tender call over one of the security guards. They glanced back and pointed at him. Immediately freaked out, Reid headed back in the direction of his team members. He needed to get the hell out of here.

“Prentiss! Morgan! I think we have to get out of-,” And before he could get the rest of his phrase out, he bumped right into someone tall and sturdy, knocking off his hat. “I am so sorry, sir,” he said, reaching down for his hat. “I was looking for my friends.”

“Do I know you?” the figure said. When Spencer finally looked up at his face, his heart dropped into his stomach.

“Umm, no man, I don’t think I know you, or you know me. I’ve never been to Vegas before today,” he sputtered out as he looked into the face of the casino owner.

“That’s not what you told me.” The bartender Spencer ordered from suddenly emerged after him from the crowd, followed by the security guard he was speaking to. They held up a picture of 18-year-old Spencer in his mustache from the last time he was banned.

“He’s a fucking card counter. For all we know, he could be the killer,” spat the security guard as he went to pat him down. He quickly found his revolver holstered on his hip, snatching it from where it sat. “I’m gonna need to see your registration for open and concealed carry.”

“PRENTISS! MORGAN! I COULD USE SOME HELP!” Emily and Derek came sprinting down the carpeted corridor to where Reid was being placed in cuffs. The bar tender still had the image of the young mustached version of Spencer held up for everyone to see.

“I think one of my guys got your guy,” the owner said, gesturing to Spencer and the image. The two agents, who had their guns readied for a takedown, holstered their weapons, and started to cackle.

“That’s really the mustache you chose? It practically swallows your face!” Prentiss said before she couldn’t get any more words out.

“That’s one of our agents. Let me grab his credentials.” Morgan pulled Reid’s FBI credentials out of the front of the coat. After flashing them to the guard and the casino owner, they finally let him out of the cuffs.

“Hey, listen, I don’t like seeing you back here, but unfortunately I can’t say no to Federal agents. Just catch this guy and get out of my casino, alright?”

“Yes, sir. I’m so sorry sir.”

“Hey, do you think we could keep that picture? Our supervisor would get a kick out of it,” Emily said, much to Spencer’s objection.

“Be my guest.”

“Hotch is so gonna kill you, kid. And Garcia is gonna love this,” Morgan said. All Reid could do was sulk back to the SUV. This was going to be a long case.

Yay! I hope it was what you were looking for lol. I definitely had a really good time writing it so thank you so much for the requests! Comments and reblogs are always appreciated! Send requests here! Check out my masterlist here!

[lettheladylead]

running in circles

chapter forty-four: je n'ai qu'un seul et unique regret summary: Goldie gets attached. warnings: references to sex, nothing explicit wordcount: 3421 playlist (will be updated as chapters are posted): shorturl.at/bfBCQ ao3 link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/33776632/chapters/102193446 site link: https://sites.google.com/view/running-in-circles/chapters/chapter44

here’s chapter forty-four!! text will also be included in this post for those of you that don’t use ao3:

2018; Duckburg:

Goldie didn’t usually get outside calls directly to her office. Most calls were transferred from the front desk or people would just use her cell phone. So it was one of those little things that didn’t seem significant, but when it happened, well…there were only a handful of people who could be on the other end.

This particular phone of hers was old and still didn’t have caller ID, but she just knew it was coming from the McDuck household. She stared at it as it rang a third time and smiled, happy that Scrooge was finally contacting her about the Mayan Temple Adventure she’d teased him with after everything that happened the year before.

So, with a lot of excitement and anticipation in her heart, Goldie picked up the phone and held it to her ear.

“Hello?”

“Hello, Miss O’Gilt? Can I call you Goldie?”

Goldie’s smile went flat. She blinked slowly, trying to will her brain to catch up with her hearing. 

Not Scrooge. It was not Scrooge. It sounded like a young boy. Which meant…it was one of his kids. Er, one of Della’s kids. And she was, once again, made to feel like an idiot. Why did she expect Scrooge to get back to her? He was reluctant to go on their Golden Lagoon adventure without his family present, it wasn’t like he’d go to Yucatán with her, too.

“Absolutely not.”

“Absolutely not? Great, great. I’m looking to operate my company more…shiftily? Could you teach me to do what you do?”

She raised a curious eyebrow and wondered what the hell Scrooge had told this kid about her. He probably regaled some story that made him out to be the noble hero and her out to be the shifty sidekick with her own agenda. Did he tell his kids about Dawson? Or about some other Gold Rush town? Maybe he told them about the Bermuda Triangle or Ayers Rock or some other something where she acted out and Scrooge was left in the dust.

Goldie frowned, thinking about Scrooge talking shit about her with his family while she was up in Dawson hoping he’d give her a call like a dumb teenager. She glanced out the window and hummed. “You think this’ll piss off Scrooge?”

“Uh, yeah, it probably would make my uncle very mad!” he said without a moment of hesitation.

She almost laughed at the genuine tone of voice in his response. “What’s your name, kid?” she asked, concerned that no one had taught him enough manners to introduce himself when calling someone.

“Oh! Um…Louie. Louie Duck!”

“Louie. How’d you get this number? I doubt Scrooge gave it to you.”

He laughed awkwardly. “No, yeah, Uncle Scrooge has a bunch of phones set to one number each and this was like…the fourth one I tried. Which reminds me! Someone named Elvira told me to tell you hi.”

“Did she?” Goldie asked, surprised. “Now isn’t that interesting.”

The conversation went quiet for a few seconds before Louie finally spoke up again. “So, um…is this the best way to get in contact with you?”

Goldie rolled her eyes. “Not at all. I’ll give you my cell phone number, but don’t go giving it away to everyone, alright? I’ll know it was you.”

He didn’t sound even the slightest bit nervous when he responded with a semi-sarcastic, “Of course, Miss O’Gilt.”

She recited her cell number and listened to him repeat the numbers to make sure he got it right, and then told him to text her so she’d have his number. “So what’s your timeline on this business of yours?”

“Oh, I dunno…I’m just thinking about the future. If you need a little sidekick for any adventures or whatever, let me know! I could follow and learn as we go.”

Goldie thought about whether or not she had anything going on that she could bring a random child to. She’d rather not get accused of kidnapping (again) just because Scrooge’s kids kept following her places without letting anyone else know. “How about I just let you know when I’ve got business in Duckburg? I should be there in a few months.”

“A few months?!”

She frowned and didn’t bother hiding her annoyance. “Don’t make this a chore for me.”

He gulped loudly. “Right. Sorry.”

“Now I’ve got work to do and I’m sure you have schoolwork or whatever to catch up on. So…I’ll give you a call. Bye.”

“Okay tha-”

Goldie hung up the phone and tossed it onto her bed. She had a feeling this wasn’t a good idea. She didn’t like spending one-on-one time with Scrooge’s family members, especially not after every distant half- or twice-removed- cousin started calling her Aunt Goldie for a cheap laugh. It was never a good idea for someone like her to get too close to his family.

But she did like the idea of pissing Scrooge off in a more creative way than usual.

Especially since he never called her about the photo. Wasn’t he curious? Didn’t he want to find gold? Find gold with her, specifically?

It was tiring trying to get Scrooge to react how she expected or wanted him to. But she could be as predictable as he liked - she’d come to the mansion, talk to this Louie kid for five minutes, then steal all his valuables and get out. No bonding, no “Aunt Goldie” nonsense, no nothing. Just Scrooge calling her to scream that she made one of his kids cry and that he’d chase her down and make her pay.

Y’know, fun ‘n games.

Goldie leaned over her desk and looked at the calendar sitting on it, flipping up the months a few times. She had plans to visit Dickie at the end of June, so she could come to Duckburg a little earlier than that. Just a day or two. If she played her cards right, this Louie situation wouldn’t take much time or effort to get through.

–

Louie wasn’t sure how he felt about that call.

She was strict and kind of mean, as he expected, but also…she didn’t say no. Which he thought she would. It seemed like the opportunity to make Uncle Scrooge mad was good enough for her. Or maybe she was planning to rob him and then he’d have no choice but to blame himself.

But she wasn’t a villain like Rockerduck! Uncle Scrooge said so. She was shifty. Took the easy way out. Tricked and manipulated people into giving her what she wanted, but they still gave it to her willingly. It wasn’t nice, but it wasn’t plain old robbery.

He sighed and tossed the phone receiver onto the floor, annoyed by the incessant beeping. He wondered if she knew his mom before she disappeared. They probably met at least once. Would it be annoying if he asked Goldie about his mom? She seemed like the kind of person who got annoyed really easily. Then again, she was dating Scrooge McDuck, and he was pretty annoying, so…who could say?

“What the-?!” Uncle Scrooge shouted before opening the boy’s bedroom door. “Louie! What in blazes are ye doin’ with all these phones?”

“Oh, um…” Louie glanced at the pile of phones on his desk that he’d dragged out of his uncle’s office. The wires were very long and stretched all the way over. “Just…playing?”

“Well put them back where ye found them!” Scrooge said with a wag of his finger. “Someone’s goin’ to trip over these if ye leave them out here!”

He walked away and Louie pouted at the door being left open. It seemed Uncle Scrooge wanted him to move the phones back now. But he was busy thinking about life and morality and future plans and his mom! He didn’t have time for cleaning!

With another sigh, Louie stood up and reached out to grab the phone that managed to call Goldie. He accidentally knocked it over and watched as it fell from his desk onto the floor. Initially, he didn’t see anything on the phone that indicated who he’d be calling, but with the bottom staring up at him, Louie saw the word BLACKJACK scrawled in faded marker.

He pulled out his cell phone and decided to do some searching.

—

(Months Later)

Goldie had forgotten about her phone conversation with Della’s kid back in February. Completely forgot about it. She didn’t even have an excuse for forgetting - it wasn’t like her age was catching up to her or she purposefully put it out of her mind - she just…forgot.

It didn’t matter, because he remembered very excitedly.

“Miss O’Gilt!”

When the phone rang with the contact ID of ‘Scrooge Kid 1’, Goldie started to have a little flicker of remembrance. When she heard his voice again, that brought back a detailed memory of their previous conversation.

“What’s up, kid?”

“I know you said you’d be visiting Duckburg soon anyway, but…I’m ready. I’ve had some really awesome changes happen in my life lately and I want to get back to building my company!”

“What kind of life changes does a ten-year-old deal with?”

“I’m eleven. And, um…well…you know about my mom, right?”

“I do.”

“She came back!”

Goldie blinked slowly, shocked by that news. 

After so many years of life, time moved faster for her than it did for most people. But the decade that Della had been missing was significant. Goldie couldn’t truly empathize with Scrooge’s ordeal, but she'd recognized that everything going on with Della was probably made even worse by the memory of when Goldie went missing seventy years earlier. He’d always have to have some hope that Della would come back, because Goldie came back and Della was a perfectly strong and capable young woman just like Goldie.

Goldie honestly didn’t think Della would be coming back, though. She thought her own dimensional situation was pretty unique. 

For once, it felt very very good to be wrong.

(She was a little annoyed that no one told her, but also a little annoyed at herself for thinking she deserved to be told. What had she done to earn it? She didn’t say anything to Scrooge when Della first disappeared. She didn’t say anything to him for years and years after. He probably assumed she didn’t care, if he even thought about it at all.)

“How’s she doing?”

Louie paused before answering, almost as if her question surprised him. “Oh, um…she’s fine, I think. Adjusting. She was on the moon this whole time so there’s a lot of things she needs to get used to.”

“I can imagine.”

“So…how about it?”

“How about what?”

“Can you come to Duckburg and teach me how to do what you do?”

Goldie hummed quietly for a moment, thinking. She wasn’t doing anything for the next few days. She wouldn’t mind giving Dickie a surprise visit to see what the kid did when she didn’t know her ‘grandma’ was nearby. It was unlikely she’d spend more than an hour with Louie - probably just take some coins out of his piggy bank as a lesson to not get too close to a thief.

“Alright. I’ll come down tomorrow.”

“Yes! See you then!”

—

Louie spent the rest of his day cleaning his room, much to the confusion of his brothers. He wanted to properly hide his personal treasures and money before Goldie could get her slippery fingers on any of it. He was excited to learn from her, but that didn’t mean he trusted her.

Louie Duck was no fool, after all.

He had every intention of being extra careful when Goldie arrived. He made sure to text her regularly during her journey to Duckburg - though she was a really slow texter and didn’t seem to understand emojis. But about twenty minutes before he thought she’d be arriving, he couldn’t get ahold of her. Which probably meant she was in the mansion somewhere, being sneaky.

Louie poked his head out of his bedroom and looked up and down the hall. No sign of Goldie.

Then he rushed down the hall to the staircase. She wasn’t in the foyer or on the stairs or outside the front door.

She should’ve been arriving soon and he couldn’t miss her! She was a wildcard, someone who did whatever they wanted! Sure, she wanted to use this mentorship to piss off Uncle Scrooge and wouldn’t miss an opportunity to do that, but there were a million ways to piss off Uncle Scrooge. She didn’t need to follow Louie’s plans.

He was pacing up and down the hallway when Uncle Scrooge’s bedroom door opened up and she poked her head out, just like he did earlier.

Louie was immediately in front of her. “You’re here! But...why were you in Uncle Scrooge’s room?”

Goldie came out into the hallway and closed the door quietly behind her. “Force of habit.”

Louie couldn’t have frowned more deeply at that response.

“Where’s the old miser, anyway?”

“I think he’s in his office,” Louie said, pointing down the hallway. “But we don’t need him! I want to tell you some of my business ideas.”

Goldie smirked. “It’s not polite to bring a guest into someone’s home without letting them know. That’s your first lesson.”

Louie frowned again. “That’s not a lesson. You just want to annoy Uncle Scrooge!”

She leaned down and poked the end of his little beak. “Maybe so. C’mon, give me a second to hide.”

—

Happy Birthday Doofus Drake!: 00:09 - 03:02

—

One thing she never liked about kids? They're so dramatic.

Goldie was every bit as dramatic, of course, but mostly as a joke or to drive a point home. This child freaking out over going to his rich-kid-neighbor's birthday party? Ridiculous.

"Ohh nooo," Louie said sarcastically as he popped his head back out of the trunk. "We can't go 'cause you're not dressed for a party! Oh well, so sad!'

Goldie put her hands on her hips. She agreed to mentor him and he was backing off? Too bad. She was in it now. "Oh, we'll be fine. I've got plenty of clothes stashed in your uncle's bedroom."

"What? Ew, don't tell me that!" he said with a disgusted glare.

She waved him off and left the room, headed towards Scrooge's. The last time she was in there, she ransacked the place and then left a nice little present in a nice little hat. She wouldn't ransack it this time, though, since Scrooge tended to keep all her leftovers in one place.

As Goldie opened the drawer and glanced at the items, she wondered if she had good Normal Relative Party Clothes. Her only other option was to go shopping before this party, but then they'd be late. She couldn't borrow any clothes from Della since Della never really…filled out in the same way Goldie had. Everything would be way too tight.

Goldie noticed a pair of stockings and was immediately reminded of that night in 1980 when Scrooge made her feel a lot of different ways. Some very good ways, and then…bad. It was a mixed memory.

Next she pulled out a pair of jeans that she almost didn't recognize - but a stain on the ass reminded her of a trip they went on to Colombia. They'd rushed back to Duckburg right after and didn't take a moment to change or clean up.

The third item Goldie saw was a pink sneaker. The pair was probably in the drawer somewhere, too, but she couldn't really remember when the sneakers were from. Vaguely she felt like it was something when Donald and Della were young, but the actual adventure or reason for that visit? Completely escaped her memory.

Goldie grabbed the other sneaker and a few more items, staring at them suspiciously. She was really getting old. She knew these were hers, but she couldn't say when or where or why. It was frustrating.

"What're ye doin', O'Gilt?"

She turned around to see Scrooge in the doorway, watching her go through the drawer.

"Hey, you can't get mad at me for stealing my ownstuff."

He frowned and closed the door behind him, walking closer. "I dinnae care about that. I just…Louie's a sensitive kid."

Goldie rolled her eyes. Was he really doing this?

"Please dinnae hurt him, dear." Scrooge looked at her with a genuine, soft expression. "He's not like me."

She frowned to match him. What could she possibly say to that? She didn't plan to hurt the kid, but it was probably going to happen. She also usually didn't plan on hurting Scrooge. Things just…happened.

"Goldie?" Scrooge sounded nervous.

She sighed. "He'll be fine, Scrooge. I won't hurt him, alright?"

Clearly unsatisfied, Scrooge's frown deepened. "Alright."

Scrooge left the room and Goldie was struck with how unromantic that interaction was. He didn't even seem to care that she was in his room, in his home, spending time with his family - he just cared about the family and how she'd treat them. That was fine. She'd thought he'd at least be a little excited to see her after their Golden Lagoon adventure, but she'd been wrong about him many times before.

As Goldie quickly got dressed, she couldn't get Scrooge's words out of her head.

He was such an agitating man. She didn't go around looking for reasons to hurt children! She didn't look around for reasons to hurt him, either. Yes, it happened. But she wasn’t a monster. She was just…self-serving. And she had every right to be that way, whether he agreed with her or not.

Dressed and ready, Goldie shook the annoyances from her head and made her way back to the boy's room. She knocked on the door. "Ready to go, Sharpie?"

Louie emerged from the room a moment later, sharply dressed in a little green suit. He had an annoyed frown on his face when he saw how casual her outfit was in comparison to his. He also really really obviously didn't want to do this. "I guess."

—

Happy Birthday Doofus Drake!: 04:19 - 21:47

—

It'd been a weird day for her.

Goldie broke her promise to Scrooge about not hurting his nephew, but what was she supposed to do? He practically called her family. Just the thought of suddenly being accepted into Scrooge's family after one short afternoon of mischief stressed her out more than she'd ever admit.

She liked Louie. A lot. He reminded her of herself when she was young…but also reminded her of Scrooge when he was young. He was creative and excited for what the world had to offer and ready to take it on - but also lazy and anxious and a bit too trusting. He was cute. And smart. It was almost infuriating how much fun she’d had scheming with him at that party.

Goldie didn't feel bad about saving the kid's life, of course, but she did feel bad about bolting. It was just difficult to stay after so many years of fleeing. The more she enjoyed being around someone, the more she found herself pulling away. So she once again found herself staring at Scrooge's mansion from the farthest edge of the property. 

She was tired of running away. 

So…so tired of it.

Sharpie seemed so excited at the idea of working together. She'd genuinely thought about how fun it would be to have a little partner-in-crime - and not only a helper, but someone who actually looked up to her and respected that she was more than just a common thief.

Goldie sighed. Scrooge always knew exactly what to say to get under her skin.

She grabbed her wallet and slipped Louie's photo next to her favorite photo of Scrooge - one that she'd taken on an old time traveling adventure. She didn't stare at it for long, though, and stuffed the wallet back into her pocket.

Her heart ached when she thought about the terrified look on Sharpie’s face before she'd saved him. It ached when she thought about how sad he looked when she'd betrayed him. The pounding in her chest was so loud - Louie Duck hadn’t done anything wrong to her, and she still hurt him. He wasn’t like Scrooge. He was small and fragile and scared and she didn’t feel good about taking all the money.

As Goldie lifted up the bag and heaved a heavy sigh, she knew she’d messed up. She broke her own rule. Her one most important rule that she told herself never to break again.

She’d gotten too close.

---

REAL HISTORY FACTS: - The photograph of Goldie in front of a pyramid from the end of Golden Lagoon of White Agony Plains! looked Mayan to me so I chose Yucatán. There's lots of cool pyramids there I'd love to visit someday

DUCK FRANCHISE REFERENCES: - We're in Goldie's second current-day appearance! This chapter features the episodes "The Outlaw Scrooge McDuck!" and "Happy Birthday Doofus Drake!" - Elvira Coot, aka Grandma Duck, is Donald and Della's grandmother on their father's side. She's not related to Scrooge but they're well-acquainted. She runs a farm just outside of Duckburg with her grandnephew Gus Goose. They're not going to appear in this story but don't you just love fun facts? - Goldie says she'd rather not get accused of kidnapping again. This is a reference to my fic "Not Your Aunt" where she kidnaps Gladstone lol check it out here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/30381390 (There may be a bunch of references to that fic from here on out, I don't know. I don't plan on having any contradictory information between this fic and that one.) - Scrooge calls Goldie a "common thief" at the beginning of HBDD, which clearly got under her skin as she corrects him to Louie later

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sorry if you’ve answered this before but can i ask what ur process is for making stickers? i would love to make my own but i never understood how ppl make them independently outside of using sites like redbubble where they print/ship the stickers for you ^^; do you order batches through stickermule or a similar site? or is there a way to produce them at home?

Yes! There is a way to produce em at home but I feel i dont make enough stickers that wld sell really really well to justify the cost, + i do not have insider knowledge on that part as i do not make them myself, sorry ^_^

Up to now i have used 3 separate places for stickers, ill probably add limks when im on web.

Read more is bc i am going into depth on the sites ive used and my experience + how you navigate em, bc i know i always like a lot of info on ths sort of stuff, feel free to ask more questions if you'd like to know anything else ^_^

V/ograce:

✨ Vo/grace is the cheapest of all options I'll be listing, and the trade off is it'll take about a month or longer for them to produce the sticker + for it to arrive to you.

✨ They have lots of options other sites dont (sparkle star and heart holo patterns i love so munch!) but they dont have a matte option iirc. Still good and varied! Ive enjoyed the quality + recently they've improved the...color printing?

✨ You upload files on the item page (its best to label em by Amount You Want + Size to make it easier for them (like CowboySticker_50pc_2inches)) + they later email you with a digital proof of how the outlines are and you can ask them to change it then, otherwiae minimal contact (if the proof is good you just say "yes its good to go!")

✨ Only thing here is sometimes proofs can be confusing (i ordered a sticker meant to be holo on 2 areas. They ended up not being holo at all, and i could not tell from the proofs lol like there was no indicator that theyd end up not holo :( ), and then it's hard to get things fixed if youre on a deadline (like ppl who make stickers for cons) bc itd take another month for the fixed ones to get to you

I use vo/grace when i rlly want a sparkle star or heart holo design, or lots of designs that fit within the materials they have ^_^ they also only have like a 10 sticker minimum order quantity (MOQ) i believe?? So you have to order 50 stickers at minimum but you can make them be 5 different designs of 10 iirc

Stic/kerapp:

🌷 Stick/erapp has the best/my favorite sticker UI out of the sites Ive used, you upload your file and theres an editor where you can decide how big you want the border of your sticker, what color, you can adjust how big you want em to be, + other things, so you don't have to wait for a digital proof

🌷 I've had good experiences w them and the cost is good but I havent used em in a while, and last i heard they are getting a lot of attention rn due to increased popularity, which has led to them getting some orders wrong, which is ok, but I've also seen people say customer support for this has not been great recently, so I am...not completely advocating against em but I'm avoiding em for the moment until things mybe calm down? But thats bc im not a risk taker urnshfksjf

🌷 I rlly do hope things are resolved soon bc they also have some special sticker materials that other sites dont have that id love to experiment with, but its not like. A NEED ^_^

Cant remember the MOQ here but i think its also 50. I think the base MOQ for sticker sites is 50

Stick/erninja:

🌈 Sti/ckerninja is a small local business in portland iirc. I used them for my most recent sticker (be my cowboy) bc I wanted it to be matte and Vog/race doesnt have matte sticker yet! I like their UI and the way they have options and materials set up. You upload your file (all these sites specify which they accept btw ^_^) and it gives you a little mini thumbnail on what it'll look like. This is good bc I actually had some file issues and I was able to see the file i uploaded messed up the colors! So i was able to fix it before purchasing.

🌈 They give you an estimated shipping time + some time later you'll get an email with digital proof and dimensions, if there are issues you can contact them and if not you just approve on a little menu in your account ^_^ iirc they also give discounts for specific designs and are vocal about supporting things like blm which is epic to me ^_^ my experience with them was quite nice + I think prices are similar to stick/erapp.

✨ Again I'm not a big risk taker and my stuff always flops so I usually stick to vogr/ace for the cost bc I have the time/dont do cons or anything w a deadline ^_^ mybe you cld start there if you wanna start out without investing a lot of money!

🌈 I rlly rlly liked matte sticker feeling so until vo/grace adds that I'm doing that much on stick/erninja! But i use both of these interchangeably atm!

🌷 I wld check each of em out for materials to see which you like too bc they all have their own special ones i think. I think stick/erapp has a lot of options ppl enjoy, but no sparkle holo like vo/grace. Sticke/rninja has blacklight florescent sticker options! Etc

I havent tried other sites as theyre usually more expensive hdhskfjskd ^_^ but yeag!