#repost from ye olde deactivated blog

[rohirriiim]

MCU COSTUME APPRECIATION Hayley Atwell as Peggy Carter | Agent Carter Season One (2015)

[extra-stout-stories]

That Little Bit Fatter

April 2024: A realistic vignette from my old blog which I'm reposting here to centralize likes/reblogs and deactivate my defunct account. (Second person feedee POV, encouragement, SFW.)

You got that little bit fatter, and now your shirts don't fit.

You can still button them up -- barely. But they're snug on the curve of your fat belly, and they just barely leave enough slack for you to tuck them into your pants under your belly hang. (Your pants are getting tight, too.) Sit down at the right angle and you can feel the buttons strain, but even when they're not, you can feel that snugness, that tightness, like a little whisper in your ear as you go through the workday: you're getting fatter.

You've had a double chin for years. But you got that little bit fatter and now you really look fat, no matter what the angle. Sit down at the right angle and you can feel your face sink into it. It feels comfortable.

You got that little bit fatter and your moobs stuck out that little bit further. Under your arms they've even turned into side rolls that you can grab a handful of and jiggle. Good thing you got that little bit fatter and your belly grew too, just to keep them in perspective.

You've had a belly for years, too. You've always been chubby. But you got that little bit fatter and now your belly is a real slab of flab, rolling over your waistline in a proper hang. You can't keep your hands off it, can you? Without even realizing that you're doing it you sometimes find yourself idly hefting it, feeling how soft and thick it's gotten, tracing your fingertips along the warm, soft line where it folds over.

Yes, you've always been chubby. But you got that little bit fatter and now you're undeniably, unmistakably fat. You can see it in people's faces sometimes, a subtle difference in the way they react when you reach for another helping of food. They're not seeing someone who's "let themselves go a little"; they're seeing a fat person, a person who loves to eat, who eats more than they're supposed to and doesn't seem to care. You'd be lying if you said it wasn't awkward sometimes, but you like it, too. You always secretly liked being fat, secretly loved to eat, even secretly fantasized about growing bigger. But you got that little bit fatter and crossed the line into properly fat and not just chubby, and now your fatness feels somehow realer, truer. You got that little bit fatter and suddenly your identity felt more secure.

You got that little bit fatter and you started testing your limits. You used to feel embarrassed by how much you could eat in a sitting. Now it feels like a challenge, and you're hooked on the excitement. You got that little bit fatter and you started enjoying going out to eat and ordering that extra appetizer, that extra dessert, even that extra entree. You got that little bit fatter and it was like giving yourself permission to embrace the glutton you've always been.

You got that little bit fatter and you liked it.

But sometimes, standing there hefting your belly hang in the mirror or lying back in your armchair and breathing heavily as you digest another big meal, it feels like it's still not enough. You're not that big. It's not like you're so fat that you can't reach past your belly. It's not like you're so fat that you can't walk.

Maybe tomorrow you'll add another snack or two to what you've already been eating. Maybe when you're in the snack aisle you'll look at the calorie counts and go for the highest one you can find. Just for fun.

Maybe you'll get a little bit fatter.

[noirapocalypto]

I remember back in the ye olde tumblr days, there was an active witchcraft community. Now it’s all reposts and stolen stuff that I recognize from inactive/deactivated blogs lol

[rivashi]

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synopsis: they have mistaken that today was your birthday but it’s okay you find the act cute and funny anyway

characters: zhongli, kaedahara kazuha (ft. gn!reader)

genre(s): crack, fluff, established relationship | headcanons

cw: slight game spoilers!

note 1: this was dedicated to my dear friend, rosaline. i still hope you enjoy reading my second-hand embarrassment and me making fun of myself <3

note 2: this is reposted from my old (soon-to-be deactivated) blog: @/levinneheart

Zhongli

Zhongli, although, is a walking library of knowledge, he tends to mix events – especially when it comes to you

That’s why he carries a scroll that has written all important details that you two shared – like the day you both first met each other, your first date together, etc.

However like his wallet, he always forgets to bring it so when a vendor approaches him to send a birthday cake to you - he assumes it is for your birthday

“Excuse me! Are you perhaps Mr. Zhongli?” a young man calls out to him with hopeful eyes, the lad was carrying a red box that’s secured with a gold ribbon.

“Why yes. I am Zhongli, consultant of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor. How may I be of service?” the taller male replied kindly.

He sighed in relief. “(L/n, f/n) ordered this from Mondstadt. I couldn’t find them anywhere so based on the instructions they gave, I should look for you and give it to you, sir.”

Zhongli takes the box gingerly from the man. “I apologize but I don’t have any mora in my person as of the moment.”

“Don’t worry, sir! It’s already paid by them and also, please tell them happy birthday–”

Happy birthday? Was it your birthday today? How could he forgotten?

“Thank you for handing this gift to me. I will ensure I get this to them, immediately.”

“Happy birthday, my love.” He extends the red box and a bouquet of flowers to you.

You look at him with confusion written on your face before replying, “It’s not my birthday, dear.” You could see the cogs turning in his head as you explain further. “This is for Venti, it’s his birthday today.”

“Oh.” was all he could say, standing there dumbstruck before chuckling to himself out of slight embarrassment.

Kaedahara Kazuha

Kazuha, although very reliable, talented, and swift on his feet – he always has his flaws

Life at sea, makes him forget about the time and exact date. he just gets lost in thought of his past and now, you

So when he sees you treating yourself for the first time, he put two and two together, and assumes it’s your birthday

When the Crux ship halted at the docks, the blond wanderer saw a glimpse of you amongst the crowd. You were checking out the seafood stalls to cook dinner with, having no clue that your lover came home early for you.

He told you that he might come home next month but he felt bad so he asked Beidou if he could have a month off and now, here he is.

You felt a tap on your shoulder, glancing over your shoulder you saw the pair of crimson eyes looking back at you. “Hello, dear.”

You face him with a huge smile. “Well, this is a pleasant surprise. You’re just in time, as always.” You took his hand and lead him from place to place as you treat yourself with either food or a cute but cheap jewelry.

This took Kazuha by surprise, you usually don’t like spending much and would like to save but he loved seeing your smile and how you talked endlessly about your day and work to him – it just makes him feel warm inside.

“Happy birthday, dear.” He say, all of the sudden before reciting a haiku about his day with you to you.

You wait for him to finish before bursting his bubble. “Kazuha, it’s not my birthday.” He looks at you in confusion before you explain further. “I was just treating myself for fun.”

“Although, I may have misunderstood this situation. To me, my dear, every second with you is worth celebrating.”

[seijch]

ANNOUNCEMENT: NOT A HELLO, BUT NOT A GOODBYE EITHER

omg hi ... im like . ashamed to come back after saying brief hiatus in october and then disappearing off the face of the earth til FEBRUARY but under the cut i will be explaining myself and the following, if youre interested (and a tl;dr at the very bottom if you don’t wanna scroll thru this obnoxiously long post):

the reason(s) i was gone for so long

what i was doing during that time (its just a personal account yall can scroll past this idrc)

the status of those um . halloween requests

the future of this account

i. so . Hiatus .

i know. i know . i probably mentioned it when i made the announcement post, but my mental health likes to go on one of those rides. yknow the ones where you go like up rlly fast then down maybe and then up then DOWN .... its like that. i needed a break and every time i wanted to come back or thought about it, something would happen and i would get stuck in my own head.

a big reason for getting stuck in my head was (and i hate to admit this ... i hate to admit that i have Insecurities On The Internet) my feelings of inadequacy regarding my writing. i love to plot fics, i love concepts and characters and making little headcanons but i dont ... know if i love writing rn. and i thought for the longest time that like . whatever ill just push thru it its fine ill be fine but it kinda wasnt lmao you can kinda see it in my halloween reqs and what become of them when i get to that but i began to feel like nothing i had put out or would put out would hold up prose wise (and normally i dont feel like this im much more “idc its my life im living it” but thats not a rant for tumblr LMAO). i still feel like that -- like im better as a reader than a writer. but . You Know :-)

tl;dr: mental state go brrrrr

ii. anywhere here’s wonderwall

when i left, i was in a steadily decreasing mental and emotional state, made worse by a situation at work that really was a case of petty jealousy on my end and rlly isnt very consequential now despite how much pain and resentment it gave me when it Was a problem so i wont get into it. the tl;dr of november and december was me using work as an crutch and distraction -- i know my job, i do it well, it helped me not think about my responsibilities and obligations and inadequacies. of course, as the holiday season grew busier n busier i was scheduled so often that i moved 88 or so miles (according to my apple watch, which i ONLY wear at work since im never anywhere else outside my house) and fell into a cycle of showering n sleeping at my house before going back the next day. (theres definitely something to be said abt capitalism and “grind culture” here but once again its not the time or place snsjkdfds)

at the turn of the new year, i happened to remember a birthday card i hadnt filed away for safekeeping from a friend of mine that id been horribly out of touch with til that point. i started crying because i realized how out of touch id been in general up until that point. the month of january was great for me: i was focused, happy, and in a much better place than i had been before. the end of it brought me down focus wise and im hoping that enough time away from my distractions will refocus me bc i ... need it LMAO and though ive burned out from that level of productivity and gotten distracted again im ... trying to stay positive which i think is the most i can do 😁👍🏼

media wise, i got real into stardew valley (but burned out bc i played it extensively as a way to wind down after work), the pokemon platinum romhack renegade platinum (still havent finished it bc of school n i played it w the intent to see if i could nuzlocke it ... bitch its so hard but its so fun bc of it), briefly assassins creed: odyssey (im one of those ppl who completes an entire region before i move to the next so you can tell i burned out of that one + wouldnt have the time to properly devote to it even if i didnt), got back into genshin impact after pulling for xiao (after not touching it for like . months), and danganronpa. yes . danganronpa 😐 i Know. i stopped playing it after the second trial of the first game bc i was so hurt by the outcome and picked it up in late january only to get sucked in (thank god i had the foresight to buy the second and third games during the steam winter sale). rn im at the start of chapter 4 if anyone wants to come in my asks and um . talk to me abt danganronpa

tl;dr: I’m Into Danganronpa Now

iii. you realize halloween was three months ago right

i mentioned this in the first section, but i love to plot things. every request is plotted or at least has a solid foundation. i had fun detailing what concept i wanted to go with considering what i was given, and there were some bangers i might touch up in the future. but heres whats going to happen to the requests themselves:

there are two finished requests. one will be posted tomorrow and the other will be touched up (just bc i finished it doesnt mean its good 🧍‍♂️) and scheduled for next saturday. as for the ones i never got around to ...

i will not be finishing those requests. i hate to be That Person, but i feel like we all expected this 🧍‍♂️ what i will do is post all of my notes for each request in batches -- requests that have an @ to go with them will be mentioned in the post proper, but anon asks will be pictured. (there are some asks that came from blogs who are now deactivated but i wrote down all the prompts and remember most of those askers so ill cross that bridge when i get there) there will most likely be an excerpt or two simply bc i think i mightve written a few plot points or interactions in the form of bullet points. i rlly am sorry about doing this but i remember looking at my notion doc with all the prompts and feeling ... like i wasnt measuring up n it wasnt just to myself or to some intangible concept of “other” id constructed but it was instead to those who requested n actually WANTED to see and hear and read my writing and i ...... im gonna admit thats another big reason i avoided this site.

regardless, youll definitely get what i have (and likely more than just my bullet points and illegible handwriting).

tl;dr: im sorry. what i have in terms of plot, concept, and interaction for every request will be posted, but i cant say ill ever complete them and mean it.

iv. so what now?

well i mean . im not entirely sure how sold i am on haikyuu in the content creation department (as a creator n to a lesser extent, as a consumer). as mentioned previously, its no longer my primary focus. it doesnt mean im not into haikyuu anymore; i have a lot of love for those boys but i cant rlly say im even caught up w recent fandom activity and also havent even finished s4 pt2 LMAO thats on my to do list

and despite all that, i still want to share my plots n concepts and snippets and maybe even fics. it wont happen anytime soon. it might not even happen. but i mean . its better than me saying i wont write ever again shjdkfs but either way ill probably use this blog as a personal blog w the occasional ask game for dialogue prompts (those are always so fun i love making up aus to fit like . the most mundane prompts)

as for my works (past and any potential future), ive opened an ao3 acc here n ill be editing n possibly expanding on my old works to post there. tumblr, to me, is The x reader hub, but i figure more x reader fics on ao3 is never a bad thing.

ill be deleting/posting drafted posts to the queue since they were all meant to be queued anyway as well as (sorry again 🧍‍♂️) deleting or answering asks in the inbox. (moots if you get a notif from me saying i rbed your post from months ago ... mind your business) im very hard to get ahold of and its ... a problem. expect an overhaul of the nav n shit to reflect my new direction n also because i feel like i cant tell if my passion for carrd is shared by the majority HSDKLFS maybe its better to read my info in a normal post ykwim .......

and of course . if youve read all this n decided im no longer worth the follow, i sure as hell cant stop you. thank you for wanting to, at some point, hear what i have to say -- it means more than you think.

tl;dr: writing will be edited and reposted to ao3, this blog will be a personal blog with a hint of writing (sometimes)

the tl;dr to end all tl;drs:

im back! i wont be as active as i used to due to a lessened interest in haikyuu in general, but i have an ao3 acc now where all my past work will be edited, possibly expanded, and reposted. any future work will also find itself there. my halloween requests will be posted in batches as incomplete concepts, plots, and snippets of scenes; i wont be promising to finish any of them.

there are still fic concepts im attached to and want to finish, but i cant promise any more writing on my end. this blog will be a personal blog with maybe writing, not a writing blog with my personal thoughts all over it.

regardless if you stick around or not, its been crazy sexy cool (equal emphasis) being on haikyuu tumblr even tho i wasnt around for long ... even tho its not my main focus anymore, im still excited to see what the future might hold 🤝

love, ari 💌

[early-sxnsets]

Don’t @ Me

Archive Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/18215168/chapters/43092371

Chapter 1/10 of It’s A Handheld Disaster

Word Count: 3118

Fic Summary: Teenage life is hard enough, but with the added weight of their lives, both Simon and Baz thrive online in a fandom for the British crime show, Gastrell, about the genius Huxley and his "flatmate" Sam. Through Tumblr, they find each other, and sink into something more than just being mutuals.

Chapter Summary: A shitpost is taken a little too personally, and an argument breaks out. In true Baz fashion, he seeks to prove himself right in the most ridiculous way possible.

BAZ

Morning routines are the most menial shit in the realm of existence of arbitrary tasks.

Everyone seems to have them, yet nobody really has a set one. For example, my step-mum has a long, seemingly pointless hour of simply facial cleansers, serums, and hair products. When I’d asked her years ago why she does it all, she shook her head and said “You’ll never be an aging woman, Basilton.”

I couldn’t quite argue with that.

Regardless, it’s a part of life. The routines. Wake up, morning routine, morning activity, eat, afternoon activity, usually afternoon snack, evening activity, dinner, night-time activity, sleep.

A boring, underwhelming cycle of the day.

Although, I suppose it’s shittier for me, since the homeschooling doesn’t give me a chance to do much besides sit and read. Of course, I have my car and I can drive off to whatever. Hell, father even suggested I get a job to occupy myself, but I don’t quite see the point given how much money we have (and the risk factors with moving around so frequently).

So, here I am. Finishing my classes in a matter of months, then having an entire year of pointless bullshit.

Needless to say, my entire day’s routine isn’t the most thrilling. Wake up at 10 on a good day, check social media and emails, then just lay here until I can’t wait to piss. Piss. Go to eat breakfast and get greeted by screaming children and my poor step-mum trying to wrangle them in. Go upstairs, go back online, see whatever’s on my dash, reblog some shit, then try to do something vaguely productive. Check Archive, check email again. Nothing’s on the emails, ever. Text Dev and Niall, who get awfully pissed since they are in school. Get more food. Eat. Bring tea upstairs, despite the disdained look from our maid (who hates collecting my piles of mugs). Write for a couple hours. Take an afternoon nap, if I please. Wake up and sit there (again). Maybe lonely wank. Go back to the bathroom, stare at myself in the mirror for a good few minutes. Sit on the toilet for half an hour for no reason besides the fact that my phone seems more interesting while sitting there as compared to sitting in bed. Sit then on the bathroom floor doing the same thing. Go back to my bed, listen to music on my phone and work on my laptop. Write, maybe scroll. Get dinner brought to me as they tut that I should be more active. Eat. Go downstairs for an evening workout (they’re right, I shouldn’t confine myself to my bed). Come back, do exactly what I do for half the day until I pass out somewhere around 3 am. Repeat.

Dream life for an 17 year old. Social life of a god.

Somewhat.

It’s shit to say (and sort of embarrassing to share) that there’s sort of a social media presence around me. Not quite the Instagram model bullshit, but based around fan life.

Yes, it’s a laughing stock. That’s where my popularity lies--a mixed grab-bag of various ages gathering around various platforms to enthuse about certain topics. And I’m somehow lucky enough to have the slightest bit of popularity here.

As in, a large following. A large, somehow active following.

It isn’t exactly thrilling as one would like to think. Sure, it’s fun to see a scattered group of regulars pop up, and I have my mutuals, but it’s a sad existence to sit around and make various shitposts with nothing better to occupy my mind. Or, at least, that’s what Dev and Niall tell me.

All in all, I blame Fiona. She’s the one who got me into the show, saying she thought the character was a bit like me. After I saw it, I found the three connections she’d grasped at.

Gay, dark-haired, and violinist.

As if that’s a rarity.

Yet, surely enough, I did love it. The cinematography, the characters, the storyline. It was intriguing--captivating.

It doesn’t hurt that the online community was still on the smaller side when I first got there. The show was only a season in when I made my blog, and I’ve stuck through all this bullshit to get me here. One of the regulars. Reposted everywhere, uncredited usually. Big fics, large interactions. Shitposts with thousands upon thousands of notes. I’m recognizable; a suggested name.

Don’t get me wrong, the attention is spectacular. I love interacting with people beyond this depressing household, and they’re usually fairly nice (usually) (except those ravenous for an argument). It’s just awkward to share at times when people ask why your mobile’s got 99+ symbols next to the apps and you just shrug and say “I’m shit at checking it” to avoid the conversation because most people see it as childish.

It’s a shame, really. Especially since I feel emotionally attached to these goddamn fictional fuckers.

I suppose that’s what makes it all the more personal, then. Even the shitposts mean something to me.

Which is what makes this is a long, winded way of saying fuck whoever’s arguing with me about whether or not Huxley is a fucking Ravenclaw. (He is. Hands down.) How’d I get here, staring at my mobile in disbelief at a brief back and forth post turned fight? Because it feels like a reasonable question to wonder.

I got here because, as almost all mornings, I woke up, opened my phone, read my notifs, then sat here, thinking of something. Anything. Then, in a tired haze, typed out a single text post on tumblr.

huxley gastrell is a ravenclaw send tweet

Following so, I went about my typical morning. Of course. Then--then--I check my phone as I’m going downstairs and I see it. I see the “@bi-sammy mentioned you in a post!” notif, then read the God-forsaken reblog.

@gaystrell op do you take criticism on your posts?

I frowned at my phone, typing out a quick response before tucking it back into my pocket.

@bi-sammy no.

What I hadn’t anticipated, though, was the reply I’d open up to soon after I’d started poking at my morning meal.

@gaystrell well too bad bc ur WRONG and ur opinions are UGLY

#he’s clearly a slytherin this is slytherin oppression #don’t tell me he and bryonie aren’t from a slytherin family

Now I sit, staring and completely awestruck at such a post. Now, I won’t deny Bryonie Gastrell is definitely, in all possible ways, a Slytherin. Cunning and ambitious as fuck, as any political spy may be, but fuck anyone who tries to dismiss Huxley’s clear Ravenclaw leanings.

It takes me a moment to fully process, mouth robotically chewing my eggs as I contemplate my answer.

@bi-sammy there is absolutely no proof of huxley being a slytherin and more than enough support towards him being a ravenclaw. get your clueless negativity off my blog, you utter tit.

With that, I settle my phone face down onto my table and try to enjoy my lovely plate of scrambled eggs, barely ignoring the boiling of my blood.

SIMON

My phone lights up with the new notification, dragging my attention away from my laptop as the words slide down onto the screen. “@gaystrell mentioned you in a post!” I hate to admit that I get a little pattering in my heart, urging my hand out to grasp the mobile as I pause the Youtube video currently playing. As I read his words, I slowly blink out of my excitement.

Tit. He called me a bloody tit.

Of course this fucking wanker called me a tit.

He must think that since he’s this big bad blogger, he can call me a tit right out in the open. (Although, he is talking to me, so that’s a plus) (No! No no no, bad validation, Simon. Bad). What, with his thousands of followers and fans of his own, he thinks he can try to say shit out in the open?

Fuck it. He’s either getting a DM or a bloody fist fight from me. I’ll take a train to wherever the fuck he lives (which is somewhere in England, since that’s what his bio says) (and his aunt lives in London, since he’s posted about visiting her) (I really do wonder where he’s from and how close he might be--what if I run into him one day?) (No wait fuck I don’t want that anymore).

Clicking on his blog, the little person drop down gives me the option of a message. I barely think as I type it out, vision going spotty from the adrenaline of the twinging anger.

bi-sammy: i swear to god there was no point to the battle of hogwarts if you’re just going to go around and absolutely slander the slytherin name and dare say that huxley is not one of them and, rather, is a ravenclaw

At first, I grin at it, watching my lone message appear into the empty chat. It’s so freeing--so powerful to send it. I pride myself, in the moment, for this solid move of communication. Of course I’m fucking proud. I messaged the arse myself and gave him a space to fight.

Maybe Penny’s right, I should dial down the confrontation, but it’s just the internet. Nothing important happens through a stupid little argument over Huxley’s true Hogwarts house (although, I’m sure I know I’m right in my heart), but it is a bit of fun to fuck around with someone. It’s a distraction. And that’s why I’m here, afterall. To have a distraction.

Penny thinks it’s a bit silly, but she doesn’t really complain. All she’s ever said was  “I thought we left fandom stuff behind us when we were 14.” She said it over lunch, watching me scroll through my at-the-time new tumblr.

It’s funny, I thought I did leave it behind when I was younger. It seemed unneeded as life shifted. I’d just found a stable foster home, with someone who was going to keep me for a while. I found Penny a couple months before I deactivated my old account. I was happy; we were free. I didn’t need a venting place.

Shits been sort of hitting the fan recently, though. No uni plans, David’s been getting more controlling, and of course, Agatha dumping me. It all crashed on top of me a few months ago, and somehow, the only place that I could find healthy coping was online. So, I started fresh. Made a blog and settled in. It’s not big, but I’ve had a few posts get noticed. I have a good few hundred followers, and one nice anon who asks me how I am every few weeks. It’s not a lot, but it’s comforting.

I feel at home here, even with a little discourse.

Well, only when the discourse is answered. Which, in this situation, I don’t know if it will be, given it’s been over an hour now and Baz hasn’t answered.

If that’s even his name.

It’s what his bio says, at least.

baz. 17. cisguy (he/him). gay. don’t interact if you think huxley is remotely straight.

I’ve wondered for a while what Baz stands for. He refuses to answer it in asks; he always says it’s too personal. He’s sort of odd like that--never posts pictures of anything that could be linked back. Seems sort of creepy, but then again, a lot of people follow him. It’s reasonable to want space.

Maybe that’s why he’s not answering. He probably wants space of some sort, but it’d be at least decent to answer someone who tried to have a discussion (that’s at least what I’m calling that message I sent--a discussion starter).

I frown at my phone, keeping it on silent as I slide it into my front pocket and settle into my seat in maths. I’ll say it--I sulk in class, a little bitter that I don’t have his attention (despite the fact that he seems like he’s always active online, which seems odd). Eventually, I exhale and try to let it slip away. There went my one interaction with him. My few seconds of the weirdest fucking bliss online, gone.

Then, it happens. As the class is ending, I pull out my screen just enough to see and there it is. A clear notification telling me he’d answered. Oddly enough, it’s just him sending me a link to a Google Doc.

Weird.

I ignore it for the moment being, letting myself ride the wave of relaxation that I actually got a reply. It passes my mind until I’m sitting in the back of Agatha’s car, listening to Penny and Aggie in the front talking about whatever’s on their mind. The rides are sort of awkward as of recently. At least Agatha agreed to drive me home (it’s a good 45 minute walk, if not) after some convincing from Penny, but her and I don’t really chat. It’s just the two of them.

Given that time, I have a chance to pull out my mobile and thumb through what was sent.

gaystrell: https://docs.google.com/document/d/175qFASmqD7hey8lE0eoE-6VhhFYE9DP6bpnI32Aay98/edit?usp=sharing

I click on it, not expecting that much (or, really, not expecting anything at all). Yet, the second it pops up and loads, my jaw drops.

“Jesus fuck,” I say aloud, scrolling through it. Penny turns her head, frowning as I stay locked on my screen.

“What? What’s wrong?”

“No--no nothing,” I say, waving a hand. “It’s nothing.”

“It’s got to be something for that reaction,” she says, keeping turned in her seat as she eyes me up. “Just tell us, Si.”

“I mean it when I say it’s nothing.” My voice gets quieter as I shift, reading the title. “It’s just fandom stuff. It’s really nothing.”

I hear her disgruntled huff as she turns back, mumbling something about me reacting too dramatically to this. “It isn’t even real.” It’s said under her breath, yet it still rings clear in my ears.

It isn’t really fake, either.

Hell, this is six pages of real. “Why Huxley Gastrell is, Without a Doubt, a Ravenclaw”. Shared by Basilton Pitch (is that his actual name?!). Fucking hell, it’s detailed to no ends. You’d think, with this much writing, there’d be pages of pointless filler where he’d just type “im gay hi huxley is also a gay we’re all gay here aren’t we”, but no. It’s full, grammatically correct sentences detailing his points.

It’s a bit much to read in the car, so I settle my mobile face down onto the seat as I’m left reeling. That… was a bit more than I’d expected.

Shit, did he write that for me?

This isn’t real. This can’t be real.

BAZ

Whoever says that having a flair for the dramatics is pointless has clearly never met me, because I wouldn’t quite call this masterpiece of an essay “pointless”. In fact, I should send it to academics. Rename it “A Study In Multi-Dimensional Characters and their Associated Generalized Personality Traits”. I’ll be hailed as a genius, as I deserve to be.

I crack my knuckles, and see the little person pop up.

Surely enough, it’s @bi-sammy’s name that he has listed online, Simon. It’s curious, he has his last name listed as “Snow”. Although, the smallest part of me believes it’s a pseudonym. Given our interactions, I doubt he’s clever enough to think of a solid pseudonym. And, even at that, why pick Snow?

Either way, it’s surprisingly endearing. Simon Snow. Sounds sweet. Sounds innocent.

I watch his cursor turn on, then his icon goes grey after a few moments. My heart starts to trip, making my cheeks begin to flush. Is… he ignoring this?

No. He can’t be. I put in hard work and dedication into this work, and I deserve the respect I’d sent into it. Fucking hell, three fully developed points (his devotion to intellectual work, his effort to step out of public light for Sam’s sake, and his overall lack of ambition for moving forward). I clearly set it out, and ended it properly; I’d proven that Huxley is a Ravenclaw. Case and point, opinion made, the end.

And, here I sit, watching him have the audacity to open it up then close it back. That was my hard work put in there, and he closes it? Who in the name of all that is sacred thinks he’s that above other people to the point where he just ignores--

Oh. He’s back on. Nevermind.

He’s… probably a school student. It’s roughly the time that most classes end, I suppose.

I make a mental apology to him, despite having never ranted directly to him in the first place.

He stays active for a good bit; long enough to show he’s reading. I assume that he’d just close off and message me, but after minutes, I notice a little highlighted comment pop up on the last sentence.

Simon Snow i………. owe you every single possible apology

Each word makes me grin like I haven’t in a while. A wide, cheek-creasing grin. There’s something so sweet to that--so personal. It feels like a note passed to me in a classroom under the tables. Like a cute “Blink if you like me”, although I doubt he has quite an intention.

Nevertheless, it warms my chest, sending my head back as I smile. I’m not sure whether or not it’s the satisfaction of winning, or his words, but I laugh outwardly into the room. It stays with me, reverberating onto my skin and my throat.

I look back at the comment, then leave it untouched. If he won’t remove it, then I won’t either.

With a glance at our personal messages tab, I figure that’s that. Even field, no more argument. No more interaction. It’s a bit of a shame, given the effort I’d just extorted for his sake, that he hasn’t answered in our chat.

While I’m disappointed to close off the document, I smile at it one last time. Sometimes I have to move on from random people, especially when they come on a bit strong.

Except, I find, moments later that I’m wrong about one thing--the moving on. He didn’t just stop his interaction, but instead made a public post.

“@bi-sammy mentioned you in a post!”

This time, I really laugh. A full bellied, hand-covering-mouth laugh.

i guess i have to suck @gayhuxell’s cock now because i was wrong and the bloody arse was right. huxley is a ravenclaw.

#fuck me i guess

I take a minute, rereading over his words a few times before typing a simple answer with my reblog.

i’m available anytime behind a mcdonald’s parking lot

[culinary-saiyan]

SHIPPING INFO // Answer the following for your muse(s) so people know how shipping works on your blog.

REPOST. Don’t reblog.

What’s your OTP for your Muse?

I enjoy all my pairings with Scaro for different reasons... but my favorite OTP is Scaro x Vivi yes I know the dash has yet to actually see it, but trust me it is cute af. Something about the hurt and comfort, the angst, and the actual connection really hits my dumb lil heart.

What are you willing to RP when it comes to shipping?

I am pretty open to most things in a ship, of course discussion between Muns are important. I make it pretty clear in my rules what I am just not OK with, so anything else can be simply asked :V

How large does the age gap have to be to make it uncomfortable?

Yeah I kinda hate a big age gap, anyone underage is also a hard YIKES from me. But something like a 20 year old x a 30 year old is fine in my books.

Are you selective when shipping

Yes, kinda.... listen I used to be REALLY into shipping in the past, now I have aimed to be more selective in who I ship with and the chemistry and such. But I still got that annoying side of just being like ‘fuck they are cute’.

How far do steamy moments have to go before they’re considered NSFW?

As soon as genitals are brought into it, that’s NSFW for me. Grinding? casual nudity? a lil nip? that’s all just kinda fluffy soft-core stuff to me. Or handholding.

Who are other muses you ship your muse with

FUCCCCCCCCK, Here be the list thus far please don’t be hurt if our ship isn’t here.. I likely forgot.:

-Scaro x Kibitioshin

-Scaro x Xue

-Scaro x Nona (they recently deactivated so RIP)

-Scaro x Eden

Again, I love these ships due to the differences in how they play out, they flesh out different sides of each characters in opposing ways from one another usually.

Does one have to ask to ship with you?

Yes, I can’t stress this enough. Just ask, like... I’m a huge dork, chances are I will say ‘go on :3c’ and eventually ship it too.

How often do you like to ship?

To often, again it’s a problem I have recently taken a huge crackdown on since I have started the Scaro blog. There are other relationships to flesh out other than purely romance, and they are just valuable.

Are you multiship?

Yup, though I do keep ships in seperate verses (usually otherwise it’s timeline stuff), and I of course have a main-verse ship that is the primary pairing with him.

Are you ship obsessed or ship more-or-less?

J U S T     A      L I L

What is your favorite ship in your current fandom?

Outside of my own ships? Vegebul or Mariko x Shallot.

Finally, how does one ship with you?

Ask me, hell hint at it and I will probably pick up on it. But most of all I’d prefer they have chemistry, Scaro is a softy and does have a heart for romance.. but fucking on the first night or making out is just a TAD bit invasive on him for his liking.

Stolen from: @strengthinspirit

Tagging: @time-cxtter @ssjkallion @saiyanandproud @kibitoshinn and anyone else who wants to do it!

[the-fandom-crossroads]

//Think you'll be okay with the new Tumblr Panic Issue, bud?

OOC: Gonna use this ask to say what I’m doing and what I think, then I’m probably not going to talk about it anymore on my blog. This is a themed rp blog I don’t like dragging discourse on it.

First thing I AM NOT GOING ANYWHERE! If I drop this blog or go on hiatus it’s either because KH3 came out and I’m avoiding spoilers. Or way down the line I lose interest and move back to my old main blog. I would let you all know if that happened. I’m not leaving Tumblr because they decided to ban porn.

I assume you also want my opinion about all this. I think it’s a little late, like 5 years too late to try and hide the porn. I found Tumblr 5 almost 6 years ago when I was 14. Before I even had a blog. I had already seen food play fanart (it was more than that but that’s how i’m describing it.) on one of the blogs I was stocking at the time. That’s just part of Tumblr it’s always been part of Tumblr and minors have always seen it. If someone doesn’t want to see it they could always blacklist the tag. It’s why people always try to tag triggers.

Trying to police this stuff is what’s making a mess of the site. Get rid of the porn bots, please do that. But stop trying to police how people experience fandom. Let people choose to blacklist certain tags. Don’t force it on everyone. First, it was just an automatic block of certain tags if you were under 18. Now they are trying to block adults from those tags by flagging the tags altogether. Fanfiction.net tried to police lemons back in the day (yes it was lemons back then). It just led to people moving to AO3 and LiveJournal (until LJ decided to be stupid too.)

But Tumblr doesn’t have a good replacement to jump ship too. Yeah yeah, pillowfort I know. But it’s too new of a site to house all of Tumblr. I’m sorry but their server is just to small to handle a mass migration. Most of Tumblr users will probably stay right here, just like they did when Yahoo bought Tumblr. Everyone said they would leave, everyone signed the petitions. Yahoo still bought Tumblr, and all of us are still here. 

Regardless, Tumblr staff’s actions are shady as fuck. We’ve had spam waves in random tags for years now. We’ve had porn blogs send us shady links over every private messaging service this site has set up. The new porn bots have been here for all of 2018 and they are just now trying to deal with them. . . By flagging real blogs posts??? It doesn’t make sense. Especially since they keep saying you won’t lose your blog if you have your posts flagged. Then what is the point? It’s not going to get rid of the porn bots leaving links on my posts. It’s just going to destroy real artists hours worth of work. 

They aren’t doing it to get rid of the porn bots. They’re using it as an excuse to ban ns/w content. To “clean up” the site. Because it was removed from the Apple store, and because they want ad investors for a site that no one wants their ads on cause it has porn on it. You know the reason we have those joke shitty ass ads? Cause no one will pay for ad space. If the whole site is forced to be sfw then they can kill both birds with one stone.

Fortunately or unfortunately, the bot they have set up to flag things is buggy as hell. It’s flagging posts that don’t even have photos or gifs in them. Honestly, this post will probably be flagged. Because of that real people on Tumblr staff are being flooded with repeal requests. Hopeful this will show them that the bot and the ban are unstainable on such a big website. They can’t continue to police every single post we make. That or they fix the bot to flag actual porn, then we’ll just have to adjust. Maybe find a way to put ns/w fanart under a read more? But the post might still be flagged.

Regardless we can’t really know what will happen until Dec. 17 when the full ban happens. Right now everyone is just panicking and it’s not going to help anyone. They haven’t mentioned deleting blogs or even deleting posts with this ban. They are just making them not viewable to everyone else. Share other ways to contact you yeah but don’t completely delete your blog yet. If there’s some smutty fanart you really like on a blog that’s deactivated backlog it on your own computer or on the cloud. THIS DOESN’T MEAN REPOST OTHER ARTISTS WORK ON OTHER SITES!!! I don’t want to see people using this as an excuse to repost fanart. Save it for personal use/reference only.

To summarize, I’m not leaving. Tumblr isn’t doing this to get rid of the bots, but to make the site entirely sfw. They aren’t going to delete your blog on the 17th if you have flagged posts. And everyone should chill out for two seconds before deleting their blog. Oh, and PM me if you want my Discord I guess.

[inktae]

Soooo I finally had time to read Randrop Prelude and it’s so gorgeous!! I agree with the others who called the atmosphere so peaceful, melancholic- it was so amazing. And just a little thing I enjoyed- I love when she’s leaving and turns around to ask if he wants to come along. It’s lowkey awkward, and I can imagine it being windy and cold with her speaking just above her scarf, and she’s breathless and staring hopefully at him and!! Just the idea made my heart warm to think of that dynamic (1)

And how that love would grow. It was such an endearing scene to me (I love the lowkey awkwardness a lot, haha). The growth between them was great. And it was a repost! Was that from an old blog- the one you wouldn’t repost? If so, I’m glad you did. I understand not wanting to, but seeing it now, it was too good to not share!! Definitely interesting with the music and piano; I loved the piano aesthetic feeling. And you portrayed Yoongi 👌🏼👌🏼 Once again, great job!! I love it

omg thank you for pointing that out 💜 it’s always so nice to read people’s favorite scenes, it might be a small detail but it makes me really happy! :) yes, it was a story I posted in my old blog (now deactivated) and I never felt compelled to repost it, as I wasn’t 100% satisfied with the writing nor did I feel motivated to edit it. but the other day I re-read it and got so nostalgic over the plot (which I’m still very fond of) that I couldn’t help but revamp the entire thing :)) man it made me realize how much my writing has changed ahaha (less cringey now, still as cheesy 😂) anyway, thank you so so much for liking it!!!

[expo63]

expo63:

This is actually an apology post for the growing list of lovely people to whom I owe a variety of grossly overdue replies (to messages, fic thank-yous, and a special apology to fridakahwoah because I still owe you a reply to your thought-provoking OTP Ask).

Unfortunately after limping through the summer with various illnesses/accidents/offline absences, it’s now That Time of Year Again (aka the start of term), and I’m already up to my ears and dead on my feet. Cue yet more reluctant hiatus-ing before I can catch up on my communication fails. If you haven’t heard from me, it’s honestly due to work/exhaustion/poor planning, not personal. All being well, you will do well before this cutting reaches its 26th birthday.

For now … most things in life are improved by a big, pouting, provocatively smoking Alec Scudder, captioned ‘Uninhibited acceptance of homosexuality’ and hogging the top of the page in a conservative newspaper, yes? So here we go.

‘The hidden loves of Edwardian society’, review of Maurice (James Ivory, UK, 1987) by Victoria Mather, Daily Telegraph, 5 November 1987.

My original scan, my tatty old cutting, from the exponential63 vaults. Please credit expo63, and reblog, not repost. Thank you. 

PSA to every person who reblogged this post in c. the past 24 hours (e.g via @billpottz​ or @robertsadmission​, but probably stretching back further): you are somehow all reblogging my OP via a spam-blog that took my previous URL (which I had to change fast some time ago – in panic, fear and distress due to serious abuse – and the blog concerned snuck in there). The spam-blog was eventually deactivated by Tumblr. But the whole experience was really distressing for me, and seeing everyone reblogging my scan via the spam-blog and its spammy icon brings it back...

[staboteur]

Meet The Mun

KNOWING YOUR PARTNER CAN POTENTIALLY MAKE WRITING TOGETHER A LOT EASIER. REPOST, DON’T REBLOG.

* BASICS.

NAME / ALIAS : René/René-mun (bc I’m super original and bc I can’t think of anything else fitting... People have always just been referring to me as that lol) - 
PRONOUNS : 
They/Them - SEXUALITY : Bisexual/Demiromantic - TAKEN OR SINGLE : taken but not exactly super happy about it

* THREE FACTS.

ONE : I am currently completely obsessed with Sasha Velour (she’s on Rupaul’s Drag Race S9), because of literally all of her? Saying stuff like “Gender is a construct, tear it apart” is like the definition of perfection. - 
TWO :
 I use Google a lot for writing (both for rps and for essays). I use it for antonyms and synonyms (because even though English is my first language, I struggle sometimes with remembering everything with all the shit that I have to remember) - THREE : I love drawing (which might not be too evident on this blog), but I never have time for digital art, so... I feel like nothing of mine gets seen even when I do post it on social media. I feel kind of bad, mostly because it’s my fault for being super bad at organization.

* EXPERIENCE.

HOW LONG (MONTHS / YEARS?) : I’ve been rping for almost two and a half years because I took a break freshman year due to 
mental exhaustion. - PLATFORMS YOU’VE USED : Instagram first, then I went to Tumblr. I also do private rps over IM and Skype. - BEST EXPERIENCE : God, my best experience has to be... When I first joined on Tumblr back in late 2015 there was a whole group of rpers who came here around the same time, and we had a grand old time. It was fairly short-lived because after less than a year or so, I was the only one left. All of the blogs I followed early on (the rp blogs anyway) deactivated, stopped rping publicly, or switched to different fandoms.

* MUSE PREFERENCES.

FEMALE OR MALE : He seems to prefer men, but that is probably because neither René nor I get out enough to find the fabulous female muses that are no doubt out there
 - FLUFF, ANGST OR SMUT : Fluff, I guess? Most of my plots just go where they’re going to go, although I like plots with more adventure and excitement rather than tooth-melting fluff or soul-crushing angst (my mental state is not up for angst). I’m not legally allowed to do smut, nor am I interested in trying it anytime soon. (It’s also written in my bio that I don’t do it). A lot of people have tried to approach me for smut though, which is really really uncomfortable for me (probably because Spy is fairly popular in the fandom). - PLOTS OR MEMES : Plots mostly, because I don’t reblog memes that lend themselves to rps mostly - BEST TIME TO WRITE : Uh... Like, never tbh XD I hardly ever have muse for René that coincides with me having time or wanting to write (plus my tumblr is really slow on desktop for some reason, so it’s a pain in the ass to write literally anything) - ARE YOU LIKE YOUR MUSE(S) : Yes, actually. René got a lot of traits from me, including our star sign (Gemini, anyone?). I just feel more comfortable writing a muse that is slightly similar to myself, mostly so I can keep things in character.

TAGGED BY : @meetthethiefa

TAGGING : @seducing-french-gentlemen @ask-blue-spy

[charly-ra]

A 20-Point Checklist for B2B Marketing on LinkedIn

B2B marketing on LinkedIn has come a long way. After years of being seen as “just” a platform for job seekers, it’s become a hub for marketers, sales people, influencers, and even freelancers serving the B2B market. And LinkedIn is good for much more than just job seeking. It offers opportunities for lead generation, sales, audience building, networking, and yes – recruitment.

But none of those things happen without work. Success on LinkedIn requires a certain amount of effort and strategy. This is not a platform you’ll do well on if you just repost whatever you’ve just published on Facebook or Instagram. LinkedIn has its own culture.

If you want to fit into that culture and get real results from this platform, the following 20 things are essential for your LinkedIn profile and presence. Make sure you’ve checked every one of them off your to-do list.

1. Do get a great profile headshot for yourself.

Ideally, you’ll invest $200-$600 for a great, professional business headshot that you can use across the web and anywhere else. But if that’s not a purchase you want to make right now (or your current headshot is good enough and is less than 7 years old), you could get a friend to take a “professional-enough” photo of you.

Just, please – don’t confuse LinkedIn headshots with what you’d use for dating. Smile and look like you want to meet people, but avoid the open mouth gasp some social media pros use on other platforms. And, please, do not pose like you’re trying to look sexy.

There’s a great “photo testing” tool called Photofeeler that will give you feedback about your headshot from other people. It evaluates photos for different conditions: business, dating, or social media. For business, your photo will be rated based on how competent, likable, and influential other users think you look.

2. Do write a keyword-optimized headline.

This is basically a headline, and so it follows all the usual rules of headlines. Namely: Do not confuse people. Confused people will skip over your profile and move on to the next person in their list.

Another common mistake: Using just your current title and company name as your headline. As in, “Marketing Manager, CFO Strategies.” This does have a good keyword, and it’s clear, but it’s not likely to attract your next great opportunity. It’s also not using the 120 characters available very well.

This headline uses those characters better: “Marketing Manager, CFO Strategies | Award-Winning Social Media and PPC Expert in B2B SaaS Marketing.” Even that headline only uses 103 characters, but it will get far more clicks and attention than a title-only headline.

3. Do personalize your LinkedIn URL.

You want something like this: https://bit.ly/2F0K8vV

Not this: https://bit.ly/2ZiKEfy

Fortunately, this is a quick fix.

Click the “Me” icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage.

Click View profile.

Click Edit public profile & URLin the right rail.

Change your URL to whatever you want it to be.

Click Save.

  4. Do write a great About section.

Here’s the secret to great LinkedIn About sections: They’re not actually about you. They’re about your clients, customers, or the next company that will hire you.

Yes, you will be talking about yourself in the summary. But talk about how you can help your target audience – about what you can do for them. Anything you mention about yourself will only be to provide evidence of what you can do for them.

Because this section is long, you may also want to add line breaks to create sections and use all caps for section headers. Of course, try to sprinkle in a few keywords and keyword variations so your profile can appear in more searches.

Most people now also close their summary with a call to action and their contact information. They may even add a few emojis for bullet points, or to highlight an email address.

5. Do complete your experience section with plenty of keywords sprinkled in.

This is the part of your LinkedIn profile where you get to pull information in from your resume. Just be sure to use the available space, and always be thinking about what terms your ideal client or boss would use when they are looking for someone like you.

6. Do complete the Skills section.

While you can include up to 50 skills, sometimes it’s nice to leave a little room for skills you may acquire later on. Because other people can endorse you for certain skills, if you don’t think carefully about what you include here, you may have to delete a skill (and its associated endorsements) at some point in the future.

7. Do complete the Education section.

This doesn’t have to be just four-year degrees. Any licenses or certifications can be included here. They will give you another opportunity to use more keywords and to demonstrate that you’re growing in your career.

8. Do research the keywords you’re using in your profile.

We’ve mentioned this several times in this article, but it’s important enough to deserve a point of its own. Take the time to do some keyword research to find out what terms and related terms people use when they’re looking for someone like you.

Ideally, you’ll have one primary keyword that you’ll use throughout your profile, then 5-7 other related keywords or keyword variations that you’ll use where they sound better, make more sense, or address a different aspect of your business skills.

9. Do check your LinkedIn Social Selling Index score.

Want a quick, free way to see how your profile compares to others in your field, and what you might do to improve your profile? Head over to LinkedIn’s Social Selling Index tool and get your score.

10. Do create a company page.

According to LinkedIn expert Mark Williams, a company page alone isn’t going to rocket your engagement rates up. But it is still an essential element of marketing your B2B company on LinkedIn. It’s also a required element for advertising. So get that company page up. Our article, X, will show you everything you need to know to get started.

11. Do start posting your own content.

The goal of LinkedIn posts is to start a conversation. So create posts that are interesting and make people want to respond, but be cautious about going for “shock factor.” It’s not good branding to have an argument break out around your post.

Aim for at least two posts per week, or do as many as five if you can. Vary the types of posts you publish. In our article about LinkedIn video marketing, one expert said he posts video content twice a week, then variations on text or image posts the other days of the week.

But don’t forget the poll. This might not work every day, but having a “Friday poll” could be an interesting way to boost engagement and set up a schedule your audience comes to expect. Polls are also, of course, excellent for engagement.

12. Do engage with other people’s content at least once a week.

Engagement goes both ways on LinkedIn. So if you want people to comment and react to your posts, you need to comment and react to their posts.

Fortunately, this doesn’t take all that much time. Just a few minutes is enough to like a couple of posts and make a brief comment on one or two posts.

13. Do join a few Groups.

These aren’t as powerful as they used to be, but a complete LinkedIn profile requires that you join even a few groups. Five is enough to cover the bases, especially if you only pick groups that you might genuinely want to participate in on a regular basis.

14. Do start creating and sharing videos.

We have a whole other article about how to use video on LinkedIn, but it’s such an important content format now that it deserves its own point here. Remember: video doesn’t have to be long. Even a minute of video is enough. All you have to do is think of four one-minute segments of video to record for your profile, and you’ve got a month’s worth of video for LinkedIn. Make it count!

15. Do get a few recommendations.

Even three recommendations is a great start. You can usually get at least a few simply by leaving recommendations for other people. I’ve found this works especially well on Fridays. Often if I write a recommendation for someone Friday morning, they’ll leave me a recommendation by Friday afternoon, if not over the weekend.

16. Do upload your “publications.”

This sounds grand, but “publications” can also include any blog posts you’ve written. And this is yet another great opportunity to demonstrate your expertise AND showcase your work and how you can help prospective clients, customers, or employers.

17. Do publish a few articles.

Speaking of blog posts… can you republish any of them to your LinkedIn articles? It could get your content much more visibility, but it will also serve to demonstrate your expert and help you get more out of LinkedIn overall.

18. Do NOT over automate.

There are some really interesting tools available that will let you automate a lot of your networking activities on LinkedIn. And while they may be tempting… be careful.

LinkedIn will not send a warning if it detects you using these sorts of automated tools. It will just deactivate your account. Let me say that again: You will not get a warning if LinkedIn disapproves of your use of automated tools. You’ll just log in one day to find yourself locked out of years’ worth of work.

Now, can you use something like Buffer or any of the automated posting tools? Sure. Most LinkedIn experts report that you won’t get as much engagement from automated posts, but they aren’t going to get you banned. Sending 1,000 connection requests in an hour? That’ll get you banned.

19. Do NOT send sales messages right after you’ve connected with someone.

Everyone gets these too-early sales pitches. Everyone hates them. So don’t sour a new connection by pushing a sale too soon. Instead, start by endorsing your new connection for a skill they clearly have, or send them an article or a piece of research you know they’ll be interested in.

20. Do NOT forget that LinkedIn is a unique platform.

It is not Facebook. It is not Instagram. It is not Twitter.

As we discussed in our article, B2B Video Marketing on LinkedIn, one of the most notable changes in social media in the last year or so is how the cultures of the different social platforms have come into their own. Posting the same thing to all four platforms was never a good idea, but now it’s an even worse idea. This is especially true for LinkedIn.

Please understand, however, that “professional” doesn’t have to mean unapproachable, or even bland. People do business with people, and they like content that is honest, direct, engaging, and even a little bit fun.

B2B ≠ boring.

from https://bit.ly/3hbR2uY

[agentwalkcr-blog]

SHIPPING INFO // Answer the following for your muse(s) so people know how shipping works on your blog. REPOST. Don’t reblog.

WHAT’S YOUR OTP FOR YOUR MUSE?:  Casarah. I know I’m in the minority and I know how pure and lovely and good Charah is..............but like...........................man Casey and Sarah are in love okay? Like...............goddamn man, Casarah is so good.

WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO RP WHEN IT COMES TO SHIPPING?:  No sexual assault. Darker and toxic themes are chill if discussed between muns.

HOW LARGE DOES THE AGE GAP HAVE TO BE TO MAKE IT UNCOMFORTABLE?:  As long as both muses are over 18 - save for teenage specific AUs where BOTH muses are under 18 - I’m relatively chill.

ARE YOU SELECTIVE WHEN SHIPPING?: Yeah. I can autoship with muns I know better - even if the autoship is more crack based - but like.........Sarah’s got a hard time opening up to people. There’s a reason the only romantic partners she’s had in the year I’ve been writing her (the old blog turned 1 today!) are Casey and Chuck and Bryce, the few times a Bryce blog has popped up.

HOW FAR DO STEAMY MOMENTS HAVE TO GO BEFORE THEY’RE CONSIDERED NS.FW?: Anything someone could get in trouble for reading at work? Anything past making out ususaly but mostly as soon as clothes start coming off. Even if it’s gonna be Fade to Black, even if all that’s being taken off is a jacket.

WHO ARE OTHER MUSES YOU SHIP YOUR MUSE WITH?: Casey and/or Chuck are the primary ones. I love to explore pre-series Sarah and Bryce. I’m down for Sarah and Shaw things, both cute pre-Red Test Reveal things and toxic post reveal things. Lowkey I adore the idea of Sarah with Carina or Ellie. Sarah’s teen verse has her stupidly in love with Ricky Linderman (who is sometimes an AU teenage Casey) as well as Audrey Jensen from Scream. (Blaming @voices-ringing-out / @prove-it-beyond-a-doubt for this). Crossover ships sound like fun too. Basically? Have chemistry, will ship.

DOES ONE HAVE TO ASK TO SHIP WITH YOU?: Yup. Sometimes it’ll just happen and sometimes I’ll approach you first, but I wanna make sure we’re on the same page. The answer will 95% of the time be yes.

HOW OFTEN DO YOU LIKE TO SHIP?: All the time and not always romantically. One of my fave ships with Sarah has actually been a brotp with an OC who’s since deactivated but yeah, Sarah and Tess were besties and that was more important to me than most of the romantic stuff I’ve done. 

ARE YOU MULTISHIP?:  Hell to the yeah

ARE YOU SHIP OBSESSED OR SHIP MORE-OR-LESS?: Ship obsessed like............man.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SHIP IN YOUR CURRENT FANDOM?: Team Bartowski OT3. Pure and good and lovely. Also Ellie and Devon and also I highkey adore Morgan and Alex???? LIke...........A lot.

FINALLY, HOW DOES ONE SHIP WITH YOU?: scream at me in IMs and THEN send me a shippy starter. With the exception of most Chucks, any romantic or sexual meme sent BEFORE a first interaction will be deleted.

TAGGED BY:  @computerbrained TAGGING: Anyone who wants to do it tbh.