#so limited queue it is

[weregreatatcrime]

There are almost 600 things in my queue because I hate letting it spam my own blog with my own reblog posts so I have it set to only 25 queue posts a day hfshgfskrhr

I really hope Tumblr doesn't have a queue limit

[daydreamerwonderkid]

Saw a post recently that mentioned how underrated Damian's sense of humor is, so I went ahead and decided to find some of my fave moments, pt. 1

pt. 2

[preqvelle]

When hims being silly.

[literaryvein-reblogs]

in an attempt to organise

literaryvein-words - Word Lists

literaryvein-prompts - Writing Prompts

literaryvein-references - Writing Notes & References

literaryvein-templates - Writing Worksheets & Templates

literaryvein-basics - Writing Basics. Grammar. Refreshers.

everything will still be posted on this blog first, then queued in the above sideblogs. thanks to the anon for the suggestion!

[taiistired]

If Martyn meant nothing to him, he couldn’t see it in the golden glow of Scott’s joy. “I love you,” Scott said.  Martyn squeezed his hand. “Love you too.”  He resisted the urge to say, my liege, and instead, bit his tongue hard enough that he tasted blood. 

— the final lines of @apollothetransboy's it’s better to leave than to be replaced may or may not have changed my brain chemistry irrevocably

[arialerendeair]

Dreamling Week Approaches

Dun dun duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuunnnnnnnnnnnn!

The prompts for Dreamling Week have officially been posted on the @mr-sadman blog, so make sure to check that post out!

If any of you remember last year, I did a massive reblog blitz of any and all Dreamling content I had in my Dreamling tag and reblogged it all across the entire week!

I’m planning to do another of those - but even bigger this year!

Here’s a list of content I’m planning to reblog:

Dreamling Week content from last year

My Dreamling tag

The tumblr Dreamling tag

Dreamling Big Bang Fics ( @the-centennial-husbands-bigbang for future runs of the bang!)

All of @gabessquishytum’s ficlets! (Yes, ALL, I am ballsy and determined)

All of @softest-punk's works

AND, new this year -

YOUR SUBMISSIONS

That's right - one thing I got a lot of requests for last year was for folks to send me things - SO! I have created a handy dandy form for you to do so! I will be accepting any and all submissions up until June 2nd, when Dreamling Week starts!

Submissions have only 2 requirements!

It must be a Tumblr post. No other links will be accepted.

Limit yourself in terms of submissions.  (If you have 6 fics - do not send me 6 links, please make a masterpost featuring all of them.  If you would like to create a specific universe masterpost for one series - and another for your standalones?  Go for it!  If you want to create one for your art and one for your fics?  Go for it!)

Masterpost Example!

Last but not least!

While I am absolutely thrilled to turn my blog into Dreamling Hell (affectionate) during the first week of June, I would love, more than anything else, to see other blogs join me in doing so, since there is so much Dreamling content out there that I know I haven't seen!! I have lovingly teased @seiya-starsniper into doing something similar, and I hope some of you decide to do reblog sprees (at whatever scale you are comfortable with) as well!

Let's flood the #Dreamling Week and #Dreamling Week 2024 tags with as much content as possible and get ourselves back on the Top Ships of the Week again!

[sable-pigeon]

Tingsheng, Mei Changsu, and Xiao Jingyan in the early episodes of Nirvana in Fire

Looking at how early episodes of the show use Tingsheng as a way of bringing Mei Changsu and Jingyan closer together (with an end note about how, having fulfilled that purpose, he remains a connection that they both draw upon to communicate with each other).

Tingsheng is there from the very beginning of Mei Changsu and Jingyan's (re)acquaintance, starting from when Jingyan first notices Mei Changsu; Mei Changsu is talking to Tingsheng (and starting to realize who Tingsheng might be), and this leads into their first conversation:

The subject of this conversation is primarily Tingsheng and, most importantly, what Mei Changsu is offering: to teach Tingsheng, and also to get him out of his present situation, and, to his credit, Jingyan is listening (so much so that he will echo the same sentiment back to Mei Changsu in episode 33):

Checking in on Tingsheng is also what brings Jingyan, who by now has asked around about this mysterious individual, to Jingsu's next meeting, where Mei Changsu is very direct about why he's here, and reflects back what Jingyan has heard about him by recasting the previous scene as something solely towards that purpose:

When Jingyan next speaks privately with Mei Changsu, it's in the aftermath of Nihuang's matter in Episode 5, and a displeased Jingyan lays down an ultimatum about his limits, but is still willing to listen to what Mei Changsu has to say, and what Mei Changsu has to say explicitly links Tingsheng with asking Jingyan to trust him:

Jingyan is shocked to learn Mei Changsu knows Tingsheng's true identity, but he also has to acknowledge what Mei Changsu's silence means. In addition, Jingyan's frustration with having to keep that secret, alongside his recognition of the necessity of doing so provides another opportunity for Jingyan to hear what Mei Changsu is telling him:

The conversation ends with Jingyan continuing to process and getting up rather abruptly after Mei Changsu's salute, but even though he doesn't turn around, he does stop on his way out; he needs to thank Mei Changsu for saving Tingsheng, and we get the reaction shot from Mei Changsu to close the scene:

The next time Jingyan and Mei Changsu are onscreen together, in Episode 9 when Mei Changsu visits Jingyan at the manor he remembers so well, the atmosphere is markedly different from the last time we saw them, and Tingsheng, a settled Tingsheng who Mei Changsu did succeed in getting out, is there:

As in their first meeting, Mei Changsu helps Tingsheng up while Jingyan looks on, but the positions have changed: Mei Changsu has done what he promised and succeeded in bringing Tingsheng out and to Jingyan's side. Tingsheng's bow too, is different, he is no longer cowering, but saluting:

The warmth of the sequence is supported by the accompanying music, and Jingyan's acquiescence to Tingsheng keeping 'Feiliu's' present flows directly into his introduction of Mei Changsu to his subordinates, where, in far cry from their previous scenes, he specifically names Mei Changsu as his friend.

From the initial meeting through this gift sequence (which leads into their first truly collaborative scene), Tingsheng features in each of Mei Changsu and Jingyan's early interactions, and their discussion of him functions as a way for Mei Changsu to show his intentions and for Jingyan to believe in them.

Finally, even when Tingsheng is no longer central to their interactions, as he is in these early episodes, he remains a way for Jingsu to communicate sincerity to one other, whether by Jingyan reaffirming his trust in Mei Changsu after the infamous occurrences of Episode 33, or by Mei Changsu acknowledging his connections in the aftermath of the reveal.

[castielsupernatural]

absolute honor to be insane with you all 🫡

[fancykraken]

So tumblr premium is a go now (I got a survey about this months ago and knew it would probably happen so I'm not surprised). But the people freaking out about it... you don't have to buy it. Like...? I get it the majority of the tumblr user base freaks out about every change (aside from polls which was a good freak out), but no one is forcing anyone to do anything. Tumblr needs to make money, it's a business, and from what has been stated previously this site loses money constantly. I am not surprised in the least they're doing this. I'm more surprised it hasn't happened sooner.

But that doesn't mean not to send in feedback. Definitely do that and do it constructively. Don't yell at staff, it's shitty and the equivalent of being a Karen in a retail store. The staff always gets the brunt of the anger at every change, which sucks. It's like yelling at the baristas for serving a different type of coffee when really you want to be yelling at the manager/boss. Go yell and tell them to go fuck themselves, they're the ones who deserve it.

[a-sketchy]

liking yosuke is harder than liking akechi tbh. like akechi’s crimes are entirely fictional but yosuke’s homophobia and misogyny and other general shittiness is genuinely uncomfortable for real people for very understandable reasons. ultimately i could never blame anyone for not being able to stand yosuke’s issues, and no one’s obligated to like the characters i like nor in the specific way i like them, but it’s sooo annoying to read nuanceless takes on either end of hating him based on an extremely shallow reading of the text or liking a squeaky clean sanded down version of him. and that does apply to akechi too, but i think it’s overall harder to overcome the instinctual disgust of yosuke’s actions to grapple with a sincere analysis of his character than it is for akechi, cause even without having hard stats to back this up, i’m pretty sure the demographics of people who like persona include more queer people and women who have faced any sort of prejudice than people who have been murdered, y’know?

so like, free my man. he did all that shit but he’s complex about it

[call-me-oracle]

barbara gordon in nightwing #85 pt. 1

bonus:

[yikes-ajax]

It started raining hard at work the other day and I saw this bird take shelter under a car on its tire, and it made me smile, so here's your reminder:

Though things may be tough, you can endure. Trust that the universe will give you shelter even if it is in unconventional or small ways, and believe that you are strong enough to adapt ❤️

[canon-gabriel-quotes]

Expect clip posting to slow down due to irl nonsense.

Also from the 11th to the 18th I won’t have any computer access and very little internet access but I’ll schedule a couple clips beforehand for that week 🫡

[thevioletcaptain]

remember how a few years ago a bunch of terfs on tumblr admitted to making secret non-terf sideblogs where they'd participate in fandoms and slowly frogboil their mutuals by starting out with statements that everyone would agree with, like "women shouldn't have to share space with abusers!" but then shift their definitions and shift and shift and shift over time, and keep their mutuals nodding along until suddenly they were agreeing with and spreading straight up terf bullshit, oblivious to the fact that they'd even been manipulated?

and then the terf bloggers openly laughed on their main blogs about the fact that they'd done this, and how it was so easy?

and then those posts were found and circulated and we all said, "man, i'd better keep an eye out for stuff like that because it truly goes to show that none of us are immune to propaganda!"

also, remember how this platform, like twitter, has a well documented and much discussed nazi problem which has never fully gone away?

well, this is just me saying be mindful of that. because i've now seen three posts this week -- thankfully only in the for you feed, so far -- that have absolutely reeked of antisemites trying the frogboiling tactic on well-meaning people who are horrified by the actions of the israeli government and military.

posts that were 98% something that anyone who wants the violence to stop would agree with, but then had a sentence or two wedged in halfway through that set off enough red flags to decorate a car dealership.

i'd include the most recent one i saw as an example, but naturally when i tried to take a screenshot i accidentally clicked wrong and the page refreshed and i lost it forever.

i don't really have a good summing up thing to say here, just... be mindful. don't forget that none of us are immune to propaganda, and that the shittiest people on earth will go out of their way to use your outrage over one form of violence to try and drag you into agreeing with another.

[spikes-got-anger-issues]

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[so-much-for-subtlety]

two days in a row I’ve hit my daily post limit