#so the only blog I got with an active queue is my oc blog

[muse-bs]

gonna try to get to all my replies. including eldbitch. we shall see what happens

[funkymbtifiction]

the end of an era

I wanted to thank you all, not only for all the notes of gratitude, encouragement, etc., in my inbox, but for being my faithful readers over the last ten years as I blundered around, answering asks, figuring things out on the fly, mistyping myself half a dozen times, and learning by “answering.” It’s been an incredible blessing for me to be part of your lives, and now, I hope, I have left behind enough of a resource, through my thousands of answered questions, my MBTI book, and my ongoing FunkyMBTI Blog, that you can be guided to your type and start the journey of self-development.

I want to say a few more things, but first, I’ll answer the burning questions that I know are going through your mind directly.

Does this mean no more character typings? No, it does not. I will continue updating FunkyMbti.com for the indefinite future, and those posts will automatically be ported over to this tumblr page, along with posts from Sixy Pixie (which I may expand to include general Enneagram posts/information/insights).

All it means is I am retiring from answering typing questions. I will still be active in various online communities, doing research, gathering information, and sharing it on my blogs. My interest in MBTI has waned since writing my book (which I consider the “achievement” of over a decade of work/research/learning), so the best way I know of is to move forward.

Does this mean I can’t request characters anymore? No, it does not. You can always contact me through FunkyMBTI.com’s contact page to make character requests. I have an ongoing list of characters people would like to see, and I hope to get around to most of them. (Such as, people want to see The OC, The Scream movies, and more Hollywood icons, such as Natalie Wood). I also have Sanditon, more Shadow and Bone typings, etc., coming.

How can I know about your Enneagram book and/or other books? Thank you for asking! You can either stay tuned here, since any announcement posts on my blog will update here, or you can join my mailing list to receive all my updates (of reviews, upcoming books, free book giveaways, and more).

Are you going to delete Funky on tumblr? No, it will stay up as long as tumblr survives, not only as a monument to my zillion hours of work, but to the thousands of people who braved the internet to ask me questions and allowed me to showcase my “Big Sister Energy.” Ha, ha. Seriously, though, I appreciate all the questions, comments, compliments, and submissions over the years, including the gigantic assortment of characters from shows/movies I may never watch.

What now? I will stock the queue for a few months and take time off, and then hopefully dig more into the Enneagram, since I think that has real potential to change people’s lives for the better.

Final Thoughts:

It seems fitting that I close “the end of an era” (as my ENFJ friend put it, when she heard about this) as I approach the end of a “decade” in my life, and a big “0” birthday. I can’t exactly recall how my journey started. I think I took one of those MBTI quizzes, shared by a friend on some social media website, got mistyped as an INTJ, and fell down a rabbit hole that took over my life for over a decade. I went through every possible type known to man (other than SP), and can now finally claim with authority to be an ENFP.

I made all the mistakes you are going to make, if you are just starting out on this journey of self-awareness – I listened to the wrong people, I took in the wrong information, I mistyped myself and others, I had to unlearn everything that made no sense, but along the way, I learned how to introspect and be present with myself. To pay attention to what I am doing, and why I am doing it, and that is the most valuable take-away from this experience. You can either go through life oblivious to your true self, or you can go through life friends with yourself, and aware of both your strengths and your weaknesses. I recommend the latter. It's hard but worth it.

Doing that for so long, getting used to being “wrong,” prepared me to read my first book on the Enneagram. And it changed my life. I knew I was a 6, that there was nothing “wrong” with me, that other people struggled with the same things I did. And my introspection started growing deeper. There were many ego battles along the way, denial of the aspects of 6 profiles that I didn’t want to admit to, followed by resignation and self-awareness (that I do that too, and it’s revolting!). But it’s a journey that I intend to walk on, for the rest of my life, and I’m glad to know these things. I wish I had known them sooner. I would have been a much better friend.

All of my current friends came to me through Funky. My friends in Sweden and Tennessee and Idaho and India and Philadelphia and Florida and Spain and Greece. I would not know them, had they not reached out to me, asked me a question, asked if we could e-mail, or helped me figure something out. Funky has been my “social” life for a decade. Some of them are still with me, even though one of them is not – Maddie, my beloved ENTP co mod, my zany, nutty, wild-hearted 793 “DJ” who could simultaneously make me laugh until I cried and drive me insane with frustration, passed away of a heart attack during the pandemic in 2021. One minute she was in my life, and the next she was gone forever. I never told you at the time, but it seems a fitting end to my time here, to pay homage to a friend I hope to meet one day “in person” in whatever comes after this. So Maddie, thank you for everything you put into this blog with me, thank you for the hours of fun and laughter, for the many hundreds of posts that will stand as a testament to your memory. I miss you. And I hope wherever you are, you are doing something crazy.

Thank you, dear reader, for coming with me on this journey. I know we shall meet again.

XOXO, Charity / ENFP Mod / Big Sister Energy

[darksideofthemamon]

I got tagged by @radellama ! Thanks, Rads!

1. why did you choose your url?

I thought it sounded catchy ^^" I'm honestly not good at thinking about these things. Titles too.

2. any sideblogs? if you have them name them and why you have them.

I have 3!

@janusofguardia for my Chrono Trigger AU (Janus gets taken in by Guardia instead of the Mystics)

@lila-chantilly for my Kingdom Hearts OC/s

@the-journey-was-the-point for all Tolkiem-related things, including OC's and LOTRO!

3. how long have you been on tumblr?

Uhh 5 years? I only started in 2019 ^^" I wasn't here for its heyday

4. do you have a queue tag?

No! I don't really queue, I only sometimes schedule posts for the timezone.

5. why did you start your blog in the first place?

I wanted to post my art and interact with fandoms! I ended up being active here the most because it's really fandom-centric, accommodates a lot of post types (art, long text posts, asks), and isn't subject to the same algorithms and commercialism the other social media sites are. It's much quieter here, and the only ones who stay are like-minded people, so I really like it. It's all about having a space to creatively express myself.

6. why did you choose your icon/pfp?

It's my KH OC! She has her arm in brace, and I recovered from an injury just last year, so I felt it represented my inner self.

7. why did you choose your header?

I wanted to show off my best works XD

8. what’s your post with the most notes?

Fanart of Asami Sato from Legend of Korra!

9. how many mutuals do you have?

Uhhh I don't know how to count that... I'm gonna guess 10-15????

10. how many followers do you have?

89!

11. how many people do you follow?

311!

12. have you ever made a shitpost?

Hmm I think I sort of did? It's a joke on the ending of KHUX, and one of the few times I've drawn Eraqus

13. how often do you use tumblr each day?

Often! I check it all the time, honestly ^^"

14. did you have a fight/argument with another blog once?

Nope! And anyway I'd be happy to block.

15. how do you feel about ‘you need to reblog this’ posts

b y e

16. do you like tag games?

Yeah!

17. do you like ask games?

Yeah, I also sometimes reblog prompts in my sideblogs!

18. which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?

Hmmm I'm not sure if any are? @_@

19. do you have a crush on a mutual?

Nope!

20. tags

ok so no pressure obviously!

@undeadrabbit-reblogs @loremastering @angbands-last-hero @tambermizukiart @chirithy564 @saephrond @lanthanum12

and whoever else wants!

[bluebeads-art]

your art is so amazing !!! i adored the 3d printed stuff (as someone who has had to design myself 3d printed merch before because i don't usually have much access to the merch in my fandom lol), it's so good?? and all your coloring is beautiful <3

all this to say it might not seem like i reblog much but rest assured all the stuff i liked (or didn't) went into my queue a few times over hehehe. i LOVE your art it's amazing <3

wishing you luck with the identity and health stuff, even if it doesn't get better i hope you find happiness within it 🫡

gah this got away from me sorry for the ramble

aaaaaaa I saw this message in a notification on my phone, said "I'll read that when I actually have time to reply," then the notification got dismissed somehow and if there's no notification prompt to remind me of something, it no longer exists to me. It's been a month I'm so sorry ^^;;

Thank you so much! I wish it was easier to convert more of my stuff to be 3D printable, but my usual modeling style is not watertight in the slightest and disregards gravity entirely. 😆 3D modeling has always been really cool to me because there's so many different workflows depending on what you're trying to make. Keeps things from getting stale!

Speaking of differences, I feel like people don't tend to mention my coloring. :0 I think my line art usually steals the show, heh. I used to be a lot more conscious about color theory and shading when I was younger, but these days there's no thoughts, only vibes 😂

Ok the line, "even if it doesn't get better i hope you find happiness within it" hit me unexpectedly hard (in a good way). Any nice messages I get always means a ton to me, but while I don't seem to be able to articulate why at the moment, I think that line will stick with me for much longer than usual. Thank you so much ♥

---

Speaking more generally (this message just gave me a good excuse to talk, heh)- spoilers; the artist in my brain refuses to die. So after, like, a literal year of not touching it, I've started working again on a 3D modeling project that I started in 2021 that has been haunting me ever since. Been trying to redesign a robot OC of mine Rayner, and I'm really particular about wanting his joints to work in a physical space instead of bending the rules artistically. I'm Really bad at designing complex hard surface objects in flat 2D though. However, there's a reason artists tell you not to character design in 3D, and that's because it's slow, it's easy to lose design cohesion, and most importantly it just sucks, awful workflow. But I am Doing it. And while I was super stuck for years and almost developed a friggin phobia of the project, I am now Doing It. And it's actually working out this time. The 3D model itself is MILES from being done, but the design almost is, and while that's a boring end result for other people, it represents a huge milestone and accomplishment for me in many ways.

I've been drawing a little bit lately too! But I feel my social media hiatus has given me a healthier relationship with posting? Like I have a few doodles that I could either post now or post soon, but I don't feel the same pressure to anymore? Where even if I never post them, I think I'm fine with that. I've always thought I made art for myself, but that's not exactly true because I was also making art for the sake of sharing. And while I don't think there's anything wrong with that, I think being able to separate the two and be content with simply just creating is healthy. Also I'm still not as active on social media in general anymore which is probably healthier as well LOL.

So I'll prrrobably start posting again soon-ish now that I've broken this blog's posting silence? Not sure how to wrap this monologue up. My physical health problems are going to keep on probleming, but in terms of artistic fulfillment I've been in a much better place this past month, and that's a huge yeehaw from me 👍

[hext00ns]

Initially wanted to write this in a rb but I think an ask is better (btw if you only see me like I promise it's in the queue my blog got rn)

I really adore your ocs and read your talks abt them in the discord (mostly lurk but hoping to be more active, alas timezones or no idea what to say) and think abt making art of them to maybe get more into it again. No promises since it still is a on/off thing for me and if will it prob take a bit but have you anyone you want to see art the most of? Can be one or multiple. Iirc you talked abt wanting to see more of one but can't remember who it was anymore.

I cannot like with words express how much this ask means to me. Like fr my ocs are like the world to me to knowing ppl like them means everything to me fr

If you drew my oc I would start crying this is just a fact I would be so happy. Honestly you could draw anyone that speaks to you!!! The one you probably remember me talking about is Eyn, he’s the main character and my favorite to draw and show ppl but during stuff like artfight most people pick Dove or Mallow over him (which is soooo valid Dove n Mallow are also evehthinggggg but!!! I have a TH account if you need like. To look at bitches or just curious lol

[thatscottster24]

@chaoticjos28 is my Alt! I made it bc I got locked out of my main Google acc lmao

Hello, my name's Josie and I'm your normal aroace teenager! I write stories, draw, and make characters! I am a demigirl and go by she/they pronouns.

I'm also currently dabbling in music and FNF modding :3

PLEASE READ MY CARRD BEFORE INTERACTING PLEASE AND THANK YOU.

Key to my tags:

- #josies queue bc i'm lazy - Queued posts and reblogs

- #josie's character chaos - OC stuff, usually shitposts

- #josie art josie art - Art tag

- #F-For me? 🥹 - Fanart tag

- #rambling to the wall - Random rambling/text posts that don't fall into the lower two categories

- #welcome to rant corner - Negative rants and vents about my life. here so u can filter it out :3

- #checking the mailbox 📬 - Answered asks! Sometimes I will forget my inbox exists tho (<- on mobile)

Social Links:

Discord Server (feel free to join, it's kind of dead though)

YT Channel (I barely post here)

Twitter (barely active)

Artfight

Toyhou.se (For all of my characters!)

Reddit (barely active due to the blackout, only still have it bc there's a few subreddits I desperately need as lore + info obtainers)

Pinterest

Ao3/Archive of Our Own (I use this for stories, you'll need a registered account on there to access them though)

Wattpad (For the peoples who don't have Ao3 accounts that want access to my stories and fics)

Art Blog (because I want my art to get more traction and not buried in my reblogs)

General Art Tag

Stories that I am currently writing (clicking on the names leads to their story masterposts!)

Doki Doki Expanded (DDLC OC Story)

Friday Night Funkin': Fandom Crossover/FC

Friday Night Funkin' Void-Sides

Friday Night Funkin' Highlights

The Protectors

Neverending Nightmares (+ After-Story)

The Experimental Journals

Cross Console Clash (crossover AU between Deltarune, FC, and Neverending Nightmares)

Among Us: Crew 1429

Current Fandoms (you'll see a lot of reblogged art, stories and other stuff of these, as well as my own fanart for it as well)

FNF (currently one of my main fandoms and hyperfixations)

Undertale/Deltarune

Doki Doki Literature Club!

Anything Minecraft related (albeit barely, I'm very much involved in the fandoms there)

Voidpet

Undertale Yellow

I am known by my friends for making way too many OCs (earning the title of 'The OC Collector') and am also angst hungry as I am always traumatizing said characters

Feel free to send me asks of my characters, I really enjoy talking about them :3

COOL PEOPLE I KNOW GO FOLLOW THEM :DDDD

@erifluffball

@h3nry-d00dl3z

@l4v3nd3rv01d

NOTE ON ASKS: I have anon off as to prevent creeps from getting away with saying weird shit and not getting blocked. It hasn't happened yet but I'm using it as a safety measure so if you're more comfortable with anon I am sorry ;-;

[tvstarkuma-a]

I posted 1,258 times in 2022

That's 1,258 more posts than 2021!

511 posts created (41%)

747 posts reblogged (59%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@bishonenprince

@tacitusauxilium

@oraclememehacker

@eris-the-phantom-thief

@aeniqmata

I tagged 1,128 of my posts in 2022

Only 10% of my posts had no tags

#like a queue come true - 307 posts

#out-of-bear-suit - 167 posts

#v: not alone anymore - 133 posts

#teddie answers - 120 posts

#bearutiful self - 57 posts

#promo~ - 55 posts

#teddie musings - 54 posts

#anonymous - 53 posts

#v: a home to protect - 36 posts

#headcanons - 34 posts

Longest Tag: 133 characters

#((i'm imagining teddie mopping himself into a corner and being unable to leave since he doesn't want to step on the wet floor he made

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

@tacitusauxilium​

Last Golden Week was one Teddie wasn’t soon to forget. Sure, there was another supernatural case and a fight to save the world, but that wasn’t important right now. What mattered is that Teddie got lots of new friends! The Shadow Operatives were filled with so many elegant yet kind people. There’s sexy Mit-chan, non-human Persona-users like him Ai-chan and Labby-chan, beautiful Yuka-chan, gentle Fuu-chan, the half-naked Akky, and the rest of the team. By the time everyone left, the poor bear already felt a bit of loneliness creep in. Sensei going back to the city didn’t help either. Oh well, these feelings are all a part of life, too. 

“Maybe I should go to Okina today...?” He mumbled to himself, “No! Only sad, lonely people go to the movies alone!” His head shook at its own suggestion. 

On days that Teddie didn’t have any shifts at Junes and his friends were at school, he tended to wander around town a bit until something caught his eye. If he’s lucky, one of the nice housewives stop him for food and gossip. What a kind group of ladies! 

“Hmm?” Something different caught Teddie’s attention. It was a white dress that wasn’t anything like the girls in the team wore. Wait! Could it be?! 

“FUU-CHAN!” It was difficult to ignore the screams of a running bear. 

24 notes - Posted July 4, 2022

#4

@bishonenprince​

“Hey! I remember you from Junes!” A small blue bear with a red and white outfit of some kind has run up to Sora. There was something familiar about this bear’s energy and mannerisms. In fact, that high-pitched voice was a bit similar to a certain blonde retail worker. 

“How are you enjoying the town of Inaba so far? You said you were new, right?” He walked a half circle around Sora before finally staying stationary for now. Yup, Teddie has confirmed that this brunette still had that odd yet cool sense of fashion. 

24 notes - Posted July 8, 2022

#3

You all know the drill by now, so let’s cut to the chase! Please like this post to give me permission to do the following: 

Send unprompted asks to your muse(s)

Write random starters (both prompted and unprompted and of varying lengths)

Tag your muse(s) for dash games and stuff that reminds me of them

Jump into your IM’s for plotting/shipping/HC’s 

Mention your muse(s) in other threads 

And more! 

24 notes - Posted November 11, 2022

#2

☆ Independent RP blog for Teddie from Persona 4 

☆ Low to Medium Activity 

☆ Crossover & OC friendly 

About // Rules // Verses // Interest Checker // Permanent Starter Call

Promo credit: @softmortem

38 notes - Posted August 17, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

I noticed that there's a terrible lack of bears on your dash so let's fix that, shall we?

Please reblog/like if you're interested in interacting with Teddie from Persona 4. Crossovers and OC's are bear-y welcome. I have a full-time job so there will be spots of low-activity, but I still love this character with all my heart. I've been here since 2012 and I'm glad to be back for more!

40 notes - Posted July 3, 2022

Get your Tumblr 2022 Year in Review →

[phoenixiancrystallist]

I posted 53,811 times in 2022

That's 11,910 more posts than 2021!

350 posts created (1%)

53,461 posts reblogged (99%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@prismatic-bell

@hearts-guided-key

@lunarlegend

@thatrandombystander

@neato-burrito-scream-dorito

I tagged 5,180 of my posts in 2022

#my husband is so beautiful ugaiz 😍 - 358 posts

#bobbi's being weird again - 348 posts

#art - 342 posts

#the great artscapade of 2022 - 309 posts

#my art - 298 posts

#precious chocobean - 158 posts

#heralds of the queue - 118 posts

#friend oc - 106 posts

#untitled gunpla comic - 90 posts

#khdr spoilers - 88 posts

Longest Tag: 141 characters

#he's taking his li'l paw and putting it on my hands or my arm and then meowing and staring at me like 🥺 because i'm not actively petting him

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Day 185 and it's a super important day, y'all! It's @lunarlegend's birthday!!! Happy birthday, Luna, I drew you a Stella, hope you like it!!! :D

14 notes - Posted July 4, 2022

#4

Jim "Treasure Planet" Hawkins is trans and you can't change my mind. My evidence? His theme song. The whole damn thing. But most specifically the lines "I want to tell you who I am. Can you help me be a man? They can't break me, as long as I know who I am" and "they can't tell me who to be, 'cause I'm not what they see."

18 notes - Posted March 29, 2022

#3

Hey y'all, can you do me a favor and check out my bestie's Etsy shop? She just got laid off from her job and she could use the financial help, especially with holidays coming up.

She's got a lot of cute designs, like this shirt here and this cool mug that I'm gonna get for myself when I get paid and a purple pillow and y'all know how I feel about purple (it's the best color, you should get the pillow). There's more, even a paraffin wax candle if you want one of those! She's got a couple Halloween designs for you Halloween lovers out there, too!

See the full post

25 notes - Posted November 17, 2022

#2

I keep thinking of how cruel of an insult "also-ran" is to Lea. To anyone else it's meaningless drivel—hell, I kind of lol wtf'd at it at first—but to Lea? Axel? Who's whole thing is "got it memorized" and wanting to live on in people's memories forever? To be called so worthless and forgettable that the only thing you can say about him is "yeah he was there, too, I guess"? Fuck, that must have hit like a blow to the gut.

And it was a deliberate choice on Xemnas's part, because he knows Axel's whole thing. He knows Axel's primary motivation is to matter and be remembered. But who remembers the also-rans?

It erases everything Lea has accomplished and relegates him to a true nobody—not a Nobody, but a nobody, nobody special, nobody worth mentioning, nobody worth caring about—all in two syllables specifically chosen to punch him in the gut.

On the surface, it seems like a weird translation choice. Something anachronistic, or maybe even a mistranslation, but I don't think it is. I think the translators picked the exact right insult—one that would be a hard miss to anyone else, but undermines everything that Lea is. And the more I think about it, the more it makes me hate Xemnas for that deliberate cruelty (and applaud the translation team for selling it).

Idk man I'm just having weird Lea/Axel feels today

31 notes - Posted May 2, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

I just realized something, and I kind of feel dumb for only now realizing it, but if you only play the numbered Kingdom Hearts games and Dream Drop Distance, you're experiencing the story how Sora experiences it. You know just as much about what's going on as he does.

The side games are only necessary if you want to fully understand the whole entire story, but if you only care about Sora and what Sora's doing and how the story affects Sora? No need to play Roxas or Xion's part of the story, or Terra, Ven, or Aqua's part of the story, or the Age of Fairy Tales, or even Data-Sora and pre-CoM memory-wipe Sora's stories. Sure, Coded and CoM and Days help, but Sora doesn't know what happened in them. He wasn't there. He didn't directly experience Coded and Days, and he's forgotten CoM (though the memory links reside in his heart). But the side games—again, except Dream Drop—were either about other characters, or were written so you don't have to play them to understand everything Sora does. Maybe there was a scene or two (baby Sora and Riku meeting Aqua) that is relevant, but he was also, what, four? Who remembers random strangers saying weird things to you when you're four? It happens all the time, adults are nuts and you don't have a whole lot of life experience so everything is weird to you anyway.

Or maybe I've been cooking on an empty stomach for an hour and it's starting to get to me. Idk. I expect I'll feel the same after I eat, though.

92 notes - Posted April 13, 2022

Get your Tumblr 2022 Year in Review →

[virentdivision]

self review

these are all tags from one post here a couple months ago

#but i think what i've been trying to do is STOP fixing my art and just learn to make more drawings and move on

I have leant into this belief ✅ and it's good, though nuanced... as I don't want to start a lot of drawings, I like to take my time even on flawed artwork, ideally. I'm more leisurely. I try to avoid negative feelings, and if I truly feel a lack of interest, I will just erase it and start over. I try to build healthy attachments and relationships with my artworks.

#because everything i ever draw i dont post. i spend days on fixing it. ... I still do this but I have less of an issue about it due to me placing incentives that allow legroom while still putting a bit of pressure. Such as, "I have to queue up something for captaindark once every week..." It's subjective and easygoing enough, but is a tangible structure for me to take solace in. I'm not all or nothing incentives anymore. ... and i lose interest because i got new ideas during it... cycle repea#thats why i have 1000 wips / unposted art This is only an issue SOMETIMES! Since most days I am actually weaponizing this positively for my OC projects. The only time in recent times this happened negatively was when I was drawing in front of people and distracted myself. I can't tell if that's net negative or net positive, but I did still do stuff that I considered productive during it, and ultimately, all art has meaning. I just wouldn't want to go overboard and abandon the projects that have MORE meaning to me (and others) personally. #and i hope that i develop the artstyles i want#which is what i've been thinking about a lot lately ❌ No and Yes ?? ✅ ❌: I'm starting to not care about drawing to obtain style. When I start drawing things that make me think this way, I try to avoid this way of thinking and push past it into whatever style comes naturally in that moment. It actually takes a lot of mental effort to disengage with such perfectionist habitual thought, but I'm in a creative high so it's easier than before. As in, it's still hard, but I have more creative energy to spend instead of having to give up too soon. ✅: I've realized I have a style. I just might not like it, and honestly, the reasons for why I don't like it are kind of nebulous and stupid and based in perfectionist thought, so I'm active on uprooting that. Hopefully I see fruition of my efforts soon! I would love to see some abundant visible change on it, have wanted to for months or maybe years regarding my captaindark blog artworks specifically. #there will be no progress if i dont post. ❌ No, and I've learned this thanks to my OC projects giving me a tangible sense of progress even if I'm actively avoiding showing what I'm doing. And that mindset has crossed over to everything else I do. When I start working on those other things, I maintain my creative high outlook and realize "oh, so it's this way, here too" right? I kind of don't know yet since I haven't started a bunch of work in other stuff (which is a good thing right now) but that's what makes sense, and I'll probably purposely make the realization happen.

#i just don't want posting to feel forced...)

I have leant into this belief ✅ and it's good, though nuanced... Same with my art, I'm trying to "build healthy attachments and relationships" with my blogs. I don't like twt, so I'll just post there in a way that makes me forget about it. Even if there's value to posting there, I just don't feel like it, so I compromise and do what I want. That way, when I get nice reactions, it's a pleasant surprise that I don't have to dwell on about.

even if i don't have anyone looking#(that's mostly a faultdue to me being shy and not posting to where people will see it... I actually still think about my lack of audience sometimes, but it's such a mixed train of thought. Because... I like being reserved and "safe" ... but I want to build something for myself, too. Then I imagine, what if I release a game and pretty much no one bothers to play it? But I don't really believe that thought, since an artwork as well rounded and tangible as a game existing in my gallery is a building block to something that will attract attention eventually. Even if it's only the few people you care about and directly told them to play. Even if people don't understand the message or didn't like it that much. I think I would still overall feel pretty good about it, since I'm practical about gaining experience. We'll see.

[smolcuriouskitten]

🚩🚩🚩 {soft vs hard blocking, people who selectively reply to one or two mutuals ~usually their hardcore ships~ and make others wait aeons, your least favourite fandom or oc type}

SOFT BLOCKING IS STUPID. Heres my thing with blocking in general, unless you are harassing me, making my space unsafe or uncomfortable, I block. Any other case, I unfollow. If you feel as if a mun, soft blocking is necessary because you dont want to interact with a blog feels a little silly? Like I only see popular muses who get endless interactions complain about having to soft block people when most people are interested in reading their writing/material. In those cases, its stupid because some abuse the power of blocking people. If you feel the need to do so, use hard blocks as a means to an end, soft blocking can cause alot of confusion to people who want to admire your material.

SELECTIVE DOESNT MEAN ONLY RESPOND TO 2 PEOPLE. This bothers the hell out of me. Me personally, if I go through the trouble of making a blog, making this my space, making tidbits and character information, maybe even a few verses if I am feeling spicy, I do it to be able to widen my audience. WHY WOULD YOU MAKE THE BLOG IF YOU ONLY RESPOND TO 2 PEOPLE?! Just roleplay on discord or privately at that point, theres no need to even keep the damn blog active since you dont use it! I dont want to invalidate anyone who does this but we can tell when you only respond to your favorite ship/person. This doesnt apply to blogs who run on a queue system or even those who only have muse for specific threads, I mean those who make the blog and scope out 2 people and no pass go after that. And not to mention your other mutuals can tell you dont give a shit about them due to not responding as quickly to them as you do your fav! And when you call them out on it, 'oH i LoVe OuR iNtErAcTiOnS!' Oh fuck off.

ANDROIDS AND SUPERHEROS NO. My least favorite fandom roleplay wise is both Marvel and Detroit Becoming Human. Those two fandoms in my experience have been allergic to roleplaying outside of their fandom/circle and its exhausting! Like I understand most people are used to their same friend group of roleplay buddies but they are the same ones that complain about lack of interactions! You can only do so many scenarios with the same few characters and after that it becomes monotonous! Venture out! Explore! Dont even get me started on the DBH fandom because they were full of literal assholes when I got into the fandom. Between them ignoring anyone who didnt play an android or being involved with drama or not being understanding of people JUST getting into the fandom, they can kick ROCKS. For the record, I met some pleasant people from both fandoms but I ran into more assholes than ever.

OCS CANNOT BE MARY SUES. Okay as a person who always roleplayed as an oc, theres plenty of takes I can have. I hate OC's that are played as mysterious but they are that way because of their creator refuses to write down their information. I hate OC's with a backstory that copies a canon characters to a T. Taking elements from them is different, for me, I take Rocky's origin story from superman, mannerisms taken from Rarity and early feminine culture, etc etc. Most OC creators dont know the difference between inspired and copied. I hate OC's that are perfect. Oh combat roleplays end quickly because they kill your muse in one shot. You hit them and it doesnt work. They attract everyone because they are perfect and beautiful and have no flaws! I hate OC's that use the same 5 faces as if their arent billions upon billions of faces in the world to use. Im one to talk since I use Instagram models but I am so SICK of people just using actors from a popular show because they know it would get clicks, its lazy and we can see through your laziness. I hate OC's that are children of a canon but dont respect the canon at all. "oh Dean Winchesters my dad but he hunts with me all of the time and takes me gun shopping and lets me drive baby and lets me-" THATS NOT DEAN AS A CHARACTER AT ALL! You can argue 'wElL hE mIgHt HaVe ChAnGeD sInCe ThE bAbY!' BULLSHIT. Dean wouldnt let Sam drive or take care of Baby at first, what in the hell makes you think his KID is exempt from that rule?! AND FARTHER MORE, THAT MAN HAS BEEN THROUGH HELL AND BACK AT THE EXPENSE OF BEING A KID WHOSE DAD HUNTED. WHY WOULD HE PUT HIS KIDS IN THE SAME SITUATION?!

Bonus tidbit. My hatred of DBH muses came from this one RK800 muse. Their blog was beautiful and I was new to Tumblr. I didnt know anything about the mutual system or how they would have their rules shown. They were the first blog that caught my eye so I began to interact with them. On one of the asks, they sent me a screenshot of their rules and called me an asshole for interacting with them since they were mutuals only. Wattpad didnt have a system like that so needless to say, that single interaction has haunted me. I dont like interacting with new blogs first most of the time due to that one sour experience. This screenshot is about 4 years old now and this one interaction STILL haunts me.

[warsavant]

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤINFO. — CARRD. PLAYLISTS.

ㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤAFFILIATED WITH...

@graysistance | @lionthought | @commandsir | puck etc., @honorhunt | @scoundrvls | @aniimvs | hackett etc.

ㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤBLOG ROLL

[MAIN] @yunharlaquin | @bornesorrow | @alderheir | @quietresistance | @warrued | @donutdollie | @coeursainte | — [LOW ACTIVITY] @ofpolitics | @ofblasters | @ofsquadrons | @oflightsabers | @creaturational |

ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤMOBILE RULES.

[001] welcome to warsavant, an independent writing blog for mitth'raw'nuruodo set in the star wars saga created by george lucas. this version is drawn from and interpreted through the lens of both canon and legends timelines with a heavy emphasis on his historical inspirations, headcanons, and written media.   despite the mixture of sources, this blog is both timeline compliant.

[002]  while my first love in star wars was the legends timeline, growing up with its expanded universe of books, i very much enjoy the new timeline and its characters. i have many quibbles with disney's choices, especially in its overall pacing for historical events and certain retcons of its own content, but overall, i've come to love it too. as such, while i welcome criticism of both timelines and/or the choice to only write in one of the two, i won't be likely to follow if you post consistently about your dislike for one or another. also, i never expect my fellow writers to have the same level of knowledge, either more or less. whether you're brand new to it all, been obsessed with it since birth, or anywhere in between, you've got just the right amount of knowledge for me. finally, due to my occupation, i'm pretty good at research and summing up information, so if you need a research assistant of sorts for anything, feel free to ask!

[003] this is a selective blog, which means i won't interact in-character with blogs i don't follow in return and may pick and choose what i actually write. i absolutely understand mistakes happen for the former, but if you'd like to message me about writing / like a starter or plotting call, please do so only if we are mutuals. when i'm active on a blog, i regularly check for new followers and go through their blogs, so messaging me asking if i'm interested will not make me more likely to follow you back. that being said, non-mutual roleplay blogs and personals are more than welcome to message me about characters and new content. i love making new friends! while i enjoy asks, i prefer threads and really love plotting out storylines, following through those plans, to mesh and grow both sides' muses. i focus on the above on this blog, but that isn't required to interact.

[004] i know at least a little about a wide range of fandoms and time periods, so i'm not only interested in writing within purely star wars verses. i love aus and usually find placing characters easy, so even if you don't see a verse for a fandom, just ask! if you've seen my other blogs, you'll know ocs are also near and dear to my heart, so they're very welcome here as well.

[005] activity here may be sporadic. i not only have other blogs, but i run my own business and help my family. i also have chronic health issues that complicate everything on top of that. these responsibilities may lead to unannounced hiatuses for short periods of time (typically no more than a month), but i'll always return. if you'd like to keep in regular contact and you're a mutual, feel free to ask for my discord. additionally, i often place in-character content into the queue, alternating it with text or image reblogs.

[006] when it comes to romantic shipping, i ship with chemistry. this means i may be selective with shipping, and am especially so here, but queries toward this are always welcome. i don't autoship, and i enjoy shipping canons and ocs. additionally, i find there's heavy fetishization of same sex relationships within the roleplaying community. i watch for this in those i follow and am far more selective with these ships. i also feel that a character's platonic relationships are just as or, sometimes, more important than their romantic ones. i don't need to ship to write and would far rather build detailed enemies and friends than a half-cooked romance.

[007] you can expect darker themes on this blog, especially those surrounding war and the general ones explored by star wars content.  i tag most common triggers, nsfw content, and those requested by my mutuals.  however, if you believe something would be a common theme on this blog beyond the common trigger tags, and it'll trigger you, please don't follow.  the trigger tag for this blogs is 'trigger tw'.  i personally don't have triggers.

[008]  this is a mun doesn't equal muse blog.  i don't care what allegiances or beliefs your muse may have.  unless i see clear and substantiated evidence of various bigoted beliefs out of character, i'll always assume you're a decent human being whether you write villains, heroes, or anything in between. even if we write people with good views and intentions, we still might not entirely agree with their choices, and it wouldn't be fair to assume that either.  please extend me the same courtesy.

[009]  on this note, i'm almost entirely anti-callout.  i've been on this site for several years and over time, i've witnessed a slow degradation of what is considered a valid callout.  often, they have little to no substantiated evidence and\or result from twisted evidence in the aftermath of a fallout between friends or a misunderstanding.  unless i see substantiated evidence of criminal behavior, i won't reblog them nor do i really want to see them in general. that being said, if someone i follow has personally hurt you, please come and talk to me about it in ims.  i don't tolerate bullies.

[010]  i also don't practice mains or exclusives. like anyone, i have favorites and certainly, those people often are like unofficial mains, but i've been and seen too many hurt by this. we're all so unique in how we write that no two portrayals are the same. if you find people you want to be mains and exclusives with, i wish you all the best of times however!

[011]  i've created all graphics, psds, headcanons, and icons unless stated otherwise in the post, it's reblogged, or it's listed below. please don't steal, and i'm usually happy to share if asked!

[012]   at long last, hi, hej, hello, i'm kitty, and thank you for reading this rule page! i'm a twenty-five plus woman currently living in the central time zone of the united states, but i grew up around the world.  i'm a historian, both traditional and fashion, as an academic, but i also am a seamstress/designer/tailor.  you might catch a glimpse of my history adventures in mun posts and rants about the subject in ooc ones from time to time.  it's a pleasure to meet you, and i hope you're having a wonderful day. finally, if you or anyone else you know on this site are having a bad day, know at any time you can send in 'positivity please' anon or not (just make sure to include the url), i'll pull together some kind words to try to brighten that day.

[awesomenessdoesstuffsometimes]

1. Why did you choose your url:

I made it when I was 10 and used it everywhere, got attached etc . . Tumblr is the only place I haven't changed it to "apollo_ds" cause I don't want my silly mutuals to not recognize me

2. Any sideblogs? Name them and what they're for

Christ I have a lot. I technically own @concorpofficial but it's inactive these days. I rb concorp fan art occasionally. @awesomeness-goes-hhhhh is my more spammy blog, used to be my oc blog before I found out the "ocs" were alters. @blogwhereireblogthingsisee SPAM and I upload resources here for me to use later . @peter-arnell in joke with a buddy. @daily-matt-parappa inactive but what it says on the tin. @ask-nintendo-something used to be an oc ask blog til he showed up in my brain and runs it now. @the-sides-dimension my system blog. I don't like posting sys course on main so it's over there. Not all that though. @making-gender my MOGAI coining blog :).

3. How long have you been on Tumblr?

Uhhh 2020. I was a hermitblr.

4. Do you have a queue tag?

I don't queue. When I am active, the followers will be graced with my reblogs.

5. Why did you start your blog?

I don't remember. I know I had it a while before I was active but I just hanged in hermitblr

6. Why did you choose your pfp?

My pfp used to be a drawing of me/my Internet persona, now it's a drawing of ADSS (who is my persona. But they're an alter too because ofc they are.) and I. Adss on the left me on the right.

7. Why did you choose your banner?

Funny picture of Paul McCartney. It's an album cover I forget which one. The one with temporary secretary.

8. What's your post with the most notes

There's one with like 2 or 3k from when I posted screenshots of hermitcraft chats. I forget which one it is.

9. How many mutuals do you have?

Idk less than 10 but I love them dearly. I'll be honest I don't remember where prev came from but I love seeing em in my notes .

10. How many followers? 150

11. How many people are you following? 554

12. Have you ever made a shit post?

If you think about it.... All posts are "shit" posts ......

13. How long do you spend on Tumblr each day?

Varies from 30 mins to 2 hours.

14. Have you ever gotten into a fight on your blog?

Less "fight" more I say something and pedos and ableists get mad in the replies.

15. How do you feel about "you need to rb" posts?

One way ticket for them to not get any interaction from me. If it's good, a spiteful like.

16. Do you like tag games?

Any and all acknowledgement of me is appreciated and will be reciprocated.

17. Do you like ask games?

Refer to 16

18. Are any of your mutuals Tumblr famous?

Uhh I don't think so but the people here I look up to feel like it to me

19. Do you have a crush on a mutual?

Only minor friend crushes 😭

20. What's the last song you listened to?

You & Me, tally hall

21. What show are you currently watching?

Rewatching dungeon meshi with boyfriend, watching MLP because I'm nostalgic and weak

22. Sweet, savory, or spicy?

Savory and spicy 🥵🥵

23. Relationship status?

JUST HIT 3 YEARS WITH MY BOY YESTERDAY!!!

24. Current obsession?

My always obsession is my video game guys(OLEASE ASK)... My current hyperfixations are dungeon meshi, spy x family, abd ponytown (strike me dead)

25. 9 albums you've been listening to lately?

Ok I'm very passionate

The Age of Plastic - The Buggles - 1980

Damn Skippy - Lemon Demon - 2005

Hip to The Javabean - Lemon Demon - 2004

The Normal Album - Will Wood - 2020

Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum - Tally Hall - 2005

Boingo Alive - Oingo Boingo - 1988

Fashion Nugget - CAKE - 1996

I Like Fun - They Might Be Giants - 2018

Mesmerize - System of a Down - 2005

26. TAGGING

I throw this curse upon ye @likethewizardyk @roxiusagi @animaysons @75screamingtoads @bitter-goodbyes @mag139 @fireflycollective @definesupposedtobe

nine albums or songs I've been listening to lately x nine people I’d like to get to know better x tag game with no name

(thank you for the tag @lianhuajing !!)

1. why did you choose your url? uh. it was a play on "rose tinted glasses"

2. any sideblogs? if you have them name them and why you have them. nope!

3. how long have you been on tumblr? I think 2022? i knew about it before, just never bothered to make a blog

4. do you have a queue tag? don't kill me, what's a queue tag?

5. why did you start your blog in the first place? I had some Thoughts about Blue Lock and wanted to post meta for it

6. why did you choose your icon/pfp? uhh Flora.

7. why did you choose your header? Reo is one of my Blorbos and I just really liked that panel of him

8. what’s your post with the most notes? probably the "do you download fics" poll

9. how many mutuals do you have? about 20? i don't remember

10. how many followers do you have? 120?

11. how many people do you follow? 91

12. have you ever made a shitpost? yes. i think.

13. how often do you use tumblr each day? an hour?

14. did you have a fight/argument with another blog once? nope

15. how do you feel about ‘you need to reblog this’ posts meh. some of them are funny i guess

16. do you like tag games? yep! it's nice interaction

17. do you like ask games? i do! but uh. it's a silent empty void here. an echo chamber, if you will.

18. which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous? i have no idea but i see @kingsandbastardz a lot in the mlc community

19. do you have a crush on a mutual? nope

20. what is the last song you listened to? ���梦 by 周深

21. what are you currently watching? i just finished The Double! probably starting on Dashing Youth next

22. sweet/ savoury/ spicy? savoury!

23. what is your current relationship status? single

24. what is your current obsession? The Double,,,,

25. what are nine albums/ songs you've been listening to lately?

若梦 by 周深

如故 by 张碧晨

如初 by 张碧晨

借过一下 by 周深

万物不如你 by 张杰

Our dawn is hotter than day by Seventeen

Hitorijana by Seventeen

my music taste is kinda...i tend to stick to a few artists...

26. tagging (no obligation to do this!) @randomingoftherandomness @good-vs-evo @chrysofightme @bbcphile

[poisonouswritings]

I just want to say that even though things may not pan out the way we’d hope after all of this, I do really enjoy your writings. They bring so much to all the LL characters and I do hope you continue with it after all of this. If not that’s totally okay as well! I hope to create some LL stuff soon but your stuff has been truly wonderful! /gen. ❤️❤️

1. Aw thank you :)

2. Now seems as good a time as any to talk about this:

Last Legacy has been a massive fixation of mine over the last two years or so. It's helped me be a little more outgoing (Hell this blog is proof enough of that) and make some amazing friends, as well as given me a great outlet for writing! So;

I will not be leaving the LL fandom. No matter what happens to the app or the company, the story means a lot to me and to all of us. I'm not just gonna let that die. Frankly I'm not even sure I could if I wanted to lol. I'll still be writing my posts and your requests for as long as I continue getting them/having ideas (I might write a bit for some other fandoms too but that's something I wanted to start doing anyways)! So quit talking like I'm already dead lol. You're all stuck with me.

I might start posting a bit about my OCs (mostly as ask games or asks in general because I cannot draw for the life of me but maybe with some excerpts I particularly like or whatever) because Fuck It, Why Not y'know? I probably won't do much because I don't wanna annoy anyone but a couple here and there should be fine

I will be starting to regularly (probably every couple of days or something? Not sure yet I've got to figure out how the hell queue actually works) post some LL incorrect quotes! The only blogs I could find that seemed to regularly post those hasn't been active in like six months so I don't think I'll be stepping on anyone's toes.

Now is the time to reblog and interact with content that you like!! I don't mean just for my blog but for anything you come across!! It's one of the best ways to keep the fandom going. Also it's a good rule in general but I'm staying on topic here.

3. Hell yeah! If you do post anything then make sure to tag me in it. Seriously tho, to anyone who's questioning whether or not to post their work/memes/whatever because they're worried about it being bad, just do it!! You've got nothing to lose, and everything helps!!

And if it all does end in flames then we can sit around the fire and laugh, then go back to our fan content.

[bobapplesimblr]

Check in Tag!

I was tagged by @holocene-sims ! Thank youu!!

Why did you choose your URL?

When I was younger I had an art youtube channel called Apple Juice, and I wanted to make a sims gaming channel as well, and my brilliant young mind came up with Bob Apple Sims - and when I joined tumblr, that’s the name I decided to go with! That old Apple Juice channel is also called bobapplesims now, it’s pretty much my entire brand name at this point.

How long have you been on Tumblr?

Oh dude, I gotta think deep about this one. I had a completely different tumblr years ago that is still active somewhere, probably. I never delted it. SO if we count with that one too, uhhh probably almost 6 years? I love this place so much.

Do you have a queue tag?

Not yet? I haven’t really found the need for one yet.

Why did you start your blog in the first place?

I started *this simblr* because I wanted to be more active in the comunity and make friends! I started my main tumblr(that is kind of on the back burner rn) because I wanted to get cc from tumblr, but later it spiralled into a cuphead oc blog. Which was fun while it lasted!!

Why did you choose your icon/pfp?

It’s my current sim, and I like him very much. It’s also so it might be easier for people to find me? Idk, I just like him. I might change it to one of the sims icons cause I find myself more easily following simblrs with sims icons as their pfp than others.

Why did you choose your header?

This one is only visible on mobile! But, pretty colors and didn’t have anything better.

what's your post with the most notes?

The text post about making Atlas’ parents. It’s got 11 notes total!

How many mutuals do you have?

Dude, hecc if I know. Like 80% of the people I follow follow me back, and the people that follow me, if they’re simblrs, I follow back! So I don’t really keep track anymore but I’m glad I have so many awesome people following me and enjoying my posts ;w; <3

How many followers do you have?

83!! AND I LOVE THEM ALL!!

 How many people do you follow?

163 awesome friends

Have you ever made a shitpost?

Idk if any of my text posts can count as a shitpost, so I’ll say maybe? And I’ll probably shitpost in the future.

How often do you use tumblr every day?

If I’m on my computer for most of the day I usually have tumblr open in the background while I’m doing stuff, just in case.

Did you have a fight/argument with another blog once? who won?

nope and I hope it never happens. I just want all of us to have fun and get along. Most of us are adults or near adults in this comunity, at least as far as I’ve seen, we should all know how to get along and compromise where we need to.

How do you feel about 'you need to reblog this' posts?

They are hella stupid. As a kid I believed them, and my god did some of them traumatize me.

Do you like tag games?

Yeah, this is fun!

Do you like ask memes?

I love them!! I wish I got more asks so that we could all have some fun. I love interacting like that!

Which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?

probably @dieicide , I think they reached a lot of followers recently?? Congrats btw!!

Do you have a crush on a mutual?

Nope, but all of my mutuals are amazing nonetheless!!

Feel free to ignore this if you’ve done it already, but I tag @gerbitfizz @stargazer-sims @dieicide @enchanting-whim @simmersofia and @thetailsinfire !! Have fun!!

[danikatze]

I got a bunch of new followers (hello 💖) bc of Inktober, and I came across this tag game today (on @vacationgerry 's blog!) so I figured I'd answer these questions as a sort of introduction :))

1. Why did you choose your url?

My name is Danika and a 4 year old English girl once, 15+ years ago, called me Danicat. I loved that so much that it's been my username most places since. It used to be danicat91 bc it wasn't available without numbers, but I hated the numbers so I changed it to the German version Danikatze a few years ago. (it's daanikatze on twitter and ig)

2. Any side blogs?

@danifanatic where I rb stuff is the only active one. I have another where I collect art refs/advice and only to never look at it anymore. And another one where I posted original art but that one's dead too (I don't make enough original art and I prefer posting it here anyway)

3. How long have you been on tumblr?

Since 2012 I think

4. Do you have a queue tag?

for my sideblog yeah. It's "q"

5. Why did you start your blog in the first place?

.. bc I wanted to post nsfw stuff and I heard this is where I could do it hehe. I deleted most of it since then. I had a nsfw sideblog for a bit, but I deleted that too a few years ago bc it was dying anyway and then the porn ban happened and I got sick of it.

6. Why did you choose your icon/pfp?

I love (and in some ways relate to) Shino and he's wearing one of my favourite hoodies in that one. Just really pleased with that drawing overall!

7. Why did you choose your header?

I thought it was cute and Wai just makes me happy :) (She's kinda my air bison oc? My best friend gave me an Appa plushie and it looked nothing like him, and so Wai was born ^^)

8. What’s your post with the most notes?

My dog dad Kakashi comic.. Almost 30k notes now

9. How many mutuals do you have?

Around 15 I think? I've talked to maybe 5 or 6 of them hahah

10. How many followers do you have?

A few thousand, but I accumulated them so slowly that I feel like half of them must've left tumblr by now hahah.

11. How many people do you follow?

78

12. Have you ever made a shitpost?

In hindsight I guess the dog dad Kakashi comic is pretty much a shitpost ^^;

13. How often do you use Tumblr each day?

Err about 15-30 min every morning and then compulsively checking the rest of the day

14. Did you have a fight/argument with another blog once?

Once, wwwaay in the beginning.. I followed someone who kept bullying one of their friends. I told them said friend didn't seem to think it was funny at all, and they told me to mind my own business, after which I unfollowed them. I've learned to just unfollow people when their blog makes me anxious in whatever way (if I can't blacklist the stuff that makes me uncomfortable)

15. How do you feel about “you need to reblog this” posts?

I skip those very quickly, or maybe see if I can rb another version.

16. Do you like tag games?

Yes, but tagging other people is bad for my anxiety :P

17. Do you like ask games?

Yeah! It's been a while since I've done one

18. Which of your mutuals do you think is Tumblr famous?

idk?

19. Do you have a crush on a mutual?

Oh for an aro person I crush so much.. Art crushes mostly, like a mutual will post something and I'll go 🥰 ohh 🥰 amazing 🥰 how skilled 🥰 how cute 🥰

[mellindi]

How can I grow my tumblr page? Btw I loved your story with Camila in San Myshuno!

Hiiii! Tysm for reading Camilla's story! ♥ As for growing your blog, here are some things that really helped me. It got a little long so I'm placing them under the cut.

Tag your posts properly. The most common tags used here for all things sims 4 related are: ts4, sims 4 For gameplay/legacies: ts4, sims 4, ts4 gameplay, sims 4 gameplay, ts4 legacy, sims 4 legacy For stories: ts4, sims 4, ts4 story, sims 4 story, ts4 stories, sims 4 stories And if your content is a combination of gameplay, legacies and stories, all of these tags will do. Tumblr uses the first five tags when showing posts in search results so be sure to keep personal/blog related tags (ie: the name of your legacy) or additional commentary toward the end of your tags so that people are able to find your posts!

Post content that you're passionate about. I'd argue this is one of the most important things to keep in mind because regardless of how cliché it sounds, people really can pick up on your energy through your posts. When I read dialogue or commentary or whatever on someone's gameplay/story posts, I can usually tell if that person likes their own content. The passion that exudes from your posts is infectious so when you feel it other people do too!

Try not to get caught up in trends -- unless said trend is something that makes you happy. Trends come and go 'round here all the time. Some of them may interest you, others won't. Don't feel like you have to do a certain thing because that's what's all over your dash and what's getting the most notes. When everyone and their mama was doing renders, I would see people upset because they couldn't figure it out or they didn't like the quality of theirs but they felt like they had to do it because that's what everyone else was doing and their note count reflected what they felt like the community wanted to see. Stay true to the content that you like and what makes you happy. Your followers will continue to love your content regardless of what everyone else is doing.

Interact and show love to other simmers. When you send nice messages to other simmers or leave comments on their posts, that not only makes them happy but also lets them know you're here. Most simmers, will notice you popping up in their comments or ask box and return the favor. Don't get discouraged tho if you feel like your faves aren't giving you the same attention in return (esp if you're only interacting with simmers who clearly have a super large follower base). It takes time to develop your tribe so keep reaching out, giving genuine attention to simmers whose content you love (regardless of the size of their follower list), and eventually, you'll have your own little family over here. Also, when people leave comments on your posts, respond! Let them know how you feel. That you appreciate it or that they're right (or wrong, lol) about their predictions or whatever. This way, you'll develop a decorum that encourages the commenter to come back. Every friend I've made on here started with a dialogue in the comments of one of our posts.

The other stuff...

So if you're looking to grow your blog, meaning you'd like to get more attention, increase your follower count etc... These are some tips that are purely for getting people to follow your blog:

Be active. You don't have to be on here every day, all day (I certainly am not, lol) but while you're working towards building your blog, you'll need to post often. I can't tell you exactly how often, but often. The queue system comes in handy for this 'cause you don't really need to be here to be here.

Develop your style/Work on your editing. Find a style that you like and implement it throughout your blog. There are a ton of different styles out there: the soft and hazy look, the grungy look, the bright and colorful look, etc... Play around with some until you find something you like and go with that. When it comes to editing, I'm not going to tell you, you need to use Reshade but since we're talking about numbers and that's it, I can (and I'm sure others can as well) tell you that my follower count grew... a lot, once I started using Reshade and even more once I stepped up my editing game. There are a lot of different presets out there. Try some out and see what you like. If you're not sure about Reshade, I happen to have a whole guide on that, that can help you out 😊

Make Custom Content. People like stuff. Esp if it's free so you'll definitely gain more followers this way.

Now with all that being said. There's a huge difference between having a large following and having a group of followers (regardless of the number) who are truly invested in your content. The ones that turn notifications on or check often to see if you've posted. The ones who leave comments to tell you how much your OC has pissed them off this episode or how much they're rooting for them. The ones who ask questions and give genuine feedback, who pick up on clues and share their theories with you -- because they truly care about what you do here. If I had to choose, I'd take that small group of passionate followers aka my little family over having thousands upon thousands of followers any day. How do you get this little family you may ask? The tips at the top of this post are your best friend ♥