#some people changed their url but i wasn't able to be here that much to see it so Explore tagged Tumblr posts

[bloodyodyssey]

(Repost) Comms still up with 8 slots, 3 for busts, 3 for half body, and 2 for full body! Each listing also allows for up to one extra character to be added on at half price!

***If you don't want to commission me that's also fine i'd apreciate just a regular kofi dono or just sharing this around bc my finances are low, I've been averaging on $20 a month and struggling to pay hospital bills from earlier this year. i will also be considering opening a google doc or some other order form to allow payments via cashapp if there's any interest. Anyways heres a general breakdown of the pricing system and my will's/wont's under the cut:

So how do I (you, the buyer) choose what I want?

SO when you open up the request form it should look something like this!

We're using the bust order as our example here. At its base price, $15, it is set for the black and white option. If this is what you would like, then you don't have to worry about the add ons at all and you go straight to submitting your request! Now, if you're choosing add ons, it'll look something like these:

The first would be an example of an order of a flat color bust + an extra character bust with flat coloring as well. The color option adds the extra $10 (to match the listed price on the poster for $25), and the extra character with flat coloring adds half of that $25 to the order (well a little less bc i knocked off the .50 cents) which is why it comes out to $37.

The second would be an example of a black and white bust order with an added black and white bust character. This just adds an extra $7 to the price totaling $22.

What will you (the artist, me Brutus) draw?

If you want me to draw your oc or fanart of your favorite character I GOT U!!!

I'm also comfortable drawing blood and gore though I'll have to keep it on the lighter side (I enjoy blood if it isnt obvious by my url though so depending on what you want we might be able to go a little further with that).

I can do characters with armor as well, however I will require a reference of some sort from you, the client, as I'm frankly not going to attempt armor off the dome. I won't design armor myself either.

Pinups (not full nsfw due to how much of a struggle it is to navigate different site policies) and other suggestive works are also a-ok! a tity does not bother me if that wasn't made clear by my commission card 👍🏽

What will you (the artist, me Brutus) NOT draw?

Im not comfortable trying to draw real people as of right now sorry! I'm just not really a caricature or realistic portrait artist but this may change in the future.

I also won't do furry/anthro just because that isn't my forte as I haven't practiced drawing animalistic characters. There r plenty of talented furry artists for you to choose from and I could talk to someone to guide you to a few .

(I CAN do more humanoid fantasy characters however. like mermaids, satyrs, etc)

More extreme gore and body horror is also off the table. (so like spilling guts stuff like that)

I may love mecha but as it is like armor and a bit more extreme, I'm not drawing it sorry. And also as stated above I'm not drawing armor regardless without a good reference.

Certain fandoms are a no-go for me due to my own comfort. A quick list would be: mogeko games, omori, south park, hetalia, attack on titan, mcyt, hazbin hotel/helluva boss. if you're not sure just ask!

I reserve the right to decline any comission request for any reason. Getting paid is nice but my comfort is nicer yknow.

And that should cover everything! If you still need to ask me anything, my messages are open. Thank you so much for reading and a little extra thank you if you decide to commission me ❤️

[lanternlit]

DASH GAME: BEHIND THE MUN

NAME: Havu.

PRONOUNS: They/them.

MOST ACTIVE MUSES: On this blog, Iris, Cas, Izzy, Will and Hannibal are being the loudest gremlins. Also the Doctor, mostly Thirteen, and Fifteen very much trying but I am sooo intimidated by the thought of starting to write him (me whenever I write a regeneration of the Doctor I haven't written previously).

EXPERIENCE: I started roleplaying privately with friends when MSN Messenger was a thing, in my teens, in the mid-late 2000s. We migrated to private phpbb forums with some friends for one-on-one platforms for more organisation than private messages. I transitioned to tumblr in 2013 when I found out the independent rpc here (I was on tumblr in a generic way since 2010). I pitched an idea for a Doctor Who OC to someone on anon to see if they would be interested in writing with her, I didn't know how the rpc functioned, etc. And then I made a blog for her. That was Iris, by the way, if you can believe that.

From 2013 to 2017 I wrote various OCs and Doctor Who canon muses, namely an AU version of Rose Tyler for a while, and then mainly the Eleventh Doctor for several years (my url was legsyes and later snogboxed but the latter was 2018). I was so unwell I was nearly psychotic around 2015-2017 and I was on the wrong meds etc. so I took a long hiatus of over a year from 2017 to 2018.

A huge part of my recovery process was coming back to the rpc with Cas in june 2018 (waywardfeathered). He was my primary muse for a long time, but I also came up with Jillian around that same time, and had some other muses in their own blogs, so in 2019 I consolidated everyone that wasn't Cas on a multimuse, on this blog (I think it was Jillian, Eleven, Charlie, River and the TARDIS, maybe Thirteen, and I've since retired Eleven). Now you know I recently moved Cas and Thirteen here from their respective blogs, and I still have Shepard on her own blog @dutyworn and I changed my url here from smokedanced to lanternlit.

FLUFF, ANGST, OR SMUT: Angst, smut, and fluff. I love multi-genre interactions, a little bit of all flavours in different threads between the same muses. Fluff is the only one of these I need to balance with something else to enjoy it a lot. I can write angst and smut without craving for something else for contrast.

LONG OR SHORT REPLIES: Both. I vastly dislike focusing on reply length as any sort of an indicator of how good someone is at roleplaying; it makes sense for length to vary. Are you setting a scene with lots of exposition? Are the characters having rapid fire dialogue? The former easily suits novella replies and the latter easily suits a single paragraph. I like dynamic threads where the response length feels natural considering the scene.

PET PEEVES: Relating to the previous one, my ultimate prose related pet peeve is when replies become like... two or even more threads in one thread? Consider:

Muse A asks Muse B, "How have you been?" Thread proceeds to have plot happening, and Muse A's internal thoughts regarding it.

Now Muse B's writer is stuck in a situation where, if they have their muse react to the dialogue before the following events, they are splitting the thread into two timelines, if Muse A's writer wants to be able to have their muse react in any way. This makes incredibly awkward writing flow where you are basically writing two interactions in one thread. I think people do this because they want to write longer replies but it becomes so unnatural and difficult to work with. I've been guilty of this as well. I always try very hard to consolidate a thread into a singular interaction, but sometimes that means I am forced to have my muse react to stuff only internally, or answer to questions delayed, etc. and it can be difficult to justify. And this is so difficult to explain it's hard to bring up with people if it happens because I don't even know what words to use to describe it - I drew a diagram to a friend once XD

Less of a pet peeve, more of a "I am going to block you", but any kind of rhetoric that even HINTS AT judging other people based on what kind of (no matter how problematic) content they enjoy in fiction.

ARE YOU LIKE YOUR MUSE: For the most part, I am very different from all of my muses. I think it's because I would make a very boring fictional character, so there simply aren't ones much like myself; I'm very passive, unadventurous, etc. and I have no issue with that, I would rather be safe and comfortable than "an interesting fictional character" LOL. There are some, mostly minor, things, that I can relate to with most if not all of my muses, but these are usually either small quirks or life circumstances, not values or personality defining traits. For example: I relate to Castiel and him having been heavily controlled by other people, in having been controlled/abused by people who had authority over me, myself. I relate to feeling like I am existing as an outsider looking, like Iris (being isolated from society, for her for totally different reasons, for me due to disability) and tbqh many of my other muses. I am aromantic and pansexual, so I relate to Dean being demiromantic and bisexual. I am easily startled, and so is Lucius, so I relate to him in that. And such.

TIME TO WRITE: I don't have a set time that's easier than others, but in general (i say as i type this at 3:39am) my ability to function decreases exponentially if I am not maintaining a sleep schedule. The biggest reason for me going radio silent for weeks is "I couldn't sleep for 1 night and now I'm sleeping during the day and this has made me like 9000 times more disabled than usual".

TAGGED BY: @naitfall, thank you! TAGGING: @qapsiel, @shepcdr, @hellweep, @henosiis, @uselessdevice & anyone who wants to do it tag me so i can see!

[blood-mocha-latte]

hbowar ask game is sooooo good my girl. hard to narrow it down but let's go with b, d, f, i, m, o, w!!

thank you bestieeee it nearly killed me <3 <3

hbo war ask game

b. between all four shows, which one do you think did the best job of creating a storyline?

the pacific all the way. three intersecting stories, all individually devastating, all with wonderful character work. MWAH

d. what was a character arc in any of the shows that left you unsatisfied?

i said harry crosby here, but i also feel like the tuskegee airmen were Greatly Wronged in the sense that they just sort of. vibed. after their initial ep. which i get that the miniseries wasn't about them but Still. it made me sad

f. rank all four shows in order of favorite to least and explain why.

1 - the pacific: personal connections to the marine corps as well as robert leckie as well as the Actual And Realistic showing of war is just. so good. i hate media that begins to drift into not showing the Horrific sides of war and i feel the pacific is able to negate this the least. also with the old breed my beloved

2 - band of brothers: good ol' classic!! the besties the bros. do i even need to go into depth with this one.

3 - generation kill: the only reason this one isn't higher is because of Personal Connections that make it a really hard rewatch lol. but as with my reasoning with the pacific, the same applies here

4 - masters of the air: though parts of the series were still really good and well thought out, overall i felt the show tended to be more rushed and struggle more with characterization (through no fault of their own, due to the episode cut and struggles of covid filming) which led to it being my least favorite

i. tag some of your closest mutuals and choose a show portrayal from any of the miniseries' that reminds you of them.

and here we go to the read more, because this shit gonna get LONG.

~ @disastrouscanasta - arthur my partner in luztoye yapping crimes truly. you have luz energy and i say this NOT as a luztoye nor luz expert but based on the simple mathematic equation of a) my Favorite People b) Film Intersections and c) wonderful understanding of joe toye. thank you for your time

~ @ep6bastogne - bel i love you SO dearly and that is why i crown you leckie. YES web vibes also but i think that it's important to reflect upon the motivations of these men as writers and when i say the leckie energy differs GREATLY from the web energy and That Is What You Possess i mean it 100000%

~ @ewipandora - ewi my beloved ewi another partner in luztoye yapping crimes. among other crimes. i name you a delightful cross between luz and perconte, based on the simple and true and beloved fact of Bestie Behavior honestly <3

~ @gorgeousundertow - although we have not known each other for Long nikki i feel it important to acknowledge now that you are a bit like my guide. for i have seen the ever after light. much like i have been cured of a temporary blindness. much like dick winters can also do

~ @lamialamia - the strangest blend of ray person and doc bryan i have literally ever met. linh you go from ray levels of slapstick insanity to severe solemnity in like 2 seconds. and truly. iconique

~ @youcalledmebabe - gigi truly you have webster energy to me. those Web Vibes. WeVibes. genuinely though do you think webster would watch grey's anatomy

m. what do you think is the best quote of each show?

answered here <33

o. say something nice about a ship that you don't understand.

answered here <33

w. what's an hbo war url that you like/would change to? if you have an hbo war url, why did you choose it?

i said it in another ask but i will SAY IT AGAIN. boyetoye is a fucking hilarious url

[one-blaze-of--glory]

Can you infodump to me about whatever youre currently obsessed with

can i? dude you're going to have to stop me with force i REALLY want to infodump I just never have the excuse to do it. I'll be nice enough to put it under a read more though because this is very long.

let me tell you about this little streaming service called dropout.tv because it has taken over my life. it was started by the people at collegehumor (idk if you know it, they made sketch comedy and that sort of videos for over a decade) when they got tired of having to conform to advertisers on sites like youtube or facebook. and also not long after dropout launched collegehumor's parent company tried to sell the brand since it wasn't profitable enough for them leading to Sam Reich, who's worked at collegehumor pretty much since the beginning, acquiring the rights. however he did have to lay off pretty much everyone except a skeleton crew plus Brennan Lee Mulligan who created the most popular series on the platform. but everyone else keeps working at dropout on a freelance basis so it's all good.

anyway with the launch of dropout they moved away from scripted comedy to really a wide variety of unscripted content. the series that got me into dropout is game changer, a game show where the contestants don't know what game it is they're going to play since the game changes (almost) every time. it is SO fun?? there's been so many insane concepts including lie detector that's secretly controlled by the contestants' significant others, selling useless shit like a keyboard that only has the letter p or a rubik's cube that's all green, murder mystery that's somehow both fictional and real at the same time (it's. really hard to explain this one it was really just to troll one specific contestant, a lot of episodes are made with specific people in mind since these people have worked together for a very long time), escape room but it's just locking these three people in a room and also there's some insane lore around it that people still make conspiracy theories about, an actual time loop and of course the multiple survivor parodies and the one batchelor parody (it's very bisexual). i could honestly rant about game changer forever. it really has that appeal of being able to get to know the contestants (a majority of whom are former collegehumor employees who appear in many episodes across all dropout shows) and that they're all professional comedians who know each other and the host very well. it has fun cozy vibes except when it actively breaks my mind (looking at you deja vu).

there are three shows that were spun off from game changer: make some noise, which is prompt based improv (sidenote, my icon and url are both referencing this show, specifically the original trio this series started with back when it was in game changer. the noise boys refer to Josh, Zac and Brennan who after doing four episodes of this game within game changer are also the contestants in every make some noise season premiere and finale), dirty laundry which is kind of based never have i ever as a game show and also Grant O'Brien is there as a bartender (Grant O'Brien is the tall bisexual theatre nerd i post quite a lot about), and play it by ear in which they improvise entire musicals, which i still haven't watched and I'm fully aware of how out of character that is for me. however i do really love the original game changer episode play it by ear is based on.

so.... here's the thing. i kind of lied. i said game changer is the first dropout show i got into but um, actually, i was into a dropout show before i really knew what dropout is. Um, actually is a game show where the host (originally Mike Trapp, now Ify Nwadiwe) says incorrect statements mostly about nerdy media which the contestants have to correct, but they have to start their corrections with the phrase "um, actually" or they don't get the point. they made two musical theatre themed episodes that i found back in 2022? i think? that were on youtube and then i got into Howard the duck which got me kind of into marvel comics which are referenced in a lot of episodes leading me to watching quite a lot of the episodes that were up on youtube (i think out of all dropout shows this one might have the most free on youtube content) and then i kind of forgot about it until this year's april when i started properly getting into dropout.

however the most popular and longest dropout show is dimension 20, which is a dungeons & dragons actual play. almost every season is a new setting and there's been a lot of different players though there is a main cast known as the intrepid heroes (Zac Oyama, Lou Wilson, Ally Beardsley, Siobhan Thompson, Emily Axford and Brian Murphy + Brennan Lee Mulligan as the dm). the first season that then got two continuations is fantasy high which is set in a more modern dnd setting but with the same fantasy races as the original game but there's been a lot of seasons that completely break away from all traditional dnd elements (some of them aren't actually dnd at all but different game systems) like the one I'm watching right now is a murder mystery with anthropomorphic animals.

there's sooo many more dropout shows i could talk about but this rant is already getting way too long. i love so many things about dropout. they make so much original, fresh content that no one else is making. there's so much diversity in such a natural way (to me especially seeing Ally Beardsley's transition is very special) and it's generally extremely progressive and ethical. idk what else to say, watching dropout makes me very happy, I'm very hyeprfixated on it, it's my main comfort thing right now and i can't recommend it enough (there's a bunch of stuff on youtube for free already but also imo it's absolutely worth 6 dollars a month)

I'm sorry for how long that rant turned out unfortunately i am very unnormal

[favoredsouls]

Why'd you change your URL? Did you leave the Collective all of a sudden?

I left a bit ago. Probably a few months back. I just haven't been too in touch with the Collective for a while but still love this blog and wanted to keep it. I found a lot of good inspiration here. It felt like I got distant and didnt participate much with others anymore so figured i would open the space for others with more passion to take part.

Sorry I didn't make a post about it but I honestly didn't want the attention on it. I don't do well with spotlights even if I do love them a bit and I dont handle loud goodbyes well. I messaged Rogue explaining some of this, asked to keep it on the downlow, changed my url and took out the official Collective member part of my description. Really it just came down to "I don't follow the news or participate with the Collective on tumblr or discord anymore." I still follow a lot of them and will like posts and reblog the ones I really like. I haven't had much of a chance to talk to the ones I used to though but maybe ill have time and energy to reach out again. I just haven't been able to keep up with the community or any events that popped up. Which is okay. Just felt like I was doing a solo thing for a while and figured i'd just go and do that actually.

I know you didn't ask but I feel like yammering on a little. I miss it. The people were always so nice and supportive. But it wasn't something I felt the same connection to as before or after I joined. I got distant but thats on me. I changed and figured it wasn't a genuine passion like it used to be. So make space for folks who do have the passion to post more often and talk to people about their ideas and take part in the events and stuff. Thats what the Collective is about and I didn't feel, amongst other feelings and nonfeelings, that I was really engaging with that idea anymore.

Thanks for asking. Its been nice to talk about it a bit. I hope that explains things abit cause I know it must be confusing sometimes. Hope you have a good night!

[genzdiariez]

I kind of just want to talk about nothing. This is a diary, after all. Lengthy personal ramble up ahead, if anyone dares or cares to read it. CW: suicidal ideation

So. I'm 20 now. It's been probably six years since I last actually used this blog, until a couple days ago when I checked the email I made it with and saw that it had accrued a bunch of bot followers. So, I logged on, started purging them (and probably some real people too, my bad,) and realized I might be able to start doing this again. So I started following a bunch of people.

For some reason, this blog's url was changed to -blog, and then someone else took the zdiariez url, and I'm not sure I'm willing to confront someone for a url I might end up dropping again in a few months anyway. It does suck, though. I don't like having dashes in my usernames.

I'm not sure I ever talked about this on this blog before, but my mom used to be a massive TERF. Part of the reality of millenials raising gen z is that millenials and gen z are both WAY too online. She got sucked into her toxic circles, I got sucked into mine. I guess in a way, we both saw each others' toxicity and not our own.

At the time (six years ago, freshman year) I was dating a girl who had me on my phone literally whenever she could get my attention. I got in trouble in my computer-something class multiple times because I would constantly check my phone to talk to her. If I didn't, she would get very upset with me. I remember her telling me that it wasn't fair when I was tired, because she lives on the east coast and I live on the west coast, and for her to talk to me she has to stay up really late while it's relatively early where I am, and when I go to bed at a reasonable hour, she doesn't have anyone to talk to.

My mom recognized in me a growing anxiety of being away from my phone or computer, and quickly realized it was because I was being emotionally manipulated. By a fourteen year old girl. Of course it's possible when you're both fourteen. That entire relationship was an absolute dumpster fire. I'll never forget how her ex would treat me like a demon and misgender me simply because she didn't like me. Or how she would cut herself on call with my ex to guilt her. I honestly don't understand how we could have so much drama.

So was being fourteen, to be honest. Again, not sure how much I've talked about this, but right when my middle school years ended and I entered into high school, my friend group kicked me out - right after my cat died - and basically told me that I was a bitch and to get lost. "We're tired of walking on eggshells around you all the time." I didn't get the memo that being emotionally volatile after the death of my beloved cat was unacceptable. I think I'll always be pretty fucking salty about that whole situation. It was the seed that grew into a big, strong, healthy Fear of Abandonment and Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria tree.

So I lost my cat, my friends, my girlfriend is suffocating me, my mom won't accept me for who I am, so what am I to do? Obviously, I'll hang myself from the catwalks in the school theater with a rope I was given as a prop for a play.

Saying it now, it's melodramatic and needlessly traumatizing for anyone who witnesses it. Back then, it was so comforting to think that I was finally going to be done with it.

Making this blog in the first place was a way for me to cry for help. I didn't ask for help very well, that's something I've never been good at. I kind of wish I was, then maybe I wouldn't have been in such a dark place to begin with, or maybe someone would have noticed the way i was talking on here and reached out.

I feel forever grateful for an interaction I had on this blog when I was fourteen, two years after I came out as nonbinary, unsure if I was allowed to call myself trans and relate to other trans people. An adult (or at least someone older than me) came in to tell me that I am just as trans as anyone else, and my struggles matter. Thank you, blog I've forgotten the name of. You genuinely did help me. You restructured my neurons in the right way where I can tell myself and other people, of course I'm trans! I'm not cis, am I?

[cllianmurphy]

Hey! Since it’s almost Christmas (4 days, fUCK) and today’s my day off I decided to make a Follow Forever to thank you all for being here with me and for all the good times we had together during the year! The header is only Cillian but I didn’t came here only to praise the people on the Cillian Murphy fandom, not at all!! I would like to thank all the amazing harries, niallies, louies, paynies on the 1d fandom, all the mixers, duranies (my not-so-new obsession, all the fandoms i’m here for, for following me, for all the conversations, for all the simple gestures of affection! I’m so glad to met so many lovely people here! The second half of 2017 was too busy for me so I couldn’t spend the time I wanted with you guys but knowing that you still follow me after all is deeply appreciated

A-I:

@alfredsolomons; @archieandrewx; @ashleythegun; @backstreetniall; @boybandin; @brianlittrell;  @chases-stein; @cilianmurphy; @cillianmurphyseyes; @cmurphys; @controlyourface; @dalliscar; @damndatcilliantho;  @dianaprince; @fircforaheart; @flickerbyniall; @gottabestyles; @harrieholiday; @harrybasquiat; @harryfeatlouis; @heartoutlouis; @hermioune

J-R:

@jadesthirlwall; @jessicanelson; @justyounggods; @jxstensfoxes; @kellyseveride;  @kindofmotion; @ktbells; @leighannetrash; @liammix; @littlelouislegend;  @litttlewhittelies; @louisfeatsanta; @louisfreckles; @louisosoft; @loumos;  @loveactualarry; @mcleann; @mrphy; @niailhorans; @niallporn; @onedirecton;  @onthelooze; @permanentfix; @perriers; @phekyblinders; @pollysgray;  @prokrastination; @raggedtigers; @rainbowstyles; @rainbowtours

S-Z:

@shawnhuntxr; @shitchristmas; @soloharrie; @stardustandors; @stealmyniall;  @steveharrngton; @stylehalords; @thegirlalmighty;  @theseinconvenientchristmaslights, @undertheniall; @wantniallie;  @womenyouwantme; @zaysnmalik​

[not-poignant]

45 43 36 48

I love that this looks like a secret code to something e.e

45 can you remember what happened yesterday?

Yes, actually! This is a novelty for me because I can't always, and there was a period of my life where I couldn't at all (thanks DID). But I can remember yesterday pretty well, I can remember what I ate and what I did and what I watched. That's actually pretty amazing :D

43 what’s your take on spicy foods?

Love them. (I'm going to assume that spicy here means 'heat' and not 'general spices from all over the world' but I love both).

I actually lost the ability to eat them completely during head/neck radiotherapy for cancer, because it killed my tastebuds. And then when you're tastebuds start to grow back after radiotherapy, it's like your mouth is 'baby mouth' and you have as much spice tolerance as a newborn. I had to really kind of slowly condition my mouth again. (Like literally, my mouth would burn and ulcer and bleed if I tried to eat spicy food, even foods with too much salt or pepper could cause injuries to the tender skin).

One of my favourite dishes in the whole world is bun bo hue, which is a Vietnamese spicy noodle soup that is one of the most amazing comfort food dishes ever (especially in winter). I'm back to my previous radiotherapy spice tolerance so I can now really enjoy this dish (with extra chilli even) again and I'm happy.

I'm not one of those people who kind of attaches symbolism to the ability to tolerate spice (i.e. the machismo of some dudes around being able to handle hot sauce is honestly like... :/ like just say you're a masochist and go). And I don't like foods so hot you can no longer appreciate or taste the original food. But I do think chilli and hot sauces and chilli oils etc. can add layers of flavour and complexity that weren't there before.

I'm also not one of those people who thinks everyone should appreciate spice? I don't really like folks who are like 'omg just TRY it' or 'you'll get used to it.' No, let people enjoy what they enjoy. Some people just don't want to hurt or feel any discomfort when they eat, and that's normal.

36 how many times have you changed your url?

Never!

48 when did you first try an alcohol beverage?

Gosh, probably when I was like 2 or 3 years old. I was raised with Dutch grandparents who always had port and beer in the house, and had a very casual attitude towards letting young children taste a shandy that's mostly lemonade with a little beer, or having a sip of port with ice cream.

I've never actually liked the taste of alcohol much, and I don't drink now, but I was definitely exposed at a really young age, and probably encouraged to drink a little on the weekends I saw them. It was never more than a sip, like I wasn't being given whole glasses of anything (though I think I was given a glass of shandy when I was around 8-9, I just didn't like it, lol).

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From this meme!

[shinidamachu]

I understand wanting to believe in the power of voting in the US, but posts that you share (like conspiring-limabean's) can sometimes come off the wrong way. A lot of people in the US have already been excluded from the voting process (anyone convicted with a felony, anyone without a permanent address - this especially affects indigenous people, etc). Telling us to vote our way out does no good. It's hurtful and harmful to call us 'collaborating saboteurs' because of an already broken system.

I usually refrain from posting asks when they feature someone else's url, but I feel like this one should be addressed despite it.

"I understand wanting to believe in the power of voting in the US" is a very reductionist way of summing up my point of view. The same way the posts I shared can come off the wrong way to you, this line sure came off as really condescending to me, although if probably wasn't your intention.

I'm not talking about "the power of friendship" here. I'm talking about a legit, democratic tool. When you say that "anyone convicted with a felony, anyone without a permanent address — which especially affects indigenous people, etc — have already been excluded from the voting process, you're further proving my point.

Because if voting wasn't powerful, if voting didn't matter, the government wouldn't be excluding people from the voting process or making it harder and harder to vote even for those who have never been convicted with a felony or who do have permanent addresses.

And it's to these people that we're telling: VOTE! Vote especially for those who can't so that their voices can be heard through you. Vote so that one day they'll be able to vote as well.

If you literally can't vote, then this message it's obviously not for you. You can and should read it then go on with your day without offense. In fact, you should. But if you can vote and won't because you don't believe in it or because you don't like the available candidates, then ask yourself who exactly does this (in)action benefit.

We're not telling you that voting, alone, will magically fix everything overnight. This would be naive and incorrect. What we're doing is fighting the narrative that voting is pointless. Some people might think that not voting and encouraging others not to vote is subversive, I promise it's not. You're just mantaining the status quo. You're just playing their game and making it easier for them.

Because I assure you: right winged people aren't discussing the importance of voting the same way they didn't discuss discuss whether or not would be ethical to put a fascist lunatic in the White House. They just voted. And now they're reaping the fruits.

Not voting? Telling people not to vote? This is what does no good. This is what's hurtful and harmful. Voting is only the start, but it is a start and, as much, it's fundamental. That's what I defend. The takeaway right now shouldn't be "is voting really effective in the end of the day?" but "what, beyond voting, can we do to make things better"? The catch is that we can't move on the latter when people is still stuck in the former.

The system is broken. The changes voting provides are slow. No one is denying that. But belittling the power of voting and encouraging others to do the same won't fix anything, it will just empower the other side.

[aquaschemer]

Hi, Web Developer here!!

(Forgive any typos, I'm on mobile)

So Best Practice in web development is using what's called Version Control. This helps determine how and when versions are released (duh) but it does this by regulating how code is added.

Everyone does it differently but here's what I understand is pretty standard:

Everyone has their own copy of the code on their computer, but no one person has the official code that the browser is actually running. The idea is this way no one person can update the code directly and without anyone else knowing.

But Aqua, you ask, if no one has access to the official code, how does anyone change things?

So there are Version Control Managers that do have access to the official code, (called the master branch). I'm sure there's multiple ways to go from here but this is what I've always done.

When a developer wants to add code they create a new branch. This is like a master branch alternate reality where everything is exactly the same except the code they are changing. They then "push" this branch to the Version Control Manager.

(It's important to distinguish that branches aren't defined as new code, they're changes in the entirety of existing code because this, along with due diligence testing (foreshadowing for later), proves that the software/website still works)

From this point, there's some sort of review process to make sure the code is looked at by other people and generally isn't trash. And when that is done, then the Version Control Manager will "merge" the new branch into the master branch. Developers regularly "pull" branches to get the latest updates.

Of course, there's a lot more to this that I didn't explain (A group of developers is called a merge conflict!), but that's a basic overview. So now if you hear, You should take a pull, _____ pushed their changes and they got merged, you know what that means.

Ideally, it's done this way so a ton of code isn't changed at the same time because it's easier to track down and fix problems that way. A bug that appeared after two files were merged is a lot easier to troubleshoot than 7 that showed up after some idiot merged 50 files trying to fix six things and add a feature at the same time.

Because another best practice is having a testing team. (Again, there are multiple ways of doing this) Every time a new feature is added or a bug is fixed, BEFORE IT GETS MERGED, part of the review process is putting the branch in a testing environment (running the website with that specific branch on a URL that requires permissions, no you have never and will never find one of these sites unless it is given to you) and the testing team does everything they can to break the new code (cause another bug). If they're able to, the code fails review and it has to be fixed before it can be reviewed again.

Long story short long, I'm guessing either-

Too much got added that builds on whatever is wrong and if they change it now a ton of other things will break

The changes were too big/there wasn't enough testing and now they don't know where the bug came from

Take this as you will

why are all the checkmarks blue again. whered the gay go :(

[troped-fanfic-challenge]

Voting for Chopped 3.0 Round 2 is Officially OPEN!

You know how voting works so we wont bore you with a massive post. Remember to rank fics based on the USE of the tropes and theme and to rank ALL fics in each question, so we can avoid any technical difficulties! Please try and read all the fics so you can vote fairly! Reminder, you must include a URL, and you may only vote once, we will NOT count multiple votes by the same person.

You can vote here:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WQ9BNFS

Thanks to all our BRILLIANT writers, these fics are so exciting and we are so glad you decided to share them with us!! 

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and i'll never say i love you (but i meant it all along) (Rated T) [Bellamy/Clarke]

Summary: When Coach, a dating system that pairs you with someone for an allotted amount of time and gives no way to bypass its rules, matches Bellamy and Clarke together, they find an immediate dislike for the other. Luckily, they only have to spend twelve hours together and then they can go their separate ways.

That is, until Coach matches them again. And again. And again. Until they start to wonder if something deeper is going on.

Or, Bellamy and Clarke in Hang the DJ

Per Aspera Ad Astra [Through Hardship to the Stars] (Rated G) [Bellamy/Clarke]

Summary: It's boredom one fateful night that leads Clarke Griffin to ditching the first basketball game of the season. That same boredom then leads to her choosing to hang out with one Bellamy Blake – which should feel weirder than it is since they haven't really been friends since his sister's disappearance two years ago.

But then their night really takes a turn.

The two of them discover a strange audio frequency that could change the small town of Arkadia, New Mexico – and the future – forever. Dropped phone calls, forgotten tapes, and strange lights follow Bellamy and Clarke as they race through the night on a scavenger hunt to discover the truth. That maybe there was something more to Octavia's disappearance, maybe there's more to their friendship than being just friends, and that maybe they aren't as alone in the universe as they thought.

through the muted waves (Rated T) [Murphy/Emori]

Summary: Scientists call the Tomorrow People the next stage of human evolution, the government denies their existence, but their cocktail of psionic abilities have made homo superiors the target of Eligius. Even though Eligius has closed the project that allows Tomorrow People to override their genetic inability to kill, they still relentlessly hunt them, desperate to neutralize their abilities. When Murpy wakes up in Eligius headquarters, he knows he’s returned for a reason...if only he could understand his connection to the brown-eyed girl who keeps cropping up on the corners of his memory.

in the red snares (Rated T) [Octavia/Lincoln]

Summary: The prevailing theory around the existence of Slayers (her existence) is that a variation of the alien parasite the miners unearthed deep in the Sub Stratum started infecting hosts in order to combat the vampire parasite. Octavia scoffs at the thought. The theory is probably right, especially since Monty is pretty confident in it, but she still hates the whole thing. The Slayer parasite really needs an upgrade in her opinion.

The Cockroach (Rated T) [Murphy/Emori]

Summary: “This is the cockroach hailing Mission Team Alpha. It’s Sol 30 here on good ol’ Planet Alpha. Not that it’s really a planet, but eh whatever. Technicalities, right? Anyway. Systems check. Arm: healing. Bugs: normal. Radio: shitty. Attitude: good.”

I'm No Hero (Rated T) [Murphy/Emori]

Summary: It’s 2052 and Reapers are wreaking havoc on mutants and humans alike. Murphy is recruited by Kane and Jaha to go back in time to prevent Octavia Blake from starting an international crisis that made the future much worse. But going back to the past comes with some side effects, mainly having to do with some relationships that Murphy left on bad terms.

from angels or devils (Rated T) [Octavia Blake]

Summary: Octavia was dead, and then she wasn't. The nuns say it was the gift of an angel, but they may not know as much as they claim.

Will she be able to learn to channel it's gifts, or will she be claimed by the villain who has followed the Halo through time and space?

Can't Tell if this is True or Dream (Rated M) [Echo/Gabriel]

Summary: “Do you understand your mission, agent?” A cloud of smoke punctuated the Director’s question, streaming from his mouth in thick, grey ribbons.

“I am to evaluate the necessity of the work Dr. Santiago is doing and report back at the conclusion of the investigation,” Echo repeated her instructions. Her lungs filled with second-hand smoke and she stifled a cough.

“I hope you appreciate the delicacy of this mission, Echo.” His intense gaze bore a hole into her’s. “Gabriel is not to know the nature of your assignment.”

She met his gaze with equal intensity as she stood up to leave.

“I understand, sir.”

There are some things written in the stars (Rated G) [Bellamy/Clarke]

Summary: Dear Bell,

I know you have a million questions. When I planned to come see you in Sau Paulo, I knew I wouldn’t have much time, and there was just too much I wanted to say. But also so much I knew I couldn’t. My only hope is that this journal answers some of your questions, and by some miracle saves your life.

My name is Clarke Griffin, a historian. We’ve never met before today, in your time at least. In 2019, I would be just starting my professorship at Arkadia University back in the states. That’s honestly the only reason Murphy didn’t fight me on seeing you — no chance that I’d cross paths with myself. He wouldn’t have been able to stop me, mind you. But he’s definitely the better pilot, so I’m glad he was on board.

I’m getting away from myself. It’s hard to remember a time when you didn’t just instinctively know what I was thinking. It’s felt a little like you’ve just known me my whole life, the way we’ve always been in sync. Let me start from the beginning, just rip the bandaid off…

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Or the "Timeless" AU you never knew you needed. Submitted as part of the Chopped Challenge: Round 2.

Healing AIs, Healing Hearts (Rated T) [Octavia/Raven]

Summary: Raven and her mother were a perfect team, working with damaged and mistreated AIs and tech. When tragedy strikes, however, Raven has to figure out how to make it on her own. And then there's that new assistant her mom hired, making things interesting.

inconceivable (Rated T) [Bellamy/Clarke]

Summary: The first touch of his fingers on her wrists makes her whole body shiver. She’s so painfully aware of him being just behind her, of the wonder and the impossibility of his existence here, that she has to remind herself to keep breathing as he slowly picks apart the knots binding her hands together. “If I turn around, will you be gone?” she murmurs. “Is this a bad dream? Will you be dead again when I wake up?”

“I’m real,” he says softly, and finally the last knot falls away and her hands are free.

It's practically inconceivable.

(Chopped 3 presents: The Princess Bride. In space, bitches.)

[firstfannypack]

when I first started this blog I was going through one of the darkest periods of my life mental health wise. my transition into young adulthood has been rough to say the least. I've been dealing with more loss than I'd ever experienced in my first 18 years of life. With the fear I've been feeling towards the future, I've spent a lot more time thinking about the past. How unsatisfied I am with it. Trauma I had built up from then ages of 12-14. In a lot of ways this blog was here to help me reimagine my own childhood as something better than it was. writing about kids having fun and just goofin around and caring about each other was just a really weird way of coping with the fact that that's a kind of childhood I never had and will never get a second chance at. my last stories before I disappeared were particularly sad for the same reason. just thinking a lot about death in all sorts of ways. "It" resonated with me in a really personal way, it caught me at a very vulnerable time in my life and helped me understand the feelings I was having about growing up. All the fear, thinking about what memories will stick around and what I'll forget in the next few years, and just being afraid of the change and inevitable loss that comes with getting older. Plus since I'm remarkably ADHD I can't just casually like anything lol I have to fuckin hyperfixate and put all my energy in that one thing. I know for the last year or so every time I think about this blog I just laugh about what a dumb and weird thing it was to make. it's embarrassing even but I wouldn't say I regret it. I can't deny the much needed joy that came from posting writings people wanted to read and responded to with so much kindness and enthusiasm. as dumb as the whole thing is, the people who followed this blog made me feel valuable at a time where I held so little value for myself. it was weird and dumb, but it gave me something to do. something to focus on and put energy into so I wasn't completely aimless. I've found better outlets since then. I'm sorry to anyone who might be disappointed that this blog was deleted, I did it in a moment of panic after hearing a couple of "friends" laughing about it to someone I don't even know and giving out my url and shit which is fucked up. please don't let anyone make you feel embarrassed about the things you care about. I wish I was better at taking my own advice. either way, I'm well over this blog. The people who followed were so sweet, and I want to say thank you to everyone who reached out to me and talked to me. I loved being able to help some of you with your own writings and just making people happy, even if it was only for a little bit through a bad piece of tumblr fanfiction. I'll absolutely never forget the kindness I received from so many people. I'm sorry if I've taken away something good for anyone by deleting this blog, I'm sorry if the actions of a few immature people had to ruin this blog for everyone. I just think it's best for me to move on. Thanks for sticking with me, so long for now.

[hisfearlesshaz]

Have a good holiday!! Hope everything will be okay. I'm the stressed sister, it's so exhausting. I feel you.🥲 25 days later you're free-ish. 7 days after you, I am too.

I just checked you can buy a tiny house (12k euros~120k turkish liras so yeah :(( ) They have to pay for your uni I think, because they made you and you have needs, this uni might be best for you.

Maybe I should reveal myself so you can write me anytime if you want or need someone to talk to. (I warn you, I'm the shyest and most quiet person like if I wasn't anon in here, I couldn't never and ever write you. This won't be easy for me but at some point i wanna do it.😆)

Sleep is the fast-acting solution to everythingggg. I'll do that after dinner. (without the bench under the sun part ahahahah.)

👋👋👋

Aw thank you! Free but not entirely because I'll be home for a lot of lessons (thanks again covid) sooooo we'll see how it goes. Also holy shit???? I didn't know the exchange rate was so high??? Ok maybe it's because I know nothing about Turkey hahahaha ooops? Tell me something about it! (possibly nice things 😂)

And yep they kinda have to but you know, mom could've just said "we can't afford it" and I would've changed my choice. I really hope to do well, it's the only one I found that has exactly the courses I have interest on and no boring bs that could make me lose focus and desire to continue the studies. It has always been easy for me in school because I just need to listen to the teacher to remember, and if I don't remember I get the right answers by logic but you can't do that in uni when you study languages, can you? You gotta study. I hope I won't just waste a ton of money and then quit, ugh.

You should only if you want to!! I'm quite shy and awkward too tbh, but I mean idk?? It's nice to talk to nice people. I have a question though: do I follow you? I mean I'm not very active these days so I've lost track of who is who and who changed url and stuff but still I'd love to know.

Aaaaand in the end I didn't sleep! I just went for a walk and then watched shameless US and then went to work. Also a friend of mine had a bit of a shitty day and I'm feeling :/ because the situation here is stressful already and this won't help at all. Like, he was angry and just went away alone and didn't answer to his mom's calls. At least he answered me so I wasn't too worried but still. UGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just want people I care about to be happy or at least not so stressed and oppressed and sad and stuff. Is it too much to ask? Or at least I'd like to be able to do something about it! But what can I do? Nothing. Also I'm fucking leaving on Monday so I won't see him again for ages or maybe never again and fuuuuccccckkjjjjjjjjkshhahshahagz

I'm sorry hahahaha I started writing calmly but the environment I'm living in is so stressful it's hard not to think about it. Parents and uni and death and life and covid and everything else suck! Also I can't understand if I have a crush on a guy of if I just care about him because his life is somehow similar to mine and I understand him?? Anyway he came out to me, like, three days after we met? (with one of the most heartbreaking phrases he could find wtf dude I was NOT ready, after a month i still think about it) so it doesn't really matter if I *do* have a crush or not and on top of everything else I think I might be asexual but guess what? "naaaaah it's just that you haven't tried/found the right person" it's all I get in response when I talk about it. Lmao. Idk how I arrived at this discourse and it's almost 1am so time to go to bed! Or for a walk. I haven't decided yet.

Love you! Sorry for talking so much and also always feel free to talk to me both anonymously and via messages if and when you're ready :) 💕