#sometimes i need to use tumblr to catalogue stuff

[1892]

rap albums you should listen to if you have 20-36 minutes to spare some of these are very popular and basic some of them are not and all are worth checking out

daytona - pusha t

pray for paris - westside gunn

illmatic - nas

nasty - rico nasty

big fish theory - vince staples

generational curse - icecoldbishop

funkdafied - da brat

really livin - rascalz

american boyfriend - kevin abstract

scaring the hoes - jpegmafia&danny brown

[earlycuntsets]

A healthy and reasonable criticism of the mcr archive that i’m 0% scared to share. I didn’t sign and NDA and i’m a free woman.

I will express my criticisms with both their practice and their pr.

this is my opinion and how I received them. if you want to turn this around on me, may you remember that I'm not the one responsible for the mcr archive. i'm a fan and they're a professional organization not god or jesus or anything like that.

practice: 

how can I view and appreciate the mcr archives work?

We have their mission statement

“My Chemical Romance community project whose goal is to collect & catalog MCR content for future posterity.”

linktree where you can see what they're sharing rn.

and what does the mcr archive so actively do? they share

2. sometimes a time sensitive drop box of files (from their link tree. files you dare not share, even if you credit them.)

3. barely (and sometimes just not) sourced social media posts that are kind of.. no different than what anyone else might share in terms of sourcing. the photos however seem to be really high quality versions of photos we’ve seen before and definitely some ones relatively no one has seen. They told me that’s because they pitch in to buy from photo agencies. and what the mcr archive posts is always excellent but it’s not everyone else’s problem you can’t find the info. I’ve dug up sources for ya’lls posts before when it takes two seconds to do. the places where you can add info, should have info. You should message other smart people in a group chat or something “hey can you look into this show for me, I can’t find the dang photographer” wheres the evidence of practice.

so It was an event/show. At the show there was a photographer. Look at their stupid haircuts, find out what 3 months in 2005 it was, check setlist fm etc

when I asked who took the pictures they told me “that infos actually not out there, we got it from a photo agency” who better than a f'n photo agency to know who took the picture I do not understand... you should have more info as a result

3. a mostly dead link list that credits back to themselves sometimes. seriously check it out you can’t do anything except the youtubes.

4. when they post a video, they haven't credited the yt a lot of the time. because they don't credit properly what ends up happening is they post and we're to believe the source is the mcr archive. which yeah no (credit where credit is due to them but sometimes you see it in funny places)

5. They informed me that they don’t check tumblr to see if the photos have been posted they just queue it when the time comes. It would save them a lot of time to reblog from someone.

maybe one of the amazing accounts that catalogue (thats what we’ll say to avoid eternal damnation) mcr extensively. Maybe all those blogs could be friends of the archive and we could all look forward to being reblogged by the great mcr archive

honestly they should reblog everything callmeblakes ever posted bc that shit is mcr history and archiving to me. just an opinion. in fact if you wanna know what I expect from the mcr archive, go to blakes blog.

6. It’s easy to have new mcr when everyone's falling all over themselves ready to give you their new mcr pics/video. But when there’s not it’s just this half effort mcr account It doesn’t do justice to those bits and pieces in between. The things that need to be saved still.

7. side note: I would like to credit the mcr archive as a bit of the inspiration for my website. I wanted to hoard everything and be excited about mcr. I needed the old important stuff I used to bleach my eyes with. So when I saw “the mcr archive” I was so excited to see well…

the archive????

I thought surely I wasn’t going to the right site. I thought for sure there was a “mcr archive” url, not a link tree, that would have all of this referenced content right? So fans can see the whole thing? no. Its always a limited time dropbox. That's why all the links are dead now. You can only get to what they have posted on instagram or tumblr.

The idea and concept and general execution of the mcr archive is good. it just seems they have fallen asleep on their laurels. And for the band I love, it should be better kept. Their content is excellent of course. photo agency quality scans.

For it being the “definitive mcr archive” I guess I just wanted more structure, more transparency and info and links where they apply. everything could be more accessible. it just seems to be run by not many people and they'd benefit from a larger team.

this is my personal critique that is 100% allowed to exist.

PR

I was recently messaged by an mcr archive member. their identity is protected but I will associate "mcr archive" to them because that's who they represent when they message fans about archival business.

(I’ve recently had some discourse with them that i'm sharing. they are the owner of an archive within the mcr archive (oo lala) -- from which I took and credited 20 of their files)

below my defense to their claims. I don't like being misunderstood.

they say in the first sentence it was on my site uncredited. bull. the files that belonged to them were labelled. I had their contributors doc in every folder that even had their files.

but that's not enough for them to be civil? that's not enough to simply ask for your 20 files to be removed from a my chemical romance fan site.. huh

they then give themselves away as anon (which they denied) by using the same vocab. I "lifted" their files. who even says that. in their og anon ask, they say the same thing followed by a lot of hot air about how i'm apparently doing a shit job and only they understand hard work. i'm a lot but i'm not stupid.

then here we go with I "copied their whole archive into mine". that didn't happen. I had 20 files and she assumed I took her wayback screenshots. bc how could I possibly have the capacity to take my own. they described taking these screenshots as an obscene amount of work btw. so much COMPLAINING. you should be grateful to do it. they also say the screenshots they took might not be on wayback machine anymore. sure bud.

it was brought to my attention that them saying they want the convo private is telling as well. they should be salespeople for mcr of the utmost transparency i'm sorry. you are public figures that don't treat mcr fans with respect and to try to make them feel small.

then they call me unprofessional.

Interesting that they message me calling me “unprofessional” when I am just a regular mcr blog/site owner. I never claimed to be perfect, or the end all be all mcr curator. I’m not the one affiliated with the mcr archive. If the mcr archive has a problem with my site they can make their own and do it their way. I’m not burger king. next.

then they talk about feeling undermined. the irony.

then they say I lack “community awareness” when they want all the credit for everything. that's the message you send when you don’t credit the photographers or youtube accounts. (no link ever) Its like “idk doesn’t matter look I posted it” which is fine when you’re a regular mcr fan but when you claim to be the most official mcr archive account, you are held to a higher standard in this fanbase.

and this is all before I even responded. they don't know me and they're literally scolding me. ok hotshot.

then I got defensive and tried to express to them that i'm not as dumb as they seem to think I am. I didn't do the things I was being accused of. I was honest about how I felt. it was hard to respond to all that because it was these weird different attacks on my intelligence from a person i've never spoken to before.

then them and their mcr achive friend sending fucked up anon asks calling me a piece of shit among other things. those mcr archive accounts could not figure out how to get a life that night. some random mcr archive fan is so mad to call me a piece of shit bc I got mad at mcr archive is what i'm to believe. it was them. they try to gatekeep this fandom that way ig. what does it for me is the complaining and acting like they built the pyramids.

it's not my fault it was hard work for you to do your awesome job request to remove and be business about it. it was like .04% of my website I don't care.

I took their stuff off, I put their site at the top of my sources on ec. I wanted this to be over. so I was professional and did as they asked. I was not half as rude as they were in their initial message. and then they say "why are you continuing to undermine me?"

like i'm sorry are you beyonce??

so they say i'm "duplicating work" and I need to slow down my process to avoid future errors. I am so clear about errors and fixing them and having no problem listening to people that are right. I am reasonable but how they came at me was bonkers. duplicating? I steal everything on there I own 0. cept the dvds ig. if me posting old show pics on a flicker from 2011 is duplicating work. sure idgaf. this history needs exposure.

I’m just a blog like everyone else that posts things that mean something to them. My website isn’t worth much more than a reference. It is a place that points to other places. This blog is the same. I’ve never pretended to own anything. ever. 

then they say just because their whole archive is literally drag and drop easy to download doesn't mean my site is worth more than their archive.

why are you comparing my site to an official mcr archive period?

They don't want to be brief as indicated in their essay of a first message. they want to argue with me about a few things. because I didn't bend over backwards and kiss their ass seven different ways to sunday, after they came at me wrong, they think I am undermining their work.

according their messages, my archive is illegitimate because I don’t ask permission when my content is 2002-2012 old sites. I have never asked permission and never did anything to hide that. anyone of the 9287432 people who have their material on my site can ask to have it removed. I just link to the original source and credit. Just interesting because: how do they have permission to use the photos if they can’t even tell us who took them. 

I have tried to talk to them during the founding of my website. I sent them messages and asked questions and they don't speak to the public. community this community that. I did @ a member in march when I used and credited her whole of 20 files. I removed it because they didn't respond to it for 3 months and stopped thinking about it. I figured she would talk to me like a grown up one day request to remove sometime if she wanted it down. guess that was too much to ask.

what this message tells me is that I can’t possibly understand the work they do, it’s too specialized and complicated. Apparently lmao I misunderstand them and only they know the true meaning of putting together info and data entry.

And i’m sorry I said taking a picture or scanning something isn’t hard work. I just got tired of all their hot air. I’m sorry but It’s all about them and their precious stuff and taking pictures/scans of it. it’s like mcr influencers that post paid for pictures and they dress really cool but I can't help but think about how I would be in their shoes, how lucky so many people would feel to be a part of the mcr archive. and their lack of gratitude stinks to high hell.

And for the record, It’s the attitude for me

All they had to do was request to remove like any other human would.

I really needed to say my piece and now i’m letting this go. :) reactions be damned.

[hephaestiions]

'24 retrospective

thank you, @kamaela & @hollyhawthorn for the tag on ruminations from 2024, we're going to pretend i'm not a whole week late to it.

sometime in— march?— i got high and thought— wouldn't it be fantastic if draco and harry did that too? started writing what became almost 7k words of porn with feelings about harry being taken care of, which marked a return to ao3 and my first fic since 2021. win! i posted some shorter, quicker stuff to tumblr, of which i particularly enjoyed writing this auror partners transfer request, about harry, lettuce & embroidery yarn, and grace.

it's been a year of figuring out style & character, what works, what doesn't, what holds weight & water, slips, comes back. which is mostly to say it's been a year of drafts, writing & scrapping, letting things marinate in docs, coming up with several thousand wips & resisting the urge to take down older fics and repost them in a style i agree with more now.

2024 was also the year of getting into reccing, which i've enjoyed far, far more than i expected. my three author reclists for plor, wolf & tacky were my favourite to do, i loved the immersive invite of them. given my need to devour back catalogues of every author i adore, i'm hoping to continue these; we are well and truly blessed with enough writers here to keep me going for a lifetime.

writing (mostly) individual recs for hprecfest was also absolutely glorious. i have so much to say about works that stick with me, and saying it all to get others to go delight in them was brilliantly fulfilling. the process made me write my own love letters to reccing & reccers & the light they are in fandom, which may be my own most cherished post. i don't always have the bandwidth to write or read new stuff, but showing love like this keeps me involved, immersed, and importantly, very happy.

i've read a lot this year & listing everything will unfortunately have us cataloguing the colours of the sky. instead, i'm going to make a list of what i consider my priority tbr of fics & authors, people & works i wanted to get around to this year, couldn't, want to gorge myself on soon.

@garagepaperback wrote 300k words in 9 works this year, and i need to read every one as soon as possible. their style demands savouring & i've saved up so much garagefic for when i have the time to do them justice. @eleadore writes such a deliciously abrasive, petulant drarry dynamic; i'm really, really looking forward to being in A Mood to cut my teeth on their diamonds. (additional shoutout to the remaining reads these two's pile with @yiiiiiiiikes25, reserved for when i need a good smut fix). i read @kamaela's got me started earlier in the year, fell in love with their sharp characters & sharper writing & now everything else they've written, but especially mirror, me is up, up there in needing to be read asap. everything i've read by @sleepstxtic has been fantastic, fantastic, but rush was especially spectacular & i am foaming at the mouth to get to the other two sports fics in the series.

@dodgerkedavra's clear, warm light looks absolutely epic, can't wait to sink my teeth into it (and everything else from dodger's catalogue i haven't read yet). @epitomereally's LA, who am i to love you? has some fantastic tags, a fascinating summary & been on my mfl for an age. this is also maybe-perhaps-potentially the year to work through @mintawasalreadytaken's tit for tat which sits at almost 400k & promises my favourite things (angst & porn), but even if not, it is the year to read the rest of minta's catalogue that i haven't gotten to yet.

& finally, i'm bad at wips, but i'm so very, very excited for @tackytigerfic's first watch of night to finish posting so i can swim around in it.

this is a v small sampling of everything i hope to read this year, i've left out so many wonderful, wonderful authors whom i will end up loving. the goal is to read slower, read steadier, take my time with craft & phrasing, work through catalogues i admire & leave myself space to appreciate with care & specificity.

in the other life of odds and ends and grad school and employment, it was a weird year, kind of a— nothing year? scales weren't tipped too far in either direction, which is different, which demands recalibration, which has left me time & energy in measures i usually don't have. dawn has broken over this fresh swivel around the sun and i'm allowing myself some slivers of tentative, brittle hope. it's new, and i'm putting stock in that being a good thing.

paging everyone i've mentioned above to tell me what you're hoping to do more of in 2025 (fandom/otherwise) if you'd like! cheerleading all of you from here <3

[loser-female]

Hi! This is my space. If you are curious on the subject of radical feminism this post is for you.

Few things:

Kindfem (here on nice vs kind);

Bi-focused and disability/ND focused;

Anti-individualist,

Anti-black and white thinking,

Politically a socialist,

The job of a SOC Analyst.

About mental illness and excuses (one day I I'll make an actual essay about this, currently be happy with this version)

Ask policy:

I'm going to donate 5€ to a feminist organisation for every hate anon regarding me being a "terf" or something;

I'm going to donate 5€ to a DV organisation specifically for every hate anon, comment or reblog about me being in a relationship with a man

And you still won't get an answer! Ask yourself if it's worth it.

I will do my best to catalogue and keep this space organised. Most of my tags are organisational, they are placed to help myself and others finding the stuff they need to find.

1. What's radical feminism? ->Tag full of resources to explore on radical feminism.

-> here is a non-radfem article about choice feminism and why is bad.

-> another article on why choice feminism is bad, from a Black woman perspective

If you are curious about doing some feminism in your life I have the how to be a feminist tag.

2. Relationships tag -> This is compiled mostly for women who have relationship with men and want to lower their risk.

Here are my favourite non-radfem things, resources and opinions on the subject;

-> Zawn is a brilliant writer that tackle the inequalities in marriage and motherood. She is very active on substack and has a lot of resources for women in a long term relationship with men.

-> You should have asked is a comic about the mental load of work women have to do in a relationship with men.

-> She divorced me because I left dishes by the sink is a blog post made by a man for men that explains how this little non-action lead ultimately to his divorce.

-> Fair play is a method to address domestic inequality few people I know swear by.

-> Duluth model on abuse. Please read that carefully before dismissing it.

In the relationship tag there is also criticism on how this could work or not.

I now have a female separatism tag!

-> Some reflection on separatism and power

3. Tag Cloud! (hopefully)

-> self explanatory tags dedicated to these subjects.

4. How to connect to others? -> @nansheonearth her blog is full of resources of where to find others, Discord servers, how to visit womyn's land resources, IRL meetings and separatism in general. Check her out!

@rad-fem-zine with my own contributions:

-> my mom's story (medical misogyny)

-> Cybersecurity guide for cyberfems

5.My favourite essays.

-> I'm not here to make friends

-> The Ethical Prude

-> How to grow the fuck up, a guide to humans

-> The Gentrification of Disability (it explains how the neurodivergent movement is failing ADHD and autistic people, thanks to )

Also: I sometimes reblog things I don't agree with but I consider worthy of consideration regardless.

6. Still missing from this post:

Stuff over female separatism and how to practice it IRL to various degrees.

The actual tag cloud (Tumblr doesn't allow me to use js on the blog and god I'm going to beg the staff but idk)

Send me a message/ask if:

Want to know stuff about cybersecurity!

Have recommendations for this post.

[blimbo-buddy]

I think mascot horror is a perfect gateway for kids to get into horror without having to jump straight into Slasher Films or straight-up gore without plot.

I had met people who do dislike FNAF because of the whole child murder but I think they missed the point how Scott allowed those kids to get their revenge and make the one who caused all this pain to suffer in Ultimate Custom Night.

They are set free. No more pain. No more suffering.

Also bears are extinct in FNAF.

The animal, not the people.

Another fun fact: Scott Cawthon did not invent springlock mechanism. He just popularized it.

Springlocks exists but are so harmless. Like if the suit/animatronic hybrid did exist irl the springlocks wouldn't drive parts into your body. It would release and be a tight squeeze.

Uncomfortable? Yes.

Painful? Depends on your tolerance really.

Can cause death? No.

Unless you're a madman and cause the parts to be stronger than they need to be (and remember FNAF is a timeline where animatronics and technology overall is more advanced than us) then you're fine.

Blimbo, what's your opinion on mascot horror? Love it? Hate it?

I respect your opinion either way! I like getting into discussions on the flaws and the pros!

(If my ask gets eaten by Tumblr, let everyone know this platform even though better than other social media just as well sucks!)

I have a weird relationship with mascot horror. On one hand I understand the gripes that many people have with it but on the other hand, I kind of like how off the walls these plots can get. Don't get me wrong, I don't care for mascot horror at all but sometimes I'll see balls to the walls stuff with these games that come up and think "We need more of this it'd be funny"

There's a lot of ways for kids to enter into the realm of horror nowadays that vary from the typical slasher/gore movie (stuff like the backrooms, mandela catalogue) but if mascot horror is Baby's First Horror for many kids then that ain't really something that I get pissed off over y'know.

So really it doesn't matter in the end if your first exposure to horror is some mascot horror like Garten of Banban or Rainbow Friends, or some hyper-gore movie like Terrifier or the Saw franchise or analogue horror like Mandela Catalogue

[vellatra]

I don't really know any characters from your story besides Vellatra herself, so how about #1, #8, and #9 for the most important character who is not her?

Oh dear! You know what, I'd never really considered who was "second-most important"! So I did some pondering... and mulled it over with my advisor and confidante (@reneethegreatandpowerful), and have come to the conclusion that Zac is second. HOWEVER! The story has a few different groups it follows, with their own side plots and stuff, so I have also included perhaps one of the more interesting folks from each of these groups. Thanks for the tough question! Those are the ones that help me fine tune stories. 😁 And now, your answers.

(Apologies - I committed the cardinal sin of using a "skin color" marker in this drawing, thereby turning him into Donald Trump. Sorry! 😅)

Q: Full name and occupation?

A: "I'm Zachary James O'Connor. Most people just call me Zac. I'm in training to eventually join the army in the Merfaen tiz Ornaru - if I don't find a way back to Earth first, that is!"

Q: What do you do for fun?

A: "My favorite pastime is playing video games! Especially fantasy swordplay stuff, like Zelda, Xenoblade, and Final Fantasy. They don't have electronics in this world though, so nowadays I tag along with Aileev and get into mischief with her, mostly." 😆 (Author's note: Aileev is Vellatra's teenage firecracker of a daughter. I'll have to introduce her sometime soon!)

Q: What is your greatest achievement, and why do you think so?

A: "I learned Flunibu, the Merfaen language, to a conversational level in a couple of weeks. Never thought I'd learn a new language that fast!"

Q: Full name and occupation?

A: "Vexina Katrina Fini. I'm a specialist in the natural sciences, and at the moment I'm on a government funded mission to investigate some strange phenomena near the edge of our solar system. ... Admittedly I've been pretty sidetracked lately! But Silen Fah is full of interesting new flora and fauna to discover, so I'm not too upset." 😁

Q: What do you do for fun?

A: "I enjoy reading up on the most recent scientific discoveries, and mulling over the unexplained mysteries of the universe. Did you know, for example, that nobody's yet come up with a satisfactory theory for how the mammoths were frozen so quickly and preserved so perfectly? The temperatures and conditions you'd need-"

Q: Ahem, next question! What is your greatest achievement and why do you think so?

A: "By a long shot, the discovery of this new world! No earthly scientist has ever been able to catalogue so many new species and geological formations as I have, and all thanks to a happy accident on our travels through space! I worry, though, that no one will ever find OUT about my achievement. I haven't found a way back home, or a way to send my findings to Earth.... But hope is not lost and I won't give up!"

Q: Full name and occupation?

A: "I am Fabian, son of Henry. I am a squire for Sir Galahad of Camelot."

Q: What do you do for fun?

A: "I enjoy practicing swordplay, hunting, and riding horseback when the time may be spared."

Q: What is your greatest achievement and why?

A: "I have done little worthy of renown as of yet, but I am only a youth. I trust that, in time, great things shall be done. Perhaps I shall become a knight of King Arthur's court? Slay wicked beasts? Save fair maidens? What the Lord willeth, I stand ready to do."

This is the second time I've typed all this out... sure hope Tumblr doesn't delete it all again! This is getting tedious. 😵

Anyway, it was fun to figure all this out! Thanks again for the question!

[paranoidinsane]

Well I've put off this moment as long as possible because I've had this account since 2012, but now it's inevitable because people are starting to use tumblr with the impending death of twitter.

Omg hiii *-* welcome to my blog 😇! He's horrible and dreadful, you'll probably detest him. ☠

👻🌈 About me 👻🌈

You can call me All (short for Allana which I haven't used in a good 7 years but it's the perfect year to come back with that nickname). My pronouns are she/he, I am a cis bisexual woman, with ADHD (diagnosed by 3 PROFESSIONALS so don't come and fill my bag with crap like "ah you don't look it, ah you are normal, ah how do you live?". I say this because I had a false negative for ASD and it was HORRIBLE, if I have to go through it again, I hope I can at least beat up the people who said it and not over the internet). I am 25 years old and this tumblr is meant to share horror stuff (apart from motivational posts of dubious origin). I live in Brazil, am a writer and have a cat named Astra. I love chatting with crazy people on the internet and every jam I get into is because of that! My jokes are not funny and I have the largest catalogued cultural repertoire, second only to the character Hannibal Lecter. 👻🌈

🚫🚫🚫🚫 If you are:

Intolerant, misogynist, capacitist, etharist, bully, Nazifascist, anarcho-capitalist, incel, pedophile, prejudiced, disrespect age regression, practice any attack on ANY letter of the LGBTQIAPN+ community, spread false information and news OR are under 18, IMMEDIATELY REMOVE THE FOLLOW because I don't want you here. 🚫🚫🚫🚫

🧛‍♀‍ If you are sensitive to:

- blood

- kidnapping

- ghosts

- dark

- light

- moral issues

- depressing phrases

- NSFW

- BDSM

- gore

- terror

- horror

- drugs

- multilation

I recommend you not to follow me. 🧛‍♀‍

This recommendation is because I notice a few profiles following me that are pastel goth and occasionally I end up reblogging that content, as well as beautiful beaches, sunny sunshine, and fluffy stuff. The majority content on this tumblr is still pretty gore from the dark (although I am cute occasionally). This is a problem with age regression followers, for example. I have no intention of changing the editorial policy of this blog or adapting the content in that regard, so it's at your own risk. 🧛‍♀‍🧸

🧞 If you occasionally need content accessibility, please feel free to shout in my ask. Tumblr is the least accessible social network in the universe right now and although I sometimes try to caption photos, or make the job easier, I end up giving up in the middle. It would be nice to have some support in that regard (go All in, you can do it!!). 🧞

🦇 Don't be alarmed if I read you profile for 2h to 3h hours and come up with posts of yours from 2016. I see every account that follows or reblogs me to see if it's safe for me to follow back or reblog something. If I follow you, it means you are a cool and safe tumblr (to the extent of my safety which is as high, rocky and cold). 🦇

🎃My ask is always open to all people, but I confess I've been more famous on this tumblr to the point where I get asks every day. Feel free to ask about anything! 🎃

[reasonsforhope]

Okay, cool - thanks for voting and esp to everyone who left comments in the notes.

Since it's roughly a 60-40 split, that actually fits perfectly with what I kind of wanted to do, which is move to partly shorter posts and partly posts the length I'm doing already. That will let me budget my time and energy better, especially based on what inspires me and how long of a post I think a story needs.

It won't be enough to get me to two posts a day, but it should make sure there's specifically a news post every day - no days without posts and few days with only another type of post (e.g. a quote, art, etc.)

Speaking of two posts a day, though, and based on some of the feedback I got from the first one:

New Poll!

I ask because:

Reblogging old posts WOULD let me get to two posts a day!

It's so easy to forget about good news and progress, and it can be really nice to be reminded.

According to the Tumblr Note Counter (super useful tool), I have 546 original posts, so there's a very nicely sized back catalogue.

There's a lot of stuff from when I had fewer followers that a lot of yall might not have seen!

Would love some feedback/reasons why for this poll as well - they're super helpful to me, whatever I end up deciding to do.

Quick Question

No promises to abide by the results bc I'm allergic to not including details, but I really would like to know this. So, in general:

Detail meaning how long are the excerpts, basically, bc pulling those together is what takes the most time and mental energy for me. "Shorter" meaning like "2 to 5 paragraphs, usually" instead of "a page or more, usually."

There are enough good news posts out there to sustain up to four posts a day, probably (and definitely three a day), so supply of good news isn't the issue, just my free time and energy, esp since this is going to be a ridic busy month for me - because the new day job is going well, and I have like 6 projects already this month for my other job!

So like I said, busy busy busy.

And on the one hand I'd like to post a lot more so yall hear about more of the things, but on the other hand, I really do think having most of the important details in the post is really valuable, especially considering that most people don't click through on things.

Thanks!

[reddeadreference]

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Epilogue 1       [WIP]   |         Epilogue 2     [WIP]

Arthur’s Journal         |         John’s Journal

Locations By State     |         Store Catalogue/Prices

1899         |        Stranger Missions     |     Newspapers

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Please also note I am only one person so it'll probably take a while for the blog to be 100% complete but I'm doing as much as I can as quick as I can. ^_^

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Chapters

(includes missions and camp location details)

Ch 1: Colter               |    Ch 2: Horseshoe Overlook

Ch 3: Clemen’s Point |    Ch 4: Saint Denis

Ch 5: Guarma            |    Ch 6: Beaver’s Hollow

Ep Part 1                    |    Ep Part 2

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Journal

Arthur’s Story:

Chap 1     |     Chap 2     |     Chap 3     |     Chap 4     |     Chap 5     |     Chap 6

John’s Story:

Epilogue Part 1     |     Epilogue Part 2

Other:

Points of Interest       |      Animals       |      Plants

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Locations

Valentine   |   Strawberry   |   Rhodes   |  

Emerald Ranch   |   Saint Denis   

 Annesburg   |   Van Horn   |   Lagras

Lakay   |   Butcher Creek   |   Wapiti Reservation

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Other

Shopping Catalogue     |     Newspapers     |     Strangers       |      

1899 Stuff

[kbsd]

not sure if you’ve answered this before, but what’s your process look like when you make an amv? i’m just curious and in constant awe of ppl who can make videos like you do :)

hello all!!! i have answered this before and i have a vid help tag with other asks i’ve gotten about stuff like this! but i’ve gotten several more messages along these lines so i’m just going to answer a bunch of them together (under a cut since i love to ramble about editing lol). i do just wanna say i’m definitely not the authority on video editing and obv everyone has their own techniques!

edit: i just finished typing all this up and it’s SO long so sorry in advance LMAO god bless anyone who reads this entire thing

so i work in news tv and we have a very specific workflow for writing scripts, sourcing video, producing, and editing. i’ve just applied that to making amvs! for every video i make, i copy the song lyrics into a google doc and adjust them to match the song i’ve cut (i often will trim songs for time and/or content purposes). then i start planning! i’ll mark down what clip i want to use for each lyric next to that line, and any sound bites i want to use (with episode numbers!). i’ll color code between video and sound bites and lyrics, so my scripts end up looking something like this (for my honeybee amv):

doing the planning ahead of time makes everything much easier when it’s a video that spans the whole show or involves a lot of sourcing, like honeybee or sports analogies. that way when i get to the actual editing process, i already know what i’m going to do and have a game plan. for videos like happy ending or believe it or not, where i’m mainly just pulling from a few episodes, i can just plan it in my head as opposed to writing it all down, and produce as i edit. obviously i do make in-the-moment decisions while editing—sometimes a shot doesn’t work the way i thought it would, or i go where the video takes me—but planning ahead definitely helps. i know some people use spreadsheets as well, with columns for lyrics, video clips, and sound bites if applicable. once you find a system that works, it actually goes pretty quickly.

as for sourcing clips themselves/finding clips within episodes, i talked about that here and kind of here. the short version is that transcripts are a must, and the supernatural wiki is hugely helpful by cataloguing all the hugs, prayers, phone calls, etc. in the show. gifmakers that tag episode numbers on their posts are your friends. it gets easier the more video you make—that’s another huge reason i make the google docs for each video (even the ones i plan in my head, i end up going back and making a loose script with episode notes just for reference). if i can’t remember where something is but i know i used it in another video, i can easily reference past scripts!

i also cut all my videos in the same project in premiere pro, so i can flip between them easily. instead of checking a past script, i can just go to the video sequence itself and copy the clip i’m looking for! this was especially helpful when i match cut together the 5x18 and 4x22 wall slam shots for my bestie video, and then stole it from myself for honeybee hahaha. at any given time i have at least 8 sequences open:

because of the sheer volume of videos i make, it’s worth it for me to download the entire show—i have all 327 episodes in HD, plus deleted scenes. if you think you’re only going to make a few videos, i’d start with scene packs. you can usually just google “destiel [or whatever ship/character you’re looking for] scene packs” and there will be any number of ones you can download. if you need other specific scenes, you can always download/torrent individual episodes or screen record netflix (that’s what i did before i got HD download links). i’m happy to share my links if you DM, but be warned it’s a lot of disk space (about 500GB on my hard drive). someone also compiled every destiel scene, downloadable here.

having every episode already loaded in premiere for all my projects also makes it a lot easier to source clips. once i use a clip in a video, i’ll put a marker on the episode file, so that after a while i have most of the important scenes/lines marked to easily find them. to give you an idea, this is my episode file in premiere for 12x10 lily sunder has some regrets (markers at destiel scenes, the car fight, hot girl cas, etc.). markers are the green tabs along the bottom:

premiere also lets you color code and name markers, so ONE DAY i will go back and color code them all. the ones above are all the same color, but in a perfect world, i’d have a myraid—for destiel shots like hugs, touches, looks; for important pieces of dialogue; for action shots; etc. but for now this works ok for me, so that’s a project for another time!

between detailed scripts, one giant premiere project, markers, the wiki, and my own memory, i have so many points of reference that i can usually find any clip i need in about 2 minutes max. sound bites are often harder to start out, or tiny specific shots i haven’t used before, and that’s when i turn to tumblr gifsets or beloved mutuals to crowdsource. but if you’re as obsessive about marking/keeping neat scripts as i am, it gets easier and easier with every video you make. that’s part of why i’m able to cut videos together so quickly. (also i want to stress i do this for a living and have to produce/edit a new piece for my show every day so i’m used to it. and compared to constantly updating content/sources and news that changes every day, 327 highly documented episodes that never change are much easier to handle hahaha)

this is all great for me since i make so many videos and plan to continue doing so, but if you’re only making a few, this level of work isn’t worth it imo. really it’s all about developing a system that works for you. whatever you do with episodes/sourcing, though, i cannot recommend planning things out in a script ahead of time enough. 

everything i just mentioned is producing, though. for the editing process, i usually do it in this order:

music first. any parts i want to cut, i make sure it all sounds smooth

then soundbites. i usually try to weave them into the lyrics—i have characters talk in breaks between lines or instrumental sections as much as possible. i’ll sometimes go so far as looped/extending an intsrumental part to make room for the soundbite i want there lol. if i do have dialogue over a line, i do the sound mixing/levels at this point as well to make sure everything is audible/one doesn’t overpower the other. (also i always include the video that goes with these bites when i drop them in, and decide later if i want to show the character speaking or have other clips cover the dialogue)

once i have all the audio locked in, then i bring in all my other video clips. sometimes i edit completely chronologically, sometimes jumping from section to section—it depends on the song or how i’m feeling

double check sound mixing. i usually listen to my videos through a few times, with headphones and without to make sure it’ll sound good no matter how people watch it

once i have picture and audio lock, i go through and color correct my clips. i’m basic and just use lumetri color in premiere, and usually just play with brightness, saturation, temperature, and tint until i like it

render and export! :)

i always have several audio tracks, but i try to keep my video tracks condensed. i’ll drop clips on a V2 level, and edit a section there, and drop the whole chunk down to V1 so i know it’s finished. that way when i leave and come back i can know where i left off/what’s done/etc. to give you an idea, this is the timeline for my what the hell video:

i always render as H.264 with high bitrate, and make sure to check “render at maximum depth” and “use maximum render quality” for the best quality. i’m sorry, but i don’t know what the equivalent options are in final cut, imovie, kdenlive, etc. i post on youtube mostly so i don’t have to sacrifice quality, but usually just using a lower bitrate will get you under the tumblr file size limit and it’ll still look good.

as for the anon who asked about “polishing”: first of all, thank you!! second of all, it’s in the details. all of this is a matter of taste and my own insanity, but here are some little things i always try to do:

after i color correct, i blur out any credits from the starts of episodes. i use gaussian blur for this, but really any blur tool works

as much as possible, i avoid clips where we see a character’s mouth move but don’t hear the words. in tv/film we call it “lip flap” and i just think it looks messy. also i’m trained to avoid it at all costs at work hahaha. it’s more for serious videos that this matters a lot to me (e.g. i think i did a really good job eliminating lip flap in my happy ending amv)—for comedy videos i don’t sweat it as much

i put audio fades on the start and end of every single audio clip i use, even if i don’t think i need it, to make sure everything sounds smooth

i use markers for timing, especially in action-y videos like what the hell. i’ll put a marker on the clip i’m using at the exact moment a punch lands, and in the song on the beat. if i have the magnet/snap in timeline tool on i can just easily snap them together instead of having to spend time finagling it

this is such a small thing but i dip/cut to black for a tiny bit at the start and end of every video. this way if i post with tumblr video player, there’s black between the loops, and it gives you a beat before the video restarts. i do this even on videos i post on youtube, just because i think it looks nicer/more professional

this is 1,500 words so i’m going to stop myself before i pull something. if you have follow-up questions feel free to ask and i’ll continue to add them to the vid help tag, but any more questions about sourcing clips or my process in general i’ll just link this post going forward. anyone who made it this far, i am sending to a telepathic kiss. thank you for reading and happy editing!

[shadowsoftheinfinite]

hi tumblr

whoopsies, decided to delete all the things my dumb child self posted on here and is trying again with social media, here we go

my name is infinite :] i have many other names that I have been called but I like that one best. I don't care what pronouns you use for me, but I do have favoritism on they/them pronounss,,,

i am a little rat bastard that hyperfixates on things, mostly video games but sometimes concepts and films too!

I have ocs, my own stories, headcanons, and aus galore

I regularly forget tumblr exists so aahagahagh dont expect me to be constantly active or anything,,

but uh yea have a list of stuff I like and may occasionally go crazy about in no particular order

its kinda long so uhhh its under the cut if you wanna see it,,,,

-undertale/deltarune

-bendy and the ink machine

-stanley parable

-five nights at freddys

-umbrella academy

-just shapes and beats

-project arrhythmia

-helluva boss/hazbin hotel

-prey(2017)

-darkwood

-dayshift at freddys

-mandela catalogue

-it steals

-grishaverse/shadow and bone/six of crows

-wings of fire

-hollow knight

-dont starve

-epithet erased/anime campaign

-frotwoot's faerie tales

-moon knight

-scp

-dead cells

-terraria

-starkid musicals

-rainworld

-phighting

-murder drones

-wakfu

-cookie run

,,,yeah i like a lot of stuff i know, my downloads folder screams in pain whenever a new hyperfixation kicks in

also bring justice to underrated games please i like so many things that need more attention

[minisugakoobies]

Check-in tag

Tagged by @tinyhope 🤗

1. Why did you choose your URL? I just "discovered" BTS during the quarantine last year, then quickly fell down a tumblr rabbit hole. I decided to start a tumblr dedicated solely to my new obsession, and for my URL wanted to reference one of my favorite bits of BTS lore, the nickname they gave themselves in Bon Voyage season 2. Sometimes I think about changing it, though.

2. Any sideblogs? Not for BTS, but I have an old main account I haven't touched in a long time, and then another one where I used to publish MCU fanfic. Maybe someday I'll share that URL. I haven't written anything for that fandom in a few years.

3. How long have you been on tumblr? I predate dashcon.

4. Do you have a queue tag? Nope. You can always tell I'm active by the sudden glut of reblogs.

5. Why did you start your blog in the first place? Honestly, a combo of wanting to catalogue the amazing content I was finding and wanting to give creators likes/reblogs to show my appreciation. I have been writing some BTS fanfic. I haven't decided if I'll post it here or create a sideblog for it, if I post it at all.

6. Why did you choose your icon? Yoongi's my bias. I change my icon on the regular, anytime I see a new pic that I think would look good.

7. Why did you choose your header? It's such a great photo of these seven handsome gentlemen who have completely turned my world upside-down.

8. What's your post with the most notes? My blog is mainly reblogs so far. I don't think I have any original posts that got any notes? Not sure.

9. How many mutuals do you have? Just 8. I'm shy. 🤗Most of my interactions have been in anon mode.

10. How many followers do you have?

Only 10, 8 moots, 1 bot and 1 that I'm not sure about. Again. Shy. Mostly reblogs.

11. How many people do you follow? 66 and counting.

12. Have you ever made a shitpost?

The argument could be made that all my posts are shit? 🤡Not that it stops me!

13. How often do you use Tumblr each day?

Uh, probably too often? I get distracted at work very easily.

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

Nope. I've pretty much stayed out of any tumblr drama.

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

If there's something I come across that I think is important or related to a cause I believe in, I'll reblog it.

16. Do you like tag games? I'm always game. Contrary to what they say on every reality show, I *did* come here to make friends. (And to bask in the glory that is BTS!)

17. Do you like ask games? Haven't really done any, but my inbox is always open for asks.

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

I don't know much about who is considered famous in this fandom! I just know that I love their blogs.

19. Do you have a crush on a mutual? My heart is completely taken by one Min Yoongi.

20. Tags? Please let me know if you prefer not to be tagged in tag games & I won't do it again! @mindofnmn @insert-random-stuff-here @triviafics-main @thisthatsworld @fullboylepen @xjoonchildx @wait-this-isnt-itunes

[idontwanttospoiltheparty]

when/how did you realize beatles music was amazing and something you couldn't live without?

I'm trying to not start off every answer with "OOF" but you people do keep sending me loaded questions lol. That's fine though, I enjoy it, keep it coming! My close attachment to the bug boys (both their music and them) is new. It more or less started at the beginnng of May of this year.

I've always known about them and known a good handful of songs. We sang Yellow Submarine and Hello Goodbye in school, I have memories of playing Beatles Rockband once at my cousin's house and also the Love album used to be relatively regular car music for my family. Also, I was in class with someone who was obsessed with their music and sometimes she'd be playing songs. My opinion on the music for most of my life has been kind of… middling. There were songs I really liked or loved (like Help! or Eleanor Rigby) songs I thought were fine but didn't take much note of (something like Being For The Benefit of Mr Kite) and ones I just really didn't get the hype for (A Hard Day's Night comes to mind [I love it now]). But I have a sort of kneejerk sceptic reaction to people hyping stuff up for no discernible reason sometimes, and so the more I'd hear older people with little knowledge of music theory and history call them the be-all end-all of music, the more I sort of developed a kind of aversion to them. I just hate being told to respect and/or like things without knowing why, y'know?

PSA to older Beatles fans: you will NOT convince younger people to listen to your music by telling them their music taste sucks actually.

On the other hand, I had also sort of gotten the idea I should maybe go through their entire discography and get behind the myth of it all. I sort of attempted this a few times over the years, like I started listening to Sgt. Pepper once and then for some reason had to stop halfway, and I listened to the This Is The Beatles playlist on spotify a few nights in a row in 2019 lol.

What actually made me commit to doing it was 1) I had seen a LOT of backlash against Taylor for breaking the Beatles' records for 3 number one albums within the least amount of time in the UK last April, and like the sheer stupidity of some of the arguments being made why "Actually She Didn't Break This Record" really set me off (for example talking about it being "more effort" to buy an album back in the day… But the Beatles weren't competing for number one against anyone who had it "easier" to sell their albums and Taylor wasn't competing against anyone who had it "harder" than her. Or talking about absolute pure sales numbers when that's not what going number one means?) and 2) in a Discord I was in, someone shared a link to an 8-Bit version of Sgt. Pepper at the beginning of May, which I decided to listen to cause it seemed like good study music and I rather enjoyed! I found it really let their talent for creating good melodies shine through.

WHY DO I KEEP COMPLETELY EXPOSING MYSELF IN MINIATURE ESSAYS WHEN ASKED STRAIGHTFORWARD QUESTIONS

Anyways, so all of that made me go okay! I'm gonna go through this motherfucking huge discography then I will know this music better than a LOT of the people who hype it up and then I will be able to be objective about all of this.

So I listened to Sgt. Pepper and Please Please Me and then the White Album. The first was enjoyable but I didn't really ~get the immense hype, Please Please Me bored me at first (I think their early style is something you kind of need to get into and need to hear a few times to fully appreciate. But also Love Me Do sucks and why a record label thought it would be a good debut single is absolutely BEYOND ME) and the last one REALLY caught me off guard. There was stuff in there I loved (Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da is actually possibly my very first favourite song that wasn't a kids' song. I used to have to go to these psychomotor education classes and that song played there often and I adored it. Also Piggies slaps, send tweet) but also like a lot of stuff I found pretty weird and off-putting. And I still haven't warmed up to Yer Blues and Why Don't We Do It In The Road. That album did, however, get me very interested in the band. I think the weirdness of the album really just invited me to look into their history. I wanted to understand why they had broken up. That sent me down the rabbithole of the India trip history and I just kept reading more and more wikipedia articles related to all of it.

It was around this point I sort of came to realize that I'd had a lot of wrong preconceived notions about them, especially John. I was never someone like roaming around twitter, yelling for him to be cancelled, but he had simply never seemed sympathetic to me. For instance, IDK if I misunderstood what someone told me or if that person had misunderstood, but the story of John learning chords with Paul left-handed to follow him better (and maybe also Stuart not letting Paul change around the strings on his bass) had somehow been morphed into John finding Paul's left-handed playing off-putting and forcing Paul to play right-handed?? And I was like "Wow, what an asshole!" Also all the 1970 narrative that the two didn't like each other, plus I projected boomers' and gen-xers' Beatle snobism onto them and just got the impression they were pretentious narcissists. (I mean they were kind of that, but not to the extent or in the same way I imagined)

So I think learning these things opened me up to them more. Like I realized Hey! They were my age! And then at some point I found out about the Christmas albums and thought that was so fascinating, that that existed, (a huge part of my initial interest was my fascination with the marketing around them, which is why I watched AHDN and Help! super early on) so I listened to those and was like "Fuck! These guys are endearing!" and then I remember lurking on bug-tumblr and seeing that "Well that was very observant of them, because we aren't American actually" quote and I wanted to find the video of it and ended up finding this legendary video. And starting to actually like these guys and realizing they took all of this ten times less seriously than their Boomer fans do made me more excited to keep listening to the discography and look up more of the stories behind the songs and just kind of… Come to understand them better. I also found that once I accepted that some Boomers are just gonna hype up their fave music too much I'd enjoy it more. Like I'd listen to I Want To Hold Your Hand and get a bit defensive like "why do you love this so much??? the lyrics are so dumb??" but when I just kind of accepted that fact I realized no! It's an amazingly structured bop, which yes, has weak lyrics but it's fine!!! It's the Call Me Maybe of its day and that's NOT a bad thing!!

And in the end they have an amazingly versatile catalogue that covers most things you might be in the mood for. It is kind of hard (for me) not to like it.

There are still sort of two bands in my head: the archetype, the myth, the pretentious group of people who hate each other that I just sort of instinctively want to dislike and the band who sang all those songs I had NO IDEA existed and came into my life without any baggage or expectations from my part. I've pretty much never listened to say Hey Jude in the past months, even though I don't find it bad the outro is too fucking long because it's kind of got too much of that baggage to me still.

This was SUCH a ramble but I hope this makes sense to people to some extent. Anyways I'm a new fan, drag me, but maybe drag me more for how much I seem to know after three months. Seriously, this is a curse.

[pingo1387]

Tagged by @noro-noro-noro! 

1. Why did you choose your url? 

Oh you know. Basically pingo is based on penguin and the numbers have no meaning. 

2. Any side blogs? 

Yeah! My active sideblogs that I can publically disclose are: 

@everynicorobin: catalogue of all the Robins in the OP manga, following in the footsteps of other everyblogs 

@marinebiologyinfodump: random posts and reblogs of ocean and sea life facts 

@markedbyfate: OC blog 1, not updated often but occasionally i post art and OC musings 

@thephonecalldetective: OC blog 2, same deal as above 

@20cop: updated the least often because i haven’t actively worked on this OP AU for a long time, and the most activity on the blog is an occasional like for the post about sаnji’s backstory 

(I’m always happy to receive asks and questions on any of these blogs!) 

3. How long have you been on tumblr? 

Since 2014 or 2015 i think 

4. Do you have a queue tag? 

I do! it’s #queuecumber 

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

i started it to have a place to vent my Thoughts and Feelings bc i figured if i didn’t tag anything no one would find the posts, but one of my friends found the blog and started following so i had to make a Proper Blog 

6. Why did you choose your icon/pfp? 

Zacharie my beloved... 

7. Why did you choose your header? 

represents my innermost state 

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

this meme with the strawhats! 

9. How many mutuals do you have? 

72 according to tumblr’s little mutal icon thing! 

10. How many followers do you have? 

N/A 

11. How many people do you follow? 

247! 

12. Have you ever made a shit post? 

but of course 

13. How often do you use tumblr a day? 

unfortunately i am one of those people who looks at the entire dashboard every day, scrolling back to where i left off last time, so i check tumblr several times a day and often leave it open in the background 

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

not... really? i’ve debated things with other blogs i think but i prefer to either ignore or block if someone says something i disagree with. 

15. How do you feel about the ‘you need to reblog’ posts? 

i hate guilt-trippy add-ons like that but sometimes the post *does* need to be reblogged so i do it regardless 

16. Do you like tag games? 

sometimes! 

17. Do you like ask games? 

YEAH i love getting asks. but i don’t like those chainmail ones where it’s like “spread the love, send to five other blogs” and stuff like that 

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

cryogenic-heat for sure! 

19. Do you have a crush on a mutual? 

used to but i’m aroace now 

tagging uhhhhh @pokeharvest, @asexualzoro, @dandunn​, anyone else who wants to do this <3 

[writethelifeyouwant]

On recent events...

I rarely use my tumblr as an actual blog but it’s has been a wild day and a half so I need to get this off my chest. 

If your ships don’t hurt me then I don’t give a damn. Have I been a hardcore Desitel shipper my whole life? No. Do I read it sometimes? Sure. Do I also ship Wincest? Yes. Why? Jensen/Dean is hot, I like to imagine him fucking anything that moves. This includes Sam/Jared and Cas/Misha. It also includes reader inserts - female and male. It includes Claire. It includes Benny. I was even read a Dean/Ash fic that was hella good. Shipping is for fun, whatever floats your boats is chill. LOTS of stuff floats my boat. 

Have I been in a Wincest hell hole lately? Yes. Have I been reblogging a shit ton of Destiel stuff since yesterday? Yes. Why? Because Jensen is a fucking good actor. Misha is a fucking good actor. I  have enjoyed watching these characters for 11 years and looking back on their catalogue and their relationship development (into whatever it is, I don’t care what you think, I’m not gonna say what I think) has been enjoyable because I am watching years of dedication and passion and talent played out in front of me on my dash and if it gives me happy feels or sad feels or tingly feels or I just think Jensen and Misha look hot in that gif, I’m gonna reblog it. 

If you now hate my blog because there has been Desitel content on it, that’s fine, you can unfollow me. I post what I want and what makes me feel something when I look at it and right now that happens to be a lot of Cas and Dean eye fucking. That doesn’t mean I don’t still enjoy the Dean and Sam eye fucking. I go for all of it. 

TLDR// I’m a slut for all of these men and their immense talents and I don’t give a damn. Bite me. 

[mathgeek101]

tag gameeeeeee

tagged by @strohller27 !!!!!!!! Thanks George~

this is a somewhat long tag game, and I have no self control about how much I talk about myself so I'm gonna put it under the cut :)

1. why did you choose your url?

I’m a mathgeek! that's it! Starting in elementary school I went to the junior high school for math classes in the morning, and then at the end of junior high I went to the high school for my math classes again, and was always in math with the grade older than me. I took AP Calc as a junior and got a 5 on the AP test, so it kinda fits I guess. I actually made the moniker for my first email account when I was 13 so I could make a facebook account.

2. any side blogs? if you have them, name them and why you have them.

LMAO I LITERALLY HAVE 4. Anyway first I have two writing blogs: @i-am-rmt for poetry, and @iamrmt for prose. They act as catalogues of my writing! The prose one is basically inactive, but seeing as it’s simply a catalogue I’m not gonna delete it. Then there is @yiling-who my side blog for The Untamed - yeah that Chinese drama that took tumblr by storm. Big thanks to @hoebutnotreally for convincing me to watch it! Lastly is my side blog for DKB @dkbtho . DKB is a rookie kpop group that I’m currently obsessed with! They’re so cute and they self produce and also do all their own choreography and are such skilled individuals and also are so funny 

3. how long have you been on tumblr?

This year on November 23rd will be the 10 year birthday of mathgeek101!

4. do you have a queue tag?

“qute” it’s on sooo many of my posts because I almost exclusively post from my queue..

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

both my sisters had tumblrs, and I guess I just thought “neat, I’ll make one too.” I remember sitting on the couch during thanksgiving break while my family was watching Harry Potter (the seventh movie maybe?) and designing my blog

6. why did you choose your icon?

oh it’s me! My icon has always been me, because this blog is just a messy collection of my interests. My friend (@hoebutnotreally) did my makeup and hair and we took pictures (I posted some here too!)

7. why did you choose your header?

oh it’s me again! I took that picture on a whim with a silly snapchat filter and I thought it turned out neat, so I hid my icon on mobile and I think my blog looks pretty neat that way.

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

9. how many mutuals do you have?

I think it’s my Mushu Zuko post still... I know there’s a way to check, but I’ll just go with that post for now.

OKAY so I’m back after checking and actually it’s my post about reading Call Me, Beep Me - THE klance voltron fic

idk man is there a way to check that, too? I don’t really interact with my mutuals, and I don’t really get the huge hype around them? like, yeah, I appreciate my mutuals, and I love seeing your posts (oh my friend made a post!). I wouldn’t mind interacting with them more, I’m just awkward and suck at talking to people - even people I know in real life and have to make plans with. But all in all, if a mutual unfollows me, I’m not gonna have a meltdown or anything

10. how many followers do you have?

429! I love you guys! When I post about my followers I always tag it with “i love you guys”

11. how many people do you follow?

I’m following 147 blogs.

12. have you ever made a shitpost?

does the Mushu and Zuko post count? Does “hockey is one letter away from hickey” count? I also made a post about Poe Dameron vs Edgar Allan Poe and Po from Kung Fu Panda... you decide. I tag all my original posts with “mine”

13. how often do you use tumblr each day?

too much! jk I’m on it very frequently, but lately I’ve been watching youtube videos over scrolling on tumblr

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

nah. Once I did have someone reply to a post I made somewhat rudely, and I replied to them and they didn’t say anything, so if that counts, then I WON.

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

eh, they’re pretty dumb, and I’m pretty neutral about them, but I also understand that it’s problematic.

16. do you like tag games?

yes! I really enjoy talking about myself I guess! Wow! Most people honestly do love talking about themselves, and it’s even easier when it’s online and I don’t have to deal with people’s real time reactions :)

17. do you like ask games?

LOVE them. sometimes I wish I was a famous blogger so people would ask me stuff from ask games, but I also don’t reblog them that often.

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

ohhhh uhhhhhhh,,,,,,,, idk man

19. do you have a crush on a mutual?

nah, I don’t interact with them enough for that

20. tagging

uhhh if you’ve made it this far and you want to do it consider yourself tagged :)