#sound online presence

[ofbardsandmen]

nothing ever excites me more than a spontaneous genshin, or more particularly, mondstadt discovery. i sat diluc upon the barbatos statue as a nice spot to go afk on without being interrupted by repetitive idle animations and voicelines (sorry diluc, this is nothing personal). my volume was turned up more than regularly by accident, and my in-game music was off despite how much i like the original game soundtrack. aNYHOW- i was about to go afk when i heard some strange noises that i didn't recall hearing in mondt before. it made me pause and turn my volume up even more. in the video above, it's kind of hard to discern the brief sounds over the noise of the wind up on the statue and in mondstadt in general, but when the wind dies down a little, you can distinctly hear voices of people, and what shocked me the most – neighs of horses. i have no clue whether it is just me discovering this only now, after 4 years of playing this godforsaken game and clearly not having paid enough attention to mondstadt's sfx before, but i still felt the need to share this terribly interesting tidbit in case there's other clueless mondstadt enthusiasts like me.

[elizabethalsagacomics]

Finished this drawing of @codydbuni-blog's Grumpsona, Cody Tunawich!

Alt versions and DA link under the cut:

Enjoy, dude!

[yansurnummu]

hmm. has anyone else gotten an ao3 comment lately offering to do an art commission based on their fic?

I really can't tell if this is a real person or another weird bot

[fivetrench]

One time someone reblogged that “tumblr is the worst place for people with moral ocd” post because I called them an asshole for complaining about Palestinians in their inbox begging for help because apparently the asks sounded too “guilt-trippy”.

[spearxwind]

btw if you sent an ask or a DM in the past few weeks and I havent gotten to it yet i am so sorry but it may still be a hot minute until i do due to irl stuff + my mental health

dont worry im doing fine ive just been heavily prioritizing irl stuff and i have accidentally let DMs and such build up so I will try to pick away at them when the hectic weeks stop coming

[mariocki]

Inspector Morley, Late of Scotland Yard, Investigates: The Case of the Scarlet Letters (1.3, WGN-TV, 1952)

"Mr. Mullins, I have in my possession sixty-eight letters, none of which has begun to outlive its usefulness. I'm quite prepared to admit that blackmail is risky, but then murder has its disadvantages too - that is why I gave up murder."

[gilbirda]

love when people panic and change their url on a whim and/or delete their blog and break my links in a resources post (sarcasm)

[encrucijada]

i should do a "___ daily" for greek tragedy

[cas-theghostking]

I finally watched the hamilton workshop fully through and as much as I enjoyed it I'm genuinely so happy they changed some of the rhymes and rhythm. Cause yall, some of those weren't it. 😭. Like "You look... bad" bruh??? And also there's a lot more cursing in the work shop. I can see why they got rid of a lot if it because it puts more emphasis on times when they do curse. All things said, it was a fun watch.

[wirtsroom]

never realized how much i just love having very little mainstream awareness. like obviously tumblr still has a connection but its like. Um what is red white and royal blue ❤️ No i didn't see barbie or Oppenheimer ❤️ What is this tiktok trend i dont know what that is ❤️ All of this gives me a complex but im happier + healthier. I have different problems but yknow

[everchased]

dude I've seen so much of ur art on other platforms (big rip there) and did not realise I was following u on the Tumblr,,, 10/10

it's an unfortunate reality that people are gonna repost my stuff given that i exclusively use tumblr and everyone else on the face of the earth has at least a twitter and instagram and a tiktok etc etc etc etc but god i wish they wouldn't because it actually makes me not want to post any of the original stuff i make. and i'm really proud of that art, i WANT to show it to the audience i've gained here.

but i have no idea whether they're linking my shit back to me or claiming it's theirs. CLEARLY some aren't because you didn't even know the art was mine!

thank u tho i'm glad u like my art LMAO

[zoedog51]

While most of my art will be Carmen and Julia focused (because I simply enjoy drawing women more) i have many many thoughts about Player.. him and Carmen and their friendship are so everything to me and I will be sharing some of my thoughts and headcanons occasionally and welcome anyone who wants to talk with me about him

[paverics]

my 13th reason is yesterday at work i casually said “hiya” to a manager who said good morning, only for him to immediately reply “god, cheer up”

[nowoyas]

The thing is not that I'm like "uwu I hate europeans" generally speaking I think it's immoral and just plain shitty to generalize entire groups of people based on a trait outside of their control (note that this does not, for example, include neo nazis who have chosen their bed to lie in) and does far more harm than good it has ever or will ever do I'm just personally very annoyed by people who DO do that and justify it with "acceptable" targets so it's fine to just constantly shit on Americans for existing because "Americans are annoying" or if you feel like dressing up your prejudice against another group as "progressive" then it's "Americans are the dominant culture so it's punching up" or (example taken from a conversation I had the other day) "if Americans cared they would do something about all the shitty americans".

You may have grown up in a culture where all that matters is skin tone and the country you're from but that doesn't mean you get to dictate to everyone from another culture that they suddenly have to give up every connection to their family's cultural heritage just because they happen to be white. Don't get me wrong this isn't "Americans are sooo oppressed" or "reverse racism is real" this is "You do not get to dictate what matters to other people or their own cultural background and so long as they are being respectful you do not get to dictate their behavior just because you personally think they're annoying". This is "You think these people are annoying but get over it". This is "you as a human being do not get to determine another person's culture or their level of connection with that culture".

Yall are adults. People annoy you sometimes. Suck it up and do your own thing.

[obsessivedilettante]

May 2023 round-up

How is it already June? I went to a concert at the beginning of the month, blinked, and now it’s June. I don’t even know what I did in May. It was a stressful, chaotic month. Do you know what I’m going through right now? Downsizing a quarter of the company. Not me, at least. But still. I am now picking up all kinds of slack while working on exit packages. This is the slow season since most of our projects are with educational institute but we thought we would have picked up other projects by now. So this is going to be a Fun summer. Anyway, here’s what I vaguely remember from May to prove that I actually have a life and am Doing Things:

I saw Agust D in Chicago! Guess what? I still had to work the day of the concert! So I didn’t get to explore Chicago. But the concert was fun! The seats at the Allstate Arena are the woooooooorst, though. <insert Jean-Ralphio gif> I think the bruise on my thigh where the armrest hit my pear-shaped body has finally faded.

I dragged my mum to the local production of 39 Steps. Those seats were much better.

I… think that’s it? The only fun noteworthy things I’ve done all month. Yeah. We’ve also been having tons of rain which is great “because we need the moisture” but my allergies are like “I HATE YOU” about all the new pollen/grass/etc springing up like weeds. Oh, and we got to enjoy a sneak peek at fire season as Canada’s ash cloud settled over us for a week and I’ve since learned I am now one of those “sensitive to air quality” types. It’s okay, I don’t want to breathe, anyway.

Anyway, media I am or have enjoyed/consumed:

Mrs. Davis. I can’t even begin to explain this show so I won’t. But it was an enjoyable mind-trip and I loved how wacky and colorful it was. I’m looking forward to a binge rewatch now that I don’t have to wait for a new episode each week. But it’s not a show I’ll watch with my mum.

Taskmaster UK (s15). I loved it. I loved how all the contestants got along (their imitations of each other were divine!). I’d never heard of Ivo before but now I’m mildly obsessed with his persona. I want Jenny to adopt me. I want Kiel to be my big brother. I want to overthink tasks with Mae until we get to the perfect solution. I want to start an absurdist art gallery with Frankie.

G-IDLE and DREAMCATCHER comebacks. My girls! With their summer bops! I am so excited! These may not be my favoritest-ever of their albums but I can’t deny that “Queencard” gets stuck in my brain and I have to be careful I don’t suddenly blurt out, “My boob and booty’s hot.” Tbh in my mind it was a perfect timing release to a Pride month anthem. (Oh yeah this does remind me that I really wanted to get tickets to G-IDLE’s concert tour, especially since they’re in much better venues compared to last year, but HOLY HECK travel is so much more expensive than last year and with work chaos, I just can’t do it. I am genuinely gutted but I will survive. Just don’t talk to me about it.) Also I tried to hyperlink to the MVs but it wasn’t working, probably because I haven’t updated this app in a million years (all polls are mysterious grey bars) but you should watch G-IDLE’s “Allergy” MV before watching “Queencard.”

[fives-girlfriend]

...now I just have the intense urge to hold Crosshair...

I may ramble in the tags a bit but uh. Yeah I'd like to hold him close and kiss him gently and give him the soft security he's never had in his life and make him feel truly loved and seen and cared for oh god I'm gonna make him cry ain't I