#thank y'all for following me

[inkskinned]

i got my isbn today for the book. 8 months to go. my mom and i were talking about what the next steps are. i was eating trail mix, standing on one foot, phone tucked into my ear.

"yeah," i said. "the problem is that tumblr as a market is like, not something that can be studied." there's this weird wave of nostalgia and affection for this place that came up over me: how lovely we avoid consumerism. okay, it sucks as a creator. but also? keep stickin' it to 'em.

my mother made the sound at the back of her throat that i also make, the one that means i've got an idea. "you should figure out some kind of reward for presale amounts. maybe you give out poems or a mug or a signed book or something. would your followers like that?" my mother is sweet, and kind, and i have no idea how to explain on this website you can buy someone crabs.

i put more m&ms down the hatch. i had to speak through peanuts and almonds. "if it passes 25 thousand i will print the book out in its entirety and eat it live on camera."

"oh god. no, you don't have to do that." she was anguished. "just tell them that you'd love them to read it, and that they've inspired you to write. you got started on that site, and they helped you keep going. raquel, you love these people. the community? you talk all the time about the other writers and artists and whatever else. tell them that you're hoping for their support, they'll come through."

"no," i assured her. i discovered i had dropped an m&m, but an ant had already found it, so it belonged to him now. i will let his little life have a surprise blue treasure in it, too. "i'm gonna fuckin' eat the book."

[lacyscabinet]

I need to get my roots done so this is what I offer to you guys today, tomorrow? Who knows...

[mobius-m-mobius]

You wanna hear a good story? Listen to this one.

Mobius + comfort

[erinwantstowrite]

at first it was a friendly reminder and now!!! it's not!!

if you're a batcest shipper on my page:

i do not like you

i do not want you on my page

yes, i will block you!!! :)

[starving-mimi]

FINE. YOU ALL WANNA KNOW ABOUT JARED? FINE.

and with this folks, jared has died for good. No soul to revive him anyway. Thanks everyone for following me, i'll be deleting any future jared asks i get in my inbox please i don't want to have to reply to so many asks about what was supposed to be a oneoff joke please spare me please-

[batfamhastwitter]

Just a heads up, I'm starting school again tomorrow, so updates will likely start to get released a bit slower. I'll still get them out as often as I can, but it probably wont be anything consistent, sorry!

[pinktrashgoblin]

HOLY SHIT WE HIT 500 FOLLOWERS HOW????? THANK Y’ALL SO MUCH THIS IS WILD!!

never thought my stupid little AU would get to where it is! but I’m not mad

anyways, if y’all remember when I did art trades a while back, I’m gonna do them again!

how this works is simple: put your tumblr username in the Google form below, and after a week I’ll collect the submitted names and randomly pick five to trade with.

if you’ve already traded with me before, please don’t enter! Also note that I am working on a separate trade at the moment, which will be posted separately from the others, and likely beforehand as well.

Again, thank y’all so much! Y’all are the best, your support means the world to me <3

[exhuastedpigeon]

As promised, here are my cats in a cowboy hat.

Bonus photo of Marty under the cut

[mel-loly]

-Thank you very much for the +1.5k followers! <3

[deeva-arud]

I made this for youuu<3 and I just wanted to say your artworks are sooo 🛐, go and celebrate with your boy cay cay TTvTT

OH MY GODDDDDDDDD??????????!??!?!;!? I LITERALLY JUMPED FROM MY CHAIR WHEN I SAW THIS I'M GONNA CRYYY FR I'm normal, I'm normal,,, very normal.............. I'M NOT NORMAL AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH YOUR ART STYLE IS SO ADORABLE?????????? IF YOU COULD ACTUALLY EAT IT I BET IT'D TASTE LIKE STRAWBERRY CANDY!! Deeva's soft smile, cater's cute face (his tiny bday hat I'm dying--), THEIR HANDS FORMING A HEART AND IT'S LIKE THEY'RE DANCING AOOOGJHHH THEY LOOK SO SQUISHY SO CUTE I'M PICKING THEM UP, KISSING THEIR FOREHEADS AND PUTTING THEM IN MY POCKET, THEY'LL PROTECT ME FROM ALL THE BAD THINGS OF THIS WORLD A MILLION THANKS FALL SHORT, this alone made my entire day 😭​😭​😭​💓​💕​💓​💓​💞​💗​💖​💕 And I'll make sure to shower CayCay with love today, he deserves it!!!!

[schumi-nadal]

Arthur Fils - Hamburg Open 2024 🇩🇪

Second title of his career and first ATP 500 title! 🏆🧡

[suusoh]

gonna b slightly honest here. but i've been losing my writing flow lately because of how terribly shy i've gotten..... which, is really ironic and no bueno for a blog that's built and thrived on being shameless at the start 💀

[giantkillerjack]

PENIS PENIS PENIS PENIS PENIS

PUSSY.

BIG FLAPPY WET JESUS PUSSY.

JESUS' SOPPING WET PUSS-PUSS

[Edited months after posting to discourage catholics from replying to this post after finding that both the nice and much funnier not-nice responses to this were equally bad for my mental health. I didn't wanna delete it bc I was quite proud of some of my responses and it helps to have a visual reminder of why I left an abusive organization. Also, this means that any catholic who has reblogged this in an attempt to convert me, has now reblogged a post that, if clicked, links back to this. Use MY post for propaganda, will you!]

Thinking about how it was never made clear to me in Catholic school exactly WHY Jesus died for our sins. I just remembered that I was literally never clear on who the dying helped??

I've heard theories as an adult, but basically what I'm saying is pointless martyrdom seems a little pointless, and also with enough propaganda the big logical gaps in a belief system get really hard to see. Especially if questioning anything is blasphemy.

I would have gotten in so much trouble for insisting the teacher explain how Jesus helped us by being tortured to death by Romans even when God could have prevented it! God sent his only Son, they would have said! Be grateful, they'd say! Be guilty! Stop asking why he did that!!!

[mspaint-flower]

WE SOMEHOW REACHED ANOTHER MILESTONE????? AUGHHHHHH THANK YOU SO MUCH Y'ALL,.,,..,.,🥹👉👈 i am actually speechless we've gone this far!!

didn't wanna go too crazy so here's flower (with a cherry on top) and the famous cake for YOU!!!!! THANK YOU!!

[shalom-iamcominghome]

New blog rule (inspired by recent events): antisemites get one (1) snarky reply from me before they are reported if I choose to respond.

After that, the only response will be thus:

עם ישראל חי

[deathbypufferfish]

Happy 2nd birthday to the deathbypufferfish blog!!! I'm so glad I joined simblr and made all these friends 😊💗🐡