#the pictures don't fill up the post area why tumblr why

[anarchywoofwoof]

Your whole page has been filled with excuses and reasons why you believe you were right not to vote/ vote for 3rd party.

What do you do in your spare time to revolt against the oppressive system outside of Tumblr?

If not voting, then what are you actively doing?

first of all, i live in missouri. i don't need to make "excuses". i voted in everything but the presidential election and Kamala lost Missouri by over half a million votes. as i expected. so i'm not exactly who i'm supposed to be making excuses for?

furthermore, i also told every single person following me for the last year that they should vote for Kamala if they felt that was the right thing to do. i never once told anyone to vote third party or not to vote. so again, i have no reason to make excuses for myself or anyone else.

second of all, this question is phrased in a way that suggests that someone railing against capitalism online is somehow incompatible with taking actions in your actual, real life to try and improve things. i don't think they're synonymous, but i'm open to being proven wrong.

that being said, i really don't owe anyone a list of my "revolutionary actions" in exchange for my right to say whatever i want on my own blog. however, to help other people who might be reading me responding to your (maybe a tiny bit condescending) question and because i keep being asked this question, here are some things that i do in my own city to try and build community:

i spend 6-9 hours a month at the St. Louis Area Foodbank doing miscellaneous volunteer stuff, mainly packing and sorting

last winter, i made 24 boxes of meals with rice, protein and veggies and handed them out on my block

my local city council meets on the 2nd and 4th Monday of every month - i try to make it to at least one if not both meetings to understand what's happening and what they're focusing on

i try to maintain and keep the Little Free Libraries and Little Free Pantrys in my area stocked with educational and inclusive materials. i've reblogged a post about this before.

i am no longer a dues paying DSA member but i try to attend at least 2 meetings or community actions a month

i canvassed for Cori Bush in August for her primary but unfortunately she lost

i helped for a week on the ground during the spring to solicit signatures for Amendment 3 to get it on the ballot and i did a few hours of phone banking for Planned Parenthood to try and spread the word on Amendment 3 a few weeks ago (it passed)

i had to stop in the last 3 months because i got laid off in July and no longer have a lot of disposable income, but i've donated hundreds of dollars to various local charities, GoFundMes, mutual aid requests, etc.

this was 4 years ago and as a general rule, i do not take pictures at direct actions. however, this was taken by someone from a newspaper and my face isn't showing, so whatever. if there is a direct action to attend, i am generally there - especially if it is related to police brutality, racism, LGBTQIIA+ activism or Palestine. i have been to several.

i don't know if you need more examples or if this is sufficient, but i can probably come up with a few other things that i'm passively involved in or haven't had the time to do in a while if you really need more. i hope this was helpful.

[laptoparmageddon]

I found am old, legit, playable version of the My Little Pony Gameloft game.

Today, I was playing Cookie Run on my computer, as it's available on there and I wondered if other mobile games were also available on PC.

The first that came to mind was the old Mlp G4 gameloft game that I use to play a few years ago. And since my phone would threaten to blow up if I even so much as thought of playing a mobile game, I decided it was worth a shot.

So off I went and Googled the game and behold it was available through the Microsoft game store I didn't even know was on m computer.

Now, if you don't know the game well this looks all normal but this is DEFINITELY an older version. Here's the most recent version for reference.

I go through the poor quality intro that still fills my heart with nostalgia, shaky picture I took included.

And began to play.

At first I was surprised about how unchanged the intro and tutorial was but then I realized this WAS the old intro and tutorial.

The first thing that really started to convince me that this was an older version was the fact I could get gems from the minecart mini game, wich was changed several years ago in the most recent game.

Now, take a look at my game.

I hadn't played in a while but I at least got to play a bit of the version from 2019. There were DEFINITE changes within the main area such as a costume thing by the train station and an events spot by the minecart game. Both of wich are able to be seen in the most recent versions but not in mine.

Another thing is the Apple family characters no longer have their own area.

As you can see here, they can only be bought in Ponyville and the Crystal Empire isn't even an option! This is an OLD version and I really mean it.

I got to level 10 just to check one more thing and-

The map doesn't even exist. You can't go to the Everfree forest or any of the other areas. They don't exist in this version.

This version of the game has remained unmaintained and untouched probably since the game came out. Since I'm uble to play the most recent game, I can't do much more comparison but I'm willing to record and upload a playthrough of this game where I get all the characters. Or as many as possible.

Just... don't tell Gameloft or Hasbro about this. This is a peice of history I wish to remain accessible. I wanted to share this knowledge but not have it erased, wich is why I'm not posting this information anywhere else. This is our little secret [tumblr].com. ;)

[qnnixa]

the beauty in observing - art in it’s many forms

Hello! This is my first official Tumblr post, I hope you find this topic interesting and please don’t forget to give me any constructive criticism you have regarding my writing or even topics you would like my opinion on. Take care! :) 💕

Ever since I have gained consciousness, I knew I loved observing. It being the way flowers swayed with the wind, the smell of fresh coffee combined with a musky fragrance, or even the little interactions that make us human. I was a very curious child growing up, so I saw beauty in everything around me. Art is in anyone, anywhere, anything. From the definitive forms of art such as painting, drawing, cinematography, philosophy, literature, writing, dancing, and much more. To the way people have conversations, the way they style different pieces of clothing that contributes to their personality, or their daily habits can be art. To observe can be a beautiful thing, likewise you become much more vigilant about the human behavior. Seeing art in everyday things helps us go beneath the surface level, to extract the essence for it to be put in retrospect in such a way that reflects a distinct look upon life. Our eyes are significantly better than any camera ever produced, because it really captures the depth of reality, of the habitual. I picture life to be like a roll of film—one day it ends, and for it to be developed, people have to tell your story. So why not live how you would like to, so people will proudly ‘develop’ your film someday?

Everybody carries a story, maybe one so fascinating that is being kept away where no one could find. But that’s the beauty in getting to know someone. They become your muse, someone of who’s story unravel as time seems to stay put—minutes blending into hours, and those ‘few hours’ of meaningless conversation turn into a complete day. The art of stories and endless conversations.

Often I find myself seeing other people’s potential rather than my own, which has an effect on my sense of identity. It can mess with the perception of yourself, it’s how the brain works. But in some way, it’s quite interesting how people choose to live their life, to analyze their behavior, and their mental capacity. That’s why, when someone new comes into our life, we tend to mirror their acts in a way of showing our love for that person. Eventually we become an amalgamation of all the people that were once important for us. That specific song that the boy from your class showed you and now it’s one of your favorites, the way you tie your shoelaces as the girl in second grade taught you, or the appreciation you have for others in need as your mother always does. The art of observing.

“Those who consider themselves highly perceptive have the ability to access that which is both seen and what is unseen. They sense the finest nuances, are adept at reading body language, verbal cues and the underlying energy of others. Perceptive Souls receive messages from everything in the world around them. A specific lyric of the song that comes on the radio telling them exactly what they needed to hear. Reading the same phrase over and over from different sources. Having a deep inner knowing that transcends logical understanding. Physical sensations in specific areas of the body, highlighting what feels right and what does not. A soft or urgent inner voice, a vivid dream or vision.”- Reddit post

We have been observant beings ever since the prehistoric age. Back then our ancestors needed to be on the lookout for prey, now we are on the lookout for satisfaction such as art. That is sufficient for the human species, that connects us, be it music or drawing. These are what we stay alive for! The art of satisfaction.

“We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.” - Dead Poets Society

Art can be many things, but at the end of the day, it is truly up to interpretation of any being on this planet.

[blushroom20]

Digging Through Works-in-Progress (Digging Through WIPs) - Introduction

This is a series that started as News posts on my Newgrounds account where I showcase art I left sitting in my files, never to be finished for one reason or another.

Below is a recap of all the previous posts I've done along with links to the original posts for more details. I debated on making these individual posts but decided to have them together instead.

Future installments of this series will be posted on both Newgrounds and Tumblr simultaneously.

Everything will be under the tag: #BluS20WIPDig

Volume 1 - "Week 7 Looks Different" (August 2021)

This drawing was what I was going to make my Newgrounds debut with. I was going to fill it with references to characters who have heavy ties to Newgrounds in a blatant parody of Friday Night Funkin' Week 7.

Volume 2 - "Blu's Miitopia" (June 2018/July 2019)

A large, ambitious group picture I wanted to make to showcase my 3DS team. This was back when I still kind of used my Deviantart account so I have a Journal about this work here. Many members of this team would return for the Nintendo Switch port but more on that further down...

Volume 3 - "Yotsuba Redraw" (February 2020)

A redraw of a Yotsuba picture I wanted to do with Hero B, Teruteru, and Bowser Jr. I got too frustrated getting the poses right so I gave up.

Volume 4 - "Not Dr. Mario World / Blu's Nurse Land" (Summer 2019)

A collection of drawings more characters as doctors inspired by the aforementioned mobile game. Why should only Mario characters easily get medical licenses?

Volume 5 - "Zenura the World" (Janurary 2020)

[Warning: this news post has an A rating (and cannot be viewed without a NG account) as it contains non-sexualized nudity of a female figure... Though there's not much detail I was being safe rather than sorry.]

Magical Drop was one of the many arcade games I played as a kid; it was my first exposure to Tarot years before I knew about Persona. I have drawn many of my favorite characters as Magical Drop's depictions of the Major Arcana for a long time and this is one example.

Volume 6 - "Pocky Teruteru" (Februrary 2020)

I don't know how many Teruteru enjoyers are still out there; especially of this variety. This drawing spawned after being shown that Pocky hoodie in a Teruteru focused Discord server.

Volume 7 - "Blu's Miitopia Encore" (October 2021)

This post in particular is really long, as I go into detail about every party member per-area. Many faces from the 3DS team return; I mainly reduced the amount of South Park characters. This one had the highest chance of returning but I cut it off as I already have a large pile of stuff on the backburner already. Who knows, I may retract that statement in the future...

[fandomscombine]

Heartbreak Woman [Cho/Cedric Ending]

Warning: Angst! Brokenhearted!Reader

WC:1454

I proposed 3 varying endings and the response was across the board so I decided why the heck not write ALL 3 choices!

a/n: I haven't been active on tumblr this past month. Motivation to read & write wasn't really there. Feelin pretty crap. I don't think it's my best work- I actually wrote this ending last month but delay posting it since I promised to post all 3 endings back to back- but with the recent burnout, my progress is slow. Proofread it and push the insecurities & anxieties away and here we are. Love was put into this, I hope you enjoy it! Don't worry, the other 2 endings are on the way.

I tried posting this 9 times now and it keeps saying error. this is me testing it with mobile so formatting is hard but I hope it posts

BG: You were hoping that your best friend, Cedric to ask you to the Yule Ball. Instead you were roped into helping him ask Cho out. It broke your heart, but at least this way while helping him out you could pretend that he was doing all the sweet things to you. On the other side of the picture, Harry was too heartbroken upon learning that Cho is going out with Cedric.

Read the main story before it diverges ending here!

>>>Heartbreak Woman [Main]

>>>MASTERLIST<<<

 

Did Harry Potter really just ask you out and you said yes?

Touching your forehead, it wasn’t bleeding anymore but there is still a slight sting to it from the collision with Harry’s broom. Yes. That definitely happened. You thought to yourself, this isn’t some delusion from the injury.

 This is good. This is good. Hyping yourself up. You enjoy his company and that should be enough to stop your thoughts from going about a certain Hufflepuff boy. The same boy you had abruptly left alone in the greens. It’s not his fault nor it is Cho’s for wanting to date each other. You have nothing against them, they are both such lovely and kind people and not to mention popular- it was only a matter of time that they got together, Hogwarts’ Power Couple.

No, it’s just you and your stupid feelings falling for your best friend and agreeing to help with the courtship.

‘Y/n? Hii.” The voice reels you back to reality.

You blinked. “Cho! Hi!” Greeting her loudly had been taken by surprise. You dial down your volume. “What can I do for you?”

“It’s actually what you did, really… I just wanted to say thank you.”

You were confused, why was she thanking you?

“For helping Cedric I mean” She clarified. “He mentioned that you helped him with the picnic idea. It was very sweet. It was what made me finally say yes.”

“That’s awesome.” You force yourself to smile. “I’m glad you guys are together, I can finally get that git to stop bothering me with date ideas. That’s 3 weeks of my life I’m not getting back!” There was some truth to that statement, now that she and Cedric are together you don’t have to go through the pain of practice dates with Cedric.

“You y/n are the absolute wingwoman! Legend material!” Cho praised. “You're like my fairy godmother!” She continues, wrapping you into an embrace.

“yayyyy….That’s me…” You mumble into her luscious hair. Grateful that Cho couldn’t see your face.  Pulling apart, you don’t let her go quite yet. With hands on her shoulder, you stare unwavering. “Just don’t break his heart yea? He’s really smitten by you, promise you won’t hurt him.”

Cho is taken aback a bit, your words clearly coming from a strong emotional bond with the boy.  Thoughts of love, Eros, passed through her mind but brushed it away - It can’t be y/n help them get together. Y/n’s words must come from Philia love, y/n and Cedric had been best friends since before they could talk! Everyone knows that. They have a soul connection that can’t be replicated.  “I promise.”

~

14th February.

Valentine’s Day.

This holiday sucks.

No, not for the reason that you’re single. Nah.

Today is a downer as you won’t be able to do your annual tradition.

See every since 3rd year you and Cedric would be in a pink ensemble outfit complete with red heart sunglasses. Spreading chants of self love and showering fellow single students and professors with compliments. This all started out when your roommates teased you for not having a date for Valentine’s day.  When Cedric had heard about it, he went all out. The boy basically made sure that every single person knew how wonderful, beautiful and intelligent you are.

It was this day onwards that 2 things happened.

Complementing and advocating for self love, Philautia, in a pink get up became an annual Valentine’s tradition. (Even a couple of students joined the cause, expanding from you just both into an association/group of sorts.)

 You started to see Cedric in a new light. In other words, you were falling in love with your best friend.

Scanning the Great Hall for pink cladded pupils, you were glad that the group had saved you a seat however a certain Hufflepuff was out of sight. Taking a deep breath, you cleared your head. Get it together y/n. Today is about sharing love and do NOT think about Cedric and Cho going on a romantic date in Hogsmeade.

You were about to take a step forward when-

“Argh!” Shutting your eyes as the hall spun around.

“Relaxx!! Relax! It’s just me.”

Feet back on solid ground, you turned towards the perpetrator, the one boy you did not want to see right now. “What the fuck Ced! Don’t scare me like that!”

“I’m sorry…” Cedric raises his arms in surrender. “Is everything alright?”

“Yea everything’s fine.”

Cedric raises a brow. You forget that this boy can see through your bullshit.

“Only had a couple hours of sleep, that’s all.” It wasn’t a lie, in fact you’d only gotten 3 hours of rest last night, it was just the case of omitting that his upcoming date with Cho was the reason for your restlessness. You don’t want to blame it on jealousy, but it is.

Grabbing hold of your hand, he pulls you towards the group. "Alright then, I've got some spare sleeping potion if you need."

You wave to your fellow singles as you sit down."uh..thanks Ced." You couldn't stop vocalizing your confusion as to why Cedric is still right next to you. Normally you wouldn't complain, but today was Valentine's Day.

"Ouch y/n!" Cedric sassed, eyes focused on piling food onto his plate." Just because I have a girlfriend now doesn't mean I would disappear on my best girl."

My best girl. It hurts to be called that in another context than you wanted.

"Don't you have a date with Cho today?"

"Yea but Madam Puddifoot’s Tea Shop  doesn't open until 11am. Which gives me time for our annual Valentine's tradition!"

"But you're taken."

"Yes….but I could still help spreading the love!" Cedric glanced around. "No one minds that I come to join you right?"

A murmur of Nos filled your eyes.

"Haha! See I told you!" Cedric brags, wrapping an arm around your shoulder. Looks at you straight in the eyes, those gorgeous grey irises melting away your defenses."You can't get rid of me that easily." He whispers, loud enough only for you to hear. You could feel the heat filling up your face due to his closeness. Too busy lost in the rapid beats of your heart, you failed to notice his face getting even closer.

A softness like cotton grazes your cheek.

Cedric kissed you!

Your mind is close to being short circuited. The area of where Cedric's lips were a nanosecond ago is cold as ice. The cold contrasted with your now burning hot, blushing face.

You could live in this forever. All external environments quiet, blocked out of focus. Cedric's arms around you while the butterflies in your stomach bursts out, occupying your whole body with sheer giddiness from having his lips on you.

But the daydream breaks.

"Hey Love! You ready?"

"Morning!" He greets, kissing her. "Uh…" It's only 9:34am. You nod, silently telling him that it was okay to miss your annual tradition. You weren't expecting any quality time today, yet he managed even if it was just for breakfast. "Yea.. give me 10 minutes to go change and I'll pick you up at the courtyard?"

"Sounds great. Be quick cause I miss you already!"

"Sure will sweetheart." He pecks her lips again then waves goodbye to the table and he's off, running.

The tension changes once Cedric is gone.

"Can I talk to you outside y/n?"

"uh yeah" Once outside. "What's up?" Trying to sound casual. Cho inviting you to speak privately isn't usual-seeing that you were the couple's go to accomplice for surprises.

"I see the way you look at him."

"I'm sorry?"

"I know.you like him. y/n. I know you like Cedric."

"Cho.. you can't be serious, he's my best friend!"

"I wasn't sure then.but just now..the way you act around him. the way you look at him. y/n is undeniable. It’s  so obvious-I had assumptions then but everyone just brushes it off as your childhood friend with each other. heck even both of you say that."

"Cho…."

"I didn't bring this up before because I felt insecure, jealous even that I can't live up to the standard of relationship you and Cedric have.”

You couldn’t believe what you were hearing. There were too many revelations bombarding you all at once, that you are having trouble processing what is going on.

“But I am tired of what ifs and worrying.” Voice quivering, she continues. “You've got to tell him, y/n."

The words snap you back into place.

"Cho… I can't. I can't ruin your relationship."

If you love someone and they love someone else, you let them go.

~

Everything Taglist :@gruffle1

HP Taglist:@onlyfreds

Heartbreak woman Tagist:

@joalinbenefits @the-natureofme @romanoffs-heart @justmesadgirl @plumso @gleefulleve @wolf-phoenix-lover @ceofcedric @savvy7392 @cedricsfluffyhair @thewayilookatbacon @LIONLIKEWOLFLIKE @mellifluous-cosmos

[pheita]

Dimensional Tides Part 28

It seems like Tumblr put a max word count on posts now? Or it is just bitchy. I don't know what of these options it is. Anyway, have part two of the scene

Tagging @ashen-crest @adie-dee@abalonetea @cometkov @contes-de-rheio@kainablue @chris-the-dragonslayer @viskafrer @vivian-is-writing

Various notification tones sounded from everywhere. This time it was the phones of the fox demons. Miada already suspected what it would be. The temporal proximity was suspicious. With this, every fox demon is called to keep an eye on the dragon demons around, as they seem to be planning something. Any strange action is to be reported immediately to one of the following council members. Of course, it was only the foxes that were listed. A harried sigh escaped Miada. A glance at her station told her that the check was complete, so she went up to Casimerin, who had the scowl on his face. "Casimerin?" "What is it?" He didn't look over at her. "I know you and my grandfather are in contact. Did he fill you in on what Sykova's family is all about." Casimerin nodded slightly. "Councilor Zefika is involved," he said. "I know a warning went out to all the Dragon Demons. This just went out to all the foxes." She held out her phone for him to read the message. His sigh was a copy of Miada's. Casimerin looked at the display longer than necessary. His jaws ground visibly.

"Enough of this," he muttered. Slowly, he stretched through and stood closer to the site. "Listen up, everyone!" his voice boomed through the hall, "I know we've all received messages from the council members of our kind. Since everyone here has the highest security rating I will now explain the following to you." Down in the research area, everyone slowly approached. There were curious faces, but confused ones. It was noticeable that besides Fenor, Tallamsin and Vivalka, even Gavani did not seem surprised. Once everyone was closer Casimerin took another deep breath. "There is a small group among the Foxes that is trying to usurp complete rule. In response, the dragon council members have ordered a retreat from the cities. I don't know where, but there seems to be a plan. The reaction of the foxes was to offer every fox to spy for them. But this only serves this small group that wants power. You can believe me or not. Make your own picture and come to your own decision. Whoever wants to leave on the basis of this, is free to go. I'm not forcing anyone to continue here in this situation." Silence. Only the hum of the lines could be heard. "Fuck, I'm not going to let a couple of would-be rulers fuck up all my work." Miada couldn't make out who it was, but it caused laughter and agreement. "I agree!" exclaimed Daner. "It's Councilor Zefika, isn't it?" Abruptly, silence reigned again. All eyes went to Iaden, the oldest fox of the group. "What makes you think that?" It was Gavani who had asked. Iaden just smirked. "He's too smooth. It all fits too well. I know his family always tries to have one of their own on the council." Miada stepped up to the railing and looked questioningly at Casimerin, who only nodded. Before the stone in her stomach could settle, she cleared her throat. "Council member Zefika is suspected of being part of this group. For that reason alone, we need to be careful afterwards." She looked at thoughtful faces. Gavani stood in front of the group. An inkling of what she was about to do gripped Miada. "Who among you has a seer in their family or close circle of friends?" All hands went up. Why this surprised Miada, she couldn't say either. "Have they told you anything at any time?" Glances were exchanged again. Sporadically, it led to a roll of the eyes. "This big event that everyone sees is coming up, right?" Cindarin had asked the thoroughly sarcastic-sounding question. "We think so," Gavani confirmed. A few glances went up to Miada. "And our youngest will it be." Whoever it was, no sooner was it uttered the realization went through the round and looks gathered on Sykova, Bayeen, Fenor, Miada, Vivalka and Tallamsin. "Damn politics! To the light with it! We're scientists and on the verge of a breakthrough. Let them bash their heads in." Cindarin looked grimly around, arms folded in front of him and muzzle thrust forward. It brooked no dissent. After a moment of silence, everyone started laughing. "Exactly! This is more important than any power fantasies!" One by one, their colleagues came forward with their agreement. Miada looked at Casimerin, who smiled with satisfaction. "You were hoping for this?" "I was counting on it. Honesty is often the key, no matter how complicated something is." "I'll keep that in mind."

[vampire03]

Diabolik Christmas

Everyone x reader Christmas special

"Hnnn...mmm..." Y/N woke up feeling something heavy on top of her. She opened her eyes and tried to move. She saw blond locks in front of her. Shu.

"G'morning, troublesome creature." He mumbled sleepily.

"Good morning, Shu." Y/N smiles.

Shu rolled to her side and without opening his eyes says "There is a gift here in your room. Find it yourself, it's too bothersome to show you where it is...". Then he fell asleep again.

Y/N sighed and chuckled at his usual behavior. She looked around her room and under her bed she found a tiny yellow giftbox with a neat blue ribbon on top. Y/N opened it and inside there was a silver collar with musical notes engraved on it in beautiful shapes.

(Something like this, I couldn't find a better image, Im sowwyyy TwT)

"Thank you, Shu!" Y/N said as she coverd him with an electric blanket. That was his Christmas present from her. He smiled and snuggled even more in it without opening his eyes.

Then she exited the room and started walking to the kitchen. There surely will be some leftovers on the table, right?

On the way two arms snaked around her body from behind and a familiar flirty voice was heard.

"Bitch-chaaaaaan~ Merry Christmas!"

"Laito!" Y/N chuckled and leaned into his embrace.

"Look what I got you!" He happily squealed as he spayed something on her neck.

"Kyaaaah!" She welped in surprise. Then se smelled... perfume? A really nice perfume with vanilla and something else, that made the aroma sweet and sexy at the same time.

"Nfu. Use it wisely!" He chuckled and pecked her cheek, dissapearing as fast as he appeared. She will give him the fancy watch she got him later, it seemed.

Y/N blushed and smiled, putting the perfume in her pocked as she finally reached the kitchen. There a pile of deleicious food awaited her, a certain black-haired vampire with glasses was turning the leftovers from Christmas Eve into masterpieces.

"Good morning, Reiji, and Merry Christmas!" Y/N happily greated.

"Aaah, good morning, Y/N! And Merry Christmas. He smiled as he gestured towards to table, inviting her to sit.

She sat down and in front of her were served delicious dishes - steak with vegetables, fruits with whipped cream, baked apples and candies. Her eyes filled with joy.

"Ah! I almost forgot!" Y/N handed Reiji a blue giftbox with silver-red ribbon. His facial expression became somewhat happy and excited in a really childish way. Inside the box was a... blue baggy sweather?

"You are always dressed up in a formal manner... Why don't you wear more comfy clothes once in a while?" Y/N happily said as she looked at him. He had already put on the sweater and looked so cute. They both smiled.

"But where are my manners?" He asked himself as he gave her a tiny black box. She opened it and inside was a silver ring with a big sapphire on top.

"It's so beautiful!" She said as she put it on.

"I'm glad." Reiji smiled and handed her a cup of tea. Y/N thanked him and took a sip. When she looked around again, Reiji was nowhere to be seen.

"Hm? They dissapear and appear so fast!"

She looked around the kitchen for more leftovers to eat and saw a bunny plushie and a note attached to it. "This is Lilly. Me and Teddy decided she will enjoy being your friend." Was written by a certain purple haired vampire. Awww. She has prepared new clothes for Teddy and a fancy, somehow lolita coat for Kanato. She will have to give them to him later.

She then turned towards the exit to walk away and saw a note on the table.

"Oi, Chichinashi. Me and this Kino guy decided to have fun with you. We won't give you you presents so easily - you gotta find them!"

Yup. That's in Ayato's style. And the handwritting was so messy. There was no mistake. Y/N took the note and searched around for something left from Ayato and/or Kino. Almost half an hour later, she decided to search in the pool area. And she found another note on a bench.

"Did you think that we will give you the present so easily, Princess?" You will have to earn it! And swim all the way to the bottom of the pool to get it, hahaha!"

That handwritting was also messy, but still neater than Ayato's. Kino. Of course when these two pranksters somehow find a way to work together, it will be something like this. Good thing that she knew how to swim. She dived in and found a tiny black box on the bottom of the pool. She took it and got out of the water.

She opened it with excitement, only to find another note.

"Hahahaha, you fell for it!" Was written in Ayato's handwritting. "That was just a warm-up, the real present is on the bottom of the lake!" Was written in Kino's handwriting. These two jerks! Urgh!!!

Anyway, Y/N stretched up nicely and prepared herself. She went to the lake and dived into the cold water.

After a few unsuccessful tries she finaly found two red boxes with black ribbons and took them.

Once on land she opened the forst box.

"Ha! I knew you will open Ore-sama's present first! Now you can enjoy my scent whenever you go!" Was written on a card.

In the box there was one of Ayato's old shirts he used for basketball tranings. It was neatly washed, and folded. Heh, guess someone had aked Reiji for help. Was that present a sign of his ownership over her? Knowing Ayato, probably it was. And there were these nice sporty shoes too. They were really comfy and nice! She will play basketball with him after that. She smiled.

Then she opened Kino's present - inside there was a brand new iPhone.

"Now you can download that multiplayer game I told you about and we can play it together, right, princess?" Was written on a tiny card. That looked expensive. But more importantly, it was so sweet too! She will now spend more time with him as well.

Y/N decided she will give them their presents later at dinner - for Ayato a pair of jeans with one of its legs originaly shorter. Just in Ayato's style. And for Kino - a waterproof mini camera. He would love making unique photoshoots with it! She smiled yet again and went to take a shower, so she won't catch a cold after that.

After the shower she went to her room. She found a silver beautiful bracelet with the infinity sign and a tiny note, written in a messy manner.

"Merry Christmas! I wish you health and luck and whatever you mortals wish each other." Aaah, Subaru. Always Tsundere. She had already left his gift in his room. It was only a matter of time for him to find it. A very fluffy white pillow for him to hug in his sleep. She knew he secretly needed to hug something in his sleep.

She looked around her room again. And her gaze landed on her desk. There she found a weird heart? It was made of wires?

"Dear Eve. This is a part of the gift from the Mukami brothers to you. The other parts are in the music room, the garden and the torture chamber. Please seek Yuma for help if you have troubles assembling it. We want you to enjoy finding your gift and constructing it." Was written on a note with neat letters by Ruki, apparently.

Y/N searched all the places she was told and thankfully the Mukamis didn't prank her like Ayato and Kino did. She found 3 other hearts like this, a frame and some more wires.

Somehow she assembled it all on her own and got this:

(Imaginge that instead of "Be mine" is written "Be ours")

It was a night lamp! A very creative one! Now her nights won't be completely dark. She put it on the nightstand and enjoyed its light some more before turning it off again and going to each of the Mukami's rooms to leave them her presents - a professional kitchen knife set for Ruki, fancy jewelry for Kou, this giant encyclopedia about gardening Yuma wanted so much and an ukulele for Azusa.

And as she walked away from Azusa's room, she was suddenly hopped on the back of a certain wolf. "Nii-san is waiting for us!" Shin huffed as he ran really fast through the hallway.

He reached Carla's room where the white-haired man was waiting for them. He handed her a big fancy box.

Inside there was on of those two-pieces paintings.

"This is from our mansion's art collection. Feel honoured and Merry Christmas" Carla explained.

She thanked them multiple times. There was an wide ugly empty space on the wall in her room. Now it will finally be pretty!

"Carla, Shin... Did you find your Christmas presents?"

"Yes!" They cheerfuly said in unison and took out large doggy sweathers, put them on and changed into their wolf forms. They looked so fancy snd royal like that!

They woofed happily and Y/N went to the kitchen, smiling, remembering she has to help Reiji with dinner now. When she passes through the living room, a sleepy Shu pulled her into his embrace. She giggled and hugged back, as she felt Reiji take her hand and kissing it. Then the triplets came - rubbing their noses with hers, kissing her face. Kino appeared from behind and started playing with her hair. The Mukami brothers also joined in the kissing and hugging, as two way too familiar wolves came and snuggled with her. Subaru came out of nowhere as well.

Before she knew it, she was squished between 13 demons, who showered her with kisses and love, feeling like one big, big family.

Merry Christmas and Happy New year!

Sorry that there are no pictures for some of the presents. Tumblr has limit of 10 photos per post...

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Tromsø

29/3 Day 1:

The flight was almost two hours long and we flew above really nice scenery. The plane was pretty empty so I was next to the window and with no one next to me. 

Tromso is in the arctic circle so it was to be expected but there was so much snow - everything was covered in snow. It was like our first day in Oslo when it was -15 degrees, except Tromso had way more snow. 

The airport is tiny and because it was a domestic flight, we got out in pretty much a few seconds. Tromso wasted no time at all in flaunting its beauty - from the windows of the airport we could already tell that this place was going to be beautiful. But first, the car problem.

Renting the car turned out to be more expensive than we thought because of the insurance, and we also had to go in and out thrice because the first car was not automatic, and then we couldn’t find the other car because nothing matched the description given. The guy was probably irritated at us but all was well in the end. 

We grabbed a few groceries and then headed towards our cabin - it was a tiny room with two bunk beds, a table, a few chairs, and a little tabletop. 

The view from the cabin was pretty good and the weather was awesome - time to head out to drive around Tromso! I’m terrible with names and more so when they’re in a foreign language so I cannot remember where we went, but we drove around for hours and stopped at various scenic spots, much to the anger of the very patient Norwegians (understandably, but there was ample of space for them to drive around us and there was really no need to be rude about it but we weren’t really bothered). 

The region is pretty mountainous and, when combined with the fjords and lovely blue skies, were scenes straight out of movies and postcards. The tiny colourful houses that dotted the landscape added splashes of life and vibrancy into the otherwise blue and white world of the north. 

We also spotted a small pack of reindeers while driving and all of us screamed in excitement - the reindeers probably heard us but they carried on running along the road. I imagine our screams sounded like war horns to them, especially given the quietness of the area, so I can understand why they ignored our offers of carrots and ran away as quickly as they could from the screaming humans and their metallic machine of death. 

We were also beginning to learn that the weather here was extremely temperamental - the skies could be blue with the sun shining through brightly one moment, and the next it would be foggy with close to zero visibility, snow pelting down relentlessly. The fog and gloomy skies did make for a nice apocalyptic atmosphere though.

Before long, it was already dark so that meant that we had to begin our Northern Lights Hunt soon. After asking around, the area close to the Finnish border seemed like it would be a good spot so we filled our bellies and returned to the road once more. 

The weather decided that it would be an absolute ass and started to take its contempt for the Earth-destroying species out on us. It was so foggy that we couldn’t see past 10 metres, and the darkness of the sky necessitated the use of headlights except that only made the snow more visible and the road much harder to see. Then whenever cars and trucks and buses passed us, a huge gust of fog and snow would cover our field of vision so it was really a terrible time for driving and we were not going to risk our lives so we headed back. 

30/3 Day 2:

After breakfast, we headed to the city centre to explore a bit. Tromso is really tiny so there wasn’t much to do - we went into the art museum and walked a bit around the city, then we decided to drive out. The weather was still gloomy but it was nowhere as terrible as the previous night’s - we found out that there had been an avalanche in Sommaroy the previous night as well, so we were lucky we avoided death. 

The forecast for the northern lights seemed to be good - apparently they showed up the previous night as well, and there was a solar flare (what?), and there would be intervals of partly-clear skies in the region so we were all set for the Northern Lights Hunt again. 

We drove out to the Finnish border once more, and stopped by a restaurant for dinner and some rest. I tried reindeer for the first time - it was tougher than the usual meat choices but it was pretty decent. They also had a lingonberry jam-like thingy on almost all of our meals - it was nice but way too sweet, and I had no idea what to do with it. 

After dinner, we drove around to find a spot where we could just park the car and wait. There was this area near a petrol station (which was good because toilet) that was dark and quiet enough so we decided to camp out there. It was probably about 9pm at that time, so the sky wasn’t very dark yet and we didn’t think the lights would appear until much later...except they did.

We pretty much screamed and then ran out of the car to see the lights. The lights weren’t very bright and/or visible, but they were definitely there. And to my surprise, my camera could pick up the faint green in the sky. The show lasted about 5 minutes and we had to hop back into the car again because it was way too cold. After that, a truck with glaring bright headlights decided to stop right in front of us (and that was when we realised the space was probably a rest stop for trucks), potentially dashing our chances of seeing/photographing the lights.

Luckily, the second time the lights appeared, it was way stronger and much more active. There was a ring of green in the sky, and you could make out bits of purple as well. The truck also turned out to be a blessing because it helped to illuminate us, so we got the chance to take a picture of ourselves with the lights behind (albeit a very grainy, blurry shot because we ain’t got no DSLRs). 

(Photoshopped, by the way, because the glare from the truck’s headlights turned us into ghosts and illuminated the snow on the ground way too much.)

We then decided to venture out a bit and try a different spot. We found this space in the middle of nowhere (though it did say “Northern Lights route”) so we camped out once more, but to no avail because the lights didn’t want to show themselves again. When we tried to get out though, the car wouldn’t move because of the deep snow and incline on the ground. We tried to push the car up, but it didn’t work, and then my friend and I dug around to clear the snow a bit when my other friend managed to stop someone for help.

Turns out the someone is from the Norwegian army and turns out that there were two other trucks from the Norwegian army following behind. Their trucks were carrying these heavy tank-like machines and the men were really tall (like I was probably half their height, no joke). The guy initially didn’t want to help us, but I guess we looked too pitiful to be ignored and left to die so he got out, and the rest of the men got out too. They basically helped to push the car out of the snow - without them we probably would have had to clear the snow with our limbs and suffered from frostbite at the minimum, so really they saved our limbs (and possible lives). 

It was, by then, already 11pm and we were about two hours away from the city so we decided to head back. It was great that we were lucky enough to see the northern lights (though I would say our very intense mathematical calculations of wind direction, wind speed, and our analysis of the weather forecast played a part too), and the rescue story only added to how surreal the entire experience was. 

31/3 Day 3:

Our final day! The sky was clear and beautiful, with the sun shining through. We made breakfast and then headed to the city centre to explore the rest of it. 

We went up the cable car and got a really nice view of the entire city centre, with the mountains as a glorious backdrop. There was a viewing point a short distance away, but to get there you had to walk through slippery snow, on a slanted (and not very clear cut) path, and with only a rope for you to hold on to if anything goes wrong - given my track record of slipping and falling on the snow and ice, I decided that venturing out past the sturdy metallic railings would be a death wish so I just stayed close by. I don’t think I missed out on much though, given that the view was already this amazing:

^ The short but very treacherous walk to the other viewpoint. Doesn’t look very slippery but trust me, I tried, and no I did not want to be rolling down the mountain into the deathly pits of hell. 

After that we went to this really pretty beach (well it is more beach-like than a proper beach) and braved the crazy wind for some pictures. 

We then walked around the city centre. We went to take a look at Skansen, the oldest house in Tromso, and then the Arctic Cathedral. At Skansen, we made friends with these three doggos that were running about, playing with the snow, and posing for us.  

There was really nothing else to do anymore, so we headed to the airport and prepared to leave this little city. 

No idea why, but I was thoroughly exhausted so I slept through the entire flight back to Oslo. I’m sad that we left such a stunning city but I’m also glad to be back in Oslo where the weather is kinder. 

Seeing the northern lights was phenomenal and I can understand how people get the drive to continuously chase them. There’s really a lot of effort that goes into it (especially for the drivers!) and the lights are definitely nowhere as luminous and bright and vibrant as in photographs but they are, nonetheless, very beautiful reminders of how much the world has to offer us. 

[thelightoflebanon]

SPN Characters and their Favorite (or least favorite) Social Media sites

Claire: Snapchat. It lets her family know that she's fine (thank you very much) and she only has to give them ten seconds of her time before they get the gist.

Jack: It is a toss up between Tumblr and Snapchat. On Tumblr, he finds some really cool posts and stories about his favorite shows (he didn't know other people were as passionate about Rae and Finn from My Mad Fat Diary as he was!) but with Snapchat he gets to be a disco cat.

Dean: Facebook groups are a decent way to talk with hunters but pass it off as LARPing should someone report a concerning comment, but Snapchat is one of the only ways Claire will actually talk to any of them so he gets on there the most. Also, disco cats are cool. He gets on Instagram but only follows Castiel on there.

Sam: Twitter has the best news sources and he can make sure his feed stays bipartisan. He avoids Facebook, but checks Facebook Messenger constantly.

Castiel: Definitely an Instagram man. He enjoys taking pictures of the burgers Dean insists on making him as well as the feral cat that hangs around outside of the bunker. Scruffy has become quite the internet sensation.

Mary: Facebook, partly because she can friend her old friends she had back before she died and pass herself off as her own niece. It's a good way to see a timeline of sorts regarding what she missed. She ends up unfriending the ones who are apparently quite racist now.

John: Why would he get on Social Media when he likes maybe 6 people max? He did find his mother on Facebook the short time he was on there though. Every time she posted on his timeline, she wrote it and signed off like a letter. John thought it was sweet, but mostly embarrassing so he disabled his account. When she called and asked why she couldn't find his page, he said he was hacked but then had to explain what hacking was.

Charlie: Tumblr. Enough said.

AU Charlie: Yeah, same.

Maggie: Still bummed that she missed out on Vine. Does YouTube count?

Lucifer: Twitter is definitely his least favorite. He wasn't surprised that a new president came into the White House after he infiltrated it but for someone who doesn't feel guilt, he does feel a little guilty about Trump. His tweets we're amusing at first, but COME ON. Even Lucifer knows when to shut up...eventually.

Bobby: He's one of the Hunter Facebook Group admins. John Winchester's request to join stayed in the pending queue until John deleted his account.

AU Bobby: Runs the rival Facebook group. Declined John Winchester's request to join every single time.

Garth: Snapchat, so he can make dog jokes with the puppy filter and pretend to be a scary werewolf. RAWR.

Crowley: Snapchat is definitely his least favorite. Why is he getting scary werewolf snaps from someone named Garth at 3 am?

Gabriel: Instagram, so that he can share pics of Monte Carlo and make people jealous over the fact that they don't have porn star friends.

Benny: Found a good Facebook support group for sober vampires. Thought about inviting Sam as a cruel joke but didn't want to make Dean mad.

Ketch: LiveJournal. Got to keep an eye on the Russians.

Kevin: YouTube has good conspiracy videos. Sometimes he finds himself believing them if he hasn't had enough sleep.

Rowena: Tumblr is an excellent way to connect with the wiccan community, as well as find orgies going on in her area!

Alex: Snapchat, if only for the fact that she can keep an eye for Claire check-ins, although Tumblr does have some medical nerds she can appreciate.

Patience: Social Media is distracting and her life is too filled with drama as it is. She's deleted her apps until further notice.

Kaia: Snaps disappear after a while so Kaia finds comfort in Snapchat. She also likes Claire's snaps...a lot. Especially the ones they send back and forth late at night.

Dark Kaia: The sound of her spear hitting against the bark of a tree is better than any status, tweet, or snap.

Jody: Snapchat because it embarrasses the girls.

Donna: Twitter seems to be the most useful way to let the citizens of Stillwater know what's afoot! But also Snapchat because it REALLY embarrasses the girls.

Eileen: Facebook, since it has video chat in messenger and sometimes she goes a while without seeing Sam in person.

Adam: There's no Wi-Fi in Hell.

[galaxa-13]

Person here who's barely been on tumblr for a year, asking what the fuck home stuck is and what it did and why it invokes a strange alien fear in me even though I don't know what it is

‘Hoooooooo boy am I glad you asked me. Not because I think I’ll give the best answer, but because I just love talking about Homestuck and how it applies to the internet (and fandom) at large.

O.K., so, first off the simplest explanation of Homestuck is:Homestuck is a webcomic found at mspainadventures.com made by one Andrew Hussie.

Simplest explanation of what it did:Garner a huge fanbase and changed how a lot of people viewed/interacted with fandom.

Simplest explanation of why you’re filled with fear:The fandom has been asleep for a long while, you may have heard whispers of the infamous “homestucks”, suddenly they are everywhere again and those who were around during it’s heyday are worried of things to come (including those that were a part of it).

Now I’m just going to ramble at length. First I’m going to go on about the fandom and then I’ll move on to describing the comic itself. LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT HOMESTUCK.

So as I mentioned earlier the fandom, known as homestucks, is quite infamous. Due to it’s sheer size there were a lot of issues. Some of it being that since there were just so many of us it was hard to go anywhere without running into one. This wasn’t just on the internet either, conventions became so packed with Homestuck cosplayers that convention rules literally changed because of them. Some convention locations no longer allow body paint because too many Homestuck cosplayers didn’t properly (or straight out didn’t) seal their paint and left smudges all over the venue (and people). Photo shoots also became more structured. Before conventions didn’t really get involved with them, people attending set them up and ran them themselves, but there were just too many people dressed as Homestuck characters. They blocked pathways, crowded areas, convention staff needed to start regulating photo shoots even if they were still ran by attendees themselves.

With the size there was also the problem of negative behavior being in more abundance. It’s not that people who like Homestuck are more likely to make bad decisions or be nasty people, there were just more people in general so more of a sample size of events to take note of. Like the afore mentioned body paint. There was also buckets and bike horns. The buckets were a problem because some thought it would be funny to just yell the word or repeat it over and over, which was quite annoying. There was also an incident of people spitting into a bucket and then giving said bucket to Hussie. The horns were noisy, as you can imagine.

There was a lot of porn drawn of Homestuck characters (often known as “homesmut”). Some people are turned off by this since most of the characters in the comic are underage. The argument about porn being drawn of these character is a discussion I’d rather not be having since it is something argued about at quite a length and has often led to really nasty things like doxxing and smear campaigns. The age of the characters wasn’t the only thing people were weirded out by. Tentacles also became a very popular thing within the homesmut community. Gore porn was also pretty common (compared to other fandoms, in my experience), though it wasn’t nearly as big as the “tentabulge”.

Homestucks were ravenously creating fandom content back at its peak. AUs of all kinds were created, just think of a word and add “stuck” on the end and there’s probably a fic for that. Petstuck, Regancystuck, Humanstuck (lots of characters in the comic aren’t human), Zeldastuck, StarTrekStuck, you name it. Homestuck was the AU community. Then there was the cosplay. First, many of the characters had simple designs so it was ridiculously easy to cosplay them, then there was the hoards of characters from which to choose, then there were all the AU variants, and then there were the upd8 cosplays.

Whenever a new page or set of pages was added to the site it was known as an upd8 (or for a really injoke, a papaya) and if a new character or outfit was revealed in such an update then it was a mad race to see who could be the one to cosplay it first. Sometimes you’d find pictures of people in completed cosplays (including styled wigs) within the hour. This even happened at conventions.

Homestucks were everywhere, and they were loud. Many people began to resent them simply for being a thing. Even people who liked the webcomic itself could be cited as fearing/hating the Homestuck fanbase. It became accepted that no one likes homestucks. Then something happened. Homestuck embraced how they were hated. Now I’m not saying they were trying to stick it to the man or anything, homestucks were able to look at all the things they were hated for and go, “yeah, that’s all pretty trash, but I’m still having fun”. It became a thing where you’d see a post bashing Homestuck or the community and you wouldn’t be able to tell if it was a homestuck who wrote it themself or not. “Homestuck trash” is a popular phrase. We’re trash and we’re proud of it. No one hates Homestuck more than homestucks. No one hates homestucks more than homestucks. Yet we’re still one big family.

A couple of years ago 4chan ran a campaign. They were going to inavde tumblr and make all the tumblrites cry and run to their SJW princess mommies. They flooded tags of popular fandoms with horrific images and bashing of their fandoms. People were scared to leave their dashes. Then, 4chan tried to go after the homestucks.

They bashed the comic. They found the most disgusting porn and death art of the characters. Homestucks took one look at that and shrugged. “Yeah, seems about right.” 4chan lost its mind. Why couldn’t they bother this fandom? Nothing they did seemed to work. Other fandoms began to rally behind Homestuck. Maybe they had bashed it themselves before, or they had simply stayed away from it, but now homestucks were the heroes, the wall against this cruelty. Homestucks laughed at 4chan’s pitiful attempts. Eventually 4chan had to throw in the towel, their troll campaign had failed, they just couldn’t outmatch the homestucks.

Along with the horror stories about the fandom in general there was now this. Homestuck couldn’t be taken down by 4chan. The most vile trolls on the internet had no power over them. That in itself was a terrifying thing.

Yet homestucks began to be regarded highly. Partly it was from this event where they were able to stand up to the bullies, partly because the fandom had matured over the years. Many people had grown up. They weren’t the immature children they once were. They set up charity funds, such as the Can Town Project, an organization that donates canned foods to the hungry.

Of course we can’t talk about Homestuck without talking about its creator, Andrew Hussie. Hussie is a strange man, to say the least. He’s been doing webcomics and other online endeavors for years before even starting Homestuck. Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff (SBAHJ), a comic written and drawn to be as terrible as possible while making fun of the “two guys on a couch play video games” style of comic; Problem Sleuth, a noir detective comic full of whacky shenanigans and done like text-based adventure games of old; Whistles: The Starlight Calliope, an unfinished comic about a clown in a dark circus (I really couldn’t begin to properly describe this story without talking about it by itself, but this is about Homestuck and already will be way too long); fancy Santa reviews, sadly I have been unable to find a copy of such reviews; Wizardology graffiti, he simply defaced a copy of a Wizardology book to hilarious effect as a gift to his friend; Olive Garden money, humorous blog posts about how he set out to spend $150 at Olive Garden; I could go on with his zany creations and adventures, but I won’t.

Hussie is a troll. He does things just to mess with people. He has a dark sense of humor and he isn’t above crass humor either. All that and he can weave fantastic tales you could never dream of. He is fairly private and is known to do odd things, which has led the fandom to calling him a real life cryptid. The Hussie experience isn’t really something that can be properly explained, so I’ll just leave you with this gif of the man himself.

Hiveswap is to be a video game tie-in to Homestuck. It was put up on Kickstarter known only as the Homestuck Adventure Game. 700k was asked for. It raised nearly 2.5 million. Hiveswap is currently why the fandom’s seen a resurgence. It’s being released episodically and the first episode was released September 14, 2017 and the second episode is to release Spring, 2018. In the meantime the studio has been releasing previews and extra bits of lore, which has been making the fandom go wild.

*DEEP BREATH*

Homestuck, at its simplest, is about a group of teens playing a video game. It follows the format of the other previous webcomics hosted on mspaintadventures (all written and drawn by Hussie, of course) of looking like it was drawn on MS Paint and acting like a text-based adventure game. Readers would submit actions and Hussie would draw the results, continuing the story. Over time this method proved unwieldy and Hussie did away with the command box, but the comic still acted like it was in such a format. Even without direct reader input Hussie still managed to incorporate a lot of input from the fans. Injokes mostly, but sometimes things fans had done would come back as major plot points.

In the beginning the art style was simple, using sprites and limited colors. One of the more well known things about Homestuck is its characters’ lack of arms in this style. As the comic progresses different art styles are used as well as different artists. Many people have bashed the comic for its simple visuals, but even aside from some of the more complicated visuals used later even the “simple” ones can be breath taking. Here’s some examples of the art.

Yes, these are all images from the same comic. As you can see gifs are used quite a lot in this comic. There are also sound pages, animations, and interactive games. Homestuck uses the fact that it’s on the internet to the fullest degree. It has inspired many other webcomics to experiment in similar manners.

Homestuck goes beyond that, however. Homestuck would not exist without the internet. In a way, Homestuck is about the internet. All the characters communicate over the internet to each other for a majority of the story. Internet subgroups and cultures are referenced, satirized, and incorporated. Real life websites are used and you can find characters’ personal accounts yourself in the real world such a one character’s DeviantArt account.

O.K., back to the story itself. I said it was about some teens playing a game, but obviously it’s more complicated than that. First off the game destroys Earth and sends our first four protagonists (yes, you heard that right, the first four, Homestuck has a lot of characters and a lot of them are protagonists) into a realm known as The Medium which is where the game itself (known as SBURB) will be played.

Part of the draw of Homestuck is SBURB itself. We know a lot of the mechanics involved in the game and if it weren’t for the destruction of our planet loads of people would pay good money to be able to play it. Unfortunately, for some, the story doesn’t really focus on the game, despite spending quite a lot of time in the confines of it. If you’ve ever heard of god tiers, classpects (Class and Aspects), Propsit, or Derse these are all SBURB things that the fandom loves to pour over. This stuff is like Hogwarts houses, you get sorted into them.

Throughout the story you get introduced to a new band of characters that troll our original four. Turns out these guys are all aliens who had previously played the game (their version known as SGRUB). Their race are literally called Trolls and they are another commonly known thing about Homestuck. These are the grey-skinned, black-haired, horned people. Their race has a rainbow of different blood colors they can be born with, which is another thing for readers to sort themselves into (are you a greenblood or an orangeblood?). They also have quite a fascinating romance system known as the quadrants (guess how many different types of love they have) and a society based on violence and no adults on homeworld. If SBURB doesn’t scratch your lore itch then Alternia and the trolls will probably do it for you.

The comic also has time travel and alternate universes. No, not AUs like what fandoms make, actual alternate universes where there are multiples of a single character that led different lives. Homestuck coined the phrase “double mobious reach around” to explain some of its convoluted nature. There are literal graphs and spreadsheets people have made to help keep themselves on track with what is going on in the story.

I could go on to explain the actual plot of Homestuck in more detail buuuuut this is already a grotesquely long answer to your message aaaand I don’t really want to spoil it too much if there’s even a chance you feel like giving it a read for yourself (other than what I’ve already told you and what you will see on the internet in general). Instead I’ll mention one event that happened in comic that affected the real life internet.

There is one flash animation in the comic known as Cascade. The comic had been building up to it for a while and I would say it’s one of the first climaxes of the story (yes, there’s more than one in my opinion). Hussie took a break to work on creating it. I forgot to mention earlier that Hussie updated the comic on a daily basis for years, often multiple times in a day. The insane update schedule was part of the reason the fanbase grew so immense. With this break the fanbase became tense and ravenous.

Cascade dropped and people flooded the site. The flash refused to load because so many people were trying to access it at once. Hussie put the flash on Newgrounds as well, because he knew his website wouldn’t be able to handle the traffic. We crashed Newgrounds. Homestucks. Crashed. Newgrounds. The website designed to host flashes and had loads of people on it daily was crashed by one fandom just to see one flash. It didn’t stop there, though. Livestream crashed as people who were able to get access to the flash streamed it so others who couldn’t get mspa or newgrounds to load could watch it. Megaupload crashed as people ripped the file and tried to share it so others could watch it on their computers without a website. It’s known as the day Homestuck broke the internet. It was absolute chaos. There’s a great image that summarizes this chaos with a collage of #notes that were used at the time and ending with a tweet that Hussie had issued at the time which was “well that didn’t work”. I would link it, but I can’t for the life of me find it right now.

There’s so much more I could talk about, all the different characters, the various hiatuses, shipping, all the wonderful people I’ve been able to meet thanks to Homestuck, my love for this comic and the community surrounding it. If you’ve actually made it all the way through my word vomit then I commend you. Feel free to ask me about anything Homestuck related. As you can see, I do so love to talk about it. Thank you sincerely for asking me about it and giving me a chance to write this huge wall of text.

OH GOD I DIDN’T EVEN TALK ABOUT LYRICSTUCKS AND FANDOMSTUCK.

I’M POSTING THIS NOW BEFORE I THINK OF ANY OTHER THINGS I DIDN’T MENTION BECAUSE BY GOD I’M SURE THERE’S LOADS.