#tired of reading social media

[essskel]

i’m so sorry but if you’re in the ‘fantasy media is escapism I don’t want to think about any REAL world problems‘ crowd then why are you posting about the witcher. there are few fantasy sagas that are quite so explicit and intentional as the Witcher when mirroring its characters, world, and conflict around real people, politics, and everyday struggles. also that’s why it’s GOOD

[reel-fear]

Mike's posting on Youtube now. If you're a Bendy fan very unhappy with the awful decisions he's been making recently or the way he spoke to his fans.... I would heavily consider making a somewhat civil comment about how fucking annoying his constant stubbornness to keep posting on social media no matter how fucking poorly it goes for him Every Time is, and how just because he's moved to a new platform we aren't going to stop criticizing his actions nor forget how awful he was on Twitter/X

Here's the comment I left, no I wasn't super kind because Mike is rich and a bigot, he'll be fine if I'm a little rough on him. Wonder how long he'll let it stay up lmao.

[witchqueen]

Does anyone have any tips to help stop yourself from comparing your artwork to others, or equating your value as an artist with likes and reblogs?

I've struggled with this for a while and it's getting old, I don't know how to just shrug it off. Any genuine advice would be nice

[fnafawoundleftbleedingau]

Been kinda working on a personal thing on and off lately, it's gonna require me to do art like this of ALL my AU designs, but I'm slowly working through it all. Thought I'd share most of the one's I've finished so far. So far we have AWLB AU Puppet, Michael (part 1) Mangle, Ballora, Bonbon, Bonnet, Circus Baby, Eleanor, Ennard, Fetch, Nightmare and Plushtrap. WWLWWF AU Plushtrap, Michael, Elizabeth and Evan. And my two FNaF OC's, Stardrop (who has a minor role in AWLB) and Hal Hyena. (sorry for including my OC's. I really don't do like, anything with any of my OC's anymore, but I just wanted to include Star and Hal in this.) I plan to try and get art like this done of all the designs I've made refs for so far first, then I'll be taking a step back again to make refs of everyone I never got around to doing refs for from AWLB along with finishing the designs for Through the Static. Likes and reblogs are always appreciated.

[echodrops]

I'm just procrastinating work by thinking about the distressing decline of critical thinking and media literacy, but the take "Writing dark content allows people to heal from their own negative experiences," while true enough, also feels like it is missing a critical dimension:

Fiction needs victims because empathy is a learned skill.

Through sympathizing with the plights of fictional characters, upon whom we can safely project ourselves, we learn to identify with the suffering of others in the real world as well, even those with whom we do not share similarities.

Fiction's central function is the recognition and resolution of conflict, an absolutely vital real life skill that requires the ability to resonate with the challenges of those outside our Self.

Our stories need suffering so the real world can have less of it.

[aurosoulart]

I had someone ask me about 'The World Has Been Changed' tshirts and since I took down all my merch shops here's the print file for free if you wanna print it yourself. donate to a random charity for the tax benefits if you download! or don't! go crazy go wild I don't care!!!!

also I hiked up a ridge and made a cool dragon video that's up as early access on Patreon rn. (I only have one Patreon tier and it costs $3)

ALSO also I'm hosting a Drawpile get-together in my Patreon discord tomorrow night starting at 5pm PST, so if you join to see the dragon video you are free to come to that as well. :) (once ppl join the Patreon discord I don't kick them out even if they stop being patrons btw)

[bayleafpaprika]

not to hate on non-OP fans who watch just ep 1071 and/or 1072 to check out the hype and make commentaries, but why would you though? you have zero context aside from "toon force", which is the most superficial aspect of this power-up. nor do you have any idea why gear 5 matters so much thematically, how gear 5 affects the political balance in the OP world, how it's reshaped the narrative and re-contextualized so much of what came before, how much it substantiates Luffy's character and character purpose, how many questions and answers it brought about regarding the underlying history of the OP universe, etc. etc. the animation is amazing, of course, but it would've been nothing if the nature and narrative intents of gear 5 hadn't been foreshadowed throughout hundreds of episodes. this was a buildup years in the making on the foundations of 20+ arcs. those are the reasons why fans have been hyped

[clambuoyance]

I’ve never been so obsessed with a character so bad that I literally can’t do anything else I’m like the squidward meme watching SpongeBob frolic outside the window stretching a hand out to all the pretty paintings and animations and comics I see in my head but being unable to feel any motivation for it . If only i could use the energy spent to create 20 kon doodles to sit down and concentrate on a single finished full piece I used to be able to make like 5 page comics what happened to me

[cookkoo]

Happy New Year! 🥳🎉

Wishing you another great year with great health and most important of all no back pain nor any office syndrome symptoms 😤🔥

Have happy shumako to brighten your year ❤️💙

[starssoblue]

when you're in the midst of writing a dissertation on a fictional character you love only for that one annoying relentless part of your fandom to start hating on them randomly. 😪

[x-adoringvoid-x]

Apparently that's called the 'irresistible force paradox'

[saturnshari]

tiny fandom rant

thinking abt how being an Intellectual Brown woman isolates me from fandom experiences bc since i call out orientalism/racism against swana and my people in media that makes me too "anti" but the shit id be into and ship since i was 13 would land me 100ft deep into "proship" territory....

[lostlegendaerie]

Since leaving Twitter in 2022 my mental health has improved dramatically, and a huge portion of that was because of the sheer volume of "ALL CAPS WE ARE SO FUCKED" being shouted at me at all times. It's therefore really important to me to curate this space to be one that doesn't fear-monger or rage-bait, and for some reason I've just seen a LOT of really dramatic negative posts on my timeline which has gotten to me enough that today I'm dealing with my first big anxiety attack in weeks and I am. Not. Happy. about this remission.

So! I apologize for my contribution to some very stress-inducing conversations, and I will probably start unfollowing or asking people to tag things they post that have a panicky tone to them. Being informed is not the same as being terrified; fear stops us from thinking rationally, makes us more likely to act in extremes to try to 'fix the problem' or worse assume nothing can be done and catastrophize further.

Here's a little graph to help us all remember what we actually can control (and therefore worry about) and what we cannot.

So do what you can, remember that fear helps nobody, and do something nice for yourself today! I will, too.

[buggzrfaeries]

people when they find out goth is actually about loving the death and the gross and not just dyed black hair and fishnets

[ozymoron]

reading posts that come across my dash and sitting for a minute to debate with my mental disorder if not reblogging this will mean a hell portal will open beneath my feet and i will suffer for eternity for my lack of action or if its all good and i can just scroll on by (its usually the hell portal thing)

[genericpuff]

at this point with all of the IRL art markets i've done where i've made genuine connections and the fact that this tumblr is probably the most successful thing i've run almost ENTIRELY in secret, i'm ready to just tell people to put in the effort to find my art on their own damn time because i'm done with the self-promo social media bullshit ╰（‵□′）╯