#tumblr anecdote

[peachdoxie]

Re: the post about Tumblr transitioning to a skeleton staff that's going around, it's funny/infuriating how outraged people are in the notes getting into an uproar about how Tumblr didn't "do everything they could" to "fix" the site, and then they list things that are like, [impossible to implement due to external restrictions] [illegal] [attempts to generate revenue that's not through ads] [not actually a widespread issue] [misinterpretations of the situation] [a problem so big that even websites like Facebook can't deal with them well]. Like tell me you don't know what you're talking about without telling me you don't know what you're talking about.

Also stop being dicks to random staff members using the website who have next to no power to make any of the changes you ignorantly think should happen.

[sualne]

have some trans swan lake barbies

[ani-is-my-username]

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, in Duckburg! 🎄

Text above Dewey reads “Got to put on the star this year”

This was actually very fun to do! It’s heavily based off of my childhood Christmases: back then, me and my sister took turns on placing the star at the top of the tree once we finished decorating it each year. Said star was very top heavy so it always ended up wobbling on the side, which was very infuriating for me as a child. But now, I kind of see it as a part of our tradition: imperfect.

[evadneares]

Tory Adkisson, "Anecdote of the Pig"

[sobaology]

—a dead man's repentance.

the alternate name for this piece was "the judgement of roland." i took inspiration from a piotr stachiewicz painting of unknown title

plus some details that i was proud of but had to be compressed! including a lil ultrakill reference because i like to think that the gabriel knight/roland met really was just our gabe <3

[freakurodani]

The parallel between Sokka and Tenzin as their fathers' sons.

Sokka, left at 13 as his father and all the other men head off to war. Hakoda tells him "being a man is knowing where he's needed the most" and he needs to protect his sister, his home.

Tenzin is the second airbender. He is also half water tribe, he's a man. When Aang dies, he will be the last airbender. He understands what he needs to do.

Untold amount of pressure and responsibility have been thrust upon them by their fathers. Though, I believe it is not all intentional, but the unfortunate circumstance of being the fathers of sons who take responsibility incredibly seriously.

In Sokka's case, "protect your sister" is a vague instruction. It was meant to give him purpose, to help him feel okay about being left behind, He is too young for war, his father does not want to bring his child to slaughter. But Sokka will die with purpose. He will train the children of his tribe so they will be protected, he will face a fire nation ship until his last breath. He cannot go to war, but Hakoda did not see that war was all around them. In trying to give Sokka purpose, Hakoda put their world on his shoulders.

We do not get to see Aang be a father (in the TV shows), but we know he had hopes for the future. All his children were air nomads, and the air acolytes brought his culture back, but Tenzin could bend. This part of their culture is one ONLY they share. I do not think Aang would hide this, he is joyous that he gets to share his culture. When he feels respected, he always is, he taught the air acolytes after all. Off handedly, he could say, "I'm hopeful for a future where there are lots more air benders," and that, which feels mostly innocuous to him, is the nail in the coffin of Tenzin's fate. He is Avatar Aang's son, and the future of the air benders. It would not matter that Aang meant a future in generations. Tenzin sees the responsibility and it's his. He is his father's only air bending child, he knows what he needs to do.

Being a parent is not understanding the way the things you say harm your children. Even those things that feel innocuous in the moment can be life altering. Especially the more the child respects the parent. Purpose and Hope for those with a broader perspective, can be death sentences to a life that could have been when expressed to those who idolize the former.

[javelinbk]

MK: John Lennon there, wearing glasses which we'd never have seen that in public at the time PM: No, he was... up until the advent of Buddy Holly, he would never be seen out with glasses, but Buddy Holly - who was a big favourite of ours - wore glasses, so John felt a bit better about wearing the glasses then. But normally it was like, 'whoop, there's girls around'... glasses came off MK: Get them off PM: Yeah MK: And he looks, is he slightly nervous there? PM: I don't know, no it's just one of his habits, you know... MK: Chewing his fingers PM: He's doing it there too MK: Oh yes, chewing his knuckles PM: It was just one of his little things... and I was very pleased to see that, 'cause I'd forgotten that... it's not the kind of thing you remember about people, that he just got a little... MK: Their mannerisms PM: Mannerism, yeah. But that was... I don't think it was nervous, I think he's just... thinking. Yeah. And here he is again doing the same thing.

[0nelinerwordplay]

There is no 'i' in team but there are 3 in narcissistic.

[drawnecromancy]

The adhd/not adhd variables were proposed by my partner, likely because this is literally an adhd thought that came out of nowhere while i was thinking of pouring myself a glass of orange juice.

I did get my orange juice btw. Sipping it as i write this poll.

[captain-ghost]

Apparently Americans don't get told about The Blitz in their history classes, which is wild to me. I can understand having it in less detail obviously, but not even mentioned? Insane. I need to know more.

I'll leave some basic info about The Blitz underneath the cut just in case you're curious ig

The Blitz was, put simply, a very aggressive bombing campaign sent out against Britain that lasted just over 8 months. During the campaign, the Germans specifically targeted civilians in large cities, most famously London (although they also attacked a lot of other UK cities, including in Wales and Scotland).

The attacks were very frequent to the point that we still find bombs that failed to detonate to this day.

The German air force (Luftwaffe) was against the Royal Air Force (RAF), and the RAF was notably smaller in comparison-- the thing that made the RAF so lethal was its superior radar technology, better planes, and more focused strategy. Britain also had a LOT of support from its commonwealth and volunteers from other countries, including Canada, India, Poland, Australia, and many more (America included).

Since the attacks were being sent out on civilians, there was widespread fear, and a lot of children had already been separated from their families and evacuated to the countryside.

Through all of this, possibly the most notable and commendable part of The Blitz was the spirit of the British population themselves. Not to sound biased. British people continued to push their good humour upon the situation and were determined to continue living their lives as normally as possible, with entertainment and work still being open despite the very obvious carnage around them. A little fact I recently learnt was that the "Keep Calm and Carry On" poster also originated from The Blitz as propaganda to boost morale.

As my own personal anecdote, my great grandmother gave birth while the hospital she was in was being bombed (she was fine). This is to say that while images of The Blitz as a symbol of determination and resilience are true, in a lot of cases, there was also still a lot of terror, unrest, crime, and insufficient shelter that caused a lot of death. They just didn't want Germans or other British civilians to see that morale might be decreasing, as it would put pressure on them to surrender.

This all occurred before America formally joined the war effort. In short: when British people get pissed off with Americans for saying that "if it wasn't for us, you'd all be speaking German", this is why.

If you're interested in learning more about it, there's loads of excellent movies and documentaries that go over The Blitz in more detail. I also recommend checking out Know Your Ally: Britain, because it goes over a lot of the other stuff about Britain's war efforts from an American perspective and also goes into more detail about some of the stuff I've mentioned.

[benjaminallhope-fulltimemind]

I am sorry you are getting harassment and death threats all over a YouTuber you watch. You definitely don’t deserve this level of pure hatred. No one does. No matter what they do or who they hurt. Take it from a survivor of the Lily Orchard critical sphere. Only the worst most deranged, obsessed and hateful to ever have access to the internet run Tumblr blogs criticizing Lily Orchard and everything she does and has done anymore

I am so sorry these people are bothering you and if you ever need emotional support I am sympathetic to what you are going through now and what you have endured in the past. My DMs are always open.

Thank you so much and honestly I'd like to go into more detail on why I admire Lily Orchard so much and why I am a fan. I was around 15 or 16 when I stumbled across Lily's YouTube channel, I was really grabbed by her personality and her uncompromising additude to which i began to watch her Glass of Water serise before moving on to her other videos. I didn't actually realize Lily was trans until a little later so yeah I was kinda shocked, something her work did was pull me out of the right wing anti-SJW pipeline I had fallen into during middle school and through her content I learned to critical of the media and art I was consuming. I've been a fan ever since but something I want to know is what lead these people to hold such a deep intense hatred that they're telling people to kill themselves, I have such a deep morbid curiosity as to what lead them down that road? Anyways give me a like/reblog/follow if you want I'd appreciate it.

[peachdoxie]

Reading all this Batfam fic has me trying to guess what stuff happened in canon based on how often it's referenced in multiple works like I'm some scholar trying to reconstruct some ancient lost ur-text based on other people's retellings of it. Like, I'm pretty sure the Batman canon included a scene where Red Hood breaks into the Titans Tower, attacks Tim Drake, and leaves a message saying "Jason Todd was here." Variants of it have shown up in quite a few fics I've read. Do I know the details? Not really. I think that Tim's shoulder was dislocated and the other Titans were drugged, too, but I'm less sure about those than I am of the event broadly happening. Granted, the first fandom in which I read copious amounts of fic is Danny Phantom, notorious for its extensive fanon, so I'm aware that I can't say conclusively whether or not Red Hood attacked Tim Drake in Titans Tower. But I'm pretty sure it happened.

[gnomeantics]

me (starkid fan) 🤝 my sister (henry danger fan)

joey richter from MY SHOWS is in HER shows as well??

[torchickentacos]

Okay, I've spoken to several of you who like both of these things and I need to know how deep this runs because it's an 'if I had a nickel for each time this thing happened, I'd have (x) nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it's happened (x) times' thing-

[localceilingdevil]

higher res found here

id post these here if not for the fact that i spent countless hours on these refs. operation fixate on original ocs for artfight is a go

leaders (almas is technically with them i just didn't draw him at the time of this piece)

luminai (og species)

daroken (og species)

[sobaology]

late birthday art for knight based on rufus wainwright's "want one" album cover. more under the cut!

you ever saw a man so goofy you started crying