#tumblr pls

[james-spooky]

why are we all circular and how do i opt out

[sysiheart]

Tumblr: hey, SomeGuy45 reblogged your post.

Me: thats cool, thanks for telling me.

Tumblr: no problem

Tumblr: SomeGuy45 reblogged your post.

Me: oh, they reblogged a different post?

Tumblr: no, the same post. I just told you twice.

Me:

Tumblr: SomeGuy45 reblogged your post btw.

Me: ...ok. Thank you

Tumblr: Idk if you will believe this but SomeGuy45 reblogged your post.

Me: thats.... hey why havent i seen this fanart someone made me?

Tumblr: SomeGuy45 tho

[cybersunnie]

did all the tags stop working during new years or smth? 😭 like wtf is happening rn

[vacantgodling]

a guide to: hyacinthus shrapnel

thank you to anyone who's expressed interest in my favorite asshole man--at some point i'll do this for more ocs, but i am not immune to favoritism. gently tagging those who i think would wanna see this:

@henrike-does-writing-sometimes @outpost51 @void-botanist @jezifster @mjjune @sergeantnarwhalwrites @ink-flavored @astral-runic @calicohyde @kk7-rbs @foxys-fantasy-tales @inadequatecowboy @sarahlizziewrites @multi-lefaiye

transposed under the cut!

SLIDE 1: A GUIDE TO HYACINTHUS SHRAPNEL -- the meanest, prettiest, and most emotionally constipated man ever. by @vacantgodling, yours truly

SLIDE 2: BASIC INFORMATION pt. 1

FULL NAME: HYACINTHUS SHRAPNEL (nicknames: HYA (by amon), CINTHY (by aloe, lovingly, and tagetes, degradingly), CINTH (by narci))

AGE: 31

BIRTHDAY: he hates talking about his birthday, so you won’t get the exact date. just know that it falls during the galerian form of “christmas” which is the two weeks of may 12th — may 24th. its somewhere in there :)

GENDER: TROIBEMME (HE/HIM PRONOUNS ONLY)

the galerian equivalent to our nonbinary; an entirely separate gender denomination that blurs the line between masculine and feminine; encompassing everything inbetween, nothing at all, or outside of a binary frame altogether. its considered a ‘third gender’ by the galerian people, and has been observed in galerian history for centuries. old galerian even features multiple pronoun sets, but they have been lost in the modern age. nowadays, those who present as troibemme usually use “they” “he” or “she” but this does not negate their troibemme status. gender =/= pronouns etc.

SOCIAL STATUS: WIFE OF THE KEEPER OF CHATEAU AUX AISLES D’OR

husband and wife refer to the specific social hierarchy in galere. “wife” and “husband” respectively refer to the role of being a breadwinner and connection maker (husband) versus the manager of the house and finances (wife). wives do occasionally lead the way in organizing at home balls. child rearing (in upper society) is usually left to maids and nanny’s—not a responsibility of either parent. traditionalists believe wives should take on this task as children are part of the “home”, but in actual valerian society children are usually pawned off. all of the gunn clan, sans aloe (as he is part of the clergy) are wives.

SLIDE 3: THE GUNN FAMILY TREE

a family tree that showcases the main gunn family tree. lonicera gunn and clematis gunn are crossed out because they are deceased. they were wed first and had 3 children, tagetes gunn de beneaux (40, they/them), iberis winch (36, he/him) and narcissus spokes (33, she/her). while it is not indicated by the chart, clematis had a relationship with moxie shrapnel in lonicera's twilight years, giving birth to hyacinthus shrapnel (31, he/him) and his name is in bold lettering. then, clematis finally married belladonna anvil (who hyphenated her name to anvil-gunn) and had 2 children, lavendula caldern (28, she/her) and aloe anvil-gunn (24, he/him).

SLIDE 4: BASIC INFORMATION PT. 2

SOCIAL STATUS: aside from a wife, hya is also a BASTARD. this is not a well kept secret.

bastards, as per the definition, are illegitimate heirs. hyacinthus is the 4th child of the dodgy businessman, CLEMATIS GUNN, who had an affair with a prostitute, MOXIE SHRAPNEL (where hya gets his surname), during his first wife’s decline in health. 

bastards have no claim to family fortunes, so when clematis passed, hya would’ve been shit out of luck if he wasn’t essentially adopted by tagetes. hya has also never met his mother to his own knowledge as she fled the situation when clematis started getting more abusive.

in order to marry the keeper, tagetes had birth certificates forged. whether or not the keeper knows of this deceit is questionable; but the large dowry tagetes paid to facilitate the marriage has seemed to placate them enough not to question it.

MISC LIKES: coffee (misted ivory geisha is his favorite in universe blend—its imported from the northeast country i have yet to name), fashion (dresses, shoulder pads, and embroidery are his favorite things), gold & white (for jewelry, dress, and aesthetically), MONEY (he’s extremely materialistic), reading & literature (he’s very critical however—in a modern au he would probably be a pretty well renowned critic).

in general however, hya is easily annoyed.

SLIDE 5: what annoys hya, you may ask? FUCKING EVERYTHING. thank you for being polite because he's not :D

SLIDE 6: GENERAL APPEARANCE

HEIGHT: 5’11” (~180cm)

EYE COLOR: dark brown

HAIR COLOR: black, with hime bangs (square bangs in the front with short, square cut side bangs that frame the face and chin), and long hair that reaches to his mid back.

BUILD: broad, girthy👀, and imposing. when he finds time to work out is a mystery to most, but his physique shows he clearly does.

there are 2 photos of hyacinthus to display his looks; a broad shouldered, dark brown skinned man with fox-shaped and narrow eyes, multiple piercings (nose, ears, and lip), and two beauty marks under his left eye. he is wearing an intricate white and gold outfit in the picture on the right. in the one on the left he is wearing an intricate white and gold choker. there are 2 thought bubbles over each. one says "RBF STRONG AF". the other says "even though hya is so well manicured he hates showers bc #childhoodtrauma. he does take baths though!"

SLIDE 7: everything on hya glitters like gold -> here’s a map of hya’s piercings and notable features

the picture shows various arrows pointing to hyacinthus (who has his mouth open to reveal that his canine teeth on his upper row of teeth have been replaced by sharp, solid gold). they point to his beauty marks, canines, and various piercings.

SLIDE 8: IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIPS

as an aside, hya didn’t have friends growing up because he literally wasn’t allowed to leave the estate his father trapped him in until he was 19… and that was bc his dad died and tagetes ‘adopted’ him.

TAGETES ⟶ despite the fact that tagetes basically raised hya, the two of them hardly see eye to eye. tagetes views, treats, and exploits hya (as they do everyone) as a means to their end goals—though what those goals are is anyone’s guess. hya doesn’t trust tagetes as far as he could throw them. yet, at the same time, they have a strange sense of obligation and “care” (if it can be called that) towards one another. tagetes was definitely the main influence into why hya is Like That.

ALOE ⟶ since aloe turned 10 and learned that he had an older brother whom he hadn’t met yet, he began to try and write letters getting to know hya. despite being generally brash, crass, and a pain in the ass, hya really cherishes aloe’s letters and companionship, and they actually meet for the first time in person during the events of paramour. 

AMON ⟶ y’all knew it was coming. i feel like i don’t even have to explain this one they are obsessed with each other in the most toxic of ways lmao. amon infuriates hya down to a molecular level, yet he is also the only man—only person—hya has ever been attracted to. (and he will not EVER admit that)

SLIDE 9: HIS OPINIONS ON...

… Narcissus ⟶ she annoys him and he can’t understand why she’s so obsessed with trying to ‘fit in’ with other people. also he wished she wouldn’t try to talk his ear off every time she saw him.

… Iberis ⟶ he literally doesn’t have one. the two of them avoid each other like the plague.

… Lavendula ⟶ avoids her like the plague if he can help it, but she actually looks up to him in a way, especially based on the things aloe has told her about him. they aren’t close and don’t really speak until her book but that’s a whole other thing.

… Clematis ⟶ #daddyissues. hates the man’s guts and is glad he’s dead.

… Lonicera ⟶ she died before he was born, but even if she lived, he would’ve never met her regardless. no opinion.

… Moxie ⟶ he’s never met his mother to his knowledge, so he has no opinion of her. she loves him very much and there’s more to that story that we won’t hear about until empire (tagetes’s book)

… Belladonna ⟶ the loathing is mutual

… Erecia ⟶ he doesn’t gain an opinion of her until lavendula’s book, and even then it’s mostly just “that’s amon’s friend” territory

… Viola, Barbatus, & Rumex ⟶ he’s not good with kids so he tries not to interact if he can avoid it

… Helianthus ⟶ finds him EXTREMELY obnoxious

… Terian ⟶ no opinion, they’ve never met.

… Miss Shanin ⟶ she’s always in his way and he’s generally annoyed by and suspicious of her

… Vira, Tamhas, Asahel ⟶ no opinion at all. they’re just servants.

… The Keeper & The Bishop ⟶ finds them genuinely disturbing. distrusts them HEAVILY.

SLIDE 10: ASSOCIATIONS

alcoholic drink: white russian

food: steak bechamel

colors: white & gold

flower: yellow hyacinths

animal: leopard

zodiac: taurus

tarot: six of swords

song: lyin’ to myself — todrick hall

[blakbonnet]

I want an option that's a step before a block - I don't want to block this person but I never want to see their takes ever again

[rad1opulsars]

Chiptober day 2 - Lady Parsec

Why is she so hard to draw. help

[burntcheerio]

i felt out of the loop on "i don't want to be a magical girl" lore so i decided to try and find the first time @kianamaiart posted ab it but i accidentally scrolled down too far so now im making my way thru their college posts.. (which are very cool!!)

[tomasitaoficial]

Ugh fuck it, I'll post this anyway...

I PRESENT TO ALL OF YOU, MY DESIGNS OF SEVEN DEADLY SINS!

These are my boys aaah I was a little unsure about posting this because of the reaction some people would have when they see this but oh well, Also, another reason is that at first I didn't like the designs I gave them very much but now I like them a lot idndidndk (Especially Mammon and Satan)

These are the two that I am still undecided about in their designs and color palette, so maybe they will change in the future.

I will be more than happy if you want to know more about them, How they get along with each other and so on leklddmoems

AAANDDD

They but miniature version because why not in the first place iendidmms

[mieczyhale]

Sent tumblr staff some feedback on their new update::

The new dashboard update (as of March 31st, 2025) is absolutely horrendous. There was no reason to change the size and shape of everything. This was yet another unnecessary serious of changes. Everyone I follow who has seen the update has been complaining about it all day. I hope they send in feedback as well because this is truly awful.

I've been on tumblr a long time (this is my 16th year overall), I've seen some pretty bad changes, but this is somehow the worst. It IS okay to keep things the same, you do know that right?? Tumblr isn't Facebook (thank god). You don't have to change everything, mix people up, and upset you userbase every couple of weeks for fun or whatever.

These changes are not, have not, made ANYTHING better. It's all uglier to look at, the usernames and posts run together, the spacing is off in asks, it's genuinely a mess. Please fix this. Truly I am begging y'all to switch back to before this update.

I'm hoping enough people complain that they do actually do something about this. I am so tired of unnecessary changes & ugly changes 🪿

[shikariiin]

For some reason some questions in my inbox disappeared??? And I didn’t delete any of them or do anything, I remember someone asked a specific question that I wanted to answer today and it’s g o n e

[irl-donut]

wtf

who-

who rOUNDED THE POSTS????

[felineverdure]

color version here (or just find it on my twt hehe)

[deepsdive]

i'm so irritated abt my blog getting shadow banned, i finally had like so much muse back and now i'm starting over again JHFKJSGF i hate this site so bad

[blunderpuff]

lmaooooo the gazabots have all switched scripts to offering "blockchain vouchers" and shilling for cryptocurrency now

[delullu]

tumblr is working spectacularly well again - getting dozens of notes on my art blog but can't see any of them, because tumblr won't show them (only the little blue notification number)...ive had the issue with ghost notifications before, but usually it just meant missing 1-2, but never like THIS

and now it kinda nuked my activity page for the art blog (only the art blog, the other 2 are working), telling me i first need to make a post lmao ok?

[bestofme1996]

Hyperfixating on Bodypiercer!Eddie after reading a blurb about an older body piercer Eddie 🥲 send me all the Bodypiercer!Eddie blurbs pls