#what a nice sentiment

[meowmeow1meow]

just Chilling with bro

[shanastoryteller]

I realize I have to tread carefully here, like, considering

but people who say, wholesale, that every popular fic is generic and tropey and written to the lowest common denominator and people who have loyal readers get them because they spend more time advertising (??) their fic than writing it

you just sound bitter and jealous as hell

[calmbigdipper]

Resting is important!

[fazgoo-connoiseur-1987]

the last two people alive

[senku-ishigami-official]

@eallyrayadbay look below deck.

Happy birthday, mentalist.

[chimchiri]

And another year down!

This was a GREAT year for drawing! Lots of inspiration, a whole new fandom that kept up with MLP (god I can't wait to draw both some more) and I felt like I actually tested out things and grew more.

It's also been an amazing year with getting to know lots of people, making new friends and just having a fun time!

I'm really looking forward to the next year! Thank you to everyone who puts funny or nice tags into reblogs, who comments, asks, who interacts... you're a big reason why fandom (and making art) is so fun <3

I hope you're all having a wonderful end of the year!

Previous summaries: 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014

[stinkrascal]

it’s so hard being a datv lover on the internet right now, i can’t make any comments about how much im enjoying the game without some weirdo on reddit being like “yeah but dont you find the dialogue so cringe? doesnt it feel so disney+ to you?” and when i ask what they mean without fail they’re like “well have you seen taash talk about their gender” 😐

[transtalesofdoom]

One year of Being Trans - A Review

If I timed this right, this post goes up exactly one year after I realized I was trans. Like, down to the hour. A lot happened since then.

I did some trial and error with labels, decided none really fit me, but settled on nonbinary transmasc to communicate it to others.

Picked the world's most stereotypical trans name for myself.

Came out to friends pretty much immediately, family to come soon.

Tried on a binder and fucking hated it.

Made this blog to organize my thoughts.

Deliberated on pronouns and how I want them to be used.

Came out to my therapist. Got a written confirmation for being trans. Scheduled an HRT consultation. Came out to several more doctors.

Developed a new, different kind of body image issues. Possibly dysphoria? Maybe just internalized fatphobia but for a different gender.

Worried about whether this new, more authentic, me might be unlikeable especially to my friends.

Looked at pictures of top surgery results and almost cried.

Hated my periods more than ever before.

Managed to schedule a top surgery consultation (one year in advance because waitlists are crazy like that)

Scheduled a different HRT consultation because the original one cancelled on me.

Learned a lot about trans issues and the hurdles in Germany.

Watched a new law pass to enable easier changes of legal name and gender.

Officially and legally changed said name and gender through said law!! Got a new ID, too. Started changing my name on all sorts of official documents.

Cried to at least one Philosophy Tube video.

Cried a lot, in general.

Watched a verdict take effect that allows health insurance companies to deny gender-affirming treatments.

Fought with my Health Insurance. Fought with the Committee that has the power to change these regulations again. Oh yeah also watched my government fall apart in real time and next up is eternal conservative leadership forever lol. Fought with my health insurance some more.

Wrote more goddamn emails than any person should have to in a lifetime.

Overheard my roommates talk about me with my new name and pronouns, several times.

Discovered a near eternal amount of bizarre gendered concepts hidden in my brain. (did you know hair is girlier if it curls right instead of left?)

Stopped hating my reflection. Started hating my reflection, but for other reasons. (Honestly I'm pretty sure that one's a depression thing)

Learned a lot about myself.

Fully moved past the concept of gender as it's enforced today.

Played a Pokemon game with my real name for probably the first time since I was 9.

Learned an absurd amount of platypus facts.

Felt so drained and tired almost every day, fighting for my basic rights and personal fulfillment.

Lived more as myself than ever before in my whole life. Finally took an interest in the person I am. Finally took my existence into my own hands. Finally dared to become someone, rather than just be.

Overall score: 9/10, wouldn't miss it for the world.

[bluerose5]

Those people on that one poll about favorite elf companions expressing how Alistair shouldn't count as an elf or how it's only a technicality or whatever, yeah, I get it's only fantasy, but keep showing your asses. I would not trust y'all around real life mixed people based off of some of those reactions and rationales I see, especially someone like me who isn't the "perfect" representation of that because I could pass as white. Anyways, fuck off. Thanks for the free block list.

Sincerely,

Your Local Mixed Person in Fandom

[vaguely-concerned]

as I am replaying origins -- a game which, to be clear, I love very VERY much -- I can't help but feel that people do don the rose coloured glasses on it a bit specifically when it comes to the range of dialogue options you're actually given to work with at any given time (something I've seen my fair share of silent vs. voiced protagonist discourse about over the years *smokes tired cigarette in survivor of a decade of DA tumblr*). like... there are a couple of situations where you're given a decent range of responses, but the vast majority of the time you have about three dialogue options, and often they're presented sort of like 'polite/bland/unprovoked near-cartoonish levels of assholery'. arranged like, y'know:

I am [BLANK]. It's an honor to make your acquaintance.

You can call me [BLANK].

How dare you speak to me. Fuck you and your family back five generations. I'm going to rob your mother's grave before your eyes.

(sometimes if you're real lucky you get the secret extra 'Something else/I'm bald/but I'm a dwarf!' option)

I'm not at all saying it's worse in that aspect than the other games (Dalish Inquisitor 'Who's Mythal' just entered the chat), but I do think it's worth considering that this might be a bit of a franchise original sin that has been present since the beginning, as indeed it is in most rpgs because making rpgs is real hard, and you notice it more with the dialogue wheel format than when the responses and questions you can ask are all laid out in a list together

[loverboyfang]

the thought of zayne keeping all of the silly handmade stuff i make him cooks me like a fucking lobster . like fuck

[hogwarts-legacy-confessions]

Ephemera is the best thing to happen to HL fandom in Tumblr.

There, I said it. No, not just to give counterweight to all the personal attacks you´ve faced in the past and recently. But because you´ve put so much effort in the fandom, written fics, done audios and videos, created Discord groups and commissioned a lot of artists here in Tumblr.

Not all people like your stuff, and that´s fine. It´s not meant for everybody. Besides, you have done a lot of general HL stuff ,outside of the Rookwood Gang. And while I hate the term, "built bridges" between different corners of the HL fandom, by creating the Open Discord. You´ve also gotten shit thrown at you, remained open for discussion with those people, and in some cases, made them touch grass. That´s not a small accomplisment.

Yes, you feel strongly about certain things, and express yourself bluntly. But why is it seen as a bad thing? Integrity is so much better than false pleasantries. If it makes you a bloody snowflake in some anon´s opinion, then so be it.

🥺

[simcardiac-arrested]

did they not know before

[guzhufuren]

Kaikai's panic about making a girl cry at the fanmeeting omg

[therighthandofvengeance]

Ivanova’s go-to jewelry includes, but is not limited to:

The singular earring whose original counterpart Ganya never got to return

A pendant made from Sinclair’s stat-bar

The now-correlating earring made of the scrap metal from the drala’fi that Ivanova originally gifted Sheridan at the very end of 2259

A variety of bracelets made from Marcus’ denn’bok, including a charm bracelet with a charm that boasts the letter “M”

The Ranger One pin Delenn gave her following John’s death

[officialpenisenvy]

just did a tarot reading that was very nonsensical. that shit pissed me off