#willing to bet there is not one person on this hellsite other than me who will understand this post

[anonymousdandelion]

Desperate for a Hebrew translation of the Liaden Universe.

Partly so Israelis can discover this wonderful series… partly so I can practice my own language skills in a fun way…

…but primarily so the book about Anne and Er Thom can be entitled Minhag HaMakom.

[moltengoldveins]

hey, so… like, it’s genuinely so frustrating and painful, as an ace person, watching the way trans people are being treated right now and the way that issue is bubbling out into the rest of the community and harming a ton of people, both trans and not. Like, divorce the issue from your opinions on Being Trans: those are people who are deserving of respect, and they are not getting it, and that is leading to a lot of other people also deserving of respect Also not getting it, because people are people, and harm to one kind of people inevitably leads to harm of people in general. I have noticed an infuriating uptick in pornbots and other hyper-sexual posts across this site that are tagged ‘trans’ when they don’t show trans people, or picture trans people and tagged specifically to bring those posts to demographics who do not want to see them. (Asexual, Aromantic, Sfw, etc) Not because they’re transphobic, but because they’re ace and uninterested in seeing barely-clothed or naked sex workers on their feeds. Further than that, I’ve noticed that whenever I block and report those bots/accounts, I quickly receive notifications thanking me for reporting the ones that had trans people in them, but I literally never get notifs for any of the other, often significantly more vulgar and pornographic, posts. This makes me genuinely nauseous. I have no interest in seeing sex workers in my feed, regardless of orientation or gender. Further than that, the behavior of deliberately tagging posts to send them to people who don’t want to see them, either to force that content onto people who don’t want to see it or to try to sow discord between demographics (after a long string of literal porn posts on my dash, all labeled like this, without even thinking, I rather angrily considered blocking the ‘trans’ tags from my account entirely. I’m willing to bet that’s probably some people’s motivation for doing this) is completely unacceptable and disgusting. Block and report people who do that crud. Further than THAT, the fact that this issue isn’t being handled on the part of the staff when they have demonstrated, to me at least, that they are more than capable of handling reports of misconduct when it pertains to a specific demographic they have been proven to dislike in the past is completely unacceptable and deeply disturbing.

If you’re a trans person on this site, hello! I hope your having a good day and you’re drinking plenty of water. As you are a person just like everyone else on this cursed hellsite, I expect you are tagging your posts like we all are, with relevant information pertaining to the subject and concerns of your posts. I’ve no intention of blocking you for any reason I wouldn’t block anyone else. To everyone: Curate your internet experience. Do no harm and take no shit. Have a good day, and drink water.

[queenlilith43]

Reasons Why Post Plus is a Terrible Idea

Tumblr has recently unveiled their new "Post Plus" feature. It allows people to put a paywall around their blogs, allowing them to charge up to $9.99 a month, with Tumblr taking a 5% cut of the creator's earnings. In this post, I will explain why this is a horrible idea.

@staff: You better listen up. I took a few hours away from my day for this. I had to have my friend Ashley help me with this, and that took time from her day too. (Thank you @patalliumapples) I'm explaining everything under the cut because this is long.

1. We Don't Have the Money

First of all, Tumblr is a social media site. This means in countries like the US, people as young as 13 can sign up and have an account. Most teenagers do not have the money to keep up with their favorite blogs for the low, low price of $9.99!

Second of all, a lot of adults on the site already are having trouble paying their bills, and don't have any content they would be willing to charge people on. As explained in this post, people are already struggling. (They also explain how to support creators better, which I will go onto later.) They don't have the money to spend on this. I, as a teenager myself, don't have enough money to spend to unlock Tumblr blogs. I don't know if I even can, I don't have a credit card or anything, and I don't want debt before I'm out of high school. Oh, and that leads me right next into the next point.

2. You could fix other things

Tumblr is called a Hellsite for many reasons, and how it breaks a lot is one of them. One problem are the Ray-Bans sunglasses bots that hack the site every so often. I have gotten one, Ashley has gotten three.

You can also barely even search on this website. Searching for tags brings up the randomest things. You can barely even search your own blog, this is how bad it is. Fixing those issues before we give you our credit card number would be a great thing.

3. People don't want it

The consensus so far is NO. In some cases, "FUCK NO" This is valid, people don't want it. We can't pay for it, and we really don't need it. Everyone hates it.

And you bet that the Tumblr-famous will try this out.

I, as of writing this, have 416 followers. I bet all of them would leave me if I tried to do a paid post. (Not like I can, I'm a broke teenager, but still.) That would limit the market.

And other people have expressed they would leave anyone who put their posts behind a paywall, such as in this newly-viral post.

4. Monetization of fanfic

Alright. *Cracks fingers* I get to show off my knowledge of copyright law.

Fair use that covers fanfiction does not cover having to pay for it. Monetization of fanfiction is not legal, and if someone tries, the original content creator can issue a DMCA takedown order. The person who posted and monetized the fanfiction will be forced to take down their post, hurting their earnings. This will affect Tumblr.

Also, as we saw recently with a Loki T-shirt on Etsy, big corporations are known for taking down anything they consider infringement, even if it falls under fair use. There was a scare a while back on Ao3 (Archive of Our Own) that Disney would take down their fanfiction, but Ao3 had a legal time that can fight for them. Tumblr probably does not, and would probably lose a legal battle against Disney.

In fact, Ao3 does not allow any sort of links to other monetizable websites, like Pateron and Ko-fi, on their platform to avoid potential legal trouble. It's included in their terms of service, which you can read here. I would recommend it, and to check out some other links. They explain legal issues quite well.

And as satirized in this post, trying to find posts on Tumblr for a DMCA takedown is pretty damn hard.

5. You can get around paying for a post through the reblogs.

Despite the fact that is something you're technically not supposed to do, people can just copy and paste the content. The fact is if anyone has a Post Plus post, you bet the entirety of Tumblr is going to get around that. After all "you can share a teaser of +Post Content through the reblog function on the Services" (From the Tumblr TOS)

6. We've had mirror sites that could probably get around the paywall

In the past, we have had many mirror sites. They are the exact mirror of our Tumblr, tracking everything right down to our reblogs. Last I heard they were all shut down, though Tumbex sounded like it was going to come back. If these mirror sites are smart enough, they would be another way around the paywall.

7. You can't block people who are paying for your content

This is a problem. People can harass you, and sometimes, this Hellsite won't take them off. The block button is an important tool. I, for one, currently have 11 people blocked for various reasons. Some of them were messing with me in the reblogs of a post (it wasn't even their place to do so) and I didn't think Tumblr would count this as harassment.

If you can't block people, and even with the risk of it hurting your earnings, it's not good. Even remotely.

8. There are other ways to support creators that are much better. 

As said in the very first reason, creators hate this Post Plus. They prefer being supported in other ways. People also don’t always want to be paid for the content (not even counting legal issues) And if they want to there are already platforms set up for them to use. For example, Pateron has tiers you can set up for membership, ranging up to $100. There, you know what you walked into. You’re not expecting free content, like on Tumblr, you’re building a relationship with the people in your community. Ko-fi lets people donate directly to their content creators, and won’t take any of their donations, unlike the 5% cut Tumblr is planning on taking. Both platforms also offer features that would not be available on Tumblr. Creators are also more likely to already have one of these set up, and keep Tumblr for their free content. 

9. Tumblr could make money through better ads

Tumblr ads are famously . . . what’s the word? Ah, yes, “batshit” is the word I’m looking for. I’ve gotten ads for tattoo aftercare, signs of heart disease (the picture provided was someone with their nails painted blue), maps of the USA, celebrities that has passed away, lists of bad cities in my state, graphics of chickens with Hindi (note: I am American), and apparently now I should be worried if my dog licks their paws. (?) As I went to check my dash while writing this post, I saw a small air cooler that was apparently more powerful than A/C being advertised. 

No one clicks on them except for a laugh, or if they accidentally thought it was something that was actually interesting. Most of the time, it is not. Tumblr could do something like Instagram and actually have good ads and make more money off of it. It may not be as much as they thought they were going to make, but it’s better than what they have now. (It’s a low bar.) 

10. This is the same website that spearheaded DashCon

You remember DashCon, don’t you? 

This seems to illustrate the website's stupidity in one picture and this is why you shouldn't trust us with money.

If you have any other reasons why this is bad reason, reblog the post with your reasons. I'd like to hear them, and don't forget to tag the staff.

There is a survey Tumblr wants you to fill out here, it's a step you can take. You can also listen to the protest @postplus-protest which should help. It starts August 6th, it's going to be a great time.

[tuiyla]

10,000

So this is my 10,000th post and I’ve been wondering if I should do anything special for it. I stumbled across a cringy “what parents should know: Tumblr is bad for your teen” article earlier today so I thought, oh, perfect, that gives me something to talk about.

Not that I want to get on a high horse here and preach about how amazing this website is. It’s pretty terrible most of the time. The only reason it somehow still exists is that every other social media platform is getting progressively worse while tumblr is sort of just... here. Always has been. So rest assured, this is not meant to praise this hellsite, but I have been on here for eight and a half years, with bigger and smaller breaks, and I am grateful for it.

For all the shit it gets, tumblr has always been the site where I feel the least amount of pressure. Very, very few people I know in real life know about this blog and I like it that way. Not that I have anything to hide, I’m long past being embarrassed about my hyperfixations. There are a few personal posts scattered throughout my archive but I don’t regret those either, because whenever I felt like writing something down and releasing it into the world, I knew tumblr was my best bet.

I owe a lot to this site in terms of how I’ve grown in expressing myself. It was the first real platform where I started sharing my thoughts. I went from disorganized ramblings to reviews to proper essays. I still write all types on occasion, and I know I can always just share them on here if I feel like it. Maybe no one will read it, maybe loads of people will. That’s not really the point on here, is it? At the same time, there is room for interaction, for people to communicate through tags, for real discourse to start. I love that aspect as well, but I also love that this has been a place for me to share my writing, to put my thoughts out there and develop as time went on. I still have a lot to learn but it’s nice to look back on the firsts of my original posts and go “huh, I guess I am getting better”.

Say what you will about tumblr’s fandom culture, I owe a lot in that aspect as well. I first came on here just after Book 1 of The Legend of Korra finished airing and just reblogged Avatar and Harry Potter stuff for a long time. Then, such is the nature of this platform that I saw posts about Adventure Time. And then Doctor Who. Carmilla. So many of the thing I found so much joy in, I discovered through tumblr. And even when I would have found about a given thing eventually, it wouldn’t have been the same without the experience of being here and discussing it. My archive is basically a log of all my obsessions over the years, how my views have evolved, how I’ve used them for creative outputs. Because that’s another aspect, how tumblr has provided me with a creative output. I’ve already talked about writing, but there’s also giffing and just in general being able to do some textual poaching and put it out into the world. It’s neat, even when thing get like, 2 notes.

And another thing? Tumblr is good for critical thinking, actually. I said what I said. Sure, it’s easy to fall into a certain bubble and never be exposed to anything else, to hear constant echos of one’s own opinion and to grow in the conviction that you are unarguably right. That can happen, with how much you can curate your own experience and all. But overall, I think this is a place where you can learn a lot from others if you’re willing to listen. 15 year old me heard so many ideas for the first time on here. That probably says a lot about how public education failed me but here we are anyway. And it’s crazy to think that 10 year olds today probably know more about social injustices and have a better ability to think critically about the status quo than I did at 15, but I’m happy for them. We can throw words like SJWs around and be critical of tumblr’s brand of wokeness, and we should be, but if nothing else it was a great starting off point for me.

I don’t know how much my life has truly been impacted by this one hellsite that everyone hates but still uses. Honestly, I think it has had a bigger impact than I’ll ever know. Would I have gone to uni and studied what I did? Would I have learned to love hearing others’ perspectives and learn about their cultures so much? Would I have had all these opportunities to explore my own feelings about certain things? I don’t know. Maybe. I’m not trying to be dramatic and say this cursed platform changed my life. Maybe it did, maybe it didn’t. All I know, it’s something I keep coming back to. So, I don’t know if there will be 10,000 more but I’m glad to have an archive to look back on and feel mildly proud of.

Long story short, Tumblr wasn’t bad for me as a teen; it helped me grow.

[diverse-hearts-a]

Merry Christmas!

Another year is passing us by and my return to Tumblr has been made even more enjoyable with the amazing friendships to have been built. I truly wish to get to know each everyone of you out there and I look forward to seeing what stories we build together in the new year! Thank you for dealing with my randomness, my inbox invasions, the fact that most of my characters seem to either be angry, murderous or both. I was more than a little worried about moving not only into different fandoms but to a multimuse too. My first multimuse failed so badly but this one seems to only be improving - thanks to all of your acceptance. I apologise for the tag spam below the read more xD

@jxngsterunterboss - Alice I love you and I shall always love you. We’ve known one another for YEARS now and it’s been such a delight to get to speak with you even more, to get to learn more about you and to be able to call you a friend. I hope that the next year is kinder to you, that you can grow to have just that little bit more confidence in yourself and your skills. You’re an amazing friend, an amazing writer and a darn good artist, I wish you could see what I see in you sometimes <3. Merry Christmas hun x

@frozcnhearts - BRO BRO. I honestly could just leave it at that lmfao! We’ve certaintly had our ups and down over the years but I’m glad we’ve stuck together. You’re such a good friend to have, put up with so much of my randomness and got me hooked on a new gatcha game like the evil person you are. But I got you into BSD so we’re even right? I love the little family we’ve built up, love writing with you, talking with you - here’s to many more years!

@shrimps-variety-garden - My tumblr wife, one of the newest additions to the circle of friends to be made on this hellsite. I’m glad we got past the shyness in order to build the friendship that we now have. It’ll be nice to get to know you even more in the new year. Thanks for being an amazing friend and for welcoming my angsty self to put our characters through hell /o/

@crmnpnshmnt - 404! My love! Another new friendship I’ve come to treasure. It’s always such a joy to speak with you, to write with you, to spam one another with pain and to send Alice slowly insane xDD I hope to get to know you more, going forward into the new year. Let us continue our reign of terror :D

@agent-candyfloss - BEEEEEEE - You shall forever be Dad no matter how young you actually are lol It’s been a few years now since we’ve met and you’ve always proved to be such a bright, smart and kind hearted person. May we whine about Karens together for years to come yet :D

@witheredhexrts - just because your on hiatus, don’t think you get to avoid my love. My Angel, we all miss you lots but at the same time are proud of the hard work you’ve been putting into your studies. We shall forever be there when you need someone to talk with or just a break. You’re doing so well but please don’t forget to look after yourself!! Love you Angel x

@nycttophilic - KIKI ~ I thank you for being so welcoming, for being so mature and kind hearted and never seeming to mind my random fan girl moments or that I like to bring pain to the softest of characters :D Your a joy to speak with and I really am glad I get to call you a friend x Here’s to many more years!

@hasjoinedthechatroom - AHA! I bet you thought I forgot you *squeezes* Kiwi ~ you are a star. You manage so many muses, so many blogs, scream about OCs and I can’t get enough of it. You deal with my slow ass and I thank you for that. The pain we spread between Seven and Mai in particular has been rather enjoyable and such a mess xDD Your stuck being my friend now >:3

@somegremlin - To think I was super duper shy once upon a time around you. You shall forever be stuck with the curse of the Mori icons >:3 Honestly, not only have you made me fall in love with a character I gave not too much thought to before writing with you, you’ve just been amazing in general - always able to offer advice or just make others laugh. You’re such a kind hearted person and I’m glad we’re friends xx

@jinxo - Fellow island dweller and lover of ChuuAtsu! Trish, your great to speak to, great to plot pain with and though your appearance can seem rather random at times, they are always more than welcomed. I’m glad to have met you! Let’s continue to spread chaos into the new year :D

@kaibagirl007 - one of the people who tempted me back to writing my Yugioh muses. You’ve been a dear friend to me over the years now and I’m always so happy to see you around. I’ll always be here as you have been for me, never feel afraid to poke my IMs whenever you need a friendly ear to listen. I love you hun x I hope 2020 is good to you and your family!

@adonaiis - I’m so happy to be able to keep writing with you. You’re such a talented individual who captures her muses so well and I actually really love the no bullshit attitude that you toss towards the dash, it’s never done in a cruel way, not brutal honesty at times and yet you’re such a sweetheart! I wish you all the best for 2020!

Special thank you goes to @protectheweak, @dcfygraviity, @madamhatter @yokohamaweretiger, @lilstrawbxrry @lenny-pooh and @nicholas-wolfwood - for just being awesome to write with, speak with and following me from blog to blog without losing your mind. You deal with my slow ass but always willing to speak with me and come to me with new ideas too! I hope to become closer friends in the future! Keep being creative guys! You’re all amazing and talented and I stalk way too many of your threads :D

A HUGE hug and lots of kisses given to all of those on the BSD server! All of you have given such a warm, safe and loving place for us to gather and scream over not just BSD but other fandoms too - not to mention the clowning that happens in the mayoi chat. We shall forever suffer together. I hope to be able to reach out to each and everyone of you more in the future. My inbox is forever open so your always free to spam me!

I apologize if I missed anyone. I truly do love everyone that I get to interact with and though I am a shy potato - I look forward to the new relationships and friendships that will be built in 2020. Thank you each and everyone of you who deal with my chaotic energy. Here’s to the new year! xx

[fairydnp]

🌻@cozydnp tagged me in a positivity train, so I though I’d just tag some other lovely people too that definitely deserve it :)🌻 @sevenatee Sev, my brilliant, amazing, chill, spectacular and stunning best friend. You were the first ever friend I made on this hellsite, and I still hold you to my heart dearly. You’re wacky, brilliant and so so so kind. We don’t talk as much as we used to but you mean so much to me and have a very special place in my life. I still expect us to have that very gay apartment later in life. I’m already booking inspections. I can’t wait until I manage to take you to a theme park or something (also stop worrying, you’re definitely tall enough) ilyvm dude! @thegayestdnp Luke, our first proper conversations started when you got mad at me because I was eating M&M’s with chopsticks (it’s still valid and you know it) and I’d like to say we’ve been friends ever since. You’re the face of the Mothgang, we’re all pretty sure you just are Mothman anyways though. You’re wacky, fantastic, and such an amazing(phil) person that I’m so lucky I got the chance to meet. love you lots, lp adventure isn’t too far away. And we can agree now that Tika has always deserved better :P @thedinodad Steg, h o l y  s h i t. You’re one of the funniest and most genuine people I’ve ever met. You’re caring, probably slightly crazy but it’s okay we all are, and willing to share pictures of your dog and hammie, which I can assure you that everyone is grateful for. I find it very fantastic and cool that I can call you a friend, and you’re all round such a fantastic person. Keep on scree-ing on vc, and tell Mars and Ruby I love them. @blxckmochi Lynn, I can’t believe I had the opportunity to meet a treasure like you. You mean the absolute world to me and I can talk to you about anything. You’re kind, gorgeous, beautiful and one of the most beautiful people I’ve ever talked to. I’m so glad you dm’d me after we met on Rose’s gc, otherwise I’d never had found out how amazing you are. You’re probably not going to believe all this, but it’s so true. You’re so deserving of love, and happiness and everything good that comes your way. I love you so much bub. @youabsolutespoon Lea, where do I begin. When I first talked to you I was talking to you about Panic! At The Disco and how Vices and Virtues is one of the best albums to listen to when you need to calm down. I would’ve never thought I’d end up meeting one of the best people in my life. You make me so incredibly happy and you’re so sweet, kind, loving, and precious. When we made arrangements to video call, I was so nervous I was going to screw up or something. It was one of the best moments I’d had in my life and it was amazing to have that connection with you. My irl friends know you as Lea From Tumblr, and I’ve made sure to mention how kind and lovely you are. You’re seriously one of the best people ever, and I love you so very much. @phanniephobic Rose, when I first sent you that ask, I never knew how kind you could be, how gentle and caring you could be. You’re seriously such a lovely and gorgeous person, and the first ever dan and phil blog I ever worked up the courage to engage with, and I’m so glad I did. You mean so much to me and I remember some of the hilarious conversations we’ve had. You’re brilliant, fantastic, and such a welcoming and sweet presence. I’ve loved every minute I’ve talked to you, and you’re honestly one of the greatest people I’ve ever met. I love you rosehaw. @cozydnp Aly, where do I start? Whenever I talk to you it just feels like a big warm hug. You’re so goddamn kind and sweet, but have so much love to give to others. You’ve got a crazy wacky side which I adore, and you have a definite mother side. It’s gentle and soft and kind, like rainy days and hot tea and fluffy blankets. You have such a sweet aura and I’ve loved getting to know you. Tyvm for putting up with me, and you motivate me to do better. I love you chungy

@lemonheadlester Harley, you’re definitely someone I look up to. You’re so incredibly talented and fantastic, and I’ve admired you since I first found you and your blog. I was instantly floored by how talented you are in so many aspects. Edits, gifs, writing, singing, music, you name it, it’s all stored in the Harley. We don’t talk much, but you’re definitely a very sweet and lovely person. Thank you for being so kind! ilyvm!!

@dinosaurnerdhowell Azra, we don’t really talk much, but you’re always so kind and take the time out of your day to send me a message sometimes, and that honestly makes my entire day. From what I know of you you’re kind, sweet, and really genuine and nice. Thank you for being someone I can look up to and I feel like I can trust you. ily lovely!! @orangeexcusez Liz, you’re an incredibly lovely person and even though we hardly talk, you’re still such a lovely and positive influence and I really hope you’re doing well! @theincediblesulk Avery, I look up to you immensely. You’re really a genuinely fantastic and caring person, and I’ve admired you for so long. I hope you have good things coming your way. Keep being hecking awesome :)

@bleepblopbloop56 You’re really really talented and you’re somebody who is super super cool and I’m pretty intimidated by you, but I think you’re amazing and that you’re having a good day!

@discombobulated-hullabaloo Aunty Nicoke, You’re my best friend’s sister, and the druggie auntie, but you’re incredibly kind, despite being a legit cryptid. Thanks for being nice to me, I know it can get irritating. Also your bullet journals are always very pretty and they’re nice to look at. @gothichufflepuff Amy, there’s no words to describe how much I love you. In grade 5, I was nervous, upset, and definitely not willing to engage very much. I went on camp with you and we were in the same cabin. Remember the 5am party of Murder In The Dark? Or most memorably, our project on Saturn. I’m so glad we got to do that together because it’s definitely a staple of our relationship forever (oH pLaneTs arOund a StARrrrRr) We bonded over Harry Potter in the first year we knew eachother. I remember your birthday too. Do you still have the Hedwig mug lol? In grade 6 you managed to miss all the bloody drama (goddamn it, it sucked) and five became three for a while. You, Meeks and I were pretty unbreakable. This is where all the fun set in. Grade 6 is probably one of my favourite years of school, simply because I spent it with you. It was the birth of #Zayme (I still ship it) and where the infamous grape incident occurred. Betting our food in games of cards at lunch was definitely a favourite. Badminton is my favourite sport, Biconarbate is still thriving somewhere, and Haan still suks. You’re my favouritest pickle, and i love you more than words can say.

and last but certainly not least @elizaschuqler Char. What would I do without you? I could write a whole essay and a half about how much I adore you. You never cease to spark joy and you’re so kind and supportive. One of my favourite moments of you was when we both pulled an all-nighter together and watched Barbie movies, definitely one of the best times I’ve had in my life. We’d go on long giant rants about how much we love eachother and I’d do it again in a heartbeat. You seriously have helped me through so much and you mean the absolute entire world to me. I couldn’t ask for a better friend, someone who I can trust, and someone who can be kind and gentle, but crazy and questionable (in the good way of course) at the same time. I can’t wait until I can finally hug you. Our Luna Park adventure is only a few years away, not long (although it absolutely seems like it) I really hope you understand just how much you mean to me. You’re incredibly fabulous, and you mean more to me than words can say, there’s simply no way to express it. I love you so much, more than you’ll ever know. I can’t believe I met someone as kind and sweet and caring as you. Full yeehomo too. I love you so much.  ✨🌻choo choo🌻✨

[pyrrthea]

I really have no excuse for this, I just wanted to see if I could brighten up the days of people who really brighten up mine

@crowndefiant cassie, you are literally my best friend in the entire world and i love you a lot. thank you so much for always being there for me, even when i probably didn’t deserve it, and for brightening up my day by literally just putting up with me. i love you so so much and you mean the entire world to me.  as for your writing, you already know i think it’s phenomenal. be it some dumb crack on this hell site, or your gorgeous novel that’s going to turn you into a new york times best selling author, you could write about a cardboard box and i would die for it <3 your dumb jokes, your kindness, your willingness to always be there for me by my side all makes me so happy to have you in my life, and i want you to know that i’m always going to be here for you no matter what.

@anorablespark josie!! you’re about 95% of the reason why this blog exists and probably why i still roleplay at all. you following me all the way back on p//bg was a shock because you seemed like such a high quality blogs and back then i was a total mess (i still am. that is beside the point). despite my total lack of confidence in any of my abilities, you were nothing but kind and caring to me in a time where i was considering giving up writing all together, and you made me a lot less nervous joining this fandom by introducing me to some of the most amazing people here that i love and admire, you are one of them. you’re nora is one of my favourite muses ever on this fucking hellsite, and even though we say we have to plot and we never do, what little we’ve done with nora and pyrrha’s relationship makes me smile, and your nora makes pyrrha smile a lot too. your backstory for her has so much though, love and care put into it, and i want you to know that i love it, and i love you, and all of your muses and headcanons. don’t forget that.

@starsetdiva maaaaaayyyy~ as someone who has tried, struggled, and failed to take a background character with like five lines of dialogue, and turn them into my own, let me tell you this, you have done a phenomenal job, with both neon and arslan. the care and effort into everything you do for your muses makes me so happy that there are people like you, who are willing to do all that for a character they love, and i respect you so so much for that. you’re always there to make me laugh, be it ooc or ic, and i’m glad we live in the land of fucked up timezones, because being able to see you on my dash, and talk to you, makes me so happy. i know how self-conscious you are about your writing, and i know exactly how you feel, but i want you to know that i genuinely love and enjoy all of your writing, and i would so so so so soooo love to write/plot with you some more, i just,,,, need to come up with some plot ideas <3 i’d follow you on any muse to the end of the fucking earth, and rest assured, i will always be around to icon whoever or whatever you need lmao

@mirrornium chloe, you’re pretty okay for someone who shits on my lawn. nO BUT REALLY, in all seriousness, i was really sad when you just sort of disappeared off my dash a while back, because you always made me laugh a lot with your drake bell icons buT NOW YOU AND YOUR DRAKE AND JOSH SHITPOSTING IS BACK AS WELL, and i could not be happier. we haven’t talked a lot one on one but everytime we speak, be in privately or in a group of people, you never fail to make me laugh until i’m in tears, and i couldn’t ask for anything more from you. 

@bloomess stELLA WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU SO NICE TO ME. you’re literally the best, like god damn woman, you are so kind and funny and you’re always doing nice things for me and saying nice things to me, which i don’t???? deserve??????? like dang man what’d i do to deserve you, like, what the fuck. ad you!!!! put up with me sending you memes that make me think of you/ur ruby, who is the absolute cutest think i lov okay. i lov you, and uhhh i love ur ruby, and pyrr lovse rooby 2, her lil cowgirl gf yeehaw. wE HAVEN’T HAD A PROPER THREAD YET BUT UHH I RLLY WANT 2 WRITE WITH YOU BECAUSE I LOVE HOW YOU WRITE RUBY IT GIVES ME A REASON TO LIVE LIKE DAMN WOMAN. but yes i love you a lot and i would die 4 u but u already know that so okAY BYE NOW Y’ALL

@saecris meh.  NO I’M KIDDING I LIKE YOU A LOT MORE THAN JUST meh. you better full well know how much i love you and how much i love your ren. you are so kind and funny that it like genuinely confuses me like how is??? that possible like dang. i really really really enjoy talking to you ooc so much, and our ic interactions are a lot of fun too, even if it’s just pyrrha and ren acting like children and also that one time they were being nerds about books or something. speaking of, i love your ren. so so so sos os sosososoooos o soooooo sooooooo much. your headcanons and backstory are so well thought out and genuinely interesting and make me want to care about him so much more and i just  👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏

@nctdamsel how and why do you even put up with me mack. you let me yell at you about greek fire and it means so much to me that you care about these two nerds as much as i do lmA O. all of your headcanons and oc’s are so well thought out and all the care and detail you put into them shines through and makes me smile. you’re always kind and sweet and just in general way too good to me???? i love all the cute threads we do together and it makes me so happy to see you on my dash, to talk to you, write with you, plot with you, waTCH YOUR FUCKING SNAPCHAT STORY I’M LOV U MAC K

@kingdommark helL O HUSBAND <3 we’ve known each other like what, two weeks and we’re already married. i haven’t known you for nearly as long as a lot of other people, but you’ve never been anything but kind and caring to me, and it really means a lot to me that you take time out of your day to talk to me and be a nice person???? and seeing you be a nice person to other people makes me so happy, because i think we both know that this website is a place filled with unnecessary toxicity, so to see people like you who are always doing their best to be kind is so heartwarming to me. obviously i don’t know shit about KH but your sora is a massive cutie who i love a lot and enjoy seeing on my dash so much, and you can bet your ass i cannot wait for sora/pyrrha interactions

@saintlyhilt aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA??????? hello yes, shi did you know that you’re an absolute blessing and idk how we haven’t interacted much outside of crack/dash comm, because i’m pretty sure our first ooc interaction was just me telling you how thirsty i am for jaune so. i lov seeing u be gay on my dash and the rare times we talk make me happy because you’re so kind and caring and i don’t know if you know it but you never fail to make me smile all the gosh darn time, and i literally cannot thank you enough. your writing and headcanons for both sun and jaune are so well thought out, interesting, and so much fun to read. i just want you to know that you’re really important to me and i appreciate you a lot.

@adornedscars jhuwan, you may be one sassy fucking piece of shit, but you know what? i wouldn’t have it any other way, because you make me laugh and smile a lot, especially when i need it most, and our stupid running joke of fox calling pyrrha a bitch is one of my favourite stupid thing to happen on this blog. you’ve literally taken a character with nothing and made him your own in a way that literally just???? makes me forget that he doesn’t even have a canon fucking voice actor. you are one of the most important people i see on my dash, and one of the funniest too, and even though we don’t talk a lot, i’m glad we’re friends.

@baddrunkcharm hEY ASHE DID U KNOW THAT UR LIKE MY FAVOURITE QROW AND I’M LOV U AND THE WAY U WRITE SO MUCH AND U HAVE TO SHARE THOSE COOKIES WITH ME. no but seriously you’re another person who i just??? haven’t talked to a lot because i’m a nervous bean and you’re just super cool and i love your writing and characterization so fucking much man like dang. and!!! i super hope we can interact more, both ic and ooc, because!!! i’m going to fight you either way!!! but with hugs, and puppies, and love, because,,,, i love seeing you on my dash, and talking to you, and just knowing that you exist.

@miragesque heLLO YES WE HAVE LIKE NEVER SPOKEN BEFORE BUT LIKEDANG SEEING YOU ON MY DASH MAKES ME REALLY HAPPY DA N G. seeing how much you love and care about blake makes me so happy because i 101% absolutely know how you feel to be absolutely in love with your muse, and to see other people that just care so much makes me get all emotional, and it all really shows through in your writing because like????? you’re probably one of the most stand out blakes i’ve ever seen on this god forsaken hell site and it makes me all giddy and smiley and happy to see on my dash because you’re an amazing writer, and i am just a small bean, hoping that one day i’ll build up some more courage to sAY HE L L O.

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Okay, okay, so bear with me: Peter Hale doing this as a strip tease - only in sexy, of course. bootyunitDOTtumblrDOTcom/post/152451060559

A/N: It’s this video (it’s not the link anon provided, because I was blessed enough to find the full version on yt) which I’m sure everyone already saw. If you haven’t, I salute your determination to have a life outside of this hellsite.

Also, this isn’t exactly sexy, but… yeah.

Stiles had no idea how they’ve all ended up in a country bar of all places. 

Well, okay, it wasn’t a real country bar, more like a country bar for city people? Yeah, yeah that sounded closer to reality. He didn’t want to be a dick, but he seemed to recall that real country bars were not exactly gay friendly.

Anyway.

There they were, the whole gang; Malia, Kira, Scott, Derek and Peter. In a pseudo-country bar. Now that Stiles was thinking about it, that sounded like the beginning of a joke. 

Three wolves, a coyote, a fox and a guy walk into a bar…

Okay, yeah, he was way too drunk to think up a punchline for that. Thankfully he wasn’t alone with that. Peter - sitting close beside him, the fucking tease - brought a little flask and he kept spiking the drinks of the supernaturally inclined company, so that was a plus. It was interesting to watch everyone drunk; Kira was a crying drunk, Scott and Derek were cuddly - currently with each-other - and Peter and Malia were sort of mean. But Stiles had a feeling that last one had little to do with the alcohol.

Stiles liked to think that he was a fun drunk.

“I bet,” he said, listing a bit to the side and falling against Peter’s side as he motioned to the mechanical bull in the middle of the bar. “I bet that you can’t stay on that thing for two minutes.”

See? He was fun.

Peter raised an eyebrow. He was dressed in a three piece suit, impeccable as always, but his hair was a bit disheveled, and Stiles prayed to every deity he knew that he would have enough self-control not to blurt out how much he wanted to run his hands through it.

“Oh? And what are you betting?” Peter asked with a grin, his teeth shining in the colorful lights flashing across the place.

Stiles frowned, trying to focus.

“Um. Whatcha want?”

Peter pretended to consider it while Malia snickered at Stiles’ other side.

“Hm, I think… Should I win, you will come have dinner at my place,” he said, looking at Stiles intently. “And should you win, I will be willing to have dinner at your place.”

Stiles blinked, That didn’t sound so bad. A part of him was screaming that this was a trap somehow, because, well. Peter. But then again. Food. Food was good, no matter the situation.

“Deal,” he said, nodding a bit more enthusiastically than he intended, shaking Peter’s offered hand.

The man smiled, standing and getting out of his suit jacket, throwing it at his daughter before fucking winking at Stiles.

As soon as he disappeared in the crowd to talk to the operator Malia leaned in. 

“You realize you’ve just agreed to a date, right?” she asked, smirking.

Wait what?

Oh. Yeah. Well. He would keep off panicking about that until tomorrow. Personal crisis went well with being hung-over; misery likes company and all that shit.

It didn’t take long for Peter to saunter through the crowd and hop on the back of the mechanical bull, just as some cheesy song started playing. 

Stiles grabbed the edge of the table, because just seeing Peter straddling that thing sent his brain to places better left unexplored. The man turned his head and ginned from ear-to-ear just as the bull lurched into motion. 

Peter waited a second or two to get the hang of the machine and then pushed himself up, jumping on the bull’s back in one smooth motion.

The whole bar broke out in cheers, which was a good thing, because at least nobody heard Stiles’ jaw hitting the floor with a loud thunk.

Malia laughed into his ear, slapping his back hard enough that he almost fell out of the booth, but he couldn’t care less, because Peter was fucking surfing on that thing, smiling at the adoring audience he quickly gathered and then...

And then he unbuttoned his vest, throwing it at Stiles.

Even Derek and Scott got out of their two-person-cuddle-huddle to watch.

Stiles didn’t think there was a person in the whole establishment who could tear their eyes away from Peter dancing at the top of the machine, like it was the easiest thing in the world.

Fuck his life. Fuck his life sideways.

Peter preformed a perfect step sequence, dropped back to his ass and let the bull lurch him back and forth, working his hips to keep his balance before hopping back to his feet. Stiles was going to faint or combust. Or both.

He watched with his mouth turning treacherously dry as the man stood at the very end of the bull, keeping his upper body level even with the machine trying to buck him off. Like a fucking chicken with their motionless head no matter how hard you shake them.

Not like Stiles ever shook a chicken. Though, to be honest, he kind of wanted to shake Peter. And do other things to him.

Yeah, no. Irrelevant.

Peter smirked right at him, loosening his tie and trowing that to him too. Stiles didn’t catch it. He didn’t have working reflexes even when he was sober, but he did snatch it up the floor before the blond cowgirl standing next to their boot and hooting at Peter could dive for it.

That was not on.

Stiles shifted in his seat, watching Peter’s ass as the man turned around to show it off. 

On second thought, he might not be a fun drunk. He might actually be a horny drunk. That had to be it. Yup.

Peter laughed as the crowd went mad and slowly started undoing the buttons of his shirt. Stiles was going to die.

Before he could succumb to his untimely demise, the bull suddenly stopped, making the patrons groan in unison.

“Two minutes up,” shouted the operator from somewhere as Peter jumped off, walking over to him like a predator stalking prey.

Stiles swallowed, feeling himself turn bright red from those eyes on him.

Peter leaned down, his lips brushing the shell of his ear.

“That was fun... Wonder when I’m gonna get another chance to have such a sweet ride,” he said.