#work and no reverse image searching worked. I would go into it but no one is going to read these tags

[summer-fire]

Aberration

[lonelysheepling]

Recently read @queenofthequillandink ’s DPxDC crossover fic Unearthed, Reborn

I got inspired to draw character sheets for Danny, Sam, Jason, and Jazz’s vigilante personas. Here’s a link to the author’s drawings of their outfits (these were a vital reference for me when doing this so thank you so much for sharing them Quill) More commentary (like 7+ paragraphs plus 2 images) about this project and the designs below the “keep reading” line.

None of these thoughts I have for each character are in order, but I have a lot of commentary for these since this project was a lot more conceptual than my normal work. I also just like talking about my art/design process. If you ever find yourself wondering at some point why an element from the original design wasn’t included, the answer is that the removal was completely intentional and part of my grandmaster vision for this work and wasn’t because I just forgot about it entirely during the design process.

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Aconite (Sam)

This was the first one I sketched out, I wasn’t even sure at the time if I was going to fully commit to drawing all of them. I thought that Sam was gonna be the hardest since her description was way longer than the others, but then bird boy beat her out. I took a lot of creative liberties with her design, the bag was added bc I couldn’t figure out how to add pockets to the skirt. I was trying to avoid a joker color scheme so I had a lot of ref images that I got by searching like “purple green aesthetic” on Pinterest. The dark purple and dark forest/blueish green won out in the end. I desaturated a lot of my colors for her just to get as far away from the neon Gotham rogue aesthetic. I also added the bdsm harness over the armor to add more punk elements to her design, I know that in real life that would be very uncomfortable to wear over scalemail armor but sometimes we take creative liberties when they look sick as fuck. Also, I didn’t realize until I went to look for a reference for aconite flowers that aconite is wolfsbane! That was neat to learn! Also, the font I used for Aconite is called “zai Art School Calendar 1931”, I’ve used this a few times for other projects, it’s one of my favorite fonts. The ‘zai’ fonts the creator has are all very good.

Shade (Danny)

There wasn't much to add to this page. His outfit is pretty simple (besides the patterning). I wasn’t sure how to pull of an optical illusion pattern but I was reminded how I sometimes get an eyestrain induced headache when looking at someone wearing a patterned shirt with really thin stripes so I just leaned into the idea of a small/detailed hard lined pattern. I originally made 5 separate patterns for him and then turned them into stamp brushes in procreate. I only ended up using three of them, the one on the chest, the one on the legs, and the one on his hand. But, I imagine the patterns fade and shift when he moves, sort of like a lenticular print. I gave him constellation freckles and stylized the hair’s fade into white. The hair was inspired by how time-woods draws Martin Blackwood’s hair (linked: time-woods’s fanart of Martin Blackwood). Also put way too much effort into the teeth on the mask. I just like the chunky teeth design. Oh yeah and the font I used for him is called “Typewriter_Condensed_Demi”

Erinys (Jason)

Repeatedly ran into the issue of not having enough canvas space bc of my fervent need to thoroughly document and plan out how the wings worked. I also reversed the colors for the bodysuit & armor so the under layer was black while the armor plates were red. I only realized afterwards that I may have been inspired by the red centipedes in Rain World (linked: gif of the red centipede, don’t click the link if you’re unsettled/afraid of bugs/insects), artists subconsciously draw inspiration from other artists all the time though so I’m not like upset about it. I stand by it because it looks sick as hell. Also leaned into the magpie theming for the wings. I think the vigilante form was supposed to be reverse magpie coloring? I can’t remember, but I stuck with normal magpie coloring. The anatomy of how the wings connected to the collarbone was inspired by JayEaton’s Magpie Bridge Project. Reference image link. Link to the article the image is from. I didn’t draw the wing armor because I couldn’t figure out how to would work with the wing anatomy and I ran out of canvas space. Finally, the font used for him is “DIN Condensed” this is a default font, I would’ve used something more punk but I needed the text to be legible.

Insight (Jazz)

I did Jazz after I’d already finished the initial trio, so I had to switch to a new canvas for her bc I’d hit the layer limit multiple times on the previous one. I really do love doing that spiked under-eyelash thing with characters. Don’t know when that started. Anyway, I added the shoulder pads to her outfit to help break up the empty space. The golden eyes were a nice accent color since her design is very overwhelmingly green. Honestly the braid hairstyle and gold eyes really do obscure her identity, multiple times when drawing her I was worried that she didn’t really resemble Jazz enough. There wasn’t a drawing from the author for her so I only had the text description to go off of. I just realized that she sort of reminds me of a forest ranger and I don’t know what to do with that realization. I copy/pasted my drawing of her eyes when gold and recolored them to match her normal eye color. There were two layers for that, a hue shift and a hard light layer to emphasize the shadows.

Here’s what it looks like without the hue shift: 

It looks really cool and I’m 100% that color combo in another drawing down the line. Oh yeah and the font used for this sheet was “Euphemia UCAS”. It comes with Apple’s operating system, I use it as a neutral default text most of the time bc it’s nicer than helvetica but not overly fancy like Times New Roman—and why am I talking about fonts. ——————————————————————— Anyway, this project was very fun to work on. The alt text for this was its own endeavor, hope the folks using screen-readers don’t mind 4-5 paragraphs of description text. Also, I cannot remember for the life of me if Dani got a costume description, but if she does I’ll make sure to update this image set with a sheet for her. And to the author, QueenOfTheQuill, if you’re reading this message that I’ve left at the very bottom of this post below a read more line, thank you for the fic. It’s very good and I’m glad I caught it during my slow decent into DPxDC brainrot. I love the interactions between Jason and Tim, it’s nice seeing a revived Jason that’s not bogged down by pit rage. They definitely seem like they could’ve been good friends if not for the unfortunate circumstances that led them to meet in canon. Also, I’m sure Jazz will love interacting with Batman and Nightwing. So much psychological & childhood trauma to unpack with them. Feel free to use/share these images if you so desire and thanks again for your work.

[growth-opportunities]

A flat girl uses an old spellbook to steal the tits right off her bitchy flatmates and finally get the body to make a move on her crush. Unfortunately, most of the stolen curves wound up going a bit lower than what she hoped for.

SMACK!

"Hurry up!"

"I'm trying! This shit isn't even in English!"

Indigo shifted uncomfortably, her roommate's handprint glowing red on her magically swollen ass. Her newly widened hips and massive cheeks were too large for any chair in the apartment, forcing her to bend over the table as she frantically flipped through the pages. The old, thin pages felt like they were more likely to crumble to dust than rip as Indio searched for a spell to undo what had been done. She just wanted to put her roommate in her place, to give Katelyn a taste of her own medicine. She made such a big deal about being busty, about having massive tits; Indigo wanted to see how the vapid bimbo would react when the situations were reversed. Katelyn tapped her foot impatiently, arms crossed over her flat chest, before letting out a frustrated groan.

"Ugh, I can't believe you would do this! Dumb bitch! Can't even get a magic spell right! Now none of us has any tits!"

"You think I fucking wanted this?" Indigo looked over her shoulder at her roommate, fury in her eyes. "An ass that turns a ball gown into a miniskirt?! It was an accident! How did I know that one of the ingredients wasn't named literally?! This book is, like, five hundred years old!" Indigo blew a strand of hair out of her face, turning back towards the book. "Tom doesn't even like asses! Everyone and their fucking brother is obsessed with asses these days and I get a crush on the one guy who couldn't care less. I'd have to find someone who actually likes an ass this fucking enormous."

Katelyn moved behind Indigo, grabbing at the bottom-heavy woman's hips. "You think you're in the shit?! Jackson wouldn't even be with me if it weren't for my tits. How the hell do I explain this to him? You want someone who would put that ass to use? You better fucking fix this or I'll shove my whole arm up your fucking ass!"

"It might help if you let me fucking concentrate! Swear to God, bitch, if you won't shut up, I'll put this huge fucking ass on your face until you pass out!"

The mental image of Katelyn's pretty, blonde face trapped beneath a mountain of jiggly, pale ass struck both women at the same time. They shared a look as silence filled the air. Slowly, blush crept into their cheeks as they fought against the realization that both of them were deeply turned on by that idea. Katelyn broke the gaze, glancing down at the massive ass, giving it an exploratory squeeze. Indigo's soft moan was enough to startle both of them, Katelyn jerking her hands away, tucking a curled strand behind her ear. "Just, uh, keep looking." Indigo just nodded, turning back to the book, her breath shuddering out of her as her arousal spiked.

If things didn't work out with their boyfriends and if they couldn't get the spell undone... Maybe things wouldn't be so bad after all...

[clickityweasel]

my job is not an arty job, but my manager is capitalising on the fact that i can draw, and i am an enjoyer of drawing-based work because it's not something i normally get paid for, so the task of "draw like 30 different animals for a card game" is a win win situation.

what i have learned, however, is that i cannot draw animals. they come out Bad. the proportions are off, they're stiff and weird, sometimes they don't even look like the right animal. drawing people? great sign me up! animals? apparently? no can do boss. i was sending over sketches and my manager was so greatly Not A Fan of my terrible animals that she very gently suggested just printing off some random pngs from canva. other coworkers were less gentle with my sweet delicate feelings.

however i have whatever the opposite of imposter syndrome is, and after a long and painful struggle discovered the secret hack to become instantly Pretty Decent at drawing animals. out of nowhere, i was able to produce many pictures of animals that ranged from Passable to Not Even That Bad, Actually. my confidence was unfaltering. but this hack comes with a cost.

i can only draw animals while listening to ABBA.

now i enjoy a bit of ABBA! but a man has limits. and that limit was crossed somewhere during the second full day of nonstop ABBA during which time i began to develop some form of swedish disco stockholm syndrome. two more days in and i was singing some real deep cuts, word for word. i tried other artists but none could evoke my latent animal drawing abilities like ABBA could, so i was trapped. i tried many times to break free of my disco placebo, but it was no use. i was trapped in a hell of my own hubristic making.

now i would share with you some of my improved animals, the good shit, the ones drawn using the performance enhancing drug that is ABBA's discography, but when someone inevitably reverse image searches one and finds out exactly where i work, i'll feel a bit silly, so you're going to have to trust me that they're worlds apart from..... these.

(unkind, if wholly accurate commentary from my beloved manager)

anyway, this post is actually a success story. after a number of days (i don't care to mention how many) and a slow descent into an ABBA-induced break with reality, i finished all the animals. every single one. i had done it. they were printed, and i was free. my manager was delighted. she said they looked great.

so great, in fact, that she wants me to make a second set. with different animals. so it is back to square one with my good friends and companions agnetha, björn, benny, and anni-frid.

all this is to say that, boss, if you change your mind, im the first in line, honey im still free, take a ch

[vividdreamer]

𝐈 𝐀𝐦 𝐋𝐚𝐳𝐲.

I don't ever want to go to work, and I don't care if you think I'm lazy.

I've always been a storyteller. When I was a kid, people would beg me to stay on the phone so I could continue weaving "that one story" for them — one of my unfinished tapestries they still couldn't look away from. They'd never seen anything so well-tailored to their tastes.

Everyone at the office is too distracted to listen. I... am too distracted to think. Even at home, the gas meter tears my focus.

Don't tell me it could be worse. I didn't beg to be born so I could be grateful for being alive.

I'm losing grip over my health, working all the way to an early grave so that shareholders get to be travelers. Shareholders polish their artistry, not with calloused hands like mine — but wrinkle-less from stolen time. Their accolades, awards, praise, idolatry... endless as their treasure (that we had mined).

We can not pursue our joys and comforts without questioning the profitability of that labor too. If it's even worth exhausting the little time we still have.

— vividdreamer (tumblr)

do not repost without giving credit

if you are the artist of the painting below, or you know the artist's name, please let me know. i tried many reverse image search engines

[bizarrelittlemew]

Hello - just for the record, I do not know the person you’ve tagged in your post. I’ve not seen their blog. I found the gif on an image search. It’s also incredibly easy to create a gif from a video clip. So I don’t know how you expected me to know that one individual owned this particular gif. It would have been so much more helpful if you’d have just told me about it directly and given me their name instead of creating this passive aggressive, condescending post at my expense. A total stranger whose experiences and motivations you do not know. I only finished the show two days ago, and wanted to share my thoughts about it. That was all.

if it’s so easy, you should’ve made your own 🙃

OR if you absolutely needed a gif to "share your thoughts," you could’ve used tumblr’s Add GIF function. it’s right there.

listen, i was actually trying to be nice because i could see you were new, so i wanted to inform about fandom etiquette. i also gave you a link to a post explaining very gently why and how to credit gifmakers. but if you’re going to be rude and disrespectful in my inbox about it, i won't sugarcoat it anymore.

i did a reverse image source and found the post where the gif was from very quickly. i even linked it to you and you still put “google image” as a source?! (i see now that you've changed it to actually say their username but it was not like that this morning). you need to understand that the fact that you "do not know them" or "haven't seen their posts" (i linked the post to you in my reblog btw) does not change the fact that you posted something they made and the appropriate thing is to give them credit. i literally did the work of finding the source for you. proper credit is a username and/or a link to the original post, not where you "found it." the fact that a gif shows up in a google image search doesn’t erase the actual source or make it less shitty to reupload without credit.

i don’t tell people to credit gifmakers as a judgement of their character, so i don’t give one single fuck about motivations or excuses. i ASSUME people don’t know how much work goes into editing the kind of gif you stole because there is this culture of treating gifs like they just appear out of thin air instead of being created by A PERSON, usually a fellow fan. all i’m looking for is “thanks, i’ve added the credit!” and not this kind of bullshit because your feelings were hurt by being gently called out. i went into this thinking “oh they probably just don’t know how much work goes into it” but when you double down instead of accepting the help, you lose the benefit of the doubt.

you are also talking to a stranger btw, one who has put time and effort (for YEARS) into creating gifs. the type of gifs you see here in gifsets on tumblr are fanworks. there is a difference between plopping a video clip into an online gif converter and spending hours in photoshop making pretty gifsets to share with other fans. shitting on the people who make them is gonna make them stop sharing and creating, and make fandom worse for everyone. no one likes seeing their fanworks stolen, no matter if it’s fanart, fanfic, video edits, or yes, gifs. but if you’d actually read the post i linked you, you’d already know the feelings a lot of tumblr gifmakers share around this and wouldn’t have sent me this ask

i have several reasons for adding the source in a reblog to the post instead of writing privately. first, it attaches the actual source to the post, which is the main point for me. second, private messages can easily be ignored. third, i have had people ask me about fandom etiquette before and thus take this kind of thing as an opportunity to bring attention to the importance of giving proper credit (and i got a very lovely ask thanking me for it too, so this does help). although MOST often, i just let it go because it’s not worth the energy when people react like you do

i’d advice you to open your mind a little and listen when people tell you that you could do a small thing to make fandom less shitty instead of immediately taking it as a personal attack, because i genuinely wrote it assuming you just didn’t know and i wanted to inform you before you stepped on someone’s toes. but now you’ve stomped all over mine so here you go, we’re skipping straight past passive aggression to just aggression ✌️

[ozzgin]

hi spousey. bit of a crack question but how would human costumes even work or be made out of?? some magical substance?? animal skin?? w a x ???

do rich human fucker monsters have better costumes or something

and is there like a cultural difference (like western furries vs chinese furries) depending on the type of monster/ what they consider attractive on the human spectrum??

We’ve reached a true meta level of reverse scenarios. 😭

I suppose monsters are a tad more varied than humans, so there’s a lot of possibility in there. Whether they just put on an oversized human suit, or they skillfully shapeshift into one…if you want to go for that capitalist spice, we could of course have human cosplaying contests where certain monsters with certain funds have an obvious advantage.

I also like your theory about monsters liking particular aspects from a human depending on their own background. We could conduct an imaginary study. Heh.

One anon just pointed out another interesting aspect of the whole human kink saga.

In the grand scheme of things, I would assume that humans first exist as fictional/mythical creatures, and then as something to be sexualized. But here we have another parallel to our own world.

If I recall correctly, there’s a guy online who searches random characters on Google images, and times how long it is until he stumbles upon sexualized fanart. Usually it’s in the range of seconds. So, you know, objectifying characters is an old tale we too are familiar with. That’s not to say all monsters would be like that.

Yet another opportunity for a large-scale social study, eh? We can coin the researched phenomenon after anon’s suggestion below.

[rockstvrdotcom]

Hi! I was the one who recommended the Toby story and I LOVED it! (You're definitely one of my favorites if not my favorite creepypasta writer atm) I was wondering if I could make another request? Y/N trying to top Toby (more in a bratty way than an actual wanting to top way) but little did she know how shitty the day has already been for him because of one of the missions slender had sent on him and he really wasn't in the mood for her shit. And things just get rough from there 🥰 Also if you start an anon list can I be 💤anon?

☆ // IM GONNA FUCK YOU UNTIL YOU'RE SORRY, SWEETHEART! ✿⪼

aww tysm for the sweet words! it really warms my heart knowing you enjoy my writing, and ofc yes i'll add u to my anon list, i never originally planned on making one so ty for the idea!!

im not sure who the artist of the image is, if somebody finds out please tell me so i can credit them! i tried reverse google search but it didnt work D: i found the image on pinterest

im also so sorry for the super late post, shit has been a lil wonky lately and i recently js got my shit together LMAO, ill be back to posting.

CW: rough sex, choking, also degradation, overstimulation, brat taming

you were sat on the couch in the living room of the mansion. the rest of the creepypastas were either out on missions, or doing whatever the hell they were doing. slender was visiting his brothers, so you were all alone, free to do whatever you wanted to.

you sat there, awaiting for a certain someone to return. your hands were inbetween your thighs, rubbing at your clothed pussy. something about the fact that you could possibly get caught by somebody, toby or not, turned you on. but toby was expected to return from his mission first.

right on cue, you heard keys jingling around in the knob of the front door. you quickly repositioned yourself, pretending you were watching tv. the door opens and you turn around, seeing none other than toby. you greeted him, on purposely bending over the couch a little too far so he could see a peak of your boobs, only to be met with a stone cold stare. you were planning to get him to fuck you some way and when you saw him walk past you and into the kitchen, you realized it may be harder than you thought it would.

you trailed behind him, following him into his room. he looked over his shoulder, grunting in annoyance.

you took his shoulders and held him to the wall, leaving gentle and lustful kisses on his neck. you could tell he was bothered by something, yet you decided to continue anyway. you kissed and kissed until you pushed him past his limits. he escaped from your grip, walking away. you could see how tense he was, holding back from lashing out at you.

"i'm not in the mood for your bullshit, (y/n)." he almost yelled, pushing you onto the bed. you flinched, unsure what he was gonna do next. "you want this dick so fucking bad? you're gonna get it. and i'm gonna fuck you so hard until you're really sorry." he growled, flipping you over onto your stomach. he pulled your pants down and you yelped. you could hear the sound of him unzipping his pants.

you whined as you felt him go inside of you with no prep, but it slipped in easy with how wet you were. he thrusted in and out of you, his chest heaved as he fucked the absolute shit out of you. you moaned with each time he went balls deep inside of you, your eyes rolling into the back of your head. this wasn't like the other times you had sex, it was full of anger and frustation, yet lust at the same time.

you clenched around him as you felt his hand wrap around your throat, he took your chin with his other hand and shoved 2 fingers into your mouth. he slammed into you repeatedly while you choked on his fingers. tears streaked down your cheeks. you could feel your orgasm come nearer and nearer, and you whined around his fingers.

you cried out as your pussy spasmed around his thick cock, you came so hard your vision began to become blurry, white spots everywhere. toby still hadn't came yet, fucking you at an even faster pace now. still sensitive from your orgasm, you sob. maybe this was your punishment for bothering him. he leaned over you, still fucking and choking you as hard as he was before. he bit into your neck, almost enough to draw blood, and left kisses around the mark he had left on you.

toby removed his fingers from your mouth and roughly gripped your thighs as he continued to fuck breathy moans out of your mouth. "toby i just came- slow down." you pleaded, eyes watering from the overstimulation.

"shut the fuck up, you wanted this, slut." you almost felt another orgasm come with his words. you whimpered, clenching around him. he grit his teeth, your warm pussy tightening around him was almost enough to send him over the edge. he leaned over you and gripped your cheeks, kissing you roughly as he pounded into you.

his tongue played with yours, he tasted the tears streaking down your face as he bit your lower lip. "fuck, your pussy is so good.." he groaned as he continued to kiss you. you felt him throb inside of you, and you knew he was close.

"shit-" he said between clenched teeth as you felt him release his load inside of you. your eyes rolled back as you both orgasmed simultaneously, his dick twitching as his thrusting came to a stop. he bit at your neck to stop himself from moaning. you buried your face into the sheets.

he lightly squeezed your ass, then put his dick back in his boxers. he picked you up bridal style then placed your head gently on the pillows, pulling the sheets over your naked figure. your eyes fluttered closed as he put his pants back on and left the room.

[ghostboyravenight]

My friend Othman has spent today, like he spends every day, sharing his campaign around to as many people as possible. He spent five hours doing this, and now he’s exhausted. This is the norm for him. He has to spend hours each day just sharing his campaign in the hopes of raising some money, and he’s lucky to get a few donations at a time— if that. Imagine how tiring that is. Imagine how dehumanising that would feel. Spending hours and hours just messaging people in the hopes you’ll reach someone who can donate.

Palestinians are forced to do this, and every single Palestinian you see in your DMs or inbox are going through this same, tedious process. One message to you is thousands of messages they’ve been sending over and over again because they need money to survive. It actually sickens me watching average tumblr users brush away these campaigns as spam, saying “oh they’re all copy and paste messages” and “anyone coming into your inbox is just a scammer” but can you sit down and think for one fucking second please?

If you were in that position, literally what the fuck else would you do? What are you expecting? Are you expecting them to fall down at your feet, become friends with you and interact with your blog until you get to know them, write you a personalised message just for you and prioritise being one of your beloved mutuals before you decide to give a shit about them? Or are they doing what they need to do to survive, which is typing up a single message (even if their first language isn’t English) and sending it wherever they can possibly reach?

Because that’s what Othman’s doing. Palestinians do not have the fucking time to curate how they message you. They don’t have time to decide which form of communication works best for you. They’re in a fucking genocide. I feel like I’m losing my mind watching some of y’all look at obvious fundraising efforts by people who are trying to escape death and saying “well this is obviously spam because they started their message with a sob story” shut the fuck up actually.

You can vet these campaigns. If Palestinians are spending five hours a day messaging people, you can spend five minutes checking. There are vetters on here doing the job for you, and if they haven’t vetted a campaign, then you can use reverse image search to check that the original fundraiser belongs to the person who created it.

I hate to break it to ya but 9 times out of 10 these fundraisers are real. You can’t just blanket statement say “they’re all taking advantage of real fundraisers!” to absolve you of all responsibility. Where are these real fundraisers then, if you’ve decided they’re all spam? Pick a fucking lane.

You have got to start sorting yourselves out, because my friend’s been campaigning for 9 months and he still hasn’t reached €1,000. He’s extremely lucky that he reached out to someone on Instagram who was able to donate a lot of money and share his campaign around on her Instagram page (check out @/louise_emma_buttler on Instagram for vetted Palestinian fundraisers you can donate to), otherwise he’d still barely be at €500.

Food in Gaza is incredibly expensive. Flour costs €400. There’s a reason Palestinian goals are so high, because I’ve seen some people comment about that, but the reality is, a lot of those goals aren’t even enough to survive for more than a few months in Gaza, and the majority are going towards escaping.

Othman just set up a PayPal account with his sister, because he desperately needs direct donations that he can use to afford daily necessities without taking away from his evacuation fund. I am urging you to share and donate to both if you’re able to.

I’m trying to take over at least some of the load from him so that he can rest (not that he has any opportunity to rest when bombs are falling all around him and he has absolutely nothing to eat or drink) but my posts about his campaign rarely get more than about 20 notes. It has not escaped my notice that any posts tagged with “palestine” or “free palestine” get very little traction, and I suspect tumblr itself has something to do with that. If you see this, please reblog so that it might reach enough people who can donate. Reblogging is the only way these posts gain traction. There’s very few places that Othman is able to campaign on since every site is cracking down on Palestinian fundraisers, including GoFundMe itself.

This is a form of genocide denialism. It’s also a form of genocide itself, by preventing Palestinians from being able to afford basic necessities for survival or to escape from an active war zone. I’m begging you not to perpetuate this even further because you can’t tell the difference between spam bots asking about their sick pets and real life fucking people trying to escape a genocide.

[eemoo1o-animoo]

10 Grelle-based paraphernalia that I found on eBay, in no particular order but my subjective deeming of relevance or importance

Possibly part one of a series? Perhaps?

If so, then I probably won’t contain it to only eBay, and I’m going off of what comes up for someone who’s based in the UK, so maybe there’s more or less stuff available if you’re in other countries due to shipping limitations, etc.? But eBay at the moment is my main source, and I’m only doing this — work that anyone can do, nothing exceptionally thorough or insightful — because I’m just a little bored, and I know Grelle is the most valued in the fandom and TSOGTR hasn’t been writing itself for the past year and a quarter, so why would it start now?

This is written at 3AM-6AM on 29/8/2024, so if this is found long after this date then there’s a chance my sources have already been bought out or deleted for whatever reason.

1.

Grell Sutcliff Funko Pop 18 Kuroshitsuji Black Butler POP! Vinyl Anime Figure

At the time of writing this, there are no bids for this and so the price remains at £21.99 (item and shipping). The current bid is due to end on ≈1/9/2024. Wait for the last second to bid one pence higher than the asking price and you’re golden.

I actually have one of these, but it was gifted to me, and so I don’t know how much mine was sold for, but seeing as the four Black Butler Funko Pops have been vaulted and are sold for way higher in other places online, I think this is a pretty good deal.

(Fun fact, the person who gifted her to me as well as tracked down other cheap listings for the other three called her Greta. Consistently. So. Greta. Greta Sutcliff.)

As we can see from the item’s pictures, the figure has been taken out of its box, at the very least just to be show-cased or inspected, but it does appear to come with the box. Here is a listing on Amazon (9.99 GBP, excluding shipping) for 10 Funko Pop display sleeves that should match the item’s measurements.

The current conversions for this item’s price (18.99 GBP) are as follow:

25.06 USD

36.91 AUD

33.77 CAD

22.52 Euro

2,103.26 INR

855,31 Turkish Lira

39.92 NZD

3,623.33 Yen

Obviously I’m not including every conversion in here, only the most obvious/prevalent. If your country’s currency isn’t here, then my apologies, and feel free to bring it to my attention (with currency named) so that I may add it to any future episodes to this possible series, or to edit this post back with the conversions of that time.

2.

Black Butler PVC Keychain Grell

The description of this listing says that this is officially licensed and from one reverse image search to find a bunch of listings across several websites for it, I’m inclined to believe that this is actually an official piece of merch and not a fan-made item that is being resold as I had originally thought it to be. (Wow, I’m such a knowledgable Black Butler fan. I know, I know.)

There’s not much to say on this other than the fact that it’s cute and I think a few pence has been shaved off from the original selling price, though I’m not too sure. I imagine it would have easily gone for 8.99 GBP, but again I’m not too sure; it’s 3AM after all and this isn’t a serious project for me.

The current conversions go as followed:

11.87 USD

17.47 AUD

15.99 CAD

10.66 Euro

996.15 INR

405,49 Turkish Lira

18.90 NZD

1,715.62 Yen

3.

Grelle Black Butler manga plushie Anime Soft Toy

It’s not the best price, I admit. If you’re looking for something cheaper then maybe go for the 5" plush, and there’s another listing on AnimeWare, but once tax and shipping get evolved it ends up being more or less the same price, anyway.

I think this is under the same line as Plushlois comes from, and to that I say: if someone buys her, will that come back? Will Grelle’s face be remade by @fancymeatcomputers, as @nullbutler’s Plushlois once had?

Anyway, she’s super cute. Her hair is a bit too saturated, but that’s not much to lament over, and she’s pricey, but is still far less expensive than any available Plushlois listing I could find (£52!! Usually!!).

Here are the current conversions:

39.61 USD

58.30 AUD

53.35 CAD

35.58 Euro

3,323.16 INR

1,351.58 Turkish Lira

63.01 NZD

5,727.47 Yen

4.

Black Butler Kuroshitsuji Grell Undertaker Anime two sided Pillow Case Cover 250

I’d originally listed another pillow for listing number four, which goes for the same price, but decided not to as Grelle is more prominent on this one.

Not much to say about this other than as far as I can tell it’s just the pillowcase and not a case and a pillow, but if you want to add a lil extra something to your Grelle shrine or limit your chances of finding a normie partner by having this as the centrepiece to your 20-something pillow statement on your romantic four-post bed.

Here are the current conversions:

7.91 USD

11.64 AUD

10.65 CAD

7.10 Euro

663.67 INR

269.94 Turkish Lira

12.58 NZD

1,143.54 Yen

5.

Black butler Grell Sutcliffe figure Kuroshitsuji SEGA PVC Scale Anime s01

Another shambolic price, I know. But out of all the non-Funko Pop Grelle figures listed, this is definitely the cheapest.

Out of all of the non-Funko Pop Black Butler figures, it’s far from it. I think the cheapest figures went to Ciel and Sebastian, but with a massive gap between the cheapest Ciel figure versus the cheapest Sebastian figure (there’s a lot of listings for this particular figure, all with free shipping and of similar prices). There’s also a listing that sells Sebastian and Grelle together with free postage, which would value each figure as far less than what this one figure is being sold for.

The current conversions (of 130.22 GBP) go as follows:

172.00 USD

252.73 AUD

231.50 CAD

154.48 Euro

14,430.37 INR

5,874.98 Turkish Lira

273.31 NZD

24,865.90 Yen

6.

Black Butler Grell Sutcliff Cosplay Costume Red Death Men Full Set Outfits New

I’m not much of cosplayer or a cosplay fan, but from the few full cosplays I found that range from £40-50, this seems like a good price.

There’s also a good few listings for Grelle-style shoes? The cheapest of which would be here. And both the shoes and the clothing come in men’s sizes, so it’s a match if you ask me.

The current conversions of the cosplay’s price are:

23.76 USD

34.92 AUD

31.98 CAD

21.34 Euro

1,993.77 INR

811.52 Turkish Lira

37.76 NZD

3,435.09 Yen

7.

Kuroshitsuji Black Butler Madam Red Angelina Dalles Anime Figurine - Play Arts

Look. I know this isn’t a Grelle figure, but I assume that most if not all Grelle fans are also Madame Red fans. And you have to admit that this is a damn good price for a figure of this type. In fact, I’d say this figure is the second cheapest, right behind the aforementioned Ciel figure.

Also the seller has the username “welsh lady”. Surely it’d basically be treason if I didn’t promote it.

The conversions of the item price (6.99 GBP) go as follows:

9.23 USD

13.57 AUD

12.43 CAD

8.29 Euro

774.85 INR

315.29 Turkish Lira

14.68 NZD

1,336.09 Yen

8.

USED Dolk Black Butler Book of Circus Grell Sutcliff Cast Doll 700mm Japan RARE

This is a fucking awful price. It hurts just to imagine buying this. However, it seems like a rare or custom-made doll, in a fancy box, and it was the only listing I could find of it, meaning it’s not a re-sell.

There’s not much to say — as you can see I ranked it pretty low on the relevancy scale, but I don’t know: maybe someone’s into this sort of thing, especially if it comes to Grelle.

The item prices are converted as follows:

2,805.52 USD

4,123.16 AUD

3,776.66 CAD

2,519.24 Euro

235,385.31 INR

95,779.75 Turkish Lira

4,458.47 NZD

405,826.75 Yen

9.

1 x playing card Black Butler Anime Sebastian Michaelis - Jack of Hearts ZT 85

For one playing card, to me this price seems ghastly. There’s also a Sebastian variant for the exact same price, but that’s all I can find in this style. The other listings for Black Butler playing cards aren’t in this style, coming wholly in colour with patterned frames. As far as I can see, on eBay there are only two listings for this type of playing card, and I’ve already linked them both to this post.

The current conversions of the item price (2.49 GBP) are:

3.29 USD

4.83 AUD

4.43 CAD

2.95 Euro

276.04 INR

112,34 Turkish Lira

5.23 NZD

476.23 Yen

10.

Black Butler Ceramic Mug Grell, Sebastian

There’s a more expensive mug with just Grelle on it that I’d contemplated listing here instead. (And, hey! From Germany, too. The TSOGTR imagery just won’t quit.) But this one is cheaper.

Besides, enough scrubbing with some iron wool will get rid of that ugly demon mug (no pun intended) in no time, surely!

The current conversions go as follows:

19.62 USD

28.84 AUD

26.41 CAD

17.62 Euro

1,646.22 INR

669,76 Turkish Lira

31.17 NZD

2,841.32 Yen

[outfoxt]

Another Käärijä Research Project

aka: käärijä style-shifting project

as a preface, here are my (non) qualifications for this project and the circumstances under which it happened:

I am a linguistics student, and this past semester I took a course on sociolinguistics. the goal of this project was to become familiar with the concept of and analyze style-shifting (it's more commonly known as code-switching online but theres a difference and this is style-shifting), specifically by analyzing the speech of one person. We had the option to study oprah or to have someone else approved by my prof, so you know I had to ask my prof if I could study jere. This project is solely my intellectual property; even though I had a tutor help me a lot, everything written in this paper and on this post was my work alone.

now, on to the actual findings! the full paper and transcripts will be linked at the end :D

the actual variables (words or sounds) that I studied were the pronunciation of r, and use of the word "the".

to make things a lot easier from the get-go, i'm going to introduce you all to one of my favorite websites, ipachart.com (the international phonetic alphabet [ipa] chart is a big chart with an entry for every sound that exists in a language. this handy dandy website has an audio recording for each one of those sounds).

go to this website, and then scroll down to the table. go to the column labeled "post alveolar" and then click on ɾ and ɹ. those are the sounds i studied in this paper! ɾ is the finnish r and ɹ is the american r :)

so basically what i did to find instances of my variable was i just looked up a bunch of esc interviews and listened out for use of the different r sounds. i also transcribed the entire dinner date live because i love torture apparently :) the specific interviews and lives/stories are in the bibliography of the paper :p

after i transcribed all the interviews and lives/stories i went through and highlighted every instance of the r sound. then i calculated the ratios of ɾ to ɹ based on the context they were spoken in. the two contexts i looked for were formal contexts (sit-down interviews) and informal contexts (literally anything else).

i found that jere uses ɹ WAY more often in formal contexts than he does in informal contexts, and the same in reverse with ɾ.

i then went back to the transcripts and looked for all instances of the word "the". i also looked for instances where i thought it should be present, but was omitted. i calculated the ratio of present vs omitted "the"s in formal vs informal contexts and made some charts.

the graph with the smaller black section is "use of 'the' in formal settings" and the one with the smaller green section is "use of 'the' in informal settings" (the images are transparent, sorry)

i found that jere uses "the" WAY more often when in formal settings! there were also some instances where he added a "the" where it was unnecessary, which is studied at length in this wonderful paper by @alien-girl-21

something i also noticed that i elected not to study because this paper took enough energy on its own was that in formal contexts, whenever the "or" sound came in the middle or at the end of a word, jere wouldn't pronounce the r. it stuck out to me mostly because i heard words like "performance" turning into "perfomance", which i thought was an interesting quirk.

unfortunately i was somewhat limited by both my brainpower and capacity to do more work on this paper in the relatively short timeframe i was given (2 weeks) and the fact that i was given a 5 page MAX for this paper (not including a bibliography). i had a lot of fun doing this though and am definitely planning on studying jere for for academic credit again in the future if given the chance!

also i would like it to be known that i spent an hour searching for that 5 second clip of the urheilucast where jere said that he used to sell kitchens and understands english better than he can speak it.

link to a google drive folder with the actual paper i wrote and the transcripts of the interviews with notation:

please feel free to send me asks and dms with questions or comments about this paper! i absolutely love rambling about linguistics :3!!

[doctorbunny]

The mission to track down (most of) the locations in Ai Nan Desu Yo!

Firstly, I want to thank @archivalofsins /Gunsli-01, this whole thing started because of us DMing, wondering if we could use the background images in Mahiru's first MV to guess which university she went to, that started this whole adventure. By the end of this saga, the process truly was a collaboration too and i would've given up much sooner (sorry for taking so long to write this up!)

It started here. The caption says Mahiru is sat on the 大学のテラス (University terrace). So we figured this was the best shot to find her uni. Gunsli tried reverse image search but it just kept throwing milgram back at us. So I got an idea:

The magic of photo editing! it worked too and I got this back:

That's right! This isn't a university but a pizza place! Specifically one called 800 ディグリーズ ナポリタン ピッツェリ�� (800 degrees Neapolitan pizzeria) It is right next to two universities however:

Of these two, I speculate Aoyama Gakuin University is more likely to be Mahiru's as they have a large humanities department and an option to take Chinese language classes (interestingly, it is also a Very Christian university and we know from question 19 of Mahiru's trial 1 interrogation, she believes people go to Heaven when they die. There is also a lot of focus on international students and the campus nearest the pizza resturant has a 'statue of Love' in the Majima Archives building)

Inspired by this fruitful discovery I decided to try my method on other photos:

I jumped all the way over to day 13 because I felt like the sign would aid in my search. Before I bothered with any photo editing I just did some google searches "Tokyo Marun-" I got the autofill result 'Tokyo Marunouchi hotel' after investigating it wasn't the right place but we had a location name "Marunouchi" Trying again I typed "Tokyo Marunouchi Street" Autofill gave me "Marunouchi Street Park": Bingo!

This must be some kind of iconic sign because there were a ton of results for it. The bad news is that the sign was portable and only placed out for special events. So I introduce the next weapon in my arsenal: Google Streetview With a street to work with I walked up and down Morunouchi Naka-doori avenue until I got to a building with similar square pillars to the one behind Mahiru

This place is the MyPlaza, it's got a couple different shops, but importantly there is a function room you can rent out for events just like the wedding reception Mahiru attended here. This one turns out to be further away than some of the other discoveries but it makes sense because Mahiru is travelling to an event, not on a date.

Back to photo editing! This is one of two shrines I'll identify, they become important as they get special icons on google maps, becoming landmarks to search around later.

This is the Meiji Jingu Shrine

I was on a roll so quickly moved to day 14, however, my editing trick wouldn't work here so it would only be later that I uncovered the location of the park

Searching for day 11 was much more fruitful

I was really excited to track this one as Mahiru mentions it being the filming location for her favourite movie. So I thought if we could discover that, then we may unlock more clues about her as a person

I got about this far before realising I could try a different tactic. If this was a well known spot, surely in my broken Japanese I could google it right? So with a little help of my dictionary I spat out "Tokyo red hand railing movie". Somehow this barely worked

The movie? Your Name

At this point I was rolling on the floor laughing because I had been expecting some Japanese cult classic romance movie or a domestically popular but internationally obscure rom com meanwhile Your Name was a massive box office smash hit in many places. One of the few anime movies that even non-anime fans will be aware of.

Despite this, I hadn't actually seen it myself and wasn't really in the mood to watch it (I had more locations to track down, dammit) but fortunately Gunsli came in clutch, having previously seen the movie and also in the mood to rewatch it for clues about Mahiru.

These stairs are actually at a place called Suga Shrine, making this our second landmark. (Fun fact: if you look it up you'll find pictures of movie fans recreating photos of the place)

We were starting to build up an idea of Where Mahiru's world was, the border between Shibuya and Shinjuku ward. There were several parks in the area, so I figured I'd set out to find the day 14 park location by searching through each one. I was worried this would take a while but when I started with the biggest park, Yoyogi, I basically hit jackpot right away. Immediately upon seaching it, google recommended me results for images of the park at night. It turns out that Yoyogi had a large area used for concerts (that also may have been used for movie nights). By chance, I found this image from the park at night

which looks awfully similar to the lamp/benches seen in the background of day 14... According to Gunsli, the nearby yoyogi station is featured in an important scene in Your Name, so that's another thing pointing towards them being in this park. It's not solid evidence but we'll come back to this later.

At this point I'm both hyped up and bored, so to amuse myself and just to see if I can, I decide to search for the place Mahiru's boyfriend is working at in day 8

At first I had written it off as pointless to even try searching, but Gunsli noticed that in the top left corner you can see a hint of the store's sign. It is the same colours as a Seven Eleven (a chain that exists both in the US and Japan) This greatly narrowed down my search, as it ruled out the many Family Marts and Lawsons in the area (I cannot stress how many convenience stores there are in Tokyo) Unfortunately, there were still many 7/11s to search through and thus leads to the several hours I spent on google maps, individually going to each 7/11 in Shibuya and trying to look for those bike racks, floor tiles and old security camera. It was demoralising. But when hope was nearly lost and I almost gave up (there was a heat wave outside so my brain was melting during this). Gunsli reminded me of something very important. On day 8 we get two images, the above of Mahiru waiting outside the 7/11, and one of her sat on a park bench. If we were right about the day 14 park being Yoyogi, then surely our 7/11 would be in walking distance? The search began again. The third 7/11 I found near the park was it.

In one fell swoop I had confirmed both day 8 and 14. In celebration I made a tumblr post

Now, at this point I'm running out of images to search for because a lot of the locations in Ainan are indoors, meaning they could be taken from a studio or even one of the milgram crew's homes (which isn't actually uncommon) and thus, not a relavent location. I did half heartedly attempt to look for the day 9 bar, but as you can imagine, without any external landmarks it was even more of a goose chase than the 7/11...

The last location I decided to look for was all the way back in day 5

This edit was pretty tough to make so i was very annoyed when it didn't work. By this time it was late at night, but Gunsli had a hunch that this would be a well known running route, so started looking for those. By the time I'd woken up, she got it down to a route called the Imperial Palace Running Route, which is very popular (especially with tourists, it is recommended to give it a go if you're in the area)

I found it on streetview by following road signs seen in a video of someone running the route Gunsli found (the part in Mahiru's video appears at about 1:35)

It's an area called Takebashi and here is a screenshot both of what we saw in ainan, as well as what Mahiru would've seen in the direction she ran (the route loops back on itself)

Ok I'm tired it's 1 am, finally here's a really rough map of everywhere in relation to each other

An interesting thread throughout is that many of these places are sort of tourist-y, suggesting Mahiru's boyfriend may not be from Tokyo either. The university (assuming I'm guessing the right place) taking in lots of international students and Mahiru's boyfriend working at a 7/11 (which Japanese people can do but is also Stereotypically the part time job of choice for people from outside Japan while studying) could perhaps even hint to him not being Japanese, but it's all speculation right now

I hope you enjoyed this long rambly mess, I'm so sorry it took me so long to write it all up....

[crowandmousewritingco]

Taking Your Licks Pt. 2

Pairing: Frankie Morales x gn!reader

Words: 2.3k

Rating M: (18+ so much smut) No use of Y/N, sub!Frankie, praise kink (a lot of "baby" and "baby boy" used), kink exploration, impact play, spanking, the reader is referred to as Sir.

Summary: It's finally the night where you help Frankie with his new kink.

Author: Mod Mouse

Notes: This is very much a 18+ fic so minors DNI. If you continue past the "keep reading," just know that's what you're reading.

Frankie Masterlist

After your intrusion on Frankie a few weeks ago, you were determined to learn everything you could about impact play. Many hours of research was dedicated to searching impact play forums, different subreddits and many many video examples. This was something that was clearly important to Frankie and you were determined to make it so. Finally you deemed yourself ready for the real day. You waited until all the toys you ordered had arrived before setting a date. You told Frankie to clear his schedule for his next day off for a session day. The smile he gave you was the cutest thing, and the excitement was evident on his face. 

It was almost like Christamas day for Frankie when you told him that you had set a whole day for this. He was excited to try out his new kink. He knew you would be okay with trying this out, but he’d never had a partner before you who didn’t seem to find making fun of the kinks he had. But you had been more than willing to aid him in his exploration of kink. The night you walked in on him helped him realize how much he admired you. 

Finally the day arrived and you were excited. Before you returned from work you had texted Frankie to take his clothes off and be ready for you by the time you got home. The image of Frankie kneeling oh so nicely on the carpet, being the best and most obedient sub for you had you nerves firing all day. When it came time to finally go home, you had to keep yourself from sprinting out of your office. You raced home only breaking several traffic laws so you could get home sooner. 

You practically broke down the door, but you took a moment to calm yourself. After all you were the dom in this dynamic so you had to keep focused tonight. Though Frankie could loose as much control as he wanted tonight. Setting your bags on the kitchen, you peaked down the hallway seeing the light on your bedroom on. Just like that fateful night, you knew Frankie was in there. 

Quickly you made your way to the bedroom, and gently pushed open the door. The sight sent shocks down to your cock. There Frankie was naked on his knees, hands behind his back with his gaze on the floor just like the perfect listener he was.

“Oh baby boy you look divine,” You purred and Frankie’s big brown eyes looked up at you. They were already half lidded, and you could see that half hard cock poking between his legs. 

“Awwww has my pretty boy been thinking about today?” You asked gently, running your fingers through his curly hair. 

Frankie’s pretty pink lips were plump from biting and he nodded. “Yes sir all day. I want you to spank me so much.” 

“Mmmm fuck you ask so nicely. Well then I don’t want to keep you waiting. How about being a good boy and laying down on the bed for me?” 

Frankie quickly obeyed with a “Yes Sir,” and layed down on his stomach. Damn you would never get over this sight. You slowly sauntered your way to the side of the bed and took one of the many pillows and arranged it under his hips. 

“Such a pretty sight my love,” You praise as you run your hands over his back getting him used to the touch. Frankie’s muscles ripped under your touch and goosebumps ran along his spine. Your hands followed the curve of his back stopping just before the top of his perfect ass. You weren’t quite ready to warm him up so you reversed your hands flowing back up to his shoulder blades. Frankie’s breath hitched and he let out a soft whimper. 

“Oh baby boy you’ll get what you want, but Sir wants to take his time with you. You slowly tangle your fingers in his hair again and lightly pull bringing another whimper out of him. “Sir is going to take care of you, but baby boy is gonna have to be patient. Can you do that for me pretty boy?” 

Frankie quickly nodded the best he could and you let go of his hair. “Good boy,” You purred and you bring your hand up and down his back a few more times until you could feel the restlessness emanating off of him. 

What felt like forever to Frankie you finally let your fingers drift over one of his ass cheeks. Frankie rutted his hips against the pillow. “Oh you are so sensitive already my sweet.” You leaned down so you could whisper in his ear. “Well it only gets better from here.” Frankie shuttered again and you chuckle as you turned your attention back to his ass. 

“Now I’m gonna warm you up now so I can get to the fun toys I bought for this moment,” You stated as you applied small quick slaps to both cheeks making the pale skin turn a soft pink in color. With each smack Frankie slowly became more vocal which was music to your ears. Frankie tilted his head so he could see what you were doing to him. 

You looked down at him and smiled “Oh does my baby boy like what I’m doing to you?” You smirked and kept eye contact with him as you spanked him a bit harder. 

Frankie moaned and nodded quickly. “Yes sir it feels amazing.” 

“Good boy,” You praised as you continued at this harder pace. He was almost ready for the toys. You let Frankie bask in this feeling for just a few more spanks before you stopped. Gently you ran your hands on his reddened ass. “Oh baby boy you look stunning.” 

“Thank you Sir,” He gruffly replied his throat already becoming rough just from the start of this scene. 

You gave the skin a bit more attention before standing up. Frankie gave a soft whimper and followed you with your eyes as you pulled out the wooden box in the corner of the room. Opening the lid you rummaged through the toy box. You pulled out the tools you wanted keeping them behind your back. 

“Now for the main event my love. I have two types I wanted to play with.” You hold out both a large paddle. “This one was customed order because I wanted to see something special on your ass.” You turned the paddle over to show the holes. They read “Baby Boy” on them with two hearts on either side of the words. 

Frankie’s cock twitched at the sight. “Thank you sir that looks so pretty,” He bit his lip. 

You smiled when you saw the excitement in his eyes. “I’m glad you like it. I thought it would be perfect for tonight. But this will be the finale to our little show.” You leaned the paddle against the bed frame and pulled out the toys from behind your back. Dangling from your hand was a several pairs of handcuffs and a nice leather riding crop. “We’ll start with these.” 

Frankie’s mouth watered at the sight. “Oh fuck sir you didn’t have to.” 

You leaned down and kissed his forehead. “I wanted to my sweet boy. We will have many a night like this in the future.” The brought another whimper from Frankie’s lips and you lean down to share a few heated kisses. 

When you broke away Frankie whispered. “I love you so much.” 

You cooed at him and gently kissed his hair. “I love you too Frankie. Now splay your arms and legs out for me.” Frankie obeyed and spread his limbs out. Carefully you looped the handcuffs around each hand and foot and attached them to the bedframe. You quickly tested to make sure each was secured but also not too tight around his joints. 

Once you were satisfied with the results, you sat back up and grabbed the riding crop. You smacked it against your palm testing the sting of it. It did pack quite a punch and you were happy with the purchase.

“Okay baby boy, I’m gonna test how much you can take. I’ll smack you a few times each smack being harder and harder. You let me know what you limit is by saying yellow. Can you do that for me baby boy?” You asked softly. 

“Yes sir,” 

“Perfect,” You cooed and let the cool leather caressed his cheeks. You let Frankie stew in the feeling before you started. The first smack was light but still delivered a bite. Though there was no word from Frankie so you continued increasing the severity of the spank with a few more smacks. The handcuffs jingled from Frankie as he pulled against the restraints. You could see his arms muscle ripple from use. But still the safe word was still not used. So you continued a few more times. 

After one more particularly hard hit Frankie cried out “Yellow!” 

You were quick to lean down and kiss Frankie’s shoulder giving him some quick care as you whispered against his skin. “Good boy you did so well telling me your limits.” Frankie nuzzled his cheek against yours grounding himself and you let him. You took in the sight of his half lidded brown eyes just filled with lust and love for you. “Such a pretty boy.” 

After a few more minutes of checking in, you resumed your position. “Okay baby boy I’m gonna start again, but if it gets too much use the safe word again.” 

“Yes sir,” he answered again and rubbed his face against the cool surface of the pillow. 

With his affirmative response you started the smacks back up keeping at the limit that Frankie had told you. The squirming continued as you continued your ministrations. Frankie’s ass turned darker red as you smack him in a consistent rhythm. His cock was hard underneath him and a puddle of precum gathered below his hips. You moaned at the sight, and it gave you an idea. You continued the smacks for a few more minutes really making sure that Frankie was close to cumming. 

You knew he was ready when every spank made his cock twitch and his moans filled the bedroom. With one finally smack you finished with that section of the scene. Gently you set the switch aside and gently ran your hand over the warm skin. Frankie shivered under your touch and gently pushed his hips against your hand. 

“Awwww baby you’re so cute. Now I know my sweet boy is close so I have something I wanna try.” Frankie looked back over his shoulder and watched you grab the paddle you had shown off earlier. 

“Now I’m gonna spank you ten times with the paddle. You have to keep count and wait to till the count of ten to cum for me. Can you do that for me baby boy?” You asked gently rubbing his back. 

“Yes sir I can do that please I’ll be so good,” He moaned. 

“Good boy,” You praised and you positioned yourself beside him. You took a minute to take a deep breath before administering the first blow. 

Frankie moaned and pulled on the restraints. “O-One.” 

You paused in between smack letting him breathe. “Two….three!” 

“That’s it baby you’re doing so well.” The pattern started appearing on his skin and you moaned at the sight. “Such a pretty sight.” You praised and spanked him again. 

“Four! Thank you sir,” Frankie whimpered and you spanked him again. “Five!” 

“Halfway there baby boy. You can do it.” Frankie’s cock twitched hard at the praise and you spanked him again. 

“Six!” Soft tears started rolling down his cheeks and he was straining to keep himself from cumming. 

Smack! Smack! “Seven! Eight!” His cock was streaminig precum and you knew he was so close. 

“Almost there baby. Just two more,” You reassured him as you spanked him again. Frankie cried out the number as he panted. “S-So close sir!” 

“Good good boy you can cum after this last spank. You’re doing so well. Now cum for me,” You commanded as you spanked him one last time. That’s all Frankie needed as his dick spasmed and he came long ropes of cum against the sheets. The noises that Frankie made were like music to your ears. You gently rubbed you hand over the pattern as he came down from his high. As he panted beneath you, you took out your phone and took a picture of the sight. “Damn Frankie that is gonna keep me going for a long time.” 

Frankie whimpered and you quickly undid the restraints gently moving them to bring blood back to the area. You went to the bathroom and gathered the aftercare material you had gathered the previous night. Gently you sat down next to Frankie who hadn’t moved. 

“You there sweetheart?” You asked gently as you carefully applied aloe to the sore areas. 

“Mmmmhmm,” He mumbled and nuzzled into your legs. 

“Awwwww did I wear you out,” You smiled and gently kissed his head. 

“And them some,” He chuckled looking up at you. 

You smiled and ran a wet washcloth over his cock cleaning him up from his orgasm. Once you finished you set the toys aside for cleaning and laid down next to him. Frankie quickly clinged to you and cuddled his face into your chest. You kissed his head again and softly traced shapes into his back. 

The pair of you were silent for a long time before Frankie broke the silence by saying, “Thank you. I meant a lot.” 

“Of course my sweet I enjoy exploring kinks with you,” You grinned and twirled a bit of hair between your fingers. 

“You’re the first partner who allowed that,” He sighed. 

“Well there’s plenty more where that came from,” You reassured him. Frankie leaned up to kiss you softly. He settled back against your chest and soon the two of you fell asleep satisfied by your scene.

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[kaybeearts]

To Catch a Scammer

So, I just recently discovered that I had been speaking to a scammer who posed as a commission customer. Hopefully, by looking through my thought processes and mistakes, it will help others be smarter about conducting their own commissions.

For the ease of storytelling, I think it would be best for me to just go through what happened in chronological order.

So, first off, this person contacted me on March 20. Perhaps the red flags right off the bat are: 1.) Who really says "kindly" unless they're writing an essay or a super formal business letter, and 2.) the blank tumblr profile.

I even remember back then feeling a bit hesitant at the blank profile. Maybe I should have ignored the message right away. And with hindsight, I know that's what I should have done.

It makes you wonder: should the universal rule be that you always ignore requests from users with blank profiles?

Perhaps, but there are real people who do have blank profiles that aren't interested in conducting a scam. My partner is someone who doesn't post on Facebook or Instagram; in fact, his profiles are completely devoid of any pictures and info. He just uses them to follow his friends and coworkers.

So, what then? I think it's really up to you, but I'm personally going to ignore all requests from blank profiles.

I know that a common fear is, "what if I'm wrong, and I potentially ignored a real customer?"

To that, I would say that the possibility of having your time and effort wasted far outweighs the possibility of losing a customer. Thankfully, I didn't go through a lot of work on this scammer's job, but I still feel very upset that my time was wasted to begin with.

I also made the mistake of not reverse-image searching the profile picture, or the picture they sent me as reference, but more on that later.

Anyways, I did send them a message. I figured that I would get confirmation that they were a bot from the way they texted with me.

It seemed like they were responding to what I was actually asking. (So, perhaps this account was being run by a person, and not some automated program?)

My issue is that I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt. Working in retail has shown me that there are so many different kinds of people out in the world. Some who are reasonable and "normal," and some who are just plain weird, but you have to treat them as a customer all the same.

Not everyone responds in a detailed or personality-filled manner.

In fact, in my experience, I realized that's kind of an outlier. Most people tend to be very dry texters, or the type to just respond with as few words as possible. So, I didn't feel as though our subject, Nyben0001, was a robot right off the bat.

In the past, I had an experience with a scammer who disregarded all of my boundaries. They kept messaging me, "hello?" and "are you there?" even after I told them I was out of town and will not be available for business until I got back.

This "person" didn't hound me, and only responded when I did.

However, I think the lesson learned here is that you should not continue an interaction with a potential customer if their messages come across as overly dry and, in my opinion, unnecessarily brief.

One thing to note, which is something I didn't realize until later, was that this person appeared to be chronically online on Tumblr. (As indicated by the green dot) They are even "online" at the moment I'm typing this!

Sure, there are innocent reasons for that, but for a blank profile (no reblogs or anything) to always be online? I don't think so.

This wasn't my first time doing commissions online, and I thought that I put together a pretty good safeguard to weed out the potential scammers.

As mentioned in the screenshot, I created a Google Form for every potential customer to fill out. It wasn't just multiple choice answers; I required that they type out what they wanted from the commission. That way, I thought I'd be able to determine who was a real customer vs a bot or scammer. Any bot could just type in gibberish or something unrelated to the actual question.

All the questions were mandatory as well, so no one could get away with just sending a blank or partially filled out Form. I thought, surely a scammer didn't have the tools, interest, or patience to actually fill it out.

They actually did fill out my Form, which I thought was a very good sign. I'm going to include the unedited image because fuck this person.

Communication was then moved to email.

In hindsight, I should have been more put off by the one-word responses, but I've met a few people who treated emails almost as though they are text messages. They are usually the types who answer emails on their phone. One such person was my former 88-year old professor who I worked under. (Perhaps it's indicative of the actual age and identity of "Elena Mia"?)

This is where the real fuckery started.

I finished the sketches and asked for the first half of the payment to be sent through PayPal. ($7.50) This person then asked for my PayPal email despite being given the actual link to my PayPal page.

I've never had a customer ask me for that, but I honestly thought it was an innocent request. I know there is a discrepancy between the email I listed as my contact info, and the actual email associated with my account. I assumed they needed the email address to find my account on PayPal to send me the money.

You might be thinking, why wouldn't they just click on the link? In the moment, I thought that maybe I accidentally sent the wrong one, or that they felt uncomfortable clicking on some random link from a stranger. (Which I ironically sympathized with)

Most customers tend to pay me within an hour after receiving my Paypal information. Over 12 hours passed, and I got nothing.

That's when I started to worry, and I strongly suspected this was a scammer. I began feeling scared that this person asked me for my PayPal email, so they could try to hack it. I logged in to my PayPal and double checked that nothing was stolen, and none of the account activity seemed suspicious.

I slightly calmed down, then treated the situation as though I still was talking to a person.

Suspicious font change aside, I didn't receive any email notification that "Elena" paid me. PayPal always sends me an email whenever someone sends me money.

But, what I DID receive through my PayPal email was very interesting.

There's a lot going on, but let's point out all the suspicious details one at a time.

For starters, this is not PayPal's service email. I recognized that right off the bat because I DO receive legitimate emails from PayPal quite often. THIS is the email address PayPal uses.

Second, I did not receive any $7.50 payment from anyone called "Mara David." Third, who the fuck is Mara David? I thought I was talking to someone called Elena Mia?

Lastly, what even is this pea-brained issue that "PayPal" is claiming? So, if the situation is that Mara/Elena sent me $7.50, but PayPal can't process it because I don't have a business account, why in the ever loving HELL would the solution be that I pay HER $100? And, oh, when I DO pay her the $100, I'll somehow be paid back my $100 AND the $7.50 for the commission.

I'm at a loss for words at how stupid this scheme is.

The real icing on the cake was that "Nyben0001" actually left a comment for me yet AGAIN earlier today, March 25.

Makes you wonder if this person is just using a bot of some kind, otherwise, they literally forgot that they already contacted me, lmao.

I know it was unnecessary, but I then essentially told them to go fuck themselves. I honestly should have been meaner.

So, that's that. Good riddance to bad rubbish. Now, let's talk about safeguarding steps.

I mentioned near the beginning of the post that I didn't do any reverse-image searching. It honestly wasn't something that crossed my mind. But it definitely is a step that everyone should take if or when you feel suspicious about a person's profile.

These are the images I had to work with regarding this particular person. With hindsight, they do look like different people, but when you assume you're dealing with a real person, you overlook these things.

Even now, aside from the lighting, I wouldn't say they look like drastically different people.

For the first image, when I did a reverse-image search, this is what I found:

For the second image, this is what happened:

Very weird, huh? Maybe if I scrolled long enough, I'd find the original image with the denim jacket, but it's weird how there are no matches when I isolate the face.

My partner suggested that maybe these are AI images. There's nothing that overtly sticks out to me as AI from these pictures, but who really knows. This is one "smart" tactic from the scammer if so.

This is just one example, but I believe there are other scammers who will try the same thing, too. But, as you've seen, just because nothing pops up in the reverse image search, doesn't mean that the person is legit. Scammers, thankfully, have not learned how to actually sound like a real interested customer.

This is my takeaway from this particular situation:

1. Do not ever take work from someone with a blank/empty profile

2. If a potential customer asks YOU to message THEM about the job, there's a very good chance they are a scammer. The majority, if not all, the real customers I've had contacted ME privately first. There are some scammers who do contact you first, but either their profile, or the way they speak to you gives them away.

3. If the majority (I'd say at least 85%) of a person's replies are one-word answers, brief, or unprofessional for the setting, they are a scammer.

4. Do not ever give a customer your PayPal email. The page link should suffice.

5. You can try to reverse-image search their photos to verify their identity, but it honestly shouldn't come to this point if they have a blank profile. And, as you can see, it doesn't appear to be an accurate tell anymore.

6. I still think that the Google Form, or any other similar filter/buffer, is a good way to prevent scammers from ordering work from you. It seems like only the persistent ones are willing to get through it.

Personally, I think Number 1 and 2 are your best bets against protecting yourself from even opening communication with a scammer. Number 4 is also a dead giveaway.

I'd like to add that in my experience, scammers also ask if they can pay you with a check, or they'd make up some random excuse for why they can't use/access their PayPal, Venmo, Zelle, etc account. Don't you believe it!!

Please let me know of your own anti-scammer protection tips. I'd genuinely love to hear them!

[joe-willow]

PARAPPA THE RAPPER - HEADCANONS

This list will be frequently updated

Hi everyone!! Welcome to Joe-Willow's bullshit, this post is where I'll post every of my headcanons about the parppa franchise ^^

They will will arranged by characters (also plz note that I'm not that good at English, so if there's a word or a sentence that looks weird, please tell me (and keep in mind that it probably was a part that I made from an online translator))

And I love talking about headcanons. If you have any don't hesitate to share them in the comments headcanons are so fun to talk about

OK OK HERE WE GO !!

General Potter

For those who follow me since THIS post, know that I gave up on that theory. It was interesting to think about but honestly made no sense. I have other headcanons for this guy tho.

1 ] he has a white skin

This is an headcanon that I particularly like. In my opinion, his pink skin makes no sense, because it would mean that his skin is from the same material as his pot. Like i mean.... It would be hard to move ??? (but yeah ik magic magic there are literally ear ppl but shh) SO WHAT IF ? His body was a root ? Most plants have white roots. With the other colors in his design, it would look pretty cool tbh.. his pot stays pink ofc.

And like funny part of the headcanon, because his body is a root if you look at his pot from under it's broken because to develop it had to break it lol

2 ] his first name is Alain (pronounced the french way)

It was a reference to what plant he could be but it doesn't work because I have searched and I was wrong, the plant i thought of does not look like his (idc tho, I think that Alain is a pretty cool name and it fits him)

Mc King Kong Mushi

Surprisingly, I don't have that much for him. At least for now XD

1 ] he's "blind"

Idk how to explain it but I made researches about fleas and found some pretty interesting things. I'll edit this later when I'll be sure how to write it.

Edit : he can see, but not as we do. It's à bit complicated to explain, but you see, he can't form images the in his mind but feel the light and this is what allons him to perceive tge environment around him

Now.... why has funclub so much colorful lights then ?? I thought that it was something he wanted actually, like, he knows that he won't be able to see well with thos much light but its like..... the . Uh the hype yk the hype it's like it's...... I can't explain..... I don't know........ I wouldn't be surprised if you didn't understood me 😭😭

2 ] uhhh he uses his upper arms more ??

Shitty headcanon because that's just true, look at the way he moves in the stages (but I thought it was interesting to point it out)

3 ] Takomushi

Y'all know me.

4 ] he's not expressive

I headcanon him to say insane things, like, "oh yeah club fun was burnt down yesterday ahah" with a straight face. i mean ig he wouldn't say that but you get what i mean. You do not if he's being fr or not. His face is indecipherable. Is he aware of it ? Idk honestly I should think about it (I'll probably rewritte this one)

5] He never removes his glasses

Because, 1 : it amplifies the sun's light (REVERSE SUN GLASSES AHAHA) so he can see a little bit better, 2 : he doesn't like how does his eyes look like (actually, he doesn't really care but he already got mocked for how they looked like compared to the vibe he gives (they are tiny, round and black like hamster eyes or marbles)) and 3 : because it looks cool ???????

Good luck to make him remove them

6] he's SLIGHTLY younger than Takoyama

Guru ant

Idk man I don't have much for him either

1 ] he uses his lower arms more

I noticed that after watching someone play big on youtube for the 6 time in a roll lol and that is what made me realize the thing for mushi

I think that it's interesting to point it out because in general, characters with more than two arms tend to use either their upper arms more (makes sense, for character design because it's easier to make them move and because it's where OuR arms are) or both pair of arms at the same time. But his dominant pair of arms seems to be the lower one !

Actually, I think I should maybe watch the video one more time ti be sure of that but sometime guru ant tends to really use his lower arms more

2 ] him and mushi get along like cousins

idk because why not

Takoyama

1] he's like, 45 y/o

Or something near this (older ?)(idk I've seen many people hc him as pretty young, like, not THAt young, but personally I can't imagine him being under that age)

2] TAKOMUSHI 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Cheap Cheap

1] before working in a cooking show, she was a pretty popular and arrogant rapper in parappa Town

She then got banned from fun club after a rap battle against (and when I mean against, it's AGAINST) mushi. He still remembers it till these days......

She's proud of this era of her life, but decided to do something more calm, now.

2] mooseleni X her ????

Idk I've seen fanarts of this ship and it's cute...

[laindtt]

Hello everyone, I hope you're doing fine!

I'm making this post because for several days now, many people around Tumblr (including me) have been receiving every day many asks and private messages from people asking for help from Gaza.

I reblogged most of the messages after checking if the link of their campaign is actually vetted (= actually on the list of the blog the person is claiming to have submitted their campaign to), doing some reverse image search or even suggesting to them to vet their campaign, trying not to spread scam links. Despite my efforts, it seems that more than ever, scam bots and misleading campaigns are spreading around Tumblr.

So far, I've considered that a vetted campaign was a valid and legitimate one, but the honesty of vetting blogs like GazaVetters has been recently called into question. I don't know if the problem is the same for other blogs like gaza-evacuation-funds, I don't even have solid sources documentating what happened and in which extent vetting blogs have become problematic. I have found some posts asking few months ago not to reblog campaigns vetted by GazaVetters anymore, and then saw this same person recently reblogging campaigns vetted by this blog ; I've also read that GazaVetters were "cleaning" their list, explicitely notifying which accounts claiming to be vetted by them are actual scammers, but I don't know how far they got in this process, or even if they can be trusted anymore.

I've started to feel more and more uncomfortable with this question lately: are all the vetting blogs deceiving, or just some of them? Which ones? Are there any real campaigns at all? Can I trust posts saying than many people from Gaza are using the same posts/messages because they're struggling with English? Am I being dangerously naive, even if I don't send money, as I reblog their asks and thus risk confusing other people? Where can I find reliable info about that to properly select the real asks?

The point is that I really want to help people from Gaza, but as time goes by, I feel that the safest way to do it is to talk about the work of NGOs in Gaza, and nothing more. It's heartbreaking because I'm sure that among this massive amount of bot accounts and scams there are real messages from Gazans sincerely looking for help and trying to get our attention: 90% chance to receive deceitful asks doesn't mean at all that the remaining 10% don't deserve to be shared as widely as possible, considering the absolute horror of the situation in Gaza.

I feel like a heartless person here but as long as I don't have a clearer vision of what is going on with the asks on Tumblr, I'll delete all the asks and won't answer any new private message about Gaza. I don't want to participate in giving visibility to liars, thieves and abusers. I'm deeply sorry for the real Gazans who'll try to contact me bona fide, I have no better solution for now and sincerely hope that we'll find a more effective way to prevent us from scammers than simply blocking everything and everyone.

If anyone knows vetting blogs with solid infos about their work and reliability, or has any useful info on this global matter, please feel free to share! I guess I'm not the only one really confused here and not knowing who/what I can trust anymore.

And, of course, my apologies to anyone who would have been offended by the asks/links I've reblogged so far. My goal is obviously and absolutely not to spread misinformation on Tumblr, or make you give your money to scammers/dangerous criminals. And I'm still convinced that Gazans need all the help we can send them.