#yeah whatever tags this is just annoying to me tbh

[roxtron]

At this point I don't even care if the next project is HW2 dlc steel wool needs to announce SOMETHING

At least even when SB was developed we had an announcement and teasers to keep us excited.

Right now we have nothing. Let's be real, most people aren't going to give a shit about the same game being released on a new console. We're all DYING for new content of any kind at this point.

[sunscall]

i find dennis' toxic love for the gang sooo interesting. the lengths he goes through to ensure that their group dynamic never changes. the amount of planning he puts in implies that this is one of his fears– how they might one day change and abandon him.

an example of this would be in "frank retires" where he had formed the franquito plan seven years before he needed to use it, which felt devious (towards frank) to charlie, dee and mac, but dennis had justified it by saying he just didn't want them to change. the ending had dennis acting like he didn't mean a word he said, but i doubt it, because just a few episodes before (the gang misses the boat) he concluded that he just wanted things to stay normal in the gang after a minor freakout about how they're all gradually getting more and more insane staying in the bar together.

dennis resisting change is a consistent theme for his character. he does not want the gang to live in virtual realities, charlie to get smart, mac and dee to leave, mac's mom to stay with them, mac to connect with his dad, dee to actually be successful, mac to be so forward in his advances, frank to retire, etc etc. because he already likes the gang so much the way it is.

that is, unless he personally seeks the change. he could get married in a day, because he wanted to. he could kick mac out. he could leave the gang and start a family. he could change his car to a more modern one. but each time he tries to change and leave, he comes back to the gang... and his range rover.

and this is why he seems to hate them too, because most of his hatred comes from his resentment from loving them too much and being unable to leave. and the love he has for them is toxic, because he wants to drag them down together with him. the s13 narrative wants us to know that he's the main reason the gang stays the same for 16 seasons.

it's what makes dennis takes a mental health day so notable to me though. the commentary on systems throughout the episode, and how dennis is sick of it. dennis' rejection of technology when it takes away real life interactions, parallels the episode "charlie rules the world" in s6 which was the major turning point for dennis developing a god complex (where british dennis tells him that 'you create your own reality'). i believe dtamhd will also be a turning point for dennis, perhaps where he starts letting things go without putting as much control (systems) because he wants to live in a reality where he doesn't need to do these things anymore.

[opilume]

Tbh I've got like. This bad habit of just. Instead of reblogging stuff or whatever I'm too lazy to add tags so I just save it to drafts. I have over 800 drafts. So like. If y'all see me just reblogging a shit tone of stuff it's accumulated over. Probs like a month. Real. Or if I just don't reblog for 3 years I'm just saving it. Whopsies

[not-souleaterpost]

When you deleted your reddit acount because the Soul Eater reddit doesnt like your posts

Nah but for real, say what you want about tumblr, but reddit is so much more anoying - but maybe thats most social media, tried uploading videos on tiktok only to get copyright stuck the same second or just have them deleted for vague comunity guidelines shit, maybe I was too hard on youtube.

I know crying about reddit is pathetic but I dunno, just let me vent lol, idunno gotta get my shit together, too many distractions and other bullshit.

[mamawasatesttube]

Tbh it’s kinda stereotypical that a lot of people view Tim as gay and Kon as bi when canon evidence suggests it’s the other way around

Tim has had several relationships with girls that show a lot of love and care even if they don’t work out. But all of Kon’s relationships with girls have been performative in some way (or were like one date with a lesbian)

But since Kon has the super strength people view him as more masculine so they make him bi, and Tim is more academic and has a lithe frame and is often made gay in fics and is given a more feminine role. Tim being a mistreated damsel and Kon being his savior is very common. It’s literally them being assigned top/bottom aka masculine/feminine, it’s just heteronormativity in a different font

YEAAAAAAH ANON GO OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! its literally so true ive bitched about this exact thing to my friends before. it's both the homophobia implicit in the idea that a more "traditionally masculine" man (esp one who's not twink-shaped) must be available for m/f ships and cannot possibly be gay, plus the biphobia of the notion that bisexuality is this "half gay, half straight" midpoint default setting for any character who doesn't fit the ~gay archetypes~ or whatever.

like to be clear i have absolutely nothing against bi kon hcs. but i REALLY find the narrative of gay kon compelling (for the same reasons you state!! he has never had a real relationship with a woman) and yet. the one time i made a post about this, SO many people in the notes were like yeah bi kon is good too though. oh yeah you can have this narrative but i like him bi. as if that's a) the default setting and b) the ONLY option, because gay narratives and bi narratives have no distinctions. it was... pretty grating to be honest. it's a shitty way to treat both bisexuality And gayness.

also reminds me of the time someone left hate mail on my fic bc i described kon wearing heels and fishnets lkdjalksjdl like i laugh at it but it was. definitely someone who couldnt handle him being written as an actual queer man lmao. he HAS to be the manly man in the timkon relationship. or whatever.

ANYWAY all this to say, i fully agree with you!!! it's so pervasive and so annoying. also compounded w the number of people in the timkon tags who simply have never touched a kon comic tbh (goes back to bisexuality as being treated as a default not worthy of actual thought or consideration). alas :/

[sanderssidesthehouse]

Remus is my favorite side and I am collecting people's opinions about him. For the bingo?

-Birch

Hiya, Birch! Consider my opinion collected!

Circle size represents how much I resonate with or feel confidently about an answer.

Going to address the not liking him as a person (vs adoring him as a character) before I go any further. Just like, if I knew a person who acted like him irl (which would probably be a neglected 13 y/o) I wouldn't really like them. Wouldn't necessarily hold it against them, but understanding someone and/or wanting to help someone is not the same as liking them. Sides aren't exactly comparable to people, though.

I think about Remus so frequently. My absolute favorite we've seen of him was WTIT. It definitely gave us more to work with, particularly with how much he hates being ignored. Bc like, yeah he's a side and he needs to be able to do his function, but his function and subsequently himself have been repressed which has warped everything and tbh I'd act like that too.

I NEED him and Roman to work together bc wtf. I need them both to be mad bc like we're going to have to address at some point why there are two sides that manage Creativity? Um? But skipping past that bc we are where we are, they should be able to work together. Also going to link a post I made about creativitwins bc it's too long to quote here which has more of my thoughts about Remus's job as part of Creativity.

Remus is literally an alarm. He shows up when things are bad... And makes them worse, but!!!!! He's a clue to get to the root problem. Also, as someone who suffers from disturbing and upsetting intrusive thoughts, I'd love to see dealing with Remus through creation, bc honestly him having a hold of Creativity is perfect. One way to get through intrusive thoughts is the mindful meditation technique, another is by ejecting them via art/writing. I think that would be fun.

Some people think Remus is annoying. And? As is his right? No, but seriously, he's been neglected up until we see him appear, suppressed except for where his influence slips out, honestly, he could be MORE annoying if he wanted. Get their asses.

One characterization I see people give him is that he doesn't care, but if nothing else, there is one thing he absolutely has to care about: c!Thomas. I mentioned this in my unreliable narrator post in relation to Janus, but it stands for all of them: “Sides of Thomas will always seek to perform their duties to help Thomas.” I don't believe the sides can purposely seek to hurt c!Thomas. They're not people, they're part of a person.

Speaking of that post, I'm just going to copy paste my Remus paragraph bc I can:

And last we have Remus. This guy. Beautiful boy. All about being brutally honest except he’s just not lying. Except for when he is. I swear he just says stuff recreationally and like, me too, but at least I admit it. He’s got that Brennan Lee Mulligan 'I will die on any hill’ vibe methinks. The problem is that he says the actual profound truths in the same tone he does the shitposts so no one takes it seriously. And I swear to you this is on purpose, I can’t prove it, but tell me honestly you don’t think that’s something he’d do. Rat bastard.

Idk if I've said everything I wanted to. I've probably said enough for this post, though. As always, feel free to tag on or ask questions or whatever else!

[pommunist]

Hello, I'm another anon that is also kind of scared to keep posting about the situation. Actually, I've reblogged a couple of posts actually of the situation but, not too much of it. I don't want to come across as too negative and I try to be careful of what I reblog about it. Though, I also fear that people might think that I'm perfectly fine or okay with Dapper/Pomme and the french cc's being gone because I don't express my outward opinion on it (which it does make me depressed). I try to liveblog as normal when I watch my streamer in the QSMP and not think about it because I know that it will just send me in a downward spiral, but it upsets me to think that some people might believe that I or other blogs that are quiet about their opinions - would not be depressed over it or upset. The whole situation surrounding Dapper and Pomme has made me cry, I was so emotionally attached to these eggs. I'm glad they're out of that shitty treatment though, even if I miss them a lot. It also makes me depressed that the french cc's on the server are going to be gone and that the QSMP Studios didn't even care to keep them on by communicating to Pomme and leaving her in the dark for three weeks. Quackity should have been more involved into his own project, and communicating with ALL of his employees, he's the boss, he should have checked so that this terrible worker situation wouldn't have happened to begin with - maybe that's unrealistic of me and just my emotions talking but it's how I feel. Dapper shouldn't have been hired, I don't know if that's a hot take or not but I haven't seen many people talk about it? They were hired as a minor, where people make constant sex jokes and have a sex club - it just makes me uncomfortable that they were exposed to that and to working conditions that they should have never been in. It also makes me uncomfortable to see that there's still admins working in the QSMP like cucurucho or mr.reaper because their situation still isn't fixed? I haven't seen anyone else talk about this either and it just sits so weirdly to me. If the admins are being put on a break so that they can restructure QSMP, why is there still a few there working? It's just a lot of my thoughts, sorry for the vent but I felt that I needed to get my emotions out there without being known for it (blog wise)

At the end of the day anon, your blog is your blog, you should express yourself on it the way YOU want.

Don’t worry about what people may think, do what feels right for you and if there are some who may find it annoying or whatever, then they’ll just block tags and not see what they don’t want to see anymore.

I worried a lot about bothering people at first and then started thinking that if it’s the case, they can just block me, no hard feelings, and I can keep sharing what I want on my blog, and they don’t have to see it. win win situation !

As for the rest, about Dapper’s admin being hired as a minor tbh it’s true that they shouldn’t have been hired. I know they were close to turn into an official adult when they were hired, and I wouldn’t want anyone else to play Dapper, but Qstudios should have been very strict on this stuff.

As for some admins still being on the server, it was to expect when they reopened it, if only because if there are players on QSMP, you at least need someone who will help with bugs, server maintenance, making sure someone doesn’t break something important…

I think once during a recent BBH stream, you could see the « government names » of the admins (QNPCXX). When asked about them, Lea said that these were high ranked admins (and one of them was a « bad » one). So yeah chances are that admins that currently have access to the server are high admins/people who weren’t volunteers.

[mycadences]

Anyone else saw that new troll flooding the pro Gwynriel tags? They spent so much of their (albeit useless) time hating on Gywnriel that I actually feel proud. I mean, wasting their time on hating instead of enjoying and loving their own ship is as good of a reward for us as we're going to get!

Dear Troll, if you happen to be reading this, please continue to do this!! 💖 Tbh, your lovely trolling used to annoy me, but now it kind of makes my day and I look forward to seeing what sort of ridiculous, laugh-out-loud horseshit I'm going to skim through. I'll get lonely if you're not here 🥺👉👈

P.S. I'm kind of disappointed that you just copy and paste other people's posts. It would be nice if you could exercise some imagination, a skill I'm sure you're sorely lacking in... 😞

(But on a serious note, DON'T FEED THE TROLL! Block and don't engage❤️ They want attention, we aren't going to give it to them lmao. So yeah, I blocked them too, which means they can't read this post unless they're logged out but eh, whatever 😂)

[loudlooks]

Day 24 - Ladybugs

30 day challenge notes: quantity over quality, limited editing, stand-alone/unrelated stories unless specifically stated otherwise, not always tiva, chronologically randomly set in whatever pre-s11 season seems to fit

A/N: Tony and Ziva getting distracted at a crime scene, tbh, the only thing I knew when I started writing this was the Attenborough line, whatever happened after that was completely out of my hands

Tag for blocking/following: 30 days of spring

Prompt: ladybugs (thanks @hopeless-nostalgiac), and vaguely "risking something in order to achieve something"

Word count: 1196

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“That’s unusual,” Tony said looking at the dead marine’s corpse which was practically covered in ladybugs.

“Not really,” McGee said casually.

Tony pursed his lips. “Those are ladybugs, Magoo, not maggots.”

“Yeah,” McGee replied undisturbed. “The weather’s getting warmer.” He crouched down and inspected a plant next to the body. “It’s full of aphids, ladybugs love aphids.”

Tony stared at him blankly. “Are you moonlighting as David Attenborough’s assistant now that you’re no longer writing about us?”

McGee stood up, opened and closed his mouth, then pointed in the direction of the van. “I forgot my gloves.”

Tony grabbed him by the collar and pulled him back. He nodded at Ziva. “You’re the book worm, has he published anything new about us?”

Ziva stepped in closer and stared down McGee. “I don’t know.” She narrowed her eyes. “Have you?”

“I, erm.” McGee swallowed hard, then recovered and shook himself loose from Tony’s grip. “I have not published anything new about you.”

McGee’s sudden confidence, triggered Tony’s suspicion. “You’re playing some linguistic game of semantics, aren’t you?” He pulled at McGee’s lapels, then roughly patted them until they lay flat. “You’re confusing Ziva, you know how Ziva gets when words confuse her.”

Ziva sent Tony an icy glare, and when he said, “See,” she slapped his arm.

“You’re not that interesting,” McGee said, with a forced smile, and walked off.

Tony scoffed. “Not that…who does  McPopular think he is, anyway? We should give him something to write about.”

Ziva rolled her eyes. “That is the opposite of what we want to do.”

Tony stared at McGee who was loitering near the van, occasionally sending them a furtive glance. He snapped his fingers. “We should make out in front of him now that he’s still nervous.”

Ziva stared at Tony blankly. “I am not making out with you next to a dead body covered in ladybugs.”

Tony frowned and glanced at the dead marine. “Can’t be too difficult to get rid of them, they fly, right?”

With extreme restraint, she said his name.

“You’re right.” He pretended to think deeply, then said, “The bullpen.” He grabbed her shoulders, and raised his eyebrows. “Gibbs’ desk.”

Ziva avoided his gaze, her teeth barely grazing her lip, and fiddled with her earring.

Tony let go of her shoulders. “What was that?”

“What was what?”

“That glint in your eye?”

“There was no…” Ziva looked everywhere but at him, and shrugged with exaggeration. “It was probably just a reflection of the sun.”

He grinned widely. “You’ve thought about making out with me on Gibbs’ desk, haven’t you?”

She suddenly stood taller and looked him straight in the eye. “No, I have not.”

Tony frowned. “Wait,” he said, and cocked his head, “are you playing a game of semantics now?”

Ziva looked at him innocently. “According to you, I don’t know what that means.”

Tony chuckled. “You know I start blabbering to get people to say things they don’t want to say.”

She raised an eyebrow, and went back to fiddling with her earring. “Is that why you asked me to make out with you?”

“No, my mind was still extremely focused on annoying McGee when I asked that.”

“And now?”

“Now…it’s very focused on …the thought of making out with you.”

“On Gibbs’ desk?”

“I asked you first,” Tony dodged her question.

“I already answered.”

“Right,” Tony said, and tried to stall for time. He looked her up and down, which didn’t help his confusion. “Not recently?"

Ziva’s face tightened. “Oh, you do not find me attractive anymore.”

“I,” he said with hesitation and ran a hand through his hair. “That’s not what I meant.”

He glanced away, trying to quiet the nervous energy running through his veins. With a frown he focused on McGee, who was writing on a notepad, occasionally looking at them. “Is McGee taking notes on us?”

“Tony,” Ziva said calmly, and placed a hand on his cheek to get him to look at her. “Focus.”

He stared at her mouth and tried to remember where his mind had trailed off. “It’s different now.” He glanced to his right, spotting the dead marine, and huffed out a breath. “Do you really want to have this conversation here?”

“I did not start this conversation.”

“Fine.” He took a deep breath, and leaned in closer so he could lower his voice. “Making out with you on his desk would be all kinds of hot, and exciting, and something I would remember on my deathbed no matter how demented I become, but.” He shook his head lightly as his brows squished together briefly. “It’s just…not worth it anymore.”

Ziva tugged on her earring. “You mean, possibly getting caught?”

“No,” Tony breathed out, and briefly closed his eyes. “I mean possibly ruining our…friendship.”

“Oh.” Ziva blinked rapidly, and looked away, at a loss for words.

“Yeah,” Tony said dejectedly, and stood up straight, clenching his jaw.

As the awkward silence dragged on, Tony dropped his head briefly, and moved to get back to work right as her hand reached out to his chest, not quite touching, but enough to stop him in his tracks.

“You were right,” she said.

With a flutter in his stomach, yet as casually as possible, he said, “I always am.” He cocked his head, and stared at her intently, feeling the mood shift in his favor. “About what, specifically?”

Ziva inhaled deeply while trying to avoid his probing stare. With a quick scan that there was nobody within hearing distance, she hesitantly said, “I have thought about making out with you…in the bull pen…on your desk.” The intensity of his look and silence were too much to bear, and she continued against her better judgment. “And my desk…the elevator.” She shrugged casually and waved a hand. “The men’s room.”

His mouth went dry, and he resisted the urge to touch her. “Recently?”

“Well.” She wiped at her hair, even though it was still neatly contained in a bun. “Not since you stopped wearing your shoulder holster.”

“I thought you hated my shoulder holster?” Tony asked confused.

“It is distracting, Tony,” Ziva said, voice laced with a tinge of desperation.

“Oh, like your yellow blouse, with the …” He drew an imaginary line on his chest and bit his lip.

Distant voices drifted towards them on the wind, and reminded them, once again, that this really was neither the place nor time for a conversation like this.

“Perhaps,” Ziva started, and licked her lips, “you should come over tonight, for dinner, to, erm, discuss taking revenge on McGee.”

He grinned widely. “Sounds like a plan.”

“Of course, we would need to practice making out, I don’t like making out in front of people.”

Tony frowned, remembering the times they had been undercover. “Could’ve fooled me.”

At her raised eyebrows, he simply said, “Oh.” He glanced to his left, to check on their approaching co-workers. Leaning in, he said in a warm voice, “We can practice as long as you need to feel completely comfortable, whether that’s an hour, or a week.” He glanced at her lips, then got lost in her eyes. “A year, or even a decade…or five.”

[lilintiel]

i just really want to read / write about a yandere fic that would make anyone double check their locks, or like at least make them wanna step out of the house to touch grass for a moment and ponder the meaning of life or smth idk

rant below ugh just ignore it

like cant there be a yandere or dark romance fic wherein the "dark" aspect is not just limited to sexual abuse?? seriously almost every dark romance fic i read, there is always SA in there i mean yeah fine it's a given but idk aren't there other ways that would make a reader be scared out of their wits other than..that?? im just really tired of going thru the tags and almost all the posts have smut at the get go idk maybe make me feel creeped out first?? make me want to triple check if i locked my doors and windows right?? tbh i literally dont mind the the horny stuff but the lack of horror and overall creepiness in the setting / plot is really annoying. might as well just read porn i guess

anyway these are just my personal opinions there is no need to agree or fight over it. continue to consume / produce your media the way you prefer. im just ranting because this is my personal blog and i can write whatever tf i want

[hellsite-hall-of-fame]

ngl i never thought about ur gender but i thought that youre too peppy and not cynical enough to be this type of tumblr blog lol other tumblr heritage posts all have a soulless feel to them (i mean same this website is broken) but im like noooooo whats happening

oh wait tbh that’s very true!

i’m like an intern or apprentice or whatever that tags along on scary serious adventures, and is just so happy to be part of it and is taking pictures of everything and annoys everyone else on the quest, but still it wouldn’t be the same without them

yeah that’s me :)

[dax-enfinity]

By the way, about the stsg stuff - you’re right, it’s really bloody annoying. Tbh I’d speak up about it too but i don’t wanna get harassed by the shippers. (I literally have an essay’s worth of analysis on it but i don’t wanna lose my friends)

Also. Why. Why do they have to talk about it like it’s canon? It’s not. If they wanna ship it and have headcanons that’s fine for them, but they insist on it being canon and assume all jjk fans agree with them when Gege Akutami (the author) has literally stated that

1. The only canon romance is Mechamaru/Kokichi and Miwa Kasumi

2. Both Satoru and Suguru are attracted to women

I’d say that this is all because of *toxic* shipping / fandom culture growing more and more over the years

Because at some point people didn’t care if you shipped certain ships and all if it was tagged correctly

Hence the “don’t like, don’t read”

But I feel like the whole “let’s make fandom spaces open for everyone” also plays into this cause you’ve got teens right out of wattpad who don’t know about fandom etiquette saying things just because they want to

Because those ships AREN’T canon and with s/t/s/g as an example it’s painfully obvious it’d never become canon in the first place

But the shippers treat it like the second coming of *cough* kl*nce with all the fandom activity and treating it like it’s gonna be endgame and nothing bad happens

Like ship whatever you want but PRETENDING that it’s actually canon is hella weird to me

And yeah TLDR: s/t/s/g is pushed in this fandom so much it’s insane and the fact that it’s the most popular ship on AO3 is also insane too

[karmicpunishment]

KARMIE BELOVED hear me out. ada minecraft server.

kyouka keeps taming animals (no one can bear to hit her. what if the dogs get mad at them. what if they have thorns armor. WHAT IF IT MAKES HER SAD.) and she is simply accompanied by a pack at all times

atsushi is still learning how to play and he builds these ugly-ass houses like we all did starting out but hes so proud of them (as he should be)

i was torn on dazai but i think it would be funny is hes so so bad at minecraft. he keeps walking off of inclines and dying bc he doesn't pay attention to his healthbar. he insists hes just playing on a higher level (hes actually rlly good at pvp and uses that for shenanigans but general play? he sucks so bad)

alternatively i think kunikida should be really good when he does play bc it would annoy dazai so much. i think he builds really nice houses and insists the game is just math but doesn't even play that often bc too much time gaming is unhealthy (it infuriates dazai that hes so competent despite barely playing)

i think ranpo plays exclusively for the chaos. he and dazai are a terrible combination (for everyone else) but also extremely funny. also i think he breaks minecraft in insane ways for fun when he gets bored and its a tossup whether the rest of the server suffers or benefits bc of it

tbh i think yosano should go feral in minecraft? like i think she should steal good gear from whoever has it and go kill to her heart's content. u cannot tell me she doesnt have insane amounts of repressed fury i think she should relieve that stress by going on adventures where she kills whatever she finds. yosano should 1v1 the warden powered by sheer spite i think

i think fukuzawa would not really understand minecraft?? but he gets on the server sometimes to spend time with the other members and has a minecraft cat that follows him everywhere (it took so many fish to tame. he worked so fucking hard for that ok)

OH MY GOD KENJI. I FORGOT HIM. THE BOY. i think hes so excited to play with everyone :) he can't build but he collects animals like kyouka and also provides the majority of the food for the other server members. hes like me fr just out here making massive farms of food and also collecting soo many farm animals in pens (he insists on not overcrowding the animal pens)

anyway i will end this by saying rip tanizaki hes the only remotely normal player on this fucking minecraft server

HI PAT!!! and yes yes yes to all of this

kyouka as an animal hoarder tamer is so cute and so real. kenji definitely does this too and yeah he'd totally make Massive farms. ranpo tells him he could make automated ones with redstone and he finds that amazing but also much rathers to just do it himself. they have huge buildings dedicated just to the animals they've collected and basically every name tag someone finds goes towards naming them all.

atsushi would 100% start out building the ugliest houses fr...all the dirt 4x4s and then the wooden box houses. he gradually gets better until hes a pretty decent builder. i feel like he'd also be the type to just get utterly lost in the game lol both in terms of directions (but he always writes down his coordinates) but also like he'd look up at the clock and realize he's spent 3 hours mining.

dazai being an utter disaster at the game is so funny to me. he's not allowed to go mining by himself because he will just die in a random cave and lose everything (also not allowed in the nether for similar reasons). he would be the type to purposefully hit a zombie pigmen just to make his fellow players lives worse lmao. the first thing someone gives him on the server is feather falling boots because he keeps walking off tall places (half the time on purpose the other half are complete accidents) it just makes him walk off things more but at least he's dying less because of it. he's an expert at setting up in game pranks though (usually on kunikida, the poor guy)

kunikida being great at minecraft is so near and dear to me now. i feel like he played the game a lot as a kid because lets be honest, its perfect for him but then kinda fell out of playing it as he got older. and then one of his students from when he was an assistant teacher reminded him of it and he got back into it. he definitely plays for like a couple a week to destress on his own private world where he has the most insane builds. he also is totally a resource gatherer/hoarder too, he's always giving the others supplies (though giving is a strong word, half of them just steal from him).

ranpo is also a disaster in minecraft i feel. he could build insane things but he doesn't have the patience for it honestly. same with redstone stuff, like he gets it but he doesn't usually take the time to do it. he's absolutely awful at pvp though and he gets lost ALL the time. he is the perfect person to go to when trying to find a special area or material, he always knows what someone needs. i also feel like he'd like potion making, idk why. he also really enjoys insane mod packs (though he makes other people install them for him)

yosano would totally be an insane pvp'er. she enjoys the other aspects of the game too but she gets the most enjoyment spending her nights beating mobs. she's not much of a builder but she does like to spend some time decorating the inside of ppl's bases. she's the kind of player to set off withers to defeat on her own for fun. she also plays bedwars lol and is a beast at it.

fukuzawa definitely has just a nice little house with like 5 cats in it. he logged on the first day of the server and then maybe like 3 times since but its okay. and absolutely no one is allowed to touch his house, under threat of ranpo's chaos lol. also no one really wants to destroy the presidents house, it just feels wrong.

tanizaki is just a fairly well-rounded player, like his builds aren't amazing but they're nice, he's decent at combat, he likes resource gathering etc. i feel like he and naomi have like several worlds of their own that they've kept up with for years at this point, with just like sprawling cities worth of builds. his favorite things to do in the game are probably just going on long journeys to find new biomes and fishing lol

[tempests-bards-and-birds]

i was tagged by @kanonavi! i appreciate the tag <3

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why did you choose your URL?

my current one is just my online name (tempest) + bards (venti) + birds (xiao). i know that fandom URLs can seem a bit cringe or whatever but idk. i like it!

2. any sideblogs? if so, name them and why you have them.

nope! i toyed with the idea of making one but i like keeping things in one place, so sorry to my irls who don't follow me for genshin. thanks for not leaving lmao

3. how long have you been on tumblr?

my archive goes back to april 2022 so just over two years now. it feels longer but oh well

4. do you have a queue tag?

the only thing i use the queue for is scheduling posts for specific days so no.

5. why did you start your blog in the first place?

a couple of my irl friends said that they were on tumblr and i thought i might as well join and see if there was anything to do with miraculous on here (spoiler alert: there was.)

6. why did you choose your icon/pfp?

venti.

7. why did you choose your header?

it's just a gif that i made of the one piece of canon xiaoven content that we had pre-endless suffering. it's there and i don't really see a reason to change it soooo yeah!

8. what's your post with the most notes?

this miraculous gifset that i posted july 2022 that has 3,180 notes as of writing this (it hasn't gotten any in A While so i think i'm safe for now)

9. how many mutuals do you have?

including irls it's 14 but excluding irls it's 11! i love you all

10. how many followers do you have?

308 but i think a significant portion of them are inactive now. love you guys too tho btw

11. how many people do you follow?

250 exactly

12. have you ever made a shitpost?

depends on what you consider to be a shitpost i guess. if you would class stuff like the rhodeia post i made last week as shitposting then sure.

13. how often do you use tumblr each day?

probably anywhere between half an hour and two hours depending on how active my dash is and just how much i'm rotting in general.

14. did you have a fight/argument with another blog once?

not that i can remember?

15. how do you feel about "you need to reblog this" posts?

no. absolutely not.

16. do you like tag games?

yes but a lot of the time i don't do them because i never have any idea if my mutuals are comfortable with them or not and deciding on who to tag always gives me far more stress than it probably should because i am chronically afraid of Annoying People.

17. do you like ask games?

yeah! people aren't obligated to send me asks for them though i don't wanna seem attention seeking either aha

18. which of your mutuals is tumblr famous?

i don't know if any of them are tbh i don't pay that much attention to stuff like that (if any of you do consider yourselves to be tumblr famous though please tell me)

19. do you have a crush on a mutual?

platonically sure, but. uh. *gestures to pfp*

20. tags:

@girlboy-frankensteins-monster @dopefrickingjelysquid

[zeltqz]

niyaaaa do u have any tips for people who wanna get into fic writing? 👀

i don’t really get how the whole posting format for fics works on here tbh 😭 and like your info area it’s so cool

YEAH OFC!! btw dm me your username so i can follow and support you <3

tip 1- the posting format isnt that hard to get used to actually its just you create a tumblr text post and then copy and paste your fic onto it, add the tags and stuff then post it. if you want to add banners, headers and stuff to make it look better then go ahead, just add images to the text post

tip 2- the info area is the same as above, just add pictures of your choice etc to the text post, add your information, name, age, fav things etc and then to link posts to your post, highlight where u want the link to go, then copy the link of the post u want linked then press the hyperlink that looks like two chains linked together when you highlight the text if that makes sense? sounds like a lot but its rlly not i promise haha

tip 3- always type your fics on other apps like word or google docs since they have an auto save feature!! i dont reccomend typing your fics on tumblr since one if the app crashes, it doesn't automatically save your work so everything you wrote will get deleted (some versions of tumblr do have autosave, my laptop has it but my phone and iPad doesn't, so i dont rely on it)

tip 4- idk if you want tips on actual fic writing or just how to get your fics onto tumblr but ill help you with that anyway. with me when i write fics i always imagine it out in my head. theres some of my fics where i just went with the flow and wrote wgatever came to mind and those are the fics i hate the most because they dont rlly make sense to me. theyre always so random and it just seems rushed and bad.

i picture my fics like a scene in my head and whatever i want the character to do, think, say or feel i write that shit down asap. i use other online sources to help get more descriptive like the emotion theasurus <- honestly one of my favourite things to use ever, they have so much body language to use for every emotion in the damn book

dialogue is also something i find difficult. i've improved i personally feel like but its still hard for me especially if im writing a new character. i never want to make the character seem OOC so i do lots of research before hand. i normally use the wiki to read up on a characters personality.

for example i'll use ran for this since he's like 99% of my account lmao. in the wiki, he's described as "naturally whimsical toward others which makes him inscrutable" though ran doesnt have many scenes in the manga (which i hate bc i love him sm) its impossible to actually write him down to a tee so i use that naturally whimsical description to make him playful, charismatic, carefree etc, going off what little information i have with him.

getting a characters personality down is what can make or break a dialogue. for me when im reading a fic of a character and their dialogue is so OOC it puts me off and i dont even wanna read. so i apply my same fic icks to myself and think if I don't like seeing this and that in a fic, why would I incorporate those in my fics and have ppl get put off it if they have the same fic icks as me?

hope that makes sense!!

tip 5- dont rush yourself at all. i used to rush a few of my fics and i just ended up hating it so much after and fought bck the urge to delete them so many times but then i'd see people's comments and realise i was being too harsh on myself. i'd keep them up but i'd just hate seeing them get attention.

rushing only makes you hate your work and the quality of your work will decline if you are not in the right headspace.

thats also why i have the don't rush me thing in my rules because not only is it annoying to see people constantly asking for updates, it also makes me mad because i know i'll just put out a piece of garbage if i did rush.

also another tip don't give yourself deadlines!! if you know your writing consistency can be a little sloppy, don't tell your followers that you're going to upload every so and so day. if something happens and you miss the deadline, you'll feel bad and rush something out and most times out of ten, a rushed fic doesn't do well. so take your time and don't rush.

tip 6- dont listen to what other people say or feel obligated to write something you don't wanna. establish your boundaries!! for example, from day one i started this blog i said im accepting requests but i will not write anything to do with non-con, incest or minors. i made sure that was out there so i wouldn't feel uncomforable writing anything i wasn't comfy with.

there are people on this app that may like your writing and request you to write something for them. you are not obligated to write anything for anyone! don't feel like you have to just because they asked nicely.

if you want to accept requests you can im not saying you shouldn't, im saying don't feel like you have to. you always have a choice. its your blog.

tip 7- remember this isn't a job. you're allowed to take breaks, allowed to have a personal life. don't feel like you need to be updating every day. i used to think i was obligated to be uploading consistently at least every week because i was obsesssed with engagement and seeing peoples comments and was scared if i took a break ppl will unfollow. now i honestly don't care. i'm not active as much as i used to because of school and that's fine! if ppl want to leave, let them. don't feel like you're forced to keep being active in order to keep your follower count stable.

tip 8- this app can get really toxic sometimes. luckily enough i've only had one toxic anon in my inbox and i've been on this app for a year. some people have so many, some ppl get harrassed etc. if that happens to you just be prepared since there's no actual way to find out who's behind anons. you can turn off your anon options which means if ppl want to inbox you something then their account will be showing. some people arent comfortable with that and that's fine! i keep mine on because i want people to feel comfortable on my page.

just remember though if you ever feel like this app is getting overwhelming take breaks! for the sake of your mental health take breaks. i know so many writers on here that took breaks and came back healthier and stronger.

i feel like this tip goes for social media in general. as much as i love social media im aware how unhealthy it is. breaks are so important for you. remember that.

i can't think of anymore tips right now but if i have some more i will edit the post and add it on.

if u have anymore questions about the tumblr posting format dm me and ill help you out :))

[aquareegia]

Hello,

I can't sleep and I just wanted to share some thoughts regarding our book project. These are my own thoughts, I'm sure @vesselsscarlet will share their own thoughts if they want to.

I've overcome the frustrations tbh, I just feel deflated now lol. I just know I will never do something like that ever again. What really got to me, were the asks I received, when we started to get a little more direct.

I almost wish I didn't delete some of them, just to show you how rude and condescending some people were about it... but I really didn't want to have to see it whenever I looked into my inbox because it really made me feel like shit.

It didn't help that people kept comparing us to other projects and made us feel like we are not good enough with what we offered. Other than the downright rude asks, I'm sure those people actually didn't mean any harm, but it still came off iffy in the whole context tbh.

Just to state a few facts... we started this project in December. We announced it very early, we didn't even have a deadline set for a while.

Once we knew a touring schedule, we quickly shared a deadline, which was realistic for us to be able to finish the book in time (despite living in different states and not being able to work directly together). There was plenty of time before and after we announced a deadline. We did put up reminders and updates and we said in our first posts to check out the tag in case you miss something. We simply can't put up weekly reminders and run after every single person. It also would be pushy and annoying tbh.

You're all old enough to follow simple instructions and set your own schedules.

I don't care for explanations why it didn't work out tbh. We all have our private lives that take priority. We all have our struggles with mental health that sometimes cause us to procrastinate and lack motivation for something that isn't a priority. If anyone gets that, it's me. However... we also said that we ask for one simple thing, and that is communication!

We're not some monsters, that'd bite off your head if you asked for more time or something. It's ok if you'd need more time but is it too much to ask for a little heads up?

We have always said that this project is only possible with your help. If there's just cricket chirping in response, what are we supposed to do?

Like I said I personally won't be doing any fan projects in the future anymore. I still very much value the people in this community but I won't lie and say that I'm not a bit disappointed.

Lia and I still have to talk about what we will do with this project. Idk if it even makes sense to extend the time frame tbh. I feel like the majority of those who would've participated, would've done so by now but yeah... idk man.

Guess I'll leave a poll here to get an idea of what to do.

Whatever we choose to do, the book won't be happening this year either way. At the current state, we won't be able to finish it in time for November, so we can only hand it over next year.

Thank you to everyone who submitted their letters and art and did give us a little heads up in case something would be late. We truly appreciate you, and we're sorry we can't hand over your letters as soon as we hoped to. 😔