So I just saw a post by a random personal blog that said “don’t follow me if we never even had a conversation before” and?????? Not to be rude but literally what the fuck??????????

I’ve had people (non-pornbots) try to strike conversation out of nowhere in my DMs recently, and now I’m wondering if they were doing that because they wanted to follow me and thought they needed to interact first. I feel compelled to say, just in case, that it’s totally okay to follow this blog (or my side blog, for that matter) even if we’ve never talked before.

Also, I’m legit confused. Is this how follow culture works right now? It was worded like it’s common sense but is that really a thing?

🖤🤎 Some Bracken studies, part one 🤎🖤 I’m trying to get acquainted with his proportions and vibes 🌻 Although I still have no clue on how to draw his weird cat like legs, how do they even work?

🌻 Tomorrow I’m going to play Stardew Valley for the first time! ⭐️✨ This is what my character is looking like, but we still need to decide the name of the pet and farm! What could they be?

🌻 https://www.twitch.tv/elliecupcakes/

no you know what I'm going to scream about the stuff I talked about in the tags of this post publicly

I'm tired of the well-meaning "don't feel bad if your work only gets 20 notes your genius is what counts and do it for you!" bullshit. I've had a good handful of friends who have straight up DEACTIVATED in recent months because their work was not getting reblogged AT ALL. No, it wasn't from lack of not being well-liked, no it wasn't from lack of trying to make sure it was getting out there to the people they knew would engage with it. It was because no matter how much they were praised privately for their work, when push came to shove, absolutely NOBODY reblogged it and gave it the audience that it was due, and I'm tired of people shoving the "unsung genius" narrative as an excuse for it. Nothing excuses that. And the boop event really proved that.

because I know given the opportunity, indiscriminately pressing a button (sometimes 10 thousand times, as I did) is not beyond this website's capability. y'all loved doing that. and look at what it wrought. nothing but love and affection and happiness. just from a couple of quick clicks of a little paw button. sure. nobody knew who you booped but the other person (which is how likes used to work on this website, btw). there was an element of anonymity to it. but that is kind of the core of this website that no other social media platform still has: the ability to be anonymous. and hyper-curating a blog on here like you might on twitter or instagram to project an image is simply not viable. and hey. you wanna know a secret: literally nobody cares what you post or whether it goes with the "theme" of your blog or not. yeah. I know. CRAZY concept in this day and age. but literally. I myself have reblogged things that have had nothing to do with whatever I am currently fixated by and you know what happened to my follower count? not a damn thing. in fact, I actively try to reblog things specifically BECAUSE it's my friends who made them (even though I'm not always good at KEEPING UP WITH HOW MUCH THEY POST @prismatica-the-strange will NEVER GO UNRECOGNIZED by me).

And you know what fucking sucks? I have to deal with this too. surprise right? you ever wonder why I reblog fics or art I post like 20 times the day that I post them? do you ever wonder why I ask about tag lists and beg for asks all the time? IT'S BECAUSE EVEN I GET LIKE. 5 LIKES ON THE THINGS I POST. AND THE REST OF THE REBLOGS ARE MINE SO I CAN MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SEE WHAT I MAKE GET TO SEE IT. and I say that knowing that I'm certainly not an unpopular blog, or an unpopular writer. I know that people love the stories that I create. Hell, half of the people that I've talked to about lady terror have told me that they consider her to be canon (AND EVEN SOME!! THOUGHT SHE WAS!!! WITHOUT EVEN HAVING WATCHED THE SHOW! WHICH IS STILL SO SO WILD TO ME!!!) But especially in the last 4 years (which really dates this phenomenon), my posts, no matter how well received they've been amongst people I've talked to about them directly, I still go into the notes and at least half (often more than half) are MY reblogs to make sure people saw what I posted. and it happens every single time, and I can't tell you how much it crushes me considering that it used to be that I would be able to post it only once, and people would reblog it sometimes even HUNDREDS of times.

It's not about popularity. it never has been. it's not about anxiety. or shifting website cultures. even if you lurk, the simple fact is, that if you want people to keep making what you love. you have to reblog. your theme won't suffer because you reblogged a fanfiction that you really admire. your posting won't be ruined because you reblogged some fanart from someone in a different fandom. really. I promise. and if people do unfollow you for that? who needs em. followers come and go but you should NEVER have to cater to them. on this website it has ALWAYS been the other way around. lean into it. make it yours. put stuff you ACTUALLY WANT to be seen and that you love and appreciate on your blog. no matter how old it is, how new it is, no matter how niche or off-theme it is.

so please. if you really want to show your appreciation for someone's work? you reblog. it's really as easy as that. check the tags. add some when you reblog if you like. but please for the love of god reblog. it's as easy as booping and even more rewarding for the people who you reblog from. if you want to let someone know that their work is genius and appreciate it? show it. reblog. then DM them if you're too nervous to say what you want to say but not in a public forum. but for christ's sake. REBLOG.

Likes = Boops

Reblogs = Super Boop

Reblog + Tags = EVIL BOOP (affectionate)

Me booping random people on my dash I dont even know

Some Lethal Company doodles from my tablet 🌻💛

I wanted to explore more the leafs coming out from Ellie’s hair, and some silly interaction between her and the Bracken 💕💖

Emploellie without helmet 🌻💛

She has sunflower petals growing inbetween hair, along with some leafs. Inside her skull there’s mostly roots and Bracken thoughts lol ✨

I feel like my art has been improving lately, but I keep drawing the same themes and characters x,D Not very professional of me, but what else could I draw?

Reblogs are appreciated!!

Another addition to the next shop update: DOUBLE KEYCHAINS!! ⭐️✌️

It’s early to sing victory as they’re still in production phase, and I hope the mirror versions come out correctly ;; I still wanted to showcase them bc I’m pretty excited to have them come along with the book next month!

I had this picture in my head for days and I had to draw it

The load screens talking about Daniel's fear of Henry Bedloe and subsequent lashing out at him nicely parallel his descent into seeing torture as a viable way to beat the Shadow imo.

In both cases Daniel feels as though he is up against a force he has no real control over and one that threatens to cause HIM immense harm if he doesn't do SOMETHING about it and that something in both cases winds up being violence as an option.

I also don't think it's a coincidence that in both cases peer pressure is a huge part of the problem as well. Whether its the children cheering him on or Alexander whispering in his ear that torture is totally chill man, Daniel gives in to violence when he is given 'permission' to by others very easily and it seems he's been that kind of person his whole life.

I don't think Daniel has been an evil man his ENTIRE life by any means but he's always had the capacity for it and ain't that what all these games are about when we look at them up close. The capacity for evil and what one is willing to do/sacrifice for what they find the right choice to be. 🥲🥲🥲

**sometimes my anxiety gets the best of me and i delete things right after i post them for fear of idek, so if you already saw this when i first tried to post this sorry. trying to give less of a shit about things that don't matter lately so i'm posting and keeping it up this time 🤣**

Nessa and Guy-Manuel as my boyfriend ❤️ beautiful comission made by @elliecupcakes Thank you!!!😍

Collecting scrap with the sillies! 💖🌻☀️ “A smoothie” meme with Ellie, the Bracken and Ynnep 🎀

Playing with the light emanated from apparatus was fun :> We always try to collect it on Lethal Company but most of the time we forget lol

The Bracken and Ellie flirting a bit ☀️ 💛

Which Employee design do you prefer between 1, 2 and 3? Reply below or Reblog! ⭐️

Only one of those is gonna become a keychain, is it going to be the Yield sign, Stop sign or Shovel? 🤔 All three of then will become stickers though! As extra there’s also Employee Ellie and Employee Ynnep for our little enjoyment 😄🌻🎀

This is but a small portion of the upcoming Shop Update, stay tuned!

Employees Ellie, Ynnep and the unofficial third teammate: the Bracken! 🌻🖤 Some Lethal Company indulgent drawings, of Ellie cuddling with him (I’m still figuring out their relationship) 💕💖💕 They communicate mostly with gestures, nodding and being very cuddly and feelsy. He can sense the familiar plant presence in her and she likes his looks and behavior 😌

Emploellie’s Lore! 🌻💛⭐️

My Lethal Company oc, Ellie, mostly human and pretty good at achieving quota (unless distracted by Brackens) 😂 Her nickname is Sunflower and her objective is to hug and smooch all the Brackens, since they seem to be friendly with her often, although Titan’s one has a crush on her 🤭 Favorite planet: Vow 💛

Employee Ellie and Employee Ynnep sillyn!