Yearly reminder to everyone trying to find alternatives to tumblr/social media in general: go make a Neocities account and teach yourself basic HTML and post your art/writing/shitposts there.
It does take extra time to set up (but there are templates out there!) but it is so so worth it to have a site that is 100% YOURS!
You don’t even have to be that good at coding. I’m not. My site is not very accessible via mobile devices but that is fine with me (keeps me off my phone) but there are plenty of ways to make your site mobile friendly. There are plenty of bare bones/accessible sites I adore purely for the media on it.
Imagine having your site on your phone and showing someone- hey! I coded this from scratch. And I didn’t even have to pay a company like squarespace. All your images, links, writings, in one place. I have my fandom edits, memes, fanart, and custom graphics there.
Neocities has a very bare bones follower and comment system, but you can disable this if you want your site to truly abstain from any social media-isms. I use it because its a great way to meet other webmasters and get help with coding problems. Neocities isn't an exact replacement for Tumblr (no reblogging here) but html coding is an invaluable skill to know, as is keeping a personal website in this day in age.
The awesome thing about having your own website is if, god forbid, Neocities goes down, you can move your site to any other number of hosting platforms (like Teacake.org). Your site is truly YOURS, and no one else (shitty tech CEO cough cough) can take it away from you.
If you need help getting started, I recommend checking out sadgrl.online. (More links to resources in the comments section of this post).
I know neocities has been talked about before, especially within my follower circle, but I thought I'd bring it up again for anyone unaware of this awesome platform.
Reblog this message if you encourage anyone that wants to draw your OC to do so. No need to ask for permission in advance.
Go for it. Draw my OC. If you want, I’ll even give you reference posts. Go to town on it.
You are welcome to draw my OC and surprise me with the result. Seriously. In fact, I encourage it. I will proudly display whatever it is you submit to me regarding my OC. There is a chance that I will squeal about it for several days.
Even if you feel you aren’t good at whatever artistic adventure it is you do, please feel free to submit it to me. I want to see what you have done.
Carmine, Thanatos wants to figure out how to fix this situation too, maybe you should ask him for help! He said that Dusk was making sure nothing bad happened with Kieran, leaving the ghost to have to plan something by himself, but I bet he'd appreciate the help. Maybe look around for him? Cause I mean, if Dusk is still with Kieran, then Thanatos is probably at Blueberry Academy with them, since Dusk probably went there with Kieran
Maybe check the Polar Biome? I mean, Hisuian Zoroark used to live in snowy environments, so you could probably find him there? I dunno, but he may be your best bet? Dude seemed stressed when we last saw him...
so... Carmine, how ya doing with this whole situation..?
Uhhh... Dusk is with Kieran to make sure nothing bad happens, according to Thanatos. Thanatos is panicking a bit about the situation. But how are you taking this whole thing?
Thank you all for the asks and support so far! I'm very excited to continue this story with you all and make something wonderful! the story should be picking up in pace soon! thank you again for all the love!!
Florian. I know you’re not the you I know and that things appear to be moving differently then they did for me. But I feel this will still happen and that it’s worth warning about even to a limited extent.
Be wary of the shimmering Squirtle. I think I can say that much.