#This meme got me back on tumblr
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SO insane that Sam has seen AND liked this... I'm so cozy in my little tumblr corner that I forget my words can escape containment and be perceived beyond Aabria Iyengar
#aabria interacting with my posts are precious gifts that i hold close to my heart#but also she walks amongst us down here#i could not begin to fathom the depths of horrors that she has witnessed#but SAM. thats wild.#also hilarious given the post. man is stressing HARD lmao#every once in a while i scroll through the meme accs on insta cuz yall are what got me to get back on tumblr#so i like to see how things are going. its always a good time#criticalrolememes <3#critical role#sam riegel#the sam riegal tag was made to make me doubt myself every goddamn time#sea rambles
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Gordon/Barney/Alyx is really really funny to me conceptually bc it's like, two hot geniuses in their 20s who look at the 40-something smartass who hangs around and go 'yeah that guy. we both want him carnally'
#and they're SO right#half life#half life 2#gordon freeman#alyx vance#barney calhoun#freemance#valhoun#freehounce#idk what the hell their poly ship name is sorry lol#(me. posting about a ship with an age gap on the 'can't be normal about age gap ships' website:#SURE HOPE THERE ISN'T ANY AGE GAP DISCOURSE IN HERE)#this was the first time I've drawn any of these characters in LITERAL YEARS and. wow........#feels so crazy that this was the fandom that got me to join tumblr in the first place (in 2011!!!!) and I used to draw them ALL THE TIME#interests change I guess#but I think I'll always come back to hl and portal occasionally. they're too much a part of my dna at this point LOL#my art#description in alt text#oh my god I just went back through my half life tag and the last time I drew these three was when I drew that freehounce meme LMAOOO#how serendipitious
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Some new art of a very very old oc of mine! From like, when I was an 8th grader in middle school to freshman in high school I think, I haven’t thought about this character or the world she’s from in like… years, but my brain suddenly remembered she existed! And so I drew some art of her!
Visually, she’s absolutely mostly the result of my child self sticking Toko Fukawa from Danganronpa and Peacock from Skullgirls in a blender and lettin it fuckin rip. Personality wise she’s a bit different tho… she’s into politics! As in,,, she’s in politics ghgh, she’s like the chief of the surveillance department for the country of (mostly) witches that the story takes place in. And one of the advisors to the head ruler witch,,, she sucks! Hardcore! she’s def a villain lol
#I made 2 videos for this story and she’s in 1 of them#the idgaf video. at the 30 second mark#but. even tho I specifically remember when I first designed her she had the eyeball braids!#or at least eyeball buns#16 year old me got rid of em!!! for no good reason!#they were fun and cool and fitting for her role and character!!! what the hell 16 year old me!#original#original art#original characters#my ocs#artists on tumblr#eyes#doodles#the other video from this story I made is the something’s not right meme lol#the difference in tone is fucking tremendous#that one tho is more… a lore tidbit… like… it’s background on a phenomena of the setting…#as a middle schooler I did not give a shit about major or minor or background characters tho. or even actually telling a cohesive story?#like. I started w a few characters. and then. went on to characters they were connected too. and then characters they were connected too#and then on an on and on it was just a web of vaguely interconnected dudes in a vaguely interconnected world#no. real narrative lol. but I had fun w it! it was cool. I wish I still had my sketchbooks w the stuff I made for it#I feel like it’d be a fun thing to look back on… sadly fire took them… damn u fire ghg#* shakes first at past horrible traumatic experience *#anyway yeah! enjoy art of evil eyeball lady w no name lmao#*fist not first… spellings hard#partial nudity#in the second pic. but also u can’t rlly see anything so. I think it’s fine?#I’ll still tag just in case tho
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my daily mantra and ros vortalis's dying thoughts
#i was trying to sleep and then. this came to me#thank you tumblr user whatareyoudoingwithamaserati for helping me source the original image#my plea was largely incoherent but if nobody got me i know you got me#also. my final adsom post of 2023? perhaps.#trying to decide whether my first offering for this fandom in 2024 should be a horrific meme i made a while back#or a snippet from the longfic i finally started. we shall see.#adsom#a darker shade of magic#holland vosijk
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Unrelated banners for a story I'm writing about my EO characters >:)
#etrian odyssey#etrian odyssey 2#lagaard_ocs#oc: georges#oc: iwajiro#oc: lynne#oc: tamara#my eocs give me life. they've been living in my brain since three full years now. maybe one day i shall make their stories public#georges (gunner) is from my eo2u guild while the other threes are from my eo2 guild respectively#my dislike for drawing backgrounds going away as soon as my eocs are involved : [sad ant going away with a stick on its back meme]#btw i got like 50 different eocs. these aren't the main ones either. i should really dare making them public instead of writing cryptid inf#its joever i am ranting in the notes ? tags ? hm. tumblr funny however#fanart#2023#art+#lagaard_art
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I will say, though, people used to be way meaner about fic online when I was a kid. Readers can still be shitty, don't get me wrong, but it was the wild fucking west when I was young and new to fandom.
Sporking communities (communities dedicated to going through fic line-by-line to make fun of it to an audience), homophobic death threats, "constructive criticism" that was really just designed to hurt young writers' feelings... Like this was all considered not just acceptable but fun and fairly normalized. You were considered "butthurt" if this stuff really affected you.
But damn, it was so mean. Like so unnecessarily mean. People were practically hunting fan writers for sport just because they wrote fic/meta/roleplays/etc. that they didn't enjoy. I cannot overemphasize that making fun of writers was considered a viable fandom path at a certain point. Some people got very big followings for sporkings, takedowns, particularly creative flames, etc.
What I'm telling you is that making fun of others' writing was considered a kind of fanwork in and of itself.
Like... I remember writing something online when I was about fourteen and -- I don't even remember what it was, being honest with you. It probably wasn't very good, given my age. But I do remember that someone just replied to it with a link for a website "how to write" and nothing else, and it hurt my feelings so badly that I didn't even want to keep going. That was considered concrit back then, even though it was really just a thinly veiled insult. Pretty sure whoever wrote that comment thought it was hilarious, and others would have agreed with them. I definitely would've been mocked if I'd complained.
And... that was just what you had to put up with if you posted your writing publicly. Some of those old warnings like "flames will be used to make s'mores!" come off as kind of cringe these days, but it really was a coping mechanism that you had to develop if you wanted to get through it at all. It was saying "your words won't hurt me, so don't bother."
Like... I like to believe that I'm a pretty good writer these days, and I can guarantee that not one of those assholes who made fun of me or mocked my work or talked shit about my ideas actually helped to make me what I am today. It was the people who encouraged me to play with a lot of different ideas and forms of writing who really helped me grow. Nothing worked better than just writing and writing and writing without fear that I would be punished for doing so.
So even if you're a garbage person who likes to hurt people because it makes you feel big and strong and important, think about all this pragmatically. Be totally fucking selfish for a minute. Think about all of the good writing you will never, ever get to read if you destroy the writer's self-esteem when they're still learning. Think about all the people who will never grow. All the beautiful flowers that are being nipped in the bud every day by assholes like you.
And even if someone never gets good, even if they just splash around in stupid ideas and awful prose and incoherent characterization... so fucking what? No one owes you beauty. Sometimes the beauty is just in having fun with what you're doing, and sometimes that's enough.
I am actually extremely relieved that fandom isn't quite as cruel as it was when I was a kid, but I won't pretend that things are perfect now. People still have this weird entitlement to them, like other people in fandom only exist to create things that they enjoy. Like other people only have worth, only matter, if their presence gives you exactly what you want when you want it.
You don't have to like everything that other people make! You don't even have to like them. But come on, now. Let people have fun. And don't act like other people's fun is only valid if it's of use to you.
#vent post#also jesus CHRIST was fandom homophobic back then#you could only post slash on certain sites and even there you'd often get hate mail#I never got sporked to my knowledge thank god#that would have DEVASTATED me as a teenager#but boy were people shitty to me on a now-defunct (thank god) anon meme a little later#like literally it devolved from people who didn't like my writing to people gossiping about me being CSA'd#because '00s fandom was fuckin brutal#and I do not miss it#see also: why I abandoned my old username many years ago lmao#anyway I actually blocked someone only a few years ago for sharing links to sporking communities in the comments of my tumblr posts#after I specifically said I wouldn't name any because I thought they were shitty#don't let the door hit you on the way out asshole#so I guess some people are still into that shit
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Guess who gets to clean out about probably 10 gigs of Pinterest fanart downloads from Google Drive
#Not even joking my Drive is in shambles#Back before I joined Tumblr I was one of the Pinterest 'girlies'#So have So. Much. Supernatural and Homestuck memes and fanart on my Drive#It's ridiculous but I've put it off long enough#And by long enough I mean that I need to clean out space for me to hack my 3DS'#ramblings about nothing/everything#Update: There's so much JohnKat holy shit what was I ON back then#I was starved for gay content man#I don't think I've gotten to the JohnDave or DaveKat section yet#Please note I HAD NOT READ HOMESTUCK when I got INTO Homestuck#But I probably have art that hasn't seen the light of day in 10 years that I gotta get rid of so
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#just got recommended a blog only to find out they have me blocked#I have had the absolute worst time in this fandom and it's breaking my heart#i want to contribute to things#i want to make memes and post analysis and share ideas#i want to encourage people to read comics. to engage with the medium#but I once again just feel like I'm being run out of the village#hurts man#anywaysssss this is why I'm not properly back to tumblr peace
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You can mute/blacklist certain words and tags. So when those people use certain tags you can mute it and you won't see it
I know, but unfortunately the way tumblr handles it is shit, plus it doesn't work if people don't tag this stuff.
plus, and I know this will sound petty, it does get really, really annoying when I'm scrolling through my dash and all the posts are just a grey square that just says 'POST CONTAINS TAGS YOU BLOCKED: DISCOURSE, QSMP' like that's nice but that's still 30 posts in a row that are greyed out and taking up space. I might as well just J past the posts after catching the first signs of it covering something I do not want to see
#asks#I genuinely hate how tumblr still shows us the posts we dont want to see but just slaps a sticker on top so we dont see it directly#theres a lot of jokes and memes about this topic as is like OOOH TEMPTING but honestly its just kind of a nuisance?#plus the filtering is just Bad#to give an example a few years back I had a mutual who got really into Thor. and I really dont like marvel so i blacklisted the word#however i am also a huge tolkien nerd and was following a lot of lotr/hobbit blogs. lotsa bagginshield especially#so every time there was a post about thorin it would be caught in the filter because yknow. THORin#plus again just the fact that people dont really tag this situation is just ://#I am neither too interested in ccs anymore nor is this a particularly pleasant topic for me so I want to stay away from it#for the record i do have muted/blacklisted tags and words. a lot of em#it just doesnt always work#and muting people for a week would just be easier
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#hi everybody excluding emily because i’ve been talking with them all#already#anyway so basically ….#old internet depression has FOUND ME like i was looking at old dungeons and dragons forums and i found one for my town …#and this guy was like “you guys i finally got the loan to open up my game shop it’s not much but i’m so excited !!!!”#and everyone was like fuck yeah ! and you could tell they were friends and this had been going on for a while ….#so i look up the place and it’s now a tanning salon :/ made me want to absolutely….#girls i’m on the verge like constantly#topic change anyway so i’ve been buying all my clothes/bags/shoes really evwrythint from thrift stores since i was thirteen#and it’s changed me … i was genuinely shocked the other day when i saw that this place sold cds for two dollars#like girl that expensive ???? come on ???#and then i remembered that cds are literally 15+ now at walmart & online#anyone else had this happen to them ? sound off in the comments below#basically i just like typing paragraphs into my tags and then finding a random meme for the post part it’s so rude i can’t post blank#tumblr please tumblr pleaseeeeeeeee#so how is everyone tonight ? i think i might go make some spicy ramen because i got this great new vegan kind it’s so yass …#also back to the pricing thing i think all shirts should be one dollar all pants two dollars#all shorts tank top swimsuit fifty cents#shoes a buck fifty and everything else free#electronics everything 50-100#furniture (cool included) all under 50#who agree sound off in the comments below
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changing up the ol’ wattpad bio 📝
#i find it wild that a lot of my mutuals have never seen my wattpad bc that’s where i originally got a lot of attention for my fics years ago#but i find it even more wild when someone From Wattpad who knew me back in the Old Days follows me. there’s only a few but they’re cool#also from what i’ve seen…the shorter your bio is the cooler you seem…but like i have so much to say all the time#kinda like that ‘i wanna be quiet & sexy & mysterious but i can’t shut tf’ meme#also also…my wattpad & tumblr icons are matching as ej & ricky. i have a couple’s pfp going on with myself 🤡#but yeah i like the design of all my different accounts. it’s nice to visit after a long day of schoolwork#rose.txt
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oomf is tumblr famous DAMN......
#I GET SO SCARED OF SOME OF U FOLLOWING ME WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU GOT MULTIOLE POSTS THAT ARE 10K+......#i only had that happen once on my old blog . in 2016 kpop tumblr was insane around that time#IT WAS LITERALLY A VIDEO OF that spongebob vs squidward meme. like there was firetruck by nct 127 playing#but then i played the 7th sense even lounder like i bassboosted it. damn how that shit go. was it spongebob or squidward who did that#either way. and of course i included tens rap part. OMGGGG THE AMOUNT OF VIDEO EDITS i made of tens the 7th sense rap back thwn. not normal
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Dashboard Osmosis of Transformers: Prime?
Dashboard Osmosis understanding of Transformers!
Okay, I'm assuming Prime is the cartoony CGI series and not one of the older 2D ones but the fact that I have to ask should give you a decent idea of how much I know 😂 this is gonna end up being a general Transformers muddle
Okay, I know that Transformers are fully sentient creatures and have different warring factions, and I think depending on how deep you get into the lore it has a lot more political intrigue than one might expect on the surface. When on earth, they can turn into vehicles... though I have no idea WHY is that a camouflage thing? Convergent evolution...?
The good guys are the Autobots and the bad guys are the Decepticons, they have hella galactic beef but I'm not really sure why... I know for sure that Optimus Prime is the leader of the Autobots but I'll be damned if I remember who leads the Decepticons. Starscream?? Is that anything?? I assume Bumblebee is a character in it to because I think Prime came out around the time of the Bay films? Oh, and I remember the name Tailgate, I think that's the lil blue and white one with the big blue eye? No idea if he's in Prime, but he's like knee height to everyone else, I love him.
um... honestly, my main knowledge of Transformers comes from a few years ago when someone was putting an improbably large amount of Transformers smut on my dash, something I wouldn't have thought possible, so my main vibe is that I have mad respect for the dedication to robot porn and speculative anatomy in this fandom.
OH and that apparently there's a surprising amount of canonically queer Transformers which is really cool!
#i saw a post recently about a canonical trans woman transformer? absolutely rad if true#it made me consider reading the comics for a while but i got too intimidated to figure out how to start#transformers#tumblr osmosis meme#i have no idea if that's tailgate or not there's a few names bouncing around in my head that have clung on but it Feels Right#he had a single eye and a big hump on his back? idk#robots are hard to draw#doodles
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maw why are these troll accounts linked through my ex best friends STILL following me
#im highly convinced at this stage she was the one that made the fake accounts#the gas thing is is that she was mainly an online friend and had she kept in touch with me at the time she wouldve known i was in the#studio in college preparing for my assignment for the semester so i dont fail like there were specific requirements we had to get done for#that week... and you think i would have that time to make fake accounts if anything itd be you and your online friends#emphasis on online because you could hardly make friends or even get a job here so you got one back home#the saddest thing is that the memes can be funny but its just what they represent in this whole situation that sours it completely#dont get me started on her friend she is honestly so polarising even from an outsider's perspective#ugh it doesnt annoy me anymore as it did because at the end of the day it has nothing to do with me but the fact that theyre STILL going on#about it makes me think that her and her online buddies have nothing else to do apart from being with themselves constantly#i had that life but no way did i want to live that way in my 20s 💀#i fucked up before that incident but isnt it convenient when we hardly spoke for a month just for the ~fake account~ to appear to stop#being friends like as awful as it sounds but itd actually be a lot easier just to say you dont want to be friends#instead of dragging outsiders into it like you do best#the saddest thing is that she was actually quite fake even before she went down a permanent online rabbit hole#and i was aware of it but because i was emotionally vulnerable at the time i never cut her off since i really wanted friends to talk to#play that cool girl alty idgaf attitude all you like but it doesn't change the fact that you're superficial no matter how much you mask it#ugh im hormonal and i cant sleep but at the same time its nice to be able to freely bc not as many people use tumblr anymore#i block those accounts not because im offended or im precious about my image but they do spam and its annoying af so i dont want that tbh#having pictures with a school friend whilst under the same breath making jokes of their dead brother is not a good look 😬#i did fucked up things as a result of coping with trauma and alienation as a teenager but this is actually low?#im sorry but it does it screams fake and im pretty sure that the fake treatment was given to me when we first became friends#fake people rarely ever change#i have to get ready for work in an hour this was unexpected#might vent later because i feel like i can do anything on this godforsaken website#the shocking thing to them is that they nothing on me if anything the 'proof' she showed me almost exposed her and her crowd#i have deleted my fb account but i still have the screenshots somewhere
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i saw that goncharov google master doc post and man you just know there is a discord server out there having the most insane cult type grooming shit going down between people who think they are the power behind the throne of that meme
#theres discourse that ukrainians r being triggered by the inclusion of russians in the fake movie#idk kinda got me thinkin about the tumblr chaos terrorists like mayb they came back for the dank memes
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tfw u have too many ongoing feuds
#u could interpret this as about jimmy#u could#but this is fully me vagueposting about my own Life#ooc {freak freely if you're really a freak}#idk i might reblog some memes but im basically probably maybe dipping out again for a bit#even tho i just got back#i dont want to do it officially bc i could be back in a couple days but honestly#it's bleak man#i kind of want to put something somewhere about dming#and how even if im online on discord im probably not there#or how im probably not here on tumblr either#i literally duke in to do some stuff while im working and that's basically it#but work been hella busy#and life been whack#idk i'll try but no promises i suppose#until i deal with all these feuds#i mean it's 11 and i just got free enough to sit at the computer#n i go to bed at midnight usually so like
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