“The idea of the title ['Starburster'] is about embracing the necessary delusion in terms of how to function [in everyday life]. I imagine it as a world within a snow globe, that you can slip into like a warm bath, but within that world is all the madness and the hysteria. It's about embracing that.”

“This album is about my fascination with falling in love at the end of the world: the album is about protecting that tiny flame. The bigger armageddon looms, the more precious it becomes.”

“We’ve always had this sense of idealism and romance. Each album gets further away from observing that through the lens of Ireland, as directly as ‘Dogrel‘. The second album is about that detachment, and the third is about Irishness dislocated in the diaspora. Now we look to where and what else there is to be romantic about.”

Fontaines D.C. - Romance (2024)

 When Yoren had dragged her into that alley she'd thought he meant to kill her, but the sour old man had only held her tight, sawing through her mats and tangles with his dagger. — ACoK, Arya I

"That hair is a fright and a nest for lice as well. We'll have it off, and then you're for the kitchens." — ACoK, Arya VI

Lady Smallwood insisted that Arya take another bath, and cut and comb her hair besides — ASoS, Arya IV

The Hound had hacked handfuls of her hair off only two days past. He was an even worse barber than Yoren, and he'd left her half bald on one side. — ASoS, Arya X

The waif had shaved her head for her when they took her eyes; a mummer's cut, she called it, since many mummers did the same so their wigs might fit them better.  — ADwD, The Blind Girl

After that she found her razor. A bare scalp helped the wigs fit better, Izembaro claimed. — TWoW, Mercy

Of course, there are symbolic and thematic layers to Arya losing her hair more often than any other character in the books. But it's also pretty funny how almost every adult that has Arya in their care takes one look at her and immediately goes, "This child needs a haircut".

✮✮✮ ⸻ red/white png dividers. #01.

request something. all dividers on my blog are made by me and are free to use, a like or reblog would be very much appreciated if you are using them!!

im kind of sad at the death of themes on here, like we used to take pride in how customized our blogs looked on desktop ver but now mobile has destroyed that culture :/

i think we should have a custom blog theme renaissance

I just made a new sideblog and found out this setting (found under "Edit Appearance") (now found under "Blog Settings") is disabled by default.

Edit: Tumblr settings are unpredictable and devious. This may not be disabled by default for you. People have also said that their themes have been removed. Please look to the notes if experiencing complications.

This means that ALL new blogs will NOT have a [username].tumblr.com page. Not only that, but they will not have any themes besides the mobile-default.

As someone who really likes custom themes and Tumblr still having a fully customizable profile page, please turn this on!

You can make a website for your tumblr blog that is entirely your own!

Finding posts on your URL.tumblr.com page is much easier due to the ability to use your Archive and url.tumblr.com/tagged/[tag] pages!

Visiting your mutual's tumblr pages will become much more fun if they do the same! I used to always associate blogs with the themes they had, but that's sadly not possible anymore :(

If Tumblr themes die out, it will truly be an end of an era for the internet, and the future will hold only mobile-orientated, endless-scroll design devoid of personality.

Even if you don't like themes, this is a move that almost destroys Tumblr's origin as a blogging website and showcases the takeover of social-media-sameness.

Having your own URL and custom theme is fun! Try it today!!!

Edit: I focused on promoting custom themes but I do encourage people to simply turn on this setting for the URL. You can pick a free tumblr theme or even leave on the tumblr mobile-orientated default!

Also sorry I didn't think of this until now, but there are versions of this post in the reblogs without the colored text, with extra information, with how to find this setting, and troubleshooting why it might not be working!

Twitter screenshots that I thought I’d share, and a take of mine.

Beta release of the theme builder!

Learn more about the theme builder + start building your theme

The theme builder is ready to be used! Since this is the beta version, there are still a lot of options that are going to be added in the future.

Here are some examples of themes made with the current version:

And here are some of the current options:

Please let me know if you have any suggestions or run into issues making or using a theme!

Thinking about film scores & concept albums & auditory storytelling

"I miss when movies weren't political-"

ALIEN is about a megacorporation coercing some salvagers into transporting a dangerous creature without telling them what it is, all because the creature could be a great bioweapon for them. When a survivor of this failed transport mission wants reparations, they screw her over to avoid a scandal.

ROBOCOP is about another mega-corporation experimenting with a cop's body and declaring him their property, trying to reduce him to an obedient killing machine who can maintain the status quo for them.

JURASSIC PARK is about a rich billionaire going all out to make a dinosaur-themed amusement park, not caring about the real-world implications of resurrecting giant lizards. He also underpays ONE guy to maintain the entire park's security systems so predictably, that one guy betrays him at a crucial moment.

The best movies weave their politics with plot & character, so you can enjoy them as entertainment but can also notice the themes. Movies without themes wind up being all spectacle and no substance, just noise and color like Michael Bay's Transformers franchise. Yeah, they make money, but they'll be forgotten in 2 generations.

symbols for u !

. ıllı 𖥟 𓏸𓈒❤︎ ᓭི༏ᓯྀ ྐ𖥨᩠ׄ݁ ˖ ݁ ཐི ཋྀ 𓏸𓈒 ָ࣪ 𓂂🎦 𓏸 ˖ ⿴݃♱ ˓  ֢ =͟͟͞✪ ྀ 𓈒 𓏲࣪ . 𓂃 ﹠̲ ☄︎ ࣪˖✦ .ꢀ  ◌ ⃘ 〣 ◌ ┆ ♡⃟͚̊♱ 📶ᨘ໑ ᯓ ✶₊ ᚙ 𓋜♪ ˖ 📽️ ♡⃝ ྐ❤︎ⓘ ⓰ ˎˊ ˗ ⊹ ⵓ ৡ⃪꫶͜ᩘ◍𒂭𓈒 𖦸໋݊ ཻུ. ㊅ *ིྀ ꯭ ˚

𓇼𓈒 ◌ *⃝̥ ⓘ 𓈒 ﾟ⃝⊹ ꕥ 🧛🏾‍♀️𓈃 ׄ 𓈒 📶༒ lılı. .ılıl ਏਓ₊˚✥◌ ⿻ 𓏸𓈒 ၇͜ᩘ ♡⃟͚̊၇⃪⃖ৡ 𒀭 ⬤⬮⬤ ⬮ ݃♱ཐི♡⃟͚̊ཋྀ 𖢅.⁺ ໒ ྀ ෴ ⁺ ˖ ⁄⁄͈꒱ა₊̣̇.𖢅.⁺ ໒ ࿔᭬ৡ⃪꫶⃗၇͜ᩘ၇⃪⃖ৡ࿔█▓▒︵⃨‿✮૮₍∗ ₊˚ .·̩͙ ₊ 𓍢♪♰ 𓏲࣪ . 𓂃 ⁺ ˖ 𖢅.⁺ ᶻ 𝘇 𐰁  ׅ ࣪ ⿴ ྀ෴ ྀ ꯳⃘꤫⃛͡❤︎ᰯ ᭢˚̣̣̣͙͏ ͏͏͏⑮ ཐི♡⃟͚ཋྀ꠹ᭂ▒❤︎︎ ຶ⵿  𓈒ིུ❦ ݃🪽𖥨᩠ׄ݁   ཻུ۪۪ ⓘ ✿ ❤︎ 𖥔 ෆ ★ ☆ → ♬⃝⋆ ࣪ᯤ ✦ ᘒ ❥ ் 𖢅͢ ∮͠ ☆̲ ཐི༑ཋ᭡ ִ 𝂅 ✶ ♫ 𑁍 ☆̲𖦹 𓂃. . . ⟡ 𓏧 ♪▩ #⃝20͟0͟7 𓈃 ׄ 𓈒 ༒ 𒀭 ⟢ ׄ 𓈒 ♡⃝ㅤೀ 𓂂𓏸 ✿⃬⃝࣪ ᨳ₊˚ ⬮⬤⬮ 𓈒ཊ♥︎ཉ 𒂭⓲ ✻⧉✢ ̥ ◌ ᶻ 𝘇 𐰁꙳ ⊹ ✎ ᝰ =͟͟͞ ❤︎ #⃞ ৡ⃪꫶⃗ ᭄⢾ ৡ⃪꫶⃗ ⬮ ၇͜ᩘ♥︎ ▒᳜᳝᳝᳜᳝᳜᳝᳜᳝⃛ ✟ ି ཐི༑✟⃨⃛༑ཋྀ ᭨ ᖭིᖫྀ ▩ུ⃨ ❤︎. ˖ ▭▬ ◌ ◛ ໋𓈒 ❤︎ ̣͘░͟ ₊˚⊹ ❤︎ ྀི (≧◡≦) ♥︎⌒₊˚ ♪ ㅠㅅㅠ ❤︎ ꯭ ⊹ ⋆ ࣪ ❤︎︎˙▨ㅤ৲( ◣‸◢ )৴♡*৹໒꒱ ⋆ﾟ͙✩ ⛶ 𓈒⿻ ⿴ ⊹ ۫ ░♩ ׂ ♡̷ ˙ 𓈒 ♥᭨ི ྀ🔂🍀 *ೃ 🍏 ೃ ❤︎︎˙▨ ཐི༑✟⃨⃛༑ཋྀ 🎀🐾♬◌ ◛ ໋𓈒 ! ♡⃝⑅ ⋆𓂃 #♥ ⟡˙▨ 🐰♬⃝˚᧔᧓ ૮꒰ ྀི ◜ . ◝ ྀི꒱ა ♫ུ᳝᳜᳝ ྲྀྲྀ👼🏽 𓂃 ̇ ❤︎ ໋𓈒 ✿꫶᳝᳜᳝᳜᳝᳜৯▒🐇 𓂃🥥d 𓈒၇͜ᩘ♥︎𓈒ཊཉ 🗯️ 𓈃 ❤︎ ♪ ✺ 🐰🪽 𖢅⿻᭩͡ᰯ ❤︎ ♬⃝˚🐩𓈒 ׂ᭩͡ᰯ🌴◌♪ ◍ ❝#⃞ ❞❙❘❙ ❤︎ . . ᧔᧓ . . ˖ ་ ıl˳ ⟢ ˖◛ . . [᧔᧓] ♡⑅⃝◌𖥔Ꞌ ࣪ 𓋜˖ ❚ ◌ 𓈒 ⭒ ཐིཋྀ ˖ ࣪⊹ 𓂂 ࿐ ۫ ִ ⸼ .* ◌ 𓈒 ◌ 𓈒 ⭒ 🕵🏻‍♀️ ᓭི༏ᓯྀ｡ﾟ♡ ˖ ࣪ ୧ ｡: ✻ 𓂂 🪐 ‘ 222 𓇼 ˖ ֹ ִ ⟢. ཐི 🪲 ཋྀ۪ ࣪ 🎧 ✳︎ 𓏸 ˙ 𓇼 * 　 ҉ ๋⠀◌ ၇͜ᩘ🪷🗄𖥟༣ஓ🪷 ⺉💗ݴ᭄ ❚❘❙❘⎯⎯╾⃰◌̺̺͙ ⬤ 🪷𖢅𝅮໒꒰ྀི ˊ͈ 𐦫 ˋ͈ ꒱ྀིა 𖢅𝅮🌳 ུ ͏͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ♩♬ ① ᭋᭂᬹ ✿̑˘͒ˑ᳜⃛ -̮͡🤎ू ✿❀ ིུ͠  ︶ ִ ✧ ۪۪︶ ִ ✧ ❀ ۪۪۫۫ᤢ ⣬ ♥️❤︎ ̵̼͓̥͒̾͘ꙮ ✿ . . . ༶ 🧝🏻‍♀️ 🪽 ✧

Alright lads, here's one for any and all writers: what are the top five things readers can basically always expect to see in your work?

Really love how all the EX stage names for Come Catastrophes or Wake of Vultures, a event that ends in a climactic pistol duel, describe the process and consequences of deciding to kill another human.