#interact with each other please for the love of god

[butteredfrogs]

hi! in light of the recent negativity on simblr i want to start a positivity chain <33 just because i think its important to highlight some of the good in the community as well rather than just focusing on the bad! please feel free to reblog this and add onto it !! lets spread some positivity

@squea i am so honoured to call you a friend!! you are so creative and honestly just such a wonderful person! your sims style has always been one of my biggest inspirations and i just love seeing your posts. also made the wcif community which has been a wonderful resource for so many simmers

@crazy-hazy-sims such a lovely person again!! you are a joy to talk to, and i love how unique your cc is !! your ideas are so so creative, and i love how much you support others in the community whether that be reblogging posts or just standing up and defending people. honestly a lovely person all round!! also super helpful in the wcif community thank u

@polarmoon we haven’t interacted much but the few times we have it has been super positive. you’re super helpful in the wcif community and also i love your posts. i adore your sims style sm again big inspo for me!!

@rattrait i feel like im gonna say this a lot but again such a lovely and kind person!!! from the few times we’ve interacted again you’ve just been so so sweet and lovely!! i also adore your sims, im a sucker for any fantasy sim but yours are just so beautiful, and your renders are amazing you are super talented!!

@simandy honestly i feel like simandy is single handily holding up the entire sims 4 cc community. such beautiful cc like whenever i need a fantasy hair i go to simandy’s account like their hair is so perfect for fairy sims, elf sims, honestly any fantasy sim. also they have this super positive and lovely vibe <33 my fav cc creator honestly huge shout out (and their cc is free!!!!!)

@alelelesimz i feel like i have been mutuals with ale literally forever. i adore their sims and again they’re single handily holding up the sims community with their no cc makeovers. honestly fixing EAs mistakes, you are doing gods work friend and the way you style your sims? so good. also they are again just super sweet and so funny like just good vibes.

@velvet-disc again i feel like i have been mutuals with disc forever like literally my day one mutual i feel. you have the coolest vibes and i love your edits so much like i miss seeing them on my dash they are the coolest

@ezra-trait you have the coolest sims. like i adore how you style them and also your edits are incredible like if you guys haven’t seen their edits you are missing out btw

this post is super duper long (thank you if you have stuck with me this long) but i also wanna shout out these incredible and amazing simblrs!! @alientown @aliengirl @rusticottage @wrixie @fizzytoo @shawsimmer @flovoid @zleepyhollow @kari-sims and YOU reading this (yes you🫵) i’m sure i’m forgetting so many other simblrs so please feel free to reblog this and add your other fav simblrs but if you don’t follow any of these people already i highly reccomend you check them out!!!!!! every single one of them make incredible sims and as i’ve said multiple times are just such lovely people. thank u for making this community bareable when it inevitably all goes to shit. i appreciate each and every one of you much love MWAH💛✨🥰🐸

[thesoftboiledegg]

Unpopular opinion time: I don't ship Rick and Diane. I like Diane as a character and wish we got to see more of her as a mother, but as a gay woman, it takes a LOT to get me invested in a male/female ship. We know so little about Rick and Diane that, for me, they just don't fit the bill.

And even after "Hot Rick," which gave us more insight into Rick's backstory, we still don't know much about her. We see her at a shooting range and get hints that she's the adventurous type, and...that's about it.

Maybe this was by design. Rick points out at the end that Memory Diane was just a ghost in Beth's mind, and the real Diane would never drive her daughter insane like that. In any case, Rick and Beth barely remember her. To the viewers, she's a blank slate. Is it finally time for the Sanchez/Smith family--and the audience--to move on?

When I first saw the scene of Diane at the gun range, I thought we were in for a cutesy "romantic bliss" montage, so I was pleasantly surprised when the focus switched to Beth. We can wallow in glimpses of a woman who died decades ago, or we can follow a living woman who desperately wants her family's love. I prefer to stay in the present.

And speaking of relationships: it's disappointing that the Rick/Mr. Nimbus scene from the intro didn't make it into the show, especially since this episode had the perfect setup for it. I like BugAnne, but after eight seasons, can we PLEASE let Rick be explicitly queer in an episode?

A lot of people were expecting a Jerry-heavy episode when we learned that Memory Rick was manipulating his memories. The writer's decision to send Memory Rick into Beth's mind was smart because her feelings toward Rick and Diane are way more significant. We even watched Rick Prime walk out on her--and man, he was just as cold and heartless as we all envisioned.

The plot moved so quickly that I was a little confused in the first half, but it started to settle down when Rick found Space Beth in the basement. I genuinely thought Space Beth was dead at first--she's important but not an essential part of the family, so the writers could theoretically kill her off--but, luckily, her "murder" was a lead-in to the perfect conclusion of the arc that started with "Valkyrick" and continued in "The CuRicksous Case of Bethjamin Button."

I can't even imagine what was going through Rick's head at the time. He watched his original wife and daughter die horribly, and now his adult daughter is lying on the floor with a broken neck? His desperate pleading, the strained look on his face as he tries to revive his girl, the way he sighs "Oh, thank God" when she wakes up--their relationship had a rocky start, but no one can deny that he's super attached to her.

I also loved the way Space Beth talked to him like a regular daughter and even asked him about his date. She might playfully roast him sometimes, but the animosity and distance from earlier seasons are long gone.

Earlier in the episode, the Beths observe Rick sitting outside and discuss his mental state. They're not quite ready to talk to him yet, but they care. I was a little worried that the writers would erase the development from previous episodes (I say that in pretty much every review, don't I?), so it was nice to see the Beths fretting about him in their own quiet way.

Summer and the Beths talking in the kitchen was a nice touch, too. A lot of shows have so-called "strong female characters" that barely interact with each other. It's a pathetically low bar to clear, but it IS nice to see a group of women interacting, even if they're mostly talking about Rick.

Still, you can't have an episode without conflict. Space Beth and Earth Beth get into a fight, and Earth Beth even accidentally kills her (whoopsie), but Space Beth still comes back to save her in the end. Plus, seeing all the different versions of Beth unite like the Avengers was pretty badass. No matter what's going on, you can always count on Beth to handle herself.

Well, until she just can't take it anymore. After saving one daughter's life, Rick has to summon the strength to talk down another. Memory Rick and Diane were wreaking havoc on her mind, but "The CuRicksous Case of Bethjamin Button" showed that even without their influence, Beth just wants a normal family. She'll do anything to keep memories of her parents in her head, and only her real father can make her snap out of it.

In the end, we see that Rick gave Memory Rick the happy ending he'll never have, emphasized by BugAnne's rejection. He sits alone in his ship with the universe sprawling around him. But this isn't like Unity's rejection in season two, which left Rick feeling like he had nothing left to live for.

We don't know exactly where this is headed, and with President Curtis (the show) coming out, season nine might not come out for a while. However, it's safe to say that Rick DOES have something to live for. He went from having nobody to living with two girls, two grandkids and a son-in-law who, in some ways, might understand him better than anybody.

Throughout "Hot Rick," Beth keeps repeating "This is how we stay a family!" Like Rick once believed, she thought she could keep them together by force. But in the end, she has to let go of the past--and, maybe, so will he.

[mrssabinecallas]

Can i please got an Jealous Mira punishing reader for expending time with others friends (most of they being girls) please?

ask and you shall recieve! thank you sm for requesting!

Mine

pairing: Mira x F!Reader

cw! jealous mira, nsfw (minors, do not interact. if you are a minor your account will be blocked), mentions of alcohol, spanking, fingering, swearing, yelling, angst to smut to fluff lol, intended lowercase

this fic is NSFW after the cut!

mira could only see red.

after she had been busy all week with dance rehearsals, songwriting sessions, and hunting (though, you didn’t know that part), she had promised you that friday night would be yalls perfect night.

she had planned out a whole movie date, bought your favorite snacks, set up a pillow fort in the living room and everything. until she checked instagram to see you out clubbing with your friends.

friends that weren’t her.

she texted you frantically, thumbs moving across the screen at an alarming rate, nails bitten short in an anxious, jagged pattern.

🩷My Love🩷

- we’re still on for tonight, right?

- i got your favorite snacks

sent 9:29 pm

-y/n??

sent 9:47 pm

she paced the floor that she had just decorated with your favorite pillows and blankets. part of her was worried, and part of her was angry. sure, she had been busy all week, but she remembered to remind you this morning as you left for work about your date. you had nodded and given her a kiss on the cheek as you picked up your bag. she remembered. why couldn’t you?

hours passed as she sat on the floor, waiting for a reply, a call, anything. and in return she got nothing. so, she gently pulled all the blankets from the floor and returned them to your shared room. she placed all your snacks in the cabinet, and silently walked down the hall and shut the door.

she sat on the edge of the bed, checking her phone every few minutes. you had just posted an instagram story 20 minutes ago, but you couldn’t text her back? so she waited.

around 3:30, the door clicked open and closed again, and footsteps approached the bedroom. mira crossed her arms, waiting for you to walk in.

“hey! i thought you’d be asleep already,” you chirped as you closed the door behind you. you spoke as if nothing was wrong until you noticed her posture. “…you okay?”

“what do you think?” she snapped back, eyes never leaving yours.

you approached her gently, taking her hands into yours. she smacked your hands away.

“what’s going on?”

“what, you’re going to act fine? you’re going to act like nothing was planned tonight?” she fired back, anger in her tone, but her voice was still calm.

“i told you yesterday i was going out tonight-”

“and i told you this morning that we had a date tonight, y/n! god, you’d think that after not seeing each other all week you’d cancel one night of plans. plans that i reminded you about, several times!” her voice raised, and your eyes widened

“mira, you’ve been busy all week! who else am i supposed to hang out with, the wall? i’m sorry i had plans already scheduled tonight, but it’s not like you’ve been outstanding about keeping plans the last few weeks!” you yelled back, her tone was starting to set you off, and you already had a few drinks in your system that made your skin hot.

“honestly, y/n, i’d rather you hang out with the wall! at least then you’d remember who you belong to, who your priorities should be lying with.”

“is this about how you don’t like my friends again? you don’t even like them but you’ve never taken the time to meet them! you have put in literally zero effort to see my world. you only want it to fit you.” you seethed, and something in mira clicked.

before you could blink she had your wrist in her hand, and she pulled you down into her lap, ass up. you yelped softly, bracing against the bed. the short dress you had worn that night rode up, exposing your lacy panties.

“honestly, i’m surprised you made it this far. being that brave to talk back to me like that?” her hand landed firmly on your ass, shocking another yelp out of you. your fingers dug into the soft sheets on the bed.

“you forget who’s you are, darling. you’re mine. not your friend’s, not your boss’s, mine.” another slap rang through the room, and whining followed.

she soothed your skin, now blooming with red, before slapping again. “count.” she demanded.

“…what?” another slap.

“i said,” slap “count.”

“one,” you whined out, trying to shy away from her touch. she held you firmly in place, allowing you no way to wiggle free.

another smack to your ass, and you desperately moaned. “i said count, or are you already too dumbed out to remember number two?”

“two! two..” you quickly corrected yourself.

she kept going, soothing the red skin on your ass before landing another harsh blow. she made it up to nine before her hand slid down. she ran her fingers across the slick lace of your panties.

“awhh,” she cooed, “your soaked, babe. you like it when i tell you what to do?” she was mocking you, fingers feather light as she drew circles between your thighs. you could only whine.

she slid the damp fabric to the side before pressing one finger at your entrance, causing you to whine and pull your head up from the mattress. she pushed you back down roughly, scoffing at the way your back arched into her touch.

“i didn’t tell you to sit up, did i?” she chastised harshly. you quickly shook your head, whining into the sheets.

she pushed a finger into your soaking cunt, moaning out at how wet you were for her.

“does someone like being bossed around? that’s a shame, i’m always so sweet to you. did you do this on purpose, to get under my skin, hm?” her pace slow and punishing as she dragged her finger across your velvet walls and curled it just right.

the moan you let out was downright pornographic. she couldn’t help but laugh at you.

“awww, baby, you look so pathetic. bent over my lap, whining like a bitch in heat over one finger.” she cooed at you, pushing another finger into you. you moaned again, grinding back into her hand.

her pace sped up, the squelching sounds of your pussy and the high pitched whines leaving your mouth encouraging her to finger-fuck you harder.

“bet your friends would never make you feel this good, yeah? i bet no one would ever make you feel like i do.” she felt your walls flutter around her fingers.

“awww, baby are you close? you really think you deserve to come after the attitude you gave me?” she curled her fingers into that spongey spot that made you see stars.

“please! mira, please, please let come, please. i promise, i’ll be good, please don’t stop, just please-” you begged, fingers clutching the sheets like it was your only lifeline.

she smacked your ass again with her free hand, and returned to hold you in place.

“let go, baby, show me how good only i can make you feel,” she whispered into your ear, pace unrelenting. the winding rope in your core snapped, and the dam broke. your legs trembled as tears pricked your eyes, coming around her fingers violently. she eased you through it, only letting up when she knew it was too much for you.

you laid against her lap still, breathing hard and uneven. she gently picked you up and rolled you over onto the mattress, kissing your forehead gently. she held you as you came down from your high and rubbed your back.

“…’m sorry..” you slurred out, growing sleepy from the crash. “i forgot, i wont forget anymore..” you whispered, and mira gently kissed your temple again.

“it’s okay. just.. next time, please text me.”

you nodded as she pulled you closer, lulling you into sleep.

🩷i hope you enjoyed! this was a fun one to write. thanks for sending in your ask anon!🩷

[peachesingreece]

Not to be like a crusty millennial but I hate the young people saying chat. It makes me feel rage everytime I see it. Not because of language evolving or whatever. But because the word indicates that kids are having their most significant interactions with an ai chatbot. I think that's evil and dystopian. I was reading somewhere where they treat it like Google. It will just tell them random shit because it's an ai chatbot, but then they take that as fact and work it into their worldview. And a teacher or whoever will tell them to google that information to fact check and they put it straight back into the chatbot and hold it up as "proof" and I hate that so much. Also ai is INCREDIBLY bad for the environment. But it's just become a fundamental part of these prepubescent's world experience? I hate it I hate it I hate it

[dipndops]

I wanna fall in love!! 💘💥

(bonus messy sketches and rambles below)

I had the idea for a Love Bullet AU since the end of October and finally finally got a tiny digital piece for it. As a result I have so many (perhaps too many) thoughts about this.

Love Bullet is an ongoing manga by inee with the concept that those who die with unrequited love will be reborn as a cupid. As cupids, if they make enough matches, they're given a second chance at life to fall in love again. Also as cupids, they use guns instead of bow and arrows to make matches because that's fun!

So with this AU I thought it would be fun to focus on Kazuha, Ran, and Shiho as the main characters! The general idea is that all of them died at separate times as a result of an escalation with the Black Organization. Each of them are reborn as cupids years after the Black Org is taken down. (Let's say in this AU neither Kazuha nor Ran gets confessed to before they're killed)

Design-wise, the hair of cupids are white and curlier compared to their original hair. I took the liberty of adding red streaks or soft gradients of red in their hair as well because I thought it'd look cute!

I figured having Kazuha as the main POV for this story would be great since, of the three girls, I feel like she'd be the most clueless about the Black Org. Just as Kazuha learns more about what has happened so does the audience. (I also just think she deserves the main spotlight once in a while!)

The three find and recognize each other (asides from Kazuha and Ran with Shiho) as cupids and work together to make matches. In the meantime, they watch over the friends they left behind. (The story would mainly follow Heiji and Shinichi dealing with the fallout of the takedown, but I also have many side story thoughts about how Ran watches over Sonoko (I haven't met Sera in the anime yet but I'll keep her in mind when I get the critical info) and Shiho keeping a look out for the Detective Boys)

I also think this AU offers a good opportunity for Shiho to directly interact with Ran and Kazuha in her real body. In particular, I really want to explore how she navigates her guilt for indirectly causing both of their deaths (unbeknownst to the two girls).

So uhh yeah! I think I'd want to write this out more formally as a fanfic or snippets but maybe not anytime soon haha... BUT I've been sitting on this idea for nearly SEVEN months and I needed to let it out and YAP just a tiny bit.

[ferronickel]

I wish I had any idea on how to get people to read my comic.

[crimescrimson]

Ada Wong & Leon S. Kennedy: The History [ Resident Evil 4 (2023) ]

[naomibug]

i think every show runner and head writer and director should be forced to watch the first three episodes of the first season before working on any other season but especially before writing the finales. do not forget what charm you had dear god you cannot lose that spark

[greenerteacups]

Hi! I am an ardent fan of your writing, and I hope to be as sorted and planned as you some day in my own writing journey.

My question is: you have a keen eye when it comes to planning character personality, dynamics, and such. I've also been wading through your ask replies, and your insights into how you write people and how you make them play off of each other is so wonderful to read. If it's not too personal a q, how did you learn how to write like this? Did you go to school for writing, does it come from years of observing people, do you have reading list recs for "how to write real people and real interactions"?

Thanks! This is a really flattering question. I'll try to answer it honestly, because I wish someone had been brutally honest about this with me when I was a young writer.

I didn't go to school for writing. I started doing it when I was about nine years old. It sucked very badly. I kept writing throughout high school, and it still mostly sucked, but some of it was occasionally interesting. ("Interesting" here does not mean "good," by the way.) I took a break in college, and then came back. I've been writing ever since. Sometimes, I feel good about it. A lot of the time, I don't!

I hate giving this advice, because I remember how it feels to get it, and it's the most uninspiring, boring-ass, dog shit advice you can get, but it's also the only advice that is 100% unequivocally true: you have to write, and specifically, you have to write things that suck.

I do not mean that you should make things that suck on purpose. I mean that you have to sit down and try your absolute hardest to make something good. You have to put in the hours, the elbow grease, the blood, sweat, and tears, and then you have to read it over and accept that it just totally sucks. There is no way around this, and you should be wary of people who tell you there is. There is no trick, no rule, no book you can buy or article you can read, that will make your writing not suck. The best someone else can do is tell you what good writing looks like, and chances are, you knew that anyway — after all, you love to read. You wouldn't be trying to do this if you didn't. And anyone who says they can teach you to write so good it doesn't suck at first is either lying to you, or they have forgotten how they learned to write in the first place.

So the trick is to sit there in the miserable doldrums of Suck, write a ton, and learn to like it. Because this is the phase of your path as an artist when you find what it is you love about writing, and it cannot be the chance to make "good writing." This will be the thing that bears you through and compels you to keep going when your writing is shit, i.e., the very thing that makes you a writer in the first place. So find that, and you've got a good start.

Some people know this, but assume that perseverance as a writer is about trying to get to the point where you don't suck anymore. This is not true, and it is an actively dangerous lie to tell young writers. You are not aiming to feel like your writing doesn't suck. You are aiming to write. You are aiming to have written. Everything else is dust and rust. And of course, you'll find things you like about your pieces, you'll find things you're proud of, you'll learn to love the things you've made. But that little itch of self-criticism, in the back of your brain — the one that cringes when you read a clunky line, or thinks of a better character beat right after it's far too late to change — that's never going away. That's the Writer part of you. Read Kafka, read Dickens, read Tolstoy, you will find diary entries where they lament how absolutely fucking atrocious their writing was, and how angry they are that they can't do better. A good writer hates their sentences because they can always imagine better ones. And the ability to imagine a better sentence is what's going to make you pick up the pen again tomorrow. And the day after that. And the day after that.

Which is what I mean, and probably what all those other annoying, preachy advice-givers mean, when we say: a good writer is just someone who writes every day. It's that easy, and that hard.

[iwritenarrativesandstuff]

My Arcane hot take: Ekko needs more hugs, especially Vi hugs

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

Me, at my coworker: I finished both Kyoshi novels. Coworker: Uh oh. How you holding up? Me: I thinking about walking into traffic

[laceyfaeryy]

fire fighter! simon riley x single mom! reader

simon being completely enamoured by the pretty single mom that volunteered at the fire station with free lunch every friday.

pure fluff, mentions of burns and scars - might do a part 2 and not proof read teehee

he was a man of discipline - of routine, and hard work and yet he was currently staring at you moving around swiftly as she handed out cookies like a love sick boy. his eyes seemed to follow your every move, how you seamlessly interacted with his coworkers and even the other parents and children.

of course, his interest didn’t go unnoticed by his captain, price who gave him a sly smile before nudging him slightly.

“she’s single for if you want to make a move and stop ogling her.”

if looks could kill price would be six feet underground.

he couldn’t make a move, not when you were the complete opposite of him. you were the like sun, beaming no matter what as you platted each meal, you were always so positive, so selfless no matter what.

simon was convinced that someone as dark and troubled as him would dim your light, scars and burns on his body that were so ugly and gruesome it almost felt blasphemous to touch you.

“si? want some lunch?” your soft melodic voice breaking him out of his trance, you always had a way of making him spell bound, like a siren.

he shook his head with a small attempted smile. “‘m not that hungry.”

but he was really fucking hungry. though he was convinced that if he ate your food he would be addicted, begging for more.

“but fire fighters need energy!” a small high pitch voice spoke up, your daughter. “mama makes good food, try it pretty please?” her eyes wide and pleading, her small lips jutted out in a determined pout.

simon cleared his throat, “i guess a little bit won’t hurt.”

oh it wasn’t just a little bit. he came back for seconds, thirds, fourth.

simon ate like a man starved, his fork scraping against the plate as he finished it again. “told you mama’s food is the best!” your daughter beamed as she perched herself up on the step next to him, her feet swinging in the air whilst simon’s were extended out. the size difference was comical.

her gaze drifted over his uniform, her eyes wide and curious. “what’s this?” her small chubby finger pointing to his scarred hand. instinctively, he pulled his sleeves over them, shielding something so dark and ugly from her innocent eyes. “‘s nothing, kid.”

“does it hurt?” she asked, completely oblivious to simon’s insecurity. he shook his head “doesn’t hurt anymore

white lie. god, it hurts so bad not physically but emotionally. sometimes he couldn’t even stand staring at his hands, purposely trying to cover them up with gloves but it irritated the uneven skin which made it even worse.

“hey, you shouldn’t be asking questions like that missy,” you playfully narrowing your eyes at your daughter who smiled sheepishly. “thought i’d taught you better than to pry into peoples personal lives.” you raised a brow at the smaller girl whose eyes were crinkling due to her cheesy smile. “gotta go get food!” she giggled as she ran, well stumbled away.

“sorry about that, she’s a curious little thing,” your eyes glued to her as she asked another volunteer for more food. simon chuckled lowly, “‘s alright, got good intentions.”

simon’s heart felt like it was going to explode, it was never heated this fast, not even during the missions where he thought he was going to die. he felt so aware of everything, secretly hoping you didn’t notice how he was hiding his scars.

you cleared your throat, pulling something out of your pockets. “i got you something,” your tone soft and shy, completely different to what simon was used to.

gloves.

“i heard cotton is good for sensitive skin, so i thought it would be appropriate for you.”

god, what did he do to deserve you?

“if you don’t want it it’s fine, i don’t want to cross any boundaries-“

but before you could even finish he took them from your hands, putting them on. “they’re amazing,” his hands flexing under the material as he tried them on. he felt like a school boy who was talking to a girl the first time, his mind completely blank.

“do yer wanna grab sum coffee with me?”

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[the-original-gb-bracket]

Now for the final round!

@hellsitegenetics

I love them

I didn't know I needed to know that the weed-smoking girlfriends post was genetically a wolf, but I did, and I do. Also puts great stuff on my dash.

it’s so fun to be scrolling unhinged posts and then boom. an organism!

so many moths‼ also, unexpected comedy with some of the matches

perfect blend of silly and informative, and makes for an excellent punchline at the end of a long post. puts creatures on my dash. literally what more could you ask for

It's a really unique blog concept and a lot of times the results are pretty funny. It's great when the sequence matches the post content too!

Creatures 👍

Finds beautiful creatures out of the mess of the hellsite

Offers finality AND gives us a creechur.

I love them. English speakers talk like moths

If this blog wins, they could run the text of the winning announcement, and determine the post's genus and species!

They're also very good about tagging the type of creature depicted in the results, so as long as you mute tags of creatures you don't want to see, it's a very fun time seeing iconic legacy posts (and new submissions) being reduced down to a string of letters and assigned a random species of fish or moth or something!

uhh it’s cool

BLAST

There are so many weird bugs in the world

Yippee!!

If, as Haldane said, God has an inordinate fondness for beetles, then surely this blog proves that Tumblr has an inordinate fondness for moths.

Top tier blog as a geneticist, I love seeing obscure organisms and MOTH

Admin got rate limited after trying to blast the bee movie

the knowledge of biology to pull this off (i have taken one biology class in my life) and also the work to find all the strings honestly deserves quite a bit of praise

This gimmick blog has it all: science, pictures of animals, interaction with the text of other peoples' posts, interesting information, and a unique and fun premise. As a biologist, I'm rooting for hellsitegenetics to reach the end and take the tournament, because it is truly a standout among gimmick blogs.

If they win, perhaps this blog too shall become a cool organism :3

@hasgavlebockenburneddownyet

What's more happy holiday cheer than cheering on the destruction of a giant straw goat?

The birds may have won 2023, but I believe in humanity's capability for arson for 2024 <3

a vote for me is a vote for arson! This message was approved by hasgavlebockenburneddownyet

gavle is SUCH a public service and holiday feature

what's more tumblr than comical destruction and holidays?

sometimes you just gotta vote with your matchsticks

Bringing a cultural staple to tumblr since 2021

Arson is so much more fun

It would be really funny and ironic if it survives the tournament

you have no idea how much joy watching the chronicling of the gavlebocken brings me every year

hasgavlebockenburneddownyet provides an essential public service

always love seeing a bit of Swedish history on my dash 'Swedish bamboo season'

the goat account is peak gimmick blog

If I don't get to beat the goat then nobody does. -pointless-achievements

Never ask Tumblr to choose between lies and arson! The winner threatens by nature to rip apart the very fabric of our DNA!

goat statues made out of straw are exciting and interesting

I wanna see things burn

the goat is an essential part of tumblr culture and the goat blog is a sacred keeper of the tumblr high holidays

watching to see if the big straw goat has burned down each year is a true delight, something I never knew existed until tumblr and the blog dedicated to it

the incredibly focused nature of @/hasgavlebockenburneddownyet is what makes their gimmick superior.

Please guys bite gavlebocken

Look, I'm Danish. I was put on this earth to annoy the Swedes and vice versa, but even I voted for @/hasgavlebockenburneddownyet

gavlebocken is also such a fun name and this blog informed be about its existence, so for that I am grateful

hasgavlebockenburneddownyet is providing a vital service! Every year, people rely on their updates regarding the fate of our most beloved Yule Goat! How could they NOT deserve the win!?

sacred anti-corporate arson

a vote for gävlebocken is a vote for anarchy!

pls vote for them they're the funniest gimmick keeping track on the funniest phenomena in recent human history, like when i look at their acc i think to myself this is what tumblr was created for

the goat is the GOAT

HASGAVLEBOCKENBURNEDDOWNYET DESERVES TO WIN, I have them on post alert for a REASON

the holiday season wouldn't be the same without them

they do important reporting. Do you look at the news and be like 'the reporters aren't doing work they're just telling you whats happening.' Have some respect for the goat news

let the weird burnt sacrificial ritual of it all appeal to you

nothing makes my December more interesting, arson should win

doesn't barge in on other peoples posts which is always a good thing in my books. not a fan when obnoxious gimmick blogs turn a decent post into a garbled mess

[omgthatdress]

Sooooo ummmmmmm this is something that's probably going to piss a lot of people off, but I feel like I really need to say it.

If you get a message from an account claiming to be a Palestinian fundraiser, it is a bot. It is a scam. You need to report & delete the message and encourage others to do the same.

I know because I get messages on this account DAILY. I have a very high follower count and I'm pretty active and I interact with my followers a lot, and apparently that all adds up to one big bot magnet.

Bots following and messaging this account was a MASSIVE problem before Tumblr fixed its new account policies. I used to spend literally hours blocking and reporting the hundreds of bots that I would get following me each day.

I learned a lot about bots and how to identify them. The easiest way is with no avatar, "untitled" in the blog description (BTW if your avatar is still set to default PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD change it because you run a substantial risk of being accidentally blocked & reported as a bot).

One of the dead give aways of a bot was what I call "word salad" names. Three seemingly random words strung together making no sense, always adjective, adjective or noun, noun. If you reported a lot of these bots, you'd notice the same words kept showing up.

Nowadays, I am bombarded with fundraiser requests and sometimes, they don't even bother to hide the fact that they're a bot. The avatar is default, the blog title is "untitled," and the blog name is a classic randomly-generated word salad.

However MOST of the requests I get come from at least semi-legit looking accounts. There are pictures, a name, a story. Never mind that I've gotten that message three times from different accounts.

Sometimes, they claim to be vetted, but the whole vetting system essentially adds up to "trust me bro." There is no way of guaranteeing that this account isn't just lying about being vetted, claiming to be vetted by a false person, or are using the identity of a real Palestinian to scam people.

Previously, I've seen a lot of people getting attacked for raising questions about these fundraisers and getting attacked for being racist or for harming Palestinian families in danger, like Tumblr isn't a website famous for its scams and the words "The Arkh Project" "All or Nothing" or "Miss Officer and Mr. Truffles" mean nothing to you.

I personally have been scammed by people claiming to be charities on Tumblr before, specifically, The Leelah Project which used the name of a trans teenager who died by suicide to swindle people out of their money.

Luckily, there are actual, respected charities out there you can give money to if you want to help the cause:

Palestinian Children's Relief Fund

Palestine Red Crescent Society

United Nations Relief Works Agency

Islamic Relief

World Central Kitchen

Médecins Sans Frontièrs

One of the hardest things to accept about the situation in Palestine is that realistically, there is very little that your average outsider can do to change it. However, these large, well-respected and trustworthy charities are out there doing the hard work to keep people alive, and should be where the donation money is going

These scam bots feed on people's naïvety and need to believe that they are making a difference, and even worse, feed on the fear that by ignoring them, it somehow makes you a racist doing direct harm to a refugee family, when in fact they are using the suffering of Palestinians to take away money from those in need.

As far as fundraisers that don't send out random asks for donations, I honestly don't know. You'll have to do the work yourself and approach with much caution.

Be careful out there.

[mars-ipan]

i think post-booping every single artist on this website is hoping to whatever equivalent to a god they have that ppl keep up the level of engagement we had with each other yesterday

[trinity15]

oscar (if i’m remembering correctly he’s mango on your list!); SMAU (if you do them) with a dallas cowboys cheerleader reader (maybe they like met at COTA since the dcc perform there)!

CUPID PIASTRI

Oscar Piastri x Dallas Cowboys cheerleader!reader Summary: Hattie's fanatism leads to Oscar meeting the love of his life. Request!, fem! reader, SMAU! , face clain: Reece Weaver. Tried to make the story with them meeting at COTA but i saw in reece's insta that she went to the miami gp so i tought: "this is perfect, lets change it" im sorry tho. I love Hattie so I needed to use her for this, she's me and I'm her. It's my first ever smau so I tried my best, i think it's a bit short 🫠

masterlist

hattiepiastri

liked by oscarpiastri, nicolepiastri and more

caption: last week of april done, americas sweethears is the only thing keeping me entertained right now...

user1 idkw but hattie watching the documentary about the Dallas cowboys' cheerleaders makes so much sense

user2 hattie i love you please say hi ❤️

user3 will you be going to the next gp??

oscarpiastri stop watching netflix you ipad kid

hattiepiastri NEVER

ynusername

liked by hattiepiastri and more

caption:

user4 hattie in the likes she must really like the netflix show

hattiepiastri she could step on my face and i wouldn't complain

user5 someone has a crush hattiepiastri oh im not the one with the crush

user6 yn is so goddamm beautiful she doesnt look real at all

user7 she's so talented and so beautiful i want to be her

oscarpiastri

liked by landonorris, mclaren and more

caption: Tidy few days. Ready for Miami!

mclaren what a race

user8 the man you are oscar

user9 this years world champion! 🏆

hattiepiastri promise to bring me to the next race 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️

oscarpiastri no??? hattiepiastri the hell you mean no

ynusername

liked by hattiepiastri, oscarpiastri and more

caption: Pit stops and palm trees🌴🏁🩵

hattiepiastri finally met yn but my stupid brother got in the way

user10 so oscar did take you to the gp user11 wdym got in the way?

user12 OSCAR IN THE LIKES

user13 god forbid a man who's just being polite with the girl he just met user14 no girl, that is not just being polite he likes her user15 but he is not following her so everything is fine user16 tf???

user17 queen is at miami

marissaphillips_ you are trully the cutest! liked by author

oscarpiastri

liked by mclaren, ynusername and more

caption: Good vibes in the 305

ynusername congrats!! liked by author

user17 GUYS THIS IS NOT A SIMULATION THE INTERACTION IS HAPPENING

user18 he dedicated the win to hattie 🥺

hattiepiastri you did decent, not enough to impress someone 🫤

user19 does that someone have a name? user20 love their sibling interactions

user21 the papaya boys winning in miami for two consecutive years 🧡🧡🧡

hattiepiastri

liked by oscarpiastri and more

caption: they call me cupid

oscarpiastri no one calls you that

hattiepiastri YOU should user22 guys what is happening user23 hattie im waiting for a storytime tiktok user24 is this about oscar and yn??

two months after

five months after

ynusername

liked by oscarpiastri, hattiepiastri and more

caption: what a week

user25 guys GUYS THAT. IS. OSCAR.

user26 no he isn't user27 girl u blind?? user28 they don't even follow each other

user29 i have no idea of football but i could watch the cheerleaders' performances over and over again without getting bored

oscarpiastri

liked by ynusername, hattiepiastry and more

oscarpiastri has tagged ynusername

caption: sorry, forgot about the follow button

ynusername ily osc 💞 liked by author

user30 oh, to be loved by oscar piastri user31 to be loved by yn wdym

hattiepiastri you're welcome

user32 idk if i want to be her or i want to be with her

user33 its giving pr relationship

user34 stfu 🤗

user34 this man loves his woman

user35 may this love attack me.

user36 the hardlaunch????