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You know, an interesting tumblr transformation that's happened gradually, and which I've seen no one talk about: ask-culture has essentially dropped off to nothing.

By which I mean, asks used to be WAY more of the tumblr economy. They used to be more common to send, and receive, and see. They were integral to the collaborative, forum-like behavior of old tumblr communities, not even to speak on the HUGE number of ask-blogs that used to exist to only be interacted with in ask-form.

I'm not saying this in a vying-for-attention way but instead in an observational way: I used to get way way more asks in like 2015, even with a fraction of my follower count. I wonder if it's due to the homogenization of social media sites? There's a lot more of this divide between "content creator" and "consumer" instead of just a bunch of peer blogs who would talk to each other. "Asks" aren't really a thing on twitter, are they? And as I understand it, the closest thing to an "ask" on instagram or tiktok would be a creator screenshotting some comment and responding to it in a new reel or video or whatever those content mediums are. Are asks just too tumblr-specific? Is that aspect of the site culture dying out as more and more people converge to using all their social media sites in the same way?

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E.R. Comics, Ryan Pequin

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its important to do this every time a museum or school thinks this is a good idea

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I need to practice action scenes/poses, and so this happened.  At first I only drew Obi-Wan, and then a Togruta and a human child snuck in there somehow… And then space background happened because it’s Star Wars.  I really love Star Wars.  I need more Obi-Wan Kenobi content in my life.

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Sees a piece of media has SungWon Cho in it: It's prozd! my friend prozd! we went to tumblr posts together

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urrhgfhg im just realizing how messed up my colours are from drawing in the dark but im.im so.no one talk to me this show is doing crazy things in my emotions

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been binge watching the justice league cartoon im going insane my biggest takeaway is that they are all in some kind of polycule friend group fambily

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I will say I think part of the reason OG Kirk isn't more popular on Tumblr is because he can't be crammed into the 'If one part of a ship is the unemotional logical one the other one MUST be the bouncy himbo sparkle softboy' cliche. Kirk can be goofy and has a good sense of humor, he teases and laughs, but speaking in Lord of the Rings terms, Kirk isn't Pippin, he's Aragorn.

Which is SO much tougher for the 'must distill every variety of character into the same 5 different people' crowd on Tumblr. There isn't an 'Aragorn' slot because 'incredibly complicated' isn't descriptive enough for cliche. Like yes, he's charming, but it's the quiet sort of charming. Yes, he's a strong athlete and a fighter, but he's fundamentally a shockingly huge nerd and spends his private time reading poetry and thinking about philosophy and what it means to be a leader. Yes, he's haunted, but he has a fundamental hope that keeps shining through. Kirk's got a serious job, and he's a serious person. He's an Adult kind of adult. He's one of the last survivors of a horrific genocide. He's killed people with his bare hands.

Spock wasn't bowled over by how bright and shiny and cuddly Kirk was. Because underneath everything, there's a fundamental sadness and loneliness to Kirk, and a simmering possibility of rage that most people would consider Abnormal. And Spock shares those qualities, though for different reasons. The thing that really shakes Spock (besides Kirk's iron sense of loyalty) is that there are times where KIRK is more coolheaded and professional than Spock is. In everyday terms, Kirk is easily and confidently emotional in a way Spock was always taught was a weakness, but when the shit hits the fan Kirk gets this shine of cold, calculating, James Bond-like brutality/practicality that not only meets Spock's Vulcan control, it will at times go PAST it. Surviving that genocide gave Kirk access to both a level of iron-willed 'do whatever is necessary to live no matter what' and a level of genuinely bloodcurdling rage that, when death is on the line, reads sometimes like a Vulcan on steroids. In a battle-type situation Kirk has absolutely looked at Spock and snapped like 'for god's sake, control yourself', and that is some whiplash a Vulcan doesn't just get OVER.

At the very start OG Kirk is already both wildly famous for and frighteningly good at being a commander, better than Spock is by miles, which forces Spock to confront his self-hate fueled 'Vulcans are better' prejudices over and over again until Spock has a starry-eyed admiration for Kirk that knocks him so hard into love that Spock's teeth rattle. Kirk isn't Some Soft Boy that grows on Famous Vulcan Spock against his will. Kirk is the most talented Starfleet officer in generations- He's Horatio Nelson, except not an imperialist asshole. Spock is (at first) just Some Science Guy who managed to nail one of the most coveted jobs in Starfleet.

Like, what is Tumblr going to do with a Kirk (who is supposed to be the bouncy soft boy half of Spirk) who looks coldly at an alien who is killing people and without hesitation goes 'I am a military man, we have a mission, we don't have time to understand motivations, kill that thing' and calmly walks off? And then Spock, (the unemotional logical one) is the one going after him going 'please, this is a thinking creature, it could be scared or hurt, think of its feelings, at least let me try to talk to it'. And like, the big lesson of the episode is KIRK being convinced by Spock to care more and be more empathetic?

Like, that's not some shit Tumblr can fit into its 'five acceptable personalities for every single ship ever'. There isn't a category for 'one is the logical one and the other one is the guy in charge on the battlefield that the men point their swords at while yelling "to the king!"'

But, it does make me a bit sad, because god, the relationship between Kirk and Spock is unique. Because Kirk is SUCH a freak. If there's a fictional personality grouping Kirk is a part of it's like Kirk, Chris Evans' Captain America, Aragorn, and nobody.

I super agree! AOS Kirk fits the bill more for the ship dynamics tumblr focuses on (and I do really love Chris Pine's performance, not half because it was what introduced me to Star Trek in the first place), but I do find TOS Kirk more intriguing because he has such layers. He's scarily competent, youngest captain in Starfleet and it's not like you get in that position by being a sunshine flower boy - he's got a streak of cold practicality that, yeah, is super apparent in Devil in the Dark. But he's also warm, loving, and physically affectionate with his closest friends, professional with his subordinates and his duties, calculating with his enemies, and overall an exceedingly intelligent individual who does not take his position and responsibilities lightly. And in terms of his relationship with Spock, it was all those things that drew Spock's respect and interest, and not (checks notes) his being a "bouncy himbo sparkle soft-boy". He's just a wonderful character <3

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had star trek constantly on the brain the last few months

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at my sketchbook. straight up “drawing it”. and by “it”, haha, well. let’s justr say. Nothing

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do you think a 5'4 and 6'2 height difference is predatory?

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I love when I'm watching scifi and the doctors or scientists or whatever argue about each other's technobabble like No quantum beams won't work. You fool. You fucking idiot. As the audience I wasn't even gonna question it like damn my bad... I thought quantum beams might work

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Feel free to share any other quirks you're capable of, that I didn't list, in the tags! (Like if you have any double joints, or extra teeth, or whatever)

Don't forget to reblog so more people can vote! :]

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I think about the brightness Iris must of put in Wallys dull childhood prior to becoming the Flash all the time. How elated he must of been each visit to get away from his parents. How he must of been protective of Iris and sus of Barry because of Rudy, but finding out Barry is pretty cool actually. Then he gets superspeed, eventually joining not one, but multiple found families of superheroes. (Flashfam) (Teen Titans) (Justice League) (Justice League Europe)

I imagine he went from simply wading through life to actually enjoying it. His aunt he loves dear literally changed his life for the better.

Sometimes the people that raised you werent the people the gave birth to you and sometimes family is a bond stronger than blood.

when i think of iris and wally i always think of flash vol 2 #62-65 where wally recounted the summer he spent with iris in central city, the same summer he also met barry and got his super speed.

the flash vol 2 #62

not only is iris the only loving parental figure in his life but she’s also his best friend. she never talks down to him, unlike wally’s parents, and she cares about his interests. especially his interest in the flash. the second wally realized he had super speed, iris was the first person he wanted to tell.

the flash vol 2 #63

what really fucking gets me is that even though wally met his hero, gained superpowers, and became kid flash all within this summer, the thing he was saddest about when it ended was the fact that he was leaving iris. and the fact that he had to go home to his parents.

the flash vol 2 #65

“you’re my best friend. i wouldn’t lie to you.” bitch i am GUTTED!!!!

people always give barry all the credit for being wally’s surrogate father (which he was, not denying that), but they forget that iris was his surrogate mother first. wally wouldn’t be wally if iris hadn’t shown him he was worthy of love.

the flash vol 2 #65

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