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I’m about a 5 lately but I’ve been meaning to read more.

I’m very curious cause I know most of tumblr uses ao3

Pls pretend 3 says read/write I can’t edit it

I tend to mostly write fics but i occasionally read them

Please reblog so more ppl can answer :)

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"just write a little every day" ok but what if i write nothing for 3 weeks and then suddenly type like i’m being hunted by god

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art nouveau tile pngs ! credit not necessary for pngs! like or reblog to use, don't repost as your own please.

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i don't believe tumblr is going away this time either but i appreciate all the people making dreamwidths (because dreamwidth is fun) and i think you guys might like some more up-to-date and tumblr-esque themes for your brand new journal

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Trans Joy Week starts tomorrow! :D Ready?

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Thinking About Gender Performance via Eliot in Leverage...

I adore how this show comments on masculinity with Eliot, and the shootout in The Big Band Job represents that perfectly. Eliot doesn’t use guns. We know he can, that’s never been a question, he’s career military until whatever shattered his illusions with that career (I don’t know if we find out, I haven’t finished the series yet). I didn’t want to really comment until I finished the series, but it’s too much of a standout not to comment. In most shows, Eliot would be armed at all times. It would become a running gag how constantly and thoroughly he is armed. He would have to disarm and pull out an inexplicable number of weapons, like Aragorn in The Two Towers or Inej in Shadow and Bone. Alternately, he might become a true pacifist—think Shepherd Book in Firefly. That’s the usual portrayal of a gunman who’s turned his back on guns. Instead, Eliot doesn’t, can’t walk away from that life. So he stays in it without relying on the easy solution. He’s a stone-cold badass because of what he can do unarmed, or scavenge-armed with a shovel or chair or whatever’s on hand. So why do I keep coming back to the scene where Eliot picks up a gun? Where he behaves like the cowboy I’ve seen a thousand different times in a thousand different media? Because the second the camera panned to the gun, my stomach clenched, because this wasn’t about how cool an outlaw is. It was about all the trauma Eliot can barely keep to a simmer that he was about to face head-on because he is still, above all, beholden to and defined by duty. And the way that scene is framed is so, so, so cool. It evokes cowboys and action heroes and The Matrix. The violence is justified: these are bad guys and Eliot is saving Nate. We literally see a handgun jammed down the front of Eliot’s trousers—he has, in the cultural parlance, reclaimed his masculinity. And that’s the toxic masculinity. The soldier. The cowboy. The myth of those roles without the hard work and dirt and early mornings. The cowboy without hardscrabble, the soldier without blood. We know Eliot can step into either role. He is, capital-a capital-m, A Man. And that scene is so, so, so cool. I can’t stop thinking about it. If it were in most shows, it wouldn’t stay with me the same way. It would be heroic and triumphant. In Leverage, what defines that scene? “They don’t need to know what I did.” It's shame. It’s a reminder that no matter how cool and justified and cowboy, this wasn’t the time Eliot took out a bunker full of mooks. This was when Eliot was pushed into such a narrow corner he defied his principles. He broke the rule that keeps everything in check. I don’t leave this episode feeling like Eliot’s a badass. Eliot’s always been a badass. I leave the episode remembering how deeply shattered this character is. In conclusion, no other show does it like Leverage, this is good stuff right here and I’m so glad I found it!

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Even without the pictures, it’s been very helpful.

For my own benefit, a quick-reference list of the Dreamwidth tutorials I've been recced/used during this process:

Using Dreamwidth by silvercat17

Dreamwidth Cultural Glossary by bee

DW for Tumblrites Masterpost by potofsoup

The Create Entries Page by soc_puppet (and their general intro post)

Basic Dreamwidth for Tumblr Users by @star-anise

A Tumblr User's Guide to Dreamwidth by @aniamra

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Sending hugs. I had to take a fandom break for a couple of years for health reasons, and I know how difficult that calculus can be. Wishing you rest, quiet, and time.

Not back much at all, but at least checking tumblr a bit of late.

Real life has become crazy in pretty much any way it can. Trying desperately to regain as much health and good habits as I can. As much as I love writing, it was doing me a good deal of harm that I've spent years rolling back. I'm still far from done even now. I haven't written since probably December 2023 at this point, but other hyperfixations have filled the void. Back to reading in what little free time I can steal for myself.

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Post hijacking forgiven 💜💜

I’m doing it. Tonight is the night I figure out Dreamwidth.

I’m about a decade too young to remember the version of the internet it hearkens back to, which has tripped me up in the past. But I keep wanting to do exchanges hosted there, and that means I need to buckle down and learn at least enough features to keep up with a few communities there.

It’s me, my laptop, an armload of tutorials (shoutout @bisexualbaker and the kind folks in the Battleship Exchange discord) and whatever god will take up my cause against the universe.

Wahoo!

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I lied, I'm looking around the site a bit more. The Mood of Service thing is adorable.

For my own benefit, a quick-reference list of the Dreamwidth tutorials I've been recced/used during this process:

Using Dreamwidth by silvercat17

Dreamwidth Cultural Glossary by bee

DW for Tumblrites Masterpost by potofsoup

The Create Entries Page by soc_puppet (and their general intro post)

Basic Dreamwidth for Tumblr Users by @star-anise

A Tumblr User's Guide to Dreamwidth by @aniamra

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I'll have to tinker more and start finding communities and people to follow in the morning, but account creation success! And, after a moment's difficulty verifying my email address, a first post!

@bisexualbaker thank you again for all the tutorials and encouragement. I may end up sending you questions as I explore more tomorrow.

For my own benefit, a quick-reference list of the Dreamwidth tutorials I've been recced/used during this process:

Using Dreamwidth by silvercat17

Dreamwidth Cultural Glossary by bee

DW for Tumblrites Masterpost by potofsoup

The Create Entries Page by soc_puppet (and their general intro post)

Basic Dreamwidth for Tumblr Users by @star-anise

A Tumblr User's Guide to Dreamwidth by @aniamra

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Interesting notes from my readings:

"The people you subscribe to are on your Reading page. Anyone can see them. ... No more 'if you follow someone you automatically give them access to locked posts'. You control your privacy! ... Profile page has an interest list! Put your interests down and if they light up as a link, click them! That takes you to a list of users and comms that all have that interest too! Make friends!" --bee

From a post in the newcomers comm, I've learned about friending memes. That'll be something to look into when I'm more set up.

OMG @bisexualbaker has a rat-based mood theme! I'm absolutely setting that up down the line. That rules.

With my "assigned readings" done, on to account creation!

For my own benefit, a quick-reference list of the Dreamwidth tutorials I've been recced/used during this process:

Using Dreamwidth by silvercat17

Dreamwidth Cultural Glossary by bee

DW for Tumblrites Masterpost by potofsoup

The Create Entries Page by soc_puppet (and their general intro post)

Basic Dreamwidth for Tumblr Users by @star-anise

A Tumblr User's Guide to Dreamwidth by @aniamra

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My brain's bounced off the Dreamwidth interface in the past for a variety of reasons (chronic pain brain fog and the human fear of the unfamiliar, to name two) but I need to make one so that I can access fanfiction exchanges more efficiently. The fate of my blorbo porn depends on it!

It's a good pain day and I'm very very brave, so I'm wading in.

For my own benefit, a quick-reference list of the Dreamwidth tutorials I've been recced/used during this process:

Using Dreamwidth by silvercat17

Dreamwidth Cultural Glossary by bee

DW for Tumblrites Masterpost by potofsoup

The Create Entries Page by soc_puppet (and their general intro post)

Basic Dreamwidth for Tumblr Users by @star-anise

A Tumblr User's Guide to Dreamwidth by @aniamra

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For my own benefit, a quick-reference list of the Dreamwidth tutorials I've been recced/used during this process:

Using Dreamwidth by silvercat17

Dreamwidth Cultural Glossary by bee

DW for Tumblrites Masterpost by potofsoup

The Create Entries Page by soc_puppet (and their general intro post)

Basic Dreamwidth for Tumblr Users by @star-anise

A Tumblr User's Guide to Dreamwidth by @aniamra

Edit to add this post, which explains tagging hierarchies and answered many of my questions.

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So it seems like some of you might be interested in learning more about Dreamwidth.

Listen, here's the thing: Dreamwidth is not slick. It is not fancy. Its base code was originally put together some two decades ago or more, and it looks like it. It can't do much with images and definitely not with video—like, I think there's some way to embed video, but I have no idea how to do it, and hosting it on Dreamwidth is, uh...

The point is! Dreamwidth is a lot different from Tumblr. It's closer to Tumblr than it is to Facebook or Instagram, but it's a lot more old-school internet than Tumblr is. And that means that, for anyone who wasn't on the internet some ten, fifteen years ago, there's probably going to be a steep learning curve. It can take more effort to post things there, and more effort to find your people, its image hosting capacity can charitably be described as both "limited" and "poorly organized", and overall it may still never be the kind of website where you, personally, will want to spend a lot of time or do a lot of things. Dreamwidth does not and will never have an app, for pretty much the same reasons as AO3.

But there is one thing I can guarantee, and that is that Dreamwidth is willing to fight for us and our rights. They're already doing so.

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