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I posted 2,211 times in 2022

That's 1,862 more posts than 2021!

559 posts created (25%)

1,652 posts reblogged (75%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@gingerbreadmonsters

@sri-rachaa

@ejunkiet

@sealriously-sealrious

@slushrottweiler

I tagged 1,972 of my posts in 2022

Only 11% of my posts had no tags

#ginger reblogs art - 213 posts

#redacted asmr - 165 posts

#icymi <3 - 148 posts

#a cheeky timezone rb - 97 posts

#rae beloved <3 - 76 posts

#ginger speaks to anons - 69 posts

#ginger speaks to lovely blogs - 66 posts

#gingerbreadmonsters - 59 posts

#ginger writes - 42 posts

#ooh a game! - 29 posts

Longest Tag: 135 characters

#i will most likely end up posting the same version here and on ao3 bc can you imagine reformatting the whole thing like that 😵‍💫😵‍💫

My Top Posts in 2022:

ALL MINE

or: it’s easy to have a good time, if you don’t mind getting a little messy - all it takes is meringue, cream, and strawberries.

the long-awaited finale of LOVE HEART! gn!reader, domestic fluff to smut, absolutely and without exception minors dni. this is… a lot more explicit than i thought it was going to be - i really didn’t think i had this in me, but what @ejunkiet wants, @ejunkiet gets! i hope this does the hot boi summer aesthetic justice :) sweetheart’s a brit because i say so - it’s not necessary for the plot, but quite frankly i think it’s a crime that eton mess and trifle don’t exist in america, and this is my only way of promoting them, so there you go. @solclaw is the source of all knowledge, and i am making trifle in their honour - rowan darling there is always an extra bowl for you!

sweetheart is gender neutral, and their anatomy is not described. milo’s skin is stated to be of an appropriate colour to show love bites, but no specific colour is mentioned and the reader’s skin is not described at all. milo being an excellent sous chef for just over 3600 words.

this fic contains explicit content, and is 18+ only. minors please do not interact with this one i am BEGGING you. thank you.

“sweetheart, you’ve, uh… you’ve got a little somethin’ just there…”

“here?”

“a little higher, to the left - no, no, your left - let me just-”

he licks his thumb and strokes it over your cheek, wiping away the stickiness as your lips pull into a very familiar smirk. christ, he knows that look, knows what it means when you run your tongue over your teeth, eyebrow cocked and head tilted to the right - it usually means that whatever you’re about to say probably isn’t fit for polite company.

“it’s not fair - how come i always get it all over my face?”

damn that mouth of yours - even when he knows it’s coming, you still get him blushing up a storm. “not my fault you’re such a messy eater, sweetheart. maybe i oughta have you wearin’ an apron next time.”

you smack lightly him in the arm with the wooden spoon, laughing at his mock-outraged expression as you go back to your cake batter. “go and get me one then, lover boy. it’s weird to hear you telling me to put on clothes, though.”

he… yeah, he doesn’t really have a comeback to that.

the two of you have been in the kitchen all morning, putting together the desserts for david’s birthday party this afternoon. it’s pretty fucking warm today, early summer and all, so you’ve got all the windows open and the fan going full blast to try and balance out the heat from the oven. both of you are sweating from the humidity, so he’s can’t really be surprised you’d forgone the apron for a little while.

david always insists that he doesn’t want anything for his birthday, but the rest of the pack - as happens every year, and’ll probably happen until the end of time - has other ideas. about a month ago, his mate had sent him off on some errand or other and got straight on a video call with you, sam, and ash’s mate to get something together.

(he still can’t figure out how the four of you seem to read each other’s minds, ‘cause the lot of you can be fucking terrifying when you’re on a mission. if he’s honest, he’s still not recovered from that goddamn prank with the door, and he knows that ash has lived in permanent fear of sam’s overhand serve ever since his mate had made the dubiously-successful suggestion of late-night tennis. it’s got to be something to do with this secretive “mates’ group chat” he’s heard legends of…)

(it gets a little more complicated when you’ve got to get the actual wolves involved, but david’s mate is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to organising shit. jesus, it’s like they’re the alpha, sometimes, and you’ve told him that you’ve met superiors at DUMP that are less intimidating. it’s no bad thing - that’s what you need when you’re dealing with a crack team like the one right here.)

(well, maybe less of a crack team, and more of a team on crack, but that’s what you get for trying to get him and ash to actually stop bickering and decide on a playlist or whatever.)

in any case, the pair of you have been put in charge of desserts for today - well, nobody was going to have ash go anywhere near anything that needed to be edible, and sam had declined politely, saying something about how “unless david’s developed a taste for O negative, i might not be too much help in the caterin’ department”. fair enough.

it doesn’t help that basically the whole pack is coming, and wolves aren’t exactly known for their, uh, delicate eating habits. you’re going to need a lot of food, and as if that wasn’t enough, you’re going to have to impress david fucking shaw. looks like the fridge is going to be working overtime in this weather, huh?

you’d taken it as a challenge, which meant that yesterday evening had been dedicated to all of the shit that needed to set overnight: tiramisu, cheesecake, chocolate tart, caramel shortbread… he doesn’t know how the hell you managed to balance it all in the fridge, but he’s not touching it, not a chance.

(it’s got to the point where he had to ask you to grab him another can of soda off the shelf because he wasn’t looking to accidentally knock something over - you’d thought it was funny, but he’d been dead serious! that new flavour you bought - the ones in the pink cans? - is really good, especially in this heat, but it’s not worth a dessert catastrophe, alright?)

(he’s especially not going near the trifle on the middle shelf - it looks pretty freaking impressive, what with all the layers and shit, but he doesn’t need you mad at him for swiping one of the raspberries off the top.)

(he remembers you making it last time, when his ma’d come over for lunch at the weekend, and you’d damn near kicked his shit in for accidentally trying to put the custard in before the cream. let’s just say he’d got the message loud and clear - he doesn’t get in the way when you make trifle any more.)

this morning’s endeavours have got you two dashing about trying to get the last few desserts finished, in a flurry of buttercream and baking powder. neither of you could remember whether david likes chocolate or vanilla more, and his mate’s not picking up, so you’d just made both - the victoria sponge is cooling on the rack over by the microwave, and the chocolate cake’s just come out of the oven.

fuck, it’s hot in here today.

the morning is almost unbearably humid, sun beating down outside between a few, sparse clouds. looks like you’re both going to need a shower before you go, as if there wasn’t enough to do. his shirt’s unbuttoned, sleeves pushed up to the elbows and collar hanging open, and he’d be tempted to take it off entirely if he didn’t know that when he does that, you almost always end up late.

you’ve got all of the ingredients for cream puffs (at least, he thinks that’s what they’ll be? you’d rattled off some fancy name, and he’d just kind of nodded and gone back to his strawberry mousse) laid out on the counter, while he slices up some kiwi for the fruit salad.

he’s not bad at cooking, by any means, but you’re the pro when it comes to desserts - he’s really just your sous chef today, and the system seems to be working pretty well.

(hey, it’s not like he minds you bossing him around a bit. he certainly hasn’t been complaining about the view today, seeing as the warm weather’s got you wearing a little less than normal.. and christ, when you do that thing where you grab him by the hips to move him out of the way? you know exactly what that does to him, you little minx.)

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174 notes - Posted May 13, 2022

in the style of @yetdevout

214 notes - Posted August 14, 2022

fizzing hot day!

or: he feels like seawater, drying on soft skin.

gn!reader, no content warnings, unless you count shirtless simeon (which, let's face it, we probably should). oh simeon, my sweet and tragic beloved. is this an established relationship? you’re looking at me like i have any idea. inspired by MIKA’s ‘sanremo’ and ‘tiny love’ - strongly suggest listening to those as you read! i am convinced that late afternoon on the beach in the sun is a different world altogether. simeon discovering what beach days are for in just over 1100 words.

it’s a beautiful summer’s day today, and you’ve decided to go to the beach.

you’ve been here before, so you know roughly which parts of the waterfront to head for and which to avoid. luckily, there’s only a handful of other people here today - no families with noisy children, or big get-togethers with loud music, or holidaymakers dragging huge umbrellas across the sand only to inevitably sit right in front of you.

just the occasional few people, scattered across the beach, peacefully soaking up the sun and the breeze and the quiet.

“so, how exactly does this work again?”

you get the feeling that simeon still doesn’t quite understand the purpose of sunscreen.

“but humans need sunlight to live, surely. when we’re in the devildom, you and solomon have to eat those… the little yellow marble things in the jar? why do you have to protect yourself from the sun when you eat your sunlight pills every day anyway?”

or, apparently, what your vitamin d supplements are.

(you explain it to him every time - you know by now that it doesn't work, but his concentrating-face is so adorable that you do it anyway. his big blue eyes go all wide and earnest, his lips part just slightly, and your heart goes all fluttery, every time.)

it doesn't matter. you take the bottle from his hand and squeeze a good amount into your palm. time to get to work.

"but d-aaah…"

his body is smooth and pliant under your hands, muscles relaxing into your firm touch as you rub the sunscreen into his back. you work over the crest of his shoulder blades and down to the small of his back, watching the soft, rich shimmer of his skin under the summer sun. the breeze is cool and gentle as it washes over you.

he stretches out on the sand underneath you like a cat, lithe and lean, and all of a sudden you suspect that he won't protest the next time you offer to put sunscreen on him.

"well, if you - mmm - put it that way, i can see why humans - hahhh - why humans bother with all of this."

exactly.

it takes a little while to get yourselves sorted, considering how distracting simeon's general state of undress is, but before long you're both settled under the umbrella. it's too heavy for you to normally bother bringing it, but it turns out that simeon's angelic strength is good for more than just opening jars and manhandling solomon away from the oven - who knew? it's a good thing too, what with the way the sunlight beats down over the sand, shattering over the waves.

for a little while, the world is quiet.

just you and him. the smell of salt, the crunch of sand, the rush of water. the sky is a rich and endless blue.

you open your eyes. you're not sure when you closed them, but when you turn your head, the distant shapes of seagulls twist and scatter in the sky. from here, the water looks cool and inviting - perhaps it'll be nice to go and dip your toes in.

“mmm, that sounds good. here, let me help you up, love.”

the sand scrapes pleasantly between your toes as you walk towards the water, fingers entwined with simeon's. as you get closer, an idea pops into your head - does simeon know how cold the water is the first time? you start to run, laughing, pulling him by the hand as he stumbles along, damp sprays of sand kicking up behind you both as the balls of your feet leave clumsy divots behind you.

simeon’s laughing too now, eyes scrunched up into happy half-moons as the water comes rushing up to meet you, still running full-tilt into the surf as you brace yourself for the inevitable-

“mc, d-hahhhh!”

yep, after an hour or two spent lying under the warm sun, the water is just as coldcoldcold as you’d predicted - and, if the way that he’s clinging to your waist and shaking his head frantically in protest is any indication, much colder than simeon had been expecting.

“you’re - hahh - mc, you’re so mean to me!”

he smiles playfully into your hair as he says it, and as you chase away the goosebumps across his back with your palms, it sounds like“i love you”.

you don’t let go of each other, but somehow you drift a little further into the water until you’re up to your waist - the temperature gradually gets a little more bearable, but you still shiver into him every time a cold current sweeps past. he doesn’t seem to mind.

you don’t say anything. your mouth is too full of clouds, soft and airy and light. the seagulls cartwheel across the endless blue above you, and you think that simeon’s is too.

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218 notes - Posted April 23, 2022

SWEET TALK

or: you’ll always be his favourite flavour.

an apology - this is written in american english, which i do not speak, for a character with a very strong regional accent, which i do not know very well! readers are encouraged to please raise cringe shields to maximum as a precaution. gn!reader, all fluff all day, no content warnings. thank you to the lovely @virtualizated for science support - have a tube of smarties on me! did you know that M&M’s are from new jersey? inspired by ‘my baby just cares for me’ by nina simone, which you should definitely listen to while reading this. milo finding out what love means in 1800 words or less.

(for context - "sweethearts" are a type of small, brightly-coloured confection sold in america that are made of chewy wafer stuff and have short, lovey-dovey phrases printed on them. we have an equivalent in the uk, called "love hearts", which (unlike the american version) are made of sherbert.)

“hey, sweetheart. you got a minute to talk?”

it shouldn’t be as hard as it is to get the sentence out.

it’s not like he doesn’t want to talk to you, and he never gets tired of talking to you - hell, he’d listen to your voice all day and all night if you let him - or anything like that. it’s just that this is about something kind of important, and he really doesn’t want to screw this up.

he fishes another candy out of the box and pops it clumsily in his mouth. this one is purple, and it says BE MINE.

he’s always had something of a sweet tooth. can you really blame him? david used to get on his case about always having some kind of candy in his schoolbag when they were kids, but by now the rest of the pack knows it’s just the way he is.

it works out pretty well - he’s always got something for when the kids (and ash) get restless at long pack meetings, and he knows it makes david smile just a bit whenever he sees the half-open packet of M&M’s on the counter.

(he still remembers the look on ash’s face when he’d first overheard him calling you ‘sweetheart’ - he’d had to tackle him over the side of the couch to stop him from telling you exactly what his favourite candy was.)

(you’d thought it was just their usual antics and gone into the kitchen to get some water, while he’d been busy telling ash to shut his goddamn mouth before he could embarrass him any more in front of you. yeah, so you make him all soft and gooey when he looks at you, but that doesn’t mean he needs the whole freaking pack to know why he calls you that!)

your work phone rings just as you’re walking over - both of you know that that ringtone means it’s important. you smile sheepishly at him as you rummage through your bag, but he doesn’t mind. it’s just an occupational hazard of dating the best, most gorgeous, intelligent, hardworking investigator in all of dahlia.

you kiss his cheek on your way out to the living room, and he blows you a kiss of his own as you disappear down the hall. you’re cute.

he slumps backwards onto the bed, legs hanging off the side, and takes a deep breath. the light above his head makes him squint up at the ceiling as he reaches for another candy. your voice, echoing from the living room, the lingering heat of your lips on his skin - god, how did he get so lucky? he thinks about you (as he always does), as he chews on FOR EVER.

it must have been, what, the thousandth date? millionth? he’s never been one to leave his sweetheart lonely. he likes to say that your little encounter with that shade was your first date, but you always argue that it was actually a few days later, when he showed up on your doorstep with a bunch of flowers, cotton candy pink, and his ma’s yelling still ringing in his ears. what a couple of romantics, huh?

(god, she’d been beside herself with worry when he’d turned up at her place. he’d staggered back from your apartment in a daze - mostly from your kisses but a little bit from blood loss - and realised that he’d have to bite the bullet and let her finish up the healing you’d started. he’d managed to play it off as a souvenir from work, but since when had that ever stopped his ma from telling him exactly what she thought about it?)

(she loves you though - always inviting you over, telling you stories about what a handful he’d been as a kid, sending you home with enough leftovers to feed the whole damn pack twice over.)

(he’s half convinced she thinks you’re far too good for him, and she’s probably right, but it never stops her from giving him that look when she catches him staring at your lips like a goddamn fool, or pulling your chair out for you at dinner all fancy-like. it’s not his fault you deserve the world on a silver fucking platter, and if he wants to treat you like royalty, then he damn well ought to do it right!)

he’d made sure to take you on all of those classic dates you like - the park, the movies, the arcade, the theatre, the ice rink (god, that one had really been embarrassing), all that sort of rom-com type shit that makes him look like the most lovesick idiot on the planet. this one had been in the summer, august-time or something, a saturday in the middle of the heatwave.

you’d called and said you’d take him out for ice cream at that sundae place downtown, and he remembers the way, after you’d hung up, that he’d screamed into his pillow over how goddamn sweet you’d sounded on the phone, calling him up out of the blue like that.

(of course - he forgets sometimes that you ever used to live somewhere else. he’d asked you to move in with him about two months before and you’d said yes, but you’d had until october left on your lease, so you were waiting until then to properly move out.)

you’d turned up at his door an hour later, looking like a million dollars even in the blazing california heat, and oh, the way your whole face had brightened up when you saw him? he could have died a happy man right then and there.

the ice cream parlour had been busy, but you’d grabbed a booth by the window and told him to go up and order for you - you’d reeled off a list of toppings as long as your arm and beamed up at him, and he’d blinked, nodded, and wandered off towards the counter in some sort of love-drunk haze, still replaying the way your eyes had softened and sparkled when he’d held the door open for you a minute ago.

(he’s not sure how, but he’d actually got all the toppings you’d wanted correct - even the extra wafer in the top and the two different flavours of ice cream. the girl at the register had looked at him like he was crazy, but it had been worth it to see the look on your face when it had arrived in front of you. it’s his favourite photo in the world.)

(he’d only asked for one extra kind of candy on his. he remembers you laughing when you noticed, when the waitress who brought them had recited the order back to him, you want me in your mouth that badly, milo greer? and god, he had, but he wasn’t about to admit that to the whole damn room - he’d just stuck his tongue out at you playfully and jammed a spoonful of ice cream in his mouth to stop him saying something stupid.)

spoon in hand, you’d been in the middle of a story about the department handler guy two cubicles down from you - something about glitter gel pens and a restraining order? - when he’d felt it.

there’s a word on his tongue. he rolls it around his mouth, feels it clinking off his teeth and melting all sweet and sticky. KISS ME is written backwards on the inside of his cheek, but that’s not the word he’s thinking of.

his mouth is full of words - ALWAYS, ME & YOU, ONLY YOU - and that’s nothing new, not when it comes to you, but this one tastes different. he knows why.

the rest of the date had been good, despite the crushing heat outside. he’d walked you home and kissed you senseless on your doorstep - you won’t admit it, but his shifter hearing isn’t just for decoration, so he knows he heard your cursing as your legs gave out once you shut the door. he’d gone home with a word in his mouth, tucked behind his teeth, and he’d wondered if you’d been able to taste it on his lips.

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236 notes - Posted April 25, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

no thoughts only vincent, lovely, and darlin' INSISTING that "sam" is short for "sandwich" - vincent started it and now the three of them all have him saved as "sandwich collins 🤠" in their contacts

lovely, shouting up the stairs: we're going to be late! sam, come on!

darlin', trying not to laugh: sandwich collins, you get down here this instant!

sam, head in hands: for the last GODDAMN TIME-

will, across the room, thoroughly bemused: now now, sandwich, i won't have such language under my roof.

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#tumblr2022 #year in review #my 2022 tumblr year in review #your tumblr year in review #HAHAHAHAHAHA #i cannot BELIEVE that my top post is the fucking sandwich post that's BRILLIANT #also hello fizzing hot day! wasn't expecting you to be here but i am very glad to see you!#also I TOLD YOU I WASN'T KIDDING THIS IS A RAE SRIRACHAA STAN ACC BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE #also yes i know i mostly reblog my own posts YES I GET IT #that's all my self rbs when i write something lmao #ykw i'd say its been a pretty good year in gingerbreadmonsters land #we have fun on gingerbreadmonsters dot com 🥳🥳

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mangosimoothie · 2 years

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ik u said to ignore it but i cant ignore it because im a natural snoop and i fucking love reading tags. its where people show their colors and i think everyone has a rainbow inside them. which prompts me to say that u dont have to answer this. hell, u can ignore this.

anyway, maybe its coz im using tumblr wrong. i literally only come here to grab some *feels* (good and bad) at the popular reblogs and then occasionally join in the simblr "oooh" and "gaaah!!" eras that i feel like im missing out on what u call the Back in the Day tumblr era. tumblr was advertised to me as a blogging site so like lmfao.

maybe its also because of the power of the anon feature that i can actually make myself be able to enter ur ask box without feeling too shy or scared that im here to comment on ur post. is it because we're far too scared to interact beyond the comments or is it because drama (not sure if theres a better word for it, controversy maybe?) has scarred us and being able to comment on things without the anon feature kind of scares us all now?

regarding simblr drama posts that blow up, u could probably also contribute it to bandwagon, right? like obv, its not the only reason it blows up but bandwagon helps. its far too easy to join in the opinion that everyone agrees on and parrot it around. like idk if im making sense but isnt it kinda easier to "not have an opinion" but rb that other person's opinion/fact that the rest of the community has deemed correct or right as if its your own (ok maybe this sentence sounds bad and i could probably phrase it as "i have an opinion about it but this other person has worded it so perfectly that i will rb this instead". anyway i'll leave it in coz the previous one could be true to some people). not that its bad, im honestly glad most of us agree on smth, it just sometimes loses that sense of discussion u probably meant if we're all just parroting everything.

i mean, i've seen it happen. especially during certain major events here where my dash was full of the same post being reblogged by myself and a couple others with no additional ideas (even tags sometimes, like i said i love tags i think tags hold a lot of unspoken but spoken ideas if u get it).

i had a point here somewhere. anyway what i meant to say was, i think i have similar feelings with u regarding discussions (lmfao look at this long post). but im far too scared to get out of anon to actually have it with u or anyone else in simblr.

have a good day/night tho :"D

Hahah no thank you for snooping on my tags 😅 what I meant to say is, I notice that most engagement happens through likes instead of comments, which is just really frustrating because yeah, I am used to tumblr being more of a forum so likes feel very empty to me. Unless it’s “”drama”” then yeah like you said, people are more inclined to comment. Like my first post that blew up was literally just “not someone charging $3 for sims nipples” or st like that which was really funny but also a little sad bc I would’ve loved to engage like that on posts I actually cared about and that weren’t just me being cheeky lol. That said, I understand what you mean about feeling too shy. I asked about this earlier - why ask questions on anon if they’re not mean - and for most people yeah, it boiled down to being shy or not wanting to seem over eager. But I LOVE when people are eager about my nonsense, I LOVE when people ramble like this in tags or comments or my inbox about my story/sims. That is the sole thing that’s kept me active here tbh - the couple people who comment and send me asks instead of just throwing a like here and there. I’ve been told many times that engagement on simblr is a lot lower than it used to be which is a little discouraging. I’ll look at my friends with large blogs and even though their stories get 100s of likes there’s still only 2-5 comments! I’d be pulling my hair out!! Maybe it’s a pet peeve that’s kinda specific to me lol but it does bother me sometimes especially when I put a q like hey tell me what you thought about x or whatever the case may be. Like even going so far as to be like “instead of a like tell me about x :) “ and that still not working. I guess that’s just not the way people engage on tumblr anymore :/ 🤷🏾‍♀️

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vattasref · 4 months

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Putting all my RP blog OOC stuff into posts now for mobile accessibility

this post is linked on my RP blogs now for ease of access, if you got here from one of those, hi!

please don't be on my RP blogs if you're not 18+!!

you should already know I'm Vatta. I'm in my 30s. I've been on the Tumblr RP scene for somewhere just over 10 years as of 2024 (I've been roleplaying on different platforms for alot longer), I've had ALOT of blogs, mostly Homestuck, a couple OCs, all of my blogs had my name in the bio

currently active blogs:

@catboii - fandomless OC, humanoid shapeshifter, cult vibes, violence/murder/cannibalism/abuse tws, well established (7 years old?) but my pages are a bit of a mess, is currently MIA, is overall friendly if you're nice to it!

Homestuck:

@davepetea - post-game Davepetasprite^2, heavy bird and cat pun usage and some eyestrain, is VERY friendly and loves everyone

@solxrated (sideblog to Catboii) - (not very active) Sollux, Davepeta's moirail, same timeline, mostly just ironically rates computer setups

@hemopseudo - (not very active) Speciesswap (Troll Dave Strider) Devino Stryyd living on Beforus, some mild hemoism but it's more political than murdery so I'll avoid it unless it comes up in conversation, which'll be tagged as "hemoism", pretty mid in the friendliness department but will riff off your muse's energy

I'm GMT+0 so my timezone doesn't link up to most of your guys' and I'll be getting online while you guys get into bed, or I'll be getting offline as you guys start getting on. I work Sun-Wed, and am usually quite tired when I get home, so won't be on much on those days

GMT +0

(testing the clock widget)

NONE of my OOC info is a mandatory read, unless there is something specific you want to know! I will try and keep everything simple, the TL;DR is in bold, the rest is just expanding on each point

first and foremost!! I'm very active OOC, which means I'm constantly adding OOC notes to my muse's posts #((,#in brackets like this,#)), if this breaks your immersion and you don't like it, fair enough! I'm not to your taste. I'm on the autistic spectrum and then some so I REALLY like to make everything clear and make sure my muses don't get misinterpreted because of me

I'm neurodivergent so please be patient with me, but if you wanna clarify anything or chat about anything, please know you can drop into IMs ANYTIME (with the ((brackets)) if you're on an RP blog to let me know it’s OOC, otherwise I will assime it’s IC, even if you're unquirked...)

I have no major triggers but want anything relating to pedophilia kept FAR away from me, if your muse is a victim and mentions their trauma that's fine, as long as it's not glorified/positive. this doesn't extend to like ddlg kinks etc but it does squick me out a bit so I have some related terms blacklisted

online interaction unless otherwise discussed! some tips on how you can start interactions with any of my muses is over here

will interact with pretty much any fandom/OC, not picky, even if I don't know the fandom (it's like 10x funnier if I have NO idea who the character is)

PLEASE no personal blog (direct interactions, follows and rbs of non-original posts are ok if you're a mun following from your personal) or RL person RP blogs (characters they play are fine)

no kink/smut/purely nsfw blogs please

(doesn’t include more adult themed muses that aren’t *completely* porn and smut, so if I follow you first/back then we good, I may follow and interact on the sideblog just to keep it off main, Davepeta fucks I just don’t want porn to be the only thing on my dash lol)

not mutual exclusive! please feel free to chat with muse anytime! all posts are open to replies even if someone specific is @-ed if your muse has a comment they wanna make!

I'm mobile sometimes but I've worked out how to get Xkit Rewritten to work on mobile, so I can cut posts, but I prefer using the app sometimes bc of the minimalism of it (I'll scroll and write posts in the app, save to draft, then cut in the browser, I'll make my own little tut eventually), but I can't be bothered to queue from mobile app so sometimes I might spam post a little. if it gets to like 4-5 posts in a minute I'll just switch over to browser though

I'm here for fun and fun only! I do love a bit of angst but if you wanna go down that route we'll need to do some OOC communication first bc if I'm in the wrong headspace it can bring me down and no one wants that unsolicited (unless that's what your muse is about, then I'll be expecting it you're all good)

IC =/= OOC... most of my muses are not human and sometimes are immortal. the base media (eg Homestuck) is also problematic in ways that I can't avoid. I like to explore the thought processes of things like being on a planet you didn't grow up on, or being immortal when you previously weren't. this is completely fictional, although I do actively try to avoid anything that could be problematic, unless it's realistic, which I will tag OOC

#.vat file #nav.#pinned.#this is a WIP I might keep adding to it #but I'll try and keep each post kinda short if I can

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dangaer · 2 years

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i say it a lot but genuinely i just want to say thank you so so much to everyone who has literally supported me on both my blogs ever since i’ve come back to the rpc like ... you’ve all been so incredibly sweet and supportive no matter what decisions i’ve made or what’s been happening in your lives i honestly don’t even know how to explain how much i appreciate that ...

#❛ 𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 ⧽ — ooc.#i dont rb too many self positivity memes bc every time someone gives me positivity i cry for like an hour and then its all i think about all #day FYDVUGDUVVGYU but like!#i used an az.usa icon bc im just ... so glad to that people love my blog #and the fact i can give my portrayals smth good and special that people /do/ enjoy writing and reading and seeing them on their dash #especially dia.lovers bc lbr its one of the most problematic(tm) ones going :pensive:#u guys have supported me through bouts of just ooc posting and bouts of draft posting. running blogs like a headless chicken and literally i #come and say oh is this ok??? or when im worried people always look out for me andi just #(screams. cries. screams again.)#i do not deserve any of you but im just so thankful i dont show it enough so i say it every single day #you guys are so willing to explore and understand so much for me my journey has been so nice here i just dont know how to describe it #mutuals ( affectionate )#so many of you follow both my blogs and rlly end up with seeing my stuff twice over and thrice before back in the day #i am just a simple oto.me writer .... you're all on the way to my best route--- YUDFVYUDFVF

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thetomorrowshow · 2 years

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play the game

trust au masterlist

the return of the trust au

i took a short break in updating this bc of personal reasons but here is another installment for yall on this fine thursday evening! much love to @after-nine-at-the-oasis for the encouragement :)

you can read the other pieces in the above-linked masterlist, or on my ao3 (linked on my blog). i will also have a taglist for this au if yall want to be tagged in the rb!

cw: referenced injuries, spiraling thoughts & self-hate

Jimmy’s too embarrassed to go to Lizzie right now.

Well, it’s not just that. For one thing, he’s almost too sore to get up. He’s bruised and broken all over and he’s not sure he’s ever going to get the taste of dirt out of his mouth. He really just wants to lie in his bed for the rest of the day and into the next.

Scott carried him to his bed earlier. He’d woken up on the couch, cuddled into Scott, whose head was tipped back, mouth slightly open, eyes closed. Jimmy had gazed at him for a moment, the soft pink dusting his cheeks, the flutter of his eyelashes with each breath. Then he’d tried to get up, and Scott had woken and left to get him food. When they had both eaten, Scott changed Jimmy’s bandages (which wore him out immensely) and then carried him to bed. With a soft word of farewell, Scott had left, locking the cabin door behind him. And Jimmy had fallen asleep almost instantly.

But now he’s awake, and his head is clear, and his alliance with Scott is proven to be something. So it’s about time he tells Lizzie, but he really doesn’t want to get out of bed. He needs to change his bandages too, probably, but he doesn’t want to whatsoever. He thinks, though, that he can manage to write a letter.

OCEAN QUEEN,

hi lizzie! i was writing to tell you of some IMPORTANT NEWS. VERY IMPORTANT NEWS. the Codfather Alliance is growing!

i have made a new ally. you may have noticed that scott smajor is nice to me now! we have signed allyship papers and are arranging deals NOW. i was going to write joel to tell him of the news, but i assume he is with you. i will also be writing to pixl to tell him :)

you may not trust him, but scott is a good ally and i hope he will become more.

i did good!! are you proud of me?

Cordially,

HRM THE CODFATHER 𓆟

Jimmy scribbles a little fish beside his title, as well as his signature. Then he seals the letter and puts away the book he’d been writing on. He has about three messengers designated for trips to the Ocean Empire, so he reluctantly brings himself to his feet and covers any injuries on display—he pulls the Codfather head over his face, clasps a jacket over his bandaged chest. Then he limps out of his cabin, to the messenger hut down the pier. He hands the letter to the secretary, ignores the look they give him when he flinches away from the brush of their fingers.

Lizzie’s going to want to call a meeting, and Lizzie will get on him if any of these injuries are infected. So Jimmy sighs, returns to his cabin, and unwraps his various bandages.

Jimmy’s out planting some poppies in his garden (one-handed, his right arm in a sling) when he hears the familiar sound of a twirling trident. Lizzie’s coming to visit! It’s fairly early for Lizzie to be visiting, and he usually only sees her in their weekly supplemental meetings (the most recent of which he’d canceled, as a chance to heal), so it’s good to see her.

He straightens up, dusts his hand on his pants and adjusts his Codfather head. He and Lizzie have only known that they’re seablings for a couple of months—it had completely shocked the both of them, and ever since that realization, they’ve quite clearly become more protective of one another. It’s no surprise that Lizzie’s dropping in for a surprise visit.

He waves widely, disguises his limp as a trip when he hurries to meet her at the landing point. “Lizzie! Did you get my letter last—”

He cuts off as Lizzie grips his arms, winces as her thumb presses into the nearly-healed gash on his bicep. Her hair is out of place, her face wrinkled with concern. Jimmy’s about to ask what’s wrong when she yanks off his Codfather head.

“I—Lizzie—!”

She stares at him—at his jaw, and the line of bruises there. Her face goes slack with—with something that looks a lot like grief.

“It’s true,” she whispers. Her eyes flick from his face to his sling, the one that both holds his injured arm and secures his broken collarbone in place. “They’re hurting you. I let them—” she chokes off, tears welling in her eyes.

“I—what? No, don’t—don’t cry,” Jimmy says frantically, his mind whirling. How did she find out? She isn’t allies with Scott, and nobody else knows—did one of his tormentors reveal something? “I—what are you talking about?”

Lizzie buries her face in his good shoulder, tears spilling over. “Smajor told us,” she cries. “He—he wanted our help protecting you. . . .”

Jimmy thinks for a long moment, Lizzie pressed against him. Scott told them. He doesn’t like that, doesn't like that Scott went to them without permission, but also. . . .

Scott wants to protect him. Scott wants to be there for him, whenever he needs it, is so worried that he won’t be enough that he went to people who aren’t his allies to ask for help. And that makes Jimmy feel . . . kind of special. Scott is doing all of this for him. Scott really cares about him.

Jimmy really cares about Scott, too.

“Why isn’t Scott here?” he asks after another long moment. He makes it as casual as possible, just inquiring after his presence. Scott’s his ally, after all. He’s supposed to pay attention to where he is and stuff. Lizzie still pulls back, fixes him with a questioning look.

“He was exhausted, so we gave him a guest bedroom. He should be asleep by now.”

Scott was exhausted? And noticeably? Tired enough that he needed to go straight to sleep while visiting another kingdom? That can’t be good. “Can I see him?” he says too quickly, quickly enough that Lizzie squints at him suspiciously.

“You’re clearly injured,” she says slowly. “Are you well enough for the flight?”

Jimmy almost snorts. He’s flown with far worse. He doesn’t say anything, though, just one-handedly adjusts the straps of his elytra.

Jimmy can’t tear his eyes from Scott’s face. The elf certainly looks exhausted, just as Lizzie had said, dark shadows under his eyes and waxy skin. Now, though, he’s peacefully slumbering, both hands loosely curled close to his chest. Jimmy watches him, watches his chest rise with every slow breath, watches his fingers twitch, watches the little turns of his mouth.

He reaches out with his good arm, aborts the movement. Not everybody likes physical contact, especially not when they’re sleeping. So he settles for just gazing at Scott, at his long eyelashes, at the way one of his wings is bent slightly under him, at—

“What’s so interesting about his face, huh?”

Jimmy starts, shoots up from his seat at Scott’s bedside. Joel is leaning against the doorway, arms crossed, brows raised. “I—uh—he just looks so tired, doesn’t he?” he manages. “I can’t imagine—usually he’s so perfect, and not that he isn’t still perfect, but he’s . . . well. . . .” he gestures vaguely at Scott, eyes turning back on him. Scott’s usually so bright, so radiant. Now he’s dulled, lost his shine.

He looks back to Joel only to see the man covering his mouth, some combination of shock and hysterics flitting across his face. Jimmy’s not sure why, or what he means by it, but before he can ask Joel has composed himself, properly stepping into the room.

“Jim, Lizzie and I have been talking, and . . . well.” Joel hesitates, eyes dancing from Jimmy’s bruised jaw line to his sling. “To start, I suppose—I’m sorry,” he says, meeting Jimmy’s eyes. “We—I haven’t done enough. Scott didn’t tell us much, but from what he did tell us, you’ve been going through a lot with no one to support you. And I’m sorry. I should’ve been there.”

“Joel, no,” Jimmy says earnestly. “I—I didn’t really know what was happening myself, not until Scott realized. And they hid it, they made me hide it.”

Joel flinches, takes his crown from his head and worriedly twists it around in his hands. “C’mon, Jimmy. Scott said it’s been going on for a while. There’s no way that for however many months it’s been—”

“Years,” Jimmy corrects. Joel’s mouth falls open.

“Y-years?”

“Um. Yeah. Since I joined Katherine’s alliance, pretty much.” Jimmy rubs the back of his neck. He’s a little . . . well, anxious, he supposes. Not of how Joel will react, but also completely that. Joel won’t be mad at him, right? “It’s been a while. I thought everyone knew, but Scott. . . .”

He looks back to the elf, still sleeping peacefully. Jimmy’s always thought that the feathers on his wings seemed so very soft. He’s wanted for months to run his fingers through them, just to see how they feel. Would it wake Scott up if he did that right now? Better to not risk it.

Crazy, how just a couple of weeks could change how he sees Scott entirely. In the past, when met with this opportunity, he would’ve touched him without hesitation, without regard for how he might react. Now, though. . . .

“He saw my scars, and he didn’t hurt me,” Jimmy murmurs. “He hated me, he used to hate me so much, but he saw that I needed help and he helped me. He wanted to help me. He hated me, but he wanted an alliance just so he could protect me.” He looks back up to Joel, who’s watching him with the most soulful look Jimmy’s ever seen on the man’s face. “Lizzie said he hasn’t slept in a week. For me. Have you ever had someone so worried for you that they don’t sleep for a week, trying to think of ways to protect you?”

He’s feeling a ton of guilt, there’s no doubt about it. But this is also the kindest thing that anyone has ever done for him. Scott cares about him, more than anyone Jimmy’s ever met. Scott doesn’t even know him, and he cares about him.

That means something, doesn’t it? Whatever it means, it makes Jimmy’s stomach go all fluttery.

“You’re not going to leave, are you?” Joel asks quietly. Jimmy shakes his head, sinks back into the chair beside Scott. He flexes his arm in the sling, feeling the almost-good pain of the stretch. He should be good to take it off; it’s mostly been on to keep his collarbone still and remind him not to use it, but he thinks that as long as he is careful about how high he raises his arm and how much weight he lifts, he should be good.

“Right. Lizzie should be in soon,” says Joel, rolling his shoulders and setting his crown back upon his head. “Might be a little bit, she’s composing letters to Gem and then probably another to Katherine, and I’d assume some to—er, everyone else involved. I ought to be doing that too, to be honest. So I’ll just . . . leave you to it.”

Jimmy shoots him a grateful smile, settling in a bit more comfortably. Once he's left the room, he returns to watching Scott, waiting for that moment (hopefully many hours from now, he desperately needs the rest) that he wakes.

Once Scott's left with a promise to get some more sleep (and reassurances from Jimmy and Lizzie that they'll message him frequent updates), Lizzie fixes Jimmy with a look that has him blushing without even knowing why.

"What's that all about?" he asks, gesturing to her face. Lizzie raises an eyebrow and laughs, and Joel joins in.

"Come on, Jimmy. Can you be any more obvious?" Joel chuckles. Jimmy looks between the two, utterly confused. What on earth do they mean? He’s not being obvious about anything, is he? He’s not even done anything to be obvious about.

"You and Scott? We saw the way you two look at each other," teases Lizzie, and oh.

They think that—they’re somehow under the impression that—and now Jimmy has to disabuse them of the assumption that he and Scott—

“No—it’s not like—”

“Do you want it to be?” Lizzie interjects, and Jimmy has to stop and consider.

Does he want it to be . . . whatever Lizzie is implying? Which he supposes is a romance? Is he . . . into Scott?

Memories shoot through his head—laying in Scott’s lap; blushing as Scott lifts him up with zero trouble; signing the alliance papers all while imagining what it might be like to kiss a Scott but ultimately not mentioning the tradition; watching him as he sleeps to ensure he gets rest; gazing at his shimmering blue hair across the House Blossom Alliance table; picturing running his hands through the elf’s wings. . . .

He feels his face heat and Lizzie crows in delight. “Stoppppp,” he moans, burying his face in his hands. He’s removed the sling, reveling in the (still limited, but not as much) range of motion he now has. Still, maybe he ought to put it back on if it means that Lizzie and Joel will be nicer to him. They treated him more gently when he was more obviously injured earlier.

“No, this is so cute!” Lizzie says, standing from the kitchen table as the kettle begins to whistle. “I already knew you thought he was pretty—”

“H—I didn’t even know, how—?”

“Sisters have their ways—”

“Except I knew too,” Joel butts in. “Like, you literally told me earlier today that you think he’s perfect. What, d’you think you’ve never said anything like that about him before?”

“I—what—” Jimmy sputters, searching back. “I did no such—” “You once ranked—unprompted, mind you—all of the House Blossom Alliance by attractiveness, and you put Scott at the top,” Joel continues, undeterred. Behind him, Lizzie shoots Jimmy an incredulous glance. He shrugs helplessly, glaring at Joel. So maybe he’d been a little drunk with Joel a while back. He’d said that in confidence, though! That’s not the kind of thing you just share with everyone.

“He’s objectively the prettiest,” he defends himself, only to be met with scoffs and snorts.

“Objectively the prettiest is Lizzie,” Joel says as Lizzie says, “Objectively the prettiest is Joey.” They both blink, then stare at each other. Jimmy grins, covers his mouth.

“You guys,” he sighs, clucking his tongue a little as he stands and eases the kettle from Lizzie’s hand. He gets one cup poured before Lizzie seems to register what he’s done and pushes him away.

“You’re injured, go sit down,” she commands, something like guilt flashing across her face. Jimmy frowns, but relinquishes the kettle and does as she says. “My point is,” she says as she finishes pouring, “you like him. Like-like him. Am I wrong?”

Jimmy jerks his head in not-quite-a-nod, not-quite-a-shake. “I—well, I barely know—I—he might—but . . . yeah,” he relents, settling back into his seat. Because he . . . he does like Scott, doesn’t he? He really really likes him. How could he not have noticed?

He almost rolls his eyes when Joel pumps his fist in the air.

Lizzie’s back is turned, but when she gathers up the mugs and places them on the table, Jimmy can’t help but be surprised by the excitement radiating off of her. He’d expected her to be . . . well, maybe not angry (that’s what his brain has been screaming at him for the past couple of minutes, to not give away any personal feelings they’re going to hate him they’re going to be mad he has to keep it a secret—), but disapproving at least. Apprehensive. Maybe a little exasperated. Then again, nothing today has gone the way he expected.

“Lizzie?” he asks hesitantly. “You . . . okay?”

“I’ve just never had a sibling have a crush before!” she bursts out, her fins flapping rapidly. She jumps in place a few times, grinning. “I can’t wait! What am I supposed to do? Shovel talk? Wait, I have to wait until your first date for that, huh? What about—”

“Calm down, babe,” Joel says, patting her elbow. “Jimmy’s not even sure if Smajor likes him back yet.”

And it hits Jimmy, quite suddenly, that he really has no clue. For all he knows, Scott's just his begrudging ally. Maybe losing an insane amount of sleep and patching them up when they get hurt is common practice for Rivendell alliances. Maybe there's nothing to be had between them.

He feels foolish, to be frank, and more than a little heartbroken. Nothing about Scott's actions have belied romantic intent. He may not even see Jimmy as a viable romantic objective (Jimmy's mind is suddenly filled with images of Scott seeing him at alliance meetings and writing him off as ugly and undesirable, images of him playing sleepover dating games with other emperors and always dropping Jimmy in the 'kill' category, images of him complaining to his advisors about his annoying new ally). There's no way Scott wants him. There's no way Scott looks at him and feels a little giddy the way Jimmy feels looking at Scott.

He and Sausage had been allies at first. Back when Jimmy was a new ruler, maybe two years after his coronation. Jimmy was honored and a little flustered by another emperor's support, especially one so roguishly handsome.

Jimmy doesn't think he'll survive it if history repeats itself.

"Oh Jim, I didn't mean—see, it'll be easy to figure it out!" Joel says, mirth gone from his face. He reaches out as if to take Jimmy's hand, aborts at the last moment. Jimmy tucks his hands closer to himself. "Right, Lizzie? We can see if he likes you, you don't have to worry about it at all."

"Easily," Lizzie nods. "In fact—why don't you ask him to family night?"

Family night? "Family night?" he says aloud. "Isn't that a bit—forward? Especially when he doesn't even like me?"

"Oh he definitely likes you," Joel mutters, before agreeing with his fiancée. "We can invite Pix too, so that it's more like an alliance meeting than family night. That way he won't get suspicious."

Family nights are sort of their thing, though. Ever since they discovered they're seablings, merely months ago, their weekly meetings have been everything keeping him together. Is that something he wants to introduce Scott to?

“It doesn’t have to be permanent,” Lizzie says. Something in his face must have given away his apprehension. “Just to figure out his feelings. Sound good?”

Jimmy thought for a moment more. It . . . couldn’t do any harm, could it?

And now Jimmy is alone on the floor of his house, trying to figure out what he did wrong.

According to Lizzie, he’s done everything right—he’s invited Scott to meetings, made him feel welcome, hugged him and included him and made him tea and scones. He’s tried to be vulnerable, show Scott that he trusts him and that he wants to be closer.

Lizzie’s assured him frequently that Scott is warming to him, enjoys his company. Sometimes Jimmy believes her—Scott seems to have a good time, shows up for every meeting, is slowly becoming more comfortable speaking his mind. And in the weeks since Jimmy realized he had a crush, he’s fallen further and further.

Scott is soft-spoken, waits for his turn and frequently does not speak unless prompted—unless he gets excited or heated. Then he hops into the conversation energetically, or relentlessly argues his point. More than once he’s gone from sitting quietly on the edge of Jimmy’s sofa, mug gripped tightly in both hands, to lounging back and gesturing wildly as his words go faster and faster. The nervous, curled-in-on-himself version of Scott slowly dissipates as Joel and Lizzie become more comfortable teasing him and he becomes more comfortable responding.

Scott’s laugh is the most beautiful sound Jimmy’s ever heard. He’s never been the type for poetics, but he can’t get over just how perfectly his laugh is created for every environment imaginable—tinkling like the windchimes of the Overgrown, or the splashes of the cod, or the ice crystals of Rivendell; musical like the flutes of Pixandria, the fiddles of Gilded Helanthia, the brassy tones of Mezelea. Any time he comes to think such thoughts, he blushes at the clumsiness—surely Scott could do much better than he.

Scott hugs him and everything is right in the world. He can hold Scott to his chest and pretend for just a moment that he has this, that Scott wants him and is his in turn.

Not that that will ever be true, now that Jimmy’s ruined everything.

He wants to blame Joel. He wants to blame Joel so badly for getting antsy about how long it’s taking to see if Scott likes him, for bringing up the concept of Jimmy kissing, for realizing that Jimmy broke cod law in his alliance with Scott. Joel isn’t to blame, though. Jimmy is.

He’d thought it was time for the next step. Scott had seemed receptive, had seemed to be open to everything suggested and had kissed him—

He hadn’t even asked. Cod, he hadn’t even asked! He’d just kissed Scott and then kissed him again and now Scott’s gone and will never trust him again. He wouldn’t be surprised if Scott breaks off the alliance tomorrow, not even a letter but a message on his communicator because Jimmy isn’t worth a letter, and then he’s going to reform his old alliances and then Scott will join them and Scott’s going to hurt him because Jimmy messed up so bad and he deserves it—

He doubles over with a gasping sob, hands buried in his hair as his nose touches the wooden floor. The light, warm feel of Scott’s lips on his lingers, and he sobs again because having the taste, wanting the taste, is such a violation that he can’t help but hate himself.

“I’m sorry,” he croaks to the empty house. “I never meant—I thought—” he cuts himself off, pulls at his hair. Scott’s not here to hear him. Scott’s never going to come close enough to let him apologize ever again.

He stays on the floor, curled up and crying, for at least an hour. When he finally manages to rouse himself, darkness has fallen entirely and the moon shines through his window over the sink in the kitchen, casting a patch of white on the floor. He takes in a shuddering breath, rubs his eyes with the heels of his hands.

He’s not fit to be a ruler. What kind of emperor cries on the floor for ages because of spurned affection? What kind of emperor assaults another, hurts them so badly they run from the room, unable to speak?

He picks up the blanket that had slid to the floor, wraps it up into a ball and tosses it onto the sofa. He goes through the motions of after-meetings—picks up the mugs and plates and set around the room and places them in the sink, adjusts cushions that have been rearranged, sweeps up the crumbs that have spilled here and there.

It’s so empty, empty without that brightness that seeing Scott usually brings. Jimmy sighs, leaves the dishes unwashed in the sink, and goes straight to bed, not even taking the time to undress.

When he wakes up, his eyelids are heavy and he feels more weighed down than he ever has. Sun filters through his bedroom curtains, shining directly onto his face. His blankets are twisted this way and that, under one leg and over the other. The room is silent, slow; even the dust that swirls in the beam of sun seem lazy. Jimmy lies there, more a part of this meandering world than a member of it.

He’s ruined everything. He’s lost the most useful alliance he’s ever made, he’s lost a protector, he’s lost a friend, he’s lost something he hadn’t even had. . . .

His communicator buzzes. Jimmy almost ignores it in favor of lying in bed forever, but it’s broken the easy atmosphere. He sighs, sits up, kicks the blankets out from under him and reaches for his communicator.

LDShadowLady: soooooo how’d it go??

Jimmy scrunches his eyes shut. He’s going to start crying again. He’s so weak that he can barely even think about the night before without crying, what kind of person is that weak?

Before he can stop himself, he’s hurling the communicator as hard as he can—he can’t look at it—he’s going to cry if he looks at it and he can’t cry and he hates himself—

It hits the wall, smashes apart, the back of it cracking off and flying back to hit him in the forehead. He falls back onto the bed more out of surprise than actual pain, rubbing his forehead. He feels a little embarrassed now, now that the communicator’s in pieces beside the wall and he’s got no way but mail to contact his allies. Now they’ll come looking for him or something stupid if he doesn’t respond, thinking that he’s being beat in a forest somewhere and needs help.

Which is where he should be, to be honest. Being a punching bag is all he deserves.

He has an empire to run, though. So Jimmy allows himself one more minute to mope about the little red mark on his forehead, one more minute to mourn his existence, one more minute to lose Scott. . . .

Then he rises and begins to prepare for a day of duty through heartbreak.

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yamagucji · 4 years

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some tips for writing blogs, especially those who are just starting out. these are some things that works for me and may or may not work for others.

how to add a read more link on mobile

type :readmore: on a free space, then hit the enter or return button

personally i think they’re very helpful because it lessens the space you take up in your dash, and might encourage more people to rb

+ you can also add this on a spot where it gives a sort of cliffhanger, essentially making people want to ‘read more’

headers, banners, and dividers

though not necessary, it’s good to have a title for your work. make sure it’s bold and doesn’t blend in with your notes (aka pairing, warnings, etc.). this also helps when someone wants to look up one of your works in your search bar

i don’t really make banners or covers for my works. but some good apps that i know of would be picsart and canva. if you’re looking for ideas, i definitely recommend going into canva

wondering how to make those really small, thin dividers? you can make them using picsart! to make a divider hit tools > free crop > brush > size (adjust it to your preference > then draw a line along the edge of your photo > save

using the divider you just saved, go back to picsart and edit it again > draw option > hit rainbow square at the bottom left corner > hit suction/droplet symbol right below the check mark > color in the white spots bc for some reason picsart glitches and makes dividers look white-ish

new blog? just opened an account?

this is gonna sound really frustrating. but... tumblr needs to check if you’re a bot or not. what does this mean? it’s likely that your first few posts won’t show up on the search bar. you may not even get to edit your header/pfp yet ://

this happened to me and there was no visibility on my account at ALL. what helped me get ‘verified’ is that i followed a LOT of accounts, liked a bunch of posts, made some posts here and there. now that lets tumblr know you’re not a bot

visibility

the tumblr tagging system usually only allows the first 5 tags in your post to show up. so, what can do you about this? only use FIVE or less tags in your post. wait about 15 minutes or more until you can add some more tags in your post, and they usually all show up like that

another important thing about using tags is not to generalize! especially if you’re using a popular tag. but also don’t specify it too much where barely anyone looks it up. for example, if you’re writing a gn piece about oikawa, i recommend you use the tags such as: oikawa x reader, haikyuu x reader, oikawa x gn!reader, haikyuu headcanons, etc

a good rule of thumb is to use character x reader tags first, then leave the full name or fandom tag last

FOR NSFW: tumblr doesn’t let any tags with nsfw show up. so, give your nsfw works another tag. maybe #namegetspicy idk, you figure it out

FOR WARNINGS: especially if you’re a dark content creator, i highly encourage you to add tw:xyz tags. if you already have a warning note at the top then that’s great. but even better for readers who prefer to actually block these tags that way they never get to see it

another important thing to note is that people have different timezones. it helps if you rb your work at a different time of the day, in case people missed it! (icymi) i’ve noticed that reblogging helps to make your post show up in the tags

interaction + feedback

first and foremost, you are not obligated to write for your followers, and neither are your followers obligated to interact with you. remember that everyone has their own individual lives, and they have their own things to do— so do you, too.

make friends! become mutuals with other writers, visit their ask box. i know it can be daunting having to initiate these things, but you might just turn out to have fun! you can’t expect people to interact with you if you’re not interacting (back). it’s... kind of a two way thing yk? no need to be afraid to interact with other writers. oh, and rb other writers works!

pspsps join tag games or do ask games. it’s fun and very interactive

it never hurts to ask for feedback. i usually do this in a more subtle way because i don’t really expect a full on analysis on my works. maybe a little, is this okay? or feedback appreciated. sometimes it takes a little bit of coaxing for the silent readers

formatting your posts and blog

i generally put in the title at the top in big, bold letters

then comes the header/divider. helps to make the post more... visually appealing ig?

it’s important to add warnings (if any) and the pairing. the audience is not all female, and it might be a little frustrating for male readers having to find out its an x fem reader piece like halfway through your fic

if you have multiple works posted, it’s really really helpful to have a navigation page!

you can organize the posts you make with tags! for example, if you’re shitposting, you can use a specific tag for that. if you have a nsfw related post (ESPECIALLY when your blog is open to the general audience) please make a tag for it

themes + colors

if you have a color in mind but don’t know which direction to go from there, i recommend looking up color + aesthetic

looking to use the same color? download a name color app that’ll give you a hex code for any color you want to use. then, you can type in that hex code for when you’re choosing a color for your tumblr bio

wondering how to make your header image small like mine? just choose a photo for your header and turn off the stretch image option

want to use a different text color that tumblr doesn’t offer? it’s not as complicated as you think. you’ll have to go on a desktop to do this and do some html (but trust me, it’s not very difficult). look up “HTML noob but trying my best - how to use colored text on desktop”

^^ i don’t have the link for the color text tutorial so you can try looking it up

how to make an aesthetic navi and masterlist

step 1: decide a theme! if you’re stuck, think about a character + color/season/mood or look up “[insert] aesthetic” to find some inspiration. or you can try looking at other blogs too

step 2: find a color scheme! it’s easier if you choose fewer colors. if you want to use the same color for both divider and text, download a color name app in order to get the hex code of that color.

step 3: add categories to your navi! most navigation pages include a link to masterlist, about/byi, and rules. your navi should have a title that indicates that it’s... a navigation page. you can add thin colored dividers with the same color to make it easier for followers to navigate

step 4: you can choose to create a ‘cover’ or a picture for your navigation and masterlist! again, i recommend you use the canva app as a starting point

extra: search up emoticon symbols to spice up your titles!

reminder for you as a writer

you’re not obligated to do any of these things. i’ve noticed that we tend to build pressure on ourselves when it comes to content and interaction. remember, this !! is !! for !! fun !! when you realize that it’s no longer fun, then know that it’s time to take a break. and there’s nothing wrong with a bit of self care.

^^ c/p from this post lol

at the end of the day, follower count and interaction doesn’t define you. again for the love of beings, you’re here on your own accord.

will be adding more if needed/asked.

#cupid; talks!#cueuepid

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tartagliaxx · 3 years

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hihi how are you?? i hope you're doing good :D

do you have any tips for starting a blog? i'm kinda new to tumblr so i don't know much about navigating and making a pretty theme and customizing.

it's ok if you don't want to answer! no pressure! <33

hello there! i'm doing very good, thank you for wish me well! uh long post ahead.

ummm well it depends on the type of blog you're running? tbh i don't know a lot either. back when i still wasn't writing, i was just spending a lot of time in the tags i liked and i saw many blogs that inspired me to make a hopefully pretty blog. In terms of navigation, i just use the search bar like yknow... googling but i remember to follow authors and reblog their works so tumblr's algorithm syncs up with my interests. you might encounter profile recommendations on your dash when you're just scrolling through and those are usually related to the content you've been actively intaking. so yeah, just follow and rb the content creators that you like bc not only is it a show of appreciation, it's also a way to personalize your tumblr and fill up your blog.

speaking of blogs, tags have been my best friend since i reworked mine. you can use it to organize your posts and make the search easier in case you have smth you need to find. for instance, i use 'spread by word of tongue' for all the fanfics i recommend so when someone wants to read through them, it'll be easy-peachy! if you're making original content, it's also smth that boosts visibility. tag as much as you want, there's no shame in that (except the 30 tag limit lol). they do have that thing where they say you have to put the five most important tags in the front bc those are the only ones that pop out or smth. i don't really get that either but i just do it anw. interacting w people would also get your name out there so if you drop by askboxes or leave comments... those would help.

finally, themes! honestly, it's all about finding an aesthetic you vibe w and working w it. tumblr has two views (at least, the ones that i consider): the mobile and website view. the website view is more flexible and you could easily adjust the HTML codes. thankfully, a lot of talented users share their codes for free so you could copy and paste them on yours and just adjust colors and whatnot as needed (ofc be careful of what they allow and what they don't and other prerequisites before you use the theme) theme-hunter is a nice place to start if you're looking for some themes. for mobile, it's much simpler? there's not a lot you can do w it so you'll see users like me add pics and dividers and other sorts of stylization. you can hide the avatar/header, change accent colors and stuff. there are also a bunch of creative tumblr users who make matching/themed headers and icons. some of them even take requests for free and that's so pog of them.

those are the things that come up on top of my head like rn,, tbh tho, i feel like you'll figure it out on your own the more that you use it? fr my blog used to be so ugly and now we're here and it's... well, it's tolerable. anw, i hope i helped!

#˗ˋˏ°• letters from cat island •°ˎˊ˗#˗ˋˏ°• from my secret admirer •°ˎˊ˗

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monochromemedic · 3 years

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Same spamton honkers anon here dhsnsns

Your entire rant resonated hard w me bc i acc have an art blog myself but its kind of underground (i made it at the beginning of 2020 in hopes that i could gain some sort of audience cuz i occasionally post on it) and i always wanted to be a [big shot] artist. I have been struggling with severe negative artistic self view and i also do the grave mistake of comparing my art to others every so often WITHOUT EVEN REALIZING AT FIRST like i see some art i like, i rb it then my mind does this thing where its like "ok god i WISH THAT WERE ME tho" and i just ????? Damn shawty ok!!!

I feel the same regarding doodles and studies, as u said, i'd prob feel better breaking and twisting my spine on a piece continuously for one week but i legit dont have the time, patience and overall energy for that kinda shit☠☠☠ i think it boils down to every individual, some love posting and spending hours and hours on a piece, others center around doodles and small projects. Trust me im still so mf overly critical of myself despite the fact that im doing relatively better compared to last year but its almost as if when im rlly proud of smth and i post it and it doesnt gain as many notes (which ik isnt a clear indicator of quality but yknow) i just go like "damn ok then" dbsbxbns if u would like to talk abt such matters im here🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶

All in all i'd say give it time, maybe dont straight out post smth as soon as its done bc i find taking a break then coming back to it sometimes helps change my perception of the drawing??? But fr i absolutely love ur art myself no cap💔

I really do feel you. I know being negative and beating myself down about my art is like very counter productive but I got into the habit a long time ago and now I can't seem to get out of it as easily as I started. I know every artist struggles with some form of it and you only see the finish product not the time it took to make it or progress. It's a very shitty situation because most of the time you only see the creative process from YOUR point of view and only see the end products of others. But even with all this information it's like it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter if other artists struggle or feel the same way, they push something out, they get a good piece and yet you don't. You still compare even if you don't mean to, you're upset you can't be them or at their level and you wanna get feedback, you wanna have people look at your art you wanna make people laugh or whatever it is you hope to accomplish but to you it just looks incorrect because it will forever be YOURS. And I don't know how to get comfortable with my progress, where I am with my art currently or the fact my art will always be mine. I'd say it's nice to hear you feel that same way but I never like hearing people suffer the same viewpoint about their art, it just makes me sad that they gotta deal with the same shit. Makes me wish I could help but ya know kinda hard to. I guess I hope we both push past it. That's a good idea though. sitting on something and maybe coming back to it at a later date even if it is finished. I hear artists do a lot of WIPs. I honestly never have, I think I have one but I've never really strived to make art that took more then one session or I was too fast and quickly finished it up in the one session it took. I'm just learning I gotta take more time with my art, think things through, give it the love it deserves even if it's kinda stinky. Which ya know fights the 'why are you taking so long on this piece, people could have finished it by now' mentality. It's an endless circle. I go too quick? Why didn't I take longer on it, it could have been better if you spend 24 hours on it. I go too slow to draw something? Someone could have done that in half the time! How artists get over their art struggles, has got to take some serious determination. Or maybe it's just some [BIG SHOT] attitude adjustment I gotta get into *wink*

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st4rdust-machiine · 3 years

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Thanks to @thebittervampire for tagging me in this get to know meme a few days ago💙

rules: answer the questions and tag people you’d like to get to know better

➵ when is your birthday: November 23rd

➵ where do you live: SEA

➵ three things you are doing right now: Eating leftover birthday cake(from my sister), listening to some music, contemplating about playing a game later in the evening but ultimately won’t in the end(most likely)

➵ four fandoms that have piqued your interest: I guess the most recent one is RE, about 1-2 months ago. Which btw, never thought I’ll be interested in RE ever but look where we’re at (edit: my mind went over "4" so the others are dishonored, bloodborne, ff7)

➵ how has the pandemic been treating you: I know this has been a time of much stress and pressure for a lot of people, but for me, having to isolate from the rest of the world has actually given me some peace of mind. I think I’ve mentioned this before in some tags but there’s this part of a routine in my life that always gave me terrible anxiety and stress and now I don’t have to go through that bc of the pandemic

➵ a song you can’t stop listening to right now: 10-20-40 (it’s been on nonstop for the past week)

➵ recommend a movie: Can’t think of one

➵ how old are you: Currently 20 (born in ‘00)

➵ school, university, occupation, other: I used to study in some creative multimedia firm, but I discontinued with them like 4-5 months ago. Not so much bc of the pandemic, but other particular complications. I’m definitely open to starting art education again sometime when it’s suitable. As for profession I’m currently honing my art skills so I can be confident enough to open comms(I definitely will one day). 3d art is another thing I want to add to my list of expertise

➵ do you prefer heat or cold: Please freeze me to death

➵ name one fact others may not know about you: Back when I was younger, EVERYTHING used to scare me. Not just horror related stuff, but even just slightly surreal themes in cartoons and pictures get to me. Now I love horror, macabre, surrealism, etc and actively seek out media and art with these themes.

➵ are you shy: I have pretty bad social anxiety. I definitely come off as shy/aloof to most people

➵ pronouns: She/her

➵ biggest pet peeves: Changing plans at the last minute, and little misunderstandings that make someone think I’m being irresponsible or guilty in that situation(when I wasn’t)

➵ what’s your favourite “dere” type: Not my thing

➵ rate your life from 1 to 10 (1 being crappy and 10 being the best it could be): If I judge how it is right in this moment, probably a 6

➵ what’s your main blog: Right here

➵ list your sideblogs and what they’re used for: I do have a private sideblog I use to save and organize fandom stuff I would later rb to here. Like some kind of bookmark page

➵ is there something people need to know about you before becoming friends: Basically what thebittervampire and elluvians said and on top of that I tend to overthink how to reply so that also contributes to prolonged silence. Plus with said social anxiety, it’s hard to bring myself to start convos even when I really want to (I’m trying to get over that though)

uhhh I tag @lordansketil @thornheartless @grandinventor @asoeiki (if you guys want to of course!) and anyone who stumbles upon this and want to give it a go.

#thanks again #tag game #get to know me

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miingyu · 3 years

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Content Creator Year in Review

Tagged by @uriboogyu thank you so much! 😊

First creation of 2020:

According to my archive this one

Most recent creation of 2020:

It’s Lee Know! 🤗

One of your favorite creations from 2020:

Hmm, I mean I guess they’re sort of all my favorites bc I don’t take requests or anything. I just genuinely gif what I like at that moment. But if I had to pick one hmm... this one of Chungha bc I enjoyed coloring it.

a creation you’re really proud of:

Eh, I'm just out here making basic gifs honestly! If someone likes it enough to reblog it then that makes me happy.

a new style you tried this year and a work that uses it:

I changed up a few things mid year: mainly my vs settings and my ps save settings. I also don’t use topaz anymore. Some things with the way I color gifs have changed, but I still don’t use a psd. You can see it reflected in my gifs from around the beginning of June to present.

a creation that took you forever:

This Hoshi set. I made like 17-18 gifs (yeah...🙃) throughout the day and then when I was ready to settle in to color them they were all just ughhh. The lighting was SO bad. I tried to get them to look somewhat similar... but that was impossible. Then I was like nope just not gonna post. But I’d made all those gifs ya know? So I played with b&w for a bit and added some sepia and noise for something a bit vintage to match the ep. I still love that set.

a creation you think deserved more notes:

I mean I don’t put out content as soon as it drops so do I think some things don’t get as many notes bc of that? Yes. Do I think some things don’t make the tags and that leads to less notes? Yep. And do I think the like button does less than zero for ccs? Also yes. But in this day and age on tumblr I 1000% appreciate any notes I get.

a new fandom you joined and a creation you made for it:

I'm into like seven million groups/artists but I finally went all in with Stray Kids after forever. I’ve only made a few: x x x

a creation you made that breaks your heart:

heh soo from this year... I guess it’s this single gif of Yoongi that I made on a whim. The shot was blurry but I just really wanted to gif it at the time bc I had the .ts file. And now... it has the most notes on this blog. I cringe every time I see it back in my notifs bc why that one why!?! It’s just terrible!

a ‘simple’ creation that you really love:

Well the majority of my gifs are simple lol. I think next year I'll try to post more gfx (by that I mean at least actually post some instead of squirreling them away in my hard drive dungeon)

a creation that was inspired by another one:

I guess the only one that comes to mind is this bc I used a template

a favorite creation created by someone else:

I mean everyone is wonderful and so incredibly talented but I am absolutely an anxious mess when it comes to tagging people so... yep! 🙈

some of your favorite content creators from the year (also tag you’re it!!):

See previous answer!

I know it’s not reflected on this blog bc I rb on main but if you’re making content of any kind you’re a favorite! ❤️

and for good measure, a couple more creations of yours that you love:

Just some off the top of my head:

Siyeon x x

Dami

Jiwoo

Mingyu

Hanse

Junhee

San

NU’EST

#thank you so much for mentioning me!#if anyone would like to do this pls feel free to!#mentions #tagged #tag games

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imchangkyuns · 5 years

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hi everyone!! it's your local hyungkyun enthusiast rachel!! so i somehow (???) hit 5.5k a while ago and i just wanted to say thank you to everyone who follows me for supporting my gifs/gfx, even though i’m not as active anymore ♡

anyways i really wanted to take this time to do a moot appreciation to all the lovely people that i follow!! i don’t follow a lot so this ff is kind of small but i want to shower you all with love!! a lot of the people i knew when i first started this blog are gone, so y’all are the real heroes - thank you angels for filling my dash up with all the good mx content! it’s a little long but i wanted to write about each of you so please bear with me hehe

@bluehairjooheon | n..... you make some of the best gifs (all the great jooheon content thank u!) and i love love seeing you on my dash bc your tags are also so fun to read (lol) + i can’t imagine all the work you’ve put into making podsta x come to life, you’re.. royalty

@calemiel | emy, you’re one of my fav multifandom blogs! your colouring on your gifs is always so sexy and nice and your edits are truly the cutest thing ever :(

@chachayeon | hi nicole! i can’t believe you follow me on this blog too lol but i’m glad!! god i love all my multi stans and i adore how friendly and lovely as a human you are!

@changkyuns | arin, you radiate so much positivity and cuteness and i love seeing kyunbebes on my dash!! also your url is godly and all your graphics are the cutest n cleanest thing! truly queen

@ckyun | hi nat!! i don’t know if you’ll ever see this but you were probably the og kyunbebe from when i first made this blog?? i miss seeing your content bc you rly did have the most godly graphics and i hope you’re doing well!

@coups | hi sally! you make the cuuuuutest edits and the colouring on your gifs is always the softest ever!! i love seeing all the content you produce, thank you for feeding my multi ass heart!

@dearmingki | romi you’re a fake monbebe smh (hehe) but thank you for providing all the good ateez content!! when we first became moots, you were still a mx blog but now that you’re also an atiny i’m v v glad! so happy to have you providing all the good mingi content

@hyungkyun | cristina, your tags are so fuckin funny sometimes i lose my mind, also your gifs are wonderful!! i love the moments you always choose to gif and thank you for making so much changkyun content!!

@hyunqheon | hi hi! i haven’t seen you on my dash in a while so i hope everything is okay with you! i love that you post a lil abt everything including girl groups bc it’s rly nice n refreshing to see!

@hyxngwons | agnes i really have to say we’re hive mind.. i think we stan all the same groups hehe... anyways! you’re such a sweet person and i love love all your content bc the colouring and topaz is always so beautiful!!

@insmiles | lauren! honestly.. feels like i’ve been following you forever and we’re moots on like 3 (?) of my blogs lol, you’re the one who feeds me the most with all my fav groups and thank you for always bringing my attention to new/underrated groups!

@jookyun | shrad ugh my good kyunbebe gal sorry i’m so terrible at keeping in touch i hope you’ve been doing well! you’re a little angel but also so so funny and i love talking to you! thank you for reaching out to me when we first became moots, you truly are.. Angel!

@kihyunslips | hi lovely!! feel i like followed you back in mar 2017 when i made this blog, thank you for being so active and keeping up w all the mx content + good text posts and memes hehe

@minhyukie | hi amy! honestly think i followed u when i saw someone rb ur selfies n i was like. is this. Angel? u are so so funny and your love for minhyuk is so so pure! you’re one of my fav gifmakers so thank you for always gifing all the good content w the cutest colouring, hope you’re taking care of yourself!

@mxluv | cheryl! you make such lovely content and i’m so glad the fandom (read: me) has you! i always adore the colouring you do on your gifs as well!

@naekkung | dani.. how long have we been moots... so long.. you’re one of my fav people on here and so so friendly to everyone and i adore you! ur multi ass out there stanning all the good bgs and ggs too, love that.. thank you for spreading so much love and good content.. truly heavenly cc.. your graphics. chefs kiss

@nubebe | fucking no offense but i’m a fool and only realized days later... i can’t believe i FORGOT U bitch someone kill me! anyways going back to write this even though u may never see it bc :( kei every graphic u make is honestly the sexiest and loveliest thing ever, you have SUCH a galaxy brain and are so so talented and i adore u and all ur creations!!! anyways feel free to slide into my dms and kill me in one shot for forgetting u bc ur truly one of my favourite ccs on tumblr!

@showbebe | yoelin baby!! can’t believe you knew me from my mx blog and then i migrated into the fantasy world and you were there again... that’s Fate. you’re such a sweetheart and so so enjoyable to see - i know you’ve been busy lately but i hope life has been treating you well!

@spookiheon | amanda, you truly say some of the funniest things that crack me up.. i think you’re the earliest mx blog i followed that’s still active here so wow ur the true number 1 of tumblr user changkyunned’s heart

@sunnpils | i honestly feel like i’ve been following you forever sam haha, thank you for making gifs for so many groups, esp the rose!! i feel like i never see them enough

@thekihyun | amanda... ur probably like. The OG mx blog i followed i feel like it’s been so long since i clicked that lil follow button.. you’re probably one of my favourite ccs on here and all the gifs you make are always of the funniest content

@wonsheon | lissa!! you always provide w the good mx content n i didn’t realize u also liked sf9 too?? you’re so pure and i love that you’re also multi hehe i hope you had a nice time on your vacation!

@wonstal | hi angel!! please do drop your name in my dms sometime.. i’m dying to know! your gifs are always the top tier quality and i’m so happy you’re not into skz too!! your colouring is always the softest and cutest + your topaz settings!! thank you for always blessing me w your god-tier gifs

@yoonqiful | ash!! you’re a lovely human being and so friendly, can’t believe you sucked me into the hole of long haired hyungwon :( all of your gifs are really lovely and i adore seeing them!

@17dad | not sure why you follow me gen... you’re one of my fav svt blogs, thank you for always bringing so much content of them onto my dash!

@190629seonghwa | nat.. why do u even follow me on this BLOG LOL anyways i adore you, adore all your mx content, adore how sweet and friendly and loving you are and think u are a goddess.. queen of providing all the good hq ateez & seonghwa (satan) gifs

#ANYWAYS. . whew #thats done i love all of u thank u for blessing my dash!!!!!#this is long n a LOT but!#hope ur all doing well 💞#rachel.txt #*ff #alphabetical order from a -> z then numbers!#anyways sorry im bad @ interacting and being active here but!!#i rly rly hope i didnt forget anyone :'( if we r moots then i definitely did so pls tell me

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perfcell · 5 years

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Do you have any tips or pieces of advice for someone who's looking to start up an rp blog for a character? I have plenty of experience roleplaying, but none of it is with tumblr.

//OH sure sure !!

lets get the technical stuff out first, make the account for your new blog in advance, before you prepare anything else because tumblr has this anti-bots security system in place which doesnt allow new blog’s posts to show up in the tags (and tags such as #indie rp, #anime rp, #insert show here rp are pretty important in getting ur blog out there). you’ll also have to follow some people, get followed back by at least one, reblog+like some posts before your stuff starts showing up in the tags

of course u can disregard the whole promotion thing and just follow people and wait for them to follow you back, but if u want new people to find you without you actively looking for them, its good to drop something in the rp tag. but again, you dont have to do any of this.

ALSO IM PUTTING THE REST UNDER READ MORE BC IT GOT LENGTHY:

so heres stuff you can prepare (or not, its totally up to you !!)

icons - a relict of dreamwidth era , not necessary but i find that they add some zest to the interactions so personally, im a fan. usually 100px x 100px u can make them fancy or not, your choice. just get some basic facial expressions (but again, you dont NEED them)

themes - some rpers pay a lot of attention to blog themes, i used to be like that but tbh rn i dont think anything beats a nice basic theme w/ a readable font. hit up theme hunter and snag a theme u like !!! OR DON’T, thats totally up to you !!!

also you can set your blog to dash only in the blog’s settings which means u dont have to bother w/ a theme !! its a popular thing in rpc nowadays !!!

oh and just a hint – id avoid using somebody’s art for icons or elements of theme… i mean sure u can credit them but hardly anybody looks at credits so idk id just avoid it altogether cuz the artists dont like that and theyre absolutely right. i used to use peoples art for icons and i had some artists reach out to me and ask that i dont do that and tbh now i cringe at my past-self for not seeing that its soo disrespectful of the artists

what to put on blog:

about page - its a page where rpers put some basic information about the character they write as. it can be super important if youre writing as an OC (not many people will follow an OC if they dont know anything about them tbh) !!! if youre writing a canon character u can just resort to filling out a basic dossier (like listing their name, age, whatever… YOU CAN USE THIS and fill out what u like). or you know, do whatever. on cell, i just wrote a piece of Something and linked his wikipedia page lol. do what you feel like, its just a thing in rp community.

rules page - slightly more important. this is where you set boundaries and introduce yourself ooc. after introductions ur expected to tell people what’s NOT ok by you, for example, you say that godmodding is not ok (godmodding is when people write in their own responses what ur character is doing), maybe shipping is not ok by you, maybe u dont want to write smut ever etc. you put all of that there and any additional info you feel the need to add (for example, asking people to tag certain triggers etc). try to browse other peoples rules pages to get the feel

verses page - some blogs have a lot of specific verses like idk, an AU in which ur character is evil etc. this is a page where u can put them and add descriptions, UP TO YOU. i find that its less important than about or rules page, focus on those 2 first, especially the rules page bc its what people usually check out first before writing with u!! add verses later !!!

how to start an rp blog:

OK so lets say you’re prepared and ready to write. i usually post a promo to announce my Arrival to the rp market. take a look at what’s in the indie rp tag for example, just to give you an idea what ppl post there. it used to be REQUIRED to post like… a graphic advertising ur blog but tbh these days u can just drop a text post (preferably with ur icon so that people know which character u write) and you say smth like ‘HELLO, a new (character here) RP blog here!!! like/reblog if youre interested in writing with me!!’ (ofc write whats natural to you, just introduce ur blog in whatever way u feel like it– OR DONT, YOU DONT HAVE TO DO THIS)

BEFORE POSTING A PROMO MAKE SURE YOUR POSTS SHOW UP IN TAGS FIRST. YOU MIGHT HAVE TO FOLLOW SOME PEOPLE FIRST (refer to this) – where to find those rp blogs?? refer to tags below.

what to tag your promo with: remember that only 5 first tags will show up in the search results. so pick some good tags, i think the most important tag is #(show/movie/books name) rp. heres my promo, u can check the tags i used there and come up with your own accordingly. and also browse these tags to find people to follow, like idk, lets say u wanna rp sb from naruto, then u hit up #naruto rp and just scroll and follow ! also avoid using swear words or nsfw words in ur promo bc tumblr will censor it lol

but remember YOU DONT HAVE TO POST A PROMO, THIS IS ENTIRELY UP TO YOU !!!!!

how to start WRITING on an rp blog:

ok so youve gathered some followers, now what. i usually just post a starter call! this is a post that people who want to write with you will like and you in turn will start a thread with them (doesnt have to be IMMEDIATELY, take ur time). you can also reblog rp memes which are like writing prompts people send to you (but i dont recommend starting ur rp blog w/ a memes barrage, people usually want to get to know your blog a little bit more before they send you a prompt).

you can also wait for other people to post starter calls and then you like them (but check their rules first !!! for example, most people have a rule about being mutuals only, which means they will write you something only if youre following each other back), which also works.

AND THATS HOW IT GOES !!! you are now writing on an rp blog. remember to take it easy and do what feels natural !!! browse some other rp blogs to get Inspired (but dont just lift things, stealing is a big no-no in the community). do what you feel comfortable with, if you dont want to make icons then dont! you’ll always find somebody who’ll write with you without icons (we just rly like them lol). be patient with others and yourself, read peoples rules, be nice, dont reblog an rp meme without sending a prompt to the person youre reblogging from (thats called reblog karma, if you dont wanna send a prompt then rb from the source), put yourself out there and UHH have fun !

#if u have any other questions feel free to ask IVE BEEN AT IT FOR A LOOONG TIME i am a fountain of knowledge #Unfortunately.#Anonymous #and again you dont have to do any ot this its jsut advice. there is no RP police that will hunt you down if you dont have an about page #those r just standards people are most familiar with !

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Hi, I just found out that there is an entire community for maladaptive daydreamers here and it’s so relieving.!! Bc I feel less alone. I just created a blog to rb and interact with everyone but I’m not sure how the community works at all. Like the tags, and the names used like paras and so. Could u give me an explanation how things work around here? Like things I should keep in mind and how to inset myself in the community:) thank u so much by the way

I’ll do my best!

@babydollsmadd has a good list of MD tags HERE. Avoid using #MDD, that’s the major depressive community and were well established before we ever showed up. If you want your posts to be seen you should always use tags, people often search specific tags rather than rely on their home feed to show them what’s new in the community. #actuallymadd and #maladaptive daydreaming seem to be the most active.

I have a post detailing some of the common terms HERE and many other blogs have their own glossaries, HERE’S one by @chaosdreamchronicles.

Overall the MD community is very welcoming. You’ll see a mix of posts, some focus on positivity, some are vent posts, some informative, some detail their struggle or treatment and some focus on creativity by posting art of their characters/paras and some offer their blog space as an anonymous outlet for others.

You will come across some blogs that dislike their posts being shared outside of the MD community, they will usually announce this in the post in some way using a banner or the tagging system; read the tags of posts, they very often add supplemental information or context about what you’re reading. If there are no tags keep in mind it may be a post they did not intend to reach any further than their followers and reconsider if it’s appropriate to reblog.

Read bios and descriptions, people will often detail who they a comfortable interacting with. Things like not being comfortable interacting with bloggers of a certain age or blogs who often post material they are not comfortable seeing on their feed.

People also appreciate trigger warnings if you’re going to be posting material that may warrant one. I’m really not the best person to ask about Tumblr etiquette when it comes to this topic though, being what I am I almost never use trigger warnings. Followers might request that you tag certain material, some might even ask you if there’s anything they should tag, how you handle it is up to you, sometimes people may have to block you for their own mental health, sometimes you may have to block others, it’s just what needs to be done sometimes and there’s no shame in it.

As far as following/interacting, here’s what I’ve done; I like and reblog a lot of posts, anything that seems relevant to the direction of my blog. I reply to whatever I am able to and I ask my followers to weigh in with their experiences and opinions. And I follow a lot of people. I follow back anyone who follows me but when I’m following someone cold I check their blog and only hit that button if MD is specifically mentioned in their name, description or bio or if they have specifically reblogged a post titled something like “reblog if you’re a madd blog” (I don’t want to accidentally ‘out’ anyone). On a side note, try not to get too upset if someone asks you to unfollow them, I’m a little lax with my follows and people have to DM me to unfollow them sometimes when I’ve hit that button blind. It happens and it’s not personal.

And I use asks! A lot. Ah, I see a few followers out there thinking “hmm, do you? I’ve never gotten an ask from madd-information”. Yes, you probably have. Asks are wonderful because you and click the little anonymous button and no one will know who sent it. I don’t have a personal blog so when I feel like sharing those things I do it anonymously through other blogs. And sometimes I just send fan mail, don’t be afraid to show support or appreciation for a blog you’ve been stalking, asks are almost always welcome in our tightknit little community.

Submissions are a little different, not everyone will have button turned on and they can be used in a few different ways. You can use them to create content somewhere when it’s not particularly relevant to your own blog, particularly for blogs more focused on curating content for the community rather than chronicling the experiences of the blog owner, like a few of the ones linked above. And on some blogs you can use them to advertise, I’ll let those people make themselves known in the notes.

My blog is one of those you can advertise on; If you have links to an MD resources or information you can use the submissions button to write your own post about it and have it shared here, which can be helpful for smaller blogs who may not otherwise be seen very widely. I’ll approve requests for MD information as well, you may need the aid of the wider community rather than just me and can use submissions for that rather than asks. If you want to plug your MD community, Youtube channel, website or art, I also approve those or, as the case is here, if you’re a new blog you can also submit an introduction post and pick up a few followers that way. I do reblog introduction posts when I see them, but I don’t always see them and this can help if you’re one who fell through the cracks.

As wonderful as this community is we do disagree and argue. The content reflected here may not always be what you need. You may be using creativity and positivity to cope with your MD and find vent posts pull you down to a dark unhelpful place. You may be someone who needs to vent and distance yourself from daydream content and find posts with a more positive spin enable problematic behavior in you. Sometimes we get frustrated and lash out at one another. It’s important to remember that we are a community of all different ages, sexes, nationalities, genders, cultures, socio-economic status’ etc and within that we are a community of people with very different experiences of MD, different in the severity, different in the causes and different in our approaches to dealing with it. Be considerate, try to forgive, everyone here is your future best friend and we’re very glad you found us.

#maladaptive daydreaming #actuallymadd

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