#... actually u just can't do it on desktop. it works on mobile. u need it on both hellsite

[ssaalexblake]

my dilemma is idk if i should get my brother in law a birthday gift or not. On one hand, i do not have the mental wellbeing to deal with them getting bitchy if i don’t, but on the other hand, I don’t want them thinking me buying him one is a sign of peace or whatever, i think him and my sister can, to be Very mild to what i’m feeling, can take a long walk off the shortest pier around here (we have a lot of piers). If not that, I have a plan with a cactus. My ideals do not include spending my money on him. 

and i’m the only person in the family they’ve not Yet personally attacked, just peripherally. But i’d really rather Not have them make me anxious to carry my phone around bc of what bs they might send me at any hour of the day, you know? 

but also i’d rather they not get me a gift for My birthday bc they so very maturely ruined my last one in the process of delivering my gift and acting like 4 year olds and i figure a good way to achieve that is to not buy them gifts sooooo yeah

why can’t they just act like normal functioning people???? Jumping to the worst conclusions and then digging your feet is bc u can’t stand to be wrong to the point you burn all bridges in your life is not a good ideaaaaaa

[fefairys]

ok i wanna make my own tips post for the redditors

hello welcome :] here's some things i've noticed it seems a lot of you aren't aware of. i might add more later:

first of all, PLEASE turn on custom theme! you don't have to actually make or find a theme yourself as it gives you a default one, (but it is really fun and good to personalize your blog however you want) but doing this makes it easier to view and search your own blog, as i will describe later. this makes it so that you will show up at yoururl.tumblr.com and not just tumblr.com/yoururl it gives you your own page! it's good!! you can only tick this setting on desktop:

another very important thing: DO NOT FUCKING REPOST ART WITHOUT CREDIT FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. honestly you should not report art without permission at all, but at LEAST credit the artist. and saying "idk who did this but credit to them" DOES NOT COUNT. take some time to reverse google image search and find the artist. if you can't find them, DON'T REPOST!!! turning the art into a meme doesn't mean you don't have to credit the artist!!!!!! AAHHH!! ok.

TAGS/SEARCHING in reblogs, all tags serve to do is (a) leave a bit of quiet commentary, if you're too shy to leave it in the actual body of the post or (b) organize posts on Your Blog Only. tagging a reblog does not make the post show up in the searchable tag. reblogs are not searchable through the tumblr search bar.

to find posts from a certain tag on your own blog, go to yoururl.tumblr.com/tagged/tag. you can also add /chrono to the end of that url to view the posts in chronological order! you actually don't need to tag original posts with every variation of a tag either. for example if you tag something as "r/196", it will show up when just "196" is searched for, because it contains "196" in it. so you dont NEED to tag the post "196, r196, r/196" etc. but i mean. do whatever u want. honestly i think a lot of veteran tumblr users don't even know that. but yeah tagging with a ton of variations like that is unnecessary unless you're spelling something differently or doing an abbreviation as well as a full title, such as "#what we do in the shadows, #wwdits"

also, your posts are searchable by literally any word in the post, whether it be the body, the tags, or even your url. so if your url has 'catboy' in it, and someone searches 'catboy' they will see all of your original posts in the tag lmao. it is pretty stupid but that's how it works.

on that note, FILTERING with filtering tags, it is very specific. so if youre content warning tagging something, please just tag it with the word, like "#blood" because if you tag it "#cw blood" or "#blood ///" people who just have "#blood" blocked, will still see the post! lots of veteran tumblr users don't seem to grasp this either 😭

you can filter out words as well as tags, but that can get tricky because if you filter out "rape" words like "grape" and "drape" will also be blocked, so i only use the word filter to block peoples urls. because even if you have someone blocked, you can still see people reblogging their posts, so if u don't wanna see them at all, block their url as a filtered word.

you can do all of this in the regular ol' 'settings' tab on desktop. on mobile it's settings -> general settings -> filtering

PAGES something i love about tumblr but is getting used less and less is the ability to make separate pages on your blog. the option to do so is all the way at the bottom on the theme customization panel. (only available on desktop tumblr)

nowadays a lot of people just make a carrd and provide a link to that, but tumblr allows you to make your own separate blog pages! a lot of people use this to make "about me" pages, since it provides a lot more freedom than just the "blog description" section! you can put images on there, and just completely code the whole thing yourself! unfortunately, these pages aren't visible on mobile unless you link to them in your blog description (see my blog as an example) using <a href="link">link title</a> lots of people have links like this in their descriptions that lead to about pages or carrds! you should click on these to learn more about the person you're following!!

some people have "DNI (do not interact)" or "BYF (before you follow)" pages to set boundaries on who they do or don't want following them, as a warning of like "hey if you fall under this criteria and you follow/interact with me, you're getting blocked" so those are good to check for! some folks have lots of strong opinions on these that theyre "stupid" or "useless" but really it's just a warning and setting boundaries. like, if you follow me and ur not supposed to, i'm just gonna block you anyway, it was just a warning that that's what was gonna happen!

speaking of blocking, just fuckin' block whoever you want whenever you want. if you find someone annoying just block them. if they post something you don't like just block them. there's no need to get into an argument. just block! and they're gone! wheeee!!

SIDEBLOGS!!! you can have separate blogs from your main one that are connected to your same account! some people have tooooons of sideblogs for every single fandom they're in, some people just use their main for everything. it's up to you!

note that you can only like posts, send asks, follow people, and reply to posts under your main blog url. sideblogs are just for posting and reblogging in a more organized manner :] it's good to say in the description of your side blog what your main blog is so people know who you are when you like and reply to posts and such! (and also to list your sideblogs somewhere on ur main for the same reason. i use the aforementioned about page for this ^u^)

um that's it for now! there's a lot of other things i could talk about, but i'm sure other posts are covering it.. these are just ones i really want to iterate, especially the tags thing cause i think a lot of tumblr users don't even realize that lol ^u^ i've been active as fuck on tumblr since 2013 so I can answer questions if you have any :)

[fyodior]

Hewwooo! The one and only cock💍 anon hath returned! Well I actually did send you a couple of asks lately but I'm assuming tumblr ate them all bc you never answered them heemheem (desktop tumblr sucks) so now I'm back on the mobile app to send you my asks again!!

So first of all CONGRATS ON 1.5 SIGMILLION FOLLOWERS!!! Your blog has grown so much and I'm so very proud of you :') you deserve each and every follower and more! Second of all NEW THEME IS VERY PRETTY AND ELEGANT AND WAOWIE I LOVE IT

Lastly I've had this dumb headcanon for a while and only recently got the motivation to actually write it down so prepare yourself!! Aight so on this blog we have established many times that dazai is a huge sucker for boobs (hehe) that he even has his own tag for it, but we know damn well that dazai wouldn't stop at just your boobs!! Mans needs to have his hands on you at all times no matter where you are or what you're doing so it's with this that I propose to you the one and only truth : becoming dazai's personal drumset. If your boobs are unavailable to him he will settle for the second best thing, dat ass. He will shamelessly put his hands on your butt and smack it like bongo drums. You two are cuddling? He smacks your ass like bongo drums. You're cooking? He smacks your ass like bongo drums. You're just existing anywhere near him? He smacks your ass like bongo drums. He's def gotten in trouble with kunikida bc he kept using your butt like his own drumset instead of working but do you think dazai cares??

Now imagine, dazai lying on his futon with you napping on top of him. He can't sleep and he's bored, so his hands slide down from your waist to your hips and he starts to lightly drum his fingers a bit on your butt to pass the time, then it gradually degenerates until he's using both of his hands to drum it out. Ass, thighs, hips, lower back, your entire body has turned into his own personal drumset. You're gonna wake up to him playing darude sandstorm on your butt or smth xkskdks he's def using his newly acquired musical instrument to remix his lil suicide song

I hope I have opened your eyes to the real raison d'être which is becoming dazai osamu bsd's personal drumset🤌🏻 and if tumblr deletes this ask again and makes me re-type it all over again I will ✨cry✨

- 💍

hello yea im so sorry i haven’t gotten anything from u 🥺🥺🥺

but this is beautiful ashajdajdjsj he def really appreciates ass and LOVES to grab it. sorry my brain is so broken rn i’ll try to add more on later but i didnt want u to think i didnt get this one either hehehhe ILY!!! and thank u for the congrats 🥹

[waveoftheocean]

what app do u use to digital draw i wanna try

i've been using clip studio paint for the bulk of my drawing for the past year!! it's an absolutely fantastic drawing app and i highly recommend it

(i have more detailed opinions on drawing programs i've used in the past if you or anyone else seeing this post are interested, but it's a lot so it's under the cut haha)

i have an android tablet and i don't draw much on my computer, so that does influence my program choices a bit!

clip studio paint (pro version, used on my tablet, not much on computer)

my favorite drawing program i've used so far!!!!!

every month i find some new tool/capability that i had no idea csp had and it blows my mind. i can't even reiterate enough that there's so much you can do with it 😭

it's kinda intense, i think, if you're new to digital art, and the interface is a tad crowded for a small tablet screen, but that's a no-brainer sacrifice for the capabilities of the app!

it does cost money but the desktop app is a one-time payment ($50USD for pro) and thus far they've had like bi-annual 50% off deals so imo it's well worth it

the mobile app is...unfortunately....subscription based but it's not expensive (coughunlikead*becough) and, for me, it's still worth it ($25/year)

autodesk sketchbook (used on my tablet, i believe there's a desktop ver but i haven't used it)

really nice if you're new to digital art!

totally free :))

the interface is really simple and easy to understand, and they have a good selection of built-in brushes.

the app does have quite a few limitations (no crop tool do you can't change the canvas size once you've created it, limited file saving options, limited keyboard shortcut options) but i used it for like two years and it served me well!

paint tool sai (used on my computer, afaik there's no mobile version)

this is the program i first used when learning digital art!

(i have not used sai2, but i've heard it has a few really nice features that were missing in the og sai)

pretty simple interface, beginner friendly

more tools than autodesk, fewer than csp

one time payment (i just looked it up and its ~$50 now, when i bought it 8ish years ago it was 70 but still worth it)

...photoshop... (used on my computer, no mobile version for drawing)

ugh, ad*be

if you're using it legally it costs money. subscription based, super expensive (by itself its $20.99/month or $239.88/year boooooo)

i don't really like actually drawing in ps, so i mostly use it for final touches and merch formatting

sadly, it DOES have some features that are unavailable in other apps so. i can't escape it.

i will say that i do like its type tool the most out of the programs i've used, so if a piece needs type, i'll import it into photoshop and add type there

allows you to work in cmyk (which is useful if you need to do color adjustments for print)

[musicallisto]

OK BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE i opened tumblr on my laptop and DAAAAAAMN UR THEME IS JUST BEYOND PERFECTION BOTH ON DESKTOP AND MOBILE WHAT IS THIS AND HOW?!?-?-??-!-

this is exactly why i prefer solo work over group works wym gRouP why am i doing all the work then 🙄

PLS it’s more of like a mini hang out but i like how you call it tho :’) actually i’m keeping it a secret from my mom for now so we had to go off mic cos she was gettin suspicious hHABSBAHAJA like whenever she came in she’d be all “why r u so shocked” 😭

but we were chattin about the movie the entire time he was all like “why did i watch this just now”

we’ve actually watched loads of movies even way before he confessed!! he just got me to watch marvel n omfg it’s so mf good i’m about to watch guardians of the galaxy next and i might get into the spiderverse soon as well. it’s so cute when he gets excited abt marvel pls 😭🤞🏻 and i got him to watch b99 now we got peraltiago as our discord pfp :’)

which by the way have I mentioned that Coco is one of my absolute favorite movies of ALL TIME and I bawl my eyes out every time I watch it because I feel like I should mention that.

yep glad u mentioned and BAE I DON’T BLAME U IT’S LITERALLY THE BEST also ✨fuck you ernesto✨

RIGHT i just had to lay low and just log in to collect diamonds for a while cos of classes but imma get back to it. JDNFHEIW I actually had Choices back when it was recently released while I was still an Episode girl 😭 episode shitty now pls i’m sorry, the user stories are so much better. Choices only had like Endless Summer back then and the classics so I got to try that in my old phone but ion rlly remember much so I’ll def reread it ;))

i finished the haunting of braidwood manor back then and some more (like half of It Lives and the High School Story or maybe the Freshman idk) but i lost interest cos i didn’t know how to farm for diamonds yet (but now i’m just farming at home for the holidays cos wtf is it even) I’ll also definitely keep your suggestions in mind pls I got Elementalists next on my list 😌✨

yep i totally get it dw the friendzone part still gets me :’) but i’m glad it all worked out!!

I'm glad I confessed, though, because it's the most romantically vulnerable I've ever been with someone and that confession required a great deal of courage, but I proved to myself I could do it!

DAMN YOU HAVE A WAY WITH WORDS that’s so sweet pls 😔 it really is kinda refreshing to confess!! + hoping that the next time you confess, they’d return the same energy (no actually scratch that they better return MORE cos you deserve that much)

anyway the tea will be coming from you majorly from now on I'm afraid. but if any cute guy catches my attention you will be the first to know, of course ;)

nah nah cos i love this sm i am beyond honored- U BETTER TELL OK HABAHHAAHAHSHAHA because…duh 😐

also i miss chatting w u sm i hope u r doing great :*

* ˚ ✦ shut up shut up Ves have you seen your theme?? it's literally drop dead gorgeous like how!! you are one of my main inspirations when it comes to themes... everything is always so put together and beautiful and!!! miss, I'm in love. that's all. but thank you so much it means the world especially coming from you <3

you guys are so cute omg I might just die. I want, no, need what you two have 😭 matching peraltiago discord profile pictures oh my GOD!!!! no one is doing it like you I just-- heart eyes emoji for days. please keep me updated on everything and for the love of god tell me what he thinks about Coco because if he doesn't like the movie then,,,, I'm afraid that by the powers invested in me by the Goddess of Wingwomen, he can't be The One. and yes absolutely fuck Ernesto & Héctor has all my love. Gael Garcia Bernal is just <3

not you making me want to replay Choices... I thought my days of suffering had ended for good but now I'm kinda tempted to go back and replay The Elementalists as well because it's one of my absolute favorites. I haven't played book 2 but book 1 was so cool, and now I miss it! and please afjbjbscsvhj not the Episode girl 😭😭 I remember you telling me in an ask that you used to play the Demi Lovato path to fame game and GIRL I WAS OBSESSED like I would play religiously in 6th grade it's not even funny😭

and thanks for being proud of me, and I hope the universe learns its lesson and sends a cutie my way - who will actually reciprocate my feelings this time - sometime soon <3