#i should retroactively tag stuff

[chaoticcandies1]

i forgot i never posted this here. anyway, self indulgent comic time.

[vintageandroid]

Love to watch a 30-year-old show and get to an end-of-season cliffhanger with the big rude TO BE CONTINUED threat blazoned across, and then click on the next episode, but not before reflecting on my good fortune to have such abilities.

[calicotisane]

Soppy also reminds me of something I can't place which has been mentioned twice now and I really don't know what it is. I feel like I'm copying off of things that I can't even remember. Its conscious influences were philip from space funeral and dracula from hylics and I have referred heavily to the latter in the past on other characters, and I also use those shapes quite a lot. It's Seuss-creature-like although I didn't directly reference any pictures just tried to remember the vague ideas of them. It also reminds me of other character Dimity even though they don't really look alike because of the shapes and cloak and general affect and these are just traits I tend to repeat. Also the clothes = body parts thing at its peak. Full body pajamas have a rewlly sickly fever nightmare energy in my mind. It is allegedly a doll and that is its skin, not a costume, but both things are the same. The slop creature. Really the most derivative lifeform

[crying-over-cartoons]

seriously considering making a ninjago AU comprised entirely of speculative biology about serpentine because their whole everything is pretty inconsistent but I really like snakes so I wanna fix it up a bit

[cha1cedony]

I forgot I wrote this at the end of my current fic notes… Glenn is living out of pure spite 😭 “Lmao” <- crying

[fairyroses]

did you watch the Shattered/Asylum Talkville episodes? 👀

Yes I did! I'm really sorry, I've been meaning to send you all my notes/highlights from the Shattered pod ep like I promised I would, but my last semester of grad school started like 2.5 weeks ago and I've just been massively overwhelmed since then. 😭

Tbh, you could probably watch the full Shattered pod if you wanted, it was a pretty good ep for Talkville standards. The biggest highlight was probably Michael saying that the moment where Lex sees Clark use his powers for the first time is his favorite Lex moment in the series (especially in terms of his own performance)—he's clearly really proud of this episode and I think that made the pod better in general. Also Lionel gets called an evil bastard a couple of times, Tom points out how we all feel bad for Lex by the end of the episode, and Al Gough calls the Clex relationship "the focal point of the series." Other stuff happens too ofc, but I'd say those were my top moments.

The Asylum pod was... less good, IMO—like, it wasn't bad I guess, but some stuff def left me feeling kinda frustrated, so I wouldn't really recommend that you watch that one askldfsk (I could probably skim through it again and collect some highlights from it if you want, though)

[mrvelocipede]

People have been re-posting the spirograph fractal, which means it's being seen, hooray! Somebody commented, asking if I could add a tag for eyestrain, which, okay, fair enough. It turns out a lot of the people re-posting it are adding the eyestrain tag as well, which means I keep seeing it in my activity. Only I keep misreading it as eyesore, and :(

[torchiiko]

ok i have gained access to a WONDROUS new tool so i can organize things for planning randtorch route !! i can put together a board with all my notes & references & ideas & make a flowchart for planning & its gonna be AWESOME :D

first things first i need to figure out what actually happens. so if anyone wants to help me crowdsource ideas,,,, i mean. what sorts of unhinged ways are there to try to boost someones confidence? so far ive only got "take them to a horror attraction" bc the thinking a cryptid has is along the lines of: be brave when scared = strengthening nerves = become confident. so it doesnt even have to directly be abt boosting confidence, just what a cryptid that lives in the park & drinks cough syrup recreationally Thinks that entails

[hall0wedwyrm]

started watching some show called Gravity Falls and it's really good I wish more people knew about it

[luetta]

angel halos are actually forged like swords! but instead of metal, it’s pure nerve endings, folded over into itself over and over until its thousands of layers of pure hypersensitivity. their halo can detect the most microscopic changes in pressure and sensitivity, and can sense movements upto 20km away!

this means that for angels, halos are basically their eyes. their entire perception of the real world around them. that’s why it’s so good to break halos. because when you do, you’ve now created the most helpless, confused, and dependable thing in the world.

they can still see and hear and feel, but it’s so so dull and reduced. their ears and eyes are nearly vestigial.

so i recommend touching as much of their body as possible, almost smothering them. pin them down to the ground they used to hover above, and speak right into her ears. pour your words right into her brain, instilling her with a new purpose.

they need guidance, they need an order to follow. and you can give them it! it can be absolutely anything. that’s why fallen angels make the best fleshlights, the best maids, the best living weapons. because they believe themselves to be that. they are serving their new god with the totality of their body and spirit, and they love it

because obeying is all they know how to do.

do angels actually enjoy having their halos touched or are they just a bunch of guro-obsessed freaks

[kataang-week]

Trick or Treat, Kataangers!🎃

Katara and Aang sprites from Distant Horizon. Graphic created by Mod Belle @itsmoonpeaches.

🦇What is Kataang Halloween?

Kataang Halloween is a one-time, three-day mini-event hosted and created by @kataang-week on Tumblr for the first time this year. (However, there is potential for it to happen again in the future.) Kataang Halloween celebrates Kataang with a Halloween theme. All prompts were chosen by the mod team.

🦇Cool, when is it?

Kataang Halloween starts on Thursday, October 31, 2024, and ends on Saturday, November 2, 2024.

🦇What are the prompts?

In honor of Halloween, we're using lucky number 13! There are 13 prompts for each adventure.

"Trick" prompt list:

Old Spirits

Family Secrets

Altered State

Moonlight

Teeth

Demon Claws

The Deep

Offerings

Inner Palace

Lost

Grotto

Cliff Edge

Poison

"Treat" prompt list:

Taffy

Candied Haws

Lanterns

Mid-Autumn

Mooncake

Crunchy Leaves

Warm Drinks

Pumpkins

Chrysanthemum

Sharing

Toadstools

Apple Picking

Paint

🦇So how does this work?

Choose your own adventure! You can take inspiration from the Trick prompts, Treat prompts, or both! Feel free to mix and match prompts to create spooky and/or sweet Kataang content.

Anything you can think of counts as content as long as you fill one or multiple prompts at a time. Fanfics, fanart, gifsets, metas, edits, playlists, moodboards, music, etc.—the sky's the limit.

🦇What are the rules?

Please create your own original pieces. We do not accept AI-made fanworks.

We only accept new works created for Kataang Halloween, not works that are retroactively said to be created for Kataang Halloween. However, you may create something that fills a Kataang Halloween prompt for an ongoing work like a chapter fic or an ongoing series. See this ask for more information.

We accept all range of works. However, bear in mind that this is an all-ages event. If your work contains themes or imagery that may be intended for older audiences, tag and warn people thoroughly. Works with adult content must have an all-ages appropriate preview.

Do not repost other people's works. Reblog their original post if one exists.

If a creator/author/artist has requested you to post their work for them, remember to credit the original and link back to their page.

Be respectful in your fanworks and to others participating or enjoying the event.

🦇How should I tag my work?

The easiest way for us to find your work so we can reblog it to this blog is by using the tag “kataang halloween”. Using “kataang” and “kataangtag” also help. You must tag one of the three in your first five tags otherwise it doesn’t appear in the search. It is also helpful to tag us directly with @kataang-week.

Sometimes even properly tagged posts may not appear when we search the tags, so if you do not see your content reblogged, please let us know.

Once we’ve reblogged it to this blog we add our own tags (a prompt tag and a user tag) for easy organization. This means we can find all the work for one prompt or all the work from one user in one easy click (this also means that if you have changed your username since participating last year you need to let us know so we can update your tag!).

🦇Can I post my stuff other places online too?

Of course you can! However, we won’t be able to reblog anything that isn’t a Tumblr post.

For those of you who will be posting your works on AO3, feel free to add your fic to our Kataang Halloween AO3 collection.

🦇What if I have late submissions for Kataang Week 2024?

While we will not reblog any late submissions for Kataang Week 2024 during the Kataang Halloween event, late submissions for Kataang Week 2024 will still be accepted up until Kataang Week 2025, so don’t be shy and don’t worry about giving the world more Kataang content 💖 We always welcome it!

As always, if you have any questions, feel free to submit an ask to the Kataang Week blog. See you on Halloween, Kataangers!

🦇Who are the mods?

@airbender-dacyon AKA Mod Dan: A Kataang fanfic writer who prefers fluff, but also loves some drama and angst. Mod Dan started writing Kataang stories in 2013 and has helped organize Kataang Week since 2016.

@penguinsledder AKA Mod Atarah: A writer, gif maker, and musician–she enjoys fluffy young adult Kataang and all the ways they complement and parallel each other. She first joined Tumblr for Kataang Week 10 years ago, and started helping out with writing posts and making banners as a mod since 2016!

@itsmoonpeaches AKA Mod Belle: An avid Kataanger with a penchant for angst and mild violence who likes writing. Mod Belle has been a mod since 2021 and helps write posts and social media.

@chocomd AKA Mod Celes: Fanfic writer who adores Kataang for their fun and flirty side but also their bond forged through grief and loss. Mod Celes joined in 2023 and helps with a little bit of everything - whatever needs to be done!

[iamnmbr3]

not really into hp, i followed you for something different years ago, but i'm sorry about the hate you get for being in the hp fandom. honestly i think those sorts of asks you get actually demonstrate really well a general problem we see on the internet. bc social media was originally for interacting with friends & people of similar interests, but for the past like 10 years (at least, idk i'm gen z & it was like 10 years ago that i really started being on the internet but it's entirely possible that this was happening before that) there's also been a big push for social activism on the internet. which is fine, it's a great way to spread information. but somehow people have blended using social media for activism and for entertainment to the point that people nowadays think you can use fandom for activism (which...you can't. shipping mlm or whatever isn't activism). which has caused a lot of problems bc they also combine this with purity culture in many ways (you can't ship x bc it's bad, if you like this movie you're a fascist sympathizer, x book from the '70's is bad bc of outdated language despite that it was groundbreaking for the time, all classics are bad bc they were written by white men hundreds of years ago, etc).

idk, i don't understand why ppl are so against the hp fandom. obviously jkr is horrible. but i havent seen a single hp fan on tumblr that's been pro-jkr. & i've seen tons of trans and otherwise queer people that are still in the fandom, as well as people from other minorities she's said horrible things about. but it feels like people are more focused on hating jkr than supporting trans people (which is actually is a criticism i have in many different things) & that extends to hating anything remotely hp related including random people. & if it's really that big of a concern, people should block the tag. if it's going to upset you, block it. it's not that hard. i block so much random stuff just bc i find it annoying (ie the met gala).

but, yeah, random person on tumblr talking about hp isn't going to hurt anyone or give jkr money. you already have the books (& movies if you care about them) probably since before jkr was the way she is. no more money spent. & honestly as long as you don't give jkr money nothing anyone on tumblr does is going to help her. i'd say that most people can't do anything on social media that'll help jkr. like unless you're an influencer on tiktok & promoting it & not openly anti-jkr, you're probably not helping jkr at all. (also random side note bc i like browsing at thrift stores, if anyone wants anything hp related i've seen a ton of hp shirts, books, etc at thrift stores lately. like i said i'm gen z so my parents have the books but i don't. i will thrift them someday if i ever decide i want them).

but i do find it concerning that people think they can tell a hp fan that they are supporting transphobia but they probably do nothing to help trans people. when really the best way to combat jkr is not to attack harry potter but to attack transphobia by donating to relevant causes, protesting, etc. especially if you live in the uk due to current events.

also side note i see lots of people saying "harry potter was always bad all along." i'm sorry but the amount of money jkr made in such a short amount of time and the massive affect hp had on pop culture is proof against that. or did people forget that every other fandom has hundreds of fics that are hogwarts aus. & i've started to see the same thing happen with neil gaiman's stuff. which first off i doubt jkr even really thought about trans people when she wrote the books, the books were written during a time when queer rights weren't that good & the average person never even thought about queer people. it's not a manifesto as much as she wants to say it is today, it was just a story. a story that was written fairly well. it has its flaws, but nothing's perfect. i don't think we should retroactively say hp is the worst series ever just bc jkr sucks. same with gaiman. bc that's just purity culture wrapped up in supposed wokeness. "my pure books written by my pure author." listen, jkr's bigotry doesn't make her books badly written.

sorry for the kinda confusing rant, i'm not focusing very well rn lol so it's kinda all over the place. but sorry about this crap. & i hope that people will start actually trying to do something to help queers instead of sending anons to random fandom blogs.

So many great insights here! Thanks for sharing. I agree completely. I like Shakespeare. It doesn't mean I think that we should go back to the way society was in the 1600s. Also, liking something "pure" doesn't make you a good person. You have to actually do the work of being a good person. No shortcuts. Also thank you for the kind words! So nice of you to send words of support along with your interesting well articulated thoughts!

[olderthannetfic]

Maybe oneshot anothology fics should be against AO3's ToS. They're annoying and clutter up tags, but lots of stuff is annoying and we survive. What makes them feel like they should be a ToS violation is that they go against the ethos of an archive make it impossible to actually filter and search. All the content of these anthologies belongs on AO3 in and of itself, but the whole point of AO3 is that it's an archive and fics have accurate metadata and can be searched and accessed. If I search Derek/Styles AND knotting AND mafia AU AND multichapter AND at least 10k words, I expect the search function to function and actualyl return fics that match those criteria. An anthology of a dozen fics that plans to get around to Teen Wolf later, features knotting and mafia AUs in two different fics, and has no fic longer than 2k words is a in essence a dozen inaccurate results spamming my search.

Most Suggested additions to the ToS would be difficult to enforce, especially retroactively, but misuse of the chapter feature to bypass AND searches is very very obvious and making people go back and post their fics accurately will only be difficult in cases where authors can't be contacted.

--

Nah. This is what muting is for. Authors who commit this particular crime against filtering can either learn better or lose eyeballs.

[nautilusopus]

christ okay since i'm apparently required to make a goddamn statement about this now since i, a personal shitpost blog, made one 20 note post about this back in november and am therefore both the expert on this subject and also she for sure definitely for realsies followed me on tumblr:

that it's bad when someone is harassed and commits suicide and that the internet loves an easy Justified™ target and that it was clear she was apparently mentally unwell for years leading up to this and that this was unfortunately probably preventable with just a bit of intervention, and that it's bad when someone that has an obligation towards the safety of the animals in her care and her child fails repeatedly in that obligation, much less the other obligation of educating the public about these animals with accurate information rather than just the stuff that generates the most views or is convenient for her, are two facts that coexist super easily. they are not in tension with one another. there is no cognitive dissonance here. harassing people is bad and illegal and cruel. so is keeping animals in abhorrent conditions and buying exotics from poachers before they're weaned. you can dislike both it's super easy, not to sound like a spineless centrist but you don't need to fucking overcorrect.

also pointing out that her rescue is a bad rescue is not harassment it's a statement of fact sorry i changed my mind i'm not leaving this in the tags. y'all need to chill. in terms of the documentation, this was not someone compiling evidence against an uwu smol bean listing every time someone said a Problematic Thing on social media, this was people tracking the records and activities of a legally-recognised business that specifically involves animal welfare (with some very expensive and in some cases very dead animals) that regularly saw thousands of dollars go through it every month. hell, the documentation wasn't even required in a lot of cases because the dangerous bad behaviour was in the videos themselves, uncritically posted and uncritically shared and adored, but plain as day to anyone familiar with these matters. that someone tracked the business expenses and dead animals was honestly just dotting the Is and crossing the Ts. you do not need to dig to see this was a bad rescue and anyone demanding proof should just watch the videos themselves, no extracurricular googling required.

it sucks that she took her own life. that's awful. obviously i don't know her personally but that's always sad when that happens and i don't wish it on anyone. but

1. this was absolutely not the only contributing factor, if you're in a hoarding situation you're already not doing great to begin with and that was not anything that the harassment caused, this whole thing was fucked from day one and it was clear she was deeply unwell for a while, you don't start hoarding animals because you're otherwise mentally healthy, and

2. when you present yourself as an organisation and your organisation has a specific goal, it is then possible to evaluate whether or not you are succeeding, and demonstrably, she was not.

absolutely no one is obligated to retroactively delete shit talking about the actual real crimes that happened. i will not be removing the post, as everything in it was a statement of fact (especially the shit about housing cats and dogs and children with exotics being bad, that's like 101 level bad animal rescue).

direct harassment is one thing (something her supporters are otherwise okay with i'm noticing because, like i said, the internet loves an easy Justified™ target and these people are immune to irony), but if she was not able to handle people calmly and factually pointing out she was running a bad rescue (and, in some cases, breaking the law), that is not on strangers on the internet to simply hold their silence on on the off chance she might see it and it would upset her or cause her to spiral. people are not obligated to treat any business this way, no matter how mentally ill the owner or how cute the product.

now piss off, holy shit this is a bird blog i don't even go here

[fyeahghosttrick]

Ghost Swap announcements! imaaayhavewrittenthedatewrong + how to post + retroactive fills

Almost there, almost there! June 12th, our posting day, is almost upon us. Which brings me to my first point... out of all the possible growing pains of Gswap's new format, this one I was not expecting... the thing is... the anniversary... the anniversary for Ghost Trick, the date chosen especially to release Ghost Trick, Ghost Trick's anniversary. That anniversary? Is on the 19th. So that was a super fun typo to go unnoticed for two months! I am not going to change dates two days out, especially with no means to contact all participants, which means:

A FULL WEEK OF PARTYING.

Nothing like it, as someone would have it! The event will still open on the 12th, but all Ghost Swap works posted throughout the week, until June 19th, will be fully part of the initiative and will be included in the final masterlist. This might even come in handy for last-minute finishing touches, as well as for posting more than three things (as Tumblr tends to show three posts per person per day in a tag).

Now onto regular modly business:

HOW TO POST.

We're opening the floodgates on June 12th and, as always, the official ruling on what constitutes "June 12th" is as lax as can be. Follow the time zone of your heart. Whenever it’s June 12th somewhere in the world.

Here’s the deal:

   Post your  work (or works, if you made extra treats!) AT ANY POINT OF THE WEEK THAT GOES FROM JUNE 12TH TO JUNE 19TH, any time zone.

   You are free to crosspost  your work anywhere or even post somewhere else (for example, fic on  AO3, fanart on deviantArt) and have your Tumblr post be a link to it. All I need is the  existence of a post on Tumblr and no additional logins required in order  to access the work (for example, no links to friend-locked dreamwidth posts, no archive-locked AO3 fics)

   Tag the prompter if the prompt you picked was signed, #ghost trick and #ghost swap in addition to whatever else you tag your stuff with (this is the important one so people can find your work)

   @ your prompter if applicable and maybe acknowledge the exchange in the work’s  description. Anything conveying the general sentiment of “made for  @prompter for @fyeahghosttrick‘s Ghost Swap exchange” would be nice. If you want to copypaste or summarize the prompt, that’s cool too.

   FOR THE PROLIFIC TREATERS: please don’t let Tumblr eat your work. Any tag only shows 3 of your posts per day; when you post another one, the oldest one won’t be featured anymore. If you plan to post more than 3 works, I recommend to spread out your posts throughout the week. If you don’t want to do that, give me a shout so I’ll know to look through your blog for FYGT’s closing ceremonies

It  should go without saying, but please show appreciation for your gift -  and for any other work that catches your eye! Likes, reblogs, comments,  if you like a work make yourself be heard!

And a final surprise:

THE RETROACTIVE FILLS LIST.

Scrolling our wonderful prompts, did you perchance see something so up your alley that you already drew it in 2013? The same exact idea that ate up your groupchat in early 2021? Odds are that the person who requested that doesn't know that in some odd recesses of the internet there's already a fanwork that gives life to their idea. And I think that they might want to know! So come self-rec! Reply to this post with the prompt you're referring to and a link to your work, and on June 19th I'll post all replies in a Retroactive Fills List to give them visibility!

[anonymous-bastard]

Intro

Welcome to my (semi-secret) John Stewart rp blog featuring Urban Planning. Married to @hi-its-kat

I don't really know what else to say? The only reason I'm doing this is because I can no longer keep track of my tags using my featured tags. This whole blog happened entirely on accident. So like. Idk.

Hi.

Currently plot relevant posts:

My other blogs are @hi-its-kat @lantern-rings and [redacted for spoilers].

Do not flirt with me if you or your character are underage. I'm an adult, John's an adult, I'd be incredibly uncomfortable.

FYI: sometimes I block people. It's usually not personal, I'm just trying to make this a comfortable space for myself. I promise I don't hate you.

Tags

A collection of every single tag I use. Currently important tags are bolded. I tag retroactively for archival purposes so it tends to be a while til I put them up. They make sense to me and occasionally other people.

Asks

#ask game #unsigned anon #birdie anon / 🐦 anon #sparkle anon / #✨anon #sewing needle anon / #🪡 anon #key anon / #🗝️ anon #thread anon / #🧵 anon #red square anon / 🟥 anon #triangle anon / #⚠️ anon #wing anon / #🪽 anon #ominous rock anon / #🪨 anon

character/ family tag:

#katmas tag #silly bart tag #kaias tag

ooc stuff

#ooc #my stuff

storylines (finished and unfinished)

#storyline tag: jl prank war #storyline tag: the search for hal (2024) #storyline: sniping billionaires #storyline tag: shovel talks #storyline tag: hal's adoption addiction #storyline tag: blackout #storyline tag: talon time #storyline tag: field trip to oa #waynegala / #wayne gala #storyline tag: alien marriage storyline tag: fighting god #storyline tag: fuck around and find out

locations:

#at the lux #thread world

others:

#architecture #urban planning #the train saga #GL Corps stuff #GL Corps memes #the professor era #trick or treat #the queen is dead long live the king