#i think theres a post in my tumblr queue that made me think about this

[angelcatsiel]

I’ve been dreaming on and off for years about what I refer to as ‘Evil Disneyland’ but lately I’ve been dreaming about it more and more. It’s basically a disneyland that’s just one long, huge, endless corridor in a straight line, you enter through the glass doors and then it just stretches either side of you with these tiled red and white walls. All along the corridor there’s rides and shops and stuff. The annoying thing is I never remember much about the dreams, just little snippets from them, but they all happened in Evil Disneyland and they all had real creepy vibes

[x0401x]

i was a queue monitor for a source blog for almost two years and it just really tiring even with working with other people because by the end people got busy/other commitments/stopped being interested etc. i remember a few times queueing up about a week worth of posts for like two hours (and everything had to be tagged which was why it took so long) my thumbs were begging me to stop lmao

a lot of fandom 'elders' or the people who did like gif-ing especially didn't see a lot of results for their labor. no one was reblogging their posts and the high like to rb ration compared to the past was a heavy blow because tumblr is a blogging based platform and rb's are the only way for posts to passed around (esp on older posts like from 2014-16) also a lot of the older creators are transitioning from school to full time work

theres also this death of interacting which each other in a casual way (unless you have an established following for that and ask games) like there are posts going around being like you can talk to me! send me questions! etc etc but no one is really doing that

in terms of fan content like everyone waits for the one big current thing to talk about like rn with dungeon meshi i feel like the last anime to pop off like on tumblr was spy family which was like two(?) years ago (the other animes dont' really pop their head [like sleeping giants lmao] or like keep in their contained circles but i might be nickpicking here) also new people coming in and not adapting to tumblr blog culture like is there even a source blog for dungeon meshi?

i had a fandom post that reached 3k 873 rb to 2127 likes, the majority of the people rb the post from me rather than a person they followed, there were only like two major rb chains which speaks volumes about the current follow culture here, everyone is going through the tags rather than following the creators

sorry this was kinda a brain dump lmao

-tides

Damn, I wasn’t expecting to get a response to that post, but this explains a lot. Thanks for writing all of that down.

I knew about the like-reblog ratio problem but source blogs were created partly in order to encourage people to reblog stuff, so it’s sad to see that even they have fallen victims to this trend.

The Next Big Thing Syndrome (yeah, I’m calling it that) is also definitely a huge factor. I don’t think there are source blogs for DanMeshi, and you were the one who made me realize that. I’m baffled.

I also didn’t notice that the changes influx of followers and decreasing interactions were a thing for everyone. I honestly thought it was just me because I’d been on and off in unintentional semi-hiatuses last year. This is sad as hell.

And no, don’t apologize for the brain dump! This was very insightful, thank you!

[chronically-enthusiastic]

Hello there, thanks for stumbling across my blog!

(Here's a lil comic I made for a school assignment)

Artblog: @chronicallyartistic

Audio drama blog: @chronically-listeningtopodcasts

I'm going to start putting my social energy levels in my bio... There's a lot of stuff I want to respond to but i currently dont have the energy to do so, and so if I don't respond within like a day, check my bio and see that...

Who am I / Where else can you find me?

First of all, feel free to call me Eli!! I'm on the waiting list for an autism diagnosis. I am agender and aroace-spec.

I am verrryyy enthusiastic about the things I am interested in (hence the URL hehehe). And currently, those are: podcasts (theres a list at the bottom of the post), good omens, ofmd, bbc merlin, star trek!!!!, lotr, and probably more things that I am too tired to think of right now!

I use the queue! Im not awake at the ungodly hours i sometimes am seen posting at, I just dont want to utterly flood peoples dashes! I do reblog fandom stuff and things ive added anything to immediately, so if you see a few posts in short succession, im online!

I am a very big fan of the oxford comma and double brackets. Semicolons are pretty cool too. And ellipses are incredible.

i love all of my mutuals dearly!! Making cookies and hot chocolate for you all <33

I try to use tone tags as much as possible!

Boundaries:

Things I am okay with sharing/doing:

My age, gender/sexuality, things about my guinea pigs!!, and most other things

Things I am not okay with sharing/doing:

The city I live in, pictures of me/anyone I know, my full name, my birthdate, my phone number/email address, meeting up with people irl, sending/receiving money/gifts, dms (<- though if we're mutuals and interacted a lot dms are fine!!)

^ this applies to everyone im not in the discord with

I will let someone know if they cross boundaries, and *really* would like other people to let me know if I cross theirs!!

DNI: people who are here to spread hate and anger. Just, stay away. I dont engage in discourse. I know DNIs dont deterr these people, but this is a demonstration of my core values :)

Tags:

(At the top cause otherwise it will get lost) ALSO #tw body horror

I block quite a few tags but most notably #tw war and other ones to do with the war in israel/palestine. This is not because I don't care. I care so so so much about what is happening and I cry every time I see a post about it. It breaks my heart that such horrible things are happening. However, I really struggle with high empathy, and seeing a post about it can really affect me for a while, and I need tumblr to be a safe space away from the real world problems. If I follow you - please could you tag things to do with war. Thank you <3

Updated to clarify - I do block the generic tags such as Israel and Gaza, which most of the posts are tagged with by the op, so if you forget its no big deal!!

A list of all the podcasts I listen to because y'know, its fun:

Fiction:

The Amelia Project

Wooden Overcoats

The Adventure Zone

Sherlock & Co

Alba Salix

Unseen

And a whole lot more that i no longer listen to either because they havent updated or they are a little too creepy (Welcome to Night Vale falls into the latter category)

Science:

The Sci Guys

Lets Learn Everything

Lingthusiasm

A podcast of unnecessary detail.

Comedy/other:

Dear Hank and John

The Unmade Podcast

Books Unbound

Lateral

A book list of recommendations from mutuals for my own use:

abigail by Magda Szasbo (@mack-anthology-mp3)

The Alphabet of Candice Phee (@jamie-dinow)

A list of music reccomendations from mutuals:

in the lap of the gods revisited by queen, why can't i be you by the cure, pyramid song, and lucky & the tourist by radiohead, when the sun hits by slowdive, dancing barefoot by patti smith, tangerine by led zeppelin, autumn sweater by yo la tengo, rubber ring by the smiths, water by pj harvey (from @/mack-anthology-mp3)

imi hendrix’s all along the watchtower (from @/catholickedd)

[techza]

How exhausting is it to run this blog? /gen

Hmmm. Well, not as much as I'd expected it to be back when I started! Thankfully I enjoy it and it doesn't feel like a chore. If i'm not up for blogging one day, I leave it. I never want it to reach the point where i lose passion for it.

have some a lot of details under the cut because this got away from me. feel free to skip it tho

It usually requires about an hour of my time to set up the schedule for the day (currently two because I'm out of practice and theres a lot of different blogs in the queue. I've also been posting more than i used to so that probably doesn't help.)

it might be wayy more than needed in the first place tbf. I like to keep things organized, read the posts and tag them properly, and balance out what gets posted. I queue things up by blog, so there might be anywhere from 50 to 100+ posts from a single person all bunched together, so I don't want to spam their notifs tooo bad. A lot of time is spent wading through the queue trying to find different people's posts.

it's not something i always do but I like to keep an eye on what i scheduled in case I screwed up a tag, so I might check in on it a couple times.

Queueing itself is simple enough thanks to the W shortcut so. Going through blogs isn't an issue. Finding new posts is slowly becoming a bigger task though: I've gone through most the blogs that I know of. At this point I'm looking through people that have reblogged things in the past in case they have anything else in their blogs. For that I'm keeping a spreadsheet documenting every single blog that i have seen, among other things.

I think that's everything? Once i'm fully done posting what's left, i'll go through the whole blog and 1. add tags tags that are needed in both old and new posts 2. get the masterlist up to date.

There's also a feature on tumblr that lets you backdate posts so i might date posts on the day/month/year they were actually made on, still haven't made up my mind about that. And of course i'll be giving the second blog a lot more attention wink wonk

I did take a break during June because life got ridiculously hectic and doing uni projects from dawn till dusk and then organizing stuff was a bit much for me lol

now that I'm putting it all in one place I'm realizing how much ive actually gotten done, but good news is that it doesn't feel like a lot. really been enjoyin it so far :D

[selfundiagnosed]

Insane that my mom ran the most popular patrick stump archival blog on tumblr + was a full time lawyer + was raising two mentally ill kids + doing culinary arts school + having a cookie business. I think its her autism i wont lie. But now its all catching up to her and she has no energy which would be the ehlers danlos fault this time.. tried to convince her to steal her old url back but on cohost so she made an account but couldnt immediately make side blogs but boy oh boy. she would be giving the fall out boy fandom what they want and more. Shes like i cant do it again i have no idea how i did it before im like ma! its called having boundaries. Shes like i cant do that when i have a special interest its called autism. Im like right but queue posts for once a day and find 30 pictures from a photo set and boom one months worth of posting fall out boy and you can conserve your energy. But she doesnt know how to do her special interests in moderation. Im honestly just glad she went and accepted a bunch of access to her mega archive folder thingy. But shes so mad she doesnt have access to like her actual archive bc the website she used go archive everything changed their subscription plans and she has so many photos it would be like a zillion dollars she doesnt have 😭 like bogus i remember photo storing websites were so free. Take me back to 2010 for real :T Anyway she used to get so mortified when i told my friends as a teen about her blog i actually told her coworker once and her coworker somehow RETAINED the url and went home and looked at her blog and she was so upset at me 😭😭 but now like she kinda doesnt give a fuck anymore bc fall out boy was her special interest for an entire decade and she’s over it. Obviously still a big big fan but not in bandom anymore. Her new special interest is a band i introduced her to when i was 13 and its kinda cringe so i dont talk about it but she also ran an archival blog for THIS band and i told my friend at a sleepover who liked this band about her blog and they fucking FOLLOWED HER and shit bricks and my mom was MORTIFIED. But anyway yeah she doesnt gaf now if i tell people she was this blog and i even posted a tiktok about it once and people started doing detective work that would make her autistic self so proud…. Bc thats what she was good at! sleuthing stalking detective work on the band. Pete wentz privately answered several of her asks on tumblr i’ll see if she can send me the asks and their responses. But yeah she doesnt care anymore. her original url was scrubbed by tumblr and shes very angry about it bc it was an original bandom url for patrick stump so shes like wtf ever i dont wanna touch this im so mad. Which SAAAAME. ive done that so many times. She started permitting access to people who requested it for one of her photo archive website thingies she left in her last post. But yeaaaahhh… she was patrick stump for halloween in like 2008 and she won the costume contest bc she had rhe coolest sideburns and looked so much like him. My first ever concert was a fall out boy concert in spring 2007 i was 6 turning 7 within the next few months lemme just say the music video for carpel tunnel of love played on the screen as they played the song and my brother and i was so traumatized. But then immediately they played this aint a scene after that and we were like HELL YEAAAAAAAAA. And my brother (5 at the time) and i knew every single song and sang along and my mom went look at everyone else no one else knows these songs. You guys are so cool. And we looked around and yeah no one was singing the songs and were sooo excited! Oh and theres that one time she recorded us singing keep it simple by cobra starship and THEY PUT IT ON THEIR MYSPACE PAGE AT THE TOP WE FLIPPED SHIT. i wish THAT video was still up. Shes also met fall out boy so many times and walked away from patrick stump while he was talking to her bc she didnt want to take up his time at a meet and greet. Omg. so many memories. I was literally raised in online bandom thats so insane. Maybe thats why im a homosexual

[narcolepsy-moments]

Pined Post

Hi there, welcome to my blog! If you’re here, you probably either have narcolepsy, know someone with narcolepsy, or just are curious and want to learn more about it. No matter the reason, I’m glad to have you here! Please take a quick read through this post and have a good day :D

last updated: 10/1/2022

About This Blog

I made this blog because despite looking several times, I couldn’t find any narcolepsy focused blogs on tumblr! Maybe I just wasn’t looking in the right places, but I decided to fix that. This blog exists both as a space to educate non-narcoleptics about narcolepsy and as a place for narcoleptics to share their experiences with each other. 

I have no dni, anyone is welcome here as long as you are not harming others in any way, take that as you will. HOWEVER, in interacting with this blog you agree to be respectful to any others who may be interacting. If you don’t agree with the opinions of someone, block and move on. This is a discourse* free zone.  *(this does not apply to things such as racism or homophobia. if you are racist/homophobic/transphobic/etc, your ideas are actively harming others. You are not welcome here and will be blocked) This blog supports educated self-diagnosis

Askbox is always open, please feel free to send in questions you have about narcolepsy/your own experiences with narcolepsy anytime! I would love to hear from you!! + feel free to dm me any narcolepsy related posts you’d like me to reblog here, whether its serious or a shitpost!

About The Mod

I am an adult college student, you can refer to me however you see fit.

Diagnosed with narcolepsy type-2 and chronic fatigue caused by narcolepsy in early 2022. I have several other mental health issues + neurodivergencies + chronic illnesses, since they aren’t super relevant to this blog I will not be listing them here, but don’t be shocked if I mention one of them in a post sometime. 

I am not a doctor, all information on this blog are things i have learned from my own experiences, my sleep specialist, speaking to others with narcolepsy, and my own research. While i am not a doctor as of now, i am currently studying to hopefully make researching narcolepsy my career! 

With all that said, I certainly don’t know everything about narcolepsy, and I am always 100% open to being educated/corrected on anything by other narcoleptics!! In fact I am encouraging it, More than anything I just really want to learn and help others to learn as well :)

Miscellaneous 

I will try my absolute best to make this blog accessible to everyone, but please please let me know if theres anything more i can do!!  Due to memory issues, sometimes I forget to write an image description for a post I make/reblog. If you ever see that happen, shoot me an ask or a message! While I try my best to write helpful image descriptions, I am absolutely not perfect. If there’s any way I can improve on any of my image descriptions, please please let me know!!

For the most part, this blog runs off a queue. If I reblog your post and you would like me to take it down for any reason, please shoot me a message! I am always more then happy to do so

All posts on this blog are free to reblog

[Everything below will eventually have a post linked to it as soon as i get around to making them. If you have other suggestions to posts you think should be linked here, please let me know!]

Taglist

updated 10/1/2022

What is Narcolepsy?

Resources

[hotshotshitshow]

im not trying to be mean forreal but you arent gonna have people rbing your stuff if you don't tag it! 2 give an example your most recent piece has 7 tags total, two of which are personal tags that no ones gonna search so lets say 5. in addition to the ones you included which werent bad you should also include stuff like the medium (ex: #traditional art) and of course #artists on tumblr. tagging aesthetics that fit also goes a long way. plus a (no guilt) caption requesting that people boost your work. something important to keep in mind with tumblr is that its really good for circulating art LONG term rather than most social media platforms which prioritize feeding the neverending ratrace for whatevers trending. I am in no way a big name artist but my most circulated posts come from people tag searching and queueing. obvs theres usually gonna be the most attention over the first few days but also give it time! don't be afraid to repost or find niches who will circulate your stuff. post art and then link it in oc discords, too this isnt meant to admonish you btw more it makes me sad to see you get discouraged. you have a unique and compelling artstyle with genuinely swagful characters so the idea of you peacing out saddens my heart. i hope this helps, cya

Hey first off. I genuinely appreciate this, I am ngl I knew I shouldn't have posted that last night cuz I knew I'd be embarrassed about it later and well!! Here I am, feeling like a damn fool!! Sincerely tho, your words do mean a lot.

However, the one thing that trips me up is that back when I did use Tumblr more regularly, like several years ago, they had made it so that only the first five tags on a post were searchable, and everything else wasn't visible in tag searches. Has this changed? It's been a long time and I have no idea what's changed with Tumblr in the past few years but I've just been operating on the assumption that only the first five tags "count." Also I am just ... Not good at knowing what to tag things other than in the most straightforward way possible 😬

I definitely absolutely get discouraged way way way too quickly and I acknowledge that, it comes from years of a building frustration of posting on social media and never feeling like it goes anywhere while also watching those around me grow their followings. It's come to a point where it feels like if something I post "fails" then it tanks my mood on a hair trigger. And it's not healthy!!! This is largely why I've stopped posting publicly anywhere. Bc the reaction I've built up is so instantaneous and intense that it's completely unhealthy for me. Sorry to vent at you!! It's all just sort of coming out. I've absolutely poisoned the way I view interaction on social media for myself and it feels very entrenched and I don't really know what to do about it.

I want to share my art with people and I want them to like my art and asking for reblogs directly on art posts is something that always felt gross to me but idk maybe that's what I gotta do. I have this notion in my mind tho that if my art is good and people like it, they'll reblog it because they want to, not because I asked them to. It doesn't feel like people are sharing my art bc they genuinely like it if they're doing it bc I asked them to. And then people don't reblog my art, so it gets interpreted as "well, I guess nobody thinks my art is very good, otherwise they'd want to share it!"

This all feels very immature of me and I hate that this is how I feel. I definitely am very deeply in the mindset now of "well, nobody appreciated my art much when I did post it, so now nobody gets to see it anymore." Idk how to grow past this tbh. I am absolutely only shooting myself in the foot. Oh well whatever!!!

Anyway. Thank you again for this, and also if you did actually read this, thank you for your time and energy. I don't think you were being mean at all, you said what is true, I think. I hope you have a lovely day.

[verthu]

Check in tagz!

@moodnamars​ tagged me ty kith kith kith 💋

Why did you choose your url? 

theres no reason tbh its just my name with a little bit of twists and turns aha

How long have you been on tumblr? 

embarrassingly long

Do you have a queue tag? 

hm not really 

Why did you start your blog in the first place?

i had an old blog to post anime edits, then i started posting sims as well but i didnt like how it was too messy so i made this one for sims stuffs only

Why did you choose your icon/pfp? 

because it has all of the characters i like 😎

Why did you choose your header? 

no reason tbh i just change it whenever i want with whatever i like 

What’s your post with the most notes?

this cyberpunk render thingy , if we r talking about non-cc post

How many mutuals do you have? 

a good amount of besties <3 

How many followers do you have?

enough 😎

How many people do you follow? 

a good amount as well!

Have you ever made a shitpost? 

plenty tbh

How often do you use tumblr each day?

pretty often but also i usually just log in, check out posts on my dash, post my stuffs if i have any, then i log off :/

Did you have a fight/argument with another blog once? who won?

never :D

How do you feel about ‘you need to reblog this’ posts?

depends, i feel like id have to do more research to make sure they have good and valid info before reblogging...?

Do you like tag games?

YEA I LOVE THEM

Do you like ask games?

I LOVE THEM TOO 

Which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?

idk i mean we all play dress up games with pixel characters so i dont think thats important

Do you have a crush on a mutual?

i love all of my moots thats all 

if u r reading this i tag u 😋

[mag200]

i was tagged by @ashes-in-a-jar thank youuu beloved <3 <3

1- Why did you choose your url?

i think bilbo and thorin were in love

2- Any side blogs?

yeah i have @thendevour which is like a goth/academia aesthetic blog, @solarpvnks which is cottagecore i guess and @heartsoakingwet which is just another aesthetic blog for oceany stuff. i have others but theyre not rlly active anymore.

3- How long have you been on tumblr?

since 2012 so that should tell you a lot about my mental state

4- Do you have a queue tag?

yeah i think queue tags are fun and cute. right now it's "one way or another queuegether" but i'll probably change it soon

5- Why did you start your blog in the first place?

uh well i was 15 and a straight girl i had a crush on told me tumblr was really cool so naturally i joined immediately

6- Why did you choose your icon/pfp

i usually like to have it be one of my drawings so right now its a jon i did a few months ago

7- Why did you choose your header?

its my art and i think very cozy <3

8-What’s your post with the most notes?

im not checking but i would assume the fucking post about taylor swift ending the cold war which ended up on buzzfeed in 2015 and outed me to my whole school lmao

9- How many mutuals do you have?

i truly have no idea cause i follow almost 5000 people. i'm sure i have a lot of mutuals technically but i probably have about 30 that i really interact with.

10- How many followers do you have?

9294 at the moment

11- How many people do you follow?

literally 4948 lol its too much but love u guys

12- Have you ever made a shitpost?

every day babey

13- How often do you use Tumblr each day?

depends really but its usually a lot less than i used to

14- Did you have a fight/argument with another blog once?

i would not say a fight but theres been Discourse™ lol. i mostly try to stay out of it but ppl have tried to start fights through me sometimes. i get a fair amount of transphobic anon hate but im no longer engaging w that lol none of them get answered.

15- How do you feel about “you need to reblog this” posts?

doesn't rlly sit well with me but i try not to let it stop me from reblogging something if i thought it was important before that comment

16- Do you like tag games?

yeah! they're cute and fun! i dont do them every time but usually i like to and it's always nice to be tagged anyway <3

17- Do you like ask games?

yeah same as above they're very fun. i definitely have boundaries about them but since ask games are usually something you initiate for yourself i just don't rb the ones that have questions i wouldn't wanna answer.

18-Which of your mutuals do you think is Tumblr famous?

i literally have no concept of what makes a person famous here. my friends tell me im tumblr famous and im like this is literally meaningless. ur all popular blogs to me <333

19- Do you have a crush on a mutual?

ive dated mutuals before lol but no not currently

tagging @localswordlesbian @carfuckerlynch @buggyeyes @keepthefrank @morestarsplease and anyone else who wants to (no pressure if u dont)

[anakinfruit]

thanks for the tag @emilykenobi !! 💗💗

1. Why did you choose your url?

ok there’s actually a long running inside joke about it but basically it comes down to I was assigned Anakin Fruit by a uquiz and then shenanigans occurred and i changed all my discord names to Anakin/Vader fruit and then ti continue one the trend i changed my tumblr url to match

2. Any side blogs?

yea i don’t use any of them anymore though so I’m not going to plug them. but i do have a separate art account @nooodledoodles if you’d like to follow that :D

3. How long have you been on tumblr?

too long. idk since i was 13 or 14 and im 21 now, so do the math? what is that like 7-8 years

4. Do you have a queue tag?

nope, i can’t be bothered to queue anything thats just extra steps, we reblog in spurts like men here

5. Why did you start your blog?

i wanted to look at homestuck fan art

6. Why did you choose your icon/pfp?

because @dilfdarthvader originally had a bi leia one and i wanted a bi anakin one so she made one and it’s beautiful

7. Why did you choose your header?

I wanted to convert my blog fully into star wars and I needed a header to match the theme so chose this one if anakin and ahsoka because i love them. I don’t remember who made it off the top of my head but i reblogged the post i got it from so it can be searched up

8. What post of yours has the most notes?

i believe its a photoset of how attractive the Carolina hurricanes roster was a couple of years ago?? or a Carter Hart gif from world juniors im not quite sure. I know something broke a thousand notes though

9. How many mutuals do you have?

bruh i dont even know who follows me and who i also follow but i know i can say for certain i have at least 50, it’s definitely more but theres probably only about 50 id recognize right away? maybe? i dont knowww i only talk to a select few and the m.a.d. server

10. How many followers do you have?

1,135, don’t ask my why or how, theyre just there i dont even know how many are active

11. How many blogs do you follow?

1798, i’m just follow happy

12. Have you ever made a shit post?

oooh yea, i dont think theyve ever gotten any traction tho

13. How often do use Tumblr a day?

*nervous chuckling* i’m like chronically online, according to my screen time its around 2-2.5 hrs per day, which honestly i was expecting higher

14. Did you ever have a fight/argument with another blog?

i don’t think so, not that i can recall

15. How do you feel about ‘you need to reblog’ posts?

fuck em, i see em and aggressively scroll past i don’t need to be guilt tripped when im trying to zone out from the world thank you very much

16. Do you like tag games?

yeeee please tag me in things 🥺

17. Do you like ask games?

also ye, send me things!!

18. Which of your mutuals do you think is Tumblr famous?

oh a good deal of my star wars mutuals i think, maybe? i’m really not good at judging popularity

19. Do you have a crush on a mutual?

nah, they’re just my pocket phone friends

i tag: @dilfdarthvader @moodysgirlsblog @cloudsofheaven @itsjml @aghsoka @shipaycon @quirkofthewild

[fireandiceland]

Thank you for the tag @paperuniverse @maryeve-the-bitch @kitaychan and sorry for being late haha

1. Why did you choose your url?

When I first watched hetalia I loved the nordics and wanted something associated with them and I don't remember who exactly I came up with this but I like it a lot :)

2. Any side blogs?

Yes and this is one of them XD

3. How long have you been on Tumblr?

I signed up in August 2013, this blog is roughly one year old tho.

4. Do you have a queue tag?

No I cant be bothered to tag that too. I already have such an elaborate tag system I dont need more tags.

5. Why did you start your blog in the first place?

I spammed my main with hetalia content and needed a different play for that.

6. Why did you choose your icon?

The valinentines art was so cute and I like thinking my icon is offering sweets to everyone who sees it <3

7. Why did you choose your header?

I made that edit in lik 10mins but techwear nordics is something I could stare at for hours so I went with that.

8. What’s your post with the most notes?

I think the face family beach meme?

9. How many mutuals do you have?

SO MANY. I was OVERWHELMED how many people reached out to me for my birthday so that put a new perspective onto that.

10. How many follows do you have?

despite some people lately thinking im 'tumblr famous' I have around 250 followers here =^.^=

11. How many people do you follow?

409 but theres some blogs among them that havent posted in years

12. Have you ever made a shitpost?

No, everything I post is pure quality content /j

13. How many times do you use Tumblr a day?

my phone counts how many times I open which app and how long I was on there but I'm too afraid to even look at that cause im online like 14 hours a day probably

14. Have you ever had a fight with another blog?

No, I tend to block or ignore people when they annoy me with stuff, I'm too old and tired for fighting.

15. How do you feel about need to rb posts?

I dont like guilt tripping people into reblogging stuff. Yes, its the backbone of this website but I still cant be bothered to reblog something that says you HAVE to reblog if I dont want.

16. Do you like tag games?

I do most of the time just sometimes forget to do them when I see the notification when im busy

17. Do you like ask games?

Yes, I especially like when I can ask mutuals stuff that I would never have thought of without the ask game.

18. Which of your mutuals do you think is Tumblr famous?

I know there's some mutuals that have 2k or more followers. does that count as famous? I dont keep track on that

19. Do you have a crush on a mutual?

I easily develop embarrassing little crushes on people so I guess the answer is yes? 👀💕

20. Tags

I'm late to the party was anyone not tagged at this point? If you see this and you want to do this, I got you you're tagged now

[theunconcernedembalmer]

Toko! I was thinking of creating an ask the character blog for IDV or Genshin Impact and wanted a few tips on how to start off. Anything you can share?

ey yo my dude!! thank you so much for this question, now im lowkey tempted (again) to make a genshin ask blog sjadhlkshgkahshglsaj anyway my 1.5 cents is under the cut, yall know how much i talk here HAHAHAHAH

uhhhhhh so i guess we start with picking a character u really Vibe with tm? I KNOW THIS SOUNDS LIKE COMMON SENSE BUT LIKE ive been considering making a genshin ask blog for a while now but i never really got to it cos i couldnt really decide on a character (plus the fact that their outfits are. so intricate. is also a hmm since i try to follow details to a t) (at first i wanted to do zhongli, but i feel like to be able to muse him well u need to know the lore super super well, which i dont n im too lazy to research on that aha. n u know how much i respect characterizations, especially for such a complex character like him. i also considered xiangling for a period of time mostly for guoba but also like i have 2+1 blogs here n having one more might not be a very good idea aha) (as for aesop he was my Hyperfixation Character tm also cos i looked at his kit n went Yep i could work with this. probably)

so assuming ur not a dumbass like me n u kinda know who u wanna pick, id actually say to snoop around here for other ask blogs n kinda get a feel of the... scene? is that the word? or like u know, other blogs that u can potentially vibe with. ive run a couple of ask blogs before this current one (both that have died for different reasons) n from my experience interacting with other blogs (if theyre okay with it, i think most should be) is pretty fun. it also kinda helps get ur blog around to other ppl on other blogs so they can go Oh whats this cool shit n check u out, n its also a reason why we kinda reblog promo posts for other blogs (also cos we’re always excited when someone new comes on, its really the more the merrier. we see all :eyes:). interacting with other blogs is also an option when ur inbox is looking real roomy too

another reason why i havent exactly done a genshin blog is that idk i cant actually seem to find genshin ask blogs around (i have seen rp blogs, or those that answer asks with mostly text instead of art, but thats. not my thing since i hate my own writing aha) (i did find one aether blog some time ago, but for some reason i hardly see them around anymore??? idk man i might be wrong). its not like im trying super hard to find them ask blogs, so im sure they exist out there (hopefully?? im not sure but im being optimistic). i mean theres nothing wrong with just starting an ask blog without others around, but for me i do find a difference when i interact with other ask blogs n when i dont, n i prefer when theres others to have fun with (unfortunately i couldnt find any ask blogs to interact with in my previous fandom. i tried, but the blogs i approached seemed to go inactive shortly afterwards...) plus u get to meet friends that way too :D (i made a lot of friends via idv askblogs n its really been a joy vibing with others)

as for the idv scene. gestures around me. unfortunately there are a lot of ask blogs that arent that active anymore, but theres still some of us who are alive n kicking empty inboxes, n im sure everyone would love to see a new face around. winks at u. also there seems to be a lot more blogs popping up lately, which is really heartening to see.

then u kinda just. make ur blog? n a starting introduction post so ppl can reblog it n spread the word XD n yay u have a blog i guess??? XD

i gotta say tho. dont expect ur blog to take off immediately (especially for smaller fandoms like idv, tvbh i didnt think my blog would even get half this far when i started cos of how non existent idv tumblr seemed to be) n ur inbox will probably be looking pretty empty a lot of the time (or at least filled with some that u havent quite thought of how to reply to yet aha) (but also like empty inboxes happen pretty often, im sure most of us here have experienced this problem)

in the case of the first ask blog i ever started, it never really took off at all. ngl it was kind of demoralizing n depressing but to be fair i had picked one of the more obscure characters in the series, so obscure that many ppl in the fandom would have never heard of this character before. if u wanted to know, i took a character that only appeared in the 2nd musical of the series, who also made a very brief cameo in the manga to acknowledge his existence within that universe. thats how obscure my character was, but i went with him purely because he was my favourite character. i will say though i did enjoy it while it lasted n i learnt a lot from the experience, n i think thats whats important really.

i guess this kinda leads on (not really but let me digress) to the whole uhhhh thing where if u choose a more popular character, u get more attention. which is fine i guess? if u really vibe with the character, i mean theyre popular for a reason. n choosing a more popular fandom (like genshin) would objectively also get u more viewers n numbers. but like honestly i believe that ask blogs are meant for u to have fun with, n like trying to get popular gets tiring pretty fast (this shouldnt be like a main goal, but u know sometimes u subconsciously also want that gucci follower count n bomb ass notes or something. i used to be guilty of this until i realized it isnt worth it) especially if ur not enjoying yourself in the process. (case in point: my previous fandom was considerably larger n my blog got about 700 followers within a year or so, but it got very tiring n stressful to maintain after my interest in it died, n no one was really interacting with the blog even though i tried which kinda made it even more depressing despite the so called success n popularity of the blog)

anyway on a less serious note, theres a lot of fun stuff u can do with the ask blog, like some ask blogs have really fancy tags that i really like n try to do but also like not really HAHAHAHA. i kinda just channel what i want to see in an ask blog into my own ask blogs (good art is one, i try very hard for it to be good :,DD another is characterization, n others is just extra miscellaneous arts n stuffs like au ideas or memes. these are also somethings u could work on during ask box downtimes perhaps)

uhhh another side thing is like a posting schedule i guess? like ppl would be more likely to interact (i think) if ur blog is relatively active, n this is usually determined by the last post u made (i think XD). but like generally for blog maintenence id say try to kinda find a frequency that ur comfortable with?? cos i know my once a day posting is kinda insane if i wasnt so hyperfixated on all of this n fight the urge to dump all ur replies when u finish them XD (though ive seen some blogs do that n they do it pretty frequently so its pretty nice to know once u see their post u can spend some time going through the latest batch of posts XD) the queue function is pretty useful here even though i truthfully have never really used it, i kinda just post from my drafts really but it also helps to space out ur content to seem somewhat active especially when u dont have the time to be working on replies sometimes. i hope u know what im trying to say here aha

ANYWAY that was like my 1.5 cents cos i dont even think its worth 2 cents HAHAHAHAH these are just my thoughts from running all my blogs up till now, some that are still running n the others that have just died a natural death. i wouldnt actually delete them (theyre still around actually XD) cos theyre kinda like archives n i can look back at what i did last time. cos ngl i made some high quality stuff back then, n i dont even know how i managed to do that aldhflhdsgk. also ppl do look at archive blogs every now n then for the content thats there yknow

BUT YES anyway if u do decide to join the idv ask blogs hmu, ill be sure to give u a lil shoutout here. winks

[allbeendonebefore]

I wasn't tagged by @judiejodia but i was mentioned in the post and encouraged to do this and tag her if i enjoy these kinds of things so I DID HA

[also me, still feels too shy to tag anyone else but you can say i tagged you if you want to do this too!]

1. Why did you choose your url?

two canadian hit songs that were influential when i was growing up in the early aughts. people can usually guess one of them but I don't think I've seen anyone guess both yet hehe.

2. Any side blogs?

@hyperboreanhapocanthosaurus - personal and political posts as well as general reblogs

@acetechne - art blog

@athensandspartaadventures - comic about ancient city state personifications

@battle-of-alberta - comic about modern canadian city personifications

@project-canada - i still admin this blog although i have zero plans to revive the project itself

@lazylacadaemon - studyblr although im no longer in school so there's not a whole lot there. If you want to talk about academics or ask for advice you can still shoot me a message there though.

3. How long have you been on tumblr?

uhhh 2010? 2011? something like that.

4. Do you have a queue tag?

Nope just assume 90% of what i post are queued lol

5. Why did you start this blog in the first place?

I wanted somewhere to post dumb comics about ancient history i started doodling in undergrad and people seemed to be migrating here from dA

6. Why did you choose your icon?

its a picture of me in crossplay as iamp alberta and thats as close as getting an icon with me on it as i will get lol

7. Why did you choose your header?

[checks what my header is] oh it's mama greece from hetalia, or at least how i imagined her before she had a canon-design. its my ancient/hetalia/history/whatever blog and i liked the drawing i did so i guess i kept it up haha

8. How many mutuals do you have?

UNKNOWN i mostly just talk to windex because quatsch is still waiting on her new computer/space to use it lol

i am notoriously bad at following people back partly because i am legit forgetful and also i think i make people nervous?? I'm also not a teenager anymore so I'm more cautious about following people I don't know in case they're not comfortable with it and idk their age.

Mostly i follow people who post stuff for fandoms i enjoy but i no longer use social media to keep up with what people are up to because It's Too Stressful to check up on everyone across every platform you have to write me a handwritten letter or bug me on discord if i need to know how you are at this point, i am both an irl and a digital hermit lol

9. How many followers do you have?

no clue, most of them probably aren't active anymore and a good handful are probably bots so i don't really feel i could give a Real estimate since i've been accumulating blogs for a decade

10. How many do you follow?

337 but probably over 90% are dead

11. Have you ever made a shitpost?

yes mostly about dead people and dead languages

12. How often do you use tumblr a day?

i check pretty frequently and if theres no news on the big tumblr i open the small tumblr on my phone and thats a problem

13. Did you have a fight/argument with another blog once?

not directly but some dude is going around arguing with people who post about herodotus and i don't have the patience to respond to him explaining my own shitposts to me after seeing him sealion other bloggers on tumblr.clown.edu so i do not engage

14. How do you feel about ‘you need to reblog this’ posts?

bad. i ignore every time. it's not as bad as it was ten years ago but it's still really annoying. (unless its like on a picture of a cute animal thats fine)

15. Do you like tag games?

yes i am just notorious about not tagging anyone in them

16. Do you like ask games?

yes and likewise lol although i think my answers are usually either quite boring or very sarcastic hahaha

17. Which mutuals do you think are tumblr famous?

I Do Not Know who are you guys

18. Do you have a crush on a mutual?

if we are mutuals come to my house i make you soup

[yeoldontknow]

❧ check in tag

tagged by the sweetest angel @propinqxity to do this little tag. this is such a cute list of questions, and some of these i dont think ive been asked before. thank you so much for the tag and the tumblr crush mention lovely. you truly are a bright spot on this website and i mean that sincerely <333

going under a cut because im certain i will ramble ~

1. Why did you choose this url?

its sort of like a pun between yall dont know and the fact that, hopefully, sincerely, chanyeol does not in fact know that i run this blog lmao i changed to this after a long time of being bread-jinie and i wanted to rebrand. i will, however, do my best to never change URLs again because the masterlist switch over was a complete hassle

2. Any sideblogs? If you have them, name them and why you have them

i have a fic recs blog called @yeoldontknowiread. as to why i have it, i know it hasnt been updated in ages since ive been kind of on hiatus, but i think reading and sharing work on this platform is immensely important. i actually read quite a lot of fanfiction, and i try my best to share the things i read. im very very behind on recs at the moment cause i try my best to write something substantial for every recommendation i make. as a writer, i know exactly the kinds of thoughts and feedback on fics that make my heart soar so i try to put in the same energy to my recs. community is only fostered when there is reciprocation

3. How long have you been on Tumblr?

hmmm since april 2017. i actually had my 4 year anniversary this year and i did have plans for things but i got roped into real life things and couldnt celebrate the way i truly wanted to :(

4. Do you have a queue tag?

no but sometimes i think i should. i view tags as a library on top of my knee jerk response to things. most of my tags are just my initial thoughts or feelings at any given moment, so those take precedence over a specific queue tag

5. Why did you start your blog in the first place?

when i was getting into exo, i was reading fanfiction like crazy. i used to write fanfic quite a lot in other fandoms, but at that time i hadnt written anything in about 2.5 years. exo was the first re-introduction to that feeling of excitement and inspiration. after about 3 weeks of straight reading, i decided i wanted to write again. i wrote the prologue to hero in about two hours and tried logging into AO3 to post it. sadly i forgot all of my log in information because it had been years, and was getting frustrated. i really wanted to put it somewhere out of fear that id lose interest if i didnt do something with it, and everything id read had been on tumblr. so i made a tumblr just to put hero lmao i didnt have any mutuals. it was a blog with straight 0. i hadnt even created an account to interact with writers before that moment, i really thought id be a silent reader forever. but exo woke me back up and for that i am eternally grateful.

6. Why did you choose your icon?

the yours music video is...so stunning? like the colour theory throughout the whole thing is truly so inspiring and gorgeous. and this shot of chanyeol looking at the painting took my breath away, truly. tulips and the color of peach, like do you know how evocative that is? ugh

7. Why did you choose your header

my header was made by @jamaisjoons for my birthday this year because shes literally the most talented person when it comes to graphics. and this was so kind of her to do, i cried a lot

8. What's your post with the most notes?

uhm....either the body through time or truth i cant remember which but i checked recently and its one of those

9. How many mutuals do you have?

honestly at this point im not even sure. i know ive lost a bunch while i was on hiatus because i was basically a dead blog, and some people do dash cleanses. and im certain others have left, too, for their own reasons. still, i have a good core of friends though who are active and that is enough for me

10. How many followers do you have?

more than i probably deserve

11. How many people do you follow?

399

12. Have you ever made a shitpost?

uhm i guess? there was a time when nng was not updated and every wednesday id post the days go by music video in sadness and grief but im not a big shitposter. if i make a text post its usually a life update or me crying about chanyeol, theres no inbetween lmao

13. How often do you use Tumblr every day?

tbh i havent used tumblr that often, not since march i think. i used to use it many times a day, checking in on friends and stuff, but once i started focusing on my phd applications i was only here sporadically. i didnt make an announcement either, just let my blog run on queue so i wasnt totally gone. i think i was checking in twice a week or maybe once every two weeks to refill my queue and check mentions etc. but now that my interviews are done im trying to get back on here daily to reconnect

14. Did you have a fight/argument with another blog once? Who won?

ive had my share of disagreements with people and any details about those situations shall remain as they are meant to: private

15. How do you feel about "you need to reblog this" posts?

in what context? like, you need to reblog this or your wish wont come true? or like, please reblog this to spread the word/spread awareness, etc? in the case for the former, i scroll right by. in the case of the latter, if im around and see someone raising a go fund me or some major event is occurring and i find a post with good sources or charities i will reblog. mostly though, the full extent my activism isnt really on this blog. its my escape from reality. my activism is usually placed on other platforms.

16. Do you like tag games?

i doooo!!! theyre so fun i love learning about my friends

17. do you like ask games?

i love those too! theyre so cute and usually a nice way to have interaction immediacy with people in the community

18. Which of your mutuals do you think is Tumblr famous?

no one. can we please abandon this notion of fame on tumblr? arent we all here to write about some dick and some smut and some fluff and then hang out together and log off? lmao tumblr isnt reality and followers/fame is so arbitrary on this platform, no one has any control over any of it

19. Do you have a crush on a mutual?

i am in love with so many people here. let me name a few:

@yehet-me-up @kyungseokie @jenmyeons @j-pping @jamaisjoons @inkedtae @kookdiaries @yoonia @dulcetvk @kithtaehyung @imdifferentshadesofpurple @ditzymax @sugaurora @sahmbtsficrecs @junghelioseok @yeojaa @augustbutwinter @joonscore @btssavedmylifeblr @cutechim @sunshinekims @kimtaehyunq @ouvuo @delhyun @exo-stentialism @sooibian @softyoongiionly @jinseunie @zibermuda @bratkook @1kook @luffles424 @xjoonchildx

and so many other people and mutuals that i am certainly forgetting. love is such an expansive feeling, and it encompasses platonic ardor and creative desire. i admire every single person listed for so many different reasons, and cherish and treasure them or what they provide to the community. love is such an important and broad experience. truly, i hope they feel adored every single day x

[fashionbitchgd]

Check in tag

Thanks for tagging me @alldayxia 🥰

1. why did you choose your url?

GD is my ultimate bias and his fashion sense is one of the first things that I noticed in him so fashionbitchgd :)

2. any side blogs?

Nope

3. how long have you been on tumblr?

I've been here since 2013

4. do you have a queue tag?

Nope

5. why did you start your blog in the first place?

I wanted to keep up with SNSD during award season in 2013 and I hated twitter so tumblr seemed like a viable option lol

6. why did you choose your icon/pfp?

No particular reason. I was just browsing this old blog (bigbangicons I think) and I thought that pic looked sassy and cute lol

7. why did you choose your header?

I actually wanted the cool graffiti art that's on the side of the peaceminusone nike's box but since I couldn't find a good pic of the side of the box I just picked some cute graffiti that I thought had a similar vibe :p

8. what's your post with the most notes?

Idk I think it's an old post about Harry Potter that I made back when Crimes of Grindelwald came out. Or the one American Horror Story post that I made pointing out plotholes in ahs apocalypse. Idk which one has more notes rn

9. how many mutuals do you have?

A whole freaking bunch bc every time I think my dash is too empty I just go and follow back everyone that follows me lol But mutuals that I actually interact with theres like 4 or 5 idk

10. how many followers do you have?

881

11. how many people do you follow?

409

12. have you ever made a shitpost?

lol yes

13. how often do you use tumblr each day?

Some days I spend the whole day logged in here, some other days I log once reblog 30 things and leave, and some days I don't even come here so it really varies

14. did you have a fight/argument with another blog once?

No because when I see something that bothers me I just unfollow or block :p

15. how do you feel about "you need to reblog this" posts?

I hate them, kinda makes me not wanna reblog tbh

16. do you like tag games?

Love tag games 💜 (ive been taking a lot of time to answer but I still love tag games)

17. do you like ask games?

I do but the few times I reblogged an ask game post I got ignored so now I'm too afraid to reblog them lol

18. which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?

@chaelinsbitch has tumble famous vibes lol

19. do you have a crush on a mutual?

Not really

20. tags?

@happycoincidences @happygirl327 @pinktop-s @mint-hint @clgzb @starlight-linguist @kingandqueenwang optional as always :)

[angstgods]

I LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE! 

@lou-is-lurking​ summoned me for another tag game, lets go! 

1. Why did you choose your URL?

at the time, i had asserted myself as the Heart Ripper™ of the fic community. worshipped by tears, prayed to with variously disturbing fantasies that i made reality at the cost of your souls... nowadays? maybe not so much 😅

2. Any side blogs?

nah

3. How long have you been on Tumblr?

i dont remember exactly when i made this one, but my account from the og tumblr days is from 2009 so....... 

4. Do you have a queue tag?

i did on other accounts but not this one 

5. Why did you start your blog in the first place?

to separate church and state a little, i dont mix my circles much and i wanted to keep the perverts isolated 😈😈😈

6. Why did you choose your icon/pfp?

this little monster is more like me than id like to admit, i walked so he could run. also, with a name like angstgods, theres definitely no room for misinterpretation 

7. Why did you choose your header?

oh the snapshot of the liminal space in my brain? 

8. What’s your post with the most notes?

beats the fuck out of my dick i mean me 

9. How many mutuals do you have?

probably all of my followers are mutuals, i dont play that clout game like that

10. How many followers do you have?

wouldn’t you like to know 

11. How many people do you follow?

a million dead accounts, rip porn 😔

12. Have you ever made a shit post?

every single statement ive ever made– living, dead, or otherwise– has been a gratuitous shit post 

13. How often do you use tumblr?

not super often, honestly just to talk to people these days 

14. Did you ever have a fight/argument with another blog?

you mean when i CRUSHED GALE WITH THE MIGHT OF A THOUSAND SUNS

15. How do you feel about “you need to reblog” posts?

ambivalent  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

16. Do you like tag games?

yeah!

17. Do you like ask games?

yeah times two!

18. Which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?

i was a part of a “adult professional writers who also write fic” squad during my golden age. i wont name names cuz we dont talk about fight club, but you’ve probably heard of them and two of them moved on to write crazy famous novels irl 

everybody’s gone lmao but ill tag a fellow corpse @zeldaismyhomegirl​