#i-really-should-change-my-url-original

[i-really-should-change-my-url]

Shout out to the girl on tiktok who replied to someone's comment on a sad Neal and Peter edit asking if they were lovers with just one word: "worse"

I confirmed with her that she does indeed have Tumblr

[digitaldiseas3]

it was kinda weird going back into the depths of my blog to when i was super active in the arcana community. like i'd forgotten how much i really interacted with others and made original posts and whatnot, i kinda miss that era of being mostly dedicated to one fandom

[temporallloop]

in nightvale tumblr is the main social media

that woild go crazy

🐦 mayordana-official 🔁

🐦 mayordana-official

Please stop sending me asks about the time I killed my double (or my double killed me, and I am the double).

🗻 mayor-danaofficial

You know what you did.

🐦 mayordana-official

I know some things I've done. I do not know other things I have done. I know there are things I should have done, and things I should not have done when I did do them. Every day is a new opportunity for things I do and do not know to be done or to be left undone by my hand, like moving a rock in a stream and forever changing its flow.

🐦 mayordana-official

Why is that your url

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🦉 hopcorefashionqueen

if i get one more customer asking me about records for some ridiculous band like "The Beatles" or "Imagine Dragons" i'll be sick. don't these fake "music fans" ever learn? nobody who's ever named their band after an animal (much less a BUG) has ever had any good music.

#originals

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🧢 baseballcapboy

Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck ffuck oh ym god oh shit shit os h shit oh god it s sjfghu3bt.g h

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😁smilinggrinner

Good morning followers 😄🙂 you may notice that I've posted this before. That is because EVERY day is a good day when you're in Desert Bluffs with the Smiling God looking down upon you 😀🏜️

#Smiling #Grinning #Happy #SmilingGod #DesertBluffs #TheSmilingGod #SmilingHappy #Happiness #GoodMorning #GoodMorningDesertBluffs

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🍽️ tourniquets-best

There must be another way

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🎥 leemarvinfanbot 🔁

��� leemarvinfanbot

Happy 30th birthday to beloved film star Lee Marvin!

#cat ballouqueue

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⚫is-the-dog-park-open-yet

Hey guys, sorry i havent been posting lately. i've been having some really weird dreams lately and it's been making it hard to sleep so i haven't been posting much haha. They're kinda intense? Like they're not the normal hooded figure nightmares everyone usually gets. Idk how to describe it but it's really scary and Ican't actually remember when i last sleptn and a blog like this isn't something you can really set up on a queue1 but also, no. The dog park is still closed!

🐶 paperhatpuppyinitiative

Where did op go

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🧢 baseballcapboy

Does anyone want to see my new dog 🙂

#hes so cute #hes such a good boy!

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🧪 number1sciencefan 🔁

🧪 number1sciencefan

This edible isn't making me feel anything yet. It's only been twenty minutes though, so scientifically I know it'll take effect soon.

🧪 number1sciencefan

I alway s wanted to fuckm him

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[rwuffles]

How & Why to add Plain Text to your Coining Posts!

[PT: How and why to add plain text to your coining posts. END PT.]

What is plain text?

Plain text is just text without any outside formatting (i.e. bold, italics, big, etc.) that's added to posts that have them.

Why do posts need plain text?

A lot of the time, it's for people who are visually impaired and/or who have any vision issues! Bolded or italics may be harder to read, big text might be worse for some people instead of better, and colored text could mess with a person's eyes (like me!) for some examples. At the end of the day, it's for accessibility!

Okay, how do I do plain text?

There's a few different ways you can write the plain text itself, and really, how you do it is up to you.

[PT: Text. END PT.]

[pt: text. end pt.]

PT: Text. END PT.

pt: text. end pt.

Those are just a few of the most common ways we see people write them; essentially, the core components are "PT" (to indicate a start of a plain text) and "END PT" (to indicate the end). As for the plain text itself, it should be the exact same thing but with proper grammar/vocabulary (other than capitalization, if you prefer all lowercase). Some examples are:

hallo!!! how r u doing today :333 -> PT: Hallo! How are you doing today? :3 [cat emoticon]. END PT.

vi'm doing good, how about kyu? -> [PT: Vi'm [I'm] doing good, how about you? END PT.]

th4t's g00d! h4v3 y0u n0t1c3d th4t 0ur tqs 4r3 ch4ng1ng 3v3ry m3ss4g3? -> pt: that's good! have you noticed that our tqs [typing quirks] are changing every message? end pt.

why ywes, the fictional character has! h♡ believes that the op of this post is a dork -> [pt: why yes, [i have]! h[heart] believes that the [original poster] of this post is a dork. end pt.]

Personally, if something needs to be changed in a plain text—that being an acronym, pronoun, or something else—I flip-flop between adding it next to it in brackets or parenthesis or just straight up replacing it in brackets. Either or works!

Where should I put plain text?

It depends on the text you're making plain, if that makes sense. For example: if it's something unreadable (i.e. replacing letters with numbers), then you're gonna want the plain text before the actual text. On the other hand, if it is readable—at least to screenreaders—you should put the plain text right below the text itself. Some people like to put all of the plain text at the end of their posts, too; the only thing you're going to want to stay away from is putting it under the cut! This is because if you change your URL (I believe) or deactivate your blog, anything under the cut is no longer accessible and therefore your post no longer has a plain text.

But, plain texts don't fit my post's aesthetic/make my posts look more cluttered!

Have you considered that, in that case, it isn't the plain text's fault? If your post has so many things that need separate plain texts that it ends up just making your post look bad, then I don't think that the plain text is to blame; having a million different things of text colored and bolded and using fancy fonts is just unnecessary. I like to think that my posts are fairly aesthetic, albeit a bit simple.

Could we get a boost for this post? (not forced!) @radiomogai @the-astropaws @local-maneater @hysangel @rabidbatboy @vampitsm @icwdtea @smilepilled @pupcoins

[mystery-incorporated-whore]

There's a lot of discussion on this site rn about how the term "degenerate" is fascist/nazi in origin and basically a genocide dogwhistle (which it absolutely is btw, I am not debating that at all) and how we should really stop using it in more casual contexts ("that video game strategy is degenerate", calling people "degens" as a friendly insult a la idiot or dummy) and treat it more like a slur. I'm sure you can see how this is giving me pause when haha oops my url and textpost tag feature the use of it heavily. I'm only referring to myself with it, and there is something fun about self labelling as a "degenerate freak transfem", but I also can't ignore the fact that I am building a "brand" around a term used to label people as "others" and mark them for execution. I didn't really have a point to this post, I just kinda wanted to air my thoughts on the subject.

TLDR I might change my url and textpost tag at some point to get rid of the negative associations. The mystery inc whore part will 100% stay though, I just need a better adjective up front

[myfairkatiecat]

Not to be rude but I think it's quite silly to say OP's religious beliefs are irrelevant, and cannot be referenced, because they are not explicitly mentioned in the post being reblogged, when op has stated directly that they are homophobic because of their religious beliefs, and the post being reblogged is being accused of homophobia. Like, if some guy made a post saying "I think no women should be able to have jobs because that makes them less dependent on men and therefore I can't get a girlfriend", then made a separate post saying "Media nowadays glorifies women having jobs too much!! Stay at home mothers need more representation!!!" I think it would be extremely relevant in that situation to say, "Ok, this guy has clearly stated biases in this conversation, which calls into question whether this post is REALLY just about representation in media or whether it's indicative of OP's real life agenda." (Not trying to conflate religion with being an incel here btw, just giving an example of another time when knowing more information about the source of the post changes the way you might interpret it.)

The person reblogging that post didn't just say "OP's username is religious so I'm going to read this as homophobic!!!", they linked a specific post in which OP directly stated "My religion prevents me from accepting LGBT people, and I use my religious texts to justify why being LGBT is wrong." How is that not relevant context for their post griping about how fandom makes everything gay?

Ooh, let’s work within your hypothetical!

Some guy is being misogynistic on their blog but then makes a valid post about how stay at home mother’s don’t get enough representation in media.

If the post that says “stay at home mothers should get more representation!” says absolutely nothing about how women actually shouldn’t ever get jobs, then it’s a good post about the validity of mothers we choose to stay at home and how they deserve more representation in the media! There is therefore nothing wrong with reblogging and agreeing with the post, and going into the reblogs of that post to tell everyone “how hard is it for you to just look at their url and blog and realize they say other stuff that you DON’T agree with?” would be kinda rude.

Reblogging a post boosts the signal on what was said in that post. It doesn’t subscribe you to that person’s entire belief system.

Furthermore, the original poster, Gracie, says very very little about that topic on her blog to keep from offending anyone. I’ve never seen her try to force her beliefs onto anyone. She’s super respectful while also believing, as her religion states, that her God is the one true God. This is a belief claim about a system that would therefore according to her beliefs apply to everyone, but she isn’t forcing anyone to agree with her. The post that was cited in that reblog in which Gracie says explicitly her beliefs regarding the LGBT community and scripture was in a response to an ask that was sent to her. She didn’t even volunteer the information, someone asked her for it, and she replied honestly. I have never seen Gracie be anything but respectful, and if you knew her, you’d know she’s super kind and never would want anyone to feel invalidated or uncomfortable because of something she posts.

No one, including Gracie, is forcing you to agree with her religious beliefs. If they make you uncomfortable, I highly recommend not scrolling through a Christian blog. When people are reblogging her post, they aren’t even necessarily saying they agree with everything she’s ever posted. That topic is entirely separate. If you want to converse civilly with Gracie about why she believes what she believes, I recommend being respectful to her. If you’d rather ignore her all together, I point you towards the block button.

If somebody’s religion or belief system makes you uncomfortable enough that you don’t want to engage with any of their content, that’s your choice, but the people in the reblogs aren’t being “dumb” for not “checking who the source is,” they’re just saying they agree with the post they agree with.

Imagine agreeing with a post you agree with! Novel concept.

In short, posts are independent pieces of text. Reblogging a post doesn’t say anything except “I agree with this piece of text and want to share it.” If that piece of text doesn’t say anything about OP’s religion, then their religion isn’t relevant to the post. It’s as simple as that.

I hope you have a blessed day <3

[simblrcc-site]

Hello new people! 👋🏻

Lyralei/@greenplumbboblover here!

If you're reading this, thank you so, so much for checking out the site! Without a doubt, the 25th anniversary of the sims (been playing TS1 now pretty much non-stop lol). helped out a lot of people to check out the site lately! I just want to say hello and welcome! And to the new ones among our community: I really hope you'll love our silly corner of the internet! It's pretty cool over here! (Tumblr and the site alike)😄

About the site:

If you're curious about the origin of the site's idea, feel free to read it here: About & Donations

👀What's worth checking out:

Whether you're a veteran or new to both TS1 and TS2, the dead sites repository is a really cool place to find CC you may not find with a quick google. (Though, also feel free to check the site's main Mods pages!)

💻Quick links to check out:

Dead Site Repository

Sims 2 Mods

Sims 1 Mods

Uploading to Simblr.cc

You may probably wonder, "Hey, why should I upload my stuff there, if there are already some pretty big websites out there / Tumblr being a thing?!"

A few things that make simblr.cc different from other sites:

No Moderation = No waiting time! (or having to make changes). Unless you're uploading pretty... uh... illegal stuff shall we say.

The sims 1 and The sims Medieval friendly! - No more having to navigate forums to figure out your stuff.

Tumblr Post Importer - Rather want to crosspost from your Tumblr to the site? You can import your mods with just linking your URL! We'll do the rest :)

NSFW-friendly - Because most websites lack a dedicated NSFW support 😉 Of course, you can turn this setting off in your profile page, if you rather want things to be SFW on the site.

Stickers! - Each season we have an event going on, but you also get those stickers once you upload more and more! All handdrawn by me!

... plus by sharing your stuff, hopefully more people will get to see it over time!

... And you no longer have to rely on 'hearts' to see if something was popular in case you care about those sorts of things :)

Aside from the marketing stuff, I really hope you'll enjoy the experience :) CC shoppping or uploading alike!

Love,

Lyralei

[bunmellos]

I say keep bunmellos unless you've also got another social under the other name too. Twitter is *really* not popular and you might be throwing away a recognizable name chasing followers over there.

my biggest thing is i feel my handle should be standardized across platforms so it’s easier to find me, since more people are going to be searching for my fanart than my original stuff

unfortunately for everybody (myself included) twitter has been my main social media for probably 7 years and my bunmellos account over there has already been outgrown by pramecias after only a couple months, so at this point i feel like pramecias is the more recognizable of the two. if i do change my url here i’ll save bunmellos though because that’s been my handle for a while

[stillforests]

tag game from @fxreflyes !! this should be fun because I have one william blogs

explain the story behind your blog urls:

@stillforests - from Safer in the Forest (Love Song for Poor Michigan) by La Dispute: “settled in that / still forest like / another phantom or another shadow cast". I love this song, I have the whole thing memorized and I run through it in my head when I'm bored or need distracting. my blog is primarily focused on a green/forest aesthetic so it suits. I started making this my username pretty much everywhere and because of that I also use 'forest' as my go-to online nickname.

@skatekeys - vintage roller skates have a 'skate key' that's used to fit the skates over your shoes. I thought this had a nice sound and suited the cute aesthetic of this blog.

@punkriver - I picked this one randomly to match the aesthetic of the blog. golden hour, wide open fields, aging towns, road trips... you understand. I need to get in a river.

@starforests just a variation on stillforests, where I reblog silly stuff that doesn't fit the aesthetic of my main. kind of like my main blog's evil twin.

@dualmotif - I read Jekyll and Hyde in college and never recovered (I could actually talk way longer about this one but I'll leave it at that... message me if you wanna talk about themes and motifs lol). this is where I post about narrative-driven stuff like books/tv/movies.

@arrowblue this was originally a sideblog just for Bright Eyes but I decided to expand it to include all my bandoms, which at this point is mostly kpop so I changed the URL to a lyric from Life Goes On by BTS: "like an arrow in the blue sky / 또 하루 더 날아가지 / on my pillow, on my table / life goes on like this again"

@cloverbuds I just like clovers and two-word urls. I reblog cool art here.

@plumgoth I saved this URL before I even decided what to do with it. If I remember correctly I think it was a cheeky response to all the peach-themed URLs that were so popular in 2015. what about the humble plum? anyway it's for houses and interiors now.

@lyricburn I don't really advertise this blog, this is just where I reblog music I see on my dash and want to listen to later. the URL is a play on rug burn. I like it when the lyrics scald you a little bit. songs that make you say 'ouch'. my inbox is always open, send me music recs!!

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I'm leaving this as an open tag as well. if you see this and want to do it you can say I tagged you :3

[i-really-should-change-my-url]

give me a fanfic where Dr Robby just gets a fucking hug

[kiwiana-writes]

Hi MJ! I was so excited to read your new WIP snippet today, thank you for sharing it! I love it, I've missed your brand of humour!

I'm writing this because it made me sad to read that you're afraid of being lost to obscurity. Please know that not only do I adore your fics and name drop you to any of my fandom friends who'll listen to me yap— I have waxed poetic about the rockstar!Alex WIP to so many folks— but also, I think of you and what you're up to often.

Exhibit A: there have been times when I've thought of changing my url here but didn't only because I had submitted a prompt for your subscriber shindig and didn't want you to struggle to find me here in case you ever try to tag me haha! (This is not me trying to make you feel guilty about the subscriber shindig event btw! I just want to point out that I do think of you and that you're not forgotten in the least).

I also love the writer's ask games you play here and try to submit something when I notice it. I didn't know it was a big old case of writer's block keeping you away from writing; I just assumed you must be busy with Life™️. Thank you for sharing how you're feeling though, friend.

Could I do anything to help? Perhaps I'll drop in here occassionally or on ao3 comments whenever I think of you? Would that be a helpful reminder? I'm usually very shy (which is why this is anon!) but your fics have brought me so much joy and excitement in the past year, I'd really like to help you feel less sad. I don't know how to help with writer's block but reminders that you're loved? They're so easy!

💖

This was SUCH a lovely message to wake up to, anon, thank you 🥰

Practical thing first: if you (or anyone reading this) does change your username and you still have a subscriber shindig fic outstanding, just drop me a message so I can update my spreadsheet! Though I should be able to figure it out anyway, because I’m tackling them in order 😅

And I don’t know of many authors who are going to object to a reread comment/lovely tumblr message/etc—or at least I’M certainly not going to complain lmao. That is such a lovely, kind offer! I fucking love interacting with y’all so much and it sparks so much joy—I’m just having a bit of trouble fanning those sparks into an actual creative fire at the moment. If it helps, my original writing is suffering just as much if not more 😂

(Also god, rockstar Alex exes to lovers my BELOVED. One day.)

[howlingmoonrise]

tagged by the fantastic @sunriseverse! thanks sunny!! 💖

under the cut because this one is long

1. why did you choose your url?

i wanted a new fandom penname and at the time adjective + noun names were a thing. i fiddled with several different variations, tried and failed to acquire kaleidoscopicmoonrise at the time (it's mine now!!), and landed on this one. i wanted something a little spooky, especially since soul eater was my fandom at the time - though it doesn't feel like it now that my icon is a lot more sane-looking lmfao

2. any sideblogs? if you have them name them and why you have them.

uh. yeah. a stupid amount (like 30+?), so i'm definitely not naming them all. most active are obviously this howl blog, my main blog @commandersya, this one for danny phantom and gravity falls stuff, @howlingspacegoo gets some activity every now and then when venom stuff resurfaces, and some others i use for reblogging specific reference stuff. most of the rest are for fandom events i've run in the past.

3. how long have you been on tumblr?

since like 2011-2012. i've seen it all.

4. do you have a queue tag?

lmao absolutely not. i don't use the queue function, though on occasion i'll schedule posts to space them out when i'm going through a tag in order not to reblog all of it at once, or for specific dates like halloween

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

this one was for soul eater writing purposes. tumblr in general was because my cousin dragged me into it and then i realized there was a lot of bandom stuff in here (i was really into black veil brides for my first year or two on tumblr)

6. why did you choose your icon/pfp?

i broke ties with the soul eater fandom in a not great way and wanted to change my icon. yoi provided the perfect yuri expression with the kind of benevolent dictator smile i really like, despite that not being the original intent for it when the animators drew it ✊😔

7. why did you choose your header?

i had to check my header real quick lmfao. jason todd is just an excellent blorbo and when a good artist draws him.... 👀👀👀

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

oh gods. probably my dracula/barbie fic at nearly 3.5k notes. where's that ben affleck cigarrette pic when you need it. alternatively some ancient black veil brides photo/gif on my main blog.

9. how many mutuals do you have?

idk but i cherish y'all 💖

10. how many followers do you have?

dunno 😭 they're split across dozens of blogs so i'm not counting them all

11. how many people do you follow?

1.8k+, though i should follow more. my dash has times when it's pretty dead.

12. have you ever made a shitpost?

probably? yes. just remembered the i bit the butte psoh post.

13. how often do you use tumblr each day?

however long i'm online on my laptop, more or less. so a sizeable amount of hours

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

LMAO. i was in both voltron and yoi fandoms, writing for and running events for "problematic" ships. take a wild wild guess.

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

hate them. 90% of the time it'll make me automatically skip it. for the other 10%, if it has relevant info on the op's original post and that little sentence is on the comments then i might go back and reblog from the op just to get rid of it

16. do you like tag games?

love them!

17. do you like ask games?

see above

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

i have uhhh. some. olderthannetfic, nemainofthewater, i think also colubrina for a while there, off the top of my head.

19. do you have a crush on a mutual?

if friend crushes count then several ✊😔

20. what is the last song you listened to?

the cramps - goo goo muck

21. what are you currently watching?

i am. so bad at finishing things so like a bajillion shows. the double i might drop despite it having been very very good until like episode 30-something. meet you at the blossom i need to finish like the last two eps. wandee goodday i need to finish four episodes iirc. i was in like episode 5 of century of love. i was on episode... 17? of my journey to you, which if i power through shall be for the antagonist sidepair/trio rather than the main characters. i was also at episode 16 of new life begins, which was fairly good and i do want to continue though i keep forgetting i have that tab open somewhere.

22. sweet/ savoury/ spicy?

savoury!

23. what is your current relationship status?

single and ace so not planning on changing that!

24. what is your current obsession?

the spirealm/kaleidoscope of death, and mysterious lotus casebook

25. what are nine albums/ songs you've been listening to lately?

- La P'tite Fumée - Cypher - Brody Dale - Don't Mess With Me - Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster - Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting (The Vampire Song) - The Cramps - What's Inside a Girl - Linkin Park - Heavy is the Crown - Miyavi & PVRIS - Snakes - D-A-D - Sleeping My Day Away - Aerosmith - Dream On

no-pressure tagging! @junemermaid @a-memory-a-distant-echo @snorlaxlovesme @where-the-water-flows @nemainofthewater

[bulldog-geckorahhhhh]

(i changed my url today,used to be mister-fisch.just wanted to say if you didnt know)

I just realized i totally forgot to show you Hippolyta!(her design is still a work in progress)

She's a memeber of Starbright's cult,and by far his favorite member.Her and Starbright are the closest.And she knows the most about his life,or whatever version of his life he decided to tell her.She'd usually be left in charge given the absence of Starbright.

Some more facts about her :3

-She is missing an arm.Why you may be asking?Starbright ate it.And she let him,like very much willingly.

-Hippolyta isnt her original name,she doesnt remember what it was,and she doesnt really care.

-She met Starbright as a dysfunctional college student,when she was in her early 20s,she was fairly unstable and Starbright has been practically her only source of stability for the last 15 years or so.She also dropped out of college because of him.

-Her emotions always tend to be extreme.Like if she's sad then she'd like practically miserable.If she's angry she'd be rageful.If she's happy she's be over joyous.Which she's usually happy so thats a good thing

-She has punched Skiddad in the crotch(i thought this would be funny)She hates that cult with her own being.She has also tried to fistfight Ignacio.(She and ignacio would probably get along in most other circumstances)

-She is generally not well.She wasnt before Starbright and she definetly isnt after meeting him and she is probably worse.And is insanely codependant just on anyone

-She tends to be fairly kind to anyone she likes.or feels neutral about.If she doesnt like someone everyone knows that she dislikes them. -She loves sewing,she spends alot of his time sewing,or doing puzzles.

-She loves lizards and she has a pet iguana named Jupiter. -She also loves bugs,and frequently raises butterflies

-She likes swimming and going to the beach.Though she's a bit afraid of the ocean

I'd give more facts but i cant think of anymore(i also had to rewrite a whole bunch =u=) so yeeye

OOOOHHH!!! I love her… kissing her hand and fluttering my eyelashes

OHHHG SHE CPULD. SHE. SHOULD GO SWIMMING. AT SUNNYS POOLHOUSE-

[riverphoenixsgothwife]

gerbert fic rec list

alright, kitty’s third fic rec list time! requested by @meowmeowcat759506 just after i had thought of doing one of these for gerbert, which is really fun! love you (platonic) clay <3

♡ = a favorite of kitty’s

1. On My Own: sad angsty pre and post break up gerbert

make sure to read all tags! very bwaaahhh and ough!! one shot. 642 words.

♡ 2. Well, We Kiss Like Painted Tigers: Written for a kiss meme prompt: "Bert/Gerard, smeared makeup."

trigger warning for mentions of drugs, alcohol, and addiction! god, i adore this one. one shot. 829 words.

♡ 3. Extent of My Sin: “And I don’t want to think too much about what we should and shouldn’t do.” Originally written June 2005.

trigger warning for drugs and sex! i love this one’s vibe, and it uses nine inch nails lyrics, which is cool! one shot. 2,067 words.

4. Clumsy Heart: The summer Bert and Gerard got together, Gerard was busy falling apart.

contains sex, drugs/alcohol/cigarettes. surprised me by not having a sad ending! has a fun sort of chaotic summer romance vibe to it. gerbert fics actually written in 2000s type time hit different. one shot. 2,266 words.

♡ 5. the confrontation: Bert confronts Gerard and calls him out on, basically, everything.

HOLY SHIT lmao. fighting (verbal and physical), cigarettes and alcohol, minor discussion of body image, f slur, minor nsfw. background past frerard. basically, post-break-up gerbert fight featuring an amalgamation of prorev theories, openly bisexual bert, sad little puppy unrequited love frankie iero, and deeply closeted gay gerard. daily dose of drama for someone who doesn’t leave her house (me). one shot. 7,938 words.

6. your love is my drug: Bert loves mornings like this. Waking up with his boyfriend kissing him sweetly then maybe later, they'll make those awesome waffles or maybe they'll have morning sex or whatever. He fucking loves this.

fluff. contains sexual content and background frikey. really cute!! one shot. 2,004 words.

♡ 7. Blush: Gerard lives in black and white. He’s fine with it. But when he meets Frank, everything changes.

soulmate au, but with a theme of “people can make their own choices about their soulmates.” starts out as frerard, but gerbert is endgame! has sad parts but a very happy ending. featuring background petekey, ashlee simpson (who i adore) and a baby! trigger warning for character death and some sexual content. multi chapter. 9,181 words.

8. Just Ask: Bert has plenty he wants, but doesn't want to ask.

costume party! warnings for sexual content and alcohol, and also for teh fact tha they wear cop costumes, lol. one shot. 4,517 words.

9. Parents’ Weekend: Gerard loves the guy, he really does. Really. But sometimes Bert, bless his heart, just gets things...Wrong. Despite his wonderful intentions.

very cute short thing about bert being nervous to meet gerard’s parents after they’ve been dating for a while. no warnings except swearing, but my blog url currently has a curse word in it, so anyone reading this is probably fine with that, haha! one shot. 483 words.

[flame-of-tar-valon]

musings on ffxiv politics in my very not-canon fanfic world:

so. firstly. I'm not precisely making any of these changes in the pursuit of 'realism'. I don't care how fantastical they are, really. any added complexity I introduce is purely in the interest of making them more interesting to write, for me.

now, a bit of context: I am a fan of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time. in this series there is a focus on (fantasy) political maneuvering known as Daes Dae'mar, or the Game of Houses. this is essentially the process by which members of an aristocratic monarchy compete against one another for social position and political power, up to and including claims for thrones. Daes Dae'mar was very influential on my developing adolescent brain, to the point that two of my earliest tumblr urls were direct references to it.

so, naturally, I am motivated to flesh out the systems of governance for all of the relevant city-states. a lot of these are fleshed out in lore books or supplemental materials, but I am not referencing them while writing this post. I will reference them when writing my fic, though, so please bear with me if anything seems off. now, onto the meat of this post.

Part 1: Ul'dah

Ul'dah is the easiest, because it is the city-state with the most political intrigue of all of them. conflicts between the Sultana and the Syndicate erupt constantly, most notably in the 2.x MSQ. what I dislike about this is the way the game bends over backwards to keep the status quo. nanamo is a naive, powerless figurehead who wants to abdicate, but is poisoned before she can by a challenger. but yet ANOTHER opponent of hers swapped out the poison for a nonlethal one and orchestrated the former's execution at the hands of the sultana's fiercest defender! adeledji is an antagonist who wants to disrupt the status quo and has to be stopped; lolorito, on the other hand, profits from stability, so he saves the sultana's life, orchestrates adeleji's downfall, and covers up the entire thing to keep the peace — with strings attached.

how am I planning to change Ul'dah politics? first, by expanding the arena of potential future Syndicate members. the Syndicate is comprised of the six individuals who have provided the most wealth to the city, allegedly. how, then, is this wealth determined? is this a table where anyone rich enough can outbid someone for a seat? in my opinion, there needs to be competition for stations, influence, and financial power. maybe some of the seats are permanent: even just the head of the nation's military and church, respectively, leaving the other four seats up for grabs. THEN actually show the group of people vying for those last seats, show what happens when power changes hands — in canon, I'm not sure if the seats vacated by adeledji and raubahn were ever filled (unless pipin inherited his father's seat).

speaking of showing change: I don't want Nanamo to stay on the throne. she should dissolve the monarchy the way she originally planned to. yes it was naive, but the message of "oops ok I'll stay on the throne but learn to be more like lolorito but it's a good thing because I still have my pure heart <3" isn't something I'm interested in writing. have her abdicate. let it be messy. let her live a new life at the Silver Bazaar under a fake name.

Part 2: Limsa Lominsa

so Limsa Lominsa is in a really weird place as the most politically compelling to me and also the most disappointing execution to me. you have a bunch of major pirate* powers — in order to be a contender, all you need is a ship and a crew — and every seven years they have a contest and whoever wins is the dictator for the next seven years. that person's crew becomes the national military, but every other pirate crew is still out there, so the dictator needs to keep all her opposition happy. the dictator controls basically everything that is national — military, trade, land, treaties, law, whatnot.

to boil that down to "yeah the current ruler paused elections under martial law, outlawed piracy, and all three major opposition crews are fine with all that" is a bit of a letdown. sicard's duel was so cool! and hyllfyr's intervention was also badass! but I want things to be more complicated.

merlwyb's martial law has to end at some point. when it does, who will win rulership next, and what will her successor do with her ban on piracy and all her peace treaties? other crews won't always be content with not getting a seat at the planning table. but aside from the dictatorial crisis, consider: how is it decided which crews are politically significant enough to be worth mentioning? aside from merlwyb's League of Lost Bastards, there's rhoswen and carvallain who... have their thing going on, and hyllfyr who seems to just endorse merlwyb.

I want to explore how ambitious pirates with no fondness for taking orders scheme to rise to the top of the food chain, whether by taking the helm of the current powers or by steering their own crews into places of significance. I want to wade into the issue of how a curious libertarian autocracy accustomed to changing hands every seven years will need to change its inner workings to weather the tides of a changing political landscape as a post-piracy paradise.

also I love sicard. he will be a top player of Daes Dae'mar in my fic (and already is! if you haven't read How to Go Home Again, he's in [newly revised] chapter 2. gotta show up early to the msq these days. )

Part 3: Gridania

ok before I get started let me just say: I recently read that E-Sumi-Yan used to be the elder seedseer back at the start of 1.0. I'm bringing that back. nothing against Kan-E, it's just that for a position with 'Elder' in the title, a guy 200 years older than you probably deserves it more.

ok anyways. from what I read, Gridania is governed by a Seedseer Council who deliberate and discuss every issue of import before coming to a consensus. but on the brink of calamity, this slow deliberation was counterproductive, so they switched to just one person making decisions: Kan-E-Senna. I think they should switch back.

politics in Gridania seem to be much less linked to access to station and power, and much more linked to vested authority to carry out one's whims. those who are able and trained to interpret the elementals' will are given a lot of leeway in how they enforce their interpretation. they are not free from bias (looking at you, Hearer Marmaduke).

as it is presented ingame, there is not much room for the same internal politics in Gridania as in Ul'dah or Limsa Lominsa. I, however, think this is to Gridania's detriment, as internal political intrigue is one of the best ways to provide depth and investment into a setting.

in my fic, Gridania gets a couple shakeups, notably a mini-Greenwrath which calls the region's relationship to the Elementals into question. in the wake of this, there's groups of people who lose faith in entrusting the entire functioning of the city-state to the religious elite, and struggles for power take on a very "I know how to fix things better than they do" stance. I'm not fully sure what this will look like — Ul'dah has the Syndicate, and Limsa has the great pirate powers, but Gridania lacks a significant rulership opposition group. but I really WANT there to be one. Gridania needs it the most.

I think in order for that to happen, though, three region needs to stop being the Elementals' playpen. and I think the only way to stop painting it as such is to show how the Elementals in other parts of the world live. you cannot tell me that between Raincatcher Gully and Rootslake, only one of them has enough nature spirits to be significant to the running of that nation's government. (it probably has something to do with Amdapor, but I need to refresh my memory of the lore before I plan anything).

anyways. I'm struggling with planning the intrigue in the gridania chapters of my fic right now. that's why I decided to type this long-ass post.

[veeta-cuculidae]

as one of your meagre following, I wish to know the answers to the questions 8, 29, and/or 39!

hii flowers!!💐✨ thanks for the ask :]

the Poast from which the questions

8. who was your first kiss?

oh lol, it was my “girlfriend” from elementary school. this story’s pretty funny so ill try to tell it.

so i was like 10 at the time? and still a boy, obviously. it had been valentine’s day and i think some boy asked a girl to be his girlfriend. so the kid i always sat next to was like, hey, which girl do you like? and, my memory’s a bit hazy, but i think i was like nobody and he was like no you have to answer!! so i gave a name (i might literally have picked someone at random) and then the next day apparently he’d told her and then She Was My Girlfriend I Guess. again, hazy memory, but i’m Pretty sure i tried telling her that i uh Didn’t Want To Date and then she starting crying? so yeah i backpedaled.

anyway i went on a “Double Date” with her and my aforementioned friend and his new girlfriend (yes this whole Well We’re Big Boys Now And Should Start Dating thing was kind of an epidemic at the time) where we went to one of theirs’ house and watched a movie or something. at some point the other “couple” kissed and then she and i got more or less peer pressured into kissing too. fun times.

i think she broke up with me a few months later (though by that time, we’d barely been speaking to each other, because again. we were 10 this wasn’t a Real Relationship). the next time i kissed anyone was with my first real girlfriend when i was like 19 (and not a dude anymore). which feels like forever ago, but it’s not even been 3 years yet!!

i don’t think i’ve ever told anyone this story in this much detail before. mostly because of pretty self-explanatory embarrassment. but again, this was elementary school, so you can’t really judge me…

29. what’s the last outfit you wore?

i’m straight t-shirt-and-jeans-ing it right now babey. last Real outfit i wore was blue jeans + white t-shirt + light pink plaid shirt. i’m… not really a fashion person.

39. what’s one feature you would change on tumblr?

now this is highly specific but on mobile (at least on iOS) you can go to any point of a reblog chain, including the OP, by tapping next to the poster’s URL. BUT if it’s an ask, you can’t go to JUST the original answer, because it uses a different UI/formatting. as far as i can tell, the only interactible element is the URL itself, which banishes you to the OP’s blog, rather than bringing you to the post itself.

so yeah That. i’d change that. so that it would work.