#idk what hashtags work anymore

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[cryptojuice]

take this with a grain of extremely drunk but at this point I'm my journey? now? I'm like literally the idealest person in the world and I think everyone else has something wrong with them

[corvo-artificial]

I just realized how a bit odd by blog looks compared to others. Half of what makes up my account are just reblogs. No caption, no hashtags, no nothing.

[innitmarvellous]

Part 2 of my ace contemplations - Part 1 can be found here - or more like: more whining, haha. Sorry.

First off something more general: I'm happy about the responses I got on the original post, but I think it's a bit sad that there isn't a hashtag or something for people who want and need the support of the aspec community here on Tumblr (without having to join a special forum or sth). Because it seems that while the community is quite active, it's mostly for sharing memes and snappy textposts and stuff, and less about more helpful things and discussions. I'm not saying the memes etc are wrong and shouldn't be a part of it too, but idk, I just wish there would be more of an actual community bond, if that makes sense? To help the people who aren't yet at the stage where they can view their identity as something great, people who are still struggling and are reliant on online communities for that kind of help.

Because for all the talk about the very active Tumblr aspec community...I personally haven't seen and benefitted much of it, apart from the memes etc. And I hope I'm not the only person who don't just want to agree with meme posts and would wish for more. Or am I just unfortunate? Looking in the wrong places? (In short, where are the nice supportive ace people of Tumblr? I'm desperate here...well, kind of.)

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Something related to the books I mentioned in the original post:

these books are all written from such an US-centric, university-educated and creative business viewpoint. And that's just not my world at all, as an mostly unemployed European with crappy education.

Like, one time it was mentioned that aces always look out for each other and how great that is. And yeah, sure. It is. It would be great, but what about the people who aren't part of that lucky network or community? People who possibly haven't met another aspec person in real life? They are missing that kind of support, and maybe it would be the one thing that would make everything easier.

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Another thing: I found the probably supposed to be inspirational stories from other aces in the books rather disheartening. Yeah, fine, so person XY found their perfect partner by luck, despite whatever made them think it would never work out, yadda yadda. Good for them, but that's not gonna happen to me, right? I'm not gonna strike that jackpot and will find someone who accepts me as I am. Maybe I'm just a really, really spiteful person, but stories like that don't inspire me or show me what's possible for me personally in any way.

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Well, yeah, I never encountered that. Like, truly never. That's one thing where I'm very ace: I don't get what's supposed to be sexy about a (mostly) naked body. I understand a appeal of a open top button and bit of chest being visible or something like that (lol that sounded so stupid), but the body being in full view? Nah man, put on your shirt again before you catch a cold, lol. (And it's not just guys actually, but people of all genders, if I'm honest.) I should probably add that I absolutely don't mind seeing anything like that, it just doesn't do anything for me.

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I guess my takeaway from all the reading I did isn't like for other people who don't feel wrong or broken anymore when they find out there are other aces out there. Even after knowing a lot about it I still feel like some crucial part of me is missing, and I could be more than what I am if that were possible. But then again, there isn't really a possibility for change, so I need to do my best to accept this. I just wish I had it easy one single time...why is basically everything about me so hard to accept? lol

Idk, but if I ever manage to convince myself that inevitably dying alone one day (and spending the time until then alone too) is a good thing, then I'm sure I'll be able to do anything. Now I only need to figure out how to convince myself and that's where it gets difficult, lol.

Being both aspec and too dumb/awkward to make friends is such a curse tbh 😓 And I can't even become a crazy cat lady because I'm bad with animals too, ugh...

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In connection with the previous bit, I'm kinda envious of that way of thinking. Would make things much easier, I assume. And it's great if it worked for her, but I on the contrary would find it quite painful if I look back at my in a sense similar life.

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And to counter all the hopelessness a little bit - we're supposed to do that kind of thing, I guess - I tried my best to come up with some positive points, although I take them with a grain of salt myself.

- Well, it does give me an explanation for whatever is going on with me. (Although I only need that explanation for myself, since I seem to give off so much sad loser energy that no one ever bothered to ask me whether I want a boyfriend or kids. They just look at me and think "nah, that's obviously impossible for her". Which is oddly funny yet a little bit hurtful... ^^')

- I'm kind of glad that I never actually have to hug people or cuddle with them since I hate physical contact so much, lol. Doesn't matter if it's platonic or not. Remember when everyone missed being hugged during the pandemic? Couldn't be me :D

- I guess someone who is a rather bad person with way too many negative traits like me shouldn't be on the dating market anyway, so it's a plus that I'm no relationship material. Although that's more of a plus for others, not so much for me, lol. But it is a plus in the sense that everyone I would fall in love with would be unattainable for me anyway, so it's good not to be tempted in the first place.

- Idk, that's about it, I think? Maybe I forgot something, but I believe that's the gist of it. Kind of sad, but I tried, haha.

[ropebuny]

Thank you and the other anon for the compliments. You're correct about the dominant to submissive ratio. I once found an article where the author suggested that the ratio was somewhere around 1 authentic dominant for every 13 submissives.

Unfortunately, Tumblr nuked that along with the rest of my original blog. I'll work to find it and write about it again. My asks to you are the first writing I've done in over 2 years since I lost my blog, and I appreciate your perspectives.

I'll admit to being out of touch with the tumblr bdsm crowd. Your post about the girl who basically sexts on her blog piqued my curiosity. It seems there's a surfeit of barely legal (allegedly may be more accurate) girls (or catfish) who do the same thing. None of them are using cnc hashtags, but are using actual assault terms. I fail to understand the allure of doing so. Safety comes first in SSC. And group sexting just makes it seem like there are a bunch of dogs humping the same dining room table leg. What is the appeal?

that is a crazy ratio and it really infuriates me. and I’m glad you are writing again even if it’s just asks to me, I greatly appreciate your input. and I’d love to read more of your writing if you ever choose to share it or if you ever remake that blog

and yeah I’ve noticed that !!! people on here don’t use the terms cnc and whatever consensual kinky terms we have anymore but they instead use tags that have to do with words like molestation or something. it’s weird. and they always have to use numbers and symbols to cover up the bad word and idk I get such a bad feeling when I see those tags that are like censored with numbers and symbols. makes me feel gross. and I get soo mad when I see people use tags like ‘p3do bait’ it makes me so irritated because I’ve seen actual pedos on here and I don’t want to be associated with a gross tag like that, because there’s actual freaks on here and people using those tags can so quickly lure one into their life. and it’s usually bad people using those tags or barely legal teenage girls who are just getting into the whole kink thing, I’ve noticed. which is a match made in hell because then those creeps find these vulnerable girls through those gross tags. ok I’m rambling now but yeah I don’t see the appeal either !! and I’m glad I’m not the only one who thinks so because I never really see anyone talking about these things on here. so the absence of people criticizing it makes it all seem so normal and I’d hate for these things to be considered normal. and there’s soo many minors on here and I see them interacting with grown adults who are preying on them and it makes me so angry how almost normalised it is on here. every other blog I see is a minor who has “18” in quotation marks in their bio, clearly instigating they aren’t yet over 18. and they get so much attention and asks and notes when they aren’t even hiding the fact that they’re underage, it’s sickening and it makes me so mad how many pedos hang around on tumblr

[fr-wiwiw]

I have no art to post— actually I do. It's my studies and sketches, sfw & nsfw, things like that. But I haven't been deliberately drawing something. Mainly I've just been focusing on sharpening my art skills to gain commissions as I'm a freelance human artist, in the midst of AI chaos, I'm trying my very best to keep up while not draining myself.

So I just want to give you some updates of my life, idk if this is important or not. I'm still a bit constipatedly (is this even a fucking word lol) awkward with communicating with my followers or advertising myself. Ironic, really, bcs I majored in design & advertisement.

Hi there, my lovelies—I hope you don't mind me calling you all that. I've been trying to do healthy habits and diligently fulfill my needs in 3 aspects. Mentally, spiritually and physically. For the past 7± years, I was not really in a great place mentally. I will not expose it in this post, don't worry it doesn't have anything to do with drugs or whatnot. Just that I've been constantly working and working, controlled by fear and my anxieties and I got depressed I think.

I didn't really understand how to actually 'heal' back then. But now I do now. Starting from January I've been trying to bounce back to have a healthy mindset again— trust me when I say I'm an overthinker & problem solver, it's such a nightmare to live in this body sometimes. Fellow overthinker, problem-solver & feeler type will relate to this perhaps hahah.. I'm a turbulence type too, fucking yay. Luckily, my prayers are answered. I can't write it down one by one here, you would be reading a 10k+ fanfiction and I'm sure you'd rather have me draw or write a real fanfic, smut would be preferable won't it? lol

I have many things change, become my better self (bcs I was, still am obsessed becoming better than my past self and I'm tired of living in such dark headspace). I do feel the changes, it helps that I have better friends, filtered out some that affects me negatively. This journey going into my 30s really is such a roller coaster, I never liked my 20s bcs of all the trauma and pain. But I wouldn't be able to reach this point if it wasn't for it.

So.. I'm grateful. Trying to always be grateful too, no matter how hard my circumstances are. I have faith that I will get what I've always envisioned and dream of

I'm also grateful that in 2022, a friend encouraged me to post my Gahan fanart. Now this may seem like biased and dedicated post for my Gahan moots & followers, in some way yes, I cannot deny that. But mostly this is too all of you, who come here and follow me bcs you like my arts & fanfics, supports me however you can despite having our own hardships that we may or may not share here. Your responses to my creations really feeds me and help me boost my confidence to keep drawing & keep creating, keep hoping. I always read your hashtags here, a lot of you are really such a hilarious individuals. I'm grateful my art can find you or you find my art and take delight in it. Because I do take delight in your reactions. In some ways, I never realized it, but you guys feel like penpals. It still feel one-way communication most of the time, idk if it's because of my awkwardness to respond to such responses. Feeling like, ah this too will pass or just bask in the reactions and sit then do nothing productive. I'm kinda scared I will be satisfied with one post and then not post anymore. You get it.. Yea you can probably tell by now I'm up in my head thinking too much. Posting that first Gahan fanart on twitter really was the best decision. It feels like I gained a special community, that's surprisingly still active and alive till this very day, I'm always waiting for new fics to drop gosh. I get to see tweets & tumblr posts that are deranged, detailed analysis, fan edits, those gifs, aus, fellow artists & authors! I get to know little bits of your daily lives too and what kind of person you are online haha, just so fun.

And then my freelancing journey.. My decision to become a freelancer has always been one of my dreams but boy oh boy isn't it fucking hard to start from 0 and exist in confusion haha. Money doesn't come easy too bcs I help feed my family along with my siblings. I've been swallowing all my jealousy seeing ppl my age can go out and watch concerts (even tho I don't like crowded & noisy places like that). Going on vacation, be in a romantic relationship, marry, so on and so forth. Idk if this is tmi posting my feelings like this out in the world, but it is what it is.

So.. TLDR:

Hi, I'm alive. I haven't post or updated much bcs I've been focusing on my well being. Honing my art skills, trying to get art commissions to put food on my table and simultaneously enjoying life as much as I could wisely. Thankyou to all of you who are still following me and keep supporting me, I will have to say, If you follow me for only Gahan posts, I have to disappoint you bcs I won't always post Gahan bcs I draw other things too. For my enjoyment, yours, others and mostly for me to gain market for commission too. This is norm, I'm sure most of you realized that too. But I still want to address things to you, I like interacting with all of you. I won't be surprised if one day you leave/unfollow, but let me be grateful to you while you're still here supporting me ^^

That's all for my update. I try my best to make this post as short but effective as possible so I don't bore you with my long ass writing, per usual lol. I cannot seem to write in shorts, I have accepted my faith lmao.

I wish you all well, wherever you are. I hope we can all be happy and well in this dark and uncertain place. Don't hesitate to give comments or drop questions here, I'm cooking my skills and art taste so I can give more to you and be satisfied with what I will achieve along with the progress.

See you in the next post!🌟

[planetplutoxe]

OKAY CONTINUATION TO MY POST FROM LIKE A FEW DAYS AGO TIME. (was gonna post smth like right after about it but uh...)

Anyway don't need to read the last one first, just went more into detail of why I picked the characters I did and how I think their reasoning would work.

Basically, I had an AU type idea where Sapnap was the who went in the prison with a plan to kill Dream instead of Tommy. He would enlist help from some of the strongest people on the server who have been able to take him on before, Sam and Punz.

Sam helps them into the prison, leading them in the direction of the main cell which is where he would assume Dream would be staying. They run into him in the hallway close to the main cell that has all the smaller cells (near the place tommy found him in in the finale).

Dream would act surprised about their visit despite being warned by Punz earlier in order to prevent suspicion.

"Sapnap? What the hell is all this?" Punz and Sam would have their crossbows aimed at Dream while Sapnap approaches and talks to him one on one.

"I said I would kill you if you escaped Dream. I can't just keep letting you destroy the server we built together. I won't let you hurt anymore people, including Kinoko." Sapnap would get closer, drawing his blade, Nightmare, and pressing it against Dream's neck.

Dream would look at him wide eyed and let out an unsettling laugh.

"Heh, so you brought the backstabber who put me in prison and the warden who let me get tortured in that same prison for what, fun? Or are you worried you won't be able to actually do it?"

Sapnap would only look back at him with a mix of sadness and disgust. But there was something else more prevalent in his eyes. Determination.

"I'm not afraid to kill you Dream. I want to. That way all of this can finally just end. I only really brought Punz and Sam because I have no idea who you are anymore. I don't fucking know what you're thinking or planning but I know it's not good."

He looks down for a second and sighs. He looks around the room before dark brown settles back on bright green. He repositions his weapon before proceeding to continue, this time with much more emotion in his voice.

"We used to be brothers Dream. You ruined that. You valued, what, ruining Tommy's life over our friendship? Over George's friendship? You left us Dream, in an effort to chase power and control you lost us and didn't look back. You know why I have to be the one to kill you? It's the least I owe to my brother, because if he saw himself now, he would want me to do this too."

Sapnap takes in a deep breath, looking Dream right in his eyes, finally ready to slit the throat of his ex-bestfriend. He knows it's what he has to do to set them both free.

Dream looks back at him, a bit startled. He knew Sapnap wanted to kill him, but this was different. He didn't feel scared like he should've, he felt relieved.

"I hope we can be brothers again in another life-"

Sapnap is about to finish the movement of his blade before he feels something sharp press against the back of his head.

It's Punz.

(will add more later, I should probably make a hashtag for this so they lineup easier but idk what I would call it ;-;)

[courtlyharlequin]

Hello everyone, I’m alive (´°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ω°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥｀)

It’s been a while since I’ve been on this blog. I’ve been super busy with uni as of late. And to be honest, I’ve lost interest in twst along the way. Not completely. The game still has a special place in my heart, but I suppose I’m not as obsessed to the point where I’d write about it anymore… if that makes sense. Too busy to play means being behind on lots of events. Pair that with lots of papers and essays,,, yeah not really a good mix for me and a writing blog _:(´ཀ`」 ∠):

I’m not sure what I want to do with this blog going forward, but I have lots of drafts to finish and I want to clear up my inbox so I don’t leave any request hanging. So I’ll probably work on those and just keep this blog up if anyone wants to reread stuff? For now?

Basically, it’s gonna be the same thing as it was for the past 2 years so far (aka inactive) but now it’s like idk the last sale before the shop closes. Also, I apologize for any inaccuracies in the drafts I’ll put out in the next few days,,, like I said it’s been a hot minute since I touched twst so everything is a little fuzzy. I’ll try my best though Σ('◉⌓◉’)

Thank you all so so much for supporting me this far. This was my first writing blog ever and I honestly didn’t think I’d get that far with it, but I have 1.4K followers. I also made lots of friends and memories through this blog and I’ll always cherish them.

I’m most grateful to my followers. I still get notifs sometimes for the things I write. You all make me laugh whenever you keysmash in the hashtag.

This isn’t goodbye yet. It’s a “see you later” type of thing. I still have things to post-!!! I’m also active on my main tumblr, twt and discord if you ever wanna chat.

And who knows I might post from time to time here if I get a sudden wave of twst fever 🩷

[zer0psd]

never used photoshop so im curious to see your opinions about photopea vs photoshop

ok things to be known: 1) adobe can suck my cock and balls theyre evil and i wish that the corporate entity that is adobe would go up in flames, a corporation shoud NOT have that much insight in your privacy, files, sensitive info, etc 2) photopea is great and built off a small dev team as a basically a passion project, which is awesomesauce! i'm not knocking them at all, and i think ppl should support them in anyway they can

i've been a graphic designer and photographer for years now, and in hs i became adobe certified. i literally spent four years of my life learning on an industry standard. it becomes muscle memory after a while. beside that i was a roleplayer so i became VERY familiar with edits and gifs and all that. again everything became muscle memory. adobe suites are the industry standard for a reason, and for GOOD reason. i think they have an amazing interface and work hard to update the experience and make shit easier for artists; like i will give them that even if i sound like a bootlicker. i never paid for it tho lol as a student i got it for free and i would use cracks/torrents.

when i got my new computer it wouldn't let me run bootcamp so i couldn't crack the adobe suites like i used to :/ new mac processors or whatever don't rely on intel anymore, so not intel = no bootcamp. most cracks are pc based so i just couldn't find one that worked for me. apple went ham on protecting IP and combating torrents so it's like impossible to crack without an extensive VPN or else adobe will literally send a cease and desist to your internet provider. its sincerely fucked up.

i switched to photopea bc of this. i really liked it, but im autistic so having to relearn my own workflow that ive had for years made me want to hashtag die. the interface is VERY close to photoshop, so it wasn't hard, but it doesn't have the same capabilities i was used to w ps. i do NOT like edited photos in photopea; i think its way too laggy and glitchy to work with giant raw files, which really sucks!!! for making small edits and doing my graphic design tho??? i do really like it. it doesn't have the same capabilities as ps sure, but once i just fucked with the filter galleries and different plug ins and worked my process around what photopea could accomplish, i was good as gold. i've been producing quality work on commission through photopea. it's a learning curve for sure, especially if you have zero experience with an editing interface like that, but the more i use it the more i learn.

all of that being said, i think photopea is fucking awesome for being completely free and open source. it has its issues —— sometimes its way too glitchy for me and pisses me the fuck off, i have to frequently save my psd files and hope that they don't fuck up, and then reopen so it's less laggy and rinse and repeat bc some of my stuff takes hours lmfao —— but i think its pretty darn close to the photoshop i was using like less than a year ago. its glitchy, its laggy, the ads are annoying and clog up the screen, but i simply cannot complain to much when its a smallish dev team working on a shoestring budget (last time i checked) and for FREE. like its open and usable on any browser and computer and i think thats rad.

if i could go back to ps without giving them money i would in a heartbeat. ps is awesome for the work i do, and i like that there's constant improvements and updates. it just boils down to look, feel, and workflow to me; ps is rarely laggy and glitchy, its meant to handle giant projects, there's so many plug ins you can find online, etc. i just wish it wasn't a subscription based software; honestly if i new adobe was less like the elf on the shelf and i could make a one time purchase, i would. but alas.

anyways i'm pro photopea all the way. idk if any of this was helpful its mostly rambly lmfao. but yeah. i don't do much photography anymore, so i don't have to work around the glitches and lags and all of that with photopea; i focus on graphic design for event fliers and social media content + rp resources. it has room for improvement for sure for sure, but it's lovely and helpful in its own way.

[bitchfitch]

idk. i try to keep the vibes hashtag Light. Keep it funny keep it cool on this blog, y'all know how it is, but the last week or so. has. been Difficult. so permit me this: a rant on my own diary blog.

I've needed a total of about 11 stitches this week. 9 in my knee and shin from where I shredded it when I fell outside in below freezing temps and got stranded for over an hour bc my neighbors couldn't hear me and weren't answering their phones. it was fuck off o clock at night so i absolutely don't blame them. but it wasn't Fun. my dad ended up being the first person i could get a hold of and he drove out and helped me up and back inside bc the leg wasn't supporting weight. I hadn't realized how badly i was bleeding yet bc the cold hd gone to my head by that point and sent him away. wrapped it on my own and set to work wrapping gifts until my guy friend and I were having a call and he pointed out i sounded. Rough and wasn't putting words together right anymore. My mom ended up being the one to put the stitches in.

day B4 yesterday i gashed my thumb open and needed further stitches.

while That was happening i was panicking about finishing my families Christmas gifts. those stupid stained glass animals. and like. I love stained glass, i love doing it. I've needed a back brace i can't afford for half a decade so doing it is agonizing. it hurts so fucking bad to sit up at a table for that long and the muscles in my back and shoulders are so locked up i can't brush my own hair bc i can't lift my arms rn.

and then my phone screen gets destroyed bc I'm an idiot and dropped it while trying to set it on my bedside table so i could sleep. I'm bed bound about 80% of the time and my phone is the majority of my connection to the outside world. It's what i do all my art on and that's how I make the money it takes to afford this shitty apartment that doesn't even have heating this deep into winter.

[malepresentingleg]

My School President: last episode - some thoughts (with spoilers, with no order)

First of all- idk what to do with my life anymore now that it's over FUCK.

It was SUCH a good finale to SUCH a good series, simply 😘👌

The first scene with Tinn's mom confronting him and then seeing how fucking terrified he is and taking a step back because of this? boy did I cry. Best mom award to you my lady (you can start a collection).

The side by side with Gun's mom just broke my fucking heart. Their phone call, Gun being so understanding. Everything was just perfect!!!

The talk between Tinn's parents just. Wreck my heart why don't you?

Them secretly dating and flirting all the time and only poor Por was oblivious? 10/10, amazing. (Also I love how from "the prom is tomorrow" from last episode we now got a whole era of secretly officially boyfriends sldksalskdas )

Jealous Gun comeback! + some wlw mlm solidarity with a gay lesbian fake couple.

Was their first kiss really that casual?? it was cute af and Gun was so sneaky to turn his head like that damn. Ik it was just some pecks but it was very very cute.

This episodes shows why you shouldn't ship irl people god this is 😬😬😬 even when things did work out it was soooo yuck.

Did love the friends group teasing thought- that's definitely allowed and some might say even required. And literally everyone knew except Por 😭😭😂😂 ("Sound and I don't keep secrets"!!! I screamed).

But Por not revealing a secret relationship with Tiw? Them not even "getting together"???? 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡 that's me, they did us DIRTY.

Phat crying in singleness was so fucking funny, Phat, I feel you 🤘😔

Gun using the "pinch your nose so you don't cry technique" in the fucking rain, they sure do know how to make US cry amirite ha haha 😭😭😭

Ok but we can all agree Jorn is literally in love with Tinn which is why he was so hurt and mad, but also why he punched the homophobic teacher?

Speaking of that, I'm very glad Jorn did but DAMN did I want Tinn to.

Once again, best mom reward to Tinn's mom 😭🥺

The homophobia was so gross but also I'm glad for the way they addressed it in the series, but also that it wasn't the whole focus of the episode like we might have feared, and we did get a lot of fluff :')

UGh all the fan service during prom was so weird and yucky for me, not a fan😬

The hashtag they keep talking about actually says "my boyfriend* is the school president" in case you were wondering.

*it's a gender-neutral term like "partner", but it's used like boyfriend/girlfriend in English and not as marked as "partner" might be

The dinner at Tinn's immediately made me think of Bad Buddy 😭

It was so cute and so perfectly awkward, I love Tinn's dad so much (way to throw your son under the bus ksdjfskdfhs) and again, best mom reward to give here :') it was so awkward but she clearly tried her best and she died a little when Gun called her mom 😂

The final scene was so sweet, and it was all very fitting for a high school series, which is what this is!

I LOVE how in the end, this is a series about FRIENDSHIP and they gave that the proper focus and screentime

In conclusion, I'm gonna spend my time rewatching this again and again until My Skyy 2 :')

[flandiddlydoo]

hi tumblr 👋 im new here

i made this in the middle of the night after i had a wave of emotions and started reminiscing about the past (idk what happened but i'm okay now.) it was just supposed to be a sketch to get my feelings out, but i ended up liking it so i rendered it.

it's inspired a lot by vaporwave/simpsonswave videos from like 2016 i saw when i was younger, and i love the whole vibe and look of it, so wanted my art to reflect that. actually, simpsonswave was my first ever exposure to the cartoon, and i can't thank those videos enough for that. it wouldn't be until this year that i actually started to watch the show, but the way it was incorporated into those videos felt so special, even if i had no idea who those bulgy eyed yellow creatures were at the time.

now that instagram decided that hashtags don't work anymore to screw over small artists, it's probably the best time for me to draw something more experimental.

not sure why it's bart in this drawing, doesn't really symbolize anything but i wanted to draw him anyway. thanks for "sunday school" by lucian hughes on youtube for making me create this

and thanks to the artist windows 96 for their music. seriously, their music is so airy and spacious and stuff, i love it so much

[writemywaytoyourheart]

Hey honeybunches,

Idk if anyone's gonna see this 🙄 but I've got a genuine question. 

Idk if I can even put hashtags for people to see this without someone creeping in and being like "wRoNg hAsHtAgS 🤪"

LIKE I KNOW, I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE MY PEEPS SEE THIS. GO AWAY. IF IT DOESN'T INTEREST YOU THEN SCROLL!!!! THIS IS A BTS BLOG AND A BTS FIC POST SO STFU. sorry. Anyway.

We all know that AFTH started with a bang and then kind of simmered out, notes wise. And like I said, that doesn't really bother me as long as people get to read it and I make someone's day!

However, there are between 150-200 notes per chapter consistently these days. Which means about that many people are keeping up with it (unless there are more silent readers)

But, as I've noticed and perhaps a few of you might have noticed, there aren't even half of that for this last chapter and it's been two days. And half of the notes there are is me reblogging it lmao

That's where my question comes in. I only thought of this bc there's usually a little less than 200 people per chapter, so where did yall go all of the sudden lol.

Like, my concern right now is I'm wondering if Tumblr is hiding my work. Because not even people that keep up with it regularly have seen it for DAYS and I've been reblogging to make sure they see it....

So, does this chapter have less notes because people that read it genuinely didn't enjoy this chapter? So they didn't like or reblog it? (which is perfectly fine and justified to do!) Or is Tumblr hiding my work?

I've gotten a few asks lately where people weren't getting notified or tagged or seeing my stuff. So now I'm beginning to wonder if all those people from the first chapters just didn't feel like reading it anymore (which was what I had assumed) or have literally not been seeing it? I use the same hashtags I've used since the beginning, so that shouldn't have changed anything....?

My biggest worry right now is that people that love AFTH and have been waiting, are not being notified or shown on their dashboard that I posted.

Does anyone have any idea of what's going on??

If you do, please let me know

p.s. if you read this far, you're the best

ILY 💜

-chip

[katnissgirlsmakedo]

nevermind still not sleeping i feel like i could throw up i’m so fucking anxious about this class i have to start tomorrow. i KNOW my major literally involves filming i know i picked this but this is a class about filming and shit and i literally cannot do that i’m going to have such a shit fucking time why did i pick this major i’m literally not even supposed to be here i have no plans for after i graduate and to tell the truth it’s the idea of taking this class that’s making me not even want to graduate like. why did i do this why am i here why do i even want this i don’t even know why i want this i’m literally only doing this major because it’s what i wanted when i was 17. SEVENTEEN. everything i’m doing right now in my life rests on the whim of a SEVENTEEN year old??? i was an idiot at 17. i thought i wanted to be a screenwriter when i was 17, NOT panning out the past several years ruined me and i don’t even write anything anymore. it’s all i can do to keep a goddamn diary of daily events. i’m turning 22 this year and don’t even know what i want to be when i grow up it’s pathetic i’m not cut out for any of this truly 😐. why am i having this breakdown literally hours from the start of the semester and not. idk. yesterday even would have been better then i could have cried to my mom or something now i’m just rambling on tumblr oh my god. like i’m literally not supposed to be there. everyone else there is supposed to be there and i’m like. a stray cat. and it fucking sucks and i have like. one friend i could actually talk to about anything real because in addition to letting whatever ambition i once had in me rot away like a pumpkin in november, i also let most of the people in my life turn into ghosts and acquaintances and nothing. and the happiest i’ve been in the past year was the summer when i was just living with my parents and working retail three days a week and not having to go to school for a career in an industry i don’t even think i want to be in anymore due to not being cut out for it. anyway hashtag pathetic girl. it’s nearing 7am. my first wake up alarm goes off at 8. i have to get out of bed at 10. and then i get to be miserable for hours until i come back here around 7pm probably and avoid my roommates and their boyfriends and watch another movie and be miserable and then wednesday i get to do nothing and just wallow around in agony and then on thursday i just do tuesday again until the last class ends around 5 and i drive home even though i hate driving but the only thing i hate more than driving is being in this fucking miserable awful college town longer than i have to be which of course bodes sooo well for the whole. “i’m not supposed to be here” thing. anyway. yeah sure i’ll post this oversharing ramble why not it’s not like this is any more embarrassing than anything else i or the rest of you post on here daily.

[letoscrawls]

Hello 👋 So I’m going to be posting my art online for the first time and was wondering if you have some general art advice or things I need to keep in mind. Also I’m not sure which platform I’m going to use. I feel like tumblr and IG are on opposite sides of the spectrum when it comes to exposure. But I have looked into other platforms as well.

Hello!!! first of all i'm very happy for you and also proud that you will show your art to the world :)))

I'd say there's not a perfect platform for artists right now, at least not among the popular ones, so it really depends on what you're focusing on and the audience you want to reach, but ultimately choose the one you're more familiar and comfortable with!

Personally out of the three platforms i have, Tumblr is my favorite, not only it feels like a safer space (crazy i know), but i really like the way you can organize multiple pics in a post and customize your blog etc. Also you get asks, the notifications are classified on type so you can filter them well and it's nice! also if feedback is important for you you are most likely to find it here through reblogs or hashtags! another good thing is that your statistics are personal, so you won't feel stressed to reach certain numbers since nobody except you are going to see them. it may sound stupid but i think on the long run it's important!

Instagram kinda kills the quality of the pictures and sometimes i have problems with the apps and have to retry posting something multiple times, i don't know if it's an issue with Android but it's really bad ://// also i don't know how the algorithm works anymore, they change it all the time and idk if it's a good platform for new artists anymore, but i'd say give it a try. maybe just use it as an archive for all your art and link your ig account on other platforms. i know artists who are very active here or on twitter but run ig accounts too, even though they don't use them much!

Twitter is also a great option these days, there are a lot of artists who use twt only and i've been using a lot too in the past months! It's not an app made for artists but some recent changes (such as the size of posts) made it more accessible for art! Twitter also allows to filter stuff you don't wanna see, protect your tweets and your art if it contains some kind of sensitive content, which is something instagram hasn't done yet so keep that in mind too!

Now this is more of personal advice, but i think it's better to have a main platform and maybe use the others just to post art and go. This is very bold of me since i now use all three platforms the same amount to talk about different things and it makes me look like i'm going insane (which is probably true) and one of my resolutions is to stick with one of them and keep the others for art only instead of trying to fit into all them equally. i think it's very time consuming and stressing, especially bc in the end tumblr, instagram and twitter have different audiences so it can be very confusing :///

anyways!!!!!!!!! this answer is more of a personal breakdown of the platforms i use based on experience, there are others out there for sure so in the end it's your choice!!! my experience might be different from yours, just. don't stress too much about it (unless you are planning to make a profit from your art, in that case i'd say the more places you showcase your art the better!!!)

good luck <33333

[bigbatchofcumbr]

So like many Yankees, my first exposure to Benedict Cumberbatch, CBE was in May 2013, when Star Trek Into Darkness came out. A google search of the guy led me to this rabbit hole. I lurked for a bit and eventually made an account in 2014-ish. My claim to fame here was using descriptive hashtags in reblogs, creating nicknames (“murderous puppy” for Richard III, for example) and trying to be The Funny Fandom Girl. History will judge how successful I was.

And then it got toxic. So eventually I jumped ship to Twitter. Now twitter’s been bought buy the space man. He hasn’t given me a new car, so now I’m back here again.

Turns out when you delete a Tumblr, there’s a certain period of time when your username just kind of becomes up for grabs for anyone to take. So don’t follow @abigbatchofcumber. That’s not me. Well it was me once but it’s not anymore. I have no idea who that is. I guess people know me best nowadays by my twitter name anyway, so in a way it kind of worked out.

Being back on here feels like trying to fit into my old high school class sweatshirt. Bear with me while I adjust.

P.S. If you want a taste of what I blogged in my prime, the Wayback Machine is your friend:

P.P.S. You can edit posts now? Or maybe you always could, idk. But anyway, I have no idea what I’m doing with this blog, if anything. I just want to reserve my name. Keep it in glass, to break in case of emergency.