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fedoraspooky · 1 year

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I haven’t been here long. What irritating changes have been made?

Credit where it's due, some changes have been good, like polls and stuff! But the big recent changes thus far that I would classify as irritating are:

- The UI change. This one may be less irritating for newcomers because it's basically the same layout as twitter and instagram, but for a lot of folks who've been here a long time, it feels cramped and like a loss of identity for the site. For many, the appeal of tumblr is that it ISN'T an algorithm hell like twitter or insta. Also, there's the annoyance of having to relearn where everything is, because it all got moved around.

- The users being lab rats for various tests the devs wanna pull out of nowhere without consenting to beta testing new site features- like the one that took away user icons on the dash for like half the site. They finally put them back after getting enough feedback that said NO, but users were so used to their feedback being disregarded that they were half expecting the change to be pushed through anyway.

- The Netflix tie-in advertising being pushed even to people who had PAID tumblr for a no-ads experience. Complete with them somehow thinking it would be a good idea to put an unescapable-by-scrolling spooky clown on peoples' dashboards that u had to use ublock to get rid of. While I'm not scared of clowns and often find them quite charming, it sucks that staff didn't take coulrophobia being a common fear into account.

- A wave of fully sfw trans posts being wrongfully marked Mature and staff doing little to nothing about it. Not sure if this is still ongoing, but it destroyed a lot of trust and good will. (LGBT+ users have been having to fight a constant war against censorship ever since the adult content ban on tumblr, so yeah... Nevar 4get the list of banned search words that would bring back no results, like 'girl')

- The site gradually moving away from customization. Tumblr is a BLOGGING site. But it seems to have lost sight of that fact, because most new users don't even know you can fully customize your blogs with css and stuff (an option that is now off by default for new accounts!), because of the in-dash viewer giving you only how blogs look on mobile, which is a lot more uniform. There, it's more like every other site- you get a banner and icon. Oh, but you can change colors and fonts from a drop-down list too, that's cool I guess. Though they recently took away custom color schemes on Message windows, just another little bit of personalization taken away.

- TUMBLR. LIVE. Basically tumblr teamed up with a skeevy dating app partner to allow for livestreams- but not the cool kinda livestreams like on twitch where you can draw or play games, no- to a site full of people who value anonymity, they decided to push phone cam only livestreams. Not only that but by agreeing to the terms, you're giving out tons of personal data including your location to said skeevy dating app partner and all of THEIR third-party ad partners. Needless to say, most people didn't wanna use it, so instead of users it's flooded by p*rn bots (which is ANOTHER issue we've been dealing with for a long time and have been getting an even bigger influx of FROM tumblr live) and scammers. And thus, since tumblr likes to put a carousel of current streams on people's dashes, you often get softcore p*rn thumbnails from the bot streams with no way to avoid it except for toggling off tumblr live entirely.

- Oh wait. That's right. You CAN'T toggle it off. Because you can only snooze it for a while until BAM, you're jumpscared by a carousel of ladies licking your screen again! But hey, at least they made the snooze 30 days instead of the 7 it used to be, right? Yeah, except for the fact that you can't get rid of the tumblr live button itself on the app anymore, and now it's front and center with a NEW notification tag on it, overlapping your dash and cramming useful stuff like the search button out of the way.

NOW- A lot of this stuff CAN be at least mostly fixed on desktop by installing ublock and xkit and tampermonkey + dashboard unfucker... But that's a lot of stuff just to make the site usable, you know?

#this isn't even a comprehensive list but hopefully that covers all the big ones #anyway i get tumblr has to make money and it's currently not doing that #but burning through the remaining good will of the people who stuck around through earlier bs doesn't seem like a great idea either #ah well... i'm still here regardless #i've already had to leave deviantart behind because it became an ai cesspit... and it sucked. I had a lot of good memories there.#it sucks to uproot everything and move. so unless something equally bad happens here i'll probs be going down with the ship lol #also there's like nowhere else to go right now which is a huge problem;#i've been trying to look for other places to post too but none really have the same laid-back feeling tumblr does.#also i love the asks system too much. more sites need that honestly #anyway i rambled enough hope this helps u get an idea of why people are angy #asks

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us-the-voices-and-more-voices-2 · 11 months

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funandexploring · 2 months

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The KOSA bill passed in the Senate, but it still has to pass in the House, and that means we can still make calls to our reps' D.C. offices about it!

They changed the KOSA bill so the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will be in charge of it rather than the State Attonery Generals. The Commission is made up of 5 people appointed by the President and then approved by the Senate where no more than 3 Commissioners can be from the same political party.

This will still work like a censorship bill. The FTC will still have the blanket power to request stuff be removed on the internet on the basis of "child safety" with no hard definition of what kinds of things they should be targeting. Meaning they could still remove protest info, queer rights, abortion, etc. claiming it harms children with no failsafe to stop them without these hard definitions in place. And websites not wanting to get hit could just remove anything controversial altogether like they have with "female presenting nipples" on tumblr and trans accounts pretty much everywhere. People's entire lives shouldn't be censored "for the children" and we should be able to share information with people without worrying about websites taking it down due to governmental pressure

I completely understand wanting to have better tagging systems online and better moderation for cyberbullying, but this bill will give the government the power to censor way more than suicide bait dms and until it's structured to protect marginalized communities and free speech, it's still a badly structured bill

Please call your House reps today and tell them to Vote No to KOSA as well!

#internet #internet bills #stop kosa #life

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shaxxophone · 1 year

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What to know about the newly published, fully revised version of TGCF

For starters, it’s exciting stuff, I’ll tell you that!!! While I go into detail, please keep in mind that the version I am describing is the censored Simplified Chinese version, the version that has been released in mainland China. There is an expectation that the uncensored version will be released someday, but there are no announcements about this, and any discussion on that front right now would be purely speculation. For now, this is all we have.

And it still seems really freaking cool!!!

Last year when we were learning about the audio drama, we heard that we would be getting an extra 100k words with the revised edition. MXTX confirms this in a afterword at the end of the newly published books

However, some people are saying what we have gotten is closer to an extra 140k+ words (source is a respected fan translator within the mxtx community, who translated the mdzs audio drama)

With the edits, along with new storylines and hualian content, there has been a character that was removed entirely— Lang Ying. I presume, the ghost Lang Ying. The reasoning is presumed that he is one of the things clipped out in order to streamline the book, as mentioned in the image above.

There is a new extra that has been written for this release— it is a common practice for censored publications, in order to make up for any removed content. This one is supposedly about 10,000 words long. (Source is the official english translator of TGCF. She typo’d in her first post but corrects it later in the thread.) I will not spoil what it is, but everyone’s agreed that it’s really good!!!

Last of all, due to the censorship, there has obviously been some changes in how hualian interact, but according to some readers, it still feels very hualian. From what I can tell, the kissing to exchange power has been changed into forehead kisses. So cute!!!

Alright folks, that’s all I got!! If anyone knows anything more, or has anything to correct me on, please feel free to do so!!! Lets share the hype for this together!! 😁

#tgcf #tian guan ci fu #heaven official’s blessing #hualian #mxtx #mo xiang tong xiu #hua cheng #xie lian #tgcf simplified cn #revised tgcf

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thewiglesswonder · 1 year

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As someone with religious trauma, I agree so much. the thing with Belos is that, evil as he was, he was also a victim of religious indoctrination, as was his brother. Through the paintings we see that the two of them had to fall in with the Puritans and witch hunters in order to survive, and they grew up in that. Caleb was slightly older and through Evelyn's influence was able to learn and change as a person, but Philip, being the younger brother, was more impressionable when all of this was taught to him so it makes sense that it would become more heavily ingrained. Especially when the very older brother who he looked up to and followed seemingly ditches him and tells him that all they've done in life was actually wrong - "that's exactly what someone who was corrupted by witches would say!"

Like, he's very much evil, but the idea that it's something he was just born as or stumbled into is where the writing fails. Belos lied to the people of the Boiling Isles, the same way the church lied to him, without ever realizing the irony and that's a fascinating aspect that unfortunately doesn't get expanded upon (which granted could be due to censorship but still).

In the same vein, I think making Odalia aware of what was going on with the Day of Unity stuff was another mistake. I get they were trying to for a "we're an exception to the rules/Pick Me" archetype with that, but it would have made more sense for her to just assume that the kids were lying, and to double down on the belief that only good would come from this because that's what the Emperor said would happen. It would have worked as a parallel to Belos's insistence that what he's doing is for the best.

Sorry this got long, but anyway yeah, I like the show but it fumbled the ball hard with its antagonists.

Precisely, and isn't it great that the show hinted at all that depth and proceeded to do absolutely nothing with it?

#very good points. all very good points #asks #the owl house #toh critical

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oddlylongtelephonecord · 1 year

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I have a lot of thoughts on vnc but tbh it can all be summed up by saying that if Vanitas doesn't end up being canonically queer, it’s one of the first actual instances of queerbaiting I have seen.

Like, what people don’t often realize is that just because who characters are close, that doesn’t at all mean that they are implied queer. (I realize how dismissive this sounds, I only mean to say that to be queerbaiting, it has to be intentional and with the end goal of drawing in a queer audience)

I could talk about this for hours, but even shows that are the most basic definitions of queerbaiting weren’t actually queerbaiting.

Voltron is a prime example. Keith was queer-coded (kind of, but I don't have time rn to unpack all of that). But his and Lance’s relationship was never actually queerbaiting.

The same stuff applied to so many shows.

People want to claim the show was queerbaiting because the popular queer couple didn’t go canon, but what people rarely realize is that either they couldn’t make them queer due to censorship or they never intended for them to be queer in the first place. I won’t even lie, y’all don’t seem to understand that if the queer-coding is unintentional, then the character, by definition, cannot be queerbaiting. Because to queerbait, the author has to intentionally queer-code a character to draw in a queer audience, then have then leave the character's sexuality ambiguous.

But now on to vnc. Vanitas is a little bit different than your traditional queerbait character, because while yes, he is in a relationship with a woman, it feels very forced and out of place. Even from the beginning, there doesn’t actually seem to be any connection between the pair, with Jeanne even going as far as saying she hates Vanitas.

But in the end, the one Vanitas always returns to is Noe. The only one he ever actually expresses any concern for is Noe. The only one he has even implied any care for is Noe.

In s2 of the show, or chapter 42 of the manga, Vanitas is shown with Jeanne. But in a flashback showing Luna telling Vanitas to find someone to open his heart to, it doesn’t only cut to Jeanne, it’s cuts to Noe. Because in the end, Vanitas will always return to Noe.

In the most recent chapter, Luna tells Vanitas to “pick something that will be soothing to have with him” and once again, the next scene is one of Vanitas seemingly begrudgingly sitting next to Noe.

Vanitas is always close to Noe. He rarely touches him in any “loving” sense, but wherever Noe is, Vanitas won’t be far behind.

Long story short, Vanitas’ character is the exact definition of queerbaiting. He is heavily implied to love Noe in some way or another, but (at least at present) he is put with a woman.

Now, I honestly believe that this might change. I’m not super confident, but I think it’s possible because the author of the series is very intentional with everything they do.

Nothing is ever done unintentionally, and I don’t think that they would unintentionally imply that Vanitas was queer. At this point, it really just comes down to whether or not the author is trying to queerbait, but we won’t know that until the story is finished.

tldr: Vanitas’ character, at present, qualifies as queerbaiting, but we won’t know for sure until the series is over

#vnc #vanoe #vanitas no carte #the case study of vanitas #vanitas #noe archiviste #dominique de sade #supernatural #spn season 15

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dangermousie · 2 months

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There is nothing remotely interesting airing right now so I went back to my rewatch of Princess Agents.

I am on the years Chu Xiao and Yan Xun spend under house arrest - past the immediate horrors of jail/family extermination/torture/attempted murder - in a way, it's both trauma bonding and a little gracious space to rest at least a little.

I think I've mentioned before how much I find PA breaks the mold for me in so many ways - for one, I normally hate love triangle but here I do not. My first watch I shipped her with Yuwen Yue and on this rewatch I ship her with Yan Xun and the thing is, the narrative totally shows how and why she chooses a different man at different times in her life (and also, unlike a lot of other triangles, this isn't the two mains and sml, this really is a three main character drama.)

The way they mirror each other - for the bulk of the narrative, they are people who understand each other best because nobody else has gone through what they had in that cell and on that platform and in that house.

The breakdown between them at the end is however because their similar trauma leads to very different outlooks/goals for them due to their differences despite the similarities. Yan Xun is my favorite male character in this because his arc to me is both tragic and inevitable. PA and Lost You Forever are very different narratives and very different genres but the one thing they have in common is MLs being personifications of a different paths - Yan Xun subsuming himself in revenge is one path for Chu Xiao but ultimately one she abandons over protecting civilians. In the novel, the difference makes even more sense since Yan Xun is a period warlord and Chu Xiao has transmigrated from modern day. But even in the drama, the difference completely makes sense to me - not to initiate trauma Olympics, but what he goes through in the drama is one of the most horrific things I've seen happen to a protag in a cdrama and the fact that he's emerged with his sanity intact is a miracle in and of itself. And the fact that he was the golden boy top of the heap before that, with a sunshine good attitude, made it all the worse. Most of CX's memory prior to being hunted in that field is blank; she loses her brother and sister after but she doesn't really remember them so...

Yan Xun loves her even at the end - by the end I think she's the only person he CAN feel anything for - but he picks his revenge and his power over her and I can't say I don't get it - he wants to have power to have all that stuff never happen to him again and he wants everyone involved to suffer but it's also tragic because he's foregoing any possibility of personal happiness. The song lyrics over their soft scene really do encapsulate their progression, don't they?

Despite the candy colors, this is an incredibly dark drama in a way I miss dramas being nowadays but also - this is before the recent censorship made bulk of cdramas blander than dishwater - so the royals are monsters - both the ruler who executes Yan Xun's whole family for no reason and eventually Yan Xun himself. In the novel, he ends up the ruler of all and probably a good one but his path is paved by corpses and he is, to Chu Xiao's last glimpse of him, unbearably lonely.

Which brings me to the question - apparently they plan to film the sequel to PA. Leaving aside the issue of the cast (ie nobody is gonna return - this drama is close to a decade all and they can't afford most of the cast) how can they even do so under censorship changes? Either they make Yan Xun the rightful emperor (and the man IS the rightful ruler of Northern Yan at least, by story's own logic) and therefore he can't be murderous warlord on rampage/our FL and Yuwen Yue can't fight against him OR they have to make him an evil usurper which not only goes contrary to all the narrative of s1, but would mean they would need to rewrite the story so much from the novel that it won't be PA at all. Why are they even bothering?

In the novel, nobody is perfectly in the right or wrong, but nowadays this won't fly in a drama...

#cdrama #princess agents #zhao liying #shawn dou

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waterolivecoffiyeh · 8 months

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Do not support this Artist

Hello. I'm writing this post to remind people to be mindful of who they follow in this social media climate as more news comes out about Palestine. It's important to consider who you follow online, especially when you discover someone you once followed is a truly two-faced person.

If you belong to the following fandoms:

-Smile for Me -Splatoon -Xenoblade Chronicles -Pokemon -NiGHTS into Dreams/NiGHTS Journey of Dreams -Engelbaum

Please be careful and do not support an artist on Tumblr/Twitter/Bluesky named Puppyluver256.

They have reduced the genocide in Palestine to a "religious war" between two Muslim countries. They have also continued to make critically tone-deaf vague posts in response to getting news of Palestine through their social media and had the audacity to post a distasteful rant during Christmas evening as Palestinians were being harmed. You can read her first response about Palestine and see its news here on her blog. Her so-called vague posts are here , here , here and here. (The dates are concise with major news on social media about Palestine). Edit: More of her posts on Palestine at here, here, ,here here, and here. As a former follower, I can say she only did this as an excuse to rant and perform a woe-as-me bait post to garner sympathy and attention because she can't "handle" the guilt of seeing stuff. Yet, she did not have the dignity nor the motivation to learn about even the most basic information about the Palestine genocide before commenting on it in such a tone-deaf manner. This is harmful because it furthers the spread of misinformation.

Her tags are also disgusting as she's focused on "escapism" and believes the news out of Palestine disturbed her peace of mind. Rather than being considerate of her social media life, she chooses to post where she's the true victim. Having the double standard that her peace of mind is more important than being considerate about the censorship of genocide because she "can't" handle it.

Seeing a genocide recorded in screenshots and videos is hard, but it doesn't cost much to be mindful of social media rather than blaming people who are trying to fight the algorithm and censorship.

I've called her out on it due to how disgusted I felt about her rants and her lack of accountability when it comes to cultivating her own social media and minding herself. If she truly didn't want to see such things she could easily disengage by minding her SM life, yet she doesn't. She makes it everyone else's problem and tries to correct other people's behavior while refusing to do anything to change her circumstances.

As of this time, she has not seemed to educate herself on the situation nor apologized for such a tone-deaf take. As someone who has been paying attention to Palestine news and seeing such a response from someone like her, I feel the need to warn people that this person is not someone you want to support, commission, or engage with.

I would hope people in their fandom spaces are mindful of the people they follow. Be they an artist, writer, actor, or anyone else online. Especially if they decide to have these misinformed opinions on social media that contribute to larger problems. Be mindful of who you support.

#do not support this artist #support palestine #support palestine artists #support palestine creators #free palestine #smile for me game #splatoon #xenoblade chronicles #pokemon #nights into dreams #nights journey of dreams #engelbaum #puppyluver256

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dragon-ball-meta · 11 months

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I think a big part of some people thinking DBZ wasn't also aimed at kids because it was full of blood or something is the lack of understanding that standards for what's acceptable for children's TV is simply different in Japan. "This show talks about people straight up going to Hell, it can't be aimed at kids, because that wouldn't fly where I'm from" And, ditto on some people also thinking DBS was aimed at a younger audience because Japanese censorship laws got stricter lol

Oh, definitely. A lot of folks forget that standards have changed over time. I mean shoot, look at some of the stuff that used to be in kids cartoons even here in the States that would never fly today. All kinds of innuendo, some surprising levels of violence including instances of character death, and even the cartoony violence has been clamped down on a bit. They keep trying to turn Elmer Fudd from a hunter with a shotgun into a farmer, for pity's sake. lol Times change, standards change (largely due to overactive politicians or hyper-lobbying parent groups) and Japan is no exception.

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I've been playing Fates again (thanks gay fates mod ily kiss kiss) and after (re)reading through counter-critiques of its story and generally thinking about it again I'm kinda left with the following thoughts and wanted to share as you're our resident Fates Was Good, Actually blogger.

a) so much of Fates critique falls into cinemasins-level "this isn't explicitly stated therefore BAD" territory (or otherwise stuff that shouldn't be, and often isn't, a problem in other games in the series)

b) we wouldn't need to bring up the Japanese script in contrast with the localization in the first place if the fandom hadn't completely poisoned the well in regards to talking about Fates' story. I had no idea about any of the localization changes my first play-through and I still thought Fates' plot was fine. Good, even!

The fatescourse is what made me leave the fandom around the time 3H came out, and every time I take a peek back in the subreddit or other fandom spaces it still seems to be just as much of a toxic cesspool as ever. Which sucks because I want to talk about Blorbo from my Emblems again, but I really don't want to have to deal with The Discourse & general toxicity

Hope you don't mind me posting this!

I feel you 100% and the sentiments are very appreciated, thanks!

For your first point, yeah, that's what it feels like. Saying it's CinemaSins-esque feels like a low blow, but it honestly does remind me of those videos. And they aren't meant to be actual critique! They're sarcastic entertainment and little else! But so much of Fates criticism is "why doesn't X just do Y? never explained by in-game text, so therefore story bad" or "why isn't Z plot point expanded upon? game never tells me so story bad." It's cheap and shallow, above all else. It's reminiscent of the Blue Curtains literary discourse, in that people only go with what's written explicitly rather than connect the dots from plot point to plot point. You're supposed to connect Azura's pacifying song to Mikoto's pacifying magic to Valla's history of magical development due to being directly blessed by Anankos; same with the crystal ball, water motifs, and future sight, those are all Valla-centered traits. But because the game never says "oh this is because of Valla", people think the place is just a nameless evil nation with no history or unique aspects.

For your second point, god, yes. Soooo many take any localization criticism as either a) alignment with unsavory anti-censorship anti-sjw chuds who are mostly complaining about not getting to boink lolis or b) not worth the time because "it wasn't gonna make a bad story any better anyway" which is such a gutter thing to say because localizations have literally changed things and removed crucial information in the series before Fates. The big examples being stuff with the Black Knight in the Tellius games, the long script removal in Radiant Dawn, and lines relating to Nergal's backstory in FE7 being mistranslated. Awakening had its share of localization discourse and criticism due to characters like Henry being changed, as well.

And I'm not ashamed to admit that I'm a little resentful that 3H of all games is when people started giving a shit, cuz now that a "good game with a good story is being affected, it's now worth our time."

Plus this shit is still happening, considering that FEH consistently gets stuff wrong or mistranslated to this day.

#fire emblem discourse #fire emblem fates

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druidicdraws · 4 months

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introduction

hello! i'm valory! this is my art & oc blog!

• any/all pronouns, primarily they/them

• nonbinary therifluid genderfluid system

• adult

quick table of contents for what's below:

• before you interact (with me)

• do not interact (if)

• general faq (and some)

• other socials (of mine)

• tags (that i use here)

do note any of this is due to be changed as needed, i'm kind of new to this!

before you interact

• I DRAW AND ENJOY NSFW! there likely won't be a lot on this page, but still, minors should not follow me! i'll be tagging as appropriate, so it won't be too big of an issue, and this blog is not NSFW centric.

• as stated on my main, i block liberally and as i please. please don't take it personally!

• MY CHARACTERS DO INVOLVE HEAVY TOPICS! i'm not getting into the nitty gritty of why and how and i don't need to. that said, i apologize greatly if they unnerve you, but i will post what i want and about what i want! i will tag them as "cw: topic" with no censorship, so be sure you have them in your blocked tags

do not interact:

• general dni criteria

• radfems, terfs, obviously the shebang

• minority shaming in general

• those of you who are weird about poc and transgender character designs i'm not having it

general faq

Q: what is X? who is Y? what pronouns should i use?

A: i have a lot of worlds i build upon that i'll tag appropriately. you can see the tags below. as for characters, every character will also be tagged as appropriate. pronouns for characters will be included in the posts! my toyhouse page has most if not all of my characters, which will be linked below.

Q: who owns X? where can i find them?

A: if a character is here that i don't own, i'll always directly tag the creator! if they are not okay with this, i will not do that and will instead either mention them offhandedly or clarify i do not own the character.

Q: do you take requests? am i allowed to draw X?

A: teeeechnically? i'm pretty bad at following through but if you want to see your character and my character hold hands or kiss i'm not against the idea, either drawn by me or you! additionally, you don't have to ask to draw my characters, please tag me when you do i would love to see!

Q: am i allowed to draw X character humanized?

A: no. not without direct permission from me. most of my furry/non-human characters are non-white and i don't want to see them drawn improperly. in some cases, i don't want to see them drawn as humans at all.

Q: are you okay with NSFW? am i allowed to draw X with my character?

A: yes, however; please ask first! even if it's on anon. i love NSFW especially of my characters but it can be jarring to see it out of nowhere with no warning, especially from strangers. you should especially get my permission if you want to do it with another character, including shipping!

Q: can i make an OC for X?

A: i do not mind! however you should definitely let me know if you plan on it. i'll even help you if you want :)

...feel free to ask anything you need to and i'll add it here if it's relevant enough!

other socials

i also have an alt tumblr for my specific world, black dragon! it's a project i've been working on for a couple years now, that i decided i might as well have a blog for it! as well as that, my toyhouse is below with all of my characters!

@druidicmage is my main blog

@blackdragonsideblog for art and oc rambling of specific worldbuilding

toyhouse page where all of my characters are listed