#old farts of tumblr

[javelinbk]

Me when people talk about growing old as if you suddenly become a completely different Old Person

Paul McCartney in conversation with Stanley Tucci, 29th June 2023

[pupcha]

[young] Harvey and Dr. Stone!!!

(@clownsuu's OCs!!)

mini "comic" about Harvey's possible love?? (I do not pretend to be canon) just a funny sketch from my head.

and also I have this—

I really love these young old farts 🥹

[melanodis]

1977 // 2023

glow up

[variksel]

dungeons and daddies s1 was, supposedly, about the funnies and it turned out to be about the horrors (and old man yaoi). we now need to make dungeons and daddies s3, which is supposedly about the horrors, into the funnies (and also old woman yuri)

[monolithicturd]

toki warjak not a bumblebee

[justdandiart]

Made a chibi version of my streamsona’s current png.

[merrychained]

"The kind of dirty where the water never cleans off the clothes"

[dduane]

...A reminder of what once was.

[othervee]

Phone call on my mobile this morning.

Me: Hello, (othervee) speaking

Woman on other end: Hi, I don't know if I've got through to the right place, but my old girl took a bad turn for the worse last night and I need someone to come out and (voice breaking) put her down.

Me: Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that. I'm not the person you need though, I'm not a vet, but I'm so sorry about her.

Woman: Oh, I'm sorry! This is the number they gave me.

Me: Oh, not at all, no problems but I really am so sorry, you take care.

--

All day I've been thinking on and off about that heartbroken lady and her old girl, and hoping that it went as easily as possible for both of them. And the sadness of life and that our animal companions are with us for such a short time. And DAMN YOU PERIMENOPAUSE because I have been tearing up about it all damn day.

[vixvaporub]

Talk all the shit you want about tumblr but at least the users are in charge of what comes up on thier dash and they curate their experience. I was on tik tok and a girl was explaining why she had to put extensive trigger warnings before talking about a famous internet celebrity who is known for ED. The user then said "since people on tik tok aren't in control of what they see on their feed" and that just hit me. It really just shows how the apps are now creating what you see and we essentially given up on that control on the internet.

[salamie-baby]

My friends, who are canines

[thejakeformerlyknownasprince]

Do you think there’s a possible animorphs resurgence on the horizon? I know the graphic novels were sorta new blood into the series but I’d be really hyped for it to come back into the public eye on a bigger level!

1. I may have a biased perspective, but. I've been seeing "impending Animorphs resurgence?!?!" since ~2012, usually in the notes of a post that escaped containment, occasionally when Applegrant news comes from Twitter. I'm not betting the rent on it. There's been a trickle of fan content, and an IV drip of author content, since 2001. It's safe to say Applegate has remained interested since 1996, and that I'll remain interested in 2036. Other than that, who knows.

2. I'd love more Animorphs content, especially of the audiobook-and-comic variety that makes the series more accessible to new readers.

3. I'm glad Animorphs never got as popular as Harry Potter, and I never want Animorphs to get that popular. Because I don't want Animorphs entering the fandom boom-and-bust cycle. As soon as any fandom becomes big enough online — Night Vale, Supernatural, the MCU, John Green novels, Harry Potter, Sherlock, Joss Whedon shows, Rick & Morty, Steven Universe — the backlash is more or less inevitable. After a while it gets exhausting, like all those times your middle school decided overnight that Bowling For Soup had gone from being the coolest band ever to the worst music in existence. For now the DC Christian universe (Good Omens, Sandman, Lucifer, etc.) is in its salad days, but anyone who thinks the Sandman author is still going to be here in 2025 needs to research their history. This boom will cause a bust. Don't know when, don't know how; I just know that it's coming.

And K.A. Applegate is pretty cool, Animorphs is super cool, but neither is perfect. Animorphs has outdated language about disability; it has lines about how "nobody cares anymore" about Black girls dating white boys; it has jokes from Marco that edge into sexism. Applegate's not on social media much, but Michael Grant's said plenty of ham-fisted and ill-worded things online. If Animorphs ever gets so big that it starts annoying everyone else, then Tumblr will find a reason to attack it. And not just "I dislike it" but "it is morally wrong to like." I'd rather be spared the drama. I'd rather keep the campfire of our love glowing, rather than fanning it into an inferno that destroys everything.

[limitlessscion]

i have a pinned post now, does that make me one of the cool kids

[kev-smell-my-fart]

ough yeah, i forgot about this ms paint doodle from a bit ago!!!! just a glimpse at my version of human vigi 🫶

[blowflyfag]

DID YOU SPEND MONEY ON THIS??