#writing sensory

[sensory-hyra]

MTMTE SENSORY BOARD POST!

Rung sensory board🖊️

The therapist of the lost light🖊️

Part twenty-one of the MTMTE sensory board "mini" series! Next sensory board/character: Fortress Maximus!

[stimboardboy]

littlest pet shop electronic diary

[keferon]

Two Peas in a Pod: part 1

*slips this into your mail slot and runs* I hope you like it, I wanted to give you a gift.

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Things were never truly quiet. Electricity hummed. Pipes rumbled as water is pushed and pulled. Metal facets softly creaked under the vibrations. A muted drum of massive pump came from somewhere underground.

It was a poor symphony, but it was his personal, fucked-up, little lullaby. Guaranteed to be a nightly track on loop the droned him to sleep… usually.

And honestly, he couldn't imagine what it would be like without it.

Jazz rolled over to his other side in the shallows of his pool – arching his back just enough for his collapse dorsal fin to slip under him without crushing it against the floor – in the futile adjustment for comfort. After about five minutes of laying still with his eyes closed, Jazz huffed. He hadn't been able to even doze off, it was beginning to get frustrating. He shifted his head – resting on his arm at the dryer part of rubber coated slope of the concrete pier – to peek at the clock just beyond the staff entrance behind the main platform, two-twenty-seven.

Sighing and groaning loudly, he slumped in defeat, the morning staff were going to be on shift in two hours to start meal prep and in the following hour creatures all over will start waking up. When breakfast came at six, the gulls, crows, magpies – the fucking birds would be all over the aquarium squawking and trying to steal food. Then the whole place would buzz till work ended at six pm. Six to six of noise.

Jazz was just thankful that it was a monday, the aquarium was closed, so he didn't have to force himself to be extra cheerful. Just pleasant enough to get through daily check-ups and then maybe, he could try for a nap. But he wasn't optimistic.

Time seem to stretch on forever, every time he glanced at the clock, the minutes barely seemed to move. He shifted and kicked his tail, sloshing water up in a pitiful rain over him. Though the sound of water pattering along the concrete continued, and continued…?

Jazz lifted his head. That wasn't coming from his area, but it was too muddled to make out what it was. A skittering-like sound for sure, did something break? Was there a raccoon in the backend again?

With a quick spin he slipped off the pier and into his pool. The sounds became sharper, but not quite clear. Hurried footsteps of staff, far too many to be on shift at this hour, as he swam into the medical bay at the back. To where the one observation window that overlooked the staff area. Technically, the other way around, but Jazz would use it more than they did to spy on the back-workings.

Placing his hands to still his movement, Jazz saw two more staff rush past with a massive metal cart, recognizing the white shirts. Vets. There had to have been an emergency call that went out. Question was, was it an animal from the here or was it a beach rescue?

While Jazz couldn't see much passed the wide hallways on either side. The sonar map, as fuzzy as it was in his head, was picking up at least seven moving blobs in the hospital ward at the end of the hall. That was a lot of bodies. Too many to be needed for any of the animals here. An injured dolphin being brought in for recovery and rehabilitation, maybe? An oil spill with massive casualties?

Then ten more people joined and suddenly they were rushing out with equipment, heading somewhere off his limited radar. Likely rush off to the loading bay, the truck must have just arrived. Damn, whatever happened, it's all hands on deck.

Jazz pushed away from the window and lazily floated out back to the main area of his enclosure. He was sure his attendant would tell him all the news and gossip when he came around with breakfast. Till then, he might as well continue to try and sleep.

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Couldn't have been more than a half an hour, and he felt like he was just about to fall asleep, when the familiar sound of heavy boots caught his attention. Thundering up the metal steps of the staff entrance.

"JAZZ!"

Noooo, it can't be time to get up. He refused to give him any acknowledgement and pretended he was dead just to be extra annoying. They both knew Jazz's hearing was too good for him not to hear the man tip-toe up the stairs. Heck, he could tell that there was another staff member with him, which was unusual.

"Jazz! Buddy– please, get up! We've got an emergency!"

Lights came on suddenly and made Jazz grimace with his eyes closed. "And that affects me how…?" Jazz drawled and lifted his head slightly to look over at them. Though spotting a nervous vet – not his vet either – rushing to prep a needle at the end of a long tube suddenly had him a bit uneasy. Jazz hated needles. Especially jittery hands at the other end of said needles.

"Wounded Mer, same weight class, and fortunately shares the same blood-type as you!" Blaster quickly informed and helped the vet prep multiple soon-to-be blood-bags. He then fixed his mer with a hard look. "Now get your tail over here!"

Jazz was rushing over to the sloped shallows before it fully clicked what was being asked of him. "A Mer?"

Blaster tugged on his arm and Jazz allowed him to pull him where they wanted him. Working as a team they dried, sanitized and banded his arm. "Ready for the poke?"

"Uh," he glanced at the vet, though the nerves seemed to more about the stress that happening elsewhere. Their hands seemed steady. "Just make sure you get it the first time," he said as he closed his eyes tightly.

"Thanks for being so good about this," Blaster breathed heavily with relief and gave Jazz a comforting pat on the shoulder of the arm his was still holding. The jab was harsh to get it through the mer's thick hide and it made Jazz flinch, but otherwise stayed still.

"So… are they like me?" He asked, trying to ignore the thought of his blood being drawn.

"Ya, just like you," Blaster answered softly, starting to calm down now that he didn't have to worry about what would have happened if Jazz had put up a fuss.

"Are they going to be okay?"

"We're doing our best," the vet answered clinically. "They're in rough shape. Likely a turf war judging by the injuries, or a leviathan attack."

"The team is really pulling together on this, even you, big guy," Blaster reassured and gave him another pat on the shoulder.

Jazz tried not to sound excited by the news. "Will I get to see them?"

"If they pull through, you might get more than that. Seeing as there isn't many places here big enough to hold something that big. Hope your ready for a tankmate."

He clenched his hands into fists so tightly they started to shake. He wanted that, he really, really wanted that. Please, please, please. Please don't die.

If Blaster misunderstood his trembling, Jazz didn't correct him.

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-GLC

(hopefully there is no spelling errors ^^;)

Upd: Link to the next part!

Oh man oh man OH MAN ORCA JP FIC????

IM VIBRATING ON THE SPEEDS UNCOMPREHENSIBLE TO A HUMAN EYE RIGHT NOW PleASE THIS IS SO GOOD I LOVE IT SO MUCH I WANNA HUG YOU

I have NO IDEA if your spelling is good but it doesn't even fucking matter because the atmosphere?? THE ATMOSPHERE IS FANTASTIC. The VIBE is HERE. IF YOU MAKE THE SECOND PART I WILL GIVE YOU MY FIRSTBORN

[scealaiscoite]

‧₊˚🪻✩ scent prompts

¹⁾ cigarette smoke

²⁾ cheap, dollar-store cologne

³⁾ pavement slabs after rain

⁴⁾ burning popcorn

⁵⁾ pungent gasoline

⁶⁾ heady amber incense

⁷⁾ salty sea air

⁸⁾ freshly turned earth

⁹⁾ sharp lemon zest

¹⁰⁾ floral laundry detergent

¹¹⁾ acrid black smoke

¹²⁾ stale sweat

¹³⁾ sweet coconut body wash

¹⁴⁾ rich coffee beans

¹⁵⁾ sautéing garlic

¹⁶⁾ iron-tinged blood

¹⁷⁾ sharp acetone

¹⁸⁾ crisp mint toothpaste

¹⁹⁾ synthetic cleaning supplies

²⁰⁾ cheap hotel hand soap

²¹⁾ pristine paperbacks

²²⁾ expensive, luscious perfume

²³⁾ cheap, waxy candles

²⁴⁾ grass cuttings

²⁵⁾ dense smoke

[thewriteadviceforwriters]

Random Writing Prompts For Your Next Story | For Writers

If you need some inspiration for your next story, current WIP or even for scenes for your book. Here's a compilation of random things for you all.

A single rose petal, an ornate pocket watch, a stack of weathered letters, the scent of lavender

Candlelight flickering, a raven's feather, a worn leather satchel, an old family photograph

Frost-covered windowpanes, a gilded mirror, the taste of cinnamon, an emerald ring

A glass unicorn figurine, the sound of violin music, a tarnished key, a faded floral dress

Shifting sand dunes, the crash of ocean waves, a vintage compass, a tattered mappaemundi

Dancing fireflies, the smell of freshly baked bread, a silk ribbon choker, a velvet-bound journal

Flickering gaslight, a regal peacock feather, a stack of vintage postcards, the caw of a lone crow

Moonlight on still water, the feel of worn denim, a bronze astrolabe, the faint taste of honey

Dusty rose petals, the crackle of an old record, a leather-bound tome, the soft glow of a crystal ball

Distant thunder, the gleam of polished silver, a withered sprig of lavender, the weight of a family heirloom

[literarystarfish]

A few hours of noise cancelling headphones and now noise hurts 😩 (whump thoughts)

So I had my headphones on noise cancelling mode with very light music as soft as it will go playing for hours at home alone working on a project yesterday and when I took it off (right when my housemates got home) their noises— even when they were being fairly quiet— hurt. Like my head was pounding the entire rest of the day. I couldn’t focus on anything or even put a single coherent thought together.

So anyway, put your whumpee in sensory deprivation and then thrust them into all the colors and the sounds and the lights and watch them squirm. Because when they’re used to nothing and then everything will be too much.

And give them tasks to completed while they feel like their brains are imploding. It will be near impossible for them to do and by the end they will be nervous and twitching and absolutely drained.

[mozie33384]

I'm sorry but Dean's reaction to Sam shaving his beard in s14 e4 (Mint Condition) has potential to spawn some very detailed very freaky ao3 fics

[sensory-hyra]

MTMTE SENSORY BOARD POST!

Optimus Prime sensory board🚚

The (sort of ex) autobot leader of cybertron🚚

Part twenty-six of the MTMTE sensory board "mini" series! Next sensory board/character: Bumblebee!

[terriblesolomons]

Ok but guys isn't it actually crazy how Eugene Roe's presence is literally defined by the ineffable silence of God....ep 6 has no narrative voice beyond the languageless vision of Roe's literal perspective....he brings with him silence in every episode he's in like the chaos after Jackson blows himself up stills completely when Doc runs in - they all go silent & frozen & breathless - when any man is wounded the very concept of words beyond orders fail...he talks about how Renee is blessed to calm the wounded she treats but it's evident that he brings with him something even graver than calm; it's unutterable, literally, it's a prayer, it's a response to the silence we meet (Roe meets) in his prayers (it's a reflection on the insane power we - they - have over our own - and their own - mortality - that silent and sometimes apparently godlike capacity to return (to the front lines) from the dead (that hell of lost brotherhood in the hospitals)?)

[whumpsday]

Held Down/Restrained

@medwhumpmay Day 23

Medwhump May Masterlist

content: claustrophobia, in cage/container, heavy restraints, sensory deprivation, itching, captivity, failed escape

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It wasn’t that bad, this time. Whumper had only roughed him up a bit, like a punching bag. He wasn’t even bleeding except for a bit in his mouth. He could keep going, really. He’d rather keep going than the alternative. He’d rather take the pain.

But as Whumper was so fond of saying, it wasn’t his choice.

“I think I’m about done with you,” they mused with a final, half-hearted kick. “Time to put you away.”

In a desperate bid to stall, Whumpee spat at them, a little blood making it pink. It landed just beside Whumper’s shoe–he wasn’t the most coordinated right now.

Whumper had the nerve to laugh. “Cute. You’re still getting put away.”

Whumpee groaned. “Just gimme a break.”

“This is your break. I do love how much you want to spend time with me, though.” Whumper bent down to ruffle his hair in mock-affection. “Come along, now. You know it’s only going to be worse if I have to force you. I won’t hesitate to get the itching powder again if you’re not cooperative.”

He hated that they were right.

Whumpee picked himself up off the floor, swaying on his feet until Whumper caught his arm, leading him over to that dreaded wooden box.

It was too small, too tight, even though Whumper said they made it specifically to fit him. It just barely fit him, and that was before everything else.

Whumper took out the dreaded straitjacket. Where they even got that thing, Whumpee had no idea, but he’d become intimately familiar with it since his last escape attempt a couple months back.

“In you go,” Whumper encouraged, chipper as they always were after they were finished with him. Like all their stress relieved directly over to Whumpee, multiplied by a thousand.

“How long are we doing this? When do I get another chance? Can’t we just go back to how it was before?” Despite his protests, Whumpee slotted his arms into the terrible thing, letting Whumper lace it around him without a fight. As Whumper tightened and secured the straps, it forced him to squeeze himself, unable to move. One strap even went under and between his legs, so he couldn’t try to wriggle it up over his head.

“Good, good,” Whumper hummed. “I’ve already answered that plenty of times: this is your life forever. I won’t risk your little escapes again. Now, enough from you.” They secured the blindfold and inserted the earplugs next, followed by tape over both, leaving Whumpee to navigate by touch alone.

Whumper’s hands guided him down into the box, facedown, the walls hugging him on the sides and touching the top of his head and the tips of his toes. His arms dug into his chest, making it just a little hard to breathe.

Then came the box’s restraints, bolting him to the floor of it. One across the back of his neck, many more down his torso and legs, the last one pressing his ankles down.

Whumpee’s heartbeat was the only thing he could hear. Everything was constricting: he couldn’t even imagine a way to escape now. He couldn’t even pick his face up off the floor.

There was no powder this time, since he’d behaved, but his arm itched, right below the elbow. Nothing he could do about it. He squirmed, but even that was nearly impossible: Whumper always made everything way too tight.

And there he would stay until Whumper wanted to hurt him next.

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[literaryvein-reblogs]

Hello! Hope you're doing well! Do you have any tips or methods on writing with the five senses technique?

Writing Notes: Sensory Language

Sensory imagery works by engaging a reader’s five senses.

Some Words to Describe Sight

ancient, angular, animated, arrogant, attractive, awkward, beefy, blotched, bold, broken, bulky, cheap, cluttered, colored, crinkled, curved, delicate, dim, dingy, drab, dramatic, elegant, energetic, exhausted, exotic, feeble, flashy, flat, flimsy, fluffy, flush, formal, frail, frilled, glassy, glossy, glowing, grassy, handsome, hefty, irregular, jammed, lavish, leafy, lively, loose, massive, miniature, muddled, muddy, murky, muscular, opulent, orderly, painted, peaceful, placid, pristine, radiant, ramshackle, regal, rigid, robust, ruffled, shabby, shadowy, shapely, sheer, shimmering, shiny, sickly, slender, sparkling, sparkly, speckled, spotted, sprinkled, stout, stretched, striped, sturdy, sunny, supple, swarming, swollen, tantalizing, tidy, timid, tinted, tranquil, vibrant, vivid, wavy, weightless, weighty, wild, wiry, worn, wrecked, wrinkled

Some Words to Describe Smell

acrid, ambrosial, antiseptic, aromatic, briny, burnt, clean, earthy, fishy, flowery, foul, fragrant, fresh, gamy, gaseous, lemony, minty, moldy, musty, odorous, overpowering, perfumed, piney, piquant, pungent, putrid, rancid, reeking, rotten, scented, sharp, skunky, smoky, spoiled, stagnant, stench, sterile, sweet, tempting, woodsy

Some Words to Describe Sound

Words to describe harsh or loud sounds: If you want to articulate abrupt, piercing, or loud noises, use: beep, bellow, blare, cackle, clack, clang, clank, clink, croak, earsplitting, full blast, grating, high frequency, huff, jarring, rasp, rumble, scrunch, shriek, toot, twang, vibrating, wail, and zap.

Words for soft or subtle sounds: Gentle noises can be challenging to describe. Here are some descriptors to use to evoke quiet noises: breathy, chime, droning, fizz, glug, gurgle, jingle, moan, sizzle, squish, swish, swoosh, tinkle, trill, wheeze, whir, and whoosh.

Animal sounds to describe noises: English language readers often associate these words with animal noises, but you can use them to create imaginative descriptions of other sounds: bleat, bray, chirping, cluck, hoot, howl, meow, neigh, purr, quack, roar, woof, yelp.

Some Words to Describe Taste

acidic, bitter, bittersweet, bland, burnt, buttery, creamy, crisp, fatty, fiery, fishy, flavorful, flavorless, fresh, fruity, greasy, hearty, insipid, juicy, luscious, mild, minty, nauseating, oily, palatable, peppery, pungent, raw, refreshing, rotten, salty, savory, smoky, sour, spicy, spoiled, stinging, sugared, sugary, sweet, syrupy, tangy, tart, vinegary, zesty

Some Words to Describe Touch

arid, balmy, blistering, boiling, breezy, bumpy, burning, chilly, clammy, coarse, cool, crisp, damp, dehydrated, dense, dried, dull, dusty, elastic, feathery, fleshy, fragile, fresh, frosty, fuzzy, gluey, gritty, hairy, heavy, jagged, leathery, lukewarm, mushy, oily, prickly, rubbery, sandy, satiny, scorching, searing, shriveled, shrunken, silky, sizzling, slight, slippery, spiky, steamy, sticky, stifling, stocky, sultry, sweltering, tender, tepid, thick, tough, velvety, waxy

Describing how something tastes, smells, sounds, or feels—not just how it looks—makes a passage or scene come alive.

Using a combination of imagery and sensory imagery arms the reader with as much information as possible and helps them create a more vivid mental picture of what is happening.

Types of Sensory Imagery

A passage of writing can contain imagery that appeals to multiple senses. It is useful to break down sensory imagery by sense.

Visual imagery engages the sense of sight. This is what you can see, and includes visual descriptions. Physical attributes including color, size, shape, lightness and darkness, shadows, and shade are all part of visual imagery.

Gustatory imagery engages the sense of taste. This is what you can taste, and includes flavors. This can include the five basic tastes—sweet, salty, bitter, sour, and umami—as well as the textures and sensations tied to the act of eating.

Tactile imagery engages the sense of touch. This is what you can feel, and includes textures and the many sensations a human being experiences when touching something. Differences in temperature is also a part of tactile imagery.

Auditory imagery engages the sense of hearing. This is the way things sound. Literary devices such as onomatopoeia and alliteration can help create sounds in writing.

Olfactory imagery engages the sense of smell. Scent is one of the most direct triggers of memory and emotion, but can be difficult to write about. Since taste and smell are so closely linked, you’ll sometimes find the same words (such as “sweet”) used to describe both. Simile is common in olfactory imagery, because it allows writers to compare a particular scent to common smells like dirt, grass, manure, or roses.

Kinesthetic imagery (a.k.a kinesthesia) engages the feeling of movement. This can be similar to tactile imagery but deals more with full-body sensations, such as those experienced during exercise. Rushing water, flapping wings, and pounding hearts are all examples of kinesthetic imagery.

Vivid vs. Vague Language

The sensory details you select in your writing should create for your reader the same picture you have in your mind. Instead of using vague, general words, your sensory language should be concrete and sensory-packed. This makes the difference between vivid and vague language.

Examples. Vague — Vivid

The food was unappetizing. — The pale turkey slices floated limply in a pool of murky fat.

The sprinkler was refreshing. — The cool water from the sprinkler sprayed our hot faces.

The candy was sour. — My taste buds recoiled from the sudden tartness, drawing my lips into a pucker.

Examples Using Sensory Details

to see - The tiny caterpillar climbed up the bright green leaf.

to hear - The passengers heard the loud screech of the train’s wheels.

to smell - The sweet aroma of fresh strawberries brought back memories of summer.

to touch - The mud felt slimy and cold between my toes.

to taste - The fresh, tangy lemon drops made my lips pucker.

to feel - In the hot July sun, our shirts felt like wet paper sticking to our backs.

What to Avoid When Using Sensory Detail

Too many adjectives—retain only the most powerful words in your writing, deleting any unnecessary words.

Too many adverbs—verbs are stronger than adverbs. Example: "She strolled into the room" is more powerful than "She walked casually into the room."

Clichéd figures of speech—overused language, such as "green with envy", signals a lack of imagination. Use fresh, descriptive words that go against rote thinking.

Writing Beyond the Five Senses

Expand your sensory writing toolkit by exploring sensations beyond the traditional five senses.

Seeing Emotions: Instead of stating emotions, show them through physical expressions. A happy person might have bright, sparkling eyes, while a sad person's shoulders could slump. Characters may also be able to see each other’s auras.

Kinesthesia: Also known as proprioception, this sense is about feeling a body's movement in space. It's the awareness of limbs' positions and movements, which can be tinkered with in interesting ways (say, within a dream or on a planet with different gravity). 

Synesthesia: Experiment with characters who experience multiple senses simultaneously, such as seeing colors when hearing music (sound-to-color synesthesia), and feeling as though they’re being touched when they see another person receiving physical contact (mirror-touch synesthesia). 

Muted & Heightened Senses: Explore the dynamics of characters with lost or enhanced senses.

Sources: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ⚜ More: Writing Notes & References

Additional posts:

List of Sensory Words with Definitions

List of Sounds with Definitions

Some Perfumery Vocabulary

Words to Describe Food

Words to Describe Someone's Voice

Words to Describe Wine

Hope you're doing well yourself, and all the best with your writing!

[kalied0skull]

i reread the beginning of the outsiders the other day and i came to this really funny realization:

when looking at it from a headcanon perspective, darry and ponyboy have two different types of autism

darry is unaware that he's heavy handed and harsh, he's monotone and straight forward, he takes things literally and can't tell between straight fact or when someone's fucking with him — he's not self aware and he's very void of sensory

meanwhile, ponyboy is on the complete opposite side of the spectrum (haha) ; he's hyper aware and sensitive, he's one who needs to be gently taken care of, he's just as terrible with tone but when it comes from darry he takes everything seriously because DARRY doesn't know the difference.

[toastnbutter]

okay fanfic idea loop is still there after actually 6 and is traveling with the party. They're staying in a hotel on the way to Bambouche, and since there's enough space they end up staying in they're own separate rooms.

they worried about siffrin, but he assured them it's okay, some privacy would probably do them all good since they've been sleeping altogether for so long.

anyway siffrin falls asleep, until he's awoken by the bright light at the end of his bed. his eyes squint to adjust, and loop is crouched at his bed, staring.

he asks if they're alright, and loop begins to lament about how siffrin took his body. they can feel everything siffrin does and stars what they would do have it back. but they can't.

it's not fair. they can taste everything he eats, but they have no mouth. they can feel each kiss siffrins beloved fighter gives them, but it's never really theirs, even if it's on their body.

they're distressed. they wish they could crawl back into their skin. they want to be as close as they possibly can, to get rid of the distance between them. And maybe, they just want some touch.

siffrin doesn't fully understand the feeling, he never will. but he cares about loop so, so much, so he pulls down the bed cover and holds out his arms.

loop stares blankly. they get what their stardust is implying, but stay still anyway. then they slowly crawl forward and lay on top of him, head by his neck, and holds him tightly, as tight as they possibly can.

siffrin does the same, whispering comfort into their non-existent ear. they can't crawl back into stardusts body, their body. but maybe they can get close. loop sighs, the horrible discomfort they felt lessening slightly. it was still there, but it was bearable like this.

they reach their hand up to their stardust's head and drag their fingers through their hair, massaging their scalp. "you have a headache.' loop whispers, and he leans into the touch. he hadn't even noticed.

[loonybun]

SENSORY WHUMP!!!

- Loud, unpredictable noises to keep whumpee awake and alert

- Strong smells. It doesn’t matter if it’s something that would typically be considered a nice smell. Under the right circumstances or amount of time, anything from the smell of a warm meal to a fancy perfume can invoke nausea.

- A nice bit of pavlov! Associating certain things, such as sounds or sensations, with certain behaviors.

- Just the feeling of a weapon pressed against skin. Not breaking it, not even causing any physical pain, just keeping someone in suspense.

- Sensory-enhancing drugs

- Keeping a whumpee bundled up even in hot weather. Yeah it’s 80 degrees but if you take off that winter coat you’re not getting anything when it hits 20.

- Beating up a blindfolded whumpee. They have no idea where they’re going to be hit next or when.

- Forcing a whumpee to touch an exposed innard or gut. Come face to face with your own mortality AND weird uncomfortable feeling.

- Headphones constantly blasting loud noises. (for work i sometimes have to take orders with headphones and god it is so so painful whenever someone just yells directly into my ears. i am projecting.)

[monstrouslyobsessed]

stop censoring your tags!

normally, i don't like to write these kinds of posts, but i kept seeing a certain issue on this site—a very worrying issue, that genuinely upset me to a degree.

if you do any of the followings below

all are edited to protect their privacy and are only meant to be used as examples, so please do not look for those responsible!

please stop. i am begging on my knees for you to stop.

the whole point of using trigger warnings (TWs) is for other people to filter them out from their dashboards. what you're doing is putting more burden on your readers to add unnecessary tags to their filter list. you're also running the risk of triggering your followers and viewers.

even if your hashtags are uncensored, there's always a chance of missing one that was already listed in the introduction—especially with the limit of 25 tags. most filter lists i've tested consider what's already in the post too, even if it's untagged.

plus, any accessibility tool the reader may be using (such as screen reader and translator) may not be able to read the censored tags! considering that the (presumably uncensored) hashtags are at the very end of the post, these tools won't read the said hashtags until that point, making any initial warning moot if they are impossible to read or translate.

please keep your TWs as is, without all the excessive censoring.

tumblr is NOT tiktok or facebook. tumblr does not look for your posts to censor them (unless it's imagery) and/or to ban you off the site. as long as it is properly marked as mature, tumblr literally does not care and even said they are okay with any written post being explicit [link]. i am begging you, for the sake of people here, to properly tag your works PLAINLY.

DO NOT DO THESE: #tr!gg3r w4rn1ng, #c10ud$, #𝔭𝔢𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔭𝔲𝔭𝔭𝔶, etc. for the hashtags at the bottom.

these does NOT work with the filter, regardless of where they are in the post.

DO USE THESE: #trigger warning, #clouds, #pet the puppy, etc. even with #tw (ex. #tw pet the puppy) is fine too!

i included a link below which give a more in-depth explanation about how using #tw (insert trigger) is okay.

once again, while i know that tagging trigger warnings as is may seem like something you could get flagged for, it is not. tumblr's tagging system exists so that people can easily filter out content that they are not comfortable with.

by censoring your tags or content, you are actually making it harder for people to navigate through tumblr, as your censored tags or content do not work with the filter.

i encourage you to please think about how your content and tags may negatively affect others when they are censored.

the only exception i know of that would've impacted the visibility of your post(s) is the use of n'sfw due to the widespread abuses via the pron bots (and we all know how wonderful of a job the tumblrs staffs are doing to combat that issue /s). however, that's often easy enough to bypass via using examples such as, 'not safe for work', 'not sfw', 'n/sfw', etc. i personally recommend you to experiment to see which would work the best for you. generally though, they all should be fine/safe to use and be picked up by the accessibility tools at least decently.

additionally, on a still related note, please be consistent with your colors, sizes, and formats in your writing, especially in your heading area with tags and other important notes. we do have readers with vision and sensory issues who would not appreciate reading contents with too many colors and an excessive amount of bold and italics.

simplicity is best. consistency is excellent.

if it's something like the following,

CAUTION: trigger warnings, pet the puppy, handholding, clouds

that is, in my opinion, fine. personally, i'm okay with one or two bolded TW's to especially emphasize the major warnings, but not all of them. everyone have their preferences; however, again, i must stress the importance of simplicity and consistency for easy and smooth reading, especially for most readers, and it helps with accessibility too.

just please don't do what the first screenshot did (red and green texts). the inconsistency in sizing and coloring, like the aforementioned example, makes it hard to read and harder to enjoy.

lastly, please tag your works properly! a friend of mine was understandably upset when they ran into a content with an untagged trigger. the whole point of tagging is to allow everyone to curate their internet experience. it's considered extremely rude not to tag your works appropriately, especially with major trigger warnings. if it contains non/con, tag it. if it includes in/cest, tag it.

please. be kind to your readers and tag your works properly and clearly.

that is all.

thank you.

other useful links for tags

https://bihelel.tumblr.com/post/627963320709906432/how-to-properly-tag-trigger-warnings the in-depth explanation of tagging system https://trigger-warnings.tumblr.com/tags/ it is not a *complete* list of common TW's, but it's still a good handy guide to have on hand and it's pretty comprehensive.