#be a reference on my application

[whumpacabra]

Writing Accessibility PSA

Please avoid using long strings of characters as line breaks in your writing - these are not screen reader/TTS friendly!

Every ‘°’ will be read as ‘degree’ - can you imagine how long it takes to read out a string of 25? Let alone more complicated combinations of characters (eg. imagine listening to TTS read out ~*~ |°| ~*~ multiple times per line break)?

A good rule of thumb is to stick with short, 2-3 character line breaks (eg. I don’t find — or *** too egregious to listen to). Your readers can tell there’s been a scene change whether you use two or twenty em-dashes, but if you use twenty, some of us might have to listen for 30 seconds to read the next scene. If you’re more concerned about aesthetics, you can insert an image of your aesthetically pleasing line break with alt text simply reading ‘line break’ for accessibility.

Don’t feel bad if this is something you’ve never thought about before - now you know better and can make your writing more accessible moving forward!

I would like to invite any other screenreader users to add their own thoughts or preferences to this post. We’re not a monolith and there’s a variety to how different softwares interact with repeating character strings and images with alt text, so there’s bound to be some conflicting opinions on what I’ve suggested above. Let’s try to make the stories we share accessible for everyone :]

#writing #accessibility #line breaks #linebreaks #screen readers #tts #text to speech #whump community #<- applicable to any digital writing but tagging for my own reference. as this is my whump blog. #maybe I’m old but back in my day there was a little kerfuffle about how many people kept using complicated character string linebreaks #on ao3 which has a native line break you can insert via html #I don’t know if you can still do that on tumblr desktop with all the changes recently so I’ve been sticking to my trusty — #this is all in good faith no harm no foul and I’m not a cop so do what you want with your linebreaks. #I’m just putting this out there because it wasn’t something I really thought about before using a screenreader myself

[stuckinapril]

how do you fall in love with yourself

unlearn the idea that confidence is conceit. i see this belief imposed on women especially, that if they’re very unapologetic about loving themselves it automatically means they’re narcissistic / think they’re better than everybody else. that’s not true at all. you can love yourself while also acknowledging you’re not inherently better than anyone else. you can love yourself while also being kind & supportive to others. it’s okay to be both of these things at once.

let go of the scarcity mindset. women (everyone really, but especially women) get pitted/compared against each other all the time. you see it w female celebrities in the media, but it’s very prevalent in real life as well. this is very much years of societal conditioning & both women & men partake in this behavior. ignore it. rest easy knowing that there can be multiple beautiful women, multiple smart women, multiple funny women in any environment at any given time. there is enough clout to go around; you don’t need to feel like if there’s another pretty/smart girl it means you no longer have the space to also be a pretty/smart girl. instead operate from an abundance mindset: always (alwaysss) be happy for other girls when they succeed, when they’re praised, when they’re loved, whatever. see them not as competition but as inspiration. envy is such a colossal waste of time bc nobody else’s accomplishments have any bearing on your own!!

get to know yourself more. i love the analogy of dating yourself bc it’s true. i went through a rough period of being around my ex 24/7 to the point i didn’t even know myself, and then i spent the post-breakup year hanging around everyone else constantly to numb my thoughts. now i’m spending more time alone than ever & i’m getting to know myself so much. learning about my taste in fashion, music, everything. and i’ve had so much more time to invest in hobbies & skills, which is very instrumental to building healthy self-esteem. ofc there’s a more balanced way to do this, but make sure you’re not running away from yourself!

what do you like outside of everybody’s opinion? don’t interpret this the wrong way—it’s completely fine to be inspired. every single person you know has copied someone else to an extent. but if you find yourself going too far, not trusting yourself to make the simplest decisions, just following trends blindly and nothing else, you’ve left the inspiration territory and started crossing into plagiarism. move from a place of self-direction and really think about what is naturally appealing to you. it doesn’t matter if it’s not popular or nobody else likes it. if you like it & if it makes you happy, that’s all you need.

practice self-love! i had to do this lol but it works wonders. i started intentionally telling myself that i trust my own taste, that i trust my own choices, that if i think something’s cool it’s good enough, talking to myself kindly etc etc. eventually all this stuff will become natural to you & you won’t find yourself having to expend so much energy into simply loving you for you. don’t give up even if it’s hard to believe at times.

don’t give a fuck. seriously. just don’t give a single flying fuck what someone else has to say. there will always be That One Person who tries to tear you down, belittles you, gaslights you etc etc and if you know in your heart you’re not doing anything wrong, just ignore and keep it pushing. you can’t be everyone’s favorite person (nor should you want to be). think of your favorite celebrity. anyone ever. they probably all got subjected to hate. now think of how they’re successful still & how it didn’t take anything away from them. there you go <3

if literally everyone on this planet starts hating you, loving yourself is still the antidote. to clarify, how others perceive us does hold weight. but if legit every single person i know started hating me, and i still loved myself, i’d probably still live a full life bc my perception is all that really matters in the end. i don’t need anyone else to be my #1 fan—i can do that myself just fine. it technically is actually your world & everyone else is just living in it. so enjoy that! stop giving a hard time to the one person who will always be w you through thick and thin (yourself). eat good food & watch good shows & read good books & just have fun. i love u

#i have a lot to say ab this bc i went from being in a very low place to now being my own favorite girl in the world so #also i refer to women a couple of times here but really this is applicable to everyone!! #ask

[snek-eyes]

Queen instrumentals playing in Give Me Coffee or Give Me Death

(instrumentals arranged by Eos Counsell)

(insp. / template / BoRhap breakdown)

#good omens #good omens 2 #goodomensedit #nina good omens #maggie good omens #metatron #maggie x nina #nina x maggie #v watches good omens #v posts things #this delights me #we spent so much less time with Crowley in the Bentley this season but they still found a spot for Queen #ngl i did not recognize them all on my own so if the xray feature thing is wrong. well #BoRhap is the only one i know/could hear well enough to recognize the specific part of the song #so the rest i just chose applicable lyrics #metatron one despite everything might be my fave as both wizard of oz and omelas reference #also radio ga ga supporting Nina #there are some shorter scenes where you can hear it playing but it seemed less relevant #it's always the same song for the whole episode (day?) except ep 1 #also just discovered you can accidentally drag an image into the tags. this sure is a webbed site heh

[fullscoreshenanigans]

Ray TPN

KLJDFKLVDK HIM THOUGH??

(S1 Episode 6 | Chapter 181.1 | Chapter 93 | Chapter 119 | banana_slug_army's A Bizarre Proposal | 2020 Exhibition Interview)

#technically applicable to whomever you ship him with but I recognize REN Regulars in my notifs and‚ my biases lkrfls 🤝 #when your Ray is full of love and loyalty #kingoftheladybugs #FSS Asks #FSS Chatter #FSS Shenanigans #TPN Interviews #TPN Ray #Norrayemma #Noremray #TPN S1 #TPN S1e06 #TPN 181.1 #TPN 093 #TPN 119 #Ray #Norman #Emma #TPN Fanfic #banana_slug_army #𝐴 𝐵𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑒 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑎𝑙 #Pre-Canon #Escape Arc #Goldy Pond Battle Arc #King of Paradise Arc #Long Post #love logging on to NER asks ty #me whenever I remember the Ch93 opening monologue has him canonically refer to them as precious |3

[essektheylyss]

the fact that I cannot, when complimented, bump my head against the person and mrrp as a form of gratitude is a crime. cats really have it all in life, huh. and don't say "you could if you weren't a coward" when canvas assignment feedback and ao3 comment sections exist.

#anyway there is one really specific cat picture that has for years been my sole frame of reference for getting complimented. #just getting pet like ^-^ #I have had a ROLLER COASTER of a day but this has been applicable multiple times so here we are

[yesloulou]

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#was slightly underqualified for the apartment i was applying to (they require income and im a student) so they asked me for a LOT of #supporting materials and references etc etc but then before i could send any my realtor called to tell me application was approved and #implied that it was bc the landlord is italian and i drive an italian car????? anyways #in other news i just found out my landlord is a hot italian dude who literally looks like daniel #*

[in-love-with-my-car-zine]

Some Actual 1926 Bentleys

To give you some idea of what book!Crowley might be driving around

They raced these things. Can you imagine doing the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race in a car with no top? Even then, Bentleys could 80-100 MPH. That's some wind in your face.

#good omens references #good omens #the bentley #in love with my car zine #applications open see the pinned post

[airanke]

del·i·ca·cy

delicacy 1. fineness or intricacy of texture or structure 2. a choice or expensive food

Pose ref:

#Dabi #dabi art #Abiteth Kenka #mha oc #bnha oc #boku no hero academia #my hero academia #canon x oc #oc x canon #dabi x oc #dabi x canon #working on my backlog of Dabiteth art as a break from AbiTou-ber #I'm gonna start putting my refs under a cut I think?? #Where applicable! #I think it's also cool to see where I made changes if I made any at all! #Or also where I failed to reference my reference properly 🤣🤣 #Dabiteth

[a-star-that-fell]

not gonna lie i’m really really not doing good rn

#the anxiety is through the roof #fucking job applications #why do you need my references before i’ve even properly applied #i don’t want to be a person #jules speaks #negative

[peachcitt]

girls when they have to apply for a job

#peach rambles #im going to kill people. oh my fucking god. you’re telling me it cost almost 10 fucking dollars just to order a fucking transcript #FROM A SCHOOL I WENT TO . AND ALREADY RECEIVED A DEGREE FROM . FUCK YOU FCUKYOIFCUKF #also the three references. fuck you. i kind of wanted to never speak to my professors again ! can you fucking RESPECT MY SPACE. #and now i have to find my resume (which i haven’t used in three years) and update it and also make a goddamn cover letter #nothing fills me with rage like paperwork and bureaucracy . LIKE. JUST LET ME IN #and this fucking district sent me a link to schedule an interview BEFORE MY APPLICATION WAS EVEN SUBMITTED #I KNOW YALL ARE DESPERATE. FUCK YOU

[starbuck]

second night of Murder Mystery DONE all went well i am FREEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!

#already made a HUGE to-do list for April i am SO fucking relieved #it’s just so much shit i’ve been TRYING to get done but haven’t been able to do bc everything’s been so overwhelming #but now it’s DONE #and i literally don’t know when the next time is that something is MY responsibility #except for bird walks which don’t count because i’m so comfortable with them that they don’t stress me out lol #like just. i can RELAX and HEAL #late February to mid-March almost broke me. i really almost broke down completely #but i DIDN’T!!!!!! #i kept it TOGETHER and now i’m HERE!!!!!!!!!! #surrounded by love and success #and i got my final reference for my fall birding job application today!!!!!! #i am SO excited - you have no idea #my reference list is a goddamn POWERHOUSE #like. Not to act entitled but i am EXTREMELY qualified and VERY hopeful!!!! #OH and i’m visiting my grandparents at the end of the month and hopefully calling my cousins soon #life is GOOD y’all!!!!! SO good!!!!!!!!!!! #love you all!!! Goodnight!!!!!!!

[11syrups]

I like Goro a normal amount yeah

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(Click for better quality)

#YOU KNOW..the second meme has been on my mind for the longest time #this game is ruining my life #anyways tiny Akechi!! #i was gonna draw his black mask outfit too BUT it’s going to 2 am so gn #persona 5 #goro akechi #akira kusuru #ALSO should I refer to Joker as Ren or Akira?? like IK both are applicable and I like both but😭😭😭 #d0gart2

[steampunk-raven]

Heyyy people who’ve gotten spinal surgery for scoliosis, has anyone ever gotten the metal removed? Because I got it a little over a year ago and ever since then it enjoys restricting/completely cutting off my breathing, but the doctors don’t see anything wrong so they’re recommending removing the metal. Does anyone have any advice?

#for reference the metal is attached to all but the vertebrae in my neck and I think the lowest one/two vertebrae #scoliosis #scoliosis surgery #spinal fusion #spinal surgery #disability #disabled #idk man just trying to use all the applicable tags

[dykemerrilll]

that post about people ignoring characters who are women in favour of every man ever has its points, as does the post criticising its dismissal of he/him lesbians, but i do think there’s something really interesting/depressing about just how little there is for lesbians and bi women in media as a whole, especially those who are masc or nonbinary or any kind of gender non-conforming or who just have an interest in exploring different forms of masculinity. it creates this phenomenon wherein most women shown in media are significantly more feminine than your average real woman, so when shows or movies have to then portray an allegedly “masculine” woman they make her less feminine than their already hyperfemme characters, which essentially means she now like. wears a leather jacket and boots with her skinny jeans. so she just sort of looks like most women in real life. this means that the closest you get to how a lot of lesbians and bi women are in real life is male characters who are either intended to be the “kinda soppy” “soft” character who’s a bit fem or who are really rugged but in that specific tough yet vulnerable butch way. the other reasons people focus on fictional men to the exclusion of women are true, probably a lot more so than this one, but nonetheless it’s a fascinating and deeply frustrating phenomenon.

#this is where the phenomenon of cw lesbians arises #like. i do think this is changing insofar as the average female character is less hyperfemme now than she was 10 years ago #but not by much and that hasnt heralded a huge shift towards accurately portraying masc women #and there are exceptions to this ofc. charlize theron is really fighting in those trenches frankly #but by and large yeah i do still think this tracks #ESPECIALLY bc to be frank im only half talking abt physical presentation here #and equally referring to things like behaviour and personality #like specifically the sort of grizzled yet vulnerable tough yet romantic masculinity that is almost UNHEARD of in female characters #also this is def a genre thing as well. broadly my points are most applicable to tv and film j think #ais.log

[casiavium]

I'm making another ghiralink playlist with the same songs instead of listening to any of these Spotify recommended ones

#okay but the goal for this one is ALL the lyrics have to be ghiralink #not like most of my others where if the song is their vibe and I like it I can justify putting it on the playlist #and half the songs just end up being songs I like #these HAVE to be fully applicable to a canon complaint version #so no references to modern society #sorry townie by Mitski you're not making it onto this one

[actualnymph]

trying to make a future for yourself career-wise when you genuinely don’t have any interests or care about any specific field or job is so ☹️ like I need to get into something but idek what that would be…seeing sm other people know what they wanna do feels so bad like good for them but I’ll never have that. Like how do I choose and decide…I really need to get back into school but idk if I’d even get into a college bc I don’t have any references + my SAT score was only 1010 which is not great. Maybe I can go to a community college for something then get into a good school where I can make connections and get into whatever it is I’m gonna get into but rn it’s just so hard to think about my future bc like wtf am I even gonna do. Idk. And my parents don’t care so it’s not like I can even talk to them about it I gotta figure it out on my own.

#if anyone could idk. tell me anything I’d be so grateful 😭 I’ve tried going back in the past but #I either couldn’t afford it or couldn’t due to no references on my application. #this is a rant…bc what am I doing. I’ll be 24 this month and what do I have to show for it…………… #I’m too stressed to even look into anything but I’ll try looking at that community college tomorrow bc they do accept everyone but I’m just #sad I can’t move away but I don’t have the money for that anyway. ☹️ I’m thinking maybe 2 years in community then I can go to a big college. #but it sucks I can’t go to a big college now unless I can idk but idek where I’d go bc I sucked in hs and I can’t afford to move v far…I’d #have to drive there and get mad loans prob. #t