#i just wanted to check out your blog

[naffeclipse]

I've gotten two different scam attempts in my inbox along the lines of a person desperately asking for donations to pay for their medical issues. Please be careful with random blogs asking for money. It's so fishy if you take a long look at their blog and see that they only have a handful of reblogs, and obviously, it tugs at your heartstrings to see someone in need, but please be aware and check anything out that is directly asking you for money.

#naff nuh huh #i hate scams i hate scams #they look so legit until you actually check out where they want the 'donations' sent and their blog is always new with few posts on it #just do your homework before giving up your money #and if they're dropping in your inbox to ask for money directly #it's most likely a scam

[mikesbasementbeets]

it’s a little frustrating sometimes to watch people try to “debunk” gay mike evidence by quibbling over things that are. kind of beside the point? like arguing that mike’s consistently negative (or even neutral, if you want the benefit of the doubt) reactions to girls aren’t “disgust” therefore they don’t mean anything. but like 1. yeah i agree, cates gate isn’t about mike being “disgusted.” mike’s face when el kisses him isn’t “disgusted.” mike’s reaction to el, to max, to girls in general doesn’t really read to me as “disgust” either. so 2. what DOES it read to you as? incredulity? confusion? discomfort? those…. still aren’t positive reactions.

the point is that mike actively and blatantly Does Not react positively toward el kissing him. and he also Doesn’t react positively to dustin’s description of a girl being “hotter than phoebe cates.” he asks “is she cute?” with maybe preemptive incredulity (in line with will's question "girls go to science camp?") over a girl who goes to science camp being cute, or perhaps just a neutrally curious state over dustin's new girlfriend, but then dustin doesn’t say “she’s hotter than phoebe cates.” he says, “think phoebe cates. only hotter.” that’s a prescriptive statement. you want to know if she’s cute, mike? think about phoebe cates, and then imagine someone hotter than that. and mike’s expression doesn’t improve in the slightest. think about someone hotter than phoebe cates, dustin tells mike. and mike? remains confused and entirely unintrigued. no, he’s not disgusted, but the point is not his negative reaction, it’s a complete lack of any sort of positive reaction. if he’s listening to dustin, he should have, in that moment, thought of phoebe cates. and his reaction?

nothing.

(but. this is also just to say... i don’t even think it's fair to call most of mike’s facial reactions “proof” of his sexuality in any argument… i think they’re fun little easter eggs that add an extra visual element to his gay characterization. but. it’s not WHY people think he’s gay. it's funny to point out BECAUSE he's gay)

[edit: AND this is not even to mention the direct line drawn to this in season four via stobin's discussion of fast times, linking phoebe cates to 'people who like boobies.' #notmikewheeler]

#y’all want gay to mean nothing less than ‘disgusted by women’ and pretend that’s not homophobic #‘he’s kissed a girl without throwing up so he can’t be gay check mate’ maybe check your homophobia 👍 #this was inspired by a bylr confession anon that i shouldn’t have seen bc i have that blog blocked but it showed up anyway. this is why #(i know i called this proof uh. two years ago but it's not 'proof' i recognize that. also not going on another tangent but. there is no One #irrefutable gay mike proof and that's also the entire point. you can point out specific things out of context and say hey i think this #points in this direction. but if you pull EVERYTHNG together and analyze IN FULL then the entire narrative only makes sense from a gay mike #perspective. imo. 'well i think this one is a reach' ok fine but if you see it all together and your only argument is 'idk it's just not #that deep' i mean. fine i guess but the burden of proof is on you then. the issue is then that no one who is against gay mike is willing #(or. um. able.) to put together a COMPREHENSIVE analysis that supports bi mke as a Full narrative without brushing a bunch of stuff aside #as 'eh idk i don't think that means anything' and instead fall back to 'it's just a headcanon i don't have to prove anything to you' #but refuse to recognize that gay mike is not actually a headcanon it's a theory. backed by analysis. we are not the same.) #idk. got annoyed might delete later 😗✌️ #beets posts

[pokimoko]

I have had it with these motherfucking spam bots on this motherfucking site.

#personal #tumblr stuff #vent post #spam bots #i've been getting like 1000 spam bot followers a day for the last few days and blocking them all is getting--dare i say--TEDIOUS #wake up. block 300 bots. go to work. come home and block 500 more bots. spend evening checking tumblr to block bots. it's becoming a chore #it's starting to feel like I offended the tumblr gods or something. this is ridiculous. but like hell will i let them win #i won't let my follower count be 50% bots. i feel like a deserve a tumblr badge or something for fending off so many bots. #tribble #the trouble with tribbles #a very apt metaphor i think for these bloody spam bots; block one and five more come to take its place #but upside: the spam bots are helping me compile a Rosetta Stone for the word 'Untitled'. woo #also if you just joined tumblr and want to follow me: for the love of god personalise your bloody blog #i don't care if you have a icon or a summary. if your blog and likes are empty i'm blocking you #because i don't trust empty blogs and i really don't have the time to sort out who's real or not right now #(though if the blog's offering free mp3s 'just click the link!' or is advertising US keto gold coast gummies i know for sure it ain't real) #but hey! good news to people who followed me in the last four days who haven't been blocked; you passed the blog captcha test #anyway just had to get this frustration out of my system; gonna go block some more bots now i guess. i'll be very happy when this stops

[gentil-minou]

Back when I had no followers and didn't understand the tagging system I did this thing called Fic Recs Friday's that no one saw where I shared a fic from my bookmarks and just gushed abpit a fic i loved (the first one was Penumbra by @/heartfulselkie BTW. Every ML fan should read Penumbra by @/heartfulselkie thnx)

I've been thinking about doing it again cause there's sooooo many great fics and I just want to scream about them so would folks be interested? Right now would mostly be mdzs and mxtx cause that's just what I'm reading right now also I might not make every Friday adfghjkll

#i just love fics so much you guys i want to talk about the fics im reading soooooo bad #every day i open the fic rec blog like its my morning newspaper so i can rec my fave fics its almost obsessive tbh #but like goshhhh theres so much good fic out there and its not enough to just comment and bookmark it i need to shove it in peoples faces #and tell them lOOOOOK AT THISSSSSS #i cant remember if i deleted that first fic rec post i was so sad cause no one saw it #bushy you absolute bobble head no one saw it cause your paranoid 18 year old self checked off the hide yourself from the tahs option #and then frogot about it for 5 years 😭😭😭😭😭 like girl please

[ff2-soda-pop]

do you ever just dedicate an entire canvas to practicing how to draw one single character and Nothing Else-

#'why didnt you post this on your art blog-' didnt feel like it :D dfghgf #pokemon mystery dungeon #pokemon super mystery dungeon #psmd #pmd #pmd4 #super mystery dungeon #nuzleaf #nuzleaf psmd #nuzleaf pmd #my art #idk why im tagging this like this Is my art blog but. shhhhhh - my tumblr i can tag how i want FDGHGFD #also. ignore if some of this doesnt look the same on each drawing?? im still trying to figure nuzleaf out and so some things arent going to #be super consistent until i figure it out??? (rn its mostly the eyes and the leaf that im struggling at doing consistently? idk why??) #(i think it might be because how im doing the eyes is different from how im used to doing them and so its just throwing me off a bit? #and the leaf is um. well its a giant leaf and it confuses me DSFGFD) #drawing pokemon is. confusing. but its ok!!! i'll figure it out Eventually!!!! #also i need everyone to know that the ones labelled as 'referenced' basically just means i was checking my reference images every five #seconds and trying to get it as accurate as i could while still fitting in my own artstyle. and the other ones like... i had reference #images i just also Cared Less about if it wasnt as accurate or whatever and wasnt glancing at the refs every few seconds dsfghfd

[is-this-tf]

Is it TF?

TF, as in Transformation, is a concept that can mean quite a few things to many different people- and when depicted in art or media, usually consists of some sort of physical or psychological transformation of one thing into another, often including the contexts before or after such a change occurs. 

For the purposes of this blog, the assumed pretense that the TF or TF-adjacent content depicted in posts on this blog being nonsexual in this manner is considered the default, and will be treated or engaged with as such unless clarified otherwise, but there are plenty of ways those who engage in TF art can enjoy it! There are many who consider it a paraphilia for themselves and commonly enjoy it as a sexual theme, but it is also quite common for people to enjoy it entirely nonsexually, as well- perhaps exploring it under a lens of gender, as a vessel or narrative device to communicate themes, or just liking it as an unrelated special interest... TF is fascinating and alluring concept in itself, regardless of the ways it can be enjoyed and explored.

I made this blog because I love it when I see people unintentionally making TF posts on tumblr. I feel like it happens a lot and I think it's really, really funny when it does, by accident or not. Feel free to tag me in posts or send in questions asking if something is TF, and I'll give my honest answer as an expert in the field myself. 

Don't forget, words to live by:

Primary tags: #this is tf, #this is tf art, #unintentional tf, #intentional tf, #definitely intentional tf, #not tf

#this is largely a g//mm//ck blog so i don't think i'll be like seeking out actual TF art or stories to rb? or at least not that often #although i could from time to time or link some if i really Really like it #i dunno i'll decide later #(edit: i think i will on occasion‚ and i'm putting any i rb under its own tag- check 'this is tf art' for what i rb here!) #is this tf #tf #this is tf #not tf #transformation #these will like primarily be post i'm just rbing from my dash but if people send me posts i can rb those too #by the way! if you also want to reach out to me if i reblog a post of yours that you want me to remove tags from or delete the rb altogether #feel free to message me and let me know and i'll do that! #this blog was inspired by another is-this-(shhh) blog but i wanted to do something with one of my own interests #one last thing- transformers fans i am so sorry. #i don't care about regular people not wanting to see transformation stuff‚ these blockable primary tags i'm using for this blog are for YOU #it's weird‚ but i made it with love. #💜 #pkosting

[dandyshucks]

blinks tiredly. i decide "hm maybe i should try to expand my circle and step outside of it a little, lets go look at the main community tags" and im just greeted with a bunch of edgelords who think saying "fiction doesn't affect reality, don't like don't read" is peak activism and "fighting censorship". head in my hands. this is partially why i do not ever go into the community tags, my nervous system cannot handle blocking fifty weirdos every single day just so i can have a normal experience in the community tags hfdsjkl

#I HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE BLOCKED ALREADY. i am TRYING to curate my experience 😭😭😭 #and i have so many tags blacklisted fjdsjkl like. so many. every single variation of tag to do with those chuckleheads #which helps avoid them a lot of the time tbh bc it'll flag posts that ppl rb if the original post was tagged w any of those #so i can avoid rbing posts that have chuckleheads as the op most of the time #i also usually double check OP's blog before i rb stuff now bc man this place is rife with these weirdos #ANYWAYS. yes i want to try to engage w the community but i do not think i can handle it if theres gonna be so many edgelords jkdslfl #the only way i follow new ppl now is when yall do promo hour and i sometimes see a new face pop up fdsjkl #every now and then i have energy to try to engage with new ppl but its so difficult when so many ppl are such insufferable edgelords !!!! #''im the nasty pr-sh-pper your parents warned you about 😎'' cool man you sound like the most insufferably obnoxious person ever. :/ #''if you like CENSORSHIP-'' i am hitting block immediately bc u have a fundamental misunderstanding of what censorship actually is 👍 #I'M TIREDDDD WHY ARE PEOPLE SO DUMB ABOUT THIS STUFF. ''fiction doesn't affect reality'' I GUESS PROPAGANDA DOESNT EXIST THEN ???? #what a strange world they live in honestly. they dont understand how stories have served humans since the dawn of time. sighing loudly. #vent // #SORRY FOR THIS ONE IM JUST. ARGH. ppl talk abt encouraging community but i think maybe im not cut out for community #i want desperately to partake but i cannot handle it if it means dealing w all these bozos #it frustrates me to no end fdhsjkl and it upsets me so much and i wish i could deal w it better but. my nervous system is broken fdsjkl #i will try to expand my circle every now and then but i cannot do it often bc of this 😭 im not going to give up entirely though fdsjkl #(also this is partially why i dont tag my posts w community tags anymore bc i am just. so scared of these freaks getting their hands on it) #(the most i'll do is s.afeship or variations every now n then bc supposedly they're not in those tags fdsjkl) #delete later #dandyshucks

[usagi-miyamoto]

Someone followed me, and I thought they were maybe neutral, but??? No??? Their comms mentioned no proship, so now I'm confused on why they're following me then?????? 😭

#not art #not an ask #my post #not tagging bcs spam #I literally have proship plastered right there in my blog???? #huh????? #i checked their account bcs I wanted to see if they made new art when i stumbled across their comm page #😔😔😔😔 #now im debating whether or not I should soft block them or block them completely #you can be uncomfy with certain 'problematic' ships or dark topics #but going out of your way to say 'no proship' tells me there will be conflict #and I just don't want that y'know?

[bugsbenefit]

i don't follow new people often and if i do it's usually only the mutuals mutuals who's scents i slowly get accustomed to via dash osmosis, or someone that interacts with my posts regularly, and that strategy is once again proving to be the only reasonable one to keep your dash normal

#asdfkjhsa #i saw a blog that Didn't come from dash and wanted to be crazy and quirky for once so i checked it out #only to run into a self made ''hmmm spotify wrapped was weirdly early this year'' post #crying #obviously being wrong is okay and i'm sure i've also accidentally reblogged misinformation before at some point. it can happen #even if you try to fact check everything #but the whole spotify thing is just too stupid for me i'm sorry #especially with all the og posts spreading it having the wording of '''zionists' are controlling the media. what's new'' #genuinely concerned about people who unironically went to conspiracy talk right away about spotify wrapped out of all things #i feel like that says something about either your critical thinking skills or your willingness to believe anything as long as it has notes #ditched that blog #banished from joining the dash. wizard beam #(also not vaguing i don't follow them and they don't follow me #just saying #bc this would be the type of post i'd see and then worry i accidentally sleep reblogged something and now people think i'm stupid adfajkl)

[autumnalchemist]

you know if??? people in LU could take more than 2 seconds to look at a post and check if it's actually about LU characters and not about another au with characters that just share the same titles names as LU characters that the fandom uses as a whole. It would save a lot of headaches and anxiety attacks.

because not everyone who makes content wants to be lumped together with LU.

Stop it. Just stop it

Please. Shape up. not every story or character named "warriors" or "time" is automatically speaking about LU characters. Go to op's blogs and look at the tags PLEASE! Because i'm tired of seeing so many people be disheartened and upset that their own works are being thought of or possibly compared to LU and it's not related at all.

I know you all can do better than this.

#Linked Universe #linkeduniverse #fandom discourse #i'm tired of seeing artists who don't want any of theri stuffed tagged as LU getting it tagged #y'all probably need to check the op's tags or blog next time for tagging instead of just assuming with tagging their own things #also am i tryign to shame anyone? No #but i am going to point it out to you guys and make you realize your mistakes #and hope you've learned from it next time

[tomaturtles]

Snagged this url the other day after seeing it was free and i've been Thinking Thoughts

#i want to use it wisely.... there's already kawoshin day but i was thinking a themed week leading up to it could be a fun event #its still hypothetical for now but i have dates and main themes in mind which are probably the main thing so i can figure out the rest after #btw don't follow the blog yet there's nothing there. or do i'm not your boss just don't expect anything just yet gkfkgh #thinking of making an intro post and an interest check poll on there when i can get around to it.... #toma talks

[lottieurl]

ok i have mixed feelings. like i'd love this but it felt like it happened too fast?????? feels like i missed at least two episodes for this to be like. their course of action in the wilderness?

#like on one hand yeah we end s1 with bear heart sacrifice sure but the leap to ? hunting down one of their own??? #for lottie?? after they let shauna beat her up nearly to death?? #feels just really? off? #doomcoming was insane for example but they were on SHROOMS so that pushes your limits for suspension of disbelief #but here i feel like i mentally checked out when they were picking cards cause like????????????? #girl what #like id be For this if they built it up properly but? #so much of s2 is asking me to do mental gymnastics to understand why characters behave how they do #and not in a Good way #i will rewatch later and think on it but yeah idk #why is this season SHORTER when they wanted to get to THIS point like girl you needed 12 eps #at least #idk #yellowjackets spoilers #yellowjackets blogging

[gayvampyr]

it sucks posting art you poured your heart into and spent hours creating, knowing that it’ll never reach triple digits :’)

#i mean i really don’t understand why people don’t reblog or share things they like #if it doesn’t fit your blog theme then make a side blog for reblogging #it’s the whole point of tumblr #like i share other peoples art on instagram to my story as well because i like it and i want to support them #i don’t think i’ll ever get why people won’t support artists they like or share their work so it gets seen by more people #i just innately want to do that. like ‘look! this person makes cool things! check them out!’’ i don’t even have to be told #i mean i don’t demand that people reblog my art if they don’t like it. obviously reblog what you like #but i see people just hitting the like button and leaving as if it does anything to help me out #yeah i appreciate the sentiment and im glad you like it #but reblogs help out so much more #and the same people won’t hesitate to reblog my shitposts that took 3 seconds to make #so clearly the reblog button works #whatever im just a bitter starving artist lol

[rotisseries]

actually now that the clique thing is a few days old, i didn't really get involved for a reason and I don't feel super strongly in either direction

but I will say that like. while there's certainly a problem of less interaction on the fanworks/posts from less popular blogs, this isn't really a byler exclusive issue? this happens in most fandoms these days, interaction is just on a decline in general which IS. a problem but not really a "byler tumblr is cliquey" problem. in regards to any actual cliques I wouldn't say they don't exist but I don't think it's "the popular kids" themselves doing this. I don't know if the rest of you have some other bloggers in mind that I don't know about, but as someone who is mutuals with a fair amount of who I thought were the popular blogs, they are always very nice and welcoming to me, and actually easy to talk to once you just. see them and talk to them as a normal human and not an omnipotent fandom god. so this is all to say that if there's a clique issue I think it's from the outside. I think maybe people are perceiving these bigger blogs who all happen to be friends as these untouchable idols in fandom and it's. making it cliquey from the outside. like are they a clique or have you just convinced yourself they wouldn't want anything to do with you and isolated this group from everyone else. this isn't to say that people can't be assholes of course just that I don't think any of this is intentional

#I think a lot of post interaction problems are also just probably coming from the fact that I don't think anyone checks the tag anymore #I certainly don't. I just keep up with what my mutuals are posting #and my mutuals are posting their work and they're sharing their friend's work or the work their friend shared from someone else #so if you're a little known blogger it can just be harder because. your posts just aren't making it as far you have a few followers #and they have even fewer. and so unless you get an anomaly popularity boost it'll be harder for a post to get traction #also “it's a clique bc all the popular blogs are friends and only associate with each other” well they have been friends for months #or a year now. and also probably were not as popular when that friendship started #so it's more like. a friend group forms and then when one of you gets a popularity boost so do the others bc you're friends #and then next thing you know it's a friend group of popular bloggers #anyway. all this to say get out and make some friends! either I'm right and this will actually fix the problem #or there really is a clique in which case why tf would you want to associate with them anyway #but genuinely this is rich coming from me actually known to most as godawful at talking to people irl #but it's really so simple to make tumblr friends it just requires you to be a little brave and genuine #if you see someone posting a lot of cool stuff follow them!! and then get in their askbox and talk to them about something #if they have an au you really like talk to them about that if they have some music they've been posting about check it out #and tell them what you thought! #just like. be friendly and open they'll probably respond in kind and next thing you know you have a really cool friend #anyway if you're one of my mutuals and you saw me like a post the other day or whatever that might feel contrary to this #well the other day I was just watching things go down lmao #I didn't care what any posts said I was busy with my own discourse lol #(and also if you're ANOTHER mutual wondering wtf this post is about don't worry about that) #idk I think I just. haven't really witnessed cliquey behavior but I see posts about this with enough notes #that sometimes I think. well you guys gotta be experiencing SOMETHING so idk. idk #I guess this is another “some people just have friends” post #anyway I think a good thing to remember here also is that we're arguing about popularity on Tumblr Dot Com. brother we are bloggers #and we're calling it cliques. like a highschool movie

[httpiastri]

happy happy holidays and congrats on 1.5k😊 let it snow + winter wonderland? i’ve always been a sucker for a ship lol and the wip can be for whomever you ship me with or if you don’t have one for them then lando or charles maybe?

i love cooking/baking, huge foodie! also reading and writing, traveling, any water activities, movie/game nights and music/concerts. i am an animal lover with a mega soft spot for dogs. very talkative and friendly but i need time to myself every day to decompress. a little impulsive, pretty stubborn, very protective of my loved ones. i love love, making people smile, and watching sunsets. that’s probably too much lol congrats again and wishing you all the best + a wonderful new year ahead!💛

happy holidays! and thank you tons!! <3 i ship you with max verstappen!! max would love it if you baked or cooked for him, especially before or during a race weekend as support, or after a good race as celebration. i have a feeling he would be into board games? so game nights would be a lot of fun with him? but i also have a feeling he would be prone to cheating so 😭 be careful lmao. max definitely needs time to relax and de-stress, especially after a race weekend, so taking some time to unwind would be something you have in common. idk about dogs specifically but max definitely likes animals, his little kitties 🤭 max loves to smile skdjfhdk and making others smile too, so you'd be a very happy and smiley couple <3<3

i actually dont have any wips for max :0 so i'm putting in a little piece of a long thing i've been writing for charles:

after this, everything went by in a blur; one second, you were just chatting in a corner of the club. the next, you were making out in the elevator of the hotel you were both staying in. and then, your back met the covers of his bed as he climbed over your body. his fingers left imaginary traces along your skin, his lips following the path they'd drawn. the sensation was new, so different from anything you'd felt before. his touches drew out shallow breaths and sweet noises from you as he discovered your body, your little sounds helping him know how to please you the way you wanted. the time you spent with charles went on for hours, yet it was over in mere seconds. when he held you against his chest, you wanted nothing more than to stay there forever, to rest your head against him and feel his skin against yours until the end of time – but at the same time, you knew that couldn't happen. so when his low snores filled the room, when his breath was steady and you were sure he was asleep, you swiftly fled from his grasp. getting dressed in a tight dress and your previously discarded underwear after a night like this is always awkward, and leaving a gorgeous man alone in the big bed always sucks. but you had no other option.

wishing you all the best too! hope you have a lovely 2024!!! 🧡

#thank you love <3 #hope u have a great day!! #also!!! i just had to check out your blog when i saw your @ and omg i like what i see #huge hp fan and ive always wanted to get more into the marauders but i never really did #idk why #i will def check out your masterlist 🤭🤭 very excited #asks! #lumos-barnes! #let it snow! #winter wonderland! #jack's 1.5k celly!