#new tags tbd....

[whitherwanderer]

some changes

Just a little heads up that Sif and Dug are both gonna be undergoing some slight character changes! Me and @shroudandsands talked extensively about their current dynamic and where we want these two to end up, and we both agreed that in their current form, Sif and Dug are a lot of fun, but it's not exactly good for them. We want to try and give them a more mutually fulfilling relationship by shifting their dynamic and creating stories that are not only fun to write but are also healthier for everyone involved, including our characters.

I’ll start with Dug. Instead of having two knives and a mysterious career, he’s now a free paladin and a sworn protector, especially of Sif. Instead of being the least willing participant in a battle, he’s now valiantly leading the van and fighting for all things good and right as the Warrior of Light. He’s not Mr. Perfect and he doesn’t do everything right, obviously. Cooking and cleaning are not his strong suits, but that’s why he has his lovely wife!! He loves her so much and he's so thankful he has her to take care of him after every battle, physical and emotional.

You can already see some of Sif’s more obvious changes too. Rather than a wandering alcoholic bard, she’s now an amnesiac practitioner of white magic and Dug’s most faithful supporter on and off the battlefield. She has taken a vow of pacifism and has sworn to never harm another in word or deed because she’s a healer (and that’s her husband’s job). Little does she know that she is also a Lightwarden who escaped Norvrandt through the rift, which is amplifying her healing abilities beyond what she would ever be capable of, but it's also slowly killing her each time she uses her magic.

Rather than constantly bickering, these two will now be actively supporting each other in a much more wholesome way. While Dug is making all the tactical decisions, Sif is making all of the more domestic ones, balancing their relationship evenly and playing into their natural strengths. They are loyal to their friends and especially to each other, dote each other before every dungeon boss, and if I write one more complete sentence of this, I will probably be found dead at my desk so this bit is over. I take no pleasure in knowing I wrote any part of this. Have a good one, y’all. 💕

#[ ooc ] #[ the longest road ] #[ the worn edge ] #[ dust to dust ] #new tags tbd....

[ex0rin]

Jack Quaid as Boimler | Strange New Worlds: Those Old Scientists

#those sparkly fanboy eyes have bewitched me #i need to see him cry #ANYWAY #cara gifs #bradward boimler #jack quaid #lower decks #strange new worlds #those old scientists #that one piece of hair out of place is so perfect #how dare they #his little excited bounce??? #i mean cmon #[some thirsty tag tbd] #baby boims

[enden-k]

i love sumeru sm and just learned now that the akademiya elevator is usable 💀

#a #i just started walking around the akademiya to randomly read minds for some crumbs while i finish my wine and boom. elevator #HHH THIS IS NEW THO RIGHT?? i remember trying to enter the grand sage office again some time ago but the elevator was not usable #babbles #tbd #genshin tag

[ayrennaranaaldmeri]

Saw these tweets a while back and I think they're pretty clear cut re: Midnight and whether or not her personality or identity has any meaningful influence on My*tra's current incarnation. It's also pretty telling that any instance of M*stra using an avatar of Midnight would be an act. (Source: X)

#midnight the mortal is tragic I think you can honestly add her to the never ending list of mortals fucked #over by the gods they worshipped and were chosen by & like all the other chosen of m*stra was a vessel for her power nothing more #she wasn't made a part of m*stra as an equal piece of the whole - using subsumed specifically indicates that she is under and wholly #suppressed by m*stra the god. #anyway i'm not tagging this bc i don't wanna talk to m*stra stans #but i am also shall we say tired #stfu fae #fae's bg3 rambles #yes a new tag for organising purposes i guess #tbd

[ruby-red-inky-blue]

a couple of years back i was pretty vocal about not getting when people complained about their art not getting "enough" notes. but i'm getting to recognise a sub-category of that frustration these days that, in fairness, was maybe what people were talking about all along? but i've also seen other posts mention how fandom spaces feel changed since the last few years, so maybe it's a new thing or at least a thing that hadn't reached my fandom corner until now.

i truly don't mind if my writing doesn't garner a lot of attention (although i say this from a place of priviledge where my writing has so far always garnered some attention, and often a lot more than i anticipated). but what is really starting to grate a little is the amount of attention vs. the amount of reaction. For example, before the latest update on my big multichapter fic, it sat at ~ 33,050 hits. since then the fic has been clicked 400 times. the kudos count went up by maybe three and there were three new bookmarks - this isn't super surprising because i don't expect to be reaching a lot of new people with an unfinished 100+k word fic in a dwindling fandom, and if they're return readers they can't leave new kudos. but five people have commented on the fic since the update. One percent of readers who have clicked on this fic have reacted. Did all these people see it on the recently updated feed, started to read it, didn't vibe with it and moved on? That honestly wouldn't bother me. But it's been steadily gaining attention for the last few weeks, long after it moved off the first page of the recently updated view for the fandom. so rather, I think it's mostly subscribed users (the fic has a little over 400 active subscriptions so that would make sense) or people actively checking back on the fic. in which case they must be at least somewhat invested in it.

and again, i'm not owed any feedback. i put my work out for free and people decide what to do with that. but fandom is a collaborative space, and it's been feeling like less that for a while. people seem less ready for conversation, and i think that's sad, and quite demoralising for creatives (at least for me personally). fandom work isn't meant as bingeable content that you consume and then leave. if you do that on netflix, that's fine, because you're paying the platform and they're at least supposed to recompense the creatives who made the show you just watched. fandom artists don't get that. we make things for the love of it, and because we wanted to share that love. it doesn't feel like sharing though when you put something out there and nothing comes back. it feels like standing in an empty warehouse telling my stories to nobody. and, again, i'm personally lucky enough that it's not like that all the time, but i get why people stop doing it. and i get that engaging with art as an audience member doesn't come easy to everyone, but fandom culture needs it. it's supposed to be an exchange. it's supposed to go both ways, and i think if you want to sustain the culture, you simply need to try and give something back, whatever that is.

because putting something you made out there and nobody looks at it is definitely not a great feeling, but having anonymous masses file by and look at your thing and then meet you with deafening silence feels... worse.

#again i cannot overstate how much this doesn't go for all my readers #and how lucky i am to still have anyone care about fics i started seven years ago i do get that #but yeah the engagement ratios have changed i think? #and it's on tumblr too and not just with art also just like. observations and meta posts and jokes and stuff #people like and reblog your thing but there's no comment no little smileys in the tags no silly ramblings just... #my new favourite pet peeve is seeing people asking for advice or asking a question and there's like fifty likes and not one reply or reblog #what are you supposed to do with that #yeah idk it's supposed to be collaborative right #and we can't all collaborate all the time but i feel like people used to interact with maybe 50 percent of the things they saw #and now it's like 10 #anyway #fandom #tbd

[godzexperiment]

"Okay what is an candy corn?"

#ic. #crack tag tbd #(an little silly thing and palate cleanser) #(whilest im typing up an whole novel for my new muse over on my multi)

[crowdsourcedloner]

#cecil screens #screenshot practice that's long overdue #featuring mystery new oc number one #...should i even give him a character tag? tbd #(...his lore is weird and this isnt his only look in xiv) #(i will inflict lala and au ra versions upon ye weary souls in the name of screenshot practice) #(maybe even a middie version...?) #oc: taliesin

[risingsh0t]

maris starling | lorena deckard

beatrice aldine | elsie holloway

cappie | birdie harlow

tagged by @carrionsflower & @corvosattano to use these picrews 💚 ty beloveds!! i'm not sure who all has fallout ocs but consider yourself tagged if you wanna do this!

#tag game #picrew #first 3 are my game mcs #other 3 are new and being workshopped <3 #i desperately needed a ghoul oc #his full name is firecap #he's birdie's guardian after she leaves (or escapes? tbd) her vault as a child #oc: maris #oc: deckard #(she goes by her surname) #oc: beatrice #oc: elsie #oc: cappie #oc: birdie

[endenope]

i learned more about the wonders of squirting and the process and components of the fluids in the past 10mins for horny art than i learned basic stuff in science classes at middle school

#i love learning new stuff :) #AHAHHAHSHDDBKDBDHDD #talk tag #tbd

[katsigian]

#it's always so funny to me to see cy/ber/po/nk fandom members in other places where nobody knows them but i remember when they were making #snarky little call out posts about other people #and that they still actively support terfs #i remember all of the passive aggressive digs they made at me and other people outside of their clique #oh well they'll out themselves eventually #just like how they did when i asked people to stop calling my oc daddy and i got blocked by people in said fandom #tell me you're chronically online without actually telling me #tbd #i just saw one of those cp/77 people doing their love bombing maneuver on someone new and. yeah that tracks. i have them blocked #and filtered #but tumblr sucks at actually filtering #ugh #that's the tag

[bowling-with-skulls]

darkest dungeon art style has had a stranglehold on me since 2019

#alhazred #dd occultist #occultist dd #darkest dungeon #new art tag tbd #maybe i’ll draw more of them <3333 #started w this nerd cuz i like him and i wanted to draw smoke that way. and incorporate a froufrou byzantine gothic framing element #pity his name’s gibberish but like all things i’ll blame it on lovecraft. i appreciate people on reddit who have tried to make it make sense

[ex0rin]

Oh! It's a classic S/COMS operating system! Don't touch the buttons. Nope. No, I wasn't, no.

Strange New Worlds: Those Old Scientists

#those sparkly fanboy eyes have bewitched me #i need to see him cry #ANYWAY #cara gifs #bradward boimler #jack quaid #lower decks #strange new worlds #la'an noonien singh #christina chong #those old scientists #that one piece of hair out of place is so perfect #how dare they #baby boims #he just wants to put his hands on all the things #[unhinged tag for boimler tbd]

[enden-k]

ayo were finally getting a friend system in whb in march?? also bday system around april, cant wait to get presents from my favs in may jhhfhhdhh

#ALSO DID ANYONE SEE THAT NEW LEVI CARD i need him #not as bad as i need lucifer to finally fuckjng drop but still ughhhhh #whb tag #tbd

[greedcartel]

hi babes 🤍 apologies for dropping off the face of the earth; i've been recovering from surgery + studying + spending some time across other blogs... considering making a comeback.

#also considering bringing back my blog for vox 📺🤍 #but then you're all obliged to affiliate with me. let me make u special tags and edits. #he was my first muse in this fandom so he's extra special hm hmm. #tbd. #anyway happy belated new year. i hope you're all doing amazing!

[ardenssolis]

[Is anyone having issues with their notifs for followers? Because I sometimes see new followers and I sometimes don't unless I click over and see I have new people. 8/]

#I hate this website #either I get tagged and don't see anything #or I get new followers and don't see anything #-WEEPS- #;ooc jabber #;tbd

[wanderingaldecaldo]

Hilary uses @nananarc's flat chest body. Shirt recolor by mel & refit by na. Shorts imported by veegee & recolored by me.

#cyberpunk 2077 #cyberpunk 2077 photomode #cyberpunk photomode #videogame photography #hilary navarro #carol emeka #shippy saturday #carol + hilary tag tbd #wlw ship #found these two hanging out in my drafts #time to share them with everyone #also i need to give carol some love #she needs a new fit #second shippy saturday indulgence #the badlands #the sunset motel #my screens #veegee mods #mods i made #narc mods