#not fandom

[danmeichael]

it's really cute when a character is completely obsessively devoted to someone they are entirely aware is toxic. submissive not because they're naive but because they are completely content with being taken advantage of.

#i like when it isn't just pure ''oh i love you no matter what'' and is in fact an all-consuming sort of madness #spiraling them ever-closer to destroying themselves and their beloved if they don't comply. #''you can take advantage of me. i am a tool for you in exchange for you being mine. but being mine is non-negotiable'' #''and you have already signed the contract by biting first'' sort of vibes #lamb with poisonous blood and a wolf out of their depth and unprepared for how hungry the lamb's obsession is. moe. #not fandom #what im saying is i like when both parties in the relationship are a little fucked up

[nesperus]

updated his tattoos

#doodles #doodle #not fandom #sage doodles #my ocs #comfrey #oc #river’s end #art #digital art

[monowires]

i can’t say “angry birds ratios a transphobe” was on my 2023 bingo card, but i’m not disappointed

#johnny.txt #not fandom #trans rights are human rights #trans #transgender #angry birds #red angry birds #my guy ROASTED him

[cosmiclion]

Love wins 😌

And a version for my aro/ace/not interested in kissing for whatever reason siblings:

#eli's art #not fandom #original art #doodles #comic #pride #lgbtq #queer #lgbt pride #queer pride #queer joy #queer positivity #positivity #queer comics #procreate app #personally i’m the one on the left online and the one on the right irl lmao #not kuro #not yoi

[lizzieonka]

Tumblr should notify those who voted in polls when the results are out

#and give a prize to those who voted in the option that won #polls #tumblr #not fandom #miyamiwu.src

[ao3-shenanigans]

Not me prepping my D&D session 15 minutes before it’s supposed to start…

#ao3 shenanigans #dnd #dungeons and dragons #not fanfic #not fandom

[me-and-the-squad-being-otherkin]

some system positivity art!!

(with the lovely "the future is plural" phrase by(?) @sophieinwonderland !! [hope the @ is alright uaug])

#not fandom #art #artwork #digital art #my art #plurality #the future is plural #endogenic system #pro endo #endo system #endogenic #plural artist #traumagenic #traumagenic system #traumaendo #plural system #did system #osdd system #furry art #furry #endo positivity #system positivity #endogen #traumagen #traumagen sys #digital sketch #doodle #sys art #sysblr #system stuff

[kora-kat]

Maybe not the same, but you will survive

#kora's art #paleoart #archaeopteryx #birds #dinosaurs #not fandom

[burningboxes]

people who post about "i'm not proship or antiship, i pay taxes" have the same energy as people who joke that their pronouns are "nor/mal": they aren't funny or interesting and they're inadvertently enabling fascist & bigoted behavior

#not fandom #boxes full of rambles #proship #proshippers please interact #anti anti #''i pay taxes lol im a grown up!!'' okay then go live your boring-ass life somewhere else #gives the same energy as a 16 year old kid who just got his license.. ''ooooo look at me i do BIG BOY things'' shut yr fuckin lips #go back to the boring bitch table; the cool people are talking #just to clarify im not dissing paying taxes. im dissing bragging about it like these dumbfucks do #pay your taxes all you like but no one wants to fuckin hear about it

[herbgerblin]

I recently got a new job working as a researcher/cataloger for an auction house (I like it a lot :3!!) and I would say a good 60% of the time is just trying to decode an artist's signature on their works so that I can determine the sale price. Most of the time a lot of trouble comes down to five things:

No signature whatsoever

There's a signature but it's illegible/obscured (there is one artist who wrote their name in red and signed it on the reddish black part of their painting and i want to fight them)

There's a signature but it's a pseudonym

There's only the initials

The artists legibly wrote their name, but they are relatively new/didn't make that many pieces, so the value remains pretty low

All this to say: if you keep a record of your art or rewrite your name somewhere legible on the back of the canvas/paper/etc, you will spare the life of some poor sap trying to value it 50-100 years from now.

#not taz #not fandom #:0 i get paid to look at art this is no longer the nightmare scenario

[aubstacle-of-course]

Managed to snag these cuties from @moldspace as Christmas gifts for myself and my partner, we named them Morple and Mugworth Teatinings :3

#Mugworth is mine on the left #Morple is hers on the right #you should check out moldspace’s work they make great lil guys !!!! #christmas #not fandom

[nesperus]

struttin’

#my art #sage doodles #oc #not fandom #comfrey #river’s end #animation #gif

[piratefishmama]

With JK on another rant over on twitter i'd just like to remind the trans folks following me, those who've not yet pressed that follow button, or even those who may have unfollowed for some such reason (i dont judge pls curate your space however you see fit), that you're loved, welcome, and very much safe here.

i think you're wonderful, and perfect, just the way you are.

#not fandom #and JK can go suck the nastiest. stinkiest. and generally most unclean dick anyone can find ever.

[cosmiclion]

Guys I feel like a mighty god just accepted a sacrifice from me 🛐

#not eli's art #not fandom #video #original video #no sound #animals #invertebrates #invertebrate #insects #insect #bugs #bug #bugblr #mantids #praying mantis #mantis #mealworms #predation #i feel honored #not kuro #not yoi

[lizzieonka]

You don't understand the superiority complex I have right now

#team caterpillar let's go!!! #polls #bug race #miyamiwu.src #not fandom #1k

[phoenixyfriend]

I try not to make a lot of original posts on topics I don't actually have any expertise on, but I haven't seen a whole lot of posts going around that actually... explain what happened and why? Like, the actual order of events, the history, and so on. I want to reblog reference posts and explanations by people who actually know what they're talking about, but I haven't seen anything that hits the buttons I need to actually get a political situation... but I have seen some stuff on other platforms.

So here are some videos I've personally found useful in understanding Israel-Palestine, because that's the format I've found most useful in processing information of this nature:

Why Israel was Originally Attacked from RealLifeLore (explains the decades of political dynamics, internal demographic tensions, and power shifts leading up to the current conflict; notably the best I've seen at actually explaining what 'Israeli Occupation' actually means)

Israel-Hamas War: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) (commentary on the actual current situation in terms of who's getting attacked, why, and what the international ramifications so far are)

What's Happening in Israel and Why with Nathan Thrall from Adam Conover, series Factually (a discussion with an on-the-ground journalist about what life was like on the ground for Palestinian people in the areas under Israeli control during the last few years, just up to the attacks themselves)

I'm not going to claim these are comprehensive or completely unbiased (there are a few moments where I'm not entirely sure of the bias levels myself), but for people like myself who came into all this unsure of what the actual situation even is, I think these are a solid set to build up an basic understanding from which to put together opinions on future information.

I can't tell anyone what to think about how or why any of this is happening. I can only really tell you that what's going on right now is a crime on the level of attempted genocide, and that the years leading up to that have been an absolute mess on almost all fronts.

Again, I have no expertise on this subject. I just know what kind of video essay, political commentary, and interview style makes things understandable to me, personally, and might work for others. Please be courteous and kind in the comments and tags, as I am only sharing this because I haven't seen such a resource making the rounds yet, not actually trying to sway anyone in a particular direction beyond "the mass death needs to stop."

If you know of similar, relatively unbiased* resources, feel free to share.

* By 'relatively unbaised,' I don't mean taking or not taking a side; I just mean that it doesn't try to hide some information or other in favor of pushing a narrative, doesn't try to generalize a population, or doesn't seem to be trying to use emotional gut reactions to get readers or viewers to jump past reason or compassion.

#israel #palestine #israel palestine conflict #palestine israel conflict #not fandom #politics #current events #resources #information #video essays #interviews #political commentary #I'm not even sure how to tag this #I'm not even sure I should be making this post because it's not really my place. But. IDK it feels like 'hour long video essay' etc #is a much better resource to explain things than the usual 2 minute videos I see circulating #and the 2minute videos have a purpose! But. they're not really explaining everything #I didn't know that Israeli Occupation applied to regions outside the original Sykes Picot agreement until I read an article a few weeks ago #and I didn't UNDERSTAND it until the RealLifeLore video