#tags are the best thing tumblr has going for it never get rid of tags tumblr

[yengstr]

Felix pics! He's 10 now, turning 11 in September. He's still going strong 💪 and this is Hazel, my parent's shih tzu puppy.

Guess they must've missed having a dog after I took Felix with me lol but man she is the absolutely opposite of Felix, so much puppy energy

#fehehelix #guess ill slowly start making my way back here lol #tags are the best thing tumblr has going for it never get rid of tags tumblr

[artoutoftheblue]

Hey guys. Uh. So my parents have officially sent me over the edge at this point and have destroyed any shred of mental stability I had left. I dont want to get into why exactly that has happened, and it's taking a lot out of me to even write this post.

I need a break.

I need a break from everything that has been causing me stress. Unfortunately, now Tumblr is turning into one of those things.

At this moment, I dont take joy in coming online like I used to. It used to be a great experience for me. It was something I used to get away from it all. All of my problems could be ignored because I always distracted myself from the issue instead of facing it.

And now I cant distract myself from these new issues arising. I dont even have the willpower to draw anymore, which used to be an even better distraction.

All of these problems began in Italy. When I had to go there for a field trip. When I realized that my sister really doesnt give a shit about me. She barely took care of me over there. She ignored any time I had a mental breakdown caused by her actions.

The shit that happened over there never stopped. It may not be as bad as it was over there, but I think a part of my stability just shattered completely during that trip, and over time it's been getting slowly chipped away at by my parents and sister, until there was nothing left of it except for glass shards laying on the ground that are too small to be able to be put back together.

For my own sanity and so I dont resort to anything drastic, I will be going offline until further notice. Maybe look into some meds to help me out as well.

I am also considering removing all of my aus from the tsams tag. I love them too much to get rid of them, but I dont believe that they should be a part of that fandom anymore. The fandom has started to build into something that I no longer wish to be a part of. I will still do crossovers and such, but the aus themselves will no longer be a part of tsams. It sucks. I never thought I would ever in a million years decide that the fandom was no longer for me. But I just dont feel welcome anymore. And I'm sorry about that.

With all that being said, I'm gone. I dont know when I'll come back, but I wish you all nothing but the best. Take care, love y'all.

#blue talks

[coraniaid]

Have to hand it to you, staff. Lesser minds might have been put off by the constant chorus of people on here telling you that you didn't know what you're doing, that the changes you keep forcing through are deeply hostile to the site's existing culture and won't even work at attracting the new users you so desperately want. Weaker souls, indifferent to the needs of the shareholders, might have caved in and realized Tumblr Live was a terrible idea, rather than forcing it out on more and more people across the world. People with less bravery in their hearts might have had second thoughts about the fact that the new layout looks like dogshit. Not you though. You were resolute. You held firm.

You had the confidence to know that none of the people who actually use your site matter in the slightest. We're basically deadweight at best. How arrogant we are to think any different. What matters are the people who don't use Tumblr and never have, the people who have never even heard of Tumblr or who think it ceased to exist years ago, the people who might -- someday, somehow -- choose to make it profitable. If only you can find the right way to trick them into it. (They'll forgot to keep snoozing Tumblr Live eventually, I'm sure of it.)

And I must admit, the one thing that's always held me back from recommending Tumblr -- to friends and family and casual acquantances and total strangers I walk past in the street -- was the fact it didn't look like a shitty, off-brand Twitter clone. Now, at last, I can show them all the site with pride, basking in the warm glow of their indifferent "oh, is this the new X that Elon Musk is always talking about? It looks kind of bad, honestly -- I might try Threads instead."

And this latest experiment -- removing avatars from reblogged posts, on a site where most posts are reblogs, to make "more room for badges"? Another master stroke.

Personally I've always hated quickly and easily being able to tell which of my mutuals has reblogged something (almost as much as I hated having a purely chronological list of reblogs or being able to view previous tags -- thanks again for fixing those bugs!), but I love knowing how much money they've given you. Remember when people on here actually thought you were making fun of the idea of Twitter Blue, not earnestly co-opting it? Idiots, am I right? No wonder you have so much contempt for your userbase. We deserve it.

You don't need me to tell you to ignore the haters (and you wouldn't listen to me if I did), but I'll say it anyway. What do they know about Tumblr after all? They've only been here for a decade, most of them. What are they going to do if they don't like things, leave? Teach themselves programming to fix all the changes you've made? I'd like to see that. I really would.

But if I could make one modest proposal: why stop there? Get rid of gifs next, I say. Nobody on Tumblr really likes them. Nobody who matters, anyway. Get rid of asks. Get rid of text posts. (Pivot to video!) It's all just useless unprofitable clutter, isn't it? Think how much more space there'd be for badges and crabs on my dashboard if you got rid of it all.

#seriously if you've ever given staff money maybe stop? #it only encourages them

[probablygoodrpgideas]

Will you be my Hunter: The Crimson Weapon

Today's session was just a fight against the Crimson Weapon and I wrote a super long feedback post for playtesting purposes so I guess I'll just post this here as well as a session summary

Map tiles by @cubecubed (tumblr won't let me properly tag her for some reason)

Rules: Slashed and Dazed swapped on players, with new Slashed

Players won round 5, each player took a wound

Crimson Weapon specific feedback

This foe was a bit of a mixed bag. Everyone enjoyed Hades Cannon, Mortar, Pressure Blade, Chest Cannon, Ashura Blitz, and Pressure Rush. Players explicitly mentioned liking the fact that it has 2 different 3-step combos, leading to its turns being very varied.

As the GM, I found Ashura Burst a bit awkward to use. It was basically never the best thing to use an action on, so I was often unable to use Ashura Blitz or Pressure Rush because the combo was stuck there.

Pile Bunker felt really bad. It being a guaranteed stun that is available pretty much once per round means that at least one player each round is going to feel very restricted in their round, especially if they’re forced to move due to being next to a Munition. We had multiple turns that were spent just moving and then stun ending the turn. I don’t think stun is necessarily a problematic status anymore, but the players should get to save against it.

Barricades were very difficult to get rid of and ended up restricting movement a lot more than if the Weapon simply had rampart.

 The Munitions were too much. While it wasn’t too difficult to not end the turn next to them, their range being a blast 2 and them also exploding from Mortar, Hades Cannon, and Chest Cannon meant that a single one of them was capable of denying a lot of the battlefield. 8x8 is definitely too small for this fight, but I’m no sure if they stop being a problem on a larger battlefield either. I think the damage part of them isn���t that much of an issue but them being able to stun, especially when combined with the stuns from Pile Bunker and the general denial of movement from dangerous/difficult terrain, pits, and barricades. Another issue with them is that avoiding them only moves the problem to a future round because they stick around and the Weapon has enough control over Hades Canon that it usually won’t blow them up with no targets, so by round 3 you will either have at least one person take damage and potentially get stunned or you have 27 tiles that no one wants to move to.

Legends feedback

Statuses are a bit awkward against legends. Statuses that impede the foe such as Slashed or Dazed are very good since they apply to every single foe turn until cleared. At the same time Vulnerable was very difficult to use because the legend could save against it 4 times per round and even if it didn’t manage to save could usually clear it with Juggernaut so getting its benefits during ones next turn was basically impossible.

Also, while the removal of armour on red legends certainly helped make the Vagabond feel better, she still complained about every attack having true strike.

The Seer at one point expressed frustration at being unable to build up Aether due to a lack of a second target

Job feedback

Elden Rune’s Talent 1 might be a bit too good. The Seer was using it as a “Free action: Sacrifice 2 to teleport 3” which is incredibly efficient and made her the most mobile character by far. At the same time, she didn’t get any use out of the additional range standing in a rune would have provided because everything already has so much range.

This has been mentioned before but Spellblade gets countered by reds which meant that this party effectively had two characters countered by the Legend.

#will you be my hunter

[bluejay-in-write]

A list of all my oc stories including fandom based and completely original stories as well as links to their specific original character's posts and their story tag all under the cut! 😊 Please feel free to reblog! 💙 Also this is my AO3 so all my stories are now in one place! (Other than Tumblr so actually findable now 🤣) (links are currently under construction but I will continue to update this post in the future)

Original Story Fics

Code Blue OCs + Tag 💻

(Spy novel about stumbling upon a family while on a secret mission to uncover a long hidden mystery to find out who you really are)

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Dragon's Heart OCs + Tag 🐉

(Fantasy novel about going off to explore the world while trying to accept both sides of yourself while one side just so happens to be a dragon)

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Me, Myself, and I OCs + Tag ☕️

(Slice of life novel about thoughtless wishes and being faced with your past and your future who now just so happen to be your new roommates)

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Rise and Fall OCs + Tag ☄️

(Super hero novel about falling from grace and rising from the ashes and fighting with what you once were while trying to figure out who you want to be)

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The Forgotten Goddess OCs + Tag 🦉

(Modern fantasy novel about remembering your past mistakes that lead you to where you are and doing your best to prevent the past from repeating itself)

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Missing Piece OCs + Tag 💎

(Adventure novel about going on a journey to change who you are only to stumble across people that don't see what's so wrong with you to begin with)

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The Chosen Ones OCs + Tag ⚔️

(Fantasy novel about revenge and taking down the organization that ruined your life until you find out that they ruined other lives too and you just so happen to acquire a child because of it)

💙

Fandom OC Fics

Ace Attorney OCs + Tag ⚖️

(under construction)

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ATLA OCs + Tag 💨

After the 100 year war is finally over Aisha, best friend to Suki and a member of the Kiyoshi warriors who have been traveling around and protecting earth nation citizens from the fire nation realizes that just because the war is finally over doesn't mean that her job is done. It's going to take a long time for peace to return to the world but maybe she can help it along.

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Doctor Who OCs + Tag 🌌

(under construction)

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Harry Potter OCs + Tag 🔮

(under construction)

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Into the Spider-Verse OCs + Tag 🕷

(under construction)

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Leverage (Redemption) OCs + Tag 💵

After Sophie and Hardison died during a job gone wrong the team couldn't manage to stay together. Lost in their grief they all went their separate ways for good this time until years later when Breanna realized that someone was taking out leverage teams one after another. She couldn't call the old gang after everything they lost so she decided to put together a new team in hopes that they can figure out who's behind this before all of Leverage International gets taken out.

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MCU OCs + Tag 🍁

Autumn didn't see much for her life when she imagined the future and often did her best to avoid doing so. But after her abusive mom dies Autumn discovers something about her family she never knew and things change in ways that she never imagined. Now she has a whole new future to look forward to if only she can manage to hold onto it.

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Miraculous Ladybug OCs + Tag 🦂

Marinette and Adrien thought they knew a lot about the miraculous after being Ladybug and Cat Noir for a couple years. But they were just about to find out how much they didn't know when a pair from one miraculous team per continent gets asked to join an ultimate group to team up and get rid of hawk moth and other villains they had been unaware of, for good.

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National Treasure OCs + Tag 🏴‍☠️

After finding two world changing treasures and going on a few more escapades, Ben, Abigail, and Riley decide to go on one last adventure... parenthood. Little did they know that their treasure hunting days wouldn't end with them. And when their old enemies find some way to finally get their revenge in the last way they would expect, it would be their children taking up the mantle as they search for the treasure of a life time to stop it from falling into the wrong hands.

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Percy Jackson OCs + Tag 🏺

(Under Construction)

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Star Wars OCs + Tag 🪐

Anakin had always said he didn't want to train a Padawan but that was before he and Obi-Wan were sent on a mission that would change his life. A seemingly standard end to a mission was disrupted when the slave traders they were about to apprehend were blasted back with the force by a slave girl who's name he would later to learn was Astraea. Although Obi-Wan had insisted Anakin leave her behind he knew that he had to give her the same chance Qui-Gon had given him all those years ago. When he had brought her before the council and they said she was too old for any master to agree to train her Anakin stepped forward and said that he would be her master, cementing the future and the prophecy of the Chosen One forever.

(Before anyone gets mad Ahsoka has not been forgotten. I love her too much to leave her out and she will actually end up becoming Astraea's padawan in the future.)

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Supernatural OCs + Tag 👻

(under construction)

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Teen Wolf OCs + Tag 🐺

(under construction)

#fyoriginalstories #fyostories #ocappreciation #ocapp #my posts #masterlist #my masterlist #my stories #fic: starling #fic: element of chance #fic: winds of change #fic: code blue #fic: dragon's heart #fic: me myself and i #fic: missing piece #fic: rise and fall #fic: the forgotten goddess

[scribbling-stardust]

Author Ask Tag Game

Thank you @digital-chance and @aziz-reads for tagging me! Check out their posts here and here.

Doing this for the underglory as always <3

What is the main lesson of your story (e.g. kindness, diversity, anti-war), and why did you choose it?

I honestly didn't choose the themes they just sort of arose as I developed the idea. I guess the main themes would be recovery, friendship and self acceptance.

2. What did you use as inspiration for your worldbuilding (like real-life cultures, animals, famous media, websites, etc.)?

Oh don't get me started on the worldbuilding! I'm very inspired by the world around me for setting so there's lots of forests, heathland and beaches. Some of the creatures are inspired by dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures (and there's also dragons!). However most of the rest of it doesn't have any specific inspiration, it just appeared in my head one day.

3. What is your MC trying to achieve, and what are you, the writer, trying to achieve with them? Do you want to inspire others, teach forgiveness, help readers grow as a person?

So Rai's main goal through most of the story is to get unpossessed by Camila which, at the start, means doing what she wants to complete their deal. However, as he learns more about her, he realises that doing what she want would actually make his life way worse so he has to figure out a different way. Of course he has other underlying goals such as getting back to his family (and helping his mum get rid of her abusive boyfriend). I'm not really trying to achieve anything with this but I can definitely see the themes of recovering from abuse and standing up for yourself.

4. How many chapters is your story going to have?

I've got no idea. I've been chaptering things pretty much at random so who knows at this point.

5. Is it fanfiction or original content? Where do you plan to post it?

Original content and maybe nowhere... I might publish it one day but it's definitely more of a passion project at the moment.

6. When and why did you start writing?

I've been writing ever since I was a kid (although I've been through several years without writing in between because school was absolutely draining me) but I've picked it up properly again now because i find it fun! It's a nice escape from dealing with life where I can just make up whatever I want.

7. Do you have any words of engagement for fellow writers of Writeblr? What other writers of Tumblr do you follow?

The best advice is to just write. My biggest problem is i have to plan everything but I'm never happy with it so the best thing to do is just write! You can always change it later. Just write things that you enjoy and I'm sure you'll have a good time :)

I follow a lot people so I'm not going to tag all of them but here's a few of my wonderful mutuals (you should follow them!) : @mariahwritesstuff @camillenrose @kaiusvnoir @thesoftestofpetals @fictionalbullshitter @serenanymph @cilly-the-writer @macabremoons and more! (no pressure to do the tag game of course <3)

Questions under the cut:

What is the main lesson of your story (e.g. kindness, diversity, anti-war), and why did you choose it?

What did you use as inspiration for your worldbuilding (like real-life cultures, animals, famous media, websites, etc.)?

What is your MC trying to achieve, and what are you, the writer, trying to achieve with them? Do you want to inspire others, teach forgiveness, help readers grow as a person?

How many chapters is your story going to have?

Is it fanfiction or original content? Where do you plan to post it?

When and why did you start writing?

Do you have any words of engagement for fellow writers of Writeblr? What other writers of Tumblr do you follow?

#writeblr #author ask tag game #tag game #writers on tumblr

[oediex]

I'm a carnist (That sounds kind of cool to say ngl), but I am curious about veganism. I could never go vegan for health reasons, but I'm curious on what made you want to change your diet like that - If you're willing to share.

Hey!

Veganism isn't really about health. It's an ethical stance against the unnecessary exploitation, suffering, and killing of non-human animals, insofar as it is possible and practicable. (note the emphasis)

Basically, the idea is that a lot of suffering and death of non-human animals is not exactly necessary. It is possible for most human beings to live on a plant-based diet, and it is possible for all human beings to reduce their use of animal products as much as is possible and practicable for them.

So, it's a philosophy that aims to extend kindness, empathy and non-violence to include non-human animals.

As for myself, I went vegetarian when I was 18 (basically when I started university and lived away from my parents for the first time) and I didn't really have to think about it. It just seemed obvious that animals shouldn't have to suffer and die for me needlessly. It was really just a matter of ethics.

Some years after that, I started to realise that if I valued kindness, empathy and non-violence towards human and non-human animals alike, then I really couldn't continue to consume animal products. Animals in the dairy industry, for example, also suffer and instead deserve to live a happy and full life, free of exploitation. In other words, veganism is, in my opinion, merely the logical consequence of vegetarianism. It still took a couple of years before I was able to put that into practice, though. I've had to fight my own mind to take that step, finding all kinds of excuses to continue drinking milk, eating eggs... until I couldn't anymore.

I eventually decided to go vegan when I was 25 (now 8 years ago), but I didn't do it overnight. For me, going from vegetarian to vegan was a lot harder than going from carnism to vegetarianism! It's a steep learning curve. Getting rid of milk and butter was easy. I found vegan cheese in the Tesco near my house fairly quickly. But I still ate eggs for a year! I've often wondered if that meant I didn't really go vegan in 2014, but I don't think that's true. I was doing what was possible and practicable for me. I was learning, figuring out how to live my life and assure a healthy and nutritious diet free of animal cruelty in the pace that worked for me.

If you would like to know more about veganism, there are some great resources on the interent.

The website of the Vegan Society, for example. @acti-veg's blog has guides, arguments, links, ... Or if videos are more your thing, Earthling Ed has many different kind of videos available, from debates with non-vegans to information about practices in animal agriculture, reactions to current events, or arguments for veganism. Of course, you can find many posts about veganism on my blog (I usually tag them with vegan) but I also recommend @vegance and @sobadpink! They are my favourite vegan blogs on Tumblr, although I'm sure I'm missing many good ones!

I do hope you look into them, and maybe you'll find a way to reduce the use of animal products in your life. Even if you cannot reduce all animal products from your life for health reasons (I take anti-depressants that have lactose in them), that doesn't mean you can't be vegan! Veganism is open to everyone who subscribes to its ethical philosophy and does their best to apply it in their own life!

Thank you very much for your ask, it's a breather compared to some of the other messages I've been receiving!

#vegan #veganism #ask

[a-silent-observer]

Has been stuck on an older version of the app (17.0) because of not updated android system and. Let me tell you. This is literally THE BEST thing that happened because:

Live discourse flew over my head completely. It came from nowhere and went into nothing. It just never appeared.

Evil dashboard clowns did the same thing

No note bubbles

Images enlarge properly

Old video player with pause and rewind. (don't know if it impacts quality and frankly don't care since I am here for my beautiful friend Image and occasional stolen tiktoks)

Ads are not invasive and easily ignorable. Sometimes the adblocker takes care of them all (sorry devs I am poor). With some applied digital magic it can get rid of sponsored posts as well

Cons:

Can not edit tags (I go to web version if the need for such a tedious task arises)

Some glitchy things remained glitchy

Minor user interface fixes that have been implemented since then do not exist

PROBABLY the turn off reblogs function. That was a thing that was implemented. Again, I can switch to browser version for this

So as you can see pros outweigh the cons pretty easily? Tumblr developers please take note...

#I am actually quite open to a streaming platform just make it less invasive to privacy (you're gonna get snitched at real fast if not) #And more user base-friendly #This is not tiktok that is a different age group that is more used to text and picture format (speaking from experience) #Just make the existing formats fun and easy to use and the money will flow your way #Make better merch! Tumblr is the site of funny! There are so many jokes in there! #Tumblr

[flippinwhippen]

She was my nightmare incarnate, a self-righteous shithead who didn’t care about my intentions, didn’t care about my feelings – only saw herself with her fucking victim complex. Every time I come close to forgiving her, even say that maybe I will, all I have to do is think. Because regardless of how forgiving I am, there are some things that even I cannot overlook.

Drew my characters in ways that upset me

Asked nonstop questions about world building details that didn’t matter to me, and often times only related to her own character she’d built to put in my world

Actively argued with me about my own world/character motivations – argued with me about my own creative works

Sulked when I wasn’t responding – didn’t ask me what was wrong privately, but instead ghosted me in an effort to punish me

Acted like I owed her something

Actively provoked me when I was unmedicated, even when my spouse said it would be a bad idea

Turned hostile quickly, tried to pin the entire situation on me – taking no blame for any of her actions.

Tried to diagnose me as a monster, tried to make me feel like a monster

Continued to post about my characters, even after we’d had are blow up. Posted about them in a way that all but indicated that they were hers, underlining even more that she never respected me as a content creator.

Continuously shit talked me online, tagging my username in posts repeatedly

Actively played a role in the destruction of my relationship, continues to play a role in the destruction of my relationship.

Nearly caused me to kill myself by throwing myself out a window

Did cause me to self-harm repeatedly, which is probably good cause every time my forgiving nature pops all I have to do is look down

Posted a fucking google file of shit directly onto my page – harassing my users to the point that I had to turn on moderated comments.

The funniest part of all of this, is she accuses me of being a narcissist. This bitch needs a fucking mirror.

I left her alone, I did, I was the bigger fucking person for months while she attacked me and attacked me – and I was told I had to be okay with it. Because she’s my partners best friend, because my partner has never had a friend like her.

Maybe she can keep her damn friend and leave me, maybe I’d prefer that.

Maybe I’m sick and tired of trying to not stir the shit pot because of how it might blow up. I hear excuse after excuse for her. Poor thing, she’s unmedicated, she doesn’t mean it, she’s just trying to understand herself. I’m not here for goddamn target practice, I’m not here to be her damn victim.

And I’m told that she’s allowed to vent her feelings on private blogs. No one even looks at her tumblr, why would you care that she’s saying horrible things and tagging you? But you, you can’t retaliate ever. You have to be nice even if she hurts you.

You have to behave yourself, even while she screams. Don’t get angry, you’ll scare people – don’t get upset, you’ll hurt people’s feelings.

It’s well past the point of course, that any of this matters – as far as I’m aware. I have no idea what the fucker does in her spare time, I try not to think about her. But then I’ll remember, and I’ll remember everything that was said and done and I’ll be so, so angry again.

I’ve never been in a situation like this before, never thought I would be. I’m so careful about who I’m friends with, about who I bare those bits of my soul to. But I gave her bits of me I can’t get back now, and some days it still just makes me want to quit.

To throw all that creative energy in the garbage, just to rid myself of her.

There’s no real ending to this, just a rant, thrown on the internet to clear my head. If she gets to rant on tumblr, then so do I. Will she go back to doing what she was doing, who knows. I don’t even know if she ever stopped, I know better than to look.

Take my words abyss, and give me nothing in return – I have no intention of ever looking at any of it anyways. If you find it, if you read it, then that’s your own damn fault isn’t it?

[gayas-musings]

I feel betrayed by Facebook and Instagram

I started using facebook when I was in ninth grade. Back then Fb timeline was called "wall". We poked friends, wrote on each others walls, tagged each other on stupid posts, shared original thoughts in status updates and had conversations in comments. We were silly and we had fun! I still feel nostalgic for those days.

Then, I took a long hiatus from Fb. When I came back everything had changed. Facebook "wall" was no more. Nobody shared their original thoughts. Updating a status saying, "I am having a cup of hot tea" was considered stupid.

I soon caught up with the new rules of Fb and played my game. Yet, it was never the same again. I also opened poetry blogs in Instagram by then. A couple of months after I opened the blogs, Instagram started reducing the organic reach of posts drastically. That was unacceptable. I wasn't blogging for business purposes. It was just a hobby. I wasn't willing to pay money for Instagram to let people read my poems. I transferred my blogs to tumblr and got rid of Instagram.

After a short while, the Presidential election of our country took place and there was a great deal of hate speech and racism circulating out there - especially in Facebook. That pushed me to take another social media hiatus.

I was out of the loop for over an year. During that period I introspected a lot about my social media habits and came to a conclusion that I should be more intentional about my social media usage. I read a lot of books about social media, their effects in our life etc. I came up with a set of rules for me - to use social media, purpose of it.

Finally, I jumped into Facebook and instagram again. This time I wanted to keep my circle small. My sole purpose was self expression and keeping in touch with my school friends. I wanted to feel back the good ol' Fb. I wanted to see original thoughts of my friends.

While it was not entirely possible, I was able to maintain some sort of control over my experience by vigorously utilizing all the privacy options available. Yet, Facebook outsmarted me. It took immense amount of self control to stop myself from watching Fb videos passively.

I was having a faitly good (not the best) social media experience for a couple of months. Then, this happened. Just because I was following a few mental health pages, Instagram started to shove all the mental health related pages down my throat. Fb waa filled with too many inspirational quotes. After a while Instagram was filled with stupid videos with the most annoying background music out there. Both the apps looked like a soup which went bad with all the wrong ingredients!

It was so overwhelming and I deleted both the apps off my phone. I thought it was a "me" thing. Then the internet blew up and I got to know that Fb and Insta are trying to copy Tiktok.

I was appalled. If I wanted Tiktok I would use it. I wouldn't be using Fb / Insta.

Last night I read an article on The NewYorker, titled "Tiktok and the fall of the social media giants" by Cal Newport. It clearly explained how Fb/Insta are primarily built upon social connection in their core and are trying to morph into entertaintment models (just like Tiktok).

It rang a bell. It suddenly made sense as to why I was feeling overwhelmed. I ain't definitely looking for entertaintment when I log into Fb/Insta. I just want to check what's going on and what my friends are upto. I wouldn't mind a little bit of entertaintment here and there, but that is not the main experience I am seeking. I have Netflix for that. What Mark Zuckerberg is doing is utmost manipulation.

Dear Zuckerberg I do not have the "connection" to my friend on Fb/Insta anymore. It has all become "business". I am sick of your cheap tricks.

I don't think I will get back to Fb/Insta ever again.

I shall call and text my friends in the old school way, rather than relying on social media to maintain connection - thanks to Mark Zuckerberg. Thanks to the betrayal.

#social media #facebook #instagram

[bondsmagii]

I wish people understood that when I say I'm anti-censorship, I don't mean "except for the stuff I find personally icky." I mean always. Censorship is ALWAYS a slippery slope that goes after 'acceptable' subjects first. The dark stuff, the weird kinks, porn, horror, transgressive and weird art. People don't fucking understand that they won't stop there, they never do. And all of those things are HUGELY important emotional and artistic outlets and deserve to exist even if you find them gross.

god, same. like. there's stuff out there that I don't like. there's stuff out there that disgusts me. there's stuff out there that I genuinely fail to see any point in, and that I find so gross and despicable that yeah, I would like it gone. in an ideal world, that shit wouldn't exist. and it pains me to have to include it when I say I'm anti-censorship, because I hate that shit and I hate having to defend it by default.

but I'm aware of what we have to lose if we get easy with censorship. the thing is, when you have strong morals or a strong ideology, you're going to find yourself defending people and things you don't necessarily like. this sucks, but part of being politically mature is understanding that it's inevitable. if you're pro-choice, you have to accept that if your partner wants to get rid of a baby she's carrying but you don't want her to, you have to support her. if you're anti-death penalty, you have to accept that you're going to come across crimes so reprehensible that your first instinct is to wish the perpetrator dead, and wonder about exceptions to your rule, but you can't do that. if you're pro-immigration, you need to understand that yes, some of these people coming in are going to be criminals, because that's statistics, but you have to learn to arm yourself with other statistics in support of immigration rather than shut down every single statistic you don't like with cries of racism. you're going to be protecting people and situations you'd perhaps prefer not to protect, but it's totally possible to still be against them. that's why I described that AO3 post not as pro anything, but rather anti-censorship.

censorship is a slippery slope, especially when waved under the flag of protecting children. if these people honestly think it'll all stop at straightforwardly dodgy content (like inappropriate material about real-life minors) they're naïve at best and totally delusional at worst. "think of the children!" has been used time and time again to demonise the LGBT community, and if they really think they can censor some mature content without it eventually branching out to cover all dark content and all sexual content that isn't a man and a woman who are married and doing it for the purposes of procreation, they're wrong. in fact, shit might go so far that all writing of that nature is banned -- look at Tumblr. that's what blanket bans on harmful content can look like. the context was different (wanting to be friendlier to advertisers) but this is what will happen. everybody saw how LGBT tags were censored during that time period. that's because a large chunk of people with influence feel that LGBT content is inherently harmful for minors to be around, and if we hand them censorship under the "think of the children!" cause, they will crack down hard. this shit has happened before, and in recent history too. there's a reason AO3 exists. it's because before it did, this shit was the norm. who knows how many works have been destroyed because of this shit in the past. it's an irretrievable loss. these people might think that they'll just be banning stuff that's bad, and that they don't like... but then their fics about their favourite ships vanish because it's explicit and between two guys, and then their fics about their favourite ship just having a cute time in a coffee shop AU is banned because it's same-sex and that's not family friendly, and so on and so on. any censorship sets a dangerous precedent.

censorship is always a slippery slope, as you said. it's always going to be abused. and it is never your friend. it is never something that will protect you in the long run. it's like fire -- you might light it, and at first it might burn only what you wish it to, but once it starts to spread there's fuck all you can do about it, and it will no longer differentiate between the things you want gone and the things that mean a lot to you. I really, really wish people would do their research on this topic. censorship always has been and always will be a tool of oppression.

(and for the record, because "lol gross person just wants to read their nasty fics" is a comment I get way too much on my discussions of this post: I don't read fanfic. I'm not involved in fandom. I'm just fucking anti-censorship.)

#anon #asks

[fantastic-bby]

Take Me Home

Pairing: Reader x Wooyoung

Word count: 1.6k

Genre: Angst | Exes to lovers

Summary: Wooyoung sits at a bar, getting drunk while all he wants is for you to take him back home

Warnings: Alcohol consumption | Swearing

A/n: So… I may have listened to Take Me Home about a bajillion times since the album was released and… this happened

P.s I’m reposting this bcs Tumblr’s being homophobic and the tags were scuffed FeelsWeirdMan

Masterlist

Wooyoung hasn’t felt this lonely since right after you left him. The darkness that shrouds his mind is something that has refused to leave him alone for almost the past two years, but it hadn’t been this bad in a while. It’s bad enough that he feels like he struggles to breath as he sits at the bar, a glass of whiskey in one hand and his phone in the other. Wooyoung’s thumb hovers over your contact, his mind battling with his heart as he painfully contemplates calling you.

He’s slightly drunk, it’s obvious that he’s at least tipsy, but he’s still sober enough to know how much he fucking misses you. Wooyoung clenches his jaw, teeth grinding together as he locks his phone and places it down onto the bar; the glass of whiskey making it to his lips as he downs it.

“Another one?” the pink haired bartender questions, an eyebrow raising. Wooyoung gives him a look before pulling a few bills out of his pocket and placing it onto the counter. “This would be your fifth glass of the night, man.”

“I don’t care,” Wooyoung sighs, “just pour me another.” The bartender purses his lips before obliging. Wooyoung isn’t dangerously intoxicated to the point where he would need to get involved, so he serves him.

“You wanna talk about it?” the man asks as he pours the alcohol into the empty glass.

Wooyoung contemplates it. Why would he be telling a complete stranger about why he feels like such a piece of shit? Then again, it’s not like he’s even spoken to anyone about it. He sighs before admitting, “I’m thinking I should call my ex.” The bartender gives him a look as he slides the glass back to him.

“It’s not exactly my business, but how dangerous would that be?”

“Well,” he sighs as he thinks about it, “I would either be getting blocked or slapped in the face.” Wooyoung lets out a bitter chuckle as he swirls the whiskey around in the glass. “I fucked up and now I’m alone. Every time I think about them, I feel like I’m suffocating while I spiral down this never ending hole.”

“Have you spoken to them since the break up?” The bartender asks as he starts wiping down a spot on the counter right beside Wooyoung that was previously occupied by someone else.

He shakes his head, “never mustered up the courage to do so.” He brings the glass to his lips and takes a sip, embracing the burn in his throat because he feels like he deserves it. “I was an asshole. I know I fucked up, but I just want to talk to them at least once more. Just to tell them I’m sorry.” Wooyoung feels like he might have a full on breakdown right in front of the bartender, who he assumes is San because that’s what it says on his name tag. He feels his chest tightening like it usually does whenever he thinks of you. “I just want to take back every shitty thing I did to them. They didn’t deserve any of it.”

“Have they ever tried reaching out?” San further questions, his hand halting for a moment.

“The last time I spoke to them, they looked so… cold towards me. The last time I had actually seen them, it looked like they just wanted to get away from me.” The memory is fresh in Wooyoung’s mind. You had stood in the apartment you shared, hands clenched into fists as you glared at him and your entire body trembling with rage. He felt like your eyes were the reason he felt so frozen, but he couldn’t cry in front of you no matter how hard the tears were trying to force their way out. Wooyoung realised a little too late that he was hurting you. There was nothing else he could do and staying with you would just destroy you. “I…” Wooyoung trails off when he feels his eyes starting to sting with tears, “I think it’s better that I stay away from them.”

“How long has it been?”

“At this point,” he pauses to look at the date on his phone, “almost two years. It’s almost been two years and all I can do is think about them. No matter how many people I sleep with or how many people I try dating, all I can think about is (Y/n).” Wooyoung looks at his phone, still battling the thought of calling you. San watches as Wooyoung slowly starts to space out, only able to wonder just how much regret clouds his mind and heart.

“I think,” San speaks up for a moment, his voice snapping Wooyoung out of his thoughts, “the best thing you should do is stop drinking before you end up doing something you may regret, head on home and get some rest.” The younger man snorts at that.

“I don’t know how I could feel more regret than I already do,” he says as he finishes his glass and slides it towards San. “But I do think I should probably head home. Thanks for the talk.”

“No problem, man. Next time you come here around this time, just ask for San. I’ll serve you.” He gives Wooyoung a smile as he takes the used glass off of the counter. “Have a good night…”

“Wooyoung.”

San nods, “have a good night, Wooyoung.”

“You too, San.” He gives the bartender a half smile as he slides off of the barstool, turning around and freezing in his tracks. Wooyoung’s eyes widen when they meet yours and you’re staring at him with the same amount of disbelief. “(Y-Y/n). What are you doing here?”

“I…” you trail off as your mind registers the fact that Wooyoung’s standing right in front of you, “I just wanted to get a drink.”

“Long day?” Wooyoung questions, his voice cracking and making it more awkward than it already is.

You make a mental note of his voice crack and nod. “I got off work a while ago and I—uhh—didn’t feel like going home just yet.” Home. Home is you, Wooyoung thinks but he shoves the thought down with the rest of his feelings. You’re right in front of him. Where’s the apology that’s replayed in his head over and over again for the past year?

“(Y/n), can—could we talk for a bit?” he musters out. “I-It’s been a while. Maybe we could catch up?” Wooyoung wants you to accept his offer so badly. Even if he gets just a few moments, just a few minutes, it’ll be enough.

“I don’t know, Woo…” you trail off when the memory of your last meeting flashes across your mind.

“Please?” If his words aren’t enough, it’s his eyes that do it for you. They look so empty, so desperate,

So lonely.

“Okay.” You take a deep breath as you nod, fearing whatever would come next.

“I want,” Wooyoung gulps. Why is this so difficult?! “I want to say that I’m sorry.” His words come out slowly, but after they’re out, he gains more courage. “I want to say that I’m sorry. For everything. I treated you like shit and I know you deserve so much more, but I just wanted to apologise.” You stay quiet, letting his words linger in your mind. Your relationship with Wooyoung was toxic and you would admit that in a heartbeat. But that way he looks at you now, so lost, your heart can’t help but crack at the sight of him. You’ve spent the time away from him healing from the break up, but you wouldn’t deny that you still love him. Wooyoung was—is—everything to you.

“Wooyoung,” your heart aches even more at the way he looks so scared of your answer. “I forgive you.” He lets out a breath that he didn’t realise he was holding, shoulders relaxing slightly. “I don’t think I ever really got rid of you. No matter how many times I’d spring clean my apartment and throw away things that reminded me of you, I think I’m still too in love with you to throw you away.” Wooyoung doesn’t know how to feel. Should he be happy that you’re still in love with him or should he feel terrible that you’ve been hurting this entire time? “And I know that you struggle with things like this—especially talking about feelings—but I hope that we can move on from this feeling okay.”

“Move on?” he speaks before he thinks and immediately regrets it right after. You blink a few times before your lips part in realisation.

“Woo…”

“(Y/n), I love you.” Wooyoung feels every inch of himself starting to break as he takes a few steps closer to you, arms open, body trembling. “I love you so much,” his voice starts breaking when he hesitates to hug you. When you pull him into the hug, whatever wall he’s set up goes crumbling to the ground. “I love you so much. I’ve missed you so much—I’m so sorry. Please give me another chance,” Wooyoung’s words come out jumbled, mumbles of apologies and confessions just pouring out of his mouth like a broken faucet as you hold onto you. You cry when you feel his wet cheek burying against your shoulder. You’ve missed the feeling of him—you’ve missed Wooyoung.

“I’ve missed you too,” you confess as you allow yourself to mold against him. “I love you.”

“Please take me home,” he sobs. “P-Please, (Y/n).”

“I’ll drive you back—”

“No,” Wooyoung cuts you off and you feel his nose nuzzling against your neck. “I-I wanna try again, (Y/n). Give me another chance, please.“ You pull away to look into his glossed over eyes pooled with tears that stream down his face. “Please take me home—home to you. I-I’ll be better. I promise.” You take a deep breath as you thread your hand through his blond streaked hair before nodding.

“Okay.”

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[thechangeling]

My thoughts concerning the downworld

I wrote this two years ago but I can't find the original post since tumblr's tagging system is a literal joke. So I'm re-posting it!

Alright. So I was rereading The Mortal Instruments and I sort of realized something that really pissed me off. Of course we all know that in every book there is discrimination against the downworld in forms of outright bigotry and hate comments or just ignorance and confusion. However I personally have been noticing lately how in all the books there is very little catharsis after those moments. There are no instances of any downworlder actively turning around and just Going. Off. I mean like really going off. Like have you seen protests with emotionally charged and wronged people? They are fucking livid because they have every right to be. I personally have been in situations like this regarding combating LGBTQ hate and there is nothing more satisfying then just letting lose because you have had enough of this treatment. I often compare Downworlders in this fictional society to marginalized people in our real one.  Some people disagree with that idea and that's fine but it's always how I perceived it.  For instance, take moments like Tessa Gray in The Infernal devices walking into that room filled with Downworlder body parts being displayed as trophies is very similar to white settlers hunting down Indigenous people to display their heads as trophies. No one talks about that horrifying practice enough in our society just like the fandom doesn't talk about what happened to Tessa. She deserved catharsis in that moment and so did we.

The Clave has not apologized to the Downworlder community for the events of the circle to the best of my knowledge. Most Shadowhunters don't even believe it's their responsibility to take ownership for what happened because it wasn't them and it is "in the past". Just like most white people (and full disclaimer, I say this as a white person) believe that it is not their responsibility to apologize for the events of the past (colonialism).  In the Dark Artifices there is talk of registering downworlds just like the Jewish people in the 40s and non-white immigrants today. (Because let's be honest the only immigrants Trump wants to get rid of are the non-white ones) Speaking of that asshole, Horace Dearborn is obviously based on him. QOAAD came out right in the middle of the racist shitstorm ravaging the US and the similarities are obviously striking. So my point is, if all of this is very noticable, why is there very little catharsis for those of us who can relate to these characters and these situations? I myself am angry along with them and I desperately want to see justice done. Real justice. Now that the cohort is locked in Idris and Alec has become consul it may seem like the problem is supposedly solved. Not really. Shadowhunters still have some stepping stones to cross in order to make things right in my opinion. I really dont want to see everyone, (especially Downworlders) just brush all those issues to the side and pretend like they're over.

  I also have a problem with certain Shadowhunters being praised as "Downworlder saviors" kind of like white savior complex. Although I might not be the best person to talk about this. If you are a POC and you disagree with me on this then please let me know because I never want to speak over any POC. This is just something that has been rubbing me the wrong way. For example, Livia's watch and the use of it as a downworlder rights group. As much as I understand Julian wanting to honor his lost sister. Using her as some sort of beacon for Downworlder rights really is not fair because she just wasn't. Also I find it really uncomfortable that a Shadowhunter, Julian, is trying to take control of a Downworlder rights group and say what it should be and how it should be organized. It just strikes me as a little white saviory. Continuing on with the whole white savior conversation, I was talking with a friend and we couldn't help but notice that the narrative of CC's books is very problematic seeing as there are the "good Shadowhunters" trying to save the downworld from the "bad Shadowhunters" because for some reason Downworlders need saving and should be grateful for the help of the good Shadowhunters. Also Shadowhunters are a lot like cops, and when I say that I do mean killing marginalized people for no reason and enforcing racist laws, type cops. But Cassie writes this narrative of the good cops who aren't like that who want to change the system.

This contributes to the whole "There are some bad apples sure, but there are also some good cops" mentality. This is pretty frickin problematic, especially given current events.

  CC also paints the narrative to be against Downworlders who are rightly furious with the Clave and shadowhunters as a whole and have some hatred for nephilim kind as a result of, oh you know.... hundred years of oppression, violence and discrimination. They become the villains of the story like Barnabas and Shinyun, and to make sure you know they're the villains, CC needs to sprinkle in typical shady cult like villain behavior into the narrative. All of the good downworlders are either friends with or dating shadowhunters, or are at least somewhat sympathetic to Shadowhunters like Ragnor. Does anyone see the problem with this? So now being angry and bitter towards your oppressors is villian behavior? Great message CC. Absolutely wonderful.

I also have a problem with Shadowhunters not wanting to kill members of the cohort when they are literal nazis. You don't redeem people like that! If the cohort were Downworlders and not Shadowhunters then they would have killed them and that's just the tea.

I'm sorry I know this is a lot of words to read but I just needed to vent. If you disagree with of course feel free to share your opinion in the comments.

@amchara @sandersgrey this was what I was referencing

#tsc #tda #the dark artifices #tmi #tid #twp #the downworld #fae rants #tw racism

[quirrrky]

hi! can i req tsukki, oikawa, kuroo and kenma helping their s/o who’s just gotten out of a toxic friendship and now they’re kind of at a loss for friends?

HEADCANONS: Tsukki, Oikawa, Kuroo & Kenma w/ an S/O who just got out of a toxic friendship

Hello @globehoppingthings​! I just hope that this prompt didn’t happen to you irl, because this happened to me and I dropped to rock bottom real hard. From then on, I built a Great Wall of China around me. This prompt really prompted something hahaha! I hope you find a little bit of comfort in this!

Tsukki will, at first, be kind of baffled he’s an introvert himself and very independent that’s why he couldn’t see the point of having friends especially if they’re toxic

Anws, to him, your boyfriend should be your best friend so what’s the point? He’s here for you and he’s not like that toxic friend.

But knowing you were hurt, he will try his best to comfort you in ways he know like being open to what makes you happy

Will constantly remind you’re strong even when alone and your friend is a good riddance

Subtly observes people around you to give you advice who to befriend with if you really need one esp in grp projects

Always there to make you feel that he’s just right there for you and won’t leave your side

Invites you to his matches so he can keep an eye on you during games making sure your mind is pre-occupied

Expect his kisses to linger more

Expect him to send you a playlist that will make you feel like you’re not alone (uwu)

Tooru will be surprised to hear that you have a falling out with your friend, because finally you’re rid of it

He knew from the very start that they weren’t good for you and he tried to show it subtly by snatching your time away with that friend

Very concerned and protective just like your usual puppy boyfriend

He will baby you because he knew you need it

Will definitely tease you just to make you smile, “Finally! You have more time for me.”

It never fails TT-TT

Like Tsukki, he’ll take you to his games, technically he made you sit on the bench like you’re the team’s queen

He talked his teammates out to treat you nicely so you won’t feel alone

Ha! Super good in helping you make friends with others and very wise in choosing people too

Will supply you with comfort foods and cuddles

Kuroo will immediately call you out when he noticed you’re acting a bit off

Will lightly scold you for not seeing things through a lot earlier but just know that it comes from the very depths of his concern for you

But his sweet nothings are always the warmest

May or may not dagger your ex-friend out just because…

Super protective of you and he’ll let everyone know of that

“If you want a friend, I’m just here baby.” He’ll proudly tell you. He’s just an expert in lifting your spirits up and reminding you what you’re worth

Will try to get you out as much as possible and will engage you in activities you love in trying to get your mind out of what happened

Asks you to play volleyball with him (if you want to no pressure) and will give you extra attention

Temporarily stops on provoking you since he knows you’re in a not-so-good shape

Knows just what to say to get you start befriending someone (if you really want to)

Kenma will go straight to you the moment he heard or knew about what happened

He was comfortable being alone so he didn’t know what to do about it at first

Thinks of you in between his matches and probably of ways on making you feel a lot better

Later on, he’ll ask Kuroo advice on what to do in this scenario

Will drop his online game for you cuz you’re more important

Sends you memes hoping it can cheer you up

However, has zero to little tips on how to make friends (if you want to) but he’s trying

He admits that he’s not good with making friends, “But I’m your boyfriend, so I guess I can be a replacement.”

Trust me, he’s a lot better!

This human cat will never leave your side no matter what until you get back up on your feet or when you finally earned a new friend you actually deserve  

REBLOGS ARE DEEPLY APPRECIATED ♡ Please help me reach other viewers as tumblr tags are unfortunately not working on me. Thank you so so much! 

☾ COLLECTIONS: Haikyuu ☾  ✧ DAYDREAM MUSEUM ✧

#uwu to this prompt #i guess this will not show in the tags again #hahaha #tsukki x reader #tsukishima x reader #tsukishima headcanons #oikawa x reader #oikawa headcanons #oikawa tooru hedcanons #testurou kuroo x reader #kuroo headcanons #kenma x reader #kenma headcanons #kozume kenma x reader #quirrrky haikyuu #quirrrky tsukki #quirrrky oikawa #quirrrky kuroo #quirrrky kenma

[sttarkeys]

𝕗𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕥𝕖𝕖𝕟

@flo.greenw is now live! 

"Hey guy's! Flo here. So I guess I have come on here just to talk about some things, but I will wait for some more people to join, hi Chase, Mitchell and Sofia.... So as we all know Cam died a month or two ago, not like I should have the need to share this with anyone whom is not in my family or who are my friends. But since I keep on getting dm's about it or tagged in tweets on twitter... Or people messaging my friends about it. But here we go. Cameron an I were in a relationship for almost two years, we broke it off at the start of production for the third film, we kept it a secret because we knew we would get hated on for it. Which we did. We had our struggles as all couples do, and then we finally broke it off. We knew that there may be some difficulties going back to work and having to work in such close quarters but we both knew how keep it professional... Cameron is who I met first out of the Descendants cast, I was a guest star on Jessie for a few episodes that is how we met, he was my rock and everything... But the main thing I wanted to talk about was the hate that my dear friend Drew Starkey has been getting, look. I have seen the tweets, the comments, shit even things on tumblr and reddit. when Cameorn died I didn't just 'go straight to him.' Before he died we had been broken up for almost nine months, and even if Drew and I were together, it is really no ones bussies but ours. It was the same when people thought that Mitchell and I were together, not every single male that I am friends with I am 'with' in that way. I get along better with males than females, that is why Austin is my best-friend. We have been friends since we were three, we grew up together. So for the love  of god, leave alone, leave Drew and the rest of the OBX cast alone, leave Mitchell, Booboo, Sofia and Kenny all alone. We are going through a hard enough time as it is, you guy's sending in hate and harassing us online is not helping any of us. But to the people who are sending love, caring messages etc, thank you.

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                                              ɪᴍᴇꜱꜱᴀɢᴇ, ᴘʀɪᴠᴀᴛᴇ

                                                 ᴅʀᴇᴡꜱᴘʜ  | ꜰʟᴏ

ᴅʀᴇᴡꜱᴘʜ: hey, r u okay?

ꜰʟᴏ: if ur talking about me going on a rant to our 'fans' about how rude they have been to you then, yeah I guess I am. i'm just peachy.

ᴅʀᴇᴡꜱᴘʜ: you know you didn't have to do that right?? stand up for me, i think I have just learned how to ignore it tbh.

but i do appreciate it a lot, especially when it comes from you... no i am asking if ur okay, because towards the end of it you started to tear up.

ꜰʟᴏ: i just think it is utter bullshit that i cannot be friends with who I want to be friends with, it is no ones business really. Well anyone who doesn't us personally any ways... I love you all and I think it is bullshit that I cannot be in a platonic relationship with a male. This is why I don't post or share much about me and Mitchell, or me and Rudy because people are hurtful, and it messes with my head.

And I feel so bad for Mitch too, he's the one who found me, I mean we've been closer than we ever had. Doesn't mean I like him in that way... What I am trying to get at is the fact that I should be able to be friends with whoever I want to be friends with, I should be able to date whoever I want to. I am ready to get rid of social media all together.

ᴅʀᴇᴡꜱᴘʜ:   I get that i do, why do you think I am only on my socials when I post or when I am tagged in something by either u or the rest of the guys, it's because I cannot deal with seeing the hate that you are given on a daily basis. it hurts for me to watch and read. but i hope you realise that choice, is still yours and it always will be x

ꜰʟᴏ: I really appreciate you, you know that right?

ᴅʀᴇᴡꜱᴘʜ:   and i you, flo x

ꜰʟᴏ: so, what would you say about seeing how it could work out between the two of us? like what if we did start going on dates? like i mean proper dates, not just getting coffee at crafty or in ur trailer on set. I am talking a real date, us two we dress nice, go for diner somewhere nice and we just have a good time? No one else but us? x you up for it, drewsph. because i am and i have been since i first met you.

ᴅʀᴇᴡꜱᴘʜ: I think... I think you have never had a better idea Florence Gemma Greenwood read at 6:07pm  

#obx #obx 2 #outer banks fic #outer banks #drew starkey #drew starkey fic #drew starkey x reader #drew starkey x oc #drew starkey x dove cameron #rafe cameron #rafe cameron fic #rafe cameron x oc #rafe cameron x reader #rafe cameron smut #rudy pankow #madelyn cline #madison bailey #chase stokes #johnathan daviss #austin north #mitchell hope #instafashion #social media

[aevyk-ing]

My HTTYD3 Script Notes

-First of all, thanks to whoever posted the original transcript in the HTTYD wiki and all the people in the httyd criticism and httyd salt tag for their constructive criticism. Also, this contents some MILD SPOILERS.

-This movie is like the others, this movie has to start with narration and a view of Berk.

-Forget that “they’re useless without their dragons nonsense”. We’ve seen them fight together in the second movie.

-Hiccup being an “okay” chief. He’s struggling a lot but he’s doing his best. Also, he’s not afraid of asking for help to the Chieftess-to-be.

-Everybody’s arc has changed. Hiccup wants to be a good chief while getting rid of the Dragon Hunters and coming to terms with the new Night Fury and what that means for his relationship with Toothless. Astrid wants to help him, of course, but it’s also inmersed in her General duties and getting ready to be a Chieftess. Fishlegs is thinking about his future, Ruffnut doesn’t want to decide between two guys and she’s trying to find herself, Snotlout is not sure about anything anymore and Tuffnut wants to honor his friendship with Chicken in an unique way.

-Of course Hiccup is tired of fighting. And Grimmel is just another Hunter. He’s not special (even though he thinks so).

-Narrowed the Dragon Hunters to three. And changed the name because Warlord means something way different to me.

-Tuffnut and Snotlout having “bro time”. Hiccup and Fishlegs spending time together, Ruffnut and Astrid actually having a conversation (yes, it starts being about guys, but that’s the problem inherited from the last movie).

-Hiccup and Fishlegs discovering the other Night Fury together as a nod of the first book. They’re best friends.

-She’s a Night Fury. She’s slightly bigger than Toothless, with pointier “horns” in her forehead and longer and pointier nubs. She also has lots of scars.

-Valka being afraid of being in a society again. I took the idea of “feral Valka” from Tumblr (if you ever talked about this, consider yourself tagged and thank you) and made it a little less extreme. She feels nervous when there’s a lot of people around and she has problems for getting along with Hiccup.

-Hiccup’s nightmare is how the ending of The Hidden World clashed with lifelong fans. The Berkians would be crying their eyes out. That wasn’t a happy ending.

-Yes, neutral pronouns is more 2020 than 2019, but if it’s difficult to tell some males from female dragons, this should be the case with Night Furies too.

-Since Hiccup was with Fishlegs when they discovered the other Night Fury, he’s going to scout the area with Astrid and her tracking dragon.

-Yes, Eret is here just for exposition, but that’s what you get when you add new characters to an already established group of friends.

-You can’t have a dragon without a name. “Evenfall” means “dusk”.

-Toothless would never accept an automatic tail.

-In this world, having an inherently bad dragon species is all kinds of wrong. The Deathgrippers are just being used by a bad person.

-Astrid is the one who saves Hiccup, not Valka. Also, they use their nicknames.

-The Hunters armada is supposed to be huge. Maybe they can fight it alone with all the dragons they brought to New Berk, but since there’s no New Berk in this version, they need some allies. And who better than some old friends?

-No, I don’t like Hiccup having a beard.

-I’ve never liked the fact of Fishlegs nor Snotlout ending with Ruffnut. Fishlegs is too soft and naive for Ruffnut’s strong personality (as seen in an episode of the series) and Snotlout has a strong personality too, so they would clash a lot. I like Fishlegs ending with Heather because they make a good couple and truly care about each other.

-Even though Minden is sort of mentioned (I liked her with Snotlout) their ending is up to the reader. Personally, I think they tried but didn’t work and Snotlout then realized he’s bi (I’ll dig deeper on this headcanon in the Drago version of the script).

-Also, Snotlout drinking “respect women juice”.

-Yes, the A-Team is here too. This may look as fanservice, but that doesn’t have to be a bad thing.

-Everybody fighting together as the badass they are.

-Grimmel had to be gone forever. They needed to know it was over.

-Sorry for the other death, but HTTYD is about bitersweet endings and that was supposed to be a big battle.

-Astrid’s parents looking like her.

-Hiccup needed to acknowledge that the war was over, but also that they’ll always protect dragons.

-The wedding wasn’t a big part of the story, but the finale. And no flower crowns and Astrid is wearing a mighty braid.

-Night Furies. The thing we were promised since Riders of Berk.

-And since this is a tale of friendship, there has to be a happy ending.

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