#that one COULD have been legit but then I saw the blog was created a month ago + one of the recent posts on their blog

[outrunningthedark]

Do you ever get tired of trying to stir up trouble ☠️ like embarrassing enough you trusted a “source” of Twitter without even confirming it was legit or not before spouting it off as fact and using it to spin theories only to have it revealed it’s just a fan who also trolled the fandom last season, once again trolling this season. For someone who complains about fans not using their brains ☠️☠️

and the reblogging of posts stating things like keep fandom separate from the actors, stop causing drama with ships, real people are off limits ( which I do agree with) however you say all of it As if you haven’t been and still are causing drama with shipping for the last week and a half, as if you weren’t dragging the R and C drama all over your blog the entire hiatus, as if you weren’t just making posts about R and O talking to Tommy’s actor about fandom and putting the idea out there about fans going and harassing him ☠️☠️ like the hypocrisy and the backtracking 🤯

You completely lost me after the "trying to stir up trouble", sorry. - It is not my problem that people who follow me or regularly check my blog to see what I'm saying (had no idea that was a thing, but okay!) took MY posts on MY blog about a hypothetical Buck story line and started spreading it around just so more people could do what you're doing right now. It's funny how I'm "one blogger with a theory" yet it's on everyone's mind. Maybe it wouldn't have caught on if y'all knew how to keep scrolling or stop looking, huh? You're still talking about me now. I know that much. - Who said I believed a twitter source? You? In your head? Those "sources" haven't said anything that I haven't already considered myself - not gonna be a good time come April? No shit. Buck and Eddie won't be any closer to canon and Eddie's probably in bed with Marisol. Both things I can figure out on my own without "insider info", thanks! - As for "real people are off limits", I think that's you twisting something you saw to fit your version of me that you've created because I obviously engage in gossip just like a lot of folks around here, but what I *don't* do is make my feelings on 9-1-1 or something IRL Ryan and Oliver's problem and tag them in shit because I think they actually care what I have to say. And as for the the exes debacle....you're actually making me look decent by admitting it was during hiatus (and more specifically, until sometime in October/November). I actually knew when to stop talking about it unlike those who question how often the woman has her kids because she doesn't post them, but then claiming she's trying to be a #mommyblogger when she does. Talk about flip-flopping. Okay. Go running back to your friends now. Bye!

#anonymous #tina speaks

[soft-spot-for-speedsters]

I posted 3,171 times in 2022

That's 2,492 more posts than 2021!

25 posts created (1%)

3,146 posts reblogged (99%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@givemewallywestorgivemedeath

@dailydccomics

@cassarson

@comatose--overdose

@frostbittenbucky

I tagged 107 of my posts in 2022

#blue beetle - 5 posts

#👀 - 5 posts

#jaime reyes - 4 posts

#dc - 3 posts

#ohhhhhh i love this one - 3 posts

#batman the brave and the bold - 3 posts

#static shock - 3 posts

#episode list - 2 posts

#static shock (tv) - 2 posts

#impulse - 2 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#im reblogging this here bc one such character i use as a dc oc and this is pretty spot on. shes the one in the story i reblogged a few days

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Jaime Reyes - Blue Beetle in Batman TBATB

So like, don't get me wrong, i have loved DC for years. I got stuck on the og Teen Titans cartoon when i was younger and never really got out of DC after that. I would catch episodes here and there of Batman shows or Justice League. (100% had a gay ass crush on Shayera/Hawkgirl and Raven before i even realized i was bi - not the point though.) Anyways, I remember aside from the Teen Titans though i never caught much interest, and certainly did not stay super interested in the Batman family, etc.

i still watched them, but aside from Raven and Beast Boy, i never had much of a focus. And i kind of loved them in a similar vain to a lot of my other interests. And then it happened, thinking back on it, I actually think it was the first episode drop, not any sort of rerun, that I saw the first episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold.

Which is called "Rise of the Blue Beetle" and introduces us to Jaime Reyes. It was over immediately - little 7 year old me absolutely LOVED Blue Beetle. Like, he became my favorite character, or at the most, more information stuck about him than even Teen Titans, though stubborn me refused to admit it because little me did not like changing favorites.

Years later, I remember basically nothing about Batman: TBATB, EXCEPT for Jaime Reyes and the Scarab (Khaji Da). it was my first introduction to the character and he stuck, to the point that years later I could still basically recount the first episode from memory.

Anyways, like I said, I never really got too much into Batman - though I fell in love with Flash from JL/JLU and that spiraled into my love for the speedsters, just, like, period. (They're my favorite family). However, i have been on a binge regarding Blue Beetle content, and I also owe it to him for introducing me to my tied favorite character, Bart Allen (Impulse). When Young Justice came out and i found out about it, the driving force behind me watching it was that I heard Blue Beetle ended up in it and i was sold, which then introduced me to Impulse and i started learning more on my own and then deep dived further down the rabbit hole of speedster lore.

While Bart is currently INCREDIBLY high on my favorites list, like, first place, he is tied with Jaime/Khaji Da (and will be because i have a special place for my favorite beetle boy).

I never got the chance prior to get heavy into comics that were DC - Marvel? Sure. But ask anyone that knows me and they'll tell you I know nothing about it.

There is not a really big point to this - I was just finally driven to watch the entire B:TBATB series (thank you @frostbittenbucky, and I was originally gonna watch only the episodes focusing of Jaime and the one with Bronze Tiger, but decided to actually watch all in case BB made any appearances).

i legit just wanted to dump about Jaime because I just finished "Fall of the Blue Beetle" and just, uhhhh, yeah.

37 notes - Posted September 1, 2022

#4

Hey so I saw @givemewallywestorgivemedeath posting about Bart from the new episode and made a comment off my main....

Now this exists

Guys, I am terrified to know what's going down, rip

Y'all coulda left him alone!! Wasn't taking Wally enough!!

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38 notes - Posted May 12, 2022

#3

So for those that have not heard the song - this is "The Ballad of Barry Allen" by Jim's Big Ego!

And for those of you that maybe have heard it but didn't realize - the lead of the band, Jim Infantino, is actually the nephew of the man responsible for the look of Barry Allen, Carmine Infantino! (Fun fact, according to Jim, Carmine drew the cover for their Album, Jim's brother did the inks, and Jim did the coloring/layout).

Carmine was also responsible for helping bring to life a few other characters - such as Elongated Man, Black Canary, Batgirl (Barbra), and Dead Man, and Christopher Chance (2nd iteration of the Human Target).

67 notes - Posted October 23, 2022

#2

Batman Unburied

So, I found this in my Spotify recommended the other day. Apparently Warner and Spotify teamed up to make it and it started posting on the 3rd it looks like. There are 10 episodes as of my typing this out.

But I figured some of y'all might like it and I haven't actually seen anyone talking about it. Here's some more info on the series.

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72 notes - Posted June 1, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Oh, shout out to @frostbittenbucky who was painting at my apartment the other day.

And like, 5 mins after telling me to "trust the process" as I expressed displeasure with how it was coming out (tho I was enjoying smacking the canvas with brushes, and kept saying "tap, tap, tap") looked over when I was done with the grass and exclaimed in a very surprised tone "it actually looks good!"

This isn't a call out, I just started cracking up about it again while I was looking over the current progress.

89 notes - Posted August 4, 2022

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Note from me: @cassarson was actually my first follower on this blog - I see you! Thank you! Also I met one of my coolest friends thanks to this blog when I followed hers (@frostbittenbucky). I still think it was funny how long it took you to connect my main blog with this DC one smh.

#tumblr2022 #year in review #my 2022 tumblr year in review #your tumblr year in review #Youtube #Spotify

[wanyinchen-narts]

I really don't know, how I stumbled upon your page but it seems to be exactly what I was missing in my naruto fiction life, like you showed me the goodness of the eternal kakagai pair.🥺🥺

I never ever pair Kakashi with anyone I never felt like he would ever go well with someone, and I have read some kakasaku and saw some obikaka and irukaka pics too but kakagai pair😭😭 always make me want to cry cause they are just so perfect. They are made for each other.😌

Your sunflower fanfic drawing was the one which brought me in this fandom and thank you so much for that really. I am just a little bit frustrated too by joining this fandom as there are very limited number of fanfiction of kakagai out there. I should know, I read every single one of them (I haven't slept in a week) but that just shows how small and less they are.

But seriously I am really thankful to you for show me this fandom.

ANON my beloved🥺🥺🥺🥺

Thank you so much for taking the time to send this to me, you're so sweet omg🥺🥺🥺💚 you've seriously made my entire week, and I'm still smiling like a fool rn after reading your message for the hundredth time🥺🥺 Thank you so much again!🥰💚

I'm super honored to have been one of the ones who has shown you the ✨😇Light of Kakagai ™😇✨ I legit did not expect that since I'm really late to the fandom and this art blog is new compared to my main one.

And they're super canon like it's ridiculous on how perfect they are for each other. They are each other's narrative foils and each other's closest precious person (🥺😭!!!) They trust each other on a level that is incomparable like wtf how are they not married??? Kishi set them up to be one of the most profound and deep relationships in naruto and are literally so compatible that I AM GOING ILL FOR THEM. THEY'RE ABSOLUTE SOULMATES. SUN AND MOON. DAY AND NIGHT. YIN AND YANG.

🥺 omg I'm super ecstatic that my Sunflower au drawing has grabbed your attention and set you on the road to read that absolute masterpiece of a fic, and eventually ship kakagai. Sunflower, without any exaggeration, is one of the best fics that I have ever read.

And yes, I really know how you feel. I've already read every kakagai fic I could stomach over fifty times already!😫✨ But that's the joy of having a relatively small(??) fandom that should definitely be bigger— it's that you're very much driven to create something new out of love, passion, and some small amount of spite. And from what I have gathered in my two-years-worth of lurking in the kakagai tag before having the balls to create a new blog for them, the kakagai community is mostly lovely and welcoming. So welcome (?) to the kakagai neighborhood 💚💙!

And, anon, please get some rest! Drink lots of water and take many naps, Gai-sensei would be sad if you won't look after yourself 🥺💚

#queue no jutsu!!!! #personal #asks and stuff #kakagai #naruto #anon 🥺🥺🥺🥺 #thank you so much again!!🥺💚💚 #the Sunflower fic deserves a tag as far as i'm concerned

[sunriseallium]

I posted 144 times in 2022

61 posts created (42%)

83 posts reblogged (58%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@letsfluxshitup

@kasey-writes-stuff

@onecanonlife

@sundrop-tetsu

@ghostly-tart

I tagged 72 of my posts in 2022

Only 50% of my posts had no tags

#wil is dumb - 53 posts

#wilren asks - 10 posts

#wilren writes - 4 posts

#ren rambles - 3 posts

#ren is tired lmaooo - 3 posts

#others fics :0 - 3 posts

#rens found family arc - 2 posts

#lee!wilbur - 2 posts

#dsmp tickle - 2 posts

#mcyt tickle - 2 posts

Longest Tag: 103 characters

#ren promises it will be hilarious it doesn't even have to be a legit longer version just longer yk lmao

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Masterlist :)

Fandoms:

- mcyt (dsmp/osmp)

- mha

MHA

The Stars Shined Down On Us -RodyIzu (1.6k)

Pino, My Soul -Rodyizu (2.8k)

MCYT

Home Has No Scent (so why can't I smell you?) -Wilbur and Tommy (2.4k)

Monsters -Tommy, Wilbur, cDream (2.1k)

Conversation -Wilbur (10/? chapters)

Memory Lane -Wilbur (9/9 chapters, 11.2k)

To Gain a Friend -Wilbur and Tommy (2.5k)

Safe and Sound -Wilbur and Tommy (ao3)

Dance With Me in the Rain -Ghostbur and Phil (1.4k)

Movement -Techno centric (1k)

U-Turn -Sbi (1k)

Revived -Revivebur (1.2k)

Dysphoria -Techno centric (0.7k)

Roadtrip -Wilbur/Sally (1.2k)

Habits -Wilbur (1k)

Pears -Quackity manburg era (0.9k)

It's All so Incredibly Loud -Techno (1.5k)

Wings -Wilbur and Phil (1.5k)

Rapid -Wilbur (7.5k)

Tickle fics:

High Shelf -Wilbur and Ranboo (2.2k)

Recuperating -Skeppy and Techno

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12 notes - Posted February 13, 2022

#4

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22 notes - Posted November 7, 2022

#3

Quackity is all of us rn.

31 notes - Posted January 27, 2022

#2

High Shelf

Summary: (osmp) wilbur trying to reach the high shelf turns into a lesson in tickling with ranboo

Word count: 2.3k

hiii I’m back, this is kinda shit but I wrote it all today and I’m not re-writting it so here take it, Also O!Ranboo she/her and o!wilbur it/he

read it on ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/41774529

Ranboo didn't understand a lot of things in the Overworld.

Generosity was a big one, but Tommy had been helping her with that and Ranboo liked to say she was getting the hang of it.

That's why when she saw Wilbur, the phantom hybrid, struggling to reach some ingredients from one of the top shelves, Ranboo decided that she would be kind (see! She is nice, Ranboo would have to remember to tell Tommy later), and help him.

That was the second thing she didn't understand. Overworld hybrids were so short. 

Ranboo had known that Enderman hybrids were taller than average (even in the end), but there were just some hybrids here that were just small. Sneegs, an inchling was a good example of that, Ranboo often feared that the squeaks of floorboards were Sneeg being accidentally crushed.

"Hey, need some help?" Ranboo asked, walking over.

Wilbur nodded, "yeah could you grab that purple thing and the netherwAHART RANBOO!" The phantom hybrid got cut off.

Ranboo picked Wilbur up, one hand on either side of his waist and then Phantom started struggling and wiggling. 

"Puhut meheh down!" Wilbur demanded.

Ranboo lowered him so his feet touched the ground but didn't let go. Instead she stared at the phantom confused.

"I was helping? Is that not what you wanted?" Ranboo asked.

"I just needed you to grab it for me!" Wilbur said in return. 

"I didn't know what you wanted, you could have just grabbed it yourself just then," Ranboo said in frustration. Overworlders were frustrating.

"Fine! I just fucking need it man," Wilbur sighed. 

"That's not kind words," Ranboo nodded to herself in confirmation. Tommy would be proud. 

"Sorry sorry," Wilbur did not sound sorry, "Just please help," the phantom asked.

"Fine, but you're grabbing it. I'm not touching whatever any of that is," Ranboo looked at the shelf filled with all different materials and vials. Some of which looked slimey and disgusting (no offence to Charlie of course).

Wilbur looked wary but hesitantly nodded after a moment, “just be careful,” was his only comment.

Ranboo picked Wilbur up the same way and only raised an eyebrow when the phantom tensed and held his breath. 

“Little higher,” Wilbur said while reaching an arm up. Ranboo nodded and adjusted her grip so she could lift him higher. That failed as Wilbur instantly brought its arm down to Ranboos hand and tried to curl up mid-air.

“Stop flailing!” Ranboo glared as she tried to maneuver around Wilburs bony tail that was swinging around now.

“I cahahan’t stop!” Wilbur laughed as he reached an arm up, the ingredients were so close! Then Ranboo shifted slightly and Wilbur's arm came back down. 

“Why do you keep laughing?” Ranboo was getting a tad frustrated at this point.  She was just holding a curled up Wilbur in the air, and Wilbur was damn lucky that since it was a phantom, it didn't have much weight because if so she would have dropped it without hesitation.

Wilbur waited for its titters to die down and then it spoke, “you know what you're doing!” 

Ranboo scowled, no way was the phantom blaming this on her right now.

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93 notes - Posted September 18, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Stress

Summary: Tommy gives Wilbur the job of being Technos stress reliever (ler!techno Lee!wilbur (I have such variety in my fics ik /s))

A/N: ALL PLATONIC! Shippers dni <3 /srs also first fic of 2022 very cool !!

Word count: 1.6K

-

"Wilbur."

When Tommy threw open Wilbur's door at 3 in the afternoon on a Sunday, Wilbur was properly pissed and ready to scream at the younger to "get the fuck out" as any older sibling would. However, at the worried look on Tommy's face Wilbur decided to spare the blonde any yelling and listen.

"I have a partner project with Tubbo that's due tomorrow so I have to go to his house and start and finish it." Tommy said as he leaned against the doorway.

Maybe Wilbur would yell at him after all.

"What's that got to do with me?" The brunet asked now setting his guitar back in its case.

"Well, I think Techno's really anxious for his fencing tournament on Tuesday and usually I help him when he's stressed cause I'm just the best person in the world obviously but I can't today and maybe could you?"

Wilbur decided he wouldn't yell at Tommy.

"Sure, go do your homework with Tubbo I'll be here for Techno," Wilbur smiled and Tommy visibly relaxed. "What do you usually do with him to help relieve stress?"

Tommy gained a light blush on his cheeks and rubbed the back of his neck, "uh nothing specific, nothing specific. Well bye I'm going to Tubbo's!" Wilbur didn't have time to ask another question before the younger was running out of the house.

The older sighed and put his guitar case gently under his bed and twisted his back to hear the satisfying crack. He supposed he should go check on Techno if what Tommy said was true.

Wilbur walked over to his twins room and gently knocked on the door (because he, unlike others *cough tommy cough*, knew how to be respectful and ask before entering). As soon as he heard a faint "come in" he threw open the door and walked up to where Techno was hunched over some books on his desk.

"Whatcha reading?" Wilbur asked as he peered over his twins shoulder. Techno pushed his face away with an annoyed grunt and closed the book to show him the title.

Fencing: Steps to Success

Book by Elaine Cheris

"Why?" Wilbur asked while concealing a smirk. It was time to show off his younger sibling (by two minutes) skills.

"Because I have a tournament coming up," Techo replied while opening the book to his bookmarked page.

"Why?" Technos huffed in annoyance but still replied.

"Because it's tournament season," he flipped to the next page.

"Why?" Wilbur was enjoying this way too much.

"If you ask that one more time I'm going to, well I don't know what I'll do but you won't like it," Techno said after a deep breath.

Maybe Wilbur would regret it, but it was worth it to see Techno so very annoyed. In addition it served as a distraction from his twins stress so win win.

Techno could hear the smirk in Wilbur's voice as the brunet said, "why?" One last time.

Wilbur jumped as Techno slammed his book shut and turned to glare at him.

"I'll give you 5 seconds," Wilbur didn't think twice before sprinting out of the room and down the stairs.

He faintly heard a "4" before the sound of the chair scrapping against the ground was heard.

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162 notes - Posted January 2, 2022

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[liziocit]

I posted 2,839 times in 2022

That's 2,492 more posts than 2021!

88 posts created (3%)

2,751 posts reblogged (97%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@anjimimimoo

@mondengel

@eugenephosgene

@grewlikefancyflowers

@weaver-z

I tagged 1,222 of my posts in 2022

#mdzs - 545 posts

#wei wuxian - 339 posts

#art - 244 posts

#lan wangji - 214 posts

#wangxian - 168 posts

#jiang cheng - 43 posts

#tgcf - 33 posts

#wen ning - 28 posts

#lan sizhui - 25 posts

#canon jiang cheng - 20 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#jugemu jugemu go-kō-no-surikire kaijari-suigyo no suigyō-matsu unrai-matsu fūrai-matsu kū-neru tokoro ni sumu tokoro yaburakōji no burakōji

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

"Ning-shushu, have I done it right?" Lan Sizhui asked, sceptical.

He was drawing and labelling the human body. Ning-shushu said that knowing the anatomy of the body was one of the foundations of healing.

It wasn't perfect but it was better than it looked before, when he had just told Wen Ning he wanted to learn the methods of the healing Wen.

At the time, Wen Ning had been stunned to silence while his eyes were open without any blinking for some time. He wasn't so well versed with his uncle's tells at the time but right now he knew that Wen Ning had felt like crying.

From that time onwards, Lan Sizhui would sneak off to Wen Ning's residence and learn about healing.

"It looks good, you remind me of my jie actually,"

"Really? How come?"

Wen Ning smiled slightly and said,"She used to draw her bones the same way you do, curved slightly but very precise,"

Lan Sizhui blushed, it was high praise when you're compared to the best doctor of a generation.

Wen Ning took out a diagram he had done specifically for the day, it was the ribcage drawn by Senior Wei. Senior Wei was the one who encouraged these lessons in the first place too, Hanguang-Jun as well. He gave resources from the Lan library and Senior Wei made some of their lesson materials like the diagrams and practical structures.

He could see why they did.

Overall, these lessons were both educational and personal to him. He was reconnecting with his heritage as a Wen and also spending more quality time with his uncle.

Lan Sizhui was glad.

72 notes - Posted March 19, 2022

#4

Allow me to introduce you to the deadliest smiles in the world.

how does being killed feel like?

73 notes - Posted June 10, 2022

#3

Just saw this weird ass relatable take:

This is why he’s my favourite character because he’s so relatable. I would also want to choke anyone if my parents died. I would go crazy and nuts with grief and would vow revenge and hatred forever if my sister died. I would forgive and forget eventually, after many, many years. I’d sacrifice myself for a loved one and never tell a soul. I would not give a damn about anyone else, family comes first. My justice and my needs above everything. So yeah, Jiang Cheng, not a hero, not a villain.

Um... Idk how to say this but choking someone isn't a good thing? Nor is it necessarily something to be like I would totally do that. Even if your parents died.

And Jiang Cheng legit killed Wei Wuxian after his sister gave her life for him why does he need to revenge? If anything it just shows how much he doesn't really respect her and shows no regard for her wishes. Since this isn't a good reason, give me another. Lets see: his overwhelming jealousy, his inferiority complex, the "favour" his father bestowed upon him, Wei Wuxian "ruining" Yunmeng Jiang's reputation, him "making" his parents die? If these are all your reasons, then there's no good basis for revenge.

And as for the crazy, do you really want to start torturing people that you think are your dead ex-shixiong for no other reason than you want to let all your anger and grief out? Because if that's true, then go get therapy. It might work wonders for your life.

Aside from that, I have never seen him have such morals unless you're talking about Wei Wuxian then I'd get you. But... Jiang Cheng? The brat who takes after his mother in parenting and basically makes a kid almost die because he doesn't know how to love and care healthily and doesn't bother learning? Jiang Cheng who looks at a cute kid and firstly thinks of kicking him off his leg because of his blood and surname? The guy who looks at a bunch of elderly and innocents and his first thought is : who cares if they die?

This is the guy you feel is relatable to you? I see...

Also, 'My justice and my needs above everything.'- there is no justice in Jiang Cheng, only his needs and perhaps some care for his nephew. And even then, why do you write this so proudly ? You sound somewhat self-centred and quite delusional in your wrong take of Jiang Cheng.

But you are right.

Jiang Cheng isn't a hero nor a villain. He's just a hateful brat who needs a major reality check. It's a trait he inherited from his mother.

77 notes - Posted January 8, 2022

#2

So me and @jiaoji2 were talking and we had this funny hc where if maybe half of what lwj did was found out by gusu lan, he'd be known as the bad boy of Gusu Lan.

Cos to them this is the guy who finds loopholes in rules, uses them with no shame, raised the ylz's kid, uses the ylz's tools, doesnt even try to respect a major sect leader he has a ton of justifiable beef with and also came back with the ylz, who was prolly the most supreme bad boy there was at the time, as his husband.

90 notes - Posted June 16, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

There are so many headcanons I have for post canon mdzs. And I just want to share some of the ones I really like for the junior quartet:

Jin Ling learning how to cook his mother's soup with Wei Wuxian teaching him.

Lan Sizhui gets to learn the healing cultivation of his side of the Wen clan and Wen Ning helps him.

The junior quartet picks up on Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji's ways of night-hunting and also goes where the chaos is. They each get their own title and their seniors are so proud of them.

Lan Sizhui calls Wei Wuxian baba at least once and gets all blushy over it but once he does it, he forgets to stop and he always calls him baba in private and Wei-qianbei in public.

Lan Jingyi simps for Wei Wuxian just as much as he does for Hanguang-jun and Wei Wuxian thinks its so cute. While Lan Wangji feels like it is right since more people should see how amazing Wei Wuxian is.

Ouyang Zizhen ropes the whole quartet into loving romance novels. They hold a book club meeting every friday and they just gush about their favourite scenes, the characters they love the most. They also gush about Wangxian.

Wangxian is the standard for romantic relationships in the junior quartet's eyes.

271 notes - Posted April 6, 2022

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I posted 19,126 times in 2022

That's 4,359 more posts than 2021!

51 posts created (0%)

19,075 posts reblogged (100%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@existentialvoidofexistence

@jelly-pies

@ironghostie

@wouldthehill

@an-odd-idea

I tagged 461 of my posts in 2022

#ask - 10 posts

#asks - 9 posts

#slay - 3 posts

#&lt;3 - 3 posts

#percy jackson - 3 posts

#!!! - 2 posts

#i dont want him to think its not in a bro way and i dont even know how much physical contact we have even had but. like. yearning dude. - 2 posts

#nice - 2 posts

#the 1 by taylor swift - 2 posts

#i have three windows open at all times - 2 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#friendly reminder that space junk in orbit that is more than 10 cm in width (i think) can do incredible domino effect-like damage. and this

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

TAYLOR SWIFT WROTE MASTERMIND ABOUT ANNABETH CHASE

9 notes - Posted October 22, 2022

#4

JUST READ UR BIO WHEN WAS UR BIRTHDAY???????

OMG SLAY!! MY BIRTHDAY IS 6TH OF SEPTEMBER AND SINCE IM AUSTRALIAN THAT MEANS ITS 6/9 😎😎😎😎😎😎

9 notes - Posted October 20, 2022

#3

neurotypical friends do not understand

26 notes - Posted May 1, 2022

#2

woah woah woah! i might delete this a bit later cause i think im gonna work on it some more tomorrow but. still reeling over that fact i made this.

[ID: two similar glass cups of tea next to each other. the one on the left is a reference photograph for a painting on the left. the reference has a big leaf in the cup and a simple background whereas the left does not have either. the painting has two hearts above it, one brownish-pink and the other green.]

26 notes - Posted June 10, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

ten songs i love by different artists

omg thank you @existentialvoidofexistence for tagging me!! i was very close to reblogging your post just to be an asshole but you're lucky <3

Stand Tall from Julie and the Phantoms

I could listen to this song a million times and i would literally never stop going absolutely bonkers at it. I love it so so much dude i need to rewatch jatp

2. Hate Myself by dodie

just. such a good song. i struggled to pick a dodie song because i love all of them so much but this was the first to come to mind

3. Bad Reputation by Joan Jett

This is such a headbanger and i have been listening to it recently bc my band might do a cover of it which will be fun. i dont know if i can sing like joan jett though

4. That's Not My Name by The Ting Tings

i have no idea how i even found out about this song but it goes so hard .

5. Madison by Orla Gartland

madison is my proof to my irls that i listened to orla gartland before heartstopper because when i was writing my english creative piece i had it stuck in my head so i named the two characters madison and orla.

6. Waiting in the Wings from Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure

legit have not even seen this show. i just watched this animatic on youtube and i have been hooked on it ever since. it just makes me Feel Things.

7. Real Gone by Sheryl Crow

the song from cars. my brother has watched cars so much out loud that i have grown to love this song. my teacher also saw me listening to it once and got excited that i also liked sheryl crow

8. My Tennessee Mountain Home by Dolly Parton

omg showing off that broad music taste. country music gets so much slander and for what. i love this song so much.

9. 1985 by Bo Burnham

slaps.

10. Bright Lights Bigger City/Magic from Pitch Perfect

i am obsessed with pitch perfect. it is so misogynistic and so feminist at the same time.

honestly though. these are just the most recent songs ive listened to lol!

no pressure tags for some mutuals and some people i see in my notes quite often:

@yaznomarbles @woweejoeyrichter @wands-n-lillies @ironghostie @guyhusbands @franken-pigeon @hillerska-official @fluencca @an-odd-idea @wouldthehill @whyare-youlooking

@insanitysmiles @comradebacterium @auaddict @bluedragonbaby @coffeeflavoredtears525600 @cowboy-lesbian @darkarfs @murkat @brorphine @repetitive-tautology

jeez that was a lot more tags than i thought i would do but. yeah. do it or dont do it

34 notes - Posted June 27, 2022

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[lestatslestits]

I posted 1,949 times in 2022

That's 496 more posts than 2021!

304 posts created (16%)

1,645 posts reblogged (84%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@pizza-hats-of-the-world-1882

@lestatslestits

@curetapwater

@thewarnerbrothers

@c-has-a-blog

I tagged 1,846 of my posts in 2022

Only 5% of my posts had no tags

#we have no taste but we like queue - 948 posts

#animaniacs - 340 posts

#iwtv - 160 posts

#laugh - 96 posts

#orville peck - 78 posts

#happy - 58 posts

#patb - 51 posts

#poto - 51 posts

#yeah - 45 posts

#encanto - 41 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#his sister is making clothes for someone who he basically describes as ‘whatever they saw in birdbox’ and he’s just like ‘yeah seems legit’

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

1,881 notes - Posted March 5, 2022

#4

I think the biggest tragedy about Diego is how close he was to having a normal life.

The majority of the other siblings (with the possible exception of Allison, although the more we learn about the scope of her powers, the more unlikely I think it is) were probably never going to have anything approaching normalcy, no matter where they ended up. Luther was always going to be incredibly strong. Klaus was always going to see the dead. Five would always be able to manipulate space and time, Ben would always have something monstrous just beneath his skin, Viktor would have been incredibly powerful, if unsuppressed by Reginald. None of that equates to normalcy. It doesn’t make the abuse they suffered from Reginald any less tragic, but it ensures that, by and large, their powers would have made them recognizably different from others, no matter where they ended up, in a way that would have interfered with them living a normal life.

And then there’s Diego. Diego, who came so close to being someone’s unusual story—this guy they knew once who could stay underwater for longer than anyone you’ve ever seen, and who won his beer money every weekend because he’s never once lost a game of darts. Casually weird, but not unbelievably so. Just a guy with some odd quirks. “My mom had one of those cryptid pregnancies,” he said once. Someone laughed at him, said, “I think they’re called cryptic.” “Yeah, whatever.” No one questioned it.

I dunno. I think about it a lot.

2,393 notes - Posted June 27, 2022

#3

It’s so funny how often creators make autistic characters without meaning to do it.

You make a quiet character who is bad at expressing their emotions and comes off as gruff as a result? Autistic.

You make a manic pixie dream girl? Autistic.

You make a character whose sole purpose is to be as out in left field as possible? Autistic.

You make a character who just knows So Much Information Holy Shit? Autistic.

3,065 notes - Posted September 27, 2022

#2

I think Allison should make some kind of comment about how she’s the only sibling who isn’t a guy and then Klaus should be like “surprise, motherfuckers”

4,255 notes - Posted March 30, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Why is it always Blorbo from MY shows? Reblog and tell me who your parents’ Blorbos are. I’ll go first: the entire cast of Downton Abbey.

15,359 notes - Posted March 12, 2022

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I have literally no memory of what that tag was in regard to. The rest tracks, though.

Also very embarrassing that IWTV is my third most used tag of the year, considering when the show came out.

#tumblr2022 #year in review #my 2022 tumblr year in review #your tumblr year in review

[shetheripper]

Hello all. I wanted to start compiling some writing and photos here for you guys in more of a journalist style fashion. Instagram is a weird place these days. Sometimes it’s hard to get what I want to say across to an audience who is willing to digest it. So here we are, welcome to the blog space! Happy new year! What a wild ride 2022 was. But first, let me give a little self introduction for some context as to how I got to where I’m at.

For about 6 years now I have been a dedicated skateboarder, which became my greatest passion and the love of my life. Not getting the opportunity until after high school, it felt I had finally found a place in the world that I could experience my life in an adventurous and thrilling way. Starting in Boerne as a small town local, I quickly moved to the city (San Antonio) as soon as I found out about street skating, and the people who meet up and do it. The idea of it all possessed me. I was obsessed with skating every spot and meeting new rippers, going out everyday and pushing it to the limits, subsiding off of very little and experiencing the most because of it. Skateboarding made me fall in love with my life.

By 2020, a local shop in San Antonio opened up with a team and mission I was so stoked on. Carlos, Eddie, Will, Daniel, Jake, Brett, and Jared, founded by OG goodtimes shop guys James and Shorty, and his wife Kelly. A couple months before opening up, Carlos called me to let me know that since he been fucking with me so long and seen me go so hard, “Unfortunately, you have to ride for the shop.” Being apart of Deli gave me a family and a support system that truly, sincerely believes in me and my passion as well as a place to dedicate my own love and support to. These guys are some of the best to do it out of SA and it means the world to me to share space and community with them.

I started contesting before sponsorship, in 2019 with zumies best foot forward in San Antonio being my first, then Red Bull corner stone. Cornerstone was the first time I had traveled somewhere for an event. The contest was a 5 stop series through the Midwest at some really rad parks in some places I had a few online friends. My friend Dillon Lyon, who runs Studio Skate Supply, one of the series stops, had been supporting and encouraging my skating online for about a year when he reached out to me about coming out to KC to skate the contest, meet everyone at studio, and just have a fucking awesome time. After this first contest I traveled to, it became a whole vibe for me! Getting out there was my M.O.! I’d sleep on someone’s floor or in my car, pretty much lived off of protein bars and electrolyte drinks, and it was the best time of my life. Felt like 90% of it was in the parks or streets, and only 10% was sleeping and eating. I took only what I needed and ran till I was empty.

At this time the womens divisions would usually consist of about 3-5 local girls, and then maybe a few travelers like me. What got me really stoked on being a part of contests was showing up and representing for the ladies. I always saw many spectating, with stars in their eyes that told me how much it meant to them to see the individual girls and their skills, putting it down in such a masculine and intimidating space. These contests had some pretty legit cash prizes too, which helped out a lot in paying for the trip, or being able to go to the next one. What was really in it for me was meeting the other chicks and creating community, as well as being able to inspire people and represent the minority. And maybe sometimes getting in some tough guys way and watch him throw a fit. I mean, I never did that! Ha.. But really. Skateboarding became a thrilling way for me to dismantle patriarchy, which is important to my ideas of society. In the face of this hyper masculine environment, doing my thing defied the very way people think life is structured and what it depends on. Girls are eating shit, skating rails, and flipping sets, too, that’s sick. There are also girls with very creative and stylish runs despite years of experience or “advanced” skill, and they have confidence in doing it, and they’re successful and admired… that shit is really sick.

After a 2 years of Cornerstone and a few months traveling out of my car, I was ready to come home and try to focus on putting together a video part, and teaching lessons.

So here we are.

In January, I was at moms. I was feeling antsy for new adventure and was still going hard for skating. I had been teaching a few lessons on and off for the last 9 months. The previous summer, I had spent a bunch of time in Austin skating, hiking, and making some really cool friends that I loved being around. It had been an obvious idea for a while to move out there, so when my friend Paola reached out to me about needing a roommate, I jumped on it and was living in ATX March 1st. I was able to transfer from Summermoon in San Antonio to the O.G. location on south 1st. The money was even better than back home, which was great, accept for everything in Austin was more expensive, and inflation was skyrocketing, so at the end if every month I was down to barely 100 bucks and sometimes not even that. So I was strugglin’. But who wasn’t! Still, every night the park was poppin with everyone else who worked the day away and dedicated their last waking hours to skating. I was still extremely stoked to get into the busy scene.

I made a lot of good friends in Austin. I also learned a lot about what friendship looks like to different people.

Skateboarding is more popular than ever. Everyday there is a new trend, a new board company, a new video part that will blow your mind. Shit is COOLER than cool, if you got it. The biggest and baddest dudes achieve god-like skater status through professional videos, sponsorships, and travel opportunities. All of these things were the conventionally universal Way to being successful as a skateboarder. I met a lot of people who had no concept of skating beyond these ideals. Having such a unique and beautiful experience with community and diversity up north really made skating important to me as a way to express myself, inspire others, and create opportunity. It felt like a lot of that was missing from the scene in Austin. On top of that, (TW sexual assault) there were so many rumors coming out about popular, well liked guys in the scene being r*pists and/or abusers. And most times, their friends did absolutely nothing, or worse, defended and sympathized them. Many women I knew who enjoyed skating simply didn’t, or would go across town, as they didn’t feel safe at house park, in fear they’d see someone who had harmed them. And he’s still the cool guy, still a sick filmer bro, still sponsored, nobody cares. This created intoxicating fury in me. Suddenly, a place I loved and was supposed to express myself freely in became a place I felt angry all of the time. I didn’t give a fuck about getting sponsored anymore, filming a video, trying to get on any team, or trying to prove myself in anyway. I was so over the hype, but I couldn’t get away from it, skateboarding was my whole life and passion. I almost felt like I needed to take my skating and run away so that I didn’t accidentally start hating it.

Somewhere between making coffees 40 hours a week and losing interest in proving myself to people who had no value for my experience, my fire dimmed, I stopped trying to seek community, and fell very deep into myself. I had anxiety every day. I was barely able to scrape by, making that sacrifice to be in a place that I didn’t feel happy in.

There are many lovely, memorable things I still hold closely about Austin. My friends were (and still are) extremely supportive, talented and independent. They inspire me deeply. Living among them kept me alive and well.

I loved visiting the public libraries and spending time reading in them. I read a lot of books this year that helped me get through the hard times.

I got to take a really bad ass trip to New York City for my first time in July. My older brother paid for my plane tickets and I promised I’d pay him back, but barely sent him $100. (Sorry Eli, love you) Deli paid for me to skate the Boadr open. My friend Kava hosted me, fed me, took me out to events and places I was actually stoked to be in, and gave me a beautiful, peaceful, safe place to sleep. I am immensely blessed! The trip really inspired me. (You can read my post about NYC here :) ~linkkk ) It was a week of complete freedom and the sickest community within skateboarding I had ever seen. Being there and meeting those people put me into worlds that felt like I had dreamed them into existence. I came back to Austin and found out we would have to move. It was nearly impossible to find a place that summer, so, I packed my shit and went home.

While my time in Austin was challenging and exhausting, I learned so many valuable lessons about myself. What I like and don’t like, about how good friends can empower you, and how liberating it is to not give a fuck what anyone thinks you should do and just find your own way to happiness. That was probably the hardest pill to swallow. Even though I loved my friends and being a part of their lives, maybe happiness in my life did not look the same to me. And that’s ok. I moved home to San Antonio August 1st. I had two months of recuperating from my massive failure to pursue what was sought out to be a successful, fun skate life. A couple good Deli sessions, local events and teaching lessons revived my love and passion for community in skateboarding. But still, my hyper independence and lust for adventure was pushing me to expand my horizons. I was tired of living at home, and I wanted to do something adventurous. Since living/traveling in Oregon, I had fallen in love with hiking and exploring wild areas. There is a part of me that longs for wide open spaces. After a bit of Tik Tok research about seasonal work, I found a job in Big Bend National Park as a waitress at the Chisos Mountain Lodge on coolworks.com. Affordable housing and remote wilderness gave me the opportunity to save money, which I needed to do more than anything. I would also be living in a place where I could spend more time outdoors on the trail and in the back country. So I took the job and head out here October 28. While I am making and saving quite a bit of money, as well as hiking and backpacking some epic trails, the job and work environment is hectic. The lodge is run by Aramark, a massive corporation with little respect for their service workers. We have no restaurant manager, we're severely understaffed, and we often work 10+ hour shifts without breaks. The holidays had me ready to run home to my mama and never work another park job again, but I got through it. The housing situation is a big problem out here, too. We live in some of the most run down mobile homes I've ever seen in my life, many are 2-3 people to a small bedroom, sleeping in bunk beds with very little space to keep any possessions. Luckily, I was placed in a room that is so small it would be impossible to put another bed in there, so I got my own space, which has worked out great for me, except for the light fixture in my bedroom falling and breaking on my face, cutting open my chin and leaving a scar. Oh, and the mice that live in the walls. I guess if it ain't one thing, it's another. So, things are less than perfect, but what's new! It is still an enchanting experience to live in the national park. I've made friends from all over the world, hiked distances I previously would have never dared, and been able to unplug from busy city life and dependence on it. It's been a good step back and given me a lot of perspective. It's also been refreshing to enjoy other activities besides skating, as I was feeling a little burnt out from my experience in Austin. What I love about skateboarding personally is that it is challenging, mentally and physically, and therefore empowering. I get the same stoke out of hiking and backpacking. It's kept me active and happy with life.

So here we are! Rolling into the new year with new perspective and experiences. I am so grateful for every piece of this journey, as all of it has brought me here safely to where I am today. Going forward, I am ready to come home and get back to teaching lessons and skating with my team. I really needed a breather and my time out here has sincerely helped me process my passion and where I want it to take me. I'm definitely crazy stoked on travel and adventure so i'm learning to balance that with my skate life and commitments to it in San Antonio. One thing for sure, I'm not going to stop either. My passion drives me to experience life in the most exciting and enriching ways.

Hope you've enjoyed this novella of a 2022 recap. It means a lot that you've read it. Please share with friends if you feel so inclined and check back for more content as I continue to live my adventurous and non traditional lifestyle.

Lilith/S.T. Ripper

[ishipmyotp]

I posted 18,462 times in 2022

That's 2,091 more posts than 2021!

278 posts created (2%)

18,184 posts reblogged (98%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@nyanbinary-lesbinyan

@jacobtheloofah

@sanshofox

@vergilberg

I tagged 473 of my posts in 2022

#one piece - 22 posts

#the owl house - 7 posts

#maddie - 6 posts

#encanto - 6 posts

#emperor belos - 4 posts

#metalocalypse - 4 posts

#emoji spell - 4 posts

#addy - 3 posts

#pickles the drummer - 3 posts

#time for crab - 3 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#that one time i saw dean venture fanart where he looked so different from canon i legit thought he was a fan character until i saw the tags

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Philips grand plan that he needed to "live long enough to see through" was never anything like going home or becoming a witch or anything cool like that- his plan was to kill all witches. He's a witch hunter. What else could a puritan man like that want than the ability to wipe out an entire realm of them. Who cares that those witches are people who care and laugh and are children who put flower crowns on "Abominations"? They probably weren't even called Abominations until he got there. Those coven sigils are just a literal kill switch. The day of unity is really a day of reckoning; it's true purpose a lie just like everything Hunter was told.

59 notes - Posted April 23, 2022

#4

...Is that Thurston?

69 notes - Posted July 3, 2022

#3

Mother fucker that's Dave

179 notes - Posted July 3, 2022

#2

I know the now 3 try guys basically play characters and all and have traits like "Eugene is the gay sassy one" or whatever, but it's so, so annoying that most of the things people are speculating about his reactions to Ned ruining his family and their business is literally just people saying "Ooh, he's totally holding back saying petty things!" (Their "what happened video") and "Ooh! He's not on the Try Pod video talking about the situation because he'll spill all the gossip-tea-beans-pettyness!" Even though Keith and Zach said in that very video that he just doesn't like to do podcasts all that much. I think there were only three normal comments about how he may be feeling about it all and those were: That he probably went off on Ned for this shit, That he was pissed and/or using anger to mask sadness in the "what happened" video, and that as a child of divorce he probably knows what Ariel's kids are going to go through because of all this. I don't think I saw people act this way as much or at all about Zach or Keith. It feels kinda like you guys are making him a bit of a caricature of himself with this

291 notes - Posted October 7, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Do you think the person or people who owned Neil are aware people have been celebrating their rat on this website for the past few years

2,754 notes - Posted April 13, 2022

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[ugly-anastasia]

I posted 451 times in 2022

That's 186 more posts than 2021!

83 posts created (18%)

368 posts reblogged (82%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@prince--thomas

@toby-determined

@kouros-herc

@oh-heartlessman

@maryxoliver

I tagged 451 of my posts in 2022

#tom - 58 posts

#toby - 56 posts

#inspo - 49 posts

#thomas - 46 posts

#herc - 42 posts

#hercules - 22 posts

#howl - 21 posts

#ken - 18 posts

#elinor - 16 posts

#swynsta - 16 posts

Longest Tag: 133 characters

#this is like definitely not what the reading would be this week but i legit could not find any source telling me what it should be so

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Off The Record | Anatoby

When Toby told Annie that the final edits were done and the story would run the next morning, Annie had felt euphoric. Her first real story! Not that she didn’t think her columns were real writing, of course. They took work and effort and research. But this was different. This was special. This was the culmination of a lot of research, and an entire stakeout, and, well.. Annie had actually had a lot of fun with it. It had gotten her through a really rough time this summer, this project and doing it with Toby.

So she had suggested getting drinks the following evening to celebrate. Their first story together. Maybe there would be more in the future, even.

But by the following evening, everything was different.

Annie had expected Dian and Elena to be upset, of course. But not the entirety of Swynlake (or so it seemed). Didn’t people like celebrity gossip? Since when was everyone rushing to the Princess of Avalor’s side to defend her against some reporters exposing a romantic scandal? Maybe they just didn’t like Annie... That was the thought that did kind of hurt...

Still, she kept her promise to meet up with Toby at Tiana’s Place. Honestly, she could kind of use the company of someone who, like, kind of understood. She put on a nice dress and did her makeup, but everything looked just a little bit off— evidence of a day spent furiously replying to DMs and fending off Twitter callouts.

“Toby!” Annie said, smiling with relief when she saw him. “Thank god. How’re you holding up?”

[outfit]

@toby-determined

26 notes - Posted September 7, 2022

#4

Work Bestie | Anatoby

Annie didn’t have to come into the office all that often, because she was a freelancer who only put out one piece a week (and that piece was usually pretty easily edited). But her editor wanted to talk more in-depth with her about the editorial schedule for the spring, and Annie wanted to make a good impression, so of course she came in. 

She did, however, feel a bit awkward about it, because she didn’t know most of the other staff. So when her meeting ended and lunch rolled around, Annie hovered uncertainly in the hallway. She hated feeling out-of-place. But she didn’t want to just leave without being seen either. But then she saw the perfect answer-- that funny little man, Toby Determined.

“Hey, friend!” Annie said, sidling up to his desk. “Had to come in for a meeting today. Wanna get lunch? Catch up? It’s been too long!”

[fit check]

@toby-determined​

26 notes - Posted January 7, 2022

#3

Candid Camera | Andrakina

For once, Annie felt relatively accomplished. She had fired off the email to the neighborhood that morning before taking Jaxson and Harlynne to school and daycare, and now she planned to have a productive morning working on her column and maybe doing a bit more research for her project with Toby. So it wasn’t until she pulled into her driveway and saw two figures at her door that Annie’s mood shifted.

At first, she was panicked. She considered calling the police right then and there, because it seemed the Order had sent more henchpeople to come stake out her house! But then she looked closer. And she realized-- oh. It was just her deranged neighbors. 

“Can I help you!” Annie announced loudly, crossing her arms and smiling, though it didn’t quite reach her eyes. She supposed she had told her neighbors they were free to reach out to her with any questions. So she should at least put on an appearance of friendliness. Even if it was... Sarina and Drakken.

[outfit]

@dr-drckken​ @accendimi​

27 notes - Posted June 21, 2022

#2

It’s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood | Kourmaine

After her conversation with Sheriff Clayton, Annie was feeling more ready than ever to give South Swynlake Homeowners and Renters Together (working title) her full attention. Well, all of her attention that wasn’t already focused on chasing around two young children, keeping up with the increasingly frequent prenatal appointments, and getting her column in on time every week. But she kept it in the back of her mind, and so when she was outside supervising Harlynne and Jaxson’s very adorable snowball fight and saw her (very handsome) neighbor out shoveling snow, Annie just had to say something.

“Hercules Kouros?” Annie said, flipping up her sunglasses over her fuzzy headband. She remembered him from secondary school-- talk about a glow up!-- and she didn’t know how he felt about her now, but that wasn’t going to stop her. “Funny running into you out here! I didn’t know you lived in this neighborhood!”

[outfit]

@kouros-herc​

29 notes - Posted January 31, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Annie On The Street | Open

Annie’s only job at the Squire right now was still her column. And she didn’t really need interviews for that— usually, she just wrote from the heart, as she told her editor. But ever since that exposé had been published, Annie had been itching to expand her reach. Maybe she could get some real stories, stories of her own, if she proved that she could do it! And since Annie believed very strongly in working with what she already had, she was going to beef up her column with some interviews.

Election season was the perfect opportunity for that!

“Excuse me!” Annie said, approaching someone passing by. “Annie Tremaine, Swynlake Squire. I’d love to chat with you about the issues that matter to you in this election!” No, she was not going to ask if they had a minute. If you wanted something, you had to demand it.

[outfit]

38 notes - Posted October 5, 2022

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#swynyearinreview #this feels like a very accurate summary of annie's year lol #look at me never consistently tagging tom's name right #i gotta fix that lol

[warcrimesimulator]

I’ve been on Tumblr since 2012, I can identify a fake “SJW” blog from a mile away. You’re not going to bait me, Tumblr <3

#Troll blogs are smarter now though #that one COULD have been legit but then I saw the blog was created a month ago + one of the recent posts on their blog #was claiming that memes about monkeys are anti-black #bait bait bait

[marzipanandminutiae]

These Doll Descriptors Mean Nothing

I just saw an antique mechanical doll depicting a baby in a cradle listed as a “mourning doll" on eBay...when the mechanical elements make it move

right

this MOVING BABY is supposed to be dead. sounds legit

so let’s get into some outdated/meaningless antique doll terms, shall we?

1. Mourning doll. This old chestnut is so popular that even the great Caitlin Doughty of Ask A Mortician repeated it on her blog. Those death-obsessed Victorians just loved making wax models of their deceased children, dressed in the child’s clothes (or garments made from the fabric thereof) and wigged with the child’s hair. How spooky! How conveniently perfect for modern horror stories! How-

-fake.

I’ve heard exactly ONE confirmed story of a doll modeled after a dead child, and that was a single doll made by a family of dollmakers and never sold.

(wax doll c. 1900, allegedly modeled on Patrick Enrico Pierotti, a child of the famous Pierotti dollmaking family who died in infancy. V&A Museum)

You often see these labeled as “mourning dolls”:

(wax doll depicting a baby lying on its back, amongst flowers. probably 19th century. private sale.)

Hate to disappoint, but they were usually devotional pieces meant to represent the infant Christ. womp womp.

I’ve also seen no convincing evidence of alleged “death kits-” toy funeral kits sold to little Victorian girls so they could learn to care for the dead. Staging a doll’s funeral did happen, based on extant photographs, but kids play at every stage of life with their dolls even now. And most of those photos involve setups any child could create with things around the house, as well as perfectly ordinary dolls.

2. Frozen Charlotte. Another popular example of Those Spooky Macabre Victorians is the rumor that little one-piece ceramic dolls common in the era were named for the 1840s poem “Fair Charlotte,” about a young lady who freezes to death on the way to a winter ball.

(There are larger examples of one-piece ceramic dolls from this era, but most are small and rather crudely painted; see above)

However, that term seems to have originated among collectors in the 1940s. Contemporary sources simply call the dolls “penny dolls” or “penny babies,” in reference to their low prices.

3. Mignonettes. Little jointed all-bisque dolls have been commonly given this name among collectors for ages. However, there’s no evidence for its contemporary use- the French seem to have called them “poupees a poche,” (pocket dolls), and most of them came from Germany anyway.

(All-bisque doll by the Kestner firm, late 19th century)

4. Milliner’s models. Another bit of collecting jargon often used for dolls of the early to mid-19th century with papier-mache heads. Invented in the 20th century to reflect the fanciful and entirely unsupported notion that thy were used to model the latest fashions in shops, as opposed to being primarily toys with secondary, coincidental fashion-related functions for a child’s mother, older sister, etc. Contemporarily, they seem to have been called “varnished-head dolls” when referenced as a distinct category at all.

(Papier-mache headed doll c. 1830s)

There are many more, but there are four of the most common to look out for!

#long post. #dolls #antique dolls #antiques

[t0wnspersonb]

Twin Bed (Tsukishima Kei x Reader)

Anonymous said:

are u taking requests rn? 🥺 ive read ur tsukki fics and i know to myself ur the only one who can write this request amazingly: tsukki sneaking in to his s/o’s room at night bc he misses her and he saw how cute she is in her pajamas but couldnt help getting turned on as well bc she is wearing shorts and an oversized shirt it also didnt help that her bed is for one person only ;) UR AN AMAZING AUTHOR AND NEVER STOP WRITING TSUKKI OR HAIKYUU SCENARIOS COS THE PPL NEED U

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Word Count: 2,475

Rated: Explicit

Warnings: SMUT, my shit writing, bad language

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Yoooo this is was legit so fun to write lmao. I hope I did your request justice anon and I appreciate your kind words!!! I know I have other requests sitting in my inbox and I will try and to get to them soon. I might be a bit inactive the next couple of weeks, I will be going vacation (I definitely fucking need it lol) this week and then I start classes again. RIP. I hope you guys enjoy this one and let me know what you think!:) I literally am at a lost for words with how amazing you guys are and how unproblematic you guys have been considering the bullshit that’s been going around in the community. I just want to reiterate that this is a safe and fun place for everyone, it is never my intention to make anyone uncomfortable and if I do please let me know so that I can apologize correctly for it! But to make things clear I will not tolerate any fuckery on this blog, I don’t have the energy nor the patience to deal with shit like that. We are all capable of being decent human beings to each other. No drama, no bullshit, just a fun and safe place for everyone that wants to be part of it. ANYWAY, enough of my ranting, please enjoy this filth and my shit writing lmao 😘😘😘💕💕💕💕

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You frowned slightly as you looked at your phone, your eyes squinting against the harshness of the light. 

 Tsukishima had texted you, multiple times - at two in the morning - in fact. While you dearly adored your boyfriend of only five months, you didn’t exactly adore the fact that he woke you up at this time.

 Especially considering you had to be up in about five hours to get ready for an exam.

 You sighed through your nose as you tugged your blankets from your body and made your way to your door. 

 “Kei… it’s two in the morning…” You yawned, looking up at your tall boyfriend with sleepy eyes. “The dorm manager is going to get mad at me if she catches you here.” 

 “Well let’s not get caught then.” he drawled out, gold eyes flickering over your body. A blonde eyebrow arched up; “is that my shirt?”

 You blinked at him for a moment, not fully registering what he had just asked before a soft blush began to coat your cheeks.

 You were definitely wearing one of his shirts, a green Sendai Frogs shirt that was way too big for your body, given his tall stature. He had left the shirt at your dorm two weeks ago, and naturally you wore it to bed almost every night. 

 “No.” You said in a small voice, carefully playing with your fingers as you looked up at him through your lashes.

 A soft blush covered Tsukishima’s cheeks before he scoffed, his slender fingers reaching up to push his glasses back up his nose. “You’re a terrible liar. Looks good on you though.” he said, brushing past you to get into your room.

 You turned to see him plop himself onto your bed, and you couldn’t help but stare. It was a strange sight to see to say the least. His 6’4 frame was just a tad out of place in your room, especially sitting on your incredibly small bed. But more so he was out of place because, well, your boyfriend was beautiful. It was like a Greek god decided to pay you a secret visit before the sun came up, ready to disappear at any moment. 

 Tsukishima’s hair was tousled perfectly, the tight black shirt he wore complimented him perfectly, emphasizing his broad shoulders and thick biceps. You felt your mouth go dry as you realized that he was wearing grey sweatpants, clinging low on his hips.

 How could someone look so good at two in the morning?

 “Are you just going to stare at me the entire time?” He called out, his back leaning against the wall your bed was pushed up against, his phone in hand. 

 “You’re the one that wanted to come over.” you frowned, locking your door before making your way towards the bed. “You’re taking up all the space.” You whined. 

 He rolled his eyes before his long legs parted, creating a space on the bed. “Come here.” 

 You felt your face burn even more, a strange shyness overtaking you at the intimate position he wanted you in. 

 It wasn’t like you had never been close to Tsukishima before, you guys had been intimate, many times... but then why were you so nervous all of a sudden?

 “What are you waiting for?” he asked, a blonde eyebrow quirked up.

 “Shut up.” you grumbled, carefully climbing over one of his long legs. You settled yourself against him, your upper body fitting easily between his legs, your back resting against his stomach and your head gently pressing into his strong chest.

 Resting against Tsukishima was far better than resting in your tiny bed. 

 One of his arms carefully wrapped around your waist, his large hand gently pressing against your stomach, the other hand held his phone in front of both of you, a volleyball game overtaking the screen.

 It was silent for a moment, both of you absorbed in the video. It had only been fifteen minutes into the game when Tsukishima began looking over your body. His gold eyes taking in your bare legs before flickering up. He zeroed in on the exposed skin of your hip, the shirt you wore had been pulled up slightly. 

 He swallowed thickly, arousal beginning to spike in his blood. Christ, it wasn’t like you were naked right now; it wasn’t like you were wearing anything incredibly enticing, but… fuck. Tsukishima began wracking his brain for when the last time it was that he had seen you. That’s right, it had been a while, a little over two weeks in fact. 

 His sudden desire was because he had just missed you right? He couldn’t possibly be turned on from the simple fact that you were in the shortest shorts known to man, or the fact that you were in his shirt and you weren’t…. Christ, you weren’t wearing a fucking bra. 

 He could see your hardened nipples through the shirt despite how baggy it was on your small body. 

 “Can you hold the phone, my arm is getting tired.” he said quietly, hoping that you hadn’t felt his hardening member against your back just yet. 

 “Really Kei?” you rolled your eyes but took his phone nonetheless, your eyes completely glued to the screen. The game was just beginning to get interesting.

 It was silent again.

 But this time, Tsukishima trailed his hand down to your exposed skin, carefully sliding his fingers under your shirt, gently tracing against your soft skin.

 You sighed softly at his touch, your body wiggling slightly against him to get more comfortable. Tsukishima took that as a good sign, his hands traveling further up, the rough pads of his fingers felt incredible against your skin; goosebumps erupting over your body.

 You shivered slightly, desire spiking in the pit of your stomach as his long fingers began moving further up, until they rested just below your breasts. Your breath hitched, your heart thumping loudly in your ears now. 

 His fingers carefully dragged against the soft underside of your breasts. You felt Tsukishima shift, his upper body sitting up slightly, his lips brushing gently against the shell of your outer ear, hot breath rustled your hair. 

 “Who’s winning?” he murmured, lips grazing against your ear before carefully brushing down towards your neck.

A soft whimper tore through your lips. “It’s uhmm… uh - o-oh Kei.” your eyes fluttered shut as his tongue darted across your skin, tasting you before biting down softly. You could feel your cunt clenching at his actions, your bundle of nerves suddenly throbbing to be touched.

 “What was that?” he teased softly, the hand that was gently caressing the underside of your breasts suddenly moved up, carefully cupping your entire breast, long fingers gently tugging at your hardened nipple.

 You moaned loudly before immediately dropping his phone, both hands clasping your mouth shut tightly.

 “Oh, that’s right, if your dorm manager caught me here, she would be furious right? I don’t want you getting in trouble, so you best be quiet hmm?” he murmured softly against your skin before pinching your nipple hard between two fingers.

 Your breath hitched, your eyes squeezing shut as pleasure rippled through your body.

 “But you make the cutest noises when you're turned on.” he said, his voice incredibly quiet and calm, despite the growing hardness that was pressing into your back now. “You’re in quite the dilemma, aren’t you?”

 His other hand suddenly trailed down, his fingers curling against your through your shorts. 

 “Fuck… you’re soaked.” he groaned quietly, feeling your arousal leaking through your panties and staining your shorts.

 He suddenly leaned back once again, your head once again resting against his strong chest. But despite his composure, his heart was racing just as much as yours. 

 He suddenly bucked his hips up, his cock rubbing against your back. A soft sigh escaped his lips, the hand that was groping your breast pulled out of your shirt and tangled into your hair, gently tugging and forcing you to arch your neck, staring up at the blonde male now.

 His gold eyes held nothing but lust now as he stared down at you with half-lidded eyes. 

 You had never seen a more gorgeous man in your entire life. 

 “What do you want?” he asked, his voice deep with arousal. But before you could say anything, the hand that was grasping you through your clothes suddenly tugged your shorts and panties to the side, long fingers brushing softly against your weeping slit.

 Tsukishima exhaled loudly, his cock jumping against your back as he felt just how wet you were. 

 “Fuck…” he whispered quietly, and carefully slid his finger to the top of your cunt, his finger gently pressing down against your clit.

 A jolt of pleasure erupted through your body, your mouth falling open in a silent plea as your eyes fluttered shut.

 He began rubbing delicate circles against you, a soft pleasure beginning to build up in your lower stomach, your hips rocking up carefully with his movements.

 “K-Kei…” you trembled, your hand reaching down and grasping at his forearm helplessly. 

 “Are you close?” he asked, his finger pressing down just a little bit harder, but that was all that you needed to get your legs shaking.

 The way he touched you… the way that he took care of you… it was no wonder you were completely head over heels for him.

 He was just too good.

 You nodded helplessly against his chest, and then suddenly he pulled his hand away from your dripping cunt, a soft cry of distress tearing through your lips. Why did he… but you were so close…

 “Can you move away for a second?” he asked quietly, gently pushing you forward. You shakily scooted away from him and heard the rustling of sheets and clothes. You twisted your head to look back and - your mouth went dry.

 Tsukishima was still resting against the wall, his lower body easily sprawled out against your bed as you still sat between his long legs, but this time… this time… he laid with one hand behind his head, the other was easily grasping his member, lazily sliding up and down his shaft. His grey sweatpants were bunched up around the tops of his thighs, his black shirt pulled up slightly, exposing his lower stomach and the perfect lines of his Adonis belt.

 “Come here.” he demanded, you turned to crawl over to him, fully intending on taking him into your mouth- his hand flew up, halting your movements. “No. I want to be inside you.”

 Your lips parted slightly as you nodded in a daze, your cunt squeezing around nothing at his words. But before you could sink down on top of his cock, he stopped you once more. 

 “Turn around.” he commanded. Your lips trembled softly, your hands gripping his upper thighs as you situated yourself on top of him, you could feel his fingers tugging your shorts and underwear to the side again, and then something blunt and thick began rubbing up and down your soaked entrance. 

 “Don’t tease me Kei, please.” you whimpered out, but before you could plead further, he grabbed your hips, forcing you to sink all the way down onto his member in one movement.

 You gritted your teeth tightly, biting back the loud shout that wanted to escape your throat at the sudden intrusion, at the force of him already hitting the most devastating depths within you.

 Fuck you had never been quite this full, never had someone quite this deep until you met Tsukishima.

 “Shit.” he cursed, growling slightly, his grip on your hips tightening as his eyes fluttered shut as your tight heat engulfed him completely.

 He could never get used to this. 

 After a moment of adjusting to the new intrusion you began rocking your hips, carefully sliding back and forth, your lips forming into a silent o as pleasure jolted through your body at each drag of his cock against your walls.

 A soft whimper tore through your lips as he began grabbing handfuls of your ass, his fingers gripping tightly at the soft flesh, kneading and pulling your cheeks apart. Before his hand settled on pulling your shorts and underwear further away, his eyes taking in the obscene way your cunt swallowed his cock.

 The quiet room was filled with the sound of rustling sheets, the wet noises of your arousal leaking through your stuffed cunt as Tsukishima slid in and out of you, the soft and breathless moans that escaped your lips, and the soft grunts of Tsukishima as he fought back his release. He couldn’t cum yet, not until you did.

 But he could tell that you were close by the desperate way you rocked your hips, faster, sloppier, chasing for a release.

 “Cum for me.” he demanded, his large hand cracking down against your ass. Your hand came up, stifling the loud gasp that wanted to escape your lips, your cunt clenching tightly around him. You could feel it then, the pleasure mixed with the sharp pain, the tightness in your lower stomach finally releasing. 

 “Fuck that’s it.” He murmured, watching as you trembled above him, his hands coming down to grip at your waist, forcing you to move faster against him as he began chasing his own release.

 Tsukishima gritted his teeth tightly before carefully shoving you off of his member, a soft cry escaping your lips as you collapsed on top of his legs. He gripped his member tightly, shooting thick ropes of his warmth all over your raised bottom, staining your shorts completely.

 “Shit hold on.” he panted slightly, carefully moving himself from under you. He tucked his softening member back into his sweatpants before moving towards your closet, grabbing a towel and making his way back to you. His gentle hands easily cleaning you up before tugging your shorts and panties off, replacing them with fresh ones.

 You looked up at him sleepily as he began situating you both on your small body, half of your body resting on top of his as he drew the blankets over your guys’ form. 

 “You suck Kei. If I fail this exam because I’m too tired to focus, you have to buy me ramen.” you mumbled against his chest, your eyes drooping as sleep began to tug at your mind.

 “If you fail this exam just because you’re tired then that just proves you didn’t actually study for it. You should’ve been able to retain that information regardless.” he said, fingers gently running through your hair.

 “You suck.” you sighed again, softly nuzzling your face into his chest.

 A smile tugged at his lips, but he didn’t say anything else. 

 Not that you would have listened anyway, considering that you were knocked out now. 

 Tsukishima’s body was definitely more comfortable than your twin bed. 

#haikyuu!! #haikyuu x reader #haikyuu x you #haikyuu smut #tsukishima kei #tsukishima kei x reader #tsukishima kei x you #tsukishima kei smut #tsukishima kei imagine #tsukishima x reader #tsukishima x you #reader insert #haikyuu reader insert #tsukishima smut #tsukki #tsukki x you #tsukki x reader #tsukishima kei x y/n #tsukishima x y/n #smut #requests are open #requests are welcome #haikyuu requests

[shirecorn]

Hey there, would you reblog the pinned post regarding about my dog on my blog? Very much appreciated if you boost or share! We need funding for [insert name of dog here] treatment asap. Ignore if not allowed xoxo

[I amputated the scammer how's that for vet care]

Normally I just ignore these but it's a great opportunity to talk about fundraising and also plug my actually legit and verifiable fundraiser for the bunny I've been fostering, Marlow.

Here comes a longass post. I have been campaigning for donations through Gofundme, Paypal, ko-fi, Venmo, offering commissions, adoptables, patreon rewards, selling prints, mugs, and products, posting assets, workshops, and photography, and reaching out via facebook, email, and phone to vet bill help groups, bunny enthusiasts, local animal aid groups, community pages, and rabbit rescue organizations to solicit donations. So, I've learned a lot over the past month about what works and what doesn't. The more effortful and widespread your outreach, the better.

What I learned about fundraising

It's not easy. I spend hours per day on fundraising and Marlow is still over a thousand dollars in the hole. You don't sit there and wait for free money. You put blood, sweat, and tears into it. While donating feels good, having the beneficiary return their investment with passion, effort, and information creates a mutual investment that is good for everyone. First off. Don't spam random popular blogs. There are plenty of blogs out there who love to signal boost mutual aid posts. I am not one of them. I am an art blog. I have not shared campaigns I'm not part of and will never share anything I can't personally verify.

Be Detailed

Give details to show you're legit. You only have the ONE post about your dog that I could find, yet your story implies he's been sick for a while. Nobody's going to be invested if they don't know the story, don't know your dog's personality, don't know your relationship with your dog, etc. You gotta tell people why they should care if you want to get donors. More details with a consistent timeline also make you more trustworthy. Showing a timeline of events is important so people know you aren't reusing old campaigns, and that you're still in need of funds. You also need to include how much money you need (specific amounts are best) and what it will be used for (exam fees, medicine, specific procedures etc.) This not only makes you more believable, but also more tangible and donors will feel involved and invested if they can picture something they are specifically paying for. What is "treatment" ? how soon is "asap" ? There are more scams out there than there are people in need, so I do not recommend ANYONE donate to your campaign as it is. Speaking of campaigns, let's talk about fundraising sites.

Gofundme

Fundraising sites are good for You

I didn't actually realize how easy it was to make a gofundme campaign until I did it. You literally just make an account, do a tiny write up, and tell the site who you are. You don't even have to connect bank details to get started, that comes after you actually get donations. If your campaign doesn't make anything, no problem. Gofundme also gives you all the funds you earn, whether or not you reach your goal. While they do take a percentage in processing fees, the legitimacy, organization, update records, and sharing system more than make up for that, and you'll get more than you do through a paypal link. I know because I've been campaigning for bunny donations through a million methods, and the Gofundme returns exponentially more cash than the others. Additionally, Gofundme sends SUPER on-point prompts for updates and campaigning based on your donors, views, funds, and momentum.

Fundraising sites are good for donors

Gofundme has donor protection, and will do the work of verifying that the money is going where you say it's going. They can file through the site to open an investigation, and get a refund if it turns out they donated to a scam. This makes people more likely to donate than to a random paypal. It also subscribes them to your campaign so they can get all their updates in one place. Many people donate again because they are invested and want to see you succeed, and updates let them know they are still appreciated and helping.

To anyone with a paypal or a bank account, just toss $1 in and you're subscribed for life for basically nothing. Nobody minds that it's """only""" $1, I promise. It adds up and we appreciate every cent.

When I had the time, I was updating thousands of words practically every day about Marlow's health, personality, prospects, favorite foods, favorite people, quirks, and silliness. Donors aren't wallets, they are people who donate because they Care, so let them into your life a little and show more than just desperation. Being open with them makes them care even more and be more likely to share, and it also makes you stop and appreciate all these incredible humans rallying around you.

Share. Share. Share.

Don't spam people or fling links where they aren't wanted. Follow the prompts gofundme gives you (they're actually good tips, turns out) and be prepared to put in many hours of work to be successful. I won't act like I'm Just Super Good at fundraising, I already had maybe 4k followers when I started. But being popular isn't going to raise enough for a paralyzed bunny who needs lifelong, round-the-clock maintenance and is extremely prone to life-threatening medical emergencies. Right now he's an inpatient at an exotics vet, and you can imagine how much that racks up costs in addition to his medications, cleaning, and surgeries. The hardest part is that it's never going to stop. Marlow disabled. He is never going to be 100% stable-healthy-perfect, so my campaign isn't going to end until he gives up the fight. But he's so happy and content and active I don't see that happening any time soon. It just means I need to keep working.

It's a community effort

Fundraising is WORK and it is HARD. You don't sit there and collect donations. You invest hours and hours into outreach and research. You invest in family, friends, and strangers and take the time to approach them personally. Don't send out copy-pastes because that's not how community works. It might seem dumb to spend time nurturing a friendship with someone when you're desperate and panicking, but the rewards are worth it. You get genuine interest in your cause, you get emotional support, and you get human connection, which is something you'll need in the days to come. What is most important though, is that by taking the time to be personal with people, you also grow to care more for them. Maybe you find out their stove is broken while you talk; and make them a meal while they save up for repairs. You didn't get any money but you nourished a relationship, and that's what counts. Knowing you will be there for them encourages people to help you by sharing, even if it's just for exposure.

Places to share:

Personal social media - Your facebook, tumblr, instagram, twitter, and youtube channels. Yes, all of them. If you only do one you'll be disappointed. - Your friends' social media. Social media pages

Facebook is only good for its robust group communities. Unfriend all your relatives and engage only in stuff you care about. - Your city/town/neighborhood's community group - Local animal/illness/activity/freebie group that are pertinent to your need (Bay area rabbit society) - Widespread groups that are specific to your need (Disabled Rabbits worldwide) - Pages made for fundraising (bay area animal fund help, worldwide bunny vet bill help) - Reddit has many fundraising subs, but they may have specific activity rules you don't meet.

Mailing lists

Ask organizations if they can circulate your campaign to their mailing lists. (I have half a dozen rabbit rescues sharing on my behalf after calling or emailing them)

Stand out

What can you do to make your campaign memorable? What about your dog is so special? For me, it's pretty easy because I'm an emotional storyteller, photographer, and artist.

Do something that shows you are invested in both the animal and communicating with people who care about you. Caring can look like donating, sharing, or just offering you comfort and asking how you are. Be really open and genuine and thank everyone for everything they do to help.

TLDR

Fundraising is extremely hard and it takes work to be successful. Reach out in appropriate places and keep it personal and heartfelt. Reward donors by thanking them and giving updates as often as possible. Also the original asker was a scammer so you should donate to someone else, like me for example

#gofundme #rabbitblr #bunny #paypal #fundraiser #mutual aid #vet bills #shire sells #artists on tumblr #shire screams #marlow #how to fundraise #tips #fundraising tutorial #ask

[antiloreolympus]

10 Anti LO Asks

1. i literally do not get how LO fans HATE PJO when the whole point of the first book was calling out the preconceived notion hades must be the bad guy and instead showing hes actually fine and later hes actually one of the best parents in the whole series?? like is it only because hxp isnt perfect in it and he slept around to have bianca and nico? because its legit myth canon persephone had a boytoy in adonis and minthe was hades' mistress while married so?? idk i think they should love it :/

2. if another writer wanted to create their own retelling of hellenic mythology, what would be some ways to connect with people actually practicing hellenism so as to not make the same mistakes as rachel ? i’m asking because i’ve seen people like that frequenting this blog at times.

3. i honestly hate LOs random injects of comedy, especially during what should be serious moments. how are we supposed to feel the gravity of the situation, the tension, the fear, the anger, etc when itll immediately be undercut by some quippy one liner? it feels like RS saw how "funny" people thought mcu movies were and thought "i can do that too!". i get its not as "lighthearted" as she wants, but she cant try to be a "deep social commentary" when she cant let any of it be taken seriously.

4. WHAT. DID RACHEL JUST. COMPLETELY REWRITE THE ASCLEPIUS MYTH TO DRAG APOLLO??? I AM SCREECHING

5. Your discord must have a lot of anti-lo art, are there members with a tumblr account? If so, would you tell us?

From OP: There are a good number of people with tumblrs there but I’m not going to share any yet. The last time I shared accounts of people I was associated with or just enjoyed, they got harassed. I will ask if I could share some of their accounts though.

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6. FP spoiler 189: How could you do my girl, Eris, so bad like that Smythe? Good lord her design is atrocious, and wouldn’t it be better if she was the daughter of Nyx and Erebus given her design? How tf did Zeus and Hera have a child with wings?? Eris, honey, I’m so sorry you’ve been done so dirty, you deserve better than being a bald version of Hera

7. FP spoiler Episode 189: Oof, I have a lot to say about Eris.

First of all: Why is her design so freaking ugly? She looks like an apple with some limbs and wings. This is such an uncreative way to hint at her mythos. (Get it? She has an apple-head because she used an apple to cause chaos once, isn't that clever???)

Second, why is she here??? Legit, why did we need to bring her into the story??? Why did we need yet another plot-twist??? How much longer are we going to drag this trial out???? What, is Kronos going to take the stand next???

Third of all, why exactly is everyone so intimidated by her? She doesn't seem that strong and the only thing she's done so far is glare at people and demand everyone say what she wants them to say like a spoiled brat. Hades says they're afraid she'll air out the gods' dirty laundry, but it looks like she's doing that right now, even when they try and appease her? If you're so scared of her running her mouth, why not gag her or something and lock her away in Tartarus? You did it to Kronos and he's a freaking titan, you cannot tell me locking this snot-nosed apple-bird up would be more difficult.

Fouthly, are we seriously gonna blame Eris for Persephone's AOW now? Rachel noooo, the AOW is the only thing that made this version of Persephone interesting, don't take it away from her and make it another woman's fault!

Side note: Demeter being allowed to go off on dirtbag Zeus and his brothers was the only good thing in this chapter. In fact, Demeter was the only good thing about this chapter. She deserves so much better.

From OP: So true, Demeter! Plus, imagine having the potential to be queen of the mortal realm but couldn’t because Hades wanted the volcanoes?

8. FP SPOILERS

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PLEASE SDKWJBWBSBZKWNWS CHAPTER 189 IS SO FUNNY ERIS LOOKS LIKE GOD-DAMNED CHICKEN I CRIED OUT LOUD WHEN I SAW HER HHSJWJQBWJQJQHHQ

Rachel never disappoints with her designs they're so hilarious

From OP: B A L D

9. Fp/ SERIOUSLY?! P just has to be perfect now even the aow is not her fault. Flawless uwu self insert. She owns nothing now, not even her body or feelings. Eris is much better fitted for dreadful queen. P has no agency on her own... She does nothing by herself of course she is queen perfect you can't have faults if you don't do bad abd you don't do bad things if you don't do anything at all....

From OP: No because this made me mad. I knew the feeling was going to be blamed but I didn’t expect a whole ass goddess to be behind it.

10. Fast Pass Mention //

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.Oh wow turns out that Persephone is so perfect and special that she's been blessed with beauty twice and that's why she's so beautiful and every single male character loves her and wants her

From OP: That part made me cringe. Like bro, we get it. She’s beautiful. You don’t have to justify everyone simping for her by saying she got double blessed with beauty.

#anti lo #anti lore olympus #lore olympus critical #lo critical

[fortruthseekers]

REFRESHER ON MY INSIDER SOURCES: BTW, this is Purv aka @p-redux. This is my original Tumblr blog I’ve revived to archive past source info.

In 2014, I first posted my insider source info. I didn’t have a Tumblr blog, so I posted everything on my old Twitter account, all the details the sources gave me then. The fandom, especially shippers, went into an uproar because my source info sunk the ship. The SamCait ship had barely started sailing and I sunk it before it had made it out into open sea. Shippers have never forgiven me for that. Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. 

Throughout the years, I’ve reiterated my source info, but summarized it because most people had already heard it, and I didn’t see a need to keep rehashing it. The more time past, the more it became clear Sam and Cait weren’t a couple, and that the info I had shared with the fandom AHEAD of time was true. Cait was seen with Tony a lot. And Sam was seen with different girlfriends or dates. But since I’m turning this account @fortruthseekers into an archive account, I’m going to post the original source DETAILS again, for newbies. This post is going to be LONG, very long, because I go into detail. Read it if you need a refresher on what I said previously about sources, or if you’ve never read the source details before. Click on Keep Reading to find the rest.

Okay, so about sources. REAL sources. I live in Los Angeles and used to be in the industry many years ago. As a result, I still know people in the industry. And just by living in L.A., you meet people who know celebs. In 2014, I got who I call “my original industry source” through a friend who knew I was watching Outlander. And she thought it would be cool for me to talk to this industry person who had Outlander connections. My friend put me in touch with her so we could talk about our common interest. Initially, me talking to the source was just to schmooze about insider info, I wasn’t planning to make it public or create a celebrity insider info account. But I was surprised about how much she knew. At the time many people, including myself, thought Sam and Cait were most likely a couple, when the source told me she knew for sure they weren’t, I was floored. Then after she told me all the details of her interactions with Sam, Cait, and some of the Outlander cast, and the fact that she was friends with one of Cait’s besties, I knew I’d hit a huge source of info. 

At first, the source didn’t want me to make the info public, she didn’t want to get in trouble, but she thought it was important that people knew the truth about whether or not Sam and Cait were a couple. She figured if they knew, then people wouldn’t get their hopes up and be disappointed when Sam and Cait became more famous, and would inevitably be seen with other people. As I said, that original industry source is good friends with one of Cait’s female best friends. And because she’s in the industry, she also had a connection to Sam through his talent agency. So, she had insider info on BOTH Cait and Sam. Jackpot.

Because I knew her full identity and knew I was talking to the real person on her real and blue check verified Twitter account, and my friend had introduced me to her, I could trust that her info was legit. She is also Instagram blue check verified and has made a name for herself in the industry. People would be shocked if they knew who she was. SHE is the one who told me 100% Sam and Cait were not dating and that 100% Sam is not gay.  At first, she didn’t want me to post things publicly, but I begged and she finally relented, as long I would swear I would keep her identity private and would leave out some identifying details. 

So, in 2014, I went public with all the details she told me. And through the years, EVERYTHING she told me turned out to be true. I didn’t have a Tumblr blog at the time, so all my source info was posted on my old Twitter account. I posted every detail of what she told me and I also posted some of her DMs with permission, and name blacked out. Unfortunately, all that is gone because I deleted my old Twitter account a long time ago. 

The main points were: Sam and Cait weren’t a couple and never have been. When I said to her that I knew actors were different than regular people, but that when I saw Sam and Cait talking about watching the wedding scene together, while drinking a bottle of wine, that there was no way they didn’t hook up at some point. She said she’s been around a lot of actors and said Sam and Cait are both natural flirts and very touchy-feely people, and she didn’t see anything out of of the ordinary in their interactions–she reminded me their behavior is the norm when promoting a show. 

She also said Sam isn’t gay per people she’s talked to who know him. She knew the director of Batman Live, the live show Sam starred in years ago. The director was a gay man, and when she asked him if Sam was gay, since he seemed too good to be true and was so good-looking, he said no. And he said he and other crew who were hoping Sam was gay were disappointed that he was straight. The director told her that the reason Sam didn’t seem to have much of a dating history, was because he had always been focused on his career and on working out. And that because he was traveling with the show, there wasn’t time for a committed relationship. Later, we found out that Sam had indeed been dating a woman named Katie Rebekah, but they broke up because she moved from London to Australia, and Sam started to tour with Batman Live. That’s the info I got in 2014. If Sam was gay, the gay director would have told my source and squeed about it.

This source used to work between New York and Los Angeles. She was in New York for one of her TV shows during the July 2014 premiere of Outlander and hung out with Cait and Cait’s bestie, as well as some of the other OL cast and crew. She also had some business meetings with Sam in NY. She confirmed Sam brought Amy Shiels as his “plus one” to the premiere and even skipped out on an unplanned event the cast was invited to because he “had a date.” When they saw him the next day and asked him how his date went, source said Sam replied “It was great!” Even though this source got info from Cait’s bestie…the bestie kept quiet about Cait and Tony, and simply said that Cait and Sam weren’t a couple….I found out about Tony from someone else...more on that later. 

This source did share some info about what Cait thought about Sam. She said that Cait cared about Sam as a costar and friend, and they got along very well.  But Cait said Sam was not her type, that Cait didn’t date actors, and that Cait referred to Sam as “a bro,” and that Cait was not into guys who spent so much time in the gym. She said Cait genuinely liked Sam as a person, but there was not more to it. And that Sam was just a big flirt, and that they were both trying to promote Outlander as much as possible because they knew it was their big break. 

This is also the source who told me that Cait’s friend, the one the source is friends with, didn’t particularly care for Sam. To be very clear: I don’t feel this way about Sam, Cait doesn’t feel this way about Sam, and my source doesn’t feel this way about Sam. In fact, my source said Sam “was lovely” to her and “a sweetheart.” But one of Cait’s besties, just ONE FRIEND–not plural, the friend said that she thought Sam “could be self-absorbed,” and “douchy.” ONE of Cait’s friends said this. No one else said this. And that was way back in 2014. I’m sure Sam has matured since then, as people tend to do as they get older. BTW Cait has a lot of close friends, some of which aren’t well known to fans. Reiterating: Cait doesn’t feel that way about Sam, the source didn’t feel this way about Sam, and I, Purv, don’t feel this way about Sam, nor have I said anything like that about Sam. 

Back to Sam being a natural flirt, remember, even Cait said “he could flirt with a lamppost.” Well, my source said that the times she saw Sam at business meetings, he was always very nice to her and would greet her with a big bear hug, tight enough that she could feel how hard his chest was. He would look down at her, right into her yes, hold her gaze, and smile big at her. And this was a woman he was not interested in romantically. He was just being friendly and sweet. Imagine how high the charm wattage is turned up for a woman he IS interested in. No wonder that Samshine has been hard to resist. This is also the source who said that Sam would always say goodbye to her by saying his now ubiquitous “Let’s get together for a wee dram when you’re in Scotland.” Of course, that “wee dram” never happened. I think that’s just Sam’s people pleasing qualities coming out, never wants to disappoint anyone. The source also said whenever he would text or e-mail her for business related stuff, he was always super enthusiastic and used a lot of exclamation points !!!!!!

Anyway, my original industry source “broke up” with me years ago because she didn’t want to chance anyone finding out who she was, as Outlander got bigger, and as she got bigger in the industry. I still sometimes look at her Twitter and IG all nostalgic, remembering when it all started...ah, memories...

My second major source was my Tony family source. My Tony source is someone from Glasgow who was friends with someone I’d known for awhile. My friend put me in contact with her. The Tony source approached me to tell me that she was shocked to find out a relative of hers (later found out it was her brother) had revealed “the lead actress from that new show Outlander is dating Tony McGill.” She was shocked because she and her family have known Tony and his family for years, all of them growing up in and around Glasgow. Her brother went to school with Tony and his brother, Joe. She then told me the whole backstory of Cait and Tony. She wanted me to keep the info to myself and she had no motivation or intention of making it public. But she finally agreed, after I gave my word that I would protect her identity and I have. 

What she shared with me in late 2014 is that her brother found out their friend, Tony was dating Caitriona Balfe. At the time she said they’d been dating for about 9-10 months, that’s why I always put the start of their relationship around March 2014. She was told that by December 2014, the relationship was “dead serious” between them and that Cait had spent Christmas 2014 in London with Tony and his dad. And then Tony had flown to Ireland with Cait to spend New Year’s Eve and New Year’s with her family and friends (we’ve all seen the pic and video on Donal Brophy’s IG). My source said that Cait and Tony had been friends for 9 years or so at the time (again, this was told to me in 2014) and had met years ago when Tony rented out a room to one of Cait’s friends. They hooked up briefly back then and then remained friends, until it turned romantic again around March 2014. The source said that she and her family knew Tony and his family from back in the day, and she told me what school Tony went to in Glasgow (something I haven’t and won’t make public). She said that Tony had moved from Glasgow years ago and had been living in London for awhile (again, this was told to me in 2014). Also, that he and his brother owned a bar/live music place in London, The Library in Islington (they later opened a second one, The Reading Room, which Cait posted from on IG) and a music production company. And that prior to that, Tony was the band manager for some Scottish bands, most notable, The Fratellis. She described Tony as “fun, clever and hysterically funny.” 

The Tony source came into the picture after I had my Twitter account up, where I was posting insider info given by my first source. I had already posted that Sam and Cait weren’t dating. This second source is the one that filled in the missing puzzle piece I didn’t know was missing and told me she knew WHO Cait was dating. I would have NEVER known the name Tony McGill associated with Cait if not for this source. He was on no one’s radar. And he wasn’t on social media. This source told me details only an insider would know. And I also had her full identity, so I knew she was legit as well. Then ‘lo and behold Tony started showing up places with Cait. There is NO way I would have known about Tony without this inside family source. No way. Of course after my source told me about him, I did look him up online and there was hardly any information about him. Never in a million years would I have linked Tony McGill with Cait on my own. And I mentioned Tony McGill way before he started showing up places with Cait. How could it be that I said sources told me Tony McGill is dating Cait, and then a man identified as Tony McGill is seen out and about with Cait? The only way I knew about Tony is because the source told me. 

Back in the day, when Cait and Tony weren’t yet living together yet, people wondered how they made their relationship work given the sometimes long distances? Well, when they first started dating around March 2014, Cait was filming Outlander Season 1, so Tony would go to Glasgow or Cait would go to London on weekends. Then when Season 1 wrapped and Cait went back to L.A. (where she had been living) in late Sept. 2014, Tony went to L.A. to visit her in October 2014 (both their birthdays are in October, Cait Oct. 4 and Tony Oct. 12, not Oct. 14 like some have said. Libra/Libra bond!). The Fratellis were also in L.A. Oct. 2014 and Tony helped them out with some business stuff, even though he was no longer managing them then. Then, as I’ve already stated, Cait and Tony spent time together Dec. 2014 and January 2015 for the holidays. Then Valentine’s Feb. 2015, Cait flew to London for the opening of Tony’s 2nd bar, The Reading Room. She posted a pic on IG. Then in April 2015, Tony flew to NY to join Cait for the premiere of the second half of Season 1. Eyewitness sources saw him sitting with Cait’s friends at the screening and then with Cait and her friends inside the after party. There was one PUBLIC pic on Twitter of Cait, Tony and Sam. And I and others have been shown private pics of Tony there. Many of us have seen them but we couldn’t make them public because they show the location where they were taken, thus identifying the source who took them, and she would get in trouble with her boss. After that, in May 2015, Cait went back to Glasgow to begin shooting OL Season 2, and this time, she brought her cat, Eddie with her. Per more than one source, Tony pretty much lived in Glasgow after that with Cait. One person who went to Tony’s bars in Glasgow and then reached out to me, said that she had asked about Tony and was told “he doesn’t come around much anymore because he moved back to Scotland.” They then moved into their new place in Glasgow, move out of that one and into a new one in Glasgow, and also have a place in London, and are now married and had their first son. THAT’s how Tony and Cait made it work.

My Tony source also parted ways with me, also due to fear of being found out. She didn’t formally break up with me, the way the original industry source did, she simply ghosted me. But I also see her pop up on Twitter or IG sometimes and get all wistful. Oh well...

After I posted the insider info from BOTH these sources, then people started to contact me with source info. They knew I was Anon and would keep them Anon--win/win. People who went to Hollywood parties, or premieres, or meet and greets, people who saw celebs at the market, or baseball games, or the beach, or at the gym, or walking down the street, or just happened to be at the right place at the right time, started sending me info. From all over the world, wherever Sam and Cait were. And if I could confirm it to be true, I would post it. If I couldn’t completely guarantee it, then I’d say it was speculation. And that’s what I still do. Granted, back in the day, I was somewhat naive, and did get burned and betrayed a few times. I admitted when that happened. I’m much more careful now. But for the most part, the MAJORITY of the info I’ve posted has been ACCURATE. People who have been here for years can corroborate that. I don’t post everything that is shared with me though. And because my sources are actual real humans, they can’t know everything or be everywhere…I don’t always get minute by minute info, that doesn’t mean I don’t have real sources.

As for me also being the first to let the fandom know that Sam was dating Abbie Salt in 2015...I had a couple of Abbie sources. One of them turned out to be super sketchy and once I figured that out, we parted ways. My Abbie sources approached me after I had already established my account as an insider info sharing account. The motivation was to debunk that Cody and Sam were still seeing each other since they no longer were, and Abbie had started seeing Sam. 

BTW: as an aside...I was also the one that, through an eyewitness source, told the fandom that Sam and Cody Kennedy had gone to the Matthew Morrison Halloween party in October 2014, and the source had seen them kissing while waiting for the valet to bring their car around. You don’t know the LENGTHS that Extreme Shippers went to to disprove my source. They even Google Earthed the driveway from the street to the valet and measured it trying to prove that my source could not have seen where Sam and Cody were waiting for their car. Hahahah omg. Except, my source wasn’t on the street, she was right next to them. After all the bullshit from ES, it’s a wonder I’m still here, but here I am...the strongest bitch you’ll ever meet. But I digress...

Anyhoo, back to Sam and Abbie. I had no idea Abbie Salt existed or that she had dated Sam before and was friends with him…until my Abbie source contacted me to tell me that Sam was no longer dating Cody Kennedy and had resumed dating Abbie Salt. Abbie met Sam years ago when her sister, actress, Charlotte Salt starred with Sam in “A Princess For Christmas,” they dated briefly then, and then rekindled their romance in early 2015. Cody Kennedy’s mom later confirmed this by posting publicly in response to a fan Sam and Cody had broken up because “Sam went back to his old girlfriend in London.” Abbie lives in London. Again…I was surprised because I had no idea…but all the info checked out and then whadda you know, Abbie started showing up in Glasgow…in Sam’s flat (IG pics since deleted)…in L.A. in February 2015 at the London hotel, West Hollywood seen and photographed by an eyewitness for Oscars Week parties (the pic is of Sam and the fan, taken by Abbie, fan said Abbie was super sweet)... n NY when he was there for the OL premiere April 2015 (she posted on her IG, since deleted the pics), in Miami when he was there (eyewitness and Miami source proof that they were in Miami together, and NO that was not me, it was a source) and in Barbados together (Barbados source confirmation, and NO that was not me, it was a source, and pics from Abbie and Sam Tweeted he had been in Barbados). After that, Abbie was in Glasgow and Sam in London, where Abbie lives, on several occasions…not to mention she was photographed as his date in Monte Carlo for the TV Film Festival. It couldn’t be a coincidence that the Abbie Salt sources told me about AHEAD of time, then started to spend all that time with Sam. I didn’t even know Abbie existed, how would I have ever known anything about her without sources?

I also told the fandom about Mackenzie Mauzy and Sam dating via a source who saw them in person, holding hands and leaving together at a Guns N Roses concert in Los Angeles April 1, 2016. A friend of someone I know in L.A. was there and recognized Sam. He told my friend that he’d seen “that Outlander dude, Sam Heughan holding hands with a blonde, leaving the Guns N Roses concert.” At first, I thought it may have been Cody Kennedy, but afterwards, sources came forth to confirm it was Mackenzie Mauzy. Later on, I was contacted by a different Mackenzie source and given more info, which I posted. That Mackenzie source ghosted me too because Mackenzie was probably asking questions as to who was doling out info.  Also, by sheer providence, a fan was in the stands at the Dodgers baseball game in June 2016 and sent me a video of Sam and Mackenzie at the game together. Another source sent me the video of Sam and Mackenzie leaving their hotel together at San Diego Comic Con. I’ll repost all that in the archives. And someone I’ve known for years on Tumblr and trust completely came forward to share that she found out Sam and Mackenzie had broken up from one of Mackenzie’s relatives who live near her. Again, that was also by chance. Life can indeed be stranger than fiction. The relative told her Mackenzie wanted to get married and have kids and Sam wasn’t ready for that yet, so they broke up. That source came forth and identified herself on Tumblr, so that also proves my source info was legit. 

In summary: I was the FIRST to let the fandom know Cait and Sam weren’t dating, Cait was dating Tony, and Sam was dating Abbie, and Sam was dating Mackenzie BEFORE anyone else knew. You can’t do ALL of that simply by scouring social media posts as haters would have you think. It’s just not possible. And reasonable people understand that.

Before Covid-19 hit, people who were attending industry events would contact me and say “Hey Purv, I’m going to the PCA, or the TCA, or the GoldenGlobes, or the Outlander Season premiere and after party, I’ll give you the scoop!” I’d say “Cool, thanks! Send pics or video and let me know what and who you see.” That’s it. No social media searches or data mining needed. There is no conspiracy involved. No one is “feeding” me info from Sam or Cait’s camps or non-shipper or shipper sides to propagate a certain “narrative.” It’s just different people, who are at the right place at the right time, or are privy to certain insider info, sharing it with me because they know I post info for fans who are into that. As I’ve said ad infinitum, I am quite simply THE MESSENGER.

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