#this is for all the people who've been making tik toks about this

[vanillahigh00]

15 Questions, 15 Mutuals

Thank you for the tag @hippolotamus! 💜

1. Are you named after anyone?

Nope. My name is just a run-of-the-mill popular first name. I think there are a lot of people my age with the exact same first and middle name.

2. When was the last time you cried?

It's been way too long. I couldn't even tell you.

3. Do you have kids?

Two and both of the human variety. I can't have fur babies because one of my humans is allergic. 😭

4. What sports do you play/have played?

Soccer when I was younger.

5. Do you use sarcasm?

Why the fuck not?

6. What's the first thing you notice about people?

If they are shy or not.

7. What’s your eye color?

I wish I knew....they change color with what I wear.

8. Scary movies or happy endings?

Give me all the fluff!

9. Any talents?

I don't know that it's a talent, but I love to take pictures.

10. Where were you born?

In the New England region of the US.

11. What are your hobbies?

Reading, scrolling through tik tok, writing, baking in the kitchen with the kiddos.

12. Do you have any pets?

😭

13. How tall are you?

5'1

14. Favorite subject in school?

Music-Yes, I was a band geek.

15. Dream job?

If I could make a feasible living, I would love to be a photographer.

Tagging people who've likely already done, but here goes anyway: @chelle-68 @demora00 @edie4711 @hgejfmw-hgejhsf @jettestar @mallpretzles @mudbloodpotter05 @ohhhelloyou @roseapothecary @seadeepy @statueinthestonetoo @sspaz1000 @smblmn @themelancholyvegetable @thinkof-england

#ask games #random thoughts on a Sunday #always fun to get to know peeps

[maxellminidisc]

I find it very interesting how y'all keep reducing peoples problem with the tiktokfication of publishing to people complaining about 1) bad quality novels that have always existed, 2) people being too online, or 3) literally just exaggeration.

First of all, most of the people I see acknowledging this issue have been, overwhelming, authors of color who are seeing how this platform is further exacerbating the constant elevation of the mediocrity of white creators who are not JUST bad writers but writers who are literally having their hands held to even create something in the first place. And not only that, but having to see these very people talk about it like its something to be proud of; to flaunt this kind of mediocrity. That's incredibly frustrating and infuriating as a creator of color to see this be blatantly thrown in your face when publishing will give any excuse except a blatantly racist one to reject you now a days. So, I think that's a pretty fucking legitimate concern to be expressing ones opinion about.

Secondly, some people talking about this arent even ON tik tok (myself included) but can literally see the effect this is having on the books they're being advertised or recommended, especially even the FURTHER deterioration of the writing and especially ideas, that is going into these things. Even people like me, who've been avid readers of the genres the tiktokification is centralized around, specifically romance heavy genres, can see there is ABSOLUTELY a difference in how these things are being written. Yes, romance shlock is a tried and true market, but I could at least read schlock that was legitimately entertaining and respected me as a reader who's a grown fucking person. Shlock that at least had out of the box ideas no matter how batshit despite failure in execution but exhibited a sense of SOME kind of writing experience or consideration for writing as a craft behind it, instead of like 4 fan fiction tropes taped and held together by writing equivalent to 3 pieces of chewed up gum and absolutely bizare sense of infantilism towards its readers.

Plus you guys can go on and on about being too online but like creators no matter how small, LITERALLY have to be online and in these spaces because an unfortunate reality of being a creator in this hellscape is that most of your revenue and building of a community of people who like your work IS ONLINE. Of course, not all of us agree with the means one has to take to get any kind of traction the likes of booktokers in writing or other art circles online, but its inevitable thing to have to be aware of. Like it's sad to fucking say, but a lot of making an art your career has always been networking, and being online is a reality and branch of that.

Not to mention it's not an exaggeration to bemoan the constant feeling so many of us are having in this day and age with the state of art across mediums and the effects capitalism is having on them. Perhaps it's silly to you to focus on "low brow" genres but like isnt it telling that even "low brow" genres are also feeling the effect? Like low brow art doesnt exempt it from having a kind of soul put into it as well from its creators. What does it say that even the literary equivalent of eating a bag of potato chips feels soulless or dispassionate? Potato chips feel comforting and indulgent, this new shit feels like eating cardboard....

[michsmeesh]

little wip because i like how sams hand looks and i just wanted to share that hehe

time to paint 😎

#samuel wilson #sam wilson #james buchanan barnes #bucky barnes #sambucky #tfatws #caatws #work in progress #yes thats mitski lyrics #this is for all the people who've been making tik toks about this #thanks for making me cry btw

[bearmustard]

My experience of larries based on the platforms they use

Twitter: highly enthusiastic. Think 21 is an old fan. Young and Beautiful is everyone's favourite fic, even those who've never read it. Think H & L have been together since 2010 but also will block anyone who questions babygate (this is apparently bluegreening and is not to be borne). Will say they're unlarrying for the cred/hit tweet. Very excited for Liam's wedding where Freddie and Bear will meet and H & L will be each others dates. Just as likely to be a zarry depending on the day tbh. Always looking for larrie "moots".

TiK Tok: The funny corner of the larry fandom. Almost all post hiatus larries who are constantly "uncovering" shit that people have known about since 2010. Excellent dancers. Seriously lacking critical thinking skills but what do you expect from larries willing to download an app that has such severe security issues it makes facebook look responsible and safe.

Instagram: Extremely spanish? Lots of reposting of aesthetic manips. Cute cartoons of mermaid harry, and lots of rainbows. Will post the same 6 photos of H & L over and over. Super chill, just like looking at photos of their faves, and the comments are always blue green hearts and lovely compliments. Almost no facts or discourse, which is actually kind of lovely for a break but gets repetitive after a while.

Reddit: The absolute opposite of what you would expect from reddit. Tiny. The chillest. Mostly just upvoting tik tok videos and making cute larry spongebob memes. Lots of fanfic recs, but they all seem to be imagines from Wattpad. Always posting about how confused they are by everything (especially the stunts) because they believe in larry but also think every stunt is real.

Youtube: Lost since freddieismyqueen shut their account tbh. Monthly larry proof videos. Always talking about uncovering the dark side of one direction in 40 minute videos but it's mostly just zoomed in pics of H & L looking sad while the youtuber makes disclaimers of not really knowing anything. The best part are the youtubers who just make videos with titles like '8 minutes where one direction are just absolute disasters' or '20 minutes straight of harry and Louis looking at each other'. I miss Evan.

Tumblr: Old, tired, and done with your shit, but somehow still here. Welcoming of new larries but fucked if they're gonna hold your hand. 10 years of either intricately archived and tagged masterposts or have tagged random posts over the years with whatever joke was going around at the time so sometimes the most interesting information is tagged 'harry is the breadsticks and Louis is the handbag'. Know everything straight away and have a page long analysis about it circulating within 5 mins, despite the fact that no one ever seems to actually be online. Everyone claims that they don't talk stunts or discourse. Still plenty of stunt discussion and discourse. Intricate knowledge of every time H & L did anything, mostly because no one knows when any post on this site was made so constantly placing things in context.

#mine #shit post #larries are funny #I love tumblr best obvs #more people should post the funny tik toks on youtube so I can watch them #this is me trying to be funny #and failing #sorrryyyy #for the record I am dragging myself with the tags #definitely a tag I have used before #trying to go through my blog and find ANYTHING i've written is almost impossible #1k