#would appreciate if ppl read this

[astrobei]

every byler creator who has ever felt unappreciated or has never seen their work on a rec list or has stayed awake for hours working on something for it to get no interaction or has had their work passed up in favor of the big fandom favorites or has never been taken a chance on or has ever come last in a poll they didn’t ask to be on or has felt self conscious about posting or about calling themselves a creator if what they’re posting is not a magnum opus or has created something for themselves and still hoped deep down that people would love it: get behind me. i’ll protect u

#i’m five foot three and terrified of confrontation but i’ll go down swinging #andi would like me to add that she and i are standing on top of each other in a trench coat fighting for u all #thea is also wearing a trench coat but it’s just her and tutter in there #u all better fear thea’s fully developed frontal lobe and streamlined leadership experience (her words) #but seriously guys like #maybe i’m taking fandom too seriously or whatever but i know how scary it can be to put urself out there #especially in fandom spaces where the whole point is u want to enjoy urself and be accepted and not be judged #i’d be lying if i said that luck and timing wasn’t a huge part of why ppl enjoy my fics #and i’m flattered that my name shows up in rec lists a lot but. there are so so so many talented writers that go unnoticed when ppl fixate #on the same 5-6 names #and i know bc i’ve been them for other fandoms! #especially in this community there is such a big issue with putting big creators up on a pedestal #expecting them to be perfect and to keep churning out high quality stuff for free on demand #twt is something else too . like i’m not even talking abt that rn #and people always saying stuff like #‘atp i refuse to read fics unless they’re by _ or _ or _’ #just know that even if u are not one of these names u are so so valued and appreciated #get behind me fr #ok Bye <3333333 #🫂 #byler #/astro posts

[grocerystoretrip]

on (language around) transfeminine bodies as sites of social-reproductive labor

#coming back with this #i would appreciate some help with the ID/alt text since i'm unsure how to get the color-coding across #but yeah this came about during my re-read of blue period #an attempt at articulating my feelings on gendered language around/ employed by trans ppl in sex(-adjacent) work #wherein gender(ed) embodiment is policed & validated through performance of heteronormative desire as/for labor #re: yuka. ough #writers on tumblr #poets on tumblr #transgender poetry #trans poetry #lgbt #words

[monstrsball]

i feel obliged to remind people of michimiya's timeskip career since it's her birthday. never forget how cool she is.

#michimiya yui (27) hotel employee / sepak takraw player #how do you think she got into it #i need more information about this furudate PLEASE #i would read a fic about this. has anyone written a fic about michimiya becoming a sepak takraw player #SIDE NOTE I WATCHED A VIDEO OF PPL PLAYING SEPAK TAKRAW HOW DO THEY MOVE LIKE THAT #side side note i appreciate that furudate kept her hair short (it might even be shorter? but its hard to tell cause of the angle)

[unproduciblesmackdown]

reread the rest thus far of lackadaisy and there's the both v easy & difficult task of gathering a shit ton but only a shit ton of excerpts (like every single page is a highlight i'm not exaggerating)

and every single element is superlative and the way it all only becomes More So....already mentioned the way the like smooth gradient shading made the successful evocation of 3D Shapes more noticeable, along w/the consistent geometries of character design & details in fabric folds; the way Lighting & Coloring only goes on to become more prominent elements only enhances that further. the compositions, backgrounds, pacing, angles....everything is so dynamic & expressive, such as including the expressions which you know i also Love / absorbed

going "hell yes for people to discover this superlative comic" then having to occasionally refresh past site traffic overloaded server errors like "nooo" but actually yes

whilest clapping & cheering for the fun of everyone who's been here a minute. My God the invigorating reward when again i started reading in '07 & the concept of rocky & freckle on a "proper" run had only manifested via fun official bonus art, then a literal decade later as it was actually happening in the comic like screeeeaammm i can feel it coming in the air tonight oh lord etc....i've loved following it, again, if i see another new comic page. i am going to be Enriched

i also really was right on the ball myself this time around like okay okay yep i have picked up on Everything, at least to the degree i can lmao. i love the mysteries. i love how Character Focused it is too ofc and there's no characters i'm uniterested in / dislike. you gotta point to one of them, truly, and i have been a [pointing at freckle] enjoyer these fifteen years but fr i am a connoisseur of everyone, i love that so many characters are a weird mysterious chaos element story driver in their own right. i considered mordecai more intently than ever, love his like ultra mystery (and that we leave off on him doing some detectiving even) and truly fun that like, the source of the more Immediate problems he keeps having in every damn interaction isn't the like [wow mordecai with the just diving into the hatchet murdering] factor so much as it's that he's generally like "i am just standing here" and is not nt in any way that matters and people insist on fucking with him on that front. the peak tragedy of him in a bonus comic getting bullied into having to dance with someone to Be Polite like i'm so sorry i wish you could be that ficus too. anyways intrigued with the marigold &/or mordecai mysteries including that it's like, how coincidental is it that he talks about marigold having a thorn in its side & the savoys' nickname for him is peekon = thorn. there is so much to consider, love that for us truly. and i'm rooting for mordecai & nicodeme's dynamic out here, is another conclusion....very enriched by comparing & contrasting that serafine nicodeme mordecai triumvirate with the rocky ivy freckle one, to be sure. im enriched

i'm also enriched by every footnote that's got like historical facts / research notes / [this is inaccurate for xyz prioritization but here's the disclaimer] explanations. i Love information. and everything else like i loooove this comic it's Soooo Fucking putting my hands to my temples and inhaling at length through my teeth

#first time i've really taken tumblr up on that new thirty image limit expansion; bit of a surprise maybe lol #put your back into autism acceptance month &/or press j; scroll fast; read through it actually; filter the following: #long post // #learning abt the overwhelming popularity of baby ruth candy bars from lackadaisy footnotes? relevant to gtm:pota aficionadoship at one pt #remember discussing what i learned from another footnote abt some christian denominations / other religions being very Anti Prohibition #every time i use the word cagey i think of lackadaisy. cagey thing... we've all been there #fantastic time revisiting and i love to be considering all these characters all the further / with reckless juxtaposition #especially the two triumvirates as mentioned. rooting for them all #rooting for mordecai to be relieved of that v realistic [ppl sensing a Mess With His he is not nt in any way that mattersness Free For All] #either let him be or start shooting at him lmfao. but i Love that the gang had that pleasant nonbrunch together & no shots exchanged yet #more brunches! and i think nicodeme could be mordecai's bestie or w/e he wants. turn out to be Supportive in any way that matters #they are more so the ivy and freckle of their group after all lol. slightly would-be Unlikely coupling there as well anyways; and yet! #i am as enriched and intrigued and appreciative and etc as ever #and reminded that in my rereading i haven't yet gone over all the bonus material lol.... #also stumbled across that sungwon cho had fandubs of lackadaisy comics posted like 9 yrs back?? #which means i probably saw one or two; think i remember one being shared and checking that out #like hey didn't know i'd encountered you before like; vines & oh the lamps are fucking & etc. and now there he goes voicing mordecai yaay #lackadaisy

[ask-the-bone-boys]

I don’t know if I have a specific favorite moment but I’ve spent a LOT of time thinking about atbb lore and it’s my favorite askblog pretty much ever so I just want to say thank you for running it all those years!!!!

this is genuinely one of the nicest things anybody's said to me, it's really hard for me to imagine anyone else but me being so invested in the story when i'm not actively updating it so this is really really nice to hear actually :') thank you!!!!!!!!

#would LOVE to read any theories yall may have about what's going on here tbh #there was a time at some point i got a few sent in and i will say some of them got CLOSE !!! #but agh yeah its things like this that snap me out of the thought of atbb kinda existing in a vacuum #i'll admit the thought of other ppl actually putting a bunch of thought into it is Insane to me when it probably shouldnt be #its really like. oh my brain really WAS being dumb and insecure for no reason. huh #so i really appreciate this anon thank you again !!!! #put a huge smile on my face tell you hwat

[spocks-kaathyra]

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#vent #wow I will never be able to let myself have friends huh #I am unwanted and inherently unwantable #I have it all figured out I just can't DO anything right. why is breaking silence the hardest thing to do #I can't bring myself to make/maintain/deepen friendships bc I'm convinced that I'm unpleasant to be around and unpleasant to be friends with #my company is something I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy #<- completely unjustified belief. I am kind and friendly and capable of responding appropriately in the majority of social situations #they reach out and I shrink back every time. no matter how much they reach towards me I can't believe that they actually want me around #and ofc the reasonable thing for them to do is stop reaching! when I never reach back! why would they expect a different outcome this time #so I can't blame anyone. I can't sit around waiting for a saintly mindreader who can see that my actions contradict my feelings #I know I just need to reach out. but how could I do that when I'm convinced it'll only hurt them? #my presence makes their day worse. I'm a mangy dog begging for scraps I don't deserve at their table. I am harming them with my presence #how can I beg for their attention and company and time when I know their life would be better without me in it #<- false belief. when I reach out I make them feel wanted and they feel more comfortable reaching out to me when they know I like them. #everyone appreciates being reached out to. I am pleasant to be around. they like being liked by me. my company is a desirable thing #company in general is a desirable thing. my company is better than no company. people like being liked. #logically I know all this to be true. emotionally? they hate me and I deserve it and the more I show I like them the more they'll hate me #sigh. what a banal problem to have. I'll stop being 18 years old one day. I can't wait until I have better things to worry about #replies appreciated. btw. in the interest of asking for what I want instead of expecting ppl to read my mind lmao #narcissus's echoes

[magdalenas]

people can say whatever they want about quinton reviews and the length of his videos but he dropped the first sam & cat video the day my dad died and having something that long to not only tune into but also to kinda tune out to was genuinely invaluable to me the next day when i didn’t go to work but i also didn’t go home so i dm’d him on insta to thank him and he took the time to respond very kindly like he will always be the goat to me

#yes it was kinda crazy of me to send a dm like that but I didn’t figure he’d read it tbh #I was so surprised when he did #+ I wanted to thank him & tell him how much I appreciate his content #bc ik lots of ppl like to shit on it when he clearly works v hard on it #& it would be much easier to just … not watch than say he ruined video essays (he doesn’t make video essays)

[perennial-bee]

"trans people are only trans because of oppressive gender roles and if we just got rid of the gender roles nobody would be trans" might sound like a hot take, a thoughtful and compassionate take, but unfortunately it is ice cold and does not understand how being trans works at all. meet and talk to and listen to more trans people - preferably in real life - before making assertions like this, especially if you yourself are not trans.

#if this was true then explain to me why my friend is still a man even though his parents tried to raise him with as few #imposed gender roles as possible #every type of woman under the sun was thrust his way with the insistence that his sex was not a limitation #and a girl can be anything she wants and do and study anything she wants #he saw and appreciated all of that and at the end of the day his kid self was still like #'thats nice and i hear you but i'm growing up into a man. you cant fool me' #this is not every trans experience but it is not an UNcommon trans experience. so this argument just doesnt hold water #also if 'giving into your dysphoria' would have made you want to die #and accepting a gender that's in line w your bio sex makes you feel better #congratulations. you are cis #and therefore you do not get to speak to the trans experience #YOUR experience is valid. projecting your experience onto the trans community is wrong #it reads to me the same as someone who thought they were ace until they realized they weren't #concluding that therefore nobody is really ace and all ace people just *think* they are #and their hidden allosexuality can be 'cured' or jumpstarted by whatever set of circumstances triggered *your* sexuality #(knew someone irl exactly like this and it was deeply frustrating) #or thinking that gay people just need to meet the right person to be in a str8 relationship with bc YOU found someone like that #like no sorry...you're just bi #i could go on #i'm frustrated. i understand where this take comes from but it's really misinformed. you need to listen to trans ppl. start there

[triplehearts]

#this won't stop me from adding alt text since i think it's good practice but it might affect how thorough my descriptions are #mainly bc i've seen ppl much more thorough than me and i'm wondering if i should spend the extra effort #i mostly try to describe details that might need clarification (like if i draw something badly lol) and text #i always get stuck on describing emotion bc brother not even i know sometimes and i'm the one who drew it ahdkjsks #but let me know if i should spend more time on the description! not like i post often anyways it's not a problem <3 #it would help to know if someone's actually reading it in the first place tho! :') #rambles #rbs appreciated for sample size!! i guess??

[dennisboobs]

#ada speaks #im cooking #im scheming #i had to put my full fucking name in for this #hi meg. please allow me to send in homosexual fanart xoxo your besties on tumblr #i dont want to say anything yet but if youre reading my tags hi #i want to compile a zine for the guys (glenn) filled with like. appreciation from tumblr bc i know they dont get to see this kind of thing #like im talking. sunny is a love story type meta. #and vicky art. ofc. #my only thing is like. getting it to them (him) #recruiting someone to hand deliver it at a m&g or something is a possibility too but that doesnt give us much time #anyway yeah im just. i want to compile a bunch of loveposting that goes a little deeper than ppl quoting the show at them #within reason. im sure they cant read certain types of meta for the same reasons they cant read fanfiction or scripts or whatever #but just having them sprinkled in with a bunch of fanart is. u kno. i think it would be nice #hi boys! we are deranged! #i just want time to get permission from people for their posts and allow artists time to finish pieces etc

[ink-the-artist]

currently sick i forgot to add this to the last ask but your art, to me, is indicative of the beauty you seenin the world and i think it sso fucking amazing how much you see and appreciate. your brain is gigantic and wrinkled like a pug. u are amazing

advbsghf like a pug 😭 thank u this is so nice. i dont always respond to nice asks bc Im not sure what to say so i just keep them like letters lol but i get very romantic about a lot of stuff (especially when my mental health is being normal) and I'm rly glad that comes across in my art

#i do read and appreciate all the asks i get i love them a lot #the stuff ppl send me is genuienly very meaningful to me i just don't know how to respond to it #im not great at forming thoughts and feelings into words lol I'm like this irl too #and i dont want to reply to a very heartfelt ask with just 'thank you' or something like that #ive been doing better with new meds i got and its rly relieving to be able to be romantic about stuff #when i get depressed its hard to do that bc everything is warped and i get this idea that the world and everyone is evil #ive found myself drawing a lot of the more cutesy positive art when i had depressive periods #for the last few years. bc before i would often do the spookier kind of art when feeling that way #as a sort of venting of those emotions #(not that i only make that art when depressed btw. it just obv draws from negative emotions) #but more lately its kind of flipped. where id draw this romantic art while depressed as a sort of escapism #and would only draw the spookier more negative art when in a good mental place where I could engage w those emotions in a fun way #if that makes sense #kinda like how sometimes you need to listen to sad music when you're sad but sometimes you need distraction #and how you might only want to watch a really heavy movie if youre in a good headspace

[technovillain]

i willn't lie, the internet makes me feel genuinely confident sometimes. its nice to know that so many people out there not only love the art that i put out but also genuinely care about me as a person :]

#its v comforting to know that theres ppl who would care if i suddenly stopped posting #thx to the peeps who always support me and my buddies on here u guys are real onez #i've been reading a bunch of really lovely tags on my recents and it just makes me feel so genuinely appreciated and happy d^_^b #.txt

[itissadbutitsmy-life]

you know I think probably people in ooo didn’t Suddenly start loving fionna and cake fanfics so much as they knew how much ice king wanted them to like them, and are trying to connect with simon through the thing they remember he (ice king) liked a lot. something he MADE!

#like dirt beer guy probably just appreciates simon’s work as an author in general and wants his help and input #but also is like ohh uyeah I read those stories back when I was first starting out (didn’t really get them? but) they were rly somethin! #an I know how much you loved them at the time I mean you used to have author readings at the library and everything you were very successfu #you also wrote those dry science books I think are technically marvelous but really difficult for me to parse um. but anyways. #connect with me about the series you clearly loved for a long time and found a lot of success with #it brought you so much joy dude you used to giggle every time you tried to read it to us (after holding us hostage to do so I might add but #anyways. sorry. thinking. #that line about Jake bringing them all around to the stories tracks though. he kinda liked being derivitavely. what did he say. #and also would love connecting with ppl through media and their personal creations #adventure time #fionna and cake #o

[taegularities]

…about cmi10 :')

#to those who read cmi10 and haven't said anything yet/were silent readers #or those who haven't read yet and still will #pls consider leaving feedback.. via reblog or asks anything is fine 🥺 #pinky promise i worked vv hard on her n would appreciate any kind of support!! just saying it bc interaction on the post itself especially #decreased a lot 🤧 compared to other chapters i mean #a reblog/msg encourages others to reach out as well and it's always nice to see that ppl are still into it 🥺 #so i know the wait and effort were worth it!! #ik ive said so many times and mostly it's just me shouting into the void but yeah id love that and you sm!! #and ty to those who already did you're the bestest <3

[tariah23]

They’re calling my baby Gojo, Joseph Joestar now

#rambling #the diff is that Gojo did apologize after being called out and face to face with his racism whilst Joseph literally befriended nazi’s 😵‍💫 #and there was never any explanation from araki as to why he’d even wrote German soldiers in the shit in the first place like that was #absolutely jarring as hell to read for the very first time back when I’d gotten into jjba #well I watched it first but you know #like Joseph really thought fondly of Stroheim as this stand up guy even though he’s first of all #a Nazi #and second #the first scene that we were introduced to was of him sexually harassing a Woman #it’s……. 🗿 #still to this day I wonder if araki had ever addressed this because lord #Joseph was just happy to get the help I guess but that felt so ooc for him from what he’d seen 🗣️ #happily receiving the help of a Nazi and calling them a nice guy ahhh Joseph- #Gojo would never sjjsaj #my boo boo is a little prejudice but he’s working on it 🗣️ #I still think that gege was trying to have a ‘racism is bad’ moment but again #the execution was pretty awkward and it felt out of place considering what had been currently going down in the manga #like the Racism was pretty random but it was swiftly put to a stop which I can appreciate even if it shouldn’t have been a point of #conversation to begin with since why couldn’t Miguel just exist as a character instead of him being the now token negro #who everyone sees as instantly more frighteningly powerful than everyone else like this didn’t even need to be brought up wllssldk #idk gege was trying to be ‘woke’ 😭. sorry nbs and wp ruined the term for me but like basically lol #gojo’s pretty intelligent and extremely gifted but he’s never been perfect lol #it’s just that idk why gege chose to talk about antiblackness in Japan out of nowhere about the only black character on screen hehhhhhh #like gege tried but lmfao #this is so funny to me #at least it didn’t drag on putting Miguel in an even more awkward situation than he already was and it was nipped in the bud quickly #Gojo isn’t one to dwell on things but when he’s face with new information and is taught something he does try to reflect and do better and #I’m sure he probably started to become even more aware of what he’s saying especially when talking to Miguel in an honest way since that’s #always been the kind of character who he was despite the horrors #the only ppl who’ve been kinda annoying about this are nbs and white people as always 🗿

[yeonban]

from ash . me &. the bestie ! ✌️ :P ( < - - - guy who irritates the crap out of ash )

* kind of conditional for the spoiling one , bc soaking up tobias’ resources &. funds is hilarious sometimes , but too much &. ash’ll start rejecting it . especially if nothing is asked in return . 🙄

* betrayal is also conditional because ash works on a “ don’t betray me / give me a reason to betray you &. i won’t ” basis . so it depends on tobias really . betrayal from ash’s side would be unlikely almost impossible if tobias was able to achieve ash’s loyalty in the first place , but that’s a matter of if , so ! depends !

Are you Tobias' type?

❛ Hm? ❜ While the amount of checked boxes and the feat of achieving (multiple) bingos fall short of a surprise given the person who's completed them - for had they truly been that different from one another, Tobias would never have taken this longstanding of an interest in Ash -, his eyes immediately dart to what appears to be a small, typically unobtrusive note at the bottom of the card. Without it there, perhaps he would have found it more compelling to contemplate the meaning behind having been willingly handed something of this sort, but as things stand, Tobias' gaze falls on the minuscule comment and after a single, reticent blink, the nonchalance in his expression cracks and the corners of his mouth begin to twitch. ❛ Pfft--- ❜ It isn't long until he caves and laughs, and a finger must soon reach to wipe the tears that threaten to form in his eyes.

It takes a prolonged moment for the laughter to subside (through rather monumental efforts on his part) yet even after it fades, the glint of amusement in Tobias' gaze remains steadfast, unwavering. ❛ You should go ahead and check the 'similar sense of humor ' box too. I'd say the difference isn't quite as big as you think it is. ❜ One last soft chuckle, the previous laughter's final bastion, and the mafioso decides to swiftly gloss over Ash's answers. The majority of the important ones are checked, with the sole exception of being trusted, and dare he say another one has also positively caught him off-guard, but instead of letting it show, a mischievous grin steers the conversation towards the harmless, unchecked ones. Travel and adventure. Does Ash dislike them because of past experiences, a distaste for new experiences, or because he's the one he'd have to be stuck with for the entire experience? ❛ Are you sure you don't want to give some of these others a go, though? If you combine everything you've left unchecked, you might just give Dino a heart attack. ❜

#muse: tobias. #effigist #* tobias. / ic. #PLEAAASEJNKADSJIASDIASDISUADISH TOBIAS BURST OUT LAUGHING THE /SECOND/ HE READ THAT 'LMFAAAAOO' #I couldn't reply til now bc he was TOO busy having a haha and a hehe and a lol and a roflmao 😭😭😭 #I find it very interesting that Tobias' view of Ash differs from Ash's own tho. Might be bc of the people they compare him to but #in Tobias' eyes Ash IS kind whereas Ash didn't check that box. I'm assuming Ash compares himself to the general population who's #committed no crime/isn't as jaded etc meanwhile Tobias compares him to their entourage/the underground which Ash is NOT fit for in HIS eyes #case on point he doesn't trust Tobias but he wouldn't betray him unless betrayed first... Tobias at this logic: ?? #he's appreciative of it and it's one of the things he really likes abt Ash but also an unkind person would Jump at the chance to betray sb #they don't trust. w this in mind tho I don't think Tobias would ever betray Ash either. specifically bc of This. it's rare to find ppl who #are actually trustworthy & while he doesn't exactly need anything from Ash it's SO much easier to be around him than ppl w ulterior motives #ALSO ABOUT TOBIAS' LAST REMARK for the past few days he's been thinking about getting Ash on a ride in his newest car which. #idk if you've read about it but a flying car has been authorized recently. and to no one's surprise Tobias bought it SO fast #hence the adventure part. 😭 travel would also be hilarious if he didn't tell Dino and found a way to take Ash (&possibly his men) overseas #He's not even going to bother thinking about the judging check box bc somehow now it's become funny. Ash can judge him all he wants