#i don't know how tags work on this app

[hamonique-ao3]

Writing Update

so, I never use Tumblr (well, I use it daily, but to look for journaling inspo and never post nor reblog) but I had an amazing discussion with @jasontoddisrightfuckyou and need to share, because yeah, it made me realize a few things about what happened to me during this past year.

(Also Perse, some of what I’m about to say literally are copy/paste of what I told you, because I’m shocked at how easily I can manage to put words on my feeling when I talk with you) So recently, I noticed how easy it was for me to write in other fandoms: I can write way more and longer fanfictions without even noticing it.

I tried to understand why this is happening, and I think I found out. 

I wrote about everything I wanted to write about on Batman fandom. Don't get me wrong, I love batman and I love reading fanfic, but I don't have anything else to write about since all my favorite tropes have been covered already. I should maybe rewrite my old fics and make them better since I guess I did improve during the past years, but writing about batman makes me feel like I’m doing the same thing over and over again. I have the feeling that I really want to write batfam again, but like when I’m in front of a new document, nothing is coming and I’m just struggling and being like "do I even want to tell a story?"

I don’t know about English, but in French, we say that things are being “reheated” when the same concept is used over and over again, and I feel like this is how I see my writing in the Batman fandom now. 

I started to write batman because of the server I used to be in and because I knew it was a popular fandom. I had never written in English at that time and had very low self-esteem which made me crave validation that I knew I could have in the DC fandom. Maybe also because I was in a server with what as used to see as “big names” of the fandom that made me feel like I should own my place with them and I was like "look I can write too, even if I’m younger and if English isn’t my native language” etc.

Somehow, I ended up wanting to write about other fandoms but I was like "no, I can only write about dc because I need to “make a name” in the DC fandom, and so it kind of stopped my creativity.

Now I’m not writing to please anyone anymore. I write because I like to, and I like knowing that I can write and because I might have a terrible brainrot. 

I do enjoy Batman a lot, and I love reading all the Jason whump fanfictions I can find and seeing all the comments on my old fanfictions. I love talking about DC and I love discussing Jason whump, but I think it will take time for me to write again in this fandom. I can’t find any more stories I want to share with you, and I don’t want to write because I feel the pressure to do it.

I’m now in an amazing server with amazing people that makes me want to write for myself and makes me want to be the best version of myself (as a person, but also as a writer) and I am so grateful for them all.

(Small NB since I noticed I might have not been clear enough: I’m not blaming my old server, but mostly my old state of mind of me being a people pleaser and feeling like I needed validation because I was really insecure)

You can join the server here (it’s a DC server, btw) as long as you’re respecting everyone and the rules :D

Also, you can still find me on ao3 

I have no idea how I’m supposed to end a Tumblr post, so bye everyone, and take care <3,

✧₊˚ Harmonique ˚₊✧

Most importantly, write about what you want to write about, and don’t get yourself trapped in the boundaries you created. 

#dc #jasontodd #ao3 #harmonique #writing struggles #i don't know how tags work on this app #batfam #end of my brainrot ig #watch me post 451544 AFTG fanfictions and pretend I'm fine #maybe im crazy #i probably am #i skipped uni to have this mental breakdown and write this post #also i don't know if this post is english #life is an illusion #maybe I shouldn’t have canceled my last therapist appointment #whump #whump writing #whump community

[caelanglang]

Gravity’s Gentleness...

Wooly Sunflowers (Eriophyllum lanatum) symbolize “Gentle Strength” 

source: Flowerpaedia by Cheralyn Darcey

This is heavily inspired by Story and Nawy’s (i’m too shy to tag them ><;;) ramble about Chuuya knowing (or not) how to be gentle... please read it! It’s so rich of brainworms and vitamin C(huuya)!!

#i'm trying to get back into writing (note: trying) #i hope the words and transitions don't feel too off i'm not that proud of my writing for this one jahklsjdfh #ofc theres flower language ehehehe #hi Story hi Nawy if you see this let me know if i should tag you guys for my future works with inspos taken from yall #yall dont know how much brainworms you guys feed me whenever i open this app actually #bsd #bsd nakahara chuuya #bsd chuuya #Nakahara Chuuya #prompt taken from #chuuya week 2023 #chuuyaweek23 #my art #my writing #my comic

[junewi02]

Oh man I really need to make a navigation/intro post or something....

Or even a commission sheet?????? Or anything at all?????? My bio is also empty as hell but I hate this kind of stuff GAH

#My blog is all over the place lol #Ive been lurking on this app for years now but I still don't know how to run a blog #you've gotta be kitten me! what a cat-tastrophe! 🐱 #idek how the tagging system works really

[zaacoy]

why is the freenoodles community practically non-existent on instagram

#I was running through the app trying to refamiliarize myself with it and I checked the tag and there is?? next to nothing recent???? #There's a few things from the past week or so and then virtually everything else is from like. 2021. #my people.... where are u...... #Maybe I just don't know how insta works tbh maybe you just have to go hunt for posts #I'll figure it out #maybe

[dinaur]

dance time with jjunie

#yeonjun #choi yeonjun #txt #tomorrow x together #marie.gif #these are not my best work but .. i just wanted to gif this so bad #my moa cc debut btw !!!!!! hello moablr !!! <3333 how i missed you #userfairy #slowrabbitpd #moahour #i don't know any other moa user tags oh no #and on my lil note app i only have carats and atinys AGHH

[just-slightly-chayotic]

there should be a whole science behind what counts as a jeff caused injury. because let's say i slipped on the pavement and fell (completely fictional scenario. definitely did not happen 10 minutes ago)

does it count as a jeff caused injury if i was listening to jeff's songs? i do get distracted when listening to him

what about if i was just thinking about him? then i'm definitely distracted but does it count as the cause?

if the first two don't count separately then what about if i was both listening and thinking about jeff? do they add up to a full cause?

#actually WAS i thinking about jeff?? #i think it was more jeff-kimchay thoughts #does that count as a kimchay induced injury? #because i left comments on a couple of kimchay fics by the same author last night and they were super nice to me in the replies!! #they're lovely #and i would have followed them on tumblr already but i don't think they have a tumblr? just a twitter #and i COULD follow them on twitter #i have a fandom account #it's actually the only account i really use but whatever #but like #how does twitter work #because here i can just continue screaming at the author in the tags and that's it #but twitter doesn't have tags like tumblr does?? and i really hate the idea of quote tweeting #and is that even what people use quote tweeting for? #twitter confuses me and i don't want to learn #i'm just there to retweet fanart a couple of jeff photos every once in a while (i'm not gonna be unhinged on an app WHERE HE IS ON TOO) #i mean i am convinced he's also on tumblr but if he goes to the jeff satur side of tumblr that's on him and not on me #and also to save jeff photos and videos #wait where was i going with this? #oh yeah twitter confuses me and i don't know how to use it and i'm not willing to learn #jeff satur #tea's ramblings

[difne]

Sad

When the Yiling patriarch is a better father than you will ever be 🤧

#jin guangyao #wei wuixan #yiling wei #yiling patriarch #yiling laozu #wei ying #a yuan #lan sizhui #help I don't know how to work this app #the picture is just.. #qin su #lan wangji #lan zhan #jin rusong #why do i have to put so many tags #burial mound #burial mounds #mo dao zu shi #untamed #the grandmaster of diabolism #mdzs

[rookflower]

Do u have a design for Dandelionkit and Juniperkit?

#redesigned juniperkit but dandelion pretty much the same ! #juniperkit #dandelionkit #warrior cats #also re: your other ask- if you wanna search for something on a blog you can add /search/words onto the url on google! #so like rookflower.tumblr.com/search/dandelionkit #the same goes for /tagged/word if the search function is being weird (which is often) #i don't know how it works on the actual app though sorry i just use the browser version #edit: gave dandelion their freckles back

[opal-feathers]

Hi I don't actually know how to use this app for anything other than looking at silly posts but I wanted to share my little drawings I made so here

Watchet (my oc) and The Dark Lord from animation vs animator irl !!

#animator vs animation #ava #avm #animation vs minecraft #ava oc #ava ocs #ava tdl #art #digital art #digital fanart #what else do I tag this help me #I really don't know how posting on this app works #animation vs animator

[rumiraclemi]

veeeeerrrrrrrryy slowly workin on a thing

#jrwi #jrwi pd #vyncent sol #dunno if i should even tag this it's just a single super rough frame lol #the hair's all wonky bc. bc he's falling. like. like the song the fall. the fall by half alive. #i wasn't kidding about that animatic idea from earlier #it's just that #it's kinda funny making an animatic out of nowhere when you don't know how and aren't even an artist in the first place #bu yknow what. fuck it i say. i want to see this video and if no one else is gonna make it by god i'll find a way. #this is like the same thing i did with that goobleck and king thing i did before #(that i just realized... was never posted here on tumblr.....) #i'm goin slow bc i dont know what i'm doing but also i can only work on it an hour a day before the app locks me out of it LMAO #not helpin the creative flow there rip

[blackpearlblast]

you can give seven days of internet connection to someone in gaza for just 6 USD

gazaesims.com is a website dedicated to helping people donate esims for people in gaza. (for the ultimate guide to donating an esim, see http://tinyurl.com/gaza-esims) there are multiple options for where to purchase an esim to donate, for the price i listed you want to use nomad esims. you can get a $3 discount by using someone's referral code from the notes of this post. it also will give the referrer credit to buy more esims! (you can only use a referral code on your first purchase) @/fairuzfan also a tag for esim referral codes here, some of which are nomad. BACKPACKNOMAD is another code to get $3 off your first purchase, it's been working for some people but not others so try out a referral code instead if you can't get it to work. also it took over an hour for the email with my information to come through so don't panic if it doesn't show up right away. (logging back into your nomad account seems to have helped some people get their emails to send!) NOMADCNG is a code for 5% off any middle east region nomad esims from connecting gaza. it can be used on any purchase, not just your first but is generally going to give less off than the first-purchase only codes, so use those first. it can be used in combination with nomad points. AWESOME NEW CODE: nomad esim discount code for 75% off any plan, NOMADCS25 do not know how long it lasts but this is an amazing deal esp. since they are really low on esims right now! (nomad promo codes do not work on plans that are already on sale, unlimited plans, and plans under $5)

weekly tuesdays only code on nomad web, PST timezone! it gives 10% off plans 10gb and above. NOMADTUE

for the month of may, first time referrals give 25% off for a person's first purchase and 25% off the referrer's next purchase! it's a great time to use someone's referral code from the notes if you are a first time buyer.

troubleshooting hint 1: if you are trying to pay through paypal, make sure you have pop-ups enabled! otherwise the payment window won't be able to appear.

troubleshooting hint 2: if you are trying to purchase an esim using the provider's app, it may block you from purchasing if your phone does not fit the requirements to install and use their esims. use their website in your browser instead and this problem should go away.

edit as of 5/21/24: holafly (israel and egypt), nomad (regional middle east), simly (palestine and middle east), mogo (israel), and airalo (discover) are currently in the highest in demand. here is a purchase guide i made that covers all of the esim platforms, including these three platforms. if it has been more than 3 weeks since you initially sent your esim and your esim has not been activated, you can reforward your original email with the expiration date in the subject line. you can see gothhabiba’s guide for how to tell if your esims have been activated. if your esim has expired without use, you can contact customer service to renew or replace it.

#esims for gaza #free palestine #free gaza #palestine #gaza

[dontwanderoff]

my coworker taught me how to get my school laptop to work at home and almost instantly my access to compass was removed (for unrelated reasons) so like, the continuing pattern of me accessing one helpful bit of teaching and another one disappearing repeats yet again

#im back to paper rolls until the it guy saves my butt #i will say tho in the grand scheme of everything i LOVE having printing access #genuinely life changing stuff #and i discovered the to do app that links with my emails? so that seems useful. it automates so much stuff. #now if only i could start clearing that to do list and have some guilt free time outside of work #god. i am Litchrally drowning in tasks. and all the tasks involve talking to someone bc im a baby that doesn't know how to do her job yet #but at least i don't have to ask someone to print the work off for me. i repeat - life changing stuff. #my post tag

[myheadlessdollipop]

trying to get into digital art (again) and as you can see i'm having a great time

#my art #in very big quotes #yes i'm using ms paint #i have other apps this is just a test run #also yes this is aubrey from omori she's kinda like a muse for me #no way in hell am i tagging it tho #this is on one layer bc i don't know how they work #help me #digital art

[fratboycipher]

obligatory welcome guide for redditors

A lot of the guides I've seen don't actually seem to understand how reddit works in comparison to tumblr so

your blog is basically your own small subreddit. some people curate this heavily to fit a theme, like a sub, most people don't

reblogs are culturally equivilant to upvotes but functionally equvilant to crossposting

there is an algorithm. it sucks and nobody uses it. turn it off in settings. everything is generally chronological

likes are functionally equivilant to saving a post

you've probably already seen this but change your icon and put something in your bio or people WILL assume you're a bot. personal info not required

generally, anything you would put as a comment on a thread should go in the tags or the replies of a post. only add comments in reblogs if you want it to become part of the base post

tags are mostly equivilant to flairs, used for organization and commentary

your dashboard is an aggregation of everyone you follow

there is an r/all equivilant(trending page) but it sucks and nobody uses it

our search also sucks. your best bet is using tumblr.com/tagged/[TAG] and not /search

there are no mods

by extension, reporting something doesn't put it in front of the mods, it sends it to staff, who may or may not do anything(usually they don't)

there is no karma, there are no karma limits. anyone can reblog anything, comment/reply to anything, or post in any tag

"reposting"(reblogging) old content doesn't matter. people can and will reblog the same post multiple times, including in a row

CAVEAT. reposting someones art(NOT reblogging, making a new post) is a dick move. i know this is commonplace on fandom subs but its not necessary here. everything you post should be [OC] unless you are reblogging. or posting shitty memes

we have our own sitelore, you'll pick it up

(though im not opposed to bringing some over from reddit)

our app also sucks. we do not have third party apps and any that claim to be are scams. sorry

for desktop, most people use the XKit Rewritten extension for QoL improvements and to revert shitty aesthetic updates, much like old.reddit

we have no idea where the porn rules are at either. add a mature content flag to anything you'd get fired for looking at at work, that's about it

finally, from the bottom of my heart, fuck u/spez

#reddit #r/196 #r/tumblr #r/curatedtumblr #196 #curatedtumblr #reddit blackout #reddit api #dunno if anyone will read this. but if it helps im glad #im an active reddit user whos very bummed abt the site imploding #so if yall want to come here im happy to help #tilki

[officialcoffin]

Lily and Todney are forcing me to watch My Little Pony.

#mlp #my little pony #i still don't know how these tags work #how does this app even work

[5ummit]

New Mature Content Warning Overlay (And How to Get Rid of It)

More fun community label "features"! Unlike the new mandatory label for #NSFW, this one is a bigger deal to me because it affects my entire blog and it can't be avoided by just using a different tag.

Apparently on custom blog layouts, if you happen to post or reblog even a SINGLE post that's been flagged with the mature content community label, a full-page warning overlay will appear blurring out your entire blog that must be manually clicked through every single time the page is refreshed. At first I thought this was just a bug due to my older layout but I've come to realize it's not. It's a feature (as confirmed by this recent changes post) that affects all custom themes. The formatting will vary based on your own theme but here's what it looks like on my blog:

I don't know about you but I find this is stupid and annoying. If it could be dismissed once and never seen again that might be one thing, but that's not the case. The vast majority of my blog is not "mature" enough to warrant such an aggressive and invasive warning. I also think pop-ups are obnoxious in general and I'll be damned if tumblr's going to force me to have one on MY blog.

After some desperate googling for a known workaround and being unable to find even a single mention of it, I decided to take on the challenge myself. I'm not a theme coder, so apologies if there's a better way to do this, but luckily it only took me like 10 minutes to figure out a simple fix, which I'm now sharing with anyone else who may want it:

.community-label-cover__wrapper {display: none}

Just copypaste that somewhere in your CSS and goodbye pop-up!

If you're not sure how to access your theme code, check out this help article. You can also add the code via the Advanced Options menu, which is actually even better (if you can get it to work, it depends on how your theme was coded), because it will then automatically be reapplied to a lot of themes without having to remember to manually add it every time if you change your theme in the future.

Obviously this will only remove it from your own blog for anyone who may visit it. If you never want to see this warning again on other people's blogs you can also add this custom filter to your ad block:

tumblr.com##.community-label-cover__wrapper

Unfortunately I do not have an easy tutorial on hand for this one as the method will depend on your specific ad block app or extension.

Some additional notes:

After adding the theme code and saving the changes, give it a minute to update as it sometimes takes a little while for the page to refresh.

The warning overlay only seems to appear if a "mature" post is on the FIRST page of your blog, which is still annoying and makes the whole thing even more pointless and stupid because what if someone visits any other page of your blog, and oh no, happens to see "mature" content they weren't warned about?!

The warning also appears on direct links to "mature" posts.

This hack has NOTHING to do with entire blogs that have been flagged as NSFW. It only works for non-flagged blogs with custom themes that happen to have individual "mature" posts.

#I'm not letting my entire blog be penalized for a couple rare singular posts that may or may not even be 'mature' enough to warrant it #tumblr may force us to use community labels #and they may have full control over the new blogview #but MY custom blog layout has always been and always will be MINE to format and present however I want #that's the whole point #tumblr #psa #tutorial #my words #tumblr themes #wendy's help desk