#i really hope this ship’s still going

[fedoraspooky]

I haven’t been here long. What irritating changes have been made?

Credit where it's due, some changes have been good, like polls and stuff! But the big recent changes thus far that I would classify as irritating are:

- The UI change. This one may be less irritating for newcomers because it's basically the same layout as twitter and instagram, but for a lot of folks who've been here a long time, it feels cramped and like a loss of identity for the site. For many, the appeal of tumblr is that it ISN'T an algorithm hell like twitter or insta. Also, there's the annoyance of having to relearn where everything is, because it all got moved around.

- The users being lab rats for various tests the devs wanna pull out of nowhere without consenting to beta testing new site features- like the one that took away user icons on the dash for like half the site. They finally put them back after getting enough feedback that said NO, but users were so used to their feedback being disregarded that they were half expecting the change to be pushed through anyway.

- The Netflix tie-in advertising being pushed even to people who had PAID tumblr for a no-ads experience. Complete with them somehow thinking it would be a good idea to put an unescapable-by-scrolling spooky clown on peoples' dashboards that u had to use ublock to get rid of. While I'm not scared of clowns and often find them quite charming, it sucks that staff didn't take coulrophobia being a common fear into account.

- A wave of fully sfw trans posts being wrongfully marked Mature and staff doing little to nothing about it. Not sure if this is still ongoing, but it destroyed a lot of trust and good will. (LGBT+ users have been having to fight a constant war against censorship ever since the adult content ban on tumblr, so yeah... Nevar 4get the list of banned search words that would bring back no results, like 'girl')

- The site gradually moving away from customization. Tumblr is a BLOGGING site. But it seems to have lost sight of that fact, because most new users don't even know you can fully customize your blogs with css and stuff (an option that is now off by default for new accounts!), because of the in-dash viewer giving you only how blogs look on mobile, which is a lot more uniform. There, it's more like every other site- you get a banner and icon. Oh, but you can change colors and fonts from a drop-down list too, that's cool I guess. Though they recently took away custom color schemes on Message windows, just another little bit of personalization taken away.

- TUMBLR. LIVE. Basically tumblr teamed up with a skeevy dating app partner to allow for livestreams- but not the cool kinda livestreams like on twitch where you can draw or play games, no- to a site full of people who value anonymity, they decided to push phone cam only livestreams. Not only that but by agreeing to the terms, you're giving out tons of personal data including your location to said skeevy dating app partner and all of THEIR third-party ad partners. Needless to say, most people didn't wanna use it, so instead of users it's flooded by p*rn bots (which is ANOTHER issue we've been dealing with for a long time and have been getting an even bigger influx of FROM tumblr live) and scammers. And thus, since tumblr likes to put a carousel of current streams on people's dashes, you often get softcore p*rn thumbnails from the bot streams with no way to avoid it except for toggling off tumblr live entirely.

- Oh wait. That's right. You CAN'T toggle it off. Because you can only snooze it for a while until BAM, you're jumpscared by a carousel of ladies licking your screen again! But hey, at least they made the snooze 30 days instead of the 7 it used to be, right? Yeah, except for the fact that you can't get rid of the tumblr live button itself on the app anymore, and now it's front and center with a NEW notification tag on it, overlapping your dash and cramming useful stuff like the search button out of the way.

NOW- A lot of this stuff CAN be at least mostly fixed on desktop by installing ublock and xkit and tampermonkey + dashboard unfucker... But that's a lot of stuff just to make the site usable, you know?

#this isn't even a comprehensive list but hopefully that covers all the big ones #anyway i get tumblr has to make money and it's currently not doing that #but burning through the remaining good will of the people who stuck around through earlier bs doesn't seem like a great idea either #ah well... i'm still here regardless #i've already had to leave deviantart behind because it became an ai cesspit... and it sucked. I had a lot of good memories there. #it sucks to uproot everything and move. so unless something equally bad happens here i'll probs be going down with the ship lol #also there's like nowhere else to go right now which is a huge problem; #i've been trying to look for other places to post too but none really have the same laid-back feeling tumblr does. #also i love the asks system too much. more sites need that honestly #anyway i rambled enough hope this helps u get an idea of why people are angy #asks

[chocolate-cringymuffin]

Guess who has a new inconsistent style? :)

#korranok art #now seriously #Ihave not been active for personal reasons #and let´s say I REALLY messed up #so I lost all my drawings that I didn´t post here #And well I had to get a quick substitute for my old drawing tablet #so I am getting used to this new method an it will take me time to adjust #so of course the comic is going to be paused until I can draw decent art again haha #that's why the line art such as the color is too weird here #just posting this to know I still care about you guys and hope ya all are doing fine #some mutuals deactivated recently and well... #someone has to keep the problematics ships floating right? #and it seems we gotta keep up with the task! #hope to adapt to this soon

[turtletoria]

i feel like an incredible hater for this but i feel as i get older the more my tolerance for shipping decreases. like i went from an avid enjoyer to just tolerating ship art to now getting outright upset and fighting the urge to curse every time i see shipping content (this doesnt apply to my mutuals and friends who ship things because they can do no wrong ever)

#idk why it boils my blood like that. like genuinely it makes my online enjoyment really take a steep nosedive since 99.9% of any fandom- #content is shipping #maybe its the hater in me. maybe its the aroace tendencies in me. maybe im just antisocial and disagreeable. idk! #like shipping isnt morally bad or anything it just makes me so sad. idk #like ppl always prioritize romance over friendship and make fun of friendships as if they arent gay enough or smth and it rlly hurts me. id #like idk how to say it. everyone can have fun and stuff but it rlly makes me feel like im having fun wrong bc shipping looks fun but i cant #stomach it. like i miss having fun like that but i cant stand it anymore #like friendships r so devalued and even in frienship is magic type media friendships STILL take a backseat like whats up with that #like i hope this isnt coming across like a “i hate romance! i hate love!” kind of post but more so a why dont ppl focus on characters if - #they cant be romantically involved? #like i will alwaayyss be bitter abt willow from toh getting sidelined until she could be shipped with hunter like that pissed me off so bad #but like ur fave characters cant stand alone they neeeed to be romantically involved with someone for their love or dedication to be real #like love and dedication cant be genuine unless theyre romantically or sexually attracted? idk man #talking abt this is tricky bc u can fall into anti-sex/conservative rhetoric with this but i hope u can understand what im saying #like sex is great and romantic love is great but i wish the greater public would just have some freedom to explore concepts of dedication- #and trust that go beyond that framework. like there was a comment on reddit that framed aroace as the nonbinary of relationships and I- #thought that was really neat. yeah

[lupucs]

Gosh I love your art!

But uh whats your favorite deltarune ships?

Thank you so much!! Oh gosh, you really caught me off guard with this one hah!

Well, uh I think it should be pretty obvious which ships I like by now...

It's clearly-

It-

It's obviously...

THOSE GUYS!

#i mean look at them #theyre so adorable together #i mean geez cmon theyre h*lding h*nds what isnt there to love #literally relationship goals fr #ok in all seriousness though there are a couple other dynamics i enjoy besides the royal guards #im just gonna go ramble in the tags hoping i wont get crucified for my takes heh #i think it should come as no surprise that i enjoy the dynamic of a certain reindeer and a certain purple dino-like monster #i am really excited to see where this will go in the next couple of chapters #im pretty laid back as far as other ship dynamics go; i enjoy seeing em even when my brain doesnt immediately go “i ship it” right away #theyre still cute and i am very easily swayed into shipping things so who knows how well this post will age #ok nvm actually i also lowkey ship asgore and rudy ngl i reread the undertale alarm clock dialogue and it was just a little cute ok?? #there are a ton of dynamics i enjoy as friendships tho; such as susie/kris; berdly/noelle; susie/lancer; catti/jockington and ralsei/kris #i am aware ralsei and kris had the boat ride thingy together but i am still waiting to see what happens next #since the game isnt finished yet some things i mentioned here might change after i get the whole picture #i mean there are like 5 more chapters to go so a lot of stuff might happen and grow into something else who knows lol #lupucs spam over #ask #anon #lupucs chats

[seagull-scribbles]

Based on a Casey and Raph fic called “come and leave your mark’’ by @several-sleepless-nights

#tmnt #Casey jones 2012 #raphael hamato #raph 2012 #several-sleepless-nights #come and leave your mark #at first i was like i havent seen the vampire arc idk if i will like this fic but I shall read it anyway #and then i was mesorised and engrossed and checked it every night till chapter 2 came out #it is so so so good do check it out #and i mean i ship them but even if you dont I think its still enjoyable its not a lovey dovey fic #i just really loved it thank you so much for writing it #im still not happpy and comfortable with drawing humans #but i hope this looks okay #idk i wanted it to look softer and more vulnerable like your words but it looks quite harsh and volatile #but then again Casey and Raph are both softies who act harsh and volatile so maybe thats good? id #idk #idk guys #fanfiction #fanfic art #as with my last 2012 raph and casey thing im going to throw this at you and run away #been sittingnin my folder for days its time to share

[ginerva-mollyweasley]

“harry thought inexplicably of ginny and her blazing look and the feel of her lips on his”

HARRY POTTER & GINNY WEASLEY → my top 50 fictional dynamics [1/50]

#the eternal hold these two have on my heart #shipped them since i was 9 #and im still going strong #harry x ginny #hinny #ginny wealsey #harry potter #ginny weasley supremecy #i really hope the tv show does them justice #because we were robbed in the film

[pyromaniac-cyndaquil]

Smth I REALLY wanna say about scarlet and violet though. Epic ship/polycule headcanons aside, I think it's REALLY visible just how much gamefreak are improving at writing realistic and fleshed out friendships between characters, with actual depth and soul to them. These aren't just random npcs who the game outright has to have a professor tell you 'this is your friend!' and who you have a few nice conversations with while you occasionally battle and compare your dexes. They're much more realistic to what friendships are.

These are characters you get to know, aid the arcs of, visit for idle chitchat, witness bickering and working that out and being silly and overall? It's just like yeah. That's a real friend group right there. While there's SOME characters in older pokemon games they've kinda achieved this with, they did it for so many in sv in a way that's truly charming.

#hope this is coherent and makes sense! #i don't think they were going for any of the dynamics to seem romantic really. it's just a lot more in depth than previous friendships #to a point where it's felt different to a lot of people y'know? #and speaking as an aroace it's really nice to see friendships that are so core and whole #... doesn't mean i don't still have a fuckton of sv ships though lmao #the one exception is i really wanna believe penny being sapphic is fully intentional lol

[flugame-mp3]

what do you fucking mean that's how charlie dies. THAT'S HOW CHARLIE DIES??? i mean i know the show has a penchant for killing off every character who's not a winchester brother or an angel of thursday but good god. what the fuck. charlie was such a good and enjoyable recurring character, and she had such a fandom impact that i've seen, and she's only around for THREE SEASONS?? (sidebar: it's amazing she has the presence she does for only being around for a couple episodes in the long run!) but: was this necessary? and she just dies offscreen after her skills are utilized to progress the plot of decoding the book of the damned?? oh my god. what in the actual fuck. i'm finding myself getting genuinely very upset at her death. she did not fucking deserve that. and i can absolutely see why the fan response to her death is what it is now. completely fucking unjustified and throwaway and useless.

#theo.txt #spn #charlie #spn spoilers #spn 10x21 #almost none of the women who've gotten fridged on this show have deserved it but still #good god this one made me especially angry #why do you use this character for a plot point and then ship her off somewhere. to oz or to the afterlife. so often? #she was such a cool character with a good story that i enjoyed and related to and THIS is what they did with her?? and from my perusing she #doesn't even really come back like bobby occasionally does?? and his death. while devastating to me as somebody who really liked him. still #felt WAY better than this #sorry i ended that episode with my jaw on the fucking FLOOR oh my god. /neg #what did she have to die for? where is that post about female characters dying so male characters can feel sad but it's a gifset of all the #bullshit ass deaths of women on supernatural #i love the show fucking obviously but jesus h christ. #but also you know what. having the context that i have. still a fucked up thing to say but i see why dean says That to sam now during #charlie's funeral. it IS an interesting look into how they respond to the other one violating their wishes/freedoms and into their larger #dynamic actually! but thats not what this post is really about #wow. i am actually livid. poor fucking charlie. #if she was like a sister to the winchesters how about you bring her back huh? how about you revive her? jesus christ #i wonder what her heaven is like. i hope its dnd and movie night with the girls #i took a little break mid-typing this to see if i was just being insane and angry but no the super wiki has a whole section about the fan #outrage at charlie's death and the discussions it furthered about the show's misogynistic tendencies #and you know what? good! #ok anyway. im going to go browse charlie art and feel abnormal now. #supernatural #charlie bradbury

[fragmentedblade]

Boothill's presentation being entirely on the twitter post makes me think he will be irrelevant in the story in the long(ish) run, and that the game itself won't dwell on him almost at all

#Kinda like Argenti but Argenti seemed to be part of a larger lore and worldbuilding #Boothill doesn't even give me that vibe #Cool design though. I do love revenge stories and western films so... #*sighs* I guess I may consider him if he's fun to play with and the story is interesting. I hope he takes Aventurine out of the grave #(Or do I? Emotionally I do. Rationally I think I may lean more towards 'keep Aventurine dead' tbh) #Imagine if his revenge is against the IPC in general and Aventurine in particular but when he gets there Aventurine is already dead #The enormous fail that would be hahaha #Automaton cowboy is such a good design though I would have liked it more had they taken the automaton way enhancing the clockwork thing #instead of the cyborg one with the futuristic air. What can I say I do love automatons and clockwork #and to me they're far superior aesthetically than cyborgs. Not into cyborgs and robots at all. Sorry Screwllum. Herta most beloved design #I wonder if his gameplay will revolve around some killing himself mechanic #I don't know what to say I do love those things gameplaywise. I love the risk they add and how they make one strategise a little more #Even beyond the story and the lore‚ Blade is still my fave character to use. So fun so flexible and ironically so reliable despite the risk #Abfksndk rambling #I am thinking of Aventurine and I'm thinking of Fu Xuan. I think I'll skip Robin unless they go dark-dark with her #but I'm still considering Sunday if they make him shady. I was looking forwards to Firefly but I've disliked her writing a lot #so for now she's a big skip. I wouldn't mind getting Topaz given I love the FUA mechanics and the SU #but I like other characters more and I don't like her design at all so I'll skip her too #Couldn't care less about IL (I have him in an alt account and I don't like him at all) so that's a big skip too #I like Screwllum but not enough for now. Hmmm I guess I could get one shielder since I do love them as characters #and then save until one character really convinces me. Boothill‚ Robin‚ Sunday hmmm I hope Sunday is shady and grey #I wonder if they'll bring Huaiyan. I would give a leg for Huaiyan. Yeah I've not moved on from the Xianzhou I love that place #and I adore Huaiyan and the Zhuming. I so hope we'll get to see that ship #I talk too much

[artheresy]

HSR LEAKS

If you don’t want to see like any leaks at all pls avoid

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Okay so apparently, APPARENTLY, there has been data put in for a character by the name of Feixiao… y’know The General of the Xianzhou Yaoqing so I think the next ship might already be decided 👀

And listen, I wanted the Zhuming, I still want the Zhuming, I hope it’s next because I need Huaiyan like I need air in my lungs… but Baiheng is from the Yaoqing and Jing Yuan said her family was one of the most renown Foxian families on the Yaoqing which could mean Baiheng lore is very VERY likely WHICH MEANS I STILL WIN 🎉🎉

Say what you want about being tired of the Xianzhou, I NEVER get tired of it not even tired of specifically the Luofu. Partially because I love exploring immortality both in terms of the extent of immortality and self healing but also the extent to which lifespans fundamentally affect all parts of people’s lives like in specifically regards to love to give one example. Thinking about like Banxia from Bailu’s story quest and also the world quest about the Vidyadhara guy (who himself was… ugh) who keeps falling in love with this one Xianzhou Native for multiple reincarnations, jealous of his previos self each lifetime, and how she gradually loses the spark and interest in love and passion due to her lifespan and her continuously going through this?? The exploration is so good… I love that they went multiple long life species with different lifespans and circumstances around being long life, it gives so much to play with and I am so so excited to see us go to another part of the Xianzhou fleet and have just their circumstances explored more !!

#my love for the xianzhou is just #idc qbout the quest quality #if im being entirely honest #its not horrific just a bit disappointing in terms of the main #and i have firm opinions on the jingliu companion quest as i have grown to love it but also oof those flaws #but the other comoanion quests from the luofu are so good and the continuance was amazing #I stand by loving Bailu’s companion quest #and Yanqing’s and Luocha’s #especially the fun format they decided for Yanqing and Luocha’s that don’t make it oh we have to personally be with this person #they changed it up allowed for more opinions and it worked so well #particularly love the format of Yanqing’s being in a recording log #anyways #IM EXCITED #I’m excited #i really hope we go to another Xianzhou ship soon #i think it would be cool if like since we know the ships are expansive they almost end up as the backhalf of versions #like we get the main planet story quests wherever and then the back half we go somewhere in the xianzhou fleet #i mean realistically thats a bit unlikely and probably just a version 1.X thing but still #I enjoyed it greatly #HSR LEAKS #Honkai star rail leaks #hsr #honkai star rail #feixiao

[dennisboobs]

the thing about dennis is that he is doomed to have to choose between a relationship with someone who doesn't know him, someone who doesn't love him, or someone who doesn't care about him.

#your guess who's who #wildcard thrown in there (random women) #ada speaks #i am indeed including both of my ships here #like being completely real here #he has hindered his relationships. but its to a point where i dont think he could ever break out of it on his own #and no one really cares enough to try to help #everyone who DOES know dennis still sees him as whatever persona he's crafted #and its to a point where if he is genuinely vulnerable with them #they see that and assume it's some sort of farce #he's trying to step on them. make them underestimate him. manipulate them in some way #or they'll see him as inhuman and emotionless or *deserving* of humiliation and take it as an opportunity to shame him #dennis is so. so fucking soft inside but he can't possibly hope to let the others see that now #not after this long #he's 47 years old. he's tired and lonely and sad and he's at a point where he does want to have genuine relationships #but how can you go about breaking down what you've spent years building #when all you have is a hammer and you know knocking out the supports means you'll be crushed under the rubble

[princehugo]

they made Cleo a lesbian which is all I ever wanted but I can't even appreciate it because they handled it so fucking badly because this season's showrunners are allergic to having genuine authentic character moments that matter and I hate being upset but I AM

#seriously I started out with such low hopes then really liked the first couple eps so I rose my expectations and now the #latest episodes have been SO DISAPPOINTING. the last one was the absolute worst so far it was such a joke #i know this blog is for little kids shows but i dont have any friends and this is killing me and i just need to complain #'i hope they reboot your favorite series and make it woke and cringy': evil curse to bestow upon your enemies #like where the fuck did cleo liking frida even come from? literally out of nowhere. she hated frida and they had zero relationship growth #my heart belongs to cleo x joan but i would be open to this ship IF THEY ACTUALLY... HAD CHEMISTRY #it would have been so much better if they pushed the idea that cleo still kinda resented that frida was so popular #and her attraction stemmed from envy and other repressed emotions #also do you think a fucking teen girl from 2002 is going to decide woohoo im a homo without zero angst or guilt??? #FUCK THATTTTTT cleo absolutely called other girls dykes as an insult back then and now shes cool? fuck that fuck that fuck that #whatever. I hate living in 2023 #this is about clone high btw #topher was funny though I'll give it that

[ff2-soda-pop]

I'm starting to question if I should even bother with the stupid paper.... I'm probably just gonna fail anyways lmao

#ive been running around stuck on Babysitter Duty for the past three days and the teacher only gave us any instructions on thursday yet #somehow expected a full paper done and edited by sunday. even if i wasnt stuck on babysitter duty she'd get a shitty paper just due to how #little TIME that is to get things done. but because i am on babysitter duty uhhh..... well so far there's no paper #ive been spending practically full days having to take care of my sister and i cant just Ignore Her so i havent done my paper while watchin #her because again: my focus needs to be on Her. and shes incredibly loud which makes it super hard to focus. fun combo /s #so i was like 'i'll just stay up Really Late and do it then' but that hasn't worked because my sister WONT GO TO BED if im awake. i was up #until 4am last night hoping she'd fall asleep and shut up and i could work but Nope! #and then i got too tired to even care anymore #i've tried explaining this to others and they're just like 'ok well you just need to find a way to make it work :/' which is very much #easier said than done! and im scared about this paper because this teacher doesnt accept late work at all for pretty much any reason #and im sure she wont understand my situation. because shes also the teacher that didnt understand that i didnt have the textbook on time #because it was still being shipped and i dont control the rate at which book ships and she was like #'..........okay well you still need to have the book by tomorrow at least <3' when i told her the book had Just shipped and idk when i'd ge #the dumb thing. so yknow i dont have high hopes about this #also just as extra 'make stuff more difficult' i have zero accommodations because my mom cant keep track of my fucking IEPs and they wont #let me have accommodations unless i have that and idk how to get a copy anymore. so i've also been running around with no help in that area #and it's not great </3 #idk im just stressed out and frustrated and i Want To Cry :) #vent

[iwillfuckingdoitdarling]

So I only learned recently that the RMS Carpathia was sunk by a German torpedo during WW1. Even more eerie is that she sank the exact same day that the Romanovs were murdered, July 17th, 1918. They’ve found her wreck off of the cost of Ireland, but no one has done a deep dive to investigate her since she was found in 2000. She’s only 500 feet under, so she’s easy to access…someone needs to start that mission!

#the Carpathia is one of those ships that should have been preserved and turned into a museum #by her sheer willpower to save the Titanic her engines were weakened #when time came for her to escape the Germans she was too crippled to go any faster #if nobody explores the wreck then she could be forgotten #I hope people take the time to look at her and give her the reverence she deserves #rms carpathia #cunard #Cunard line #oh also Cunard still exists and owns the Queen Mary 2 so the age of ocean liners isn’t really over in that regard #world war 1

[certifiedwerewolf]

Isn't Riz like canonically aro/ace? Why are there so many fic shipping him with Fabian?

#i mean if i was going to ship riz with anyone it would be either fabian or fig #but iirc he's like explicitly said he's not interested in dating #also i would ship fabian and fig before i shipped either of them with riz either way #too bad they ended up being stepsiblings because brennan was too much of a coward to go for gilear/jawbone #or gilear/gorthalax #either of those ships would have made more sense than the fucking pair the spares hetfest that got thrown at us at the last minute of s1 #(yes i'm still bitter about that leave me alone) #by the way i don't have anything against fig/ayda that just feels more like teen dating to me which never feels permanent #and the dynamics that get the most focus are naturally between the player characters #so feeling more shippy vibes between them is just natural #anyway the only actual ship i have in fantasy high is ragh/gorgug #i'm holding out hope #oh i also think fabian/adaine would be really cute too #honestly also fabian/gorgug #fabian is just extremely shippable idk what to tell you #i mean hell for that matter i'm not against fabian/ragh #i just think ragh/gorgug feels more right

[ijustreallylikecaptainamericaok]

For the Multiamory March (2022) Prompt “Black & White.” 

I love to play with our shadows In and out of the glow I'm not afraid of a dark side Just tell me things I don't know - Hayley Williams, “Sugar on the Rim”

#multiamorymarch #multiamorymarch2024 #stevescotthope #hope van dyne #scott lang #steve rogers #mcbeardsley #steve x scott x hope #ot3: we're on it #moodboards #graphical hodgepodge #my multiam march2024 #i tried to write a microfic/drabble to go with this but it wasn't really working and i didn't wanna force it so i scrapped it for now #on another note i'm still not sure how to tag this ship #i go back and forth between captain microscope and microscopic shield but i don't know #oh the perils of being a default ship captain lol