Jess|24|USA
Just your typical every day trash blog. I post YOI and Voltron primarily, but this blog is really just a big dumpster fire of all of my favorite things. You might occasionally see me post some of my art and pieces of any stories I'm writing, so if you see something I wrote or drew that you're interested in seeing more of, or if you just wanna chat in general, feel free to send me a message :)
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So, Dominic and Casimir. Dom and Cas. My precious OCâs. Hereâs their story and a bit of the world they live in!Â
Before I go into detail about them though, letâs start with a bit of world building first so some stuff later makes sense!Â
WORLD BUILDING!
So, in this Universe, there is a huge plethora of Gods, think Greek or Japanese Mythology style, just tons of gods everywhere! Anyway, there are two overarching categories of Gods. Elemental Gods, and Empathetic Gods. Elemental Gods (pretty self-explanatory, but will elaborate anyway lol) govern over the elements of the universe and the mortal world, such as the basics of Fire, Earth, Wind, Water, etc, as well as the broader elements such as the concepts of Dark and Light, among many others. Most of the elemental Gods tend to be more powerful than Empathetic Gods, so they make up the majority of the upper tiers of the Hierarchy of Gods. Empathetic Gods govern over human emotion. Not to say that they control how people feel, absolutely not, humans have Free Will, the Gods cannot control any humans unless absolutely dire situation requires it to keep the Universe in balance. Empathetic Gods essentially require human emotion to remain in existence, and the more people feel a certain emotion, the stronger the gods of that emotion will become. The major downside of Empathetic Gods that Elemental Gods donât experience is that they literally rely on mortals to maintain their existence. Empathetic Gods wink into existence when a certain emotion becomes widely felt across many people, and Empathetic Gods fade from existence when a certain emotion is no longer as widely felt by people. For example, if there is war and strife, where fear, anger and hatred are the emotions running wild through the people, then gods of those emotions grow stronger, more gods of those emotions wink into existence, and gods of emotions such as happiness, love, and compassion, will begin to weaken and/or fade from existence, and the reverse is true in times of peace (think of the anime Noragami, if youâve seen it, to get an idea of how Gods and their powers work). Due to this constant change in power among the Empathetic Gods, most of them make up the majority of the lower tier of the Hierarchy of Gods.Â
And that wraps up the important aspects of my World Building to explain my OCâs and their story!
DOMINIC AND CASIMIR!
So, Iâm gonna start with my problem child, Dominic AKA Dom. Below is his Godly Form!
So, Dom is 20 years old. He grew up in an orphanage after having been found wandering the streets at the estimated age of 8, with no memory of who he was or where he came from. He was an angry, closed off child, and so he bounced from foster home to foster home, nobody willing to keep a child with the issues he had. He ran with a pretty bad crowd, and spent quite a bit of his adolescence in and out of juvie. He picked up the habit of smoking cigs at 14, dropped out of school at 16, and then when he aged out of the system at 18, he began bouncing from crappy min wage job after another just to afford the crappy run down apartment he barely lives in. He developed a habit of dying his hair wild colors, and he is currently sporting purple and green (as shown above), and he has quite a few piercings as well. One thing that has remained a constant for him though, is his passion for photography. Specifically, he loves sneaking into old abandoned places and photographing them. He feels a kinship with these places that have been forsaken by the world and lost to time, just like him. He feels the need to preserve their memory, so at least one person will remember them. Because of his childhood memory loss, he obsesses over photography so that he never forgets anything ever again, itâs one of the things he fears the most. Dom is a good guy though, he has a good heart, heâs just been fucked by society and has a lot of issues to work through. Heâs better since heâs grown up a bit, but heâs still pretty angry at the world and has issues with authority, he hates being told what to do. Now, how did he lose his memory exactly? Well, I wonât go into detail about how or why, because I donât wanna spoil much, but I will give this interesting tid-bit away. Dom is actually a former Minor God of Compassion, and something happened that caused him to flee from the heavens to take refuge on Earth. He reverted his form into that of a child, locked away his powers, and erased his memories, so he would grow up as a human and forget about his Godly troubles.Â
Now, for some information on Casimir AKA Cas!Â
Cas is the Dragon God! The Dragon God is the God of Creation, he rules over everything within the Universe, and is the King of the Gods. He has been the current Dragon God for over a thousand years now. The Dragon God is not all-seeing and all-knowing, however, and can make mistakes just as easily as anybody. The Gods are not perfect beings by any means, though some may try to act like they are (lol). Cas is a kind and benevolent Dragon God, he treats everybody equally, and is stern when he needs to be. He is fiercely protective of those he cares about. He can be stubborn and impulsive though, and doesnât always realize his own faults, so sometimes he has to get knocked around a bit to realize when heâs being stupid. Anyway, so poor Cas here, just being a good Dragon God, minding his own business, just trying to do his job, suddenly gets taken out by some unknown entity out of nowhere. By taken out, I mean that this strange black entity shows up randomly with no warning, steals Casâs powers, puts him to sleep, and then basically just fucking YEETS the fucker down to Earth. And it all happens so fast that the other gods around Cas, his Inner Circle mostly, have literally no time to act and stop this entity in time, so they lose their King, but before the Dragon Godâs powers can fully manifest within the entity, Casâs Inner Circle are able to restrain and seal away the entity so that it canât do anymore damage. Since they have no clue what it is or where it came from though, they can do nothing more but keep it sealed until they can get some information. So, the Inner Circle splits, half researching the entity, the other half trying to find their fallen King.Â
That wraps up my OCâs! Now....
HOW DID THEY MEET!????
So glad you asked! So, one day, Dom snuck into an old abandoned mansion to check it out and mark some good spots to come back and photograph. So, while he was carefully picking his way through the rickety old building, he gets startled by a damn pigeon of all things! As a result, he accidentally missteps and falls through the floor to the room below. Thereâs no light in the room except for his dim flashlight and what little light is shining in from the hole he made above him. As the ceiling starts to collapse on him, he suddenly gets yanked out of the way by...... Cas! (Because who else would it be? Lol) Casimir has been asleep in this mansion for the last 12 years, and Dom basically falling on his face is what finally woke him! So, Dom helps Cas get out of the mansion and lets Cas stay with him for a few days while Cas brushes up on the current state of the world today, and tries to communicate someone from his Inner Circle with no success. Once Cas has his bearings, he thanks Dom for taking care of him, and goes on his way. From there, Cas uses his charm and intelligence, as well as a little bit of what small dredges of power he has left to build himself into a successful businessman (because how else are you gonna afford the lifestyle of a GOD and have the power and connections to do questionable Godly things?) and searches for a way to contact his Inner Circle to find out what happened up in the heavens and find a way to get back up there. And thatâs how Dom and Cas meet!
WRAPPING UP!
Now, of course Dom and Cas will meet again and all kind of craziness will ensue, but if I talk about all that here, thatâll spoil the fun and then what will be the point of writing my story at all? If you wanna know more about them, you know how to contact me! Iâll be posting more art pieces of them over time as well, and my hope is to eventually turn their story into a comic, so if you want to keep up to date on how that is going, follow me on Twitter~!Â
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From someone whoâs survived MySpace, livejournal, deviantart, and fanfiction.netsâ content purges and bad policy updates, hereâs some advice on how to get through tumblrâs recent bullshit:
- donât knee jerk delete. I know itâs tempting to peace out immediately but hang on and do the other steps first. Out right ghosting and erasing everything is how fandoms die.
- archive everything on your blog you want to keep
- tell your followers how they can archive and keep your work too. A lot of fic and art were only saved from ff.net and lj because other people saved it first. If youâre cool with other people saving your work for them to personally keep, let them know this. You can absolutely discourage reposting but I really do highly recommend you allow people to personally save fic and art they like and are worried will disappear forever. Digital Dark Ages are a real thing.
- tell people where youâre jumping ship to. Give links. Keep that info up, even if youâve left the site.
- go through who you follow and find out where else you can follow them. Save their work if theyâll allow it. Itâs tedious as hell but if you want to keep up with people on here clicking on their page to check in is the best way to do it.
- support places like ao3. This is exactly why ao3 asks for donations a few times a year. They are a 100% anti-purging, judgement free, ad free non profit run by an elected board and protected by lawyers. Places like ao3 literally save fandom so please continue to support them and other similar archives. This is exactly why ao3 is so important.
Man, if I knew how to build and maintain websites, I'd be all over making a site that works the same as Tumblr, but without all of this bullshit, and with improved filtering, staff, and support.
This is absolutely ridiculous. I get what you guys are trying to do, but this is both a case of "too little, too late", and of going about the situation the entirely wrong way. All y'all are doing is hurting yourselves with this nonsense. Y'all have become greedy, lazy, and short-sighted over the years, not doing a damn thing about the issues when they were brought to y'alls attention YEARS ago, and now you're trying to find a quick fix to save yourselves that is only gonna end up destroying you in a few short months. Way to go Tumblr, enjoying collecting dust with MySpace and Neopets.
A better, more positive Tumblr
Since its founding in 2007, Tumblr has always been a place for wide open, creative self-expression at the heart of community and culture. To borrow from our founder David Karp, weâre proud to have inspired a generation of artists, writers, creators, curators, and crusaders to redefine our culture and to help empower individuality.
Over the past several months, and inspired by our storied past, weâve given serious thought to who we want to be to our community moving forward and have been hard at work laying the foundation for a better Tumblr. Weâve realized that in order to continue to fulfill our promise and place in culture, especially as it evolves, we must change. Some of that change began with fostering more constructive dialogue among our community members. Today, weâre taking another step by no longer allowing adult content, including explicit sexual content and nudity (with some exceptions). Â
Letâs first be unequivocal about something that should not be confused with todayâs policy change: posting anything that is harmful to minors, including child pornography, is abhorrent and has no place in our community. Weâve always had and always will have a zero tolerance policy for this type of content. To this end, we continuously invest in the enforcement of this policy, including industry-standard machine monitoring, a growing team of human moderators, and user tools that make it easy to report abuse. We also closely partner with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the Internet Watch Foundation, two invaluable organizations at the forefront of protecting our children from abuse, and through these partnerships we report violations of this policy to law enforcement authorities. We can never prevent all bad actors from attempting to abuse our platform, but we make it our highest priority to keep the community as safe as possible.
So what is changing?
Posts that contain adult content will no longer be allowed on Tumblr, and weâve updated our Community Guidelines to reflect this policy change. We recognize Tumblr is also a place to speak freely about topics like art, sex positivity, your relationships, your sexuality, and your personal journey. We want to make sure that we continue to foster this type of diversity of expression in the community, so our new policy strives to strike a balance.
Why are we doing this?
It is our continued, humble aspiration that Tumblr be a safe place for creative expression, self-discovery, and a deep sense of community. As Tumblr continues to grow and evolve, and our understanding of our impact on our world becomes clearer, we have a responsibility to consider that impact across different age groups, demographics, cultures, and mindsets. We spent considerable time weighing the pros and cons of expression in the community that includes adult content. In doing so, it became clear that without this content we have the opportunity to create a place where more people feel comfortable expressing themselves.
Bottom line: There are no shortage of sites on the internet that feature adult content. We will leave it to them and focus our efforts on creating the most welcoming environment possible for our community.
So whatâs next?
Starting December 17, 2018, we will begin enforcing this new policy. Community members with content that is no longer permitted on Tumblr will get a heads up from us in advance and steps they can take to appeal or preserve their content outside the community if they so choose. All changes wonât happen overnight as something of this complexity takes time.
Another thing, filtering this type of content versus say, a political protest with nudity or the statue of David, is not simple at scale. Weâre relying on automated tools to identify adult content and humans to help train and keep our systems in check. We know there will be mistakes, but weâve done our best to create and enforce a policy that acknowledges the breadth of expression we see in the community.
Most importantly, weâre going to be as transparent as possible with you about the decisions weâre making and resources available to you, including more detailed information, product enhancements, and more content moderators to interface directly with the community and content.
Like you, we love Tumblr and what itâs come to mean for millions of people around the world. Our actions are out of love and hope for our community. We wonât always get this right, especially in the beginning, but we are determined to make your experience a positive one.
Ableism is really silly. Like, humansâ whole deal is âwe donât have any specific adaptations in particular, we make prosthetics instead.â Like, cold environments? Skip waiting for an advantageous mutation, letâs make prosthetic furâclothes. No hooves? Prosthetic hoovesâshoes. No claws or beaks? Instead, we make all kinds of knives and tools. Canât find a natural shelter? Build one. Arid climate? Irrigate it.
Everything that we call civilization is just humans making prosthetic adaptations instead of waiting around for mutations. We get some advantageous mutations too, but weâre so reliant on the artificial ones that all the wetware upgrades are hackish as fuck and often do things like kill you if you get a double dose of the gene. And then humans invent more artificial adaptations so it doesnât actually have to kill you.
But then somewhere along the way we all decided that only some artificial adaptations were okay, and more unusual ones were bad? Which is kind of ridiculous. Especially with how far stuff has developed. We can make prosthetic insulin and other hormones, even. Prosthetic chemicals, and isnât that amazing? But for some reason we think that having to rely on those kind is a sign of weakness or lesser worth than just having to rely on houses or shoes, or that itâs too much to make all the things compatible. That people with some kinds of tech dependence should just suck it up while others get what they need to go about their day with a relative lack of pain and hardship. And that just goes against everything our history as a species says we should do. And because itâs âmore expensiveâ? We invented capitalism a lot later than we invented shoes or crutches or quinine, Iâll tell you that.
So recently I came across a fellow artist who was struggling to find a free art program, and considering dropping the large amount of money for a Photoshop license. I know not everyone can afford such an expensive program, so Iâve compiled a list of programs with no cost to download and use.
Keep in mind all computers are different, so not all will work for everyone. Also, Iâve only ever used Windows, so for the most part, Iâm not sure if everything will work for Mac. if in doubt check the website linked.
Photoshop CS2 - (Windows, not sure about Mac.)
FireAlpaca - (Windows and Mac)
Sketchbook Copic Edition - (Windows and Mac)
GIMP - (Windows) (Mac)
Paint tool SAI [cracked]Â - (Windows) (Mac)
Paint tool SAI 2 beta - (tumblr post on said program)
iPaint - (Mac)
Paintbrush - (Mac)
Pencil - (Windows, Mac)
Paint.NET - (Windows)
Seashore [still in development, ver 0.5] - (Mac)
ChocoFlop - (Mac)
Inkscape - (Mac and Windows)
ArtRage [Demo] - (Mac and Windows)
OpenCanvas 1.1[must pay for 2.0] - (Windows, not sure about Mac.)
MyPaint - (Windows)
Krita - (Windows)
Vectorian [Supports Animation] - (Windows)
Pixia[Japanese, some English versions] - (Windows)
Asperite - (Windows)
Chasys Draw IES - (Windows)
SmoothDraw - (Windows)
TwistedBrush Open Studio - (Windows)
BOUNS - CTRL+Paint [Great for teaching all kinds of stuff, like how to use digital programs.]
If you know more free programs, please add onto this!
Okay, so, let me tell you guys a little story. This story is about a sad, lonely young woman who hadnât made the greatest choices in her life which put her in her current position at the time. She dated guys who werenât good for her because she so desperately wanted to feel loved, she made friends who treated her poorly because she didnât want to feel alone, she had a job she hated that didnât pay enough for her to survive, she was forced to live with people she didnât like because she couldnât afford to live on her own and she had too much pride to move back in with her parents who were two hours away from her, and she was too tired and lazy to try to find a better job that would make at least one aspect of her life just a little bit better, because by then, she just felt like, âWell, whatâs the point? The rest of my life sucks, what will changing anything really do?â. She was so caught up in her own misery that she couldnât see the flaws in her logic. She was depressed, she had given up on everything, she was just living day by day, going with the flow, just following the same motions and patterns she had been for years, heedless of how toxic that cycle had become for her.Â
Then, one day, something happened.Â
She made a choice.Â
She made a choice to finally break that cycle. It started with a decision that would change her life for the better. She told her crappy roommate that she wouldnât let herself be walked on anymore. Her crappy roommate made life hell for her after that, but she wasnât phased. After all, what more could her roommate do to her that she hadnât already done to herself? She swallowed her pride, left her shitty job, and moved back in with her parents. It hurt her to do that. She felt like a failure. She felt that moving back in with her parents was proof that she didnât have what it takes to be a proper adult, and everything she had done up until then had been a waste of her efforts. She felt like she had hit rock bottom.Â
Then, she realized it.Â
She hadnât hit rock bottom at all. In fact, what she had done was something much better.Â
She had hit the reset button on her entire life.Â
Her supportive parents had given her a stable place to live where she could be properly taken care of and given the support she needed to work her way back up and make a better life for herself. Moving in with her parents had moved her away from the toxic life she had built for herself, and away from the toxic people she had let into her life. With that reset, she found the will to work towards making a better life than the one she had chosen before.Â
She found another job, and though it wasnât much better than the one she had before, she was making steps to improve it, little by little. She found the love she had been looking for in a man who had been by her side for years and was finally in a happy relationship with someone who treated her with all of the love and care in the world. She found friends who supported her and loved her, who would stick by her side no matter what and would always be there for her in her times of need. When she was ready, she moved back out of her parents, and lived in an apartment with roommates who actually treated her well, roommates she could also call friends.
 Her life was far from perfect, but she could finally say she was truly happy for the first time in her life.Â
That sad little post above this story was a post I made during one of the lowest points in my life, where I was feeling at my worst, embroiled in the toxic shitty life I had made for myself. Now, a year and a half after I hit the reset button, Iâm writing this from the comfort of my apartment where I live with my cat, two great friends, and their cat. My parents are only a short drive away, and I know that they will always be right there if I ever need anything. Iâm not afraid to ask for help anymore from the people who have always taken care of me and truly want the best for me. I just celebrated my one year anniversary with my boyfriend who is also my best friend in the whole world. Iâve never been with anyone long enough to celebrate a one year anniversary, so this was a big deal to me, and Iâve never been happier. I have a group of friends I spend time with several times a month between our busy schedules, and I love each and every one of them with all of my heart. My job still sucks, but itâs a work in progress, and not something Iâm going to let beat me down anymore. Iâm currently in the process of finding a better job, and thoughts of going back to school have popped up occasionally, so that may be in my future eventually, as well.Â
The point Iâm making here with all of this is, life is going to be shitty, itâs not always going to be sunshine and rainbows. Youâre going to make bad choices in your life, weâre only human after all, nobody is perfect. Whatâs important is that, no matter how bad life gets, there is always a way out, and itâs never too late to hit that reset button and start over. Itâs scary to start over, and it sucks. You may feel like starting over is pointless, or a waste, or that maybe starting over is throwing away all of your hard work, but I promise itâs not. Starting over is the best thing you can do for yourself. Itâs not something that necessarily happens overnight, it takes time, and effort. But, that reset button will give you the chance to reinvent yourself, and become someone you can be proud of, and rebuild a life that will actually make you happy. You can learn to love yourself again, and love the world around you.Â
Do I regret the choices I made in my past? Maybe a little bit, but for the most part, not really. Why? Because those bad choices I made in my past taught me a lot of valuable lessons, and are a large part of the person I am now. I wouldnât be living the life I am now without having made those choices back then. I wouldnât be happy now without those choices. I wouldnât love myself the way I do now, if I hadnât made those choices which made me hate myself so much back then. I take pride in my bad choices, because they taught me to make the better choices for myself, so I can keep living each and every day, better than the last.Â
Hit that reset button, itâll be the best choice you ever make.
Wow. I'm just sitting here, and it only just occurred to me. I'm a complete loser.
Seriously. Iâm a total loser. I have no life. I just sit here all day and be bored out of my skull. I have pretty much no friends, at least none who actually care to spend any time with me or talk to me much. Nobody texts me or calls me. Nobody leaves me messages in my ask box, and nobody messages me on Facebook. My boyfriend is at work more than heâs home, so he pretty much doesnât even exist, and my roommates donât really like me much, and theyâre hardly ever home anyway. The only time I ever go out is when I go to work, which is only 3 days a week at most, and that only lasts about 4-6 hours. This sucks. I never realized just how lonely I was until now. But seriously. Iâm lonely. And itâs sad, and so I sit here, hoping that someone will decide to make some kind of contact with me, and make me feel like Iâm not so alone.
Crack AU where Anakin can all of a sudden hear the background music that we all hear. Those pleasant chats with Palpy become a lot more ominous. Though Anakin admits that the fights have become a lot more epic. Thoughts?
Hahahahaha. Love it!
And okay, my first though was âand the galaxy was saved because even Anakin Skywalker would struggle to keep trusting Palpatine with that music playing in the backgroundâ
Anakin think heâs gone COMPLETELY insane (maybe heâs finally been electrocuted too many times and its fried his brain). He doesnât tell anyone though because he can still fight just fine just⊠everything is a lot more musical. He doesnât want to be thought crazy and taken off the front lines.
Once he figures out what the various musical cues mean he actually finds them useful in figuring out how dangerous a situation is. Also battles are so much cooler now and boring landscapes are slightly less boring because at least now they have mood music. Yep, he can live with this.
(Although he is always confused why the ominousness that is The Imperial March starts playing at some of his decisions)
OKAY CAN SOMEBODY EXPLAIN TO ME HOW THE FUCK YOU SHIP A PACKAGE OF COOKIES TO A FRIEND WHO LIVES IN NEW JERSEY, ONLY TO HAVE IT NOT GET THERE ON TIME BECAUSE IT SOMEHOW ENDED UP IN GUAM?
Zombie apocalypses are curiously lacking a large array of common equipment that could neatly control the situation.
âBut we canât build walls to contain them!â
Moves by truck, train or boat. Ridiculously common. And see those holes on the bottom? Mobile by forklift. Also, HEAVY, even when empty theyâre in the tons. If you had some warning you could string these things end to end for miles and human bodies canât move them. Plus theyâre nice and wide so you can comfortably walk on top of them for patrols.
âBut we donât have easy ways to kill them!â
Put the shotgun down you fucking idiot.
No tires to pop. Heavy and slow but inevitable. Climbing required to enter and thus, relatively zombie proof, especially if you spend like an hour to protect the glass.
A lot of large farming equipment can destroy cars.
Want to guess what itâd do to a decaying human body? Itâs not pretty.
Now I know what youâre thinking. Merely flattening them with common construction equipment or farming gear isnât enough.
How about a
tree trimmer that can mulch a tree top to bottom in nothing flat?
OM NOM NOM NOM.
âBut we need ways to move a lot of people that zombies canât stop!â
BEEP BEEP MOTHERFUCKER. Deer donât have a chance and neither does a zombie.
âBut thatâs not good enough!â
NOW itâs time to call our friend the military because this ride stops for no one.
Do I need to keep going or is it clear the movies are bullshit yet? Seriously a dozen prepared people with heavy equipment licenses could clear an entire street of zombies AND powerwash it after.
So, I may or may not be reading YOI doujinshi while listening to Christian music..... Iâm not even Christian..... And my dad may have walked in on me reading it. I wasnât quick enough to switch tabs, but he didnât say anything, so I have no clue if he saw...... Iâm totally going to hell. OTL