#maybe that’s just my algorithm

[synth-ab]

Zelink is taking over my brain again

#artists on tumblr #digital art #illustration #csp #zelda totk #legend of zelda #Link totk #zelink #I really wanted to draw Link and Zelda resting after... EVERYTHING. #you know #because they both deserve it #originally I wanted to place Link's head between Zelda's legs #and she would've been washing his hair soflty or something #but unfortunately I couldn't think of a good angle to draw it #plus it would've been maybe too nude for tumblr ?? who knows how the algorithm god works #anyway #I still have the concept in my head and I'm not against drawing it one day #until then #they'll just be standing next to each other #Because according to Nintendo they may just be really good friends #Maybe it's why I feel like they're so queercoded #both are trans and also people are trying to convince us REALLY HARD that they are NOT A THING #Anyway have some babies having fun #I WILL draw them again

[cementcornfield]

https://youtu.be/pKnAtIVhZGo?si=q5jHhQSdx1EGKblN

Ja’marr saying that just Joe being present uplifted the team 🥹

Despite the fact that he wasn't able to be on the field, how was he keeping the team in great spirits?

Honestly [Joe's] presence is enough. I honestly told him that one day, he probably thought I was joking. But just him bringing his presence to practice, him being around us at practice, brings joy to some of the guys' faces. Especially when we're out there just running routes and we just see Joe come and walking over, you know it brightens everyone's day and brings more energy to the practice.

#oh my god 😭😭 #ja'marr had soooo much to say about how joe's presence is so important!! #joe just being there brings smiles to everyone's faces!! #brightens everyone's day!!! #(maybe no one more so than ja'marr but he's just gonna apply it to the whole team 🥲) #and ja'marr sincerely told him this!! and joe thought he was joking!!! #the way these two communicate!! it keeps me up at night!! #he's just running routes at practice...sees joe and instantly feels his day is brightened....he tells him this fact #joe laughs him off #ahhhHHHHHHH #thank you anon i hadn't noticed this was uploaded yesterday THANK YOU #if nobody else got me (my youtube algorithm) i know my anons got me <3 #ja'marr chase #joe burrow #tee higgins

[lemongogo]

can i ask.how u guys practice ur creativity <3 how u practice ur imagination or like.. how u experiment with ur art, how u come to ideas and how u develop them.<3 pretty please <3

#smthing i have always struggled w.is feeling like i can only draw things that r handed 2 me. #as in.an idea or concept that already exists #chara or conflict that already exists.Scene that alr exists. #and i think it can be soo limiting bc when i have that sort of creative desire but nothing 2 reflect off of it #i feel like im unable to do anything/get anywhere bc im unable to do that mental legwork myself ykwim #like comic artists r SOOO JAW DROP INSPIRING TO MEE bc not only are u envisioning ur own sequences/situations #but u are able to imagine even the most MUNDANE interactions within those scenarios u know #like the transitory panels and the quiet moments and the every day stillness #and i feel like.its not even a poor attempt on my behalf its like.i cant Even attempt it.like my brain is soo empty #and soo static and noiseless that i am like gauhh...... #i can practice lines all day long and practice colors and practice anatomy or Whatever bc its something concrete #and its in front of me and i can pry apart the physical technicalities until i understand it better #but my MIND???ABSTRACTION>? THOUGHTS .ough its so hard #and i really want to push past that but i dont know how and its so .. demoralizing to think that ill get there One Day but i feel #one million and two days away.and not making active process towards it. #i know the first step is to build ur visual library and i feel liek. idk i FEEL LIKEEE theres more 2 it that im missing #but also im depressed as hell n my job is killing my creative drive and the seasonal stuff isnt helping #so maybe i just need 2 give it time (true) but i also like.man i dont know. i want 2 do something w my hands #but everything ive been doing so far has felt soo .hard and fruitless and i definitely dont want 2 turn art into such a stressful thing #fruitless as in like.i dont get any personal satisfaction w it.idgaf abt monetization or algorithms or any of tht #but smtimes thats just what happens and i have 2 weather through and know ill be more equipped 4 this some other time #SAWRYYY IM ALWAYS GOING ON AND ONNN im nromal im normal<3 i just rly like art and it sucks balls whn it feels out of reach #sigh cry fart scroll.(:salute:)

[rioblitzle]

i guess im not too involved in the zelda fandom cause seeing a post about rabid totk defenders is wild to me. from my perspective people were singing that game's praises for 2 months total before it fell to the "popular game bad actually" criticism wave and i don't think i've seen anyone say positive things about totk since then lmfao

#maybe it's just twitter's algorithm showing me discourse and criticism to try and spark engagement or whatever #ive experienced the same thing with mario odyssey which sucks cause i DID get into that game well after release but whatever #i think the game has plenty of flaws but is still like. one of the best games on the switch and that's not an insult to the switch #and most of my writing issues are 'well this sucks but also makes reasonable sense within the constraints of the game design' #like the lack of sheikah tech or the repetition with the backstory cutscenes with the sages #ive also never been super interested in trying to piece together the timeline or linked universe fan stuff but that might just be me #i feel like botw/totk is way better when you view it as a retelling of the zelda universe and give up on trying to reason with the timeline #for making a direct botw sequel on the same map w the same formula and still trying to make it fresh they knocked it out of the park imo #at least in regards to gameplay? #i acknowledge that there is a MASSIVE flaw in the non linear gameplay clashing w the linear story cutscenes this time #(... but that one didn't personally affect me since i saw the memories in mostly the right order and the story hit me weirdly hard) #but anyways yeah where are all the mean totk defenders i keep hearing about i thought that game fell out of the public consciousness #all i still see about it is NintendoMarioJimmy47536 on twitter calling it 'mid af' or whatever #and occasional gorgeous paintings of the light dragon on my dash

[sn0wbat]

ah yeah! gave this paintysketch of einarr a bit of extra color <3

look at him 🦇

#low stakes 🦇 #my art #tbh i literally just added red. and emphasized a few shadows #instagram completely neglected this btw #i've been trying to post my digital paintings there but the algorithm is just completely suppressing them hAhAH #also it has been plain REFUSING to post the one with bat and morten. i have no damn clue why?? #hrgh #anyway. it's way past bedtime here #i'm gonna drop this off and go to sleep and maybe reblog this in thie morning too later idk #good night

[tricksterlatte]

Anyone else think short form social media based on algorithms designed to promote topics that create more engagement instead of more joy, the idea of fast fashion but conveyed through social media, and the fact you can monetize suffering and outrage better than ever has largely resulted in the death spiral of media literacy and the mass emergence of bad faith readings?

#I may be venting a lil but god it blows my mind #fyp is a blessing and a curse because i don't think ppl were ever meant to be subjected to this many ppl at once #god i took a bird site hiatus for weeks and now BARELY check it and it already feels like a hit #oughhhhh #even fandom spaces have hugely incorporated marketing and networking into them bc of cmms and sponsorship and building portfolio #which would be fine tbh if it weren't for the way socmed is designed #now it's like you can't support too many ppl or else you're shadow banned or you have to make yourself palatable and marketable #and websites with threads in which people will only read the first post before qrting because ratios are seen as five minutes of fame #features that permit beating an algorithm are locked behind a paywall that promises you money if you go viral #and what goes viral is usually incendiary content meant for those ratios or trends. whether for or against OP #even in hobbyist spaces the climate has changed so much due to the monetization and marketing and just. ugh #not to mention side accounts dedicated to gossip in this new priv account culture like...idk #if you have to make another account so you can make fun of a friend on main with selected priv friends it just doesn't sit well with me #and not every priv account does this but enough do and it makes me tired #unsolicited hate comments are still as bad as they used to be on ff dot net except now people openly are proud of it more #why do most socmed feel like passive aggressive sticky notes on high school lockers #there is so much more I could say about everything that has left me weary about the internet but I don't know the time or place #and I don't want anyone to think this is about them because it's a general statement. though if you are doing the more inflammatory things. #maybe rethink that. it's not good for anyone else and it's not good for you either #I keep coming back online to check on ppl and see art and I *know* it's draining for my health every time #but I feel a lot better now that i use socmed less overall. and that I try to focus on what makes me happy #it just sucks seeing so many people i care about endure absolutely wild struggles bc people online do not care. #I like rambling in my tags because this is the only place I ramble except my personal journal and to my wife

[starlitangels]

Ignore this it’s just a tag rant

#*screams because I have the coolest story I want to tell for my channel but it’ll never got more than 200 views* #(which feels like it’s because I’m a girl and female VA channels don’t have as big of an audience) #(like the ONLY way I manage to break 300+ views are algorithm feeding videos) #(which are kinda boring) #like as much as I love werewolves I’d Really like to do my cosmic suspense #I’m sorry Escaped but your advice of ‘just make what you want and an audience will find you’ is So Wrong #(again. could just be because I’m a girl) #I have been doing this for Two Years and without feeding the algorithm I’d probably have less than 300 subscribers #if I only made stories that I wanted to make my channel never would have grown at all #I want my Welcome to the Forest series to be a staple of the channel #but the fact of the matter remains that barely anyone watched the first one #it’s a little too ‘unique’ maybe #I want to collab with a bigger name VA as an influential side character #but what’s the point when no one will watch it?

[tortellinigirl]

I feel like recently, ADHD has kind of become shorthand for “a person who is annoying online and has no real problems,” and I don’t really think that’s awesome news, given the context that ADHD has a long history of being disregarded as a made up disorder that’s just an excuse for poor/obnoxious behavior, no matter how much scientific research proves otherwise. ADHD is not by any means the only disorder that has people making a thousand misleading tiktoks about it, so perhaps do some critical thinking about why specifically ADHD has become the poster child for that behavior. There are certainly valid criticisms to be made of the way we discuss mental health online, but maybe use your brain and determine why this disorder in particular is the one that’s easiest to point at for being “annoying” and “not that big of a deal.”

#idk maybe if u actually watched a couple of the tiktoks u might learn that the lack of focus thing is reall not the main issue #its just what the people around us are most likely to notice and be bothered by #not saying it doesnt get obnoxious seeing people say the same thing over and over #and yes some people are like purposely vague and disingenuous about the symptoms to get views from people thinking they have it now #but i see that with everything. like autism PTSD depression OCD anxiety #im always getting tiktoks saying that im a lesbian or i have repressed memories or “x normal thing is a symptom of y disorder!!” #and yes its annoying but its probably somewhat helpful to people who actually are dealing w those things #and also like. if u simply stop treating ur for you page like a crystal ball that sees into your soul and reflects it back #and realize its just an algorithm designed to make u interact whether thats bc u like what u saw or fucking hated it #then u will not be as bothered ! #but yes our generation seems to have a habit of constantly trying to find the right box to out ourselves in so we can be like. “marketable” #like people seem to want to design their personality like an movie character or something #but its so shitty that we’re dog piling all that on ADHD as if our specific disorder has anything to do with it #also personally i think its kind of normal to be really focused on a particular aspect of your identity when u just discovered it #and it usually evens out and just becomes part of the background of your identity #but yes there’s often a problem with pathologizing normal things #but i think its important to recognize that lots of things that are normal occasionally are pathological in excess. like thats how it works #like we’ve all been through how being sad sometimes is not the same as depression #why cant we grasp that occasionally going into a room and forgetting why you’re there isnt the same as ADHD #my posts

[demiclar]

Just spotted a ChatGPT Destiny fic on Ao3 for the first time, muted it immediately, I didn’t even look. Y’all, if you’ve got an idea that you want someone to write about, first I’d say try your hand a writing it but if you don’t want to do that, offer it to someone who might actually want to write it. I promise you, ChatGPT doesn’t give a shit about those characters you love so much. It’s not going to do them justice. Maybe it will give you exactly what you ask for, but the value of art is in the humanity and the meaning you can find in it, ChatGPT just isn’t that.

#destiny #destiny 2 #destiny fanfiction #I’m sorry I just don’t like ChatGPT #I don’t really want people to think it’s okay to give an algorithm the task I pour my heart into #and maybe that’s defensive of me but I know my worth #and it’s more than a regurgitating program #the same goes for all writers #I would rather read your first fanfiction ever than anything by ChatGPT

[tabe4]

Me and Corpse Anon have been mutuals on tumblr for years now. I guess they also found this blog by CHANCE??? The lore runs deep, I suppose 😭-🔋

by chance is wild BSDBFBDSFBSD

stole yer battery acid for hungry-game before u could do it fr

#Anonymous #anon #anon lore #ooc #art #text #my guess issss tumblr might have an algorithm and you interacting w tabe4 put it into the radar of your mutual #maybe in the suggested blogs section #unless it really is just a small ass world and we all share a certain overlap in communities BSDBFDBSFBD #idk for sure ofc dont quote me on that hoho

[starlightkun]

not to be one of those "google is free" bitches (bc in some instances they do more harm than good) but i did just search "nct l*cas allegations" (w/o the censor) and found several articles, a reddit masterthread, and some twitter threads recapping the situation (with varying degrees of reliability, proof, bias, etc.) in about ten seconds of scrolling, about the same amount of time that it takes to send me a message. so please! do that instead! i do not want to waste any more of my time/energy thinking abt that man, nor do i want anybody to form their thoughts or opinions solely on information they get from me! that's way too much pressure and responsibility to put on me.

#like ive generally kept my mouth shut abt him during his redebut bc i genuinely do not deem him worthy of wasting the mental energy on #my only posts have been abt blocking ppl who support him #and listen. no hate to the ppl asking me what he did. i think ur coming from a fine place and i understand that i brought him up first. #i always google it myself first before i tell someone google is free. just to make sure its that easy. #this time i give it a 3/10 difficulty. out of thr first 5 results maybe 1 or 2 were supportive and/or lukewarm #the others.....not so much #i believe in you. genuinely. lets bring back critical thinking. you and me. lets bring back not being spoonfed our opinions by the algorithm #talk #text #mine

[deus-ex-mona]

when the confusion is r e a l

#aka ‘im doomscrolling on the birdsite to escape the horrors of real life bUT WHY IS MY DASH COMPLETELY FILLED WITH THE SAME 2 GUYS KISSING’ #i dont even go here help where are they from who is ivan and how does he fit into the kissing guys thing is he one of the guys or?? #im confused as to why they are people comparing the kissing dudes to the pair of main dudes from o.rv but hey good for them ig #but now im seeing them on my yt recs too. help what is an algorithm anyway #d o i want to know who they are #i get the feeling that i’d only end up seeing more of them if i tried to find out more. lord. #uh. stay kissing ig??? flashtag lovewins??? #(maybe i should just take it as a sign to return to reading o.rv lol im not even halfway through this 6k page epub)

[chaotictomtom]

sadly got back to tiktok after like a year of letting go of it but it made me see this scene that i've only seen screenshots/gifs of and holy fuck............. im scared of whenever i see it in context i feel too much and explode in a million pieces cos im already jaw dropped heart pounding out of my chest mind blank seeing only this moment of jim looking at spock and going "im in command". dying. dying rn im already dying im dreading what state i'll be in while watching the actual episode

#started a whole ass new acc i need to feed the algorithm ☹️☹️☹️☹️ i just want silly videos like my old acc #i still have access to my old acc but wanted to MAYBE maybe dedicate this new one to art. i dunno i dunno

[hippy-pants]

number of days since i opened Pinterest and the first post i saw was an edited image of Neil Cicierega or a personal image reposted from his personal social media with the caption "OMG IS THAT NAIL CIGARETTE? 😍😍😍" and people in the comments calling him a fictional character: 1 0

#i guess maybe i just aged out of pinterest's demographic but like it's fully unusable i can't open it without this shit assaulting my senses #and i can't escape it because it's algorithm is so fucked #anyway kids can and will like lemon demon i guess but i wish they would dial back the weird parasocial shit like just a little #maybe i should just delete pinterest. that app has been so shitty for so long idk why i haven't deleted it yet #neil cicierega #lemon demon #pinterest #mine

[topaztimes]

Hi this is a vent post! Continue scrolling if you'd rather not see that

#Giving time... #Still more time... #Wouldn't want to plague any previews #Maybe another filler. Just for some fun #Is this enough? #It certainly is now #Alright start: #I'm so bored. I am so incredibly; intrinsically; entirely bored. I have been taught the same thing for four years straight #'It's only four years!' that's literally a quarter of my lifetime right there. My formative years are being spent stressed and in a state / #/of constant self-loathing #I was watching a YT video and the phrase 'attention-starved STEM major' came up and I was like. Yea #What am I even working towards? The hope that my version of capitalist hell isn't as bad as everyone else's? I'm just so sick of not / #/having a stable future what with politics and normal working people becoming more and more oppressed #I don't want to work and that's not because I'm lazy. It's because my brain is recognising that there is no reward anymore #I used to have such a little spark in Yr7. I remember having things to say and wanting to share everything I've done #I still do that now; sure I do. I don't enjoy it though #I thought I liked drawing but I'm realising that all I really like is the attention. I COULD draw things I like drawing... but then I / #/ don't get attention which my mind then classifies as zero reward #I'm very tired of doing things for no credit; reward; or validation. This is becoming a theme #Then I wonder what I'm doing wrong. What part of the algorithm am I not hitting. Then I realise that I'm just not marketable in a way #God. I'm seriously breaking rn. It's not even only because of GCSEs #It's just a culmination of doing all these things to be told that I am unworthy of Having as a result. It doesn't matter if I'm smart; my / #/ parents still don't own their house and can't afford to pay for heating most days #Literally what am I doing this for #And then I realise that all of this is ALSO attention-seeking behaviour! I'm my own worst problem; I recognise exactly what's wrong with / #/ myself but the body wants what it wants. And what it wants is validation that I'm not going to get in this life #Hi guys! Maybe don't interact. That could fix me #Wean me off of needing virtual numbers just to feel something. Jesus #I can't even be happy with the things that I make for myself. Because I make nothing for myself anymore #It's just a whole sad existence of an expected 12hr+ of school every day until I get a job I guess. Then it's 12hr+ of job every day until