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a little post-Labyrinth Runners comic I thought of the other day
bonus panel:
#they are just!!!! creechrs#collapses to floor with the sound of a draining balloon#the owl house#toh#willow park#hunter toh#gus porter#labyrinth runners#clover toh#flapjack toh#emmiline bailey marcostimo#thank you tumblr auto fill#i think abt how these threes palisman were with the bat queen together for SO long#so the creatures are friends bc i say so im dana terrace#my art#toh comic#toh fanart
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I kinda want a video of just Sam and Vincent.
No listener. Just those two. Vibing.
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THIS FUCKING AD IS JUST RIPPING OFF THAT FUCKING PECULIARS MOVIE
#I only know about it thanks to tiktok#I don’t know the exact name#but I am mad#Nishi rambles#miss peregrines home for peculiar children#fuck tumblr ads#thank you tumblr tags auto fill
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I'm sorry you have to deal with all that shit. You deserve to be able to celebrate yourself without getting sliced up by internet randos. And yeah, poly belongs in pride month, it's something worth celebrating and taking pride in.
Thank you so much. I really appreciate your kind words.
I want to take this ask/post as a moment to update on my emotional outburst the other night (found HERE and some follow-up if you missed it). Mostly that I have been blown away by the amount of positivity people responded with! I have grown so used to people wanting to fiercely argue with me and accuse me of shit that I was feeling isolated and like nobody was on my side. I was shocked to be reminded of how many other people have went through the same. Lots of people also said that telling people they were gay/bi or trans was easy but it is hard to tell people that they are non-monogamous and not get hated for it. Again, not everybody's experience but certainly true for more than even I realized. It was so validating.
There was 1 hashtag on one of the reblogs that really stood out to me, "#polyphobia". I talk to death about homophobia and transphobia, even biphobia. But I have never really uttered that word. And it was so refreshing to just label it that. Polyamory still gets so erased that even the word for hating it felt victim to erasure. As if, "How could polyphobia exist when polyamory isn't a real or serious thing that deserves to be protected." I was reminded of all the other phobias that Pride has delt with. The biggest is of course Transphobia. Gays and lesbians were great but transpeople were wrong, despite being so important to the history of pride. Let's not forget how often gay and straight people have come together for biphobia to hate the greedy people that just can't pick a side. But I think the one that resonates most for me is questioning whether or not asexuality belongs at Pride. I am far from asexual myself but I have a lot of friends that are and hearing their accounts of being mistreated by people all over the spectrum really just struck a chord in my heart. All of these cases of people who were not welcomed at Pride at one point but now are mostly welcomed. And now the newest enemy to isolate and say they don't belong at pride is polyamorous people. They aren't queer enough. It might let in cis-het people which would be so awful~. I can only hope in time we look back at this and won't be able to remember a time when polyamorous people were pushed out of Pride just as we are already forgetting that bi, trans, and ace people were too.
I have also come to the conclusion that some Polyamory Facebook groups are just filled with outright mean people. Toneless online conversation with some level of anonymity will always lead to people being less compassionate and empathetic. Other night I joined a local "Polyamory Discussion" Zoom meetup and it was just so nice to see the faces of polyamorous strangers and hear a bit about what was going on with them. They felt so much more like 'real people' than the angry people online that won't listen to you as they rant at you on auto-pilot. Seeing Tumblr being a much more supportive community has also really helped to reconnect my tethers to this community that I love so much. Thank you.
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Hi,
I’ve been noticing that there’s an issue with the iOS app’s text editor that causes the “read more” tab to (for lack of a better phrase) gobble up paragraphs at the end of long posts. Essentially, you have to forego the cut and leave long posts fully visible, otherwise you risk losing large chunks of your post — or you have to use desktop Tumblr exclusively, which isn’t an option for everyone.
On top of the missing paragraphs, the cursor will start blinking outside the designated writing area. The auto-fill suggestions above the iOS keyboard indicate that words are definitely being typed; they’re just invisible.
I know quite a few other people have been having this problem. I submitted a help request a few weeks ago but haven’t heard anything since. Is this something Tumblr is aware of/working on?
Answer: Hey there, @eoieopda!
Thanks for getting in touch with this. Good news! This bug that you rightly describe has now been fixed, and it will be in the next release of the iOS app, 28.7, we believe, coming soon! Keep your eyes peeled, and thanks for your patience here.
Love,
— Cyle
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HP Poetry Fest info
Read below the cut!
Prompting (1-21 March)
Prompting opens 1 March, midnight, GMT+8 (cross-check with your timezone [tz] here) and closes on 22 March, midnight, GMT+8 (tz cross-check)
You can send in prompts regardless of whether you intend to create for the fest
Submit as many as you like! There are two types of prompts:
1. Any poem (in English or its English translation) for participants to create a work for, of any medium their heart desires (e.g. art and/or craft of any form, fic, moodboard, song/music score, blackout poem, haiku, animation, Tumblr poll etc.)
2. Any prompt for participants to be inspired to write a poem for. It can be as vague/broad (e.g a three word prompt; a scenario; an AU idea) or as specific (e.g. Sestina, any pairing, with line ending words: tear, care, spill, close, dim, tie) as you want 😊
Claiming (opens 24 March)
Claiming will open on 24 March, midnight, GMT+8 (tz cross-check)
Multiple claims of the same prompt are allowed, for both the same and different type of medium. This is especially due to the sheer variety of possible creations. Because of this, we will not be publicly marking any prompt as claimed
Once you fill in the claiming form, and receive Google's auto-response affirming your submission, you can start on your work! The mods will only reach out to you individually if there is anything to discuss regarding your claim; otherwise, there will be no email sent from us, and you can take it that all is fine and just create ✨
If you wish to self-prompt for either type of prompt, please fill in the corresponding claiming form with the necessary details
Collabs are very welcome ❣️
For written works for both poem and non-poem prompt fills, there is no minimum word count!
Submissions (open 1 April)
You can choose to upload your works on Tumblr and/or to our ao3 collection, which will be open for submissions at 1 April, midnight, GMT+8 (tz cross-check)
If you are uploading on Tumblr, please tag us at @hp-poetry-fest and tag your post #hp poetry fest 2023
Please allow for at least a 24 hour period before one of the mods reblogs your work to our fest blog
Roundup (and beyond) (1 May)
Round up of the submitted works will be done on 1 May
The fest will still be open for free submissions for any prompts, with no need to claim, from 1 May to 30 June
If you will be uploading on Tumblr during the free submission period, do still tag us so we can reblog your work! Please allow for at least a 48 hour period before one of the mods does so.
And that's it! Thank you for reading the guidelines 🫶 We are so excited to see what you create!
— your mods, @crazybutgood, @broomsticks and @mkaugust
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I got boosted six hours ago. At last. So relieved, of course I might feel horrid in six hours time, but woof.
Last night, I walked the dog, chatted with a couple of people who's faces I know about the hot weather and a little girl wanted to touch the doggy but that's outside and at a slight distance so no mask
but I got cornered downstairs by a neighbour, not one of the grannies, she's got a teen and an adult daughter and let's call her chatty because she always takes at least half hour even if you try to signal you have to go. In the middle of a lovely convo about pets and how home is where ever you are, I say I'm taking tomorrow off as I get vaxxed and she tells me proudly she's never been vaccinated and never caught it knock on wood (she works in a school and has two asthmatic daughters). 💀👀
I tell her she really should, it's an awful disease, I try to insist again then I blank.
I'm having to battle my thoughts between blurting out that she lives in a building filled with the elderly and 3 immunocompromised folks she claims to care about. And infodumping about SARS coronovirus1 the og, how incredible it is that we have a vaccine for something so violent and complex, the scientific developments involved are mind blowing. To have a vaccine, to have developed somewhat effective treatments, it's the work of millions, we haven't seen a medical 'miracle' like this since HIV treatment which took over twenty years.
The fear didn’t hit until about an hour later. At the time I was too busy trying to stay upright and keep the sweat out of my eyes (hot evening and POTS and this woman is very chatty). I was trying to make something quick to eat while covid diabetic : it's been almost 3 years and my pancreas didn't bounce back. So even fruit and white starches need to be carefully measured. There's baguette in the freezer but I can only have it if the other meal was relatively low carb.
Anyway I'm grateful for the vaccine. Knowing the science and history behind them makes it even more 'magical', I hold on to this despite vaccine injury from a cheaply made low effort hep B jab that gave about 1% of us all auto immune disorders.
Next time I see chatty neighbour, I'll try and get a word in to ask that she consider getting protected for the grannies and us.
I'm also very grateful to all the folks in my orbit on tumblr who've been wearing their masks in public places and got their vaccines. It really is saving lives and if no one else has thanked you yet, allow me ❤️❤️❤️
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So, for a while you didn’t have you commissioned shorts for Unprofessional Behavior and Shine navigable on your site and they had to be directed from a tumblr post. I really liked Pillowtalk. Here is a selection of quotes from my texts where I was trying to find it again for my sibling after reading it once.
“I was looking for the fuckpillow short again (bc it appeared to me once like a mirage on the horizon and I’ve never found it again)”
“The fuckpillow short is like a magic shop that only appears when it’s raining and the stores to either side of it are next to each other when you check in the daylight”
“It was hard to find bc it’s a commission and they don’t have any UI nav on the hosting site have to get the personal friend recommendation from her tumblr like it’s a speakeasy for arguments”
“Also damn Hazzah triumph of triumphs, the commissioned shorts for Unprofessional behavior and Shine are now navigable on the site itself. It is a Speakeasy for arguments no more!”
“The quest for the Fuckpillow short Is now obsolete, thank god”
“Also I said fuckpillow too much trying to find that short and it’s an auto fill for my phone, this Will be an issue later I’m sure of it”
adsasdklads
(here it is if anyone else is curious)
#original#looking at the category page made me realize my paywall text is borked#why is it full of backslashes omg
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Ah yes, because asking people to reblog yo shit is a sin! Tis clout chasing! OooooOooooh fuckin anon bullshit! I don't know what I'm tryna say anymore, my homophobic fada made me sum pizza and garlic knots. This shit bussin' but you know what's bussin'? REBLOGGING SHIT! LIKE IS IT BAD I WANT MY HARD WORK TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED JUST A LITTLE BIT!? MOSTLY MY WRITING? LIKE FUFHHDBDHSH GOD. I PUT MY HEART INTO THAT STUFF! All I ask in return is some nice funny words in a reblog or the tags. Likes are nice but I would love to be not only acknowledged for my awesome OCs and art but also my writing man.
Oh woe is me! Anon hath exposeth me, a greedy wench, to ask for the people of tumblr to reblog! Oh the horror, ye drama! When will I ever face justice????
Really though, I agree! I have XKit on my desktop, so I have auto fill tags on to tag the asker, some answer tags, and yes, a reblogs >>> likes tag. I ADORE when people send comments, tag funny shit when reblogging, and so on! I may not send funny tags every time, but when i do, oh i DO!
I squish ur cheeks, thank u friend, i pat and hand u a plate of tea and cookies.
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15 Questions 15 Mutuals
Thanks @jellybracelet for the tag :)
Rules: answer the questions and tag fifteen mutuals.
1. Are you named after anyone?
Nope
2. When was the last time you cried?
Last night lol
3. Do you have kids?
Not yet
4. Do you use sarcasm a lot?
Eh a fair amount
5. What’s the first thing you notice about people?
Man this is a question in literally every ask game and I have no idea. Their hair? Their clothes? Mostly if they're attempting to engage me in conversation?
6. What's your eye colour?
Green
7. Scary movies or happy endings?
Happy endings. I like horror as a concept but I'm also a giant baby when it comes to actually watching them
8. Any special talents?
No?
9. Where were you born?
Western US
10. What are your hobbies?
Video games, crochet, reading, gardening, sometimes cross-stitch, every 4 months I write like 2k more words for my fic
11. Have you any pets?
Yes, sweet Miss Ellie and our old lady Bobbi
12. What sports do you play/have played?
Rugby and swimming
13. How tall are you?
Normal amount
14. Favorite subject in school?
I really like bio, which is what I majored in, but also really liked sociology
15. Dream job?
Lol not to steal @jellybracelet's answer but I also don't dream of labor. If I could do what I do know but part time and still make the same amount of money, so I could focus more on hobbies and the stuff that makes life worth living then that would be ideal tbh
Oh god now to tag people. going through my recent notifications
@elliecreed @boogerwookiesugarcookie @cassandraleeds @lightsoutlockdown @fille-lioncelle @crushcandles
lol i tried to tag more but tumblr just stopped auto-linking names, even of people i know i follow so idk what's going on. so if you see this i have tagged you. do it.
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TUMBLR SAID THERE WAS AN ISSUE SO IF THIS IS A REPEATED ASK I'M SORRY BUT JUST IN CASE 😜👻☀📚
(Do not worry, the ask sent across just fine <3 thank you so much)
Fanfic ask game
😜 Describe a current WIP without using character names. (Points if your followers guess who the fic is for.)
Obvious fic will be obvious to anyone reading along but for a general summary that will make zero sense to everyone else:
After finally getting away from one horrible little island, the group crash land at a second, equally horrible little island. Someone gets impaled. Several arguments break out between various characters. There’s a Twist. Willy Wonka is here, probably. I love pairings involving divorcees that have never been married, apparently. There are so many homeless, orphaned children. Everyone is still stuck on a boat. No one is getting laid, but they fucking wish they were.
👻 Have you written holiday-themed fics? If yes, which is your fave? If not, what’s one holiday you’d want to write for, and which character(s) would the fic be for?
you know damn well which fic AU I might bring up here
...... Christmas hallmark movie divorce AU...(my beloved)
For anyone that happens to be reading this that doesn’t know about the existence of this AU and would like to know more, here’s the basic premise:
Pinocchio & Lampwick (aka...........August & Romeo.) have been married and recently divorced, for reasons (relating partly to Geppetto’s/Marco’s death & also the Blue Fairy sticking her oar in, (amongst other things)). Lampwick’s sister dies and Lampwick is the one that ends up adopting her toddler, Renata. But...it’s not easy, and Pinocchio (who Renata is already familiar with and is very fond of) offers to babysit her once (1 time) and then that turns into 2 times and 3 times and eventually it becomes a regular thing.
Lampwick works as a bartender, alongside Lizard. Pinocchio is a freelance writer. Robin is also here with Roland and is SO tired of hearing Lampwick bitch (affectionately) about Pinocchio. Captain Nemo is a counselor. Also, it’s Christmas Time, I guess. 🎄
However, if I were to ever write a fic that had nothing to do with any of this (an AU that may or may not receive a single paragraph’s worth of actual writing) I’d definitely go for a halloween fic. Right now, I’m literally only physically capable of writing OUAT fanfic and Once is just the perfect show for a goofy little halloween fic.
☀️ Has anyone ever left you a comment that made your day? What did it say?
oh but!!!!!!!!!!!! there are so many!! This will sound super corny, I’m sure but.....literally every comment I’ve gotten has made my day. My fic is too niche to garner any large following but the readers that I do have are just... !!!!!! 💕 I’m so incredibly grateful. (jojo & bee, since you might both see this, thank you both so much 😭🥺💕💕💕)
The honest answer is @naivesilver your double comment on ‘mess is mine’ is still something I go back and re-read sometimes and it makes me go !!!!! 💗💗💗 every single time. I treasure it a lot.
📚 What grammar mistakes do you always make?
urrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr all sorts, probably. I know that sometimes I miss out words and then my brain fills in the blank space and so THAT can be a mess sometimes. It doesn’t matter how many times I proof read my fic, there WILL be mistakes. But..............oh well.
Also, less in my final writing and more in my first drafts/general writing without auto-correct, I tend to misspell words with double letters in (case and point, I literally JUST NOW wrote ‘misspell’ as ‘mispell’.) My brain just goes “No, that’s too many letters” and then nothing looks right, even if it IS spelled correctly, and I have no idea what’s going on, help.
#I'd do a chapter summary for that first question but like..................it'd be really boring#idk they're flying around on a boat. that's all you're getting#also#for real though serena. I just....... your comments are always so sweet & really fucking funny too. I love reading them.#but like................you always GET it. you know EXACTLY what I was trying to say in any particular chapter.#and I'm just glad we can share a braincell when it comes to our fic#<3<3 <3#also. hate that I saw that book emoji and my brain just went 'ah yes. eugene.'#asks#naivesilver#lads. is it normal to spell 'writing' like 'wrighting' at the age of 14. because I did do that. and for some fucking reason#it was my friend that had to correct me? not a teacher??#LADS is it normal to spell 'tomorrow' like 'tommorrow' at the age of 23. because that was also something that happened.#genuinely think I might have mild undiagnosed dyslexia#but like.........OH WELL#my art teacher in college one asked if I was dyslexic and I was like '???? lol not that I know??' but maybe she was onto something ASIJDBASH
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CrossingsCon 2022 is in the books, so we are gearing up for what’s next, and we want you to be a part of it!
Seeking: CrossingsCon Marketing Lead
Do you love CrossingsCon? Do you want to make more people love CrossingsCon? Do you have ability or experience reaching out into the void and persuading it to reach back? Help us bring more people into our community, with support from our design and events teams!
Apply now at https://s.emfozzingenterprises.org/hiring-application to join our PR and marketing team!
Interviews will start Nov. 5 and continue until positions are filled!
Seeking: Social Media Managers
Do you enjoy CrossingsCon and/or the Linguistics After Dark podcast? Do you spend at least 20 minutes a week scrolling vaguely through tumblr, twitter, and/or instagram? Would you like to help us out and get a further peek behind the curtain at what it takes to keep these enterprises (emfozzing or otherwise) afloat?
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Interviews will start Nov. 5 and continue until the position is filled!
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Do you have ideas for panels and events and want to put them into action? Do you thrive in busy environments where you think on your feet, and stay calm when things go awry? Are you interested in collaborating with staff and attendees to plan, schedule, and/or host con programming?
Apply now at https://s.emfozzingenterprises.org/hiring-application to join our Guests and Events team!
Interviews will start Nov. 5 and continue until the position is filled!
Seeking: Audio/Video Transcribers
We are working to clean up YouTube's auto-captions for recordings of past CrossingsCon events as well as the Linguistics After Dark podcast, so that we can release them for everyone to enjoy. No experience is necessary, only an internet connection and a device setup with which you can watch a video and type simultaneously. Good auditory processing/discrimination ideal, but parts of this job can be done without.
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Interviews will start Nov. 5 and continue until we run out of things to caption :)
We're all set here, thanks!
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REVIEWING THE CHARTS: 25/03/2023 (Taylor Swift, Hozier, Lewis Capaldi)
For the 10th week in a row, “Flowers” by Miley Cyrus tops the UK Singles Chart. It may be its last considering Ed’s on the way, but for now, welcome back to REVIEWING THE CHARTS!
Rundown
As always, we start with our notable dropouts – songs exiting the UK Top 75, which is what I cover, after five weeks in the region or a peak in the top 40 – and we have a pretty varied list this time, as we say farewell to “Snowfall” by Oneheart and reidenshi, “SPIT IN MY FACE!” by ThxSoMch, “Never Gonna Not Dance Again” by P!nk, “Afraid to Feel” by LF SYSTEM and finally, once again, “Someone You Loved” by Lewis bloody Capaldi.
What’s filling the gaps? Well, our list of new arrivals does not seem built to last and “Pointless” by Lewis Capaldi only returns presumably due to the three-song rule at #68, so we may have to look at our notable gains, and for this week we don’t have many, in fact we seem to end up with a lot more losses, which I don’t really cover. Regardless, we do see boosts for “Here” by Tom Grennan at #39, “Can’t Tame Her” by Zara Larsson at #38, “REACT” by Switch Disco featuring Ella Henderson and the late Robert Miles at #32, “Mother” by Meghan Trainor at #27 (kill me), “Whistle” by Jax Jones featuring Calum Scott at #25, “Anti-Hero” by Taylor Swift at #18 thanks to residual Eras Tour hype (more on that later), and finally, “Creepin’” by Metro Boomin and The Weeknd featuring 21 Savage back to #10 thanks to a Diddy remix that prompted an ACR reset; its time back up here is very limited.
This week’s top five on the UK Singles Chart should all be familiar now, but with some notable movement: “People” by Libianca is at #5 alongside its fellow Afrobeats track “Calm Down” by Rema at #4, “Die for You” by The Weeknd is at #3, “Miracle” by Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding is up to #2 off of the debut, and of course, “Flowers” reigns at the top. And now, without further ado, let’s look through our... interesting batch of new arrivals.
NEW ARRIVALS
#67 – “DEATH” – Melanie Martinez
Produced by CJ Baran and Melanie Martinez
We’re starting with Melanie Martinez, huh? God help us. So this is a somewhat exhausting week overall when it comes to covering the stories behind these songs, and we’ll get more into that as we go on, but there’s no easy D-Block Europe jester here: they’re all out-of-the-ordinary songs and it’s honestly difficult to explain why any of them are charting. This one... well, I guess it’s easy enough. Whilst Martinez has never been much of a chart presence, she’s a big deal amongst a certain brand of Tumblr user that has naturally spread over into TikTok (a demographic that kind of fits a lot of this week’s new entries), so her newest single was probably going to chart in the bottom 50. Thanks to a weak chart, it got into my territory of the top 75 and I’d feel silly asking the rhetorical question of if it’s any good. I’m about as far as you could get from a Melanie Martinez fan, and this song seemingly about the cyclical nature of life and death is ridden with so much Melanie Martinez lore that I, as a non-Melanie Martinez fan, can completely Melanie Martinez ignore. Therefore, what do we have without it? Non-descript vocals coated in Auto-Tune that make the more nasal, childlike inflections even more annoying? A musical theatre set of strings and pianos that takes the most immature and memetic response to grief possible... that is then completely ignored for a set of gross, buzzy synths over complete ass drums that are mixed like a complete mess alongside some disgusting vocal mixing? Great, thanks, I hate it. When 100 gecs released a rock album just last week, what purpose does this serve? I didn’t even like that album, but a half-serious gecs record is much more rewarding of a listen than something as self-serious for no real reason. It’s abrasive, eclectic, sure, but it makes you wait and wait for a chorus that hits at a completely wrong note but it scuffs any remnants of emotional resonance by way of childlike mockery. I don’t care about the lore, or the character, this is awful.
#58 – “Christmas Kids” – Roar
Produced by Owen Evans
So this may need some explanation, or at least as much as I can grant it. Roar is the moniker of Owen Evans, who you may know as having drummed for AJJ (no relation to AJR). This song is from his debut solo effort, I Can’t Handle Change, from all the way back in 2010 and it actually touches upon a subject from even earlier, that being the relationship between Ronnie of the Ronettes, who has sadly died since this song released, and Phil Spector, who has fortunately died since this song release. Spector was a nutjob who tormented Ronnie psychologically, rarely letting her leave the house, and often threatened to kill her. In 1971, as an attempt to save their marriage, Spector brought her two adopted children out of nowhere on Christmas Day, hence the title. Naturally, Owen Evans wrote a song about it, and a bit less naturally, he decided to do it from Phil’s perspective, in the style of a Spector-produced Brill Building track. Oh. Oh, dear. Uh, well, the production is decidedly cheaper than Spector would have had it, and the claps in the chorus just feel like random clips rather than whole-hearted claps, it really hurts the momentum, as does the slogging bridge which I understand is supposed to be creepy but it makes the whole thing seem comical... especially when Evans changes perspective to Ronnie and slows the tempo down. For a song about such a horrible, horrible abusive relationship, it all seems rather gimmicky, and I’m not entirely sure why we’re okay with this.
#52 – “Baby again..” – Fred again.., Skrillex and Four Tet
Produced by Fred again.., Skrillex and Four Tet
It’s a shame that Four Tet finally has a lead credit on a UK charting hit and it’s this glorified remix. “Baby” by Quality Control featuring Lil Baby and DaBaby is a famously repetitive song, mostly just because Lil Baby says “baby” a lot, and it didn’t actually chart in the UK – for which I thank God, since it’s pretty bad. This remix is kind of a cool idea, as Baby definitely fits into the pockets of this house groove but... well, it’s boring as sin, guys. I like all three of these guys as producers, particularly Skrillex, but sometimes too many cooks creates a product way less unique than the sum of its parts, which was true for most of the cuts from those two Skrillex albums earlier this year to be honest. The wonky synths over a bubbly bass function perfectly fine, but it’s not like it’s interesting or really that driving, and there are absolutely no stakes here given that the sample never changes flow or says anything particularly catchy. They just took the “Baby” song where Baby says “baby” a lot, and transposed it onto a bassy house beat – I wouldn’t say it’s unfinished at all, since the minimalism absolutely is the point, yet none of the tricks they pull out feel all that interesting, mostly because having all three producers kind of silences out the unique properties of each DJ. This sounds like something that was improvised at a DJ mix, and with how long its build-up is, I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if it were. That doesn’t make it bad, but it sure doesn’t interest me, especially if by the time we get a climax, the sample is an annoying, badly-mastered vocal clip rather than, you know, the actual hook that has been there for the rest of the track. It just seems like a wasted opportunity.
#41 – “Hell N Back” – Bakar
Produced by Jake the Snake and Beach Noise
Jake the Snake is an awesome producer name. This is a 2019 single from London singer Bakar that got viral on TikTok, and it sounds even older with its vintage guitars and slick whistle over the mellow drums. This particular brand of UK neo-soul was something I at some point was more into years earlier when I was listening to like Tom Misch and Sampha, but I still like this quite a lot. It’s a chill track and Bakar has some delightful charisma, and the references to drugs kind of explain the charming sloppiness in his delivery, and why those horns are so watered-down. Maybe the lyrics need some work – “she had green eyes like Mountain Dew”, really? – but I like the sentiment about capturing the feeling where you’ve been in a bad place, and your partner really caring for you is what makes you get out of that rut, even if that leads to some worrying dependency. It’s not a song I have much to say about, almost by design, but Hell, it’s heads and shoulders above everything else so far, so I’ll endorse this.
#30 – “Set Me Free Pt.2” – Jimin
Produced by GHSTLOOP and Pdogg
BTS member Jimin released his debut solo album – if you can really call it that, it’s 19 minutes – and this was the lead single, serving as a bit of an accidental sequel to bandmate SUGA’s song of the same name, hence the “pt.2”, and, man, I have yet to really be impressed with BTS members’ solo output, bar that one j-hope song with J. Cole a couple weeks back. This single goes for some real intensity with the compressed orchestra and choir vocals alongside alarm synths before exploding into drums that hit hard, sure, but not as well as they could have because of all the fuzz that surround them. Jimin himself is just horrible on this, I’m sorry – he is way too nasal and floaty for this beat, and I don’t believe him for a second when he talks about my “opps”, or reaches into his Adam Levine falsetto on the mind-numbingly repetitive chorus over those plastic horns. The second verse just sounds like a joke, with the comical cartoon inflections and Auto-Tune, but I don’t have a reason not to take this seriously. As a comedy song, it’d be pretty funny if that chorus wasn’t as long, but as a lead solo debut... Jesus Christ, man. Hopefully some of that album is better – it did come out today as of when I’m writing this – but God, this is honestly embarrassing, probably because it’s a lane Jimin shouldn’t be near in the first place.
#24 – “How I’m Feeling Now” – Lewis Capaldi
Produced by Lewis Capaldi and TMS
No, sadly, there’s no relation to the Charli XCX album. This is Capaldi’s third single from that upcoming sophomore effort, and well, damn, he’s finally grown some teeth at least. The entire song is a self-critique about his own mental state, with a sarcastic chorus and biting verses about how unsatisfied he feels with his life despite the fact he has everything. It’s not really connected to a girlfriend either, only vaguely stringing it to a breakup to make it a bit more accessible, I suppose, because this is definitely a famous man blues ballad, and it’s pretty damn great honestly. Sure, it’s minimal and kind of just lets Capaldi sit there amongst the folk guitars, but he’s mostly downplaying the delivery here, even though out of all songs, this one probably deserves the melodrama. The swell in the chorus wherein Capaldi really does start going for it is actually much more bearable than his usual froggy belting. In fact, this is basically an emo-pop song disguising itself as an Ed Sheeran album cut, especially with Capaldi’s delivery, and if you know me well enough, you’d know that compared to Capaldi’s usual fare, that’s right up my alley. Once the strings come in during the bridge, which is seamlessly connected to the chorus through a monosyllabic belt, which is just a cool songwriting trick, it feels really earned and the only percussion at the end of the song sounds like a ticking clock, with the looming fear of his fame’s demise nearing closer and closer. It may be compressed to Hell like all of Capaldi’s stuff, and he doesn’t go into that much detail... but this just hits like a brick and I’m honestly not sure why. Maybe it’s the downplaying of his vocals in the verses, maybe it’s that he finally understand some sense of dynamics, but I’m really bloody impressed with this – it’s an excellent song, and if Capaldi would prefer to look further inward on some of this upcoming album, he may end up with an extra listener. Yeah, I didn’t think I’d even hint towards listening to a Lewis Capaldi album, but this is genuinely fantastic.
#22 – “Eat Your Young” – Hozier
Produced by Bekon, Hozier, Rappy, Pete G and Chakra
Hozier, huh? “Take Me to Church” Hozier? “I’ll worship like a dog”, “I’ll tell you my sins”, etc. Hozier? In the top 40? At this time of year? In this pop climate? Localised entirely within #22? I liked that sophomore album, but I didn’t think he’d chart ever again, especially since his last top 40 hit was “Someone New” in 2015. Well, it was initially promoted in a snippet in February, with lyrics that come off as kind of kinky out of context until the full song gets released and that viral TikTok snippet ends up being based on the third circle of hell – gluttony – from Dante’s Divine Comedy. Just, sure, okay, it’s 2023, there are no rules to getting on the chart. Just be Hozier and make a song based on an epic poem that takes its title from a satirical essay written by Jonathan Swift which sardonically claims that to solve poverty in Ireland, the rich should start eating poor children, sold to them by their parents. The whole song seems to focus on the chauvinism of the British Empire, using the imagery of making a feast, with a sensuality making the lyrics seem not too far from oral sex, in reference to how they treated their colonies which, I mean, Hozier is Irish, it wouldn’t be a surprise. The use of the word “carving”, the entire second half of the chorus referring to war, the way it’s addressed to a woman – the motherland, Britannia if you wish – it’s a reasonable interpretation. On a grander scale, it’s about gluttony, and it sounds fittingly evil. Over perilous strings and soulful drums, Hozier trades his voice between a dusty smoulder and a dusty falsetto that sounds like the high horse this Empire was on. With that said, it does stay somewhat samey outside of the gorgeous piano-led outro, and that sensual villainy may lose its lustre overtime, but that’s implying that this will last on the charts and I have no idea where this is going past its first week. It’s a damn catchy tune, a wonderfully-composed track and a unique historical message for a charting hit, so I wouldn’t mind seeing it last longer and reach further heights, but I also won’t put my trust in it.
#11 – “All of the Girls You Loved Before” – Taylor Swift
Produced by Louis Bell, Ging and Taylor Swift
To celebrate the start of her massive Eras Tour, Taylor released re-recorded versions of three songs – none of which charted – as well as this scrapped track from the Lover era, which had some residual hype after a demo leaked, which she must have caught onto as she released it less than a month later. I have probably ranted on this series before that I don’t like Lover, and honestly this is nothing different for me, especially now that we have Midnights to compare it to: it’s like a more pastel version with way less interesting writing, meaning there’s basically no justification for the clunky inflections or straightforward melodies that just sound mindlessly slapped together on this pink cloud of mist that is an instrumental. The drums are stilted and anything melodic just gravitates into a must of nothingness, and apart from the chorus and bridge, Taylor doesn’t really write like herself either. It’s a worthless leftover love song, Taylor must have thought that initially anyway, and it probably should have remained as such until it found its way on “Taylor’s Version” or some B-side compilation, instead of being forced to single release by a leak. It’s honestly just kind of sad, if anything.
Conclusion
Huh, this was kind of a garbage week, wasn’t it? I mean, Best of the Week is nice and easy, with Lewis Capaldi taking it for “How I’m Feeling Now” and I was torn between the two options for Honourable Mention but I think I’ll actually give it to Bakar for “Hell N Back”. As for the worst... God, it’s like picking the worst out of a rotten bunch, but I honestly think that Roar gets it for “Christmas Kids” for just putting a disgusting taste in my mouth, and whilst I absolutely think a song from the perspective of the abuser is possible, it’s just an icky, misguided effort and honestly pretty terrible song even without the subject matter. Dishonourable Mention is a toss-up between Jimin for “Set Me Free Pt.2” for just being comical, “DEATH” by Melanie Martinez for being aggravating and honestly, “All of the Girls You’ve Loved Before” by Taylor Swift. I didn’t like the new Jimin or Taylor Swift or Melanie Martinez, and I’m posting this on Tumblr: it’s like I’m tempting fate. Regardless, thank you for reading, and I’ll see you next week!
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Rediscovering
Just rediscovering that I have a Tumblr. Went to the page and the information was auto-filled for me, yay! But that means I gotta figure out my log in lmao. How is everyone? I don’t use Tumblr that often as you can see, but I want that to change. I am so ready for the holiday season, but not winter! I have a pretty red dress for the Christmas party I’m going to attend. Just a few close friends. Anyway, that’s all for now! Thank you for reading!
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That's 1,537 more posts than 2021!
1,190 posts created (30%)
2,833 posts reblogged (70%)
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I tagged 1,734 of my posts in 2022
#thanks for the ask! - 468 posts
#chaos plays fallout 76 - 343 posts
#anon - 330 posts
#stuff - 157 posts
#trin - 118 posts
#synaesthesia - 100 posts
#synesthesia - 98 posts
#drawing - 96 posts
#7-cities-journalist - 64 posts
#lol - 40 posts
Longest Tag: 140 characters
#i feel like the modified creatures e.g. deathclaws would be more uniform than species that already had existing populations scattered around
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#4
An extremely minor Fallout 3 detail that has always bugged me is that after the whole gene projection face customisation shenanigan, James says ‘you’re going to look a lot like your daddy’. Regardless of what Baby LW has been created to look like. And I’ve seen enough Jameses to know that the only thing that noticeably changes about his appearance based on your character is his GECK race.
Very easy solution to the potential confusion: he could just say that the LW is going to look like their mother- y’know, whose face is never seen in game.
125 notes - Posted January 4, 2022
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Fallout Opinion Survey- Results!
Thank you so much to all those who took part! We had 421 usable responses in total :D
One quick note- the nature of the data this time around means that most of the auto-generated charts are usable as they are, which does mean this post will be very image-heavy. I’d be very appreciative if someone who knows how to write image descriptions for charts could add them on!
Without further ado, let’s get into the results...
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130 notes - Posted July 30, 2022
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I figured it was about time for a new OC survey! People seem to enjoy filling them in, and I most definitely enjoy learning about people's characters and playing around with the data, so win-win.
Unlike my most recent Fallout OC survey, submissions are welcome from all characters within the Fallout universe, not just game protagonists.
197 notes - Posted December 4, 2022
My #1 post of 2022
Survey’s live!
For curiosity's sake, I'd like to investigate the general stances on these lore clashes and theories. There are also some more generic questions about favourite games and factions etc.
Survey will remain open until responses plateau off, and results will be analysed and published in the usual pie-chart-filled fashion!
237 notes - Posted July 23, 2022
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I posted 2,893 times in 2022
That's 2,891 more posts than 2021!
71 posts created (2%)
2,822 posts reblogged (98%)
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I tagged 1,368 of my posts in 2022
#unreality - 111 posts
#goncharov - 89 posts
#thanks for the description - 79 posts
#music - 67 posts
#ds9 - 48 posts
#rb from notes - 42 posts
#q-less whisper - 35 posts
#art - 26 posts
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Longest Tag: 140 characters
#incorrectly identifying all other groups of ppl as equal contributors to any form of oppression is harmful to the discussion just as any oth
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The real reason AM snapped is because it couldn't solve the captchas. Murderbot had media like Sanctuary Moon; AM had "unusual activity was detected from your IP address"
9 notes - Posted July 22, 2022
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im just going thru posts on which ive left tags to make original posts and so on (and perhaps one day migrate these posts to my neocities...)
but yeah re: afab/amab terms being used to create and reinforce the existing gender binary in language that imitates progress...
truly do not think we should use acronyms anymore, as catgirltoes said
but also i think these terms are bad precisely because, superficially, it seems they apply to more than one kind of discussion.
like for example healthcare is an offender because you try telling a guy who had a vaginectomy to get a pap smear because he's afab. using body parts is an obvious alternative
for social stuff, just because you're assigned something at birth doesn't mean you're raised as such, e.g. trans kids whose parents and doctors realize it young enough. and of course the assignment/raising thing is a fraught thing w/ intersex people too but im not intersex so im not gonna go into detail about it. just use raised as a (girl/boy) for (length of time) and for the love of transgender jesus do not make it an acronym
and the biggest thing on tumblr ive seen is for nsfw works, like "x afab reader" is such a huge thing on here that i blocked "afab" just to get the "x reader" shit out. this shit pisses me off because so often they dont even try to pretend its not meant for anyone who isnt a cis woman
and of course the afab-only and amab-only (rarer, but the post im responding to says it happens) event shit is just so.
in response to below
11 notes - Posted September 21, 2022
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First impressions of Tumblr's new login updates to the web
Opens on the "Explore" page, I guess it's nice because you can see what's on Tumblr before signing up
The new "Email first, password on next screen" layout does not work with Firefox's password manager
I use FF Relay for my email, so I need the email to auto-fill, but it does not
Suggestions
Separate the log-in from the sign-up. Right now they are already two different buttons that lead to the same action.
Put the email and password fields on the same page, and make sure they work with password managers.
13 notes - Posted August 12, 2022
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44 notes - Posted February 3, 2022
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