#tumblr snark

[frownyalfred]

saying "I've got a DNI" is the same thing as people yelling "you're violating HIPAA!" and you can't change my mind

#tumblr snark #sorry #dni hate #they’re silly #and I have rants about them #tumblr #fandom

[fetasy]

...that was a really self-indulgent drawing spree.

Lyrics are from that "Possibly in Michigan" film/song/feverdream.

#artists on tumblr #baldur's gate 3 #bg3 fanart #astarion #bg3 tav #karlach #shadowheart #bg3 astarion #feylost #long post #digital art #illustration #no romance only deal-making snark comments and accidental backstabbing

[iamjurmy]

this snark is the dog from hl1

#half life #half life 1 #half life fanart #hl #hl snark #hl1 #snark art #snark #jurmy art #half life alyx #half-life #hale-life 1 #art #artists on tumblr #my art #digital aritst

[exploding-goobery]

I'm not accepting any clara slander you are wrong she's a complete mess and an incredibly flawed person but she's my wife and has done nothing wrong ever

#clara oswald #jenna coleman #doesn’t know i exist and i'm very happy she doesn’t but mann she's pretty #also like really damn funny #her snark💞💞💞 #she's a fascinating character once they get the impossible girl stuff outta the way #i'm so sorry. tumblr's finally got to me #doctor who

[not-poignant]

Birthday Spotlight - Nathaniel 'Nate' Prince

[17th January - Capricorn]

Nate made his debut appearance in Falling Falling Stars as a minor/side character who was the 'angry wet cat' to Janusz' 'happy golden retriever' personality. A tenor in a queer choir, Nate was a young, grumpy, but secretly compassionate poet. He rubbed Efnisien the wrong way almost constantly, until Efnisien realised Nate reminded him of him.

People fell in love with Nate and Janusz, especially once learning of hints of Nate's traumatic back story with an abusive ex named Christian. I realised his romance with Janusz was pretty magical, and decided to give him his own starring role as the main character (and omega) in Underline the Blue. He's a grump, and he can be pretty scathing and judgemental, but when people realise what he's been through, they tend to understand just how important his anger and impatience is when he expresses it!

He's a lesson to all people pleasers out there that sometimes the goal in life is not to become a nicer person after all.

‘Ignore Nate,’ said the friendly guy. ‘He’s a grump. One hundred percent bona fide grump. He only likes cats and Jude Law.’

Falling Falling Stars

Falling Falling Stars - A minor character who is part of two choirs and more than one poetry group. A certified grumpy character and minor antagonist, he shows Efnisien unexpected solidarity, and reveals that people with PTSD are, ironically, a PTSD trigger for him after an abusive ex used his PTSD as an excuse for abusive behaviour.

Janusz adores him.

Underline the Blue - Nate's main story, an m/m omegaverse romance where he is sent to be turned into a 'good omega' and put under the care of alpha companion for hire - Janusz Bodanowicz. But Janusz quickly learns that Nate was being severely abused, and the centre Nate's placed at decides to never send Nate back to his abuser again. Love grows as a slow, fractious healing commences.

Janusz will always adore him.

Underline the Gold - Cameo, he's a friend of Flitmouse's.

Poet

Appreciates nature

A sour, cat-like personality, quick to judge and feel judged, with an inner snarky voice determined to try and protect him from being hurt again.

Definitely more of a pessimist and nihilist than an idealist or optimist.

Black lanky hair, and black eyebrows, with a 'sharpness' about his face and dark brown eyes.

His personality attributes include being deeply soft, but hiding it. Being judgemental and often closed-minded. He loves fiercely and protectively. He is argumentative, even when he desperately doesn't want to be.

Insulting Efnisien to his face (how rude!) and making him angrier than just about anyone else in Falling Falling Stars

Bridge solidarity (iykyk)

Nephew to a very mysterious character indeed - one Corbyn (Raven) Prince

PTSD being his PTSD trigger

Suspicious and hates to be seen as vulnerable

Always falls in love with Janusz, who protects and cherishes him for who he is.

PTSD in all worlds

Needs some help coming out of his shell

Always concealing something (either his mean streak or his compassionate side!)

Never intended to be any kind of main character, but he worked so well as an antagonist I realised he could be extremely useful. After that, it was fascinating watching readers react to him - he was a good foil to Bridge. Readers were quick to trust her, but she was ultimately abusive. Readers were often quick to distrust Nate, but he was the one who came through as Efnisien's ally. An amazing teacher of 'don't trust first impressions.'

Nate's journey was inspired by a couple of friends who had been abused by people who both had PTSD at the time. As someone with PTSD myself, I found it insufferable that these folks used their PTSD as an excuse to harm, hurt and bully others, before falling back behind 'but you triggered me' or 'you can't confront me that's a trigger.' So while Nate isn't based off anyone in particular, Nate's abuser, Christian, is based off a specific kind of abuser that often flies under the radar, because people sometimes give extremely bad interpersonal behaviour a pass when it comes to mental illness.

'Is it really okay to be nice to me?'

Underline the Blue

#birthday spotlight #character birthday #nate prince #underline the blue #falling falling stars #mm romance #queer romance #contemporary romance #writers on tumblr #writers on ao3 #original works #original story #nate is a wonderful guy #once you get past the miles and miles of snark #that he lines around himself like a defensive barrier skldfas

[clematys]

lonely, but never alone

#snark.exe #snark art #ocs #oc art #sapnya yugaldui #did you know you can post your artwork on tumblr dot com #i forgor

[illogicalilse]

I know a lot of people use mobile so I wanted to let everyone know that the Tumblr icon on desktop has been changed

But what to? It’s so small and pixelated I can barely see it!

Well when you zoom in 500%, you get this

#tumblr #twitter #update it has disappeared so good thing I noticed #second update it's not just a blue check mark without the snark

[harveyb-wabbit92]

[Spark doll au: Tregear looking at one of the books R/n's youngest sibling left at her place]

Tregear, cocks a brow: What's Clifford the big red dog?

R/n: It's a story about a tiny puppy who's loved so much that he grows really really big.

Tregear, remembering Snark: Makes sense....

#s: tumblr #ultraman incorrect quotes #tokusatsu incorrect quotes #tokusatsu #ultraman #angst #ultraman tregear #ultraman tregear x reader #afab reader #ultraman snark

[ilovedthestars]

Mal, aspec icon, and also reasons why I love Widdershins in general

So, as a birthday present to myself I recently bought physical copies of all ten currently available volumes of the webcomic Widdershins, and I’m currently rereading all of them from the beginning, and I’m just. Having emotions about it!! This post is part Widdershins propaganda (go read it) and part rambley thought dump on the parts I'm excited about on my reread. (I’ll try to stay away from major spoilers, but read at your own risk.)

A vague bit of context for anyone who knows nothing about Widdershins: Historical fantasy, set mostly in Victorian* England, centered on the fictional English town of Widdershins, which is the location of a magical “anchor” which is a source/amplifier of magic. Magical practitioners are called wizards (regardless of gender—witches also exist but are a very different thing) and the magic system revolves around summoning “spirits” of various emotions, and using/making deals with said spirits to imbue objects with magical properties. The tone is pretty light and adventure-y, and very fun. Every arc jumps back and forth between a few different sets of characters, but their paths all eventually cross.

(*technically slightly pre-Victorian. The ongoing and final installment is set during/around Victoria’s coronation. There’s also flashbacks, visits to other locales, and a Time Travel Episode)

The character I remember getting most attached to when I first read Widdershins, and the one I’m currently having the most emotions about on my reread, is Mal (aka O’Malley). First of all, I completely forgot that he’s canonically ace (and maybe aro)??** His significant relationships throughout his arcs are all close friends with found family vibes—when we first meet them, he and his longtime friend Wolfe have been traveling around Europe together for years, on what money they can earn from Wolfe’s busking (he plays violin) and Mal’s somewhat cheating at cards. Wolfe is an optimistic, calm and gentle person, and he clearly brings out the best in the very grumpy and abrasive Mal. They rely on each other, make sacrifices for each other, and generally have just such a lovely relationship--one thing I find particularly sweet is that it’s shown multiple times that listening to Wolfe’s violin playing helps Mal relax and makes him happy.

Pictured: Mal suggesting that Wolfe pacify a huge spirit of sadness by playing his violin, because "It works for me" 🥺 (In case my image turns out bad, here's a link to the actual comic page--I'm just excited about my physical copies!)

I’ve rambled before about “love as in significance” and how my favorite fictional relationships are ones where two characters are deeply important to each other, in a non-romantic and/or ambiguous way. To me Wolfe and Mal are a perfect example of that kind of deep friendship, effectively a life partnership, with no romance.

(**Widdershins also has multiple gay/lesbian characters, some of whom get romance arcs, and at least one canonically trans person. In Victorian England. There’s also a fair amount of non-white characters. I cannot stress enough how much this is just Not A Thing within the story. I believe the in-universe justification is that random magic ability evened the scales, and things like oppression and colonialism never got as bad as they did in our world. What it works out to is fun escapist adventures where homophobia and racism aren’t obstacles to the diverse cast, which is exactly my type of story. It’s definitely not trying to be historically accurate, but doesn’t get bogged down in modern labels, either.)

Mal also has a really satisfying character arc going on. He can see magical spirits, including the ones around people, and read their emotions—this is not a normal thing within this magical universe, and he mostly considers it a burden/annoyance, as it makes people (especially crowds) overwhelming. It turns out to be a whole thing, which I won’t spoil, but in my reread I just finished book 7, curtain call, which is the conclusion to the first big arc of Widdershins and includes a really cool flashback scene into Mal’s past. He’s got a whole thing going on where he makes some new friends, and eventually decides to stop running away from things. It’s really hard to talk about without spoiling, so I’ll just say that he’s still my favorite character and his arc is very strong.

Pictured: What it looks like when Mal sees spirits, and also another example of him being comforted by his friend's music. (Here's a link to the actual comic page)

Mal (and Wolfe) star in chapters 2 and 5, and feature prominently among a larger rotation of characters in chapters 7 and 9. The various chapters/books rotate through different sets of characters, but they're all lovable and you'll get attached to new characters quickly. Some other really fun characters from various Widdershins stories include:

Harriet “Harry” Barber, a bounty hunter who tracks down magical artifacts with the help of her magic-sniffing dog Gren (who she may or may not have stolen from the police)

Sidney Malik, who is cursed with accidental kleptomania (other people’s things just appear in his pockets, and he feels very bad about it). He got kicked out of wizard university for said kleptomania and is now pursuing his true passion of being a stage magician

Verity Cunningham, inventor slash bounty hunter slash Harry’s former-partner-turned-rival, and the greatest bounty hunter who ever lived, if she says so herself (which she will, loudly)

Lei Feng, who I can’t actually say anything about because all the coolest things about her are spoilers, but trust me she goes through some fun twists (she’s a magician’s assistant/inventor)

Alexa King, a baker with green hair who is going to Widdershins to win a baking competition in the year 2013, and if you’re wondering what this has to do with Victorian England and if it involves time travel shenanigans, yes, yes it does

Harry and Sid are the stars of the first chapter, and they're very close seconds to Mal in terms of my favorite cast members. If I have made this webcomic sound cool enough that you want to try it, please go check out their super fun story.

(P.S. A note about romance, since this post is partially about aspec things and i'm addressing it to my very aro corner of tumblr. Some of the chapters/characters in Widdershins have romance subplots, which never take up too much space in the story and are very well written in my opinion. I am someone who is super picky about romance in books, and I've rooted for every single romantic relationship in the comic--they're very sweet, and all built around two people who get along and are important to each other, as the friendships are. No forced romance or painful amatonormativity here.)

#widdershins #widdershins webcomic #i've proofread this ten times (and rewritten a couple bits that tumblr lost) and there are So Many parentheses lol #i'm not taking them out. sorry not sorry #love as in significance #stars has thoughts #look this was mostly an excuse to ramble about how much i love Mal #murderbot friends: i cannot explain how he is like murderbot because they are not at all similar but he gives me murderbot vibes i swear #it's the snark that's sometimes covering pain and the begrudging gentleness with the people who are important to him #and the Not Wanting To Be Here but choosing to be there for his friends when it counts anyway #read the webcomic so you can tell me if i'm right

[fatedroses]

Tall and brooding.

#seraphim #alexander braddock #digital art #sketch #artists on tumblr #I had the haunting realization after drawing this that Tsukiko is just a spiritual child of Xander and Caleb #she got caleb's charisma snark and gun wielding #and Xander's toughness and resting bitch face #anyways heres my boy its been a bit since I've drawn him #I was testing a couple brushes and he just kinda materialized #that moment when caleb got baited by a billboard #in universe he wasnt expecting xander to be so angsty lmao

[redvioletarts]

Didn't Die Today

Appropriate to display on days you did not die. Please cover if you were bitten by a vampire or have otherwise died in the past 24 hours. The sarcasm level of the thumbs-up is entirely up to you and what your face is doing.

Comes in three sizes--get it here.

#punk #snark #sarcasm #mental health #positivity #digital art #artists on tumblr #digital artist #funny mental health #thumbs up #pins for your bag #or battle jacket/vest/whatever thingy you like sticking patches and stuff on #or for that thing you've hung on your wall that's got an entire crow-worthy hoard of shiny stuff already stuck to it #you know the kind of thing idk why I'm trying to tell you lol

[musicalchaos07]

Watching people post about ideas that have already done the lecture circuit like they're revolutionary ideas is genuinely one of the most annoying things about this fandom.

#like obviously i don't expect you to find every single post #but i PROMISE you in the nearly 2 years since s4 we've already discussed that #it's even more funny when it's my own post #my thing is that the posts ALWAYS assume no one has thought of it before #like no no we did #Tumblr just doesn't let you navigate backwards very well #fandom snark

[defectivegembrain]

on the edge of my seat wondering what's gonna be the next physical trait or media interest people start referencing to vaguely describe some nebulous group of people they insist all have the same harmful behaviours or opinions. So exciting

#snark #the tumblr experience

[stimulatory]

anotha one. this is suzu one of my pride and joy ocs whom i inserted into the ol2 universe 4 um… funsies of course. hes a very angry little 10 year old who is not happy about the move at all. his mom and his neighbors are all stupid and dumb and never leave him alone !!! that being said he very much does have a crush on qiu, one he doesnt quite realize he has but is annoyed about nonetheless.

#this is like months old at this point but is still super cute so.. #i also dont think i ever posted this anywhere besides discord #suzume is basically just the mc that allows me to pick all the mean options without feeling bad because its just his personality #hes got a snark that rivals qiu’s. he just uses it 4 evil instead of good #anyways you have nooo idea how excited i am for a new ol2 update im literally pacing around my room like a caged animal #our life #our life 2 #our life now and forever #ol2 #our life mc #gb patch #artists on tumblr #mine

[monarchisms]

The new season of rvb is going to be the last one?

gee, i don't know

#my snark aside yes this is the final season For Real #the news was revealed yesterday (the 7th) during rtx #tumblr went insane #i /still/ feel insane #Anonymous #ask box 360

[catbells-and-summerlinens]

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#it still stings a bit when many thousands-of-notes anfi-ofmd posts show up on my dash #just like a VERY LONG snark post that acts as though we literally invented fan-run renewal campaigns #so they're not even “upset” about the fundraising anymore #it's just entered the pure snark stage in which they aren't even trying to cloak their shit in morals any longer #even if they've never participated in fandom before how are they so ignorant of it if they're on tumblr??? #i dont understand #block button save me 🙏