#twitter is ur best option

[xelafina]

🎨 Some general tips and observations I've made after boothing at artist alleys for over 8 yrs 🌈

- having an "inviting" set up may sometimes be better than a fancy one (some ppl get intimidated by standees, tarps, etc) - best sellers/important things must be on the forefront + EYE LEVEL. Have something that catches ppl's attention at first glance or they skip everything else - ppl like touching things (likelihood of buying what they can touch is higher) - interacting w/ passersby even just a bit is better than ignoring them and/or hiding behind the booth - even if a price is stated, they WILL ask how much something is. - even so, have prices listed for introverts (so they wont have to ask how much. also same.) - handing out merch + change must be atleast snappy so the next customer doesnt end up waiting for too long and get mad / decide to leave instead - organize your merch.. please - less is more. Sometimes it's better to have a few options than to overwhelm ppl with choices. - be nice to ur neighbors - ask customers for different set of bills/coins to easily give out change - Ppl can't decide what to buy? They will likely want stickers. HAVE THEM. - try not to run out of envelopes. You WILL feel bad handing out envelope-less prints. - if someone's making rude comments/remarks, best to just ignore and move on with your day. You'll likely never even see them again (Also, it makes as a funny twitter/tumblr story.)

**END**

Again, these are just some general tips and my take on things based on my own personal experience w/ boothing, not a "be all end all"!

Feel free to add any of your own if I forget any! :^)

#xelalogs #FEEL FREE TO ADD YOUR OWN #artist alley #artist alley tips #THNX FOR COMING TO MY TED TALK

[inukag]

see the misunderstanding that's happening on inutt right now is exactly why i barely mention kikyo. ur tweet was innofensive enough and stated nothing but facts yet people got so defensive. it's like she got so hated back in the day that now people try to compensate by putting her above any valid criticism

To be fair I didn't phrase my first tweet properly, I wanted to say "Kikyo would have gotten Inuyasha killed" (by telling him to use the jewel) but it didn't fit the character limit so I had to shorten it. Because I said "Kikyo would have killed Inuyasha" people thought I meant "Kikyo was actively trying to murder Inuyasha" (when she was alive) which is clearly not what I was trying to say LMAO In my mind (and according to google) "killing someone" means "causing someone's death", it doesn't have to be voluntary.

(the context for people who don't follow me on twitter)

Like you said anon yes a lot of the criticism of Kikyo from casual fans (like on OP's original tweet) is not actually valid ("she was in the way of inukag!!" "she should have just stayed dead!" "she was racist!") so I was trying to add what I think is valid criticism of Kikyo: that she's over confident in her plans and ends up being irresponsible and hurting others as a result.

We SEE what happens to a half-demon (Naraku) when he makes an incorrect wish on the jewel. The jewel manipulates him and makes him wish for something else and he ends up being absorbed so that his soul can battle for all eternity. This is what would have happened to Inuyasha when he would have tried to make the wish to be human.

And then people try to defend Kikyo by saying "well she didn't know what would happen", "she thought she was right" and that's precisely my point. She's a highly respected miko and she guards the jewel. Inuyasha is 15 and desperate for acceptance. He expects her to know what she's talking about. When she tells him "You could become human if you use the jewel" and "The jewel would be purified if you made that wish" he believes her. But these are false statements, based on no evidence whatsoever. It's careless and irresponsible of Kikyo to say that to Inuyasha.

If Kikyo had actually been honest with Inuyasha and made it clear that she has NO way to know if the wish will work, that he's clearly taking a risk by using it on HIMSELF and if she had actually talked with him to figure out if erasing half of his identity was really the best thing for him, then in that case I would not blame her. But as it is what she did was wrong. That doesn't make her evil of course, but she's also not the flawless person that some people make her out to be. Not when her actions would have killed the titular character and we the audience can see that with Kikyo dying, Kagome coming back in time, helping save Kikyo's soul and making the correct wish (that she only knows because she's literally from the future) things actually ended up "better" than if the jewel had continued to exists for centuries.

This is what I wanted to explain but with Twitter character's limit and no option to edit what you post, it ends up being a mess lmao. That's why I normally stick to tumblr for analysis 😩

#ask #Anon #kikyo-critical

[hexhomos]

hey I’m here from ur Twitter, saw some of your posts about gale/astarion mystra stuff because I haven’t played the game yet and wanted to know about TWs/if it’s handled well/etc. I don’t really mind spoilers if they’re necessary! thank you

Id say as pretty traditional DnD adaptation game there is a lot of bloody battles and i guess... disturbing implications? when it comes to things such as kidnapping/murdering/cannibalizing people and general eldritch assassin blood cult stuff that has to do with the BG series.

If your particular concern are depictions of SA/CSA the game is written in such a way that they all took place quite some time in the past, and those discussions exist mostly in the realm offhand mentions or between-the-lines presence in the dialogues of companions -- as all of the core companions in this game are in some way abused and not quite cognizant of that abuse all of the time, and the player has the option to help them.

MILD EARLY SPOILERS FOR BG3 WARNING

Gale and Astarion are the only companions where that theme of abuse/agency crosses into sexual territory; Astarion explicitly speaks about being tortured in non-sexual ways as part of being a thrall/vamp spawn (basically an eternal servant for a Real Vampire) and his romance route includes multiple discussions of those things & the atrocities he's committed under that household. The game writers do not include sexual abuse in those infodumps- that i know of- but Astarion seduced people to their doom and has a weird relationship with sex as a result. Gale is not aware that he was being groomed at all and actually believes that he's the one who did badly towards his abuser, but the other companions Will question this interpretation of events and as the story goes on if you romance/befriend Gale he is able to look back on his situation and realize the 'love' he was used to was frankly sort of rotten in comparison. idk how deep it goes if you're doing friendship only but i can attest at least in romance mode that happens.

There are other situations in game (particularly at a brothel) where allusions to their abuse are made and they seem very uncomfortable being peer pressured or propositioned to. I think for a game of this size and mainstream appeal it's handled fairly well, mostly kept offscreen, and has thematic relevance to the story as a whole and the storylines of the other companions. Multiple parts of these storylines are also incredibly optional: you have to seek out these characters to learn more about them, and some of the more telling interactions aren't *given* to the player so much as found if you pay attention, if you get what I mean. I think BG3 as a whole is very entertaining and well written but you should go in knowing a measure of gritty dark themes are a central part of this setting, and while not all of it is perfect, it's one of the Best for its genre.

as a postscript: characters in this game can literally break up with you if you cross or don't care for their boundaries.

#bg3 #bg3 spoilers #gale of waterdeep #astarion

[hybbart]

I love ur ranchers apocalypse au and think its amazing and usually see on twitter, since I lurk more there, and theres so much info of them here but im still slightly confused and been wondering this for a while

How come Jimmy has the tube/gas mask? I am aware its because the man has breathing problems but its just slightly confused me 😅

Thank you! I'll try to clarify things as best I can? I avoided specifics because it's not something I want to get wrong and accidentally spread wrong info about, but I'll do my best to go through it as thoroughly as it's thought out in my head. Hopefully this clears up any confusion? Sorry if it doesn't.

The tl;dr is they're attached to machines that help him breathe so he doesn't suffer further damage to his body.

When Tango first finds Jimmy he's been trapped in a cave. He'd been breathing in fumes for who knows how long and was outright unconscious by the time he's found. (Like actual birds he's more easily affected by such things, though for avians it's more about their lungs and heart and not so much their size obviously) Tango gives him his gas mask to help rescue him so they can get out of the cave.

They don't know he's developed lung damage from the incident until they're travelling and he still has trouble breathing, but they don't know what it is exactly. He spends a lot of time in the gas mask since they think it might be he's just sensitive (the apocalypse only recently happened at this point so they have little info about what's going on) but it gets worse.

They end up collecting basically any and all breathing aids they come across, but they neither know which will work or how to work them. Jimmy has a vague idea of what it is but not specifics enough to know what to do, and Tango only really knows the safety precautions to prevent it in the first place.

They end up hearing about a children's hospital being resettled by Scar and Cub and those two are thankfully able to help them by giving them info and helping Tango repair/adjust the machines they have.

The ranchers end up leaving with not-perfect equipment, but good enough cobbled together ones that Jimmy is relatively okay if they keep on top of things. It does mean they need to carry/locate more energy sources, but Tango being Tango would seek those sorts of things out regardless.

So, at this point, they have the gas mask (generally useful), a portable oxygen concentrator and nasal cannula (for daytime), and a machine made for sleep apnea with a full mask (for night time). They're one of the first things they consider when deciding what to do or where to go, it's on par with food for importance, but it's early enough in the apocalypse that food isn't a huge problem yet.

I went with these partly because they would be easier and more interesting to depict in single still images, partly because those are the tools I know from experience with my grandma, and partly because character-wise I think it would be the options the ranchers would seek out.

Jimmy takes a bit to get used to using them, too. He doesn't like them at first, but eventually he settles into using them almost constantly. He also can't fly for very long or very high because of his condition, not that he was the type to do so to begin with.

#raau ask #raau notes #raau notes: technology #raau notes: ranchers #raau notes: setting

[wttcsms]

this trope's got a little kick to it, sleepover event ;

one    intro in celebration of the upcoming new year & the fact that i desperately want to give you all the content you crave, i am hosting an impromptu sleepover event that closes on jan. 1!!!

two    about this event tropes are so fun & i have so many faves. considering the fact that you follow my blog and (im assuming here) that you enjoy my writing, i figured that you all would have similar preferences as me. but, doing "enemies to lovers", "friends to lovers", "oh no there's only one bed", etc. seems too plain and simple. we are doing oddly specific tropes that wttcsms pulled out of her ass and thought "this sounds like a good pairing"

three    how to participate — choose a trope from the list — choose a character from any of these fandoms: hq, bnha, aot, jjk, blue lock, cod — send me an ask with the character & trope, and get ready to receive your drabble x

four    tropes — "i bet on losing dogs" x the losing dog — the closed wound x the bleeding heart — on a road trip with your ex — ghost who needs help passing to the afterlife x reluctant person who does not want to help but is currently cursed and helping this ghost is the only way to lift it — knife to the throat but the blade can't seem to cut this weird sexual tension we've got going on — ex-thief trying to live a straight & narrow life x their original partner who drags them back in for one big heist — getting person a to do something ridiculous because they owe person b a favor — when person a realizes they're in love with person b, but instead of it being cute and generating butterflies, their internal monologue is disgust and shame — person a who thinks person b is in love with them and p.a. tries to actively avoid p.b. because they think they're trying to confess their love, but p.b. keeps trying to get them alone to explain that it's not p.a. they like, but p.a.'s best friend — wrong number, right person — royal who thinks they're picking a safe option as their betrothed x the betrothed who is actually an undercover spy working for the very kingdom that wants to kill the royal — drunken confessions — party game that results in the beginning of a relationship — kissing as a distraction to avoid being caught — the invisible string theory (or: 5 times you almost met each other + the 1 time you do) — sunshine x midnight rain — when the rebound is your ex's brother — grumpy tenured professor x new, sunshine-y associate professor — womanizer x maneater — love story told in untraditional format (ex: voicemails, email exchanges, hinge dms, twitter beef, etc.)

five    current requests — on a road trip with your ex, megumi fushiguro — womanizer x maneater, satoru gojo — grumpy prof x sunshine prof, naoya zenin — when ur royal betrothed is ur backstabber, katsuki bakugo — rebound is ex's brother, eren yeager — sunshine x midnight rain, toji fushiguro — party game, shinsuke kita — kissing as a distraction, levi ackerman — shame over the realization you love him, satoru gojo — knife to the throat, megumi fushiguro — closed wound x bleeding heart, yuuji itadori — when ur royal betrothed is ur backstabber, kento nanami — i bet on losing dogs x the losing dog, kento nanami — wrong number, right person, hajime iwaizumi — i bet on losing dogs x the losing dog, armin arlert — love story told in untraditional format, dabi — when ur royal betrothed is ur backstabber, tooru oikawa — invisible string theory, kiyoomi sakusa — drunken confessions, hiromi higuruma — womanizer x maneater, michael kaiser — closed wound x bleeding heart, simon riley

#sleepover event

[aettuddae]

what apps do u use for ur smau?

first of all, i'm an android user 🙏🏻 !! idk what apps there are for ios, but you can search on tw and surely you'll get threads with recommendations.

i use twinote for twitter (it has EVERYTHING, there's so much freedom for you to just do anything). it has the profile creator, you can make as many accounts as you want and even organize them in folders, it has a dm option and a timeline. it's just the best fake twitter for android.

ugly bird app for the character's profiles. this one looks really good and has a lot of options, but it doesn't allow you to put the private symbol, so for the side accounts i use twinote too, although they don't look as good.

iFake for the chats. you can make chats for MANY different apps, it also has the lockscreen notification option which almost any app you want, i love using that. here i make the instagram stories too !! although you can't add text so i do that on instagram aside.

and lastly, funsta for instagram posts and profiles. i think there's no good app for fake instagram, but this one's the better one.

#aettuddae #answer

[shoutydwarf]

people don’t call inquisition/da:d “elf simulator”/”elf age” because they hate elves and elvhen lore. Let Me Be Clear: 

- elves have the most special dialogue options. even more if you’re a f!mage. bioware accidentally forgot dalish elves know who mythal is for ONE dialogue wheel and people really used it to run with the idea that elves were somehow narratively shafted during inquisition; meanwhile dwarves in the descent dlc, you know, THE DWARF DLC where you get your Crumb Of Dwarf, you get next to no special dialogue options besides being told by valta that you’re not a Real Dwarf and you don’t have stone sense (which isn’t even true. stone sense comes back to all dwarves if they’re underground long enough. this is more of bioware trying to prove all the disgusting corrupt systems in place are Acthually Correct Trollol.. that or they just forgot bc they dont care.) 

- eluvians, the fade, fen’harel, everything that comes out of solas’s mouth, a chunk of WEWH, inquisitor ameridan being a dalish elf, etc is not at all narratively relevant to anyone but an elf inquisitor. spin all the stories you want to make eluvians and elvhen gods important to your non-elf OCs but off what we get in the games alone, without doing an ungodly amount of work to make it fit, what BIOWARE has established, it means nothing. you can argue that all of this is important to the inquisitor on principal of them Being inquisitor but... be fucking serious

- elves seeing the crossroads differently than other races. just another special elfy thing

- every single religion is being geared up to link back to the elves. i think we can all agree by now that andraste is flemythal and the maker is mythal (whether u think the theory is good or not is neither here nor there, bioware is so predictable at this point). and thank god she freed the dwarves from the titans, amirite! it’d really suck if the dwarves had something exclusive! (bioware if you try to paint the titans as slavers and mythal as the Dwarven Savior........................)

- you can make an argument for any of the origins in da:o fitting “the best” as canon. the dalish elf is as ignorant to the world outside of the forest as the player is. cousland is your classic betrayed hero thrust into saving the world tale. dwarves are intrinsically tied to the darkspawn/wardens. the mages are freed birds but the world outside their cage is corrupted and torn asunder. tabris/brosca is your saving the world that never fought for them back tale. they all equally mean something in unique, valuable ways to the main story and it shows through ample unique dialogue options and main quest relevance. 

- can you REALLLLYYYYY say the same for all of the non-elf da:i origins? what do we got, a mercenary vashoth. a carta dwarf. a human noble or mage. all random NPCs fr. but the dalish elf who unlocks the power of an elvhen orb which leads to a slew of world-shattering reveals about the lore they grew up with and believed in? meanwhile ur dwarf/human/qunari inquisitor didn’t even know there WAS a plot twist. they didnt even know there was a plot

- all of this extra elf stuff would be perfectly fine. the countless elvhen ruins, lore reveals etc. if it was even REMOTELY evenly distributed across all the races. BUT IT’S NOT. 

- it would also be fine if inquisition was a one-off elf-focused game but they used the opportunity to take from every other races’ lore and make it about elves, so now A. there’s no going back, B. the 4th game’s title is literally dreadwolf wow i wonder who the story is going to be written for, C. if i ever have to hear with my own two ears “i’ve been through shit that would make the deep roads look like a cake walk!” followed by the dwarf at the receiving end of this Dying From Being Pwned, i’m going to get violent

- the point is that it’s bioware’s fault, not the elves. “elf simulator” is poking fun at biowares pandering to solavellan twitter, not at elf players lmao

#miriam you were out of fucking pocket and if i wrote that dwarf he'd have spit on you but this is only one small problem in the grand scheme #of grievances i have with absolution lmao #sorry to have opinions today. hope u enjoy. rare shoutydwarf opinion day. #im not tagging this cuz yall can argue with the wall but feel free to rb #p

[apollinaresart]

hello!!

not sure if u answer asks on here but i was wondering what ur opinion was on the sheridan animation program? i just got accepted but since it’s twice as expensive as any of the schools near me (france), i wanted to know what you thought of the faculty, quality of the program, etc? it would be especially interesting to hear from you since my reasoning for going to the program is basically the same as the one you detailed in your q&a video (it will be easier to break into the american animation industry from the other side of the pond) & i wanted to know if after a couple years that sentiment still rang true or if the reality is more nuanced than that. Thanks in advance for your help!! :DD

Thanks for reaching out!

I absolutely get the money concern. I'd say aspects of the program have improved since my #sheridansucks rants on twitter (some new part time profs actually know what they're doing, and the competent profs are generally pushing for change, as is the animation student council), but Sheridan's admin team and many of the full time professors haven't changed. Of these full time profs, 80% have never been in industry and the rest haven't been employed in animation in 20+ years; the info they have on industry is outdated or just plain wrong, and while impressionable first years may buy into it, after doing our internships over the summer and coming back for 4th year, their "the industry is just as hard as doing 5+ assignments a week, you SHOULD be pulling all nighters, we're preparing you for industry" bullshit doesn't fly. The program is horribly designed (the amount of credits is that of a 5-year program, crammed into 4 years), they're riding on grads' reputation alone at this point (taking in talented students and claiming credit for how good they are when most of us learn independently and are this good due to external courses we take, or simply practice), and I'd go so far as to call a few of the classes we take - completely useless. Many of my friends, who are domestic students, have dropped out and are now thriving in industry, because a degree really doesn't matter in this line of work.

That said, I've heard similar things about every North American art school under the sun. Also, Sheridan was, and continues to be, the best option for me as an international. Getting a degree here means I'm almost 100% guaranteed a Canadian work permit (a PGWP), plus between some of the practical knowledge I got taught (specifically by one of the part time rigging professors), and my peers' help/connections, I have already had two industry jobs before graduating. I'd always advise school over no school if you can afford it, for connections' sake - my wonderful peers aside, Sheridan has given us many discounts on tickets to networking events/festivals like OIAF and TAAFI, which have helped me land my current job, for example, and many local studios will come in for networking/recruiting talks. There is also an internship component, which the school helps you get, so by the time you've graduated you already have industry experience and studio contacts in some capacity.

It really depends on what opportunities you already have available to you in Canada. If you're an international, I would say it's helpful, and even though that help has come primarily from my peers and part time profs, that's still better than nothing for me, plus - ✨work permit✨

#not art #sheridan animation #ohGOD these asks are so hard every time because AUGH the school absolutely sucks and it's only a matter of time til people become aware #but for internationals it's also our best option a lot of the time #animation student #sheridan college #apollo answers

[trannydean]

ur spn oc intrigues me so much. i couldn't find the post u mentioned this in so i may just be misremembering but i'm p sure u mentioned some sort of spn musician au with him? and i have been so curious about that pleaasse 🙏 i need to know the details

oh yeah!!! my au where dean is a musician 🥰🥰🥰 it's actually inspired by two different fanfics i like (texas state of mind by palominopup and starstruck by peanutbutterjelly-pie. tbh i haven't finished starstruck but i love what i've read so far). i love this one, but i don't have the most planned out for it yet 💔 but here's what i've got so far:

dean is a (probably country) musician who has had writer's block (or the song writing version of this?) for a hot minute and he's been really pressed into needing to get inspiration for something new. sometime makes him remember his two "best friends" (THEY WRRE ALL GAY FOR EACH OTHER. duh) from high school, and he suddenly gets inspiration for a song. it's a love song ofc, like he's confessing his feelings and expressing his sorrow of not keeping in contact with them, and talking about how he'll prolly never see em again so he's sad about that.

he writes it and records it and releases it, and it's a huge hit. there's also lots of controversy surrounding it because no pronouns outside of i/me/my are mentioned in it, and the two names used (jaime and cas) are both technically gender neutral! so everyone's like "okay is this two guys??? two girls???? a guy AND a girl???" (btw both jaime and cas are non-binary so HA none of those options are right 🥰). so like the song gets popular both bc it's a hit and bc it's talked about so much bc people are trying to puzzle out the entire context of the song.

meanwhile, both jaime and cas hear the song, whether it's because they keep up with dean even tho they haven't been in contact since the end of highschool, or they just hear it on the radio bc it's playing everywhere rn. both are shocked, bc like "🥹🥹 omg he remembers me... he remembers US". they've all been living separate lives for a while, it's been at least 15 years since they all last saw each other. like dean went to a college far away, cas and jaime lingered a little before they just moved on to do their own thing because dean was gone, and they didn't see the point of sticking around their old hometown, and it hurt too much to be together with dean not there as well. they were THEE trio!! they weren't whole without dean :(

and now all three of them seriously reminsce about their old high school "friendship" and it becomes painfully clear to all three of them that yeah. they weren't just friends. they definitely were more than that. but what can they do about that now??

well first thing's first, jaime decides to look cas up in the phone book of the place jaime last knew he was at. he's surprised and relieved to see cas' number was still there, and he calls cas. he's basically like "hey so have you heard what's been playing on the radio lately"

and cas is like "um yeah...."

"we should go see him"

"how the hell are we going to do that?? he doesn't just have his home address on his twitter profile 🙄 it's not going to be easy"

"oh come on, who ever says true love is easy?" and jaime says this mostly jokingly, like to break the ice of THAT conversation. despite how jokingly he says it, it's PRETTY obvious from the song that dean is in love with them both still, and he really misses them. dean is SO in love with them and really, jaime and cas feel the same too. and cas ends up agreeing, of course, because jaime is obviously right about meeting dean again.

cas and jaime meet up and are sooo awkward and silly while trying to figure out how they're going to see dean again. they find out when dean's next concert is and they decide that's a perfect place to reunite with dean. tho cas is like "it's going to be difficult for him to notice us when there's tens of thousands of people at the concert"

and jaime's like "we'll MAKE him notice us" and cas is quite worried about what that could mean.

unfortunately i haven't thought of how exactly they're going to get dean to notice them yet. but somehow they do, and dean is SO excited, and he puts his whole pussy into that concert just for them 💕💕💕

then they ofc reunite afterwards and there's lots of awkwardness bc NONE of these guys can be normal 🙄🙄🙄 BUT it's cute and it's going to be cool.

#answering machine #my aus #my ocs #au: musician dean #oc: jaime morgan #dean winchester #castiel #jestiel #I'M SO GLAD JAIME IS INTRIGUING #THAT MAKES ME VERY HAPPY #TYSM 💕 💕 💕 💕

[dwtdog]

this whole george situation got me wishing i was a bug in between them so that they could seperate and none of this would have happened

ive been quite distant with their content but surprisingly i didnt feel as bad as when the drituation happened and i genuinely think its because i uninstalled twitter the moment i heard about it (dont even know if i would come back)

your tumblr posts has been grounding and calm and it honestly allowed me to form my own opinion better thn the drituation:)

god bless this app

always the wish that we could go back and change things huh :,] personally i would have been like hey can u guys get ur shit together and get married or whtvr pls it would save us so much pain

and yeah tumblr def the best option for chilling the fuck out like worst that happens some anon tells me to kms and i say eh maybe tomorrow man cba today

#cq.asks #augh so glad to hear i helped u guys at least a little bit :) #sorry for being unserious rn thoufgskfhj

[lastoneout]

how do u grow ur tumblr acc is it like twitter

Genuinely I have no idea. Most popular blogs I see either are creators of some kind, so artists or writers or people who just write interesting posts about what they think or stuff they like, "tumblr funnymen" who post a lot of memes and jokes, and educational blogs.

Though tbh, having a lot of followers doesn't really like...do anything for you here? Like that's kinda just not the point. No one can see your follow count anyway so it doesn't get you clout, and being too popular kinda just leads to a lot of anon hate and drama, plus follower count doesn't guarantee engagement anyway. Tumblr values quality over quantity in terms of followers and mutuals, so it's less about getting more followers and more about making good connections with people who share your interests.

And in my experience, the best way to go about "growing" your blog is to engage with people!

(Well, first what you REALLY need to do is change your pfp, header, and blog description so people don't think you're a bot. I'd say pick something relevant to what you're gonna be posting about, like your art if you're an artist, or screenshots from movies or anime you like, and just drop something about yourself/what you're interested in in your description!)

But yeah, engagement is best! Follow people who post art or fics or original content that you like and reblog their posts, and don't be afraid to add kind comments in the tags or replies, that kind of thing really stands out to creators(most of us joke about recognizing urls of people who come back time and time again to like our stuff, and leaving comments/replies makes you stand out even more and might get someone to follow you back). Send asks too, a lot of my longest mutuals I've made bcs we shared a fandom and started talking through asks :D

Aside from that, really just posting is your best bet. Reblogs are good, some people follow other people just bcs they reblog good stuff, but also post original stuff too! Even if it's just you screaming about how much you like an album or a picture of your cat, posting stuff and tagging it(as there's no real algorithm) is how people will find you and tbh I've seen plenty of blogs get big just bcs people like to hear what they have to say about random things or want to see more pictures of their cats.

(You can also use tumblr blaze to advertise yourself if you want to, I've seen people use it to share a post with some of their art like "hey I draw this stuff follow if you like it" or something like that, it's an option, though it does cost money so there's that.)

So yeah, engage with others, reblog posts, and make your own posts! That's all there really is to it. Tumblr is really more about making connections and having fun and less about "being popular", so don't worry too much about it if you don't get tons of followers right away or ever. Just post what you want, talk to people, and have a good time :D

#sorry if this isn't super helpful #tumblr just has like #different priorities #we're just here to have a good time and make friends really #it's not about being popular

[eunzul]

wow, people actually know I exist??? especially when it's the person you really admire????

thank you so much @estcaligo for the tag!!💕✨🌸

1. would you be mer, a beastman, a fae, or a human? (or other!)

as much as i love to live in the sea, i would rather be a beastman instead✨ its mentioned in ruggie's chats that beastwoman are a lot stronger and are often the ones who do the huntings.

they're so strong that leona and ruggie avoid getting into their bad sides.

and that makes me go "hell yeah, i wanna be buff like jack 💪✨"

2. would you be at rsa or nrc?

most likely in nrc. my soul is tainted with darkness and evil that nothing could ever repel it.

3. what dorm would you belong to?

with my crippling anxiety i would be in ignihyde. that's it.

oh and i took the dorm sorting thingy and i got ignihyde which made me shit my pants of how accurate it is—

4. what character(s) would you be best friends with?

im not really a social butterfly type of person and rather spend most of my entire day inside my room so i'll probably vibe with Idia more due to our introverted nature and same interest in video games

and also cater so we could send each other stan twitter memes around 2 in the morning and gossip daily about celebrity dramas.

5. what character(s) would you hate?

*sigh* sebek.

now i don't actually hate his character at all but if i ever met him in real life i would absolutely DESPISE him.

listen, i love his waka-sama too but with his loud boasting and bragging about him and saying that i suck cuz im human is just—

like boi aren't you human too 🤨🤨🤨

but he's also the same guy that i would have a crush on cuz he's cute and his voice lines in the game are just— 💕💝❤️💕💝❤️❤️💝💕💝❤️💕💝❤️💕

6. what character(s) would you date?

i don't really see myself dating anyone in nrc (also im probably aromantic but still questioning) but i would date my man azul out of everyone 🥰🥰🥰

i think azul is a traditional type of guy, the one who's in-charge of the relationship.

i don't like the idea of my partner carrying all the load but at the same time i leaned more to the submissive role of the relationship.

so yeah, i choose my octo boi 🐙

7. what would floyd's nickname be for you?

still shrimpy cuz im short 😔

8. and rook's?

idk man mademoiselle creator of art i guess??? or some art related nicknames.

9. what twst character(s) are you most like (personality-wise)

idia is just me but minus the brains the handsome face 😔

10. which subject(s) do you think you would excel at?

if i suck in science and in pe in real life, then there's no way im gonna excel in alchemy and flight.

so i think i'll be great in history.

11. what club would you join?

im no musician but I WOULD DIE JUST TO JOIN THE LIGHT MUSIC CLUB (or pop music club whatever)

they don't really do anything much other than eat snacks or chat and i want to chill with the music bois

and if we're gonna perform i'll just play my little kalimba.

12. how do you think you would survive in twisted wonderland/what would your life be like in general?

i'm an emotional trainwreck so at some point i will overblot in my life. whether I'm at school, work, in the sea or sand, wherever and whenever— it's gonna happen to me.

if somehow i survive my overblot, i guess i'll be fine. if I have great friends and family who will support me and if i put effort into everything and i think I'll be alright.

13. [optional!] what would your unique magic be?

honestly this is giving me the same problem i had with "what's ur bnha quirk?!?"

since i chose beastman in the first question, i thought it would be funny if my unique magic is being a 'copycat'.

like i can copy everyone's unique magic and use it as an advantage to find what's their strongest and weakest points.

or if we're tasked to battle as a team, i can copy one of my member's unique magic so it doubles our power and defense. it's really helpful especially if they are powerful.

Now @eemerald-eyes @eriange @dovechil its ur turn ✨

#twst #yay i got tagged #eunzul✨

[whyse7vn]

SHUTUPSHUTUP I NEED YOONGI SO BAD 😞😞😞💔💔💔💔 HIS TWITTER PFP AND BIO ...... "pfp by y/n." HES SO?????? 💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞 those twts r SO GEWD ur brain is sexy as hell for coming up with that tbh!

yoongi blocking tae for peace of mind is literally me . BLOCK BUTTON IS RLLY HELPFUL GUYS 🤞🤞 them saying shit about joon's personality and spreading their druggie joon agenda ?!?? PLEASESEESEDS THIS IS WHY JOON IS GONNA RETIRE EARLY

and hello??? i love how yoongi is being more vocal about how he and y/n got something going on 😍 talk ur shit bae!!!! ALSO ANOTGER OPTION FOR Y/N SLUT LIST IS SHOWNU OR I.M 😈😈

genuinely one of ur best posts and one of my faves 😋 thank u for existing and creating these funny posts ! i just woke up and first thing i did was read that and now im in a silly good mood 😘

RIGHT HE JUST SOSOSOSOS BF LIKE UGH. u inflate my ego tew much omg >>>.<<<<<

IM ACTUALLY ENJOYING THE TWITTER THING SO MUCH IM GLAD YOU LIKE IT

shownu and i.m officially noted bff ;)

blushing as usual love u >.<

#my fave #kisses

[clariongradiation]

Savory Cakes Resippy

(because I mentioned it to @unboundhavenn on twitter and have been craving them ever since)

Under cut cuz it got kinda long

What u need:

Flour

Sugar

Salt

Baking powder (not pictured)

Butter (or margarine)

Milk (water works too if you don't have milk)

Egg(s)

Shredded/grated cheese (I usually use sharp cheddar, but whatever works)

Optional:

Green onion (I always use these cuz they're cheap and easy to get)

Extra seasoning (garlic powder, onion powder, cayenne, turmeric, whatever u want)

Other veg add ins (jalapeño, cilantro, corn, anything that sounds good)

Meat? (Like bacon bits, cubed ham, leftover stuff you can shred/chop)

Draw ur circles

Dry stuff goes in bowl:

1.5 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking powder (I like my pancakes a little flatter, if you like fluffier ones you can up this all the way to like 3 teaspoons)

1.5 to 2 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon sugar

Any dried/powdered seasonings, I just used garlic and onion powder this time

Mix or sift everything together so it gets evenly distributed. I make a double batch because we eat these things so fast, so I'm using 2x the amounts listed

Add wet stuff:

3 tablespoons butter, melted (I you use salted butter, reduce the salt you add by a little bit)

1.5 cups milk (if you want fluffier pancakes, reduce to 1.25 cups. You can also use water if you forgot you're out of milk and they still turn out good)

1 egg

It works best if you measure out your milk and let it come to room temperature, you can also warm it up with the butter (I do it in a pot on the stove but you can also use a microwave if you have one). Just make sure you let it cool off a bit before mixing everything in. You want it warm enough that the butter doesn't get clumpy, but cool enough that it won't cook the eggs

Add in extras

Cheese, veg, other seasonings you forgot earlier, anything works. I usually use about 1 cup of cheese per single batch, but I went kinda ham on it today. Do you have furikake? Bacon bits? Random lunchmeat you can tear or cut into bits? Toss in whatever. It might look kinda lumpy when you've mixed everything together, but that's fine

Draw the rest of the owl

Heat up your pan/griddle to a low medium, I usually go 4/10 to start. You want the inside of the pancakes to cook, but not burn the outside. As time goes on the pan will get hotter, so I adjust the heat down a tiny bit at a time (it usually gets down to about 3/10 by the time I'm done, but work with whatever your cooktop does). You can also pour a tiny bit of oil into the pan and it'll help your cakes get a little crispier on the edges and prevent sticking, but it's not super necessary

Scoop/pour some batter into the pan and cook. My trick is I watch the lil bubbles that form around the sides, and when they pop but don't immediately fill in again (pictured above) you know the cakes are starting to cook through and you can flip them. If your bubbles aren't leaving holes but your cakes are getting burned on the bottom, turn down the heat a bit

Flip the cakes so they get cooked on both sides, when they're as brown as you want you're done! Remember if you have a lot of cheese the cheese will also get browned, so if they're a little darker than normal pancakes that's good and fine

The cheese gets cooked into the cake so they're not super gooey unless you use a ton, or maybe like big slices or something (I used so much cheese today that they are a tiny bit chewier and have a distinct cheese flavor, but if you hold back it just makes them super moist and rich). I always use green onions in mine, which also ups the moisture content and makes them extra savory

Tried it with nori today too! Really good if you really like nori, it's not crispy but has a very distinct seaweed flavor. You can either lay it in the pan and pour batter on top, or lay it on top of the uncooked side right before you flip one over and it works great either way

I tend to eat one or two immediately after they leave the pan because they're so good when they're super fresh like that (very hot though, don't burn urself if you do this), but if you're patient enough you can top them with stuff like more cheese, sour cream, hot sauce, anything that sounds good (maybe even like, avocado? Crab salad? Make a sandwich with them? 👀) You can also eat them cold, or if you have some leftover you can reheat them in a pan with a little bit of butter and I've been told they're even better that way

Hope u enjoy the cakes :)

#recipe #food #savory cakes #the only reason i dont make these more is because then we'd eat nothing but pancakes #would probably also be good in a waffle maker but i usually cannot be assed to deal with cleaning that thing

[sungbeam]

abt the reblog post:

i would love to always show support for my favorite writings on here and sometimes when i cant pick the best words without making an ask or comment 3k words of absolutely nothing, i know reblogging is another option. and this is a bitttt embarrassing to say but the only app i truly really use is twitter so i genuinely dont understand how tumblr works. my thoughts when i saw the previous reblog discussion topic post from a few weeks ago was, “i dont have any followers..how does reblogging help from me?” but i did reblog something after that just bc i wanted you to know i did enjoy the fic as well as show support with reblogging. i did feel embarrassed though bc i was kinda feeling like, “am i really helping? or do i just look stupid?”😭

honestly if i can get an understanding of if im supposed to reblog with specifics things (ie. tags of what the fic consist of) or if im just supposed to reblog with my thoughts on it, i will definitely reblog more often. and i do GENUINELY want to apologize for not reblogging enough but i actually just dont know a single thing about this app☹️ (pls help me..)

ahhh hi love !!! 🥺🥺 thanks so much for asking abt this and caring enough TO ask !! i do realize that a lot of how blr works isn't intuitive AT ALL, so ur def not alone in understanding how the site works! so basically:

- likes r essentially just for bookmarking; that's the convenience of the likes tab in btwn ur posts and followers tabs! it's an acknowledgment that you've read something or that you WILL read something, but it doesn't guarantee anything else or imply anything else to the author/poster (it's a blank interaction atp)

- comments r lovely! i find commenting a little difficult to do nowadays unless it's just for casual convo in the comments, but they do let the author know that you enjoyed reading and what ur thoughts were!!

- reblogs r essentially what keeps fics in circulation (blr has a very not apparent algorithm, so reblogging keeps fics on people's dashes and in the tags)!! not only do they double as letting the author know u liked what u read, but it's also sharing the fic with other people! it prob feels like bc u don't have a lot of followers that reblogging doesn't help, but it tells the author that u liked their work enough to want to share it w other people (plus, lots of space to write ur thoughts! u can always save the reblogged fic in ur drafts too to come back to if u can't get all ur thoughts down at one time)

- asks, for me personally, r prob on the same level as commenting/reblogging? it def has its own perks: i def feel like sending asks r much more personable than commenting, but they let the author know that u liked their stuff and ur thoughts, and it's like a little conversation btwn the two of u! and the anonymous option is also quite the perk for shy readers :') i do love getting asks abt my work, prob on a similar level to getting reblogs, but it varies from author to author! (it's prob a similar sentiment tho)

and just so yk !! i see ur reblogs of my work and i really appreciate it 😚☺️ if ur worried abt a "right way" to reblog, i'd say u were doing a great job! some people organize theirs w tags, other people just yell lol either way is great for the fic author and keeps the community alive!

#sungbeam strikes again #jcmdoll #thanks for asking about this :') #i hope this is helpful !!! #and jsyk any reblog u make is helpful to the author

[danepopfrippery]

Twitter, continuing proving its shit, went to hang Jort’s the cats human for advocating for grocery delivery workers cuz how dare she use said system even if disabled!!!

Fuck those ppl. U cant live a guilt free life. When u have no option u sometimes have to engage walmart or amazon. I used this style service since 2010 (dif places) and it revolutionized my life cuz i had no car and carrying even a bag was too much for a block (rite aid was a block away and sometimes id get desperate). Hell throw in things like cat litter and unless someone around me can help im using it.

So maybe saying those workers deserve full rights and benefits to a wildly popular labor account is the fucking best she can do? Its more than me. I started friend of jane’s cuz i didnt care i needed to try and put good out. Shes established her acct and ur hanging her for being disabled?!

I mean did u really think it was a fucking cat? Its pretty hard to live a labor free life. Someone is gathering your seeds, someone made that thread/fabric, someone made that kitty litter. All probably criminally underpaid in other countries.

Stop hanging ppl for being human beings while trying to do some good in the world

#jorts the cat #disabled rights #disability rights #chronic illness #chronically ill