Aro's Universe

I'm Aro, 23, she/her. I'm just here to vibe and enjoy the many fandoms that I'm in. Maybe draw or write something, who knows?

[aro-screams-into-the-void]

beloved mutuals (and non mutuals!) just know that I am gently patting you on the head and telling you you are doing a good job

[mini-godzilla]

Brennan’s NPC game is always on point but he’s done such a fantastic job with Lady Aranessa.

Somehow she’s perfectly balancing the idea of “fine lady of a noble house of Fairie” with “the woman that would fall in love with war hero and known troublemaker Thjazi Fang” AND “just lost her whole family to a Games of Thrones-esque horror show betrayal ”.

Like yes she’s polite and kind, but she also bit a ghoul to free herself after watching a young man be brutally murdered five feet from her. She’s willing to jump off a cliff if a Druid meeting goes bad, but still mourns the opportunity to sleep in a big fancy bed. She can summon flower petals at will and then rubs them under her arms.

I’m obsessed with her. Thjazi Fang you were a LUCKY man.

[kdefenestrates]

If you’re a WHA anime fan and have been looking for an excuse to read the manga, now’s the perfect time to join @whareadalong! We’re reading volume 5 this week, which picks up right where the anime stopped, so you can hop right in!

[lillytr-archive]

A friend of mine shared this fantastic resource over Discord, so did a few studies in-between working on homework!

[ospreyonthemoon]

the peafowl image database is down right now, but the animals photo references site is still up, if you want to find birds to study!

[smalltown-heroes]

⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻ 2016 // 2026 ⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻⸻

[bad-4chan-literature]

[kasai-yagi]

Wait, there’s physical copies of Fallout Equestria? That’d have to be massive.

[snakegirllovehandles]

The first run was five hardbacks of progressively increasing girth. The stack is hefty, but the books are comfortable. Each chapter has chapter art too, which I consider a plus in all fantasy books.

Later runs were single-book softcover monstrosities. I think I saw another five-volume hardback run recently, but I’m not deeply involved in the fandom anymore.

[gayestgen]

[silviadragoness]

The second print run was two volumes, hardback, with jackets.  Dunno about any subsequent runs.

I still think the 5-volume split was the best option.  It’s a big damn story.

(For anyone who hasn’t read it: yes, that’s a functional replica of the main character’s go-to weapon.  No, I didn’t customize it like that; I bought it from the person who did.)

[sexhaver]

anon PLEASE tell me your teacher is the author of this

[sexhaver]

[the-hittite]

Ok, I Kind of hate that I know this, but I’m pretty sure that anon’s teacher did NOT write the books the others are showing off. He wrote the darker, edgier and somehow even longer fanfic OF that fanfic called Project Horizons.

Original Fallout Equestria was written by someone known as Kkat who I’m 90% sure is a woman and the story only has some PG-13ish scenes at worst (you know, aside from the violence and gore that comes with a Fallout setting.) Project Horizons was written by a guy known as Somber, who I remember him mentioning in the post-chapter notes that he got fired for failing the wrong student once and the fic itself includes multiple explicit sex scenes.

[antique-scarecrow]

it’s important to me u know what the 3rd printing looks like. please note the gilded pages

[legalizememes]

one of tumblr’s secret trump cards is its ability to deliver absolutely OBLITERATING gut punches like this post without any context or warning whatsoever

[yesterdayiwrote]

The irony of this new breed of self-righteous AI hunters on AO3 is that they're all just copy and pasting peoples fics into AI detectors, which are all operated by AI and therefore THEY are feeding people's work into the algorithm without their consent and in some cases no doubt circumventing the locks people put on to avoid getting scraped...

Don't copy and paste anyone's AO3 work into third party websites, you're not the good guys in this situation?

[zaziki1412]

Reblog cause FACTS

[easel-eisel]

favourite rpg trope is the merchants in incredibly hostile environments. we are at the evil curse mountain and youre just selling me items normal style

[cheeky-orchid]

Essential worker during covid

[inchidentofftrack]

[valtsv]

fantasy really did cook with dragons as an allegory for weapons of mass destruction, more specifically as a symbolic manifestation of the insatiable greed that drives men to seek to claim ownership and control over such weapons

[valtsv]

like oh man i sure hope your dismissal and objectification of highly independent and intelligent beings as "savage beasts" and the fiercely possessive pride you take in their subjugation doesn't reflect your broader ideological values haha. can you even imagine.

[lylalovescartoons]

what happened to the artstyle

i find this on Google, and only now did i realise that the style's are different. i prefer the bottom one.

[deci-dono]

For anyone who doesn't know, the Yugioh anime had a total of 34 different art directors across the entire run of the show. And they switched between these directors nearly every single episode. Studio Gallop didn't really bother making them keep the characters on model, so both the style and the amount of effort each particular art director was willing to put into the episode bleeds through a lot. That's why the show looks wildly inconsistent.

(Source: x)

[deci-dono]

Rotating art directors isn't uncommon! You can google a lot of older anime and see other comparisons like these, just due to the nature of how labor intensive animation is/used to be. A lot of modern cartoons still do this, as well.

However, on THIS scale and frequency, with this lack of care for consistency? I don't believe it's very common, even for cheap productions. Yugioh is kind of a special case, which people either love or hate. Good art directors really stand out.. but not everyone is a good art director..

[academic-vampire]

If you’re reading this… congratulations, you survived Ray Bradbury’s doomsday!

“‘Today is August 4, 2026,’ said a second voice from the kitchen ceiling…”

-Ray Bradbury, “There Will Come Soft Rains”

Today is August 4th, 2026–the day that Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” is based on. I have included the short story below for anyone desiring to read it. Please feel free to let me know what you think in the comments! Happy doomsday;)

Art credits: “House Fire” by beccastadtlander (Etsy)

[what-even-is-thiss]

The reason your snacks are unsatisfying is that you need both carb and protein.

Carb starts your engine, protein keeps it going.

No carb, engine don’t start. No protein, engine dies out fast.

[what-even-is-thiss]

Easy carb add on:

Cookie

Fruit (canned or fresh)

Chips

Piece of bread

Popcorn

Crackers

Easy protein add on:

Nuts

Spoonful of nut butter

Cheese

Roasted chickpea snacks

Glass of milk (dairy or non dairy)

Small canned sausages or similar

[what-even-is-thiss]

Sugar in there.

[what-even-is-thiss]

I am pleased by people messaging me telling me that after adding a carb or protein to their snacks or meals they feel more satisfied all day. Yes, my plan is working. People are getting through their days with less hangry.

[gorbling]

Im enjoying the longevity of tumblrs recontextualization style of humor. a seemingly innocuous post followed by like "posts that a gnome would make" or like "are you a phone"

[gorbling]

[hapalopus]

[hapalopus]

More from the notes:

[vexwerewolf]

I love this post

[karifaevt]

The horse thinks as it scratches an itch

[occtis-spotted]

Occtis Tachonis has been sighted arriving with pizza to a basement that is, unexpectedly, on fire

Occtis Tachonis has been sighted walking into a Situation!

[antflights]

Lady Artemis 🏹

Plus with fur

[agapidraws]

Menelen.