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♡ Basics
Ash, 21+, Non-binary (leans more toward he / him or they / them).
Catch-phrase: "Tired and gay, get out of my way." (thank you, animnerd 😂)
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Page last updated 6 / 22 / 25
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♡ Current Favorite Quotes
"Centuries have tried to figure you out but there is no figuring you out. You are without a doubt the biggest mystery of all; you are complex and simple and unpredictable. You are the waves, the tides, and the current, born of the sea — a complete mystery. Opaque. Cloudy. Can't quite make out what I seem to think you're about." — Idle I Wait, Dacre Montgomery
I know I haven't been on here for a few weeks (or a few months, for my @phoenixmuses account) and I want to apologize because I don't want anyone thinking I'm ignoring them or anything like that. I didn't think that I was going to be gone this long or I would have posted a hiatus warning (which I will still be on for a little while, just as a heads up, but I'll try to be back here soon). Part of this is because I have really low muse at the moment, and the other part is due to some new health changes.
The basics: I've been off and on new ADHD medication, and I've been having problems with my lower back.
(More detailed info under the cut, just to save some people from reading everything and/or being triggered by medical things.)
When I was 18, I ended up injuring myself. I went to Planned Parenthood because I had an aversion to doctors (and still struggle with that to this day), and it turned out that I pinched my sciatic nerve. They tried to warn me that I needed to see a doctor because I could wind up with nerve damage if I didn't. And, of course, against better judgment, I walked around, tried to do stretches to undo it, etc. for 6 months instead of going to see a doctor (because why wouldn't I do that, being as stubborn as I am? 🤦♂️). Ever since then, I've had problems with my lower back (and in my previous relationship, I spent my time taking care of them instead of focusing on my own overall health like I should have been).
I've been in physical therapy for it (not for long yet), and they informed me that one of my hips is slightly tipped forward. I'm 43% disabled, according to the physical therapy paperwork. Over the past few days, my lower back has been hurting more, to the point where I was going on my second night of no sleep (which isn't abnormal for me, due to previously existing sleep issues, but in this case, it was due to pain). I ended up going to urgent care last night and they sedated me, prescribed some over-the-counter medication, took X-rays (thankfully, the bones, discs, and joints are apparently fine, according to my PT and the X-rays), and referred me to a spine specialist.
As for the ADHD medication, I'm on a low dose right now and it's mostly been for concentration but it has also helped with the sleep issues, low moods, and a little with memory ('out of sight, out of mind' really do be kicking my ass). The downside is that it can cause daytime sleepiness, which is part of the reason I haven't updated here in a while. Around day 3 or 4 of the medication, I slept for around 13+ hours (which happened again when I restarted the medication). I didn't know I was supposed to up my dosage after the first two weeks because the pharmacy didn't call me, so I had to restart the same dose for one week (after being off of it for 2 weeks at that point), and now I'm going on the doubled dosage. 🫠
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gifmakers on tumblr put a lot of effort into their gifs, and understandably get quite annoyed when someone steals them and reposts them without credit. it's especially frustrating when the stolen gifs get a ton of notes. we look at it and we go wtf how did this get so many notes when it's all stolen????
then i realised the average tumblr user, especially if they're new, or they've never created gifs or posted anything, or they don't understand how tumblr even works... well how are they gonna know?
this post will cover some of the most obvious signs that a gifset is stolen, including:
gif sizing + placement
gifset colouring, sharpening and style
the tags of the poster
if this post is helpful to you, please reblog to spread awareness!
1. gifset sizing
when a gifmaker is making a gifset, they Generally will make all of the gifs the same size. by "size" i mean dimensions in pixels. all the gifs will generally be uniform in size, and laid out intentionally to fit tumblr's recommended dimensions.
here is an example of one of my gifsets with uniform dimensions:
all of the gifs are the same size, laid out correctly for the recommended dimensions, and are fully visible with no cut-offs, blurriness, etc.
many times when a gifset is stolen, it'll be made up of a random assortment of gifs, stolen from multiple gifsets. the gifs might be all different sizes, and not laid out correctly, with parts cut off at the top or bottom. they might be blurry, compressed or just not "look" right.
here is an example of a gifset with inconsistent dimensions:
now, i used inspect element to see the dimensions, but how can you spot a incorrectly sized gif or inconsistently sized gifset at a glance if you're on mobile?
well, see that gif of sam? see how it's cut off mid-forehead, and just under his collar?
well, when you click on the gif and view it in its entirety, you can see that parts of the gif were cut off by the incorrect placement of a 540px gif in a 268px layout:
generally speaking, a gifmaker is not going to make a 540px gif and then put it side by side with another gif. gifset placement is not accidental. gifmakers know and use the recommended dimensions to ensure their gifsets are high quality and viewed on the dashboard the way they intended.
this is sign #1 that these gifs were not made by the person who posted them.
2. colouring and subtitles
gifmakers will generally try to make all of their gifs similar in colouring, sharpening and style. gifs will be (to the best of our abilities) similar in brightness, vibrance, tone and sharpness. basically, they will be visually consistent.
a stolen gifset will not. for example:
aside from the inconsistent sizing, these gifs are all sharpened and coloured in vastly different ways. this is admittedly something a gifmaker is more likely to notice, given our experience, but anyone can take a second to just look and see if the gifs look like they were all made by the same person. if they don't, it's likely a stolen gifset.
sidenote: subtitles are also another tell. i generally use the same font, font size, boldness, subtitle colour etc across all of my individual gifs and in all of my gifsets. if one gif has yellow subtitles in arial font, and the other has white subtitles in times new roman, chances are those are stolen gifs.
3. the tags of the poster
this is probably the FASTEST and EASIEST way to tell if a gifset is stolen, and requires some understanding of what tags are and why we use them on tumblr. here is a brief guide for tagging if you need one!
what you need to know is this:
gifmakers often use [media]edit tags to make it easier for people to find their gifsets in a sea of xreader fanfic and text posts, as well as user[tags] to increase reach
gifmakers will usually have a tag specifically for their gifsets (mine is #originals, some people use a #*, some people use their name like #[name]gifs or #mygifs). the purpose of that tag is to make it easy to find the gifsets we've made on our blogs
here is an example of a genuine gifmaker's tags:
people who steal gifs generally aren't aware of the tagging conventions gifmakers use to catalogue their gifs & increase reach, so they won't include them. they might even say outright that the gifs are stolen.
some examples of stolen gifset tags:
this one isn't an exact science. a lot of newer gifmakers aren't aware of the [media]edit tags, or other well-established tagging conventions, and sometimes gifmakers don't have a unique gifmaker tag. HOWEVER, most do and, when paired with looking at the sizing, colouring, sharpening and overall consistency of the gifs, this is usually a good way to sus out if a gifset you aren't sure about is stolen/reposted.
that's it! i hope this was helpful, and that you are better equipped now to figure out if a gifset was actually made by the person posting it!
if this was helpful to you in any way PLEASE reblog, so more people can learn how to pick a genuine gifset from a stolen one. plus i spent a lot of time on this and i would appreciate it okay thanks byeeee
the apparently now universal experience of buying a t-shirt only to discover it is made of seafoam and dreams
he did not wear his silver cross necklace but replicating the effect with the chain and the ghost of his chest hair is a bold fashion choice and I applaud the creativity
