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What's something happy you're looking forward to?

Mentally looking forward to spring and warmer weather. It’s an exhausting winter.

Otherwise I’m really hoping 9-1-1 finally does buddie sometime soon.

Top Three:

Fandoms Characters Colors Desserts ?

Fandoms:

1. Shadowhunters, 911, critical role

2. Alec, Magnus, Buck (enter casts here)

3. Purple, Blue, Silver

4. Cake, Ice Cream and there’s these honey dough things my Greek family made and they are delicious (loukoumades).

Thank you!!! I'm gonna save that ask so I can look at it when I get home

I am so glad to hear! I am also working on compiling some of the unity + some of the modding stuff so I can extract audio and scenes! I need more Heinrix stuff!

If you could force the 911 writers to include three scenes, what would you pick?

I didn’t realize this was in my inbox until I was checking on your blog after your latest awesome 911 story so my 100000 apologies!

Now let’s see… hmmmm

1) For my first scene… this would be a fix it scene really. I was never satisfied with how the punch was resolved with an offscreen supposedly apology. Then there’s the whole mess with Maddie finding out.

2) The next two get trickier… my hurt/comfort gremlin comes out and wants to see a little bit more of the lightning strike. Either little nerve quirks like Buck having shaking hands and someone holding them and reassuring him (mayyyyve Eddie??) or something a little more to showcase Buck’s growth from slumping into a depressive funk when he had his leg crushed. The latter would allow the team to dial in a response that isn’t anywhere near the “let’s ignore Buck” spectrum and show Buck they care.

3) as for the last one…. So far I recommended Buck centric scenes. But time and time again Buck shines in rescuing people and he shows his true colors when it comes to the people he loves. So maybe something that has Buck scrambling to rescue Tommy? Maybe a team up with Eddie. Actually +1 to this question I would copy paste some of your continuity into 911 and build on that Eddie / Tommy / Buck relationship with Eddie and Tommy once again working to save Buck (loved your one shot with protective Tommy and Eddie :3 ). Maybe something similar to the bridge collapse episode where Buck is separated from the team and they have to maybe crawl together as a team while dragging Buck? Maybe Eddie and Tommy cracking jokes to keep Buck awake?

@dreaming-marchling

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a non-selective plan for the resurgence of fic commissions

majorenglishesquire

Too many children in the comments like ‘I think authors should be able to share ko-fi links :) it’s just nice’ and ‘OP is just a cop.’ Homie, OP is trying to keep AO3 fully functional without interruption. I will report your ass, too, because I value fic artists and our freedom of expression and my audience and our shared history far more than I value the few bux you wanna make on a commission.

It is not hard to link to your Tumblr or Twitter with a vague message like, “If you’re looking for my other works or other ways of supporting me, go here: link.” I have had people buy me coffees after enjoying my fic and asking where to support me. I threw up a link to my Tumblr and people cared enough to follow it. They were fully understanding when I explained in the comments that they could not commission me and I could not link them directly to any donation platform, but they could go to xyz link to read more. And they did! Nobody has to put AO3 directly on the firing line.

Go ahead and commission independently. Just do it anywhere else except on AO3. And then don’t come crying to the community when you, personally, get a C&D from a massive corporation.

AO3 is our bullet shield. Tumblr will pull your shit down. Wattpad won’t fucking protect you. LJ and FF.net already sold our asses for one (1) corn chip. AO3 is trying to protect us, you goddamn lemmings.

If you cannot follow the rules that protect fanspaces, you do not belong in our fanspaces.

The only people who misunderstand this are doing so intentionally and maliciously. Do yourself a favor and block the infants who think this isn’t a big deal.

kedreeva

Please remember that this ALSO INCLUDES FANDOM CHARITY AUCTIONS.

When you post charity auction fics, DO NOT note that they are commissions in any way. You can note them as “here is my thank you gift to X for such-and-such event” but please please PLEASE do not list them as commissions.

the-sacred-now

I think a lot of younger people are seeing this as a moral panic by OP. These are NOT being laid out as moral injunctions! This is not about being good! This is about covering your own ass and keeping fandom away from larger-scale legal trouble. No one is saying “If you break the rules you’re BEING BAD!” They’re trying to tell you “breaking these rules is DANGEROUS for yourself and potentially others as well!”

fiction-is-not-reality

How to Backup your Tumblr

I was just semi-complaining that I was still looking for a decent way to backup my +6k posts without having to use paid services or even just wordpress (which has an import from tumblr tool that asks for permission to access your blog and also make posts), when I decided to actually put some effort into my google search.

Results were positive: I have successfully backed up my blog*

*By which I mean: everything that I have ever posted. Not included: drafts, queue, likes, followers, following, comments, notes, chat.

I followed this method (word by word), and now have a 450 MB folder on my computer with the name of my blog on it containing:

1. Folder “Archive” (contains .html files listed by month) 2. Folder “Media” (contains gifs and images, mine has +1k files in it; might contain also audios but I have no way of confirming that because I’ve never reblogged an audio post from this blog) 3. Folder “Posts” (contains single .html files, each one a post; I have +4k files in it) 4. Folder “Theme” (contains only my avatar, but it might be a matter of if you have personalized themes or not) 5. .html file “Index” (by opening it it will give you the archive of your blog organized by month; clicking on a month will open up the archive for that month, and you’ll be able to read all the posts for that month as if you were on your blog**, except sans your theme graphic, with each page containing 50 posts)

**I can see gifs, links, embedded videos, tags, number of notes (but I can’t open up the notes, clearly), text is also correctly formatted.

So yeah, in case anyone wants a very quick way to back up their blog, it took me less than 10 minutes.

P.S. I didn’t have any issue, but to be on the safe side always check for spyware and virus threats before and after downloading anything.

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this is actually really useful if you have an art blog full of years of work that you otherwise no longer have access to the original files. A lot of the art I have in the early days of my art blog are in that boat. I did this process JUST for that reason and I was pretty astonished at just how many pieces of media it backs up! (literally all of it) Drawings I didn’t even realize were sitting in my archive due to having been posted to text posts or undercuts, or untagged for years! It’s worth it if just for that, even if tumblr isn’t shutting down or deleting your blog.

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scream @ “female presenting nipples”

ororomunroedontpullout

Gender nonconforming nipples can stay but your on thin fucking ice

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“Yes, being in a female dominated field, I do know what it means to be marginalized. “

god

omg

oh my fucking god

freedominwickedness

The really ugly part is they’ve actually done multiple sociological studies on this, and guess what the result is? Men in female-dominated fields aren’t marginalized at all; they get special treatment and are fast-tracked to the top, getting more credit for their work, faster promotions, and greater pay and benefits than their female colleagues.

Here’s one study. Here’s another. And another.

momqueer

^phenomenon known as the glass escalator

dynastylnoire

have you ever been around male nurses….mannnn

sourcedumal

Men in female dominated fields are entitled as hell. Don’t get it twisted

greatmardini

teaching is a female-dominated field but most principals are male

librarianship is a female-dominated field but most directors are male

lechugaaaaadeldiablitoooo

Cooking is female dominated but most chefs are males

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a large percent of hair stylists are women, but most major hair care brands are owned by men

residentgoodgirl

I think one of my least favorite types of responses to people speaking up on sexual harassment and sexual assault is are articles like “in wake of weinstein, men wonder if hugging women still ok”, and comments like “this is why men don’t pursue women anymore”, “i don’t wanna work with women cause i don’t want a lawsuit”, or “i don’t even look at women anymore cause everything is sexual harassment”. this is a particular brand of rape culture, men acting as if women are overreacting, as if men don’t have the basic social skills to know the difference between wanted and unwanted advances, as if women simply setting boundaries is “cramping their style” and “emasculating” them, as if the rules of respecting women are super confusing, so confusing that they’re supposedly forcing men not to interact with us altogether.

residentgoodgirl

this is an act they’ve been putting on for decades: playing stupid, pretending not to know better and then getting upset when we tell them what “better” is. if that doesn’t show you how emotional and emotionally manipulative they are, i don’t know what does.

micdotcom

Do this four times repeatedly and you’ll be out. But how does it work? There’s some real brain science behind it.

discoverynews

We’re trying this tonight!

askragtatter

It’s about time someone got around to uncovering all the cheat codes for this “human being” software. It’s only been out for like 10,000 years.

queenofsabah

?????????????

potatogestapo

I’ve used this technique for about a year, and I can safely say that it has efficiently transformed my sleeping habits from several hours of struggle to fall asleep, to passing out in a matter of minutes.

rewritethis-story

It’s a form of Alexander Technique. It’s a technique that was designed for actors to keep their body in ready working condition and give it the best way to perform. This is the method used to calm, and center the body. Once the body is at that point it can perform anything you want it to.

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Reblogging for later reference after I tried it earlier today to try to calm down. It actually does help a lot, not just for sleep but if you have problems with anxiety.

My default mental setting is “vibrating intensely in the background.” After doing this, I felt noticeably calm and relaxed - I wasn’t as fixated on my breathing, I wasn’t tense, my movements weren’t jerky and I didn’t feel like I had to be as tense as possible to be under control. 10/10 would recommend.

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me gonna try it

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dont wanna reblog but insomnia is a bitch for some ppl so heres for my mutuals having trouble sleeping.

kagesatsuki

Back when default druid Travel Form was a cheetah, I mistook a hunter’s pet for a player. THE PET WAS OF THE EXACT SAME MODEL. #Warcraft

fuckyeahwomenprotesting

How to tell if you are emotionally abusive

I feel we talk about signs of abuse from the victims standpoint but not from the abusers standpoint. In order to stop emotional abuse and recognize when we engage in unhealthy behaviors I made this list.

Do you react to important people in your life by ignoring them completely and not acknowledging their presence? Especially if they do something you don’t like?

Do you feel that your partner/friends/family members are the cause of your bad moods or frustration?

Does your partner/etc “do things the wrong way”?

Do criticize your partner/etc for being unreliable or a bad person?

Do you feel you have to constantly overlook your partners flaws in order to be around them?

Are you frequently accused of being “moody” or “hard to please”?

Do your partners complain that “nothing they do is good enough?

Do your partners appear to avoid you when you are angry or upset rather then comfort you?

Do you negatively comment on their intelligence or appearence? Either in private or in front of others.

Do you blame them when someone goes wrong?

Do you ever use phrases like “I could just hit you right now” or “I”m so mad I could punch something”?

Do you ever punch walls/throw things in front of your partner/etc?

Do you leave during fights and not inform of where you are going and when you will be back?

Do you behave the same alone with your partner that you do if you were in front of your friends or in public?

Have you frequently accused your partner of being too sensitive?

How often is your partner praised and complimented by yourself?

Do you think your partner spends too much time with friends and family?

Do you feel your partners friends and family are trying to drive you apart?

Do you actively comfort your partner when they are upset or angry even if you don’t really understand why they feel the way they do?

If your partner brings up a behavior that bothers them do you respond by discussing how to change it or do you respond defensively?

Do you have difficulty apologizing?

All of these things are abuse tactics. Obviously even the healthiest of us will do these sometimes but if any one becomes a regular habit that’s when the problem starts.

annnmoody

this is super important, i feel like this website makes it easy to put yourself in the role of the victim but never the abuser. It’s also important to note that being a victim does not preclude you from being an abuser.

lora-mathis

I find this esp. important. I’ve exhibited some of these behaviors. I know abuse perpetuates abuse and that victims of abuse learn abusive behavior. I also know that having mental illness can make reacting and dealing with feelings even more difficult. That being said: being mentally ill does not mean you cannot be held accountable for your actions. Nor does being a survivor of abuse. I gotta take care of myself & heal and recognize how trauma and mental illness plays a role in how I treat others. Being a victim doesn’t mean you cannot be an abuser too.