tarnished - but so grand

check out @lavendershazy charley / e.j. they / them. 27yo. primarily mobile rn. multifandom.

[willmill18]

Tumblr in 2012:

Tumblr in 2022:

[unstrungbones]

there are many things tumblr as a whole has to learn but one of them is “someone can reblog a post without them endorsing every action the op has ever taken, we are not beholden to do background checks on the producers of every shitpost on the internet”

[lovely-v]

Every time Sean Astin makes a statement on whether or not Sam and Frodo were indeed gay for each other in lord of the rings he’s always like “well we have to acknowledge that attitudes around sexuality have changed dramatically over the past several decades and since authorial intent is only up to speculation, the story is open to multiple readings, some of which might have different significances for different groups of people also they kiss on the lips because I said so”

[busket]

at the rose city comic con panel this month a fan asked them (sean and elijah) if sam and frodo were in love and they said

Sean: .....yes. absolutely

Elijah: 100 percent.

Sean: dont tell rosie

[explorerrowan]

Rosie: "This is my husband Sam, and that's his husband, Frodo. Frodo is my husband-in-law. I'm not into him, he's he's a bit too 'elfy' for my taste, but Sam likes him, and that's fine with me. As far as I know, Frodo can't give Sam children, but Frodo looks after ours all the same, so I don't mind sharing Sam if it means another pair of eyes on the wee ones. In all honesty, our family tree is right simple compared to some hobbits. Yes, I'm referrin' to you Lobelia, over there pretendin' you ain't eavesdroppin'. Still bitter you ain't got either of my boys or their house, eh?"

[crash-and-burn-quirk]

Lex Luthor and Bruce Wayne should spend more time being corporate enemies. 

Every single one of Luthor’s plans gets foiled and he rightfully assumes its all Lucius Fox’s fault and waits until Lucius goes on vacation to enact whatever weird evil corporate plan he has but then it gets foiled. So he waits until everyone is on vacation to enact his plan and it still gets foiled. He then learns that the only person who was in the office that day was Bruce Wayne and he has to live with being beaten by not just a himbo, but The Himbo™️

[the-haiku-bot]

Lex Luthor and Bruce

Wayne should spend more time being

corporate enemies.

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[babyanimalgifs]

[cottageaesthetic]

[warcrimesimulator]

Cat with unusual markings posted to a Thai Facebook group.

Anyone seen anything like this before?

[rorytelling]

This is an ancient coat pattern that has mostly died off. This cat just got very lucky genes.

[bogleech]

We coulda had 1 stripe cats all this time

[jca-archive]

Sadahito Mori - Heart-shaped Stone, 1990

[radiofreederry]

[transarsonist]

The "car community" claim that the sexual component is small. A Google search for "car porn" suggests otherwise. Of course adults can do

[coolnessgraphed]

[general-sleepy]

Knowing that there are people who live and thrive in Los Angeles is like hearing about those animals that live at the bottom of the Mariana Trench or in hydrothermal vents or the fungi that live in the Chernobyl reactor core. I mean, yeah I guess good for them if that works, but it's still kinda mindblowing.

[ruinedchildhood]

Never forget

[muppetlesbian]

Those people who constantly reblog your stuff but you never really talk:

[justforthearticles]

I do notice my regulars. You guys are the best.

[wishful-thinkment]

“Regulars” makes me feel like a bar-tender…

Wiping down my dash at the end of an evening, I see your read-more, over-hear your rant in the tags, so I pour you a drink.

“…what’s troubling you, kid?”

[walkingoutintherain]

It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday As the regular crowd tumbls by There’s an old fandom queen blogging next to me And her little gray tags catch my eye

She says tumblr I’m feeling like shit today can you send me some posts for a smile can we talk about slash, can you fill up my dash so I won’t have to think for a while

Laa dahdah didee dah La dahdah didee dah dadum

Fill up my dash, you’re my followers Fill it with pictures and fic Yeah we’re all in the mood for some memery And occasional pictures of dick

[ursavorpalis]

Now Jill is a centaur novelist And she writes of her girlfriend and wife She reblogs from Toni, who’s in My Little Pony, And probably will be for life.

As the staff implements wretched changes And we think of how aliens bone We are writing a lot about loneliess: It’s much better than writing alone.

[kestrelfalcosparverious]

AND sometimes we blog about politics

And sometimes we blog with a beer

And when I proudly boast that I’m older than most, 

They say ‘gross, what are YOU doing here’. 

[journeyers-scrapbook]

*wild applause!!

[hobbitsetal]

online friends

“my friend the electrical engineer,” i say, or of someone else: “my friend the Canadian,” “my friend in Denver.” and i am down south, states and miles away.

“how did you meet?” they ask, puzzled by how far-flung my friendships. “the internet,” i say, a little proud, a little defensive because the next words are inevitable.

they always ask with a mix of amusement and horror. always. “have you met in person? no? how can you be sure it’s not an old pervert in his mother’s basement, a serial killer on the prowl?”

how can we be sure of anyone? the man who married a pastor’s daughter, then shot his pregnant wife in the back of the head–they thought they knew him. but these anonymous souls: they’re my friends.

we talk of books and ideas, family and differences in where we live and why we do what we do, and trade stupid jokes like candy, sweet and inclusive and joyful. my friends. my soul friends, who i meet on the internet.

friendships are not born of handshakes. they’re born of shared things and shared interests and sometimes just because you’re human and i’m human, and that praise God is enough. even over the internet, that is enough.

[spacedewey]

I think the most damage this site has done to me is making me think "It's fucken wimdy" when it is, in fact, fucken wimdy outside.

[whatthefluffnightvale]

I taught one of my ranching buddies “it fucken wimdy” and now he says it around his older more established ranching buddies

The exhilaration I get- upon hearing an old rancher (I’ve never met before) in cowboy boots and a cowboy hat while on a horse, grimly saying “it fucken wimdy” in a thick west Texas accent as he looks down upon his cows- is incalculable

[rosecrystal]

what if....... i astral projected into your dream tonight ......... and gave you a kiss 😳....... haha just kidding........unless......... ?

[lily-archipelago]

♡ into the woods