Calystacat

40, fanfic writer when I can, YKINMKATO, Don’t like, Don’t read, ADHD, Anxiety, Any pronouns good, mostly reblogs with no tags

[roscolux]

need to beam this tweet directly into everyone's minds right now

[somecunttookmyurl]

i can tell i’m sleep deprived bc i just made myself cry about tutankhamun and i have, like, negative interest in the kid

[somecunttookmyurl]

have now made the rest of the discord cry about this little boy who had multi-coloured ducks sewn onto a tunic that he loved so much he wore it to a Very Important Event because he was EIGHT and have you SEEN my DUCKS

[somecunttookmyurl]

sorry no i’m not done i’m gonna make you all cry some more i’m bringing you down with me

there was once a little boy.

he is born disabled. his body hurts, and he can’t walk properly the way the other children do. he doesn’t understand why. he’s a little boy. but he plays with wooden boats and pulls toys on a string.

somebody makes him a tunic. they sew ducks onto it in red and green and yellow and blue. the bright colours of a child.

the little boy is eight years old, and he’s going to be king now. there’s a big ceremony about it. he doesn’t really fully understand what’s going on, because he’s eight, but he wears the tunic with the brightly coloured ducks for the occasion because he loves it. look at his ducks! aren’t they great?

he is a child. the adults around him manipulate and coax him to gain more power for themselves. he still plays with toys.

as a teenager, not yet an adult, he fathers children. they do not survive. he’s not even old enough to have full agency in his job and is still being manipulated, but he had babies and they died.

he does not make it to his twenties. at eighteen or nineteen years old he dies, and is buried. his babies, so tiny, are buried with him.

and so is his tunic with the little ducks that he loved so much he kept it long after it no longer fit.

there was once a little boy.

[somecunttookmyurl]

yeah i think that like. especially with historical figures in your mind people who were kings and queens or important nobles were adults. even if you know how old they were it doesn’t really click. it doesn’t seem real

but then you get something like a little tunic with brightly coloured ducks on it and it hits you like a fucking truck that this really was a little kid and no matter how far removed you are a little kid is still a little kid. their brains didn’t develop any quicker back then. he was just as developed/mature mentally as any 8 year old now. he had cartoonish animals on his clothes and he played with toy boats and probably terrorised the local cat population.

tutankhamun was a child and he didn’t make it to adulthood because he was unfortunate enough to be a very important child

his dad died when he was 8. he saw his own babies die when he was still just a boy himself.

but he had brightly coloured little ducks on his favourite shirt, and he kept it.

[somecunttookmyurl]

and he did not just keep the duckie shirt either

tutankhamun had a little pair of sandals with ducks on them. he had earrings decorated with ducks. he kept those, and other items of childhood clothing. some toys. keepsakes. things he loved, and treasured. he kept them all in a little wooden chest. the chest… was carved with ducks.

and that little duck chest, filled with things he kept from his childhood, was buried with him. maybe he was keeping them for the little babies who did not make it. maybe they just reminded him of good days and fun times.

but he was a little boy who thought ducks were just the best

[somecunttookmyurl]

WITH PLEASURE

(greyscale makes it hard but the duck head is on the right above the toe strap. always takes me a while to find it too)

[beggars-opera]

[libriamore]

Ok but this is how to teach history. This is how you get people to pay attention, to care. Find something small and make it personal, then zoom out to the wider context. History is best taught as a story, with people who lived their lives in ways that came together to create something remarkable that we still talk about today, but who were still just human at the end of the day. They kissed, argued, cried, and dreamed just like we do. And sometimes they really liked ducks.

[simonamorao]

Starting a What’s in my bag chain

Here’s my bag 💖🌱🍓

No pressure tags @boozilla-valentina @greensleeves2107 @shamanbluesss @mariaportadoceu and any who wants to play <3

[boozilla-valentina]

Here’s my “bag”

Tagging @greensleeves2107

[greensleeves2107]

@simonamorao and @boozilla-valentina thank you so much for tagging me☺💖

Packed my bag :) wow I've got so much stuff! Forgot to add my lipstick😃

No pressure tagg: @tsukimiii @soffesoffee @swallow-wind @myalicelostinwonderland @kettle-on

[swallow-wind]

Ahh thank you so much for tagging me @greensleeves2107 !!

Here's my bag :)) this was so fun!!

No pressure tags: @bunnyprincessbecca @ninetimesbluedemo @nastasyafilippovna11 @earthandsunandmoon @libramooon and whoever else would like to!

[nastasyafilippovna11]

thann you for tagging me @swallow-wind!!

idk how putting pins on leather like this would work but shhhhhh

no pressure tags:

@kurtisrichardprattbstard @softersalt @cimacally @tatsuyamss @ro-fromthestars @sneez @kitty-diangelo @/anyone else who wants to do it please!!!!

[softersalt]

I’ve never been one for carrying more on me than I absolutely have to, but I nonetheless appreciate the tag @nastasyafilippovna11

tagging @chess-blackmyre @something-softer @karinyosa @bumblingest-bee @whittakerchambers @stoportotouch @muined

[stoportotouch]

i don't go out much. (pretend that the black book on top says "OPERA SCORE" on it.)

tagging. uh. anybody who feels like it.

[k1ll3r-k4rg0]

So difficult 😭 anyways yeah I'm just trying to survive out here. The iPad should be computer sized and it's missing various sweets + my work uniform + MY PERFUMES but this is pretty accurate to how it is. Stretched across my backpack, target tote bag, and my pants pockets

Tagging uhh @boybelikethatsometimes @aboutyoutoo and @earl-goupil if yall want and whoever else wants to do it!!

[earl-goupil]

I wish my bag was cool but honestly, my work bag is mostly Trash Central

Also the umbrella is supposed to be a raincoat but they didn't have it

Tagging @wismer @princessesaphi @morgan-the-lonely-brick @thesilliestpotato if you wanna do it bc it′s fun

[wismer]

I love my mess #mymess

@princessesaphi @massivefanmilkshake @manglechan1204 @moonamood @sunshinetomioka @spottys-rathole @capitainerowen @pikmininaplane if u guys want to

[pelemelesaphir]

There was no bird plushie so I chose the dragon ! And my bag is ugly but my former coleages offered it to me so... I like it a little.

tagging @incorrigible-groupie, @capitainerowen, @winter-of-tomorrow, @anivy-chan, @sinvulkt, @drakesfortune67 I you want ! ♥

[sinvulkt]

Conclusion: I’ve got too many things in my bag. Yes it all fit. Somehow. Yes the bag is still alive. Somehow.

(Ok i don’t truly have the plushies but if I could bring them I would—)

Tagging... @creaturefromyourbackyard @radical-zelenka @snackhouse @anakinh @abluntblade @septemberbells @walrusface @gabe-dasha @insertmeaningfulusername @kuraiarcoiris @exomal @tonhalszendvics @nanaille @estelraca @advena-perditus @dragonnan @numerousbees1106 @allenfluffy @insecateur @dragonfromthewoodlands @stripsoflight @hanarinhightown @artingdreamers @flo-nelja @angst-buritto @calystacat @aimportantdragoncollector @laterose13 @ineffablemossy @vieux-loup-de-mer @zephyrstillwrites @anivy-chan @thewritersdidit @winter-of-tomorrow @didherodown @1ong1ashes @nemo-is-my-dad @mckiwi @dessine-moi-un-mouton-sheep @amethystsworld @purple-iris @yummxi @gasmeros @silvereddaye @silvercaptain24 @aconfusedkitten @izutye @irisenwrites @silvercrow72 @cavyette and anyone who want to jump in!

[calystacat]

A lot of things in my bag too! I do have a whole pharmacy with a lot of things in case of injury and with all my meds xD;;;

And I often bring tests at home to correct them ^^

[mellowsharkpolice]

Part 15 Part 16 Part 17

Start here

[beardedmrbean]

Can confirm, it did be like this.

[beardedmrbean]

really painting the picture that was in my head right here

[va-nnahs]

Part 2 of this comic

[va-nnahs]

In another universe, slight things change and Dick finds himself in the cementery one fateful night

[chiao1118]

[ao3commentoftheday]

I'm loving the discussions about the role and purpose of fandom, as well and what activities are needed to keep fandoms alive and flourishing!

However... as a fandom creator (writer and artist), I sometimes feel like too much pressure is concentrated on creators. I don't know if this is a frustration others share? Not only should we keep making things, but somehow we also end up becoming these central fandom figures who can feel pressured into responding to comments (or else we're called arrogant or ungrateful), making friends (or else we're rude for ignoring well-meaning people who reach out), and being the drivers and pillars of that community (running events, responding to memes, etc. – and everything falls silent if we stop). It's a lot of work!! I don't always have the time and energy to make things for fun and then also engage in all the ways people might sometimes feel entitled to because they enjoy my works.

I really wish that more "non-creating" fans in the community would discover their fandom power!! and not just rely on the visible "producing" creators to be the only people worth engaging with. It takes nothing more than passion to write a meta-post about a character or a plot point, or to create an ask game, or to DM someone else who you see posting funny tags – not just the creator! Maybe your followers have other tips for evening out the balance a little more?

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this, anon. This is an observation I've seen in many parts of life, not just fandom.

A lot of people feel as though they need permission or an invitation of some sort in order to contribute. That's why I always end my answers by asking people to share their thoughts. I want to make it explicitly clear that I want people to add things into the reblogs (which I can then share out for more people to see) and the replies (which people can at least read even if I can't reblog).

I have heard fans who are readers but don't write fic say that they think they can't get an AO3 account unless they plan to post something. This is incorrect, of course, but a lot of people make that assumption.

I think at least some people (I don't know what kind of percentage) assume that someone who is writing fic or posting art or making podfics and video edits etc. has some sort of expertise that "allows" them to post.

People with less confidence or with less practice etc. sometimes need an extra nudge before they realize that they're welcome to contribute too. If that's the case for you, please allow me to say:

You are welcome to post in your fandom, even if no one invites you to. Even if you think you're not good enough. Even if your idea isn't "popular."

Start a conversation. Share a thought. Talk to folks who reblog cool shit. Be a folk who reblogs cool shit. You don't have to do everything in order to do something.

As mentioned above, please do share your thoughts in the reblogs and replies to keep the conversation going.

[leomonae]

Other things people can do:

make a rec list

make a "here's all the fics I've found in this fandom with this one trope/general vibe/very particular setup I just think is Neat" list

make a "welcome to the fandom, here's the fics that people will just assume you've read/know about to get you started" list

make a "if you liked [popular fic A] you might enjoy [less well known fics B through N]" list

[iguanodonwildman]

More things you can do!

Create whumps lists

Create lists of shippy moments

Make screenshot collections

Record and post clips of your show to get more people into your fandom

Make incorrect quote memes

Make silly little TikTok-style edits of your favs

Make character playlists

Figure out the layout of buildings/cities

Recreate those building in the Sims or with an online floor planner or even just draw it out because holy hell writers will be so thankful for that

Make your blorbo in various video game character creations

Build a pokemon team for your blorbo

Make up silly headcanons! What does everyone do at the fair or the beach or during a fire drill?

Outline a fic idea you have — maybe you don’t have the time or energy or you just don’t feel confident enough to create it, but share it anyway!

Create outfits based on your blorbo’s design or outfits they would wear

There are so many ways you can engage with fandom that aren’t making fanart or writing fanfics. Fandom is community - Please don’t be afraid to join in!

[pancake-surprise]

(I've been on tumblr for 15 years, far longer than I was ever on twitter, but I've never engaged much beyond reblogging so please pardon how many times I reference fandom activities I witnessed on twitter)

Collect interviews with the author, producer, director, mangaka etc

Similarly, translate interviews

I remember someone in the haikyuu!! fandom kept a twt thread of every time two characters were in the same panel. Not sure what the tumblr equivalent would be. I guess just a regular old post with lots of additions? (Send help; i'm not sure why my brain is struggling so badly to translate twitter threads to tumblr posts)

Run a quote bot account: I'm not sure of the status of quote bots in a post twitter era, but those were quite fun. Again an example from the hq!! fandom, there was the hq!! bastille bot which would spit out a bastille lyric + a ship. The siken bot would spit out a line of poetry + a ship name. On tumblr maybe the equivalent would be a gimmick blog?

Run a ship/character week. I think these are probably the easiest kind of fandom event to run. it doesn't take more than one person, a blog, and rudimentary graphics skills.

Are socmed AUs still a thing?

Make gifs

Try to figure out the layers to a character's outfit and share your studies with the world. (I'm looking directly at you, Hoyoverse and all you're what-even-is-that how-do-they-even-put-that-on character design. beautiful, but confusing)

Update fandom wikis

Log fandom history on fanlore.org (another project run by the Organization for Transformative Works, aka the parent of ao3)

Volunteer for the Organization for Transformative Works/ao3

[marypsue]

Fandom wikis!! One thousand blessings upon everyone who maintains fandom wikis, oh my god.

Some suggestions:

Transcribe episodes for film/audio canons

Podfic! We can always use more podfic, and most people's phones have a voice recorder.

Create bingo sheets (e.g. make a fanwork with five or more of these tropes for a bingo; read/reblog fanworks in five or more of these categories for a bingo)

Be a Your Blorbo expert consultant! If I'm writing about a character I don't have strong feelings about, but I know one of my friends is constantly reblogging and posting about them, even if it's all silly memes and "character <3"-type posting, I'll sometimes reach out to them for advice on if I'm getting Their Blorbo right. It's absolutely invaluable and I appreciate these people so much.

We are all just enthusiastic nerds on the internet. You have as much right to share your enthusiasm as anyone. One of the things I love about tumblr as a platform is that you can just start saying whatever about something you like, and you will find other people who like it too.

[mithrel]

Socmed AUs are absolutely still a thing!

Other things you can do:

Add image descriptions to fanart/fanedits

Make crappy stickfigure comics

Share your fiber-arts/cosplays of characters

Record a podfic of one of your favorite fics (with permission!)

Act as a beta reader

Let people bounce ideas off you/offer suggestions

[motherfucker-somewhat-limited]

coworker: it's good to see that centrifuge getting some use; most people don't like it because it's so sensitive me: *has been devising nobel prize-worthy balance configurations for every single load* haha yeah i guess i've just been lucky with it so far :)

[motherfucker-somewhat-limited]

the feelings i'm experiencing about this are akin to when a pet comes up to greet you and its owner is like "omg i never see them go up to strangers like that they're usually so shy"

[motherfucker-somewhat-limited]

developing a horse girl-like bond with the centrifuge

[motherfucker-somewhat-limited]

centrifuge: *shudders or makes noise* me: *patting its flank* shhhh... it's okay, girl...

[dajo42]

5001 being divisible by 3 doesnt feel right

[dajo42]

[shinyhappygoth]

Shortcuts to determine if an integer is divisible by:

This is a given.

If the last digit is divisible by 2 (a.k.a. even), then so is the whole number.

If the sum of the digits is divisible by 3, then so is the whole number. The recursivity of this means that if the sum has multiple digits, you can add them up again until you get a single digit and see if it's 3, 6, or 9.

Like the rule for 2, but check if the last two digits are divisible by 4.

If it ends in 5 or 0.

If the rules for both 2 and 3 apply.

No shortcut. Alas.

Like the rules for 2 and 4, but check if the last three digits are divisible by 8. (Yes, this pattern keeps going for 16, 32, etc.)

Like the rule for 3, but the sum of the digits (or the sum of the sum of the digits, etc.) must be 9.

If it ends in 0.

[daggersandarrows]

you know, the more i think about it, the angrier i get about how mainstream media and even people in general treated marie kondo when the life changing magic of tidying up got big. it's just so unnecessary and sad to me and i think the vast majority of people would love what she has to say if they just actually looked into it instead of maliciously memeing her to death? i'm not talking about the cutesy does it spark joy stuff but all the things portraying her as some bizarre evil cleaning dictator.

i actually read her book when i was about twelve years old, in the most shocking and probably only example of me ever being ahead of a trend, and even at twelve i really loved everything she said. at that point in time i lived in fear of my mother's threats that she would come and throw everything away while i was school, and my small and very adhd mind simply could not grasp the concept of "have less stuff". have less of WHICH stuff? how? i'd never actually been taught how to clean my room besides being told "pick up stuff" and "be organized", and as she points out multiple times, cleaning is not an intuitive thing. it's a learned behavior and skill.

anyways. her entire philosophy centers on surrounding yourself with things that you love, and only things that you love (or things that you absolutely need). she explicitly says over and over again that it is not about throwing things away, it is not about minimalism, it is not about "what is the smallest amount possible that you can survive on". she literally has a whole section where she talks about how hard it can be to throw things away when you've lived in poverty all your life and you don't have absolute confidence that you can replace something that you really needed if it gets thrown out, even though you're not likely to ever really need it--you've just been conditioned to think that because that's literally how you survive, when you're poor. she talks about how that mindset can serve and how it can damage. she talks about how minimalism is sort of a rich people thing, cause they can afford to throw everything away.

this woman really came out here and said "i want you to be surrounded by things you love and i'm going to validate your fears and your difficulties in getting to that place" and people somehow got mad at her. i don't understand it

[stevishabitat]

👆👆👆

[azzzryel]

In a world without the Dance of the Dragons, baby Maegor learns to fly very fast xD

[epically-epic-epicosity]

[absentlyabbie]

#she really did breast boobily down the stairs (via @boxingcleverrr)

[official-boob-posts]

official boob post

[thegameoflovemindberries]

TAG GAME ❗️❗️❗️

Mine

....I don't mind

I'll tag @rasin-c00ldude @bonnie181987 @latinumenthusiast @bubonichronic @hugoreyeswife @pepsicanzonthefloor @elliotmustd1e @fuckin8alien @frerardisreal666 @goatcutter @rowenrefugee @psycocilybe @enora-elk-kirkton @vierraz @whotfisflight and anyone else who want

[xxdickiebirdxx]

OH-

OKAY I CAN GET BEHIND THIS-

@redhoodisalive

@redbirdie-ofbats

@theoriginal-robin-ofgotham

@cass-the-ballerina

@cookiess-and-creamm

@raedhood

@dapotatoking277

@ anyone else

[redhoodisalive]

YEAHHH MARK

@raedhood

@cass-the-ballerina

@the-revenantknight

@brucetwayne-official

@silverklaus

@puppypackgetsdeep

[the-revenantknight]

HELL YEAH ARKHAM KNIGHT

@anon-hater @formerglory25 anybody

[anon-hater]

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh 😭

@reality-of-prime @starb3rrii @ihaveviolenturges @dapotatoking277 @damiatashifterxp @cerealf1sh @eekghostie

[ihaveviolenturges]

Hah.

@hoarsehorse @fridaydokifan @themodernmontecristo @snake-4331 @witheringinthehospital @yourlocalcringekid

[themodernmontecristo]

I've already done this before but let's see if it changed.

Nope- I did not change. I'm still stuck with this guy. Thank you so much for tagging me Eve.

@sketch-begginerr, @hamatos4ever +open tags.

-🌹themodernmontecristo

[hamatos4ever]

Malleus? Y’know what, I’m actually completely fine with this. Tho it is funny for someone who relates to Leona so heavily-

@misteria247 @gloomurai-official + open tags

[misteria247]

Ohohoho thank you for the tag! Let's see-

Omfg-

@avoyuki-avocado @aureeeliaa @sothisish0witends @itsdesssuyo @anyone else who wishes to play! No pressure of course.

[avoyuki-avocado]

Omgggg my azurielleee is in danger noooo//j

@drowsy-king @purezjirai @magical-regical @daphdaph03 @twistedstorys-blog @idia-draconia @s1lv3r-star @hayliethepurplepotato +open tags, anyone

[idia-draconia]

NAHHJ I'M SCARED HERE!! XD XD

NOOOO XD XD ERNESTOOOO!!!! YOU'LL TRICK IN MARRING YOU AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE ALL MY MONEY 😭😭😭 (that I don't have 😔🫰)

@ancientevilbaby27 @astralfool @atutysworld @deadkalwalking @deafeningdreamobservation @marigoldendragon @malleusrighthorn @mary-lennox-1955 @gl0omyfae @call-me-dynamight @inside-floyds-walls @mokaisathome @catdisguisedasaduck + FREE TAGS!!! (*つ▽`)っ(o≧▽≦)ﾉ

[mokaisathome]

I am NOT marrying the funny war crime medieval lord

@allen-kunekune @calystacat @chonaku-things @or-da-lia-mhs

[calystacat]

Merci Bro xD

Fanart de barblaz_arts sur insta

[senatortedcruz]

Didn't you retweet incest porn on 9/11?

we all mourn in different ways

[jessaerys]

[hilarioushumorfromouterspace]

[rakdos-dogdyke]

Puts the product on tumblr for all to share it

[firebirdeternal]

My what a guy, that Gaston.