The_Unknown_Blogger

Hi! My name is Cookie! She/They- This is just gonna be pure chaos and bullshitery, you have been warned - My art Tumblr @The_Unknown_Artist (maybe give me a follow if you want no pressure or anything <<)

[artfest]

[stutterhug]

The little brain Octopus ~

Patrons can adopt one and get a handlettered digital certificate for themself or a loved one this month - alternatively you are always welcome to design and draw your own brain creatures for your personal comfort 🧡

www.stutterhug.com

https://www.patreon.com/Stutterhug

[theunknownartist]

I have fallen in love with the design & absolute brat energy that @darkcatss on Twitter Hypnos gives me

as tripute i offer this drawing where i couldn't stop adding more and more shit sdjjhsf

[everythingfox]

I would like to visit

[wolfy1298]

Why must all these characters be so fricking pretty????

[sosuperawesome]

Moon Mugs

Alive Ceramics Shop on Etsy

[icannotreadcursive]

I feel like there’s needs to be, like, handbook for authors who post on Ao3 for effective metatext.

By metatext I mean like tagging, summary, and authors notes (especially initial authors notes at the beginning of a fic). The means by which we communicate to our readers what they’re getting into.

Because we kind of all have to learn it by osmosis and there are conventions but nobody’s really taught them at the start, so there’s inconsistencies and misunderstandings or people just not knowing things through no fault of their own.

This ends up breeding frustration and confusion and in the worst cases resentment, hurt, and aggression.

I’m severely tempted to make such a handbook and get it circulating.

I think it would do fandom a lot of good.

[icannotreadcursive]

Good news, I’m writing it

[icannotreadcursive]

Update:

I’m at 9680 words, roughly 16 pages single spaced, with two or three sections to go.

[icannotreadcursive]

Update:

First draft done. 11,100 words, 29 pages with formatting

[icannotreadcursive]

The final draft is getting cleaned up right now. I’ll probably be figuring out how to post it tomorrow.

On which note, anybody know the best way to make a PDF available online?

[icannotreadcursive]

Okay it is done!

Go here for the PDF, or here to view the whole document as a tumblr post.

I recommend the PDF.

Related note: the post length limit on tumblr is apparently more than 13,000 words.

[mikkeneko]

Worth a read; even as a long-time fandom veteran I encountered things I didn’t know were in use, like the “& Related Fandoms” tags.

[lgbt-tiktoks]

[worldhammerer-old]

what if vampires are like mosquitoes and only the ladies drink blood

[jamesspadersnortingspafflines]

Pretty sure that would mean the fellas drink tree sap or something. Imagine running from a vampire thru the woods and passing her husband who's biting a tree real hard

[elf-kid2]

Maple syrup vampire husband

[iraprince]

weird little brain tweak/reframing that helped me out. i Often find that advice that seemingly helps Everyone Else doesn’t make any sense to me, in ways that are hard to describe, and it can be really frustrating. but when i find a way to explain it to myself that finally seems to break through and make it click, it feels really good

[tiktoks-for-dead-pope]

[egalitarianchica]

Seeing this exchange on Reddit was so sad. Men and boys need love and affection as much as women and girls.

[unpopularly-opinionated]

Fuck, this reminds me of this good post I saw on I believe Twitter. Can’t find it and even so I’d rather not repost it if it can be helped but it was basically some dude crawling into bed w/ his girlfriend/wife and he was clearly upset and she offers him sex to make him feel better but he declines so instead she cuddles him and he starts crying and says thank you. Super cute and sweet.

[egalitarianchica]

Is it this?

[unpopularly-opinionated]

Yeah! That’s the one. Thanks.

[egalitarianchica]

That post reminds me of this one I saw on Reddit:

[emeraldmercury]

Kill the idea that men don’t want physical affection 2KForever.

[notyourjaan]

If you experienced trauma in childhood or had a rough childhood, dude listen to me. Offer yourself play. You were deprived of it.

Keep bubbles in the house, blow bubbles in the yard, blow them in your room, get a coloring book that doesn’t have to be an adult one with mandalas, watch cartoons, laugh at stupid things, dress up as a superhero for Halloween, wear a Santa hat on Christmas and big light up snowflake earrings, lay down on the floor, lay down in the grass, eat eggos for dinner sometimes. It’s not stupid. You’re not childish. You’re giving your inner child what they had taken from them. They deserve it.

[personal-scientist]

I don't want to derail this post because it's an important message, and OP has addressed it to the people who most need to hear it. But... can i just add, for people who don't feel like they can give themselves permission to do this, that you can give yourself these things even if you didn't overtly experience trauma in childhood?

Even if you never thought of your upbringing as painful or malicious, you can and should still give yourself things you missed out on. Take that class! Learn that skill! Eat the foods you like, or branch out into new ones! Jump in piles of leaves and decorate your walls the way you want them.

Give yourself the things you couldnt have as a kid, especially if you didn't really get to have a childhood, but even if you didn't have the childhood you wanted. Go for a bike ride with friends. Go stargazing. Whatever it was that you feel like you missed, it's important to seek those things and remember that play and joy aren't exclusive to childhood.

[notyourjaan]

I don’t think you derailed this at all and think this was a really thoughtful addition. So thank you!

[modernamami-deactivated20230110]

Im in fucking tears rn

[minyoongislaysme]

THE CHILLS ALL OVER MY BODY

[studentlifeproblems]

[sandandglass]

The Half Hour S05E09 – Emily Heller

[tikkety-tok]

Life imitating art.

[loverspond-remade]