Elegance, Tragedy, and Madness

my ugly artz / Twitter Main Blog ☆Smol Depressed Trashy Individual who arts whenever possible,games from time to time, and watches western cartoons and anime.☆ ☆Agender Asexual.They/Them☆

[deceivingly-delightful]

Under that smile is a sad lonely prince 👑

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This is a gif I did and posted a yr ago but only did the lineart art to and for some reason I suddenly remembered about it and decided to fix and finish it up!!

[anglrfish]

i know the transcript says it’s drones but i am chosing to believe that elias’ tiny servants that roam around london look like this 

[mcwebby]

they’re all breaking magnus institute official dress code <3 

[mxsamwilson-deactivated20210618]

I’m reading these supernatural posts like

[scretladyspider]

[scretladyspider]

Don’t come at me about the Bible and homosexuality if you’re using it to justify your homophobia. I will demolish you.

[itsabear]

Also, for some cultures including early Christianity, sodomite could very well have ment someone gravely inhospitable, as the sin of Sodom was inhospitality and not anal sex.

[scretladyspider]

I wanted to talk about that too but I was running out of tweets I could put on a singular thread 😅 thank you so much for this addition!

[no-slice-of-serendipity]

@louithescribe

[quacketeer]

I’m reblogging this partially because it’s frickin awesome, and partially for future reference, cus yeah the evangelical community is really scary to be in as part of the LGBTQA community

[scretladyspider]

People keep asking for the links on the thread, so, here’s a link to the thread.

[inkypainter15]

Whoa this is one of the BEST things I’ve ever seen!! And I learned a lot from it which I can tell my LGBTQ+ friends so that they can also destroy someone with this knowledge! Thank you so much for making a stand!

[ninjakasuga]

This was some hella good stuff here. I knew there was corruption with Bible verses and such but wow this was supremely informative!

[woodelf68]

I’ve reblogged this before, but I always feel like someone might need to see this.

[crown-prince-zuko]

Hi just letting y’all know that Sia, the artist, is making what is essentially a big “F you” to autistic people. She is collaborating with Autism Speaks which is an organization that believes autism is something to be cured and treats autistic people like burdens. It is another run of the mill inspiration p**n movie for non autistic people and able bodied people to feel like they have compassion and understanding for us. For any of you who are not autistic and are able bodied, please do not support this film as it perpetuates bad stereotypes about autism and disabled individuals.

[a-trans-comic-by-me]

TDOR 2020. Each candle represents one of the 350 transgender individuals killed this year globally. The United States, where I live, had 37 cases of fatal violence against trans people. 

On this day, we remember those we have lost. 

Statistics reported by Forbes and the Human Rights Campaign.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

ya’ll dissing the supernatural finale like the writers didn’t sacrifice every lead character so georgia could turn blue twice

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

YES THEY FUCKING CONFIRMED THE GEORGIA VOTE LIKE AN HOUR AFTER THE SUPERNATURAL FINALE, tonight is gonna be hog fucking wild here on tumblr dot mega hell

[prettyprettysharpteeth]

please GOD let me learn things from actual news sources

[suzirya]

2020 is incredible and it’s TRUE

[jaxblade]

Land Before Time motivates a proper diet 🍃🍃🍃

[talkingsoup]

everyone had a phase as a kid where they wanted to eat random leafs off of trees and land before time is ONE HUNDRED PERCENT responsible for this phenomenon

[cryoverkiltmilk]

Both of these responses radiate terrifying energy, but on different wavelengths.

[babyanimalgifs]

A skier encountering a highly territorial lemming on the slopes 

(via)

[bunjywunjy]

12 metric tons of rage in an 8-oz body

[rabidbograt]

You really pissed off that squeaky toy

[bears-official]

A N G E Y   B O I

[kaos-troika]

[hitmewithcute]

Am I the good boy? Really??

[lloonlloon]

I mean this in the most sincere, heart-filled-with-love way, this dog looks like a worm on a string

[winglessnymph]

@princeanxious

[princeanxious]

:O !!!!!!!

[boota]

[passumbapper]

[ford-ye-fiji]

[mothdogs]

[januceit]

EVERYONE SHUT THE FUCK UP THIS IS THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS

[deceivingly-delightful]

[theleanbean]

I’m using my panopticon model to make dead memes

[envarchy]

happy four year anniversary to sanders sides!!

[mtvmakesmewannasmokecrack]

i havent seen these ones yet

[mtvmakesmewannasmokecrack]

[boccadorata-moved-deactivated20]

[dear-yandere]

The Tumblr writing community is dying.

It’s something I’ve noticed over the past two years of using this site. It was gradual, imperceptible at first, something that most would brush off as a silly concern, or fault Tumblr algorithm for. While it’s true that Tumblr’s engine leaves a lot to be desired, I’ve noticed that even popular blogs have started to dwindle in terms of interaction or motivation. There could be a lot of reasons for this, but the biggest two I’ve noticed, experienced myself, and asked fellow writers about is this: (1) content being stolen, and (2) lack of feedback or interaction. I’ve never seen any logical person defend content being stolen, so I want to address point 2 instead.

Lack of feedback and interaction. I’m not saying this on my behalf so much as I’m saying this for friends and smaller blogs who have lost motivation to write. I was looking at my yandere writing blogs list the other day and noticed that a good majority of them no longer write. I usually update the list every few months, and by that point, more and more writers have stopped writing entirely. This isn’t a problem confined solely to the yandere fandom; in fact, there’s less writing blogs in general these days, especially ones that are active. I used to run a very popular BNHA blog with some friends, but that dissolved after our content was stolen and our followers stopped interacting as much. Out of our 8,500 followers, we hardly got 0.015% notes (~128 notes) on an average post. Tumblr is to blame for the lack of eyes seeing our posts, for sure, but that also means that at least 128 people saw one post and didn’t leave a comment or ask. We were considered a big blog; imagine what it’s like on a small blog.

My friend recently made a post that summed this up perfectly: 

“I’ve seen people say “Be grateful that people even lurk on your page.” and, while I get the message they’re trying to say, it’s more dismissive and hurtful in my opinion. Like you’re saying, “Oh your writing is mediocre, you should be grateful people even LOOK at it.”

Me personally? I’ve heard the argument that AO3 is a better place to post fanfics, and while that might be true, I’ve had friends experience firsthand the lack of interaction there too. I’ve heard the argument that interacting with some writers is intimidating (me included). I’ve heard that argument that followers might be too shy to interact. I’ve heard the argument that writers should write for themselves and not for views / likes / reblogs / etc, and while that’s ideal, it’s not sustainable for everyone. What works for one writer won’t work for another, but you know what will? Interaction.

That comment or ask that took you 2 seconds to write? We remember it. That reblog with the compliments in the tags? We remember it. Every single ‘named’ anon we get (heart anon, sunflower anon, etc)? We remember them. And the best part is? It’s actually easier to do these things on Tumblr since you have the option to send anonymous asks or make a sideblog specifically for reblogs! Trust me, whether the lack of interaction is the cause of a lack of motivation or what have you, every writer appreciates feedback (don’t be shy to offer some critique or compliments) or even a simple keyboard smash with some emojis. Even sitting down for 5 min a day per week to comment on your favorite writers’ new pieces makes a huge difference. Personally, since Tumblr’s activity feed is beyond terrible and I have over 1,500 posts, I don’t always see new reblogs or comments on my content; asks though? Always see those, can never go wrong with those. If you don’t want to reblog or leave a comment, then you can never go wrong with an anonymous ask. 

As my wise friend says: writing is an art, and in order to improve that art, we need other people’s eyes to see what we don’t.

For the sake of every writer (past, present, and future) on this platform, please share this post.