Glitter and Curls

Multi-fandom blog with occasional dashes of fashion and whatever else tickles my fancy at the time

[atherys]

this is actually incredibly sweet

[the-last-of-the-frosty-boys]

95% of us:

[porterr-robinson]

[mitski-miyawakis]

Captions:

Videoer: Speak, Comrade Elmo.

Elmo: [opens mouth as the national anthem of the ussr begins to play and the videoer begins to laugh]

[spookattz]

[aberrantemotion]

Vaporeon could probably do this in canon. Like several dex entries state they're almost 100% water.

[werewolfoffeverswamp]

[themusingmuslim]

Women in niqab practicing archery is the realest aesthetic of them all.

[cranity]

if I were a jedi i’d also want black robes, it may signal my downfall but man I just can’t do beige

[threadsketchier]

getchu a jedi who can do both

[heavensickness]

colllection

[kaibasego]

[rhulksdiscordkitten]

[augusst-deactivated20200928]

(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

[egobuzz]

you’ve heard of the swear jar 

now get ready for the sin tin

[egobuzz]

[remember-you-will-die]

OP? I’m pretty sure this counts as taking indulgences.

[rad-dixie-deactivated20190401]

Shut up Luther

[spider-hands-mannos-deactivated]

its a two for one special today folks 

[jayykesley]

my brain, stomping it’s feet: i wanna use one inconsequential negative experience to spiral into an echo-chamber of self hatred!!!

me, stirring my tea with my little plastic knife: no, we don’t do that anymore

[sunfloowerlatte-art]

korrasami screenshot redraw :)

[sistertaxon]

THESIS: the real reason that people stay on this hellsite is not “chronological order” or “the drama” or whatever (per se), but is instead linked to how tumblr, unlike most social media, is not optimised to give content as short of a half-life as possible, but instead is optimised to let content continue to cycle for months, years, even decades. this has in turn led to a more consistent centralised site “culture” in which there is more coherent linkage among different areas of the site, thus also explaining why its content permeates so thoroughly throughout the internet.

[dambass]

I think a couple other things also really help:

Everyone on tumblr has the option to remain anonymous. At no point when creating a blog does tumblr ask for personal information (other users might, but that’s different)

The tag system is perfectly designed for op’s point. Making it so that all the tags you add to a post disappear when someone reblogs it from you is crucial. On twitter, I always feel as though I have to have something important to say if I respond to a tweet. On tumblr I can put whatever the fuck I want in the tags and like maybe 3 people will see it before it is lost forever.

There’s no verification, no ad revenue, no pressure by the platform to keep creating. This really takes the stress of social media away from this platform and makes it so that communities can organically form. Similarly, corporations have NO platform on tumblr cause there aren’t reliable ways to advertise on this site.

[bisexual-brazilian-bunnybitch]

Follower count is not public information unless it’s voluntarily shared. So ‘popular’ users feel more like down to earth fellow human beings who happen to have good content who actually engages with their audience instead of a celebrity who’s unreachable.

[sunsetcloudzz]

Also we don’t use the verify symbol

[spacejellyfish3]

Yup.

[notgreengardens]

[strangehorse]

[ID: tags reading ‘#could you imagine verified tumblr #like ‘castiels-pussy (verified)’’]

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

The difference between a story and a myth is that one is spoken, and one is whispered with just a hint of hopeful awe

[inkedintothepaper]

poetic and true I too hope that mothman exists

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

excuse u mothman is a LEGEND

[science-officer-spock]

Captain Tryla Scott was a Human Starfleet officer and commanding officer of the USS Renegade. By the mid-24th century, she was the youngest Starfleet officer to attain the rank of captain, which made her something of a legend.

[whatareyoureallyafraidof]