hi :D i'm gold, just a random blob you encountered on the internet :>
this blog used to be @starglowwos (our collective blog), but seeing as this is my account's main blog and mainly i use it, i've decided to move @starglowwos to a sideblog. also, here's all my links!
i use they/vae/void/ender/it pronouns, among others, but if you need to, just they/it is fine! i enjoy variation but no need to go out of your way to do so :>
i'm neurodivergent, queer, plural, and alterhuman, and a lot more (and if you don't know what some of those mean, don't worry about it! feel free to ask tho)
this is a blog for whatever i feel like talking about, really, which as of now tends to be mcyt and isat! my current special interest is the life series/traffic lives im pretty sure lmao, and i'm hyperfixated on in stars and time. as for mcyt, i very much enjoy the life series, hermitcraft, rats smp, pirates smp, and probably some other stuff.
speaking of fandom things, i do in fact do fanart! if any creators see my stuff, (thinking mcyt specifically) feel free to name drop or show my stuff on stream :D (keep in mind this blog isn't necessarily pg)
i do a lot of art in general! here's my ao3 and artfight if you're curious. also, reminder that nothing i make is ever okay to use to train generative AI models, prompt generative AI models, create NFTs with, or anything similar.
other than that, i enjoy liomogai stuff and i'm tangentially in the warrior cats fandom, and i very much enjoy omori! i'll try to remember to tag that stuff seeing as its a horror game
i make emojis over at @emojistargloww, all my art gets reblogged to @artstargloww, and i do liomogai things at @liomstargloww. i also run @isat-emoji-archive and help run @mcyt-emoji-archive!
i'd also like to say go check out my mallowfriends they're very cool :> @rainestormy-nights @milo-handsoftime
more detail in things under the cut :D
interacting with me
here's some notes on interacting with me, if you find that helpful!
dms are always fine! just explain why you're dming me instead of just saying "hi" or something
feel free to @ me pretty much anywhere!
when it comes to tone tags, i essentially mirror your usage. if they help you, go ahead and use em! if you want me to use em, go ahead and ask! if i'm not sure, i'll usually use the common ones like /j /srs /gen /lh, but otherwise i'll just clarify what i mean :>
tagging system
my tagging system is a bit of a mess lmao, but here's the system ill try to be using
c:/sgos - any post by me or the brain beings
c:/sgos/user/[name] - a post by [name] (one of the brain beings—most things will be from me, gold), or intended for them if it's a reblog
c:/sgos/groups/[name] - anything for or by a group of brain beings
c:/sgos/talking - probably me just ranting honestly. probably about traffic lives
c:/sgos/creations/art - any art by me
c:/sgos/creations/animatic - animatics i've made
c:/sgos/creations/apmv - AMVs/PMVs i've made
c:/sgos/creations/writing - if i happen to post any writing, it'll be tagged as this
c:/sgos/creations/commissions - anything i was commissioned to make (i have commissions btw! dm me for info!)
c:/sgos/creations/skins - minecraft skins i've made
c:/sgos/creations/coding - code i've made
c:/sgos/creations/emote - emotes over at @emojistargloww
c:/sgos/creations/term - terms over at @liomstargloww
c:/sgos/creations/flag - flags over at @liomstargloww
c:/sgos/creations/other - any other creations i dont have a tag for
c:/sgos/projects/[name] - a project, such as an animatic/amv/pmv, that i'm working on
c:/sgos/quotes - i collect silly/weird quotes. they go here
c:/sgos/clips - stuff i've clipped
c:/sgos/asks - asks i've answered
c:/sgos/my asks - me reblogging things i've asked/requested
c:/sgos/saved - things i've saved for myself
c:/sgos/saved/btgbr - things saved for characterization reasoning, usually :>
more serious stuff - (deprecated) stuff that's more serious that you might want to filter out in case you don't wanna see it right now
heavier stuff - (deprecated) same as last one but for stuff that's more emotionally heavy
here's how i do warnings
cw [x] - warning for [x] (ex: cw eyestrain) (i don't use tw)
[x] spoilers - warning for spoilers for [x] (ex: limited life spoilers)
[x] slur - warning for [x] slur (ex: f slur)
[x] word - warning for [x] word (ex: n word)
[x]phobia warning - warning for [x]phobia (ex: trypophobia warning)
eyestrain - eyestrain warning
flash warning - warning for flashing or fast moving visuals
paranoia trigger - warning for something that might trigger paranoia
plurality is like having the little angel and devil on your shoulder telling you what to do except instead of an angel and a devil it's like 40 random guys and a pigeon for some reason
I wish I was a female tiger because then if I was talking to someone and I was getting off topic I could say “but I tigress,” and then kill and eat them because I am a tiger
the term “feminine hygiene” being used so universally in stores makes me incredibly sad and it shocks me that more people don’t find it frustrating. why can’t we just say menstrual products??? it’s more straightforward! what does “feminine hygiene” even mean??? “menstrual products” doesn’t imply that menstruation is “unhygienic”, it doesn’t imply that you have to be “feminine” to need them… it’s a better term in every way. so WHY is “feminine hygiene” the one companies are obsessed with using!! fuck!
the term “feminine hygiene” stems from a time when menstrual products and similar were classed as illegal, “obscene” products in the US. why are we still using a term invented in 1873. I should not be seeing this term in every supermarket I enter. I’m going to turn evil
this post is for transgender people. I don’t want anyone nasty about people like me touching this post please. if you’re trans exclusionary you can block me and go on with your life. if you’re trans I’m giving you a juicy piece of fruit and I love you
Saying “this niche, properly tagged, warned, and rated piece of fiction could theoretically hurt someone” is not a good argument. This properly labeled cookie with the allergen information at the bottom that contains gluten could theoretically harm me very badly, but only if I consume it. Tags are like nutrition labels, and warnings are like allergy information. If you know you have an allergy to something, the logic is to stay away from it. It is the same with fiction. I’m not running through stores yelling at people to take all the products with gluten off the shelves just because it could hurt me. Instead I ignore it and go to the gluten free section and find cookies that are right for me. And if running through a grocery store yelling sounds ridiculous, that’s because it is. Stop doing the same with fiction.
And just like with food, what might be harmful for one person to consume could be quite *beneficial* for others. One man’s trigger is another man’s catharsis.
AND if you lack the maturity/self control/awareness to stop yourself from eating things that could potentially harm you, you either 1) are too young to be making your own food choices and should be supervised by a parent/other adult who is supposed to be responsible for you (and the store clerk who put the food on the shelf is NOT) or 2) need to take accountability for your own actions, because if you deliberately consumed something you knew could hurt you as a fully autonomous adult, then you really have no one to blame but yourself.
I’d like to add that within AO3, “Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings” is, in this food analogy, like the food labels that read “This product was manufactured in a facility where [potential food allergens] are used in the production of some products”. It’s not telling you they’re in there, but even more importantly, it’s not telling you they’re not. This is not the same as “No Archive Warnings Apply” which would be the certified [food allergen] free food. One guarantees a certain experience, the other has given you no promises as to what may or may not be included and is very much a consume-at-your-own-risk product.
they are sexually mature at ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS OLD.
their (live!) young gestate for. wait for it. eight to eighteen (??) YEARS. can have up to 10 at a time. good grief.
longest lifespan of any vertebrate, up to five hundred years
toxic flesh
has giant eyes but is usually blind because of a weird little crustacean that's evolved to live on and eat their eyes. this doesn't seem to bother them much.
lives in deep cold water and has the lowest swim speed and tail-beat frequency for its size across all fish species. just generally lives life in extreme slow motion
largest genome of any shark
eats everything including moose and polar bears
ma'am you are delightfully strange and I'm privileged to share a planet with you
if you vote me for president i vow to make everything the ocean again. no more land only ocean. this will solve all of our problems and replace them with new, far more interesting problems
[ID: blinkie in the colors of the aroace flag that says "all my characters are aroace unless stated otherwise /end ID]
made this blinkie for artfight and got carried away making alts
[ID: the same blinkie but with the following labels/flags: trans, disabled, nonbinary, gay (philadelphia rainbow flag), lgbtqia+ (philadelphia rainbow flag), queer (philadelphia rainbow flag), bigender, genderqueer, agender /end ID]
