Random Thoughts From a Quirky Place

[pixiemage]

Hey there! Just a friendly reminder/PSA from your friendly neighborhood Pixiemage!

“Dead Dove: Do Not Eat” is too often (incorrectly) used as a cover-all tag, on fics ranging from Vaguely Uncomfortable to Serious Shit, as a replacement for any intense tags relating to the story. People will use it to say “Holy shit guys some INTENSE SHIT happens in this story” without actually saying what that Intense Shit™ is.

In actuality, the “Dead Dove” tag is meant to be used in addition to other warning tags. Pulled from a scene from the show Arrested Development (look it up on YouTube!), it means “Hi! Hey! I labeled this fic to warn you of what’s in it, so you might REALLY want to read those labels! This fic is exactly what it says on the tin! The tags are accurate! Don’t say I didn’t warn you, because this is me warning you! Read the tags!”

So before you accidentally use the “Dead Dove: Do Not Eat” tag without context, here’s your preemptive lesson for next time. Please tag your fics accordingly! Ta!

~ Pixie

[eighthmark]

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

reblog if you’re anti censorship and against harassing real people over fictional characters

[anarchistmemedistro]

[beardedmrbean]

[agam-shel-barvadim]

this post was written by Microsoft Excel

[dragon-in-a-fez]

"can you explain this large gap in your resume?"

yeah I tried to move an image in Word

[chanceyknits]

every stitch, depicted and demonstrated

This database holds a ton of useful materials for embroidery! many different types of stitches in various difficulties, all incredibly useful!

[johnthestitcher]

You can always learn an new embroidery stitch to add to your repertoire.

[adodora]

Sara’s Hand Embroidery stitch picture dictionary is awesome!! I also recommend the Royal School of Needlework’s stitchbank, which has video tutorials for over 500 stitches. It has helped me find the right stitch for a project more than once when I needed.

[johnny-depp-is-loved]

[writingdose]

© _ADWills

[writingdose]

education is important

[perfect-cecilos]

Some of these Night Vale tweets get deep and I love them for that

[writingdose]

I am once again begging people to realize that AI checker doesn’t work. it’s never worked. it’s notoriously known to have flagged human-made works as AI and AI-generated works as human-made. and by feeding it people’s works, you are feeding more works to AI, because apparently the machine itself is AI.

the only thing AI checker does is harm genuine artists and people in general too.

[warpedraven]

Ao3 going down and then up and then down again is making me realize I would genuinely be done for if ao3 was permanently deleted

[mockingbirdreblogs]

so devestated about tumblr crashing in the middle of my fic. my found family multi chapter 200k ficcccc i need to know what HAPPENS

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

remember that when it comes to fanfics, two cakes is always better then one. the more the merrier!

[ao3org]

Errors Accessing AO3

We are continuing to investigate reports of slowness and errors when trying to load AO3, including errors saying that AO3 is down.

Refer to our status page for more information.

Posted: 19:38 UTC 01 March, 2026

[hawnks]

30+ year old women are the backbone of this website

[drbased]

reblog if you're literally 30+