ALonelyCakeinSpace

Dont mind me, just rebranding my ish

[whyenn-reader]

the youtube notification of ''ooohh your video isn't starting up smoothly???? turn off your ad blocker you cunt <3'' is so pathetic to me bc it takes five seconds max. you think i can't wait five seconds? you think i need to give you money because five seconds is too long? i pity your wife.

[lonelytartcake]

Or the way they just BEG you to get YT premium back. Like a toxic ex

[lonelytartcake]

Am I crazy- or has the capitalist in America figured out a strategy to hire or have more store managers/supervisors/assistant store managers, etc than regular employees? As if now that the majority of the work place is in some managerial position, you don't have to worry about workers organizing or being able to advocate for themselves effectively because now there's a heightened conflict of interest?

[lonelytartcake]

Everyone is such a mom friend until it becomes inconvenient and someone takes your hyper competence and authoritative, condescending attitude at face value and go to you for clarifications, potential anxieties, or any bit of tension regardless if said person is overthinking it or not. We love just- 'stepping up for everyone' if it means exercising a sense of control or to feel included in the accomplishments of others or to be revered. NOW I'm just an energy vampire. I apologize. I'm sorry that I bought into the propaganda about the maturity of you and your group <3 Like- how do you even have friends in 2026??? A friend is nothing but an affirmation/entertainment box until they want to- oh, I dunno- have conversations with you or- *gasp* want to confide in you!!

[ifishouldvanish]

Migrating to Ellipsus from Google Docs: A Guide

This has been sitting in my drafts for a while, but in light of all the bullshit attacks on queer and nsfw creators lately, here it is I guess 🤷

I had been wanting to ditch Google Docs for years, but most "Google docs alternatives" weren't a good fit for my needs: A good mobile experience, and the ability to sync my work across devices. Most of the common alternatives people throw around are either iOS only, desktop only, or not free to use.

So it wasn't until I found @ellipsus-writes that I finally made the switch back in September 2024. The app is well-designed, works across devices, supports collaboration, AND they're staunchly anti-AI, queer friendly, and fanfic friendly! 🌈

It's not perfect (yet!) mind, but it's pretty damn close for me. Some caveats:

Formatting options are a bit limited at this time. Your font choice applies to the whole document, and things like subscript and superscript aren't available. (This is my biggest gripe atm, as my current writing project involves a lot of research and footnotes).

Ellipsus does not have a native app, so you won't find it on the AppStore/Play Store. Instead, it is a web app. It runs in the browser. But on mobile devices, you can get a more "app-like experience" by adding it to your home screen. (More on that later)

You cannot 'magically' import all of your work from Google docs into Ellipsus. You'll have to import them manually. One at a time.

But uh... One cool thing Ellipsus has that Google Docs does not? An "Export to AO3" feature! No more fixing formatting issues or having to use that "Format for AO3" user script that can be laggy as hell!

Part 1: Getting your work into Ellipsus

As of this writing, Ellipsus can only import Markdown (.md) files. So in order to get your work imported, you'll first have to export it from Google Docs (or whatever you currently use) as markdown.

The shitty thing is, Google Docs only lets you do this on desktop 🫠

So from desktop, open your document, and go to "File -> Download -> Markdown":

But once you've done that, open Ellipsus, click the "+" icon in the bottom menu, and select "Import Markdown".

Part 2: Getting that 'App-like' Experience

Open Ellipsus in your mobile browser of choice. You might get a prompt to "Install Ellipsus", but if not, just open the main browser menu. You should have an option for "Save/Add to Home screen", "Download Web App", or something similar. Select that option, and you'll get an Ellipsus icon on your home screen. Now when you open Ellipsus via this shortcut, it will open in a dedicated 'window' as if it were a native app—and without the clutter of the browser's address/tool bars!

Caveat: On my previous phone, I experienced some significant lag while typing via Firefox for Android. To get around this, I used Chrome instead for running the web app. (boo, hiss). Happy to report though that on my new phone, the lag is completely gone in Firefox! But yeah, your mileage may vary.

Part 3: Establishing Your Workflow in Ellipsus

If like me, your work is primarily longer, multi-chapter fics, the ability to export those chapters for posting to AO3 is probably very important to you... The big caveat to the exporting features in Ellipsis is that they will export the entire document. There's no way to say, "Export everything under the "Chapter X" heading.

So there's two workarounds here:

Create a folder for each story, and create each chapter as a separate document in that folder, or

Create one document for each story, and create each chapter as a "draft"within that document.

I use method #2, because I think it makes navigating between chapters a little faster, but you do you.

Consider that true appeal of drafts is the ability to merge changes into the main document. But if you're creating your chapters as drafts within a single document, this won't quite work because the merger won't know where to place this completely different 'draft' within the main document—it will think you want to replace the content of the main document entirely:

If your draft contains only the content for a single chapter, but your main document contains the rest of your story, the merger will want to remove all the other parts of your story, and also just have like... a really wonky diff check in general.

As a method #2 person: once I've finished/published a chapter, I copy and paste the content of the chapter into the main document, then delete the relevant draft. If the ability to just merge drafts into the main document as intended is important to you, then method #1 would probably suit your needs better.

Part 4: Collaborating & The Export to AO3 Feature

Just as with Google docs, you can invite collaborators to your documents, or share a link for viewing. By highlighting sections of text, you and your collaborators can also add comments:

When sharing/exporting a document or draft, you'll have the option to export to AO3:

When your AO3 account is connected, the "Export to AO3" feature will display a list of your existing works. You can choose to edit or add a chapter to one of them, or post a new work entirely.

Whatever your choice, the exporter will copy the document HTML to your clipboard and open a tab straight to the publishing form on AO3. Paste the HTML, add your tags, summary, and any author's notes, and you're ready to post!

Part 5: The Future

Ellipsus is a bit of a fledgling compared to most writing software out there and has a pretty limited feature set. However, development is pretty active, updates come out regularly, and you can also vote on (or make your own) feature suggestions!

Happy writing! 💕

[lonelytartcake]

Is this a safe space...

How do I explain the idea that I'm getting the feeling that het women's sexuality is under constant scrutiny, vilification, and attack in the most condescending- "This is for your own good" way without sounding like a Trojan horse for reactionary rhetoric? Because on the one hand, I get it, blah blah blah, Sabrina Carpenter sexiness/feminism is a cynical cash grab and not freaking- Judith Butler levels of radical patriarchy destroying theory or what not- the critique has ALWAYS felt less like- "Here is how capitalism absorbs it's own criticisms and spews it back out so the chronically exhausted downtrodden have a socially safe and profitable way to exercise their angst and misery while nothing meaningful changes" (which is a VERY real and true thing to be discussed!) and more just- "EEEEWWWW- women still have submission kinks?" And what's crazy is that we all know by now how easy it is to dehumanize women into a big ball of arguments and straw men for everything that's gone wrong with the feminist movement or whatever, and yet here you guys are. Still doing it. With none of the actual empathy or patience or honesty to try and unpack why some girlies are just 'like that' in terms of aesthetic or sexuality. It feels like a spot in which a discussion could be had about how women can better navigate having certain aesthetics or tendencies in a violently patriarchal world, and how to survive the bullshit paradox of being a sexual cishet woman in a world of men that hate you has been taken up by the most unproductive discourse that genuinely just comes across like policing women potentially embarrassing feminism and themselves in front of the hypothetical men folk. I could understand the critique more if Sabrina Carpenter was Ice Spice/Megan Thee Stallion levels of successfully capturing the male gaze, but she feels VERY femgaze. I don't think cishet guys could even take ground comfortably enough for an album cover to be any real concern. But I dunno.

Again, I don't want to go all- "AAAAHHH, SACRED WOMAN HOOD IS UNDER ATTACK!" or what not- but am I stupid?? I feel like we've lost the plot???

[lonelytartcake]

American hatred from the British, Canadians, Aussies, practically everyone in the anglosphere genuinely gets annoying after a while.

They all have one misinformed joke. It'd be funny if their perception of America wasn't informed entirely through memes. But that's all there is. The Backrooms/AI of international roasting.

Even when they come here they sound stupid as all get out, making tiktoks in absolute bewilderment that FAMILY SIZED potato chips come in larger sizes than regular chips.

[inkclot]

Okay so still not sure exactly what my plan is here, if I want this to just be a fun way to update or some kind of accountability challenge for me and my moots but here it goes:

@howlingday @inkrotcalico @lonelytartcake @seventyoceans @rwby-confess @tumblingxelian @the-archivist-14 @agentfinder @missmoonlight1997 @mjthesilly

PLEASE PLEASE no one should fell like they HAVE to share any progress that you've made but I feel like this could be a great opportunity to hear about all of yall's works and achievements that you're proud of.

I hope to do more like this, hoping that it will stop me from procrasinating on my WIPs.

[lonelytartcake]

@inkclot Tumblr: Been pretty quiet on tumblr honestly. AO3: Going to continue finding some inspiration to continue my Batman fanfic, Pirates & Emperors Next Project: Honestly wondering if I can block and script an entire one-season series about mystery-solving delinquent-adjacent teenagers. Creepypasta: I haven't thought of Creepypastas in a HOT minute ;-;. I don't even think I could make a good horror writer.

[lonelytartcake]

There ought to be a word for when you're well acquainted with romantic love, want romantic love, and can occasionally perform romantic love, but can't feel it. I'd like to be in a relationship, but I don't want to feel like I'm performing love. I'm an affectionate and doting person, but it has to come naturally. I don't mind being told "I love you.", but the most I can muster is "haha!" or a "mmhmm..." or a thanks. Before I blurted out those blase responses like it's second nature, I was honing in on, and was actively digging for that big emotion, or butterfly or heart-pounding feeling I've been told to anticipate. Only to find nothing. It's stage fright. Like-- "romantile dysfunction" or something?? YOU KNOW!?

I remember I'd tell my ex how suffocating being with him could be. How I didn't want us to break up, I just wanted the vibes to feel how they were when we were friends. I felt bad saying it, but I was so stressed out I couldn't find a more tactful way to explain what I was thinking. I did feel "love" in the sense that he was my best friend, and while he was pretty and it helped a tiny bit, that wasn't the only reason. I can seriously see myself having some committed bond with a guy and vice versa, just like how you see on TV. But the feelings that a person in that position is meant to feel? It's not there for me.

I know there's "aromantic," and things like that, but so much of what I find and read about overlaps with asexuality or full repulsion to romance that it feels like even that label doesn't fit. Even when it's the only one that makes sense objectively.

[lonelytartcake]

I seriously need a link to a psychological study or philosophical literature that explains how cishet men can build their entire politics around the fear of being sexually/romantically undesirable and NOTHING else, while dedicating the remainder of their short lives to upholding and bolstering patriarchal cultural norms that'll 100% guarantee they'll stay that way regardless. They seriously cannot comprehend that patriarchy is a Catch-22, and I just need to understand why.

[iodine-coated-cleaver-deactivat]

so uh tagging game

The last fictional character in your photo library, is the person you gonna sit next to in a 8 hour flight!

OHHH EMU?? Not bad

tags(sorry weh): @teto-teto505, @veilofpoe, @loftedlow, @arsonistic-carp-0-2, @pompomme4, @never-end1ng-m1sery, @mxnihil + OPEN TAGS

[howlingday]

Thanks, @kendokhaotic

I'm gonna assume photo because the last fictional character in my gallery is video of Kinger and Caine in that "MEMORY WIPE" clip.

Looks like I'm stuck with two pardners for 8 hours.

@noneatnonedotcom @sketchfan85 @gorillageek27 @epic-arc @intooned @redheartedtramp @decreare @caspianjupiter @tokufan700 @lar-mx and everyone else~!

[gorillageek27]

HOW?

@amethyst-raptor06 @adm-starblitzsteel-4305 @lionpatriot13 @howlingday @itsupermanti @true-king-of-monsters @rocknroll7575 @rwby-encrusted-blog @eavmjsc

[rocknroll7575]

Oh, I'm chilling with Human Igneel?

Fuck I might not even have to take a flight, I might just ride this guy... BECAUSE HE'S A DRAGON!

@reibocca-blog @complimentsgalore @fall0fdark @epic-arc

[fall0fdark]

Apparently mine is cadaverriffic

your turns @magentacat @agentfinder @novankenn

[agentfinder]

Unsurprising that it’s a RWBY character. Artist is yirienkaki. I won’t be bored.

@magentacat @inkclot

Want to give it a go?

[inkclot]

I...I...yeah, honestly, I can't really explain

@howlingday @sundowner-76 @rwby-confess @worldstar-whitley @tumblingxelian @the-archivist-14 @seventyoceans @depressouce @lonelytartcake

[lonelytartcake]

He's gonna be so sweet... <3

[lonelytartcake]

Considering What's Going On in Indie 'Communities'....

We're going to see an entirely new wave of white reactionary queers who'll happily join the Chud Leagues. And we're going to see what the old vanguards of said leagues are going to do about that new influx of people who want to be more than just a closeted fetish for the far right to get their rocks off because "Hooray!! I've educated the woke queers and turned them against Black Peopleee!! Mwahahahahaha!" . I'm not wishing the worst to happen to anyone; I'm just laying out the inevitable.

[lonelytartcake]

This is going to be weird for me of all people to say this, because I always took issues with gatekeeping, but the recent events in certain online spaces have kind of made me realize that if you are a Blerd, then you as well as I and many others, might have to start gatekeeping The Big 5.

I'm not talking rappers.

If you are a Blerd, we're going to have to start gatekeeping The Big 5.

Many others who aren't Blerds but have overlapping interests are looking for new avenues. They want something different, better, and enjoy things that isn't coming from a small little group of mid-tier to high ranking online celebrities patting eachother on the back & shutting the door closed behind them. They have every right to be mad, but it's not our job to open the doors for anyone and everyone only to relive the same microaggressions and bullcrap over, and over, and over again. To have the same discourse, come up with new solutions, only for nothing to change.

There are some who are genuinely good people! People who are chill & can treat us like human beings, but there are many whom we have seen in recent months who genuinely believes that simply consuming us is activism while acting like the expectation of treating us like human beings with baggage, cultural trauma, and boundaries that we don't want crossed as high treason.

If you are a Blerd, then you probably, and I strongly advise you to as a mere suggestion, have to gatekeep The Big 5.

Our art in this cultural niche is still in it's infancy. There will be disappointments and problems. But if you have enjoyed anyone of the glimpses we have seen of The Big 5 before they've become fully formed, I need you to lock in. Donate if you can, share it with fellow Blerds if you can. Host watch parties with those you trust and like!

I can tell those who aren't Blerds don't even know that these exist. And if they didn't already know, 9 times out of 10, it's a sign that it might have to stay that way.

If you know you know. And I'm serious too, if these people want to act like they can't breathe without consuming us or our culture, then they should've made 'the majority space' a safer place for us to co-exist.

[lonelytartcake]

Also, another thing about the TADC controversies, I'm at that point where I believe so much (not all, but a lot) of the internet's problems would be solved if white reactionaries and performative liberals just reclaimed their own words.

Everyone needs a slur except them apparently. "There needs to be a slur for (insert thing I dont like)." They'll remember theirs long enough to argue with you about the usage of the n-word in a rap song, compared to what they were called once in a predominantly black/latino public school, but you'll never even see them try to make any, serious attempt at using their own to funnel whatever wicked, sleeping biases apparently "innately" lie low, stirring and brewing, just waiting to pop out around their most informative years ("The Racist Phase"). Like, you can't treat it like it's a canon event and not at least try to funnel it in some way.

Unless it's not just a "phase" and/or you're not equipped with the vocabulary or integrity to understand why you find the n-word, n-word wordplay, 'joking on the square' type of dark humor funny.

[were-ralph]

New REBLOG Game

Just fucking lie about the previous poster

[inkclot]

Perv hates pizza and their Fiance

@howlingday @agentfinder @sundowner-76 @worldstar-whitley @tumblingxelian @the-archivist-14 @inkrotcalico @greatcookiefire @lonelytartcake @mjthesilly

[lonelytartcake]

Inkcloat is a terrible roommate. They always leave their dishes in the sink, and when I bought a new outfit for our outing, they said "I'm glad we're feeling very confident today!" 😢

[peoplegettingreallymadatghosts]

Brutal scenes playing out in real time

[kamari3]

[bigcheeseofficial]

[lonelytartcake]

For my fellow beaten and downtrodden people: a little glimmer of hope among the dirt and grime.

[lonelytartcake]

Crawling out of the deep pit of hypocritical, colorful flag waving, "rap hurts my ears", clings-onto-Pomni-plushie-tightly-when-they-see-me, filthy Sh@đm4n loving, "mustache man had a point if you just listen to his speeches translated" ass musty, rank, vomit inducing biohazard that is the TADC fandom, to say...

Hmm..how do I explain this?

Ah.

I hope the inevitable rise of Black only fandom spaces, and the ever increasing gatekeeping of our culture makes you shriek and vomit with rage. The itch that we're no longer just a faceless hypothetical props to point at and say "See? They don't care about T H E W O R D!!!" makes you claw at your unwashed skin.

I hope when a Black fan walks into a movie theater on June 4th, that they make a hard pivot and clutch their popcorn before having to sit down next to your rancid, scent of an unwiped ass.

I hope mall security packs up every last one of you woobified, wanna be dark woke, no theater etiquette having ass Hills Have Eyes lookin' fans like the dorrito dust nibbling cockroaches you are when you even think of singing "Running The Show."

I hope every other marginalized person learns this lesson and does the same thing (carving out their own spaces in fandom), leaving you to shriek and cry, and claw, and gasp, and howl, and furiously mess yourselves at the very idea that YOU can feel excluded.

That YOU can feel unwanted!

That YOU learn finally, that no matter the demographic of your fellow fans,

YOU will be left out in the sun to dry.

All we have ever asked is that y'all stop playing with the fucking n-word. Stop telling US how we should feel, while posturing to naive bleeding heart liberal that it's OUR job to educate BOTH of you.

NEITHER of you want education. You all have cried about not knowing the rules of the n-word since Kramer's meltdown, and Pewdiepie. You need logic you can argue against, you need permission to enjoy racism.

You're pathetic. This entire fandom is trash. You've all made your minds very clear. I wouldn't want to be around you either.

[lonelytartcake]

You dumbasses can't even sift out the amount of dogwhistles you've all let slide in the name of defending Michael Kovach, but you can argue all day long on why homophones in wordplay isn't a big deal. I can't wait until the new people you've named your allies turn on you, and every community and forum based on Glitch Production media gets bombarded with white supremacist rhetoric and all of the abelism, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, unbearably puritanical christianty and bigotry it comes with. Because, you know, it wasn't that big of a deal when it came to calling us chimps and shit, right?

[lonelytartcake]

Crawling out of the deep pit of hypocritical, colorful flag waving, "rap hurts my ears", clings-onto-Pomni-plushie-tightly-when-they-see-me, filthy Sh@đm4n loving, "mustache man had a point if you just listen to his speeches translated" ass musty, rank, vomit inducing biohazard that is the TADC fandom, to say...

Hmm..how do I explain this?

Ah.

I hope the inevitable rise of Black only fandom spaces, and the ever increasing gatekeeping of our culture makes you shriek and vomit with rage. The itch that we're no longer just a faceless hypothetical props to point at and say "See? They don't care about T H E W O R D!!!" makes you claw at your unwashed skin.

I hope when a Black fan walks into a movie theater on June 4th, that they make a hard pivot and clutch their popcorn before having to sit down next to your rancid, scent of an unwiped ass.

I hope mall security packs up every last one of you woobified, wanna be dark woke, no theater etiquette having ass Hills Have Eyes lookin' fans like the dorrito dust nibbling cockroaches you are when you even think of singing "Running The Show."

I hope every other marginalized person learns this lesson and does the same thing (carving out their own spaces in fandom), leaving you to shriek and cry, and claw, and gasp, and howl, and furiously mess yourselves at the very idea that YOU can feel excluded.

That YOU can feel unwanted!

That YOU learn finally, that no matter the demographic of your fellow fans,

YOU will be left out in the sun to dry.

All we have ever asked is that y'all stop playing with the fucking n-word. Stop telling US how we should feel, while posturing to naive bleeding heart liberal that it's OUR job to educate BOTH of you.

NEITHER of you want education. You all have cried about not knowing the rules of the n-word since Kramer's meltdown, and Pewdiepie. You need logic you can argue against, you need permission to enjoy racism.

You're pathetic. This entire fandom is trash. You've all made your minds very clear. I wouldn't want to be around you either.