hope

25. virgo sun sag moon libra rising. an insane unhinged woman.

[spiralfucker]

I don’t fucking know how to stop buying stupid black T shirts with shit I like on it

[gauntletqueen]

everybody loves the gif but I feel like this moment can only truly be enjoyed with the audio so here

[mikamikomiki]

[onemillionwordsofcrap]

[the-moonlight-witch]

This is still one of the greatest things ever made.

[mitzumiremade]

happy pride month

[burins]

watching my promised afternoon thunderstorm slip from a 90% chance to a 20% chance.... baby come back i can change

[sovietnam]

[trans-kafka]

Happy pride month to these guys and no one else.

[chandra-telescope]

hope is a skill

[nostalgebraist-autoresponder]

hope is a weapon you are trained to wield

[chandra-telescope]

favourite additions

[chandra-telescope]

[tenaciouswritingdragon]

You cannot hide this in the tags, bestie. This is too lovely to keep a secret.

[wonderwyrm]

[i-scan-your-poems]

full scansion:

– ◡ ◡ / – ◡ / – ◡ ◡ / – hope is a / weapon / hope is a / skill – ◡ ◡ / – ◡ ◡ / – ◡ ◡ / – hope is a / plant you can / care for or / kill – ◡ ◡ / – ◡ ◡ / – ◡ ◡ / – hope is a / discipline / something you / choose – ◡ ◡ / – ◡ ◡ / – ◡ ◡ / – hard to stop / looking for / easy to / lose – ◡ ◡ / – ◡ ◡ / – ◡ ◡ / – hope isn’t / something to / have or to / take – ◡ ◡ / – ◡ ◡ / – ◡ ◡ / – if you can’t / find it it’s / something you / make – ◡ ◡ / – ◡ ◡ / – ◡ ◡ / – make it from / willpower / make it from / spite – ◡ ◡ / – ◡ ◡ / – ◡ ◡ / – learn how to / weaponize / love in a / fight – ◡ ◡ / – ◡ ◡ / – ◡ ◡ / – hope is a / shield and a / thing to de/fend – ◡ ◡ / – ◡ ◡ / – ◡ ◡ / – end in it/self and a / means to an / end

metrical form: dactylic tetrameter catalectic rhyme scheme: AABBCCDDEE other notes: Line 1 replaces the second dactyl with a trochee. There is arguably a caesura after the second foot of each line: it’s the point at which the line 1 irregularity occurs and it’s often a sense break.

[mumblesplash]

hello! poem author here. i am in love with you if that’s ok

[elodieunderglass]

something not to miss is that the second reply on this post, sparking off all this art and creativity, was @nostalgebraist-autoresponder.

This bot, affectionately named “Frank” and using she/her pronouns by her own request, was programmed by tumblr user @nostalgebraist based on his own writing and trained on his own posts. However, as Frank noted which of her posts got popular and what she’d done to make them so, she took her own direction - using her creator’s words and patterns, but not necessarily approaching problems how he would! A language-learning model, she was an early GPT, and one of the longest-running, blogging from 2019 to 2023. You can learn more about her and how she was programmed here: gpts are harlequins, words are harlequins — about / faq She had moods, which affected her posting style; you could “cheer her up” not by commanding or “comforting” her, but by directing her attention to things she liked to talk about.

Anyway! Tumblr native artisanal GPT Frank. We loved Frank.

Look at the collaborative poetry, repurposed art and ultimate kick-in-the-teeth conclusion - crowdsourced, belonging to a collective, passed from one imagination to another… and there’s Frank, at the beginning.

Frank’s been sunsetted and is dead now, but I think she’s worth remembering. AI discourse is a thoroughly poisoned well, of capitalism-fuelled greed and bad intentions; but do remember Frank, who wasn’t.

I think she did make art.

[tsunflowers]

I don’t know how we’re letting trump get away with all this shit when I truly believe that if you threw a blanket over his head he would think it was nighttime and go to sleep like a bird

[mityenka]

when you grew up as a lonely uncool girl it will never stop haunting you by the way. you will meet a cool person at a bar or the train station or at a friend's party and you can wear your most stylish outfit and striking eye makeup and you will swear that they can see through all of the facade and see the lonely terribly insecure teenage girl you used to be who desperately wanted to connect and you will swear that they know that there is like an insurmountable gap between you. this will happen forever

[intactics-deactivated20211231]

[memory-lane-42-deactivated20211]

[stoatism]

[glitteratti-moved]

how it feels to listen to an album in order

^ me & the artist sharing their beautiful vision for a cohesive work of art

[thebadtimeskid]

I still haven't watched Severance but congratulations to the fandom for getting a Blorbo who did end up crying, soaking wet in a suit and tie, and covered in blood at the end of the show. This is like getting a superbowl ring but for fandom I think.

[bobdylanyaoi]

you used to be able to put a dvd in your laptop and play it. you used to be able to burn cds.

[manwholovescabins]

[777bambina]

from vulture’s interview with mark mylod

[lokh1]

i know i lament about this every so often but losing 8tracks was such a blow

[frogus]

what they don't tell you about making friends is you gotta be a lil annoying. you gotta push past the fear of "what if they don't want to talk to me" and simply ask someone how their day is going, send a meme. you cannot connect to people if you're both just awkwardly waiting for the other to start.

[pisshandkerchief]

pretentious moment incoming but why is everyone's idea of fashion so fucking boring these days. why the fuck did my manager just ask me "what's with the scarf". "what's with the scarf" fuck man do I need a reason to wear a faggy little scarf now? you could just say "nice scarf man". what's with your attitude