LykanYouko says...

Hi! I'm Sirius (like The Star, I hate hp and jkr). Pansexual, and Slash lover. Artist, Illustrator, Writer and Fashion Designer. Pro LGBT+, hablo español tb.

[charlataninred]

Love how tumblr has its own folk stories. Yeah the God of Arepo we’ve all heard the story and we all still cry about it. Yeah that one about the woman locked up for centuries finally getting free. That one about the witch who would marry anyone who could get her house key from her cat and it’s revealed she IS the cat after the narrator befriends the cat.

[meraarts]

Might I add:

The defeat of the wizard who made people choose how they’d be to be executed

The woman who raised the changeling alongside her biological child

The human who died of radiation poisoning after repairing the spaceship

[eater-of-hopes-and-dreams]

The adventures of a space roomba

Cinderella finding Araura (and falling in love)

I don’t know a snappy description but the my nemesis cynthia story certainly lives in my head

[blitzlowin]

hilariously, these are almost all in my fic tag. so, a compiled list from the notes (and some extras):

The God of Arepo (graphic novel 1 / 2 / 3) (ebook)

The Monster of Sentan

The Witch’s Cat

Raise Both Children

Stabby the Roomba (honorable mention)

Cinderella Marries the Prince (comic)

My Arch Nemesis Cynthia

Pirates and Mermaid

Eindred and the Witch

The Demon King

The Cornerwitch

Grandmother Beetroot

Apocalypse Daycare Worker

Grandmother Accidentally Summons a Demon

New Year Saga

A Story About Changelings

Ranger in the King’s Forest

The Difference Between a Hare and a Rabbit

Goblin Men (Canines)

[charlataninred]

I am in love with you /p

[inkvoices]

Adding Faceblind Prince Charming and Cinderella

[inkvoices]

21. The human who died of radiation poisoning after repairing the spaceship

22. The defeat of the wizard who made people choose how they’d be to be executed

[lightningladybug]

adding the Doctors Without Borders one

[inkvoices]

I LOVE tumblr storytime, so here’s a bunch more your weekend reading. Enjoy!

24. The Queen with Three Cursed Children

25. Tiny Dragon with one coin hoard

26. Haunted house

27. Shark hero was about to go rogue

28. Grandma lives in the woods comic

29. A Different Aftermath comic

30. Battery (microstory but I love it so much)

31. It’s A Date comic

32. Supervillian kidnaps rival’s kid and they want to stay

33. Narrative Town

34. I have been hired to clean the wizard tower comic

35. Robot Apocalypse

36. The Statues That Do Not Weather

37. Kushiel

38. Tooth Fairy

39. Alien abduction

40. Felonious wish-granting

41. When humans met actual space orcs

42. Space cousins

[dannnnnnnnnnnnex]

WAIT REBLOG THIS VERSION INSTEAD

[blignick]

[bunjywunjy]

this is actually HILARIOUS because both domestic rabbits and domestic cats practice dominance-related social grooming but for wildly different reasons.

if you're a rabbit, the boss rabbit is the one who gets groomed by its subordinate rabbits.

but if you're a cat... the boss cat is the one that grooms the other cats.

BOTH these idiots are going "aw yeah, it's good to be on top >:) "

[thememedaddy]

[wisyhana]

Can we be honest for a moment?

I've been noticing that the more time I spend on the English side of a fandom the more I notice how Spanish speakers are the chillest in comparison.

Like, I never had been called out in fandoms, I never got death threats, I never had to deal with the huge self projection some people do, and I never knew about problematic/Puritans stuff UNTIL I joined the English side of the fandom.

Does anyone else feel the same??

[sparklee-gem]

Hi!

I hope you don’t mind me adding on, I can make this a separate thing if you’d like, but I have 100% noticed this is an English speaking, honestly mainly American fandom pattern. There’s actually a lot of people who point this out, and it definitely feels like a cultural difference at this point.

While I don’t have too much experience in Latino fandom, I have had a lot of Latino fandom friends (both irl and online) who are definitely more chill about fandom stuff regarding what we read and watch and what we create. It might be because of the stories we grew up with, or the novelas we caught peeks of, or the rebellion against strict religious rules, that we all understood that these were interesting things to explore in fiction without making us bad people.

I have a lot more experience interacting with East Asian fandom, specifically Japanese fandom circles since I speak the language, and it is soooo different from how American/ ENG circles operate. THEY even notice it, to the point they actually actively block or avoid people who have stuff like “anti” in their bio because they want to avoid discourse. There’s even an overall term for “Feelings Yakuza” to refer to people who harass others based on their own personal feelings on “morality” regarding artworks and series. It’s unfortunate that I’ve seen a pattern of these artists actively avoiding ENG speakers because they’re afraid of messing up somehow and getting into discourse.

The trade off is that Japanese fandom is SUPER strict with that block button; you could be blocked by your favorite artist just because you mention you multiship, or that you ship the same pairing but with different coupling order (you picture a character as the bottom where they see them as the top) They really do follow the “curate your experience” rules, but that means you can end up blocked out of spaces if you happen to enjoy things your favorite artist doesn’t care for, where I think ENG fandom is more about blocking specific tags or muting rather than blocking the whole individual.

There’s also a huge culture of tagging for everything, similarly to us, but you get locked side accounts or passwords and links to outside sites to see the content you want to see. Everything is very much the feeling of “you had to purposefully see this, so don’t complain or harass me if you dislike the content” which I think is fair and much safer regarding nsfw content as well.

ENG speaking fandom I feel follows the cultural and societal patterns that are big, and currently we are going through a huge puritan and policing wave. There’s lots to explain this: political impacts, the impacts of younger kids being able to be online and no safe spaces for kids due to the shut down of kid friendly sites, capitalism censoring spaces and causing strict rules, social media’s development overall and the loss of independent blogger culture, the Covid Lockdown and the “Normie-fication” of fandom with a lot of people joining these spaces without knowing or practicing fandom etiquette and even bullying the people who built these spaces for being “weird” about their passion for these series, religious impacts on people’s worldviews, I don’t even know what the word would be but the weird “therapization” of everything now? Where everything is buzzwords and problematic and has to be inspected under a lens when it’s really not harming anybody. I see this a lot with tiktok. I won’t even get started on that but the current thing I’vd heard is that if you like a character that dies in canon that’s necrophilia. Like. Does anything mean anything anymore.

Basically: you’re not alone in noticing this, and even other sides of the world notice and are cautious of ENG speaking fandoms because of this too, and it’s a shame. I also remember a time where fandom felt unsanitized because it was just. Pure effort from real fans to create these spaces to freely enjoy and express your love for your favorite series. There weren’t all these rules and bullying and policing because it was a space created to get AWAY from that, to not feel judged for our passions and hobbies where it felt like you were “weird” for engaging in that in mainstream circles.

But like you mentioned, I feel like in any community you find the people who are accepting and kind, you find the spaces that work for you and vibe well with what you create and with what they share, and the constant thing about fandom is and always will be to seek those people out and you’ll have a much better experience than trying to appeal to everyone, who might not be giving you that same grace.

[good-to-drive]

It's kinda funny when you get a bunch of likes but no reblogs like I enjoyed your post but I'd prefer if no one else saw it

[agendratum]

[cupcraft]

Seto kaiba amuses me because he cares far more about quality products and consumer happiness than quantity. A fascinating take to fictional CEOs especialy knowing Kaiba took over the company to prevent his dad from using it to kill people in war (it used to make weapons) like he just wanted to play cards 😭. Kaiba corp would never make gaming slop or commit to war, thanks to Kaiba.

[bethfuller]

does anyone have that unsettling oil painting of a dark window with a sheet leading out into the darkness? it did the rounds on tumblr a while ago and i need itttt

[bethfuller]

YES THANK YOU

Dragan Bibin, Dead of Night

[1989nihil]

@lee-and-other-things​

i don’t… see a dog???  👀

[captainhaterade]

Litmus test for “is the brightness on your phone too low for art appreciation”

[dogpuppy]

[voiceboss]

Visit Original Link

[amygdalae]

I can beat my avoidant tendencies I just have to stay away from any situation in which I might become avoidant. Problem solved

[alittlegreenwitchery]

I like the word “witchery” because of its linguistic similarity to “fuckery.” Witchcraft is fuckery; fuckery is witchcraft. They are inextricably connected in my mind and it makes me happy.

[neil-perrys-suicidal-tendencies]

REBLOG POSTS❗❗ COMMENT ON FICS❗❗COMPLIMENT FANART ❗❗LEAVE LITTLE NOTES IN THE TAGS❗❗ BOOKMARK FICS YOU LIKE❗❗ TELL AUTHORS WHAT YOU LIKED ABOUT THEIR FICS❗❗COMMENT ON DECADE OLD FICS ❗❗ADD YOUR OWN ANALYSIS IN LONG POSTS❗❗ENGAGE❗❗ INTERACT❗❗ BUILD A COMMUNITY ❗❗

While people don't work for engagement, it certainly doesn't do any harm..

[dragoncarrion]

In tears

[hawkpartys]

[b0nkcreat]

my phone isn’t charging even though i plugged her innnnn dramatic ass bitch. YOUR PUSSY IS FILLED! WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT

[b0nkcreat]

Can you stop bouncing and moaning on it 😐 please for the love of god

[b0nkcreat]

i see now that i shouldn’t have made this post on tumblr. specifically.

[cytherean-sunset]

[lurkiestvoid]

[willcraftapple11]

[frasohei]

[charlesoberonn]

Heartwarming story: Little girl doesn’t have to do anything to fund her dad’s surgery because his expenses are covered by his country’s universal healthcare.

[charlesoberonn]

Human determination: Man bikes 18 miles to work every morning because he wants to and not because he can’t afford a car and would be fired if he’s late.

[charlesoberonn]

Spirit of Brotherhood: Neighbors host housewarming party for elderly resident who doesn’t need help in paying rent because his pension is more than enough.

[hyperlexichypatia]

SO INSPIRING: Local middle school students bake dozens of cupcakes because their home economics class is doing a baking unit. Their school is fully funded with everything they need.

[blandandtasteless]

This feels like calibrating my normal detector

[srosehh]

people who write fics. how do you feel about comments on super old ones you wrote like 2+ years ago

[cha-melodius]

Bringing this out of the tags:

A fic written 2 years ago is NOT OLD. Two years is nothing. Two years ago was yesterday.

Also I don't care if a fic is 10 years old. Leave those comments!! Even if you think the author isn't active, or moved on from the fandom, I promise you it will make them smile.

[thefriendlypigeon]

I replied to a 16 year old fanfic not long ago and the author even replied omg IT WAS SO SWEET🥹❤️

[deanwanddamons]

Just reblogged a post from 2012 - so in 2026 I’m going to ask the question again….

How many Supernatural fans are STILL on Tumblr??

Reblog this once - let’s see how many of us are still here!

[eyesofatragedy67]

[melle-otterwise]

May the fandom stay strong, inspired, and passionnate 💙💚

[thefriendlypigeon]

That's like asking if there's still p0rn on the internet😅

Anyways~

[serps-up]

so happy and free

[reachartwork]

this is going to be a silly reblog but i have kind of a fixation on animal qualia and the idea of an animal's umwelt, so i ended up wondering whether pudding was actually "enjoying" this.

which meant i went and read about snail brains.

here's the bad news, at least by human standards:

snails do not have anything like a centralized brain. their nervous system is made up of small clusters of neurons (ganglia) that mostly handle very local tasks. they don't have a cortex, they don't build big integrated models of the world, and they almost certainly don't experience things like appreciation, anticipation, or savoring.

pudding is not looking at the sky and thinking it's beautiful.

snail eyes are basically light sensors - they can tell bright from dark, but not form images. snail "taste" is done through chemoreceptors on their tentacles and around their mouth. those receptors don't produce flavor the way ours do; they just detect chemical compounds and sort them into "approach," "ignore," or "avoid."

so there's no evidence that snails enjoy food, or wind, or views, the way mammals do.

and that does sound kind of sad. but then i thought that maybe we are asking the wrong question.

snails do have valence. they detect aversive things (like salt or dryness) and withdraw from them. they detect non-aversive or beneficial conditions (like moisture) and stay extended. when pudding is stretched out like this, it means his nervous system is basically saying "this is safe; nothing is wrong."

if we define pleasure not as our human experience of dopamine and reward chemicals but instead as "the absence of aversion" - a state where the organism is open to its environment instead of defending itself - then this does count as something positive, even if it's extremely nothing like human enjoyment.

pudding isn't appreciating the wind. but his body is registering humidity, safety, and the ability to keep functioning, and that matters to him in the only way his nervous system can make things matter. he does not think "this is great, this is awesome, i love the weather", because he doesn't think in the way we do at all, but the neurological action in his ganglion tell his body that he is safe, that the moisture is an acceptable level, that it's not too dry or windy, and that there's nothing imminently threatening.

i think a lot of the sadness comes from assuming that a good life has to look like ours: full of enjoyment, meaning, and aesthetic experience. but a snail isn't missing those things. its world just isn't built to include them.

snails don't have a sense of flavor. they don't even have tastebuds. this seems like a gimme, right? but again that might be asking the wrong question about what "taste" is. biologically speaking, it's chemoreception. we taste sweet because it indicates high value, high calorie sugar molecules. we taste salty for salt, umami for proteins. so in what way does pudding's chemoreceptors differ from ours instrumentally? we can say "by our human perspective, pudding can't experience "preference" or "savoring" or "anticipation of delicious food"", but from pudding's perspective we have radically overengineered ourselves for the task at hand. pudding can tell what's salty, what's high value, what has the chemicals he needs. the functional outcome is that he can discriminate food souces based on their composition. is that not taste?

so maybe the point isn't "this is sad because he can't enjoy it," but "this is a reminder that minds come in radically different shapes, and value doesn't have to be rich to be real."

[worldwithoutmiracles]

there's something really lovely about the fact that human enjoyment increases when projected onto another being, even if the other being isn't actually capable of experiencing what we would call "enjoyment". watching an animal scratch an itch makes us feel good because we know what it's like to have an itch, but also makes us feel good in unique ways that scratching our own body doesn't. empathy is a great advantage, even on an individual level, because it allows us access to types of pleasure we otherwise cannot experience. in other words: even if Pudding did not exist, we would invent one to share the world with

[thefriendlypigeon]

This is why I'm on tumblr. Now I'm very, incredibly emotional about snails, or the hypothetical concept of a snail that feels safe in moist air 🥺