Welcome To The Masquerade

Slytherin / 22 / Capricorn Hi, I'm Sue. I'm a nerd who dabbles in various fandoms and art mediums. Avartar by cluelesslittletrabbit Header image is an art thing at the Alexandria VA waterfront, I forgot the name of it sorry.

[loveserum-deactivated20191021]

anyways. When can I start screaming

[muirin007]

Who is your favorite singer for Christine. Mine is Sarah Brighton. I love her voice. (Even if she can't act her way out of a paper bag.) Some day I want someone to perfectly sycronize Sarah Brightmon's singing with another persons acting. It'd be great.

LOL I know what you mean about the acting. I do like Sarah Brightman, too! But my thing is that she’s just always…Sarah Brightman for me. I never see the character she’s playing. I just see Sarah Brightman. Kind of like how in every Nic Cage movie, I always just see Nic Cage, and that’s it.

NICOLAS CAGE AS CHRISTINE DAAE THAT’S IT, SEND TWEET

ANYWAY

My favorite Christine is probably Gina Beck! She’s got the whole package–gorgeous voice, incredible acting, a lovely look. She and John Owen-Jones are my favorite Erik and Christine duo. They make me cry every single time!

[osteum]

I just remembered that Eddie (as venom) once suffocated a man with his huge fuckin chest and I’m dying

[osteum]

proof

[wonderweird]

[dancefloors]

pop girl wipeout

[ultra-violet-rae]

[anarchopuppy]

Once again: it ain't over 'til it's over. Wear your mask. Social distance. Avoid large crowds

Yes, the CDC says you don't need a mask anymore when you're vaxxed. But the WHO disagrees. Better safe than sorry

[laeffy]

Sims 4 page on Steam. Not to be controversial but I think the CEO of EA should be beheaded for this

[susiedreemurr-deactivated202112]

Totally don’t pirate it from Anadius or Fitgirl-Repacks on 1337x.to

[enby-life]

Tips for kids online

Pseudonyms! Use them! Even if it’s a nickname, a favorite character’s name, a letter, your username, use a pseudonym. Especially if you have a unique name

Private information is PRIVATE. Last name, age, full birthday. Things that could be used to identify you should not be shared. Remember those “enter anyone’s name and learn everything about them” websites? They aren’t kidding around, and they’re dangerous.

Your house is your business. Don’t share your home address, school name, city, even sharing what state you live in could be risky. There’s no reason for people online to need to know this, there’s no reason for people online to ask for it. This is a red flag

Pictures are worth a thousand words. Take note of what’s in pictures you post. Can you see a state flag? A pet’s collar with a home address on it? Does that screenshot have your phone number in it? Be careful with EXACTLY what you post.

Once you post it, it’s not yours anymore. Anyone on the internet can share a post, take screenshots, repost to other websites, send to other people, etc. Once you post something, what happens to it is out of your hands. Make sure you be careful with what you post.

Face and voice can reveal a lot about you. They can reveal age, agab, in some cases they can be used to determine where you live (accents anyone?) be careful.

Please kids on the internet, BE SAFE. Remember these are strangers. Remember the internet is full of real people with their own motives and intentions. Remember that you can’t control the internet. Please please PLEASE be safe!

[iamanartichoke]

some very important info re: paid accounts~

I am not a lawyer, but I can decently interpret legalese and, being as I also suffer from tl;dr syndrome and assume others may as well, I took one for the team and went through the updated TOS for the post+ accounts and highlighted (what I understand to be) the most pertinent information, which ultimately comes down to this:

You cannot monetize copyrighted works (aka charge and earn money from fanfic, fanworks, etc) and if you do decide to put your fanworks behind a paywall via Tumblr, when you are inevitably sued, Tumblr will not protect you and will not defend you and you alone, personally, will be responsible for whatever monetary damages said lawsuit results in.

If anyone is a lawyer and knows I've gotten any of this wrong, please do not hesitate to correct me/this post.

Screenshots taken from Tumblr's TOS (updated 7-21-21), Stripe's Account Agreement, and the post+ FAQs.

1. Your paid account will not be hosted by tumblr; it is routed through a 3rd party.

2. By signing up for a paid account, you're entering into an agreement with Stripe, so in addition to Tumblr's TOS, you are also bound to Stripe's TOS.

3. Stripe, like Tumblr, will not defend you or protect you against any lawsuits.

4. Furthermore, you may end up owing Stripe money (indemnify = compensate)

5. Tumblr's TOS specifically states that you can't put any content on your post+ account that violates any laws, including laws that protect intellectual property rights of others. This is super important, because Tumblr's post+ FAQ also states that you can post anything that you would regularly post on tumblr, which I'm sure many will take to mean that gifsets, fanworks, etc are fair game, since all of that stuff can be posted on tumblr now. However, the difference is, you're not making money from the fanworks you're posting or reblogging now. Once money enters the equation, the game changes.

Tumblr is making it seem like any and all content goes for post+ accounts, knowing 90% of this site is fanworks. This is not true and you'll be opening yourself up for lawsuits if you charge for fanworks.

6. Tumblr further disclaims any and all liability in any legal issues.

tl;dr: Please do not make a post+ account, bc you will be opening yourself to lawsuits and if that happens, Tumblr's response will be not our problem, you agreed to all the terms which said you couldn't do that, sorry not sorry. Please protect yourself.

[windwardstar]

listen: the plot of cinderella at its core is of an abused kid remaining nice and kind and not turning into their abusers while surviving and ultimately gaining their freedom

that is 100% a “feminist” story and plot and character

it’s 100% a progressive narrative when the dominant narratives of abuse are the complete opposite

and surviving abuse, escaping abuse, and refusing to do the harm that has been dealt to them 100% makes cinderella a badass character

hollywood just protects abusers and has done its best to make cinderella seem like a pathetic woman whose life revolves around finding a man and is upholding the patriarchy and anti-feminist what have you. the discrediting of cinderella’s story framing cinderella as pathetic and weak and not badass is victim blaming and ignoring the strength surviving abuse takes

[audrey-hepbae]

The connections and friendships she makes with the lowly mice and dog were ultimately the alliances that win her freedom.

[pigcatapult]

Biding your time until you can get outside help is a valid survival strategy. The fact the person who makes the final pull that gets her out happens to be a male love interest doesn’t erase that, and it doesn’t erase the efforts of everyone who worked to get her in contact with him in the first place.

[feministism]

compare.

[yourdarlingdaisy916]

THIS is what I wanna see in our history books.

Highlight the injustice and inequality. Stop erasing it.

[hee-blee-art]

some e-cards you can send to help with distance communication ♡ free to use privately, if you’d like to repost them publicly please credit! 

[two-thirtyy]

Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

Look buddy, i’m just trying to make it to Friday.

[taykoutmccleod]

reblog if its friday and you made it

[nuggsmum]

[fanonical]

dragon age inquisition is the only story i’ve seen that’s bold enough to ask - what if we attempt the found family trope, but half of your found family are so catholic they’re in line to be the pope and also you start out as pretty much a hostage

[queerspacepunk]

thedas textposts #1

[wannacuppatealuv]

Still trying to come to terms with the fact I’ll never be a librarian who can speak a dead language and be recruited by a ruggish but handsome explorer for a quest to lift the curse and save the world

[lustformcgrath]

because of the pandemic travel restrictions?

[whose-line-requests]

if there’s only one whose line video you watch let it be this one

[whose-line-requests]

HAPPY SUNDAY, JULY 11

[turing-tested]

the internet HAS been turned into a series of easily swallowable pills for quick consumption and standardization and I don't think it's 'boomery' to discuss how the internet no longer feels like a wild wild west and has been massively gentrified for quick access to anything you could ever want or need and that next hit of dopamine. there is a difference between 'social media bad' and 'our experiences online are increasingly manufactured by algorithms looking to make money from scraping metrics of data about who we are to either sell us stuff or sell who we are to people who will sell us stuff'

[dantecain]

Undertale was full of raw ass lines and I’m sorry y’all are too chickenshit to acknowledge this because you’ve decided it’s cringy to like things

[susiephone]

op is so right and here’s some evidence (not even a fraction of it all):

“I can’t go to Hell. I’m all out of vacation days.”

“Despite everything, it’s still you.”

“My brother’d really like to see a human, so it’d really help me out if you’d keep pretending to be one.”

“Don’t worry, my little monarch, my plan isn’t regicide. This is so much more interesting.”

“First, however, is as customary for those who make it this far… I shall tell you the tragic tale of our people. It all started, long ago… No. You know what? SCREW IT! WHY SHOULD I TELL YOU THAT STORY WHEN YOU’RE ABOUT TO DIE!”

“The more you kill, the easier it becomes to distance yourself. The more you distance yourself, the less you will hurt. The more easily you can bring yourself to hurt others.”

“If I were you, I would have thrown in the towel by now. But you didn’t get this far by giving up, did you? That’s right. You have something called ‘determination.’ So long as you hold on… so long as you do what’s in your heart…I believe you can do the right thing. Alright. We’re all counting on you, kid. Good luck.”

“I understand why Asgore took so long to hire a new royal scientist. The previous one… Dr. Gaster. His brilliance was irreplaceable. However, his life… was cut short. One day, his experiments went wrong, and… Well, I needn’t gossip. After all, it’s rude to talk about someone who’s listening.”

“You should be smiling, too. Aren’t you excited? Aren’t you happy? You’re going to be free.”

[kattimariias]

yeah yeah sans undertale jokes but “its a beautiful day outside, birds are singing, flowers are blooming. on days like these, kids like you, should be burning in hell” is extremely raw