[orcapologist]

It’s Wet Beast Wednesday

[baristhyena-deactivated20230510]

cmon kid… we’ve gotta go save Wet Beast Wednesday…. TWO!

[chaotic-marshmallow-deactivated]

Dear Fanfic Authors, PLEASE stop deleting your stories! The number of times I have browsed my AO3 bookmarks, just to find several stories marked as deleted, makes me sad thinking about it.

People love your story. Yes they do. Especially when so many have taken care to give it kudos and add it to their bookmarks. So while as an author I understand wanting to distance yourself from old writing, for whatever reason, please remember others love that story and will be sad to see it go. It could have meant a lot to them.

So instead of deleting, please press that ORPHAN button. That way the story is no longer associated with your AO3 account or username (the story will now say written by Orphan Account) but the people who cherish your story can still enjoy!

EDIT, since people are getting mad:

I am not demanding anything from authors. I’m an author myself with several fics posted. All I’m saying is to consider it. Repeat, I’m not MAKING you do anything.

I have a story with almost 500 likes and 200 bookmarks. Am I a fan of my writing from 6 years ago? Not exactly. Will I delete it? No, because I know it would make my readers sad.

You don’t have to orphan it if you don’t want to.

But don’t come here on my post and call me freaking entitled for speaking my thoughts. I’ve orphaned several of my works already.

Last but not least, on a happier note, go comment again on those bookmarked fics you love!

[aidashakur]

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[futuristicrunawaygardener]

the 70k notes smash potluck post

[discount-supervillain]

just one more, just one, I promise

[charlesoberonn]

Please make more.

[halfblood-princes-crown-deactiv]

Tag yourself

[the-feeeling-is-mutual]

Hozier singing Cosmic Love by Florence + The Machine

[pastelhorror]

[happyheidi]

[teacuppigdog]

Me, reblogging from anyone I don’t follow: I’m introducing diversity into the gene pool. This will make my mutuals’ dashes stronger and healthier.

[flyingbooks42]

Me reblogging old posts: I am reintroducing historical species into the gene pool to hybridize with the dashboard equivalent of pugs, making them stronger and healthier.

[b-lk]

pass the olive garden breadstick to your followers 

[theprideful-deactivated20251201]

[that-stone-butch]

[retquits]

easily one of my stupider deaths in botw

[chainsawmansheart]

[natalieironside]

Sometimes I can still hear their voice

[breadbird]

Breaking: TikTok is better bc it’s more hostile towards humanity

[deathbyotpin123]

The lack of video content is what kept us here... I thought we all agree that the best feature of this hellhole was and always will be anonymity.

Tumblr's not asking for my phone number. It's not going through my contacts to try and connect me with my fucking colleagues. I can come here and talk about whatever I want without anyone ever seeing my face or hearing my voice. I don't have to censor myself and hide my interests or enthusiasm out of fear of consequences it might have in my real life.

[charlesoberonn]

I think the biggest misunderstanding they have of Tumblr is that they think of it as a social media platform when in actuality it's a blogging platform with social features.

[stealthboy]

all i hear from that last paragraph is “id rather be spied on by an app and let it gather my personal information to be sold to the highest bidder who wants it to manipulate me into giving them money, than go through the “labor-intensive” process of clicking on a blog and deciding for myself if I liked it”

i don’t care if you hate tumblr but the total desensitization to having your privacy violated and the belief that making decisions for yourself about what content you want to see is too hard and so much work that you’d rather let an app — that was developed by people you don’t know and who you have no reason to trust — study you and everything you do so that it can make those choices for you about what you enjoy ….

like holy shit I wanna laugh but im actually just very concerned.

[elonmuskisabitch]

“lack of tumblr personalities” who’s gonna tell them about the cyber smith

[kinoselynn]

coming out of the sewers like another ordinary day

[frankielucky]

A fun little bee comic commission for @tricksterdabi 💕

Commissions

[stephreynaart]

Happy Birthday Dipper and Mabel!!

Perfect song for the perfect pair