The Weaver of Tales, Caster of Spells

ᯓ★ The light you seek is within you ͙͘͡★ Knower of the Arcane Beyond Plagued by the Evil ^TM

[pondertales]

Introduction Post

Any pronouns, but be respectful.

Writer, artist, gamer, and Youtuber.

Some posts may be considered odd and uncomfortable for some. Graphic depictions of violence may be utilized for storytelling and artistic purposes. Curse words may be used on occasion. I haven’t fully decided.

Some of my interests include:

Minecraft

Leporids (Rabbits and Hares)

The Magnus Archives

Cryptids, mythical creatures, magic, and Spiritual Entities

Insects, Arachnids, and Mollusks (“Bugs”)

The Last Unicorn

Wolfwalkers and Song of the Sea

Kaiju

Studio Ghibli

Plushies and Toys

Boundaries:

No NSFW of my persona.

No sexualizing me whatsoever, please. I am asexual.

Do not feed my creations to AI.

Do not use AI to mimic my voice.

If you break my boundaries I will feed you to the Buried.

[pondertales]

If I was a spider-person I would probably rely a lot on stealth, so my costume would probably be black or dark grey. Maybe with some red and orange or blue and purple. Or red and purple.

I would probably have a glider on my suit so that I can glide after web swinging if I want to or if I get tired.

My spider-sona would have spider’s weaknesses.

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Blade is a very underrated and under-noticed part of the MCU. Because vampires exist, and there appeared to be many based on the vampire rave scene, there is an implication that some of the villains fought in the MCU could secretly be vampires. Security guards on a boat at night with a frankly suspicious amount of strength allowing them to go toe-to-toe with a supersoldier. Rich people that Tony Stark has met who only ever meet inside or at night for business. Mr. Stark would perhaps overlook it because he himself was quite involved with nightlife.

[cykelops]

another history making marvel post I never see anyone talk about is “so is nobody helping blade kill all those vampires”

[cykelops]

found it

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*Laughs* Hahaha... masking is getting really really difficult. At least I can read my silly fanfictions and daydream to music that is probably too loud in my earbuds! That probably isn't affecting my life in any negative way at all! *Looks at the gradebook.* *Looks at the accomplishments I've been daydreaming about making but haven't actually finished yet.*

[catmask]

many people ask 'how do i know my art is good enough to start a comic'. this is a very common mistake. you do not make a comic to make good art you make comics because its fun and looked yummy

[catmask]

saying this very gently. how will you improve

[catmask]

me when i improve the skill by (checks notes) not doing it so no one sees me doing it badly

[catmask]

kind of want to start a testimonials wall with just this printed out next to a cigarette stapled there

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I currently do not have a therapist, so I am going to lay this out here. After all, who is going to judge me for this on Tumblr, of all sites?

I hate having breasts 95-98% of the time, and by hate I mean I want them gone. I wish I could have gone on puberty blockers so that they never developed in the first place, but that ship has sailed into the C-cup sea. In full honesty, sometimes I feel nauseous just feeling them on my body. They just don't really feel like me. It feels violating, like they are something that somebody sewed onto my body while I was sleeping and I just can't peel off.

And yet, I don't hate being a girl. I resonate more with "girl" than "woman." A lot of the time I feel like I am (what is probably) nonbinary. Other times, a large portion, I feel more like a "girl." Feminine and comfortable with having feminine bodily traits, but even then, I often feel discomfort with having breasts. I like sisterhood.

I have a binder, but it was gifted to me when I was 13 and unfortunately my cup size has grown so that it is a bit more of a painful fit. I would get another, but I am currently living with my parents until the next semester. They check packages and the mail in case anything is in need of refrigeration.

I would like to get top surgery, but that is super expensive and inaccessible where I am, and what if I regret it? What about that 2-5% of the time where I don't hate it? What if I just have internalized misogyny from church school and I just don't want to be seen as a potential mother? I never want children. Or is it that it's internalized transphobia, also from church school? Am I still worried deep down that I will burn in hell for all eternity?

The TV might be glowing, I was able to experiment with gender during quarantine, but not much. I can figure this out, but my OCD makes it so much harder. I probably won't even remember making this post after sleeping. I'll probably delete it because that's what usually happens when I feel more feminine again.

But while I'm this version of me, and awake, I'll write and post my piece.

[ohcaptains]

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CUSHIONS. CUSHIONS. We can sit in vanilla Minecraft. I adore this.

I vote for plushies next. HEAR ME OUT. What if you could place plushies (I usually call them lovies, but for the sake of being understood I will call them plushies here.) around a bed like talismans to ward off phantoms even if you haven't slept. Or at least prevent them from attacking you. They could be simple, like little Steves, dogs, bears, or sheep to reference counting sheep. Maybe they could be crafted with wool, feathers, a cushion, and something a bit more difficult to obtain so as to not necessarily render phantoms obsolete as a mob. It could also be balanced by making it so that the plushies only work as talismans if they are around the bed you have as your spawnpoint or within a certain block radius of a player.

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When individuals involved in the creation of art people enjoy turn out to be awful, some respond by going back on their previous expressions of enjoyment and making statements like "it wasn't good anyways," and "if you liked x media you had no taste, you should have seen right through them." In making statements like this, it actually turns someone making something you don't like into a moral failing, and in future scenarios you can develop feelings that because you feel that something is "good," the creator cannot be "bad."

An example would be Harry Potter. JK Rowling's horrible racism is definitely apparent through her books, but if we are being entirely honest, if it was as simple as "bad" and "good" writing, she never would have sold millions of copies. The people who enjoy it, because they see it as "good," refuse to acknowledge that the author might be a racist, homophobic individual.

The Amazing Digital Circus resonated with many people. To simply say that it was "bad" doesn't actually address the harmful actions of the creator or actors in any meaningful way. (Saying slurs, amongst other things.) You are of course free to express that you do not like something, freedom of expression, but you need to ask yourself whether you think it is bad because of the writing or the character of the people who made it. Also, be mindful of whether you are critiquing the creators or an audience who was probably not aware of their actions.

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Please note that I am boycotting JKR. We should all be, because we know that she is racist, transphobic, homophobic, and an individual who has done harm to multiple communities. She had the chance to grow and she doubled down on her harmful actions, donating thousands to anti-trans organizations. I am not saying in this that racism makes good writing. At all. In this thinkpiece I am referring to events which fandoms and people outside of the fandoms find out that the creators are awful after they've already amassed a large audience, such as what happened with TADC, Harry Potter, DSMP, and other such media.

[pondertales]

We should have milk splash potions in Minecraft. They could be dispensed from fortress doors to ensure that no one invisible can enter without detection and during combat to neutralize an opponent’s potion effects.

[monstermonger]

All day the stars watch from long ago my mother said I am going now when you are alone you will be all right whether or not you know you will know

look at the old house in the dawn rain all the flowers are forms of water the sun reminds them through a white cloud touches the patchwork spread on the hill the washed colors of the afterlife that lived there long before you were born see how they wake without a question even though the whole world is burning

Rain Light - WS Merwin

[print]

[smoky-moka]

[pondertales]

Statement of JOE SPOOKY regarding

sinister happenings- <Insert drawing of Tim with a smug comedic expression while worms approach him>

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I'd enjoy it if bedspreads in Minecraft could be customized like shields can be with banners. Banner + Bed = customized bedspread.

Milk splash potions could be useful for revealing players with invisibility potions amongst other things.

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Started drawing undead. I might make this Minecraft or SMP themed. We shall see. I’ve been meaning to draw my interpretations and redesigns of various mobs. Maybe starting with basic scenes like this would be good practice.

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I think that I might pick either tragedy or mystery.