Bless this Mess

Xe/Xir |There are so many different titles i could use. | I'm fucking queer.| Exclusionists and TERFS are not welcome here.| Writer, Artist

[potatolordofficial]

About Me

My name’s Ella, I’m an adult, my pronouns are xe/xir/xirs. I'm aroace and gendervoid. I’m an artist and writer. I tend to have a queue going so stuff will be posted at all hours. I'm beginning to post about my own work and ocs, and will tag those. Asks are welcome

I do not have a DNI list, if I don’t like you I’ll block you, simple as. You’re encouraged to do the same to me.

Current WIPS

INFERNO: A supernatural western, following a lone gunslinger seeking revenge for his murdered family, to the point where he forgets to focus on his new one.

(This world also comprises some short stories and another novel, INHERITANCE, a gothic horror/noir about a private detective trying to outrun a generations-deep curse)

MAW OF THE DEEP: Low flintlock fantasy. A group of pirates seeking supernatural treasure, and an end to occupation of their home by an empire across the sea.

DEMONBANE: Coming of age/urban fantasy. A young demon hunter leaves her order to go home, and ends up entangled in a demonic war thats been brewing for centuries. In doing so, she has to also help her own people make a new course from their current destructive path.

THELIA: low fantasy. Chronicles several different groups headed towards a singular point and includes

FOOLS LAUREL, following the servants of a corrupt king for several years as they attempt to survive the bloodthirsty nobility of Banovo

GLADIATOR, following the warlord heir of the kingdom of Valdna and a young peasant boy as they fight for their lives as prisoners of war in an Aurelian arena

IRON UNBREAKABLE, following an Aurelian military general, the high priestess he's married to, and their king seeking to conquer the entire continent of Thelia.

DEAD GOD, the culmination of these three threads.

Fanfiction on AO3

CRAWL OUT THROUGH THE FALLOUT: Delilah Edwards, a veteran of the army, wakes up in a Vault 200 years after the bombs dropped. She has to contend with both the monsters on the surface, and her own demons, as she searches the Commonwealth to find her son; and in the process, creates a united front against the threats this new world holds.

NEW VEGAS: Courier 6, or Marshal Cigarra as he later learns, hunts down what others assume are his enemies. However, he isn’t interested in bloodshed, instead seeking to heal the Mojave wasteland as best he can. After all, he’s a doctor first, the king of Vegas second.

If you feel like it, consider dropping me a kofi or subscribing to my patreon

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[ozempicofficial]

[pangur-and-grim]

this is what you people are doing to me today

[ironedsleeper]

[sleepydrownedrat]

White people. Mass media. Internet users. Shut the fuck up about "skinwalkers." That's not. Well okay one you're entirely wrong about the concept and two stop co opting indigenous culture into your own "quirky" bullshit fuck you. This also goes for the other thing white people stole from native culture and took it to mean "scary monster 😨" that I'm not saying on account of yknow. Part of the point and the actual thing behind it is that you're not supposed to say the name. And I for one respect my culture I wish other people did too. Treat native cultures with the respect they deserve. Fucker.

[siena-sevenwits]

Hey everyone, looks like the “cat summoned for jury duty” was ai generated - even has the ai symbol at the top. Thanks for the heads up, @cannot-all-throw-inkpots . My apologies- I did not realize when I shared it.

[theriu]

Aww dangit. Guess that makes sense, but it was so believable because I can 100% see that kind of goofup happening

[theriu]

Some positive news: There really WAS a cat summoned for jury duty back in 2010. Turns out the error was quickly corrected and the cat did NOT actually have to travel to the courthouse. But at least we can enjoy the fact that a papereork glitch did once try to give a cat jury duty XD

[kriosv]

[iamthemaestro]

found this at an antique shop the other day and was immediately like oh this belongs on tumblr. sniles sneetly. fwowns fwangry.

[catball]

all my haters become cicaders when i enter the summer of success

[depsidase]

[galaxycepheus]

If your system doesn't account for the fact that Parents Are Going To Be Abusive/Neglectful/Insufficient then it objectively sucks I'm sorry I don't make the rules

[galaxycepheus]

Monitored bank accounts for those under 18. Requiring parental consent for medical procedures. Parental controls on personal devices. "We won't teach this at school because parents are supposed to address it at home." Anything that puts all of the child's power onto the parents' hand, anything that assumes parents are going to inherently do enough of a good job no one else needs to interfer, every single one of these IS going to be used by controlling, neglectful or unprepared parents and already are, and if the system did not account for that very real, tangible, dangerous tendency, then it's not worth fucking anything. You shouldn't make things "for the youth"/with children in mind if you are going to overlook this painfully common aspect of their lives u_u

[manykinsmen]

“men can’t be oppressed” -> men of colour

“white men can’t be oppressed” -> gay men

“heterosexual men can’t be oppressed” -> trans men

“cis-het men can’t be oppressed” -> intersex men

“perisex men can’t be oppressed” -> disabled men

“able-bodied men can’t be oppressed” -> neurodivergent men

“cis-het perisex white able-bodied neurotypical men can’t be oppressed” -> buddy let me tell you about wealth and class and homelessness and immigrants and minority languages and cultures and being a child and being an elderly person and and and

we can keep doing this all day but the reality of the world is that very few people don’t face any kind of oppression at all and everyone exists in a complicated, intersecting web where they have privileges over some people in some contexts and some others are have privilege over them in other contexts. no one individual is incapable of enacting oppression and if you think that about yourself you need to go away and interrogate that belief.

[zxshadowxz9]

Society is structured to support exclusively a group of people MUCH smaller than anyone wants to actually admit.

[elismor]

I thought about just tagging this 'nuff said, but it's not.

I want to say something to all of the women under 50 on this site. Ready? You do not have to be over 50 to start taking up space.

Can I make that blink? Is that a thing Tumblr can do? Because, seriously. The sooner you believe you are allowed to take up space, the better life will be.

[marian-devotee]

I took my little brother (autistic, mostly non verbal) out and he was using his voice keyboard to tell me something, and this little boy (maybe 4 or 5?) heard him and asked me "Is he a robot??" I tried to explain to him that no, he isn't a robot, he just communicates differently, but my darling brother was in the background max volume "I am robot I am robot I am robot I am robot"

[marian-devotee]

My little brother insisted if I was going to post about him, he wanted a cut of the "profits". When I explained to him that Tumblr isn't monetized, and is pretty pointless, he and my older brother pointed out that he'd still be bringing me "fame and notoriety" if the post got "big". So we agreed, if the post hit 10k notes, which seemed extremely farfetched and silly at the time, I'd take my little brother out for sushi (his favorite food) and let him eat as much as he wants.

I guess God wanted the little robot to enjoy some sushi 🍣 🥲

[thetruerarkher]

[vicholas]

I love thinking about “lost episode” creepypastas from a production pipeline POV. I wanna be the guy who gets handed a script about a main character brutally dying with no actual plot and is like “Yeah sure. Greenlighted.”

[vicholas]

“Everyone who watches this cursed Simpsons episode dies immediately afterwards” The storyboarder died on the spot right after they finished their work. Every single animator dies after they finish their cut, the studio just has to keep hiring new animators to replace the dead ones. They lost too much money already they HAVE to finish the episode that kills people.

[briannyssey]

dude star wars is so good and/or bad and/or mediocre sometimes, depending

[manorofshepard]

Can I just say something honestly and very seriously to all you writers?

With the Internet going down the "nothing adult, no death, no nothing. Make it kid friendly" route,

Please don't ever stop making art or writing wips that are gruesome, horror, other things like that. Don't let the Internet sanitize how you wanna tell a story. Channel your rage into your art and keep going and don't give up

[hagesunniva]

the fact that people prefer to read and write in english rather than their native language should actually be seen as a crisis im not joking this is not a good thing

[i-too-translate-into-polish]

Fakt, że ludzie wolą czytać i pisać po angielsku, zamiast w swoim języku ojczystym powinien być postrzegany jako kryzys, nie żartuję, to nie jest dobra sprawa

[translatingpostsintoafrikaans]

die feit dat mense dit verkies om in engels te lees en skryf, eerder as hul moedertaal, behoort eintlik as 'n krisis beskou te word, ek maak nie 'n grap nie hierdie is nie 'n goeie ding nie

[textpostscymraeg]

dylai'r ffaith bod well gan bobl ddarllen ac ysgrifennu yn saesneg yn hytrach na'u mamiaith gael ei weld fel argyfwng dwi ddim yn jocian dydy hyn ddim yn beth da

[suomennoksia]

se tosiasia että ihmiset lukee ja kirjottaa mieluummin englanniks kuin omalla äidinkielellään pitäis oikeesti nähdä kriisinä mä en vitsaile tää ei oo hyvä asia

[mist-the-wannabe-linguist]

to, že lidi radši čtou a píšou v angličtině než ve svém mateřském jazyce by se mělo brát jako krize, a to beze srandy, to není dobrý