[dogpuppy]

[soulwriter-sp]

shoutout to AO3 authors who write 100k fics for free while juggling mental illness, academic burnout, 3 jobs, and a deep-rooted need to fix fictional people.

[skribblegurl]

some people think writers are so eloquent and good with words, but the reality is that we can sit there with our fingers on the keyboard going, “what’s the word for non-sunlight lighting? Like, fake lighting?” and for ten minutes, all our brain will supply is “unofficial”, and we know that’s not the right word, but it’s the only word we can come up with…until finally it’s like our face got smashed into a brick wall and we remember the word we want is “artificial”.

[heywriters]

I couldn't remember the word "doorknob" ten minutes ago.

[bumblewyn]

ok but the onelook thesaurus will save your life, i literally could not live without this website

[breelandwalker]

REBLOG TO SAVE A WRITER'S LIFE

[myfairkatiecat]

LIFE SAVED

REBLOGGING TO SAVE ANOTHER WRITERS LIFE

[sirowsky]

I use this every time I sit down to write. It's the best tool in the world and I would be lost without it!

[sabertoothwalrus]

yknow how the greener parts of apple skin are tan lines from where leaves and branches obscure the sun? I’m surprised I’ve never seen anyone utilize that for printmaking

[sabertoothwalrus]

finally got an apple that shows this effect well

[sabertoothwalrus]

OH THIS IS EXCELLENT THANK YOU

[victoria-pedretti]

Kim Novak as Gillian Holroyd BELL, BOOK AND CANDLE 1958 — dir. Richard Quine

[dragon-in-a-fez]

a billionaire can never be held accountable, therefore a billionaire must never make a management decision

[titsay]

is it halloween yet?

[empire-of-light]

THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE 2012, dir. Gary Ross

[thirdwheelravi]

we as a society NEED to bring back bloopers...

[chaosbean1443]

We need to see actors just being people! It would help a lot with some of the parasocial stuff where people treat actors like their characters. Like, yeah, they are acting, but at the end of the day, they are just people. Bloopers are also just so dang fun. I miss them a lot.

Oh and also! Behind the scenes!! I don't care that it "ruins the magic" or whatever, it builds respect for film and everyone and everything that goes into it! People need to SEE art and appreciate the people that make it exist. I am not kidding; I think it could save art from being seen as just a product.

[loverboy-havocboy]

you need to reblog art. you need to reblog fic. you need to reblog gif sets. you need to reblog headcanons and meta and theories. if you want fandom to survive, you have to do these things. start looking at the notes on the fandom posts that cross your dash and i guarantee you'll notice a massive disparity between likes and reblogs. you are consuming. you need to participate.

[anstarwar]

This 100%

I don’t understand why people don’t reblog things on tumblr anymore

That is how you participate in fandom on this godforesaken website/app. By reblogging, not likes, REBLOGGING

What happened? Why has this changed that people don’t reblog stuff??? Genuinely want to know because people are very much using repost/share features on sites like IG and Bsky, but they are doing that less and less here where the site was literally built to function via reposts which we just call reblogs on tumblr.

Like I get that no one owes anyone “engagement” or whatever it’s called these days - but this ain’t about that. It’s about sharing our love for a thing PUBLICLY (dare I say socially) and hoping it’ll find new people to also love it PUBLICLY. (Don’t get me started on my old man yells at cloud speech about fandom being privatized/gate-kept and hidden in discord servers)

Like what happened to unabashedly sharing interests? Putting stuff up on the tumblr fridge (via reblogs) that are basically saying “omg guys look at this amazing thing, I saw it and I wanted everyone else to see it so I’m putting it up on my tumblr fridge for you to see because it’s amazing and I thought you’d like to see it too and hey maybe you can take a copy (reblog from me) and put it on your fridge cuz maybe someone you know that I don’t know will want to see it too”

[loverboy-havocboy]

i was going to add this to my tags rant, but actually i need to say it out loud:

if you privatize your enjoyment of fandom creations, fandom creators are going to start privatizing their creativity.

art will stop being posted. fics will stop being updated. blogs and ao3 accounts will disappear. some of these creatives will just start sending their works to people they know will enjoy them; others will stop creating entirely. and it will be because they got tired of being ignored in favor of secret little discord bookclubs and shunned to the hidden likes section on people's blogs.

the biggest contributors to this toxic fandom culture of apathy and selfishness love to point out that no one is owed engagement. you forget that you are not owed what you now call "content", and you will lose the things you enjoy because you refuse to be kind to the people who are making them available.

[letshareapapou]

It's true you should first and foremost create for yourself and people that enjoy it will rally behind you BUT it's also true if you get like 5 likes you might stop posting that content or content all together because it just feels like a beat down to spend hours on something for people to consume it so quickly and move on with not even a nod your way. I'll say it again: Discords with friends are fun to spread creativity, and share ideas but if you're not sharing the love with the creators you enjoy they might not be there when you finally do come back.

[ladyccrawleyy]

Eve Best and Steve Toussaint are the embodiment of C H A O S

[atrxides]

Rhaelys x ’Mariners Apartment Complex’

a gifset requested by the amazing @rxnefairs, thank you for this idea, I loved making it. Hope you all like it! <3 

[kinkadinkyy-deactivated20251129]

Rhaenys Targaryen and Corlys Velaryon  HOUSE OF THE DRAGON (2022 - ?)

[atrxides]

Rhaenys & Corlys holding hands during their disagreements

1.05 ‘We Light The Way’ // 1.07 ‘Driftmark’ // 1.10 ‘The Black Queen’ 

thank you to @backjustforberena for this gifset idea and their amazing post talking about Rhaenys and Corlys’ arguements. I think it’s so beautiful that they seek out the comfort of each other even while having a disagreement.

[driftwoodthrone]

"What's really interesting for us and our dynamic is that they're very much... There are resonances with Lady Macbeth and Macbeth, only insofar as that term, "My dearest partner of greatness," which is how Macbeth refers to his wife. It really feels like a partnership, and it's very modern in that respect. It's very equal and very based on mutual respect, and in terms of power, it's absolutely 100% an alliance." — EVE BEST, ON RHAENYS & CORLYS DYNAMIC

[atrxides]

Rhaenys & Corlys being physically in sync

a lovely gifset request by @youleavethetardisbrakeson​ I had fun making this and I remember about a week ago I had the scene in the third gif on a loop cause I thought it was so satisfying that they moved so in sync while looking in completely opposite directions. These are the three examples I could find so hopefully I didn’t miss one (if I did please let me know) and I might do a Steve & Eve on in the future since you mentioned it <3

[atrxides]

gaze • (verb.)look steadily and intently, especially in admiration, surprise, or thought.

“gifset of Rhaenys and Corlys gazing at each other at the council meeting and from previous episodes,” requested by @captdorkybadass