[the ragaribbons shipper of all time ever] @purple42 - Tumblr Blog

um. hi.

I'm Finley, Fin for short (he/she/they/it/star). I'm a minor, please don't be weird I sometimes post my drawings, but I reblog more often than I actually post things The fandoms which I am currently in include TADC, ISAT, UTDR, IDWTBAMG, NITW, and Omori (the ships that interest me most are ragaribbons, loopdile, and maebea) On the rare occasion that I post actual words, I tag those #purple purple All of my drawings are tagged #meep morp

#purple purple #most recent update to pinned post: 7-3-26

if i had a nickel for every time today alone that i accidentally posted the drawing i meant to schedule for tomorrow and then had to delete it because i didn't mean to post it i'd have two nickels. which isn't a lot but it's more than usual

#i'm pretty sure i did actually manage to remember to properly schedule a post on the first try one time but it was only that one time #purple purple

my back hurts from slouching all the time so i put my laptop on top of a bunch of books in hopes of improving my posture. so far i think it's gonna work but it's only been like two minutes so i can't say for sure

#purple purple

neechees

I notice White users on tumblr are also MUCH less likely to reblog posts they'd otherwise agree with, but the post is a racialized person expressing anger about racism from white tumblr users. They're more likely to reblog the post if the post is less specific about who is doing the racism or if the language seems to "coddle" them more or express sympathy to them

garaged0g

maybe i am swinging a bat at a hornet's nest here but i also genuinely want to learn and be better so im willing to risk the pushback if it means i can improve.

every now and then i scroll across a post from a racialize person that essentially amounts to "white people i hate you. i hate all of you. die in a ditch."

i am not making up a strawman here to beat down. because a) i have come across posts that say this practically word for word and, more importantly, b) i agree with the sentiment. it is a very, very understandable anger. to quote malcom x,

“When all of my ancestors are snake-bitten, and I’m snake-bitten, and I warn my children to avoid snakes, what does that snake sound like accusing me of hate-teaching?”

anger at your oppressors, even anger at those who may have not oppressed you directly but inadvertently wield privilege to aid those who do, is justified and righteous.

but at the same time, a post that's only an expression of that anger sometimes feels a little too personal to broadcast. it feels as though i wasn't really meant to see it. and i don't want to just reblog a stranger's expression of distress for all of (majority white) tumblr to see because that might endanger their online presence or worse.

and there's also the issue of tone deafness. for someone to go "man i hate white people" only for a white guy to come in and say the online equivalent of "yeah same lmao" without having anything to add just feels. really disingenuous? like i'm not in a position to truly empathize as i'm not racialized, so i'd rather be able to give advice. but i can't really do that either as, again, i'm not racialized and any advice i give should be sourced from those who are. there's nothing i can really say that would add to the conversation so i'd rather not say anything at all.

(this obv doesn't apply when it's appended with "white people can rb" or something along those lines because then that implies the poster wants their post to be seen by white people en masse, vent or otherwise.)

at one point i did rb one of these vent posts thinking it would help but i got dm'ed with the advisement that it's common courtesy not to and i took it down. i've been iffy about reblogging those kinds of posts since. but meanwhile when a post says "i fucking hate you. here's what you can do about it." that carries the implication that it's more than just a raw expression of anger. there's an invitation and advisement for action. that i will rb because it carries a clear purpose outside the outlet of emotions. it doesn't feel like i've just stumbled upon someone's personal journal, but more like they want to be seen and heard. if it doesn't really have an overarching goal in mind other than venting than i don't fully get why i should reblog it. it sounds antithetical to a lot of what i've learned so far. i wouldn't reblog my friend going through it. so why should i reblog a stranger doing the same?

(i'm probably just misunderstanding the point of the post now that im rereading this. i wish i could definitively prove to you this is being asked in good faith and i'm not trying to sealion a debate or fish for reassurance or whatever, but all i have to offer in that respect is my word. i swear on my honor i'm just asking for clarification here so i can better understand.)

neechees

Starting off by saying a beloved mutual helped to overall explain the thesis of my post pretty well to the reblogger here so all is well, I'm just reblogging this here because said post by mutual would make it extra long lol. I'm just reiterating here as a supplementary.

This post is also on the same wavelength on what I was saying. I'll also reiterate the specific examples I gave in the notes and replies. There's a lot of (White, especially) users on tumblr who are reluctant to reblog posts that directly call out racism in general, but are even more reluctant when the post is directly mentioning racism BY White tumblr users (as in, racist actions by White users & the post is made by nonwhite users) or specific examples of it. More specifically like my post says, I'm talking about essentially tone policing. If someone is visibly, vocally angry about the racism they're talking about on the post, White tumblr users will avoid it. But if the wording says something to the effect of like "I know White people aren't trying to be racist when they do x" etc, then the post will be more popular. In my example in the notes, I was talking about racism within cottagecore many times, and I've noticed that even though I have multiple posts that boil down to the same thesis, the ones where my wording is (rightfully, justifiably) angrier are more ignored and have less notes than ones where I'm not. And like my mutual said as well, posts about White tumblr user's racism that are less direct in their wording will be more popular because White people will think "well this can't possibly be about me!". It's the same kind of idea.

Neutral toned posts will tend to be perceived within the "angry" category and usually will be ignored even if again, the wording and tone is neutral. And finally, posts that are expressing the same idea as posts by nonwhite people but are said by OTHER White people will be given much much more attention regardless of how they are worded. In my example within the replies, I talk about something that happened maybe a few months to a year ago where a White Ukrainian user was essentially making posts talking about racism towards Native Americans that would ALWAYS get VERY popular, more popular than other posts that said the same thing created by Native Americans. So White tumblr users were more happy to reblog the post talking about Native American racism if the post was made by a White person who is unaffected by it.

blackfandom

I am going to make rant art about something I noticed and I need you all to engage with it in good faith or so fucking help me.

blackfandom

I can’t be… the only one that notices this right.

blackfandom

Image repost because I was just now informed that the image had no background.

blackfandom

Did not realize that the background saved transparent. My bad for those who couldn’t see it.

i really wanna keep writing the isat fic ive been working on but i know im gonna start crying again and i physically do not have the energy to cry anymore

#purple purple

chimerafeathers

thinking about how playful Odile is. parroting back animal sounds. playing up the “grumpy old woman” bit in a way that lets the others bounce their energy off of her. turning Mirabelle’s tutorial into a chance to tease everyone pop quiz style. promising dramatic retribution to anyone who wrongs her (wasabi sandwiches, may your house fall down on your horrified face, my revenge would be swift and absolute). letting Siffrin and Isabeau make guesses about her “research” instead of shutting it down because she likes to see what they come up with. the fact that “Opposite Ends of the Age Spectrum Alliance” was not invented for the hallway decision but something she and Bonnie had already come up with at some other time when they teamed up precanon. i linguini you, Siffrin.

chimerafeathers

woman who’s having the time of her life pretending to be a terrifying no-fun killjoy for the amusement of her friends

chimerafeathers

also the ways she lets people “in on” her playfulness like it’s a secret. no one can know i love to gossip, Mirabelle. only doing the animal parroting thing when she and Siffrin are alone and making no further comment as Siffrin ????????s about it. teaming up with Bonnie to “secretly” put potatoes in Siffrin’s pockets. poking fun at Isabeau about his crush before the others know about it but also genuinely being a confidant. secret quests. all the ways she connects with each of them individually and makes each of those connections feel special and secretive and mysterious in a “we’re playing spies together” kind of way

chimerafeathers

hiding tidbits and information about herself from the others not because she would hate it if they knew, but in the way you can hide treats in a toy and watch your cats a) figure out that there’s something in there that they want b) struggle to get at it and c) get all excited when they finally succeed. it’s enrichment for all of them

#in stars and time

etighost

Welcome to the show!

#in stars and time

occasionalmariosprite

SMW Vivian! honestly Vivians grown alot on me now I still think her chapter is extremely boring and probably the worst in the game but I really like her design and just her character in general! :]

#paper mario ttyd #paper mario

occasionalmariosprite

The Master of Dimensions! Dimentio!... how do you pronounce that? is it Di-men-tio or Di-mensch-io, I'll have to look it up anyways this is the 4th Dimentio I've posted onto here! 5th if you count the SMB1 redo but I don't and yeah I like this!

I learned while making this that Dimentio is much taller then I imagined I really thought he was smaller then Luigi, without his hat he definitely is but with it he towers over him which is odd he looks like the kind of guy to be small

#super paper mario #paper mario

tiktoksthataregood-ish

carrionthird

"Stop scrolling and please help me spread the word, because if I've landed on your page you're most likely either a black woman or someone who cares about black women and the simple phrase I'm about to share could help save a black woman's life.

Doctors are to black women what police officers are to black men. That may seem controversial but I believe it to be true and I speak from personal experience.

If you've seen this TikTok you know that a 2016 study showed that 50% of medical students and residents thought that black people couldn't feel pain the same as white people.

And we learned from this video that because of a 1999 study, to this day, there's a black correction factor for the creatinin levels in black people's kidneys, meaning we're less likely to recieve a kidney transplant if needed.

So if you go to a doctor, feel you aren't getting proper treatment or they refuse the treatment you've requested, say to them the following:

I will need you to document on record that you are refusing the treatment (or medicine) I've requested, and the reason you are doing so."

dovewithscales

This works. I have used it in other situations. If medical staff have to document and take responsibility and be on the hook legally for doing shady shit they behave much differently.

If you weren’t already going to spread this advice because black women are at risk, then spread it because it’s applicable to everyone else as well, including you reading this.

But particularly women, and especially black women.

it's sunny's birthday!

#i only remembered last minute so i doodled this really quick since i won't have time later #omori #omori sunny #sunny omori #doodle i did on my 3ds #colors! 3d #meep morp

oshaberi-usagi

I saw the Mii News in Tomodachi Life, realized it was Sunny's birthday, and rushed to finish this drawing.

happy birthday snuyy

happy birthday!

Hey. Why isn’t the moon landing a national holiday in the US. Isn’t that fucked up? Does anyone else think that’s absurd?

alagaisia

It was a huge milestone of scientific and technological advancement. (Plus, at the time, politically significant). Humanity went to space! We set foot on a celestial body that was not earth for the first time in human history! That’s a big deal! I’ve never thought about it before but now that I have, it’s ridiculous to me that that’s not part of our everyday lives and the public consciousness anymore. Why don’t we have a public holiday and a family barbecue about it. Why have I never seen the original broadcast of the moon landing? It should be all over the news every year!

alagaisia

It’s July 20th. That’s the day of the moon landing. Next year is going to be the 54th anniversary. I’m ordering astronaut shaped cookie cutters on Etsy and I’m going to have a goddamn potluck. You’re all invited.

watermelon-converse

Hey. Hey. Tumblr. Ides of March ppl. We can do this

emi--rose

Hell yeah moon holiday

hello-delicious-tea

Ooh coming up we should celebrate

ariaste

PITCH: We call it Moon Day, and then every 7 years when it falls on a Monday, that's an even BIGGER deal and we call that Moon Day Monday and go absolutely apeshit about it (the next Moon Day Monday is in 2026 so we have a couple trial runs first)