Sibyl of the Seraphs

Seraph/Seraphic | she/they | just a place to blorbodump | asks + dms open | profile by @ultrainfinitepit

[seraphic-sibyl]

Working Out This Newfangled Blog

First of all, I’d like to blame @dissonantharmony for the creation of this blog. I mean this, of course, in the best of ways.

I go by Seraph or Seraphic, at least on Tumblr. I currently use she/they/he pronouns, with preference for she/they. (Still ironing that one out.)

This started out as a place to consolidate my Eret blorboing into one place, but nowadays it’s just your regular run-of-the-mill random things Tumblr blog. Who knows where the fandom-ship (not to be confused with the shipping-ship) will take me next.

Honestly, I might not post a lot, but I’ll likely reblog some stuff/engage in blorbo convos. Still working out the kinks.

I’m pretty awful at social cues/picking up hints/knowing where Normal Social Lines are drawn, etc. If I don’t get a hint you dropped/crossed a boundary, feel free to let me know! :^)

Anyway, that’s my (brief) introduction to Tumblr. See y’all (all one of you) on the other side.

[reggiemess]

Sometimes people think they're dealing with a Torment Nexus but what they actually have is a Jumanji. And sometimes people think something's a Jumanji but oops it's a Torment Nexus.

[reggiemess]

Now. Sometimes you have a third thing- you'll have yourself a Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. And buddy, I can't help you there.

[reggiemess]

So a Torment Nexus is something that is either a metaphor for a larger societal problem (e.g. The Platform, The Long Walk) or a social issue/trend taken to an exaggerated extreme (e.g. The Purge), with a lot of shades of grey in between (e.g. Squid Game). If it isn't about a larger societal issue/trend/structure it isn't a Torment Nexus.

A Jumanji can be dangerous and high-stakes (to the characters), but it doesn't need to have a metaphor or lesson, it can easily just be a "Would this be fucked up or what?" situation (e.g. a lotta Goosebumps stories). If there IS a lesson/metaphor, it will be on a smaller scale like psychological issues (e.g. Magnus Archives), family/relationship issues (e.g. Zathura), or about a specific topic (e.g. Magic School Bus). Large-scale social issues may be present (after all, Everything Is Political), but they take a definite backseat.

Now. A Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory is a trap based around morality and vices. These can be cultural, religious, or bonkers bullshit like "children shouldn't chew gum." There is generally not discussion or criticism of this morality system. Regardless of the morality system used, if it's not a trap, it's not a Chocolate Factory.

[pingintech]

examples of a willy wonkas chocolate factory include:

saw

the cabin in the woods

labrynth (1986)

and

[reggiemess]

Mhhmm mhmm everybody take notes.

[maxknightley]

"it would be so good if it was good" will haunt you but "it's extremely good, except for the one or two parts which are so bad it's genuinely kind of insulting" will straight up drive you insane

[maxknightley]

one has you making posts like "okay but if the author UNDERSTOOD the POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS of the story they were telling, and leaned into it, it would actually be a really interesting exploration of..."

the other has you pacing your bedroom at one in the morning going "why. why would you ever in a million years do it like that. genuinely what possible thought process was involved. was the writer possessed by a fucking ghost or something."

[eleilinnrallin]

This is a reminder for those who handmake Christmas presents that now is not too early to start. It may in fact be a good time to start if you have a lot to make/your craft takes a long time. You should maybe start it now, whether that's brainstorming or actually doing the crafts!

[newtsoftheworldunite]

Translating this into tumblr's preferred public service announcement format for this kind of alert:

[valeriapryanikova]

hope has blood on her hands

[lakemojave]

You don't like New Yawk? 🗽? Bada Bing?

[iamoutofideas]

no 🛩️

[transmechanicus]

anotha one🛩️

[phantomrose96]

You know, an interesting tumblr transformation that's happened gradually, and which I've seen no one talk about: ask-culture has essentially dropped off to nothing.

By which I mean, asks used to be WAY more of the tumblr economy. They used to be more common to send, and receive, and see. They were integral to the collaborative, forum-like behavior of old tumblr communities, not even to speak on the HUGE number of ask-blogs that used to exist to only be interacted with in ask-form.

I'm not saying this in a vying-for-attention way but instead in an observational way: I used to get way way more asks in like 2015, even with a fraction of my follower count. I wonder if it's due to the homogenization of social media sites? There's a lot more of this divide between "content creator" and "consumer" instead of just a bunch of peer blogs who would talk to each other. "Asks" aren't really a thing on twitter, are they? And as I understand it, the closest thing to an "ask" on instagram or tiktok would be a creator screenshotting some comment and responding to it in a new reel or video or whatever those content mediums are. Are asks just too tumblr-specific? Is that aspect of the site culture dying out as more and more people converge to using all their social media sites in the same way?

[pendragyn]

it's probably from assholes making asks a minefield of trolling/harassment for years with no real blocking ability, which turned people off from allowing asks on their blogs so as a whole the site moved away from it

but now that we do have better blocking, we should try to revive it.

[triflesandparsnips]

Reblog if your ask box is open.

[tinymintywolf]

some long overdue phm fanart bc i wanted to make a new print for future cons! 🌎💫

[dreamdust]

🏳️‍🌈Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈

I had so many thoughts while I was drawing.

I didn't have any words left at the end.

[factbot]

[despazito]

the second radish is 29 feet away

[tranarchist]

[worldheritagepostorganization]

World Heritage Post

[verdantvelvet]

Been getting into making rosettes lately! This one is my second ever, so if you see any obvious imperfections No You Don't.

Angel design is by the magnificent @ultrainfinitepit

[stevishabitat]

Adam Savage did a series of videos on the set of PHM, including this one showing off the wire rig used for the zero gravity scenes. So freaking cool. But yeah, I can't imagine the core muscles involved in doing hours of this. Yikes! My abs hurt just thinking about it.

[elizabethbeals]

Jenny Everywhere Day (Aug.13th) !!!

Hopefully next year I’ll have time to do something other then a bust ;P

More info can be found HERE.

Jenny Everywhere 2013  Jenny Everywhere 2012  Jenny Everywhere 2011 

Elizabeth B.

[whale-sticker-blue]

parted from me, and never parted

[ralfmaximus]

You instantly knew which was which right

[oneefin]

number theory* diagram

[michaelrotonal]

these relationships are always increasing numbers as well. so obviously we need six eleven to mean somethimg

[ovenroastedtwerkey]

imagine if that's the date it finally happens

[sludgebitch]

"🥪" is shorthand for "🍞🧀🍅🥬🍞"

[sludgebitch]

can you people stop reblogging this my notes look like lunchtime

[glasspalacesstoneshop]

I don’t like the U.S. military or their recruitment tactics but I feel very uncomfortable pretending that I’m morally superior to people who join, given the privileges I’ve had. Like am I supposed to pretend that my white ass who’s had six years of higher education paid for by parents who have always made well into six figures am an anti-imperialist queen meanwhile the students who I have worked with who are first and second gen immigrants of color are the greatest evils in the United States? I guess privilege is the experience of keeping your hands clean