Bria / Soco

about me they/he + seventeen stranger things / cookie run games

[socolat]

Kiss u *plays ABBA*

[tofublock]

managed something to start the new year :’) happy year of the 虎

[marshallmigraine]

feeling awful - draw sad steve

still so not okay with literally everyone (the ones that are still alive) being happy in the end of season 2 exept for steve 

[harringroveholidayexchange]

The creators have now been revealed! Huzzah!

FIC

…And They Were Roommates by C1oudStrife for peachypunk ( @peachypunk22 )

am I reckless or just oblivious? by peachypunk (@peachypunk22 ) for UisceOneLove ( @wolfnprey )

Apocalypse by @callieb for cigarettestainedeyes ( @harrygroves )

At his fingertips by Thei ( @ihni ) for The_BookDragon @booksfoxesandcoffee )

Band Candy by nervoussis ( @passivenovember ) for Antarc ( @rascheln )

The Band Man by shantytown_bourgeoisie ( @sh1tbird-shantytown ) for @winterfirehair

The bee’s knees by Thei ( @ihni ) for Heavenbucks

Best Known For Failure by hazel1706 ( @magniloquent-raven ) for @stranger-steeb

Blame it on the alcohol by UisceOneLove ( @wolfnprey ) for Stralia_Harker

The Butterfly by @hippiebuckyharrington for timethot

Christmas Corruption by TaytheBae ( @harringrovetrashh ) for @somuchanemoia

a dedication to the season by Ooneecorn ( @socolat ) for lilpsychopath

Don We Now Our Fake Gay Boyfriends by peterqpan ( @platypanthewriter ) for @hippiebuckyharrington

Each Day Is Valentine’s by @stranger-steeb for Monsdastevie ( @monsdasarah )

Estelle by Yikes_Writes ( @yikesharringrove ) for jazz_cabbage ( @jazzcabbage )

Everything I Do Is To Bring Me Closer To You by Carerra_os ( @ghostofjellyfishforgotten ) for Corvin ( @mustardprecum )

Fair by Vale11 for makd (peachiegirlie) ( @harringrooves )

give and take by Heavenbucks for @juu-riin

Just the three of us by 1jet2unknown for Ooneecorn ( @socolat )

Kitten by sunwarmed_ash(Sunwarmed_Ash_tree_and_the_dreaming_Stag) ( @mrs-danny-gold ) for Highsmith ( @rhubarbdreams )

Like Heaven Taking the Place of Somethin’ Evil by atroposclash for @pondermoniums

A little lost, a little found by @socknonny for 1jet2unknown

My Only Wish (This Year) by Homiestasis ( @instasiswetrust ) for @catharrington

Neapolitan by Corvin ( @mustardprecum ) for @cuepickle

no parents | big house by @winterfirehair for Homiestasis ( @instasiswetrust ) 

Paint Your Smile On Your Lips by @missroserose for Sunwarmed_Ash_tree_and_the_dreaming_Stag ( @mrs-danny-gold )

Save The Trees by Corvin ( @mustardprecum ) for @peanut-booi

Shuddup, Bleed, and Eat Your Fill by @cherry-sorry for sweetspire

Six gifts by PaperBodies ( @paperbodiesamongthestars ) for mono (polychromos)  ( @monochromegee )

Something in the air by Highsmith ( @rhubarbdreams ) for @mourntheantagonist

Sweaters and Cocoa by @socknonny for Vale11

There’s No Place Like Home for the Holidays by @mourntheantagonist for Yikes_Writes ( @yikesharringrove ) 

This Fire Burns by Stralia_Harker for Memessavedme ( @memes-saved-me )

A Time for Family by @me-4eva for shantytown_bourgeoisie ( @sh1tbird-shantytown )

Travel Companion by Antarc ( @rascheln ) for Carerra_os ( @ghostofjellyfishforgotten )

Valhalla, I am Coming by @pondermoniums for nervoussis ( @passivenovember )

we Kant by cigarettestainedeyes ( @harrygroves ) for atroposclash

Werewolf Boy by The_BookDragon @booksfoxesandcoffee ) for feyrith ( @kingsglaiveprompto )

A Year in the Making by petersfeather for PaperBodies ( @paperbodiesamongthestars )

You’ll be doin’ all right with your Christmas of white by @catharrington for @melodramaticsalad

ART & FIC

Mind if I sit next to you? by Monsdastevie ( @monsdasarah ) for@cherry-sorry

The Sailor and the Lifeguard by Memessavedme ( @memes-saved-me ) for C1oudStrife

Tell Me Where, Tell Me How by @socknonny for hazel1706 ( @magniloquent-raven )

The Note by @cuepickle for @avalonlights​

ART

Between the sword and the wall by lilpsychopath for @ihni

Cookie Dough and Kisses by bBirdie007 ( @jujub-doesart ) for birdy_writes

Distractions by jazz_cabbage ( @jazzcabbage ) for @callieb

- Holly Jolly Christmas! ~ - by @peanut-booi for Thei ( @ihni )

maybe all we needed for christmas by timethot for bBirdie007 ( @jujub-doesart )

Movie night by @ihni for Heavenbucks

Pretty Boy Caretaker by Kishock for @me-4eva

Steve, no! by @avalonlights for trashycatarcade ( @opaldraws )

Try Something New by trashycatarcade ( @opaldraws​ ) for Kishock

“You’re the best prize I could ask for” by @juu-riin for petersfeather 

Thank you once again to everyone who participated! If you haven’t had a chance to go through the collection yet, it seems like a good way to ring in the new year :)

And please feel free to tag creators I missed! I wasn’t sure of everyone’s tumblrs :)

2018 collection | 2019 masterlist | 2020 masterlist

[missdibley]

[modernsuperhero]

the rubber duck

[arsonistblue]

For anyone curious what they mean by the rubber duck, rubber duck debugging is a tactic used by programmers to figure out bugs in the code. To do it, they explain the code, verbally, line by line, to the rubber duck until they find it. 

It’s also very useful for writers, and I’ve used it multiple times with rubber ducks, stuffed animals, and my friends.

[brunhiddensmusings]

“when i say it out loud i realize where the stupid was”

[elidyce]

I literally cannot count the number of times I’ve gone to someone and told them ‘I can’t figure out what’s wrong with my story, please let me explain it to you’ and that was all it took. Sometimes they ask helpful questions like ‘did you remember to feed them’ or ‘so is this all on the same day’ but other times I don’t even need that, it just figures itself out as soon as I try to explain it to someone else.

It’s one of my go-to pieces of writing advice. You’re stuck on your story? sit down and tell me/someone all about it. 

[socolat]

Fuck Balls Shit Man I finally saw nwh

[socolat]

Having been in choir for the past 7 years of my life, I hold the family obligation of being the sole (1) person Not Allowed to suggest karaoke.

[5ummit]

PSA regarding tumblr’s latest Censorship Nightmare

For those of you who haven’t seen this announcement, tumblr recently made some changes to the iOS version of the app, purportedly to comply with Apple’s content guidelines. These changes took effect on Dec 21, starting in version 22.5.1 of the iOS app. As some of you may recall, Apple’s strict guidelines were the driving force for the infamous Great Purge of 2018, which coincidentally also happened around this time of year, but it seems banning all of the female-presenting nipples wasn’t good enough for Apple.

Below is a summary of the important changes. Note that these changes technically ONLY affect those using the iOS app. If you’re accessing tumblr through a different app or operating system (Google Chrome, Android app, etc) it won’t affect you directly but it will affect your followers who use iOS so you should definitely be aware of it.

The list of banned tags has been expanded. As before, there’s no way to know which words or phrases have been banned until you try searching for them, in which case you’ll either get no search results or the following message: “This content has been hidden because of potentially suggestive or explicit content.” You may think this doesn’t concern you if you don’t post explicit material, but do not make the mistake of expecting the banned tags to be logical or reasonable. I’ve already encountered multiple completely innocuous posts (random fandom gifsets) that seem to be hidden on iOS for no discernible reason.

Blogs that have been flagged as explicit can no longer be viewed. Previously, flagged blogs just had their posts hidden from searches, but if you knew the username you could still visit it after clicking through a warning about sensitive content. Now you can’t access it at all.

Likes and reblogs from blogs that have been flagged will no longer show up in your notes. This one won’t affect most people’s user experience as much as the others, but it does mean you may be missing notes. It’s unclear if likes and reblogs from flagged blogs will still count towards the overall note total (and only be missing from the activity feed and note viewer) but I suspect that’s the case.

THE BIG ONE: ANY POST TAGGED WITH A BANNED TAG WILL NO LONGER SHOW UP ON YOUR DASHBOARD. Previously, if you tagged a post with a banned word or phrase (even if the words were used inside another tag), that post would not show up in searches, but your followers would still be able to see it on their dashboard. Now those posts are hidden from your own followers as well. This includes both original posts and reblogs. And if that wasn’t bad enough, here’s the real kicker: even if you don’t tag something with one of the banned words, if the OP used a banned tag, any reblogs of that post will not show up on anyone’s dashboard (on the iOS app). The only saving grace here, and I hate to even call it that, is that the blocked posts are still visible if you visit a blog directly or if you have post notifications turned on.

As usual, tumblr was extremely unclear and evasive about all of this in their official announcement. Not surprising, of course, since if more people were aware of these new draconian tactics I can’t imagine there wouldn’t be more of an uproar about it. Tumblr claims that these changes are somewhat temporary and that they are currently working on something that will allow for a less restricted iOS experience, but they refuse to say what that something is and when it will be implemented. And let’s just say, considering their track record, I’m not hopeful.

All of this is horrible and infuriating for many reasons, but the worst part is how insanely counterproductive it is to creating the “safe” environment tumblr (or more specifically Apple) supposedly wants.

Tags have always been used for both blog organization and filtering purposes. Tagging posts with triggers and content warnings is a common practice that gives users the ability to filter out content they may find upsetting or just don’t don’t want to see for whatever reason. By choosing to ban a bunch of unlisted “sensitive content” tags, all they’re doing is encouraging people who want to share that kind of content to come up with alternative less well-known tags or simply not tag that content at all anymore if they want it to show up on their follower’s dashboards, thereby making it more likely for someone to encounter it when they didn’t want to.

So really, with all of the alleged concern for safety and “protecting the children,” all they’ve done is make tumblr less safe for everyone. Typical.

[harr1ngroves]

here’s a spotify playlist im making for my upcoming harringrove fic !!

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/148TqFzXREcaOYBkDFZhPi?si=E81Ktd42RCWiErYC6phl_w

[slutdge]

if youre trans and getting misgendered/deadnamed by your family during holiday gatherings im giving you a hug over the internet rn

[warmhappycat]

and I am giving you a knife

[socolat]

I wish people would be more considerate when it comes to spoilers, especially now. It’s one thing if it’s a very popular thing that’s been out for ten years vs the most recent marvel movie currently only available in theaters. Like, my family and I cannot go to see nwh for a little while because guess what? Covid numbers are Still High, AND we live in a red state where no one wears masks and pretends like the pandemic was only last year! Please, tag your spoilers and give warnings (and don’t be an asshole)

[miramelindamusings]

A wintery Harringrove set of drawings-two in the style of the Rankin/Bass Christmas specials! I’ve been watching so much of them I wanted to try drawing these two like the elves and the Snow Miser/Heat Miser. Happy Holidays, everybody!

[socolat]

I don’t really keep up with the cookie run socials so like idk who everyone thinks the next epic is gonna be but I sincerely hope that hot cocoa is added soon bc i s2g she is the most LOVABLE character to play

[socolat]

OH MY GOD SHE’S BEING ADDED IN TWO DAYS

[ltab-moving]

if you’re white and you act like race issues are just “unnecessary drama” or “discourse” then sorry to tell you but you’re just…. racist

[ltab-moving]

yes white people CAN and probably SHOULD reblog this just dont add on anything.

[socolat]

Thank fuck i passed my macro exam omg

[worldcrawlerhp]

Attention all fic writers!

I have put together a working doc with all the things I've picked up from Brit-Picking over the years and some tidbits of British culture that are important to get right when setting your fics in the UK.

If you follow the link you'll be able to read and feel free to also comment on the doc

- let me know if I've got something wrong or said something that strongly does not apply to another part of the UK

- let me know if you'd like to add something to it - let's collab and get your knowledge in there too :)

- let me know if you'd like more info on any part or would like me to include some other part I haven't thought about

Hope this can be helpful!

Worldcrawler's Guide to BritPicking

Welcome Hello! If you’ve landed here please be aware that everything contained is from my head and my experiences as a Brit and a Britpicke

[ Sections currently include: - Vocab differences - Britishisms & Phrases - Cultural differences & quirks - Alcohol & Pubs - TEA (and a note on coffee) - Regional / Class Accents - The Weather & Small Talk ]

[bff0f7]

so can we start hunting down white liberals now or what

[adamtheredbeard]

The full picture is even more heart breaking after you open the uncropped version. Just a heads-up, it's rough

“The Roman Catholic Parish in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan was just grafitted.”

[afronerdism]

Nah let’s post it. Let’s feel it. Don’t look away.

[doobiebenson]

[butch-bakugo]

I notice alot of my followers on here skipping these posts just to mess with my lgbt ones, suspiciously the white popular ones.

Heres a not so friendly reminder, as an lgbt metis person, i dont give a single fuck what your blog is themed or if this is too painful for you to look at. Reblog this post. Reblog this post with the sources of the 751 children who were found.

Your compliance and silence as well as the compliance and silence of your ancestors is what allowed these schools to open and kill first nations children. The children of MY people.

Dont follow me if you cant reblog this post or the one with sources to your political blog or your most popular blog. Add trigger warnings if you must but if your political blog is only focused on the harms you personally face like being lgbt then you need to see some bigger pictures and stop being afraid of angering your racist mutural or actually saying some shit about racism. If you can reblog some antifa graphics or add blm to your bio to be a surface level ally, you can reblog some sources on the genocide first nations people faced and still face today.

They were CHILDREN.

They were murdered in cold blood.

[churchoftheconfusedchicken]

I’d like to add this photo I took last night in Victoria of the statue of Captain Cook. Though I myself am not indigenous, I 100% agree that these murderers, kidnappers and rapists shouldn’t have huge statues and plaques that decorate them and say how “great” they were.

Here’s another photo of the legislative assembly from yesterday. Later on there were more items, candles and signs at the memorial, as well as a big poster with 1505 painted on it but I didn’t get a picture

People need to see this. Not just quickly glance at the photos and keep on scrolling. They need to see this.

Reblog this or just stop following me

[ifiknewiwouldtellyou]

I had seen the first picture of the church, but not the second.

I went to a “Cancel Canada Day” event and burst into tears - not because I was surprised to learn of the unmarked graves (survivors told us they were there. Our government pushed it aside, and we let them), but because seeing all the people gathered in mourning drove it home: They. Were. Children.

This is my country’s legacy - and it’s not history. The last schools closed during my lifetime. My Father went to school with students who lived at the local residential school, after it was changed to a boarding house (read: holding centre) for indigenous youth who went to local schools.

They were all children, injured, abused, and killed in my country’s attempt to erase them. I want the world to see this and hold the state accountable to *active* reconciliation> I mean we could at least truly adopt UNDRIP in action instead of words for god’s sake.