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that the irreversibility of trans body modification is supposed to scare us, trans people, too, is so bizarre. ever since i was forced to be a little girl i have wanted to annihilate this cage
Last I'm going to acknowldge this whole mess but "guy getting so angry that a handful of latinos were criticizing toby fox that he creates a sideblog specifically to call them racial slurs about it" is already a strong contender for gringo moment of 2026
the new content filters and the flagging system require every reblogger to appeal independently from the poster.
What is happening?
With the latest tumblr content filter updates, every reblog is flagged independently from the original post without the OP knowing. This means that if your post is reblogged by someone and that reblog is flagged, you won't know. The note count will go up, but the note is hidden: you can't see it on the rebloggers blog or any other reblogs branching from the flagged post.
What should I do?
Every reblogger needs to appeal for their own reblogs. Thankfully the review time on Tumblr's side has been fast, usually in a couple of hours they restore the post. If you can notify the OP, grand. If you have time, leave a support ticket, choose feedback and tell them why you think this is a bad model.
Why and how should I do it?
We all know the latest and contested change about the note counts that was thankfully rolled back, but its ramifications are still in use. Tumblr now considers every reblog a post in its own right, as you can see from the new banners for the same post as above:
The turn this website has taken regarding the ownership of posts is at best discouraging and at worst a massive disrespect done to all the artists, creators, gifmakers, fic writers and meta writers out there, making fandom fun and alive. If artists, writers and gifmakers don't get autonomy over their own art being shared on this website, how is a reblog different from a repost, something tumblr actively discourages from doing? How can the OP appeal for a post if they don't even know it's flagged? Why are we taking away ownership of the art from the artist, the human behind it?
How do I appeal?
Tumblr has this very useful feature, both on the website and on the mobile app:
You can find all the flagged posts on your blog either by going to the relevant blog>right hand menu, below Posts, Followers, Activity>Review flagged posts on the website OR by going to Settings>Review flagged posts on the mobile
Then you click on Appeal, and write a very short reason why, describing the post. You can even write this:
This post has nothing that is against the User Guidelines.
I reblogged her late last year and my 2024 has been very satisfying work-wise and (secure enough to not stress out) money-wise so far. Money Snake is wise and good.
Cuz initially I was thinking Heir of Doom; mans doomed by everything, man does not seem like hes gonna survive the narrative, all of his relationships are doomed always, mans slowly digging his own grave, both metaphorically, and based off of the way things are going, probably literally.
Doomed by the narrative but the narrative is you and the only way forward is one foot after the other into the pit of your grave
ie,. Doom itself unto you and all that. HOWEVER.
Ive thought about it more and im leaning more towards Bard of Blood now, bc
ccNom said he originally planned to have him be a rogue Bard
Its his bonds specifically he's dooming himself and destroying himself with, taking those he's bonded to with him as well. His Bond with Katie is her main chain, one she's been trying desperately to break since she ran. Her bond to him- being his sister- overshadowed everything else she was and drove her to leave. not only that, but his constant lying in every bond he has. (Katie, Graecie, Scott, etc,.)
His bond to 4c Literally started drowned in blood
Do we even need to detail the thing with Scott. We all saw what happened.(No we didnt were not at that part yet but shush)
The Whole thing with Bards is the Inviting destruction through their aspect, seeming to destory their aspect itself specifically in other players as well. Bro dooms his own relationships through his actions, and its not something he's trying to do(In fact man's desperately trying to keep them, even if all hes doing is driving them further away), but it still happens because of situations his own avoidance and secret-keeping causes. Half the time it seems that his every action only serves to sever the bonds he's trying to keep.
idk Bard of Blood just feels more fitting than Heir of Doom. Weve been awake for 3 hours now just thinkin about this and weve reopened our classpects vault just to pin this down.
ironically he'd also fit knight really well... Decently settled on him being scorcer though(Prospitarian and blood + i feel like the specifities of his luck fits cerulean very well, also its the sign of The Champion, ehich-)
still though, Knight or bard... still leanin towards bard but that might just be personal favour bias, esp with the knight class "concealing part of themself" and the whole "wielding their aspect as a weapon" esp w it sometimes being against the Aspect itself(blood, ie,. bonds in this case).
that part feels a bit, too to the left though, if that makes sense?
idk man we got work in, uh, 4ish hours and we still havent slept, well get back to this if we sleep