The number of people who have tried to justify Goose getting banned on Tumblr is horrendous. Since the finale and the confirmation that Jax is a closeted trans woman, there's been a rise in people trying to deny that Jax is a trans woman and a general rise in transphobia when it comes to the fandom and towards Gooseworx. I wasn't even the biggest fan of the finale, but seeing so many celebrating Goose losing her account and even using it as an excuse to misgender her is disgusting
I am not saying that Goose should be above criticism or that I don't completely understand why so many POC fans were angry over the whole controversy. There's absolutely a discussion to be had about how normalised racism is in many fandoms and indie communities. However, I find it suspicious that people only started digging up old tweets and posts of hers since the finale was announced to be heading to theatres. Even though it's clear that Goose and the rest of the cast have grown out of this behaviour and have taken accountability for their actions. It's completely fine not to accept her apology, but that does not make it ok to harass her and be hateful back. Also, I've looked for any tweets of Goose saying something even remotely misogynistic, like many claim and have found no proof of her saying such. People are literally going, "just trust me, bro"
I've also seen people trying to use Jax as a way to say that Goose is just as bad as her because she has said that Jax is her self-insert. Regardless of how you feel about Jax and how her story was handled, you do realise that the whole point of Jax being Goose's self-insert is to explore what could've happened to Goose if she hadn't opened up and grown as a person. Using edgy humour to push others away so they don't get hurt. This isn't even the first time a character has been a self-insert for its creator. But the MOMENT the creator doing this is a woman and/or trans woman, suddenly it's a problem. For God's sake, she was literally acknowledging people's criticisms of the finale and agreeing that it could've been better
That's not even mentioning how @staff have been notorious for taking down trans women's accounts for the dumbest of reasons. Ignoring actual hateful people who spew out harmful and downright dangerous content. This has been a problem on Tumblr for YEARS. But no, let's just accuse Gooseworx of not being able to handle criticism, so she deleted her account. Let's also call Goose racist and misogynistic and ignore actual hateful bigots because we want to make Goose the new Vivziepop and Rebecca Sugar that we can use as a punching bag
Remember! When companies lay off all their staff because AI is cheaper, this sort of shit is what you can leverage for a better contract when they are inevitably forced to hire everyone back :)
Tumblr added a bunch of tracking shit to share urls, so now ill teach you how to get rid of them
if you copy a url by sharing on the website, the link will look like this
getting rid of tracking in these is easy, just delete everything after the question mark and you are golden
in the case for the app, its slightly more complicated
first you have to delete at. that appears before tumblr(.)com the other tracking shit on this one has a lot more info, so please, clean app urls. after the first set of numbers, there's a / you have to delete everything after it
Headcanon that Holly learned a rune that allows you to see colour, and how it works is its usually drawn on glass and it's like used where, when you look through the glass, what you see is completely in colour, and Holly usually uses this rune to help describe things she sees, and I also hc that Holly uses it so that she can see him "as his true self" or something sappy along those lines, she also gifted cup one of the window runes (what I'm calling it) as a gift
Some things about this post since getting quite a few notes:
1. If you see this post, highly recommend taking it as an opportunity to set a timer for 15 minutes and switch over to ACTIVITY YOU ENJOY. if after those 15 minutes, you want to go back to scrolling, that's okay!
2. Huge shout out to this popping up in my notifs often, bc I do go back to activity.
3. I think there are times where scrolling is fine. Right now, for example, I'm being connected to a machine for two hours to donate plasma and platelets. Yes this is a brag but it is also a time where scrolling is one of the few things I can do. (Though I will probably also read or watch something on phone lol)
Being asexual and racist is embarassing as fuck. Being racist at all is obviously embarassing as fuck but the amount of racism and especially antiblackness i have been seeing from asexuals recently is obscene.
One of the only asexual activists is Yasmin Benoit, a Black woman. She has raised so much awareness for the community. She was the first asexual person to lead Pride in London, she started the #thisiswhatasexuallookslike movement and is THE leading voice for the community.
And you all will celebrate international asexuality day on April 6th but we wouldn't even have that if she hadn't cofounded it.
Edit: why are you all too scared to repost this. Cmon. Be vocal about being against racism
we have dandelions EVERYWHERE, they are basically our State Weed, it is absolutely impossible that my mom has never interacted with a dandelion before, this requires further investigation
So after extensive interrogation I have an update:
my mom is in fact aware that dandelions exist. she temporarily forgot the name and there was some miscommunication.
the truth is actually weirder
she’s aware dandelions look like this
she is familiar with this flower. she knows the name of this flower. she declines to believe, however, that these are also dandelions
she does not believe these are the same plant. I tried to explain, and she thought I was either misinformed or lying. so I asked her what exactly did she think the yellow ones were called?
she answered, with complete confidence: Daffodils.
“buttercups” is a name applied to MANY flowers. in my part of the south it was this one:
imo there’s correct identifications of dandelions, daffodils, easter lilies and marigolds in this thread, but buttercups are simply impossible to agree on and the only solution is for everyone to post pictures of their local buttercups
I usually take inspo for his demeanor and clothes from Aaron Burr. I kept the Indiana Jones inspo while trying to make him look studious if that makes sense... the way I draw him is inspired by luckadaisy character. He's a tuxedo cat with a white tipped tail. And sometimes his zanny past surfaces up in the form of those animated reactions. His hat is usually on his head but I was lazy. And also his bag is usually in the form of a scarf or a messenger bag, cuz a fanny pack does not fit him im sorry. Basically he has that adventurer vibe but also u can tell he's a nerd yk. His main color for me is yellow, light and warm, but sometimes a but too much.
some details: He has patches/pins on his leather jacket, his favorite flower embroidered on it too by bendy, a columbine (all the questers have this, recurring hc), big whiskers, some wrinkles, small glasses, and a very fancy shirt. His design is sharp but friendly, imo hes a lot more angrier and selfish than he let's on and I wanted to show that.
Mugman:
Im gonna be real hes a but difficult for me. But I do have some notes. I gave him a little bit of hair made out of whipped cream. Cuz I cannot draw him bald im sorry. The liquid in his head is more like hot chocolate, with marshmallows. He has a ribbon tied to his handle (dish fashion hc). His scar is massive and reaches from his hipmto his face cuz. He has white porcelain skin (idr like the pure black skin thing idk). Funky scarf design, he can fit anythingin there and its enchanted with magic (idk if that canon or not). I wanted to make his clothes more suitable for fighting if that makes sense? Like he is kind hearted but still a great fighter and pretty smart. And yeah, a sunflower embroidered on his pants, by bendy. He has patches on his pants, he and his brother usually fixed their clothes themselveswhen they weren'tallowednew ones. His figure is rectangular, firm but also stable. He knows what he wants yk. His main color is blue, I see it as him being hopeful and trustworthy
Alice:
More of an our glass figure. Her bangs are inspired by the goth aesthetic, so is her whole wardrobe and color. Her eyes are in a teardrop shape, she's a very caring person. She has a simple outfit, pretty modest (hc for angels customs) and wears long gloves. Her halo usually has sparks of light to symbolize her strong and conflicting emotions. Shes more muscular than she looks on first glance. She has dark roses embroidered on her sleeves. She has spiky elf ears (angel hc) Yeah thers not much to her with shape or color language. She prefers darker colors which is odd for angels usually (hc again). and her wings are hawk like (im pretty sure thats what it was?) but mostly white. Usually carries pouches to hold things, and has healing things for emergencies. And a knife hidden by angel magic.
Cala:
She has a very round shape language, giving her a more friendly appearance despite her being a Gorgon. Shes not too familiar with surface fashion but with the help of Alice and Holly she mixes it with underwater fashion. Like pears for example. Her skirt both resembles tail fins of a mermaid tail and flower petals. Shoes are ballerina like, and are a reference to the little mermaid, but she aren't on tiptoes, they're made in a way that help cala walk a bit better. So a bit flat. She has her favorite flower embroidered on her skirt by u guessed it, Bendy, a water lily. Her colors are usually purple and teal. Her eyes are siren like and she has a bigger nose and lips, and small eyebrows. I wanted to make her a bit chubbier, and she has scars on her arm cuz thats canon, yeah
ITS BEEN ONE WHOLE YEAR SINCE WE STARTED OUR JOURNEY AND WE'RE STILL JUST ON CHAPTER 2!!
All jokes aside, this is a love letter to all of you from your good ol' pal Nortsauce. We couldn't have made it this far without your support and love and creativity.
I'd be honored if you read it :]
When we first started this project, fly had to cajole me into getting into the story a little bit, as I was a little intimidated by the premise. They burst into my room at around 2-3am holding Hailey Senpai's voice dub right to my still-waking face, and made a bet with me saying "I bet you could rewrite this." I was hesitant. But after seeing so many awesome rewrites, I say down and decided "Ah what the heck. Lets have fun with it."
And WE rewrote it :]
We spent nights upon nights throwing ideas at each other, sitting in our bedrooms at 9pm for the last few weeks of June, hammering down what we wanted and using our giant whiteboard to write out a timeline.
By the time we had come up with a pretty good premise, fly said that it was too fun not to do an ask blog, just like the good ol' days, but they were scared to do it. This was another point of my hesitancy, as my previous ask blogs were kind of stressful. I told them to do whatever they wanted, but they never did it.
Finally, i got the stick out of my ass, and I made it for them. I made the hyperlink, I made the hashtag system, I set up the profile and i spent an HOUR figuring out the stupid "Read from the beginning" link (that was later) I made a pfp and fly made a banner.
And it was done!
It never would have happened if fly and i didn't just say "Screw it." And forced each other to start the project.
Now we are here, we have a wonderful community, we have so many ideas, and best of all (my personal favorite)
We have so many new stories being told!!!
It feels like i'm a kid again. I'm always excited to talk about ideas with fly, discuss with friends, answer silly questions, see all the comic dubs, the art, the fan fictions the poetry the songs.
That people are loving creating art again.
I hope to see so much more. So many more stories, so many more characters, so many ideas, so many new friends.
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