Sumbril

31 years old  Currently obsessed with Dragon Quest XI.

[sumbril]

follower psa!

Started a fandom blog over at fandomsolar.tumblr.com for fandom things! Most of my dqxi content and writing things will go over there if that’s what you came here for!

[hellflare-exchange]

HellFlare Exchange 2026

Welcome to the first ever HellFlare Exchange of 2026!

An exchange of fanwork between those interested in seeing more of Dion Lesage and Clive Rosfield in either a platonic or romantic relationship. Fanfiction and fanart are accepted.

As this is a gift exchange, a completed work is expected by the end of the due date. If you need to bow out, that’s fine - just make sure to let me know. For fanfiction, at least 1000+ words is recommended. And for fanart, one finished art piece is the aim. You will have two months to work on your assigned giftee’s request and can submit directly to the AO3 collection at any time before the deadline. For posting on tumblr or elsewhere, please wait until after the deadline.

Dates to keep in mind:

Sign ups open: June 14th - July 4th Assignments: July 5th - 11th Deadline for submissions: September 12th Reveals: September 13th and onwards

If you would like to create more for either your giftee or someone else, feel free to submit extra stories or art pieces to the collection as a surprise. We’ll be using the AO3 collection to host the requests, so you can browse through those to spark ideas if you’re interested. Also, if anyone would be interested in pinch-hitting, please reach out through an ask on tumblr @hellflare-exchange. That would be appreciated!

Links:

How to Sign Up

AO3 Collection

Rules - AO3 / Tumblr

Artwork by:

Tumblr: @jinro1368 Twitter (SFW): @wnlrml88 Twitter (NSFW): @jinro_88 Blusky: @jinro-88

As a small plug for the artist, they are currently running commissions throughout the month of June for anyone interested. They're closed at the moment, but you could reach out to the artist to find out when they will next be open!

[wanderingcoasties]

“The LEGO Movie was my favorite movie of 2014, but it strikes me that the main character was male, because I feel like in our current culture, he HAD to be. The whole point of Emmett is that he’s the most boring average person in the world. It’s impossible to imagine a female character playing that role, because according to our pop culture, if she’s female she’s already SOMEthing, because she’s not male. The baseline is male. The average person is male. You can see this all over but it’s weirdly prevalent in children’s entertainment. Why are almost all of the muppets dudes, except for Miss Piggy, who’s a parody of femininity? Why do all of the Despicable Me minions, genderless blobs, have boy names? I love the story (which I read on Wikipedia) that when the director of The Brave Little Toaster cast a woman to play the toaster, one of the guys on the crew was so mad he stormed out of the room. Because he thought the toaster was a man. A TOASTER. The character is a toaster. I try to think about that when writing new characters— is there anything inherently gendered about what this character is doing? Or is it a toaster?”

— Bojack Horseman creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg commenting on how weird gendered defaults in entertainment are, and why we should think twice about them. Excerpted from this longer original post. (via 360degreesasthecrowflies)

[limbel]

we have to thank our brave soldiers in fandom who write gen fics. we have to thank our brave soldiers in fandom who write character studies and stories with no focus on romance or sex. we have to get on our knees and thank the brave soldiers in fandom who write about minor characters and friendship and family with no focus on romance or sex. i know it’s hard to care about characters in a world that seems to only revolve around ships but i see you. and i love you

[wootwona]

since the old version of this post was flagged for ‘adult content’…

reblog this post if your account is a trans safe space or owned by a trans person!

along with that, reblog if your account is a non-binary spectrum safe space or owned by someone on the nb spectrum!

[drax-the-vampire-king]

All kind people are safe here.

[drax-the-vampire-king]

Rebloging again because the world sucks and I want to spread a little positivity

[chaotic-neutral-knitter]

never be good at your job. it's a trap. they'll just give you more and harder stuff to do and it'll pull you away from your true passion of writing gay fanfiction for people on the internet

[hotvampireadjacent]

Memphis is “under full-blown occupation” by ICE. Here’s why you may not know that.

Community members face retaliation for trying to spread the word out, a lawsuit alleges.

Ice operations have moved to harassing folk in Memphis

[castformbignaturals]

Huh. I wonder what else is going on in Tennessee (and specifically Memphis) right now?

Oh well, I’m sure it’s a total coincidence.

[quasi-normalcy]

(For those not in the know, @castformbignaturals is alluding to the fact Memphis is a majority Black city that stands to have its congressional representation entirely wiped out by redistricting led by the Republican governor of Tennessee who has, of course, welcomed the ICE occupation with open arms. Again, the project of MAGA is to reintroduce Jim Crow)

[noneedtofearorhope]

i think it's unfortunately a step beyond jim crow. they want to reintroduce chattel slavery.

[sickbitterandcoveredinglitter]

Like a month ago I messaged a craft group about accessibility for wheelchairs and the answer I got was “there’s a lot of stairs but we have cute boys who can carry you”. And it’s…not good. As a wheelchair bound person I largely depend on people when I want to go out and do *anything* so I’m used to it, I laugh it off, make an annoyed post about it and off I go. But I wanna just say a thing real quick.

Even if I wasn’t gay, wasn’t a survivor scared of men, getting help as a disabled person is just…Not a pleasant thing to us! Imagine for a sec how you’d feel being carried up a flight of stairs. You’re a grown person. You’re being touched in an awkward way. You’d rather do it yourself. You’re So Uncomfortable. It’s not where I look for the beginning of a romantic relationship. So like…could abled people stop doing this thing where they think helping us in a condescending and infantilizing way is cute? Cause I’m real tired. Just get me a ramp or lift and I’m cool. I don’t need a dating service when I’m just trying to go about my day

[sickbitterandcoveredinglitter]

If you’re abled please reblog it cause like…the more ppl knows the better

[oneofthosecrazycatladies]

If you don’t want children, why?

Economic reasons

Climate change

Fertility issues

Childhood trauma

Political reasons

Just because

Other

I do want/already have children

Voting ended onApr 25

[gayroytheory]

i keep forgetting mustang is like 10 yrs younger than basically everyone else colonel or above. no wonder olivier hates his guts he’s fucking 12 years old

[gayroytheory]

this is an old post but im rewatching and people keep saying it!!! roy’s a fucking child and everyone hates him its hilarious

[hellenhighwater]

Roy hires Ed specifically to have someone even younger than him running around being a problem.

[lostindarkplaces]

I went out to the country! And you know what I found! An Even Younger Asshole!!! He’s like half my age and twice the trouble!!! I HIRED HIM IMMEDIATELY!!!!! YOU CAN THANK ME WHENEVER!!!!

[reconditarmonia]

I may have already reblogged this but that is okay

[teomodo]

art books on the internet archive for you

morpho books

figure drawing for all it's worth (+ creative illustration)

framed ink

will eisner comics and sequential art

will eisner graphic storytelling and visual narrative

understanding comics (+ making comics)

folder of various animation production art

burne hogarth drawing dynamic hands

perspective for comic book artists

michael mattesi force drawing

the animator's survival kit

color and light james gurney

be free

[bedupolker]

I've recommended this one before, but for all the non-human vertebrate likers out there... the art of animal drawing

[teomodo]

@mixed---messages i hadn't heard of this book before i saw your tags, thanks sm for introducing me! up on the archive here

[curseofmeatthawsmoth]

Jury finds defendants guilty of terrorism-related charges in attack on Prairieland ICE detention center

Nine defendants were on trial on charges related to the July 4 attack on the Prairieland ICE detention center in North Texas.

fucking kangaroo court

[curseofmeatthawsmoth]

I'll admit I haven't been following the Prairieland proceedings as closely as I could have, but I'm actually a bit shocked by the verdict.

[kropotkindersurprise]

The judge is a far-right Trump appointee so this is a horrible but unsurprising miscarriage of justice. This is a case meant to criminalize all antifascist and left-wing protest in the USA as terrorism, and should be a huge wake-up call for any person in the USA. Support the defendants to help with their legal fees for appeals here:

Support DFW Anti ICE Protesters

Please visit our website at https://prairielanddefendants.com/ for more updates, articles, and letter writing information.Español abajo Supp

[kropotkindersurprise]

[link]

[hesperocyon-lesbian]

Unrelated btw

[hesperocyon-lesbian]

FYI there is a non-zero chance that tumblr will nuke me over this so please spread it as much and as fast as possible, and please understand that if tumblr does so, it constitutes an explicit endorsement of all ICE actions by Matt Mullenweg

[true-bluesargent]

the thing is is that you'll be like. 11 years old and someone will tell you that you have to shave your legs. either it will be your mum or a friend or a mean girl in the p.e. changing rooms telling you how gross it is that you have hair on your legs. so then you ask your mum about it and she says yep you have to take this razor blade and drag it across your skin under running water and just hope you don't cut yourself too badly and you have to do this every single week and maybe more frequently than that and you have to do that for fucking ever. the rest of your fucking life. because the hair that grows naturally on your legs is gross and ugly and people will laugh and boys won't like you! of course boys have hair on THEIR legs. but that's normal and even attractive and it's just not the same for you. and a few years later they'll say well you obviously should also be shaving your armpits. and then it's your arms and then it's that you have to wax your upper lip and pluck your eyebrows and ewww why do you have hair on your fingers and your toes.. you need to shave that too. and then suddenly you need to buy spray that will make invisible hairs on your face visible so that you can shave that too! and it's expensive and time consuming and difficult and it HURTS but they just say beauty is pain babe! and you're not allowed to say that maybe if beauty is pain then you don't actually want to be beautiful

[true-bluesargent]

and i'm so fucking tired of girls who do shave being defensive when this topic comes up because then i have to say well of COURSE it's your personal choice whether you want to shave or not! no offense! maybe it makes you feel empowered! you do it for YOURSELF! because that's bullshit and i actually DO think you should stop shaving your legs because it's not fucking empowering it's insane. if you give it more than a minute of thought it can't possibly be empowering. you're in a PRISON!!!!! and i was in the prison too okay and i know it seems hard to break out but i promise you it's not. and the more people we can break out of the prison the easier it gets for everyone else i swear to god. please

[beardedmrbean]

[theman]

I GOT A FUCKING RAISE THE POTATO WORKED WTF

[tattooedzombigirl]

This potato works. Every. Fucking. Time.

[secondlina]

Reblogging because it’s a damn potato and I want to encourage people to assume potatoes are magical.

[shadowsphere21]

I’ll do it because in this day and age it doesn’t seem too far fetched to think a golden potato may be our only hope

[recurring-polynya]

never lose hope. somewhere, a middle-aged, gender ambiguous person with an advanced degree in an esoteric field and a fiber arts hobby could be crashing out and pinning all their remaining mental health on getting obsessed with your otp. any day now, the most elegantly written 100k fanfic you have ever read is going to hit ao3. it could happen. it has happened.

[sumbril]

Chapters: 11/26 Fandom: Final Fantasy XVI Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Dion Lesage & Cidolfus Telamon, minor Dion Lesage/Terence - Relationship, minor Benedikta Harman/Hugo Kupka, minor Benedikta Harman/Cidolfus Telamon Characters: Dion Lesage, Cidolfus Telamon, Sleipnir Harbard, Barnabas Tharmr, Benedikta Harman, Terence (Final Fantasy XVI), Ultima (Final Fantasy XVI), Midadol Telamon, Otto (Final Fantasy XVI), Sylvestre Lesage, Anabella Rosfield, Minor Original Characters - Character Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Canon-Typical Violence, Canon-Typical Behavior, mentions of canon-typical slavery, Captivity, Abuse, Enemies to Allies, Escape, Selective Mutism, Hurt/Eventual Comfort, Anxiety, Manipulation, Coercion, Imprisonment, Torture, Implied/Referenced Torture, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Blood and Gore, Suicidal Thoughts, Minor Character Death, Aftermath of trauma, Public Humiliation, No Sexual Content, Whump, featuring Lord Commander Cidolfus Telamon, Feral Dion Lesage, mutual disillusionment, Dubious Morality, and Otto's backstory, Dion and Terence are pre-relationship here, Panic Attacks, Dissociation

Summary:

Odin unites the Dominants in Ash, where together, they will build a new world for themselves. Their latest acquisition: Dion Lesage, stolen from Whitewyrm at nearly 17 summers, to be broken and reforged to new purpose.

Cid just wishes he wasn't stuck watching the kid.

[dreamsy990]

i saw someone say nobody needs to know what a .txt file is anymore. what the fuck is the world coming to

[dreamsy990]

unironically i think we need to bring back computer labs because APPARENTLY some people WERENT taught basic computer literacy and internet safety in school

[dreamsy990]

things about computers/the internet i think kids should be formally taught in schools because theyre important to know and the amount of soon to be grown adults i know who know NOTHING about any of these is quite frankly almost all of them (and resources to learn if you dont know these things, because its never to late to get better with computers)

how to troubleshoot by yourself when you have a technical problem

what common file types are

some very basics on how to use ""developer tools"" on your computer (because i cant think of a better way to refer to them) like task manager and command prompt (and their mac equivalents, terminal and activity monitor ofc)

how to read and understand a privacy policy and what your personal data is, as well as what it being collected actually means and steps you can take to keep it private

how to understand terms of service (hey. if you have trouble with reading legalese and worry about being able to understand these policies anyways, here's a site that gives basic summaries of privacy policies and ToS)

what a cookie actually is

internet privacy and your digital footprint!! seriously i dont know why we stopped teaching people that they shouldnt be putting their entire real identity online in a world where your online actions can ruin you irl

basic safety measures like antivirus software (and why you should use it or if the built in one on windows or mac is enough for you) and backing up your computer (also a mac guide)

common keyboard shortcuts (and on mac)

as an additional note: things i think everyone should know on computers and the internet but schools may bit hesitant to teach about for whatever moral/legal standards schools pretend to operate on

vpns and adblockers! (btw for most of these where you can pay for things im purposefully not recommending any specific software but seriously just use ublock origin for an adblocker)

how to not get a virus while pirating something

what a temporary email is and when to use one

red flags that you shouldn't trust a website (and how to quickly check the security of a site)

what javascript on a website does and how to disable it to get around paywalls

[dreamsy990]

ok one last addition! if you want to take it one level higher, i think learning the very basics of at least one programming language is good for people. it makes computers less scary and it makes you feel very cool, and a lot of people get discouraged about it because it seems overly complicated and hard to learn outside a formal classroom setting, so heres some resources for learning the very basics of python (because i consider it the easiest language to learn and knowing one language will make it easier to learn others)

an online compiler so you dont need to download anything or worry about running code directly on your computer if that makes you nervous

a basic video guide to introduce you to python and walk you through beginner steps

a guide to some syntax and commands you should know (this was literally my lifeline in my first CS class)

some performance tasks to give you things to code to practice and assess yourself