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sye | 30+ | mostly shitposts i like and occasional oc posting/oc art | icon by MaddieBiscuits, banner art by me

[syekick-powers]

do NOT send me requests asking me to spread your fundraiser; i have zero income and very few followers, so i have very little to offer you in your efforts.

that aside, hi, i'm sye (he/they). i needed a new pinned post so i decided to make one.

i'm a writer and an artist, 30+, and i really like talking about my own characters/OCs. i've been trying to post more about my characters and stories here, and decided to create this post partially so i could have an easily accessible tag directory on my blog. i do reblog fandom stuff too but i am far more invested in my own projects.

note for anyone who decides to follow me: this blog is not strictly speaking NSFW. i do not make or reblog Explicit porn or text posts or anything like that, nor will i reblog extreme gore. However, i will often reblog art with artistic nudity, mild amounts of blood / light gore, or dirty / somewhat sexual or violent joke / comedy posts, including ones that reference kinks and/or fetishes. for that reason, i generally give my own blog a rough age rating of 16+. i am not necessarily against older teenagers following this blog, but i wouldn't say that the contents of this blog are appropriate for younger audiences.

in other words: be warned that there will be some amount of mild sexual content, nonsexual artistic nudity, and light violent imagery on my blog sometimes, but nothing highly explicit, and not super frequently. please do not follow me if you would have a problem with seeing any of this, especially if you are a minor who is highly sensitive to seeing any artistic nudity or discussions of sex and sexuality, or easily upset by the sight of blood.

tag directory below the readmore.

tag directory

general tags for original posts

#sye's babbles - general text post tag. just me talking about anything.

#sye's arts - my art. usually OC art but not always

#sye's answers - responding to asks.

general organizational tags for non-original content

#cool art - art not by me that i like.

#comics - specifically sequential art/comics.

#references - things that i want to come back to later, for any reason. can include things like art tutorials, but also information about increasing one's privacy or altering devices to be less enshittified.

#textposts - text posts by tumblr users other than me.

#img post - single image posts that are other things than art.

#photosets - static image posts w a lot of images.

#gifsets - self-explanatory.

#videos - self-explanatory.

#audio post - any kind of audio or music post.

#polls - any kind of poll post.

#newspost - posts about recent news, not necessarily political.

#twitter highlights / #bsky highlights / #reddit highlights / #facebook highlights - tags for screenshots of happenings on other specific socmed sites reposted to tumblr.

#fave - a collection of my favorite posts on tumblr.

#funneys - general shitpost/humor tag for posts that aren't quite funny enough to land in the fave tag, but are still good enough to be on my blog.

#poetry - any poetry posted to tumblr that i like, either tidbits or whole poems.

#fashion - pics and videos of people in cool outfits.

#animals - any animal-related content. some categories within the animals tag include #cats, #dogs, #reptiles, #invertebrates, #fish, and #birds, but there are also some subcategories in those categories as well, as well as a few mammal tags i didn't list.

#reblog bait - any kind of post that falls under the overall vibe of "reblog and tell me in the tags..." or posts that are intended to be reblogged on a specific date (i.e. wet beast wednesday, thursday the 20th, neil banging out the tunes day, etc.)

#writing stuff - usually textposts talking specifically about writing processes or prompts or tips/tricks or things like that

#art stuff - the same as above but for visual art. can also include art tutorials.

#politics etc - generalized tag for politics. usually uspol because that's where i live, but will sometimes reblog political posts for other countries too.

#neurodivergence stuff - posts about neurodivergence and ND-centered ableism.

#trans stuff - posts about trans issues and transphobia.

tags for fandoms i reblog

#star treks - star trek

#kpdh - kpop demon hunters

#splats time - splatoon

#vocalsynth - general vocal synthesizer fandom (includes vocal synths other than vocaloid VBs)

#hs - homestuck

#su - steven universe

#doctor who - self-explanatory

#loz - general legend of zelda tag. i used to have a botw-specific tag back when it came out, but now fan content for any loz game goes only in this tag.

#pokemans - pokemon

#taz - the adventure zone, with specific subtags for the balance (#taz b), graduation (#taz g) and ethersea (#taz e) campaigns.

#mbmbam - anything made about the podcast my brother my brother and me by the mcelroy brothers

#mcelroys - anything related to mcelroy family content that doesn't fall specifically under #taz

#smb - anything mario-related

#sth - anything sonic-related

#lotr - anything lord of the rings-related

#flightrising - flight rising

#tfota - the folk of the air series by holly black

#pikmins - pikmin

#tf2 - team fortress 2

#dead space - dead space series

#ib - the rpgmaker horror game ib

#halo series - anything about the halo series (video game by bungie)

#.hack - anything related to the .hack media conglomerate, regardless of individual series.

#hades game - the indie game hades by supergiant games

#ons - owari no seraph / seraph of the end

#marvel - anything marvel comics related, usually deadpool or venom.

#undertale - self-explanatory

#fate series - fate series by TYPE-MOON

#animals crossing - generalized animal crossing stuff

generalized OC tags

(if these tags are being used, the relevant characters will also be tagged in the post too.)

#oc talks tag - rambling about my OCs in general, either in ask answers or just unprompted textposts.

#oc shitpost tag - place where i store shitposts that remind me of one or more of my characters.

#oc aesthetics tag - place where i dump cool stuff that reminds me of one or more of my OCs.

#commissions gifts and trades - tag where i put art of my ocs that i didn't make but instead have bought, that people have gifted me, or that i have done art trades in exchange for.

tags for specific OCs & stories

The Sky in Pieces

a multimedia project i have been working on for about two years so far and plan to be developing long term.

General TSiP Tags:

#tsip tag - anything relevant to or that i think needs to go into my tag for TSiP. can be general text posts, character-centric posts, bits of poetry relevant to the themes or characters, etc.

#tsip loredumps tag - where i post long loredumps about the worldbuilding of TSiP. if you are interested in this story at all, i do recommend at least glancing through some of the loredumps to get a cursory understanding of certain concepts that i reference frequently.

#tsip character introductions - currently under construction but in the future will contain introductory posts to get people familiar with the characters of TSiP.

TSiP character-centric tags

#salyako tag - tag for Salyako Ashworth

#syrge tag - tag for Syrgius "Syrge" Ibarae

#sabryel tag - tag for Sabryel MacLeod

#cyprus tag - tag for Cyprus Nicchi

#ceylox tag - tag for Ceylox Alders

#silvayne tag - tag for Silvayne Illiev

#sevylle tag - tag for Sevylle Melnik

#celyn tag - tag for Celyn Nissen

#severox tag - tag for Severox Alkema

#sotirox tag - tag for Sotirox Akazia

D&D PC-related tags

i regularly play D&D and/or other TTRPG, but while I don't have an overarching tag for all D&D-related posting, i do have tags for all of my most recent D&D PCs:

#sylvus tag - tag for Sylvus Aroch, a tiefling arcane trickster rogue.

#cenryx tag - tag for Cenryx Ashtil, an aasimar paladin/rogue multiclass.

#sebylen tag - tag for Sebylen Comara, a drow valor bard who I am planning on multiclassing later.

#cyrriden tag - tag for Cyrriden Morraghen, a human artificer/wizard multiclass.

other character tags

#salaphiel vibes - older tag for an older project. a high-ranking angel who is kind of a clown.

#selius vibes - older tag for an older project (same project as above). a high ranking demon who happens to be a chaotic weirdo and a war criminal but has great taste in fashion.

[syekick-powers]

SYE UPDATE:

as of 3/19/2026 i am going to be a little bit more open about my plurality on my blog. not about the nature of the plurality itself or anything about how it functions. no, instead i am going to allow some of my mental neighbors to start talking and posting on my blog.

i will signal when a different system member aside from myself is talking primarily by putting a specific associated emoji at the beginning of a tag or section of text they are typing. i will also assign myself an emoji to signal when i'm taking the reins of the post/tags back. anyone interacting with my blog is also allowed to ask questions of or generally talk to the system members who are using my blog directly, but all of us reserve the right to be vague or not answer specific questions.

my system is quite extensive and complex, but currently i have only five specific system mates who extensively interact with people outside of the system. i will refer to them on here only with aliases instead of calling them their actual names, and they will only respond to these particular aliases.

system member list

(each system member's associated emoji will be next to their aliases)

🌀sye classic: if you've followed my blog long enough you probably have figured out some Stuff about me. generally speaking i will not signal myself out with the 🌀 emoji unless i am actively trying to distinguish myself from some of my other guys talking, so if you see tags or text in a post with no emojis preceding any part of it, that's 100% home-grown organic sye. he/they.

🗡️Silver: i like looking at nice rocks and cool little trinkets, and generally lurking around every corner like it's my job. will probably not be too talkative but im Always Watching. im hiding in the vents at all times, and that's only half a joke. he/they.

🧿 Sariel: just a funny lil guy. silly little jester asshole and no more than that, i prommy. dont look at me, im a normal cool guy. they/them.

💥 Seylsum: system regulator and certified Big Fucking Guy. keeping the peace in here but used to be the #1 Problems Causer On Purpose. i got better though. they/them.

🌟 Selen: An appreciator of the performing arts and all things celestial. Lover of the moon and stars. Showy? Perhaps. But I'll always make sure it's a show worth watching. 😘They/them.

🪶 Aldric: Quiet but always present. I enjoy making the occasional joke at Sye's expense but don't worry, if he's posting it he's being a good sport about it. Currently partnered to the love of my life. Interests in coins / coin collecting, embroidery, and lockpicking. Probably the most active system member currently, though Selen is a close second. Not an angel, but always polite. He/him.

[syekick-powers]

more iron lung thoughts because i rewatched it tonight when showing it to my mom. spoilers below

one thing that seeing iron lung again via youtube that was a really nice enhancement of the experience in comparison to seeing it in the theaters was having access to FUCKING CAPTIONS. the distortion on a lot of the voices in the movie meant it was hard to understand certain parts in the theater with no captions whatsoever (esp since my auditory processing is only getting worse as i age), but in the youtube release? almost all the dialogue in the movie was in the captions, with only the most garbled and fucked up stuff not being transcribed. and there was one thing that REALLY stuck out that i hadn't been able to understand when seeing it in the theater.

the eel/ocean's dialogue when the sub is flooding was VERY FUCKING INTERESTING INDEED:

the specific line "what did it see in you?" is haunting me. like crazy. whatever "the light" is, it saw something in simon. but what?? and what does it want from him???

especially since this dialogue is immediately followed by:

MISTER MARK IPLIER FISCHBACH WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN "YOUR SHIP IS ALIVE" I DEMAND TO KNOW YOUR SECRETS RIGHT NOW!!!!!

ESPECIALLY SINCE THIS DIALOGUE IS IMMEDIATELY MET WITH THIS UNBEARABLY HAUNTING LINE:

THIS MOVIE MAKES ME SO FUCKING UNWELL!!!!!!!!!!!

[lum1natriiix]

a bloody good time

[lum1natriiix]

the indomitable human spirit

[lilyflxwers]

ok i absolutely need to know what accents u all have pls reblog and tell me or comment or whatever I must know

[sstrawbearri]

at this point it's the only thing left to say

[syekick-powers]

people talk about the lines between horror and comedy, and the lines between horror and erotica in a very similar way. i feel like more people need to blur the lines between comedy and erotica in their art more often too. conceptually, all three things are tied to the same fundamental idea, they just explore them in different emotional lenses.

what idea is that, you may ask?

"what if i took this basic scenario or concept and exaggerated it to its logical extreme?"

all three of those genres are driven by this question; horror just makes those extremes scary, erotica makes them horny, and comedy makes them funny.

and frankly i think that more people need to blur the lines between the erotic and the comedic more often. and im not talking about just "oh the characters mess up in a funny way during sex and then make an affectionate joke out of it", i mean like set characters up with kinks you do not even feel any arousal about whatsoever solely because you can utilize them having that kink in comedic ways. you don't need to make all your characters have the exact same kinks that you do--and fuck, even if you do have some overlap in sexual preferences, you can still use those preferences for the sake of comedy sometimes. you don't even need to be doing loony toons level slapstick with it either, you can just do shit like making it so your character with devastating parental issues ends up unintentionally dating one of their shitty parents' exes without even knowing that their shitty parent and their partner even knew each other and watch as said character subsequently tries to self-immolate when they find out. make your characters weird about things sexually and play it for the Laughs. give them an extremely specific and esoteric kink that they keep encountering in entirely nonsexual contexts in public and make a joke of how insane (horny) they become about it. drive them sexually insane for the sake of goofs and gags. i promise it is VERY funny

[huggyart]

Megurine luka💋

[genderkoolaid]

from Transmasculine Poetics: Filling the Gap in Literature and the Silences Around Us (available for free here)

[syekick-powers]

because my media diet is often so heavily saturated with horror, i genuinely forget sometimes that a good chunk of the population just doesn't engage with horror media almost at all. and it kinda. idk. i wanna say "it weirds me out" but it's not QUITE that. it's more like... if someone is serious about being a storyteller, not just a casual consumer, i think engaging with at least a little bit of horror is a necessary part of one's media diet, even if you don't want to create horror stories.

like. okay. hear me out here. the horror genre is about exploring the taboo, about identifying and processing the monstrous, and about finding the horrific in the mundane and vice versa. i'm not someone who makes a whole lot of horror content, but for me, part of why horror is an important part of my media diet is because it helps me examine my own creations from the angle of, "what in this thing ive created could be a site of fear/horror/disgust/the monstrous? how does the worldbuilding in my stories define what is and isn't taboo? what is considered monstrous versus what is considered normal? from what lens or angle could i find the horror in this relatively mundane aspect of my story and its worldbuilding?"

because like, sometimes it's very obvious to me when a creator adds an element to a story and clearly hasn't thought about it enough to realize how fucking horrific and awful that element is if you examine it more deeply. and for me, engaging with horror created by people like stephen king and junji ito, both creators who have been described as "someone who could make just about anything scary", REALLY enabled me to understand that even the most mundane and boring elements of life can become downright horrific if looked at from the right angle. the first full-length junji ito story i ever read was uzumaki, and the object of horror in that story is nothing but a simple shape: the spiral. something so mundane and unremarkable--yet it was also something junji ito made so utterly terrifying that for a few months after reading uzumaki, seeing a spiral in any context genuinely made me anxious as fuck.

and i think being able to examine one's own stories from the lens of "what could possibly make these elements horrific, monstrous, or engaged with the taboo?" is a REALLY important critical thinking skill with regard to understanding what it is you've actually written or otherwise created. obviously, you can't anticipate EVERY single possible thing readers are going to take away from your work--but if you create a scenario or add an element that is supposed to be normal or even seen as positive, desirable or romantic, and a good portion of your audience finds what you've created to be horrifying? that's a failure of self-reflection on your part. you have not thought deeply enough about what you've created. i'm sending you to the fucking dungeon.

[syekick-powers]

discord should give me a special exception and allow me to have one (1) soundboard clip longer than 5 seconds so i can make sure everyone i ever vc with is subjected to this clip at least once per call

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[wordfather]

idk if this is an usamerican thing or not but it always blows my mind as a small european country resident that yall have many names and types of apples???? what do you mean its not just red yellow or green??? why is it so complicated??? who is granny smith????

[wordfather]

'whats your favorite apple' 'red' 'no i mean like what type' '??????' actual conversatiom i've had with a mutual from usa

[wordfather]

THIRTY TWO??????

[phillyphillyphilly]

Listen that doesn’t even account for all the weird shit local farmers are getting up to.

May I present the best apple:

[wordfather]

the world is so big and beautiful

[ssvetrr]

my beautiful beautiful fairy

[lum1natriiix]

i'm sorry.

[7secs]

"I just wanna live… Is that so wrong? Why doesn't anybody else want that?" iron lung 2026

part 1

[silvaurum]

basketball dracula isn't real dude he can't-- *sudden squeaking noises from the shadows*

[silvaurum]

*two pool toys having sex tumble by in the wind* oh thank god

[silvaurum]

*thunderous slam dunk noise*

[fallout-lou-begas]

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[crimethinc]

To our dismay, the artist and author Marjane Satrapi has passed away.

As she wrote, ordinary Americans and Iranians have more in common with each other than we do with either of our governments, which have far too much in common with each other.

We honor her memory and oppose the war.