ALL THOSE YEARS IN THE SHADOWS...

PLEASE READ "ABOUT ME" BEFORE FOLLOWING! Sylph, otherwise known as "AuntUncle Macabre". Fandom Ancient. Badass bookseller. Wise old mother elf in kinky boots. Medically intersex, uses pronouns "she/they".

[sylphidine]

About me [pinned post]

Sylph or Sylphi, pronouns she/they. Also answers to the nickname "AuntUncle Macabre". Medically intersex, legally blind, physically disabled, badass bookseller.

This is my general blog: my writing-specific blog can be found at https://sylphmacabre.tumblr.com/

Fanfiction author of works in the RISE OF THE GUARDIANS / GUARDIANS OF CHILDHOOD  fandom, the ROTGOC subfandom known as Nightmare Dork University and its near-infinite AUs, and the DELTARUNE fandom, specifically centered around Chapter 2.

My best-known work-in-progress fanfics are A CITIZEN OF THE UNIVERSE AND A GENTLEMAN TO BOOT [RotG/GoC], ECDYSIS [Nightmare Dork University], and CALL SIGNS [Deltarune].  I am an extremely slow writer, but none of my works are ever abandoned, even if it's months and / or years between updates!  I cherish my readers who are patient.

I started writing fanfiction in 2015, at the ripe young age of 52. Make of that what you will.

Other current fandom interests you'll see me reblogging here: BLAKES 7; DOCTOR WHO; GOOD OMENS; THE MAGNUS ARCHIVES; OVER THE GARDEN WALL [particularly the Beastnoch pairing]; and THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA [particularly the Pharoga pairing].

My works on Tumblr can be found under the tag "sylph writes" and on Archive of Our Own at https://archiveofourown.org/users/Sylphidine_Gallimaufry/works

Specific stuph about me has been outlined here.  https://www.tumblr.com/sylphidine/176641391627/so-you-think-you-know-me?source=share

I'm used to being the oldest fan in the fandoms for which I write. That can be both a blessing and a curse. I'm not going to say "minors shouldn't interact", but I'm definitely old enough to be a grandparent, so minors may wish to curate their own experience on my blog with that in mind.

[transgenderization]

hope tumblr lasts another 20 years so i can liveblog my midlife crisis

[sylphidine]

I already reblogged my midlife crisis ten years ago. I hope Tumblr lasts another 20 years so I can reblog my end of life crisis.

[cybergirl-cathy]

A letter to my fellow trans sisters – transmisogyny is certainly awful to experience and ruining society as we know it, but the solution is not to project our frustration onto trans men and non-binary folks as if they are somehow causing the problem and not the cisgender dominated patriarchy.

Let's be honest with ourselves, us trans women grew up as teenage boys; not that we were boys but that society saw us as boys. Young men are bombarded with misogynistic propaganda every single day, and nobody is immune to that. If you think you're the exception, you're wrong

Toxic masculinity doesn't just disappear when you start taking estrogen. You have to actively, critically examine the beliefs you take for granted and unlearn the bad ideas society has taught you. But so many of you have assumed, just as TERFs do, "well, I'm a woman now, so I can't possibly be sexist," and then start talking about so-called "TMEs" the way incels talk about women (including us!)

Stop making death and rape threats against trans men (especially children, the fuck is wrong with you all!?)

Stop using gross, misogynistic slurs against trans men and enbies ("transandrocunt", "zipper-tits", "theyfab" etc.). Surely you can see that's no better than when we get called "shemales" and "sissies", right?

Stop pretending that growing up as a girl first has zero lasting impact on a trans man's psyche, especially if the man in question grew up in the global south or underprivileged rural areas

Stop pretending that trans men being ignored and invisible is privilege and not erasure (we've already had this discussion years ago with bisexuals having "straight-passing privilege")

Stop all of that. You're making online trans and queer spaces worse for everyone, yourself included. Transfeminism and anti-transandrophobia aren't opposites. They go hand-in-hand! In fact, they're the exact same thing. You're never going to break the gender binary down if you keep acting like being a trans woman is more valid than other genders

Trans women, stand up for your brothers and enby siblings instead of beating them down, especially in this day and age when governments around the world want to fucking murder and detransition all of us. When they speak, say it louder!

If you're already doing that, I love you and you need to keep doing it until we make the world a better place for all trans folks <3

United we stand, divided we fall

[tropiclown]

let me become your strength 💚

[cat-jpeg]

[sexy-people-contests-2026]

Tumblr Sexyman Contest 2026 Round 1 Part 57

Ryu (Street Fighter)

Santa Claus (Rise of the Guardians)

Remaining time: 2 days 21 hours

[colliholly]

POV you take spamton home and give him his own room

[newrider]

[wamscoastsmoker]

IT’S HALLOWEEN TIME TO GET SPOOKY

[notsocialphobixanymorelmao-deac]

I T S T H E M I D D L E O F J U N E

[wamscoastsmoker]

I T I S H A L L O W E E N T I M E T O G E T S P O O K Y

[pwhyxco]

ok who the fuck got this on my dash it’s still june

[wamscoastsmoker]

get spooky

[tshifty]

how does this appear every june

[honeybeeavenue]

@nooowestayandgetcaught

[bardstardish]

STOP BRINGING THIS BACK EVERY JUNE

[marta-bee]

… I’ve just queued this up for next June. Because reasons

[bitchassslytherinsnakery]

Oh and it’s rainbow skeletons too this is perfect 😂

[not-sad-just-emo-deactivated202]

PeRFECT

[no-gender-only-soup]

IT’S GAY HALLOWEEN TIME TO GET SPOOKY

[spacingout]

R a i n b o w s k e l e t o n s

[annoyed-almond-milk-deactivated]

G A Y H A L L O W E E N

[xx-mcrtist-xx]

I scheduled it to post every day of june

[catchymemes]

[twig-the-escaped-cephalopod]

i am Thinkimg . about the Character. and listening to a Song. i a m sure this will not have repercussions

[druniversewhofan]

And.. Here we are

[sylphidine]

I've only heard tales of this convention appearance, glad to see these photos.

[sylphidine]

Love knows all forms and all colours.

I am very proud of my country today.

[sylphidine]

The first month I was on Tumblr is when same-sex marriage was legalized in the US.

So much in my country is a horror show, eleven years later.

But I still believe in all of you. LGBTQIA. You all have a seat on my porch. You are all safe with me. Asexuals, intersex folk, genderqueer, genderfluid, nonbinary folks, trans people, lesbians, gays, bisexuals, pansexuals... I love you all.

Not just during Pride Month.

[vagathathegreat]

Always remember who started to fight back first. Intersectionalty is so important!

[orpheuslament]

i need (abruptly stops talking & stares at some random fixed point with a vacant expression)

[mutationgirl]

I am the very model of a frightened shaking animal

[curatedstupidity]

I've anxieties outlandish that stay in my peripheral

[kylieminvogue]

"COLUMBO" S1E5 - "Dead Weight"

[pusheen]