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[evenlyevi]

Dandelions

[batmanhistorian]

Tiny Dick Grayson making a Mother's Day card for both Bruce and Alfred.

Strange Love Adventures #1

[theinternetarchive]

three decorative panels of lacquer with ivory and shell inlays; overall: 90.8 x 48.3 x 2.9 cm; japan, edo period to meiji period c. 1800s.

[yaybatman]

Getting beat and then curling up into a ball

Batman: Hush (2003)

Batman: The Man Who Laughs (2005)

[wonderfultroia]

[dashcon-two]

VirtualDash Schedule for 2026! WithPre-Convention Programming

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Hello everyone!! We are so excited to share with y'all a *locked in* version of the schedule, beautifully visualized by our social media team on our instagram! 

Pre-Con Programming

We’ve been cooking this up in the background: A week prior to DashCon proper, please join your fellow DashConners and Tumblrinas as we dip our toes into a VirtualDash experience on July 25th, at 12:00 - 6:00 PM EDT. Important: The events below are open to all VirtualDash and IRLDash ticketholders who connect to the Dashcon 2 (2026) discord server as described in your ticket receipt email! 

Tumblr Heritage Posts Kahoot hosted by AnonymousSong

12:00pm-1:00pm EDT

How well do you know this hellsite? Get quizzed on some of the site's most popular posts in a Kahoot game against your fellow Tumblrinas. Run by a long-time Tumblr hostage resident!

Crow and Tell

1:15pm-2:15pm EDT

A virtual crow exchange– participants (like you!) can present to the room unique items, strange artifacts, and meaningful trinkets. To sign up to share your Crow and Tell offering, please click the following link for more details, share your precious with us, and we’ll be in touch! https://forms.gle/tLUGyfpJYCDbj1dR6 

Dashcon 2 Magma 

2:30pm-3:30pm EDT

Blorbos welcome! Join us on a collaborative whiteboard to noodle, share and exchange doodles, and help us create a virtual “group photo” to hang on our fridge.

Hamilton Sing-Along

3:45pm-6:00pm EDT

The World’s Turned Upside Down, and we’re singing along to Hamilton in 2026. It’s been nearly 11 years since the broadway debut of Hamilton, and I still have a certain drawing of Thomas Jefferson on my desktop.

Saturday at VirtualDash

‘Frog tongues attach at the front of the mouth’ and other fun facts: Science and stories from the Curator of Herpetology at the Natural History Museum Denmark 

10am - 11:30am EDT

Hosted by @markscherz

Last year, he said that DashCon 2 could have used more frog science. This year, he delivers.

One Fan Band: The Basics of Making Your Own Fanmusic

11:45am - 12:45pm EDT

Hosted by @caramiaddio

Everyday, fanmusic is left behind. But with YOUR help, it can thrive. Join the lead composer of Goncharov in the basics of writing fanmusic!

Unmasking the Masq: What do know before joining your first Cosplay Masquerade

1pm - 1:30pm EDT

Hosted by @mackdizzy

Want to hop into the world of the Masq? Join this cos-performance veteran as she walks you through the ins and outs of the cosplay Masquerade.

Yarn wig styling with Julie Joyful

1:45pm - 3:15 pm EDT

Hosted by @hazelri

This little monster needs a new wig! Come learn about yarn wig styling from a Julie Joyful cosplayer: is knee length hair.. long enough?

3AM to Ao3: A Guide to Writing and Posting Your First Fanfiction

3:30pm - 4:30pm EDT

Hosted by @publiccmenace 

A quick guide to writing and posting your first fanfic!

Fanwork Exchanges 101

4:45pm - 5:45pm EDT

Hosted by @antimony-medusa, @mackdizzy, @jaybin-superiority, @creetchure, @that-fall-guy 

Do you want to host a fanworks exchange? Join Fanworks Exchanges 101 to learn about hosting exchanges, participating, and general fanworks!

The Muppet Joker’s Quiet Sock Puppet Craft Corner

6pm - 7:30pm EDT

Hosted by @the-muppet-joker

Bring sock. Hot glue gun. Cardboard. Felt. Scissors. Yarn. Googly eyes. A ritual, reversed. A murder, unsolved. Oh baby. We makin puppets.

Syd and Marti Dissect Classic Literature: Why the Road not Taken by Robert Frost is an Allegory for Dreamnotfound

9:15pm - 10:15pm EDT

Hosted by @disaster-syd

Join us on a journey of a brain melting fandom analysis and totally not fake DNF kill proofs!!!! (not clickbait! We cried?!)

Strange Croaker (TTRPG)

10:30pm - 12am EDT

Hosted by @em-7dice + players!

Join in watching a live playthrough of the DashCon 2 themed one-page TTRPG, Strange Croaker.

Sunday at VirtualDash

Bionicle and Gender

8am - 8:30am EDT

Hosted by @LucasBuilds

It turns out one of LEGO's most iconic themes lends itself to some interesting readings when it comes to gender. Join me as I attempt to explain just how Bionicle has become a part of trans culture.

The Prince and Blorbos

8:45am - 9:45am EDT

Hosted by @theabigailthorn

Join Abigail Thorn as she talks about fanfic, blorbos, and The Prince!

Victorian Children

10am - 10:30am EDT

Hosted by @thesequelnobodywanted

We've all seen the online meme: "[insert modern thing here] would kill a Victorian child," but…would it? Join me as we BECOME the Victorian child, and take an amateur deep dive into their society, and their own smut literature. Together we'll find out how much hot cheetos, McDonalds Sprite, and sentient smut books would REALLY shock our Victorian counterparts.

"I block all blaze posts, but yours."

10:45am - 11:45am EDT

Hosted by @millenniallust4death

If you've celebrated Martin and Bosco Day on July 13, then you already know them. What happens to a post that Tumblr users keep blazing?

The Unofficial Neopets Crash Course to Late Stage Capitalism

12pm - 12:45pm EDT

Hosted by @maryjubran, @iammai, @dreadpiratecthulhu

Neopets has thrived since 1999. But at what cost? A story of what happens when capitalists greedily take over a virtual pet game.

Unsinkable: A History of Shipping Culture

1pm - 2pm EDT

Hosted by @watchinghimrakeleaves

This panel will journey through some of the earliest examples of shipping, going all the way back to antiquity, before delving into the birth of modern fandom in the 20th century as we discuss the highs and lows of current shipping culture

Underpants on the Outside: Why do superheroes Look Like That?

3:45pm - 4:45pm EDT

Hosted by @ohnoitstbskyen

A brief history of the superhero costume, what it used to mean and what it means now, and what it teaches us about character design.

Intro to Presidentblr (Or How I Found Myself Dedicating an Absurd Amount of My Time Pretending to be President Richard Nixon on Tumblr)

5pm - 6pm EDT

Hosted by @nixon-official

The mod of Nixon-Official attempts to unravel Presidentblr – Tumblr blogs role-playing as U.S. presidents and related historical figures.

A Musical Analysis of Shrek: Let's Get this Ogre and Done With

6:15pm - 7:15pm EDT

Hosted by @biggestdumbestduck

Come on a musical journey through the Shrek movies, as we analyze changes in a Totally Scientific way. BYOO^.(Bring Your Own Onion.)

da fanfiction of da fanfiction: Adapting My Immortal for the Stage

7:30pm - 9pm EDT

Hosted by @myimmortalplay

The team behind the My Immortal play explore where fan culture and performance collide. Dis iz4 al da goffik theatr kidz!1 No TERFs allowed!

Vampires Never Die: Why Vampire Fiction & Symbolism Never Goes Out of Style

9:15pm - 10:15pm EDT

Hosted by @yvesdot

Exploring everything vampires have ever symbolized—for classic Tumblr queer-monster types, and those impatient for whatever comes next.

Gregoria: A Historia

10:30pm - 12am EDT

Hosted by Lizzie Teddy & Gregory

The Dashcon 2 Discord is filled with mentions of "Gregory". Learn who she is, how she got there, and contribute to the Gregory lore yourself!

[nemfrog]

Solar panels envisioned almost a hundred years ago. Le petit inventeur. January 1929. Children's magazine, cover detail.

Gallica