#*psa

[helraising-archived]

a little moment of honesty; it's been a bit difficult for me to be on here and feel safe and enjoy my time on helena, i still love her and want to continue writing her, but i have had some extremely uncomfortable interactions on here in and out of roleplays in the past several months that frankly left me feeling disgusted, unhappy, and self conscious. if i ever randomly talk or rant about weirdos or creeps in the rpc, then i encountered most of them here, and it's making me second guess how i write helena: she's a "bitch" if i'm too serious, she's "an easy piece of meet" if i let her be casual and flirty. it really sucks. don't worry. i'm okay. this is also not a vague post, it's my discomfort with misogyny in rpc and fandom. i'm constantly reevaluating my boundaries, cutting out weirdos from my mutualship and finding mutuals who are amazing and respectful, trying to maintain my joy and love for writing and huntress in other ways, trying different things to inspire myself to be back here, and most importantly, i understand my safety, my comfort, my discomfort, and my negative experiences & feelings are all mine to handle. i thank you all for your patience and for being your lovely selves, and for letting me get to know you and your muse, as well write with you 🩵

psst: to my shipping partners, i'm sorry if i'm out of it. i absolutely treasure you and your muses, it just might take me some time before i feel comfortable writing helena in romantic contexts again. i'm actively trying between giving myself space, experimenting via other characters, reading comics and fanfics to refamiliarise myself with helena's flirtier side, and dipping my toes back into the water again. i hope my clarification clears up any doubts, my replying speed is never an indication of interest 🫂 long live huntress nation, sappho's bravest soldier 🥳

[awokerph]

reblog this if you're okay with pre-established relationships in threads with new partners and muses

[rpschtuff]

You're not imagining it -- reblog notifications are broken.

Tumblr's most recent update made it so you will no longer receive notifications in your activity feed when you reblog or interact with your own posts. This is a fine idea, but it has a major issue. If you reblog a post that was originally yours from another person, neither you nor the person you reblogged from will be notified.

Let's say Person A makes a starter, and Person B reblogs it with a reply -- Person A will be notified of that reblog. Then Person A reblogs that from Person B to add their own reply -- Tumblr recognizes this as Person A interacting with their own post, so Person A won't be notified, but neither will Person B.

Considering that interaction I just described is the backbone of roleplaying on this site, this is a problem -- it means that any threads you're involved in that your partner wrote the starter for won't notify you correctly. It is incredibly easy to miss replies when this is happening.

I truly believe this was just an oversight and not done intentionally, but it should still be fixed. I have filled out a support form with staff informing them of the issue and I recommend that you do the same. Please remember to be polite! Simply explain what the issue is and why it's a problem. You can even link them to this post if you want.

In the meantime, the best method to avoid this is to @-mention your partner in replies, so that it will still show up in their activity feed no matter what. You can also use RPThreadTracker to keep an eye on your replies and make sure you don't miss anything.

[heartclef]

update on my tag (#userfairy)

hello everyone! my tag has been quite deserted for a while now even tho, some people still tag me on things (thank you for that!). however, since i don't really rb kpop content anymore i don't exactly see the point of using it for that. it doesn't mean i will stop using it! i will interact if it's things to do with palestine, congo or sudan or important info in general that you guys feel i should share. it's very unlikely BUT if you do watch d20 shows (dropout shows to tbh) or critical role (this is new to me because of campaign 4) feel free to tag me into those. truly anything dnd or fantasy related is welcome!

i will accept movies or tv shows and certain western artists (check out my sideblog @brutalkarma if you do creations for things like that) i will rb those over there!

i hope it's understandable but i wanna share my gratitude for the people who have used my tag for years, which is crazy to think about, for kpop content! who knows if i change my mind later on but for now, i am grateful and this is just a psa that i don't feel like everyone will see it but it should be an explanation as to why i don't interact with kpop content on my tag!

[tarlosstory]

This blog/project has not been abandoned, I've just briefly put it on hold while my tumblr issues are being fixed. I will resume uploading the rest of the edited/brightened clips eventually!

[rosedreamdesigns]

Posting a second update. So as you can see, I have not posted any of the Wuwa icons I was intending to make. Because unfortunately, we had a lot happen in the past few weeks. I lost my job, and due to the stress and anxiety of our current economy....well. I got sick. On the one hand, I do definitely have more time. But I'm also recovering as much as possible. I will still do the icons. It is just...slower due to my mental, emotional, and physical health in this moment. I ask that you're patient with me as I get them out.

[prayreturn]

accessibility > aesthetics.

it's been said many times, but accessibility in the rpc is a real issue - i have seen quite a few people tag graphics with eyestrain, which is good, but we can do more. particularly when it comes to fonts as screen readers cannot read some of the fonts used and, honestly, the rpc in general tends to over-format their posts. aesthetics is one thing, but you really don't need 7 different fonts and styles in your posts ( personally i only really use it for character names so the post doesn't get thrown into the char tags even though it's untagged, thanks tumblr! ) though most often i see it used for headings which i think is fine in small doses - but it's quite common to see several fonts, styles and colours in peoples posts which is far less accessible. spacing is a complicated matter as personally it makes things much harder for me to read and i know several roleplayers who have said the same, but have also seen people argue that it makes things easier for others to read. it differs person for person, so it's best to ask! similarly, whilst it's rare i do see it still - posting your replies as images completely disregards accessibility.

below is a list of those that it can read and those it cannot - when in doubt, it doesn't hurt to temporarily use a screen reader to double check or asking the person you are writing with if it's a thread. make your writing and your blog accessible and ask if those you are writing with need any particular formatting in order to assist with any dyslexia or visibility problems. when plotting or discussing threads, it only takes a few seconds to ask "hey, do you need anything specific regarding accessibility or visibility in these posts?"

unfortunately i am unable to test all available screen readers that are available, so if you have any additions do let me know! i have tested on a few screen readers and text-to-speech programs: ttsreader, ChromeVox, Pericles: screen reader extension on chrome and firefox, NVDA (windows), murfai, tts by Readme, Screen Reader by UserWay, Google text-to-speech, NaturalReader text-to-speech and textmagic.

these fonts work:

ｔｈｉｓ　ｆｏｎｔ

these ones may or may not work depending on the text-to-speech or screenreader. they appear to work on textmagic, on Screen reader by UserWay, Pericles: screen reader extension on chrome and firefox, and google text-to-speech. i have tested it with ChromeVox and these fonts sometimes work and sometimes don't for some reaso - if i would suggest that if you are in doubt, ask:

𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒏𝒕

𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐧𝐭

𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗻𝘁

𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙣𝙩

these fonts do not work with most screen readers / tss:

𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔰 𝔣𝔬𝔫𝔱 ( works with Pericles )

𝖙𝖍𝖎𝖘 𝖋𝖔𝖓𝖙 ( works with Pericles )

ᵗʰⁱˢ ᶠᵒⁿᵗ

ᴛʜɪs ꜰᴏɴᴛ

​🇹​​🇭​​🇮​​🇸​ ​🇫​​🇴​​🇳​​🇹​

ₜₕᵢₛ fₒₙₜ

ᵗʰⁱˢ ᶠᵒⁿᵗ​

𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤 𝕗𝕠𝕟𝕥 ( works with Pericles )

𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚗𝚝 ( works with Pericles )

𝓉𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒻ℴ𝓃𝓉 ( works with Pericles )

𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓯𝓸𝓷𝓽 ( works with Pericles )

тнιѕ ƒσηт

t̷h̷i̷s̷ ̷f̷o̷n̷t

those that don't work simply will not read out the words, skipping them altogether if there is text it can read either side of it, resulting in large amounts of text being unread. if you absolutely have to use several fonts or large amounts of text in these fonts ( i wouldn't think so, though ) then please add "captions" below the text, possibly in a blockquote or read-more, where the text is plainly typed so it can be read.

t̸̡̧̪̣̯̼̠̺̠͉̼̍͜͜͠ͅh̷͎̜̠̺̫̘̒͊̈i̸̡͗̔̉̾̚͝͝ṣ̸̢̥̮͚̲͎̣̉̏̈́̂ ̵̮̞͇̪̼̳͈͚͉̻̬͈͑̄̍͌̓͊̽̌̍͆͒͝f̷̡̢̡̫͎̲̻̼̤̪̠̪͍͔͒͌͊̈́̔̄̀̉̈́͛̕ơ̸̞͚̗̣͇̜̫͍͋̓̐͒̓̒͌͐n̷̛̗͍̈́̎͐̌̈͆̂͆͒̒̚ṱ̷̨̤͚̓͑̒͌̒͌̎̀̕͝͝

the above "cursed text" font...kind of works? it reads it out letter by letter, as does t͎h͎i͎s͎ ͎f͎o͎n͎t͎, so i would recommend against using them for anything but short single words.

please keep this in mind and try to make your blog accessible!