#ask silvy

[silvysartfulness]

Hey I don’t know your politics but that post about anti-semetic hate-crimes does happen to equate being Israeli and zionist with being Jewish, which is itself a massively anti-semetic talking point as by doing that you are claiming that all Jews support an active genocide. This is a common anti-semetic talking point these days among zionists trying to manufacture an image where the majority of Jews agree with them and it only serves to dehumanize Jews even more than society already does. Those incidents are important to talk about but by claiming that all anti-semetic actions are anti-zionist you are saying that the majority of Jews, who really do not support this genocide, actually do. Please be careful about calling entire peoples genocidal.

I'm actually not sure what post you're referring to, as I have a strict policy to never reblog posts painting any entire peoples/nationalities as deserving of hate or violence because of what certain warmongering governments are doing.

If this really is in good faith, please tell me what exact post it is you find problematic, and why?

If this is trolling, which is sadly not unlikely, there are people whose insights in this matter I trust far more than a random anon's.

[silvygonzalez]

Ask me anything!

[silvysartfulness]

on your blog theme, you have a 'p' shadow style that's white... that really makes it hard to read. do you think you could change the color to black, or remove the shadow?

Ugh, um, okay... *scratches head* It’s literally been years since I poked around with the blog design, I’m afraid I don’t even remember how to tweak the settings anymore, and my head is not currently in a condition to try and figure out code.

I’m really sorry it makes my blog inaccessible to you, I am, but I don’t think I’ll be able to poke at it any time soon. So sorry. :/

[silvysartfulness]

what about.. odette if instead of turning into a swan, she turned into a phoenix? And #12 palette? OR if you remember Fate, him and #8 palette? OR a tiny little dryad with #11? LOOK I AM JUST GOING TO FLING IDEAS AT YOU TILL SOMETHING STICKS.

Took a lot longer than planned and tumblr’s resizing ate all detail, but… XDThanks for the prompt, love! <3

[silvysartfulness]

You're really inspirational and I think you're wonderful. I hope your world is full of light and happiness and fresh fruit and you find money in your sock drawer.

I love you, sweet anonymous. You made me smile when I really needed to. Thank you. *smothers with love*

[silvysartfulness]

I am following you because I used to be a big fan of your fic and art back in the heyday of the Slayers fandom. (A Flower Whose Name I Don't Know Yet. Squee!). I stumbled across your deviantart and it led me here.

Awwe! That's really flattering, that fanfic is... what, twelve years old, something like that? More? 15? But still! Hi! Glad you found me, hopefully my "reblog anything shiny" approach to tumblr won't scare you off. ;)

[silvysartfulness]

What are your top 5 any things?

Well, since there’s no demand for a common, theme, and things like “creativity”, “compassion” and “social justice” are sort of a given, I’ll just list a handful of my personal favourite everyday things, period. u.u

1. My cats. They’re the best. (supposedly girlfriend fits in here somewhere as well, what with the whole “awesome personalities in my everyday life” sorta deal…)

Nemo, Strumpan, Furiel and Misty.

2. Purple roses. I collect them, currently have about a dozen different kinds, half of which are new and I haven’t seen bloom yet. Very much looking forward to see it happen this summer. :D

Blue For You, Charles de Gaulle, Mainzer Fastnacht top row and Royal Celebration, Bugundy Ice + Rhapsody in Blue and Wild Rover bottom row - my purple roses last summer. This year I have lots more. =p

3. Hijacking Chigrima’s characters, and thinking up horrible dirty AU scenarious with them, cackling evilly all the while. u.u Or well, her characters in general. It’s my current fandom.

Cackle cackle.

4. The light returning. Spring bleeding into summer. I suffer from SAD, so the dark season is always tough on me. The light returning is like balm on a wound, like life coming back. It’s a wonderful feeling, like waking up from a long, uncomfortable sleep.

Light and colors and living green things. ♥

5. Tasty things. I love tasty things. I especially have a real soft spot for fruit juice, it’s one of those things I’ll always get in the supermarket or restaurant if I travel someplace new, just to try new flavours. But classic tasty things like chocolate and tea work as well. :)

When I was in India: Fresh pineapple juice, colored pencils, sketchpad… Best way to do school work ever. XD

[silvysartfulness]

✖ I'm just incredibly shy and fail at starting conversations ^_^;;

Don't be shy, Anon! I'm actually a very nice and friendly person! I can be a bit tense around new people, too, and sometimes people mistake that as aloofness - far from the truth! I do like talking to people, I'm just rotten at starting conversations, and am very easily distracted even halfway through. Never be scared to talk to me, though. I don't bite. :)