how does a plant know how to type?

perpetual fandom brainrot || 26 || She/Her/Hers || A Plant On The Internet || Tavina on AO3 || Nie Brothers Stan Blog || back on the wuxia brainrot train

[tavina-writes]

Intro?

Hi! I'm Tav! (known to some of you more commonly as Leaf). Also for clarity, I've been Tav for the past ten twelve thirteen years, so I was here first or something. I'm a part time plant on the internet, who is currently doing a PhD in Plant Biology. My educational training in undergrad is in the agricultural sciences so I occasionally reblog stuff about that as well. The agricultural training is why I'm a plant btw. My plantsona is a Golden Barrel Cactus bc I Commit To The Bit. If you ask me how I can type on the internet I will tell you its magic!

I occasionally write fic on ao3 here and mostly reblog whatever I come across that's grabbed my attention. You can find what I'm writing/working on by checking out my writing which should be relatively up to date.

I do a lot of multifandom exchange events, and I rarely if ever remember to link my works to tumblr. Mostly I figure if you're interested in that you'd hop over to ao3! I have a lot of works over there.

Right now my fandom of interest is CQL/MDZS. This is a Nie Brothers stan blog which is probably how most of you (who don't know me from other places already) found me? I think? If that's not the case WELCOME. Here we love and support NHS (blorbo) and NMJ (Da-ge). I like a lot of rarepairs also.

HOWEVER while I don't always Naruto on main, I am a plant who has been writing Naruto fic for like, 9+ years now so occasionally there's Naruto on main. That's how it is here.

I appear to have gotten back on my Jin Yong wuxia bullshit. Not, that it ever really left but I figured I should say so!

I appear to have also taken a trip into fiber arts! I knit and crochet, but primarily as whim strikes. You can find the objects and project liveblogs in "crafting with cactus"

A list of relevant tags that I keep for blog organization:

art by friends - when I originally started reblogging art to this blog ages ago, this was mostly populated by reblogging the art of friends, which is why my general art tag is now "art by friends" even if I don't know the artist bc it FEELS WEIRD to have a "art by friends" and "art by strangers I don't know on the internet"

writer memes - where I keep my collection of pain inducing memes about writers that I relate to. Other writer related stuff can be found in: writer stuff, writer woes, or fandom stuff.

laugh rule - not necessarily memes, just stuff I laughed at that I can be counted on to have a good time looking at again.

tav watches cdrama - my running list of gifsets/cdrama rambling from dramas that I have watched/am currently watching!

meta and my meta will have related things that are meta that I either want to engage with or that I wrote. Some of it probably doesn't actively belong in meta but it became too serious a shitpost for me to like, not put it there.

I will occasionally reblog hanfu under a variety of tags! Your best bet is probably to search my blog for hanfu, women's hanfu, hanfu accessories, or aesthetics to find photographs of people posing in GREAT clothing. Aesthetics also includes photosets of cool places that I like.

I have a large running list of relationship tags that are simply too numerous to keep a list of so I won't edit this post to include them bc it's too hard sorry.

[redstonedust]

idk how to explain it but im never truly comfortable with the way people insinuate that all older folks are inherently bigoted. it always feels like it kind of hand-waves away personal responsibility like ohhhh grandpa cant help homophobic, hes old. well ive met plenty of older folks who are normal about gay people. i think grandpa could be better. i think we should hold grandpa to higher standards.

[vaspider]

I've told this story a lot of times, but my in-laws went from "my father-in-law told my wife 'it's better to marry than to burn' when she came out to them for the first time, as bi, in the late 90s" to "leaving their shitty regressive church, helping build their new church's Pride float, and then opening their home to act as sponsors and a landing space for two trans women fleeing persecution in Central America, who they call 'our girls' and who call them Mom and Dad and check in with them weekly from their new home together as a married couple on the East Coast with their paperwork all sorted."

And on the other hand, I wrote my biological father a letter a few months ago calling him out on the shit he was saying to family about the trans people who are his kids and grandkids, and he tried to lie to my face about it while saying "it's just my traditional ways."

My FIL is in frequent contact with all of his children and is visited by them regularly. My father's grandkids haven't spoken to him in years, and 2/3 of his children don't talk to him at all. My mom respects our names & pronouns, even if she doesn't "get it" or whatever,* and I text with her pretty much every day.

It's Granddad's choice whether or not he wants to be lonely.

*tbh, you can't make someone "get it". At my age, as long as someone treats me with respect, whatever goes on in their head and heart is between them and their God and is nothing to do with me.

[madanimalscientist]

My grandma is a dyed-in-the-wool Southern Baptist and I admit I was nervous about coming out to her as trans, so my auntie (who is more like a big sister to me) offered to tell her. And my grandma's response was "Well I don't understand it per se, but I'm proud of you for being who you are." And then she went to my auntie, who is a doctor, and was like "so clearly things have changed since I was last in biology class, explain me how this works because clearly there is a gap in my education here and I want to understand." (which my aunt did, s/o to my aunt who works at a children's hospital and has had trans patients). Like did I think my grandma would freak out? No. Was I still nervous? Yes. But her response was so awesome and heartening, and this is a woman in her late 80s.

[kessavel-art]

[goldensunset]

‘the protagonist should be endearing and relatable’ the protagonist should make the audience scream and start banging on the one-way glass of the fourth wall. the protagonist should burn their entire life down and make the world’s worst sandcastle from the ashes. if they aren’t the cause of at least 50% of their own problems what are we doing here

[pitviperofdoom]

I try not to fall into the "I never liked their work anyway" ditch when an artist/creator reveals themself to be a terrible person

BUT

a feeling I do have and will stand by is "While I enjoyed their work overall I did have some gripes that I overlooked out of affection and whimsy, but now that my loyalty is gone and my affection tainted there is nothing holding me back from enumerating my many grievances, to which the revelations of the creator's shittiness may or may not provide a new and infuriating context."

[beatrice-otter]

#such a good summation of this actually#because yeah there’s usually things that were always present#but which were easy to overlook or give the benefit of the doubt#that suddenly become relevant after a revelation about the creator#and it’s really not the same thing as the self-defensive “’I never liked it anyway’

tags via chimaerakitten

[tavina-writes]

Doing some garment knitting! This is the Zweig sweater by Caitlin Hunter - might finish the yoke tomorrow...

[cbk1000]

As a society, we need to go back to understanding that strangers on the internet are, you know, strangers. I feel lately that I'm seeing a rise in 'An author I love blocked me because they took my comment the wrong way' posts on the ao3 subreddit, and then the comment is them calling the author a fucking bitch or something like that.

Don't do this. Tone doesn't translate well in text, and if you don't have a rapport with that author, they are not going to interpret, 'You're a fucking bitch' as, 'Author I hate you for being so talented and making me feel so keenly.' They're going to interpret it as you being an asshole. You can shit talk with your friends because you have an established relationship with them and can distinguish between playful banter and genuine anger. You do not have this with a stranger, no matter how much you like their fics. You will have a much more pleasant time in fandom and not get cockblocked from interacting with your favorite writers if you remember this.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

#I don't often see comments like these when I'm reading a fic but there have been a few that made me raise an eyebrow#I don't know if I would block over someone calling me a bitch on a fic I wrote but I'd probs try to gently tell them it's not right#coz honestly I feel like this is an issue with younger age groups who are new to reading fics and might not understand fandom culture#or at least I hope it's younger people who simply don't know better 😬#otherwise... yikes

This isn't some esoteric niche aspect of fandom culture, strangers at the potluck also do not like being called a fucking bitch.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

People in the comments like "you just need to add a /pos tone indicator to your comment!": strangers at the potluck do not like being told "You're a bitch!" with a smile and a thumbs up.

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

if you comment some demanding shit like this on fanfic writers’ works, you don’t deserve the privilege of getting to read fanfiction for free

[killergirlfuria]

Fun fact! Demanding updates is also likely to make authors delay them, either out of spite, or because you bring their mood too low to effectively write!

For me it causes both <3

[pollsforadults]

Spin the wheel. Now, imagine you're on a first date with someone who says they`re a [result]. How does this affect the odds of a second date?

100% guarantee I'll want a second date

It's significantly more likely

The odds don't change

It's significantly less likely

There wont be a second date. Absolutely not

Remaining time: 31 minutes

Picker Wheel - Spin the Wheel to Decide a Random Choice

Picker Wheel is a wheel spinner for a random picker. Various functions & customization. Enter choices or names, spin the wheel to decide a r

(anon submission)

[the-merry-otter]

In honour of Pride Month, I present: me (a Queer ™) with swords

How it started (2022) vs how it’s going (2026)

[reformedpeasant]

me too!!

how it started (2022) vs how it's going (2026)

[the-merry-otter]

omg SLAY

[natstarbuck]

The sun's completely obscured.

[ao3commentoftheday]

Hi! I have two ao3 accounts, and i was wondering of there was a way to completely move a fic from one to the other without deleting and reposting? I've added the second acc as a co-creator but I cannot remove the first. Is there a solution to this? I would really love to keep all my comments and kudos

I'm afraid you'll need to ask either Support or PAC for help with this one. I don't know why you'd be unable to remove the original account unless:

there's a technical issue occurring for some reason (Support)

your original account is currently suspended (PAC)

you cannot access the original account because you forget your password (Support)

you cannot access the original account because it is not yours (PAC)

I'm assuming it's just a technical issue that Support can help you with, but if it's one of the other things then hopefully you can contact the right team to assist.

Both email forms are linked in the website's footer. Support is linked under Technical Support & Feedback. PAC's is linked under Policy Questions & Abuse Reports

[tavina-writes]

Iirc you have to go to the original account and remove it from that side - you wouldn't be able to remove it from your second account. The option will be at the top when you go in to edit the work as a button that says "remove me as a co-creator"

[tavina-writes]

the fifth shawl of the year is complete! (Yes I know I didn't post shawl #4 yet, but I'm waiting for the pattern page to become available before I do.)

This is Denise Bartels' Venetian Light Shawl: Semi-circular in Malabrigo Silkpaca, colorway '114 Cantabrico.'

Overall, this was a really delightful knit for a good fandom friend and I had a lot of fun!

Ravelry Project page (x)

[fangorn-forest]

summer sufferers poll: would you rather have…

the ability to repel all bugs so they can’t touch/bite/sting you

the ability to always be at a comfortable temperature while outside

no chafing ever again

Voting ended onJun 9

[spankerella]

@ perfectunion

[massachusetts-official]

Official Post of Massachusetts

[lgbt-tiktoks]

Description: [A video of a woman riding a galloping horse bareback while holding a large rainbow flag.]

[nattousan]

i felt like these tags really added to the experience, thanks @cynderxdustypaws for your knowledge

[naamahdarling]

This is one of the most powerful images I have ever seen, and I will reblog it every single time because every single time it brings tears to my eyes.

[ofdirtandbones]

oooooo what a cool post my mutual just reblogged ! I think I will reblog it as well !!! oooooh who did they reblog it from ? That username seems familiar,,, hohoho it's me ! from an hour ago !