The Darkling Princess

My name is Jade, before I was me, I was somebody else. A warden, a hero. I can only hope to shed the stigma I am aligned to to become something greater.

[thedarklingprincess]

//LOGGING OFF FOR STRIKE

Find me on Discord;  VenaPrincess#1320 *

*(Plz let me know who you are when you do otherwise I’ll block, I’ve had enough creeps randomly message me with no info.)

Be back in a week!

[logoffprotest]

Log Off Protest - Phase Three

Starting February 1st at 12 am EST and extending to February 8 at 12 am EST, Phase Three consists of logging off Tumblr for an entire week and sending daily tweets to those who oversee Tumblr. 

Phase Three’s main goal is to drop Verizon’s stock and to make Tumblr aware we are not standing by as they censor users and enforce a shoddy Flagging system. By tweeting each day, we gain exposure on our cause and put pressure on Tumblr to change. 

The official F.A.Q will be released in a week and will answer the most prevalent questions. We will also release a list of complaints with the F.A.Q. If you have suggestions or questions, please DM us here or on Twitter. Thank you! 

[logoffprotest]

To everyone stating that they cannot log off of Tumblr for a week due to “not knowing what else to do” - there is plenty you can do. 

It’s not healthy to be online for more than 15 hours a week. So by logging off Tumblr for a week, you can reduce this time online and do other healthier activities. Find a new hobby, maybe visit some places, work on schoolwork, play a new video game, and so on. The things you can do other than log onto Tumblr (a singular website) is endless. 

There is more to the world and life than Tumblr. And if you state that you are sick of how Tumblr’s staff treats the website, then protest. Log off for a week. Sometimes sacrifices are necessary, and logging off a website for a week is a small one. 

[soloshikigami]

I will most definitely be participating in this. I urge everyone else to as well.

[sin-cognito]

I participated in the first one and would have participated in the second one if I had twitter or something. I will most certainly participate in the third one as well. I might even create a twitter account.

[nom-the-skel]

I will be on Twitter, and if I have any art during that time it will be on Pillowfort, deviantArt, FurAffinity, and/or Twitter. If there’s writing, AO3 and Pillowfort! I’ve been a bit busy this month so art is sparse anyway unu

[thedarklingprincess]

Gonna finish up my comic redraw and hop onto Pillowfort. I’m so done with porn bots following me and hacking people.

[poetrylesbian]

I think it’s deeply, deeply sad when I watch a video on YouTube and a woman says, “I’m having a no makeup day/it’s important to have no makeup days/I didn’t feel like doing anything today…. So I just put concealer under my eyes and on my zits and evened my complexion and did my brows and a little bit of mascara”.

[poetrylesbian]

Like their idea of not wearing makeup is… wearing makeup. It’s disturbing. I wish these women weren’t taught that the “default” of womanhood is still covering your imperfections

[frizziebot]

or maybe… they just enjoy wearing makeup? they feel better with it on? why do we assume women who enjoy wearing makeup or prefer to always have some on “hate themselves” or “don’t value” themselves. let women wear makeup who want to and let women who don’t want to have a bare face in peace. jesus fucking christ.

[perhapsly]

without fail - WITHOUT FUCKING FAIL - whenever theres a post like this, theres people like you in the comments, and i have to say, im fucking sick of it. i dont know if it stems from some sort of defensive instinct, some feeling of being attacked because you wear makeup and this post criticizes (an aspect of) makeup, but either way, you show up in the comments like reading comprehension lacking little roaches.

this post DOES NOT SAY women who like makeup should feel guilty.

it DOES NOT SAY every woman who wears makeup hates themself.

IT SAYS THAT WEARING MAKEUP - SOMETHING THAT TAKES UP MONEY, TIME AND EFFORT - SHOULD NOT BE THE NORM FOR WOMEN, TO THE DEGREE THAT ‘NO MAKEUP’ IS DEFINED AS CONCEALER, BROWS, MASCARA AND BB CREAM

THERE ARE WOMEN OUT THERE WHO ARE SCARED TO BE SEEN WITHOUT MAKEUP BY THEIR PARTNERS, WHO SLEEP WITH MAKEUP ON BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID THEIR SIGNIFCANT OTHER WILL NOT FIND THEM BEAUTIFUL WITHOUT MAKEUP

YOU CANNOT TELL ME THESE WOMEN ‘ENJOY MAKEUP’ IN THE WAY SOMEONE WOULD ENJOY KNITTING, THERE ARE MANY LAYERS TO THIS, AND SOCIETAL PRESSURE, REWARD AND EXPECTATIONS *ARE* RELEVANT. YOU CANNOT SAY OTHERWISE WITHOUT LYING TO YOURSELF.

[geekandmisandry]

Going without makeup shouldn’t be brave, it shouldn’t be an emotional challenge. But it is for a lot of people.

I have seen girls doing no makeup challenges who fucking… Got upset and cried. Just having their bare, natural faces without products on it has become so expected of them that is induces distress and anxiety to be without it. They feel judged.

That’s fucked up.

Makeup as an item, as a thing… It is nether good, nor bad, it is just a tool. But a culture of makeup is manipulative and warping the way a lot of women view themselves and how they view other women.

That is not empowerment, it’s not “choice feminism”… It’s a culture designed to exploit women emotionally and financially until they feel socially inept when not wearing makeup.

[parakeet]

[firesigh-deactivated20181118]

this has the aura of being funny but i genuinely have no idea what the fuck any of them are saying

[remakesihavetoremake-deactivate]

bööls of wa’ah

[dangerhamster]

this is what Scottish Twitter is supposed to sound like

[telepwen]

This was good for the first two thirds. Then it went from good to great.

[bolto-deactivated20211002]

why did the cake is a lie become the like most quoted portal thing when literally everything glados said was funnier 

[kurasumi]

“Look, we both said a lot of things that *you’re* going to regret.”

“Maybe you should marry that thing since you love it so much. Do you want to marry it. WELL I WONT LET YOU. how does that feel?”

“Nice job breaking it, hero”

“Look at you. sailing through the air majestically. Like an eagle…piloting a blimp”

Like this bitch had a goldmine of good lines

[starry-nightengale]

“Maybe after you finish this test, I’ll let you take the elevator all the way up to the break room… and I’ll tell you about the time I saw the deer again.”

“It’s a mystery I’ll have to solve later. By myself. Because you’ll be dead.”

[kurasumi]

“Did you know that people with guilty consciences are more easily startled by loud noise– * really loud ass train horn* “I’m sorry, I don’t know why that went off. Anyway, just an interesting science fact.“ 

“Well done. Here come the test results: You are a horrible person. I’m serious, that’s what it says: A horrible person. We weren’t even testing for that.”

“Don’t let that ‘horrible person’ thing discourage you. It’s just a data point. If it makes you feel any better, science has now validated your birth mother’s decision to abandon you on a doorstep.”

[clareironbrook]

”Remember before when I was talking about smelly garbage standing around being useless? That was a metaphor. I was actually talking about you. And I’m sorry. You didn’t react at the time, so I was worried it sailed right over your head. Which would have made this apology seem insane. That’s why I had to call you garbage a second time just now.“

“Wait. This next test DOES require some explanation. Let me give you the fast version- [unintelligible] There. If you have any questions, just remember what I said in slow motion. Test on your own recognizance, I’ll be right back.”

“This next test involves turrets. You remember them, right? They’re the pale spherical things that are full of bullets. Oh wait. That’s you in five seconds. Good luck.”

“That jumpsuit you’re wearing looks stupid. That’s not me talking, it’s right here in your file. On other people it looks fine, but right here a scientist has noted that on you it looks stupid. Well, what does a neck-bearded old engineer know about fashion? He probably - Oh, wait. It’s a she. Still, what does she know? Oh wait, it says she has a medical degree. In fashion! From France!”

“Oh, hi. How are you holding up? Because I’m a POTATO.”

”Remember, these exhibits ARE interactive. Like a children’s museum. So that means the pits of acid are filled with REAL acid. Like at a WELL FUNDED children’s museum.“

[thelovelyblark-barg]

“Federal regulations require me to warn you that this next test chamber…. is looking pretty good.”

[luchagcaileag]

I’ve heard they actually had to rewrite a lot of her dialogue for the early part of Portal 2 to be more ridiculous and petty, as it was actually so on-point and vicious it was making playtesters not want to play the game.

[sdvitale]

I don’t know what this is or why it was on my feed, but I love it and more, please

[thedarklingprincess]

"I'm going to kill you, and all the cake is gone." Is a good one if you're dead set on the cake thing. I just love the flat way she says it.

[schmoyoho]

All Star but it’s in a minor key so it makes you question life and realize the years start comin and they don’t stop comin

aka, the theme song to Shrek 9: Shrek’s Third Divorce

FEATURING THE AMAZING @allicatttx

[calysto1395]

i need a full version of this pls

[jacobsantiago-deactivated202001]

Hey mother nature i love you and shit but like….what the fuck my good bitch

[instantbanana]

Goodness!

Okay. I’m Canadian so I know a shit ton about staying warm if you’re new to the cold there here are some tips!(add more if you know more!)

1. Wear grippy shoes, nothing is worse than snowmelt freezing on your skin.

2.Do not wear jeans as your outter layer. wet denim is the most body heat siphoning mother fucker known to man or god

3. Have a warm drink with you. It will help. Even just some hot soup broth or boiled water will help keep you warm.

4. Wear a moisture wicking layer close to your skin so you don’t get cold from your own sweat. You will sweat. That is fine and expected.

5. If you start feeling too warm even though you were cold and like you have to take your clothes of DO NOT. Call 911. You are suffering from hypothermia.

6. Bring a blanket and a heat source that needs no electricity with you in your vehicle. You do not want to be stranded with no heat in the case that something happens.

7. If you are struggling on ice as you’re walking, stop. Get your balance and penguin shuffle to a less slippery patch of ground. There’s usually less ice on one side of the walk and it’s better to walk in the snow next to the sidewalk than it is to eat dirt when ya slip

8. STAY THE ABSOLUTE FUCK AWAY FROM FROZEN BODIES OF WATER. Ponds are deceptive as shit even with the “solid blue tried and true” thing. Go around.

9. Keep kids warm. They run at a higher body temperature and will feel the effects of the cold worse than you.

10. Huddling is your best friend. Even if you don’t know the person, remember you’re both cold, especially if they don’t have the right clothing for the weather.

11. Pay attention to windchill. That is how cold it feels. Dress appropriately please. I know it’s tempting to dress for style, but there’s nothing stylish about losing your toes to frostbite

12. Don’t touch metal if you can avoid it. It will sap your heat and likely freeze to anything wet. Like tongues. Don’t fucking lick a pole.

13. If someone licks something metal, pour warm water over their tongue to get them free. If they yank, they will bleed. A lot.

14. Keep your ears, noes, fingers, and toes warm. You’re extremities will get cold first and are the most likely parts of your body to get frostbite.

15. If you see someone who may not have a place to be in the cold, offer to help them find a local shelter or library. The elements, especially the cold, are some of the largest threats to those who cannot avoid them.

16. If you find yourself stuck outside for a long time, sleep during the day when it is warmest, and avoid sleeping on the ground. Stay awake as much as you can at night so you have a better chance of staying warm.

[ilmhist-archive]

Also, look out for your local animals.   Cats will sleep on car wheels where you can’t see them - it’s elevated, rubber is warmer than the ground, and it’s a little hideyhole where they feel safe.  Check your wheel wells and under your car before you go driving off, you might save a tiny life.

You can also, if you’re so inclined, make a little winter shelter for cats and small animals fairly easily and cheaply.

[Here] is a great (if lengthy) text guide to building shelters for local cats. [Here] is a video from the Ontario SPCA. [Here] is an even simpler (ad possibly cheaper) version of basically the same thing.  As long as you smooth out the opening (so the lil guys don’t injure themselves on it), insulate, and line it, and then put it somewhere where it’s not going to get flooded or the animal snowed in, you’re grand. It might not seem like much in the face of subzero temperatures, but it’s damn well better than nothing.

[supersciencegeek]

My child is autistic. He doesn’t do well with change. Even little things that would be meaningless to most people.

For example, his hairbrush was getting old and worn. He had chewed the end of it. The cats had chewed some bristles. It was dirty and dusty. But I didn’t say anything. Because it’s his hairbrush.

Finally, he said he thinks it’s time for a new brush. Ok, I say, we’ll put it on the shopping list, and get one next time we’re in town.

So we go to town and we go to the store. There are many hairbrushes to choose from. He picks one and they even have it in his favorite color. We buy it, take it home, and remove the packaging.

I go to put it on the shelf where the old hairbrush is. Can we throw out the old one, I ask.

That’s when he stops. That’s when he freezes and gets a momentary look of panic on his face. Throw out the old one? That hadn’t occurred to him.

Because here’s the thing. Hair brushing is a part of his morning routine. And not just hair brushing, but hair brushing with that particular brush. To most people, the act of hair brushing is the routine, but not the brush itself. The objects are interchangeable. But not to my child. Not to someone with autism. The brush itself is just as important as the act of brushing.

So I take a breath. I put the old brush down. Think about it, I say. Let me know tomorrow what you want to do with this brush.

He decides. He realizes keeping an old hairbrush is not necessary. But it’s still important to him. So he asks if I can cut off one bristle. To keep. As a memory of the old hairbrush.

I don’t laugh. I don’t tell him it’s silly. I respect his need. I cut off the bristle. He puts it in his treasure box, along side some smooth rocks, beads, sparkly decals, a Santa Claus charm from a classmate, a few other things meaningful to him.

He throws the old hairbrush away himself. He is able to move on, and accept the change.

[saturnscope]

This is a great way to help an autistic person move on properly, instead of forcing them to get rid of it you let them use their own method and left them feeling safe. Congrats fam👏👏

[displacerghost]

For me hyper empathy is also part of this and I have to like, grieve for things like this. And approaching it that way, as grief, as legitimate bereavement instead of pushing myself to treat it the way NT’s in my life had taught me (dismissive, mockery, “it’s just a hairbrush wtf why are you like this”) has really helped in these kinds of situations.  I don’t laugh. I don’t tell him it’s silly. I respect his need. I wish I’d had this kind of understanding and safety in my childhood. It teaches you how to be safe and understanding to yourself.

[helperhoopoe]

stop insulting yourself. it doesn’t help.

[rottentrauma]

But what if it’s true

[helperhoopoe]

it still doesn’t help. you can call yourself as many names as you want, but it won’t make you a better, happier, healthier or kinder person.

punishment doesn’t work. only positive reinforcement does. be kind to yourself and get better.

[brushbell]

ouch, shit, you right you right

[skreamingninja]

[autohaste]

If depression was a musical

[capacity]

This is a bop

[ghostbustinggays]

ok this keeps coming on my dash and every time the notes are filled with people being like WHAT IS THIS so i am HERE TO ENLIGHTEN YOU, FRIENDS

this is from the musical Firebringer which is free to watch on Youtube. it’s by Team StarKid of A Very Potter Musical fame (think you recognize the girl singing? that’s Lauren Lopez, also known as the funniest Draco Malfoy the world has ever seen)

anyway, Firebringer is a female-driven, hilarious musical about bisexual cavewomen and you are going to want to watch it. trust me.

WATCH FIREBRINGER!

[bookwyrm-in-space]

Our entire office sings this at least once a week.

[nonbinary-safe-haven]

I call this photo set Famous People Giving Trans/NB People Their Love and Support

If you have anything to add to this then please do!!❤️ -Mod Lee

[steg-o-sore-us-deactivated20190]

ok so i reread this

definitely not crying

[henrik-von-schneeplestein]

I hope y’all don’t mind if I add one:

[midnight-spectrum-again]

As a non binary person, I needed this

[why-i-love-comics]

Mysteries of Love in Space #1 - “Glasses” (2019)

written by Jeff Loveness art by Tom Grummett & Cam Smith

[babyboomerbullshit]

well I sure hope so?

[karalora]

A couple things here…

1. How do you suppose the 1960 conservatives would react to the idea of a President who has close ties to the leader of Russia? What would they say about the fact that so many of his followers are literal Nazis?

2. If AOC appeared to be a lunatic to 1960 Americans, it would be because the principle thing she advocates for–the 70% marginal tax rate–was policy at that time. So she’d be running around going “Marginal tax rates should be 70%!” and everyone would go “…yes? They are? Shouldn’t you, a sitting member of Congress, know that?”

[freifraufischer]

The marginal tax rate in 1962 was 87% percent.

[autumnhobbit]

New York voted to allow non-doctors to perform abortions. You get some rando with an indeterminate amount of know-how on how the body works shoving a sharp instrument up into your very-tearable uterus. Yay, women’s rights!

[jurakan]

Remember that whole ‘Keep abortions safe’ thing? Yeah, that’s BS.

[heartandstride-deactivated20190]

“Section 2 of the bill creates a new Article 25-A of the Public Health Law (PHL), which includes section 2599-aa, Policy and Purpose, and section 2599-bb, Abortion, which states that an abortion may be performed by a LICENSED, CERTIFIED, OR AUTHORIZED PRACTITIONER within 24 weeks from the commencement of pregnancy, or there is an absence of fetal viability, or at any time when necessary to protect a patient’s life or health.”*

[strengthins0lidarity]

Let’s be very clear: this piece of legislation:

Uses gender-neutral language (‘patient’ rather than ‘woman’)

Specifies that abortion is allowed when any life is at stake

Establishes that it must be performed by a licensed practitioner.

[apocalypse-angel]

Basically, what this allows people to do is to go to a nurse or another professional who has been trained and licensed to perform this procedure to get an abortion, which – let’s be clear – can be accomplished by something as non-invasive as taking a pill if you’re still in the early weeks.

This is exactly the same as letting nurses administer vaccinations. You don’t need a full MD to give someone a shot, and forcing people to do so wastes everyone’s time and takes the doctor away from patients who actually need to see someone with a full MD.

[cipheramnesia]

FYI imposing standards so far beyond what is necessary to be 100% safe and sanitary on abortion clinics is one of those sneak shitty ways asshole conservatives manipulate people into voting away abortion rights. 

[swvevo]

[luna-forever-1]

😂

[aenramsden]

You have to admire her audacity, if nothing else.

[boogabeing]

Literally my favourite thing about Rogue One is that it makes the opening of New Hope so funny. Like, Vader has followed Leia from a planet he just blew up seconds ago and pursued her across the galaxy and then she’s just like: ‘I’m on a diplomatic mission to Alderaan’

Vader: You’re a rebel. I just had a fight with your entire rebel fleet and followed you here. Straight from the rebels. Of which you are a part

Leia: *dramatic gasp* rebel? Me???  I was just passing through. Diplomatically. Thought it was a five-space-ship pile-up or something going on there… 

[hashtagloveloses]

death star plans? on my alderaanian diplomatic mission? it’s more likely than you think

[captainlordauditor]

[gehayi]

Seriously, that level of bald-faced lying combined with pure chutzpah should have tipped Vader off IMMEDIATELY that Leia was his kid.

[badgyal-k-deactivated20190901]

Start answering people’s invasive questions with “does it matter?”

Watch them explode lmao

[jervae]

🤔:“Is that your hair?”

😏:”Does it matter?”

[mscoolcat]

Okay but true facts, this can make a profound impact. When I was younger, I had a friend who is trans and my mom once asked what his birth name was, and I asked, “Why does it matter?” She paused and answered something to the effect of, “You’re right, it doesn’t.”

[petty-davis-eyes-deactivated202]

Been doing this for a few years now. Have often been labeled as “rude” because of it, but we don’t owe anyone more information than we want to give them. Ever. 

[lethalnihilism]

oh my god lmfao

edit: it got funnier actually

i’m laughing @ all of this