The Dolls Will Rise

Cas (Alias) 23 He/Him This is a fandom side blog mostly for Living Dead dolls and Monster High Dolls. But there will be guest appearances from other toys too. Honestly I just want a place to talk about my toy collection. :)

[toitown]

So, I’ve been surfing toy-related fan content via Tumblr for a while now, and I think it’s about time I actually make a blog and start contributing for a change. But first I need to introduce myself.

I’m using the alias Cas for this blog at the moment because I feel uncomfortable putting my real name up on the internet. My pronouns are he/him and I’m 18. This is a side blog mainly for Living Dead Doll and Monster High Doll content so I don’t flood my main blog. There will also be a few other toys making appearances every now and again too. If you like toys, then this is definitely a blog for you.

Also, heads up, because of the nature of some of these toy brands, this blog isn’t necessarily family friendly. LDD has gore and is mainly a horror brand, so heads up to anyone who’s not big into that kind of content. I’ll make sure to put content warnings in the tags, and if I miss something or you want to request a tag, feel free to message me.

So, with that all said and done, I hope everyone enjoys this side blog, and has some good fun!

[tumblr]

Reblogs in a chain now get their own notes

The reblog chain is one of the things that makes Tumblr unlike anywhere else. All the notes on reblogs are attributed to the original post, no matter which branch people actually liked or reblogged. We want to keep encouraging conversations, and give contributors the recognition they deserve. 

Soon, you'll be able to like, reblog, or reply to any part of a reblog chain, and that note will go to that reblog's author. Each reblog will have its own counts, instead of one aggregated number from every version of the post. And yes, you’ll be able to like multiple posts in one chain.

If a reblog doesn't add anything, the love flows up to the last person in the chain who did. Your post doesn't lose notes just because people spread it quietly.

Past notes will stay on the original post — we're only changing what happens from here on out. Retroactively re-attributing all of them would be... a lot.

This is just the beginning. More changes are coming as we keep building this out – stay tuned!

[tumblr]

Let's talk about reblog notes.

We rolled out a significant change to how notes work on reblogs, and the reaction has been strong. We're not going to pretend otherwise. 

First things first: We're reversing the change. Your feedback in comments, emails, and especially reblogs, made clear that the rollout created problems we need to address before moving forward. We also should have communicated this differently from the start, and we didn't.

We still believe there's a better version of how reblogs can work. One that gives every voice in a chain the credit it deserves. But we want to get there with you.

In the coming days we'll share more on how we plan to do that,  including ways to work directly with some of you on this and future changes before they ship.

Keep an eye on @staff for updates to come soon. 

[batneko]

Thank you for the reversal! ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DO THIS AGAIN. There was no way you could have communicated this that would have gone well, because it was a terrible change that ruined part of the function of the site and activity discouraged interaction.

[toitown]

I completely agree. Thank you for listening! Never change how notes and reblogs work. It’s the main part of the site’s appeal, and it would completely ruin the experience if it was changed.

[australet789]

Characters that have to be happy despite the horrors and trauma because someone fucking has to be, because if not them, then who? Using bad jokes as a copying mechanism because they cant even get the chance to cry or everyone else they love may fall into despair if they do so

[kuma-kami]

Visit Original Link

[snowdaysforever]

DELETE THIS POST

[theoldspaceevibes-deactivated20]

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME

[froborr]

*clicks play in morbid curiosity*

*hammers reblog button*

[chongoblog]

I think I find this post every April Fools Day and I am so happy that I do

[chthonicathenean]

I don’t know how I forget about this every year but I love it

[i-will-help-you-swim]

Reblog if you think asexuality is a legitimate sexuality.

I'm trying to prove something.

[cmoon-rabbit4-blog]

Reblog if your blog is a safe place for asexuals.

[secretsocietyxmen]

Every one else finds her annoying, but Clawdeen, a canonical cat owner, recognizes Toralei's behavior as that of a bored cat who wants attention, and decides to do something about it.

Two weeks later they're dating, and neither of them are 100% sure how that happened.

[jv]

What is this about the tumblr staff wanting to sell art data to midjourney?

An ex-colleague of mine mentioned yesterday that there may be contacts between Automattic and midjourney in that direction, but nothing is public yet and I don't have any more info. They probably won't have anything specific to share either, since they left the company weeks ago too. That being said:

I have no reason to doubt my ex-coworker word, they are a trustworthy person.

Tumblr's CEO has been absurdly enthusiastic (comically, even) about AI, and is a big fan of LLMs and 'AI' companies.

A deal with midjourney could solve tumblr financial issues (not the same company, but openAi is paying up to 5 million/year to news companies to use their content as training data... tumblr generates several orders of magnitude more content than any newspaper or any media company and it only would need a 20 to 30 million per year deal to be profitable)

So I don't have any extra info yet, but I'm keeping my ears open.

[jv]

And I just got confirmation from a second ex-colleague that a deal with midjourney has been brewing since months ago. Not any extra details, just that's a real thing.

Shit, I don't see any way for this to happen that doesn't make it an apocalyptic event the size of the porn ban. Fuck.

[jv]

Shit. This may be pure chance and coincidence, and it's not he is in a position to be able to talk about anything, but seeing prominent staff members announcing they are moving their original photography out of tumblr just two weeks ago seems a pretty significant cue of shit to be about to hit the fan.

[salora-rainriver]

Just tested. It’s possible to swap out pictures on already-published posts. So in that case, a solution:

Nightshade your photo posts now.

Even if you don’t post your own art anymore, go back to your old stuff and watermark it.

Do it ASAP, before the deal goes through and the scraping begins.

This will not only protect your art, but has the opportunity to fuck over this deal on a pretty large scale. The more of these posts that are glazed or poisoned, the less valuable this deal becomes for tumblr and midjourney.

Share this with everyone. And i do mean everyone.

[headspace-hotel]

Haven't checked this yet, but it would be a real shame if so many people put their photos thru Nightshade that it fucks up the midjourney data irreparably, yes?

[mangletangle-deactivated2024070]

Celebrate Valentine’s Day? WRONG!!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY DRACULAURA!!!!!!

[noeysnowy]

i have one gripe with monster high (all gens) whERE ARE THE WEREWOLVES TAILS THIS IS SO SAD

[lllinens]

Pick a career and tell me why in the tags

Wave watcher

Lying down

Art gallery/museum wonderer

Small mouse that sells foraged goods from its mouse hole

Old tree with wisdom

Oracle that only spouts gossip

Person who lives in a clock

Windmill owner

Dream documenter (you record people’s dreams so they can remember)

Cloud watcher

Other tell me what you’d do no matter how unrealistic

Voting ended onJan 30, 2024

[faggotmagdalene]

be the cryptid you wish to see in the woods

[dreamerdolls]

hey is the doll community still active on here? because i'm thinking of coming back :')

please reblog if you're an active doll blog!

[thydungeongal]

Goth girl who says "fangs" instead of "thanks"

[thydungeongal]

Goth girl who says "ghoulfriends" instead of "girlfriends"

[thydungeongal]

Goth girl who says shit like "putting the fun back in funeral" and "putting the romance back in necromancer"

[thydungeongal]

Wait who the fuck is Draculaura

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

♡ I hope 2024 brings every fanfic writer lots of juicy, spicy, angsty, whumpy, crazy, delicious ideas and motivation. may words flow smoothly through your mind and may you find pure joy and satisfaction in your writing. you will do great. I am rooting for you.

[latenightsgunfights]

It's been years but I'm still addicted to the headcanon that Jackson/Holts injuries transfer over.

Imagine waking up and realising he has a black eye. And he didn't do it. And Jackson isn't the type to get into random fist fights-

Holt finds out about Jackson being bullied because he sees the injuries. That's it, that's the post x

[latenightsgunfights]

Holt piercing himself or getting a tattoo without telling Jackson send post

[cherryfemm]

One thing monster high taught me if that bitch got a bob she's the worst