Welcome to the Cave

"We Judge Actions and Decisions, Not Souls"

[tygertygerfoggybright]

(Credit to: ??)

Yes folks, here we are for Round 3.

I suspect my other blog (@randomfoggytiger) was caught up in the bot detector system, once again.

No, I did not use VPNs or nose around Tumblr in tricksy ways. (Guess the moderators just want more alone time with my primary account.)

Everything will probably be back in 24-48 hours, so sit tight.

[tygertygerfoggybright]

so, if we were following you as on your other blog with all your asks and meta info, should we now follow you here?

Dropped back in here to tie up some loose ends and found this ask; and... you raise an interesting point.

I'm going to remain active on my main (@randomfoggytiger); but will probably reblog all my important meta posts/fics/xf fanvids here so they can be accessed if Tumblr decides to nuke me again.

SO, HEADS UP TO ALL WHO FOLLOW:

This account is going to become a reblog center in the immediate future.

UNFOLLOW IF YOUR SANITY DEMANDS.

After I'm all caught up, this blog will then return to its ghost blog status... until a future crisis kicks me back here.

You all have been warned.

[tygertygerfoggybright]

randomfoggytiger Announcement: I'M BACK, BABY!

(Credit to: ?)

GUESS WHO'S BACK on @randomfoggytiger????

(Thanks to @dd-is-my-guiltypleasure for letting me know ASAP.)

A record 24-some hours. Wow. Wonders never cease.

[tygertygerfoggybright]

8, 33 and 49 for the asks!

Yessssssss, more asks!

8. have you ever cried because you were so annoyed?

Often: my anger usually manifests in tears because it's tied to a feeling of inability or helplessness. It doesn't help because A. I have a poor memory and B. you need to remember things to logically counter or win arguments. Hence, anger; hence, tears.

33. something you want to learn

I want to pick up Japanese again. And Spanish! And learn how to create better quality videos (or learn how to create them.)

BONUS QUESTION because I answered this in another ask--

44. age you get mistaken for

Never been told an exact age, but I'm always mistaken as the oldest sibling. >:D

49. where would I want to be right now

A library-- but my fantasy version of a library. One with a comfy window nook, a couple pillows, and cold rain, where I could go to sleep without worrying about creepy people.

[tygertygerfoggybright]

Hi, friend!! For the ask game: 31, 33, 58, and 60 (what’s your favorite season of x files and why?)

A hearty 'hello' in these strange times! :D

Gonna mix these up and answer what I want to first.

33. something you want to learn

I just picked up my Japanese notebook an hour ago; and I've forgotten (but haven't, in that weird, familiar way) so many words since 2017. Never got that far to begin with, but it felt good to stretch my brain out. So, probably that; or pick up Spanish again.

Or learn how to make quality videos because A. I can and B. you never know when that skill might come in handy.

58. description of my best friend

This might sound morbid, but I don't have a best friend. (Correction: my siblings are my best friends. They're great.) I'm an antisocial tiger who wants to connect with people until I have to actually... connect.

31. 3 random facts

-I have a theory that Chris Carter showed David Duchovny My Struggle IV's script before Gillian Anderson not because he was good friends with DD-- he's not really friends with, nor does he trust, anyone-- but because David's scene came first in the last two or so hidden pages. I'd have to reread a few of his post-MSIV interviews and take a look at the scripts (can't find 'em anywhere); but the pattern was set during the OG run when he didn't tell anyone anything (not even his principle actors or writers) because of his self-admitted paranoia. Which is his... thing to work through; but I'll bet that's the case (hence why he got mad at GA and felt she unfairly maligned him; and hence why GA felt singled out and ignored.)

-Love photography. My old PowerShot died a year or two (or three?) ago; but I haven't found anything "complete" under $200 (the market prices exploded.) Need to get on that.

-Currently in a "cerebral fiction" era (which included a few DD recs: Master and Margarita, DNFed; American Pastoral, finished; One Hundred Years of Solitude, still reading) and stumbled on Jodie Foster's audio version of Contact. First science fiction book! (Bonus: before this "era", I'd read a lot of self-help books-- some which overlapped with GA's recs... which I've since forgotten, oops-- and before then, I burnt out on Victorian/Russian novels.)

60. ask me anything you want: what’s your favorite season of x files and why?

Season 8, for the same reason that David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson loved and struggled with it.

Scully was given a role away from Mulder's side, and proved her own strength and capabilities by heading the files and leading Skinner and Doggett; Mulder was abducted, then returned shaken by his experiences and his place in the world. Mulder and Scully were becoming parents but were still on their own conflicting journeys: Scully tried to preserve the files for Mulder only to realize she wanted them for herself; Mulder followed the truth back to Bellefleur and was stripped (literally) of his wonder and gumption. Both of them knew that his problems extended beyond the baby in Three Words. Both knew that he was ready and trying in Empedocles. Both swung back in the saddle-- with their own secrets, without consulting the other-- in Vienen: an independence that showed they were the same, still. Both had to tread new, domestic territory without the files to back them up in Alone. Both didn't want the files to rule their lives anymore in Essence and Existence.

Also: Doggett and his cunning and good nature and growth; Skinner and his shining belief and dogged courage and gruff comfort; TLG and their assorted mischief and tender hearts; Kersh and his diabolical avarice.

[tygertygerfoggybright]

Inbox is being... weird-- going to have to repost like this: 

@dd-is-my-guiltypleasure asked: get to know me, pick some numbers, 5.

5: is there anyone who can always make you smile? 

Your enthusiasm and cheer always make me infectiously smile! :DD 

Don’t want to pick between Tumblr mutuals, so I shall say: my mom, one of my sisters; and any tongue-in-cheek banter or wit. 

[kaydean]

get to know me, pick some numbers.

1. selfie 2. what would you name your future kids? 3. do you miss anyone? 4. what are you looking forward to? 5. is there anyone who can always make you smile? 6. is it hard for you to get over someone? 7. what was your life like last year? 8. have you ever cried because you were so annoyed? 9. who did you last see in person? 10. are you good at hiding your feelings? 11. are you listening to music right now? 12. what is something you want right now? 13. how do you feel right now? 14. when was the last time someone of the opposite sex hugged you? 15. personality description 16. have you ever wanted to tell someone something but you didn’t? 17. opinion on insecurities. 18. do you miss how things were a year ago? 19. have you ever been to New York? 20. what is your favourite song at the moment? 21. age and birthday? 22. description of crush. 23. fear(s) 24. height 25. role model 26. idol(s) 27. things i hate 28. i’ll love you if… 29. favourite film(s) 30. favourite tv show(s) 31. 3 random facts 32. are your friends mainly girls or guys? 33. something you want to learn 34. most embarrassing moment 35. favourite subject 36. 3 dreams you want to fulfill? 37. favourite actor/actress 38. favourite comedian(s) 39. favourite sport(s) 40. favourite memory 41. relationship status 42. favourite book(s) 43. favourite song ever 44. age you get mistaken for 45. how you found out about your idol 46. what my last text message says 47. turn ons 48. turn offs 49. where i want to be right now 50. favourite picture of your idol 51. starsign 52. something i’m talented at 53. 5 things that make me happy 54. something thats worrying me at the moment 55. tumblr friends 56. favourite food(s) 57. favourite animal(s) 58. description of my best friend 59. why i joined tumblr 60. ask me anything you want

[tygertygerfoggybright]

randomfoggytiger Announcement: We're So Back-- and Not in a Good Way

(Credit to: ?)

OKAY. SO.

You know how Tumblr was recently pinging random mutuals with a very old announcement post I'd done months ago from a (now deceased) blog? (If you didn't know, now you do.)

My main account was just terminated.

So... Tumblr decided to give me a backdoor heads up, I GUESS, two days before nuking my blog for the sixth or seventh time...? Even though I haven't' fiddled with VPNs, haven't weirdly switched between accounts, haven't engaged with people who might want to kick me off the platform, etc., etc., etc.?

Why? WHO KNOWS-- technology hates me.

WELP.

Back to the trenches. I'll see my main account in 2-3 weeks.

Tagging those who followed before so you'll be alerted:

@welsharcher, @agent-troi, @mondmurner, @trans-spidey,

@storybycorey, @suitablyaggrieved, @tofuttim, @stephy-gold,

@living-in-unreality, @carrie11, @pianogirlxf, @nimlurks,

@tossingmyglossymane, @opentheskies, @hauntedjellyfishtraveler,

@xxsksxxx, @hamster-on-fire, @gabby-msr, @cock-holliday,

@danascullysjournal, @writingwell, @samucabd, @b0oker18,

@goodshipsmulder, @wexleresque, @catharsisxf, @calimanc,

@sixhours, @nachosncheezies, @two-microscopes, @virtie333,

@vincentsleftear, @teenie-xf, @scullys-scalpel, @deathsbestgirl,

@laurencem, @cecilysass, @settle-down-frohike, @illaisland,

@poangpals, @is-on-its-way, @slippinmickeys, @ellivia,

@pennyserenade, @fuxmulder, @trusttnno1, @bakedbakermom,

@sleepyscully, @freckleslikestars, @frogsmulder,

@baronessblixen, @dd-is-my-guiltypleasure, @amplifyme, and anyone else who's interested.

[tygertygerfoggybright]

Announcement: Guess Who's Back?

(Credited to: Ariana Calderon)

This account is no longer shadow banned!

[tygertygerfoggybright]

Announcement: This Account Is Now Shadow Banned

(Credit to: ???)

We all know the drill by now.

Do the chatty chatty stuff on randomfoggytiger, etc. etc.

Wow, what a saga.

This will be a hilarious journal entry once everything is completed.

[tygertygerfoggybright]

How did you work out that you were shadowbanned? I think it might have happened to my account too because I hadnt used it in years (despite making it over a decade ago, grr) and I'm not sure what to do.

@nachosncheeze relayed that it had happened to one their mutuals-- basically, the account was caught in Tumblr's finicky algorithm.

When shadow banned, the account can't read their own asks or messages; and can't communicate with other blogs (asks, comments, nor even with hashtags Don't know about @s.)

My account is still in limbo (Tumblr support hasn't answered my pleas as of yet); but there is an r/TumblrHelp page that works directly with Tumblr users if they submit a cry for help. Word of caution: follow their post rules to a T or you will be suspended for four days with a first infraction (hint: it happened to moi. Have to wait until Wednesday to try again.)

Hope this helps! :DDDDDDDDD I really want my other account back, too, because I lost all those private chat logs. :(((

[notnotafangirl]

Do you think Scully made this for Mulder, as a little treat? I could picture it.

[tygertygerfoggybright]

Mulder knows Scully is a good cook.

He asks Scully for Bigfoot Meatloaf.

He is disappointed that she thinks he meant extra big meatloaf.

He learns to cook just to make this masterpiece.

He is content.

[tygertygerfoggybright]

Don't suppose I need to tell you how much I love your new handle, or your blog design, right? 🥰

Keeping my fingers crossed that your new nom de plume works smoothly and without further hiccups!

Me, too! ;)))) My favorite poem is The Tyger by William Blake (so you can imagine how excited I was seeing "In the Forests of the Night" as an episode title.)

Crossing my fingers and finding whatever Tumblr deity is nearest to offer them incense (in mood and in offering) to keep the bans far away in the shadowlands.

SO glad to be able to communicate with you (and others) now! I have AWTN updates and plot twists (got my sister slightly hooked on the series while I was rewatching some eps, and she's interested in me reading her some of Nan's work.) Will send them as soon as I can~!

[tygertygerfoggybright]

THANK YOU!

So glad to be back! :DDDDDDDDDD

[tygertygerfoggybright]

Update: Moving the Fun Over Here

Hey, it's me!

Formerly known as randomfoggytiger and shadowfoggytiger, I'm now hiding out on this blog until both of my former accounts are un-shadow banned.

If this account goes down, too, my suspicions of personal, targeted activity will probably go through the roof. BUT, until then, let's have some fun.

Most importantly~

Enjoy!