verbose. get over it 🥰

ariel. 24. he/him & they/them. proud boricua 🇵🇷 in diaspora. queer, trans, ace, and in your face. writer, reader, educator, sci-fi scholar and void. studyblr @ antistudyblr, bookblr @ isabelreads, fire emblem sideblog @divinedragonbepsi. a bit of everything that interests me.

[utopians]

duuuuuude you have GOT to come out tonight we're enacting cruelty upon those who have transgressed so badly that we can justify any act against them... and you KNOW we're interpreting our delight as moral righteousness... Yeah it's fucking crazyyyyyyy get an Uber

[xtec]

"you're just fucking the hints guy for hints"

-guy who's fucking the save guy for saves

[urmumsbriskit]

Am I missing extremely important context

[xtec]

Sounds like you should've fucked the hint guy

[minotauri]

[louder than everyone] MAN I THINK IT DEPENDS!

[grapnel]

An example of why one should use the Oxford comma.

[sepdet]

LOL. I think they tried to fix it.

Nice try. Still no.

[rivendellrose]

Wake up, babe, a new example of why the Oxford comma is a really good idea just dropped...

[the-clumsywitch]

[oddarette]

Ferrero Rocher Bulbasaur 🍫💖

[cal3ris]

is this gonna get me fired you think

[misfiledstatements]

this wolf 359 relisten has got me posting fanart for the first time in years; here is a lovelace as a little treat!!!

[doodlemancy]

hello fellow artists. google has fallen. pinterest/duckduckgo AI filters don't work. do not despair; here is a list i made of places to find reference images without having to sift through piles of worthless garbage. (for future editing convenience i am just linking my blog post on dreamwidth.)

✨ good places to find art reference that are not full of AI trash 🌈

[thedasbest]

color palette fun

[shiroxix]

It is not the prettiest but here is a little chart I made of skin tones.

The idea is to eye-drop anywhere on the chart to get a unique skin tone instead of getting stuck in the loop of “white, tan, dark”.

[bogleech]

USEFUL.

FLESH CLOUD EAGER TO ASSIST YOUR ART.

[cynicalclassicist]

Not such an artist myself, but just putting this out to help anyone who might like it.

[i-am-rat-soup]

reblogging the flesh cloud in case I need it later (spoiler alert I will, and this is much better than the crappy one I made myself that’s just sitting around in ibispaint.)

[jakejavu-offical]

I can now draw human OCs correctly /sily

[thestormwielder]

ITS THE FLESH CLOUD ?????

[spacedout925]

it’s the flesh cloud!!!!! we all love the flesh cloud around here :DDD

[auxins-insanities]

FLESH CLOUD !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[avionvadion]

PRAISE BE THE FLESH CLOUD!!! ✨

[daylane]

Free resource for artists and designers!!

I made a website where artists and designers can get color palette inspo from fire hydrants I've 3D scanned all over the US

Some of my favorites:

There are about 100 hydrants so far and I'm continuing to add more all the time

Public infrastructure is sexy, baby!!!!!! Pass it on!!

dayroselane.com/hydrants

[erzvolnes]

my sister asked me if i knew who buffy the vampire slayer was. "have you heard of buffy" have i heard of sunlight. have i heard of food and water.

[aquaflv]

really recommend getting a partner with a different religion than you and very little knowledge of your religion because the opportunities for explaining things to each other are just exquisite

[aquaflv]

yesterday she told me some story about the Buddha's wife and child and I was like. Wait. He fucked? And she was like yeah of course he fucked, why wouldn't he, he was the most attractive and loveable and and wise and etc. person who ever lived. why would he not fuck.

[aquaflv]

this morning she looked perplexed in the kitchen at me and said "did Jesus not fuck?"

[vetchtibbles]

a moment of silence for my roommate who has to endure me doing linguistics homework. out loud. making sounds with parts of my mouth and throat I didn’t even realise I could use to make sounds. repeatedly and with passion

[teacupsandcyanide]

i think the moment of silence needs to come directly from you on this one

[learn-how-to-love]

I’m so sorry to every trans woman or fem out there who has/wants to have a beard or facial hair. I’ve seen over the last few days just how much vitriolic hatred comes from what’s supposed to be your own community, not just cis transphobes, and it’s genuinely heartbreaking. I hope you know that your body isn’t a harmful stereotype, that you’re no less of a woman/fem for wanting facial hair, and that it’s wrong for people to expect you to conform in order to be respected. That cis transphobes view you negatively isn’t your fault, and the onus is on society to change and adapt what it views as “acceptable” femininity rather than your community shaming you into playing respectability politics. You deserve to feel safe presenting in whatever way brings you the most joy and comfort, and the very least other trans people can do is offer a safe space rather than telling you you’re doing something wrong.

Sincerely, a transmasculine person with huge breasts who plans to keep them, because fuck the notion that you have to want to pass as cis to be worthy of respect.

[renthony]

Via Authors Against Book Bans - May 29, 2026

Three federal book ban bills are currently alive in the United States Congress:

HR 7661

Status: Passed out of committee; to be introduced in the House Would amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) to prohibit federal funds from being used for any material deemed “sexually oriented.” Buried within that definition is language that includes material that “involves gender dysphoria or transgenderism.” While framed as protecting children, the bill opens the door to banning books that include LGBTQ+ characters, defining trans existence as inherently inappropriate, and narrowing literature toward a prescribed, limited canon. In short: Would treat any LGBTQ+ identity as sexual content.

HR 2616

Status: Passed the House; referred to a Senate committee Would withhold ESEA funding from schools that “teach or advance concepts related to gender ideology,” using definitions from Executive Order 14168. It frames itself as protecting children. In practice, it represents another attempt to eliminate not only trans and nonbinary books, but also any acknowledgment of gender non‑conforming people in public education. In short: Would deny the existence of trans and nonbinary people.

HR 8705

Status: Passed out of committee; to be introduced in the House Rather than naming specific books or categories of literature, it blocks federal funding for American History and Civics Education from being used to promote what it calls “discriminatory equity ideology” or “gender ideology,” definitions drawn from a January 29, 2025 executive order. Likely impacts would include fewer books on racism and civil rights, less discussion of sexism and inequality, narrower civics curricula, and publishers pulling back on diverse perspectives. In short: A funding lever that shapes whose version of history gets taught.

HR 7661 and HR 8705 are still in the House, so please call your representative and tell them to oppose both bills. Click here to find the phone number of your representative’s office.

HR 2616 passed the House, and has been introduced to a Senate committee. Please call your senators and tell them to oppose the bill. Click here to find the phone numbers for your senators’ offices.