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@winter-wolf-pearl
Back in 2017 of last month, I made a painting of a mountain range and while I'm still proud of it, I wanted to do a "paint this again" sort of thing.
It's mostly see if I'm improving at digital painting or not.
Also, here's a link of the original post in 2017
https://winter-wolf-pearl.tumblr.com/post/166644118443/wanted-to-draw-something-at-last-and-ill-leave-it
Dividing up eras of tumblr
It just occurred to me that I kind of arbitrarily started referring to “first age” “second age” and “third age” tumblr one day because I realized during a discord conversation that it really can be divided up very effectively between a couple major events that changed the fabric of the site’s culture almost overnight, but nobody but me ever refers to them that way, so by way of explanation:
First Age: everything before Dashcon. Art communities were still largely thriving on the internet and social media still mostly existed out from under corporate monopolies, and people were just wildly guessing about how to use it. We were in the last hurrah of the internet wild west and lolcats were still a thing. Tumblr was just a fun and quirky place, we were blissfully writing unironic posts about tumblr university and fandom vs hipster and the “I like your shoelaces” thing, Hank Green wrote a goddamn song about tumblr, we were all like Adam and Eve dwelling in Eden unaware of their sin. Potterheads grab your wands.
Second Age: post-Dashcon, but pre-Purge. We have all eaten the fruit of knowledge and there is no going back. There are no more secret code or tumblr university posts because everyone knows firsthand how badly that would go. Fandom culture is forever changed. We are now aware that we live in a hellish cringetopia but have absolutely no plans to leave, because by now a combination of monopolies and a sneaky rise in purity culture has the internet by the throat (but not in a kinky way, that would scare off advertisers) so there aren’t a lot of better options, and at least our relatives can’t find us here. A lot of artists now have their primary presence on tumblr. The lax policies regarding nsfw and controversial content mean it’s a good space for queer creators and sex workers despite the many shortcomings we’re now aware of. The porn bot plague really kicks into full gear to the point that every time our follower counts go up we’re ready with the block/spam button like the uncles from Secondhand Lions picking off traveling salesmen. The drama starts to get really fucking weird, with classics such as the human pet guy and the bone-stealing witch.
Third Age: post-Purge. After changing corporate hands a few times, the drive to make the internet safe for our Good Christian Advertisers and hypothetical children has finally reached us, and brings with it TERFs, purity culture, and the Porn Ban, which was allegedly a solution to the porn bots except that it clearly wasn’t at all. The large community of sex workers and artists that was keeping tumblr afloat as anything resembling a viable social media site have made a mass exodus and a lot of the rest of the userbase followed them, mostly to twitter or a few doomed attempts at tumblr copycats. Tumblr is now a mad max clown car full of people too stubborn to pack up and leave for a functional website. It’s a post-apocalyptic wasteland whose only remaining merit is that even without the ability to post porn we’ve managed to make ourselves such a complete anathema to advertisers that we’re mostly just left alone. We’re all just tired. Some people still run art blogs but nobody outside of tumblr ever sees them. Literally all we have going for us is that we’re not twitter and we have +5 resistance to capitalism. And Xkit.
Tag yourself. At which era did you enter this hellsite?
Second age
Third Age
Joined this site since July 2017, so 2nd age/era.
Having some Conflicting Thoughts
I am kinda having a hard time figuring what gender I am. I was born a girl and identified as a male/NB for two years now.
But now, I have no clue of who I am. Am I still a girl? Am I a boy? Who am I??
I don't even know anymore man, things are starting to feel weird for me. Let's just hope I can truly figure it all out.
If someone wants to talk about it with me, I'll happily talk about it.
Nine months ago, I drew my three Elsen OCs and since I'm into OFF again, I figured I should bring these guys back because I felt like it.
If you're wondering what their names are, all I can say is this: Markiplier's playthrough of that game is where I got their names.
It's been a while, but I made more Hylics. So, I drew Somsnosa. While drawing her, I kinda forgot that she wore gloves and boots, but oh well, things happen.
Anyways, I also felt like trying to do a sunset and experimenting with shadows/light source. Why a sunset? They're neat, y'know?
So, I Finally Found That Space Kids Google Doc
Title is self-explanatory; I finally found the Google Doc I talked about on my Lunar Chronicles post, and dear God, it was more terrible than I remembered.
As I read through the six chapters of that atrocity, it just kept getting worse and worse each chapter. It was so fucking awful trying to read what my 14-15 year old thought was a masterpiece that would make millions like Harry Potter.
Why was that doc so awful? The entire thing is nothing but a shitshow of grammar mistakes/typos, stuff happening with no rhyme or reason, and random references to already existing properties. Hell, the plagrism was more blatant than I initially thought.
Seriously, it's that horrible, that awful, and that terrible. Thank God, I stopped at the first paragraph of Chapter 6 and abandoned the project entirely.
Update on the Whole Ordeal Two Days Ago
Well, I should've posted this yesterday, but here goes.
Yeah, I got involved in some discourse with some Discord friends two days ago, but everything is good now. The people I named Alice and Josh in the post both forgave me and apologized for the mess that happened. They also forgave and apologized to Mabel (who I also mentioned in the post).
The server me, Mabel, Alice and Josh, and some friends has been replaced with a better server.
Everything has improved for the best, and all is good now.
This is actually my first time making vent art.
“What the hell happened?!” You ask, and I’ll tell; what happened was that I mentioned that I ruined a seven month friendship, and betrayed the trust of two people. I would never forgive myself about this for as long as I live (and suffer) in this world.
The text translates to “I am the monster...”
Music I was listening to when I made this:
Crawling- Linkin Park
Pain & I Hate Everything About You- Three Days Grace
A Confession to Make
Normally, I wouldn’t make serious confessions but, I unintentionally (emphasis on unintentionally) ruined a Discord server, two friendships, and someone’s birthday.
Here’s the history of my relationship with two people I’ll call Alice and Josh; back in February of this year, I met Josh and Alice thanks to our mutual love for a cartoon called, “Sushi Pack”. We become friends, and everything was hunky dory until an incident last night…
What happened was that Alice has wanted to delete a server where me, Josh, and other people can escape from the real world and be our true selves.
Today, it was Josh’s birthday and earlier in the day, we were celebrating his birthday, chatting with amigos, and what not. Out of the blue two or three hours ago, Alice said that she wanted to delete the server (but this time, she was dead serious about it). Which of course, freaked us all out, and I felt betrayed. In a fit of rage, I straight-up called Alice “crazy”. I understandably got called out for it, I removed the comment, and I said that I apologize. Did they forgive me? I don’t know anymore, but I think so? Of course, being the self-loathing person that I am, I left the server out of remorse and a inability to forgive myself. It turns out that both Alice and Josh no longer saw me as a friend, hell, they saw me as a traitor, which I knew was inevitable. Alice also went after another friend of mine (let’s call her Mabel) because of an incident that took place last month. Yeah, all of us were very, very worried that Mabel would become blacklisted/also be labelled as a traitor because of that incident.
Alice, Josh, if you know what I’m talking about or know who/what I’m talking about. I’m sorry about what happened, and I wish to make things right.
Self-rebloging for clarification/update on info:
Alice is not a bad person, just a teenager in a really dark, bad place at the moment. She lost someone important to her months ago, and is going through a literal hell. For the love of God, please don't attack her for the things she has done, and leave her be.
A Confession to Make
Normally, I wouldn't make serious confessions but, I unintentionally (emphasis on unintentionally) ruined a Discord server, two friendships, and someone's birthday.
Here’s the history of my relationship with two people I’ll call Alice and Josh; back in February of this year, I met Josh and Alice thanks to our mutual love for a cartoon called, “Sushi Pack”. We become friends, and everything was hunky dory until an incident last night...
What happened was that Alice has wanted to delete a server where me, Josh, and other people can escape from the real world and be our true selves.
Today, it was Josh's birthday and earlier in the day, we were celebrating his birthday, chatting with amigos, and what not. Out of the blue two or three hours ago, Alice said that she wanted to delete the server (but this time, she was dead serious about it). Which of course, freaked us all out, and I felt betrayed. In a fit of rage, I straight-up called Alice “crazy”. I understandably got called out for it, I removed the comment, and I said that I apologize. Did they forgive me? I don’t know anymore, but I think so? Of course, being the self-loathing person that I am, I left the server out of remorse and a inability to forgive myself. It turns out that both Alice and Josh no longer saw me as a friend, hell, they saw me as a traitor, which I knew was inevitable.Â
Alice, Josh, if you know what I’m talking about or know who/what I’m talking about. I’m sorry about what happened, and I wish to make things right.
So, I Began to Remember the Lunar Chronicles
Title of this post is very self-explanatory, I am now remembering some book series that I liked back in my early years of high school (mainly in my freshmen and sophomore years) called, “the Lunar Chronicles”. It’s basically fairy tales retold in sci-fi (e.g. Little Red Riding Hood).
Anyways, at around the time I was starting to remember that book series, I also began to remember the time I attempted a sci-fi series of my own which was called, “Space Kids”. Basically, the premise is that a moon lady and a furry kidnap some teenagers in order to defeat Orion, the Emperor of Jupiter. I promise I am not making that shit up, and if I still have that shit saved on my Google Drive, I would share it to y’all.
Upon what realizing what things “inspired” the book series, it was less of an “inspiration” and more like I blatantly plagiarized the Lunar Chronicles alongside plagiarizing Undertale and Sushi Pack. It was almost I went up to three people and copied their homework at the same time.
TL;DR some HS nostalgia and realizing that my 14-15 yo self needed to learn the difference between inspiration and plagiarism.
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I love this much!!
https://discord.gg/HkdCdDW
Are you a fan of Sushi Pack, or just curious about the show? This is the server for you!
This is the new version of the Sushi Pack by the way. What happened to the original version of the server is a long story...
My Honest Thoughts about Yoshi Topsy Turvy/Yoshi’s Universal Gravitation
Disclaimer: This is a review based on my own opinions/thoughts regarding a 15 year old video game. If your opinions on the game are different than mine, that’s cool; just don’t be a dick about it.
So, do I feel about the game in general? Honestly, the game... Is mediocre at best. It's nothing too special gameplay wise, it's basically a platform with a emphasis on "gravity" and the power of tilting the GBA. I mean, people have mentioned that other games done tilting before in the past. The controls are kinda responsive, but the previously mentioned tilting is a nightmare from hell. It's also the reason why the levels are longer and harder than they needed to be. Come on, all I have to do is collect 50 coins for some rat bastard. Sounds easy, right? Wrong. You also have to take control of a ship and/or a hot air balloon and make sure you don't die. Yeah, the tilt controls have no reason to be there. So, what about the music and visuals? Some of the music slaps, but the rest is forgettable as hell. As for the visuals, it low-key reminds me of those trippy 70s/90s animated films.
Last but not least, what do I think about the characters? My God, those spirits are the WORST fucking thing in the game. Literally everything about them is terrible. Their designs? Hideous. Their personalities? One dimensional beyond belief. Hell, they don't even have backstories explaining where they came from or even their purpose on Yoshi's Island. I think I tried to look for backstories behind the spirits, and found nothing in the process. It's sad that Nintendo simply swept them under the rug, and acted like they never existed in the first place. They had potential to be great characters. Also, do not get me started on the Spirit of Power. I'll happily write an essay on why he's a terrible character.
TL;DR the game is horrible for many reasons
Well, negative stuff about the game aside, I was a lonely, friendless 6th grader who had dealt with bullying the year prior to attending middle school. I think it did a good job helping me cope with the hell I was enduring 8 years ago. So that could explain why I still love the game and hate it at the same time.
On a few occasions, I would watch Vinesauce videos (mainly Joel and Vinny). One video in particular caught my attention, which is why I became a fan of Hylics. As a result, I felt like drawing Wayne checking his guitar out, either his first one or a new one.
Mr. Lindroth, if you see this post, thank you for bringing this game into this world. It was awesome.
My Experience with an MLM Company
Before I tell my story, let me make this clear, I never was or will ever be part of a multi-level marketing scheme. This was just a story about a one-time purchase from a one-thing thing.
Now, it's time for me to tell my story:
Every year in my town, there will be this little event called Sights and Sounds of Christmas. Sights and Sounds of Christmas is basically a Christmas-themed County Fair that lasts all through the first week of December. I went to that event almost every year, and I loved it every time.
So, what does this have to do with multi-level marketing? Well, one of the attractions in SSC is little gift shops inside of those weird tent things. During my visit in 2017, I actually decided to go to one of those gift shop places, and coincidentally, one of the shops happened to be selling Scentsy products, and being the naive, stupid sixteen year old I was, I actually bought two of their bath bombs; one of them was called, "Luna", which is a mixture of sweet pea and two other flowers, and the other was something citrus-y.
Did I use them? Yes. Did they smell nice? Yeah. Did I know that the company behind the bath bombs was a MLM? Nope. I knew nothing about multi-level marketing schemes until I started watching Reddit videos, and began to do some research on such things, and learned that Scentsy was a MLM a couple of months ago, which was kinda shocking tbh.
Did I regret buying those bath bombs? I dunno, that shit happened two, almost three years ago sooo...
Moral of the story: Do your homework when it comes to MLM Companies, and make sure you know where you're purchasing stuff from.
(Related to pyramid schemes & MLMs)
Right around high school graduation (2019), I was given a letter that said I would have "the best summer job experience" that included an above average pay ($10-15 per hour) and it also mentioned "no experience needed". At first I was almost ready to call their number for interview, but at the same time I was a bit suspicious about the letter and sounded too good to be true. My oldest brother googled about the company/ceo to see if it was legit or a huge scam, turned out it was a pyramid scheme! And guess what? I got the same letter again after I finished my spring semester of college! I'm still trying to remember and find the name of the company that given out the letters/job offers to my classmates and I. Plus, I wonder if anyone has ever gotten that pyramid scheme letter when they graduated high school or college 🤔
Were you talking Vector Marketing by any chance? Also, I actually got two letters from them as well.
