Yue Twili

I write abot the Tales series, but mostly Tales of Vesperia and Tales of Symphonia!

[theoneofwhomisblue]

[blossposs]

[crispylilworm]

[theoneofwhomisblue]

[theoneofwhomisblue]

[abouquetofdaylillies-deactivate]

Pre-menstrual depression is always depicted as like "He He! I had a box of icecream bars and cried while watching the Titanic!" But in reality, it's more like, "I'm standing the edge of an abyss. There is nothing good inside of me, I'm filled with rage and desperation."

It's crazy that being told how to deal with that is never a part of anyone's menstrual sex education.

[headspace-hotel]

This has already been said in the notes, but if PMS causes extreme depression and even suicidal ideation, that is in fact something that most people do not experience and it can be treated

Like for the majority it really is "oh i'm hungrier and moodier than usual"

^this should be a part of sex education so the point still stands

[godesssiri]

I went to my doctor after I was walking to work one morning and saw a bus coming and actually took a step to throw myself in front of it before I pulled myself together. Later that day I started bleeding and was literally like someone flipped a switch and I didn't feel suicidal anymore. Which made me feel like I was loosing my mind because who goes from 'I want to throw myself in front of a bus' to 'I'm perfectly fine' just like that? I did some research, I went to the doctor and described my feelings, he looked me in the eye and gently asked what I thought it was, I said I'd read about PMDD and I thought it might be that, he said 'I think so too' and wrote a prescription.

If, before you get your period, you feel furiously angry, suicidal, irritated by every tiny thing to the point you want to murder someone, stuck in a black hole you'll never escape from. If you are experiencing extreme emotions for what seems like no good reason, especially if you get your period and those extreme emotions just go away. You're probably not just PMSing , you may have PMS's feral big sister PMDD and it's treatable.

Also this is something that can develop as you get older. So if you used to get normal PMS but what I wrote above sounds more like your norm now then don't just write it off as regular PMS.

[otiksimr]

round-let

[otiksimr]

Bing bong.

[yuetwili]

Wow. Nice art. The Rowlet line is one of my favorite grass starters. Mostly for their unique design and lore.

[puffballwarrior-blog]

You look so much like your dad...

[yuetwili]

The slit in his eyecing? Yup. Sounds about right.

[baraphalloplastyclinic]

I actually do think we should discourage women from becoming housewives. Do not become financially dependent on a man. That's how a lot of women ended up dead over the years. A man gets violent suddenly and you have to choose between homelessness or potentially dying at his hand because you have an enormous gap in your resume and no degrees or certifications or anything that will help you pursue a career that will allow you to be financially independent. He owns your bank account. His name is probably the one on the car. Try and leave and he can report it stolen. Where will you go then?

Don't become a housewife.

[wolfsheart-blog]

[intosnarkness]

Here’s the thing: authors know when they get a rec on an older story. There’s a telltale uptick of kudos (with a 10-15% comment rate if you’re lucky) in your digest email.

The thing is, there’s no way to know where these people are coming from. In the before, when fandom was more in the corners we all knew about, you could search LJ or a message board or whatever social bookmarking site we were using. You could join the community and participate.

You could get a little dopamine hit by seeing someone tell their friends why they loved your story.

Anymore, those recs are hidden in discords, or in tiktoks or instagram slideshows that you can’t search for. They’re inaccessible, not discoverable unless you’re already there. You may never know why 27 people left kudos on an old story of yours, what they liked and found in your writing. You just get the thumbs up and a kinda lonely feeling, cause these could be your people. You could like them, maybe. You could be friends.

But you’ll never find out why they stopped by, or what people are saying about you behind your back, and that’s sad.

So thank you to the people who still do public rec lists on this webbed site. You are my sunshine, and I’m appreciative of all of you.

[saathi1013]

If you are recced a fic and enjoyed it, leave a comment telling the author where you came from! We like to know!

[nyokoko]

And for the “I just don’t know what to say!” folks, here’s a guide:

[intosnarkness]

Here’s the thing: authors know when they get a rec on an older story. There’s a telltale uptick of kudos (with a 10-15% comment rate if you’re lucky) in your digest email.

The thing is, there’s no way to know where these people are coming from. In the before, when fandom was more in the corners we all knew about, you could search LJ or a message board or whatever social bookmarking site we were using. You could join the community and participate.

You could get a little dopamine hit by seeing someone tell their friends why they loved your story.

Anymore, those recs are hidden in discords, or in tiktoks or instagram slideshows that you can’t search for. They’re inaccessible, not discoverable unless you’re already there. You may never know why 27 people left kudos on an old story of yours, what they liked and found in your writing. You just get the thumbs up and a kinda lonely feeling, cause these could be your people. You could like them, maybe. You could be friends.

But you’ll never find out why they stopped by, or what people are saying about you behind your back, and that’s sad.

So thank you to the people who still do public rec lists on this webbed site. You are my sunshine, and I’m appreciative of all of you.

[saathi1013]

If you are recced a fic and enjoyed it, leave a comment telling the author where you came from! We like to know!

[nyokoko]

And for the “I just don’t know what to say!” folks, here’s a guide:

[zooophagous]

I know I sound like your mom but you kids need to stop fucking vaping

[joshgrobanscock]

1) Vaping is confirmed to cause cancer. Vaping coats the lungs with toxic substances, such as heavy metals and benzene, which are known to cause cancer

2) Many vapes contain diacetyl, which, when inhaled causes popcorn lung, or scarring of the lung

3) Ultrafine particles, when being inhaled, can be lodged in the trachea (not good!)

4) Ultrafine particles can also constrict the arteries in the lungs potentially causing A HEART ATTACK

5) Vaping is relatively new. Not much studies have been done in comparison to tobacco. Plus, the vaping companies are powerful people. There is a large chance that they are purposely downplaying and even burying any evidence that vaping is harmful - just like the tobacco companies before them. They do not care about you, or your health, or the truth. They only care for money

[letsoulswander]

Also STOP VAPING INDOORS AROUND OTHER PEOPLE. Holy shit, if you're gonna wreck your lungs at least give me the option not to wreck mine.

[cephalopodvictorious]

It’s such an issue that the MTA had to run a campaign about it

[yeahokayillreblogthat]

yeah okay ill reblog that

[stripedroseandsketchpads]

Please I’m begging yall as an asthmatic, your fruit-flavored vapor will still give people around you who are smoke-sensitive attacks. So will weed. Don’t do it inside; if you’re at a bus stop or something try to not stand right next to people or move downwind of them if you can.

[doctormur]

And not just lungs btw. Growing amount vape-related seizures among teenagers and young people are registered during last few years (in my country at least). Nobody listens, if course but still. If you want to take responsibility for condition of your body - you should know all the risks.

[yuetwili]

For those who had played Cookie Run Kingdom and had gotten to a certain point in the new update...

Yeah, everyone is understandably pissed at the newest revelation revealed just last night (I believe). Rightfully so, as... -right here are some spoilers- The Lights within the Soul Jams ASKED Elder Faerie Cookie to split them into two, spread the light halves to Crispia, and kept it a FUCKING secret. Yet another thing the poor Cookie had to hide away, even from his new friend, White Lily Cookie. But that isn't the worse of it. No. What's worse is that they are seemingly sentient and did fuck all when their first chosen ones fell into their corruption. For some people, their decision to be split to find new chosen ones, leaving the Beast Cookies with the darker halves while the Ancient Heroes gain the lighter halves, is just them having realized their mistake and decided to help the Ancients (to an extent, more on that later) by being proper guides. All while not giving a hoot about their mental well being.

Now. I can completely understand why people are mad about it. How it's a just the Lights subjecting a very old Cookie to more abuse due to his 'duty', while doing a second try with their second child. But is it?

As I had read in the comments on Youtube, someone pointed out that the Soul Jams, aka the Lights, while autonomous, are NOT Cookies nor humans - just a higher power that has one job: to guide Cookiekind with their powers. When their first chosen ones had failed that job, and became corrupted, after all five were sealed, they decided to split themselves and have either half stick with the respective Cookie later down the line. And, this is important folks; because they are not like other living beings on Earthbread, they didn't exactly help their new chosen ones at all, especially Golden Cheese and Dark Cacao when they had isolated themselves, or, in the case of White Lily, **enabled** her curiosity and search for answers, leading up to the creation of Dark Enchantress Cookie.

But I'm not here to talk about all of that. Because, as I am sure a lot of us are adults or at least of an age to realize that things aren't so simple. I am not defending the Lights for their decision, as I recognize that they are not entirely guilt free. It's easy to blame a LOT of factors that created the sordid history of Cookie Run Kingdom thus far. It's easy to blame the Witches for the misery a lot of Cookies had gone through, even though we have zero ideas about what happened to those who were with the Witch of Light (IF they did perish and were reborn as Cookies and are sealed within the castle); it's easy to blame the Virtues for their actions when they had become Beast Cookies (mainly Shadow Milk), yet we saw the 'how' and 'why' they became corrupted in the first place - that is to say, what happened to them was not an excuse for their actions, including after they were out of the Seal Tree; it's easy to blame the Soul Jams for not being the guides for the Virtues when they had started to fall, as well as for the suffering of the Ancient Heroes, though I will talk more about that in a bit. It's also easy to put the blame on the early Cookies during their time, as the Early Cookies played a factor for several of the Virtues falling (for Burning Spice, however, it was the numbness of watching civilizations rise and fall constantly that made him go bonkers, and for Eternal Sugar, it was due to her depression as she watched the Cookies get hurt over the things that happened to them); but early humans were as bad too, with their ignorance and cruelty that still exists today.

Onto the MAIN topic now... I have a theory, mostly about the Soul Jams. I had thought about it and noticed something.

While Soul Jams are indeed forces of nature that cares not for the lives of all Cookies...I think the Soul James are also influenced by the personalities and traits of their chosen one. In that cutscene, the Lights were logical, almost mechanical in their reasoning for them to be split into two. While the light halves of the Soul Jams the Heroes have does talk with them on a couple of occasions... the Light of Passion acts like Hollyberry to get her to regain her passion, not just once but twice. Yet not truly Hollyberry. A TRAIT of her that wishes to protect and help others with her passion.

Now. Before you @ me, this is from a logical standpoint. The Soul Jams act that way in that cutscene is because, back then, the Virtues were created for a single purpose. When the Witches, um, 'mysteriously vanished', the Virtues took it upon themselves to 'mechanically' continue their roles, with little idea of what they were actually doing. They just do what they think is associated with the Virtues they are given. 'Giving' knowledge, granting wishes for their volition, oversee change, bring happiness and promoting solidarity. We all saw how that turned out.

So, when the Soul Jams had split themselves in half, and Elder Fairy hid them in select places in Crispia to be found by the Ancient Heroes, you'd expect it to go like how it was back then, right? Well...that's if we go by the assumption that the Ancient Heroes were created as adults to fulfill their role. They weren't. They grew up, they had childhoods, they were tempered by their upbringings to develop the traits associated with the light halves of the Virtues. And those light halves? Influenced by their new wielders to have traces of their personality and mindsets. Yet not entirely, as they still have some flaws (looking at the Light of Freedom).

Note that I had said 'personality' and 'mindsets'. The latter can be applied to the first Chosen Ones before they became Beast Cookies - their mindset was to fulfill their roles. They failed, and this disconnected them from their first Chosen Ones. As they were stuck in that previous mindset. Perhaps THAT is what was left behind with the Beasts, not just the dark halves of the Virtues. The 'Light of Deceit' that talked with Shadow Milk while he was the Fount/Milk of Knowledge may just be something he had 'created' himself due to his failing mental health (not that I'd blame him but still).

I know I had said 'mechanical' to describe the Beast Cookies doing their roles, but...if you were born, practically immortal and non-aging, and just given a task you didn't fully understand, you just...do it. No questions asked. Especially after the person who created you fucked off somewhere and never returned. They are as alive themselves, but four out of five don't feel as if they are. By 'alive' I mean being like a normal Cookie.

Now, with that out of the way, this is still rather early. A lot of people have their own thoughts and feelings about them. I am not invalidating them, as a lot of people have the right to be mad. Even I had mixed feelings about this new information. I don't know what the future updates have in store but...I will say this:

If and when the Ancients find out THAT truth as well, they deserve to have a crash out, as most of their problems were caused by them in the first place. ESPECIALLY Pure Vanilla, who fucking lost his 'best friend' not once but fucking TWICE, because the Light of Freedom didn't do jack to stop her. The Hero of Truth deserves to lash out at the Soul Jams. The others? I'd say just as upset and angry too, as they could have prevented the Virtues from falling into corruption. Yes, Dark Cacao and Golden Cheese will have mixed feelings about it due to their own brutal history with their respective counterparts, yet if you look at it like this, as well as them not hearing their Soul Jams during their isolation, they'd be just as pissed.

It's likely Shadow Milk will be as affected, which might make his mental state worse. I don't know, but we'll see.

I just want to share my theory based on what we know thus far. My theory might end up getting debunked later, but I just want to get this out there.

Have a good day everyone.

[kyleehenke]

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[kyleehenke]

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[pokeblader3]

I'm serious when I say we gotta give Temmie Chang half the credit for Making Undertale (and Deltarune)

She's got an animation degree, I know the art in Undertale gets underappreciated sometimes because it's trying to evoke an older simpler style, but the art in Undertale is legit amazing and without Temmie, none of Toby's ideas would have been able to be realized (without finding some other artist and animator)

She deserves more flowers for being the one who made the vast majority of the art assets for an entire game that is one of the most commonly cited games as an influence on others (her style is so beloved and recognizeable, there's a fully complete Undertale fangame emulating it)

[dduane]

Nasty and sophisticated scam: BEWARE of this!

That "Pending PayPal Charge" Email Is a Scam — Even Though It Really Came From PayPal

If an email recently landed in your inbox with a subject line like "Pending charge of USD 987.90 for account activation. Questions? Call 855

Don’t get caught off guard by this. It’s quite a slick one.

[kerryweaverlesbian]

What to actually do If you get one of these, the answer is boring and it works every time: Don't call the number. Don't reply. Don't click links in the email — not even the unsubscribe link. Open a fresh browser tab, type paypal.com yourself, and log into your account. Check your activity. You'll see either nothing, or a tiny incoming payment from a stranger that you can ignore. Then forward the original email as an attachment to [email protected] and delete it. If you want to go a step further, report the phone number to the FTC at reportfraud.ftc.gov — every report makes it slightly harder for these operations to keep running. And if you've already called? Don't beat yourself up — these scams are designed by professionals to fool smart people. Hang up, run a malware scan if you installed anything they asked you to install, change your PayPal and bank passwords from a different device, and call your bank's real fraud line (the number on the back of your card) to flag your accounts. Move fast, but you don't need to panic.

from the above linked article. For the UK the email to forward phishing scams to is [email protected], texts can be forwarded on to 7726 (for free!) and as a victim of fraud you can report it here (or here for Scotland)

[comicgeekscomicgeek]

— If an email recently landed in your inbox with a subject line like "Pending charge of USD 987.90 for account activation. Questions? Call [phone]" — don't call that number. Don't click anything. And whatever you do, don't panic-dial to "stop the charge."

You're being targeted by one of the cleverest scams going right now, and the reason it works is uncomfortable: the email genuinely came from PayPal.

The trick is in the subject line, not the email

When most people think "phishing email," they picture sketchy senders, broken English, and links to weird domains. This scam is the opposite. The email passes every authenticity check — SPF, DKIM, DMARC, all green. It comes from PayPal's actual mail servers. The fonts are right. The footer is right. The unsubscribe link works. If you forwarded it to a security expert and asked "is this really from PayPal?" they'd have to say yes.

So how is it a scam?

Scammers have figured out that PayPal lets anyone send small amounts of money to anyone else, and that PayPal will dutifully email the recipient a notification. The scammer sends you a payout of, say, one Hungarian forint — about a quarter of a cent. PayPal's system then automatically generates and sends you a real, legitimate, fully-authenticated email confirming the transaction.

Here's the catch: the email's subject line is whatever the scammer typed when they set up the payout. PayPal doesn't sanitize it. So they write something terrifying like "Pending charge of USD 987.90 — call this number with questions" and PayPal's servers cheerfully deliver that subject line straight to your inbox, wrapped in a perfectly legitimate-looking notification.

The actual transaction in the email body is for 1 forint. There is no $987.90 charge. There never was. But by the time most people read carefully enough to notice that, they've already dialed the number. —

[the-reblog-squad-deactivated202]

Reblog if you don't use Generative AI to write fanfics/original fics or to create fanart/original art.

[a-kind-of-merry-war]

you get a comment on tumblr. it's a bot trying to scam you. you get a DM. it's a bot trying to scam you. you get a message on instagram. its a bot trying to scam you. you're an author and you get an email telling you how much they loved your book and want to showcase it at their bookclub. it's a bot trying to scam you (and it uses bad AI to pretend it knows your story). you get a comment on ao3 saying how much they love your fic - and they made you fanart!! it's a bot trying to scam you. you get a hate comment on ao3 which insults your writing or calls you a monster for writing something "problematic". it's a bot. but at least that one isn't trying to scam you.

[a-kind-of-merry-war]

there's just something really cruel and insidious about this wave of scams going after creatives. You get an email and think someone genuinely loved what you made but - no. It's another scam. It's someone trying to trick you into sending them money. On AO3, it might literally just be a bot someone made specifically to be a hateful little shit.

putting the stuff you've made out there for everyone to see is hard and scary and we're all just bumping around looking for a bit of appreciation and love and connection and these bastards are using that to try to rob us. I hate it.

[a-kind-of-merry-war]

Im going go get into the sea and stay there

[yesornopolls]

Do you currently have an earworm (a piece of music or a song playing in your mind)? If so, what is it?

Do you currently have an earworm (a piece of music or a song playing in your mind)?

Yes

No

Voting ended onApr 24

[yuetwili]

YOU'LL FIND YOUR FLAAAAAAAME!!!

[strawbebbynya]

Please help a disabled transfem find permanent housing

I realize everyone's having trouble recently, but I really can't stand to see my girlfriend suffer.

My girlfriend, June, has been struggling with housing for several years now, ever since she left her abusive mother behind. I would take her into my home in a heartbeat, but we have no space and aren't able to upgrade to a bigger place without a huge blow to our finances.

June has repeatedly proven herself to be a quiet roommate, but she is physically disabled. She is currently using a wheelchair and I'd prefer to find her someplace on the first floor. She recieves SSI and can take care of her own groceries and pay rent up to $600 a month after bills. She cannot drive, and Ubers to doctor appointments and the like would not be possible on her own dime. She likes cats, reptiles, and is becoming more comfortable with dogs.

From June:

"I need some amount of space to myself, someone willing to help me do laundry depending on if the machine is down a flight of stairs, someone willing to take me to get groceries and other places I need to go to, someone willing to help me with small tasks, someone who is willing to be patient and kind to me. I don't need help with restroom stuff but might need to be (gently) reminded to brush my teeth and wash my hair. I keep to myself for the most part and try to keep quiet but I do like talking and having some social interactions, I don't mind hanging out from time to time, I like to drink on occasion and am very into mixology. I'm happy to help cover some amount for groceries, especially once I start getting EBT, and my cap for rent is $600 with everything included. Lower would be nice, but I also understand that people renting out rooms usually need the money and might not be able to bring the price down for me. I have a wheelchair. I can't stand or walk for long amounts of time. I have a hard time going down stairs and pretty much can't if there isn't a railing. And I can't wheel myself around because it hurts a little too much. I will be looking into getting a caregiver, so hopefully helping me with basically everything won't be a permanent thing."

In two weeks, she is expected to leave her current home. I have been trying alongside her to find a new place, and we thought we had one down, but the prospects of being their long is not looking strong.

Please message me directly on tumblr or discord under strawbebbynya if you are interested/able to take her in. If you can't, please, reblog this post.

UPDATE: Deadline is the 27th of April. There's no more pushing it back

She is looking for housing in the US and is willing to move anywhere in the states! My bad for not adding that.

[strawbebbynya]

Please help her. Her roommates are going full scorched earth with her and her current housing situation may not go well either. We need someone who is willing to help her until she can get a caretaker, please.