Anyways, hi. I'm back again with a teeny, weeny little favor. Uncomfortable coughs...
doing commissions stuff :D
I..don't really, like uh, doing this. And I'm really sorry in advance 🧍
I don't, uh, normally feel comfortable doing this, especially online. But as of right now, I'm stuck in a pretty difficult situation, and there's a lot of problems for me right now and I'm not sure what else to do.
So first off, um. Hi, hello. I'm...lotusarchon - some of you already know me as Ali, or Usagii, or Lotus (or that one fanfic writer on ao3 ha).
I’m in a pretty tough spot right now. My home situation is... well, not great. My dad’s pretty toxic (an alcoholic twat), and it’s been hard to even get the basics I need to survive, like food and stuff because uh, yay...dads are great. I've tried my best to apply for jobs physically to help myself, but unfortunately there's nothing available, and the work that is available aren't in my area, and I don't drive and I don't have the expenses to get back and forth to be able to apply for these jobs, much less anyone I can count on in my real life to help me through.
I’ve been writing for a while now (if you aren't familiar with me hsuadjah), and I've been really active in the Lego Monkie Kid and Chinese-mythology related fandoms (Black Myth Wukong, JTTW, FSSY, Fei Ren Zai, the Nezha films, etc), and it's one of the only talents I have, so I've decided to try doing commissions!
But uhh...the one downside is, because of my country, Trinidad, (and bank account), I can't accept payments via Paypal, Kofi, etc - my bank doesn't allow foreign transactions specifically, so I can't really accept payments via these things. The only, one way that I'm able to access fees is via Western Union.
I know this is a lot to ask, especially when others are having it worst and their own issues to deal with, and I'm sorry. I'm really just trying to survive as best as I can right now. Um, if it's an issue, I can also help with signing up...for the Western Union...so you won't need to stress about it.
And I won't charge for much, and I'm willing to write anything for the specific fandoms -
- Lego Monkie Kid
- JTTW / Black Myth Wukong
- Nezha 2019 and 2025
-- Jujutsu Kaisen
-- Naruto + Shippuden
-- Demon Slayer
-- MXTX's works (SVSSS, MDXS, TGCF)
And I can also write -
- canon x canon, canon x oc/yumeships (or selfships), and ofc canon x reader
- any ship dynamics (but I'd prefer if you asked me first?), and any ships!
- nsfw/smut, dead dove, fluff, angst, a mix
- oneshots, drabbles, multichapter fics
The prices can be discussed because I'm...not really sure what the cost should be for my writing. But, again - I'll write first before you pay, so you won't have to pay for anything you don't like.
And I won't force anyone to help or anything of that sort. If you can help, please do, but if you can't, that's okay. Just, um, reblog I guess.....
If you can't contact me on this account, you can find me on my alt, @buniibloom , and my discord user is yuxiibun !
lmk x mouthwashing au where sun wukong is curly (don't argue with me, he'd never be like jimmy), macaque is jimmy (with the gaslighting and nothing else dw macaque fans), daisuke is mk, swansea is pigsy and reader is anya..
is this an excuse to make some horror-esque fics? perhaps...and i may add other characters too 👁️👁️
from my sources adjacent to tumblr--from which i can spread rumors and insider information freely because i dont give a fuck about ever working in the tech sector--im hearing this round of firings was focused on purging the senior staff, and not just from support but from the entire remaining tumblr workforce. i'm hearing there are about 25 people left.
This is important, people. Please don't scroll past this one.
While I don't think that Tumblr is about to shut down anytime soon, as a fandom old who lost my community and my people when the fandom diaspora happened from LiveJournal, I want to urge that you do something NOW:
Get your backup account(s) elsewhere NOW
Let your moots know your username(s) at those places NOW
Follow your moots at their places NOW
I mean this with all my heart. Get this done now. Get set up and find your people now. Tumblr is the home of fandom now, just as LiveJournal was the home of fandom way back. And you could end up losing your fandom home just as easily and quickly as us old LJ people did way back then.
It's a horrible feeling, and most old LJ users still mourn the loss of it to this day.
The rest of this gets a bit long, so it needs to go behind a cut, but please take a moment out of your scrolling to read it.
TUMBLR IS FANDOM. It's where we all are. Yes, many of us probably have random accounts here or there - a Pillowfort, a BlueSky, a website set up at some free, ad-supported place, etc - but if you are active on Tumblr, then this is where your people are. This is where your community is.
Just like my people and community were on LiveJournal. We lived through a lot of shit together (seriously, look up LiveJournal on Fanlore or Wikipedia sometime) but in the end we all ended up scrambling to try and find both a new place and each other too late.
And, when you find your 'backup places' don't just stick a link to your Carrd or Linktree in your Tumblr profile. Actively tell your moots in a post (reblog it occasionally, too) where they can find you, and encourage them to find and follow you there, too. They're not going to have that link in your profile if Tumblr suddenly shuts off the lights, so make sure you actively let people know where to find you elsewhere.
Some suggestions:
Pillowfort and/or BlueSky
If you're the kind of Tumblr user who is a 'thought-vomiter' (i.e., you post a LOT, and it's often random observations and brain farts, short quickfire stuff throughout your day) try either Pillowfort (which is still in open beta and currently has a rolling waitlist to join) or BlueSky. Both are Twitter/X type sites in their layout. (And avoid Twitter/X like the fucking plague. Just, seriously, don't go there.)
Dreamwidth
If you're the kind of Tumblr user who needs more than a couple of hundred characters for some (or many) of your posts, and you really relish community and interaction, head to Dreamwidth.
While I have accounts on all three of the platforms I've just linked you to, it'll be Dreamwidth where I make my home if Tumblr goes down the tubes. Yes, its backend user interface looks a bit late-2000s, but that's because it was built out of the LiveJournal diaspora, off the back of (and improved upon) the old open source LJ code, and it has all the incredible features that LJ had (and still has, if you don't mind accepting that hateful ToS and never mentioning anything to do with LGBTQ+ at all over there).
Crucially, Dreamwidth is committed to remaining ad-free, and it is incredibly easy to find your fandom/people over there (as long as they are over there) using the interests search. It takes a little bit of getting used to, but it's well worth it for the incredibly customisable reading list, which acts like the Tumblr dashboard, and the granularity with which you can set your posts. It's had communities since the very start, and you can even set up custom filters for different groups of people you want to post to, so your Marvel-loving moots can see your Marvel stuff, your Minecraft-loving moots can see your Minecraft stuff, and your closest friends who you trust with anything are the only people who can see the deeply personal stuff you've posted to the group you've set up just for them. Want to post with different icons? You've got 15 of them completely free. There is so much to Dreamwidth, and I wish more people knew about it and used it.
But what about Discord?
By all means find and join Discord servers for your fandom, but please do not let fandom disappear into thousands of completely separate, unsearchable, unfindable Discord servers. Find a place where people can find you easily, and where you can find other people easily if/when you leave your current fandom for whatever reason at some point in the future and get into a new fandom.
Imagine if there was no Tumblr right now. It's just gone. Poufs overnight. And you've just got into an incredibly good new TV show/movie/book/etc., and you need to find your people for it. How would you do that, if they're all sitting in their own private Discord servers, possibly invite-only and not listed anywhere like Disboard? You can't.
So - while Discord is great if you already have that all-important URL to join the server - it's a lot harder to find your people if you've no idea where to get that URL.
Image hosting
It's important to note that none of the sites I've linked to have native image-hosting (as yet - that's why Tumblr is ad-supported, because image hosting costs a shit ton of money), so you'll need to find some kind of image-hosting site out there if you're someone who posts a lot of visuals. Fandom artists will likely already have their spaces for that, but there are plenty of free image hosts out there.
Closing thoughts
Did this post (and the linked article - if you even read it rather than just glancing at the headline) alarm you? Make you feel anxious? Well, I'm sorry for that, but honestly? It should. Anxious is how I felt, as well as completely lost and cast adrift, when I lost my online home and my fandom peeps all those years ago. And this long-arsed post is my way of trying to help you prevent those feelings for yourself if this latest round of layoffs at Tumblr and other places owned by Automattic eventually leads to our current fandom home shutting down.
Do I think that Tumblr will close anytime soon? No, I don't. I think it would continue limping along until it came to the point where it's making too much of a loss to make any kind of business sense for it to be kept on life support any longer. After all, fanfction.net is still struggling along - riddled with bot and scam comments and with absolutely no support for any of its users who are enduring them - to this day. But is it a home? Hell no.
Don't let apathy take the wheel for you over this. Don't think, "I'll get around to doing that later. Tumblr's not going anywhere soon," and then forget about it until that point where you wish you had done it all that time ago. It takes a handful of minutes to secure an account (or, in the case of Pillowfort, to get on the waitlist) so get your accounts set up now, even if you never use them afterwards.
If you do, then you may be very grateful to your current self sometime in your future.
Better to have them now, with all your friends and moots already following you and knowing where to find you, than to be left standing there like Confused Travolta with your coat over your arm and wondering where the fuck you find your fandom home again as it once again enters a new diaspora.
To my own moots who may be reading this, look out for a post from me shortly, where I'll let you know my other online locations.
I can only imagine, this person is so fucking disgusting
If anyone happens to know the person behind this, and y'all think it's funny, here's something for laughs: jump, you waste of space. You're nothing but a pile of useless maggots in shit. Fuck you
Hello, my name is Rola, and I am a mother of two children living in the Gaza Strip. Our lives were once filled with love, laughter, and dreams for the future. But everything changed on October 7th, when the war shattered not only our home but our entire world.
That morning, my family and I were enjoying coffee together on the balcony. Out of nowhere, an explosion erupted, shaking our home violently. My husband and son ran for cover, falling over each other in panic, while I stood frozen, still holding my cup, unable to process the chaos around me. When I looked out the window, I saw that our neighbor’s house, once filled with life, had been reduced to rubble. Ambulances rushed to the scene as people scrambled to rescue the injured and pull bodies from the debris.
The bombings didn’t stop. At night, the rain poured heavily, and the cold seeped into our bones. I stayed awake, covering my children to keep them warm and praying for their safety. But safety is an illusion here. Another explosion shattered the night, and our neighbors’ home was destroyed. Their children, who had been sleeping peacefully under a blanket, were found lifeless, their cover soaked in blood.
I looked at my children with tears in my eyes and thought, How can I protect you? We had to flee our home with nothing but the clothes on our backs. We left behind my children’s toys, their clothes, and their beautiful bedroom. Everything we had worked so hard to build is gone.
Our Current Reality
Now, we are displaced and living in a nightmare. Food is scarce, and prices are unimaginably high—$10 for a kilo of sugar! The fear of death hangs over us constantly. My children deserve a life of joy and hope, not one defined by fear and loss. Why can’t we live like everyone else—go to work, visit family, and watch our children play in safety? Why do our children have to grow up surrounded by death and destruction?
How You Can Help
I am pleading for your kindness to help us rebuild our lives. We need your support to:
💔 Rebuild our home, so my children can feel safe again.
🌍 Evacuate from Gaza, seeking a future where my family can live with dignity.
🩺 Provide urgent medical care for my children, who need protection from this nightmare.
Even the smallest donation can make a difference. If you can’t donate, please share my story. Every share brings us closer to hope.
What Your Support Means
Your kindness is not just about helping us survive; it’s about giving us a chance to dream again. To rebuild what we’ve lost and to ensure my children have a future filled with possibilities, not fear.
Thank you for taking the time to read my story. Your support means the world to us. Let’s work together to rebuild hope, one step at a time.
🌸 Please share our story and consider donating today. 🌸
Hi I am Fatima and live in London UK. I have known Rola now for appr… Fatima Rajwani needs your support for From Despair to Hope: Help us to
Do not interact with @/puppybrainzzsblog. Block and report them, as they are harassing my friend and have also sent DMs to me as well saying awful stuff. Do not engage, do not give them the attention they are seeking for, straight up ignore them.
IN JUST 1 WEEK IT WILL HAVE BEEN A FULL YEAR OF GENOCIDE. A FULL YEAR OF BOMBING, DISPLACEMENT, AND SUFFERING.
Why is this allowed to happen ?! Why have we not stopped it yet ??
Israel is expanding their colonial project into Lebanon, Syria, and the entire SWANA region.
Are you not outraged ??? Do something !! Help this family SURVIVE A GENOCIDE ! PLEASE.
Iyad and Ruba's families have gone through SO MUCH. Losing 38K in total because of GFM's shit, Iyad having to live with unmedicated diabetes, Ruba sustaining a horrible stomach injury while being displaced, their tents flooding with 5 young children to look after, and Ruba's entire family including her several younger siblings being sick with a respiratory infection.
Help Eman Abushaban reach their goal by donating or sharing with your friends.
VETTED no. 90 and 173 on the SPREADSHEET
They've lost so much. Let's try to get them to at least 13K before the 1 year mark.
We have 6 days left until 1 full year will have passed and while there are almost 2k notes on this post, only 13 people have donated. You can help. You are the only ones who can help. Please do so.
My name is Salman Helles from the afflicted and massively destroyed Gaza Strip..
My family consists of many children, women and elderly people and we are suffering from horrific tragic conditions .. Our house was bombed in the northern Gaza Strip and we were displaced to the southern Gaza Strip to Deir al-Balah and the family was scattered in tents and shelters in Deir al-Balah .. The conditions are extremely tragic where children suffer from the spread of diseases among them and the elderly and women in my family suffer from miserable conditions ..
There is no water, food or electricity in the Gaza Strip and the treatment is getting worse day after day ..
For more than 330 days we have been oppressed and wronged in the Gaza Strip and we are exposed to violent barbaric bombing ..
We would never ask for help and donations but the miserable conditions in the Gaza Strip forced us to do so ..
Hello dear .. Please do not ignore our suffering
My name is Salman… Salman Hellis needs your support for Save the family of Salman Hellis f
I appeal to the owners of human consciences and free people in this world to provide us with help ..
Your help, no matter how small, means a lot to us because it contributes to saving us and alleviating our suffering ..
Please donate to us or share my campaign On your blog and for your friends
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Hello! This is a very difficult post to make, but I need to admit my current situation isn't the best.
I live with my mom, my two brothers and my dad, but I can't do this anymore. During basically my whole life, my dad has been very emotially abusive to all of us. He gets mad very easily and we can't say anything negative agaist him (even simple things like "hey, you forgot to do that") or he'll start screaming and say the worst things possible.
He literally said once that he wished he could be dead so me and my family "would be homeless and starve" (yes, these were his words). And this is starting to happen very often, to the point I've even started to be scared to live here. I can't do this anymore - I could tell MANY examples of things he had done to me and (especially) my mom. And after everything, he pretends nothing happened. He's never sorry. He never regrets what he does.
So, to put it simple, I need to save up money to move away from here. The faster it happens, the best it'll be. The best option for me right now is work with my art, so you can check out my commission sheet, if you want. I'll also start a Patreon account next month. If anyone has any advice with how to get more money, it'll help a lot!
I would also appreaciate a lot if you could reblog this post!
I don't usually make posts, and I don't have a large following, but I wanted to support and boost my friend @lakesparkles who is currently looking for commissioners!! They're in a really bad spot right now and are trying to get money to move out! They're very sweet, lovely and easy to work with! Their prices are super good and they are so so fast at making art! I'll also attach a bunch of art I commissioned from them as an example, each piece was delivered in less than a week from when I paid them, please consider helping them! Thank you!
This is one of the moments I can't even express how grateful and happy I am! For such nice words, but with how many times you've helped me!! I loved doing every single of these commissions and you're so sweet every single time!
Please know that this made my day so much better!!!
Hello lm hamdi ,I humbly ask for your support by reblogging this post on your account to help me and my family. As newcomers to Tumblr and GoFundMe, we are in desperate need of your kindness and support. 🙏🇵🇸🍉😔Please donate 🙏🏼Let's reach the goal as soon as possible .
