Do You Ever Feel Like Your Art Looks Like A Bland Copy Of The Original Reference Picture? I’ve Got

You know, an interesting tumblr transformation that's happened gradually, and which I've seen no one talk about: ask-culture has essentially dropped off to nothing.

By which I mean, asks used to be WAY more of the tumblr economy. They used to be more common to send, and receive, and see. They were integral to the collaborative, forum-like behavior of old tumblr communities, not even to speak on the HUGE number of ask-blogs that used to exist to only be interacted with in ask-form.

I'm not saying this in a vying-for-attention way but instead in an observational way: I used to get way way more asks in like 2015, even with a fraction of my follower count. I wonder if it's due to the homogenization of social media sites? There's a lot more of this divide between "content creator" and "consumer" instead of just a bunch of peer blogs who would talk to each other. "Asks" aren't really a thing on twitter, are they? And as I understand it, the closest thing to an "ask" on instagram or tiktok would be a creator screenshotting some comment and responding to it in a new reel or video or whatever those content mediums are. Are asks just too tumblr-specific? Is that aspect of the site culture dying out as more and more people converge to using all their social media sites in the same way?

I still find it so funny how the only reason I went on a trip last year with a band I wasn’t in was because I was like

“Hey you should take me.”

“Okay.”

“Wait what.”

SERVICE DOG PSA

So today I tripped. Fell flat on my face, it was awful but ultimately harmless. My service dog, however, is trained to go get an adult if I have a seizure, and he assumed this was a seizure (were training him to do more to care for me, but we didn’t learn I had epilepsy until a year after we got him)

I went after him after I had dusten off my jeans and my ego, and I found him trying to get the attention of a very annoyed woman. She was swatting him away and telling him to go away. So I feel like I need to make this heads up

If a service dog without a person approaches you, it means the person is down and in need of help

Don’t get scared, don’t get annoyed, follow the dog! If it had been an emergency situation, I could have vomited and choked, I could have hit my head, I could have had so many things happen to me. We’re going to update his training so if the first person doesn’t cooperate, he moves on, but seriously guys. If what’s-his-face could understand that lassie wanted him to go to the well, you can figure out that a dog in a vest proclaiming it a service dog wants you to follow him

Hello! This is not a question but- I feel like you should take some time to just relax and get your stuff together, I know is easy to say than do. but as long as you feel like you need to share something there might always be someone that would listen to what you want and have to say, like when you vent through posts, people will read it, and be there, and sometimes just leave you a like, but like, is good for you that you do that, it takes a little pressure off your mind when you share stuff like that, knowing that someone saw it and read of it, like listening, even if is through a screen. Idk where I'm trying to go here but I just wanted to let you know that there's your followers that do care about what you have to say and share, that's literally why they're here, Why we are here for. just please remember to take your time, if there's something you must do first before posting or working on what you want to do, do that first so then you have free time to work on what you like. And remember to take care of yourself, put your stuff together, take a deep breath, drink water, a little rest from everything. Love you, buddy.

Too much kindness I don’t deserve

It’s weird thinking people actually read my posts- i usually don’t think they do and I just put it out there for no reason. But it’s nice.

I genuinely do wish I could just share everything I’ve been through (wow very internet safe). But I’m really scared of people saying it’s unbelievable and way too much to be real. So I just put my trauma in all my characters- one traumatic experience per character each makes it believable. And the idea people will like my characters and believe the characters feels authentic enough for me ig.

But aside from that, knowing people like you care about whatever I say is validating to me. Thank you. My biggest fear is people not caring or believing me.

I literally can't keep up with all these gofundme asks and messages, forgive me but I'm not doing anymore reblogs or answers for the gofundme, they just keep coming and I can't keep doing this. They come every few minutes, all throughout the day, and I'm not on here 24/7 to do this. I think it's a little too much. I understand the importance but getting asks and messages everyday is too much for me here. Please ask someone else to do all these reblogs. I already did a few hoping to help, but now they just keep coming even after I've already helped. I don't want to see anymore.

I will result in ignoring or blocking if this continues. I'm sorry for the ones they hoped for me to do something but I've already had multiple people asking and pleading as it is before you. Something like this is meant for someone that can genuinely help, I'm just a simple person, one that doesn't really communicate and can't really do much for you. So please respect my wishes, and I'm sorry it's come to this.

(like this is happening so much that it's starting to become spammy and suspicious from accounts different or not constantly contacting me over it.)

Anyways reminder for folks to maybe stop uploading my shit on Pinterest…

this may or may not be a fantasy writing exercise for me. please reblog

I'm pretty sure that we never get a canon explanation of how Nightmare gained his castle. I've already explored multiple possibilities with that in the past, but writing my most recent fic I was thinking: what if it's just an extension of his corruption, like the tentacles?

Imagine, overtime he managed to accumulate more and more. So the castle started off as just a throne, then it became a room, then corridors and rooms started being added.

Being made of corruption, the Castle is arguably as alive as Nightmare himself. And it probably equally needs to feed, which gives Nightmare an ulterior reason for wanting henchmen and for why most don't last long in there.

The Castle is a malicious entity just as much as Nightmare is. It's vindictive. It twists and shapes its insides like it's most convenient to it. It has eyes and ears everywhere, but that doesn't mean that it always snitches to Nightmare. It's not a beast that Nightmare controls after all, it considers itself on the same level as the god. It only tends to aid Nightmare because he's the one bringing it food. But it could be interesting if, at some point, it starts working on selecting certain people to keep forever so that it can grow independent and kick Nightmare out. After all, I highly doubt that two incarnations of the same corruption would like to share a space forever.

I imagine that, someone like Killer who's grown so used to reading all of Nightmare's micro-movements would probably study the Castle with just as much attention. That could explain how he was able to sneak around with Color behind Nightmare's back. He probably knew how to get on the Castle's good side.

Although, I do think that the Castle's favorite resident would likely be Dust. He has nowhere else to be, no one waiting for him, and he's filled to the brim with negativity. That's an ideal candidate for a permanent stay.

Funnily enough, I think Nightmare himself would be the Castle's least favorite resident. He's unfortunately just very useful.