Chatterboxes

“Do we, perhaps, know you..?” Cait tilted her head slightly at the boy dressed in red.

“Know the red human? Not a clue, meow.” Sith answered her twin’s question, “But, didn’t the one in blue tell us about him..?”

“…”

[Okay. A pair of twin cats. This seemed to confuse him a little as to why they’d suddenly approached him.]

“Yes, Sig,” Cait nodded and swished her tail, “The one who loves insects! Wait, he liked insects, right, Sith?”

“I don’t like it.”

“It’s very funny weather here.”

“Do you think anyone lives here?”

“It’s all in ruins.”

“Let’s stand still and listen for a bit.”

“Let’s go home.”

“But we haven’t seen anything yet. Now we’re here, we simply must have a look round.”

“I’m sure there’s nothing at all interesting here.”

“Who’s talking about being afraid?”

“I’ll go anywhere you go.”

“That doesn’t look very safe.”

“Any one of these dresses would cost hundreds of pounds.”

“I do wish we knew the story that’s behind all this.”

“There seems to be something written here.”

“What does it matter what would have happened?”

“Nyan nyan nyan!~”

“Nyan nyan nyan!~”

The two fluffy felines went up to the boy in blue, allowing him to be graced with their soft nuzzles as they rubbed against his legs.

“Sig, nyan!~ It’s been forever!~” Cait mewed happily.

Sig had been off in his own little world for a moment, thinking about something… but that something was pushed out of his mind when he heard a familiar mewing sound.

Upon looking down and discovering the source of those sounds, he was quite surprised. But not an angry surprised…. on the contrary, this surprise was quite a pleasant one. He gave the two cats a soft smile as he knelt down to pet them both, one with his right hand, the other (very carefully) with his left.

“Too long!” Cait spoke up.

Hey there! Do you ever want to add images of your character’s face on mobile as easily as you do on the computer? I’m here to show you a tip on how to use reaction images on mobile (though it has a couple more steps than on a computer).

Preparation

First, set your editor to HTML mode. You can do this in the settings, or you can change it at the post level from the gear button on the bottom right next to the Facebook and Twitter logos. Remember to surround every paragraph with <p> and </p>, and replace any < and > with < and > or Tumblr might eat your post.

The easiest way to use inline images, I have found, is by using the Imgur app. First, upload your reaction images onto your Imgur account.

You may do this on the computer via their website, or straight from the app via your phone. After that, you’ll be able to quickly access them via the app.

Here’s what my reaction image album looks like from my Android phone.

Add Images to Post

Once you have the images on Imgur, copy the direct link to the image you want to use. Direct links end with a file extension, most likely .png; if it doesn’t, open it in your browser and try to get the link again.

On my Android, I long-press the image, select “Share direct link”, and select “Copy to clipboard”. I don’t know how exactly it works on iPhone, but it should be similar.

Finally, add the following code to your post, replacing the _____ with your link:

<p><img src="_____"></p>

If you’ve learned a little HTML, you’ll recognize this as just a normal image inside a paragraph. The paragraph is there to trick Tumblr into thinking it isn’t an “external image”, and showing it without making the user click on it.

And voilà! You’ve added an image onto your post. Once again, the steps are 1) find your image on Imgur, 2) get the direct link, and 3) insert the code.