Rick Riordan Ruined My Life

so, first of all, tumblr’s culture has changed a lot in the past couple years. there’s a genuine community effort to not start any drama, and ironically a lot of the current hostility is an effort to keep things calm. there’s also a change in how people interact with posts, so if you haven’t been here in a while please skip down to the tags/replies/reblog with text section.

for newcomers: you should be reblogging posts about as liberally as you would like something on twitter. if you only like stuff, people will think you are rude/a bot. you’ve probably heard people talk about “cultivating your dash,” and thats because this platform is 100% centered around your dashboard. trending matters less, unfollowing and blocking in order to shape your dash into it’s best form is widely accepted, the majority of the content you’ll find and interact with will be because of your dash, and the only way to put things on your dash is to reblog them. tumblr users are deeply distrustful of algorithms and have largely turned off the “see posts your friends have liked” function (i recommend you also turn of the various algorithms in settings → general settings → dashboard preferences).

so, once you’ve reblogged a post, there’s three ways to add content to it. the tags, replies, and reblogging with text. all of them have different connotations

the tags: an inside voice. originally they were meant for organizing your blog (and they’re still used for this), but they’ve also morphed into a way to share thoughts that aren’t funny/insightful enough for non-followers to be interested in. when in doubt, put your comment in the tags

replies: basically talking to your friends in class. your followers have no way of finding your replies (they don’t pop up on the dash, nobody gets notified except for the original poster) so chances are, only the person who made the post is gonna see your comment. it’s for quick one-offs that you’re okay with other people overhearing, but really is only made for one person. they’re like a public dm

reblog with text: an outside voice. you’re getting up on a stage in town square and entertaining people. make sure it’s funny or insightful— bottom line, add something new to the conversation. you should use this the least

general rules of thumb: 

when in doubt, reblog. people will judge you if your blog is only personal posts and you only interact with other content by liking it.  

the only things people will judge you for reblogging are personal vent posts. leave a like to give a little virtual hug

if a post is asking about your personality/opinions (i.e: tell me what’s the last tv show you watched, that kind of thing) put it in the tags 

Basically in the Star Wars franchise, they’ve spent all their time building everything around the prequels and original trilogy. So when you have a movie that takes place before A New Hope, and you can’t have any of those brand new characters show up in a New Hope because the movie has already existed and these characters don’t exist there— it creates a problem with the canon essentially.

A problem that Rogue One solved by just fucking killing everyone who was introduced in that movie.

-doesn’t like coffee (didn’t get to group up drinking it and can’t get used to the taste)

-never once does a sign of the cross, even ironically (mormons believe that each prayer must be ✨Unique✨ otherwise it is Not Genuine)

-mormons get really weird about premarital sex and will shun single mothers over it

-mormons target disenfranchised people all the fucking time. 100% would’ve cross converted sammy valdez

-mormonism also pushes for rejection of original beliefs and cultural practices. adoption and the foster system also pushes for assimilation, so its just like a tragic double whammy

leo: picks starstrukk by 3oh!3 every single time. duets it with piper. they both take it weirdly seriously. there is props for their performance.

piper: ^^ they’ve both rehearsed their choreography beforehand and can do it blackout drunk. its not karaoke, its an art.

percy: picks the tequila song. does not get up on stage. spends entire time talking to annabeth and always says “tequila” a half beat off every single time without fail.

annabeth: she doesn’t have a set song she does every time. typically picks whatever is popular on the radio at the moment because at least she’ll have heard it enough to sing along without needing to read/rely on the screen.

jason: picks at random. however once it landed on a fully in korean song and he somehow sang it perfectly. he does not remember doing this. yes there are videos.

frank: only gets up on stage if hazel’s doing a duet. he definitely got kicked out of youth choir at a summer camp bc he’s not musically inclined. uses that as an excuse to not solo sing

hazel: typically picks something everyone will get singing along to. girls just wanna have fun, counting stars, etc. she’s pretty good at karaoke but she’d rather sing with the crowd than make a big deal out of it. will convince frank to duet love songs with her

reyna: she doesn’t come often but she will usually go first to ‘get it over with’ and then immediately queue up the last song used and sing that.