Visual Delights

Part of me leans into him never having a permanent home via foster care bc he never brings it up

If he had loving foster or adoptive parents I think he’d have brought them up at least once in conversation, or even if they weren’t outright abusive he probably never connected with them bc everyone treats his stories of home as a delusion he made up to cope with trauma

Like the fact that his hair is so short during the school flashback makes me think whoever was caring for him likely fed into his insecurity in his male identity — probably gave him a home haircut insisting boys didn’t wear their hair long like that

And he clearly wants it long as he grew it out as an adult

So I saw a Masters of the Universe! Super fun and nostalgic. And yes when Cringer came on the screen I did squeal, “kitty!”

They'd look at me and go "this is your man??"

And it's like you don't get it that's My Angel ™

He's a gentle soul, a good role model, a sweetie. He can (and has) literally moved mountains but what he wants to do is just be helpful, make his parents proud, and maybe take a little nap by a babbling brook.

now he looks like this

While still maintaining that softhearted personality

I just received a DM from a user claiming to have "Falsely reported" my blog because they were "scammed" by a different user they thought was me. They asked for help in resolving the issue, and they were very apologetic in their tone. This disarmed me at first, but I'm not the type to immediately trust unsolicited inquiries like this, so I asked if the profile that "tricked" them was still up. They said no (red flag number one).

This user then provided (fake) screenshots of an email they supposedly received from Tumblr support after they "realized" the reporting of my blog was fraudulent, detailing how my blog was supposedly going to be deactivated unless the issue was resolved. The user then went on to try to get me to contact Tumblr support on Discord (red flag #2), to resolve the false report issue, trying to scare me into clicking the link by saying they don't want my blog to be deactivated over a mistaken report.

I then promptly went to Reddit and sure enough, this is a known scam that has been going around Tumblr recently. Users will fall for this scam by clicking the link and contacting some random person on Discord claiming to be Tumblr support, who will have the victim change their emails and passwords and then they will promptly be locked out of their account by the scammer.

Tumblr Support does not have a Discord. You will only ever contact them through Tumblr itself. If a random blog DMs you with a story following this general script, block and report them. The blog that contacted me didn't appear at first glance to be a bot. It had posts, a real profile picture and description, and had been following me for a year. I think it was probably a real blog that had been hacked via the same scam. Do not fall for this and stay safe out there, everyone!