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Leggy: Out

This is actually from yesterday. Today, Dragon appears to have hurt her leg somehow, as she is limping VERY dramatically in a MOST pathetic way (except when there's lots of crickets to eat in the bathtub, then she can use it). I think she probably knocked it on something or mom stepped on her wrong or maybe she sprained it, because I could find no evidence of injury and elicit no pain reaction from anywhere I tested while looking for what was wrong. I suspect that she's just a baby, and a truly spoiled one at that, which means this is THE WORST PAIN ANYONE HAS EVER ENDURED (a bruise) because she's just never really experienced pain yet before.

reblog art instead of just liking it! not only will you increase the amount of people who see it (more cool people seeing cool art!!!!) but then you can also leave some nice comments in the tags about how cool the art is!!!

no theories??? you can reblog the ones you really like, or even question the ones you don’t! fandom thrives on engagement! i’m not saying yell at someone for having a different opinion, but there’s no harm saying “oh, i didn’t see it that way. can you tell me more?” if you know of someone who has cool/interesting theories, please encourage them to talk more about it!! they probably held back the first time!

COMMENT ON FIC!!!!!! please, we are begging. literally just a heart emoji as a second kudos feels like the bare minimum but damn… sometimes we out here getting NO comments. one single emoji in the inbox might MAKE SOMEONE’S DAY.

create content - it doesn’t have to be good, it has to be THERE

you think your art is crap - the fans of that will not care

you go into one of their spaces and go “hey, I have a thought” and say it

talk to people, engage with them as well as the content

some of your favourite fancreators were once nervous little fans scared to dip their toes, and now they’re stomping in like godzilla to the delight of tokyo

you are the best part of fandom, you are different and have different ideas and yeah, we all start as tiny little fans scared to speak up, and now, we’re the ones being asked for content, every one of us dropped fics we’d like to scour off the internet, or art, or amv or whatever

Did you know there's a gap in my baseboards? I sure didn't!

Fortunately she's easy to lure out, because hers is the greed described in the bible. She knows her name but the problem is that verbal recall is never, ever going to be as valuable as a warm, humid hole (because ofc the dishwasher was going when this happened), so I had to lure her gluttonous ass out with a reptilink.

(was asked to put my Bluesky thread on tumblr)

Just because of some stuff I saw yesterday: if you are a minor online, please do not openly identify yourself as such. It is not safe, it allows adults who want to interact with minors for bad purposes to know you are one.

There are different, safer ways to accomplish your goals than to do that.

You do not need to identify yourself publicly as a minor online to:

Ask that people respect your boundaries

Not create or interact with adult material

Not be a victim of harassment

Not give away personal information

All these are normal things anyone of any age can do online.

If you are being invited into spaces you don't want to be in as a minor, or which people have asked you not to be in as a minor, decline for any or no reason. If an adult wants to do something with you they should not with a minor, decline for any or no reason. If people do not accept that, they are not people you should be interacting with. Don't pretend to be an adult, just don't say you aren't.

I understand that recently, more people under 18 tend to say that they are under 18 to protect themselves online. People who are not dangerous don't need that information. People who are dangerous will gladly use it because they know you are vulnerable. You are not protecting yourself.

As an adult who doesn't really care to interact with minors, I probably won't interact a lot with you if you are "young." That's not hard to catch from the way people act online. If you are "young" I care about you being safe and not victimized by opportunists, regardless of your birth year.

Protect your identity and safety on the internet, and if you are a person who is vulnerable, be a mysterious figure. Make silly posts. Complain about "people you know." Complain about "living with your parents."

Hey if you get one of these it's a scam. Tumblr is not going to give you security alerts via a mention on a post.

NEW PATTERN ✨

This one was outta my comfort zone, but MAN was it fun to stitch.

No need to feel silly at all!

It's basically the sex/ace version of amatonormativity. The "amato-" prefix comes from "amor" and is basically Latin for love, with implications of romance specifically, so amatonormativity is romance normativity. It's the idea that everyone wants and needs romantic relationships and that romantic relationships are better than other relationships like platonic or familial, etc. Amatonormativity does also have implications that romance and sex are inherently intertwined, but I like to use amatonormativity to discuss the romantic stuff specifically.

Compulsory sexuality is basically the idea that everyone wants and needs sex, and that sex is an inherent good, and that it's super important and great and more important than other things.

Although on the surface these words seem to be significant to aromantic or asexual folks only, they also impose rules on people in romantic or sexual relationships and on society as a whole. If you are in a relationship you are expected to spend more time with your significant other than friends or family. Sex is expected of you as someone with a partner, even down to expecting children or the building of a family. You are expected to please your partner. You are expected to compromise or put up with shitty or abusive relationships because the alternative is being alone, and being alone is the Worst Thing You Can Be in compulsory sexuality and amanormativity.

This puts even people who are looking for romantic or sexual relationships in danger because there is such a fear of missing out and such a heavy expectation on them to be in a relationship that they are afraid to say no, set boundaries, or take some time to heal or recover or take care of themselves on their own.

HAPPY PRIDE FROM OUR AROACE KING!!

The Bubonic Plague

Vampire Folklore

Tree frogs.

Boris "professional idiot" Johnson wanted to build an island airport in the immediate area.

it's fucking visible

You weren't kidding they've been trying to get the masts off for 5 years and keep getting foiled because there's probably bombs leaking out of her