triflesandparsnips:

pendragyn:

phantomrose96:

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?

it’s probably from assholes making asks a minefield of trolling/harassment for years with no real blocking ability, which turned people off from allowing asks on their blogs so as a whole the site moved away from it

but now that we do have better blocking, we should try to revive it.

Reblog if your ask box is open.

penandinkprincess:

ionicblowjobs:

theroyalmage:

pancake776:

hetalian801:

loszeged:

@penandinkprincess Where’s the goose pen

ON FIRE AND PUNTED INTO THE RIVER ATP

dragonpyre:

Actually, all artists will go insane if you draw art of their art. The same goes for fic writers. It could be a stick figure and we’d still love it. We’re also kissing you on the lips

kommandantpinks-art:

sagethegremlin:

snowflakeb0ttles:

jaraxxus:

truly

Loll, sorry xd

When I plopped my boys into Eorzea, I tried to keep Antony fancy and dapper lol.

Now he’s tits out and short shorts <3.

arborealgargoyle:

thatlittledandere:

Everyone should read their own fanfics recreationally tbh this shit fucking rules. It’s like the author knows exactly what I like.

why doesn’t that bitch ever update 😭

rins-love-wins:

xxtc-96xx:

mewtwoandme:

ad-wills:

…OK LISTEN-!!

alphagodith:

blair the gazimon for @contentwerewolf! i love these guys.

Omg!! Aaaaaa! Look at her go!! Go bby go!! 💕

orlissa:

Hi,

It’s you friendly neighbor fanfic author here. In the light of this apparent new trend of people feeding unfinished fics to AI to get an “ending,” and some people even talking about “blanket permissions,” let me just say this:

I EXPLICITLY FORBID ANYONE TO FEED MY FICS TO AI. DUDE, THAT IS ABOUT THE LEAST RESPECTFUL THING YOU CAN DO. IF YOU DO IT, SHALL YOU BE EXCOMMUNICATED FROM YOUR FANDOM AND WALK ON LEGOS BAREFOOT TILL THE END OF DAYS.

That is my anti-permission.

Thank you for your attention.