theworsethingsgettheharderifight:

jellybeanium124:

Hey. Gentiles. Listen up for a sec.

When September and October are nearing and you’re planning an event: google “Rosh Hashanah *year*” and *Yom Kippur *year*” and then, and I cannot stress this enough, don’t plan your event on those days. In fact, don’t plan any events starting sundown the night before. Those are the three most important days of the Jewish calendar, and, once again, I cannot stress enough how much this little bit of forethought and kindness will make every Jew you know cry tears of joy.

Rosh Hashanah is September 16th, 2033

Tom Kippur is September 25th, 2023

you’ve been told’t

gffa:

ahsoka-in-a-hood:

Alternative readings are good, I say, while grinding my teeth because I don’t like this particular one

It makes for a healthy fandom ecosystem to have a variety of takes, I say, while halfway to seethingly daydreaming how I would carpet bomb this take out of existence if I could.

bunjywunjy:

10. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1.

AAAND WE HAVE LIFTOFF!

HAPPY MOON LANDING DAY!!!

[id: a picture of the full moon with “Happy Moon Landing Day” in front of it in all caps surrounded by stickers of happy stars and planets. A red arrow points at the moon, labelled “Pure and unsullied celestial orb? WRONG! An ape hath touched it!!!”]/end id.

laylainalaska:

aceofsquiddles:

I want more stories that explore the angst potential of unrequited platonic love.

Like:

‘You’ve always been like a brother to me but I’ve realised you only come to me when you want something’

‘My surrogate parental figure just sees me as another student/employee/lackey’

‘I raised you like my own child but you don’t even remember who I am’

And of course, the classic ‘You’re my best (and only) friend but I know I’m only one of yours’.

Oh maaaan, platonic pining is such a big thing for me. I think it’s something most of my fandoms have in common … I’ve come to realize that what I really want out of a piece of media is a relationship arc that hits most of the beats of a UST/pining arc, or a classic bickering-lovers/enemies-to-lovers arc, but does it with friendship and/or family relationships. Characters desperately yearning to be friends or family, and not knowing if their love is requited, is so completely my jam in every way.

ao3commentoftheday:

I’m going to start this post off by saying that I write fic, and I know the pain of putting something out there and not getting a response. It sucks and it hurts and it puts a dent in my self-confidence. If I have the choice between posting a work on AO3 and getting only comments or posting a work on AO3 and getting only kudos, I’ll probably choose comments let’s say 8 times out of 10.

But with that in mind, posts that attempt to shame or guilt readers into commenting don’t actually work.

Negative reinforcement (in the form of shame, guilt, or other worse emotions) doesn’t make anyone want to do the thing. It just makes them want to avoid the guilt, etc. Rather than encouraging someone to talk to you about your writing, you’re making that person want to avoid you so that they don’t have to feel bad. That’s just human nature.

I’ve said before that I think a lot of writers are looking for community rather than comments, and I still think that’s true. The reason I love both writing and receiving comments is because it makes me feel like I’ve made a connection with someone. I may never know their real name or what they look like or where they live or anything else but what fandom we have in common, but we’ve reached out to each other in this text-based medium and we’ve shared words that made each other feel something.

I know that these posts are written out of frustration or loneliness or needing support or a hundred other reasons I could list off the top of my head. But when I read “you should be grateful for the things I give you and show me proper appreciation” it just reminds me of my parents telling me to clean my room or to follow the rules while I live under their roof.

It’s so much more vulnerable to admit, “I don’t know if this story is any good and I really wish someone would reassure me right now.”

It’s much harder to say, “I feel so alone in this fandom, and I want to make friends with someone.”

It’s difficult to admit, “I worked so hard on this for so long and I’m so tired, but if someone out there likes it then all of that effort will be worthwhile - and if no one says anything, then I’ll feel like my effort was wasted.”

I’m not trying to shame the people who made those posts, and if that’s how this comes across then I’m sorry. I’m just trying to explain why I think those posts will harm more than they help.

I also hope that any readers who see this post will understand that those writers are just people who are feeling a lot of different ways, and they’re venting their frustrations. I’ve been there. I’ve reblogged those posts before when I was feeling frustrated like that too.

If you’re able to comment, those comments are appreciated. If you’re not able to comment (for whatever reason), that’s okay too. ❤️

dottiesficrecs:

Have you ever wished you could use Discord emojis in your AO3 comments? Here’s a guide on how to do just that:

Unfortunately, part of this is for desktop only, but ultimately once you have the link to the emoji, you can use it in comments on mobile too!

Saving The Emoji:

First: pick the one you want

For this example, I’m going to use one called :chinhands_pleading: , that looks like this:

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This process will let us add emojis without the dark background, and bigger.

Second: right click the emoji, then choose ‘open link’

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Third: when you open it, you’ll get a link like this:

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We want to delete the highlighted part, in this case the part that says “?size=96&quality=lossless”, then hit enter.

Fourth: right-click and save

Right click, choose 'Save Image As…’, and then give your emoji a name. You should be able to save it as a png (even though it’s a webp image) by just adding ’.png’ to the end, i.e. 'chinhands_pleading.png’

If you can’t, you can use online converters or sites like photopea to change the image to a png

Using Emojis In AO3 Comments:

First: upload the emoji online

I use a private Discord server for this personally, but where they’re uploaded isn’t that important, just that they have a link

On Discord:

1. Upload it like a normal file
2. Right-click the image and choose 'Copy Link’

Second: use a little bit of html code

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(I would type it out, but I’m not sure how Tumblr will react to code, sorry. If you can’t see the image, it does have an image description with the code typed out.)

Once you have that, simply replace the word link with the actual link. You need to keep the quotation marks, they are important!!

If you would like to adjust the size of your emoji, you can also add a height or width value. I’ve found that 30px is close to the right size, but a bit bigger

Example:

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Third: copy the code and paste it in the comment box

At this stage, all you have to do is copy it – from < to > – then paste it in!!

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And voila!! Here’s what it looks like:

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This also works with gif emojis and gifs from other websites such as Tenor. Happy commenting <3

todorokitops:

alex51324:

fearthefuzzybear:

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oh uh. scuse me. just a lil snail crossing your dash

I love how certain I am that I’m not the only person who stopped scrolling to let the snail finish crossing the dash.  

In fact, I would bet small sums of money that the majority of Tumblr folk do.    

Rb for the lil hops it does at the end before it finishes crossing 🥺💓