THUNDER NOISE

Every 21st century piece of writing advice: Make us CARE about the character from page 1! Make us empathize with them! Make them interesting and different but still relatable and likable!

Every piece of classic literature: Hi. It's me. The bland everyman whose only purpose is to tell you this story. I have no actual personality. Here's the story of the time I encountered the worst people I ever met in my life. But first, ten pages of description about the place in which I met them.

Modern writing advice: Yes your protagonist should have flaws but ultimately we should root for them and like them from the beginning :)

Charles Dickens: Here is the worst ugliest rudest meanest nastiest bitch you’ve ever met in your life.

Modern writing advice: Make sure your POV character goes through a significant arc! Make sure they are changed by the narrative! Make sure they learn a lesson!

Narrators of every book of the 19th century: the lesson I learned is these people fucking suck, sayonara you freaks

Modern writing advice: It’s all about the character overcoming obstacles and learning! They learn their lesson so they can fix their mistakes and make good choices in the future! It’s a character arc! It’s called growth! Readers love it!

Everyone from ancient times through the 19th century: would you like to watch a Guy fuck up twenty times in a row

Gee, Tumblr would probably really hate it if you shared and spread this damning article … To the surprise of absolutely none of Tumblr’s LGBTQ users, it turns out the independent NYC human rights agency Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) found that Tumblr’s ham-fisted adult content ban in December 2018 disproportionately targeted LGBTQ users. The CCHR’s investigation revealed Tumbler’s moderation algorithms is demonstrably biased against queer content. As part of the settlement, Tumblr was obligated to review their prejudicial anti-gay moderation policies. Even more mortifyingly, they’ve also had to hire an expert on sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) issues and provide unconscious bias training to their moderators. I frankly doubt Tumblr has learned a thing from this humbling experience. Just recently the Tumblr algorithm flagged three ancient posts of mine as violating their terms. All three “offenders” were vintage homoerotic beefcake images (softcore by modern standards) roughly 50 – 65-years-old by Bruce of Los Angeles, Bob Mizer and Tom of Finland. (These are of course pioneering queer artists who routinely faced censorship and imprisonment in the fifties and sixties. Plus ca change!). They've been visible on my page - corrupting viewers -  for years at this point. I appealed all three immediately. Only the Tom of Finland one was approved. The other two are now hidden. So, they haven't learned much. Apparently, Tumblr – who loves to declare how hip, youthful, inclusive and progressive their values are - wants to restore trust with their queer users. I’d recommend we remember their hypocrisy when Pride rolls around and Tumblr splashes rainbow flags everywhere and attempts to pink wash their image.

In honour of Pride Month, this is worth a reblog! Don’t buy into Tumblr’s hypocritical “pink washing.” 

do you mind

angry slapping robot has no time for plot.

Sent this to my beloved gf the other day.. now I need to share him with the rest of the world..

Literally you get it.. everyone is saying Einstein.. NO. COTTON EARED MARMOSET

sometimes, the only way i know my roommate is still alive is the $30 cheese that appears and disappears from our fridge

the reviews are in

when ur friend is sad

#I wish meg would do that to me

experiencing thoughts and memories

all of my ocs are inherently neurodivergent in someway because i dont know how neurotypical people work

i don't think "bluesky" or "cohost" or "pillowfort" exist i think y'all are just making up words, to me

yaaaaaay yippee!!!!! the world so beautiful and we're cohosting it together ^_^

A cottontail for spring! (and a local taproom show)

the funny thing about being a big blog on here really is the number of people who will follow you for months while having absolutely zero idea about who you are and what you do

That's a good point random kitty blog. I'd be stunned to find out that you leaked the no fly list or something

🐝 Pickles the Frog Honeybee 🍯

Honestly. I think muting and filtering are such great tools and I want to see more positivity for it. There's so many "I would never mute the tags of my beloved mutuals' interests" posts around here but like. Please mute tags that I post that you are not interested in. YOU are why I tag everything so precisely, because I want you to be have a good time on my blog and use the filters.

oh we won, this is gonna be a cinematic event

reblog if you are full of transgender and homosexuality

this fourth of july think of the indigenous people of america who had their country and land stolen from them with little to no reparations or apologies. land is still being taken. sacred grounds are still being ripped away. there is no “independence” for the people who were here first.

First Nations COVID-19 Relief Fund

White Earth Land Recovery Fund

ILTF Land Recovery Fund

IEN Mutual Aid Fund