tumblr tuesday: magical girls
It's Tuesday, and here are some of (y)our favorite magical girls to celebrate. Whether they are fighting crime, extra-terrestrials, or, in fact, time, these gals bring order to our chaos. Moon prism power, make up!

It's Tuesday, and here are some of (y)our favorite magical girls to celebrate. Whether they are fighting crime, extra-terrestrials, or, in fact, time, these gals bring order to our chaos. Moon prism power, make up!
Set Tumblr alight with a favorite photo of your chaos demon cat. If you blaze a photo (or video, or GIF) of your chaos demon cat this coming Saturday, May 13, the photo (or video, of GIF) of your chaos demon cat will receive double the number of impressions you select. That’s double the amount of human eyes on your chaos demon cat. Just imagine.
Some stipulations:
Well, friends, Dracula Daily has commenced its second round with a bang and a flurry of foul bauble flinging. And, well, we all love a good fanged frenemy over here on tumblr dot com. So here's some excellent recent vampire art to celebrate the most artful of monsters.
(Please proceed with caution—there may be some depictions of blood ahead. Vampires really do be like that.)
@thevampirelibrarian (a whole comic about the very same!):
It's May. We've moved from the past to the present. Look at us go.
Some of us are going to need another week to come to terms with that fact. Meanwhile, some of you have been waiting, lurking in the shadows, hovering just behind the curtains of April, ready to jump out at May, your mer-art at the ready.
Please enjoy your second day of Mermay. And be sure to hit the merfolk bracket on your way out.
~
...and a bonus moray with legs by @ketrinadrawsalot:
I have returned from my meditative retreat atop the secluded mountain of the Pikaman, to resume my duties as Chief Merch Officer of the @emporium.
But Abstract Reactions will forever be in my heart — I’m even considering getting them tattooed!
Just to refresh your memories, on April 1st, Tumblr provided you with a bunch of Reactions to use on posts! Specifically, the emojis I had most recently used on my phone… I’m SO proud of how much incredible ENGAGEMENT the product received.
Over 100,000 of you spirited react-ers participated — and how many reactions did everyone use, you might wonder? Well, wonder no longer, I’ll tell ya!
The special SUPER reactions of 🦄, Pikaman, 🍪, and even me, Brick myself, were unlocked over 15,000 times!
And at least one clever person figured out that I never thought about checking if someone could send negative reactions, so it turns out someone sent in over 120 million negative 🧀 reactions! So many cheesed posts got un-cheesed with that anti-cheese — and you know what, I’m not even mad about it!
Here’s to 🐛! Cheers!
Incredible work, [tumblr] and Brick!
It's national velociraptor awareness day! What is there that we need to be aware of regarding velociraptors? No idea! We're just here to enjoy renditions of these swift plunderers from 73ish million years ago (the raptors, not the art).
And before you get up in arms about the specification of some of these little guys, we've broadened the scope to include all types of dromaeosaurs...because the art was pretty, and frankly, mistakes were already made before we got here (we're looking at you, Jurassic Park).
So, please enjoy this raptor and raptor-adjacent art. (And, while we have you, can the paleo plushie experts please take a look and see if they can help this user find another Hammer?)
Well. Well, well, well, well, well. It’s here. The day has finally come. We’ve enjoyed witnessing you set dashboards ablaze the world over with your fandom hot takes, your cats, your dragon art, your recipe polls, your incorrect quotes, your Barbie memes. (But, really, mostly your cats.)
Starting April 20, you will be able to Blaze each other's posts: You’ll be able to scroll through your dash and see a post that tickles you, and then make thousands of complete strangers see that post also.
We made this for fun, but you remain in charge of your stuff. So here are some important details:
So that’s it, really. Be nice! Have fun!
Hello, Tumblr.
If you joined us before November 2022 and predominantly post on web, you will be familiar with the two post editors—the legacy editor and the “new” web editor (formerly known as the “Beta editor”).
Beginning May 15, we’ll gradually be working to remove the legacy editor as an option for creating new posts. New posts created on web will be created in the new web editor. We hope to complete this change by July 15.
If you still prefer to post on web using the legacy editor, please keep reading because the rest of this post is for you.
It's been a whole week since we celebrated our creative community on a Tuesday. So here we are. That's what this is.
I don’t know if you heard the news when it dropped, but I left the sunny island of Clawland in the rearview mirror a few months ago and stepped into a role back here at Tumblr as Chief Officer of Merchandising and Physical Engineering. I’ve been sharing my wares over at my Emporium, and more importantly, you’ve been buying!
Things have been going so darn well that last night, I had plenty of time to reflect on how far I’ve come. No blockers in my way, KPIs going through the roof, everyone happy with their new mugs and pins and tshirts, and me at the head of it all… everything’s coming up Brick, right?
But one thing about merchandising is, well, it’s fun, and creative… but there isn’t much clicking. Brick Misses Clicks!
I thought about how dang popular my little crabby friends were on the dashboard when I was away. Spawning like crazy! There’s no denying it: you kids love those crabs. You’re even spending cold hard cash sending them to each other.
So, the question was: how to combine that kind of clicktastic feature you know and love, with something new? Something FRESH?
And then, it hit me!
Beginning today, you’ll be able to SLAM those react buttons at the bottom of every Tumblr post to express your emotions. On the web at least. Not in the mobile apps. (I’m a budget whiz, but not that much of a whiz.)
And listen, this is short notice. I haven’t slept all night, putting this together, ever since the idea struck me while stargazing and reflecting on my life and choices. So the actual reactions available to use are limited for now. They were actually just the most recently used emojis in my phone.
But I just know you’ll love them anyway. Because they come from me, BRICK!
Brick Whartley Chief Reactions Officer Chief Officer of Merchandising and Physical Engineering (On Leave)
Thank you, Brick. Have fun with these reactions on web, folks!
Well, dank farrik, we’re already halfway through season 3 of the adventures of space dad and his best boy. Let’s settle down by the fire, dry off those living waters, and enjoy these show-stopping depictions of the clan of two and its associates. This is the way.
That's right, enjoy your local artists' renderings of everyone's favorite knife wife, best bastard, butterfly enthusiast, waffel queen, wolf lad... and Jesper.
While you're at it, swing by the Answer Time to catch the cast navigating the tricky waters of your questions, and join them in voting on the polls that dive right to the heart of the truly important questions, such as who won the most, and which crow would be least helpful in a crisis (can anyone save Jesper please?).
World Sleep Day is a global, annual call to action celebrating the importance of a good night’s sleep. Sleep is essential for health!
In partnership with World Sleep Society, we’re encouraging you to practice some self-care and look after your health. How? Just LOG OFF & GO TO SLEEP!
How can you help to make this our biggest celebration yet?
We know it’s a big ask, but we’re confident you can handle these two enormously difficult tasks:
For Web users:
LOG OFF
GO TO SLEEP
For App users:
LOG OFF
GO TO SLEEP
Need a little sleep-spo?
Check out the #GoToSleepTumblr tag. You can head over to @music for some soothing sounds to put you in the mood to snooze and stop by @gotosleep for the largest collection of yawn-inducing content. Let’s count some sheep, Tumblr.
Ok, ok, you can grab some sleepy crabs before you log off. Then count 'em like they're sheep and go to sleep 🌝
Recently, we experimented with swapping out the locations of the profile and TumblrMart icons in the iOS app. We monitored your feedback through your posts, questions to @wip, comments and reblogs on @changes and @emporium posts, and so on. You didn’t like the update, so we’ve changed it back.
We heard you loud and clear. The profile icon has returned to the lower right corner of your iOS app.
This change was originally intended to inform you about the new features we are releasing to help Tumblr move toward profitability. However, we recognize that this was too big a change to how many of you use Tumblr on iOS. You are Tumblr. You’re the most important voice in the room, and we hear you.
We know this has been frustrating for many of you. To thank you for being patient and understanding, we’re offering this coupon code for items in the Tumblr Shop: use code OURBAD for 10% off on all products here. You can also use code OURBAD on all digital TumblrMart products except Ad-Free when purchasing on web. This code can be used once and is good for a limited time.
Thanks as always for your feedback, [tumblr].
Look, ok. We've really held it together here on Tuesdays since The Last of Us began. You've not had a peep from us on the topic. With one week left, we're getting close to the end, and no one knows what we'll do after that. So here, finally, is us yelling about your fanart. Please enjoy this very long (yet far too short) post collecting a fraction of your incredible TLOU fanart. What a time to be on Tumblr.
Will you look at that, another week, another Tuesday. Tomorrow is literally March. How. Anyway, today, we're celebrating original GIFs of beloved Black performers and the characters they play.
Horse Friend is now available on iOS and Android. To celebrate that Horse Friend is now available on iOS and Android, Horse Friend wrote you this poem.
That's right, folks. You can now bring your very own Confunglius Brango* to school, to work, or even to the movies. We won't judge. Just tap here, or on that little shop icon on the lower right corner of your screen, and buy yourself the most wonderful gift of all—the gift of friendship with a virtual horse.
You can also give the gift of the prolific pooper to all your friends. A pony for every pocket. Magic.
*Names may—neigh—WILL vary.
Fashion editorial, but do it for the culture. Has your dash been a little wan of late? Lacking in a little visual drama? Then this Tuesday has just what the doctor ordered: neon threads, earthy lighting, immaculate drip.
Hello, Tumblr. Tumblr Live is coming to your desktop computers. If you’re in the US, you can now both stream and watch on web.
Tumblr Live on web means you’ll be able to use streaming software to share your screen on a stream. OBS (open broadcaster software), for example, enables you to stream to specific locations using multiple inputs like your webcam and a virtual camera—think side-by-side face cam and screen recording on a gaming stream. Having OBS integration really blows open a world of possibilities for Tumblr Live. Learn more about hosting a stream using OBS here.
Your ballpit awaits! What will you stream? Furby lengthening lessons? The Last of Us Pt. 1 replay? The Locked Tomb book club? Frog costume felting? Zhongli live draw? The Sims Seinfeld reenactment?
Hello, esteemed Important Internet People. You will by now have noticed the change in your Important Internet Checkmarks. That’s right, they’re now important in every color of the rainbow.
Just popping in here to let you know that you can now also gift Important Internet Checkmarks to all your Important Internet Friends. It is important to us that you know this. Hence this missive. Have a good day. (And give the gift of Internet Importance. You probably won’t regret it.)
Sorry folks, we've encountered an issue with gifting checkmarks on iOS. We're working on it, and you should all have the power to gift checkmarks by next week. Apologies for any disappointment caused! And hey, look at you all being cute to each other. You're all winning.