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YOU DO NOT HAVE TO EARN KINDNESS.

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO EARN LOVE.

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO EARN FOOD.

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO EARN JOY.

YOU ARE WORTHY AND DESERVING OF ALL OF THESE THINGS SIMPLY BY YOUR EXISTENCE.

how to fucking flag pedophiles

call me the fucking ~internet police~ BUT I DIDN’T KNOW UNTIL TODAY THAT THERE’S LITERALLY A COMMUNITY OF “PEDOPHILE POSITIVITY” ON THIS HELLSITE

THERE ARE PEOPLE OPENLY ADMITTING THAT THEY ARE ATTRACTED TO CHILDREN/CONSUMING CHILD PORN ON THIS WEBSITE!?!??! THERE’S 13 YEAR OLDS ON HERE!!!

so my dudes, how to flag “maps” (minor attracted people aka pedophiles)

1. click “flag this blog”

2. click “this violates tumblr’s community guildlines”

3. click “someone is at risk of harm”

4. click “harm to minors”

5. type “pedophile” in the box

Made these to practice lighting. They're pretty messy, but you can only really tell in the red one. You can find them on my DeviantArt too: https://www.deviantart.com/sparklandbeanzzz

And... the link won't work so...here.

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Merry Late Christmas!

Hope you don't mind me throwing in a Christmas song. I hope you all had a good Christmas, or if you don't celebrate, a good day!

Hello! As someone that dumpster dives year-round and usually finds a SHIT TON of perfectly usable items thrown away after the holidays, please listen:

Christmas is over and now comes along the weeks of people returning and exchanging unwanted gifts at retailers. A lot of these stores cannot actaully put a lot of these items back out on the shelf, (especially seasonal items or holiday themed) for one reason or another. Returned brand new items end up in landfills.

This is not only horribly wasteful when good items could be used by people in need, but also insanely bad for the enviroment.

So please consider:

Did you get insane amounts of those fluffy socks because they're like a default gift option? Donate your excess to a homeless or domestic violence saftey shelter.

Did you recieve a gift that is pretty much a jab to your identity from that estranged family member of yours that still doesn't use the correct pronouns for you? Oh, and they wont give you or 'lost' the receipt? Donate it.

Recieved those oddly named holiday themed lotions, perfumes and candles and can't stand the smell of them? These items most usually will not be put back on the shelf if returned and thrown away. Donate them. (Some charities may not accept them, some will. Check beforehand.)

Did you get one of those holiday throw blankets that are marketed just for this time of the year even though you already have several? Donate it.

I find tons of holiday themed clothing thrown away this time of year. Including ugly sweaters, hats/beanies, gloves, onesies, shoes, socks, ect. Perfectly fine items that are returned because people don't keep holiday themed stuff outside of holiday season. Regardless, they could be used by people who need warm clothing.

Electronics are not safe either. Perfectly working Items I have found in dumpsters in the past range from: a $300 roomba with the ticket saying it was returned because the customer didn't know how to work it (needed an app to control), not one but TWO tablets (Samsung and Kindle Fire) a working bluetooth speaker, ect. (Items that can not be donated I gave away.)

If you are not going to regift unwanted gifts and you are certain you are not going to use it, please consider donating it (or make a post and just give it away or sell the thing yourself.) You can go get $15 worth of store credit if you return the thing, but it's usually going straight to the trash afterwards.

Unfortunatly, stores like to try and destroy items they throw away as well. On lucky days, I find items that are still in their original package. Other times I find perfectly usuable items destroyed by spray paint or box cutters.

(ALSO this is not a post shaming people who return gifts for money to pay bills/buy food/basically survive. That is a completely different situation.)

Please research the places you donate to before doing so. Do not donate to the Salvation Army (despite them trying to do reputation control, they're still blatantly anti-LGBTQ) If you are a dumpster diver, remember to sanitize the items you find and let the organizations know where you recieved the items.

That's it. Thanks for coming to my soapbox!

Ayo, i made somethin

Here's a speedpaint featuring my oc Frankie. It's my first, so it's not the best, but it's ok.

Let me know if you would like to see more!

Hello! Here's some traditional art that I made recently.

Slight gore/blood warning?

The boy in two of the drawings is my oc Gaz. He's a monster boi so that's why he's got antennae. I created him last year around November, and he's for a story I'm working on that I'll be posting about.

The character in the last sketch is Corin. I made him just this year around Halloween, but I'll talk about him some other time.

Well that's it for now.

PSA regarding tumblr’s latest Censorship Nightmare

For those of you who haven’t seen this announcement, tumblr recently made some changes to the iOS version of the app, purportedly to comply with Apple’s content guidelines. These changes took effect on Dec 21, starting in version 22.5.1 of the iOS app. As some of you may recall, Apple’s strict guidelines were the driving force for the infamous Great Purge of 2018, which coincidentally also happened around this time of year, but it seems banning all of the female-presenting nipples wasn’t good enough for Apple.

Below is a summary of the important changes. Note that these changes technically ONLY affect those using the iOS app. If you’re accessing tumblr through a different app or operating system (Google Chrome, Android app, etc) it won’t affect you directly but it will affect your followers who use iOS so you should definitely be aware of it.

The list of banned tags has been expanded. As before, there’s no way to know which words or phrases have been banned until you try searching for them, in which case you’ll either get no search results or the following message: “This content has been hidden because of potentially suggestive or explicit content.” You may think this doesn’t concern you if you don’t post explicit material, but do not make the mistake of expecting the banned tags to be logical or reasonable. I’ve already encountered multiple completely innocuous posts (random fandom gifsets) that seem to be hidden on iOS for no discernible reason.

Blogs that have been flagged as explicit can no longer be viewed. Previously, flagged blogs just had their posts hidden from searches, but if you knew the username you could still visit it after clicking through a warning about sensitive content. Now you can’t access it at all.

Likes and reblogs from blogs that have been flagged will no longer show up in your notes. This one won’t affect most people’s user experience as much as the others, but it does mean you may be missing notes. It’s unclear if likes and reblogs from flagged blogs will still count towards the overall note total (and only be missing from the activity feed and note viewer) but I suspect that’s the case.

THE BIG ONE: ANY POST TAGGED WITH A BANNED TAG WILL NO LONGER SHOW UP ON YOUR DASHBOARD. Previously, if you tagged a post with a banned word or phrase (even if the words were used inside another tag), that post would not show up in searches, but your followers would still be able to see it on their dashboard. Now those posts are hidden from your own followers as well. This includes both original posts and reblogs. And if that wasn’t bad enough, here’s the real kicker: even if you don’t tag something with one of the banned words, if the OP used a banned tag, any reblogs of that post will not show up on anyone’s dashboard (on the iOS app). The only saving grace here, and I hate to even call it that, is that the blocked posts are still visible if you visit a blog directly or if you have post notifications turned on.

As usual, tumblr was extremely unclear and evasive about all of this in their official announcement. Not surprising, of course, since if more people were aware of these new draconian tactics I can’t imagine there wouldn’t be more of an uproar about it. Tumblr claims that these changes are somewhat temporary and that they are currently working on something that will allow for a less restricted iOS experience, but they refuse to say what that something is and when it will be implemented. And let’s just say, considering their track record, I’m not hopeful.

All of this is horrible and infuriating for many reasons, but the worst part is how insanely counterproductive it is to creating the “safe” environment tumblr (or more specifically Apple) supposedly wants.

Tags have always been used for both blog organization and filtering purposes. Tagging posts with triggers and content warnings is a common practice that gives users the ability to filter out content they may find upsetting or just don’t don’t want to see for whatever reason. By choosing to ban a bunch of unlisted “sensitive content” tags, all they’re doing is encouraging people who want to share that kind of content to come up with alternative less well-known tags or simply not tag that content at all anymore if they want it to show up on their follower’s dashboards, thereby making it more likely for someone to encounter it when they didn’t want to.

So really, with all of the alleged concern for safety and “protecting the children,” all they’ve done is make tumblr less safe for everyone. Typical.

This is so cool! Tbh i really love this idea^^

So I have this Invader Zim headcanon/AU thing going on where Vortians originally had bright, colorful markings and patterns on their skin. These physical traits were greater emphasized on the males, some even possessing bio-luminescent properties. Following the Irken conquest of their planet and enslavement of their people, selective breeding eventually made their colors fade over time. Vortians are non-placental mammals naturally born with tails to maintain proper balance when running and leaping. Deemed “ugly and unnecessary” by the Irken Empire, Vortian tails are mandated to be lopped off at birth. Although very uncommon, atavisms have been observed in captured subjects exhibiting ancestral skin markings and patterns. Disdainfully referred to as “Tameless Vortians” by Irken scientists and historians, these subjects are often terminated long before reaching adulthood. </end sad AU story>

These little buggers are so fun to draw/paint, though! If you want to make your own Tameless Vortians, feel free. Just remember to credit me for the concept.

- - - - - I’m the original creator of this painting. I’m so happy if you like it, but please don’t repost it. Reblog this post instead, thanks! 

Casting Call

Already cast parts:

Zim: @giant-radioactive-rubber-pants

Dib: @autistic-dib

Gaz: @tinypurplespacemoose

Tak: @melodyofthevoid

Tallest Miyuki: @melodyofthevoid

Skoodge: @dionysuscrysis

Needed parts:

GIR: soprano or soprano 2

Prof Membrane: bass

Tallest Red: bass/baritone

Tallest Purple: tenor

Tallest Spork: tenor or alto

Sizz-lorr: baritone/bass, low and booming

Ms Bitters: anyone really, she isn't gonna be singing a whole lot

Loads of background irkens, background humans, basically we need an ensemble

If you can do any of the needed voices, feel free to apply by sending an ask and we'll get in contact!

We are also in need of people who can help with behind the scenes work, such as songwriting, writing plot, or helping with instrumentals. Any and all help with this musical would be greatly appreciated!

Also see our FAQ!