tsuki-chibi:

whitmerule:

liz-squids:

pearlmaser:

elfwreck:

olderthannetfic:

unclutterme:

olderthannetfic:

I’m curious how many related deletions we can come up with.

• 2002 – FFN bans porn
• 2002 – FFN bans RPF
• 2004 – FFN bans script format
• 2005 – FFN bans CYOA, Readerfic, 2nd person, Songfic
• 2007 – Strikethrough, Boldthrough
• 2009 – GeoCities shuts down, taking old fannish websites
• 2010 – FFN forums deleted
• 2011 – Delicious destroyed by Yahoo’s incompetence
• 2012 – major FFN crackdown on porn
• 2014 – Quizilla shuts down
• 2015 – Journalfen’s servers become fully robust, deleting Fandom Wank

Didn’t quizilla have purges before finally shutting down? And I know basically every vidding home hot destroyed, repeatedly taking out the entire history of vidding online.

… they deleted Fandom Wank???

Well, not specifically. Journalfen failed completely and has never come back. FW was on Journalfen, so while you can see some entries on the Wayback machine, I think (?), the long comment threads aren’t archived.

• 2007 – Youtube starts using its “content ID” system to identify (and block) works that include copyrighted material in their database.
• 2009 – Greatestjournal shuts down, taking down fandom’s biggest collection of blog-style RPGs
• 2012 – Megaupload shut down by FBI; some (many?) fanvid archives lost

I thought there was also some kind of purge at Deviantart, but I don’t recall the details.

I’d like to remind folks that there was literally wank last month about why do we need the OTW.

Well, this would be why: we sincerely believed in the internet values of a decade or two ago, which involved owning our own servers if we wanted to see our projects remain stable, in the long term, online.

Worth mentioning: Yahoo purchased GeoCities, and was behind the decision to shut all those sites down. 

Yahoo’s incompetence destroyed Delicious.

Yahoo owns Tumblr.

1356: 50% of monks.

People just… completely forget. I was there for all of the bans on fanfiction.net. You don’t know panic until you go to log in one morning and find out a bunch of your works have been deleted, gone forever, because some asshole arbitrarily decided that they wanted to ban something.

AO3 IS IMPORTANT. IT MATTERS.

tsunwoo:

here’s the thing

the reason why some of us fall in love with fictional characters is because we learn every little aspect of them. we learn about them inside and out; their personalities, their little quirks and habits, their thoughts, their past, and their deepest darkest secrets. we find traits in them that remind us, of us, and those we love in the real world.

some of us turn to these characters for comfort. it might not be direct comfort, but it does help. personally, i find comfort in my favorite characters from watching them growing and overcoming their hardships. oddly enough, it gives me the motivation and faith that i’ll overcome mine.

whether we come to find love for a character from an anime, manga, movie, book, video game, cartoon show, or a real show, we learn so much about them that they feel real to us.

arkadycosplay:

From someone who’s survived MySpace, livejournal, deviantart, and fanfiction.nets’ content purges and bad policy updates, here’s some advice on how to get through tumblr’s recent bullshit:

– don’t knee jerk delete. I know it’s tempting to peace out immediately but hang on and do the other steps first. Out right ghosting and erasing everything is how fandoms die.

– archive everything on your blog you want to keep

– tell your followers how they can archive and keep your work too. A lot of fic and art were only saved from ff.net and lj because other people saved it first. If you’re cool with other people saving your work for them to personally keep, let them know this. You can absolutely discourage reposting but I really do highly recommend you allow people to personally save fic and art they like and are worried will disappear forever. Digital Dark Ages are a real thing.

– tell people where you’re jumping ship to. Give links. Keep that info up, even if you’ve left the site.

– go through who you follow and find out where else you can follow them. Save their work if they’ll allow it. It’s tedious as hell but if you want to keep up with people on here clicking on their page to check in is the best way to do it.

– support places like ao3. This is exactly why ao3 asks for donations a few times a year. They are a 100% anti-purging, judgement free, ad free non profit run by an elected board and protected by lawyers. Places like ao3 literally save fandom so please continue to support them and other similar archives. This is exactly why ao3 is so important.

artificenightmare:

Reblog if

You are still going to be here after the change. If your characters and relationships you’ve made on this shit storm of a site, is too important to abandon.

Thanks for joining me and touring my website here~ I might update with more than just tumblr stuff, but for now this is back up for that account since tumblr is going to shit atm xwx;;

mandakatt:

I know I have this in my About page, but since you can’t view pages on mobile. [Hey, Tumblr, instead of like, deleting all NSFW content, maybe you should make your mobile and your web versions.. OH I dunno. Similar?]

 Lemme link all the ways to find me here. 

• Discord: Mandakatt#4512
• PSN: Mandakatt
• Battlenet: Mandakatt#1999
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mandakatt
• AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/Mandakatt

I think that’s about it – if you haven’t added me in said places, please do! 

*Edit: I’M NOT LEAVING TUMBLR – I’m just giving other ways to poke at me is all. =3

mockingbirdie:

livinginthequestion:

thepirateking:

fiction-is-not-reality:

I was just semi-complaining that I was still looking for a decent way to backup my +6k posts without having to use paid services or even just wordpress (which has an import from tumblr tool that asks for permission to access your blog and also make posts), when I decided to actually put some effort into my google search. 

Results were positive: I have successfully backed up my blog* 

*By which I mean: everything that I have ever posted. 
Not included: drafts, queue, likes, followers, following, comments, notes, chat. 

I followed this method (word by word), and now have a 450 MB folder on my computer with the name of my blog on it containing: 

1. Folder “Archive” (contains .html files listed by month)
2. Folder “Media” (contains gifs and images, mine has +1k files in it; might contain also audios but I have no way of confirming that because I’ve never reblogged an audio post from this blog)
3. Folder “Posts” (contains single .html files, each one a post; I have +4k files in it)
4. Folder “Theme” (contains only my avatar, but it might be a matter of if you have personalized themes or not)
5. .html file “Index” (by opening it it will give you the archive of your blog organized by month; clicking on a month will open up the archive for that month, and you’ll be able to read all the posts for that month as if you were on your blog**, except sans your theme graphic, with each page containing 50 posts)

**I can see gifs, links, embedded videos, tags, number of notes (but I can’t open up the notes, clearly), text is also correctly formatted. 

So yeah, in case anyone wants a very quick way to back up their blog, it took me less than 10 minutes. 

P.S. I didn’t have any issue, but to be on the safe side always check for spyware and virus threats before and after downloading anything. 

this is actually really useful if you have an art blog full of years of work that you otherwise no longer have access to the original files. A lot of the art I have in the early days of my art blog are in that boat. I did this process JUST for that reason and I was pretty astonished at just how many pieces of media it backs up! (literally all of it) Drawings I didn’t even realize were sitting in my archive due to having been posted to text posts or undercuts, or untagged for years! It’s worth it if just for that, even if tumblr isn’t shutting down or deleting your blog.

reference. 

This is just for windows users, but just in case some of my followers can use it!

olderthannetfic:

othercat2:

calime33:

olderthannetfic:

etherviolet:

harpergetsfannish:

olderthannetfic:

The sky isn’t falling, Tumblr isn’t deleting all the dirty fan art on purpose, and fandom isn’t going to leave Tumblr tomorrow.

However…

Once a site starts using bots to delete content willy-nilly, it has a serious problem and is not a safe home for fandom. In this case, the aim was to get rid of child pornography. (Actual child pornography.) The problem was already so out of control that they hit a bunch of innocent blogs by accident.

If this happened once, it’s going to happen again. It’s going to keep happening until Tumblr’s limited staff is so overstretched that they stop even a vague pretense of caring about false positives and accidental deletions of other content.

I’ve already seen several posts going around telling people to “calm down” and assuring us that Tumblr isn’t out to get us. Tumblr is not out to get us, but they’re not out to help fandom either, and you should definitely not calm down.

Make your other accounts now.

Have somewhere to go when Tumblr finishes imploding.

Two bits of advice:

-back up your stuff. make copies of your important text posts. save your media elsewhere. tumblr has a built in backup tool. use that.

-let your friends know where else to find you. fannish exodus works best when we end up the same places. (may I suggest dreamwidth?)

Last I heard dreamwidth was not a great option because it’s servers are in Russia. Many of us think of the internet as something that lives “in the cloud, up there somewhere” but much of it’s infrastructure is hosted in rooms full of servers around the world. The server’s physical locations are subject to the laws of those areas/countries.

That’s Livejournal, dude, not Dreamwidth.

Dreamwidth is a similar-looking site that started off as a code fork of LJ. It is run by a tiny team in the US and is explicitly fandom-friendly. They’ve already been attacked by having people tattle to paypal and get their paypal suspended. They had to find a (more expensive for them) credit card processor that wouldn’t hold them hostage, demanding they change their content policies.

From the ‘open expression’ part of their about us page:

“We believe in sustainability, not profiteering. We want to grow our business slowly and steadily, in a way that can support the community instead of exploiting it. We don’t own you or your content – we hope that you’ll empower us to be your hands and trust us to build a community that can last.

We will remain third-party-advertising-free. We believe it’s possible to run a sustainable hosted service without resorting to third-party advertising or third-party sponsorship – and we’re committed to showing you what we’re taking in, what we’re spending, and where the money’s going.”

The problem with Dreamwidth is that it looks old-fashioned and doesn’t have all of the features fandom likes: The image hosting is minimal, and there’s no reblogging.

What it’s great for is text discussion with threaded comments (for which we use reblogs here, but for which reblogs frankly suck).

The people and policies behind the site are all great.

As someone who’s moved with fandom from BBBoards and Yahoo groups to Livejournal to Dreamwidth and AO3 and Tumblr and most recently to Pillowfort – it seems to be par of the course for sites that are NOT fandom-made to sooner or later become unfriendly or less usable to fandom.

Dreamwidth may be quiet, but it’s made by fen, and I will keep supporting it with my money and looking in now and then to see old friends. I will keep supporting AO3 that was born out of that same needs for the fandom to own the servers. I would suggest people not forget fanlore.org – it’s your fandom lore wiki, and you can create an user page for yourself to direct anyone how to find you in case one of your main non-fandom-maintained fannish-community sites goes boom (a lot of us did when LJ purges and Delicious blowout and other stuff like that happened, here’s mine with my fannish contact info – https://fanlore.org/wiki/User:Calime ).

We will no doubt be ousted from many a wide world web pasture in the future like we were in the past, but fandom network is resilient and stays around. Also, please, don’t forget your history and keep supporting the sites and organisations that fandom has made for the fandom, like AO3 and OTW, or the ones that like-minded people have created to be fandom-friendly, like Dreamwidth.

Dreamwidth is the best option for conversation/text/meta. It’s fan run/designed and while as above sharing images and the like is extremely limited and you can’t reblog, it’s very fandom friendly, and it’s easier to control your blog and who sees what.

(If you don’t like not being able to reblog, you can bookmark posts at least to your “memories” or send them to other people and show them that way, so that’s a thing?)

The irony of my original post up there!

Consider the sky officially falling. Go make a DW. It’s free. When Pillowfort is back up, go look at that. But make a Dreamwidth now!

hlkproductions:

i’m still sticking around here (if my blog isnt deleted) but if you guys ever want to find me anywhere else, I’ve got a twitter 

@IvieMcKivie and deviantArt 

Hieislittlekitsune, both active though i often forget i have a twitter so just kick me until i look at things!

kmclaude:

momolady:

Ok so, since Tumblr is being an over protective Christian mother int he worse possible ‘Carrie’ sort of way, I’m going to ask that ya’ll reblog and spread the word about your favorite writers and artists again. Likes are nice, but reblogging is way better. And with the way things are and tags and searches being literally nonexistence, we need you so much! I know activity has gone way, way down for me and other writers and artists, and now, it’s gotten so much worse. Tumblr has literally fucked up being able to search for anything at all. Your reblogs mater and are so important. If you want to keep seeing content from us, please, for the love of god, reblog. I hate asking this, but it means the world to me to be able to keep creating here. If Tumblr keeps fucking up then a lot of your fvaorite artists and writers may move elsewhere. Hopefully Tumblr will get everyone back to working order soon, but for now, YOU are the most important thing to us creators. 

Agreed. Nobody likes or wants to guilt trip but the reality is that, especially if you create mature content or content that could be deemed risky (such as LGBT content) most specifically to advertisers, creators need help in getting their works out there because as we are seeing in real time the built in tools of the system are falling to pieces. Algorithm, what algorithm?! Thus we rely on others to reblog, moreso now than normal (and we already rely on them a lot) to gain exposure and, in the case of those of us who are selling art, pay the bills. It’s why I constantly re-reblog my work: I love making art but as a creator love isn’t eyes on my work or money in my pocket or food in my stomach.

So please consider, if you like someone’s work, reblog it–it goes a long way.

silverletomi:

yangire-mun:

A professor asked if I prefer “Miss” or “Mister” (because nb) and I accidentally said “ya boi” without thinking so now I have a professor that calls me “ya boi Rogers” every time I see him.

I’m not seeing the problem???

affectionate-suggestions:

I want to pull you in close by your necklace and kiss your face endlessly.

itshigh-boop:

Blessed anon who asks for Gencio! 🐸🐲 You’re awesome~

Who said “I love you” first
– Lúcio was the one who said this first and Genji could tell he meant every word.
Who would have the other’s picture as their phone background
– Lúcio has a picture of Genji without his visor and helmet on as his phone’s background – he loves Genji’s bright smile while Genji has a picture of Lúcio in his PJs working on a new song, eyes closed and in the groove.
Who leaves notes written in fog on the bathroom mirror
– Lúcio’s not a drawer by any chance but he leaves these cartoony doodles of a little frog singing, usually including Genji’s name in the made up lyrics. Genji always feels bad when the doodles start to fade.
Who buys the other cheesy gifts
– Genji; since Lúcio is almost always on the move, Genji likes to get things for him. Lúcio’s favorite is the stuffed frog that Genji got him on a trip to Japan. Lúcio’s gifts to Genji tend to almost always be songs.
Who initiated the first kiss
– Lúcio, it happened during their third date, just toward the end of it. Lúcio confessed that he really wanted to give Genji a kiss and asked for permission. Genji may have accepted his cyborg body but it was still hard for him to believe that anyone could find him attractive. He was flattered, even a bit shy but agreed, wanting nothing more than to kiss Lúcio in return.
Who kisses the other awake in the morning
– Lúcio will kiss Genji’s cheeks whenever he wakes up first and Genji will usually gently drag his knuckles down Lúcio’s temple when he wakes before his boyfriend.
Who starts tickle fights
– As Lúcio is the one who has parts that can actually be tickled, Genji starts them, and he can easily pin Lúcio down and hear that cute laughter until the musician is begging him to stop. Lúcio always vows he’ll get his revenge.
Who asks who if they can join the other in the shower
– Since Genji doesn’t bathe in the conventional manner, Lúcio has to ask permission, though usually Genji prefers to bathe alone and Lúcio is totally okay with that.
Who surprises the other in the middle of the day at work with lunch
– Genji can’t really cook but he does like to take Lúcio out to eat whenever he has the chance. Instead, he’ll make sure Lúcio stays hydrated, bringing him water or juice when he’s been working on a song for long.
Who was nervous and shy on the first date
– Genji; Lúcio is a famous guy and he’d hate for the negative rumors to spread around the man because he was on a date with someone who looked like an omnic. The thought almost kept him from enjoying himself until Lúcio asked if everything was okay. He reassured the cyborg that he wanted to have a good time with Genji, no matter who saw them or what they said.
Who kills/takes out the spiders
– Lúcio takes out the spiders, pretty gently, too. He always scoops them up without a problem and tosses them outside. Unless it’s a venomous one. Then he’s calling for Genji to just kill it, even if he feels slightly guilty. Genji does so without much issue.
Who loudly proclaims their love when they’re drunk
– Lúcio doesn’t get drunk very often but I could totally see him singing at the top of his lungs about how much he loves his beautiful boyfriend with Genji just blushing at all the kind and descriptive words Lúcio uses.

itshigh-boop:

Who said “I love you” first
Mercy was the one who told Hanzo she loved him first. It was a quiet confession, late one evening when they’d gone out. Hanzo had begun to admit that while he was happy with Angela, he couldn’t help but feel like he didn’t deserve it after everything he did. They’d been going steady for quite some time and Angela felt it was time that Hanzo knew the extent of her feelings, so at the very least, he knew that she was just as happy with him. He doesn’t say the exact words, but he lets her know that he cares for her deeply.
Who would have the other’s picture as their phone background
Mercy has a picture of Hanzo sleeping as her background photo and Hanzo has a picture of Angela playing with their adopted cat.
Who buys the other cheesy gifts
After Mercy discovered that Hanzo occassionally did yoga to relax, she bought him a pajama shirt that said ‘Namast’ay in bed’ – it took him a bit to get the joke but he found it quite amusing. It’s been his go-to shirt when he sleeps.
Who initiated the first kiss
Mercy initiated the kiss. They’d gone on a small vacation for the holidays since Mercy had a bit of free time. Up until that point, hugs and hand holding were their go-to. They’d been huddled together outside on the balcony of their rented cabin and staring out over the scenery when it started snowing, which prompted them to talk about their homes growing up during the winter. Hanzo looked so at peace for once when he talked about his childhood. Mercy couldn’t help it. She leaned in once he stopped speaking, pausing just before she kissed him, as if asking for permission, and it was Hanzo who met her the rest of the way.
Who kisses the other awake in the morning
Mercy, since she usually wakes up first or ends up staying awake most of the night. She doesn’t kiss him awake but she likes to kiss him regardless. He always looks so serene.
Who starts tickle fights
Mercy starts them – she likes to see in what other ways she can get Hanzo to laugh or smile. Hanzo doesn’t push her off but he will attempt to deflect her hands, even if he can easily get her to stop.
Who asks who if they can join the other in the shower
Both are pretty sure about making sure they have explicit permission before joining the other for a shower. They don’t tend to get raunchy when bathing, but it’s just another excuse to be close to one another.
Who surprises the other in the middle of the day at work with lunch
Hanzo is the cook between them, even if he isn’t a five-star chef. Mercy enjoys his cooking – it’s usually a balanced meal with lots of vegetables involved or something that will be light on her stomach. She especially loves it when he prepares her tea while she’s up working late.
Who was nervous and shy on the first date
Hanzo was mostly nervous because he has extremely limited experience with dating and he truly wanted to impress the doctor. Things had been rocky between them because of her relationship to Genji so when they started geting along and he developed interest in her, he’d always second-guessed himself. That carries over to their first date as he’s careful about what he says and does. Mercy just tells him to calm down – the anxiety will kill him, she jokes, but she does want to at least have a good time with him. Genji told her that his brother might act this way, so she takes it slow with him, relieving some of his stress.
Who kills/takes out the spiders
Neither Hanzo or Mercy have issues taking out spiders, though Mercy will ask Hanzo to handle those she feels are too big.
Who loudly proclaims their love when they’re drunk
Mercy doesn’t drink and Hanzo has been avoiding sake but when he does manage to get tipsy, while he isn’t loud, he can become more affectionate with Angela. In a way, it’s nice, but she makes sure that it goes nothing beyond a kiss or two because she doesn’t want him to do anything he’ll regret.

itshigh-boop:

I’ll do Tracer x Pharah, if that’s cool

Who said “I love you” first
Tracer; she’s more open about those sorts of things. Pharah immediately reciprocated her feelings for her afterward, though.
Who would have the other’s picture as their phone background
Pharah; she likes seeing Tracer’s smile everytime she opens her phone. Likewise, Tracer has a picture of Pharah working out. It’s a nice photo. Yes. Very nice. (she’s very gay for that woman).
Who leaves notes written in fog on the bathroom mirror
Tracer; she likes to leave little doodles and hearts and stars. She also writes ‘Fareeha, I ❤ you!’
Who buys the other cheesy gifts
Pharah; she tends to just see things and buy them because they remind her of Lena. But nearly everything cute reminds her of Lena.
Who initiated the first kiss
Tracer; she could sense that Fareeha was still somewhat nervous about their relationship, maybe because she’s older but Tracer doesn’t really care about that. She kissed her while they were on a date to an aquarium.
Who kisses the other awake in the morning
Pharah; and it doesn’t take long for Lena to wake up, either. They usually go for morning runs together.
Who starts tickle fights
Tracer; but it’s mostly because she likes being pinned down by Fareeha, which she always does.
Who asks who if they can join the other in the shower
Tracer; Fareeha tends to be quick in the shower, so she’ll ask if it’ll be okay if she can squeeze on in, particularly after a long day.
Who surprises the other in the middle of the day at work with lunch
Both Fareeha and Lena can cook, even if they’re not the best so they tend to make sure that the other is fed. Though Lena is always impressed with how much Fareeha can eat.
Who was nervous and shy on the first date
Tracer is the nervous one while Pharah is somewhat shy. Tracer nervous because she admires Pharah and thinks she’s so cool and beautiful while Pharah thinks Tracer might find her a bit boring. They end up having a total blast on their first date, though, pun not intended.
Who kills/takes out the spiders
Tracer will always jump on Fareeha when she sees a spider. She’s not totally afraid of them, but they do freak her out, especially when coming out of nowhere. Fareeha will always carry them out before patting Lena’s head.
Who loudly proclaims their love when they’re drunk
Pharah; she doesn’t drink much so she gets drunk easily and always very rowdy when drunk, but she’s a happy drunk and shouting how much she adores Lena. Tracer would be tipsy and probably shouting along with her.

itshigh-boop:

Who said “I love you” first
It takes them very long to say it but eventually it’s Reaper who says it, even if it’s more circumstantial than anything. It’s not ‘I love you’ more than it is ‘I’m not going to let a damn thing happen to you’ and from Reaper, that’s practically an ‘I love you’.
Who would have the other’s picture as their phone background
They don’t carry phones on them due to work but Reaper does have a small photo of her taped to his mirror – the one sentimental item he’ll allow himself.
Who buys the other cheesy gifts
Neither are the type and Widowmaker and Reaper have no need or desire to receive gifts. However, the one thing that Reaper did that could be considered ‘cheesy’ was to offer to get Widowmaker clearance to head off base to visit Gérard’s gravesite. He stood far away while he did so. He’d visited the grave himself before he joined Talon so he wanted to give Amélie privacy and some time alone. She thanks him but she really did find the gesture rather generous.
Who initiated the first kiss
Widowmaker. She kisses him through the mask, knowing that he will remove it if he so wishes. The first time he does take it off, she merely touches his face, muttering something he can’t understand before she kisses him again, this time with Reaper reciprocating.
Who kisses the other awake in the morning
Reaper gets rest differently than others and Widowmaker doesn’t need much sleep. The morning brings a quick kiss and lingering touch to one another’s faces before they separate.
Who starts tickle fights
Neither have the ability to be ticklish any longer, but Reaper does like to let the claws of his gloves rake down her back when they’re lying together. He’s able to get a reaction out of her that way.
Who asks who if they can join the other in the shower
There is no asking involved once their relationship reaches a certain level of intimacy and trust. Reaper doesn’t normally like letting people stare at him but Amélie literally can’t give a damn, so he allows it.
Who surprises the other in the middle of the day at work with lunch
Widowmaker doesn’t know if Reaper eats – she’s never seen him eating. But Reaper will drop off some food from the mess when he knows Widowmaker has skipped meal in favor of staying at the shooting range. She hates the stuff, more so for how it looks than tastes and he’ll mutter that if he could fly to France and get her food from there, maybe he would. But he can’t, so she has to deal.
Who was nervous and shy on the first date
Neither, though Reaper was even more quiet than he usually is. Reaper can’t really head out in public without rousing fear and panic so their outings usually take place during missions where he can wear a full disguise, much to the ignorance of their superiors. They’re focused on the mission, of course, but it’s the closest thing they have to do something together off base.
Who kills/takes out the spiders
Reaper would prefer to just crush them even if he couldn’t care less but Widowmaker likes to leave them be – they fascinate her.
Who loudly proclaims their love when they’re drunk
Neither can get drunk anymore but Widowmaker does appreciate a good wine. Reaper will pour her glass after glass, and in a rare bout of light teasing, muse and wonder how long it’ll be before she passes out. “I may not get drunk but you can still destroy my liver.” It’s a strange way of flirting between these two.

itshigh-boop:

amelie-shimada:

@itshigh-boop was awesome enough to agree to my idea of writing these answers for WidowHanzo.  It’s High….time I reciprocated and wrote my take on McSombra.

Just a note – even though they aren’t normally part of this blog, I totally ship them! *boop!*

Who said “I love you” first

McCree.  Seems like the ship-verse tends to agree that Jesse would be more open and willing to be vulnerable with his feelings that Sombra, at least at first.  

He tried to hold off, to not make Sombra feel pressured to declare anything herself. But then one day, as they are sharing a quiet moment, he can’t hold back anymore.  He tells her, rushing to add that she doesn’t have to say anything – at all.  He just wanted her to know.  Sombra looks genuinely moved, but doesn’t say anything.  McCree starts to panic, thinking that he failed and she’s going to feel the pressure  to respond.  She kisses him slowly, then says,

“My name…is Olivia.”

And he understands.  The gift of her real name is their own version of a promise ring.  When she’s ready, she’ll use the words.  But he knows whats in her heart.

Who would have the other’s picture as their phone background

McCree again, assuming it was safe for him to have evidence like that of their relationship.  I would think Sombra wouldn’t carry a regular phone, but would have a couple of pictures of him readily available in her files to pull up when she needs to see his face.

Who leaves notes written in fog on the bathroom mirror

Sombra.  She turns it into some joke about it being a very “analog” way to communicate.  But she does it because she knows she’s not as good at expressing herself, and she wants to make sure Jesse knows how much he’s loved.

Who buys the other cheesy gifts

McCree first.  Sombra may seem to take it lightly, but every little gift matters to her.  Greatly.  Eventually, she starts reciprocating, surprised at how happy it makes him.  Proud, even.

Who initiated the first kiss

It was a joint effort.  McCree was clearly moving in, but hesistant.  He didn’t want to send the pretty hacker translocating out of sight.  Sombra can clearly see the struggle, and teases him for it.  It’s her way of giving him the green light to go ahead and kiss her.

Who kisses the other awake in the morning

McCree.  In a playful, goofy way because he’s just so happy to have her there with him.

Who starts tickle fights

Sombra.  It’s a lighthearted way to initiate contact, that always ends with the affection she wanted in the first place.

Who asks who if they can join the other in the shower

Sombra.  Once she feels secure enough in their physical relationship.  She loves the look of surprise on his face whenever she asks. 

Who surprises the other in the middle of the day at work with lunch

Most likely McCree, who will bring Sombra some takeout while she’s in the middle of a marathon work session.  

Who was nervous and shy on the first date

Jesse. Trying so hard to be the perfect gentleman and impress her.  His less-than-smooth moves don’t do the trick, but the fact that he obviously cares a great deal about their budding relationship does.

Who kills/takes out the spiders

Totally McCree.  Sombra shouts for him, wherever he is in the house, telling him to get it away from her.  They tend to have the same conversation each time.  Sombra asks why he doesn’t just kill the thing.  Jesse says it means no harm.  Then he most likely starts talking to the spider, just to tease her further.  Sombra rolls her eyes.  Jesse makes a Widowmaker joke.  Sombra shakes her head and sighs, turning back to her work.

Who loudly proclaims their love when they’re drunk

McCree.  Sombra shushes him while trying to suppress her own goofy grin.

Ahhh thank you! It was fun trading headcanons and I couldn’t stop squee’ing over reading these! ❤️️💜 I love everything about this ❤

imagined-comfort:

Hi Loves,

We thought that we would let you know in light of the upcoming changes that we will still be here to comfort you. We know we’ve been a little slow lately, thanks to IRL obligations, but until Tumblr closes its doors entirely, we’ll still be here. 

Also, here’s what we currently still have in the inbox in the order to be answered:

• Request from Noctis and Prompto – Holiday Comfort
• Request from Fon Master Ion – Comfort
• Request from Iron Bull – Comfort
• Request from Iron Bull – Comfort for Final Exams
• Request from Ignis an Prompto – Comfort

Thank you again for being patient with us, we hope to continue to send you comfort for a long time to come. ♥

Much love,
~Admin Manda

pillowfort-io:

Yes, we plan to allow NSFW content with very few restrictions. I don’t have any particular insight into why Tumblr is making this decision but if I had to guess, it’s because allowing NSFW content conflicts with their need for the site to be marketable and safe for advertisers– Pillowfort on the other hand plans to derive most of its revenue from user subscriptions, meaning that we will be beholden to our actual userbase and not outside advertisers and can therefore have more leeway in what we can host.

tiergan-vashir:

lavender-sprinkles:

I personally don’t have a Pillowfort account yet, but my partner does and she has let me look at her account fully to see what it is like. I’ve also viewed Pillowfort’s demo account which is linked to on their Kickstarter. I am waiting with anticipation when I can make my own account, but right now Pillowfort is in a closed beta which means the only people who have access to the site are ones who have been given special registration links. They were doing waves of free beta accounts a bit ago (which is how my partner got her account), but right now for every $5 you pledge to their Kickstarter you will receive a registration key if the Kickstarter gets fully funded (they are as of today 40% of the way to their $39,900 goal).

Here is why I’m excited for Pillowfort:

• If you delete your original posts, every reblogged version will be deleted too. Edit your original post and the changes will appear on every reblog,
• The ability to make posts visible to everyone, just followers, just mutuals, or just yourself.
• A functional blacklist where you can blacklist a post body & tags or just tags.
• A terms of service that explicitly states you hold all rights to your own intellectual property. It also states clearly that it forbids callout posts, doxxing, degradation, harassing, hate groups, spamming of tags with unrelated or offensive material, and slurs against minorities. If there is a user that is doing anything offensive or hateful, it is encouraged and mandated you don’t make posts about it and instead flag it and let the site moderators take care of it. This sort of system cuts down on “dashboard drama” and harassment that sites like Tumblr are known for. 
• They have threaded comments which means discussions or praise no longer clog up your posts and your blog, keeping things much more organized and clean. We can also use tags for their ACTUAL purpose, tagging of posts for ease of search and organization instead of talking.
• They have communities and a more connected user-based and user-led environment.
• Posts in chronological order like they should be!
• A staff that actually cares about the input of their members and is driven to listen and collaborate with their members to create a site that the users actually want instead of being led by a corporation that has their own agendas in mind.
• A staff that wants to avoid corporate involvement, unwanted ads, and selling of user info to fund Pillowfort.
• The future possibilities of what the staff can do with the site that we didn’t dream could be possible to have all in one place including accessibility and a functional mobile app.

So far, I’ve seen a lot of good things and I’ve been really impressed with how the staff is handling the site and how they have explained their plans for the future of Pillowfort.

If you say you really want a social media site that actually cares about their users, this is it. This is your chance to have what pretty much all of us want. This new blogging platform is all the best parts of Tumblr (and for those who miss Livejournal this is like a wedding between Tumblr and Livejournal) with all the parts we hate and loathe about the site scraped out of it.

If you like everything that you’ve read about Pillowfort.io, please pledge to their Kickstarter. Even $5 can help and it will get you a registration link to get on Pillowfort yourself if the Kickstarter gets fully funded.

If you can’t support Pillowfort monetarily, then please, please reblog, tweet, share, and spread it about everywhere you can. 

This is our chance to have a social media made with us in mind and it’s already starting out so well with 10,000 users in the closed beta. Let’s bring it to the next stage of its life!

Eh. Well. Might as well pitch a little in.

naughtyavalon:

naughtyavalon:

You know the drill: You can find me at these other sites if I go down

Furaffinity (nsfw and sfw, my main site)

HentaiFoundry (nsfw only)

Deviantart (sfw only)

I dont have a twitter though…i hate twitter.

Well past me you better start liking twitter now

Twitter account (probably sfw and nsfw content)

I have also signed up for pillowfort, will update this post again when that account is active.

connorshero:

Pairing: Nines x Reader

Warning(s): None

Prompt 17: “Needing to hide from the bad guys” kiss 

A/N: Eeek, I’m sorry that this sucks. :// 

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When he grabs your hand and pulls you into his side, it takes everything within you not to halt and react in the most ill-mannered way possible. 

You knew there were plenty of ways that you could have responded to his sudden outburst, but there was something about the way he grabbed onto your hand, how he interlaced his fingers through yours that had you avoiding it altogether. 

Rainy wind blows through your hair, the sound of sirens blares behind you. There isn’t much you can do but follow him and hope that time is on your side. 

In what feels like forever, Nines hand tightens around yours before tugging you both into the alleyway on your right. Your back hits hard on brick wall, and your mouth parts to groan, but you stop when icy gray eyes hold you captive. In your peripherals, you can see the red and blue sirens from the police cars all whiz past you, but where you are isn’t coverage enough. 

“What are you doing?” You growl, eyes flickering down to his lips for a minuscule of a second before promptly finding his eyes once more. 

“Hiding in plain sight.” And with that, he slams his lips onto yours right as oxygen leaves you. 

His lips are cold and wet from the rain as they collide with yours, molding and delicate, and not what you thought they’d be like. In fact, the action elicits a hum of pleasure from you, and you can’t help but wrap your arms around him to anchor yourself. 

There’s a fleeting moment of hesitation where you think he might pull away, but he only presses harder into you, kissing with the force of his entire weight, but careful enough not to harm you. He groans, the sound low and possessive, and you have the urge to yank on his hair, but the feeling is gone before you can even think to do so just as he pulls back. 

Your eyes flutter open slowly, adjusting to the brightness around you. When you connect focus with him once again, you exhale with a shaky breath, eyes alight with blurry stars. 

“What was that for?” 

“Distraction.” He murmurs with a softer tone, voice vibrating through you. A smirk stretches across his lips as he watches a certain desire come alive in you. Although, he says nothing. 

“That was pretty intimate for just a distraction.” You breathe out and touch your lips, somehow still starstruck with the taste of his kiss. 

“Mostly a distraction,” he rectifies sheepishly, clasping his hands behind his back in order to refrain from touching you more. He has no control. 

“You know,” you push yourself off of the wall, a smirk of your own curling into your lips. You gently nudge his chest, but his hand comes to keep it grounded before you have a chance to pull away. Your smirk deepens. “You’re not a very good liar, Detective.” 

“I know,” he dips his head down, lips almost touching yours— needing to touch yours one more time. He let’s his lips brush over yours tenderly, infectiously.  “That’s why I always tell the truth.” 

kayla-na2:

Hi this is Kayla-Na. You might have been following me on http://www.Kayla-Na.tumblr.com

Just want to inform everyone that my account has been terminated, and tumblr is refusing to respond to any of my e-mails I’ve sent to them about my termination. So in light of this, I’ve decided to abandon tumblr altogether since their staff can’t even respond to people whose accounts were wrongfully terminated. You can find my art here:

https://www.furaffinity.net/user/kayla-na/

https://inkbunny.net/Kayla

https://www.primeleap.net/#/kaylana/-kaylana

https://www.patreon.com/Kayla_Na

https://twitter.com/Kayla_NaAdult

https://kayla-na.newgrounds.com/

Please reblog this message so that at least some of my former 15k followers know where to find me. Thank you ;w;

Streaming Channel:

https://www.picarto.tv/live/channel.php?watch=KaylaNa

https://piczel.tv/watch/KaylaNa

eyyydbh:

Connor: Lieutenant, please don’t touch that coffee – it’s for detective Reed.

Hank: You know how Reed takes his coffee?

Connor: Of course. Black, two sugars, no cream and a spoonful of arsenic.

Hank:

Connor:

Hank:

RK900: Connor, no-

the-darklings:

[05.] “Wait a minute. Are you jealous?”  + RK9oo

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“Look I’m just asking for another chance, okay? Do you know what it felt like when you dumped me, well do you?”

You don’t answer your ex. In fact, you don’t even look at them as they try to lean into your line of sight. Instead, your fingers idly play with your phone, rolling the device nervously between them. He should be here. You wish he was here. Now, more than ever, you want the security that comes with his cold presence.

But instead, Nines—for once in his existence—is running late, and you had the misfortune of running into the last person you ever wanted to see again.

“Hey, don’t ignore me,” they snap, half-angry and half-annoyed, “Don’t try and pretend you don’t miss me. Don’t forget I’m the only one who ever made you feel good. You still miss me, I know it.”

This time you don’t want to keep quiet like you once did. This time you want to stand your ground and fight. What you once thought was love—pure and precious—that once made you so blind to their toxicity, no longer exists. What you felt for your ex is a mere shadow, a shade, to what you feel for Nines.

Despite how new it is, how fragile still; it’s a hurricane in comparison to everything that has come before it. His cold lips have burned away every trace of anyone else; he’s made sure of it.

“Actually,” you began, feeling proud of the fact that for once your voice did not wobble. “I’ve found someone else. Someone who makes me the happiest I’ve ever been. Thank you.”

Their face twists and there is a ring of bitterness—almost resentment—in their expression as earlier annoyed stare morphs into a glare. “Don’t be stupid,” they mutter, expression pinched and voice low. “Who could ever love you—”

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