I’m not sure at this point if a post like this is just screaming into the void or not (what even happened today here?!? I can’t even keep up at this point…), but there are still important things to say. If people see this - great - if not - then it is what it is.
I’m going to begin by saying how I have been so impressed with the way we - the NSFW / adult content bloggers - collectively as a group - have helped and supported each other through these last few very shocking, confusing, and trying days. This in most ways has been a supportive place (though not always perfect as we all know), and it’s good to see that manifest itself in this new way as well - even in a bad situation.
There have been a lot of posts I’ve seen about the various different platforms - and I know we all seem to be scrambling to find the best one.
I’ve also seen it said that none of them “are Tumblr” - and I happen to think that’s both good and bad. Good because of what Tumblr has turned into this week, bad because while we’re moving onto other adventures in other spaces it won’t be what we had here.
Or is that actually the case? I’ll confess this has been an overwhelming few days thinking of having to leave this space, lose our blog, lose much of what we shared (all our pics were already backed up - I’m meticulous about my organization regarding our pics) - not to mention the daily roller coaster of changes they seem to keep throwing at us. It’s come to mind more than once to just quit. No more photos, no more blogs, no more sharing. I’m sure we’re not alone in this.
Then it hit me when I was driving to work this morning and saw the Alliance Starbird pictured above dangling from my rear view mirror. I keep it there as a reminder of many things that are important to me - and because of it - I had a moment of clarity today: the realization that Tumblr isn’t a “place” - at least not anymore. It’s us collectively - the community - the NSFW / adult content content creators - we are the people that really “made” Tumblr in many ways. To be clear - coders, developers, staff, executives built a template - a mechanism - which in the end is just “thing”. To be fair, it was “a thing” that we used and were grateful to have had for over the last 5 years.
That being said - in the midst of creating content, re-blogging, supporting fellow bloggers - we collectively as a group of people willing to share some part of ourselves - with some measure of luck - created our own community. Some may see what we did as just posting “explicit” or NSFW content - but that’s not really understanding fully what it was that we all did.
So whether we are on this physical site or app or not anymore doesn’t matter in some way, because the physical site of Tumblr is just a “thing” - and that thing is each day becoming closer to Verizon / Yahoo’s version of Alderaan. We as a community whether on Tumblr or not - our connections and friendships - those things as a sum are greater than just this one “thing”.
Over the last few days we’ve begun to spread near and far like the rag-tag rebellion resistance moving onto remote bases like Hoth and Yavin 4, as we move onto Twitter, MeWe, Sharesome or OnlyFans, and other far flung ends of the social media galaxy.
My point to all of this - we are in contact with each other - supporting each other - doing our best to move on, and at the same time keeping going some slice of what we have created here. It goes with us because we all helped to make this place what it was for our community of diverse but like minded people.
Normal people, who were open to sharing a part of themselves with strangers - some who became confidants and friends - and who are now helping each other keep those connections going. That’s us as this larger group - that’s not this “thing”.
Wherever we all end up, we represent - A New Hope - and Rebellions Are Built On Hope.
Like the representative symbol of the rebellion pictured above - the Alliance Starbird - we are - our community that we collectively formed here - we are the Phoenix rising from the ashes - wherever that may be.
Note: we haven’t gotten around to adding any content to the sites listed above, but we will very soon. We just wanted to share how to stay connected with us.
a lot of really dumb shit happens in tlj but I gotta say… the fact that Leia apparently took the time to redo her makeup and hair and change her outfit after getting out of the coma?? while they’re literally racing against time and in mortal danger?? hmm
I’d really love to know what the hell Vader was thinking during that pregnant pause after he asks Luke to join him in Empire because Luke just kind of stares at him, says nothing, and then just… falls? Leaving Vader there looking like a total idiot but also wondering what the hell does Luke even think he’s doing?! Only Clone Wars Anakin could have been that extra, all “I’d rather fall into an unfathomable abyss than finish this conversation with you” is such a Skywalker move, so the only thing I imagine Vader really thinking is “Well, he definitely gets that from me.”
Vader: “JOIN ME”
Luke: *falls backward into the abyss*
Vader: … honestly I don’t know what else I expected
