Tox

tumblr users have somehow gentrified the term "tumblr sexyman". there is a three way battle between senshi dunmeshi, ryland grace, and tenna deltarune for the 2026 tumblr sexyman of the year poll rn. last i checked tenna was winning but senshi was close behind.

for those who aren't in the know, a "tumblr sexyman" is a character who isn't canonically considered attractive, doesn't register as attractive to most outsiders, and has a rabid fanbase who sexualize the fuck out of them. sexy twink humanizations are optional, the important part is that telling people that you're hot for the character would result in most of them looking at you like you've grown another head.

og tumblr sexymen included: bill cipher (usually humanized), wheatley from portal (usually humanized), the clock from dhmis (usually humanized), king candy/turbo, and of course. the reigning champion. the once-ler

tenna? not a sexyman. he's an object head with a nice humanoid body. senshi? not a sexyman. he's a kind bear who cooks well and while the pantyshots weren't intended to be titillating, god knows he's been drawn in very very very attractive ways by the mangaka. ryland grace? dude he's played by ryan gosling. what are we doing here.

what sucks more is that spamton and rocky were right there. spamton has a rabid horny fanbase while having the proportions of a fucked up gingerbread man, and rocky is A Fucking Rock who has a popular sexy humanization based on his VA. they were both RIGHT THERE. WHAT ARE YOU DOING. GET OUT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD

#tumblr

hi, i'm tox. i'm one of aethy's admins and several of you here will know me as the staff member who touches base when people have concerns or need assistance with the site. i care a lot about my position here, and the community we've built.

i'm also in a very bad position. i was homeless for two months and the threat of being such again is not over. i'm on my own with two pets and i'm too disabled to find normal work; you can imagine how hard it is to find remote work in america's current job market. i need to know if i can stay where i am by the 15th, and to know that i need either income or enough money to pay rent for july. (i have enough for june and nothing else rn.)

i'm always taking leads on remote work, and i do commissions as well, though the turnaround time isn't good atm due to my stress levels. i also have donation links, which are:

venmo: @ prismatoxic
cashapp: $prismatoxic
ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/prismatoxic

no one's obligated to do anything, but i do appreciate sharing this post. the unfortunate thing about being disabled and poor is that you're often in permanent crisis; i'm hoping to escape eventually, but whether or not i can remains to be seen. in the meantime, i'm going to continue doing everything i can to make this site a safe place for others to be.

REMINDER: problems with notifications, timeline updates, and 500 errors are pretty much always because of issues outside of our control. or, to put it more bluntly, there is only one option we as staff do have: get more money for better servers.

i was recently homeless, pervert isn't exactly swimming in cash, and none of the other staff are that much better. no one is obligated to donate, but if you complain on the public timeline about the site's performance, i would highly suggest at least sharing our donation link: https://liberapay.com/AethyPervert/

we're frustrated by the issues too, believe me. we love this site. i spend a lot of my time checking up on it and following through on reports. but there's very little to be done on our end aside from simply upgrading, which isn't cheap.

timelines still don't seem to automatically update but will after a refresh, and notifications seem to be back to normal. thanks for being patient with us, everyone!

for anyone who manages to see this post: the local/explore timeline still updates, even though home timelines are struggling. you may have to manually refresh to see new posts.

things will likely even out over the next few days, just manually check your posts for notes/comments and go directly to your favorite users' pages to see what they're posting. posts still show up on other website timelines as normal i believe, so if you have a blorbo, denden, baraag, or a bridged bsky, you can use that to keep up with people too. (they have to have their account bridged to bsky too, you can use @/bsky.brid.gy@bsky.brid.gy for that)

sorry for the inconvenience! we really appreciate the patience. if we could fix this we would, but for now we're doing our best.

today on "making art for dates that matter to me and no one else", and also on "obnoxious reminder that these guys are modern zelda ocs"

luke's return to the band is pretty big news

#originalcharacter

anyway, back to mattposting

I cry at the moon,
It shrugs its shoulders at the view
The martyr's crown
Is thrown out the window

#originalcharacter

okay can someone tell me why people are mad about the star fox remake? the designs look great, star fox was always a semi-realistic series in style so idk why people wouldn't like them. the gameplay looks faithful to the original and also fun. i love the idea of More Story.

and if the reason is just "nintendo sucks" or "remakes suck" then i'm not really interested. first one is just true but not specific to star fox, and the second one is conditional, i like a lot of remakes.