Okayyy, I’ll Rebog. XD

When I was lurking on Tumblr, I was amazed by all the beautiful gradient text that people had one their posts. I discovered this extremely detailed post on how to make your own, and I absolutely love Method 1. The way I add the HTML code to the post is by first writing everything out in the rich text editor. Then I switch to the HTML editor and paste the site's gradient HTML code into the part of the post that I want since the HTML formatting for that line of text is already done for you. Make sure that you only replace the text within the formatting code with the text gradient code you copied.

If you have a method that you like to use, let me know what it is and why it's your favorite! If you are in the same boat as me, I hope you'll find this resource as helpful as I did. :)

this is kinda stupid of me to ask but how do you do gradient texts?

Hello! 

[Disclaimer: To make gradient text, you have to turn off the beta option on tumblr posts] UPDATE: The beta option can no longer be turned off (presumably because they, well, rolled out whatever features were previously there in the beta). However, you can go to Settings → Dashboard → Type of dashboard (it'll be a dropdown close to the bottom) → HTML.

To make a gradient text, you basically have to convert whatever gradient you have into HTML code. [css code doesn’t work] Fortunately though, there are sites for that! You can use this site and/or this site. Here’s how they both work:

Method 1 - Patorjk’s Text Color Fader

Step 1: Enter your desired text, your colors [you can change the number of colors too; just click on the dropdown option] 

[Fade Type: I just use the default fade type, but I reckon the vertical one’s good if you want to create gradient paragraphs]

Now once you’ve clicked the “Generate Color Faded Text” button, you’ll see something like this:

Copy all of that and paste it into this site like so:

Click “Replace Text” and copy it to the clipboard, and you’re done!

Method 2 - JSFiddle 

This one’s not as “user-friendly” as the former, but it’s still pretty easy to manoeuvre around once you get the hang of it!

[When you’re done customizing, click on the “Run” button on the top left.]

Now you should see that the colors in those boxes in the run area are now your desired colors. Enter the text in the top text box as shown and click the run button next to the color boxes. Your HTML code should appear in the second text box. Copy that and you’re done!

[I’d only edit the main code if I want to add one/more colors. Otherwise you can just click the boxes in the run area and edit the colours directly from there. This supports hex codes, RGB and HSL.]

For example, I’ve done this:

Okay, now once you’ve copied your HTML code, you have to go back to tumblr and create a new post without the beta format. You should see a gear icon; click that and change the post type to HTML. [tip: customize a blank piece of text however you want (bold, italic etc.) in the Rich Text editor and then just replace that with your gradient text code in the HTML editor]

Now paste your HTML code in the text area, and you should see something like this:

[note: I just clicked on the gear icon to demonstrate what it should look like]

You can preview your text by clicking on the “preview” button to see if you got anything wrong/to see what the final result will look like, and you can add your desired tags.

And that’s really all there is to it! Here’s what my final result will look like:

Viridian: #009698 to #008b8b to #007474

[Forgot to mention, once you've got your gradient text, you can't switch back to the Rich Text editor without losing your gradient, which is why I recommend customising your text in the Rich Text Editor before switching to HTML and replacing the black text with your gradient one! Personally, I just use the header option for my text so I put the h2 tags manually at the start and end of the code so as not to create a hassle]

Our joint username: Dodp

Dream Plane: DP

El Droide: Dod

Why are there so many dods? They remind me of variables in a bad math problem.

Dodp = DP + Dod

-> Dodp - Dod = DP

-> DP = Dod(p-1)

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In September 1940, in response to pressure from Black leaders inside and outside the administration, including William Hastie and Mary McLeod Bethune, the Army announced its Air Corps would begin training Black pilots. In January 1941, a flight training facility for Black airmen was established at Alabama’s Tuskegee Institute. Pilots who trained there formed the all-Black 332nd Fighter Group—which became popularly known as the “Tuskegee Airmen.”

📷: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/535842

The author of the first fic I read with that tag used it unironically because the father character is a good dad in the book canon, so I was very confused when I read another fic that used the tag sarcastically. XD

one thing i adore about fandom is the “[bad parent]’s A+ parenting” tag on ao3. it’s so universal and so sarcastic and it makes me giggle every time i see it

Rusty pilot here, it’s hard to tell if that’s a rope or a cable (looks a rope???) I’d say he’s tying it down, but why is he doing that on a taxiway? Unless it’s a grounding or umbilical-type wire, but that doesn’t make sense either. Idk, I’m not that familiar with big plane airport operations. I guess the logical conclusion is that the plane is indeed his pet airliner. XD

Thor Odinson

The Loki has been Chitauri’d/Odin’d/maltreated. The Loki was adopted by random Avenger. The Loki is recuperating. The Loki was given a food now. The Loki doesn’t yet remember what that means. The Loki is now everyone’s pup.

(honouring this specific kind of fanfictions)

Nat | Cap | Bucky | Clint | Tony | etc

So, I'm back with another recreated comic fit. This is Namora in Sub-Mariner #29 (1948). It was impossible to find a dress from the 1940s that looked exactly like hers, so I ended up going with this sweet red dress from the 1950s. The earrings are also from the '50s, because I like those gleamy carnelians better than the 1940s bakelite earrings that came up in my search. Everything else is from the '40s.

Not my most period-accurate comic recreation, but given the year this issue was published, I guess it's close enough. :)

This scene completely blew my mind when I first saw it. It was SO FREAKING COOL!!! Like, Marvel basically turned these Norse mythology characters into outer space Vikings who fly SPACESHIPS???

Dream Plane and I have soooooo many headcanons and plot bunnies revolving around Thor and Loki being pilots. It's such a cool concept to explore! Like, they would obviously have had flight training. How many flight hours do they have? Did they ever get into crazy scrapes during their cross-country (cross-realm?) solos? Did they have to learn stalls while flying within Asgard's atmosphere? Did they ever get to experience microgravity? How long does it take Thor (in normal circumstances) to familiarize himself with new spacecraft?? (dramatic gasp) What if Loki was a test pilot at some point??? (incoherent squeeing)

Loki in the Dark Elf Ship Appreciation Post

Imagine you've just come home from a loooong day of work. You're dead tired, you're stressing out about that one deadline tomorrow, and you've got a flat tire to deal with. And then your golden retriever of a boyfriend calls to check in on you.