Part One: A New Standard Part Two: Types of Parents Part Three: Parents in Literature Part Four: Parents on the Page A Diversion: Reuniting Children With Changed Parents Part Five: Sibling Scenarios Part Six: Sibling Perception Part Seven: Writing Siblings A Diversion: Myths About Writing Close Sibling Relationships A Diversion: Siblings With Age Differences A Diversion: Writing Twins A Diversion: Making Siblings Important Part Eight: Knowing the Outer Family Part Nine: Piblings :: The Cool Extended Parents Part Ten: Qualifying Cousins Part Eleven: Cousin Appearances Part Twelve: Writing Cousins Part Thirteen: The Roots of Friendship Part Fourteen: The Definition of Friend Part Fifteen: Layers of Friendship Part Sixteen: Writing the Best Friend A Diversion: Writing Close Groups of Friends Part Seventeen: Surely Antagonistic Part Eighteen: Evil Manifests as Villain Part Nineteen: Protagonist in the Way Part Twenty: Conversations with Antagonists A Diversion: Writing the Rival to Friend Relationship A Diversion: Writing the Enemy to Grudging Respect Arc Part Twenty-One: Deepened Friendship Part Twenty-Two: Influences of Individual History Part Twenty-Three: Crafting Dates Part Twenty-Four: Expectations Part Twenty-Five: Healthy Relationships Part Twenty-Six: Unhealthy Relationships A Diversion: Writing the Supportive Friend Part Twenty-Seven: When Relationships Unravel Part Twenty-Eight: Mentors, Teachers, and Advisers Part Twenty-Nine: Wise Old Tropes

(Note from Pear: This series is indefinitely open to new posts. As they are added, this post will be updated. Like always, you can find original content in the posts by pear tag and the table of contents tag for series.)

Tumblr Migration 2: Reddit Boogaloo

We all know about the Twitter immigrants, but there seems to be radio silence on what's happening now with Reddit users from certain subreddits doing a similar thing.

What's happening?

Reddit is restricting their API later this month and killing off third-party apps. An AMA (Ask Me Anything) with the CEO Steve Hoffman was held and it was clear that he would continue with the changes.

In protest, thousands of subreddits across the site are planning to go dark for 48 hours on June 12th. Some are planning to continue indefinitely until the changes are reversed.

Okay, so how does this affect Tumblr?

Some subreddits (mainly queer and left-leaning meme ones, don't worry too much about Reddit Atheists™ overrunning us) are encouraging their users to jump ship to our beloved - and beloathed - hellsite. There will be another influx of new users and many will be unfamiliar with how the site works.

What do us Tumblr users do?

Show them how to use the site; introduce them to the site's culture, tell them to reblog shit and curate their dashboard. Sorta like how we welcomed Twitter users back when they flocked here. Kungpowpenising optional.

I'm new from Reddit, what do I do here?

CHANGE YOUR PROFILE PICTURE AND BANNER TO SOMETHING OTHER THAN DEFAULT BECAUSE THIS SITE IS FILLED WITH BOTS AND YOU MIGHT BE MISTAKEN FOR ONE. This is the FIRST thing you should do after getting a blog.

Other folks can help you with stuff like curating your dashboard or creating sideblogs (or you can look shit up) but please, PLEASE just give yourself an icon and reblog some stuff so people don't mistake you for a bot

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