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hi! we’re the olives. bodily 27 (!), a DID system of 100+ alters, also collectively transfem, queer, ace-spec, and polyamorous :3 physically disabled as well, with a lot of brain problems

we have a lot of sideblogs: hockey @ollihateshockey — recovery @runwayhousescityclouds — system blog @gardensofolives — trans stuff @trenderpile — music @youreinthegarden — OC stuff @stolendonuts — aesthetic blog @aestheticallyinconsistent — menu of others available upon request, though you may just see them pop up in your notes

this blog runs on an esoteric and at times incoherent tagging system. i’ll eventually figure out a good way to list all of those. original text posts are #olives.txt and selfies are #oliveface. most of the other semi-regular tags are pinned to our profile now. did you know you can pin up to 24 tags per blog? did you know you can rearrange them to be in a specific order? :3 (did you know i have too many tags to pin all of them?) (i’m still working on that masterlist)

here is our profile on chill subs (with links to published writing)

here is the old post with our published writing (possibly outdated)

our music can be found on soundcloud and bandcamp

our last.fm for scrobbling the music we listen to

mutuals can ask for discord! instagram and twitter are the same username as here. i also have mastodon and bluesky but don’t use them much. in fact i don’t use instagram or twitter all that much either these days. and i reckon that’s a good thing.

i don’t really have a DNI or BYF, i’ll just block you if i don’t like your vibes. current follower count is quelve (lying)

been here since 2017 so i’m not like a tumblr veteran but i’m not exactly new to the game either. i’m in the middle stages of my career as a valuable role player on this website.

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coffeepeople

#music#(first single from her forthcoming album for those who aren’t aware)
oswednesday

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oswednesday

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i aint the snuggest bug in the bed

viralfrog

redstonedust

when boy bands sing a love song addressed to the listener does that imply all 5-10 of them are in love with you at once. that seems like a lot of pressure i don't know if i want to be the nucleus of the boyband polycule.

applefudge5

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reggiemess

Profanity filters on single-player games are just so... incredibly performative. They don't 'protect' the player from seeing the word (you have to type it in order to activate the filter), the only thing they do is scold the player.

My favorite solution to people who get offended at the things they themselves typed is a disclaimer on a puzzle page that said "If you type profanity you will see it."

reggiemess

Out: Can you pet the dog?

In: Can you name yourself Fuckface McShitass?

reggiemess

It's really funny and jarring when you encounter a profanity filter in a single-player m-rated grown-up game for adults, but I don't think they even make sense in kid's games. If anything I think "If you tell the computer to call you FuckNugget it will do that" is exactly the sort of obvious, low-stakes 'actions have consequences' lesson that's perfect for kids.

reggiemess

"This impacts nobody but yourself, and even then it does not alter gameplay or the intended experience, however we cannot allow it and you need to know we disapprove of offensive language. Anyway have fun in Gorequest 4: The Tittening."

glowcowboy

it’s small joys saturday y’all let’s get it

#scheduled
ammnontet

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i cant stop editing nancy comics. and also ive never edited a bunch of someone else's comics before in my entire life.

crippled-peeper

gender affirming care should never be seen as a reward for good behavior

dippalodoculus

And no one should have to perform a trans stereotype in front of shitty doctors just to get gender affirming care

lavosse

tomorrow, I'm really going to give it my nothing.

#mynothing
caintooth

as a victim of covert incest (aka emotional incest, which for those of you unfamiliar is basically like… severe emotional/psychological enmeshment in which your parent treats you as a surrogate spouse without the physical contact/abuse) i think it is necessary for us to openly think about, talk about, write about, make art about, consume media about, etc. incest as much as we do other forms of abuse

when you make something so taboo that even the victims cannot safely talk about it, cannot safely make art about it, cannot safely process the emotions attached to it… who are you really hurting? certainly not the perpetrators, who will continue what they do in silence and in private no matter if you acknowledge it or not!

talking about abuse and making art about abuse is necessary so people can recognize, escape, process, and heal from the fact that they have been abused. that includes even the abuse that makes you personally feel uncomfortable or “weird” or “bad” to talk about!