f.a.q & personal stances
- a few unique tags i use on my blog:
ishy pishy: my own personal, self made content.
postish: posts that i did not create, i.e. pictures i obtained from stores and stock image websites, reposts of videos i did not take, etc.
queueish: just the tag for a queued post.
ish talks: posts where i answer questions, address everyone that follows me, or where i explain something that someone has asked me.if you want any other odd tags explained, drop an ask or send a pm. i’m happy to elucidate.~ ~ ~ ~ here are some general questions i get kinda often, answered! ~ ~ ~ ~
- Q: where can I find all active requests?
A: here!!
- Q: hey did you receive my ask?
A: please refer to the list of all active requests or to the archive with every ask I’ve answered!
- Q: do you take requests for original characters (oc’s)?
A: yes! here’s my rules!
- Q: what’s the difference between a moodboard and a stimboard? does it depend on the context of the creator or intention?
A: the main difference is that stimboards have stim gifs (slime, soap cutting, drink pouring, hand flapping, etc) and moodboards are mostly if not all comprised of still images meant to convey an aesthetic or mood of a character, show, or concept!
- Q: what is a leftover stimboard?
A: tumblr user @helium-stims can be attributed to starting this trend, I believe! essentially, a leftover stim is a gif I ended up not using in gifsets or stimboards. i figured I would stop wasting my leftover gifs, hence a leftover stim stimboard!
- Q: how do i download videos to gif? how do i make gifs? how do i credit sources?
A: please see my advice tag or this post for gif making, this post about how to download videos for gif making, and this post about crediting sources. there are more posts in the advice tag about my processes with gif / stimboard making, general troubleshooting when a gif gives you issue, finding videos to gif, etc. it's a useful tag for a new stim blogger learning the ropes!
- Q: i thought you didn't take requests for real people?
A: please see this post!
- Q: how do I find your first q&a?
A: by searching this tag!
- Q: where can I learn more about you?
A: by searching this tag! I also do ask games kinda often, so you can search this tag for that stuff! or this one, if you wanna see all my self made content!
- Q: do you post content for your own oc’s?
A: yes, click here!
about ish
- hi there! my name is Ish.
- i am trans masc nonbinary and my pronouns are they / them and he / him!
- i’m 25! my birthday is august 11th. leo sun, aries moon, capricorn rising.
- i am a writer and poet at heart. i have always written and always will. i have written several novels, lots of poems, and a couple of fanfic.
- my current special interests are: moths and other insects, apex legends (specifically bloodhound, fuse, and revenant), the last of us (all games), the locked tomb series, care bears, cookie run kingdom, and squishmallows!
- my permanent special interests are: moths and other insects, outer space / exoplanet research, etymology, paganism, care bears, studio ghibli, halloween, minecraft, animal crossing, avatar the last airbender, legend of korra, puella magi madoka magica, OFF (mortis ghost), coraline, minecraft, houseki no kuni, powerpuff girls, cardcaptor sakura, vocaloid, winnie the pooh, pokemon, and the last of us.
- media likes: the song of ice and fire series / game of thrones / house of the dragon (hyperfixation on and off), the nier games, steins;gate, hades (supergiant), love nikki, cookie run ovenbreak, cookie run kingdom, jojo's bizarre adventure, claymore, danganronpa, the promised neverland, beastars, identity v, bloodborne, resident evil, silent hill, mothlight, splatoon, legend of zelda, overwatch, call of cthulhu, jellycat, lalaloopsy, beanie babies, calico critters, cherished teddies, precious moments (not for religious reasons), and pusheen.
- i also love stickers, collecting knickknacks and vintage things, frogs / toads, snakes, rabbits, moths, butterflies, mantids, documentaries, mushrooms, jellyfish, deep and regular sea creatures, all kinds of cats small or big!, and I love to read and write! manga, novels, webcomics, ebooks, short stories, poetry, EVERYTHING. writing and reading are a huge part of my life and I love to consume and create written content.
- my favorite visual stims are anything to do with cleancore, paint and nail polish mixing, piping whipped soap, most playing with slime, cake / dessert decorating, resin pouring / demolding, makeup destruction / reconstruction / application / swatching, shiny jewelry / jewelry making, ice carving / sculpting / shaving, sewing / knitting / crocheting, fruit and vegetable slicing, and anything involving ice that looks edible to me.
- my favorite tactile stims are petting cats and twirling their ears / tails, rocking back and forth, playing with butter / frogspawn slimes (occasionally), touching soft / silky fabrics, taking a bath with extra soft soap in it (some of you might get this), pushing water upward from underwater but not breaking the surface with my hands, putting my hands in tubs of beads / dry beans / marbles / tumbled crystals and rocks / powdered sugar (with dry hands of course), and twirling hair between my fingers, especially when it's cold.
what follows are descriptions of some of my physical and mental ailments, and some talk of trauma and traumatic events, including CSA and CSAM, which all leads into why i started my blog! if that kind of talk bothers you, feel free to skip this part!
- i am autistic. i have c-ptsd, chronic fatigue + pain, agoraphobia, ocd, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, amongst some other things! i also have gerd, fibromyalgia, interstitial cystitis, and i sometimes have PNES (psychogenic non-epileptic seizures).- my trauma began when i was 4. i was sexually abused for 5 years, and during those 5 years CSAM was created and spread of me. i was sexually abused again at age 14 by someone twice my age at the time.- that leads me into why i created this blog. i wanted to give people, specifically trauma survivors, regressors, syskids, and folks with autism, a place to just enjoy themselves and not have the fear of seeing anything nsfw or triggering while regressing.- a lot of childhood assault survivors want to experience and enjoy the things in childhood we never got to fully enjoy, because we were always in survival mode. what my blog represents is NOT a kink to me.- that is why i try to tag everything with the proper content and trigger warnings in an effort to protect my followers from having triggering interactions. it is also why i use so many tags when describing a set of gifs or stimboard; i just want to do my best to avoid triggering or making anyone unnecessarily uncomfortable if i can. if i block you because you do not properly tag triggers, actively do not try to protect others in the stim space, or if you generally are of the mind that people who have easy triggers shouldn't be on the internet, and you’re confused as to why i've blocked you, i’ll be happy to explain it to you. my reasons are valid and you won’t convince me otherwise.with that being said, i hope this blog continues to be a safe haven for everyone who visits, follows, and appreciates what i do. i’m elated that i can make so many folks happy with the art i create and share! ☺️💕