diff --git a/app/logical/d_text.rb b/app/logical/d_text.rb
index 2e7ef8714..68c0990bd 100644
--- a/app/logical/d_text.rb
+++ b/app/logical/d_text.rb
@@ -377,13 +377,13 @@ class DText
 
       case element.name
       when "text"
-        element.content
+        element.content.gsub(/(?:\r|\n)+$/, "")
       when "br"
         "\n"
-      when "p"
-        from_html(element.inner_html, &block) + "\n\n"
+      when "p", "ul", "ol"
+        from_html(element.inner_html, &block).strip + "\n\n"
       when "blockquote"
-        "[quote]#{from_html(element.inner_html, &block)}[/quote]" if element.inner_html.present?
+        "[quote]#{from_html(element.inner_html, &block).strip}[/quote]\n\n" if element.inner_html.present?
       when "small", "sub"
         "[tn]#{from_html(element.inner_html, &block)}[/tn]" if element.inner_html.present?
       when "b", "strong"
@@ -395,13 +395,13 @@ class DText
       when "s", "strike"
         "[s]#{from_html(element.inner_html, &block)}[/s]" if element.inner_html.present?
       when "li"
-        "* #{from_html(element.inner_html, &block)}" if element.inner_html.present?
+        "* #{from_html(element.inner_html, &block)}\n" if element.inner_html.present?
       when "h1", "h2", "h3", "h4", "h5", "h6"
         hN = element.name
         title = from_html(element.inner_html, &block)
-        "#{hN}. #{title}\n"
+        "#{hN}. #{title}\n\n"
       when "a"
-        title = from_html(element.inner_html, &block)
+        title = from_html(element.inner_html, &block).strip
         url = element["href"]
         %("#{title}":[#{url}]) if title.present? && url.present?
       when "img"
diff --git a/app/logical/sources/strategies/tumblr.rb b/app/logical/sources/strategies/tumblr.rb
index d9d7062a7..d8ae683fe 100644
--- a/app/logical/sources/strategies/tumblr.rb
+++ b/app/logical/sources/strategies/tumblr.rb
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ module Sources::Strategies
       end
     end
 
+    def dtext_artist_commentary_desc
+      DText.from_html(artist_commentary_desc).strip
+    end
+
     def image_url
       image_urls.first
     end
diff --git a/test/unit/sources/deviantart_test.rb b/test/unit/sources/deviantart_test.rb
index ba5aedc68..a28305057 100644
--- a/test/unit/sources/deviantart_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/sources/deviantart_test.rb
@@ -35,14 +35,11 @@ module Sources
       should "get the dtext-ified commentary" do
         desc = <<-EOS.strip_heredoc.chomp
           blah blah
-          
           "test link":[http://www.google.com]
-          
-
 
           h1. lol
 
-          
+
 
           [b]blah[/b] [i]blah[/i] [u]blah[/u] [s]blah[/s]
           herp derp
@@ -53,7 +50,6 @@ module Sources
           * two
           * three
           
-          
           * one
           * two
           * three
diff --git a/test/unit/sources/tumblr_test.rb b/test/unit/sources/tumblr_test.rb
index 4f89e4a93..a117ed3e8 100644
--- a/test/unit/sources/tumblr_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/sources/tumblr_test.rb
@@ -42,6 +42,26 @@ module Sources
         assert_equal(desc, @site.artist_commentary_desc)
       end
 
+      should "get the dtext-ified commentary" do
+        desc = <<-EOS.strip_heredoc.chomp
+          h2. header
+
+          plain [b]bold[/b] [i]italics[/i] [s]strike[/s]
+
+          * one
+          * two
+
+          * one
+          * two
+
+          [quote]quote[/quote]
+
+          "link":[http://www.google.com]
+        EOS
+
+        assert_equal(desc, @site.dtext_artist_commentary_desc)
+      end
+
       should "get the image url" do
         assert_equal("http://data.tumblr.com/3bbfcbf075ddf969c996641b264086fd/tumblr_os2buiIOt51wsfqepo1_raw.png", @site.image_url)
       end