#I'm pumped for this plot

[burningcheese-merchant]

DRAGON UPDATE DRAGON UPDATE DRAGON UPDAAAAAAAATE (FOAMS AT THE MOUTH AND FALLS OVER) WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FORWARD TO BESTIES?? GINGERBRAVE GOING SUPER SAIYAN AND SOLOING LONGAN? LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOO

DRAGON UPDATE DRAGON UPDATE DRAGON UPDATE DRAGON UPDATE DRAGON UPDATE DRAGON UPDATE DRAGON UPDATE DRAGON UPDATE-

I waited 3000 years for this moment... Never kill yourself

I will say I'm disappointed that they're using the same Title Event style as usual. BUT! I appreciate that they tried to spice it up by adding a Hard Mode with new maps included. Plus, next update will see a return to rhe Labyrinth style event (like in Dessert Paradise), which will be such a relief. I miss the fuck out of the old main events, man. They were all so fun and unique. I genuinely don't know why they changed it to the exact same boring coin collecting shit. But at least they're trying to listen to player feedback this time, I suppose. Hopefully the trend continues

But that new Breakout episode looks FIRE. Running on Longan's back? It's peak, I'm afraid. And speaking of peak

OUGH MY HEART THEY'RE SO BEAUTIFUL AAAAAGJVKSGAKEAHWHDHSKANAHEH I don't know which costume I like more, honestly. Ovenbreak art team killing it once again (I do like Longan's lobby a bit more than Lychee's though. I'm a big sucker for Asian-inspired architecture and visuals)

As for what I want to happen in the story... My big bad wish has always been this: I want Longan Dragon to surrender. I've wanted this for ages. I think it would be a lot more thematically powerful if Longan chose to stand down and cease his machinations of his own accord. Not because he's suddenly gained any love or empathy for mortals, but because he can't bring himself to destroy the other dragons. Those 4 are his family. They are the only ones who ever meant anything to him. You can tell, underneath his cold personality, that Longan genuinely does care about them, in his own way. It would be more meaningful if Longan decided to put them and their wants first, like family is supposed to do for one another, and let them win. There's no change of heart, there's no sudden realization of the value of life or acceptance of change or anything. Longan just can't (or he can, but he won't) get rid of his family in order to achieve his goal. They're all he has left. In the end, he's doing all of this for them; because he thinks it's what they need most (and because he's a stone-faced tyrant with a disdain for any life that exists outside the sphere of his absolute control, of course). He thinks he's doing them a favor. A service. Just this one time, I want Longan to place THEIR wishes above his own. Maybe it's a silly idea but idk. I like themes about family and sacrifice. It's certainly more interesting than just "everyone bands together and defeats Longan with the power of friendship" lol

Also Gingerbrave better not actually do anything. I'm honestly tired of him being there lol. I'm tired of him being everywhere tbh. He somehow pops up in every story even though it has nothing to do with him really. Go away kid, not everything is about you

[kiwi-luminaryofthestars]

05/05/2025 Progress Update:

TLDR: Finished section 3. Changed around the ending of the section and snipped some things.

Didn't have a ton of time so I only got to finishing section 3 today. A lot of it was reworking. Initially, I had the conversation at the end of this section pretty damn short, like three lines sort of short. But I decided to expand it because I felt the weight of what we learn deserved more attention. It's still a relatively short conversation, but it's more fleshed-out now.

I did go through the entirety of the edited sections yesterday evening and snipped quite a bit. Mostly adjectives. I have a bad habit of putting two adjectives before a noun lol, and most often it's just not needed. So we're at a net negative, a little under 38K now.

Still tentative this weekend for finished edit. Then beta. I wanted to work on very late komahina week thing or mermay while it's being beta'd, but I may take a small break. We'll see, you know by now I have a difficult time *not* writing. It relaxes me lol

Have a lovely lovely night!!

[kdramaxoxo]

Now I know what you're thinking: If you can't handle a weight loss rom com, you shouldn't watch it then. And I think,

maybe you are right.

[yoihino]

Does anyone have any modern cultivation novel/manwha/manga recommendations? I found a really good mdzs fanfic where it was situated in modern times but with known cultivation (Truth will out (when caught on video) by KizuKatana on ao3) as well as a svsss one where Liu Qingge, Shen Yuan and Shang Qinghua are all transmigrated back to the modern world where they discover cultivation also exists there (Another time, another place by Mayvn also on ao3). I loved these fics and want to read more modern cultivation stuff, but I have tried some of the most recommended ones and found them to have too much harem/flawless op protagonist for my taste. I like it when they center more around cultivation itself and the mechanics of the world. Does anyone know of any work like this or is this a futile search and I should learn to read harem novels?

[cuteniarose]

So back in December when I was writing Suiren's birthday fic I set Haya's birthday as March 1st so I'd have some kind of deadline for finishing the first chapter of the fic about her (that I started in 2023 and didn't get past 800 words 😬), otherwise it would never get done

March 1st is Saturday. I never once opened the damn document.

I know I'm a master of speedrunning at this point but for fuck's sake can I please write like a normal person for once in my life???

[sga-owns-my-soul]

work may be boring

but at least i finally figured out the ending to a fic i've been stuck on for OVER SIX MONTHS

[nyssasblog]

BABE WAKE UP THE WITCH HAT ATELIER TRAILER FINALLY DROPPED

Dear Dungeon Meshi and Frieren fans, buckle up cause you're gonna love this.

[trashcanwithsprinkles]

The new chapter is insane oh my god there’s so much going on it’s gonna drive me crazy thinking about all of it. Is anyone else from Zhonglis reality gonna make an appearance?? I’m just. Aaaaaaa!!

always happy to deliver

and we shall see

[mariocki]

Messenger of Death (1988)

"You can't be Garret Smith!"

"I can't?"

"He wouldn't be caught dead in a town like this."

"I was born in a town like this."

[pianokantzart]

I think I need to slow down my output of comic pages to about 1 page a week until further notice.

[rubberduckyrye]

I need you all to understand that:

WaveMaker is an awesome program and it actually shows you how many words you've written in a day! Please check it out I'm in love with it. Also here is my Tutorial on how to manually sync up your files so you can write your projects on any device. It also copies and pastes well into Gdocs and LibreOffice. No I will not shut up about how cool this online program thing is.

It has only been March 30th for about 5 hours and I've already written almost 3k words.

Have I--Have I found the insanity again? Can I write 12k words in a single day???? I'm almost a 4th of the way there--

[theangrypomeranian]

listen when I TELL YOU that I LOVE terrible movies I mean it whole heartedly 😍🤩

[blushinggoku]

The brainrot has been so strong the past few days it's got me considering writing a fic. I am not brave enough to write it just yet but I'm literally so tempted...

[tanjir0se]

new chap of Kiss the Devil coming out todayyyyyy Akaren girlies lets fucking gooooo

[bittersweetyrn]

also can people not start saying that aziraphale and crowley are toxic? :((((( I've seen it a few times and it's heartbreaking.

what I love is feeling sad about their conflict and feeling sad about gay people in the same way I got sad about straight ships when I was younger, and didn't really understand gay people. I'm not sad bc there's some veiled homophobic thing happening about why they 'can't be together'. I feel such a pleasant sadness because it's just another conflict and miscommunication! I'm sad and it's sad without having to use homophobia to make it so!

it's sad and it's wonderful bc straight people have gotten to see this sort of relationship conflict play out with characters like them for years and years and years, and now I get to see it with characters like me!! all in a story about the beauty of Earth and the value of humanity and why life is worth living and love is worth everything!!!

random comparisons under the cut

P.S. maybe people won't care for these comparisons, but it's sad in the way that Catra and Adora are, growing up in cruelty and not understanding the other's point of view. It's sad in the way that Pearl and Rose Quartz are, both loving each other but when Rose moved on Pearl couldn't, because she only knew herself in servitude, and had to learn to love herself outside of that. obvs pearl and rose didn't have a happily ever after but this isn't about that. it's the use of romantic tropes typical in straight stories applied to gay people.

[dragonplated]

every time i open a draft to work on it my cat sits on me again, this might be a sign