#asr

[narcissisticpdcultureis]

NPD + Autistic culture is wanting so desperately to be in a community or discord group or what have you and make yourself the center of attention but the social ostracization you faced as a kid due to not masking on top of having a max total of five “friends” at any point in your life has made your social skills zeroooooooo beyond usual customer small talk

(But also the supply you get when you ultimately crash out due to BPD, cut off everyone, and yet are still able to find a new friend group and sometimes a lover within a few months. Adapt, evolve, overcome /ref)

- Noa

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[inkedinserendipity]

here’s something that surprised me on my all systems red reread: secunit sits down like halfway through the book! page 104, murderbot sits on one of the hopper’s benches.

and the first time i read this book i paid that line no mind! it’s just sitting down. i didn’t have the context to be like :O secunits don’t do that. secunits aren’t supposed to sit while on duty!

and now i’m thinking about the crew, who also have no idea what this means. and about mensah, who just minutes ago told it that she sees it as a person who’s trying to help (this is the first time its insides “go melty!”) and i simply do not think it is a coincidence that murderbot sits down next to its humans for the first time probably ever right after being told by a human for the first time probably ever that they see it as a person.

and it’s so satisfying on a narrative and rereading level, right, because the first time you read the book you’re with the crew—you have no idea what this means. but then you read it again, knowing more about secunits, and then the full emotional weight of that one line hits. because now you have context!

anyway this line was such a lovely example of why the murderbot diaries in particular is such a good reread. the context makes everything hit afresh the second time around, just as hard if not harder than the first!

[je55ilodraws]

I said, "Dr. Mensah, do you need me for anything else?"

She turned her chair to face me. "No, I'll call if we have any questions." I had worked for some contracts that would have kept me standing here the entire day and night cycle, just on the off chance they wanted me to do something and didn't want to bother using the feed to call me. Then she added, "You know, you can stay here in the crew area if you want. Would you like that?"

They all looked at me, most of them smiling. One disadvantage in wearing the armor is that I get used to opaquing the faceplate. I'm out of practice at controlling my expression. Right now I'm pretty sure it was somewhere in the region of stunned horror, or maybe appalled horror.

Mensah sat up, startled. She said hurriedly, "Or not, you know, whatever you like."

I said, "I need to check the perimeter," and managed to turn and leave the crew area in a totally normal way and not like I was fleeing from a bunch of giant hostiles.

[wafflebox-o7]

#RadioAppleAUweek 📻🍎

Day 1 | Your First AU/Your Latest AUFun fact: My Radioapple Siren AU is my first ever AU and my latest AU! Loved it so much that I've went ahead and turned it into a comic~ 😊

Here is a Link to the comic <3

[asirensrequiem]

Quick Update: page 1 of the next chapter is done & progress is going pretty quickly with the rest of the chapter now between comms~

[hellofriendhawke]

The Tower card represents danger, crisis, and unforeseen change. However, it can also symbolize liberation.

[dwaginator]

999

[dnkkpi]

✦ ACHE

I think of you as I drift off to sleep, when I wake up, and in between.

I inhale you—never exhale.

I see you when I close my eyes, and search for you when I open them.

Visions of you fill every crevice of my mind.

And my skin carries the burn of your trace— gentle, fleeting yet searing.

And the rest of me, untouched, craves to suffer the same.

I am made of you.

I can only see myself reflected in your pupils.

In your eyes I exist; I am what you see in me.

You keep me intact, your gaze— the glue that binds me.

Thus, I am.

For you, by you, through you—I exist.

[j-trow-95]

Six Sentence Sunday (but is it ever really, though?!)

Thanks for the recent tags @emeryhall @mooncello @nausikaaa @monbons @thewholelemon

Hello from the void! I've been racing along with ASR edits again the last few weeks, and recently I cracked the 70k word mark. Currently, the draft is sitting at 72,494 words ... and I'm only about 2/3 done. I still have two whole acts to write, so it's safe to say this draft is going to be hecking chonky!

Word count wise:

January: 13,736

February: 6,468

March: 4,150

April: 7,683

And so far May has been stellar for my word count (because I've hit a scene I've been DYING to rewrite since I began this process in November)

1st-4th = 3,807 words

5-11th = 9,125 words

Those last 12k written this month constitute my favourite part of this book. I've always had the bare bones of this scene, but it's really fleshed out in this draft, lots of playful banter and plenty of pining.

Lauren POV.

... suddenly we’re at an impasse. My room and the kitchen lie to our right, Mike’s room to the left, and the No Man’s Land of our communal hallway in between. I’m not ready for this night to end, even if that just means us sitting up with hot chocolates in the kitchen and talking about random things, anything, so long as we get to spend more time together. “So, um …” I start, but don’t know what else to say. “You thinking what I’m thinking?” Mike asks. That I want to shove you against a wall and kiss you senseless? Yeah, definitely not thinking along the same lines here, Lauren.

So yeah, more a writing update than word sharing post this week. I'm getting to a point where I don't want to spoil everything in this book, so I might start pulling back on ASR updates, at least until I get to a point where I can actually think about publishing. Hopefully this writing bug transfers over to Trails and I can crack back on with that fic soon!

Tagging (apologies if you've already done this, I've just copied and pasted my list): @artsyunderstudy @aristocratic-otter @blackberrysummerblog @bookish-bogwitch @cutestkilla

@confused-bi-queer @emeryhall @erzbethluna @hushed-chorus @iamamythologicalcreature

@ic3-que3n @ileadacharmedlife @ivelovedhimthroughworse @letraspal @martsonmars

@mooncello @nausikaaa @nightimedreamersworld @orange-peony @shrekgogurt

@skeedelvee @theearlgreymage @thewholelemon @you-remind-me-of-the-babe 

[thepringlesofblood]

important question: does murderbot (the murderbot diaries) wear socks?

we know socks exist in murderbot world (it describes human living spaces as smelling like dirty socks).

we know that mb's feet are inorganic and don't look like human feet or augmented human feet.

when mb gets new clothes, which it does several times throughout the series, it never mentions socks (at least not to my knowledge, and I have these books practically memorized at this point). the most we get is that some shoes are described as "soft".

when in armor, mb mentions its "suitskin", which seems to be an all-over bodysuit sort of deal that could cover feet as well, thus negating the need for socks. for most of the series, though, mb is not in armor and not wearing suitskin.

considerations/potential points

mb might hate the smell and/or human connotations of socks enough to go sockless

mb mentions its shoes being soft bc it doesn't need to wear socks with them

suitskin = no socks for secunits, but mb got some post-All Systems Red to when it had to start wearing human shoes

maybe human socks don't work with secunit feet, or aren't necessary for them (although shoes work, so i feel like socks would work too)

if mb mentions getting shoes, perhaps it can be assumed that it's also buying socks, and just didn't mention it bc it doesn't deem them important.

thoughts?

[chotebabua]

Will I ever stop talking about the dargah sequence?

The answer is NO. It was so beautifully shot and it spoke so much about their equation without giving away anything. I loved how Arnav and Khushi were so unaware of each other, because, of course, shuruwat thi. And Arziyan as the background score made so much sense and added this very important poignant touch to the entire sequence. Their story was completely fated, and this was the gateway.

The purity of this frame speaks volumes!

There was also one particular scene that really portrayed the inner psyche of Arnav Singh Raizaada, otherwise an unapologetic atheist and disbeliever of any higher power other than himself. His disbelief was perfectly portrayed in the sequence where he was heading towards to dargah, with a stoic expression and his oblivious disregard for the poor. We see him dodging the peacock feathers, and even the crowd around him. But then, he enters the dargah with flowers in his hands and most importantly,

He bows down before the tomb.

This one frame gave away the deeper insight of Arnav, for the first time. Arnav, who is sensitive, respectful and surprisingly, considerate. Not the stern, arrogant, and no nonsense Arnav Singh Raizaada that we were familiar with.

[archiesoniconline]

From all of us at ASO and ASR, Happy Valentine's Day!

Today is that special day to spend time and spread love to those around us!

We’re used to Sonic and Sally in the ASO universe, but over in ASR, Nicole has gone from Sally’s handheld computer to something much more!

Art by Dashy and @snicamusprime

[featheredclover]

down bad, BAAAAAAD:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHoX3PZhUkP/?igsh=MTFhenduanBoeW0yMA==

Hell yeahh

[wafflebox-o7]

Update / Announcement!

Finals are coming up, and all of my final projects need some attention, so I may have to disappear for a few weeks. Don't worry—I am not dead! I am just locking TF in so I can graduate and GET OUTTA HERE!

For those of you A Siren's Requiem fans, I am halfway done drawing the next chapter, so I hope to return with that in hand. I know that it's been a WHILE since I updated it, as my focus has been on other work and commissions, but I would really like to continue this story to the end, even if it takes me so long. I love seeing the improvement my art sees every single chapter, and I think I have such a fun story to tell, and I want to see it through! Thank you for being patient with me you all are so lovely <3

Love y'all, and while I may disappear for days... and sometimes weeks... remember:

...so stay tuned~

[asirensrequiem]

I would just like to take a moment to draw your attention to how much my art has improved since the first chapter.

It has always been a little dream of mine to create a comic to help me improve my art and just share a story while watching my art journey along the way. ...and it has NOT dissappointed Just take a look at these two similar shots from chapter 1 and from the chapter that will be going up this Sunday:

While I do wish I could be sharing and drawing this story faster, I am so proud that I have managed to get 3 whole chapters out with this much improvement all while taking a full time's job worth of college credits. I'm just so excited to keep sharing this and maybe even getting quicker with this as I am nearing my graduation from college. I have so many fun ideas, art, projects, and stories to share and I haven't even been fully released into the wild. Just you all wait, I've been nerfed this whole time, I'm about to pull a Goku and take off my weights once I graduate and I'll become unstoppable~

So just a huge thank you to all of you for sticking with me in this niche little corner of the world of mine. You all inspire me to keep doing what I do and I only wish to extend that back to each and every one of you <3

[ilmtest]

Combining Prayers During Travel

And it is reported from Mālik on the authority of Abū ʿl-Ṭufayl with the wording: “That they went out with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in the year of Tabūk, ورواه مالك (1/143 / 2) من طريق أخرى عن أبي الطفيل به بلفظ: " أنهم خرجوا مع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم عام تبوك، and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would join al-Dhuhr wa ʿl-ʿAṣr, and al-Maġrib wa ʿl-ʿIshāʾ.” فكان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يجمع بين الظهر والعصر، والمغرب والعشاء، (Muʿāḏ) said: “He delayed the ṣalāh, then went out and prayed al-Dhuhr and al-ʿAṣr together, then returned. Then he went out again and prayed al-Maġrib wa ʿl-ʿIshāʾ together.” قال: فأخر الصلاة يوما، ثم خرج فصلى الظهر والعصر جميعا، ثم دخل، ثم خرج فصلى المغرب والعشاء جميعا ". Reported by Muslim, Abū Dāwūd, al-Nasāʾī, al-Dārimī, al-Ṭaḥāwī, al-Bayhaqī, Aḥmad. ومن طريق مالك أخرجه مسلم (7/60) وأبو داود (1206) والنسائي (1/98) والدارمي (1/356) والطحاوي (1/95) والبيهقي (3/162) وأحمد (5/237)، وفي رواية لمسلم (2/152) Muḥammad Nāṣir ʾl-Dīn al-Albānī, Silsilah al-Aḥādīth al-Ṣaḥīḥah 1/312 محمد ناصر الدين الألباني، السلسلة الصحيحة ١/٣١٢ https://shamela.ws/book/9442/312 @ilmtest [https://t.me/ilmtest]