#edit while recording

[astarionposting]

♡ inspo

[ribcagebonemeal]

he is so proud of purposefully getting the otacon ending

[honeyhobbs]

Not my usual type of post BUT it's gaz! So

[somegrumpynerd]

Actually it turns out I had more thoughts about that post that I forgot about lol

Would Nightmare actually give up his boys? Yes and no

If it was just a black and white situation of they're miserable, they don't wanna be here, they have somewhere better to be, then yes. He would leave them out to wherever they needed to be despite his own feelings and very quickly realise afterwards just how much he'd gotten used to the noise and company. I think he would get a little clingy with Dream about it, which I'm sure Dream would find very weird after everything but not unwelcome, he did miss his brother after all.

(If he couldn't attach himself to Dream's side for whatever reason, I think he might just sit in his castle and go insane. Or maybe he'd just spend all day at Ccino's trying really hard to project that he just likes the atmosphere and isn't lonely as hell)

But the thing is, most of them don't have somewhere better to be. Horror has his au, and Nightmare would keep up the supply of food even if Horror said he wanted to quit at this point, so he would understandably let him return home. Killer, Dust and Cross effectively don't have aus anymore though, and they tend to get into self-destructive habits when they're left to their own devices. (Obviously bringing Color and Epic into the mix to make sure Killer and Cross are taken care of eases matters, but Dust doesn't really have any friends outside their group he could go stay with - that Nightmare knows about at least).

The flipside of this is that his boys may not necessarily want to be given up. I think if Nightmare got really in his head about this he could easily end up convinced this is the right thing to do without ever asking them if it's what they want, with potentially terrible results. He's established such a pattern of always returning to find Killer when they get seperated, that if he never showed up Killer might just keep sitting there and waiting for him greyfriar's bobby style, refusing to leave because he's certain his boss is coming back.

[waterfallofspace]

feat: sneezing, stifling, hitching, talking – 'I'm not gonna sneeze' +adjacent

Basically, I'm not gonna sneeze! It's simple, I'm just not going to. [spoiler: I did in fact fail at that simple challenge more than once]

[vlasdygoth]

think i'm gonna call it off

[mooncello]

wipsday: more than a footnote moodboard + playlist (+ extras)

One year ago, I posted the first chapter of more than a footnote. I had hoped I'd have the final chapter ready by this date, but I'm still editing. It will be live very soon.

For today, rather than an excerpt and spoilers, please enjoy this moodboard for chapter 9.

I'm also sharing a special chapter 9 playlist. These have been the songs on repeat as I write the final chapter.

Finally, I thought it might be fun to share a couple author notes and behind the scenes stuff. Read on if that's your cuppa tea.

Nearly there. 🖤

I've shared this before, but more than a footnote was only ever meant to be a distraction from a couple other wips that were giving me trouble last year. 5 chapters max, 16-20k. (lol) I love when characters surprise me.

Also unanticipated: Keris and Gareth. They were originally only gonna have a brief mention. I'm glad both decided to hang out a bit.

I'm proud of several lines throughout the fic but I think my absolute favorite is this one:

Dev, who moves like a cat, and fights like a bear, and whose smile is as sharp as a scythe but always feels like sunshine, and whenever I see it, I don’t want to look at anything else.

Okay, one more. I wrote this for chapter 9, and I'm in love with it *but* it might end up getting axed. Please enjoy it here.

I think of the Crucible pairing Niall and I together, and how immediately enchanted I was by his orange hair and his teeth too big for his head. How we had practically nothing in common, until we did, and we kept choosing each other, in assignments, in mischief, in friendship, until he became the most important person in my life.

I still love the cravens.

Fashion plays such a big role in this fic. While my personal style is more like Dev, I adore Niall's clothes. He's such a casual, preppy nerd. I think my favorite outfit of his is the "Sorbonne student" one during the spring dance. Everything oversized. His cuffed trousers. Fluttering sleeves by his bony elbows. And he looks so good in green, with his copper hair.

Niall is the oldest of the trio. His birthday is September 27 (which is a cube number and makes his brain happy). Dev's birthday is December 5. (Mutable. Fire. Sag baby.)

I've shared Dev's playlist before. I'm working on Niall's study mix. I hc that Niall enjoys a lot of different music genres, and he almost exclusively studies to synth and electronic music. Anything with a repetitive beat that can run in the background of his big beautiful brain. One of his favorite bands is Air, a French duo from the 90s, and he's been searching for their Moon Safari vinyl for years. (Dev finds it in a tiny record shop in London, and gives it to Ni the Christmas after they graduate Watford.)

I have an entire backstory of Niall's mums, Bridget and Paloma. I won't get into it here but DM me or send an ask if you ever want to know more. Same goes for my other OC Clark.

Did I have a secret motive to write a fic that would make people fall in love with Dev Pitch? MAYBE.

While writing, when a scene wasn't working, I'd go walk the dog and listen to a character playlist or song that fit the scene, on repeat, and just let my brain play, picking up pieces, seeing if they fit, working thru literal sentences in my head like those word fridge magnets. Without fail, this method worked every time. So the real MVP of this story is my dog.

Finally: It's difficult for me to finish wips. Because I self-sabotage with doubt. I'll have an idea and soft outline, but then once I get a few chapters in, I doubt the direction, the choices I've made, to the point where I freeze up and can no longer trust myself, or any creative choices. While I did have one notable plot point in this fic I doubted by the time I got to it (the bonfire scene) and I needed my betas to hold my hand, this story unfolded in the way I originally imagined. Far longer and richer and deeper than anticipated. And certain scenes evolved and shifted. But the overall arc stayed. This might be the first time I’ve finished something in which I trusted my writing instincts. Even when it was hard. Even when I thought nobody is gonna like this or that. I stayed the course, and allowed the characters to take me on side quests. The process both structured and flexible.

Alright, I've gotta go catch a train. Thanks for hanging with me. 🖤

HAPPY PRIDE 🌈✌️

thanks for the tags today @monbons @whatevertheweather and @thewholelemon

tagging manually today so apologies if I miss someone!

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[blizzardream]

dragons rising community is this anything

[clonerightsagenda]

Devastating: recorded 11 minute video, appears to have all been recording through my computer array instead of the USB mic I had plugged in

[michdoodles]

in all seriousness idk if I'll draw more but here's at least Sonic and Shadow for the two year anniversary of The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog! this was the first Sonic game that ever caught my interest and it introduced me to Shadow, Blaze, and Vector and Espio so I kinda owe my brainrot to this lol. this joke is actually a year old, peep the 2024 version under the cut

ah, the glow up

[cakedpied]

WHO THE FUCK IS THIS GUY! LIVING UNDER PEOPLE'S FLOORBOARDS AND SELLING DRUGS!

[tumblmon]

Sunnyside Bonus cards

hey all!! I hope you're having a wonderful day, I know I am because I get to show off some major things today!

Most obviously are three new cards in honor of the newest Cassette Beasts update! Our favorite girl Sunny is here, giving her transformations bonuses for getting negative status effects off of them.

This obviously pairs well with the new Pawper's Bear Hug, one of my favorite moves in the game now getting representation in the card game. Pawper and Pawprince now have cards, making them the current record holder of introduction in the video game to intro into the card game.

As well, you may notice that Pawper and Pawprince's cards look different than the playtest beasts! This is because they are using my current version of what the final beast cards will look like. It is still up for change before I make it official but I wanted this to be a nice treat for ya'll to see and me to show off.

Both the pdf and tabletop simulator files are in my Cassette Beasts google folder which you can find here.

Hope you enjoy playing with these cards and remember, People are People.

[thinkmanythingsofit]

IT LIVES!!

Have a few notes of Leonard Cohen :)

[see-arcane]

This part focuses on Quincey in particular instead of everyone, "Quincey raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at her intently", and I wonder if it connects with what he had said before: "And I promise you, too, that I shall make all certain, for if I am only doubtful I shall take it that the time has come!" Because Quincey is the one who always clocks on the situation at hand first, and patrols for threats (and if he spots one he shoots first asks questions later)

He does clock things very fast and takes action just as quickly. When he's facing the right way.

But in this scene, our favorite Texan isn't looking the right way or even reacting safely as much as he is quick about it. Even if his reaction was entirely innocent surprise, the fact that he made clear how ready he was to serve Mina's euthanasia request--seemingly with more readiness than even Dr. Jack Malpractice who must 'steel' himself to the idea--has absolutely stuck in Jonathan's mind.

Hence Jonathan death gripping the kukri as Quincey gets (to his eyes) the wrong kind of interested.

The whole story could have gone very nasty very fast if Mr. 'You've yeed your last haw' Morris had made a wrong move at that moment.

[obsessivetrashblog]

Wanted to share the pantry scene with my Rook Nels Laidir.

Graphics are less than great since I have to have them on the lowest setting for my pc to run the game 🥲

[translannisters]

So you know how I said last time that there wouldn't be a big delay in releasing this episode. Ha. Haha. Well.

In case we still have an audience:

It's a Starks-only event this episode as Ned finally says no to Robert on the thorny "should we murder a child" question and ends up having to hand in his workwife badge to the sound of death threats - right before he accepts an ill-timed sidequest invitation from Littlefinger to go observe some more Robert Baratheon-induced horrors. Meanwhile Catelyn travels to the Eyrie to visit her sister and nephew (with a reunion with her gay uncle on the way) and your humble hosts are forced to acknowledge that sometimes... horror that is gothic and psychosexual... is worse :(

Chapters: Eddard VIII, Catelyn VI, Eddard IX