#right well back to not posting for like 2 months

[miss-vanta-likes-to-write]

I'm still on vacation and won't be posting again till Tuesday at the earliest but!

I need you all to see the vision.

Kyle "Pretty Boy" Garrick and his hot older girlfriend. And she's a milf, cutest little set of twin boys and she's been divorced for 2 years.

He actually meets you by chance because your two boys (age 6) happened to see him coming home and he was still dressed in his fatigues. The two had been in the front yard of the row homes playing army, toy guns fashioned from sticks and grenades from pinecones when they saw him.

"Mom! Look a real life army man!" One of the boys cheered.

It had taken Kyle of guard because he had been deployed for 3 months and when he left the row home next to him was still up to be rented. One of the boys had sprinted across the lawn, ignoring your calls for him to come back and the thin threats of going back in.

"Are you a real army man? Like for realsy?" He like most small children didn't care for personal space and clung to his hands and side.

"Munchkin you can't just run off like that!" You scold him and snatch him right on up and hug him close. His brother clings to your leg and peeps around you.

Kyle takes note that you don't use your kid's name, just a nickname and he thinks you're smart for that. "Nah, he's fine." The first thing he notices is how pretty your eyes are and how they are framed by pretty thick lashes. His eyes trail down and he's hot in the face from the way your Ivy Park set hugs every inch of your body. He feels like a pervert for staring but seeing as how you have two kids, he knows that your thickness is very much natural. He clears his throat, eyes jumping back towards your face, "adorable kids, names Kyle, I live right here." He points to his house.

"Mommy said to aunty that we live here because Daddy doesn't know how a fucking court order works!" Munchkin shouts at the top of his lungs. He's clapping his hands excitedly as if he didn't tell all of his mom's business to a stranger.

You look mortified and you scold him again. Kyle takes the time to look down at the other little boy holding onto your leg and he looks ready to cry. "Please ignore my little Munchkin. It's nice to meet you Kyle, I'll try to keep the boys off your side of the lawn." The smile you give him is sweet, and it makes his stomach flip. Munchkin says bye as you walk back to your side, your other son following after asking if they could have juice.

Kyle can't help but stare at your ass and he's racking his brain on how he can insert himself into your life and get between your legs. The little outbursts him know that a man isn't in the picture (by court order no less) and the kids were entranced by his army uniform.

The twist and sway of your hips call to him. The only issue is the kids. Well they aren't an issue, but he knows if he wants even a chance of getting you he is gonna have to prove that he's good with kids and that he's worth keeping around.

Fuck would this count as a mommy fetish? He hopes not.

Idk what else to write or add. But I need you all to see the vision!

[luuvprincess]

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Aubree POV 🍒

"So is your man coming out tonight?" My best friend Channel asked me. Channel has been my best friend since high school and she also my personal hair stylist and has been for years. Tonight was my album release party so I been out running around getting ready for tonight.

"No he's not and I don't even wanna talk about that man girl he pissed me off I haven't talked to him since Wednesday."

"Why what happened? Y'all was just fine and you just yapping about how excited you were that he was gonna be there." She said.

"Turns out he's not and he knew about this match he had for 2 weeks and didn't say anything so tonight I'm about to turn up and not think about him at all." I tell her.

"Are you serious? That's crazy." Nelly says as she set the curling iron down after finishing my last curl she grabbed the comb she then combed my curls.

"Mhmm I still love him but right now I ain't fucking with him might drunk text him later." I said causing her to laugh.

"Your funny bitch tryna act tough but you know damn well you miss that man you can't be mad him for long." 

"I think this might be the longest I've been mad at him..actually no it's not last year before we actually official got together I forgot what happened but I just know I didn't talk to him for like 4 days." I said.

"How did he make it up to you?" She asked looking at me through the mirror a smirked curled on my lip. "I know that look you got that good D didn't you?"

"Mhmm it bomb as fuck." I said.

"Lucky ass hoe been celibate for like 6 months now." She says.

"Let me know if you need someone girl he got plenty of cousins." I said.

"Just might take that offer." She said. After she finished my hair I payed her even though she wasn't tryna take my money.

"Nelly you're taking this money no excuse." I said.

"Damn girl you're annoying." She said playfully rolling her eyes. I got up from the chair checking myself in mirror. "Get over here so I could take my pictures and video."

Latto posted 2mins ago

Nellysbeautybar: yesss my bestie is baddd 😍😍😩

BrookylnNeaveh: SISSSS YOU LOOK GOOD 😩😩

Uceyjucey: Damn you Gorgeous mama 😍😍😍😩

Brandondademon: 😍😍

Uceyjucey: @Brandondadon move around my dawg 😒

Trinityfatu: idk @uceyjucey might have to take your girl 😍

"Thank you girl you are a lifesaver." I tell Nelly as I hugged her. "I'll see you later."

"Later babes." She said I walked out the shop walking to my car. I got in my car turning it on and I sat there for little. I seen that Joshua had texted me.

My heart 🥰❤️‍🩹: Ik you still mad at me mamas and im sorry I ain't tell you about my match I love you baby ❣️

Aubree🍒: It's not just about you not tell me it's more about that you known for weeks Jey you had plenty of time to tell me about it but you didn't 

My Heart 🥰❤️‍🩹: I said I'm sorry mamas

Aubree🍒: Sorry isn't enough Josh plus I'm not even mad that you can't come I understand your busy so you won't be able to come to all my events I'm just annoyed and little hurt that you weren't the one that told me and Trinity basically told me

Aubree🍒: I was very excited to be celebrating this accomplishment with my man you can ask Brook and Nelly they'll tell how I wouldn't shut up about you being here with me today😩

My Heart🥰❤️‍🩹: I promise imma make it up to you mama when I get home we gonna spend the weekend together just me and you no distractions.

Aubree🍒:You better 😒

Aubree🍒: I love you though good luck with your match daddy 🫶🏽

My Heart🥰❤️‍🩹: Chill mama you know whatchu doing 😑

My Heart🥰❤️‍🩹: But thank you love you more have fun at party hopefully this match is quick and we don't go nothing else to do

Aubree🍒: Okayyy daddy just let me know 😘

My Heart🥰❤️‍🩹: mama stop playing 😒

Aubree🍒: Whattt😌

I arrived at home and I just relaxed until it was time to actually get ready for the party. "BREE!" Brooklyn yelled. "Where you at girl I got tea!"

"In my makeup room!" I yelled back out to her. I heard enter the room out breath. "Bitch! Guess who I just seen at the mall today." She said.

"Who you see?" I asked.

"That little punk ass ex of yours why he was talking about he might pull to party." She said.

"Let his ass pull up and try something." I said rolling my eyes. "He commented under my post on instagram."

"Is Josh gonna be there?" She asked.

"I don't know yet hopefully." I answered as did my lip combo. We continued talk little about everything while I finished my makeup and I helped her with her makeup and hair.

I was a little annoyed because it's been a few hours and Joshua still hasn't even texted me if he was coming or not and I'm pretty sure all my friends and sister could tell that was bothering me. I stepped out a few times to call him no answer and I also sent a few text messages as well and still no answer.

"Bree put your phone down and come have drink and turn up, I'm sure he's on his way." Channel said.

"I just want a text knowing if he's coming or not that's it." I said rolling my eyes.

"Girl he probably got caught in some interviews you really think wants you to be at your party all pouting because he's not there...no so get your ass up and come drink." She said pulling me out my seat.

"Waittt let just me call one more time." I said.

"Girl no gimme your damn phone." She said as she also took my phone shoving it in her purse and then handed me a shoot. "Drink up." She said holding her cup out. We tapped one glasses together and took out shoots.

Time went by fast as more drinks and shoots were handed to me. I tipsy for sure but I didn't want to get to drunk because I was suppose to be going stage real quick to give a little thank you speech. Unfortunately Josh still has not showed up or even texted me I snooped in Channel's bag and took my phone back.

"Hey Aubree we're getting ready to announce your name some we need to mic you up." My manger Levi tells me in my ear. I get up following him behind stage. They mic me up. I was performing one song because I didn't really wanna perform to much then I'm giving my speech.

Just as they finished putting the microphones ear piece on me and tested microphone the Dj began getting the crowds attention.

"Alright ATL giving up for Lattooo!" The Dj says into the mic. I walked up on the stage as I was handed a mic.

"Hey y'all. Everyone good?" I asked just make sure the people didn't need anything. " I just want to come up here and thank everyone who showed up to celebrate with me tonight. Thank you to my little sister and bestie for supporting me and my man Thank you to my man."

Everyone laughed including me. "But seriously though I wanted to gift y'all little performance of my favorite song out of new album so I hope yall ready."

Woah, Latto

Big Latto

Yeah, ayy

I feel like the realest bitch to ever do it (Yeah)

Made a mil' and ran through it

I make "I don't need a nigga, get the bag myself" music

Bad bitch, bad influence

Money talks and I speak fluent

Big Latto, short for lottery so fuck I look like losing? (D.A. got that dope)

Poppin' shit, no Percocet (Woah)

'Bout a check, fuck the rest

Stay out the way, I'm at home with a yo like I'm on house arrest

In my bag and out the mess

Bitches trash, I ain't impressed (Nah)

I can't tell if bitches sellin' records or they sellin' sex (Uh)

Speak on me for clout, tryna drag it, that's your only hype

It's just me, the pilot, and my baggage, this a lonely flight (Yeah)

Done playin' nice, 'cause bitch, this pole ain't light (Brrt)

I been on these bitches ass since I touched that mic (On God)

I can't trust no bitch (Trust no ho)

Get rich, watch they switch (Yeah)

I can't trust no bitch (Trust no ho, nah)

Get rich, watch they switch

(Latto, on God)

I can't trust no bitch

Or a nigga (Nah)

They ain't believe me, had to show a nigga (Yeah)

Bitches tried to go big, I fucked around and showed 'em bigger (Bitch!)

Four stories, seven-figure crib but somewhere on a villa (Brrt)

I ain't goin' nowhere so it's best these bitches get familiar (Latto)

Rich bitch, go getter (Ayy)

I could be a gold digger (Yeah)

Got 'em waitin' on my shit to drop like I'm a dope dealer

Truth in the booth, but in the bed, bitch I ain't no spitter (Uh)

Cuban on my neck will make your muhfuckin' throat shiver

No glitter, verse killer, smoke go to the first bidder (Ayy)

Trash ass rap bitches droppin', that's some more litters (Yeah)

Big Latto, ain't nothin' little but the waist (Yeah)

Sneak dissin' but in person, bitches try to plead they case (The fuck?)

Treat a nigga like my liquor, ain't not one of 'em get chased (Yeah)

In my bag two years straight, bitches prayin' I take a break (On God)

I can't trust no bitch (Trust no ho)

Get rich, watch they switch (Yeah)

I can't trust no bitch (Trust no ho, nah)

Get rich, watch they switch

I can't trust no bitch

After I finished performing I thanked everyone once again before getting off the stage. I walked to the back so they could take the mic off me and I quickly checked my phone just see if I had gotten a text which I didn't. I let out a deep sight putting my phone away.

"Whatchu pouting for?" I hear someone say. I turned around seeing it was Joshua. I screamed catching everyone attention around us as I jumped into his arms. He held me spinning me around.

"Why weren't you answering your phone?" I asked playfully pushing him.

“I wanted to surprise you, I seen you on stage doing your thing.” He said.

“No you wanted to give me a heart attack not even texting me.” I said.

“I’m sorry Angel.” He says kissing my forehead.

“Did you hear my speech?” I asked.

“Mhmm walked in at the perfect time I recorded everything baby.” He said pulling his phone out showing me his story.

“I’m just happy you’re here.” I said as I hugged him again. “Wait is Trinity and Jonathan here?” I asked.

“Yeah they talking with your peoples so why don’t we get back over there.” He said pointing behind him. At first I was gonna go but then I had this idea in my head.

“Yeah we can but after you come eat this Cookie.” I said catching him off guard. “Whatchu just say?” He asked.

“You heard me daddy cmon.” I said leading him to a room in the back.

Omniscient💋

Aubree was enjoying her time with her friends dancing and everything until she felt someone come up behind her at first she thought it was Joshua. "Boy what the hell are you doing!" She yelled shoving Brandon away from her. Everyone attention turned to them. "Is you stupid?" She asked.

"Whatchu mean Bree? I'm just tryna dance." Brandon says.

"You better go find someone else before I call my man."  She said.

"That's really how you gonna act baby?" He asked. Aubree face scrunched up. "Don't call me that." She says. He then reached to grab her hand which she moved away before he could touch her. "Bree stop playing."

"Nah dawg you needa stop playing and leave my lady alone." Joshua said as he walked up on them.

"And whatchu finna do about it if I don't buddy?" Brandon asked as he smiled in Joshua fave which he did not take that well at all.

"If I said back off my Lady you gonna back off MY Lady you had you chance and you blew that shit being stupid now you mad she got me." Joshua says.

"Chill dude it's not that serious." He said laughing in his face. Catching everyone by surprise when Joshua fist connected to his jaw knocking him back into some people.

"Anything that got to do with my lady is Serious Dawg and I catch talking to her again or you even look in her direction imma beat yo' ass for real next time."

"Damn!"

"Somebody get him out my face." Josh says. The security came over escorting Brandon out watching all that definitely had Aubree feeling some kinda way.

"You good Angel?" He asked as he lifted her chin with his finger. "He ain't hurt you? Because let me know so I have actual reason to put my hands on him." He said.

"No I'm fine my love." Aubree tells him. He checked every part of her out then kissed her lips.

"Just let me know when you ready to go." He says.

"Okay baby you just go sit relax let me get you drink." She said as she called Jimmy over.

"Everything good?" Jimmy asked.

"No you didn't just see him super punch someone?" Aubree asked.

"Nah he said he was just gonna dance with you not punch someone dude in the face." Jimmy said.

"Yeah well keep a eye on him while I go get him a drink please and thank you babe stay with your brother."

"I'm good Bree Ion need a babysitter." Joshua said adding a little base to his tone. She looked at him like he was toddler who wouldn't listen to their mother.

"You're going to stay with your brother because you are heated right now, and I'm not gonna say it again Joshua stay with Jonathan."

"Damn what I do?" Jimmy asked.

He sucked his teeth as he let out a deep sigh mumbling underneath his breath.

"Whatchu say pumpkin?" She asked.

"Fine."

"That's what I thought now Whatchu want to drink?" She asked him as he chuckling to himself since he was not feeling the way she talking to him like he was a child. "Do we have a problem?"

"Yeah but imma handle that later just get me a corona." He tells her before walking away with Jimmy.

"Oh he got attitude on him." Rubie says.

"I told y'all he's attitude just as bad as mines especially when he mad like that." Aubree tells the girls. She always told them when they're mad at each other they just be butting heads doing petty shit to each other and depending on what it was they little war would go on for weeks.

Few hours later

The couple arrived back their shared condo both tired and tipsy. "Come on bae I have to pee." Aubree whined as Joshua took his time to unlocking the door. He looked over his shoulder at her. "Josh!" She said. He laughed unlocking the door letting her in first.

She rushed to the bathroom while Josh sat on the couch. He let out a sigh pulling his phone as he scrolled on his phone.  He texted his twin to let him know they made it back home safely. He heard the shower turn on so he took this chance to go to the bathroom himself.

He walked into the bathroom Aubree was gathering all her things she needed for her night routine. She walked over to her vanity in the bathroom and began wiping her makeup off. Joshua walked up behind her kissing her shoulder.

"So did you enjoy yourself?" She asked as they looked at each other through the mirror. He placed another kiss on her shoulder as he pushed his hard dick on her butt. She giggled teasing him a little pushing her butt back on him he smacked her ass. She moaned turning to give him a little kiss.

"I should be asking...you that." He said as he kissed her again. "Did you enjoy yourself?" He asked.

"Yes especially when you punched Brandon and in face." She said. "I like it when you get all heated and rowdy defending me."

"Oh yeah." He said smiling. She nodded her head smiling back at him. "Gimme a kiss." She looked up at him and leaned down kissing her his hand went around her throat as things got heating quickly. His hand made into her panties feeling how wet she was. She slightly pushed him back.

"Mmm let switch rolls tonight." She said as got low in front of him she undid his jeans tugging them down and slowly moved his boxers off.

"Fuck Bree." Joshua moaned as she wrapped her mouth around his 8 inch hard dick. Holding onto the back of his thighs to keep her balance bobbing her head. His body jerked causing the tip of his dick to hit the back of her throat and she gagged pulling away she stroked his dick while she caught her breath. "Shit angel."

She looked up at him fluttering her lashes as she watched him fall apart to her touch. It's turned her on badly the way he was falling. "Tell me daddy you like it when I play with this dick?" She asked. He nodded his head lost of words. "Say it daddy." "Yes baby fuck."

She then placed her mouth back around him relaxing her throat so she could take more of him down her throat. "Mmm shit just like that!" He moaned as things got messy her saliva dripped from her chin as bubbles formed around the base of his dick.

Aubree pulled away and started teasing him leaving kisses on his tip and blowing on it. She swirled her tongue around just the tip using her spit as lube as she jerked him off.

"Shit stop all that teasing angel." He groaned. She smirking laughing to herself and continuing to tease and play with him. "Mama you playing."

She didn't listen and continued again. She wanted to test the waters since this was her chance. He always teased her and played with her until she begged him and now it was her turn to return the favor.

"I'm just returning the favor daddy." She told him. He groaned. "All those time you teasing me and played with me while I was under your control now it's my turn." She said.

"When I get my chance Angel Imma fu-Fuckkkk!" He said as he deeply moaned while she placed her mouth back around bobbing her head at steady pace while she always twisting her hand at the base of his dick his ball began to tighten up as he became closer to his climax. "Shittt mama I'm about bust on that pretty face." He moaned. She counting sucking him off playing with his balls.

"Mmmmm." She moaned around him causing him to really losing it she pulled him out her mouth as he busted his nut all over her face. She opened her mouth catching some of his cum. "Fuck daddy you taste so good." She said looking up at him.

"Take them pants off for me." He tells her. She stood up and removed her pants. He picked her up moving her panties to side and slid her down his dick causing her to moan. He placed her on counter and wasted no time and gave her a powerful stroke hitting her cervix.

"Oouu fuckk!"

"Mhmm you feel all that mama?" He asked.

"Yes fuckk right thereee dadddy." She moaned her nails dug into his back. "Shit Josh." She cried pushing on his waist.

"You got this mama don't run." He said. She moaned cussing under her breath. "Good girl Angel." He says. His hips snapped against hers with each thrust.

"Ohh shit, that feels so fucking good." She said.

"This my pussy baby?" He asked then kissed her and rubbing on her clit all she could do was moan in response but that's not what he wanted to hear. "Talk to me baby."

"Yesss daddy it's your, all yours daddy fuck keeping going jeyyy im cominggg!" She cried.

"Hold it ma I'm almost there." He tells her as they both let out moans and whimpers.

"I can't daddyyy pleaseee." She begged. He ignored her cries kissing her face. "Fuckkk Jey it's coming!" She moaned as she came all over him. He hissed and groaned releasing as well. He pulled out their mess pooled onto of the counter. Jey walked over to the shower turning it on for the both of them.

He then walked back over to her kissing her forehead cheek and lips. “You okay baby?” He asked seeing her legs were shaking a little. “Mhmm.” She replied resting her head on his chest. He chuckled kissing the top of her head.

"Cmon we gotta shower." He said picking her up and carried her to the shower. They washed up taking their time then once they got the dried off got dress and got in bed they put a movie on and cuddled in bed falling asleep in the each other arms especially Aubree she to happy that her man was home for the weekend.

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[spikedfearn]

This might be very unsolicited advice but id recommend not replying to the hate ! The more they see others are ok to send it to you the more they'll feel its ok themselves. Lovely enough the same goes for the other way around ! When I see people sending you nice messages and you responding positively it makes me feel safe to do so, even on anon ♥️♥️♥️ on another note it might be an idea to turn off admin for awhile cause I bet my bottom dollah people are sending you multiple negative messages coming from own account

This is actually really sweet, and I do appreciate the sentiment, truly. I know you’re coming from a good place, and I’m glad to hear that seeing positive exchanges makes you (and others) feel safe to send messages. That matters to me more than you know. ❤️

That said…sometimes silence feels like swallowing glass. I’ve been sitting on shit for two months, quietly, letting people run their mouths and talk about me in tags or vague posts like I wouldn’t notice. So when I finally bite back once—once—and suddenly people are clutching their pearls, it’s kind of funny, isn’t it?

I’m not gonna make a habit of replying to every bit of hate (I value my time and mental peace), but if someone tries to publicly humiliate me or send me long-winded anonymous character assassinations, they might get a reply. Not to “feed the trolls”—but because sometimes, silence reads like consent. And I’m not letting people rewrite the narrative about me while I sit on my hands.

Also yeah, you're probably right that it's coming from maybe 2-3 accounts at most, spamming me with hate comments.

But again—thank you for being kind, for being here, and for reminding me there are people in this space who actually mean well. I see you. 🖤

[dioslesbianwife]

That one post from a while ago about saving diavolo from the death loop inspired me

Could you do something similar but with Kars and reader who can fly to space (like a stand power or something) and just comes across this weird floating man-like rock and decides to bring him back to Earth?

Could you throw in some domestic headcannons? And how long it would take him to warm up to reader?

sure, kars and diavolo had the worst fates so it's nice to rewrite them a lil haha, anyway hope u enjoy and thank you for requesting <3

🪐

Your Stand lets you defy gravity and fly through space freely, with a little protective aura like your own pressure-safe bubble.

You’re just out there vibing one night, checking out space dust and planets, when you notice this weird rock formation.

It’s humanoid. Naked. Floating. And even though it’s totally frozen and inanimate, it has this weird aura about it like it’s... thinking.

You’re like ‘ok he kinda looks like a hot statue. I’m taking him home.’

You literally just drag his frozen ass back to Earth like a weird cosmic pet rock.

🌍

It takes a while- being trapped for millennia does a number on your body, even if you’re immortal.

He first unfreezes just enough to open his eyes while you’re talking to him like a plant in your apartment. “Well, I don’t know if you can hear me, but I fed the neighbor’s cat today. That was fun.”

His voice is hoarse when he first speaks. “...Who… dares…”

And you drop whatever you’re holding and yell “OH YOU’RE ALIVE?”

Kars is disoriented, furious, confused- but also very, very cold. Literally. You have to heat towels and wrap them around him.

Month 1:

Silent. Watches you constantly. Doesn’t sleep.

Stares out the window like he’s planning to destroy the planet.

You try to make him tea and he glares at the cup like “You dare offer the Ultimate Lifeform chamomile?”

Will not eat unless you bring it and walk away. Hates feeling weak.

He hates everything right now.

Month 2–3:

Starts asking questions. “What… year is it?” “What is… a toaster?”

You catch him watching cartoons at 3 AM because he’s trying to learn modern humanity. He refuses to admit this.

“Do not look at me.” “But you’re watching Clifford and eating peanut butter out of the jar.” “DO NOT LOOK AT ME.”

Begins to realize you're not interested in using him or hurting him. Starts relaxing around you.

Month 4–6:

Speaks more often. Gets curious about you. “Why did you bring me back?” “...You looked lonely.”

Is secretly very touched by that but doesn't know how to express gratitude like a normal person.

Starts following you room to room like a tall, broody cat.

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He’s obsessed with technology.

Can’t believe microwaves exist.

Thinks your fridge is a mystical cold box.

You show him a hair dryer and he stares at it like it’s a weapon.

Once binge-watched Forged in Fire and tried to recreate a sword in your kitchen. You banned him from metalworking indoors after that.

Tries to help with chores but he’s bad at being gentle.

Sweeps too hard and breaks the broom in half.

He gets really sulky after breaking something, but you just pat his shoulder like “It’s okay. You tried.”

His favorite activity = laying near you like a territorial dragon.

Doesn’t cuddle. Not at first.

But he will sit next to you extremely close like a gargoyle guarding his hoard (which is you).

Eventually… EVENTUALLY… he will rest his head on your lap if he’s tired or overstimulated.

He never says “I love you.” But he says things like:

“You are the only being in this universe whose existence I find tolerable.”

When he’s overwhelmed by the weight of time and identity and immortality, he goes quiet and curls up in the softest blankets in the house.

You find him there, in a nest of pillows, blinking slowly like a very sad, very confused child.

You speak softly to him. Rub his back. Let him hide from the world until he feels strong again.

[j-richmond]

Taking our TTRPG to Origins, part 7

Part 1 here

Okay, I promised a summary after we got back to Portland and I had a few days to rest. If you're interested in conventions or self publishing and selling TTRPGS you may find this interesting. I've added in some of my Yeld art just to break up the post.

First, here's the recap: My brother Nick and I took our self published TTRPG The Magical Land of Yeld to Origins earlier this month. Origins is one of the largest table top gaming conventions in the US. It has a great rep for being a place where people come to discover and play games, and it has an absolutely enormous sales room. The show was very expensive for us to attend, but we thought it would be worth it. We expected to do very well, but... we didn't. We had very poor sales, and struggled to get any attention at all. (Also, Columbus, OH was suffering from a heatwave like you wouldn't believe. The entire city smelled like a swimming pool and even the air conditioned convention hall was hot and sweaty.) After the show Nick and I were feeling pretty bad. Our game is a labor of love. Its a full time job for both of us, but we don't really make any money. Every bit of cash the game makes goes back into the game. So investing so much into Origins only to have it sputter and fail felt like a real defeat. And it was. For real. Sigh.

Sometimes you get defeated. And sometimes that's it. You can't go on. You're out of energy and money and motivation. I think, for Nick and I, we were close to that. Putting out the second edition of our game has been hard. Nothing has exactly worked like we hoped it would. So coming back from Columbus on a torturously cramped and hot flight, I was as close as I've ever been to giving up. But after a few days of rest I can see that the show was NOT as bad as I thought, and we still have levers that need to be pulled before we admit defeat. Some of those are big levers too! Okay, so WHY did we even thing Origins would be good for us? Well, here's some context. Our game, The Magical Land of Yeld, is a big $60 400 page hardcover book (we sell it for $50 at cons). $50 is ALWAYS a tough sell. For a new game you've never played? Or heard of? You KNOW how much gamers hate trying anything new. You know how much gamers will say that CAN'T spend money on a new game, and then turn around and spend 50 bucks on dice and pizza right in front of you while you watch. We're all gamers. We all know how it is. So Yeld is a tough sell at conventions. But we sell it! Why? A few reasons. 1. Yeld is excellent. Its an awesome game. Don't take my word for it, watch a review! When people hear about it, they want to learn more. They want to try it. And when they try it they love it. 2. Yeld looks awesome. Its a big nice looking hardcover book full of amazing art and comics. Yeld has more art than any TTRPG you've ever seen. That's not an exaggeration. I spent years illustrating this book, and its jammed full of comics and drawings. We use comics to engage our readers and teach the game's rules. Yeld's illustrations are bright and engaging, and it does not take much to get someone to come over to our booth and open a book to see more. In an industry where games often only have 1 piece of engaging art (on the cover) or are filled with kind of sameish art, Yeld stands out hard. Even people who hate the game's visual style (they're out there. I hear it all the time) notice the book. 3. We're good at selling our game. We're very good at it. We can convince you to drop $50 on a game you've never heard of. Well, we can convenance SOME people. Selling is always an uphill battle. But Nick and I have gotten very good at showing people why our game is amazing and what parts of it they'll enjoy. The last part is important. We've been selling our games at conventions since 2006 when we first released Panty Explosion and Classroom Deathmatch. Over the years we've noticed some patterns.

First, there are good cons and bad cons. But things average out. If we do 6 shows in a year, we'll get 2 good ones, 2 mediocre ones and 2 bad ones. We had to learn to accept that. Second, on average we sell about 1 book for every 100 show attendees. I started tracking this number around 2016, and that's what I've come up with over the last 9 years. Its a very rough estimate, and it falls apart at very large shows and very small ones. But we base a lot of decisions around it. For example, late last year we did 3 shows back to back over about 4 weeks (which was an awful grind, btw). Their attendance was about 2000, 3000 and 1200. So we hoped to sell about 62 books over the three shows. We sold 0 at the first show, about 30 at the second and 25 at the third. So the first one was a bust, but the second was right on and the third was much better than expected. Overall, we performed less than we expected, but not much less. And as an average all three shows were really good for us, even though the first one sucked. Origins had a projected attendance of 18000 people this year. From what I've heard it was closer to 20K. We hoped our average would hold out and we'd sell about 180 books. But really, that seemed unlikely. We shot for a safer 120 book goal. And to be clear, even though that would have been less than expected based on our experience, it still would have been a very nice number of books to sell. We decided we'd be happy only selling about 70 books, and 50 was the minimum we felt like we HAD to sell in order to recoup much of the expenses for the show.

(I'm sure you're doing the numbers in your head and wondering if a 50 book minimum would actually cover expenses. It wouldn't. But sales aren't everything at a con like this. I'll talk about that more below.) We did not sell 50 books. We sold 25, plus some expansions, GM screens and miniatures. 25 books is not nothing at all. That's 25 people who decided to make an investment on our game. 25 people who got excited to try something new and didn't' think a fat price point was a deal breaker. That's good. That's undeniably a good thing. We had hoped for more. We had expected more. And I think our expectations were reasonable. But sometimes you have bad shows.

So, what went wrong? I don't know. Nick and I spent a lot of time talking about it. I also spent a lot of time talking to our booth neighbors and other sellers in the hall. It seems like the sales hall got a lot less traffic than anyone was expecting. Big booths seemed to get a lot of attention, but a lot of smaller booth didn't. Walking around the show, I noticed so many small booths weren't getting any traffic at all. Our aisle was often very slow. Sometimes we'd see less than 100 people down the aisle in an hour. That's a very small number. I think, for us, the bigger problem is that we just weren't able to engage with many people. Yeld is an eye-catching game, but people were not looking. Eyes were locked forward. People were not stopping to look or chat. I'm not sure why. I said before that we usually expect to sell 1 book for every 100 attendees at a show. That doesn't mean that we get to speak to every person at a show. My guess is at most shows we talk to about 3 out of 10 people. And we usually end up selling a book to 1 out of 30 people we talk to. That's a GOOD rate. For a $50 book? That's fantastic. Ask anyone who does this. At Origins we were selling books to 1 out of 10 people we talked to. I'm not joking. 1 out of every 10 people would either buy a book right there or come back later in the show to buy one. That's astounding. I've rarely had sales like that. The problem was that we were barely talking to anyone. In a show of 18-20K people, we maybe spoke to a few hundred people over the 4 days show. That's ridiculously low. By comparison, at GameStorm (a local show of about 2500) a few months ago we probably spoke to half the people that attended the show. At ECCC a few years ago I kept a tally and spoke to almost 3000 people over the weekend. I have never been to a show of any significant size where I spoke to so few people! Have you?

So...

Sales were poor. But sales aren't everything. One of the big values of large shows like this is getting to show off your game to a larger audience. And that's something we were really interested in! So how did that go? 1. Well, as I said, our at-booth-engagement was very poor. I think the people we actually spoke to really liked what they heard. I mean, so many bought the game on the spot, and some that didn't bought miniatures instead. So even though we spoke to FAR less people than we hoped to, the ones we did talk to were very positive. 2. Nick ran several Yeld games over the week. They were apparently a mixed bag, but the game itself was well received each time.

3. Yeld was featured in a day 0 retailer and press event, where stores and media got to come and talk to us and see our game. It went really well. Nick and I did several interviews on the spot, handed out Yeld catalogs to several retailers and met a number of media people that have since contacted us. So that was good! Over the show we also gave a few short interviews at our booth. So overall, while sales were poor, reception was better. We did some promotion, and we've seen some post-con sales and attention. I think this was also not as successful as we hoped. But we've decided to take what we can get.

We're home now. I've rested. I feel better. Origins was a BIG investment, and it looks like it just hasn't paid off. As a company that just doesn't make money at all, that sucks. But we're not done yet. We still have some levers to pull: 1. Gencon. The other half of our large convention investment this year is Gencon. We've never taken Yeld to Gencon, but I have taken games there twice in the past, and both times did very well. I just don't know how this will go. My confidence is... rattled. I think its likely that, even if Gencon is a wild success, we probably will not continue to do large cons. They're just too expensive for us. And one bad con costs too much. But I'm also not going to give up until we give Gencon a try! After all, the money is already spent. 2. Stores. We've been struggling to get Yeld into more stores, and having a small amount of success. Of course, the game is available through Indie Press Revolution! We've also been looking for other distribution partners. We attended the GAMA trade show earlier this year for exactly that reason, and met with 8 different distributors. Of those 8, we've started working with 3 (and hope to work with 2 more). But the process is SLOOOOOOOOOW. My hope is that by the Fall retailers will be able to order Yeld through several of these distributors. It would be very nice to see sales pick up in the Fall and Winter. 3. Sales. Our book released in late 2024, and while our sales have not been amazing since then, they also haven't been bad. We're making enough most months to cover expenses (although Nick and I just don't get paid), and we've had a few months where we did well enough to finance our two big conventions. That's pretty good! We really need to get to the point were sales are more steady and Nick and I can make at least a LITTLE money each month. But we are seeing very slow progression. 4. Small Conventions. Smaller shows are (on average) going great for us. They're a minimum investment for often a large financial benefit. And a great place to meet players and grow our community. We have several more small shows scheduled for this year, and I think that will be our focus next year.

So that was Origins. Would I recommend it? No. Absolutely not. It was an absolutely devastating experience, and a real blow to my confidence, motivation and sense of self worth. The small gains did not equal the cost, or even come close. It Hurt.

But things hurt. I'm 20 years into making games and comics. I don't know if I'll ever be in a position where its easy or comfortable. I won't stop. I don't know what life looks like when you stop doing what you love. We have a good game, and we have some levers to pull. So we'll keep going. We'll keep trying. Hopefully Yeld will continue to grow and sell. Hopefully our audience and community will expand. If not, the game is already made. It won't go away. It will always exist, even if Nick and I move on to other things. We'll still make other comics and games. And we're not done yet. - J

If you're interested in Yeld: The Yeld Site Yeld on IPR Yeld on DrivethruRPG Yeld on itch Yeld Patreon Yeld Discord (As a side note, I found Origins mostly well organized and comfortable, aside from the heat. Staff was friendly and everything we easy to find. I wish I had time to actually enjoy the show, because it seemed like a fun time.)

[harvestmoth]

i feel like every few months i remember this au and end up just redrawing iroha

[anewp0tat0]

omg I finally finished it. I was torn in wondering if this was out of character for Lizzy but my final concusion is that she's a kid and your parents being romantic is gross no matter what you like. lil headcanon ♡

[liquid-geodes]

This day after mothers day, and every other holiday where you're running to the grocery store the day before/day of/day after said holiday, please for the love of God be so very kind to your grocery store employees

Some of us are the only person, yes person singular, running three, yes more than one, departments.

Some of us are doing this with no holiday pay for the minor, but busier, holidays.

Some of us have never been home with our families on these holidays while you're scrambling to get home to your family.

Some of us are barely making $11 an hour.

Some of us are very tired.

Some of us are me.

Be so nice to me.

Please.

[sensationseekng]

izzy as the eight of cups - giving up and moving on, courage and loss, letting go of friends, lovers, and old ways of being

(that's the inn in the distance)

eight of cups description from Little Red Tarot:

[lieutenantselnia]

I'm currently unsure whether I should be happy or stressed about the fact that there are only like 5 more weeks until the end of the semester - on one hand the summer holidays can't arrive fast enough so I can rest and have free time again but on the other hand there's still so much to finish within that time frame and ugh I'm just tired😵‍💫

At least today (or more like yesterday by the time I post this) I had a fun day, I went to a wildlife park with friends (a trip we've had planned since a couple weeks already), I'm sure I haven't been to the place in like a decade but it was really fun! I didn't think to take a lot of pictures of the animals, but here's a plush trout I got at the souvenir shop🐟

[brokenyouth]

i wasn't completely over the last person i had liked when i started liking another person i had liked years ago and now i'm technically over both of them but sometimes when i listen to sad music i get sad that things didn't work out with her and then i get sad that things didn't work out with him either. bisexual loser representation.

[velvetwyrme]

Welcome back! I love transformers! Which continuity are you interested in? Any favorite characters in particular? Do you have any oc’s? (No pressure if you don’t I’m just curious) <3

Thank you, it's good to be back abfjdbdk! and HECK YEAH TRANSFORMERS 🤝!!!

Thank you for providing me with the opportunity to Talk About Transformers, I will take it graciously and with extreme amounts of vigour and rambling!

Under the cut because of the aforementioned vigour and rambling.

To answer your first question: I'm largely into the IDW (2005) comics, Animated, and Aligned (TFP) continuities! I've also started watching the original G1 cartoon and Cyberverse which has been really fun!! (I'm absorbing so much information. I'm also idly keeping up with the new Skybound comics, which have me yelling screaming crying etc.)

As for characters... I would say I have no favourite/s except I do also own 1 (one) Transformer and well. for something that basically turns into a brick, he gives me immense amounts of joy.

But yes, other than Soundwave, (who has charmed me in every continuity I've seen so far!!) it's a constantly rotating roster because there are SO many characters to think about (which differ from continuity to continuity!!) and I am having the time of my LIIIIFE!!!

It's so funny going from UT/UTMV to TF because UT fans have a lot of focus on Versions of Literally The Same Two Guys, whereas TF has an overabundance of options to pick and choose from (I love both!!! I just think it's very funny in comparison whfjfbek)

Anyway, I am a big fan of a lot of characters from IDW and particularly MTMTE because they're all a bunch of little FREAKS and I love them. But! If I had to pick a few from there, I'm particularly fond of (in no particular order) Drift, Whirl, First Aid, Ratchet, Swerve, Brainstorm, ALSO NAUTICA I love her dearly!!!!

I'm also a Tarn girlie at heart u_u I am not immune to "big bad dude with a mask and a sexy voice just so many problems". Also I have a special place in my heart for Spinister and Pipes rhfjfbejfbk (I love the Scavengers [similarly, a bunch of little freaks] and Pipes makes me SO SAD. WAIT- ANOTHER CHARACTER THAT MAKES ME VERY SAD: IDW SUNSTREAKER. (He was my first taste of the Horrors of the IDW comics and that STUCK with me)

Similarly, I think the Constructicons (+Prowl in IDW) and Combaticons have SUCH fascinating dynamics hjsjkhksjdfh,, combiners got me going crazy... I NEED to find out more about the other combiner teams. It's a fascinating concept.

As for other continuities... Animated has me sick over Blurr, Shockwave and Swindle, and... well, Optimus has intensely kissable lips in this series. Why did they make him like that. I'm also very fond of TFA!Starscream- he was my favorite back when I watched the series as a kid and it was very fun seeing him with fresh eyes LMAO

Fun fact: TFP was a large part of what got me to actually sit down and check out Transformers but... I actually still haven't watched the series itself (つω⊂* ) I just saw TFP!Soundwave and went "OH okay, I love him and need to find out more" which quickly expanded into me going on a deep dive into Transformers, and resurfacing about a month later having read all the IDW 2005 comics and about an equal amount of fanfic for various continuities whfjgbjrbfk,, BUT even though I haven't watched it yet- TFP already has me hooked on Knockout, Ratchet (and Soundwave ofc LMAO)

And the last answer; unfortunately I don't have any TF OCs (ᴗ_ ᴗ。)........

.........YET.

I have many Thoughts but haven't put together any designs because I want to get better at drawin mechs before I jump into making my own! Hopefully that way I have a better idea of how to put em together LMAO. That being said, I Am in fact plagued with ideas!! Like!!! I'd loooove to take a crack at trying to put together a sailplane/glider OC!

(LOOK AT THEM STUPID LONG WINGS...)

Or!! A pair of mechs, one whos an imaging satellite and the other a telescope! (Real starcrossed lovers type deal... both meant to only watch from afar, both longing to be in the other's place/by their side)

I also have a tradition of making sonas that have wings but can't fly, so I kinda want to make a TF sona with a similar concept- either just with good ol doorwings, or maybe a flier with a messed up gyro which causes problems staying upright in the air 🤔

Anyway!!! This is really long again! Oops but not oops because we all knew this would happen. Thank you again for the ask!! (and the excuse to yell about Transformers shfngbekbgm) Now I will return to my daily schedule of listening to. eurobeat and the Transformers Devastation soundtrack. Bye

[quietwingsinthesky]

🌹:O

:3c

Lucifer doesn't care how the labcoats say it works; he knows there's no such thing as a clean break from a drift the minute the plug is pulled. Instead, Michael goes from a second consciousness beside his own to being dragged out of Lucifer the further Lucifer gets from him, both of them gripping tight to the connection until it slips, until it snaps, with a violent recoil that knocks Lucifer's brain out of alignment and reminds his legs that they don't work. His next step falls too fast, too heavily, and refuses to take his weight. It's only Michael, now only a voice outside of Lucifer's head yelling his name, catching him from behind that allows Lucifer to collapse to the floor with his dignity intact.

[dawnleaf37]

crazy that its almost been a full year...

[tkbrokkoli]

weird times weurd times wird times

[connormoving]

aww its kinda cute finding me complaining abt my dads whole lisa thing from 2017. honestly so overshadowed by everything else and also i was so annoying when i was 12 aw .