#sometimes when we see an inbox notification

[lovesick-level-up]

this is a neutral anon. you guys have a blog.

thank you, anon. truly the energy we enjoy bringing to this blog lol.

~ orpheus

[the-whispers-of-death]

do you think you'd recognize your anons just by their typing style or by the contents of the asks?

~ rusty

By the content of the asks, I think. I hope, anyways.

[noirscript]

call avoidance.

Yandere Hotline: 3/?

featuring: implied drugging. implied tresspassing. lots of male masturbation. unsolicited phone sex (?). implied kidnapping. AFAB!Reader (yan calling reader mommy)

note: this is written while half-asleep. not edited. brain go brrr. i'll add the src some time.

Dealing with mad people can drive anyone insane. But if you're given a hefty sum to keep the insane ones company, you'll take. Life is tough, but you can choose your own hell.

"Got you some drink. Your favorite flavor," Heidi, your 'neighbor' in cubicle, said cheerfully as she placed the drink and sandwich on your spot.

"Well, who are we kidding." You shook your head before placing the plastic cup in your trash bin along with the tasty sandwich that came with it. "They're really persistent, you know?"

You smiled sheepishly as you arrange your cubicle to start a new day. Unlike your workmates, your place is quite neat and devoid of anything that would identify that spot as yours.

No personal images pinned on the corkboard. Not even a framed picture of whoever inspires you to get up and work hard without becoming insane yourself.

Upon accepting the job offer, you made sure to draw the most visible line to keep your personal life to yourself. You've heard some stories—some myths—about some agents disappearing without any trace overnight. Like they never existed in the first place.

"I hope they fuck off, you know?" You sighed before putting on your noise-cancelling headphones. "May we survive this shift," you grumbled as you wait for the first call with baited breath.

You have frequent customers. Most of them were pleasant to talk to. Let's just say that they're not exactly the dangerous type of callers. Those type clients were, most likely, drawn to the idea of being a 'yandere' as a fantasy. Sometimes, there's a hint of sexualization.

Almost every person on the floor are taking calls. Including you. However, your gut's been telling you to ignore the call. Maybe it's one of those unhinged callers who believes that you're theirs. Like they own you and all of your time.

You still have some available credits for call avoidance since you rarely used your credits. Surely, this one call will not affect your performance rating.

While waiting for the phone to stop ringing, you decided to clean up your work email. Being bombarded with useless newsletters about food and books on sale is the worse. Not only does it make your inbox crowded, it's also spammy.

You were fightung the urge to just select all and delete everything at once when you suddenly heard a notification. One after another.

One from your email, another one from your messaging app, and lastly—from the internal chatroom.

You opened the email with an attachment. It was a blank email but as soon as the preview for the attachment appeared, you almost gagged.

It was an image of a man's cock. There were translucent liquid splattered everywhere while the tip of his dick is on a cup—filled to the brim with iced coffee with foamy top. Your favorite.

Your hands were shaking as you exit the window of the website. You clicked the messaging app first. 'Perhaps it was just a promotional message from one of those companies.'

But no.

It was a message from a private number. You don't have any idea how they did it, but they kept sending you images. Most of them were blurry, but the ones with better quality almost made you vomit.

It was taken in a small room. At first, the room was dark, but eventually the image light up. His face was blurred, but you could clearly see what he was doing.

He was fucking your pillow. The one you've been using since you've moved in a better place with better security.

You were confused. And scared.

How could he easily enter your place? Your keys are with you and only the management has access to other duplicates.

"No way..." you whispered as you close the messaging app's window.

One bomb was dropped after another. And you knew something's off.

[NOTICE OF TERMINATION]

Due to multiple reports of call avoidance and drop calls, the management has decided to relieve you from your position as an agent effective immediately.

As we value your well-being, rest assured that you will be receiving your full payment for the next three months along with the other benefits that the company has sworn to provide you.

We sincerely appreciate your efforts for the last three years. We wish you all the best from this day forward.

You were devastated, yet relieved upon reading the letter. You've been wanting to receive this for months. It was the only way out of this place and this industry. You've also managed to save up a lot that you can start fresh somewhere. Far from this place.

Another phone call managed to bypass the automatic system of the place. You took a deep breath before accepting the call.

"Hello?"

"I can't... wait... haah..." the man on the line was clearly doing himself. By the eay he sounds, he's probably close. "We'll move to a big house... haah... hngg... a baby, a babyyy... nhnn... come home..."

Your eyes widened upon hearing your name. Not the screen name you gave them, but your legal full name.

"Let me... hngg... make you a mommy... d'you want that, huh?" You could a wet sloppy noises in the background. "Tiny baby... sucking on your tits... while I make a mess out of you?"

"Ap—"

"No need for... apologies..." he was breathing heavily. "I'll see you soon, okay?

"Heimdall."

He chuckled. "That's me, my princess... took you long enough to say my name."

"How did you get into my house?" you asked while gritting your teeth.

"Patience, my love. We could talk all about it once you're home. Should I get you something to eat? Chicken? Cake? Sandwich? Coffee?"

"I'm done with you."

You immediately pressed the end call button before gathering your things and left. Not even a farewell to your friends.

But there's something you should probably know.

Heidi can't wait to be an aunt and to be your sister-in-law!

[soaps-mohawk]

Plans For The Rest Of The Year

Since we are in November, it's time to touch on some things I've been thinking about over my month long break.

First things first, CRCB will continue but there's going to be some changes to the update schedule. I will not be doing weekly updates anymore. It's just not possible anymore. It was a stretch back when I was lucky enough to have the ability to do weekly updates, but now with work and the upcoming holiday season, it just won't be possible anymore for me to do weekly updates.

Instead, I'm going back to how things were in the beginning. Those of you who are OGs will remember that I kind of just updated whenever I had a chapter done and that's what the update schedule is going to look like going forward. It probably will remain that way for the rest of the duration of the story since come January I will be going back to school and also working on moving. This will also allow more time to answer comments and asks and not make me feel like I have to crunch to get things answered within a week along with writing the chapter. I'm very sorry to everyone who will be disappointed, but for my own sanity I have to just update whenever I can manage to get a chapter done.

That being said, there will be some other changes. During the break I worked on an old fic for a different fandom, and I honestly kind of miss writing for other fandoms. So that's also going to play into CRCB's update schedule. Sometimes I just want to (and need to) write other things, and I'm going to allow myself to do that. I also have some other COD fics (shorter fics) that I'd love to work on as well when the inspiration comes so it won't just be no content until the next part of CRCB. There will be other things posted as well. Those of you subscribed to my Patreon, you'll be getting a similar post but with some other things regarding content there soon.

That's the plan moving forward at least for now. The end of this year and next year are going to be very busy for me with a lot of changes, so I have to adapt this hobby to fit into my real life schedule. Since that's what this all is. A hobby. It's not my job (even though I wish it could be) so it has to be sacrificed a bit in favor of things going on in my real life. I'll still be writing and posting and updating stories, it just won't be nearly to the extent that I was before October.

There probably won't be a CRCB chapter this weekend since I don't have one ready yet, but potentially at some point next week. I'll probably make a post here the day before the chapter will be posted, and I for sure will post on my taglist blog the same time that the chapter drops here so make sure you're following there and have notifications on if you want to be notified of when the new chapters are coming out.

I think that's all I have for now regarding this blog and CRCB and what's going to happen going forward. Again, I'm very sorry for everyone who I'm going to inevitably disappoint with this news, but things just have to be this way.

I hope you all have a good day and I will see you probably later when I answer some of the asks sitting in my inbox.

[vyzoi]

Okay! I have decided to make a moot hall of fame with your official titles that I gave you either out loud or mentally in my head.

@inu1gf - Bestie - we go way before I joined tumblr. I met them in a Genshin domain when I randomized a co op domain last year in September

@sakuramakii - The OG - they’ve been my moot since I started this blog and they still press the like button on my posts (lowkey wish you would post more often so I can do the same)

@saesbangs - Sweet Moot - Fellow Sendou Defender- they’re so nice and they support my Sae simping I support their Sae simping too. I asked them what they thought about Sendou, and they straight up defended him and sort of wrote a deep dive on his character. We love Sendou in this household!!

@asaedw - My Bae - The Sae To My Rin - she called me her bae first when we were hyping each other up after she made a fanfic for me when I was sick. I call her the Sae to my Rin because I look up to her like Rin would to Sae. She’s been on my dash for a while and she’s been one of my favorite fanfic writers and she inspired me to write fics too

@emichanted - The Hype Girl - she’s making me all excited and hyped up whenever we mention spamming my inbox. Only My Bae / The Rin To My Sae and The Hype Girl can spam it because they wrote fics for me when I was sick but I think everyone knows that now, I say it any chance I get.

@luvynii - My Number One Fluff Fan - they’ve hyped me up ever since my first fluff fic. Just about most of the fluff fics I have, they’ve read it.

@inojuuy - Loyalist Liker - they see a post from me speaking out on my thoughts or other content I make, they hit that like button.

@thetwinkims - Loyal Reblogger - they reblog every single fanfic I make and they’re quick with it sometimes too. It’ll be posted for a second and BAM reblogged and liked

@something-i-can-never-have - Flexible Moot - we like the same games and I got them into Blue Lock so we can talk about many things and just not one subject

@hygienic-law - Sendou Hater - The Hater- has been hating on Sendou ever since I mentioned liking him!! Overall just hates on the Blue Lock characters that I like now. Started roasting Yukimiya for no reason!! All I did was hype him up!

@laslowchan - Twin Moot - we’re both aroace and autistic. We also love the Itoshi brothers and Kaiser. I appreciate the likes and reblogs. We’re so nonchalant too, we don’t have to talk to one another, just exist.

@minlahzz- Discord Child - Nagi to my Yukimiya - I met them in the same server as my Sendou Hater / The Hater and Discord Lurker. I’m protecting this kid at all costs now. They’re the Nagi to my Yukimiya because we vibe so well together. Also, because I pretty much have the qualities that Yuki has and they have a lot of the qualities that Nagi has. They love Nagi very much. I love Yukimiya very much.

@jwmiooa - Discord Lurker - she ominously types and she also reads the chats but never says anything unless something peaks her interest. I admired that so I took a few notes and now we have an alliance.

@sunathetuna - Fellow Yukimiya Simp - we actually first met when I made a Genshin poll. Suddenly, I got a notification from them but this time, their profile is Yukimiya themed! So I just HAD to let them know how goated they are!

@demiitria - Supportive Moot - Fellow Karasu Lover - My Tumblr Wife - been moots for a while now. We just haven’t talked until the middle of this month. We started talking to each other when I became a huge fan of Yukimiya. They hype my playlists up and they tagged me in a Yuki fic! I know I have their full support <3 They got me into joining Karasu Nation. I’m obsessed with him now thanks to them!! We rizzed each other up after I sent her a Yuki pick up line joke. She wanted to marry me after that. I said yes !!

@moxxyandthekat - The Artist - drew a wedding scene of me and Sendou!

@pinkymangacaps - Sneaky Pinky - The Girl Who Matches My Freak - literally been moots before I even joined the discord server. I even wrote a fic for her without even realizing who she was! Realization crept up on me!! It crept up on her too, we didn’t know we were tumblr moots until HOURS apart from each other. She interacts with my 18+ fics regularly. In DMs, we match each other’s freak. We are on the same level!

@dollyrins - Discord Ally - despite how complex our system is, we haven’t turned on each other’s backs. Sure we have our disagreements, and there’s a few things tying our alliance together. But she has my back in some cases and I have her back too. I’m just salty that my ally has to agree with Sendou Hater/The Hater. But when things get too crazy, my ally is there to break it up and save me!!

@plutoplue - The Defendant - Sendou Hater/The Hater likes to give Plue a hard time in a joking way! Some of the other discord server members mess with her actually. I act like I’m her lawyer and I do my best to step in and defend her any chance I get. She did have the guts to tell me that she isn’t a huge fan of Yukimiya and knowing full well I’m beefing with The Hater. But I still have her back regardless!

@airybcby - The Yukimiya Writer - been on my dash for like a month or so. My Supportive Moot/Fellow Karasu Lover tagged me in a Yukimiya childhood friends to lovers fic she wrote in January which made me give her a follow. My Fellow Yuki Simp became moots with her too so we HAD to try to get myself noticed and it WORKED!! Obviously, because she wouldn’t be in my moot hall of fame if it didn’t!

@dontlickmyfeetplz - The Moot Who Makes Me Laugh Just By Seeing Their Username - The Best Answer To All My Questions - username explains it all, they make me laugh. Every question I’ve asked them about a certain Blue Lock character is SO detailed and it’s exactly what I’m always looking for in an answer.

I will add more if I accidentally forgot about you or if I deem someone hall of fame worthy

I have so many moots and I hardly interact with some of them

[inbabylontheywept]

So. So. I have a horrific backlog in my inbox, and past attempts at answering it have generated more asks. Generally at a higher rate than I could answer the asks. Exceeding escape velocity. And I've been mulling over how to solve this, and my idea was to create a super-bus answer post. It'll be a little lengthy, so, you know. Click read more at your own risk. Roll them dice.

Well, you clicked it. God speed and god bless.

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I feel obligated to tell you i stayed up till four am reading a bunch of you stories, because they're incredible. Also feel like saying that the only other times ive stayed up this late in recent memory is when i was binge reading one piece so take that as you will. We'll see how much i regret this but odds are i wont like i didnt regret staying up reading one piece

Hahaha! Ha! Oof. I am extremely flattered and awed and impressed but also, my stories are going to be there tomorrow, and the next day, and maybe forever depending on how this whole "civilization" thing pans out. So. Sleep more. But also thank you for being a mega fan.

I had like, a week long binge of Naruto in middleschool that was awful. I didn't even like the show that much. People recommend anime to me now, and I feel like a former alcoholic turning down drinks at a party. No thank you, there's a 99% that will simply help be relax after work one day and a 1% chance that will ruin my life and I'll catch myself unironically saying "believe it!" years later, and I just can't take that chance. I have too many people depending on me.

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Anonymous says

i see you are also from Utah. do you have a favorite swig menu item

No. I've never actually been into a Swig. There were a few soda shops back in AZ, but I never really got them either - I'm still not sure how a gummy shark in a blue soda is supposed to make it taste better.

My poison is generally gas station stuff. Slurpees are amazing, and I also like their little pickled sausage snack things. Probably literal poison, but they call to me.

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Anonymous says

four more messages in my head. four more tests of sanity.

hm. troubling. hope you pass.

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Anonymous says

yooo “fireflies infinity mirror room” mention!!! i lived in Tempe for a few years…one time i was making my way down the escalator from the PHX skytrain and there was a group of like 20-30 Mormons (?) at the base of the escalator waiting there to welcome out-of-state Mormons to some sort of Mormon convention in…well, Mesa, presumably? google is now telling me it may have been for the Easter pageant.

That does sound likely. My grandpa was actually in charge of the easter pageant for a few years down there - I actually broke my arm on the little pony Mary rides to Bethlehem. I was trying to keep my little brother and sister on it by using my arms as a seatbelt, but when they fell off anyway, I just had to kids land on my arm from 6 foot drop and got blessed me with a third elbow. I had some crazy ideas on how to become a professional baseball player with it, but my dad insisted we go to the hospital to do drugs, and when I woke up they fixed the damn thing. Could've gone pro.

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@synapticwanderer says

hello! just wanted to say I'm a big fan, your stories make me laugh and sometimes cry and sometimes both, sometimes at once. when my partner asks me what I'm laughing so hard at I read them to them, and sometimes I just go read them to them anyway. thank you for sharing your delightful way with words with us, and I hope you don't mind that I've got notifications on for your posts (you and I think three other writers at the moment) anyway, have a great day!

I don't mind! I hope I haven't ruined that privilege, actually, I shitpost more than most people think. I like mixing happy and sad as well as silly and earnest. But. Yes. A lot of shitposts.

Anyway, thank you for the comment! Happy trails.

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@funnynamedottxt says

I kept hearing about your wrestling post, and then I saw the word “bisexual” when you were talking about it, so, needless to say, I sought it out immediately.

And, while this isn’t technically part of the actual post, in that reblog where you were talking to that one dude about sexism and societal issues and shit, you made some pussy joke about Lake Michigan and that may just be the best thing I’ve read all week.

Sorry about the run on sentence btw, I know it probably deeply hurts the writer in you, but I find it funny and am too lazy to self-censor sooooo

I'm glad you had a good time reading it. I don't know which gender I'd imagine the great lakes as to be honest. I just know that their thing with Michigan is beautiful and would be very distracting should I ever become an astronaut. I don't want to make fun of people for wanting a better world, and I would actually say I did a botch job on my response. Didn't realize it until several hundred people got mad at me. I know I write well, and the catch .22 of that is that people assume that my ability to read the room is probably higher than it is.

Anyway. I don't fault them for getting mad. Not my finest hour.

And I'm not a snob about run on sentences by the way. English teachers want to make rules about how you write and rules to follow, but that's because they need to grade by rubrics for it to be fair. It turns an art form into something mechanical though. Just make it natural and the rest comes after.

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@00x7 says

Hi. I hope you're doing well.

I had read your wrestling story. I had not laughed so hard in a great many years. I thank you for this, though I am also sympathetic to your misfortunes.

There was enough going on that I was naturally curious if you were or are Mormon, a curiosity born from being someone who grew up as such myself (something that being queer doesn't really bump up nicely against, though you hardly would need to hear such a thing from me), and which visiting your blog quickly answered for me.

Of course, scrolling down for two seconds immediately had me realize that you were also the kid with the grandpa and the worms. I had read the worm story before, but visiting somewhere and realizing it was you was a nearly transcendent experience. My third eye was rather forcibly opened. What a storied life you have had.

Anyway, as an amateur writer, I'm very happy to have found your blog. We don't know eachother, but your words resonate with me.

Whenever you read this, I hope you have a good one. Thank you.

Oh! That's my favorite thing - when people like two different stories with very different tones. It's kind of a would you love me if I wasn't beautiful sort of question - would you like my writing if it wasn't purely silly? And it makes me happy when the answer is yes.

I actually wandered through your blog to try and find your writing, but I didn't have much luck. I'd love to see some, if you're willing. Send me a link if you keep it on another platform. I couldn't do a critique if I wanted to - all my writing knowledge is just gut level stuff that I don't know how to share - but it's just a fun way to know people. And sometimes, I see a style and I go ah, I can pick a few shiny bits off this and wear them around.

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@turtletotem says Your bio says to tell you if we write, so, new follower here, and i write! Lots of fanfic (links in bio) and also original fiction under Shelly Greene and Elizabeth Belyeu (both on Amazon). Feel free to check it out, but I won’t take it personal if you don’t, lol.

I checked your pages on AO3 for this, and alas - No snippets for me first. You write books and novels, which is something I've always aspired towards, and never really suceeded at. I had this view when I started writing short stories that I'd eventually writer longer stories and serials and in fact I just got better at writing short stories. Which isn't much of a tragedy, actually, but it's a road I haven't really moved forward on yet. Writer to writer.

As a reader, I already have several books I've promised to read people. If you have any shorter works (less than 5k words?) lob them my way though! c

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Anonymous says

Just read your post about Atlas Shrugged (my condolences, comrade) and I must, simply MUST ask if you've ever heard of The Cobra Commander Dialogues? It asks the very important question "what if Cobra Commander was there and found this all at best inane and stupid, and at worst it offended his villainous sensibilities?" As someone who hasn't read the book OR watched the cartoon I found it very entertaining!

I just took a peeksies at those - they're beautiful. Dialogue is a great weakness of mine, and it is hard not to be a little envious of this writer. Thanks for sharing this with me.

For the curious

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Anonymous says

Your story about the breakup and the olives and the Slim Jim's and your dad made me cry -- not like, tear up, but an actual good cry for a couple minutes. I don't totally know why I reacted like that but I definitely felt better in some way afterwards. So, thanks. I think I'm gonna remember that story for the rest of my life.

The story stuck with me both because everyone involved was good. My ex's dad, the neighbor, my dad - everyone was doing their best. And it was true, wasn't it? Brains are good at remembering bad things. It's a breakup. And it hurt like hell. But the pain of that memory carries with it this feeling well, even when things suck, people don't. I also liked this view of my dad parenting so consciously. It wasn't a background thing to him. He thought a lot about what he was doing, and what he was saying, and how he was treating me. I owe him big for that.

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Anonymous says

What did you do with the left shoes after your date?

So, I think teenagers like being able to convey fuck you, I do what I want through their clothes. There are punk scenes for that, and goth, and other things. My way of doing that was just dressing aggressively badly. Mismatched plaids and sports jackets meant for people half my height and twice my width, purchased from goodwill, and basketball shorts mixed with knee high socks and on and on. That was part of my teenage rebellion.

Anyway, I added the shoes in and just wore mismatching shoes to make the outfit worse, both because it was a fashion crime, and because it was a litltle inside joke with my friends who knew the story. I wound up losing them over the years because I would use the left sets as makeshift projectiles.

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@galapagos-spinch says

I just wanted to compliment you on your story about wrestling a girl in middle school, you're a fantastic writer

Thanks. I have some regrets about that story, but it was fun to write, and it from a craft standpoint, i am proud of it. I appreciate the comment. :)

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Anonymous says

equality is when young boys aren't allowed physical boundaries i guess

Eesh. We're getting to wrestling asks. Look, when we all signed up for wrestling, we signed up to wrestle girls. It's part of the sport. If your boundary is to not wrestle girls, the way you maintain it is by not signing up for wrestling. The point of my response, which I did not convey clearly enough, was to ask for forgiveness for failure. A middle school boy falling short of the right thing is different from a middle school boy seeking to do the wrong thing, and as a bar, it's...

It's the kind of thing I'd hope people would go, Well, they're shits, but I can't hate them over it. Don't defend us as having done the right thing - we did not. Just, have some grace for the weakness of teens. They're still growing, and if you put too much pressure on them, they'll crumble. And we crumbled.

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Anonymous says

Hey there! Sorry, not actually a question, just wanted to say I've seen posts of yours reblogged before on occasion and I finally started following you because you're a gifted storyteller and your stories are hilarious, poignant, or both!

Oh! A relief. This is so nice. Thank you. Hopefully you read this. Maybe I should turn anonymous asks off or something going forward if I set myself on doing more of these super-bus replies.

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Anonymous says

i am crying with laughter at your stories. the way you tell them is perfect, please never stop

I'll try. I had a several month period of no writing after burning out on HFY. Wasn't sure how to make a genre change. I'll probably have more periods of quiet like that, but to be honest, my writing is probably my favorite thing that I do. I like engineering, and I'm pretty good at it, but I love this, and I am very good at it, and in periods where I don't write it feels almost painful.

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@auronlu says

just sending you some gentle love from an older queer person.

My parents moved to Utah after I went to grad school. I am eternally grateful that my dad turned down that promotion the first time, when I was about to enter high school, because I didn't want to lose my friends and move to Utah and go to school there in the 80s.

So I escaped, but I've seen a little bit of what you had to go through and I've heard from some of my mom's friends that she's made there how hard it is when you don't conform. I'm glad you were able to escape and that you have your own life now.

I bet that girl remembers you and that when these topics come up, she's not as willing to throw people like us under the bus without question.

you did the best you could in a very difficult situation, and by being you, you helped some of the next generation realize the lines they're told about queer people may not be true.

There may have been a closeted or questioning kid in that class, reassured by your example or simple refusal to show prejudice. you don't know what positive impact you had on those kids, but you went in with the best intentions you could and I have a feeling you did more good than you know.

take care and have a good life

( note: my main blog is actuslly @sepdet )

This is actually one of the earliest asks that I didn't want to answer because I didn't want to lose it. For anyone else looking, they're talking about a story I told about teaching primary as a Mormon.

I hope she does. I don't think anyone in the ward ever actually knew I was bi - I kept that very close to my chest. Even after I left. The kids certainly didn't. But they knew that I loved them very much, and they apparently felt strongly that I was a good person. I think the lesson I gave them was that a person can leave the church and still be good. I hope that serves them well.

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@karmaajr says

UR A FUNNY GUY 🫵

aw yissssss

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@abisexualfrog says

Hello, I just wanted to say that I really like your stories and the way you write, your style

Sometimes I’m in a bad mood and then I go read a few of your stories -I especially like the ones at your work- and it cheers me up because of how funny it is. (The fridge story? So good)(oh and the water balloon and and and… endless)

Im not super good at compliment because well English isn’t my first language and all that but I figured I could still tell you, can’t hurt.

So yeah I really really enjoy your writing!! It’s so good!

And not just the stories of things that happened to you, the other ones too, they are also very good

This is another one of the ones I kept because I didn't want to lose it.

Thank you for reading my stories. Your english is fantastic. And it is rare to get comments on my old fictional sci-fi pieces - those were kind of my baby's-first-steps. If you read those you are in deep, and I am incredibly touched.

I'd hug you if I could.

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@rockinhand says

the red bun on those burgers was actually dyed via Beets. i tried it when it was around and it was unremarkable

I know what this is referring to. Surprisingly. But I will leave it be and just enjoy have this remain esoteric bordering on arcane.

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@newkittypoom says

i saw your reblog on that falin fanart and i was like "wait. this is the 28 eggs snake guy?" and i came from the post about your wrasslin days and i saw you answer an ask about being ex-mormon and well. im definitely following the blog for your writing. thanks for sharing these stories!

thanks for commenting! It's flattering to get recognized online. Means my writing voice is distinct. Got a little niche and I'm thrivin' in it.

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Anonymous says

I'm sure someone must have pointed this out by now, but you weren't dating just because she thought you were dating. If that wasn't the kind of relationship you thought you were in, you weren't dating. She was just being presumptuous. You didn't "accidentally date" someone. You can't. Dating is a mutual, consensual thing.

Yeah. Yeah. Phrasing and all.

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@nbspacegay says

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Hi I read your dating stories they are hilarious. I am spiritually holding hands with you because I too am terrible at dating. I accidentally pterodactyl screamed at my boyfriend when he told me he loved me once. I did also love him. I just panicked, screamed and then quite literally sprinted away. I also did not have the excuse of being in high school because I was in university.

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if you so choose you can publish that last ask, i sent it becuase i thought you and your followers might find it funny

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also sorry for sending you three messages like a lunatic, but also feel free to ignore it

I haven't been ignoring this, it just got buried and then I panicked and it has been crushing me like an ancient marsh, squeezing out all my peaty-bits until all that was left was an ultra-flamable bed of hydrocarbons.

Pterodactyl screaming at your boyfriend is a power move. You should do it more often. I am going to answer more questions that way. I had a customer with a masters in geology ask me why I could not provide their specified sample rate, sample times, and sample counts, and I had to explain to them that you can actually only pick two of those numbers, and the third just happens, and that the numbers they gave me did not work that way. It's like saying "I need to drive 50 miles, and I want to drive at 15 mph for two hours." I'm like, yo, go faster, or drive longer, but you have given me a multiplication problem that does not work. And they kept arguing with me, despite the actuall oscilloscope screen telling them, hey, bozo, that math does not math, and I kept trying to reason with them, when in fact I should have just pterodactyl screamed.

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Anonymous says

When I saw your blog title my first thought was that it's a reference to psalm 137 (it's on my mind since it was just tisha b'av) and was wondering why a nonjew would do that, but then I realized you're a fan of Babylon so it's probably a reference to that. And then I googled it and apparently its also a song. So which one/which combination are you referencing?

Also your blind date story was a fascinating read, it made me laugh. Very impressed by your chutzpah

Oh nvm, saw that you answered the above in another ask, feel free to ignore

No, I totally get it. Mormonism robbed and scrambled the iconography of a lot of religions, but the two it yoinked the most from are the Masons and the Jews. Like, it is my culture now, but I will acknowledge that my culture is what would happen if you asked a 14 year old conman from NY to skin your culture and wear it. I can't imagine how weird it must be to hear us talk.

Glad to have you approval on the blind date story though. That was a nightmare.

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@conkreetmonkey says

Personally I think you should do the egg thing again just for the hell of it. I honestly would because you made it sound fun, but eggs be expensive around these parts

My budget is a liiiiittle bit tight for the next month because my wife is doing occupational therapy, but there's a grocery store nearby that sells quail eggs, and to celebrate her finishing that, I am going to be a dozen and shotgun those bad boys. Hell yeah.

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Anonymous says

bulking must be so easy if you can effortlessly consume 15 raw eggs

No, for two reasons.

The first is that it was not effortless. It was effortful. I had to sweat to get them down. I had to fight them into me. I have a very vivid memory of finishing the eggs, and then leaning over to tie my shoe, and feel the eggs start to actually tip out of me, not even as like, puking, but like emptying water out of a boot. I actually had to sit for a half hour after that for the eggs to actually stay.

The second reason is that eating is easy for me, but gaining muscle mass is not. If I work out like crazy and lift weights, I get very wirey, but I never actually get big. I tried bulking one time, and my muscles stayed the same size while the 20 pounds I gained just went right to my belly and I looked like a grape on a toothpick. Very wild experience. Made my peace with being a skinny nerd.

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Anonymous says

just letting you know that you can sterilise raw eggs by keeping them at 130°F for a few hours, you can do this with a sous vide and eat them with no salmonella concerns

I love tumblr so much but all the people that read a story about some idiot eating 15 raw eggs on an impulse and then went ah, yes, this man clearly owns a sous vide machine and is willing to use it are crazier than I am. Get some realistic expecations of the world. Know your audience. You are setting your bar too high, and will find yourself endlessly disappointed. Stop it. This is why left leaning people are so fucking sad. They read the egg story and think they can solve my life with a sous vide, instead of reading the egg story and realizing that there is nothing in this world that could possibly save my from myself. I am not a stupid person. I am a highly motivated clever person who enjoys doing stupid things. There's no stopping that.

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@brambledboneyards says

Hey OP I just wanted to let you know I was informed when I was younger that farm fresh eggs will not give you salmonella. I would recommend fact checking this, but if it does remain true I hope you can date the cravings once more

This is actually good advice. I know several people who own chickens down here. Bless you.

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@queerdo-mcjewface

Some stores sell pasteurized eggs for recipes that require raw or undercooked eggs

Alas, they only sell egg whites down here, which are flavorless. I want the whole egg experience. The slime, the yolk, the cracking open - I appreciate the advice, but no, it's just not visceral enough.

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@decentmonster says

you'd probably love quail shooters tbh, you can get them at most sushi restaurants and theyre served raw and are really good (also safe to eat)

Also farm-fresh eggs are less likely to have salmonella!!

Two months time, I will eat a dozen raw quail eggs.

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Anonymous says

I want you to know the egg story is literally one of the funniest things I've ever read in my life. I laughed so hard I woke up my husband

I think that was the first little life-short-story thing I posted. Maybe? I'm glad you had fun reading it.

[whowrotethenote]

Hey bitchesss! Welcome to my blog! 

This blog is 18+

This is a side blog. Sadly, I cannot follow anyone back from here. My notifications are always on and I follow the #x black reader & #blackfanfiction tags.

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Fav Food // If I didn’t care about my back, I’d eat pizza and pasta everyday for the rest of my life…No pork on my fork!

Fav Drinks // Cosmopolitan or apple martini - makes me feel like I’m on Sex and the City lol

Gender // If its not obvious yet, I’m just a girl ۶ৎ

Sign // I am not really into astrology but I proudly carry librat bimbo energy

Things I’ve Been Obsessed With Lately // The gym - specifically  leg day // gossip girl // thriller novels - anything by Riley Sager or Tiffany D Jackson // Sad Girl by Lana Del Rey // being single // fall fashion // vintage Roberto Cavalli // cherry red // rom coms and chick flicks that came out before 2012 // Certified Lover Boy album // night drives even though I’m fucking blind // my Nikon camera // 3d flowers on nails // leather // sped up songs

Things That Make My Ass Itch // Donald Trump // going to work // alarm clocks // men who obviously hate women // Jordans // male centered women // unprovoked movie sequels or remakes

Okay enough about me!

I’m making this blog mainly to share all of my writing. I am running out of space in my head and I don’t think my art should only live there. Even if they only touch or resonate with 1 person then that’s fine with me.

I play all day long so pls do not take anything I say on here too seriously. 

Please be nice! This blog is not a place for ongoing negativity or bullying (except racists and the sexually abusive. We can talk shit about them all day). Everyone is going through something, so just be kind. It’s one thing to joke and disagree but please respect boundaries and I’ll do the same. Thanks in advance babes ᥫ᭡

Sidebar // I am a mood writer. I do not stick to any schedule. I write with passion so if I’m not feeling it—I’m not writing it. Plain and simple. I also have a very demanding job (corporate) that takes up all of my energy. I work out. I have a social life, etc, etc. All this means updates won’t always come in a timely fashion or even when I say so. Shit happens. I’ll try my best to be transparent and keep y’all up to date—but once again, shit happens. Please do not bombard my inbox with questions about updating a story especially if I never see you in my comments, likes or nothing. It’s cool every once in a while. I am a reader too and I get it lol. Sometimes we fiend for that update. But I am doing this for free lol so pls be patient and understanding.

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With that I will leave you with my favorite quote:

“Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.”  - George Addair 

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[ivysangel]

I am dead serious when I say that you guys need to start giving writers feedback more often. I have a fic here that has a total of 4015 notes and only 218 aren't likes. So, let me break this down for you a bit.

Of 4015 notes, 186 are reblogs and 32 are comments. Two reblogs, as well as comments, are mine so I'll subtract them from the equation making the total number of notes 4011 (184 rbs, 30 comments, 3,797 likes).

Of the 184 reblogs, 16 are private, meaning they're absolutely useless in spreading and sharing the piece. The remaining 168 consists of 136 reblogs falling under "other reblogs" while only 32 fall under "comments and tags." And of the 32 under "comments and tags," only 9 have something besides a copy of the tags that I included in my initial post.

The 184 reblogs make up 4.6% of the total notes, the reblogs under "comments and tags" make up 0.8% of the total notes, and the reblogs under "comments and tags" with anything besides tags copied from the initial post make up 0.2% of the total notes.

At one point, I reblogged the post, asking if anyone wanted a part two. That's when I got my first comments. The first 6 comments were in response to that, and of the 30 total comments (excluding my own), only two were unrelated to a part two. Which means I can guarantee that I wouldn't have had that many comments had I not posed the question of a sequel fic.

And if I add those 2 comments to the 9 reblogs, I get 0.3% of the total notes on my post that make up the portion of notes that aren't likes, empty reblogs, or comments about a part two. And that's me being generous because two of the reblogs actually do mention a part two.

I also posted a poll asking what people wanted in part two, and that poll got 238 votes. That is 54 people more who voted for what they wanted in a part two that didn't reblog or help push part one.

Don't get me wrong, I love seeing people in my notifs liking my posts, but sometimes it's just not enough. It is utterly exhausting waking up to multiple hundreds of notifications and not seeing a single person compliment your work. You guys will like stuff, follow, and then head straight to the inbox asking for more. I know it's been said a hundred times before, but we are not machines; we do this for free in our spare time.

The post in question was written when I was tired out of my mind, and I ended up not liking it, so I let it sit in my drafts. I briefly mentioned it on my blog and was met with one of my followers showing interest in the idea, which prompted me to revise, edit, and post it. It was a gift, as are all fics and pieces of art by writers and artists on this site, and yet it was treated like a commodity.

When people say it's unmotivating they're not kidding. When I had 100+ asks in my inbox, all of them being requests, I felt like I had the worst case of writers block known to man. I would open my inbox and immediately close it because the idea of posting anything knowing the only response would be more requests, was awful.

When people leave little messages in the tags, full-blown commentary, or kind messages in my inbox referencing posts, I feel more motivated than ever. Those responses are what drives me to write more. But when I, and other writers, are being treated like we're here to cook up whatever fantasisies you have in mind, I can't help but side-eye a little.

We wouldn't write if we didn't enjoy it, but the moment it feels like a job, it becomes that much less enjoyable, and then everybody loses. Just send a kind message to your favorite writers every once in a while. I promise it'll make their day.

I would also like to say that as I've written this, I've seen more people like that post. So, there's that.

[theresthesnitch]

It's about community, y'all.

I’ve found myself recently in a fandom interaction that has left me feeling very uncomfortable, and I want to talk about it. 

I will not be sharing usernames or fic names, so please do not publicly mention who they are if you figure out who this is. 

About a month ago, I was messaged by an account that doesn’t follow me, asking me to read their friend’s fic. The initial message was very flattering–their friend was a big fan of my work, and it would be so nice for them to get a comment from me on it. Honestly, it was such a sweet message, and I said I was busy right then, but I’d make time to read it.

When I opened the fic, it was a username that I didn’t recognize. Which is not terribly surprising, but I do recognize and notice regular commenters and people who regularly interact with me on Tumblr. (Which, by the way, is a good thing. These people all have a special place in my heart, and I love seeing their interactions.) This person also had no other fics published to AO3, and no bookmarks on their account. 

 I am an email hoarder, which means that every comment, kudo, and tumblr follow I get an email notification for is still stored in my email. I searched my inbox for the writer’s username, and nothing came up. I don’t mean nothing significant, I mean not one single comment, kudos, or follow from the account. I searched the account who messaged me, and got the same result. No one single comment, kudo, or follow. 

The thing that may not be immediately obvious from the outside is that many writers connect with each other as well. We share fic recs, snippets, and plot bunnies. We also talk about comments that we love, fans that we enjoy seeing in our notes, and significant interactions. 

Which is to say that the first thing I did was drop this fic with an explanation of what happened into the “fic recs” channel of our discord. Immediately, I find out that this is not a unique situation. Many of the writers in that discord were also approached, either by the actual writer or a friend, and asked to read it. 

I messaged the account again and asked if their friend was operating under a new username because I didn’t recognize them. Which is valid and I know people change their usernames sometimes. The friend responded that they did, but that the friend wouldn’t like them sharing it. I looked into the tumblr that messaged me then, and the account had been set up one singular day before they messaged me, with nothing more than a few art reblogs on their blog. 

At this point, I’m getting a really weird feeling from this, and I decide to just not respond anymore. I’m not going to call them out, but I’m also not going to engage. 

Yesterday, the “friend’s” account sent me another message, asking if I’d read it and telling me again that they can give their friend’s old account name if I really want it. They also mention that their friend read through and commented on a bunch of my older fics–which they did. Between May 24 and June 1, they left 17 comments on some of the very first fics I ever wrote and published. However, the way she tells me this feels very much like a quid pro quo - I commented, now where’s yours? 

I jumped back into the discords of some of my mutuals, and asked about this again. It turns out that all of us have gotten a weird vibe from them, and that this all feels like such a manipulative, creepy way to ask for exposure on your fic. 

And, because I’m me and needed more information, I went back to their fic and looked through the comments and bookmarks. 

There’s an ongoing discussion in many writer’s circles about interactions being lower, particularly comments, which you’ve probably seen crop up around Tumblr as well. While I don’t want to rehash this discussion here, the basic consensus is that most established writers are seeing fewer comments than ever, even when there’s a significant number of kudos. 

This fic has a not insignificant number of kudos, but a surprisingly large amount of comments and bookmarks, comparatively. Enough that just seeing the stats shocked me. I looked through the comments and saw lots of well known fandom writers, as well as some otherwise blank accounts. It strikes me as very odd–especially from a new, blank account and for a one shot without chapters to build up an audience. 

I jumped back in the discord and asked my mutuals about this again. Several people described really weird interactions with this individual. I heard stories about this person being really flattering when they initially reached out, vaguely complimenting the writer, then completely ghosting after the writer comments on their fics. 

I’ve debated for a bit about whether to post on this or not. The entire interaction has left such a bad taste in my mouth. I’ve no doubt that the writer and their friend are the same person, and I suspect some of their comments are fabricated as well. It’s elaborate, to a weird degree, and I feel so uncomfortable by it. 

The thing is, I love talking to people who have read my work. I love getting sent a fic rec. I read so little at this point just due to life and limited time that basically everything I read is something a mutual wrote or something recommended to me. I also really love the “it would mean so much to me if you read this” message, but only if it’s genuine. I have read first fics of new writers who sent me their own work, with their name attached, and asked me to. 

Fandom writing is a community, and that works best when we have a little give and take. But when you’re out there manipulating interactions, building up fake flattery to only not follow through, that breaks down our community. It’s unfortunate, manipulative, and honestly, a bit creepy. 

I don’t know if they just thought we (the writing community) wouldn’t notice, but we did. I’ve talked to other writers about this, and if any of my mutuals had a similar experience, I’d love to hear about it. 

To my “friend” who wrote this fic, I know you’re proud of your fic, but you’re not doing yourself any favors with this behavior. I will not be reading it. I also will not be responding to you or “your friend” any further. I wish you luck, and I hope you find what you’re looking for. 

[mechs-headcanons]

for all your mechanism headcanons and AUs

that’s literally the whole blog

feel free to use this in fics or rp blogs or anything really :D

no dni, if you’re being weird or something we’ll just ignore you

sometimes i just don’t see asks, that doesn’t mean i’m intentionally ignoring it that just means it got buried in notifications and i haven’t properly checked the inbox

WE HAVE FANART NOW :D (seriously woah i just made this for fun i cant believe how big this blog is)

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[starrii-sturns]

APPRECIATION POST 🖤

So this is just a post to the ppl i’m very close with so if i don’t tag you don’t worry i still love you in my heart 💋

this was supposed to be posted on christmas but i forgot about it

@sturnioloshacker TIAAA BABYYY you are the closest one, i interact with you everyday and you make me laugh so much your like one of the first people i interacted with and one of the few followers that followed me, so thank you so so much for making me laugh everyday putting a smile on my face 💗

@sturniqloo LILIII MLLL, when i first followed you and interacted with my first thoughts were “we are gunna be such great friends” and we are, we share secrets we have our boy talks and you make me smile every time you dm me about anything like boy talk or anything i’m so glad that i’m friends with you and i hope we stay friends forever 💗

@adoreechxmpion BRIII BABYYY i followed you because of lili but when i started interacting with you you were the sweetest girl ever to me and i still remember your purple theme i loved it and ik we aren't that close but i still appreciate you so so much thank you for being my friend ily so so much 💗

@pvssychicken PAYTONNN, we only met like 5 months ago and we’re like besties now we text sometimes and your just the sweetest girl ever i hope we never stop being friends cuz you make me laugh sm ily so much 💗

@luvleyangeldust BELLAAA BABYYY, when you first followed me and interacted with me you were so fucking sweet i love how you went in my inbox almost every day asking me how my day was going or you telling me what’s happening in your life and i love you so much for that i hope that we get to know each other more and that we stay friends ily sm 💗

@cockettechris LYDSS MY BABY, you were one of my first followers when i first came on here even tho we barely started talking again i still love you very much and i love the constant flirting lol i think it’s funny, anyways never stop interacting with me i love you so so much 💗

@kirby0strombolli SARAHHH MY LOVE, i love you sooooooo much i love how sweet you are and you dm me sometime if you have the time to and when i interact with you i literally wait for you to answer my ask like literally waiting for the notification lol, but again you so so sweet and i will love you forever i hope we never stop being friends 💗

@slxt4chriss NAE BABYYY, again one of the many ppl that followed me you will be special in my heart i love how funny you are and how we used to have our boy talks and some flirting here and there lol i love how sweet you are and i love that you were one many of the ppl that followed me first when i came here, thank you for putting a smile on my face all the time ily sm 💗

@flouqiis LUNA BABYYY, ik your not active much but i really hope you see this, you were one of the first people to follow me and i really appreciate that you are supporting me from the start of my account i love you so much for that and you literally make me laugh when we talk i hope we stay friends ily so much 💗

@colorthecosmos444 CECE MLLLL, i love you so so much you were also one of the first people to follow me i love how we interacted almost every day and i really want our friendship to grow but anyways i hope your christmas was well and ily sooo much

some other ppl i appreciate but i’m literally to lazy to post maybe i’ll do another part i promise i will

[mellybabbles]

If KOSA pases and tumblr explodes, I'll leave this here.

Thank you all. Seriously, I've managed to pick myself up, and finally become the person I want to be, because of you all. Mutuals, followers, or maybe just some random that popped by and thought "cool, have a like/reblog" You have all helped me recover and actually take that step into becoming a better person. I'm happy, and I can say that with full confidence. You've all given me an unfathomable amount of joy, and let me meet the love of my life, and people I thought I'd never be able to interact with. For my mutuals:

Thank you @italic-doing-random-shit for inadverately helping me take that first step into trying out tumblr properly again, instead of running away. Thank for you being an amazing friend and always being there for me. Thank you @largefound for giving me the pushes I need to get confident on my art, and branch out and try new things. Thank you for being one of the best friends I could've asked for. Thank you @tundra116 for being a mood booster every time I see soem crack fuckin post or ask in my inbox. You motivated me to keep going and give others the same joy you give me, even if for a split moment. Thank you @still-got-no-idea for fulling up my notifs and giving me a big smile every time you begin to like my posts. We don't talk much, but I'm glad we're mutuals. Thank you @panda-of-the-trash for motivating me to actually be creative with my ideas, and inspiring me to properly write. Thank you @godofautism for accidentally teaching me to be more aware of what those around me are feeling, and allowing me to take a step into treatment for my alexithymia. Thank you @systematic-err0r for being the mutual I always really wanted to get to know. You're always giving comments, reblogs and likes to the point the support can be mindbogling at times. Thank you @c00kietin for motivating me to give new people a chance, and to finally work on the relationships I have now. Thank you @phymarsh for giving me that first boost of excitement of an inspiration of mine following me and interacting with me. For giving me a smile every time I see you on my dash. Thank you @switchthedragon for always remaining strong, inspiring me to do so despite all the hate and threats I was receiving. Thank you @liliallowed for inspiring me to try new artstyles and finally figuring out the one I love the most. Thank you @inka-boi for being one of the biggest beams of light, helping me to learn how to sympathize again and love myself and others. For helping me to go back to my roots and mend what was broken. Thank you @juno-punk for inspiring me to make my own OC's and AU's, instead of locking myself up with shame in fear of what others would think if I made them. Thank you @mikerooksi @lust-sans-vios-rpaccount @wonkus-bonkus @doodlenovaa @killersansofficial @dustsansm1 for showing me back to the joys of interacting with new people and finding joy in it, instead of forcing myself into uncomfortable situations. Thank you @safwunnz for making me feel noticed and big in the grand scheme of everything. Allowing me, even if this might all be gone, to feel like I've made enough of an impact to reach out to artists that inspired of me in the first place. Thank you @elizakai for the first step in art. You're the reason I draw and enjoy it, allowing me to actually have something to do when I'm in a pit or rut of depression. Thank you @/swiftmitsu @/artpepkin for making my month by a simple button click. For all the smiles and laughs your art and animations have given me. The joy I once never got to experience. (Too nervous to ping) Thank you @ant1quarian for allowing me to read stories that actually make me feel like I'm there, and escape how horrible reality can be sometimes.

Thank you all for giving me the love and life I'd lost from being beat down. For those who weren't pinged, I was too nervous. Thank you all so much. For all my friends outside of tumblr that are mutuals on here, you all know how much I care for you and I'm happy to have you all in my life. Thank you for everything.

[killerandhealerqueen]

It's Love Letters Night! Send love and positivity to some of your favorite writers and bloggers!

@hyperbolicgrinch Jaz!!! You truly are my hype woman no matter the fandom and I am so grateful to have met you when Killer and Healer was airing because honestly, you really brighten up my day. Also, I really like your writing, even though we may not be in the same fandoms, and starting the ✨ weekend wip exposure club ✨ with you and Holly was so much fun

@theotherwhybietoldmeso Holly! My beloved! I know we only became friends this year but I am so grateful to have met you! You and Jaz are truly like the MVPs for dealing with me during this time of f1 hyperfixation (which I love, don't get me wrong) and hearing your nice feedback in the tags is always something to look forward to. Also, your fic ideas are so interesting and diverse and I love seeing the different fandoms you write for because of our ✨ weekend wip exposure club ✨

@clawbehavior Claw! My beloved! I know we're no longer in the same fandom, but it's always so fun to read your meta and tags and also see what sort of fanfictions you can come up with just from a simple post, drawing, or gifset. Your mind works a lot like mine creatively so it's so cool to see how your fics/ideas for fics come together and I'm always honored whenever you tag me in your fic ideas or come to me for advice with your fics. Truly so glad we met

@ahhhnorealnamesallowed Billie!!! Thank you for always being my sounding board for whenever I need someone to talk to about my fics because it's so easy to bounce ideas back and forth with you and you're always willing to be my second pair of eyes whenever I'm just fucking done with a fic. Also, thank you for always encouraging my ideas and for thinking that they're not too ambitious (because sometimes I worry that they are). So grateful to have met you when Killer and Healer was airing

@fourth-quartet Took! I know we really don't share fandoms anymore but it's always a delight to see you on my dash talking about things you're passionate about. Also, I really love your writing and will always support you in whatever you decide to write. I'm so glad we became friends when TDJ was airing

@kpopfantasywriter Jiejie! I know I haven't really come to you with fic ideas like I used to, but it's always so much fun to brainstorm fic ideas with you and it's always fun to read your little snippets that you sometimes post to the discord (I'm also very honored to be an OC in your fic, it's a lot of fun). Thank you for always sending me fic ideas/prompts and talking about fics with me, both on here and in the discord. I don't remember when we met but I'm really glad we became friends and have the relationship that we do

@dangermousie Mousie! I know you're not a writer but my god are you one of my favorite bloggers, I love your meta on different dramas and I feel like I'm watching them through you, which is a lot of fun because I get exposed to dramas that I would never actively seek out myself. Your commentary is also so fucking funny and makes me snort because I'd probably be saying the same damn thing too

@seonghwacore Ann! My baby! I know you don't write as much anymore but you are one of my favorite gifmakers and calling you my friend and my baby is like...just everything. Your gifsets for Killer and Healer were (and still are) legendary and your skills have only improved for Ateez and I'm proud to watch you grow. You're doing great, sweetie!

@nineninepetals Nine! I know you're not online as much anymore, but you deserve to be on this list and get this notification because I need you to know that you were and still are one of my biggest Killer and Healer cheerleaders and getting comments in my inbox both on here and on ao3 from you with a full on book report of your reaction to my fics is just...everything. I miss you and hope you are doing well and just know that I'm always thinking of you and I hope you come back to us one day

@marulo Maru! I also know that you're not online as much anymore, but I just wanted to let you know that I love you and miss you and hope you're doing well. You were also one of my biggest cheerleaders for my Killer and Healer fics and were always so supportive. I hope you're doing well and please just know that I miss you and I hope you come back to us one day

@evil-moonlight Jin! Of course you're on this list too! You're always so supportive of my fics and you're also just my biggest cheerleader in general and I really really appreciate you. Your writing is also super good and I hope you write more because damn girl you made feel things

@tytangfei Jina! The one who got me into Killer and Healer! Thank you for doing that, honestly, because that drama truly has changed my life and writing fanfiction for them as been both an honor and a dream. Also, your gifsets for Killer and Healer *chefs kiss*. Truly. They're the reason I got into the drama in the first place. Also, your writing...I hope you write more for them because your writing is so good...

@bestbuds55 Dana! I couldn't forget you too! Your writing is so good. I re-read your Killer and Healer fics all the time but have never dabbled into your Hannibal ones so I need to do that because the premises for them sound so interesting so I know I'm in for a treat

@mishathewtf Mish! Can't forget you either! You truly brighten both my dash and the discord both with your hilarious Killer and Healer memes (truly I think I've spat water while looking at them) as well as your other hyperfixations. Also, it's so fun playing those different games with you over discord because 1) they're interesting and something that I'd never actually play on my own and 2) they're just fun to play with others. Also, I have to thank you for being willing to put on LEGO Lord of the Rings over discord to help me calm my super bad anxiety...it really meant a lot and I know I told you at the time, but...I still think about it sometimes and it warms my heart

@sunriseverse Corset! Of course you're on here too! I love talking with you about fics and listening to you rant about your sunrise verse and honestly the work that you put into that thing is just...mind-boggling. It's so cool, honestly. Also, I love your fics for Couple of Mirrors and I'm so glad you wrote them because they are some of my faves (cuz I love that drama). Also, sending fic/writing questions back and forth to you is just so much fun, I love picking your brain about writing

@okifyouinsist Girl, I couldn't forget you. I know we've only been mutuals for such a short time, but you really have become my cheerleader in the f1 fanfic world and that really means a lot that you get so hyped over my little snippets that I post. I hope that our friendship can strengthen and that we'll be friends for a really long time

@friendlynbhddevil Sammy! I know we only became friends recently, but your love for Killer and Healer is almost as unmatched as mine, like we truly match each others freaks when it comes to those boys. I also love seeing you lose your mind over Beyond Evil cuz I too lost mine damn mind over that show...ugh, I'm just so glad we're friends. You really do brighten up my dash

Also, I know there are so many others who I'd love to put on this list, but then I'd practically be listing all of my mutuals so if your name is not on this list, please just know that I love you, I think about you, and you make my life so much better because you're in it

[butcherhell]

"    the  butcher  is  here .  he ' s  like  a  rabid  canine  ,  thrashing  at  everything  in  sight  .  be careful . "  

credits to kratos-sins, underesources, and skeletonenthusiasts for graphics. thanks!

BUTCHERHELL : an indie , canon - divergent portrayal of Sour Apple Studio's HorrorTale Sans the Skeleton (going by the name butch) not in affiliation or support of the muse's creator. free for anyone to interact with! not limited to just mutuals. functions using x-kit rewritten , operating as an ask / rp blog . established 6 / 24 / 25 . personals are free to interact via asks. roleplay for rp blogs only.

due to the nature of Butch as a character, please interact with caution - keeping in mind the following triggers: blood , death , body horror , self - destructive behavior , suicidal ideation and actions , severe manipulation , toxic relationships , unhealthy codependency , and eating disorders .

below the cut will be some blog rules, and tags, as well as stats in case our carrd is not functioning. please read fully! <3 ( mun : ant , he / any , est )

RULE COLLECTION NO . 1 : please do not godmod or attempt to kill butch. he will fight back. no metagaming either please, these are basics. in regards to ask memes or sending funny things to affect horror, these are always allowed! just don't use knowledge provided in his backstory/stats unless your character already knows that stuff. if your character doesn't, then they don't. effects can only last up to ten asks. be specific for the amount of asks you want it to last for. ask memes never expire! if you see it on the blog, send it in! ALSO, always reblog things from the source as to not flood mun's notifs. thank you! also, i'd personally prefer to plot threads rather than jump straight into them. sometimes if i feel motivated enough that's what i'll do- but plotting is my preference.

RULE COLLECTION NO . 2 : besides the nsfw present on the blog in the form of blood and gore, there will be no smut or sexual connotations. jokes are fine, as butch makes them himself. this is not set in place to limit interactions, i just know a lot of people thirst after him (as do i) but smut makes me (the mun) uncomfortable, considering my interpretation of butch is a questioning member of the ace spectrum. shipping is completely fine as long as there is chemistry and proper relationship - building. butch likes taking people out surprisingly! makes him feel normal. mun's only preference for shipping is nightmare x horror. i like their dynamic a lot

RULE COLLECTION NO . 3 : CROSSOVER AND OC FRIENDLY!!! COME INTO THE INBOX PLEASE!! as you can tell, mun loves ocs and different fandoms. as long as you have a verse or are willing to squeeze into butch's world, we're good to go! i know there's quite a bit when it comes to the utmv fandom, so it's okay to be hesitant. shoot me a dm and i'll tell you all about it! anyway, proshippers are the only specific dni for this blog. mun blocks freely! and of course, duplicates are completely fine as we know the multiverse has many versions of sans. i do not have any particular triggers, but if you do, please let me know and they shall be tagged! only blacklisted media for me is vivziepop productions. just a personal preference!

BUTCH'S STATS: Name : Sans / Horror / Butch Gender : Cis Male , he / him pronouns Sexuality : questioning ace spectrum DOB : August 4th Age : 30 Occupation: Mercenary / Baker Birthplace: Snowdin , Underground Current Residence : Omega Timeline Personality : relies on logic, caring, considerate, intelligent, loyal, short tempered, possessive, unpredictable, territorial, lazy, family oriented and cautious of those unknown. Likes: Baking, cooking, providing for his brother no matter what, music, good books, baked goods. Dislikes: those who are inconsiderate, wasteful people, people with god complexes Hobbies: music, reading, writing, journaling, scrapbooking Build : 6'0, 197lb. bulkier ribcage and thicker legs. Conditions: Chronic migraines, OCD, possible binge eating disorder. VERSE INFO: the current reality this horror resides in is a place familiar to many, the omega timeline. while him and many variants of himself and others reside there, he does bother to leave and pick up jobs occasionally. he works for nightmare on a regular basis, similar to a puppet on a string. the only reason he does this is to keep him and his brother safe. he often switches locations, going between his shared apartment with his brother and nightmare's domain, which takes the form of a castle. as for how he got in this mess: butch and his brother were 'rescued' by core!frisk after the collapse of their timeline, caused by the death of aliza at the hands of queen undyne. considering that wasn't supposed to happen, the timeline began to self-destruct as the monsters of the underground began to realize they were truly doomed. considering this to be a charitable moment in which core!frisk could provide a safe space and rehabilitation to the monsters of this timeline, they took, butch, his brother nicknamed gums, and a few other select monsters, having them transported to the omega timeline. and that was that, until one day, years after butch and gums had been rescued, he received a letter from nightmare offering to provide protection if he were to work for him. wanting to do anything to keep his brother safe, butch accepted. and now nightmare is pulling the strings on his life, keeping him tethered to a reality of death and gore.

[samthehyena]

On Writing Fanfic Comments

So we all know how fanfic writers love comments - ngl comments are fuel for writers the way sunshine is for flowers! Just seeing a little notification from my fanfic email inbox that someone commented brings me so much joy. Still, commenting is a tricky thing and sometimes it's hard to put how much you enjoyed a fic into words especially if your emotional bandwidth is low.

Alas, with no further ado here are some simple commenting routes you can go with if you're stumped as I so often am with commenting.

Method 1: Bonus Kudos

Are you shy but still want to go the extra mile to express your love for a story? Then this short and sweet method might be for you. Just say "second kudos" or "bonus kudos". I also love it when people leave three consecutive heart emojis as a comment and I affectionately call those bonus kudos.

I've also seen some crafty commenters make a jpeg that looks like the regular kudos button but reads "second kudos" - so if you've got some picture editing and HTML skills that's also a super cute option.

Method 2: Be Straightforward

If you want to keep things simple, go for it. Even one concise positive sentence can do a lot, e.g. something down the lines of "I really enjoyed this! Thank you for writing!"

Method 3: Slightly Feral Energy

Want to express how the fic has grabbed your mind, body and spirit in sense that the brainrot has taken over in the best way possible? Consider typing out something like "AHHHHHH I never knew you much I needed something like this. Your story is really itching a corner of my brain!!! I will be chewing on this for days!!"

Method 4: My usual comment formula

I kind of structure a lot of my comments the same way to get over the anxiety over being perceived XD

It's usually something with the following structure:

"This was SO GOOD!

(Optional: The [insert sth you thought was well done] was really cool/tugged at my heartstrings/was everything/hurt me in the best way.)

Great fic<3 <3 <3"

Anyways, those are just some of my go-to's. There are plenty of more ways to write fanfic comments. Just please refrain from asking for updates or sequels because that makes many writers anxious.

[elphilim]

>> To the one anon who send me this ask about posting a promo and me having so less interactions etc.:

PS: long post! But it's kinda important, cause there is some parts in the tumblr rpc that also annoys me pretty much.

Yeah I know I could post a promo and maybe it would attract more followers etc. and I would have done so already if I wanted to do this. But the fact is, I don't. I barely have time to engage with the people I'm already writing with and those are really not many.

I mean just look at my tracker, there are once again threads who haven't been answered since the beginning of May and we have June now.

Ofc I'm not closed to new people, if anyone stumbles over my blog and wants to interact or if I stumble over a blog I find interesting, I still follow (back) and write with them. But I try to keep my list small, not just for my sanity but also because I know, just because you have a lot of mutuals doesn't mean you have many interactions. For most of them you're just a number to make their followerlist look bigger and I'm not interested in being food for people's ego...

I mean right now I follow 19 people, 25 are following me and out of them I'm actively writing with only 8 and out of those 8 people it's like only 2-3 who really like and comment my stuff or talk ooc with me, without waiting for me to make the first step (not judging or blaming anyone here, only stating facts)

I have 8 threads, 31 drafts, my inbox: empty, activity: almost every day at 0; sometimes I get a like or a comment but that's it, DMs: you can hear crickets chirping and if you want to write there you first have to dust off the chat. My notifications almost never go over 5 per week. It happenes almost every time that I come on here and I got nothing: No dm, no ask, no like, no comment, no nothing. And if I do have more than this, I can be sure the bots have found me again...

And still I barely have any time to answer to this 8 threads like once a week or get to post the 31 drafts I have saved. It's not like I'm drowning in stuff to do here on tumblr, that I get so much stuff to answer to or anything like that and still, I'm happy if I manage to answer to everyone's thread at least once a month or write the starters I promised in the same month.

Do I wish people would engage more around here, sure I do. Who isn't happy when people show interest in something you created and stuff. But it is what it is, you can't force people to do so and it's also not fair to ask for more interaction, if you yourself can't do much either.

I always say: "You get what you give."

If you give much but won't get anything in return: Stop giving. But if you don't give anything yourself, don't be surprised if you don't get anything either.

The one thing I'm mostly dissapointed here on tumblr is, that everyone here kinda sits back and wait for the others to make the first step and then complain when no one does it. I see a lot people here on tumblr complaining about this, and with each one of them I always ask myself "Yeah I get it, but how much did you gave first?" You don't get to lean back and put your feet up, waiting for the sun to shine upon you and then complain cause everyone else is doing the same.

I get it, it's annoying if it's you who always has to be the one to write the first dm, to send all the ideas or pitching plots. It's frustrating if you always have to be the one to write starters and don't get them back or the one to reblogg, like, comment and send asks etc. while everyone around you is kinda like just sit there waiting and only respond to what you give them. There I can understand people complaining, that everyone else is just waiting to get served.

But in a community as broken as the rpc seems to be someone has to be the "bigger guy" and suck it up and idk start somehow. Otherwise you won't get anything started at all. Over time you learn who of your mutuals appriciate you and your efforts and who you can just drop again. I prefer to make the first steps, hoping that something like a friendship builds between us, than to be yet another person who just sits back and waits for the world to do all the work for you. There are still people here on tumblr who, when they see the effort you give to them, they give the same effort back to you again. You just have to find them which can take very long and be very exhausting, but they're still around here.

I mean sure, beside the threads I sometimes send in memes or asks, or comment, like or reblogg stuff from others, but again I can't force anyone to do the same.

But don't get this wrong: I'm fine with doing the first step and I'm also very patient. But if this continues and it's ALWAYS me to make the first step, at one point I'll be dropping you again. I always observe my mutuals a little. I observe who makes the effort to write to me first every now and then or who only waits and replies when I write first. I see who comes to me of their own accord, checking on me, sending stuff in, throwing ideas at me etc. and who doesn't. I see exactly who only seems to be interested if I was the one to write first and then just forgets about me again if I don't. At a certain point, my patience will run out too and I'll stop sending you stuff. If even more time passes and you still don't get your arse in gear, I'll unfollow you again. It's that simple. I'm fine with doing the first step, I'm fine with reaching out and interact first. But I'm not stupid and I won't waste my time on people who just take and won't give.

As I said: I'm not here to feed people's ego. No matter how cool your blog or how special your muse is.