#tue thread ;;

[littlebadger]

TUE!verse || START 》 @fruity-hub-blog / @lordfruitloop

A deep ache had settled into his bones, every muscle stiff and sore as he lay in the hospital bed, the sheets tucked too tightly around him. His eyelids felt heavy, barely open, and his vision blurred under the harsh glare of the fluorescent lights above. He’d been drifting in and out of consciousness for what felt like hours, but now his mind refused to let him slip back into sleep. Everything hurt.

Where am I? He shifted under the covers, his vision slowly adjusting. The steady, rhythmic beep of a heart monitor filled the room, its sound grating on his nerves. He turned his head to glare at the screen—it was too loud.

No, what was loud was the ringing in his ears—the deafening blast of—

A sharp gasp tore from his throat as his entire body tensed. Instinctively, he tried to sit up but was met with a surge of pain, forcing a pained hiss from his lips. His trembling body collapsed back onto the mattress, every nerve screaming.

The Nasty Burger. His parents. Jazz. Sam. Tucker. Mr. Lancer, too?

“Hey! Help! Hello!?” Danny’s voice cracked with desperation as the heart monitor beside him spiked, its alarm shrill and piercing, calling the nurses to his side.

[pastafossa]

Hiiii, I’ve been gone a while, and just decided to catch up on TRT, I noticed you haven’t posted in while! Just wanted to say I hope you’re doing okay!

Thank you so much anon! 😭 I'm ok! I did however, unfortunately, catch covid at the con where I met Charlie, and true to my doc's warning, it ran my ass over. Most of the symptoms are gone now but I've been dealing with some monstroussss brain fog every since - lots of forgetting words (including character names), can't concentrate, etc. It's made writing incredibly difficult.

BUT the good news is I've been working on finding workarounds and/or ways to adapt my writing process, and have had some success. And I've also been writing in tiny chunks as my focus allows! Put it all together and I have finally managed to bang out a chapter, scheduled to drop this Tuesday! Editing it as we speak. ❤ We'll see if I can get back to weekly updates (my goal) but at the very least we'll have a chapter drop soon!

[lcfthaunted]

everything is queued! i don't have any drafts or anything in my askbox now! maybe i can tempt you to fix that?

[atohii]

oh we're fear mongering about automated fire control now. smart.

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[hypewinter]

You know those moments when someone says the wrong thing at the wrong time and it was just the little nudge your mental health needed to go careening off the edge? Well that's what's currently happening to Danny.

He is fresh out of the horrific events of TUE when Vlad forces him into attending a gala with him. Danny's sanity is hanging on but a thread but all he has to do is hang on for one more night and then he can go home to be comforted by his friends. That is until some heiress makes a comment. It's a small comment, a DUMB comment, but it's all Danny's mental state needed to go into a full blown panic attack.

He's on the floor, he's crying, he's gasping for air. Nothing is helping. Especially not Vlad's attempts to calm him down. Danny feels like he's drowning and falling from the sky all at once when suddenly he hears a second voice speaking to him. This voice is telling him the same things Vlad was but it's different this time. This voice isn't the reason his mental health crisis is on display for all to see. This voice doesn't have the same negative memories attached to it. This voice is calming. Danny finds himself clinging to this random stranger for dear life as his breathing steadies. He buries his face into an unknown yet warm chest.

"Please," he whispers. "Get me out of here."

[hmhas-00]

Ch. 23

Hit Me Hard & Soft

A/N- Do we ship Billie & Ellie?? Hmmm… (like and rb if you miss Remy lol) Hope you guys are enjoying the book so far! Stay tuned Tues&Thurs for updates and check out my masterlist!

Billie’s POV

The next few days flew by. I almost didn’t even remember what I did all week. Mostly, I moped around, dragging through the day, dodging phone calls or texts messages like the plague.

I overate, burned off the calories in my gym, then ate some more, slept, showered, watched more tv…

The events that transpired on my birthday, or should I say, the night of my birthday, left me feeling so distraught. I felt so embarrassed, so… douchebag-like, for leaving her like that.

That night, I felt like I was going crazy. Maybe I need to go back to therapy again. I mean, am I going to look at girls and see Remy for the rest of my life? That’s ridiculous. She really did look like her, but that’s no coincidence, okay? Maybe I have a type.

Every day is like this. My head explodes into internal rants, just like this one. It leves me in a fog for the rest of the day.

Maybe I should text her. I thought. I need to get her number and apologize. I’ll start with that.

I sit up on my empty couch, tucking my knees into my torso and text my friend Sydney, asking for Ellie’s number.

Some time passes and I finally get in contact with her.

She texts back, and I immediately open the thread.

Ellie: I was wondering if I’d ever hear from you lol

Billie: fuck sorry. i’ve been going thru some shit. it wasn’t fair to do that to you. you were so sweet about it. i’m sorry I ran off like that.

Ellie: I’d love to help if I can 😇

I wondered how she could help. Or if she’d even understand. I guess I owed it to her to find out. Either way, I couldn’t get Remy’s smile out of my mind.

I mean Ellie’s.

Fuck.

I looked back down at my phone, began to type, but couldn’t find the right thing to say. All I know, is I need to get out of the house.

Billie: I’d love to see you again. 🤞🏻

Ellie: Your place this time? 🥴

Tempting, but no. Absolutely not. I’m tired of being in here. And if I embarrassed myself like that again, it’d probably be my 13th reason.

Billie: How about we go get some food?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Before I knew it, the day took its course. We didn’t even notice the sun setting from underneath her sheets.

Our breathy voices and bare sweaty bodies needed some air. Ellie rested her face on her hand with her elbow propped up on the pillow, gazing at me as I zoned out.

“Where’d you go?” She took her opposite hand and brushed the stray hairs off my face.

I shook my head, trying to be as present as possible, careful not to fuck this up again. “Nowhere.” My eyes met hers, trailing off to her neck, noticing there were no freckles. They were never there.

I lifted my head off the pillow and kissed her collarbone, tuning out my inner thoughts. I know this can’t be healthy. And probably so selfish of me.

“You’re not gonna take off now, are you?” Her voice uncertain. I felt awful.

I stopped and pulled my face away, looking into her eyes. “No! Unless, you want me to?”

“No, this is nice.” Her lengthy eyelashes pleaded and her arm wrapped around me.

“It is.” I smiled. “I like you, Ellie, I do. I’m sorry if I’m giving mixed signals. My life is complicated right now and-“

Ellie let out a small laugh under her breath and nodded. “I get it. No pressure, really.” She smiled. Her lips were glossy, naturally pink, and especially plump for how much time I spent sucking on them.

I nodded, loving the sound of that. No pressure.

“I mean, how much more pressure can we add, right? We’re literally fully naked right now in your bed.” I joked.

“Whatever you wanna do, at your pace. Even if it’s just this. As long as you take me out to dinner once in a while.” Ellie laughed softly.

“Hey, it’s not gonna be just this, okay? I’m not like that.” I tried to reassure her, not knowing if she really was joking or laughing through the hurt.

Maybe sex was a bad idea. My mind began to spiral again. I shut my eyes, trying to avoid making things weird again.

Okay, maybe I’m the problem.

“Billie, I’m so down to just go with the flow.” She put her fingertips on my chin and tilted my face in her direction. “Are you?”

Her eyes looked sincere and inviting. I just wanted to stop the impulsive thoughts. I quickly wrapped my arms around her waist, pulling her back on top, right where I wanted her. She towered over me, close enough for me to let my lips speak for themselves.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Weeks went by, and it was finally the end of January. Ellie and I had been seeing each other every day since December 21st. My friends had met her a handful of times and they seemed to like her. She fit right in. There were no problems, except… the elephant in the room.

More so the elephant not in the room. She wanted to know more about Remy.

Who is that girl in all your pictures?

What happened between you two?

Why don’t you talk anymore?

All valid questions. I just didn’t want to open up that can of worms. Because if I did, I’d have to explain more than I care to admit.

Don’t get me wrong, I loved to talk about important things. The deep things. The importantly deep things about her, of course. It was harder to open up about mine. Most things came out as a result of my oversharing. But there were things I didn’t even bring up. And neither did she, actually.

Until a package showed up at my door while she was here.

Well, she was always here. I didn’t mind, though. It meant I didn’t have to sit alone in my thoughts. Plus, she was really cool. Her energy and vibes were great. She made me laugh, I made her laugh. She has a beautiful soul. And she turns me on. She can go all day. It doesn’t matter what time it is, she could keep up.

I digress.

Anyway, the package.

A golden wrapped present at my door tied with a huge gold bow appeared at my door, with a tag that read, “From Remy ❤️”

“I mean, I just don’t understand why you don’t want to open it. I’ll leave if you rather do it alone.” She fidgeted with her fingers. She seemed upset, and maybe I was making it worse.

“I still wouldn’t open it. I don’t want to.” I shook my head, hoping she’d drop it.

“But, why? What happened between you guys?” She insisted?

“Ellie-“

“I just want to know more about you! Is that wrong?”

“No! It’s just not important!” I grabbed her arm, hoping it would soothe her, but it just made her even more upset.

“Not important? You guys were best friends. There’s photos of you two everywhere. Her things are in your room, Billie!” She crossed her arms.

I ran a hand through my hair, wanting to run off and shut down, knowing it would only make it worse.

“Ellie, this is just personal. It’s complicated! Remember we talked and you said no pressure? This is a lot of pressure.”

She scoffed, “Got it. You’re right.” She turned around, grabbing her stuff, heading for the hallway.

“No, don’t go.” I followed, rubbing my face, frustrated and confused. “Ellie I didn’t mean it like that.”

She said nothing, trotting down the staircase.

“Please, just hear me out. I just mean, it’s tough for me to open up. I need some time to just process-“

“Hasn’t enough time gone by? I mean you have no problems fucking me every day. You can do that and still find it hard to trust me?”

Sadly, yes. But I didn’t want to tell her that. I didn’t want to make it worse.

“Of course not!” I stopped her, grabbing her hand and making her face me. “Please, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to upset you. I do trust you.”

I lied. Sort of. I trusted her with some things. I trusted her in my house, with my phone, I trusted her with other details of my life…

It’s just hard to tell the girl I’m seeing, and trying to fall in love with, that I am- I mean, was in love with my former best friend. That the feelings I’m supposed to feel for her, are so muddled by the image of my former best friend.

“How is this supposed to work if you can’t trust me with everything? You won’t let me in.” She held onto my hand.

Maybe she’s right. Maybe if I let her in, I’ll drop these other feelings, and I’ll feel closer to her. Maybe letting her in will help me get over myself.

I took a deep breath. “Okay.” I nodded. I pulled her hand, leading her into the living room, where the present sat.

She stood next to me as I carefully pulled on the beautiful ribbon bow.

[srbachchan]

DAY 6070

Jalsa, Mumbai Sept 30, 2024/Oct 1 Mon/Tue 12:28 am

Birthday - EF Shubhi Jha Kansal ..

Bushra Ef Algeria .. Tuesday, 1 October

my greetings and wishes for this special day and love from the Ef ❤️ ...

.. that tune again .. tis' has not lost its presence meaning and timeless connect .. and on loop for inspiration and provocation for better work .. which was done .. in perhaps earlier than what was envisaged ..

giving time for the body and mind ..

how beautifully music inspires for the greater levels of life and living .. that direct connect with the Almighty .. that delicate thread of soul to soul ..

.. and then the desire to discover and seek answers to the chapters of life and living and existing that never had prominence earlier , but have now .. the why and wherefore and when and the ifs and buts .. all shaken up in that large casket of thoughts and incidents leading up to a very large question mark ..

and then why now .. why not before .. WHY .. ??

but ..

that same feel of the moment then .. not being felt by them that needed to feel , to the same extent that one does ..

BUT ..

so long as the feel remains with you for the same reason despite the passage of time .. that is divine .. and now a greater 'divine' than the earlier ..

this is bliss ..

in the end one is left with his or her own .. a mind a database that is yours and no other .. the satisfaction of knowing that it shall remain stored ever till its living ..

.. and if the 'other' fails to give it the colour you had seen it in ..

THEN ..

live yourself .. with the self .. it is the most treasured existence ....

spending a lifetime expectant of the same plane presence , is not the time for it .. EVER

keep it to you .. and not the 'rs' that follows .. youRS ..

it is the most vibrant gift ever to the self .. draw a sheet of non transferable curtains over them .. them that never did want to ..

time to retire .. and a short glimpse of work and the inspired sound

... out of the door ; and onto the floor ..

bright in its redness .. contemplative .. yet attentive to the delivery of the subject matter ..

Love

Amitabh Bachchan

[absolutebl]

This Week in BL - Japan is Winning on Kisses & Other Alternate Realities

Organized, in each category, with ones I'm enjoying most at the top.

March 2024 Wk 4

Ongoing Series - Thai

Two Worlds (Thurs IQIYI) ep 3 of 10 - It would be great if we got the alternative romance with dead Kram from Tai’s perspective (JBL style.) Still I like this show. It’s a little bit like I Feel You Linger in the Air only with a love triangle. And while I'm not a fan of triangles as a general rule, I don’t mind it here because the set up is clever. Wayu and  ao are fun sides too. It sure is moving very quickly, which I like. I’m not entirely sure what’s going on. But that’s normal for me with this kind of Thai drama. 

Deep Night (Thurs iQiyi) ep 4 of 8 - They are extremely sappy boyfriends. I love that mom has a secret gf. Could we please have more of them? The love triangle sides are ridiculous, but I do like that it’s all out in the open. I also like they are actually addressing the complicated parental dynamics of owning a sex club. Honestly, I think Khem should have to be a host too. Learn him the right way, girl!

City of Stars (Fri iQIYI) ep 9 of 12 - It’s good, I like the fallout and them actually having to deal with crazy fans and past relationships. They’re so good at communicating it’s kind of a pleasure to watch them suffer through external pressures, because I have faith that they can make it through.

To Be Continued (Thai C3 Thailand grey) ep 6 of 8 - They are such cute puppy dads and so clearly meant to be together, the fact that they aren’t is just frustrating. The fight thing was stupid. And not a whole lot happened... plus singing. I’m getting fatigued with this one. 

1000 Years Old ep 7 of 12 - Did I miss something happening, or did nothing happen? 

Kiseki Chapter 2 (Sun iQIYI) ep 2 of 6 - It’s so boring, there’s so much guitar playing, and it got weirdly voyeuristic (in a very much not sexy way). I’m totally out. DNF

Close Friend Season 3: Soju Bomb! (Weds iQIYI) ep 3 of 6 - I can’t tell if this is trying to be a BL Romancing the Stone, or a BL Hangover, or both. The problem with situational comedy is it must be both situational and comedic, not just option one. The problem with calling something BL, is that it must be BL. This show got 1 of 3 claims correct. 33% is not a passing grade. DNF 

Honestly, it's the HANDS with these two. They do beautiful beautiful things with their hands. If you're one of those hands-obsessed BLabies you should be watching LIBTSTA!

Ongoing Series - Not Thai

Unknown (Taiwan Tues Youku YouTube & Viki) ep 6 of 11 - So the worst finally happened. The mountain of pain has fallen down upon us. And now, hopefully in the second half things get better for our boys. But what a rough ride. Normally, this is not my style of BL, but everyone is doing such a gorgeous job with it, I can’t fault it… except that it hurts. The red thread symbolism was elegantly done. I’d like to hope we get a reunion in the next one, but knowing this style of series they’re gonna draw it out. There's gonna be a more pain first.

Love is Better the Second Time Around AKA Koi wo Suru nara Nidome ga Joto (Japan Weds Gaga) ep 4 of 6 - Those fuck me puppy dog eyes were perfectly executed. I would not have been able to resist either. Gosh they are so damn cute. This is a great show.

Jazz for Two (Korea Gaga/grey) eps 1-2 of 8 - This comes from the Shoulder to Cry On team so I'm scared, but this one is all actors* not idols so maybe they'll be braver. Boy howdy does it have a fantastic opening sequence. Also the lead is fucking adorable. Mr Broody McBroodypants is cute too. Korea sure loves “pretty but broken.” On the JBL end of the spectrum, is everyone in love with their siblings? That’s weird. The dining room scene was painful. All in all, it's good, I'm intrigued. Let's see how you go little show.

I stand absolutely corrected the lead is a member of NEWKIDD (in my defense I'd never heard of them until Build Up last month). I did recognize him from To My Star because at the time I thought he was too pretty to be only a side character.

AntiReset (Taiwan Fri Viki/Gaga) ep 10 fin - Again there was overuse of previous footage and maudlin navel-gazing grief over something we knew was going to happen. So I didn’t really feel much emotional connection to the drama. 7 year time gap.? t was a cute reunion but the moral quandary never really got resolved. I don’t know how to rate this, I’m not sure I will ever watch it again, so that is a big mark against it.

There’s nothing objectively wrong with this BL except how upsetting it is because of the foundational pygmalion story - grown man falls in love with an android who is basically both his slave and, by maturity level, a child. Yet that premise is crystal clear from the get go, so we watch it eyes open. The actors are cute, the romance sweet, the physical chemistry on point (of course, it’s Taiwan) and yet I was left ultimately unsettled by the concept, content, and plot. 7/10 

My Strawberry Film (Japan Thurs Gaga) ep 7 of 8 - I'm so ready for this to be over, and for Gaga to have something good on. Soon please?

It's done, ready to binge, but I suck

What Did You Eat Yesterday Season 2 AKA Kinou Nani Tabeta? Season 2 (Japan Gaga) 10 eps

It's airing but...

Graduation Countdown (Taiwan YouTube) - It's too much to ask me to keep up with 2 minute verticals, I don't have that kind of TikTok endurance training. Waiting to binge.

A Secretly Love (Thai Sat WeTV grey) 10 eps - I watched the first ep but grey is too much work for this inferior of a show. I may pick up and binge if it gets distribution but for now, it gets a DNF from me. KimCop might have held this crap together but Kim without Cop? No thank you.

Lady Boy Friends (Thai WeTV grey) 16 eps - reminds me a bit too much of Diary of Tootsies only high school. Not my thing. DNF unless it turns a corner and is truly amazing.

Tangential to the genre

There has been the occasional discussion on this topic here in this little corner of tumblr so I thought there might be a few intersted in this podcast: AmericanThaiGuy Ron Weaver on the Complicated Issue of Racism in Thailand (The Bangkok Podcast)

Thailand passed its Marriage Equality bill through the lower house. It's expected to pass the high house and get signed by the King, but that hasn't quite happened yet.

And MaxTul dropped a photo shoot.

Next Week Looks Like This:

Starting Soon

3/31 Only Boo! (Thai GMMTV YouTube) 12 eps - New main couple for GMMTV in an idol romance about a boy who dances good and a food stand vendor. Other side of the tracks grumpy/sunshine pair who fall deeply in love but, of course, baby boy idol can't date. Boyband but from GMMTV? Control your singing and I'm game.

3/31 The Next Prince (Thai ????) 12 eps - trailer. ZeeNew in a fantasy/historical set in a palace where Zee plays a knight and Nu a prince - YES PLEASE. (Apparently this is just the pilot, not the start of the actual show, see comments.)

4/1 Love is like a Cat (Korea ????) 12 eps - This completed filming Aug 2022(!) which means there have been serious problems with post-production. This is another of Silkwood's Korean+Thai colab projects. Mew Suppasit plays a rookie film star, called the Cat Prince (for his cold arrogance) who goes up against a charismatic puppyish animal daycare director (JM of JUST B). There is a side romance (love triangle?) with a veterinarian. Geonu of JUST B is also in the cast. Dual languages.

Hum, trash-watch-a-licious?

4/3 We Are (Thai GMMTV YouTube iQIYI) 12 eps - University ensemble BL featuring PondPhuwin, WinnySatang, AouBoom, MarcPawinPoon - basically the good kind of messy gay friendship group (so more My Engineer and less Only Friends). Looks a bit like the Kiss series but everyone is queer. I'm IN!

4/11 Living With Him AKA Kare no Iru Seikatsu (Japan ????) 10 eps - Kindly Ryota goes off to uni only to find his new roommate is his childhood bestie, Kazuhito. Kazuhito doesn’t have a girlfriend and Ryota tries to help him figure out why, they fall in love along the way. Same director as Old Fashion Cupcake.

4/11 Gray Shelter AKA Gray Currents (Korea ????) 4 eps - SooHyuk is only just surviving and reunites with YoonDae, an old friend. They end up living together. One of the leads is played by Choco of Choco Milk Shake.

4/18 At 25:00, in Alaska AKA 25 Ji, Akasaka de (Japan Gaga - may not be global) 10 eps - Yuki lands his first starring role in a BL drama alongside superstar Asami (previously his senior at uni). Said superstar suggests they form a sham relationship until filming concludes. As they actually begin to fall in love, the spotlight begins to burn.

Seriously? You're killing me with these titles, boys.

4/26 My Stand-In (Thai iQIYI) 12 eps - adaptation of Chinese novel "Professional Body Double" by Shui Qiang Cheng. Stars Up (Lovely Writer) and Poom (Bake Me Please) directed by the same team as KP (not a recommendation IMHO - my biggest criticism of that show was the clashing directing styles). This one looks well complicated, lemme try: Joe is a stuntman for famous actor Tong. Joe falls in love with Ming but Ming sees Joe as nothing more than a Tong-replacement. After learning this horrible truth, Joe dies. Joe then wakes up in the body of another man also named Joe. He manages to rebuild the same life as before—with the same people eventually re-meeting Ming. Ming wants Joe back but Joe doesn't understand why. But Ming seems to know what's going on and wants to give him some kind of explanation.

I'm exhausted just trying to describe the plot.

Knock-Knock Boys (Thai WeTV) - 4 college friends conspire to help their friend lose his virginity. Familiar faces like Seng (yes, Billy's previous partner) and Best, news here.

Upcoming BLs for 2024 are listed here. This list is not kept updated, so please leave a comment if you know something new or RP with additions.

NOTE: It looks like one of my personal favorites of last year Unintentional Love Story is getting a spin off!

THIS WEEK’S BEST MOMENT

Just these two, in my head, rent free. Thanks Japan!

(Last week)

Streaming services are listed by how I (usually) watch, which is with a USA based IP, and often offset by a day because time zones are too much work.

The tag BLigade: @doorajar @solitaryandwandering @my-rose-tinted-glasses @babymbbatinygirl @babymbbatinygirl @isisanna-blog @mmastertheone @pickletrip @aliceisathome @urikawa-miyuki @tokillamonger @rocketturtle4

If ya wanna be tagged each week leave a comment and I will add you to the template. Easy peesy. (With so many tags when does a weekly tumblr post become a newsletter? That is this week's philosophical question...)

[kandisheek]

FIC REC WEEK 40 - JEALOUSY

MASTERPOST

Here are all the fics I recommended this week. If you want to see my actual review of these fics, the posts are all linked as well. Please enjoy, and remember to leave comments and kudos!

MON: long fic (50k+)

Truth Behind Masks by scifigrl47

TUE: mid-length fics (15-50k)

Poster Child by sabrecmc

Coffee into Theorems by BladeoftheNebula

Leaping to Conclusions by Sineala

WED: series (with 3+ fics)

Long Overdue Gifts: Series by Faillen

THU: long fic (50k+)

The art of longing by itsallAvengers

FRI: short fics (>15k)

Mission SteveTony by itsallAvengers

Logical Fallacies by Anonymous

Platonic Cuddling (In Which Tony Is A Pillow) by tarialdarion

Wake Up Someday by thepartyresponsible

Tony Stark On The Rocks by copperbadge

SAT: author spotlight

gottalovev

What about us? lead up the garden path Something like fate Let me dream a song As Thick As Thieves

SUN: short fics (>15k)

out of my mind by xWinterDreamsx

Like a Hurricane by resurrectedhippo

thread the needle by meidui

Spring Child by maddy_does (favefangirl)

Get Tsum One New by nightwalker

[ghost-of-kreacher]

I wanna see something silly with y'all what are your Sinners' work schedules like? because I just listed down what my sinners do each week (what days they're in which luxcavation, when they go in MDs for their specific team of the week,etc)

legend

Sinner - Exp Lux days (Thread Lux days)

Yi Sang - Sun, Wed, Thurs (Mon, Wed)

Faust - Fri, Sat (Mon)

Don Quixote - Mon, Tues, Fri, Sat

Ryoshu - Sun, Wed, Thurs (Mon)

Meursault - Sun, Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs (Wed)

Hong Lu - Sun, Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs (Sun, Mon)

Heathcliff - Sun, Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs (Sun)

Ishmael - Fri, Sat (Mon)

Rodion - Fri, Sat (Thurs)

Sinclair - Sun, Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat (Fri, Sat)

Outis - Fri

Gregor - Mon, Tues (Sun, Thurs)

MDs (weekly, not counting sinners that are only there for a passive)

Burn - Ryoshu, Ishmael, Rodion, Sinclair, Outis

Bleed - Yi Sang, Don Quixote, Ryoshu, Heathcliff, Ishmael, Outis

Tremor - Faust, Don Quixote, Hong Lu, Heathcliff, Rodion, Outis

Poise - Yi Sang, Faust, Don Quixote, Ryoshu, Meursault, Hong Lu, Heathcliff, Sinclair, Outis

Sinking - Yi Sang, Hong Lu, Heathcliff, Ishmael, Rodion, Outis, Gregor

Charge - Faust, Don Quixote, Ryoshu, Meursault, Heathcliff, Ishmael, Outis

[studysmth]

🚫 No Scrolling Challenge 🚫

Recently, I realized that I spend all my free time endlessly scrolling through Insta reels, Reddit posts, Threads, etc. I need to stop and do something productive - or actually rest - not just physically, but mentally as well, giving myself space to think. From now on, the only type of content I'm allowing myself to consume is YouTube videos (more-less long and related to my interests). To hold myself accountable for how I spend my time, I will post weekly lists of everything I watched.

Mon 17/02

understimulating my overstimulated brain for a week

Amazon are changing the way you own your Kindle books

I tried reading at 5 AM for a week... until this happened | cozy reading vlog

Tue 18/02

The Linguistics Iceberg Explained

Wed 19/02

Language learners are confused about "immersion"

5 Life Changing Journal Techniques

battling the winter blues.

Thur 20/02

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Fri 21/02

(~1 h of Instagram scrolling here 🥲)

Cooking every recipe I see online for a week

Sat 22/02

Weird, Obscure & Niche Books I'm Excited to Read (a VERY random book haul)

Stop forgetting new words! How to remember vocabulary in ANY language

We Challenged AI with Completely Random Ingredients (ChatGPT)

Sun 23/02

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🎉The End of Week 1🎉

[anne-is-ominous]

Phoenix Reignited: The Siege on Royal Road

Hello, Firebirds! It's that day! I have just unleashed Phoenix Reignited on Royal Road. I have been excited about this for a long time.

Royal Road is the platform on which I will most likely attempt to publish original fiction after Phoenix ultimately concludes. It's therefore very important to my future goals to build a following on that platform, and Reignited is my best shot to do so. To do that, the one real path is a thing called Rising Stars, an algorithm that basically picks what content gets promoted on the front page and stuff.

Most of the cheat codes people use to game Rising Stars - popular tags like progressive fiction/litRPG and paid ads, for example - are unavailable to Phoenix as a fanfiction, so I am working from a disadvantage. I delayed this launch until I could get everything just perfect - and the amount of consternation it caused the overall Reignited launch because of trying to figure this out was astronomical. I am trying to thread a needle blindfolded in a hurricane. The one advantage I do have? You.

Rising Stars is calculated based on number of page reads as a function of time from unique IP addresses, plus advanced reviews. What this means is that my best shot at hitting the list is if everybody visits the chapters when they drop, and I get several advanced reviews. (Advanced reviews are an option where you type stuff, and fill out more than one 1-5 star rating, as opposed to the basic ones - the basic ones count basically not at all in the algorithm which is the dumb.)

My plan is to drop TEN chapters today - the first just now at noon Eastern, and then one an hour for the next nine hours. After that, I will drop a chapter a day for the rest of December, and if I do, on December 31, it'll catch up with AO3 and the other platforms and then fall back to the same Tues/Thurs/Sat cadence. By then, it will either have reached Rising Stars, or I know it won't likely do so.

It would mean the world to me if you would help me with this effort. If you don't have a Royal Road account (and don't want to make one) the easiest and best thing you can do to help is just… click the chapter links and scroll to the bottom. Let the thing think you read it. If you want to be super super super extra amazing, you could create an advanced review - for that, you'll need an account, of course. The community isn't certain if comments count toward the algorithm - the exact metrics are kept secret - but it couldn't hurt if you're so inclined.

I'm giving this the full-court press to try and make it work, despite tall odds. All of you who are always saying, "how can I do something awesome to help support your endeavors?" This is it.

Here's the link. (Can you tell I was frazzled this morning? I forgot to include it!) https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/99736/phoenix-reignited-edition/chapter/1934053/101-no-way-back

[scarlet-abyss]

weekly yapfest lol

im on the bus and im bored af - ive caught up on my mangas, fanfics, and phone calls - called 2 of my friends just to catch up and make sure no one died. we're all hanging on to our last thread of sanity, but it's fine cuz we have a long ass break up to next tues.

had a pretty chilled and interesting week ig.

wed: volunteering ended near my besties house so i called to see if she was home but she was in sch. was mildly disappointed but js took the train home anyway. her sch to house commute and my volunteering to house commute were in opp dirns. she had to pass thru my stop to get home, and we tried to coordinate and it worked. it was like a scene from a movie - the doors of the trains opened and we waved from the opp trains 💀. we traumatised some clowns by our violent hugging but hey, get a life you losers.

kidnapped her to my house and my mum made us some snacks aka baby corn fry and potato wedges (gods I love her) and we yapped about our lives - #freetherapywithjunkfood.

originally the plan was her to grab back home but the grabs were too ex so my mum and i dropped her. i love it when my mum speeds on the expressway - it feels like im running far far away from everything. then we had dinner with her fam and it was so fun cuz we had great pasta and mcd sundae with extra hot fudge hehe.

thurs: came back home quite late so skipped sch. took a day to myself, watched movies lol and i think it helped. yes, next week has 2 tests - chem theory and practical but it's alr. i think i can make it out alive. trust. if only neuron transfer worked like dialysis 😑😤🤧

fri: my friend and i made cards for each other since the sch handed out some cards. we drew anya and bond hehe. the pic posted is pre-dmg control for anyas hair in my drawing (left)

after sch and b4 volunteering, i met with @charliecrypt and had mozzy cheese sticks and some really good ice cream at swensens. it was lovely catching up. we shared our goals for the week and talked about some pretty deep stuff - friendships and the like.

now that volunteering is over, all is right with the world. ive survived this week and the bus ride comes to an end here. a poetic closure indeed.

[saltminerising]

sugar to S from wind for their mushroom facts in the nature dom public buy thread. they are very into it and i loved reading their mon/tues post for qotd. i'm now a certified conk hater

[madefate]

Favorite themes to write? / What is on your wishlist? / Draft threads or word document? / @helldustedstories

Favorite themes to write? found family, i say, clawing my face as they lock me away - like you'll have to pry that from my cold dead hands i LOVE writing familial relationships. angst, hurt / comfort / drama - anything with INTENSE feelings ( it might just be me or an ADHD thing or none of the above, but i tend to fade away from more chill threads / day to day kind of things after a bit ). also fun AUs ! a lot of healing from trauma, fighting back against something oppressive, anything that lets you dig into the emotions. and hopepunk, 24/7 ! get that nihilistic grimdark shit away from me.

What is on your wishlist? so many things :') like, TOO many. i'll just list some that are bopping around the top of my head:

some Intense Conversations w/ edelgard & hubert - about their Not Fun Times, about the future, anything.

honestly anything with hunter, my BOY.

in the same vein, some emotional fakir stuff !! esp w/ ahiru & mytho

some miraculous ladybug identity reveals 😈

this has been bopping around for AGES but some later season soren & viren stuff - esp if we can rewrite that whole dying heroically thing bc actually that's less interesting than a long hard road to rehabilitation and redemption oops -

also later season soren & claudia !!

stuff for vi from the happy universe AU, where she's only presumed dead - get her back with the family, let her & jinx actually be sisters, let her have her dad ( or her zaun dads !! )

actually, vi & silco in any verse would be SUCH an interesting dynamic to explore

anything with jazz !! but i do have a soft spot for her relationship with dan post TUE because, um, that giant feral ghost is her baby brother ?? hello ??

Draft threads or word document? i used to write threads in my drafts, then i lost like two HUGE ONES for blitz & had to rewrite them, so now if i'm saving something to post later, i'll fully write it in google docs & then copy paste it & save it in drafts