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Best Maribat Author Of All Time 2023 Nominees

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Previous Winners who were nominated again: Mochegato: https://archiveofourown.org/users/mochegato/ Izanae: https://archiveofourown.org/users/Izanae

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Great IKEA Game Masterlist

You can read it here on ao3! Or you can follow the links here to read it on tumblr. Chapter links below the cut 

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Favorite AO3 tag of the day.

#Damian doesnt even have a rizz and yet??? Results.

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book binding pt 3: aka this really is a whole ass book isn’t it???

Recap for those just joining us: I’m working on my first fanfiction bind! I’m binding The Great IKEA Game by IcedAquarius (@batsandbugs).

I put off casing in this book so long. I was absolutely dreading it and for good reason because cutting these boards was the worst thing I’ve ever done.

I am still convinced the boards weren’t cut straight and it haunts my dreams. I will power through the FOUR OTHER sheets of davey board I have and then will just order precut boards online before FUCK trying to cut this board with a box cutter. Any tips or tricks are welcome.

Once I had the boards cut, the actual process of building and covering the case was actually really fun! It was rewarding to see my vision come to life after months of staring at it in Canva. I definitely need to find different cardstock because this mystery pack I found in my office does not like PVA glue - as evidenced by the spots that pulled up on the back cover.

After making the case, casing in was actually pretty anticlimactic! Once I got the gumption to actually do it (a theme with this bind) it didn’t take long and turned out way better than I had any hope for!

Reveal pictures in my next post (probably five minutes from now I have no self control)!

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Ahhh this is gorgeous! Wonderful! I’m literally dying. I’m so happy that you lovedd my silly story enough to bind it into an actual book. In case the world dissolves into chaos (or ao3 goes down again) I hope that this will bring you lots of joy. I wish you all the luck in your future fic binding journey!!

The Great IKEA Game by @batsandbugs

She’s done. My first bind. 🤌🏼 I’m so proud of this book and I cannot believe I made this with my own two hands!!!!

The story is incredible, The Great IKEA Game is a fic I come back to time and time again when I need a pick me up so it was a no brainer to choose this as my first bind. It’s the perfect length and I know I’m going to be eternally grateful to have it in my shelves if social collapses and the apocalypse comes 😂

I learned so much throughout this process about typesetting, materials, graphic design, conservation-grade techniques, and everything else that goes into making a finished, readable book. I wouldn’t have such a beautiful finished project without the incredible support and tutorials from creators on instagram and TikTok! I was blessed to find an answer for any question that came up either through existing videos or through kind responses to my frantic 3 am insta stories.

Needless to say, having a physical book that I CREATED WITH MY OWN TWO HANDS is fueling my god complex and I cannot wait to bind even more 😈

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You Are Invited To Our Wedding

Mr Damian Wayne

AND

Mrs Marinette Dupain Cheng

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I'm so bad at drawing 😂

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Old art from October

I've just realized I really like Tired but capable Sunshine x Dangerous Rich Kid With Terrible Social Skills

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Everybody about Marinette and Damian dating: They look good together. Odd, but good.

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Daminette School AU Quotes

Lila: You know Marinette, it’s such a shame no one likes you, you’re actually quite useful when you know your place.

Marinette: (sighing) Lila, the bar for civility is so low it’s practically a tripping hazard in hell, yet here you are, limbo dancing with the devil.

Lila: (smiling falsely) If you say something like that again, I’ll “trip” you out of that window you- What are you doing?

Marinette: (looking at the window) Checking how high the drop is, see if it’s worth it.

Damian: (sitting behind them on his phone, not looking up) Most humans can survive a two story fall, Dupain-Cheng. You’ll be fine.

Marinette: Aww, Lila wouldn’t make it then?

Lila: (fuming) Excuse me!?

Marinette: He said humans, and since you’ve clearly escaped from hell you’ll probably just shatter into a thousand pieces and reform there.

Damian: (under his breath) The devil doesn’t want her back.

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Bruce Wayne's Headache Class. System: Sneak Peak 1

“I insist he assigns the blame to me,” grumbles Damian, his mouth twisted in a frustrated frown. “He refuses. The entire scheme was my idea, down to the very verbage used, and yet he still continues to blame Marinette, and refers to her in an uncouth, slanderous manner.  If he continues to insist upon said belligerent name calling I will be taking matters into my own hands and he will find himself contending with my blade.” 

Bruce blinks at the hissed statement. It’s vicious, it’s descriptive, and it wouldn’t be out of place if Talia had said it. The pit of anxiety in his stomach triples. “Against your own brother?” he forces himself to ask, even though he’s pretty sure he knows the answer. 

“I would sell him to Satan for one corn chip,” Damian says, face totally blank, tone serious. Bruce can’t tell if he’s joking or not. “Marinette has done nothing to deserve his name calling. It was a trick, he fell for it, and they lost. He can dislike her.” Damian rolls his eyes and huffs. “Even if I think it is a childish grudge, but the insults will cease or I will make him cease.”

(I swear I'm going to get this damn chapter completed. It's just fighting me. Here's a little something to prove I'm not dead!)

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Bruce Wayne's Headache Class. System: Sneak Peak 1

“I insist he assigns the blame to me,” grumbles Damian, his mouth twisted in a frustrated frown. “He refuses. The entire scheme was my idea, down to the very verbage used, and yet he still continues to blame Marinette, and refers to her in an uncouth, slanderous manner.  If he continues to insist upon said belligerent name calling I will be taking matters into my own hands and he will find himself contending with my blade.” 

Bruce blinks at the hissed statement. It’s vicious, it’s descriptive, and it wouldn’t be out of place if Talia had said it. The pit of anxiety in his stomach triples. “Against your own brother?” he forces himself to ask, even though he’s pretty sure he knows the answer. 

“I would sell him to Satan for one corn chip,” Damian says, face totally blank, tone serious. Bruce can’t tell if he’s joking or not. “Marinette has done nothing to deserve his name calling. It was a trick, he fell for it, and they lost. He can dislike her.” Damian rolls his eyes and huffs. “Even if I think it is a childish grudge, but the insults will cease or I will make him cease.”

(I swear I'm going to get this damn chapter completed. It's just fighting me. Here's a little something to prove I'm not dead!)

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Great IKEA Game Masterlist

You can read it here on ao3! Or you can follow the links here to read it on tumblr. Chapter links below the cut 

Keep reading

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Everything about this is amazing!!! Eeek it looks so amazing!!! That’s my fic!! Someone’s making a book of my fic! 😁😁😁

more adventures in bookbinding

Recap: I’m working on my first bind - The Great IKEA Game by @batsandbugs!

My text block is done! Folding and sewing my signatures was so soothing and fun, I think it’s my favorite part so far. My signatures were FAR too small though at only four pages so I think I’ll make them larger for my next binds to improve my thread tension.

I got together with my Bookbinding Bitches (we should really get jackets) and took the plunge to glue up my text block! It was so nerve wracking but I ended up with a beautiful (if a bit crooked) text block!

I made my endpapers in Canva and printed them on cardstock. I think they look really nice and are gonna match the cover design perfectly.

I ran into a bit of a road block after gluing my endpapers because I don’t have a guillotine. However, I do have a father who is similarly unable to be normal about his hobbies so he let me use his chisels to trim my edges straight! I did need to sand the edges a bit afterwards to make them super smooth, but it’s a great option if you don’t have a guillotine and can’t stand the feel of deckled edges like me! DAS Bookbinding on YouTube has a great tutorial for this.

Now, my block is finished, straight, and has endbands and a bookmark. Stay tuned for casing in! (I’m scared)

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Damian and Marinette sitting in a tree

K-I-S-S-I-N-G

First comes love, then comes marriage

Then comes baby sitting in a baby carriage.

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Damian: Todd, Marinette. Marinette, Todd.

Jason: What in the fuck-knuckles is this?

Damian: She's my girlfriend, you intolerant shit.

Jason: Whoa! Pump the hate brakes, Fox & Friends!

Jason: I'm just surprised anyone would date you.

Jason: Especially Pinkie Pie from My Little Pony.

Marinette: I like this guy.