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Mariko Kusumoto: Sea Garden (2021)

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i think i'll take my whiskey neat, my coffee black in my bed at three. - you're too sweet for me.

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Happy New Yearrrrrrr! Hope you all have a good one :) Here's one of the commissions I did in December as an Xmas gift!

Also a huge thanks to all the lovely people here that have liked, reblogged, said lovely things and/or commissioned me ^^ You have no idea how much even the smallest things helped me through which was personally a rough end of 2022 and a rough 2023. So thank you!

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The drive is now closed!

Thank you to everyone who liked / reblogged this post! Provided your ask boxes were open, you should now have a prompt to work on at your leisure. Completed works (at least those tumblr has notified me of) are queued and will be posted late in the week. :)

Please note my character question drive is still open and I will be beginning to tackle those this week. If you missed out on this, you can always take advantage of that.

Thanks, have a good day / night!

Complete with a graphic this time, how quaint! This may or may not be permanent; I am testing things.

Anyway, hello! For those unacquainted: my name is Sea and I have a habit of taking on far too many community projects. This is one of my single-word fic prompts, launched 4/24, to encourage more spontaneous writing amongst FFXIV creatives. ✨

What is a fic drive, Sea?

By liking/reblogging this post, you consent for me to go into your askbox to send a one-word prompt generated from this website, picked from a selection of five, as a prompt for you to write to for your OC(s)! I also reblog any and all completed works to my character question tag, which can be found here.

There is no word limit, no time limit and you are welcome to ask for another prompt if the original one doesn't vibe. This is all about giving you the opportunity to explore a concept or part of your character you might not have considered otherwise!

Unlike my bigger character question drives, these single-word fic drives are opened in small bursts. To that end, this drive is considered open until my Sunday night, April 28. I have created a countdown timer here OR you can join my Discord at SEAFLOOR! where I will utilise the Discord timestamp feature (please note you must be 21+ to join and adhere to all the rules therein).

Have a great day/night!

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Odza & Bhaatu in their ShB era

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easy breasy

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Logo redraw from a twitter trend :)

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i feel like a lot of people need to hear this lately but. you gotta stop taking numbers so seriously on the internet

take it from someone who went through that shit first hand. when i was on twitter, the numbers culture there utterly consumed me. it came to a point where no matter what kind of attention i got, it was never enough—because it never compared to “that one time.” i became an asshole who was constantly asking people to retweet, to share, to comment, because i was always chasing the same high from times where my work “blew up.”

it genuinely makes me sad to see so many people falling into the same trap i did. it’s okay to enjoy feedback on something you worked hard on—i’m not saying it isn’t. what you have to be careful of, though, is perceiving low numbers as failure.

just because a piece gets low notes, doesn’t mean your work is bad. it also doesn’t mean people don’t care, or that they aren’t doing enough to help you share your work around. sometimes the algorithm just fucks you over. sometimes the time of day is wrong. sometimes the subject matter is just too niche to catch people’s attention.

i guess what i’m trying to say is give yourself some grace. try and pull yourself free of the mentality of always needing more than you have. your worth is not in the numbers you get, nor are your abilities. this kind of mindset fucked me up for years, and i just hope that some of what i’m saying helps people

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[FC Recruit] The Red Lantern Society

The Red Lantern Society - Hiring!

Seven years old, the Red Lantern Society is the collective behind the Red Lantern Bordello - a medium-heavy immersive roleplay venue that caters directly and entirely to those who enjoy writing the complicated friendships, relationships and situationships not just of sex workers and their clients, but those who work at the business in other roles in trade for food and shelter - or just a place to figure out their next path. If you're fond of movies and shows like 'Moulin Rouge,' 'Pretty Woman' and 'Harlots' and you've always wanted to find a space where you can write your spice safely and with like minds, you might be a fit for the Red Lantern!

Up front, we are not a nightclub venue. Our venue centers around a bordello and our events cater specifically to platonic and romantic intimacy within the bounds of comfort. We are specifically looking for new members who are interested in joining a community of writers, artists and sometimes outright nerds who love and adore world building and character development, and believe that erotic writing is a spice that enhances the dish, not the whole meal. We do not accept one-dimensional characters, we do not accept gil-hunters.

Currently Hiring

'Companions' - we would love to see more men of all flavors, but we're always open to any and all genders/sexualities. This role is both SFW and NSFW in availability and the only limits are your imagination.

'House Staff' - roles that are not companionship-related. We are not looking for medical staff. Creativity is important, here.

Links: Discord: https://discord.gg/redlanternsociety Carrd: https://rls-info.carrd.co/

Please read the carrd for information about us, as well as specifics to the application process. Any questions can be directed my way via DM. Alternatively, just join the Discord and dive into the community! Welcome to the Red Lantern - where character development is our kink!

Our recruitment period is closed for the season on May 1st, and late applications will not be permitted this round. We will not open again until September or October, so don't wait!

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my head is too filled with mundane ship thoughts.... i have things to do...........

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I have done a MASSIVE clean.

Getting this anon the other day actually got me really pondering the state of my followers/following, so I've spent... probably the better part of an hour(?) trying to straighten it out.

Here's the basic rundown.

If your main blog was in a mutual following with me and you have not been active in two or more months, I soft blocked*

If I was following your side blog and it has not been active in two or more months, I unfollowed it.

*Soft blocking, for those unfamiliar, basically means I blocked and unblocked the account to break a mutual following. This was only done to keep my follower list clean/active and NOT because I have any issue with or against you.

Because I have a huge follower/following list (I won't say how big), I trim it every few months to try and make sure I have room to follow more blogs in the future and not to get overwhelmed by blogs that are inactive. If you're active on your blog but you're not posting, please don't hesitate to refollow me and let me know. I have a list of people who fall under these parameters who I don't unfollow/soft block for that reason.

If you were active and I unfollowed/soft blocked you and you're like: "Sea?? You absolute doily??" Same deal applies. Just refollow me and I'll put on my little jester hat.

But what this clean also meant is that I went through my followers list and found a tonne of blogs Tumblr never notified me had followed? I have followed a bunch of people back. 🤗

The only times you would not have been followed is if:

Your blog is a hub blog for your side blogs (I should be following them?)

The blog has five posts or less and/or I don't think you're a bot... but I'm not sure.

I may still unfollow blogs whose content I don't jive with for whatever reason, but that'll come at a later date. For now, I just wanted the lists to be clean.

Again, if you're sitting there wondering why I unfollowed you PLEASE just reach out and let me know. If I don't think we're going to get along, I block. If you have access to message me, it's either a mistake or you looked inactive.

Thanks!!

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~Red~

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the biggest lesson you can ever learn about ffxiv is that stormblood is actually kinda fire when you don't have a bitch in your ear telling you it's bad. the second biggest lesson you can learn about ffxiv is what a prime number is

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A bit of farmhouse Odza for you lovelies, as a lil treat