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Fárbauti: I miss my wife Odin. I miss her a lot. I'll be back.

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Although I'm in the middle of studying, I have managed to give a little bit of time to start the rework the Miraculous fanfic and begin planning the Mlp one.

The Loki fic and everything else will have to wait at least 2 weeks until my exams are done. And after that, I hope I will be finally able to finish the oneshots and make new chapters from my other stuff as well as finally make some art again.

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Alright, just so ya'll know:

I plan to do three things ->

1. Draw the sky elders with wings and as mermaids (even though its june).

2. Draw them as deities (man do the concepts look cool)

3. And draw their portraits

Idk when I'll be done with everything cause I still have much to do but Yeah. Just something to look forward to.

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So a little update:

1. My drawing tablet didn't want to work today for some reason, so I had to update my PC again and lo and behold, my pen pressure is back! I didn't even notice it being gone until recently and I'm very happy about it.

2. My hatred for AI only grows day by day and I genuinely consider lessening my social media intake simply because it all might become fake soon. I stand by my opinion that generative AI is the worst and most useless thing ever created, simply because it doesn't improve shit. I still can do all that it does and it doesn't make my life better in the slightest. Next to all the other issues like: environments consequences, theft, fake news, forced implementation into everything, collective dumbing down of the public, lack of curiosity and will to learn in young children and so forth.

3. Fics are still in the work. Wish of a golden Star will take a while, same goes for A shattered heart. A wreath woven from ashes, is also pending cause I'm trapped in the beginning of the chapter and break through. And I have a bunch of new fic ideas, for example one about Newt scamander and his beasts, with romance mixed into it.

And if anyone dares to say AI is art or that they train it with my works, I will cut off your tongue for speaking such lies, cut of your fingers for typing it and stop posting my stuff.

(I don't do physical violence btw)

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@leaf-in-a-flower-garden this is ur fault.

But yeah, plans plans plans when I'm supposed to be studying for my exams that are a month away. I'll probably do this in the evening ehrhehehehehehebehhehehehehe

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The curse of not knowing how to start the damn chapter

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Got bored

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I wish I had the confidence of an "alpha" male in front of a microphone.

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Faaactsss

it may take me a month to put out a chapter but at least im not using ai to write it.

it may take me a month to put out a chapter but at least im not using ai to write it.

it may take me a month to put out a chapter but at least im not using ai to write it.

it may take me a month to put out a chapter but at least im not using ai to write it.

it may take me a month to put out a chapter but at least im not using ai to write it.

IT MAY TAKE ME A MONTH TO PUT OUT A CHAPTER BUT AT LEAST IM NOT USING AI TO WRITE IT

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"If you use em dash in your works, it makes them look AI generated. No real human uses em dash."

Imaging thinking actual human writers are Not Real because they use... professional writing in their works.

Imagine thinking millions of people who have been using em dash way before AI becomes a thing are all robots.

REBLOG IF YOU'RE A HUMAN AND YOU USE EM DASH

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got a major pest problem this year actually

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Venti Albedo Jean and Kaeya fans rn

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And another older collection of creature doodles I made.

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Cats.

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OH MY GOOODODODOODODODODOOOOOOP SILKSONG NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WERE GETTING IT THIS YEARRRRRR

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Alright a quick post about how I write for those who might be interested:

I write mainly on the phone, and use since 2018, the app Pure writer.

It's very nice, works offline as well and saves automatically. You don't have to pay for premium to use it as it works just fine for free – a fact I can attest to cause I don't pay. And what I adore is that you can completely delete the AI feature and that it does not use your data and writing to train generative AI.

Another app that works very well is Obsidian but I haven't tried it out much yet, so I have little to say.

Writing process:

1. Write down the idea and flesh it out.

2. Develop a story outline and how everything is supposed to go + any stray ideas that fly into your head

Ps: it's important to keep it flexible. Don't bind yourself to the rules you have set up so that you can change things without worries if something does not add up

3. Start writing. No matter how long it takes or how bad it is, keep writing until the end. I too struggle with perfectionism and can't sit still until I have fixed a sentence or a part that doesn't work. So to combat that, I note down that I need to fix that later and keep writing. That way you don't get stuck too much and can check when rereading if there is an actual problem or not.

4. It's also important to take breaks so that your head is not swimming from your writing.

5. Once it is done, you can reread and edit everything without worry. I tend to do it in three steps. First I spell check it with grammarly (currently looking for an alternative cause I'm starting to hate it), then I read the story from top to bottom and edit out problems or errors and lastly I listen to it so that I can find the mistakes that I skipped while reading.

Additional tips:

For titles I usually note down everything that comes to mind. Sometimes I already have some sentences floating around, though I make sure to make them associated with the actual story.

Same thing with descriptions.

Here some examples:

I also have the habit to make separate folders for world building, lore related things and researched topics, especially cause I think it's useful to keep them for future purposes, especially now when a lot of stuff can vanish within a day.

So, I might post more world building and AU stuff later on.

Now a little rant about why using generative AI in fandom is dumb as shit and something you should not be proud of:

I absolutely hate generative AI and everything that has to do with it wether in writing or in art. Use your goddamn brain like humans have for thousands of years to create and if you don't like it, do it again. The most important quality when creating art is determination and the will to become better no matter the time or effort it takes.

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Also for those looking up references for traditional clothing: I have found a very nice blog that might make the search easier.

Pinterest might have a lot of nice references but often times the origin is faulty or not mentioned so this serves as a more accurate help. The blog does not have absolutely everything on it, but I still like it a lot. It also has historical facts and more (did not read them, I was too busy searching)