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reblogging to the old blog so this gets a little more seen, hi

people who have read a strange appearance, does it feel long and drawn out to me because it's taken years to right a single first encounter or because I've drawn out a single first encounter to way too many words

i'm probably going to rework it either way

open to actual comments as well but I know it's easier to just vote on a poll lol

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why is this blog still picking up followers? i moved

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so when tumblr says they'll hold your url for 24 hours after a change, that's apparently a lie

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so when tumblr says they'll hold your url for 24 hours after a change, that's apparently a lie

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Flat-color commission of the client's characters, BFFs Jenks and Bug! I was SO charmed by their designs - the fashion! The wings!! The pastels!!! Plus the sweet friendship vibes were super soothing. Everything about this one was delightful!

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that's me, remaking

18+ now please, though content is still largely (tinily?) sfw

so when tumblr says they'll hold your url for 24 hours after a change, that's apparently a lie

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yeah I think I’m gonna remake and have the blog 18+ from the start

still mostly sfw content but I’m not going to get Conflicted every few weeks

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there’s no sexual component to gt for you: 👍

you feel the need to express this by insisting it’s not a nasty perv fetish thing ewww: 👎

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she whined, stood up, stretched, and flopped back over onto her other side. beebee I need to shower

my cat is so spoiled I’m letting her sleepy on my lap even tho she’s been here like an hour and I dropped my crochet hook and can’t work on my thing or do anything but phone

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Say hello to my little friends *shows you a handful of bugs*

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my cat is so spoiled I’m letting her sleepy on my lap even tho she’s been here like an hour and I dropped my crochet hook and can’t work on my thing or do anything but phone

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Nick's father keeping an eye on him and his sisters. As he was an innie, born and raised inside a human house, he was not quite as good at braving the outside yet initially, leaving most baby-sitting jobs to him. And misc sketches of Nemo and Shakespeare. Shakes by @thatforestprince

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Playtime! (Colt belongs to @the-brothers-jack and giant naga ((Kumah)) belong to me)

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Tips from a Beta Reading Writer

This one's for the scenes with multiple characters, and you're not sure how to keep everyone involved.

Writing group scenes is chaos. Someone’s talking, someone’s interrupting, someone’s zoning out thinking about breadsticks. And if you’re not careful, half your cast fades into the background like NPCs in a video game. I used to struggle with this so much—my characters would just exist in the scene without actually affecting it. But here’s what I've learned and have started implementing:

✨ Give everyone a job in the scene ✨

Not their literal job—like, not everyone needs to be solving a crime or casting spells. I mean: Why are they in this moment? What’s their role in the conversation?

My favourite examples are:

The Driver: Moves the convo forward. They have an agenda, they’re pushing the action.

The Instigator: Pokes the bear. Asks the messy questions. Stirring the pot like a chef on a mission.

The Voice of Reason: "Guys, maybe we don’t commit arson today?"

The Distracted One: Completely in their own world. Tuning out, doodling on a napkin, thinking about their ex.

The Observer: Not saying much, but noticing everything. (Quiet characters still have presence!)

The Wild Card: Who knows what they’ll do? Certainly not them. Probably about to make things worse.

If a character has no function, they’ll disappear. Give them something—even if it’s just a side comment, a reaction, or stealing fries off someone’s plate. Keep them interesting, and your readers will stay interested too.

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You are made to live as a kind of house-pet for one week. You are well taken care of and loved, but you are unable to communicate to the person taking care of you that you are a person. What is your reaction?

Spin the wheel to find out which pet you will spend a week as.

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it does kind of help to have a “deadline” for art like I saw the paint badge notification and sketched out a little reaction. I think it’s the only thing I drew this week

maybe I should do requests or dig around for prompts or something