#& it inspired me to make another post before pride month is out.

[magicfemme]

"let love replace fear through you."

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[olisephart]

Short ezkayn comic loosely inspired by the song "Figure you out" by VOÍLA. God they live rent free in my brain.

Details on the backstory and the comic under the cut <3

Starting pre-relationship, heartsteel is established. Ezreal and Kayn have been heavily flirting (maybe even friends w benefits) for months already, but always danced around actually saying anything. Both are too prideful to make the first step, because it's one thing to flirt or (want to) hook up and a whole other thing to admit you have actual romantic feelings for your friend/band member/prank partner.

After an Incident (whatever it was) that made Ezreal uncomfortably aware that he's In Love, he tries to distance himself from their usual flirtatious banter and starts publicly dating/fooling around with another guy; to distract himself from Kayn, to prove to himself he doesn't need Kayn, and though he wouldn't admit it, to make Kayn jealous.

Predictably, Kayn does get jealous but holds his tongue for a surprisingly long time, since voicing his jealousy risks showing his feelings go deeper than physical. Still, he can only take so many obviously staged pictures of Ezreal Definitely being Super Happy and Not At All Faking it with another guy before he confronts him. He swallows his pride and corners Ez, which is where the comic starts.

I didn't feel like writing dialogue, so here's the gist of what I was envisioning. Kayn confronts Ezreal, telling him to drop the sharade with the other guy. It's Obvious he's not genuine with it, the guy bought him (insert thing that Kayn Knows Ez doesn't like as much as another thing; ice cream flavour, flowers, what have you) which Ez would usually scoff at. Because it's Kayn, he can't help but tease with smth like "Just admit you like me and spare us this performance".

Ezreal, defensive, starts denying everything Kayn said, insisting he's dating the guy for real and bc he likes him, and Kayn's ego is just too big etc etc. Unfortunately for him tho, he's been missing Kayn a whole lot, so having grabbed Kayn's wrist, he can't help himself but caress it with his thumb. He stops himself the moment the realized, but Kayn noticed as well and takes that as the sign he needs that Ez is full of shit.

He pins Ezreal's hand above his head and starts teasing him in earnest. Listing all the little tics he noticed about Ezreal, embarrassing things he likes that no one outside of Heartsteel (or maybe even just Kayn, since he's paying extra close attention to Ezreal) ever gets to see, how easy it is to get him hot and bothered and how cute he is when he's flustered like this. He keeps going until Ezreal, overwhelmed with this barrage of confusing emotions (Kayn is paying attention to him, he remembers what he likes and dislikes, he just confirmed all his teasing are On Purpose to fluster him-), decides to bring it back to familiar ground. He grabs his jacket, pulls him close and tells him to shut up.

If they have hooked up before, Kayn knows what comes after he says "make me" - the kiss is expected but simultaneously way more emotionally charged than ever before, because they have essentially both admitted their feelings. Post comic, they make out/hook up and then confirm it in actual words. They like each other, theyre going to be exclusive (bc I love them being possesive over each other) 

If they haven't hooked up before: Ezreal would usually find a comical way to shut Kayn up once he says "make me" - be that smothering him with a nearby couch pillow, pulling the leash on his stage outfit, etc. Kayn feels the electricity between them but this hasn't happened before. He leans in and says "make me", but he leaves the ball in Ez's court. Once Ez grabs the back of his head to pull him closer, Kayn shifts his other hand to hold onto his waist in turn.

[tippenfunkaport]

Inspired by a recent poll, could you tell us a bit more about the software you use for writing and the advantages with it?

Thanks so much!

Can I keep this short is the question...

So, for anyone who didn’t see the post this is referring to, I mentioned on another post that the writing software I use is...

4TheWords for drafting (brainstorming, first draft, etc)

Scrivener for all subsequent stages (editing, formatting, etc)

ProWritingAid for a final look before I submit / post

Longer version (and, like, I could talk about this all day so feel free to ask follow ups but I will try to contain myself)

4TheWords is a fantasy RPG-ish writing game where the words you write defeat monsters, earn loot, complete quests, etc. I have been playing it for five years ish and the game-ification just works really well for my brain. Earning silly little prizes and moving the game plot along keeps me motivated to keep writing when otherwise I would be a useless slug so I do most of my early stage writing on there like drafting, brainstorming, journaling, etc. It is silly but I love it and it basically saved my writing life when I was in a huge slump so they have my undying devotion. The company is also the kind you feel very good about supporting and they are HUGELY queer friendly with a big yearly Pride event with many of the main in-game characters being queer and/or trans. (The closest the game has to main characters are a lesbian couple that just got married as part of the Valentine's Day event last month!)

It costs money but a) there is a 30 day free trial of you want to check it out and b) there is a community pool if you cannot afford the fee as well as frequent sales/deals. (If anyone wants to try it out, feel free to use my referral code when you sign up because then you’ll get some extra crystals and I can send you a welcome present of some loot! If the image link above is annoying, dm me and I will give you it via text for copy and paste.)

Scrivener is very robust writing software that I use for fiction, non-fiction and scriptwriting. I only rarely use it for first drafts (bc I use 4TW for that) but I do almost all my editing / rewriting / formatting / publishing in it. I have been using it for probably about a decade and am still finding new tools and features I didn’t realize it had. I absolutely swear by it. The learning curve can be steep but luckily it’s one of the most popular writing programs in the world so there are a TON of great tutorials out there. (My advice? Just watch a video of something like the top 5-10 features and then play around and look up stuff as you have questions instead of trying to do the whole long tutorial it comes with.)

Disclaimer that I only own the desktop version. There are mobile versions that are a separate purchase from the desktop version but I don't use them.

Biggest selling points of Scrivener to me are:

while many writing services have a monthly fee, Scrivener is purchased exactly once and you can use it for life on your laptop and desktop AND you can get 50% off that one time price with a NaNoWriMo winner code (this alone is enough to buy my loyalty for life)

it’s incredibly versatile for both plotting and publishing and works really for my writing process (which is, admittedly, chaotic and weird) and has near infinite customization. It's esp great for making story bibles, organizing research, and plotting out larger works with lots of cross references and chapters you need to rearrange

as a script writer, Scrivener only cost me a one time fee of $35 and includes all updates and bug fixes until the next major version (which happens like once a decade). FinalDraft is $250 and that only includes the current version (which changes about once a year) to do the same thing. That’s a no brainer to me.

ProWritingAid is editing software. Like Grammarly but MUCH more robust with a lot more reports you can run. It’s not replacement for a human editor (AI editing can only do so much) but I like it as a second pair of eyes before I post or submit something because it does catch a lot of the basics and makes me feel a little better about sending something out. There is a limited free version and the full version can be pricey if you pay the monthly fee but I bided my time until the lifetime subscription went on sale for 50% off and paid once and now I have it to use for life.

There. That was almost short, right?

[tommyspeakycap]

all for you

success brings john something, but it never brings him happiness. only you could do that.

just a little short one to get back into writing :) inspired by this song by cian ducrot

i roll over, but it’s empty…you used to lay here beside me

Once the cheers of his teammates have died down, when the buzzing in his ears created by the booming stadium finally began dulling, John is haunted by the deafening silence of his home for yet another lonely night.

It’s on days like this that once again John is reminded of the noise he used to come home to. You were always there, bounding through the large house the second you heard him enter the foyer. Your sock covered feet would propel you into him, giggling and congratulating before making some kind of squeezing sound with how tight you would hug him. The dog would yip in delight at the joy of his human parents happiness and his collar would jingle as he bounded around you both.

On the days where those post match greetings were not so happy, the clinking of the dogs collar were still ever present and your soft soothing voice was always there to greet him and tell him how brilliantly he did anyway, and that they would get back at it the very next day.

The house is so fearfully quiet now. No black and white collie collar metal tingling together, nor his paws clicking through the house. No giggling greeting and certainly no you.

He used to blame you for leaving. John couldn’t understand why you would leave him. He had given you everything. This beautiful big house with rooms and a garden fit to home a happy family, birthdays, Christmas’ valentines and anniversaries adorned with gifts and jewellery. There were holidays and dinners, away day travelling in a private jet and only the nicest clothes. How could have given you all of that and you just up and leave him?

He resented you for it.

It took him far too long to realise that all of those things did not matter. Not one of them mattered to you. Any day of the week you would’ve taken a walk with Dean in the park next to John where he could be himself, holding your hands and telling jokes to make you laugh with all his funny stories while the wild dog runs laps around the park over a multi hundred dollar meal in the deafening silence of small talk and absolutely no emotion from your boyfriend.

“How could you name a dog Dean?” He asked once, laughing out his words as he scratched behind the young dog’s ears while Dean licked at his face. “It’s a good name John!” You had protested with a playful pout, “He suits it doesn’t he? Handsome name for a very handsome dog I say, eh Dean?” You coo as he launches himself over to you. “Dean and John, it suits well. I always did love supernatural.” You had giggled afterwards, making John roll his eyes. Dean was always your dog, nearly a year old when you and John moved in together - so it was a no brainer who the dog would go with when you broke up. That didn’t hurt John any less, he’d lived with you two nearly three years and by extension lived with the playful, energetic furry friend too. He couldn’t understand how you could do this to him. Leave, throw everything away and take the dog.

i swallow my pride now ‘cause it’s all on me

John was angry. He was angry for months, furious even. So enraged that he pulled all of the pictures from the walls, the dressers and the frames into a bottom drawer in the wall in closet off the master bedroom he now slept in alone. It took him a while to calm down, to let his heart fall into the hurt phase of relationship grieving. It was in this phase that he began to bring out the pictures again, mostly so he could sort through them enough to even begin to know what to do with them. The empty wall tacs once hidden behind happy beaming pictures were haunting him daily.

So out came the pictures and it hit him like a freight train.

When did he stop loving on you the way he should, and how could he have been so blatantly blind to it?

And all he could think was no wonder you left.

[writethesleepaway]

Can't Fight This Feeling - P4

Pairing: Steve Harrington x Eddie Munson

Summary: After Steve comes to the realization that he's bisexual, he's determined in going after what he wants; Eddie Munson. What he assumed would be an easy performance of flirting quickly turns into a complicated maze as he realises Eddie is more bark than bite.

Or, Steve Harrington is a manwhore and Eddie Munson is simultaneously horrified and turned on by the advances.

TW: SMUT - mlm sex, oral (slight)? penetration, etc, your honour they're in love!

Word Count: 1667

A/N: and this series is done! woop!! In this story, everything that's happened in the show has happened, however Eddie lives and this story is set a few months after the events of Vecna. Also I was inspired by a post by @tuvens talking about manwhore Steve and Eddie so this is that :D

Steve kissed Eddie, for who knows how long. To them it felt like seconds, even though they were properly making out, and had done so for over 15 minutes. To say that they would never get bored of this feeling was an understatement. Until Steve felt all over Eddie’s body and realised just how hard the boy was, cock straining against his swim shorts, a wet patch forming at the top from his pre cum leaking out.

“Lemme do something about that, pretty boy?” Steve suggested as he continued to palm Eddie’s erection. Small moans escaped Eddie’s lips as he grabbed onto Steve’s shoulders.

“Only if you want to…” he whispered, shuddering at the contact.

“F-fuck, wait Stevie, ‘m sensitive, don’t touch me too fast!” Eddie yelped. Steve had pulled down Eddie’s pants and rubbed his fingers over the tip, applying more pressure as each finger passed over his cock.

“Sorry sweetheart, can’t help but find it cute. You’re so responsive, I love it.” Steve muttered as he pressed his lips against Eddie’s once more. He now grasped Eddie’s cock at the base, earning a gasp and more whimpers from the boy sat in his lap.

“Please Steve, don’t… D-don’t”

“Don’t what baby?”

Eddie continued to shake into Steve’s arms as he felt overwhelmed by the pressure against his cock. Steve ran his fingers up and down his back to calm his nerves.

“Don’t stop now, please keep touching me!”

“Yeah? You like it when I pump your cock like this?”

Eddie couldn’t help but moan rather than actually answer Steve’s question. He just chuckled at the reaction and continued to please his lover. Steve snaked his free hand around and slowly trailed it down to Eddie’s entrance, just slightly dribbling his fingers across the skin.

‘This okay Eds?”

Eddie nodded enthusiastically while trying to stay focused on Steve’s hands. Steve slowly pressed his finger against the hole, causing Eddie to bite down on his shoulder.

“What did I tell you, I wanna hear those sounds.”

“‘M sorry, I’m sorry!”

“Be a good boy for me, yeah? Don’t hide those pretty noises you make, okay?”

“O-okay…”

Steve continued to probe Eddie’s hole, eventually slipping a finger into him.

“Fuck, Steve, you gotta move, please move!” Eddie called out, shamelessly moaning at the entrance.

“God damn Eds, I don’t know if I can, you’re squeezing so tight around my finger, god you’re so tight.”

“Just do something, anything!”

Steve curled his fingers upwards, eliciting curse words from Eddie.

“You like that?"

“Mhm! Don’t stop!”

“Such a good boy for me, taking my finger so well, I’m going to add another okay?”

“Stop talking and just do it, fuck, please Steve!”

Shocks ripped through Eddie’s spine as he sat up at the feeling of being stretched out. He hadn’t really experiment with himself before, and he definitely didn’t know what to expect when Steve pumped his fingers in and out of him. Steve’s jaw had dropped at the sight of Eddie. Sweat dripped down his body, his hair was a mess, his eyes clamped shut and mouth open, and Steve thought he had never looked more beautiful. He looked like this, because of him, and that gave him infinite pride.

“Wait, wait, Steve stop…”

“Why, is everything okay Eds?”

“No, yeah, everything’s great but, you… You’re…” Eddie’s words failed him so he just slowly looked down at Steve’s lap, eyes zeroing in on his erection.

“Don’t worry about me baby, just let me please you.”

“Can’t you do, both…?”

“I mea- wait… Are you sure? We don’t have to go that far tonight.”

“I want to, if you do! I trust you, completely.”

“You sure? Cause I don’t know if I’ll be able to hold myself back.”

“Absolutely sure, I want this.”

“Say it, Eddie, I need to hear you say it.”

“Oh come on Steve, just do it!”

“I’m serious, love, I need you to say it.”

“Put your cock in me, please? I wanna feel full, want you to make me feel full…”

Steve’s pupils dilated at the confession, he didn’t expect Eddie to confess with a full sentence. The words went straight to his body as he pulled off his own swim pants as fast as possible, slowly stroking his painfully hard cock.

“That what you want sweetheart? Want me to bottom out into you huh? Wanna be cock drunk because of me?”

Eddie noticed the darkened look in Steve’s eyes and expression; it only turned him on even more, if that was possible. He nodded feverishly as he slowly backed off of Steve’s laps and further up onto the bed. Steve practically manhandled Eddie as he pushed his legs apart, keeping them pressed apart as he grabbed a condom from his nightstand. He rolled it on and took Eddie’s wrists into his hand and used the other to rub Eddie’s thighs.

“This might hurt, but just let me know, and I’ll stop okay?” Steve asked. Eddie smiled up at him and nodded.

Steve scooted closer to Eddie until his tip was pressed up against Eddie’s entrance as he rubbed the skin around the area. He slowly pushed himself into Eddie, moving closer inch by inch until he had bottomed out into him. Eddie couldn’t help but swear and moan as he clenched around Steve’s cock, feeling blissful at the foreign sensation. He felt full, a specific kind of full, one that made his brain melt and prevented him from forming coherent words. Steve groaned at the tightness, pressing kisses into Eddie’s chest and torso.

He slowly moved backwards and pushed himself back into Eddie, slowly developing the pace until he was rocking into him at a steady speed.

“Fuck, it’s like you were made for me, made to take my cock.” Steve muttered as he moved in and out into Eddie’s hole.

“Please, please go faster, want you to slam into me!” Eddie managed to force out through his moans.

“Oh? You want it rough huh? Who knew you were so dirty?” Steve choked out. He pulled himself out of Eddie, causing Eddie to whimper at the loss, and grabbed the hips in front of him, flipping Eddie over onto his stomach.

“On your hands and knees for me baby, if you want it rough, I’ll give it to you that way.”

Eddie felt like he had been blessed by some angel, some angel that was Steve who’s voice had deepened and was more aggressive with his hands. He positioned himself onto his hands and knees, waiting for Steve to move. Without warning, Steve forced himself into Eddie again, the skin of his pelvis hitting against Eddie’s ass continuously. Eddie cried out as he felt his arms give in, but Steve swooped in and pulled his arms out behind him, holding him by his wrists as he slammed into Eddie.

“Shit, Steve, it feels so good, you feel so good!” Eddie cried out as he felt and overwhelming feeling develop in his body.

“You like it aggressive don’t you, Eddie? Like being used by me, like being fucked by me hard?”

“God yes I love it, don’t fucking stop!”

The familiar coil in Steve’s stomach began to twist as he fucked into Eddie, the sound of his pelvis hitting against Eddie’s ass motivating him to continue.

“M’ gonna cum Eds, where do you want me to cum?”

“In me, Steve, finish in me!” Steve moaned at his words; he thought he couldn’t fall any more in love with the angel in front of him.

Eddie’s vision blurred as his body was overcome with the feeling of his own orgasm, mixed with Steve’s grunts as he finished. His limbs buckled as he fell into the bed, smiling when he saw Steve plop down next to him, chest still heaving from the adrenaline.

The two laid next to each other, coming down from their highs, still finding a way to be connected, through their fingers being intertwined.

“Come on Steve, let’s clean up.” Eddie whispered as he turned to face him. Steve nodded, sending him a dopey smile as he pushes the curls out of Eddie’s face. Steve pulled off the condom and chucked it in the trash. Eddie sat up, although it took him some time, and moved his face towards Steves pelvis, only to lick away remnants of his seed.

“Oh f-fuck, jesus christ Eds you’re going to be the death of me.” Steve groaned as he pulled Eddie up by his chin and into his lap again, unable to deal with the sensation against his already sensitive cock.

“You okay?” Steve inquired, running his hands up and down Eddie’s arms.

“Of course! I really enjoyed that…” Eddie replied. They shared another sweet kiss, basking in the warmth of their care and love for each other.

“Do you wanna take a shower?”

“Hm, no. I’m sleepy…”

“Alright pretty boy, let’s get some sleep. My parents won’t be back for another week, we can sleep in.”

The two pulled on some fresh boxers and climbed into bed, Steve reaching out to pull Eddie into his arms.

“Are you blushing Eddie?”

“No…”

“I just fucked you and you blush because you’re in my arms?” Steve teased, making Eddie burn up even more.

“You make me feel things okay? Let me blush.” Eddie whined as he tried to hide his shyness, only for Steve to push his hands away and pepper kisses into his face.

“And what are those things hm?”

“Don’t make me say it…”

“Come on, tell me!”

“I feel warm, okay? Just warm, warm from your touch, from your stare, your words. I feel so warm! And then you smile at me and I wanna explode because you drive me fucking insane!”

Steve couldn’t help but laugh at Eddie’s confession, causing Eddie to burst into laughter as well.

“You drive me insane too, Eddie.” Steve whispered as he raised his hand to caress Eddie’s cheek, smiling when he felt Eddie nuzzle further into his touch.

[unrequitedloveletter]

Louder than Words- Kaz Brekker

Okay, hi! This one was requested by @ell0ra-br3kk3r​ about a week and a half or so ago? My notifications say it’s been about two weeks since we discussed it, and El, I promise I didn’t forget about the discussion! I just got sidetracked with editing a few fics I’m getting ready to post on ao3 and that took up a lot of my free time. 

On another note, though, this one is inspired by Louder Than Words sung by the cast of Tick, Tick, Boom! I was going to do a songfic but then I couldn’t make it work in my head, so the result instead is a fic very heavily inspired by the hopeful and cheery-ish vibes I got from the melody with a few allusions to the lyrics! El, if you want me to rewrite it and try to write a song fic, please let me know and I’ll do my best!

Fic type- this one is fluff with an angsty element or two?

Warnings-mentions of cages in relation to birds being trapped in them

Kaz often felt like his life was an amalgamation, of sorts. An amalgamation of every result to every decision he’d ever made. The reckless, the less than reckless, the smart and the ones that made people terrified. 

He hadn’t regretted a moment of any of it, though. The Ice Court, fighting against Jan Van Eck, watching as he was arrested, doomed to spend the rest of his days in Hellgate. 

Fighting against Per Haskell, forsaking him and watching as everyone else in the Dregs did the same, forcing Haskell out of the gang he once took so much pride in, crediting himself as the one who’d done the work, when all of it had fallen on Kaz’s back.

In the days, the weeks, and the months after everything surrounding the Ice Court had been said and done, Kaz often found himself feeling like a bird freed from a cage, allowed to take flight once more. There was no more running things by Haskell, losing out on money to make sure that the old man got what he thought to be the keep he’d earned. 

Kaz was almost grinning as he walked into the Crow Club and caught sight of you as you finished your shift behind the bar. 

“Chipper today?” You asked. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen get close to smiling as you are right now.” 

Kaz shrugged. “It’s just a bit of a good mood, is all,” he said. “Things always get that way this time of year. I tend to get a bit more optimistic with the cold.”

“Ah, is it the weather at last matching the image of your heart that makes it melt? How inopportune I imagine it must be to have a heart that melts with the drop in the temperature.” 

But Kaz’s words had been only half true. He’d been feeling lighter, truly. Some part of him worried less as the business grew, as the Dregs continued to expand and grow, reaching into even the corners of the city farthest from the Barrel. He was leaving a mark, leaving a legacy behind. 

It’d made him worry less, though he was still as analytical as he’d once been, still as much of an overthinker and, perhaps driven by greed more so than he’d been before the heist, but it just seemed that that day was destined to be decent, a day wherein he could just drink coffee, review plans. 

It was a day full of inaction, a day wherein you picked up a shift at the bar and helped Kaz make sure nobody was doing anything stupid, one of the few days without much to do, and it was one you both cherished.

“You’re lucky I tolerate your company.”

You laughed, and Kaz ignored the way that it made him feel--terrified, helplessly in love, like the luckiest man on the earth--and ordered a whiskey. 

“I love you too, Brekker,” you said. “Joining me for the last ten minutes?” 

“We’re to meet with Jesper and Wylan after your shift is done. I was coming around to notify you, but the whiskey and your company are just added bonuses.” 

You scoffed, shaking your head as you poured a shot of kvas, sliding it across the bar counter to the customer who waited.

Kaz took a sip of his whiskey, confirming it internally. He regretted nothing from the day he’d agreed to the Ice Court job and forth from there. Least of all you. 

He was a bird freed from a cage, allowed to fly once more, blazing a new trail rather than walking the path he’d walked whilst under Haskells employment. 

[steampaul]

i've started a little series of weekly posts documenting every MoC i made (digitally) over the last few years:

Week 8: 2021

Bonsai, Contests, Old themes and Pride

brickset had another contest where you could enter mods of 10281 bonsai tree. i made two that i thought would look interesting as more alien trees and one using bionicle kanohi (plus jaller)

there was also a category for that contest where you'd make a custom bonsai. i didn't have to many ideas other than "make small" and "abandoned". i don't really like the way those trees look.

the great cloud gardens was a game that i played a lot during that time, so i decided to make a bonsai-like MoC based on the city levels of the game. i still love this build and i hope that i'll be able to build it irl some time in the future.

these are also more directly based on cloud gardens. they depict the levels where you get the seeds for the Wisteria, the Monstera, the opuntia, the bryophyta and the pothos. (i kinda had to guess the names based on the pixelated names on the cards and the closest names i could find for plants that are similar looking to the ones ingame)

i never posted these anywhere because i wanted to finish making all of the plants before posting them. i never finished.

there was another contest on lego ideas where you could build a new GWP with the theme "space" i originally built it as an Ice Planet style-vehicle, but then i looked more into the lore of Ice Planet and found out that they specialized in Rocket science and something about satellites, i think?

this made me redesign this MoC as a futuron vehicle because that subtheme had a focus on transportation and more civilian activities.

i had the idea to make more modern Rock Raiders MoCs based on interesting modern Construction vehicles, i think i kinda overdid it with the amount of colours present on these MoCs, but i'll probably revisit this idea some time in the future.

another ideas contest. this time for a summer themed GWP. i based this on some north sea beach memories i made as a kid. i really like the sunny atmosphere i created with this MoC.

i also played narita boy that year and wanted to make a MoC based on that amazing game, but this never went anywhere. this was also the first (and probably last) time i've used PartDesigner to make a custom part (the sword) and some cutom prints.

LEGO released the Everyone is Awesome set in June 2021, so ideas had an activity to post some Pride Month inspired Creations. i originally made the Stand For the Flag(s) build that i made several variations of and now turned into a .gif, but i didn't post it because i really disliked the colours i used and couldn't think of better ones. instead i posted the Building Bridges MoC. i stimm like it and i think it would make a nice desk decorations similar to the EiA set.

anyone remember Atlantis? i had the idea to build some place to hold all eight Treasure Keys that where released in both waves of that theme. i think the theming is a bit off with this MoC, but i still kinda like the colours i used in it.

first week last week next week

[murfeelee]

End of Year Collage - Best of 2022

Rules: Find your fave pics of your story or your blog in general and post them up in a collage! :D it can be 1 picture or 100 whatever you want. But just reflect on your fave moments in your story or on your blog. It can be cute moments or pictures you’re just really proud of.

I did this last year and decided to make one for 2022, to celebrate simming, the one source of joy I got out of another crapfest of a year.

I did even less simming this year than I’ve ever done, so some months once again have no entries, which depresses me. I doubt 2023 will be any better, but here’s hoping! 🤞🤞

MY THOUGHTS (for each month) under the cut:

January: New Years Miniset

I did diddly squat in January, just uploaded my New Years miniset that I had made for Magnus Bane’s birthday the December before.

February #1: Lunar New Year | February #2: Black Girl Magic Collection

Still no gameplay this month, but I got a lot done as far as CC, uploading my regularly scheduled holiday sets for Lunar New Year and Black History Month. Shortest month of the frikkin year, but I’m always swamped in February.

March #1: BLEACH \(^0^)/ | March #2: Let them eat cake!

I went nuts in March, trying to rush to get as much Bleach inspired gameplay done as possible before my schoolwork and birthday plans for April all caught up with me. Didn’t get nearly as much done as I wanted, but I had fun, regardless. Ironically enough however, y’all were more interested in one silly post I made where my Sakura & Ryuu sims assassinated Marie Antoinette! XD

April: Modern Male Witch Project Part 5

My latest installment recreating Brenna-Ivy’s Modern Mages went off without a hitch. Made an EFFTON of CC for y’all on my birthday, and had a blast!

May: Didn’t do any simming in May, as I needed to recover from blitzing the last 3 months.

June #1: The Untamed cont’d | June #2: Pride Month: Asian LGBT+

I took advantage of my Summer Break from school to continue my The Untamed gameplay. Some of my favorite posts ever, right there. Plus, it was Pride Month, so I was able to double-time it with Hanguang-Jun(e) Month and an cool Asian-themed LGBT series of weekly posts from some of my fave fandom ships: Nagron, Malec, WangXian, Andynh, and Adoribull.

July: Mighty Nein

I did more of the Modern Male Project, but definitely the best gameplay of the month (and arguably my whole YEAR) came from my Critical Role inspired posts. Y’all were going bananas; I loved seeing how many D&D fans were out there! I’m definitely doing more this year, it was way too much fun.

August: TW3 Skellige

My witcher!household went a-viking in Ard Skellig, as I tested out a bunch of new CC I was uploading that month. 

September: Nada. I was in the TRENCHES at school; I got hit with one massive project after another, ISTG it was like the department wanted to see if I would effing crack under pressure. STILL HERE, WENCHES. I hate grad school.

October: The Untamed cont’d

Halloween was the perfect time to deal with Wen Ning, so I HAD to squeeze in some more Untamed gameplay for the holidays. 

November: Wei Wuxian’s Halloween/Birthday

I was late posting in time for WWX’s bday on Halloween, but was just glad I managed to make a post I’d been dying to do for a LONG while, showing Wei WuXian get reincarnated as Mo XuanYu.

December: Interview with the Vampire

Y’all. Y’all know? How effing HAPPY I am that AMC made this dang show? I love every bit of it; eff the book purists. This is how you do an adaptation RIGHT, by ELEVATING the source material and updating the content for modern audiences. BRAVO.

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Thank you everybody, followers, mutuals, lurkers, and all simmers who continue to support me and The Sims 3, and like my content!

Happy Simming, and Happy New Year!

[giuliano-fan-account]

happy pride mont

Well I guess I could share some drawings since usually I just dogpile everything I want to say into 1 post and don’t necessarily have room for the art which is sad.

So I decided for pride month I’ll just dogpile some of my art that I haven’t shown here relating to my favorites from hxh kind of being like those 60 color packs of crayons.

I draw kind of like a crazy guy and I have a fair bit of art so I’ll make a cut off line to not clog...

Btw so I dont jumpscare you the art is of Izunavi and Giuliano, Shalnark and Chrollo, & Muherr and hehe a not canon character (In that order)

Hehe i just have some portraits of Izu for fun here not necessarily ship or anything related but I just wanted to share them Since I made them a while ago and he looks very nice:

Ok but it gets a little gay here so urm: Happy pride moth:

I made this one because I wanted them to have a happy life that I knew they could never have!!!!!!

I made this one because THEY BOTH LOOKED SO GOOFY IN THAT ONE PANEL THAT I HAD TO REMAKE IT I COULDNT DO IT

just a funny little drawing for fun that I stayed up a little too late making 1 time because these guys just kind of carry me away..

On valentines day I was having a rlly bad time a really bad day and everything and then I made these guys and everything was better 

MS PAINT BRO

I made this one in ms paint and it makes me so happy man... I have it as my background screen on my computer rn i didn’t intend for this drawing to bang so hard but also I kind of drew it intending for it to be like the only house that’s not on fire yet because that’s a song that’s perfect for these guys hear me out

I made that one at like 2 am and yes it was to this song and to me it is objectively about these guys

I guess it could be a projection bc i just wanted to squeeze that guy bc hes just so funny and silly and I love these guys and giuliano is just like me for real so it’s fine 

I care about them a lot man I even made an article on the shipping wiki for them because I uhhh I uh help I urm

I have... another one that I ALSO made an article for... and it brings me extreme distress as well as extreme joy

we have our 2nd place to Shalkuro :100:

I have a lot of art for it I’ll make a post for it one day I swear and it will be insane in length because I really need help man ... If izugiuli is my comfort ship this is the REASON why I need comfort

proceeds to show harmless nice little drawings:

I saw that trend everywhere so this is a rlly recent drawing but I made them with the barbie and ken because I... well come on... its literally perfect okay

gooberish little drawing because i was bored

THIS WAS A REDRAW OF A GOOFY GARTIC PHONE DRAWING MY FRIEND MADE SO THATS WHY IT LOOKS KIND OF STRANGE I tried my best to replicate the essence

shalkuro as teens ig comfort (I relentlessly got called gay for this one Stop jules bullying 2023) 

Im a little crazy so maybe I did make another omori hxh au and a lot of it is Shalnark in the au or Shalnark and Chrollo

Redraw of the sticker because hehe

THIS IS BASED OFF OF AN UNFINISHED FIC I HAVE thats not necessarily ship related but also is but also you can interpret it any way you want and imo it’s so cute

I’ll finish it one day.

Another ms paint art but it’s inspired off of bad apple for actually no reason other than that I think it would look cool and I went through 5 stages of hell trying to draw this but I made it out fine

God I want to talk so much about Shalkuro since Shalnark is ALSO just like me for real and I actually haven’t before on this account and it’s kind of my soundboard for talking abt whatever relating to hxh but I really think I should save it for a post of it’s own..

Anyways onto the next one its a little funny thing

I shipped my self insert with Muherr as a joke ok but now its kinda funny and I like it and I actually rlly like these drawings i made for it

dont ask why he looks drunk its a long story

I had to make this it was honestly too funny for me not too and I love it so much EXCEPT for the fact that I realized that my self insert looks so much like pariston in here

Im supposed to have dark hair but I just didnt feel like coloring it in there bc the lineart looked good enough to me

but yeah muherr x jules otp forever /j

hapy pride month whoever or whatever you are whether your gay or not!!!!

dont forget to have fun and be a kind neighborly person like me 

[memurfevur-archive]

Regarding Avonis' story 'Telltale'

I think once Kilant and I wrap up Hide and Seek, I'd like to go and properly finish Telltale.

I dropped Telltale and skipped to Avonis being out of the caverns because I grew bored with writing. I found the story fun and interesting! But for me mentally at the time it was a slog to get through, and it was my first time writing a murder mystery. It's very hard for me to finish writing and plot projects, the attention span just doesn't stick like it did when I was younger, and because of that I have a lot of projects that are collecting dust on the shelves.

Another part of why I don't finish a lot of Tumblr narratives is because I invite people in, and either out of scheduling conflict or ADHD strangling us, drabbles don't get written and it takes months maybe years before the plot actually gets moving. This especially gets hard with the more people there are involved; it's like scheduling a DnD session, sometimes it doesn't work out and the campaign gets dropped.

But hopefully this won't be the case with Hide and Seek. If all things go well, Hide and Seek would be the first completed personal writing project I've ever made. So, I'm hoping that I can use the pride from completing that to fuel me and give Telltale a more proper narrative on my own.

This does mean that, once I work on Telltale again, *Avonis and other characters will be open for asks as if they were still a part of its plot.* I understand this can be confusing since Avonis is also canonically out of the caverns now, so I will make it clear in posts and tags when it's Telltale-Avonis and co.

I have always intended to properly complete Telltale, deciding to return to it at a later time to fill in the gaps that I left. Telltale was inspired by Bast and their characters and writing, and Avonis has come as far as he has because of them and their support of him. I think completing it won't just make me happy and help with my self-esteem, but I would like to complete it someday out of appreciation for my friend, too. Bast, if you're reading this, you've always been such a big inspiration to me and my lore, thank you so much for hanging around.

[steventhusiast]

WIP Wednesday

tagged by @stobinesque i am gonna try and do this

THE RULES

In a reblog (or new post w/ rules attached), post up to five (5) filenames of your WIPs; not titles, file names.

Post a snippet from one of them. Snippet must be words you wrote in the last 7 days. We’re posting progress here. If you haven’t made any, go make some and come back to post!

After you’ve posted, people can send you an ask with one of your file names. You must then write 3 sentences in that file. If the filename is one you can’t share from (for example, an event fic), write 3 sentences on it anyway, and then 3 more on another to share.

That’s it! You can invite others to join in, or just post. If you tag me in your post, I will send you an ask request!

WIPs

fast friends (steddie single dads)

taste of freedom (steddie go to pride together)

shock to the system (steve-centric injury angst with side of steddie)

if i said you could never touch me (steddie steve explores his fears around intimacy)

safe like springtime (steddie as steve's first queer relationship)

no pressure tags for a couple of my moots @stregoniconiconii @hardboiledleggs and also anyone else that is struggling with WIPs should do this >:]

SNIPPET

from fast friends aka the steddie single dads au inspired by a bluey episode that i mentioned in my last tag game post that i have been working on for FOREVER because i'm struggling with it a little

The next morning Steve and Sam made their way to the park again, and Steve was surprised to see Eddie and Arwen already situated. Eddie had what looked to be the same book in his hands, and Arwen was spinning in circles on the playground. 

At the sound of Steve pushing the gate open, the curly-haired duo both looked up at him in sync, an expression of joy on Arwen’s face that was replicated in a muted way on Eddie’s.

“Sammy!” Arwen squealed, promptly stopping her spinning to run over to Sam. This, of course, resulted in her tipping over onto the soft grass surrounding the play area, and Eddie snorted at the sight.

“Timber!” He mock-yelled, making a crashing sound effect with his mouth as Arwen tumbled. It seemed to be enough of a distraction to the young girl that she didn’t even pause to think about whether or not she was hurt, just pushed herself off the ground to continue her route to Sam. Sam rushed through the gate Steve was holding open to meet her halfway, and they came together in a squeal-filled hug. It looked as if they hadn’t seen each other in months rather than twenty four hours, but it was sweet.

Steve stood and continued to watch for a second, before his eyes switched focus to Eddie. He let the gate fall shut behind him and thought about sitting at the same bench as him, but ultimately decided to sit by himself again.

Eddie looked up from his book after a second, and offered him a smile.

“What’re you reading?” Steve asked after offering a smile back, and Eddie’s eyes lit up at the question.

“Dune.” He answered simply, changing how he was holding the book so Steve could see the cover. Steve frowned, vaguely recognising the book name, and looked closer at the cover. It was just a lot of yellow and- a giant worm? He had no idea. Eddie seemed to notice his confusion in his furrowed brows, and let out a surprised huff, “You don’t know Dune?”

Steve flushed slightly, a little embarrassed. Reading had never been his thing.

“I don’t-” He started, and Eddie quirked a brow as he continued, “What’s it about? Maybe?”

Eddie cleared his throat before he started reading the back of the book in an extremely dramatic voice.

“Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, heir to a noble family…” He continued reading out the blurb, and looked up to make eye contact with Steve every couple of sentences to make sure he was still listening. Steve was sure if the man had both hands free, he’d be gesticulating wildly and pacing up and down on the grass. He seemed like the theatre type. It was a little endearing, and the way his thumb rubbed over the worn cover as he read had a smile pulling at the corners of Steve’s mouth.

“It sounds nerdy,” Steve admitted, and watched as Eddie’s expression collapsed a little at the word. That wasn’t what he wanted at all, so he continued hastily, “Something my friend Dustin would read. Probably has, actually. That’s probably why it sounds a little familiar. I’ve never been, uh, good at reading.”

As Steve finished talking, Eddie seemed to have gotten over whatever feelings he felt at the word ‘nerd’, and was back to smiling at him.

“This Dustin seems to have great taste.” He proclaimed, back to the dramatics. Steve was about to tell him more about his pseudo younger brother, the conversation between them flowing easily all of a sudden, but they were interrupted by their daughters calling for them.

“Oh, customers!” Sam yelled, gesturing to their make-shift table again. Steve was surprised to find himself a bit disappointed at his conversation being cut short. He wanted Eddie to keep smiling like that, but he also loved playing with his daughter.

Eddie and Steve sighed fondly, almost at the same time, and started their walk over.

“Sure hope the customer service is better at this cafe, the last one we went to was atrocious.”

[mimbotomy]

fanfic writing asks: 10, 12, & 16!

Questions found here!

10: Favorite line or lines of dialogue that you've written

I actually did a similar prompt a while ago and while I couldn’t decide between a bunch of quotes then, I think I've narrowed it down to this little snippet from chapter 5 of The Children of Kephallonia, With No Hesitation:

So when their training session ends so they can eat, Kassandra beckons Phoibe over, kneeling down to grip her shoulder and look her easily in the eye. She is not Nikolaos - she will be better than Nikolaos - but there are no other words than the ones her father gave her so long ago, “You are my greatest pride, Phoibe. Remember that.”

12: What WIPs do you have going now? Are you excited about them?

Besides my posted fics, I have three WIPs that’s I’m actively working on, and by actively working on I mean I’ve opened them in the last month and think about them constantly and especially when I’m trying to work on my posted fics 😂

First is A Flap of an Eagle’s Wings, which will be my second Odyssey time travel fix it fic, except Kassandra and two others come back a lot earlier than in Rebirth and accidentally end up setting everything on fire in an attempt to fix things.

Second is my untitled time loop fic, in which Alkibiades keeps waking up the day Perikles and Phoibe dies. Chaos ensues.

Third, the Percy Jackson trailer inspired me to go back to my crossover fic which somehow ended with me starting a NEW FIC. So now I am working on the Personal Journal of Herodotos of Samos - with unauthorized annotations from Kassandra the Eagle Bearer and Barnabas of the Adrestia - from Delphi to Athens to Sparta to Atlantis and everything.

16: 3 favorite comments ever received on fanfic.

A little long, so I put them under a read more!

From the Children of Kephallonia, A Night for Blood

This story is awesome! I love Assassin's Creed but I never find any good fics for it. Then, while searching for an Edward and Conner fic (not romantic, mind you) I found this gem. You are righting a wrong that I didn't think would ever be fixed. On top of that, your writing is superb. I don't think I found a single grammatical error in seven chapters. I don't think that's ever happened to me before. Your descriptions are vivid and the characterization is excellent. Well done! I hope you continue with this fic, because this is incredible.

From Rebirth, Sparta II

That was so cool. Kass sounds like she's a force of nature, literally blowing everyone away multiple times or shaking the ground when she and Alexios spar. Also the constant, jumping and flipping gives the fight scenes some movement and make it feel fast paced. Which actually makes me compare Kassandra to a bird, all mobile and flipping and flying around. I guess the Ikaros part of her soul is influencing her. I like seeing how other people see Kassandra because it's like, do they see her as a demigod more, do they approve of her un-Spartan like lifestyle and all that. Also I like Stentor's point of view he's just done with it all or Nikolaos' gemeral confusion on what the hell is going on. They're funny 🤣

From Not a Málakes Ravenclaw, Molly I

I don't understand how you keep making great fics, and making them all feel new, and not just recycled ideas from your other fics. I didn't think a Harry Potter/Ac Odyssey fic would work but here we go with me wanting another chapter after I just finished reading what I'm thinking is gonna be another great fic from you. I like how Kassandra says all they traumatizing things and the other are freaked out that she's just nonchalantly saying something so crazy, like confirming God's exist or that her dad threw her off a cliff at such a young age. Thank you for writing these great fics, I'm always excited when I see you upload another chapter.

[natigail]

August 2023 - natigail

It was time for my Posting Every Day In August (PEDIA) challenge, so I posted 31 chapters/one shots/excerpts this month!

I posted all six chapters of my skz ace/sex worker AU - oh, you kissed me just to kiss me

I posted all five chapters of the side piece to my skz wolfpack AU - What if I Told You I'm a Mastermind?

I posted the December chapter of my phan Stardew AU - Broke, Gay and New in Town

I posted four new chapters of my skz wolfpack AU - Rest in the Belly of the Wolf

I posted a one shot prologue of Seungcheol to my svt mafia AU - 돈’t Blink (at least not here) 

I posted a chapter to another svt mafia AU prologue, this time about verkwan - 돈’t Resist (at least not me) 

I posted both chapters of my Legend of Zelda fic focusing on optaining the Master Sword - to become an immortal dragon is to lose oneself (why did you do it?) 

I posted the first chapter to my bts insomniac/baker AU - the donuts are warm for you

I posted my Good Omens one shot focusing on the season 2 finale - contains information in a tuneful way (stop, you’re losing me)

I posted three excerpts from an original novel wip of mine (x, x, x)

I posted a bts one shot focusing on Yoongi getting his 7 tattoo - Future's gonna be okay 

I posted my The Untamed one shot about Lan Wangji’s grief - you can’t talk me through the fall if we don’t know if i can land 

I posted my phan one shot inspired by Taylor Swift’s Timeless - In another life you still would’ve turned my head

I posted my Nimona one shot focusing on a scene from the film - Say that I'm a monster

I posted my phan one shot about not attending pride - so tell me i’m a rainbow (it makes me feel alright)

I posted my Good Omens one shot about Aziraphale doing an apology dance - it ends with a garden (and a cottage in the south downs) 

Bloody hell, that’s one hell of a list. And it’s not likely the last one I’ll do, I think I’m going to do one with their summaries and stuff too but I wanted to have my usual monthly recap, even if PEDIA always messes with everything in the best way. Same can be seen on this pie chart.

I didn’t even attempt to untangle all the small entries that’s about 1-0% in the grand scheme of things. It’s the fics that were done before this month but needed to be edited before posting. I had given myself the goal of 2k a day because I knew I needed write a lot to complete PEDIA but I also needed to spend a lot of time editing, but I still went past the goal and almost hit 75k.

That definitely held true, but man, I’m still so proud of myself for managing to keep up even while feeling burned out and getting sick. Like, look! I did it. Yay. You’ll get my monthly overview of PEDIA as well, because why not?

Over 253k words posted! Not my record for a PEDIA but it’s the third most I’ve ever done during one of these challenges, which I’ve been doing since 2017 (except my thesis year). Like this month is kind of stressful and getting into a bit of grind with it all, but the sense of accomplishment when sitting back is indescribable. And I still try so very hard to keep the quality top notch, because despite how I like to get lost in my stats - it’ll always be the words that matter more than the numbers.

I’m going to take a very chill time in September. I’ll still keep up with my daily writing habit but we’re aiming for 1k a day instead, and for this coming week, I am going to maybe only keep up with the journalling to take a break.

[skunkes]

do you have any pointers on making characters that you love and are proud of 🥺 i know it’s kind of a loaded question but i feel like i just Can’t make a whole being that i love and want to expand on! i’ve started on many ocs before but have inevitably abandoned them

This is a little hard to answer! I dont have many ocs, make one every 7 years, and I don't really have that feeling of Love and Pride for very many of em.

(i also end up abandoning em, see: how only Talon and Al seem to exist right now)

but anyway:

The process that I've found has helped me develop Talon (who I'm gonna use as example bc he's The recent oc and muse) and other ocs is...taking time to develop em as if they're Real Persons.

I joked earlier this year when I was starting to develop him, that he was Acclimating to my Brain, and that I was locking him in a room with my other ocs while I figured him out, but that actually also helped!

Im big on daydreaming so sticking talon in "a room" with other ocs kinda of helped build on all parties, as your brain gets to play with surface level interactions.

As for the real persons bit, I also mean this as Figurative language and not "I actually think my ocs are real people :)" but adjacent to the daydreaming, I let my ocs sort of tell me stuff about themselves as time progresses. Like, when I made Talon I didnt scramble to be able to fill one of those character sheets with facts about him on Day One. I couldn't tell you right now what his Biggest Phobia is or whatever. (But maybe some day he'll let me know!)

I feel like that ⬆️ would burn me out or make me feel restricted to whatever I came up with in such a short amount of time (which is also why I can't really Make ocs or focus on all of em at once) but it's like with real persons, you get used to and learn more about them and grow closer to em the more you spend time with them...!

Over time just picking a scenario and reimagining it has helped more facts and tidbits and quirks and such come to light, along with plucking things from media that inspires me, or funny tumblr posts that remind me of him (or get the gears turning in my brain), even really exaggerated joke posts make my brain eager to apply the non-joke elements to him, as well as interesting personality traits I notice in other, real people! Or traits from myself! Flaws (physical and nonphysical!) Insecurities! Things that make up real people you may love!

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I realize dis didn't really answer anything but again I don't really know T_T ive just made the one new involved oc this year, for the first time in many years. Ive been "developing" him since april and he's still not a "complete" character (+ maybe never will be) but i Do love and am proud of him. Thats another thing I think, it's Okay if you move on from your attempts. I've had ocs I was once focused on that haven't been seen or thought about in Years. Like who knows, Talon could be put back up on the brain shelf to collect dust in a few months. I think that's fine as long as you had fun with it! I hope you create something that Sticks, even for a little bit!

[not-xpr-art]

Progress shots of my ‘Portrait of a lady on fire’ piece!

I finally managed to remember to record my full process for this piece lol! Because of this, I’m gonna make this post a sort of follow on from this post about my creative process!

My inspiration and reference for this piece was a screenshot from the film, along with Caspar David Friedrich’s ‘Wanderer above the sea of fog’ (both can be seen below)

I tried to keep this piece as close to how I would do a traditional painting as possible to match the style of Friedrich’s piece (so, keeping all my painting on one layer, trying to work a section at a time, etc). 

I mostly used a fluffy textured brush for the painting (aside from the initial laying down of colours in the 2nd image, which I used a flat ‘watercolour’ brush). As I’ve talked about before, textured brushes are great for blending and for keeping things from being too harsh, which is perfect when you’re trying to go for a sort of oil painting-esque look!

I really liked the stark contrast of Friedrich’s figure and the sea in the background, so I tried to sort of emulate that in my own by painting the figures in slightly darker and more saturated tones than in the reference. (I think I also inadvertently made them slightly more ‘static’ looking, which I don’t hate since it fits quite well with the meaning behind the piece, which I’ll get into in a bit lol!) 

A lot about using references is deciding what elements you want to keep the same, and what you want to change in your own piece. In this work, since a part of my intention of it was doing a screencap study (since this pride month project is about celebrating my favourite queer films), the composition and colours are pretty similar to the reference. 

I hoped that my piece would have a similar feeling to it as the scene in the film, and I especially liked that shot because of the kind of voyeuristic vibes it gives. Another artist on instagram also commented that she thought it felt as if the viewer was standing with the two figures, looking across at the scenery with them, which was a concept I didn’t really consider when I was painting it, but absolutely love what it represents! The film had a feel of the viewer constantly imposing on a private and extremely intimate moment between the two women, almost like something so beautiful that we were never meant to see. 

I also think of the connection the film makes to the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, and how neither figure in my painting will never look back at the onlooker, forever caught in a moment where they’re so close, yet so distant. Makes you wonder whether it’s better to exist in a perpetual state of calm, or to look back and risk the pain and humiliation that might cause... Maybe I’m reading too much into it though lol

If you read this far then thank you lol!! 

Feel free to check out some of my other art advice posts and let me know if there’s anything in particular you want me to talk about in my next one! <3