#And go

[glitchgh0sty]

All aboard everybody! I’ve become ✨inspired✨ *pixelizes your transformers*

I couldn’t tell you why, and I couldn’t tell you how, but there’s pixel art all over the apocalyptic ponyo au rn and though I have not dareth touch a pixel in literal yEars,, the disaster beans have me taking notes 👏u-ú✨

[tklsh-love]

I love when my moots post cute lil laugh audios from them being tickled~

I want to do the same. but. I just sound like waluigi 🧍‍♀️

[justheblueberry]

forget me not

[read-and-write-]

A few ramblings about fanfic and learning to write it

I have this voice in my head that I can't get rid off telling me lately that my fics are not good enough, a combination of the general insecurity of posting something smutty for the first time and the general lack of engagement, that unfortunately affects me, despite repeating to myself 1000x per day that numbers don't make a fic good.

So I think "What if I just stop writing this and go back to what I normally do? What if I just convince myself again that I can't do this?" But I don't want any of those things.

The thing is, if I stop trying to write smut because it's not "good enough" then I will never write because it will never be good enough if I don't ever try. So I have, I want, to keep writing, because not only I have the right to learn but I deserve it, I (and everyone) deserve to have fun while exploring what my own writing voice sounds like while writing explicit fics, or horror, or a new POV, a new genre, anything.

I started writing fic in Spanish at 13, roughly 10 years ago (yes I am indeed a gen z)and I wrote terrible quality pieces in my school notebooks. But I learnt from it. And I had so much fun it awakened something in me. I started to love fanfic and writing, I would fill notebooks with stories and always enter the world of a new piece of media through what people created from it.

I started writing in English at 15, way before I could call myself bilingual, way before I was able to read a full YA book in English without struggling or watch a full movie without subtitles, I didn't have nearly as much of a grasp on the English language as I do now, but that didn't stop me and I learnt so much from it. And I had fun, no matter if I couldn't differentiate between in/on/at (I still can't sometimes)

So, seeing as I didn't let a whole language barrier stop me, I am damn sure I'm not letting an imaginary voice in my head and an arbitrary method to measure my worth determine whether I should keep writing or not, the real measure is me enjoying and as long as I'm enjoying it then I'm going to keep doing it.

With Red, White and Royal Blue I have written more fics that I've written since the pandemic, I have met so much people I am very glad to call my friends, I've connected with incredibly talented writers who have also become my friends, beta readers, cheerleaders, people who tag me in Tumblr games, names that I see frequently on my daily "you've got Kudos!" email.

And I'm going to keep writing because I love it, because I love the people and I love the stories, and I still have a lot of stories to tell.

And if someone else feels the same way, I hope you keep writing too.

And that's the end, if you read this, I love you, I don't care who you are. And now we go back to our regular scheduled programming: gay fic.

[meowdei]

If u think ur funny try again ur not me don’t even USE the word funny in my presence. Matter of fact don’t even think about having FUN around me u are not on my level Nick said my comm idea was funny

[twinklerei]

Scott Summers either looks like the most pretty bbg ever, or like an weird ugly thing that doesnt shower and I really apreciate it

[unfavorableinstigation]

Today we had our very first meal where all members of Boyfriend's immediate family were present with all members of my immediate family. This event slid in under the wire to happen BEFORE Boyfriend and I passed our 10-year anniversary, so we are all very proud of our organizational skills.

The speech:

"You may be wondering why we wanted to get you all together today. Well, I do have an announcement to make, and it's that getting you all in the same room today was difficult enough to plan so do not expect a wedding out of me in the near future. This meal should, by my calculations, buy me another ten years. Thanks!"

[heavenlyakin]

lmaooooo just say you don't love me and go!!!

I don’t love you

[el-train]

[ramblesbiab]

i'd like to thank my fucked up spine and estrogen for making my ass so fat like DAMN

[depressionisexistence]

When I’m scrolling I tend to catch myself looking at the beautiful women of tumblrs neck.. then picture my hand around it.

That’s what gets me going..

Ass and titties are everywhere.. let me see that neck girl. 🥵🥵😈😘💙

[monards]

WHY. WHY IS SHE EVERYWHERE.

[mssmooll]

Ngl, if I ever go after someone again, I need 'em to have Tumblr, gotta have my partner seeing me be silly over my favorite media and crave my pookies with me lmfaoo

[mariposakitten]

Controversial paladin post: all paladins should understand, even if they never admit it out loud, what would make them break their oath.

Because. Because it isn't allowed to be easy. Being righteous. Being good. There is no easy solution, and thinking there is one is the quickest way to go bad.

You can't just swear a magically-enforced oath and go "okay, well, whatever the oath allows is good and the things the oath disallows are bad." You're not allowed to stop deciding for yourself. You're not allowed to stop questioning.

The oath is not the goal. The oath is a tool to help you reach the goal. The goal is being good.

What is your breaking point? When and why might you say, "if the oath doesn't allow me to do this, then the oath is wrong"? What would be your Huck Finn "Then I'll go to hell" moment? If it came down to it, if you had the choice of doing what you felt was right but breaking your oath, vs keeping your oath and doing something you believed was wrong... what would you choose? And what might prompt that choice?

(This was prompted by a post I saw a while back that wrongly claimed that if you free the spawn in bg3 you lose your paladin status, but it was also prompted by my complicated history with, and eventual decision to leave, Christianity.)

Anyway I love paladins and I love the paladin oaths and yes, in a well-run game with a good DM this should never come up but... it's something I feel all paladins should think about sometimes. Because you don't actually turn your brain off the moment you take your oaths. Because there is no algorithm for goodness that you can trust implicitly. Because it's important to remember that you're making a choice, every day.

(Tagging @erinlynnjeffreys @beardyblue and @wearepaladin because they might care about these ramblings lol)

[feelboss]

petitioning larian to add this as a dialogue choice for all characters tbqh