#But I'm also insanely busy

[violent138]

Every time I worry about keeping my readers waiting, I remember that nothing I don't do will ever top the standard of my patron Saint George RR Martin.

[raticalshoez]

hey, isn't that that one guy with no friends?

(Click on image for better quality !!!)

[iamamythologicalcreature]

Sentences or Sketches or Something... Sunday

Hello strangers! It's been a long time since I last did a progress post of any kind - thank you everyone who's continued to tag me so I don't get left behind! And thanks to @noblecorgi, @alexalexinii, @you-remind-me-of-the-babe, @blackberrysummerblog, @thewholelemon, @mooncello, @monbons, @prettygoododds, @shrekgogurt, and @youarenevertooold for tagging me, today. (I feel so loved! <3) I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone's up to.

It's still Sunday in my neck of the woods, though just barely. And yes, I've used my "sentences" banner, but... It's a bit more chaotic than that. Honestly, I wasn't sure about doing a post today because I'm a bit all over the place, but then I figured... eh, why not? I am all over the place LOL.

So here's your snippet from the collective efforts of Jo's creativity, lately, under the cut. (Because I ramble...)

On the Haunting of Simon Snow... I haven't forgotten about it! Nor is it abandoned. As I keep telling anyone who will listen, I have a rough draft, which basically amounts to an outline, meaning I have way too much figured out to just let the story fade away. XD I attempted to work on Chapter 2 earlier this month, and ran into some roadblocks - of the architectural variety.

So I've started to research manor houses and English estates like mad. I'm going to do the thing. I'm going to figure out Pitch Manor. Why? Because my brain won't let me gloss over paltry details such as the location of Simon in the grand scheme of the house, or how and where the roof attaches and where that tree is going to be. It's annoying, but I figure... This is a fun puzzle, too. One I hope to be able to share with the fandom at large once it's complete.

This little snippet is from an early design I've since scrapped (but you never know what might come around, again.)

"That's great, Jo, but how about some sentences?"

Okay. Ahem. Here's... some Simon sentences... that have just been scribbled out. *cough*

I sit there and listen to the man on the other side as he blathers on about extra fees associated with estate deliveries due to distance and blah blah bloody fucking blah. I wish he’d just say it. Just say 'this is the Pitch Manor tax.' No one ever does. But everyone charges it.

I HAVE WRITTEN SEE THERE'S PROOF.

Okay, moving on...

The other thing I'm working on is illustrations for @mooncello's beautiful fanfic, "Lost Boys." I just posted art from Chapter 1 here, and I'm working on art for Chapter 2, now. The story is stuffed to the gills with absolutely gorgeous imagery, so choosing what to illustrate is a challenge. Hopefully it all works out, and in the meantime, here are a couple doodles.

(I was telling Heath last night... this morning...? about how all illustrations start out as baby sketches XD These are the little babes in the creative nursery, basically. Also I have never posted baby sketches before and I'm kinda nervous about it. But. Well. >.> )

THERE YOU HAVE IT. A couple of my reasons for being so entirely absent from all other aspects of the fandom. (Also I got hit with the flu super hard, but doing better now!)

Tags for future wipsdays/hello's! @leithillustration, @artsyunderstudy (thank you for listening to me ramble about Pitch Manor), @erzbethluna, @nightimedreamersworld, @cutestkilla (thank you for also listening to me ramble about Pitch Manor sorry I'm reworking it again XD), @angelsfalling16, @fatalfangirl, @hushed-chorus (thank you for being my secret-garden-enabler XD), @rimeswithpurple, @best--dress, @whatevertheweather, @ileadacharmedlife, @scribble-tier, @imagineacoolusername, @brilla-brilla-estrellita, @alleycat0306, @ivelovedhimthroughworse, @tender-ministrations, @katmiscellanious, @anxious-m3ss, @bubble-gumhead, @ebbpettier, @facewithoutheart, @bazzybelle, @theimpossibledemon, @aristocratic-otter, @ic3-que3n, @palimpsessed, @raenestee

[hasarjunadoneanythingwrong]

I'm trying hard to not be too whiny ant certain stuff any the event that annoys me but I will say as a general rule of thumb if you're writing dialogue w arjuna alter and someone like karna about their relationship and you can sub out alter for the original arjuna and not need to edit the dialogue there to reflect that at all then you've missed the plot a bit. Arjuna alter may be a reflection of facets of Arjuna but he's still...different?

Like, he straight up has huge chunks of his life as a human missing from his memory, he doesn't HAVE the same relationships with the people from when he was alive like og arjuna does (including karna) because he can't remember it and even if the end of lb4 had it kick in a bit they do overall write him as being calmer about the rivalry and I feel like that should mean that his relationship with karna (and indeed, even how karna approaches him) should be handled differently. Karna's line for arjuna alter in the myroom indicates he thinks that alter is a possible threat and he's monitoring him in case there's an issue, yet his dialogue to alter in any given event is much more similar to his stance on og arjuna if a bit nicer even (ie 'our mother would have liked us getting along) and it's just..kind of frustrating they don't seem to try to delineate any difference between either arjuna and their relationships with the people they knew?

[gaywizardzone]

did this for the wha fairytales zine back in 2022, some kind of fairy ring situation x tacky spirit halloween colors crossover happening here. what can i say, i love an acid green!

[ecto-stone]

When it's cold (when it's cold) outside (outside) Am I here in vain? Hold on to the night There will be no shame

Always, I wanna be with you And make believe with you (always) And live in harmony, harmony, oh love (Always) I wanna be with you (always) And make believe with you (always) And live in harmony, harmony, oh love (always)

[paleangels13]

Would anyone be interested in a concert report? I spontaneously went to a concert on Sunday and I have THINGS TO TELL and pictures to share 🥰🥰🥰

[licorishh]

Replayed Modern Warfare 3 2011 on Veteran tonight and goooooooood night. Blood Brothers never gets any easier to watch no matter how many times you've done it and the ending really never misses huh

I apologize for the amount of yapping in the tags I reread it all on mobile and started giggling because it went on for so long but eh. Blessed are those who won't shut the freak up and all that

[fitzrove]

Its ok maybe if you look up the lyrics to was für ein grausames leben and read them in english you will be okj<3

[astrxealis]

hi guys please wish me luck for my college entrance exam tomorrow for one of my dream schools xoxo

[indexcard]

my hot take of the day is that the internet has just kind of reinvented the gender binary for how brains work... scholarship presented you all with neurodiversity and the spectrum and you were all just like. right so people are either neurodivergent or neurotypical. got it 👍🏻

[space-spring]

Trying to motivate myself to work on the next chapter of my fic, so here we are with an Avlora/Maxwell ship chart!

And for fun, a non-comprehensive list of plot parallels that I've been putting together:

They both serve as the leaders of their respective militaries.

They both act as mentor to one of the Glenbrooks and have a really close relationship with their respective royal (to the point that they're willing to sacrifice their lives to ensure that royal's safety and success).

They both independently do that thing where they hold back during the tourney and THEN dramatically reveal the fact that they held back during their later duel. They do this by unleashing devastating, flashy moves that they presumably developed and practiced in secret specifically just in case they found themselves in this exact situation. Related point: they're both insane

They both have doubts concerning their respective ruler's honor (Gustadolph and Regna respectively). Despite that, they both spend a considerable amount of time serving those rulers and consequentially develop complex feelings around it. Those thoughts generally revolve around thinking that their respective Glenbrook royal (Cordelia or Roland) would do a better job.

They both end up washed down the Norzelia River following an invasion, but manage to miraculously survive regardless and come back to help finish the war.

I am looking with incredible respect at both of their character designs.

So, in conclusion, they should fall in love about it! QED, thanks for coming to my TED talk, until next time

[rt-arts]

i'm almost 100% sure i've uploaded this before somewhere else but i thought i'd post it again

mac & charlie belong to @starchymcgee as always!

[carcarrot]

well everyone now that sparkstember is over i can now devote my energy to being insane in other still sparks-related ways

[ageofzero]

TODAY I LEARNED THAT AT THE START OF THE PANDEMIC, BEN DROWNED FINALLY GOT ITS PART 3.

once again I am like years late to the news/party but mfer I was there when Alex was working on part 3 to be a forum and video game ARG combo experience omfg. Those forums are long gone, wiped off the internet, but damn!! He really said "oh, I have time to do this now" and fcking finished it while I wasn't looking.

He also used AI image generators for the process so it's a monkey's paw situation for me but still. dang.

[pocket-size-cthulhu]

The sheer size of the USA is such that if you mapped the distance between me (mountain west) and my parents (east coast) onto Europe, if I lived in London my parents would live in like eastern Romania or western Ukraine. Over 2000 miles (that's 3200 km)