#Journal of a Novel

[wedarkacademia]

[kjscottwrites]

And, importantly, share some recs!

[grendelsmilf]

amphibia was such a good show because for like most of the show, anne was the protagonist of a wacky family sitcom, marcy was the protagonist of a pg fantasy adventure novel, and sasha was experiencing unspeakable horrors somewhere in the corner of our field of vision

[oceans-beloved]

Mushroom Oasis March (Day 7 : Sleeping)

Ever since I played mushroom oasis, I've been coming back to the meadow scene for comfort again and again, and this event gave me the motivation to finally make an ambience/ sleeping aid!

Hope you all like it!!!

I made two versions!!

If anyone wants the version without the vocals it's below the cut!!

[thebramblewood]

Help, I think I've found the Sims 3 version of Lilith Vatore in Bridgeport and I already want her desperately. Also met this random bartender who I'm a little bit in love with too. (I swear I don't go looking for the ladies... the ladies just come to me naturally.)

[eziosofia]

"I’d been at The Old Avery. There were other taverns in Nassau, of course, and other brothels too, and I’d be lying if I said I didn’t avail myself of both, but it was to The Old Avery that I returned, where Anne Bonny the barmaid would serve drinks (and there was no one prettier who ever bent to a bunghole with a tankard in her hand than Anne Bonny), where I’d spent so many happy hours in appreciation of that fine posterior."

ASSASSIN’S CREED: BLACK FLAG

[poetryofmuses]

"She changed" yes bro I just read an extraordinary book and picked my personality from the badass female character.

[punsmaster69]

12/APR/20XX

i think that was my goal.

remember? the one i was mentionin' about twenty nine pages ago? i'd said something like...

"and when i achieve it?"

"...guess i'll finally close this book for good."

so, i'll count that to be my goal.

therapist agrees, so you can't get on me about that.

sharing inner thoughts was never something i'm great at. so much so that you might've forgotten that's what this was for.

can you believe that? s'posed to be a thought journal. daily mental-state evaluation.

ended up talking about my friends instead.

wasn't for me, i suppose.

...after some amount of pages, huh? geez.

[This calls attention to the fact that the book is much thicker than it was when it started. Seems instead of switching to another one, his journal just... gained pages.]

point is.

seems to me like a good place to stop things at.

i'll give you a final update, and we'll call it. alright?

——

breaking the news went as smoothly as if we'd entered the room and broke a vase on the floor instead. (undyne about did just that.)

the second calamity was when mettaton and my bro show up kinda late

holding hands.

turns out my bro is much more decisive than i am.

apparently it was mettaton first, then paps who decided after a few serious dates.

congrats to 'em.

been deflecting questions best i can all day from the announcements, so i was thankful my bro showing up like that took enough of the heat off me n' tori.

i...

can't stop smiling.

well- alright, that's a given.

but i mean this doofy grin i haven't kept up this long in ages.

i'm not even trying for this one.

all this talk about relationships, i think undyne's gotten excited. talking about marriage and all that. alphys has gone beet red.

grillby and the bar gave me a hell of a lot of pats on the back. i'd be bruised if i weren't bones.

if it wasn't that which would've bruised me, it definitely would have been the punch flowey gave me. the comment that earned me it?

"so..."

"this makes me your dad, right?"

he didn't take it well.

despite the petal-haver's apparent hatred... i think he's secretly glad that toriel's happy.

my bro sure took the news well.

granted, since he already thought me and her were dating, he just was happy for the public announcement.

"WAIT."

"DOES THIS MAKE ME AN UNCLE?!?"

"Are we gonna get another sibling??"

"WAIT, are we gonna get a SKELE-sibling?!?"

"whoa, slow down-"

"Frisk, NO??"

"Do not encourage this BONEHEAD to-"

"I think that is quite enough."

tori puts her foot down on that conversation.

living situations shouldn't change much for now, but maybe we'll figure out something else in the future. (staying with my bro. don't panic.)

concerns about my health have slowed down, as i've gotten more used to daily magic usage. noticed way less bad days recently, right? papyrus still insists on teaching me to use attacks better, so i've got that to look forward to. there might still be ups n' downs health-wise, but i'm confident in getting through 'em now.

paps is noticeably still somewhat anxious about it, fidgeting whenever everything is brought up. which is fair, but. still.

i'll get him a therapist like i've been seeing. an in-person one'll work better for him, i think.

not sure what else'll change, really. everything feels mostly the same.

other than (gasp) public handholding. (scandalous.) every time we're beside one another, tori's finding some form of physical contact.

that's different.

...in a good way.

right now, it looks like the aftermath of a wild party. friends knocked out in random spots; dangling half-off the couch or sprawled across the floor. i think frisk and i are the only ones still awake, since they wanted to put blankets on everyone.

"(Psst. Is one blanket enough?)"

they raise a large blanket in gesture with a questioning look.

i speak extra softly so i don't disturb toriel laying at my side, with her head on my shoulder and an arm across my torso; hand met with mine.

"(yep.)"

"(Kk.)"

frisk lays a blanket over me and tori. they stare contemplatively before speaking.

"....."

"Goodnight, Dad."

"...'night, kid."

welp.

guess that's it, huh?

....

i'm happy.

caring is nice.

———★

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐍𝐃

[trungles]

Hey all! I just made a free public Patreon post, and here are some of the comics from it. Enjoy!

Also Patreon needs to just make a free tier so people can get updates on those posts without me having to repost them on a dozen different platforms. I hate having to do that. Please, for the love of god, Patreon, do something helpful.

[solarismelody]

fatamoru is so <33333 i've been taking aaages with it bc i dont wanna ever finish it i love it so much 😭

[redspringstudio]

We unlocked the MC's Journal! Read the Main Character’s thoughts on the world and characters in this in-game journal as the story unfurls... Wonder what kind of things they'll notice ✍

Our next stretch goal is less than 25k away: a Digital Guidebook for the full game!

[sadexecutivelove]

Sylvia Plath, from The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

[priropro]

... Possibly the most fitting background music ever!

Priro Patreon this month will receive these beautiful gothic paper doll kits handmade by me 💙✨️

They will also be added to my shop at a later date, once I get good pictures of them

[writingwithfolklore]

Start a Dream Journal

                I know what you’re immediately thinking, “but I don’t remember my dreams!” don’t worry, that’s common. I also didn’t really remember my dreams when I started. Here’s the fun part, you weirdly get ‘better’ at remembering the more you write them down. And the sooner you write it down after waking, the more you will remember—don’t walk away thinking you’ll still remember after breakfast or showering, you won’t. Trust me.

                My creative writing prof encouraged us to all start dream journals because dreams are amazing sources of weirdness and creativity we just wouldn’t be able to achieve in our waking lives. Some of my best ideas have come out of my dreams—or at least parts of them. A feeling, a place, a character.

                You can either keep a little journal next to your bed, or lots of people record dreams in their phones. I write in bullet points, and make note of the date I had the dream. Some people scribble down a few points and then go back later and fill it in, using their initial notes to remember the details. Others write paragraph form. You can even, if it helps, write it out as a text to a friend and then screenshot it for later.

                They won’t all be winners (in fact, lots of the ones I record I never look at or think about again), but the ones that are interesting may help influence a project later down the line, or inspire a creative idea, or become a funny line of dialogue. My point is that you have this unlimited source of idea generation and you can literally do it in your sleep, why not take advantage?

                Good luck! Tell me your weirdest dreams in the tags!

[shih-coulda-had-it]

getting back into the swing of things