#and spent like 30minutes making this

[afarcryfrommymain]

Credit to my younger brother who is way funnier than I ever will be

This is how he wants himself represented btw

[sir-arlieosaurus-lung-struggler]

the holidays are always really fucking weird, i dont like many of them but specifically December is just- ew

Anyway ill just thro my mini pitty party real quick:

These song explains how I feel about christmas time *perfectly*

Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas by mother mother (christmas playlist)

From heres basically a trauma dump about being in the hospital, but i typically talk about this in a tone more like "oh yea! i nearly died lmao"

When i was like, just turning 6 I had 💫pneumonia💫 & needed to go to the 💫hospital💫. So I spent like, 12/11-31/15 in the hospital. along the way i had these treats happen (not really in order, 💜=story from family member, ❤=i actually remember this)

💜being diagnosed by my sisters 16 yo boyfriend by looking at my gums, whereas medical staff took 4 days

❤Some mcdonalds, cool auntys banana bread, jello & making popin cookin sets w/ my older sister

💜a 5 day medically induced coma

lung surgery therefor cool fuckin scars on my back (WHICH I CANT FUCKING SHOW ANYONE CAUSE I WAS CURSED W/ TITS AND 2/3 ARE UNDER MY BRA)

💜waking up from said coma periodically only to say "im scared" w/ my mom trying to comfort me but i had ear shit going on

💜Finnaly actually woke up, yelled "IM DEAD", which is reportadly the scariest shit my dad has ever heard, my mom asks if i hurt, i say yes, she like "ur not dead honey" again i was 6 & in & out of a coma 😂 (idk why but I've always found that story funny)

💜my parents being thretened w/ truancy by my dumbass school

❤Christmas, I had *2* mini christmas trees in my hospital room 💅 1 was cool but my cool uncle & aunty got me a pink 1 which I still have to this day as a lamp

💜only trusting 1 of my doctors cause he looked like my grandfather who'd been deceased for 2years at that point

❤💜going on walks around the kids floor in a wheelchair & stealing a little gingerbread beanie baby ornament but they didnt care so they just let me keep it & i still have it somehwere.

💜my mom met a lady who had a son who was a few months old & they didnt expect to live past a couple weeks but he *did* (more on that later)

💜had food in the cafeteria and i proceeded to rub the pizza i got *into my hair*. My response? "Its just cheese" my family and I quote that to this day lmao.

💜being reverted to a toddler for a good minute (someone asked my age i said i was 3, i was not) & needing to relearn walking, talking, the little bit of reading i knew & getting into a shower w/out being scared of being pulled down the drain

❤said dude who asked my age worked at the hospital cafeteria & we visited him after most of my appointments. miss u uncle (that was what he went by), wish u well. Dont know where he since covid cause the part of the building cafeteria was in was torn down.

❤and after all that later and i got releaced on new years eve :>

results:

From there forward i had a 20-30minute nebulizer to do every 4 hours (which my parents had to wake up at like 2am for a half hour for), 2 twice daily inhailers, 2 nasil sprays, "the tire" (tastes like shit and makes me feel anxious) (that isnt even all of it my mom counted 8 meds at one point) and i slowly dropped them year by year till they had me down to just rescue inhailer as needed & if my lungs r really shit for a min i go on the tire. (Tire=prednisolone but what 6 year old is remembering that name lol)

specialist appointments every week, then 2 weeks, then every month, 3 months, 6 months, now im at checkup every year and check in as needed

"Look whos inside again" by bo burnham is my life in a nutshell

To this day the smell of a consentrated area of hand sanatizer just has me stop in my tracks lol.

seeing a picture of tiny me on my parents facebook feed yearly of me unconscious in a hospital bed w/ tubes in mah face

couple of close friend i met post hospital (keep in mind i was like 7) didn't believe me so i ran around the playground cursing them the fuck out (never did get in trouble for that 😂) ((I still talk to 1 of them shes cool))

Idk where to put this but about that kid I was talking about before, I found out last year around this time he had just died- of 💫pneumonia💫. yea that fucked me up for a good minute, he was around 6 too which didn't help, I never even met the kid and I still had a weird form of survivors guilt.

Anyway have a merry fucking christmas i really dont get this holiday lol, treat yourself kindly, feel free to be the grinch you are and explain in detail why u hate the holidays u arent alone lol

[dylanmunson]

Coyote Ugly - Eddie

an: i work at a coyote ugly bar, (yes like the film) and i couldnt help myself so heres this, fluff with some smut? not actual smut but hints of it i think? lol, we dance on the bar and its female fronted, the only men that work there are the chefs, and floor staff, everyone behind the bar is female, everyone dancing on the bar is female. girl power (-: (also, everyone is like 21+ in this so)

this is pure word vomit and i lowkey hate but like i needed to get this out my head lmao. 

Masterlist | wattpad

Its a friday night and i've just finished getting ready for work, double looping my bandana around my knee so it doesnt come undone i make my way downstairs towards the party. 

The party in full swing, it being 8pm on a friday in the city, i swap with one of the girls on the door who are doing promotions and allowing people in the venue. The queue is dying down, slowly. "heya free shot?" i grin handing the group of young adults a free shot card. "yes thank you!" one of the girls says taking the card, "why have you brought me here" one of the men say. "Because after everything that happened we need a night out alright eds" the other male says to his long haired friend. "besides whats better than booze and babes" the girl says, i grin "shes not wrong yano" i chime in. 

"babes and booze, cant go wrong" i smile, handing him a free shot card. "besides the musics alright too" i smile, i take in the patches on his jacket and smile "i'll make sure to mention to the dj to switch it up a bit tonight as well" i grin at the long haired man. "IDs?" the other girl next to me says, they all nod before handing her their IDs as Steve, ive learnt his name is pays for everyones entry. 

"have fun guys!" i smile as they all walk in, i stay on the door for another 30minutes before one of the girls comes rushing out, swapping with him, having just spent the last 10minutes on the bar and dying for fresh air. I run in and grab her a water before going to her, handing her the glass before going back in. Popping anything in my pockets into the little cubby hole before walking up the stairs to the bar. 

Mic in hand, i grin at everyone dancing and buying drinks "how we doing tonight Indianapolis" i say into the mic, after some "woos" and "yeaaahs" from the crowd, the next song comes on and me and the two other coyotes on the bar begin dancing. 

Some guy decides to put his arms on the bar as well as his drink, so i drop down, and tap his arm "hey love could ya move ya glass for me" i smile, he waves his hand in front of his face "im asking nicely dude" i sigh, moving his glass to the rail just below the bar, so the drink doesnt get knocked over by me or one of the other girls. 

i shake my head as i stand up again and carry on dancing Pour some sugar on me, comes on and we begin doing our routine to the song, bringing the mic to my mouth i grin "i cant here you guys" i say "pour some sugar on meee" i sing into the mic, pointing the mic to the crowd trying to get them to interact with us on the bar. When i spot the four friends from the door grinning walking to the bar. 

Carrying on with the routine, before the chorus hits again, i drop down,(like a slut drop lol) when the four friends are in front of me, "sing it" i grin pointing the mic to the long haired male, he shakes his head smirking at me, i playfully roll my eyes,  standing up again and whipping my hair before doing some free styling, then finishing off the routine. 

"you guys are amazing, thank you guys" i say into the mic, i feel someone touch my cowboy boot, i look down to tell them off when i see its the girl from earlier putting a 5 dollar bill in my boot, sending me a wink "thanks lovely" i grin, "remember ladies if you wanna come up on the bar, go to the stairs over there" i say pointing to the stairs to the bar. 

I see the two girls look at each other, before rushing to the stairs. I walk over and take one of the girls hands, "whats ya name love?" "im robin, this is nancy" she grins, as we walk to the centre stage.  Highway to hell by AC/DC comes on and i take robins hand and begin dancing with her earning a "wooo" from steve in front of us. "sing it Indianapolis, im on the highway to hell" i grin pointing the mic to the crowd again, "go robin!" the boys shout, i grin dancing with their friend, before walking them off the bar, swapping with one of the other girls to grab a drink before heading into the garden area to collect any empty glasses. 

"oh my god thank you so much" i hear, i turn and see robin "its not a problem! you guys killed it up there" i smile "does it always feel like that?" i nod smiling "pretty much yeah" i giggle, stacking the glasses up, "careful" the long hair dude says "i got it dont worry hunni" i smile at the man, he nods. "Wait here kay?" i smile heading back in dropping the glasses off for the dishwasher, before pouring 8 shots, putting them on a tray before going back to the garden and finding the four friends. 

"here you are" i grin, "on me" i smile softly, "you shouldnt have!" i shake my head "anything for my girls" i smile, rubbing robins back, "besides" i shrug, "can i buy you a drink sweetheart?" the long haired friend says, i smile softly "im working lovely" "after your shift?" "i finish at close hun" i sigh "can i at least get ya name" i smile "y/n and you?" i smile taking the empty shot glasses "eddie, eddie munson" i smile putting my hand out to shake his "lovely to meet you munson" i grin "now duty calls, you know where i am if you need me alright guys" i smile before going back to the bar to carry on working. 

Its now nearly 1am and im on the bar again when i feel someone touching my boot again, when i see the eddie guy putting what i amuse is a tip into my boot, i drop down "thankyou sweetie" i grin, blowing him a kiss, he nods before heading towards the door. I pout as he leaves "farewell my love" i giggle waving as he leaves, robin giggling as she watches, the poor boy shaking his head. 

Its now closing time,3am and most of the coyotes are on the bar doing the final dance and sing as we close. I jump down from the bar and clock out once everyone is out the building, before grabbing my things and walking out the building, now in my joggers and big jumper. 

"hi sweetheart" i jump "you scared me!" i shout turning to see the eddie dude from earlier, "sorry sweetheart" he chuckles "you stalking me" i grin, he shakes his head "thought i'd shoot my shot here" he half smiles, putting his hands deeper into his jean pockets. "ah, and whats that?" i smile, "theres a cafe down the road, wanna grab a coffee?" i nod "love to" i smile "i got your note by the way" i smile as we walk to the cafe, "had to shoot my shot right" he chuckles i nod "cute" i grin. 

He opens the door for me as we walk into the cafe, we sit in a small booth and order drinks. "so eddie" i grin "where ya friends?" i mumble taking a sip of the hot drink, "back at the hotel" he sighs "robin and nancy are fucked" he chuckles, "left steve to look after them" he grins, "had to come see that pretty girl from the bar" he grins, his neck and cheeks going a deep cherry red colour "you dont get a lot of female attention do you" i smile biting my bottom lip. 

he laughs "what gave it away" he chuckles i shake my head "didnt mean it in a bad way" i sigh "your adorable, you just went all red" i shrug pulling my sleeves over my hands, he shakes his head "its fine honestly" he chuckles "if anything, im quiet glad" i grin, he raises a brow and looks at me "i mean, if you got all the female attention would we be sitting here at 4am drinking coffee?" i grin biting my bottom lip. He laughs again, and god its beautiful. 

"You make a fair point" he says i grin, "also going to amuse, you wouldnt of done this without a little push" i smile, he nods "am i that easy to read?" i shake my head "no no" i chuckle "i dont normally do this but do you wanna head back to mine?" i say finishing my drink. 

He chokes on his drink "im sorry what" i cover my face "fuck" i giggle "you dont have to, i just thought we could watch a movie or something, nothing sexually... unless" i shrug 

"fucking hell" he laughs, running a hand through his hair. "lead the way princess" he grins putting some money done for our drinks, as we head out. 

The movie long forgotten it just being background noise now, as his tongues in my mouth, my hands in his hair as he lays on top of me on my small sofa, i moan into the kiss as he grinds down on me. 

[thiaschuessler]

2022 Roundup

Here we are again. And by "we" I mean just me, because not even my momma asked for this year-end summary.

Per usual, 2022 had its ups and downs:

DOWN: The commercial agent who signed me in April 2021 left the company at the end of the year to start his own. He never got me one single commercial audition in those ~9 months.

UP: Their new commercial agent decided to renew my contract in April 2022 after a zoom meeting. She got me a handful of commercial auditions within her first few months for legit clients like Estee Lauder, Forward, NBC Universal, and Kate Spade.

DOWN: In July, the agency decided to dissolve their commercial department altogether. Womp womp.*

UP: Also in July, the short film I made with my cousin Marisa in July 2021 finally premiered at home at the St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase, and our supportive family got to come see it on the big screen with a packed audience. Being of the horror genre, it had a surge of screenings at genre festivals around Halloween both at home where it was shot and in LA where Marisa and I live. We even won BEST FILM and BEST EXPERIMENTAL at two horror fests.

Other than that, I did lots of self-taping and had a few callbacks - both on zoom and in person (which I'm mentioning for the sake of historical reference). I was cast in a feature that was then cut down to a short film, and my character was cut with it. I did get to shoot an Amazon demo for their new palm payment technology + a music video with a lifelong musician friend.

I joined an actor training group in May that I wish I had known about during the pandemic. It's all online and covers all facets of acting: the craft, the business, and the mentality.

For the second half of the year, a lot of my energy went towards my brand new camper van rental business venture. Inspired by the newfound prospect of a "free" filming location, I spent September outlining a feature film starring my new Sprinter van. Hopefully, I'll get around to shooting something in it next year.

*Since this blog is really just for me... for the sake tracking my acting career... let me just write out my history of representation:

My 1st agency out of college repped me in exchange for free labor (internship). I was with them for 2.5 years, until they dissolved their entire agency. (March 2010-Sept 2012)

My 1st manager repped me, because I sent her a blind submission email asking to meet with her. We met, and she liked me. Very straightforward. I was with her for a little over 3 years, until she decided to focus on coaching and managing her child actor clients. (Jan 2012-March 2015)

My 2nd agency repped me, because I took acting classes from the commercial agent. My manager had suggested her class to me, so I took it for 1.5 years, and she loved me. They signed me across the board. I was with them for almost 3 years, until they decided to rep only their literary clients and dissolved their entire acting division. (June 2013-Sept 2016)

My 3rd agency added me to their commercial roster because of a blind submission (one email and one phone call). I was with them for a little less than two years, until they dissolved their commercial department. (April 2021-Dec 2022)

If the business is hard for actors, it's just as hard for their reps. If I'm not making money, they're not making money.

Apparently, I went without representation for most of the years when I was producing my own work through Shy Ruby (2013-2019). My agent/manager hiatus also perfectly aligns with the moment in Hollywood when Casting Director workshops were being shut down and exposed for the cons that they were (c. 2016). From the moment I graduated from theatre school in 2009, I was signing up for 2-3 workshops per week ($50 each), to sit through about 30minutes of Q&A before performing a quick scene for a Casting Director (or more likely, a Casting Associate or Assistant). I spent hundreds and hundreds of dollars. I got so many compliments and words of encouragement, but maybe only a handful of actual auditions from essentially paying to audition for them. Read all about the scam here.

Anyway, it's just interesting (to me) to follow that trajectory and understand why I was jaded enough to step back from Hollywood and only work on my own stuff for the latter half of the 2010s.

[sningo-prompts]

so with the sneasel instincts that he has to deal with daily, do you think ingo would eventually get tired of trying to control them, and just let them do whatever for the day? because i can imagine trying to keep control of said instincts every single day would get pretty tiring

I think he only lets go when either alone or with Emmet. Like its a big deal for him to keep them in check. Though they slip when hes very upset or in distress. Its partly why hes so tired all the time. Its probably a lot of work at first till he gets used to his body. That and till hes not like in so much pain. But hes a very disciplined man after his time in Hisui so i think he can manage keeping them in check. Thouuugghhht wouldnt it be fun to see when he slips up. And what he struggles with. Though i dont have many ideas atm. Lol

One urge he has to fight i wanna say is climbing into high places. Idk if its in hisuian sneasel info but i like to think they enjoy being up high. Ingo sees a high place and just ‘i would be safe up there, let me go up there.’

Another im gonna token is clawing things. Does he wanna do it to keep them sharp? Probably. Imagine Emmet catching Ingo clawing something like a tree and gets him something for the apartment. Emmet means well but i bet Ingo hates having to use things specifically made for pokemon. Like stairs for the bed. But he is a pokemon for now and he does feel better after getting the urge to claw out. OR does he wanna claw stuff to mark it? I dont really like this idea very much but i figured i could at least give it to yall lol

Now heres a good one. Midnight egg snacks. Sneasels are known for loving eggs yes? Imagine Ingos brainrot of wanting a raw egg. It probably plagues his mind constantly xD one night he just cant take it anymore and Emmet comes into the kitchen to see Ingo in the fridge. He leaves back and Emmet can see hes got just a raw egg in there. Ingo holds eye contact as he smashes it in his mouth just yo freak Emmet out. Which works. The image will forever haunt Emmet. The sound of a raw egg being being eaten ruins this man. From then on Emmet offers to cook Ingo something egg related. Please for the love of god Ingo let him cook the eggs. Its more for his mental stability than anything else. Ingo 100% teases Emmet about it.

Another one is hiding when he naps. He probably loses out to this one a lot. Hes tired but he has to make sure he doesnt go off to hide somewhere for naps. Causes Emmet a lot of distress when It happens. Plus Ingo doesnt like his bodys hiding spots. Places up high. Under the bed. In the back of the closet. In a cabinet. The laundry basket that one time. Ok i spent like 30minutes looking for the post about that and idk what happened to it. All i know is Ingo makes biscuits like a cat before laying down. Moving on

I had some angsty stuff for this but im so tired i dont think i can remember it. Sorry fam.

[missymurphy1985]

Nobody's Perfect (part7)

Will Liane crash the wedding?

Warning - angst / injury

Taglist @queenshelby @margoo0 @being-worthy @peakyscillian @ntmynouis @janelongxox @elenavampire21 @noctvrnalmoth @ysmmsy @cloudofdisney @lauren-raines-x @namelesslosers

You woke in Cillian's childhood bedroom to the sound of his alarm going off. Fortunately he had a double bed, even though the way the two of you curled into each other, a single would've been fine.

"Morning beautiful lady..." He always woke you up like that, with a gentle kiss on the top of your head.

"Morning handsome. How you feeling about your baby sister getting married?"

"Weird. She's still 7 in my head. It's really odd!"

"She was telling me about her dress last night, it sounds beautiful."

"I'm sure it will be. Come on, me mother will be downstairs already fretting and I'm gonna be kicked out in 30minutes so you women can do whatever it is you women do before a wedding..."

"Am I not coming with you?"

"Nope. I'm going to be with the other groomsmen making sure Damien doesn't do a runner."

You laughed and dragged yourselves out of bed to get ready.

You'd arrived at the venue with 5 minutes to spare. Everyone, including Cillian, would be inside waiting for the bride. You headed into the toilets to touch your lipstick up before heading inside to wait yourself. Walking in, you noticed a blond woman doing the same as you. You smiled warmly, but she didn't return it. Not everyone in his family is as friendly as the others, clearly.

Thinking no more of it, you applied your lipstick and headed back to the wedding. Spotting Cillian at the front adjusting Damien's cravat, your heart soared. He looked incredible in his navy blue groomsman suit, combined with an ivory shirt and red rose boutonnière. His Peaky haircut only added to the attraction.

Silé and her father entered the room as A Thousand Years by Christina Perri played softly on the piano in the corner. You couldn't help but watch Cillian as he winked at his sister walking towards him and Damien at the altar. He wasn't just a groomsman, he was the best man. And what a best man he was. He nudged Damien, and he turned round, tears in his eyes as he watched his soon-to-be wife approach him. Cillian caught your eye and he smiled.

The ceremony over, it was time for drinks on the large patio area outside. You were stood talking to Cillian's youngest sister Orla when two hands wrapped themselves round your waist, and a pair of lips on your neck.

"Hey beautiful..." Orla made a vomit face, making you laugh as you turned and faced him.

"My word Mr Murphy, don't you scrub up well?"

"Not so bad yourself there." He held you at arms length, admiring the floor length light blue summer dress you'd chosen.

"Does this mean there's going to be an epic best man's speech from you then?"

"Yep. Had it written for months. Plan on embarrassing the shit out my little sister - perfect revenge for the stories I'm sure she told you last night." He smirked.

You were sat next to Cillian's other siblings at the wedding breakfast - there was a seat spare anyway - this wedding was three years in the planning, that seat would have been Liane's when it was put together. Silé had left it empty on the off chance her brother would find someone. Eventually, the time came for Cillian's speech. He took the microphone, and stood. Starting with the obligatory thanking everyone for coming, before cracking jokes about how he used to play practical jokes on his sister, and how he'd set her up on a blind date with Damien six years earlier. Liane got a mention - only to say that Damien setting him up with his sister 6 years earlier than that hadn't exactly gone to plan.

"I've only just forgiven you for that," he smiled, earning a laugh from the crowd. He made eye contact with you, and was about to speak before a voice from the back of the room interrupted him.

"Wasn't all that bad now, was it Cillian?" The room fell silent, you saw Cillian's face turn white as a sheet. Turning round, you saw the blond lady from the toilets earlier... It couldn't be...

"Can't have all been bad, you married me after 6 months of dating, didn't you?" Cillian cleared his throat, determined not to ruin his sister's wedding day.

"Liane, come on.." Orla took her shoulder and tried to walk her out of the room, but she was shoved violently away and hit the floor. Cillian had seen enough at that point and made his way over, pulling Orla off the floor and glaring at Liane.

"You need to leave, now, before I make you leave.." he seethed.

"Doesn't 12 years of marriage mean anything to you?!"

"Liane this is my sister's wedding day! We're not doing this now!"

"And who's this little slut you've brought with you, huh?" She turned to you, glaring as she made her way over. You were frozen to your seat as she picked up a wine glass and smashed it off the side of the table. Cillian shouted for someone to call the police as he grabbed her from behind and pulled her backwards onto a table. He managed to pin her to the floor, holding her hands up, writhing against him trying to get at you.

"Can someone take over.." he groaned, as Padraig grabbed her arms, another man had her legs. Cillian stumbled backwards, and you saw him clutch at his abdomen, blood on his hands and over his shirt. It was then you realised she wasn't holding the glass anymore..

"Someone call an ambulance!"

*************************************************************

You'd been waiting at the hospital for hours. As soon as he'd arrived he'd gone straight in for surgery. You'd gone in the ambulance with him, his mum and dad followed in the car. Everyone else stayed to give the police statements after Liane had been arrested.

His mum was holding your hand in the private room when the doctor finally came in.

"We managed to get all the glass shards out, and stitched him up. It went deep - a few centimetres to the left and she would have hit an artery. He'll need to stay for a couple of days so we can keep an eye on him, but he's awake now. He's asking for y/n?" His mum squeezed your hand. The doctor led you through to his room and you took a breath before going in. He was lying on the bed, wires in his arms and a sleepy look in his eyes, but he still shot you a smile.

"Feels like I'm filming 28 Days Later all over again," he smirked.

"You scared the shit out of me Cill..." The tears finally fell, you'd held them back up to this point but you couldn't stop them now. You sat next to his bed and held his hand, sobbing into it as he stroked your hair with his other hand.

"Just a scratch y/n. Better that than what I thought was gonna happen."

"There was so much blood..."

"She did a good job didn't she? Fuck it hurts..." He chuckled and immediately regretted it.

"Can you get my mam?" You nodded and went to fetch her. She came into to room and kissed Cillian's head lightly.

"Mam, y/n is good to stay with you til I'm outta here, right?"

"Not even a question son, you know that! Plenty of old photo albums I can show her." She smirked. So that's where he got that from...

"On second thoughts, maybe you should head to my place in Dublin..." He laughed nervously.

"Mrs Murphy I don't want to be a bother..."

"Shh now, I won't hear another word of it. You'll stay with us as long as you need to." You kissed Cillian's hand, a few tears still falling down your cheeks.

"Don't wind up the nurses Cill..." You warned, his mother told you the last time he was in hospital he spent the majority of the tine doing just that.

"Won't be flirting with them this time though at least." You raised an eyebrow, his mum slapped his shoulder.

Back at his mum's house, you'd settled on the sofa, his Dad on the armchair still in a bit of a daze and his mum bringing you a glass of wine.

"How's Silé and Damien?" You asked as she sat down next to you.

"They're more concerned about Cillian than the wedding - as long as he's okay, they're okay."

"Was she always crazy? Liane?"

"Not at first. She was a sweetheart. Once they got married and Cillian became more famous, she changed. Became possessive over him. Always checking up on him, making sure he wasn't having his way with co-stars... Ironic really!" She laughed.

"I'm so sorry for all of this... She wouldn't have done it if I'd not been there..."

"Not another word of it - the woman's a nutcase. This isn't your fault at all. I haven't seen my son this happy for years - and I mean it. If anything, I thank you for that." She took your hand as you welled up, and pulled you into a huge hug.

"You've all been so wonderful... Sorry I keep crying, my emotions are all over the place..."

"Understandable, it's been a hell of a day. Take yourself off.to get some rest. I'll wake you in the morning, we can go see Cillian. Maybe a spot of shopping after, what do you say?"

You grinned, and nodded. Saying goodnight you headed upstairs. Getting into bed, you sent a text to Cillian.

"Hope you're okay? I'm heading to bed, love you X"

He didn't reply but you figured he was probably resting, until his dad shouted up the stairs.

"Y/n??!!!" You rushed out of bed and ran downstairs.

"What's wrong?"

"Cillian's in a bad way, we need to get to the hospital now..."

[dayydreams-s]

I’ve also looked this up previously because i was confused and i have the same theories as you.

The only thing i’m still confused about is the stairs leading to the main door. I feel like there are two sets of stairs one completly to the end end of the hall where fez came down in 1x03 and ash went up in 2x01. But also another because in 2x04 when faye’s bf comes i feel like fez comes out from the middle in stead of the stairs completly next to the wall.

And even rue in 2x05 when she arrives she goes right through a dark hallway/stairs and then appears in the main hallway with the doors. So idk i feel like if there’s only the stairs you discussed then she shouldnve gone more to the left starting from the main door where the stairs are from 1x03. Don’t know if this makes any sense or if i went in thinking too far.

But anyways happy i’m not the only crazy one that went analysed all the episodes with fez’s house. I needed to crack this because i was so confused while reading fanfiction

honestly the main stairs area is probably the one part of this house i can’t 100% figure out 😭 i’m pretty sure it’s the part i spent probably the shortest time examining and what i think they are like is honestly just my head canon so i feel less lost when watching or reading fics lol but i’m also happy i’m not alone in the over analyzing of this house i literally have a 30minute video just purely clips of this house 😂

[apenapaperandadoofus]

Not me and my mom talking about that one movie about the kinky italian dude that kidnapped a woman and then they have to fall in love or smth and proceed to make fun of it for like 30minutes ahdhdhdb

But it was hilarious, I was telling my mom about the part where they're in about with another dude, and how they literally FUCKING ON EVERY PART OF THE BOAT (which includes the ROOF and first of all, it was fucking HOT outside why would you bang on the roof of a yacht that's HOT AS HELL YOU'RE BURNING YOURSELF ALIVE) and then we spent 10 minutes laughing bc the other guy was stuck on the boat with the couple while they banged for the WHOLE TRIP 24/7 and I'm sure he was just in his tiny little room hearing them moan like "they don't pay me enough for this shit"

[cynicaldesire]

Since I’m having trouble writing, I’ll just make an update post. Maybe that’ll help me feel better, get some things off my chest.

Not much to get off my chest tho. My husband had a like 2week break and we sat around mostly playing Monster Hunter Rise for the duration.

Shortly before his break, though, I was having chest pain and a toothache. My teeth have looked pretty gnarly and my gums have been receding for a while but language barrier so we’ve been too scared to go to a dentist. But we have to now because I started have Chest Pain.

My husband’s father died from heart failure. So I kept expecting my chest pain to go away so I wouldn’t have to scare him with it. But after like day 4, when the pain hadn’t gone away, I finally broke down and told him about it. He had like 3 days of work, so we agreed that I would be super careful and we lost a lot of sleep, but I checked my heart rate using my phone and tried to take it easy until my husband’s break started. We headed to the big hospital like a block away from the clinic we usually go to just in case my chest pain was serious. We struggle our way through language barriers and I explain my symptoms to the doctor. It was mostly some burning pain at the time. Doctor has me get an ECG and some bloodwork. He tells me the ECG is normal so my actual heart muscle is fine, but the bloodwork says my liver is inflamed in response to something, but it’s not an infection, so he’s gonna prescribe me some NSAIDs and tells me to come back in a week. My husband says that I also have been having some tooth pain. The doctor freezes with a thinky face and says to get my teeth checked and to come back in a week. We ask if he has any suggestions on dentists. He says NOPE! and leaves. We head to checkout and while waiting for them to process my stuff, the doctor stops by checkout also and I’m like Hey. He nods and heads out. We spent a total of like... 4 hours there. Total. For the ECG, the bloodwork, etc.

Go home, take the meds, try to take care of my teeth, get Listerine. Sit around and try to take it easy for a week. We go back, the burning is gone and my teeth have overcome their problem. Doc asks if I’m okay now, I say yeah, seem to be, but now I have random pinchy pains. He says I should come back in a month. Husband and I can’t so the doctor is like Okay well, you’re fine, but if it gets bad again... Come back.

Due to my being broke, uninsured, and having a chronic illness, I do a lot of armchair doctoring on myself. There’s a limit to it, of course, but I try to research my own health issues or treatments after visiting a doctor. I found so much more information on PCOS on sites like fucking Reddit than by going to a doctor for years. So after the doctor told me I was okay, I looked up why I might have chest pain if it wasn’t related to a heart attack or something. And one of the options was a pulled muscle.

I thought back to the week before the chest pain started. Other than the toothache and swollen gums, I had been doing a bunch of exercise. I did a bunch of Ringfit and hip lifts and situps and stuff. And I was like Hm. Did I injure my chest muscle overdoing the Ringfit?

I, of course, informed the parents of all of this. My husband’s mother was informed and I was worried she would be deeply upset because she lost her husband to heart problems. But then both parents were like “You went to the doctor? You have medications? Well you seem to have it under control, so let’s bitch about my problems.” Meanwhile, I’m over here having trouble sleeping because I’m worried I won’t wake up. But okay. When my husband went back to work, I Skype’d with my mother and she seemed more irritated that I had interrupted her evening than happy to talk to me or worried about my Chest Pain. Also my dad has to get up at like 3am, so when I called her, she was worried her getting loud and animated as we do was going to wake him up.

(husband’s mental health doctor struggles and a story about library card nonsense under the cut)

Husband has also been seeking professional help because he believes he has ADHD. He’s been having a lot of problems, mostly mentally and emotionally, and he traced all the issues he’s having to ADHD. So he went to an English-speaking psychiatrist for medication. The shrink said he wanted to treat the anxiety before the ADHD in case anxiety is the only issue. My husband, due to his job, is very good at asking questions, so he asked the doctor how many people he prescribes this medication to. And he said 100% of his patients. Well, the medication didn’t seem to help, so on the followup appointment, the doctor said Oh, you’re just taking too much. My husband was like It’s supposed to reduce my anxiety, but instead it’s making my anxiety worse, it’s giving me mood swings, and generally making me very angry. And also sex is more difficult. Doc said I’m gonna reduce the dosage because I can’t treat your ADHD without getting rid of the anxiety. Husband came out of the appointment angry and defeated. But now he’s taking less (and it might be helping?)

Soooo yeah. I try to brush my teeth at least once a day (up from the like once every 20 years I did it before) and I use the No alcohol Listerine in place of brushing sometimes because you can. I skimmed an article about how to take good care of your teeth and it said to not actually rinse when you brush and mouthwash in place of brushing sometimes. I drink almost exclusively soda so I try not to drink any for at least 30minutes after brushing or mouthwash.

We hung out with the friends a couple weeks ago and they said we should start up a new DnD campaign because one of our friends has a roommate in his small apartment and can’t rejoin the old one. The roommate is a friend displaced by a breakup, but he seems to have a new apartment and the moveout date keeps moving. Our DM is getting tired of it and one of our other friends wants in because he’s lonely and DnD is great, so he said we should start up a new campaign so he can join. So we’re setting up for that, just in case.

In order to work on my writing, I’ve skimmed a lot of tips articles after watching a bunch of YouTube lectures and videos. I kinda hate reading and I feel like a huge fraud because if I want to write, I should like to read. But I don’t want to risk buying books I don’t like and having piles of books on my Kindle that just rot. And also, you know, I’m broke. Why spend money on something I won’t get any enjoyment out of? Just a waste at that point. Coulda bought some McDonald’s with that money. Or something. So I thought about the library. I don’t have an active library card, but I knew my Dad had one, so I asked to use his to check out ebooks. He obliged and I started getting books that everybody recommends, like The Name of the Wind and Tales of Earthsea and all this other stuff. I also got Mistborn: The Final Empire and some other Sanderson books, and the Witcher series. But not every book was available at my library. I found an app that let me look at other libraries’ catalogs and I found the missing books at the library where my husband’s family and friends are. I asked our friends if they had a card among them, and the one guy that works at the library has one but his card is always maxed out for checkouts. As an employee, he can check out like  a max of 99 things. And it’s always maxed out. He offered me something I wasn’t comfortable with, so I declined. So I asked my husband to make a card. He declined. So I asked him to ask his mom to make one. She said she doesn’t live in the city, so she can’t. She sent us an email with my husband’s sister’s name for a library that I didn’t ask for and didn’t have the books I was looking for available. Because it uses a different service than the one I was looking at apparently so I could use that one but they didn’t send actual login information.

My husband, because of the way he communicates with his family, asked his mother for help with this library endeavor very cavalierly. He was just loosey-goosey with it. Something about it rubbed me the wrong way, but I figured they would handle it. His family intimidates me, has rarely made me feel welcome, and so I usually leave myself out of conversations with them. But after they just stopped worrying about the library thing, because I felt like I was right and all they had to do was make an effort, I took it upon myself to email his mom directly. Due to childhood trauma or other paranoia, I’m always worried about being misconstrued or misunderstood, so I end up being very verbose. See above. So I made a long email explaining why I wanted the library card, why I was asking for their help specifically, and included links to the places I saw you could make a library card and how they didn’t have to leave the house to verify it because of COVID. Then, to make sure it wasn’t demanding, that it was friendly, I added some stuff at the bottom about how I wished them well and I was proud of my sister-in-laws’s weight loss journey and how my chest was doing and blah blah. I sent this email right before bed. I assumed that his family would work together to figure it out and if they didn’t wanna deal with it, they would say they weren’t interested. The worst they can do is say no and I’ll have lost nothing except time.

Woke up to an email from his mother saying, in that malicious compliance/corporate politeness way, that she couldn’t make a library card because she didn’t live in the city and she’d be happy to make one for one of the cities that did work. Also, she hoped I was feeling better.

I had had a bad day prior. The day before, waking up had been near impossible, my husband ordered McDonald’s delivery for breakfast and I wasn’t hungry so we sat and watched an anime I didn’t want to watch while food sat getting cold in front of me. I ended up not being hungry for 8hrs. We were talking to the group about DnD, but also needed to shower, so while my husband got in the shower, I said some things to the group and then hopped in the shower. Upon telling my husband what I said, he had this look on his face like he was planning how to damage control what I had said, despite not even knowing what it was. My exhaustion had left me vulnerable, so I couldn’t deal with it and cried. He apologized and we talked about it. Bolstered by this conversation, I went on to boldly converse with other people, which is what allowed me to send that email to his mother in the first place. So upon her declaration that she couldn’t help me, I decided to help myself.

So I went through the process of making an account using my husband’s name for the library I wanted and it worked, I think. It’s not verified or maybe it’s not in the city, so I couldn’t check out an ebook. So I was back to square one. Not only back to square one, now I was doubly wrong. I had pursued this process in righteous indignation, after having directly contacted his mother, and been proven wrong. So now, not only was I dumb and wrong, I had put myself out there. I was wrong on stage.

My husband, wanting to help, went and acquired the one book I was using as my litmus for me. There are probably others I could look up, but at least I have that one and it’s sequel.

But yeah, that’s what’s going on with me.

[lordxgrinnyxboy]

rewatching tgm, wifi being useless edition 2/?

every time i hear puppet!Dea say “when a story is raw and real” i see Mr. Gordon Ramsey memes, they just scroll across my vision and there’s nothing i can do to stop it u-u

ngl im kinda in love with Mojo Puppeteer

the foot shimmy during this scene, like right as Ursus gets up off the floor Gwyn/Mr. Maskell does this little ankle squirm. u-u

foreaaaaaaaaaarmmmmssssss

love how mr maskell doesn't emote w/his face while puppeteering but ms. brisson's just facially so into this performance and honestly so's ms. onitiri

also love all the different bits of ribbon and such puppet!Dea’s hair is made of. several different textures in there

kay but the way he makes the prince puppet kinda bounce in place as he sings “only those three words could ever free me from the curse” it just makes it look like the prince is kindof adorably excited about this

im just now realizing that one part of the puppet is supposed to be the prince’s mouth and not his chin or something.

Dea’s soft “oh” when their hands touch

foreaaaaaarmsssss

Gwynlit always looks so shook as they step back from each other after the aging up sequence like he’s full dear-in-headlights (i know it’s ‘deer’ in headlights but he is Dear to Me so)

and really so is Dea for a second there

oh god her look of alarm  changes to a smile the second Gwyn starts singing. i need a minute.

i love these two so much

the harmony will never not end my life why is it so powerful

idk what they put in this song but every single time my aroace self is like “shfjshfsj play this at my wedding” and then i have to be like “wait.”

Dea’s adorable and i hope she knows how adorable she is

im cry they’re so cute they’re so cute i love these two

Quake is on it about letting ppl know entertainment’s cancelled due to the king dying Quake is ready Quake loves her job so much

oh so  the barrels are just there for Dirry-Moir and Osric to have somewhere to sit while Ursus tells the story okay

wait how quick did dude just throw on his Clarence costume and climb in the coffin that was. super duper fast

he’s literally offscreen for 24 seconds and managed to

holy cats how does he do it

wait also mojo tho. mojo had to put on his priest costume

wait also Osric and Dirry-Moir had to put on their Lord attire

and they say movies are supposed to be magic

just continuing to absolutely love every character played by ms. obianyo

love how they just. have trombones. 10/10

i mean i guess the costume changes aren’t super complicated like throw on a robe and a wig but STILL within 24 seconds? i think it’s impressive

oh hey jojo-as-a-random-lord is also here

ohhhhh is that why Jojo’s costume is Like That then? to make it easier to switch characters real fast? but no actually???

the hats on the lords tho. we’ve got Fish Lord, Bunny Lord,,, maybe some kind of Bird or Chicken Lord...

so it’s a Pig’s Foot that killed Clarence and the name of the holy relic translates to like, “pig’s flower” ...thematic....dots.......

oop there’s Only a Clown

ngl i kinda love Archbishop Kupsak. a weird dude.

would love to know why Angelica thought she needed to ‘make a law’ regarding traitors being brought to justice. just curious about her thought-process. heck she could probably have her own musical.

WAIT MS OBIANYO PLAYS THE TROMBONE. SICK.

wait hey, hey. hey. petition for ms. obianyo to play a FATE.

oh god it’s my least favorite scene

skip? no...but? no u-u

jojo apologize to the trash clown

scene too stressful

genuinely have no thoughts, head completely empty

CART SCENE CART SCENE CART SCENE

is that a bowl and spoon on th-

separate post separate post gentlefolks of the jury i

jaw twitch

okay but Dea gets this Look when Gwyn asks Ursus “who did this to me” she looks a little Surprised

does not react however to “who carved me into this freak”

the hand flex as Gwyn walks away from Ursus after Ursus Won’t Let Him Talk

oh Osric you absolute delight

beauty and the beast ii destroys me every time gwyn’s just steadily wilting but trying to hold on but he can’t and Dea’s so supportive

would love to know what Ursus’ take on all this would’ve been if he hadn’t been involved. like would he still be hell-bent on not letting Gwyn remember or would he have been more chill about letting Gwyn make that decision for himself

like on the one hand i can see why Ursus would think that maybe Gwyn would be better off not remembering, but also making him forget clearly didn’t actually help him suffer any less, it just gave him a different kind of suffering. He’s wrung-out tormented and Ursus can’t/won’t help him because of the potential repercussions of Gwyn learning the truth. which do include some Worst Timeline options for how that could go but. also include a few Gwyn’s Able To Move On And Live Well, With Or Without Ursus options so.

idk i just feel like after a certain point of seeing how Gwyn’s basically falling apart over all this Ursus really should’ve considered having that difficult Discussion bc that boy was Not getting better on Ursus’ Plan A

also the whole dismissively invalidating ur kid’s struggle is not a good look Ursus

i love him and absolutely believe he is definitely Trying His Best but he’s #Problematic_Dad for sure

that bit where Ursus notices Josiana as if for the first time and does that little bow to her oh my goodness XD

also him just trying so hard to keep it together in the lead-up to Born Broken. debating whether Ursus sticking his head through the curtain is the funniest part of this show. probably not but it’s real close

Dea’s so pretty and i love her outfit u-u

and her blue makeup

and her lovely lovely eyes like wow she’s Perfect

this girl is in her element and im fully convinced that in the version of events where Gwyn and Dea stay on as Lord and Lady Dea does some addressing of parliament or whatever, has speaking engagements, she’s all kinds of involved.

there’s tears in Ursus’ eyes during this bit and i don’t agree w/him but i do feel bad for him. he does want to do right by these kids but he’s just...it’s not working out for him because he can’t have it both ways.

i mean genuinely tho Ursus is so desperate to forget/bury/escape/move on from the past but in adopting Gwyn and trying to be a family and a fresh start for him...that shut down any chance of that actually happening.

no but fr Ursus’ face when Dea says “it doesn’t keep us safe, Father, it turns us against you” which is like. probably the exact thing he’s afraid of happening if they ever learn the truth.

*strums lyre* it’s a sad tale, it’s a tragedy!

Musical Ursus is fully a good dude who did one Stupid Thing and spent the rest of his life trying to control the damage only to make it Worse and then he died and i’m so! 😭

at the end of the second 30minutes but im keep going

Dea and Gwyn are holding hands so intently im feeling feelings about

harmonyyyyyyyy

ngl though i wonder if given Ursus’ “dear god, you pick your moments” and “who did what to you” if maybe this is something that’s just been festering and hasn’t been verbally brought up until the show’s events

“What do you want?! BLOOD?!” i mean u did script him as saying he wants to kill a man

“I can’t tell you anything you don’t already know” i mean technically that’s true bc technically Gwyn does know, he just doesn’t remember, which is pretty much the same as not knowing but ayyyyyyyyyy

would love to know what Ursus thought was coming when Gwyn said “I can only tell them what I know I am” like

wait no but “I can’t tell you anything you don’t already know” being followed by “I can only tell them what I know I am” idk how to say but oh heck oh heck oh heck heck oh no.

but yeah Ursus’ little glances at Gwyn and then the Turn as Gwyn starts to sing. i just wonder what Ursus is thinking just then

ohhhhhhhhh wait a minute now. stars stripped from the sky. the play on the lyrics from within Ursus’ show. the conversation they just had. is Freak Show (partially?) a vaguepost at Ursus 👀

no but the Wiggle before that next to last “watch me smile” tho

needs the backbend 🍹

hello Puppet Helmet Thing. i’ve developed a fondness for you, you unexplained and kind of weird yet near-infinitely interpretable element of the show.

and cutting here for length uwu

[kpopforthe-truefans20]

M.I.N.E ch.3

(I do not own credits to this gif)

SUMMARY:Y/N was looking for a change in her life. so she moved to Korea with her best friends. She was a makeup artist and her friend, while taking all her makeup photos, put together a portfolio and sent it to Big Hit. Where Hoseok saw her and just had to make her his.

Will he make it happen?

A/N thank you all for the constant love and support on my story. this is chapter 3 and I really hope that you all enjoy it. also follow me because then you can stay up to date on when I post. Which is every Wednesday at 11am. anyway enjoy the story. 

Y/N POV 

You woke up at 8:30 just to make sure you would have enough time to get ready to meet the boys. Your heart was beating fast and you were shaking with nerves. But nonetheless you still started getting ready deciding that you would do some simple makeup. A soft glam with pinks and red to make your face look warm and like you're not slowly panicking on the inside. One you were satisfied with your look you started on your hair deciding it was best to add some light curls to keep it simple. Heading to the closet to put on your new outfit. It was a simple white long sleeve button up shirt and a black skirt that stopped just above your knees and you added a clear pink belt with a heart on it just to add some color. 

"Okay I think this is as good and simple as we can get."

Looking up at the clock you noticed it was 9:25 so u decided you would head out for the day since it only took you 30minutes to get to Big Hit you decided the extra 5 minutes would be spent calming your nerves so you would make a fool of yourself. After all you were only meeting the boys, maybe handing out a little bit then coming home. Simple. Easy. 

Right?

Hoseok POV 

"Come on Namjoon~ this is a easy move to do, you won't mess up" 

Hoseok was trying to show Namjoon a new move he had saw from a random dance video he was watching and was determined to show somebody how to do it 

"No hoseok I'm tired we just did an entire concert rehearsal how are you not even a little tired?"

"Fine Namjoon be that way. Have fun being lazy."

Y/N POV 

Walking back into Big Hit did nothing but bring back all the nerves you thought were gone. As soon as you reached the front desk Mr.Bang walked up to you and greeted you. 

"Y/n! I'm glad to see you here finally. How are you?"

"I'm fine Mr.Bang how are you?"

"Beautiful! Let's head up to the practice room, the boys are getting ready for an upcoming concert in 3 months. I hope you like flying because you will be there as well."

"Flying? Yes, I'm okay with flying, it's not so bad I guess."

"Great that's good to hear y/n!"

As you were following Mr. Bang to the practice room you started to try and calm down. 

Don't worry y/n it won't be as bad to meet them as you think. You're their makeup artist after all. This is just the first step to getting to know the boys. 

"Y/n we're here are you ready to go in?"

Looking into the glass on the door you could see everyone going over choreography. Your eyes instantly land on Hoseok as your heart picks up in pace. Taking a deep breath you open the door to the practice room, walking in you swear everyone could hear your heart beating. But before you could even do anything else Mr.Bang starts to speak.

"Boys I need your attention for a moment I want you all to meet your new makeup artist y/n."

As soon as he calls for their attention they all stop and turn to look at you. At first they don't say anything then Yoongi speaks up first.

"Hello y/n it's nice to meet you I'm Suga but you can call me Yoongi if you like."

Not sure what else to say you just take a small bow and start to introduce yourself  

"Oh hello guys my name is y/n and I will be your new makeup artist so please take care of me. Also there is no need to introduce yourselves. I already know who you all are. I am actually a new fan of you guys."

Once you introduce yourself you start to look at everyone and notice that Hoseok is looking at you as if he is trying to read your every move. You soon start to stare back at him but for some reason you can't seem to focus on anything else because all you can see is the sweat dripping off of him from all the dancing and the heat in the room. Your eyes travel up to his lips and now all you can think about is what it would be like to kiss him and get even just a small taste. But you are soon snapped out of your dreaming when you hear Namjoon call your name 

"So Y/n how long have you been doing makeup?"

"Oh I uhm... I have been doing makeup for about 2 years now."

"Oh that's great well I'm glad that you will be joining our team and we all look forward to getting to know you."

"Oh well thank you Rm, I look forward to getting to know you all as well."

"Please call me Namjoon."

"Okay I will, also thank you all for taking time out of your practice to meet with me."

Just as Namjoon opened his mouth to say something he was quickly cut off by Hoseok reaching his hand out to shake yours. 

"Don't worry Y/n we all needed a small break from all the practice anyway, thank you for coming to meet with us. Just as Namjoon said I can't wait to get to know you. All of you."

Looking at Hoseok's hand in complete shock at what he had just said. He took his hand in yours and took a small breath before looking up at him. He was looking into your eyes with a small smirk on his face. You could have sworn your knees went weak just from the way he was looking at you. You quickly pulled your hand back to your side and looked around at the other members to see that they were all looking at him with confused looks at what he had just said. 

"Uhm well it was nice meeting you all and I'm glad I could give you all a small break but I should get back my friend and I had plans for the day."

Suddenly Mr. Bang started speaking and you forgot he was there so once he said something you jumped a little. 

"Oh yes of course Y/n I don't want to hold you from your activities from the day we will see you next week when you start. Here let me walk you out."

Looking back one more time you could see that all the other members went back to what they were doing before. All except Hoseok who was still looking at you with the same look when he was holding your hand. You quickly looked back forward to get out of the building before your heart burst to flames from the way he was looking at you. 

Jimin POV 

"Hey Hyung, what was with that comment you made to the new stylist?"

Hoseok turned around and looked at you with a confused look but you knew that he knew exactly what you were talking about. 

"Come all Hyung we all heard what you said to her. You didn't exactly say it quietly. What was with that?"

"Jimin, what are you talking about? All I did was tell her that we look forward to getting to know her. What's wrong with that."

"Mm.. well keep yourself under control then will you? We all know that look you were giving her. And how you were looking her up and down. You basically undressed the girl with your eyes and with the way she looked at you I'm sure she could see it too Hyung. Don't go scaring her off."

Hoseok POV

Well was it that obvious that I was staring at her? Did she really notice me looking at her? I mean, Jimin isn't wrong. I was undressing her with my eyes but I couldn't help but look at her with the way her skirt fit her body so well and how her hair fell into her face. And those lips. Oh what I would do to have them wrapped around my......

"Yeah! Hoseok come on stop day dreaming we need to be ready for this concert get your ass over here."

"Oh sorry I'm coming Jin."

Y/n POV 

"No you guys I'm telling you he was looking at me as he was going to jump me at any given second!" 

"Y/n I'm pretty sure you were just imagining things. Are you sure you just didn’t imagine it?"

Ant looked at me as if I was crazy. But I just didn't understand why they didn't believe me.

"No Ant I'm telling you, you weren't there! You should have heard what he said to me when he shook my hand! Yeah! Cheyenne you believe me right?"

Cheyenne was too busy on her phone and eating to be paying attention to the conversation happening around her. 

"I'm sorry what did you say?"

"Guys... listen to me yeah! I just said Hoseok shook my hand and he told me... and I quote "I can't wait to get to know you.. ALL OF YOU.." I'm telling you I'm not making this up! Even all the others were looking at him weird."

Both of my friends just looked at each other as if I was crazy and I could see they didn't believe me. Then Cheyenne looked from Ant then looked at me and stood up. 

"Y/n don't think about it too much. I'm pretty sure you are just taking what he said in a wrong way. After all he is your bias, maybe you're thinking too hard into this yeah? Come sit down and eat something, you haven't even touched your food."

I couldn't do anything but look at them both, maybe I was reading too far into it. Maybe Cheyenne and Ant are right. Either way I won't know what he meant by it so I should just move on. Until Monday... when I see him again... when I actually have to get close to him and do his makeup. Until then I need to figure out what to wear.

[lenemor]

Today we did the last cleaning of the old house. No more living in Odense. I'm glad that we don't live there anymore. Now I just need my driver's license so I won't be stuck here/dependent on whenever the bus comes by.

I had a sort of a falling out with my father-in-law today and it bugs me. Not because I fear I did anything wrong. It bugs me because he is so stubborn-minded and if anything doesn't fo his way it's everybode else's fault and only they are to blame. He won't even try to consider what the situation looks like from the other person's point of view. And I am so fucking frustrated about that! He's a grown man, over 60, so there's no way to change his ways. He's spent 60+ years developing them.

Today we got internet at our new house. As usual it's in my name and I got to make it work and everything. I know the whole "women and technology..."-thing. But in the case of me and H I'm the main tech-person. I was also the main tech-person when I grew up with my mum.

Does anybody ever notice how I mix British- and American English? Anybody besides me?

Anyway, I'm so happy the internet is working! So finally the girls got to watch the TV-advent calendars on the actual TV instead of on a tablet. It's so great! And this also means that we, the parents, can get a little more stuff put away while the girls are occupied for ca 30minutes.

Tomorrow I'm going to Odense again. I'll hand over the keys of the old house to the... janitor? Is that the word? And after that I'll have some hours for myself until H gets off from work and we can pick up the girls and go home.

During that time I plan to go to the shopping mall near our old place. I need to buy the last Christmas present (for my mum. She told me it's the only thing she wants from the girls.... so she decided on her own present.) And then I'll go and have some me-time: shopping a bit, getting some lunch at a café or something. Perhaps I'll even look at some clothes and buy a wee bit of candy 😁

I'll have about 7-8 hours to "kill"..... so if all else fails I'll take the bus downtown and do some more serious killing-time-with-shopping. Lol.

On Friday I'll go to yet another driving lesson. And after that I'll either come home and wrap up the last presents OR I'll wait ca 3 hours for H to be off from work and we'll go and buy a shitload of paint for the house so we can start painting the rooms this weekend. :)

H wants to have the master bedroom done first. In a light blue. Am not so sure about the colour but... I'll give it a try.

Then I hope we'll take the living room. We'll paint it white -also on the ceiling! The living room right now is pretty dark so we gotta bright it up the best we can! :) I do think, however, that because we'll also have to paint the ceiling we have to be two people for this room.

The next room I hope will be the office. We'll make that part black and part white. With the black being mostly hidden by bookshelves. I am SO excited about getting the office done!!!

With the office and the living room painted we can move in most of our furniture and place most of our things where they belong. And I think that it'll only take 2 or 3 days to get both rooms completely done so.... that'll be great! :)

Then I want to paint the dining-part of the kitchen. It'll be a warm yellow. Sort of dark but not really. I'm sure it'll be wonderful. :D

In the end or while we do all that painting in the other rooms the girls' rooms will me fixed. Right now it's a big room but we'll divide it with a wall. They totally need a room each! When the wall is up we'll paint their rooms. E has demanded a red room. With a yellow bed and black blanket. (Eeehhmm... she'll get the red room. Well, red in some shade that we won't regret immediatly). S' room is a lot more difficult. She's too young to know the colors yet. But I think we'll make an experiment like a blue sky and green grass and we'll try and find some wall stickers with animals on. She LOVES animals!

In the end I want to paint the hallway in a light lavendar-purple with light green panels. It might work out great and it might not. I don't think there's an in-between. Lol.

And that's the latest update on the move.

[typinggently]

Either way I’ve spent way too long on these today and now I’m sitting on them with nowhere to go since 8tracks doesn’t exist anymore and I don’t know what a spit fire is

So far the feral Bruce playlists come in

1) lots of weird guitar and loud (crazy and perverse)

2) soft-dreamy (unhinged)

Am kind of tempted to make unhinged a jazzy-sunny playlist instead and make another one for all the dreamy stuff since the pic doesn’t fit that well I feel??? But I liked the pink and I spent about 30minutes trying to adjust the colour of the text to the background

[mistbornhero]

I was tagged by @petrichordiam

I’ll tag... @go-to-helvetica @spiritofcamelot @the-astro-ace @scifikimmi

Ao3 name: MistbornHero

Fandoms: Listing those I have the most WIPs for because otherwise the list is endless- Marvel (Most Characters, tbh), DC (Mostly Batfam), Leverage, Cosmere, Once Upon a Time, Merlin

Number of fics: Published: 9 I have a spreadsheet of WIPs and that’s like 111, with different stages of wordiness and likeliness of actually getting worked on lmao

Fic you spent the most time on: Uhhh, that’s a weird question because I don’t post most of my fics (just leave them unfinished) so every once in a while I’ll open and write a scene on a fic from 5 years ago and then leave it alone again. 

Buuuut from my posted probably Just a Dream, because I spent a lot of time trying to figure out what I wanted.

Fic you spent the least time on: Death is Inevitable - For Most or Leaf Me Alone, not sure, I could check since I wrote both in docs and that keeps track of things, but I like the mystery. If not going by full fic, then the first chapter of The Life? of Peter Parker was like a 30minute thing

Longest fic:  The Life? of Peter Parker  with almost 30k words

Shortest fic:  My Time Finally Can Come To An End with 338 words

Most hits: The Life? of Peter Parker  with 13461

Most kudos: The Life? of Peter Parker  with 1082

Most comment threads: The Life? of Peter Parker  with 46

Fave fic you wrote: Ehhh, I love and hate all of my writing equally.

Fic you want to rewrite/expand on: The Life? of Peter Parker needs so much work every time I look at it I feel sorry for everyone who read it, not that it’s terrible, I’m just harsh on myself

Share a bit of your WIP or share a story idea that you’re planning:

My batfam crackfic where Cass finds one of those Vouchers for Dad booklets and decides to give it to Bruce, Steph sees and suggests personalizing it. The rest of the Batkids decide to participate and make Bruce use them on each other. Dick has a plan to avoid any of his names being vetoed with this....

“Who do I need to punch over this?” Jason asked.

Dick and Tim pointed at Steph. She snapped back up to look at him, “I’m sorry. It was Joker Gas.”

Jason turned to Bruce. “You can stop this, old man.”

Bruce glanced at him, an acknowledgement, then he glanced at Dick. He didn’t grimace, not in the way most people would, but his mouth twitched in just the right way for the people in the room to tell it was a grimace. Like Jason had intended when suggesting it, Bruce had hoped to use the Naming Ban Voucher on something Dick came up with. “I thought they’d stop,” he said.

[comicteaparty]

March 28th-April 3rd, 2020 Creator Babble Archive

The archive for the Creator Babble   chat that occurred from March 28th, 2020 to April 3rd, 2020.  The chat focused on the following question:

How many hours do you work on your comic per week, and how do you manager to balance that with other responsibilities?

Holmeaa - working on WAYFINDERS

heheh So we are.. cheating a bit Both me and my coworker are unemployed, and is working on hour comic, like was it a full time job. It is our passion project, and dream that we can work and live of makeing comics. In Denmark you can apply for grants from the government, but you need to have releashed a book before that is possible. We are useing the comic, to show potentional clients in the future what we can do. For now we are working on it from 09:00-17:00 ish (with a long lunch break) while applying for other kinds of grants, and also does all the things we are supposed to to get our unemplyment money, and searching for jobs, and freelance gigs, gathering the courage to start our own small company (not right now though) and yeaah time will tell

carcarchu

@Holmeaa - working on WAYFINDERS that doesn't sound like cheating to me? more like using the tools at your disposal to turn your passion into a viable career

Holmeaa - working on WAYFINDERS

hehe it feels a little like cheating! there are some debates about if it is okay or not, but we think that strengthening our skills is a good use of our time

eli [a winged tale]

Haha also not cheating! It’s great you’re using the time to chase the dream I’m curious what’s your breakdown for those time working on the comic? As for me, usually 1-2 hours a day with a bit more on the weekend if time permits. These days with the quarantine it’s about 2-3 h a day

DanitheCarutor

Since I'm unemployed until who knows when I've been working on my comic between 40-50 hours a week about 6 to 7 days a week... most weeks. Some days, like update day or chore day, I hardly work on the comic or don't work on it at all. Admittedly I'm not the best at balancing drawing with other responsibilities, sometimes I get so into it that I forget about daily house chores, other weeks I do the opposite and only do house chores which makes me totally behind of comic stuff. I can't seem to find a good middle ground, it always turns into completely focusing on one or the other.

eli [a winged tale]

Yeah when I get in the zone, time flies and life gets put to the wayside

shadowhood (SunnyxRain)

So I have no school or work, so the webcomic has become almost a fulltime project for me

I average about 10 hours per day working on it, not counting on chores and exercise

Another thing I worry about is the possibility of carpal tunnel syndrome, which is why I've been relentless with exercise, too

I guess it's just a combination of relentless reminders and also sheer willpower that gets me to do other responsibilities haha

@eli [a winged tale] also I know that feeling

Joichi [Hybrid Dolls]

So since my school had to cancel, I have to be more responsible for my online course. Sometimes I give myself 2 days off each week to work more into my upcoming webcomic but I have to switch my mind for school work, online classes. Also extra time for food. I need to get back into exercise or I feel exhausted more easily. I keep a wall schedule so that I make it a routine to write what I'll do every 3 or 5 days, to keep my active brain reminded(edited)

LadyLazuli (Phantomarine)

I spent the majority of last year (fun)employed (partially by choice, partially not! my previous job let me go rather unceremoniously... and I needed a hiatus anyway... so it worked out) so I poured a lot more hours into that chapter of Phantomarine than I usually did. I worked on it almost every day - at least for a couple of hours, but sometimes up to a full eight-hour day. That number has dipped tremendously since I’ve gone back to work, but I’m spreading the same amount of time out in a broader way. I’m trying to get a good buffer during my hiatus, so I can work and draw in a healthy balance. I don’t have crazy overtime at my current job like I did at my last one, so that’s already a comfort. I’m confident I’ll be able to hit a good stride once the comic returns in June (edited)

eli [a winged tale]

Can’t wait Lady!!

Feather J. Fern

Two part time jobs, and school killed my comic, but I been working on getting one panel done a day, which is around 30minutes to an hour if possible.

eli [a winged tale]

My routine used to be rendering on the commute but now just once in am and once pm until this limbo time is clarified

That’s awesome Feather! It’s so rewarding when everything comes together after putting effort everyday

Feather J. Fern

Once school is done in two more weeks I will be more free to do things so I hope to get maybe two panels done in a day XD

Online school, stupid quarantine

Tuyetnhi (Only In Your Dreams!)

Due to the pandemic im mostly off school and my part time job so i spend like 4-5 hours on my comic per day. Still would like try to get a page done per day but lmao digital painting is slowwww

eli [a winged tale]

What’s everyone’s tips for breaks/stretches/balance? I feel like I certainly need to revisit these to avoid burnout and continue feeling motivated!

Feather J. Fern

Actually there was a cool manga artist who's tip was literally he only worked working hours. His mornings are free and since manga was his job, he worked form 12-6, giving him 2 hours to do other work he needs to get done, and takes morning walks and stuff.

Another person I know had "No working weekends" as a thing becuase they are a freelancer.

I personally have try to make sure I ahve a routine, and actually, stretch before drawing.

Streetch before, during a break, and then after, to keep that body nice and warmed up

keii’ii (Heart of Keol)

Health-wise there's this hing for your : every 20 minutes, look at something 20 feet away for 20 seconds. I'm not good at following this, but when I do it, it helps a lot.

Cronaj (Whispers of the Past)

Despite the current pandemic, my work-life hasn't changed much (unless you count stress getting in the way). I am currently "unemployed," but I do consider comicking my full-time job. I am also not very good at balancing work and life. Something's always gotta give. Last year, I worked at a job that basically ruined my ability to work on my comic. I worked 30-40 hours typically, ruined my sleep schedule, took work home sometimes, and was constantly exhausted. This is what resulted in my year and a half long hiatus, and it's what drove me to work like hell on my comic when I quit. Now (when I'm in the groove and not suffering from art block), I typically spend 60-70 hours on my comic and get 2-3 pages done: - 30 hours sketching (I know, ridiculous) - 5 hours filling in base colors - 20-25 hours painting - 5 hours adding text, speech bubbles, sfx, and finishing touches - 1-2 hours formatting for Webtoon I also spend some time throughout the week typing up the script, doing concept art for things coming in the future of the comic, and preparing for conventions, but I can't tell you exactly how much time.

eli [a winged tale]

Thanks for the breakdown! I’m always keen to learn from everyone and seeing how the workflow is like for different people

shadowhood (SunnyxRain)

oh don't forget to do wrist stretches!

eli [a winged tale]

Ahh formatting time is always so tedious for me!

Yes wrist exercises! Any recommendations?

shadowhood (SunnyxRain)

hmmm well the easiest one is literally just shaking it out

like every hour

and I also like to hold my arm out parallel, point my fingers up and using my other hand to pull the fingers back so i'm stretching the wrist

then I point the fingers down and pull on the fingers until my wrist is stretching

eli [a winged tale]

Awesome. Will be adopting those!

Eightfish (Puppeteer)

I'm pretty fast. 2-6 hours per page, depending on how detailed it is. Average of 3-4. I could probably do 2 pages/ week easily enough, but don't want to do more than that. I'm the kind of person who always needs to be doing a million different things. I need to leave time for my other hobbies and my paintings and my academics and extracurriculars. Otherwise I'd get burnt out doing one thing only

Holmeaa - working on WAYFINDERS

@eli [a winged tale] So since it is both me and @Q (Wayfinders: Off Course) working, we start with working on a rough each, our goal is one step (so rough, ink, color) for two pages pr day, pr person. So in a weak the goal is four finished pages a week, and then we upload 3 pages per week. So it is divided that in the morning we start at 09:00 in the morning, maybe checking mail, being practical or whatever. Then we work until 12:00 were we eat lunch, go for a long nice walk and then we go back to work between 13:00 and 14:00 ish and then work until 17:00 when we begin to prepare dinner. Then of course breaks inbetween

Q (Wayfinders: Off Course)

It’s pretty wild to be able to dedicate your entire day to comics like that

shadowhood (SunnyxRain)

damn you all work fast

do you guys have any tips on how to work on a webcomic faster?

Cronaj (Whispers of the Past)

Lol, I wish!

Still looking for those magical secrets

Eightfish (Puppeteer)

@shadowhood (SunnyxRain) You know the 80-20 rule? You can get 80% of the result with 20% of the effort? My comic is very messy if you zoom in. I don't spend time making sure the linework or the coloring is perfectly clean. Also, I'm pretty fast at drawing figures. I used to practice figure drawing a lot by rushing to draw strangers irl before they moved, or by drawing a bunch of fast figures from the free figure drawing model websites online. I've also taken a figure drawing course (didn't even have to pay because it was part of my university! Even if you don't have that option you can probably find free life drawing sessions on Meetup or similar!) which really helped me streamline my process for drawing people

shadowhood (SunnyxRain)

Oh I see! Yes, I used to take life drawing classes too! And your response makes me feel a lot better

I tend to be a bit messy with inking, and since i'm a perfectionist a lot of my time is wasted on editing/clean up

Eightfish (Puppeteer)

I've seen cronaj draw, and while I think the results look excellent, I think her method is a kind of inefficient. She draws like a printer, nearly finishing one detailed body part before moving on the the next. I think maybe if she drew in a more classical way, going from a gesture drawing to progressively more detailed, it might help her be faster and her poses more cohesive and dynamic. Maybe working on 1 or 5 min figures would help? Practicing things like this?

eli [a winged tale]

Yeah I try to do figure practices for efficiency

shadowhood (SunnyxRain)

I heard that there are some online life drawing vids you can follow too

but what are your experiences with online life drawing vids versus the real thing

like is there a real difference?

Eightfish (Puppeteer)

found some of my old 1 minutes

To me there's not too much difference

I've heard some people say that life drawing is either way easier or way harder though. Because of your depth perception when looking at a real person

But the bruises on my legs can attest to my horrid depth perception haha. That might be why I don't notice a difference

Actually those previous sketches might be 30 seconds? I don't remember

I would recommend you try both but right now we pretty much only have the online option haha

eli [a winged tale]

Yeah I’ve done both and I think irl creates complexity with depth and the interactions with others etc is helpful but online is my go to for flexibility

I think having a process streamlined will make things more efficient. The downside is that it might feel tedious and I do switch it up from time to time for variety

Eightfish (Puppeteer)

Might feel uncomfortable but that's how you know you're improving

keii’ii (Heart of Keol)

There is a TON of difference for me. I HAVE to look at a physical model in front of me.

Eightfish (Puppeteer)

Can't get better if you always do the same things

keii’ii (Heart of Keol)

This is what my brain does.

Eightfish (Puppeteer)

I wonder- could drawing yourself in a mirror be a decent substitute?

If youre lucky you might also be able to ask an SO or roommate to model for you. Should probably pay them back by cooking for them or something though

keii’ii (Heart of Keol)

Brain: sees a real model in front of me Brain: translates 3D to 2D, result: drawing Brain: sees a photo/video of a model Brain: SHIT. That's supposed to be 3D, isn't it? Brain: Translates 2D to 3D (basically re-constructing it in my head, or attempting to re-construct) so that it can translate it back to 2D Brain: BSOD

There's some online resources out there that have "3D" photos... you know, two near-identical images side by side, so if you look at it cross-eyed, it becomes 3D?

But I can't do those because I get a headache X'D

Eightfish (Puppeteer)

Just thinking about drawing from that makes me dizzy

eli [a winged tale]

Oh interesting!

Yeah maybe looking out the window to draw people would be the way to go...

Eightfish (Puppeteer)

But maybe figure drawing in VR exists?

eli [a winged tale]

Balcony figure drawings

Eightfish (Puppeteer)

I live on the top floor so those are going to be some very small figures

eli [a winged tale]

For ants

keii’ii (Heart of Keol)

Once this coronavirus thing is over, there's lots of ways you can do gesture drawings from just random people -- bus stops, cafes, museums (I have not done this, but people who have done this report this is really good because others assume you're drawing the artworks. XD)

Eightfish (Puppeteer)

I've done this a lot

Sometimes I've even shown people drawing of themselves if they've turned out particularly nice

They've always taken it well

shadowhood (SunnyxRain)

I like drawing my professors because they use hand gestures a lot when they talk

keii’ii (Heart of Keol)

Airport was REALLY good for finding people stuck in one pose indefinitely

shadowhood (SunnyxRain)

they alwayas laugh when I show them

eli [a winged tale]

Shadow omg I do that too

Draws classmates

shadowhood (SunnyxRain)

yeah the only issue i have with drawing classmates

is that they're always doing the "i'm using my phone" pose

keii’ii (Heart of Keol)

Become the master of drawing people on their phones

Eightfish (Puppeteer)

Maybe try drawing children on the playground?

This works better if you're a woman

shadowhood (SunnyxRain)

oh thank jesus

I also like going to the zoo or the museum

or the aquarium if i'm feeling adventurous

Eightfish (Puppeteer)

I am a University student so I also have some pretty interestng drawings of people asleep in weird poses

keii’ii (Heart of Keol)

I really need to start going to weekly figure drawing sessions once this is over (there's one here... 20 min drive... 8AM Saturdays )

shadowhood (SunnyxRain)

ditto or just go to the park and draw

and @Eightfish (Puppeteer) I've had some.....weird poses from all my profs

one guy was incredibly hard to draw; he was VERY enthusiastic about showing us knife skills

keii’ii (Heart of Keol)

The parks here are too spacious, to a degree where it's weird to get close enough to people

Eightfish (Puppeteer)

Bring binoculars

shadowhood (SunnyxRain)

Don't worry ma'am I'm an artist

nothing sketchy

Eightfish (Puppeteer)

(except my sketch)

shadowhood (SunnyxRain)

A+ pun right there

another place to go for figure drawing

theaters

like.....opera/plays

I once tried drawing the men dancing in the Newsies musical

Eightfish (Puppeteer)

Tried that once, but it took me out of the performance

shadowhood (SunnyxRain)

same i was dazzled by dancing men

aaaaand then i abandoned sketching at all when they started throwing newspaper strips into the audience

Eightfish (Puppeteer)

But they were giving you free paper!

shadowhood (SunnyxRain)

THEY WERE

i'll take what i can get

Cronaj (Whispers of the Past)

@Eightfish (Puppeteer) While I agree that my method of drawing is "inefficient," I do not draw like a printer. There are videos of people drawing like a printer and it's not what I'm doing. I have done gesture drawing before, but it always looked incredibly abstract, and not quite like people, which is fine, but not what I'm going for. I treat gesture drawing like a warm-up exercise. It doesn't really do anything for my end result, but gets my drawing muscles stretched out.(edited)

eli [a winged tale]

Gesture drawings are definitely a good warmup!

Eightfish (Puppeteer)

Perhaps it was an inappropriate analogy. What works for me I guess wouldn't work for everyone. I was trying to offer advice because whenever you talk about how much time you spend on art and you work life balance it's commendable but also dismaying. I hope you find something that works for you in the future

sssfrs (JOE IS DEAD)

Oh god.. I sometimes work 6 hours a day. I guess thats like 30 hours a week? Crazy to think about, it's like a full job

Oooh you guys are sharing figure drawings... I swant to show some of mine

Behold

sssfrs (JOE IS DEAD)

My figure drawing usually breaks down into like, medical anatomy study. I feel like I understand body shapes better by including the muscles & bones

carcarchu

ABS the most important figure study

Deo101 [Millennium]

ah figure drawing? I love figure drawing ^^

I do like a lot but this kinda thing is most of it

anyways as for the question at hand, I do a lot of different things for my comics weekly. My millennium pages take me 2-6 hours i would say, but I also have patreon things I need to do so I'd say i spend 10-15 hours on it a week. for my other comic, I spend about 6 hours an update, and it updates every other week. but honestly, all of my free time goes to assorted comics. If i'm not working on school work or chatting with people, I'm working on things for patreon, potential merch, or other comics I want to start sometime.

sssfrs (JOE IS DEAD)

Oooh nice poses!!’

Deo101 [Millennium]

thanks!! I have a ton of gesture/figure drawings but these ones are my most recent that I have saved to my computer i think

10 minutes im pretty sure. very good for speeding up

sssfrs (JOE IS DEAD)

Those look really nice, good values

Deo101 [Millennium]

thanks ^^ I really hate working in charcoal honestly, it kinda always winds up hurting my body somehow, but its very quick sooooooo

kayotics

My answer for the prompt question has changed a lot since I started quarantine lmao... I used to do about 10 hours of work throughout the week on my comic page (usually after work, I have an office job) but ironically it’s gotten harder while I work from home. I’ve been struggling to find time since I don’t have a separation between work and home now, and putting the boundaries up of “I’m not always available” to coworkers is difficult.

Also on figure studies: they’re a great way to practice speed. I use the concepts of figure drawings all the time.

RebelVampire

@kayotics As someone who always works from home doing remote contract work, I have to say I think this is something a lot of people underestimate about work at home life. In that it's sometimes really difficult to establish boundaries with ppl and make them understand you aren't always available and also aren't gonna work billions of hours of overtime. So I'm sorry to hear that's affecting your comic work.

Shadowmark Productions

I work anywhere from 6-8 hours a day on comic stuff. That’s an average though. Sometimes I slack and need to pull all nighters to make up for it. Yes, I am terrible at time management. They say entrepreneurs are the only people willing to work 80 hours a week for themselves so they do not have to work 40 hours a week for someone else. I guess webcomic creators are the only people willing to work 80+ hours a week so that they can... go to work for someone else afterwards

AntiBunny

4 days of procrastinating, 1 of procrastinating and hating myself, and 2 of actual comic drawing seems to make up my weekly comic making schedule. :p

sssfrs (JOE IS DEAD)

I can only imagine how stressed I would be if I forced myself to update weekly

Cap’n Lee (Flowerlark Studios)

This is a hard question to answer because it varies a lot depending on my energy levels. Ideally I’d spend several hours a day on comics, but realistically I draw as much as possible when I have the energy (5+ hours a day for as many days in a row as I can handle it) and then go weeks or months too tired to do comics. On average, barring any long periods of exhaustion or other interruptions from RL, I spend about 20+ hours a week making pages for my comics.

sagaholmgaard

I prefer to work on my comic for about an hour ever morning and maybe 2-3 hours in the evening, that's the ideal routine for me. Right now I sadly have a lot of schoolwork to do (writing my thesis) so i might get less than 30 minutes in the morning and then feel rlly tired in the evening so I dont get as much time then either. but oh well!

I can still work for 4-5 hours on the weekends so I manage ^^(edited)

chalcara [Nyx+Nyssa]

The whole stay-indoors order's currently completely wrecked my pattern, but before that I did between 3-4 hours a day.

Shadowmark Productions

Can’t imagine the stress of a daily or even weekly posting schedule. Hats off.

[dailypositivequotes]

i had a pretty crummy night.

I asked my sister earlier this week if she wanted to go to a haunted house with me, since my spouse works opposite shifts to me (literally when I get home from work, they’re going to work and when they get off im already in bed) and I wanted to spend a night going to haunted houses before halloween if over.

I love haunted houses. I love all of it. When its October, I usually have a night planned for it. Like my other sister and I went to six in one night one year. While I like going with others, I’m also not above going by myself. I did it my senior year of college.

She was game. She likes them too (even though she’s usually not into being scared)

And then she invited her boyfriend. I like him, he’s my spouse’s best friend. But the two have been so inseparable, I often don’t see my sister unless he’s there. And then when I do...it’s literally how it went tonight.

They were late coming over because “date night ran late” so we got there and there was a big line. We stood in line. I like the owners of this haunted house (who runs several more sites) because they have a lot of scares and fun entertainment while you wait in line. So we wait 1 1/2 and i loved seeing all the ghouls there. but literally my sister and her boyfriend made out the entire time in line. I couldn’t talk to either one or look at them. It felt incredibly awkward.

(SAME shit happened last year when we went to fright fest actually. Made out in all the lines to all the rides and haunted houses. My spouse was working and so I often stood in line on my phone or looking around because I felt uncomfortable) 

We get to the front of the line. We go through. It’s an awesome haunted house. One of my friends works there so I cant wait till shes off work and I can tell her how great it was.

And then I was like “This was awesome. Can’t wait to see what [Site B] and [Site C] are like” they were like what do you mean? I’m like um, we’re going to the others so I wonder if it will be as awesome at this one? and my sister’s boyfriend makes it known he “doesnt do” haunted houses, so he wanted to only go to one. And they had talked about this at their date night earlier. 

So I basically had to drive the 30minutes back home so they could go home and as she put it “resume date night.” 

I went into my apartment and saw my spouse who got off work early and started crying. I was so hyped for this. I love haunted houses. I love october. I love halloween. I was so pumped to go to all the haunted houses. Especially with my sister for quality bonding. And instead spent 1/2 hr waiting around for them, 1/2 hr driving with them making out in the back, 1 1/2 hrs trying to avoid watching my sister make out with her boyfriend. A 1/2 hr having fun in the house. And then going home early. I didn’t envision this night to be ending at 9:30pm with such misery. And yet here we are. 

i’m probably being melodramatic and its no big deal. 

I was just excited. and then got let down.