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[dkdoodles]

life is all about perspective.

cedar, commissioned by @atomicpen. do not edit, repost or redistribute without permission. commissions are open, dm for info!

[faejilly]

15 Questions, 15 Mutuals

tagged by @genginger, no-pressure tagging ANYONE WHO WANTS and also uh maybe @brennacedria @curiouscanvas @defira85 @eponymous-rose @foxghost @indigorally @atomicpen @msviolacea @rubyvroom @quilleth @angstmongertina @teaandinanity @thedivinemissema @twistedsinews @michellemisfit ???

blank questions for copypasta after my answers ALL HIDING AWAY under the read-more

Were you named after anyone?

My Great Aunt, who was a model and an artist and had an amazing smile and I am not very much like her but it's a thought that makes me smile when I think of it.

When was the last time you cried?

Uh. About 15 minutes ago at a stupid (but sincere & heartfelt & thus effective) Red Cross video?

Do you have kids?

Yep

Do you use sarcasm?

When warranted. And frequently when not. 😅

What’s the first thing you notice about people?

Depends on the person? Usually height and/or hair. Basic silhouette stuff, yk?

What’s your eye colour?

Brown

Scary movies or happy endings?

Both! (Happy endings tho)

Any special talents?

No? I used to be really good at tailoring my recommendations to the person I was talking to (books/movies/tv/whatevers) but I now mostly just tell everyone to read Murderbot. 🤣

Where were you born?

At a hospital! After my poor mother had been there a month!! Placenta previa is a shitty thing y'all, especially 40+ years ago.

What are your hobbies?

Reading, writing, and casual/cozy games because I HAVE NO BRAIN for anything that takes more than half a minute of concentration.

Have any pets?

Almost always. (Currently two dogs and a cat.)

What sports do/have you played?

I... cannot think of any? I am a potato.

How tall are you?

Just barely under 5 & 1/2 feet tall

Favorite subject at school?

All of them tbh, I am a giant nerd. But I am also very bad at school, so that has not been a thing for a few... decades... so my memory of subjects probably don't bear much resemblance to what they'd look like now.

Dream Job?

No idea. I am always taking suggestions. 😉

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Were you named after anyone?

When was the last time you cried?

Do you have kids?

Do you use sarcasm?

What’s the first thing you notice about people?

What’s your eye colour?

Scary movies or happy endings?

Any special talents?

Where were you born?

What are your hobbies?

Have any pets?

What sports do/have you played?

How tall are you?

Favorite subject at school?

Dream Job?

[ladyarrowhead]

The ever so wonderful @atomicpen tagged me in this! I cannot remember the last time I did a tagging game and sadly I am very often just listeing to the same songs on Spotify - but I'm giving my best! Tagging @mauve-soul @fragilespark @katie-altman @shedramoontauren @katatty and @emeraldforestraven - but only if you want to of course! Prompt: Shuffle your 'On Repeat' spotify playlist and list the first 10 songs that play! (Feel free to adapt to whatever "liked/played recently" version of things you have on something Not Spotify as needed)

Oh No! - Marina and the Diamonds (Happy, dancy ???-vibes)

Lurking - Akira Senju (creepy FMAB Brotherhood I use in my DnD Campaign for appearances of Kelemvor)

Frau Gorbatschowa tanzt Bossa Nova - Ifa Wartburg (Swedish Band singing in German for some reason)

The Game has foun its feet (again) - Daniel Pemberton (Enola Holmes 2 Soundtrack)

Hades Pleads - Parker Milsap (Hades and Persephone Vibes meets Country)

Unholy Orchestral Version - Sam Smith, Kim Petras (took me months to find out what this song is called, embarrassing, I know)

A Part of Their Story - Borislav Slavov (in general fell i love with Slavov's music from playing BG3)

99 -TV Edit - Mob Choir (also fell back into anime, specifically Mob Psycho which is hilarious in german)

Human Nobility - Inon Zur (Cousland <3)

Verbatim - Mother Mother (one of my all-time favourites, especially good on the

[gefionne]

@atomicpen tagged me in a music meme-y guy (thanks a bunch!!!). I don't have Spotify, but the music I keep on my phone is pretty much the stuff I listen to on repeat, so here it is.

Prompt: Shuffle your 'On Repeat' spotify playlist and list the first 10 songs that play! (Feel free to adapt to whatever "liked/played recently" version of things you have on something Not Spotify as needed)

"The End of Heartache" - Killswitch Engage

"Song for Zula" - Phosphorescent

"The Night We Met" - Lord Huron

"Fortune Days (Virtual Boy Remix)" - The Glitch Mob

"We Hide & Seek" - Alison Krauss and Union Station

"Do You Remember" - Jarryd James

"Lost Souls" - Loreena McKennitt

"Anthem" - blink-182

"I Wish You Would" - Taylor Swift

"Seven Devils" - Florence + The Machine

This is a ride lol. My music taste is bananas.

I tag anyone who wants to do it!

[levikra]

“Yes,” he said instead. “Tea would be nice.”

Had read this amazing little piece by @atomicpen and later dove into their works on AO3. Let me just say that I’m in love with your writing, dear @atomicpen!

I’m a huge sucker for SebHawke works and that’s why I want to show the gesture of gratitude towards you, an inspiring author! Keep creating what you love!!! And thank you so much for sharing your stories with people ♥

[teryster]

Commission for super patient @vintyvanora! Their characters Vanora (right) and Maretus who belongs to @atomicpen ♥ If you're looking for soft romances with lots of worldbuilding and tevinter background, go check out their writings! Commissions info / Instagram / Pass me a latte bro! / PATREON ♥

[servantofclio]

silksieve replied to your photo “The weekend’s yarn haul, by request. From top: miniskeins and gray...”

Those are gorgeous!! The top ones look like A Project :D

They definitely are a project, I got them to go together. :) I love knitting shawls and I have a pattern in mind for them.

atomicpen reblogged your photo and added:

�� I hope there will also be pictures of what is...

I will try! The knitting takes a lot longer than the buying, lol.

thievinghippo replied to your photo “The weekend’s yarn haul, by request. From top: miniskeins and gray...”

I'm very happy I got to see those in person! <3 (They're so pretty!)

They are definitely prettier in person. :D

missmeggo929 replied to your photo “The weekend’s yarn haul, by request. From top: miniskeins and gray...”

I LOVE the colors!!!

Thank you!

[probablylostrightnow]

Sunday morning meme! Tagged by @atomicpen

Rules: Tag 9 people you want to know better or just because you feel like it.

Relationship status: Married

Favorite color: Bright yellows and reds, deep blues and purples, so I guess “rainbow” more or less? :)

Lipstick or chapstick: Usually neither, I find dry lips less unpleasant

Last song I listened to: Grounds for Divorce by Elbow

Last movie I watched: An obscure art film called The Last Jedi

Top 3 TV Shows: (right now),The Good Place, Leverage, Stranger Things

Top 3 Characters: (ow! this meme has teeth!) Legion (Mass Effect), Jodariel (Pyre), Eleven (Stranger Things)

Top 3 Bands: (the teeth! the teeth! now I sound like Dr. Yueh from the Dune movie) Arcade Fire, Richard Shindell, The New Pornographers

Books I’m reading: A Wind in the Door (reread, it’s been a long time though); I tend to only read one thing at a time.

tagging: uh... let’s say (with no obligation of course): @karalynlovescake, @sidnyx, @rock-paperback-scissors, @kleptotello, @pagerunner, @ferociousqueak, @arandomfactoid, @ultramidge, and @kindervenom (and anyone else who’d like to!).

[shadoedseptmbr]

servantofclio replied to your post “I have to say…I don’t know what to do with the fact that it will cost...”

D: fuck hurricanes, man.

Seriously.  

*hugs y’all*  Can I just say in giant, bold type to all of you:

PLEASE GET FLOOD INSURANCE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD

[aedancousland]

When first I laid eyes on a sailing ship, I was barely ten and three / sails drawn up short as she came into port, she dropped anchor in the lee / and sure as I live and draw my own breath, I knew I'd leave the shore / for a man must be blind to make up his mind not to go to sea once more

full marks! I’ll work on it. rest assured, Auntie Eleanor knows all the crassest verses.

[faejilly]

@msviolacea tagged me in a music thing awhile back, and I am finally playing! (No pressure tagging: Anyone Who Wants to Blame Me! also @atomicpen, @breadedsinner, @codenamecynic, @evilsapphyre, @foxghost )

Prompt: Shuffle your 'On Repeat' spotify playlist and list the first 10 songs that play! (Feel free to adapt to whatever "liked/played recently" version of things you have on something Not Spotify as needed 😅)

"Hall of the Mountain King" - Apocalyptica

"Talk" - Hozier

"Versatile, Pt 1 with Bass Flute" - Bolling Jazz Trio [Claude Bolling, Max Hédiguer, Marcel Sabiani, w/Jean-Pierre Rampal]

"Beauty Beats" - Beats Antique

"Vendetta" - UNSECRET, Krigarè

"Monsters" - Lucy Daydream

"No Plan" - Hozier

"Once Upon A December" (instrumental) - Kat Glaze

"Persuasion" - Regency Players

"Your Favorite Color is Green" (The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2) - James Newton Howard

(And after that shuffle gave me like three more Hozier songs in a row, wtf spotify, that is Bad Shuffling 😅🤣🎵)

That is uh, probably pretty accurate, even if it's missing a bunch of the usual suspects. Fanmix choices and writing instrumentals and strings, oh my? I am deeply shocked by the lack of 70's/80's rock I tend to play when I'm driving... apparently not as much driving as usual lately!

[ladyarrowhead]

atomicpen replied to your post “Gosh I lost so much vocal power it’s almost frightening”

yeah! You can get it back from what I know. It just takes practice, like strengthening any other part of your body :) You can do it! I believe in you �� (and your voice is always lovely to hear!)

Thank you so much for your kind words! <3 I’ll do my best and hopefully can share something soon <3 I miss all the different songs we all uploaded years ago so much!

[vintyvanora]

headcanon;;

Vanora is quite fond of stationary and all related accouterments. At home, she has an expansive collection of paper, wax, seals, quills, ink, and little bits and bobs that she likes to add in (e.g., dried flowers laid down underneath the wax seal). Sometimes you need some basic parchment, and sometimes you want parchment made with flowers and scented with lavender ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Even though her collection is not nearly as expansive when she is at Skyhold, she does like to keep some good quality ink, parchment, and quills on her. The wax and seals she use when with the Inquisition are nothing particularly special, but they do their job.

[teryster]

Commission for one of my favourite patrons and a friend @atomicpen !!♥ I’m blown away by this character so much yall, Cid is the coolest look at themmmm ✨ TAT ✨ Commissions info / Instagram / Pass me a latte bro! / PATREON ♥

[ifyouwereamelodymeg]

Rec List Saturday

Alright alright alright, I know I said I was done for ZFAW, but I lied because it’s REC LIST SATURDAY.

I honestly think this final day of the week embodies what the whole thing is about -- with only so many hours in the day to actually create fanwork inspired content, it’s our chance to pull together lists of all the works/creators that we didn’t have the opportunity to pay tribute to across the rest of the week and show them some love. So with that in mind I’m actually going to be reccing people rather than individual works, because so many folk have contributed loads of wonderful pieces. @rideboldlyride - my first friend in the fandom, and a double/triple/quadruple threat with awesome contributions across multiple media (writer, artist, tech whizz, and podcast host), is there anything this gal can’t do?? @formerlygoldilocks - coming in hot with a newly-made fandom blog but active on AO3 for a number of months now with a mixture of angst and fluff, one-shots and long-form, and one truly hilarious and bizarrely heartwarming crack piece under her belt.

@all-thewaydown - someone else who’s nailing both the long- and short-form work on AO3! In particular I have to recommend her Zutara Fluff Exchange piece, ‘of rules and traditions’

@cablesscutie - a brilliant writer with truly fantastic comedic skill chops who literally never fails to impress me no matter what she writes (if you’re 18+ and okay with reading E-rated material, please check out her Katara Has a Cat series, you won’t regret it).

@theadamantdaughter - my first bookmark on AO3 was Adamant’s collab with @atomicpen, Perfect Places. I believe it’s been discontinued now, and Adamant is not currently active on AO3, but there is an absolute stack of ATLA fanfiction on her profile as it is. Even aside from writing, her tumblr account is full of Zutara content and it’s one of the things that fed me when I was first coming into the fandom last year, so I owe her a lot.

@my-bated-breath - not only is this seventeen-year-old writing well beyond her years, but she has so much incredible analysis and insight to give in her amazing ATLA/Zutara metas. 100% worth both reading and following.

@antarcticasx - another even younger person at sixteen (oh my god, just make me feel old, why don’t you), here we have a total writing machine whose AO3 is packed with Zutara content. Her blog is also super active so if ATLA/Zutara chat is what you’re looking for then look no further.

@doodleladi - a wonderful, wonderful artist who has tackled both in-universe and AU artworks alike (this is a particular favourite of mine). Another member of the @jdteahour crew along with Ride and @bulletproofteacup!

@amourinette - another beautiful artist who created one of my favourite ATLA artworks (steamy, so beware if you’re full of youth). Like seriously I have this picture bookmarked on my laptop ‘cause I love it so much.

@hayleynfoster - I mean, I’d be remiss if I didn’t tag her, but if you don’t know who she is and the incredible stuff that she produces then where have you been?? Get your butt over to her profile and educate yourself in the ways of Zutara art and animatics.

@iwritevictuuri - known as LittleLostStar on AO3, offers incredible characterisation and storytelling prowess, although beware that almost all her work for ATLA is either M- or E-rated!

Finally, I would like to take a moment to acknowledge someone whose writing pushes me to be better myself and never fails to amaze me. If you want exquisite description and insanely beautiful world-building/-expanding, your search begins and ends with @fictionissocialinquiry. My idol, my dream, my mad Aussie fandom-wife, this woman has so much talent it’s crazy and please just read her work (again, beware multiple mature-rated fics, check ratings before reading). She’s gonna be a best-selling author one day, so check her out now so you can say you liked her work before she was famous.

And that’s me done. Hope everyone has enjoyed this week, and thank you so much to @hinaoyamas/ @zkfanworkweek for putting it together!

Love to all!

[zktop10]

Rec List Saturday

I don’t read a whole bunch of fics, and I do always try to stress how SUBJECTIVE taste is on this blog, so for @zkfanworkweek I wanted to take a different stab at this.

Here is my most recent Top 10 ALL Fic list (Disclaimer: this list does not include the underage tag, crossovers, or works not in English; this list does contain explicit content so reader discretion is advised and not to be accessed by minors)

Now, here I got creating oddly specific categories and giving you just ONE writer in each:

One writer that I was shocked I could just talk to in Discord: @soopersara (for A Tale of Ice and Smoke)

One writer I really WANT to eventually talk to: @catie-does-things (for Fate Deferred)

One writer I think more people should be talking about: @takawbelle (for Noodles after Night Shift)

The writers I first followed on Tumblr: thadamantdaughter, honxrable, and @atomicpen

I need to get my own writing done, but do expect a rec list of people in the Discord.

Because I love them.