#basilly’s guide

[basilly]

tumblr tips & things!

after growing rlly fast, i just wanted to provide some maybe helpful tips + things you could do if you’re a smaller blog! i am in no means an expert, I am still learning but this is what i’ve learned, specifically abt the mcyt tumblr community

disclaimer you DO NOT have to follow these, these are what ive learned and my opinion, but i think most writers can agree on this

its a lot of info im sorry ajdba but feel free to reblog and add ur own info!

1. tags!

theyre superrr important if you want exposure for your works + writing pieces, just make sure to tag accordingly

meaning: do not cross tag, or main tag, (ex do not tag just dream alone) keep ‘x reader’ content under the ‘x reader tags’

^people get uncomfortable with x readers and sometimes they slip through the filtered tags

my go-tos for tags are mcyt or cc name then the following prefixes- x reader, x y/n, x you, fanfic, fanfiction

if you have a fic for dream, DO NOT TAG george, it makes it confusing

also tags for ur random posts r super helpful because if someone doesnt want to see it, they can filter it out (my talking tag is basilly blabs)

adding a tag for the ppl you interact for! i like doing this cuz i can easily search a tag on my blog to see my prev interactions w/ them (ex. if i interact w/ userA then i tag userA’s username)

2. create some sort of brand

of course u can switch it up, but using ur own theme makes ur work recognizable to others

like mine is my banner- i use it on every of my works + important posts, so ppl can recognize me

banners can be found on the internet or twitter (but pls credit the artist w/ permission) i found mine on google

for super thin page dividers, i use ibis paint (mobile app) and made a super thin canvas (3405x57) and filled it w/ my theme color

3. plspls dont beat yourself up for rejecting requests or feeling uncomfortable

you are not forced to write requests, if they make you feel uncomfortable you can decline

also if you’re not happy with the work, you can spend the time to revise + edit, we will wait for work you are happy with!

+ if you are stuck with some details on writing smth, ask a mutual or others! more brains and more ideas!

4. same goes for writers block & health issues

we all get it sometimes, no one is pressuring you and if they are, its your blog, you decide. and your health matters more

5. the mcyt tumblr community is SUPER NICE

if u wanna be moots aka mutuals (follow each other) literally shoot them any message and they’ll respond so kindly

ive talked to so many incredible moots who I absolutely adore theyre so kind

also interacting w/ moots: they can reblog your work, creating exposure but do not expect reblogs, and same to you we are not expected to reblog

6. please check a cc’s boundaries before writing

@/smp-boundaries has a majority listed, and if not, ask!

7. if u have any questions, just ask!

lots of ppl will not even mind that much, like i said theyre super kind

8. navigation + masterlists!!

super important for everyone to see your rules, works, all put into one spot, it makes it 10x easier

9. backup ur works + asks

tumblr can be glitchy so its always helpful to back up works on google docs or smth similar

having ur whole fic deleted is not fun and demotivating

asks can be backed up by sending them to ur linked email- this has helped loads for me

10. dont worry too much abt likes + follows

all blogs start out small and as you go and keep persisting, ppl will start noticing + following, its all abt perseverance + trust the process

even when fics r rllllyy good, tumblr has its own bad days and u get low notes- dont let this discourage you

11. anonymous asks!

some ppl get nervous and request on anon! personally think theres more requests that way

12. small text or read mores!

internet is a great help w/ this and itll give you guides and step by step instructions

mobile also is a lot harder to make an aesthetic blog, so a laptop or pc or chromebook is super helpful

13. for max notes, post at ‘prime times’

i think the queue tells u when the prime time is to post for ur time zone, but also a google search is super helpful

or, guess and check! trial and error- i did this and found the best time to post for me

once you find it, you can schedule or queue your work so it posts for you!

14. if there’s sensitive topics pls add TW and CW

as writers yes we try to cover some topics that ppl request but we dont want to trigger others, so at the top include TW// (trigger warning) or CW// (content warning) and add a cut or read more

do not put CW or TW on content creators- no matter how bad they are, its rude and dehumanizing

15. Formatting is SUPER important!

if you do not separate your lines of dialogue or paragraphs, chances are people WILL skip over it. it makes it hard to read and sometimes it is’t worth people’s time

rule of thumb is make a new paragraph every time someone speaks and indicate who is talking or make is distinguishable!

if your fic is over 500 words, id add a cut as well! if you dont know how:

on mobile: type :readmore: in a new paragraph and hit enter w/out a space after the readmore

pc/laptop: new paragraph, three dots far right

Smut also def has its own set of rules but i am not a nsfw blog- main things i can say is please add cuts and check for cc’s boundaries

thats all i have for now,,, i might add in the future!

not everyone’s experiences are the same but this is whats worked and happened for me and what i found to be useful, i hope this helps you as well, if it doesnt, thats fine too!

[ayamturd]

payment│quackity

summary: you’re hungry and quackity is overworked; silly antics turn sweet and wholesome

warnings: none, only fluff

pairing: irl cc!quackity

a/n: i legitimately forgot covid existed when writing so lets play pretend for this fic's sake :)

wc: (1.0k) - m.list

flight - pt two

The red light blared down at you until it flashed before your eyes, its now white, bright hue a stark contrast to the dark of the night. 

Hand in hand, you continued to swing Quackity’s arm in sync with yours, the momentum driving you both forward on the quiet streets. He yelped when you pulled him sharply onto the empty road, your giggles echoing against the seemingly abandon buildings surrounding you. 

The wind blew past your ears by how fast you ran across, the lack of cars playing into your mischief and how you strived to take the world as your own. With the moon guiding your sight and the gravel free of any obstacle, nothing could break your intoxicated feeling of free. 

You skipped on the high of excitement, your eccentric energy funnily enough in replacement of Quackity’s usual upbeat demeanor. 

He had been working far past what he promised you again, and you thought it best to take him away from his computer forcefully. While he grumbled for the first few minutes of your sudden expedition, he only had himself to blame when being persistent to stating how he wasn’t ready for bed.  

“Live a little, will you? You needed the fresh air anyway.”

Quackity let out a huff in response and tightened his hold on your hand, quickening his pace to match your stride with a tired smile. 

“Yeah, yeah. Let’s just get you your snacks already.”

Rolling your eyes playfully, you agreed nonetheless and made you way to the open convenience store nearby. The harsh neon light made you squint with narrow eyes, its rich color basically screaming its 24/7 opening status in full. 

Inconsiderate to the possibility, you led the way when running through the automatic open doors and rushing to find your desired cravings on display, your poorly tied shoes squeaking on the old, yet polished store floor. Quackity held more common sense than you in that given moment, stopping you by your still connected hands with a firm grip. 

To anyone watching, it was a sight to see you try to pull away from Quackity while he stood his ground, his unoccupied hand in his jacket pocket a show of his relaxed state in comparison to your scuffled one. Your hand was reached out as if the feeble, gripping motions ahead would benefit anything, and eventually, you spent enough of your energy to stop. 

You whined before he could justify his reasonings, tugging on his arm childishly with a pout. 

“Aleeex, I want my foooood,” you groaned out. 

Quackity couldn’t help his chuckle but nodded his head towards the front entrance behind him. You shifted your eyes as he lifted his brows at you. 

“We need a shopping cart, dumbass. Knowing you, you’ll probably buy the whole store.”

You gave a mock gasp but struggled to find an argument against it. Too hungry and anxious for your own good, you begrudgingly agreed to his reason and walked passed him towards the carts area.

Wordlessly, you pulled the metal front of the tiny cart and yanked it out, the squeal of the rusted wheels eery by the jerk. You brought it forward to Quackity’s side, all while avoiding his gaze. 

Just as he reached to hold the end of it, you began to hook your leg to the outer rim with a concentrated grunt. You attempted to push yourself upward with your own weight, but you were helpless as you continued to jump pathetically against the moving platform. 

Quackity was left speechless to your grappling noises, his soundless wheezes growing with his smile from your antics. 

“What the hell are you doing?”

You peaked an eye at him with an obvious look, as if almost irritated he would ask such a question in the first place. 

“Getting in, duh?” Before he could respond, you managed to properly lean in and fell into the space with a surprised shriek. Limbs a tangled mess, you jumped once realizing your success and proudly held your arms up in a roaring victory. 

Your eyes gleamed in pure fulfillment when you stared up at him, your joy contagious despite him being initially worn from your lively attitude. He couldn’t rid the grin on his face even if he tried. 

“Push me!” you exclaimed. “We must find the ice cream!”

Standing above you as your held your cheery beam, Quackity moved to lean down to your eye level, his arms rested against the cart handles with his chin on his folded wrists. 

“Now why do I have to be the one to push, hmm?” He smirked with a mischievous tone, the glint in his eye dangerous when presented and allowed. “Doesn’t seem all that fair if you were the one to drag me here for company. What’s in it for me?”

With a sigh, you played into his game and held a finger to your chin, pretending to contemplate his payment when looking to the artificial light encased by the moldy panels. 

He waited patiently as you hummed, fully content with watching you up close, his gaze following the curves of your face and the minute details he loved of your features. Only you could look this good in a convenience store this late at night, he thought. 

Unknowing to the complete influence you had over him, you interrupted his observation when your eyes unexpectedly met his. 

“Ooo I know!”

“Yeah?”

“Yeah,” you responded with a shy grin before cupping his cheeks gently. His breathing hitched from the feeling of your innocent touch, and you took the last of his breath away when you pushed your lips onto his. 

The kiss was soft, and while too quick to Quackity’s liking, tender to the point where the taste of you made his lips tingle in sensation. You leaned back as he tried to come closer, his eyes opening to meet your teasing ones, well aware of your own actions; he sometimes hated how perfectly you matched his flirty larks.

“Will that satisfy?” you asked with over exaggerated batted eyelashes. 

 Quackity gnawed on his lower lip with a shake of his head, internally yelling from how little you had to do to break him down. 

“You’re too much,” he exhaled with closed eyes. You giggled and pulled your legs into your chest with a careless shrug.

“Quite possibly, but enough talk. I demand junk food and ice cream.”

“As you wish, babe.” 

tags! - @notphilosopherstudentblog @mitzimania @basilly @inniterhq @forutheworld @esylwen@sleepysoupi @mayasimagines @dysfunctionalcrab @strxbrymilkkuu​ (feel free to send an ask or comment to be added!)

[vneuns]

shelter

pairing : wilbur x gn!musician!reader

warnings : anxiety?

word count : 0.6k

a/n: wrote in third person for the first time 🧍‍♀️ idk how i feel rn

Yn paced back and forth in their dressing room as they shook off their nervous jitters. “Babe!” Picking up their head and turning immediately to find Wilbur sat on the couch staring at them with a lopsided smile.

“Will you calm down please?” He put his hands out for his significant other to hold and sit down next to him. “We’re showcasing our relationship to the entire world! Why aren’t you nervous.”

They rambled walking over to their boyfriend placing their sweaty hands in his warm ones, allowing him to pull them down onto the seat next to him.

“You know I love you, yes?” Wil placed their hand on the back of yns’ head guiding them to place their head on his chest. “Of course I know you love me, but don’t say it like that cause you’re making it seem like I don’t love you.”

Wils’ chest rumbled as he laughed. “Well that’s not where I was going, but alrighty then.” Not giving yn a chance to respond a knock was heard on the door. “Hey Yn, Wil you’re on in five.”

“Okay!” Yn voice wavered near the end as if just then realizing this was real and they were about to announce their relationship with the love of their life to over fifty thousand people. “Nn look at me.”

Wilbur whispered moving his body slightly to the left allowing yn the chance to pick up their head and look at the brown headed boy. “You’re going to be perfect now get out their.”

-

The screams inside the arena got louder the second yn walked onto the stage. They smiled waving at all of them with a smile as they made their way to center stage standing in front of the microphone.

“How we doin’ tonight miami!?” They yelled, everyone else yelling back with the same energy. “Now this song is about a special someone and it holds a special place in my heart, so I hope you enjoy Shelter.”

The last part barely a whisper as the lights dimmed and became a calming dark blue, the big wall behind her starting to show pictures where they were happy and enjoying themselves ; the pictures obviously taken by someone close seeing as they were sometimes serious and others funny.

‘There’s no one else, could ever hold me like you do’

Their hips moved slowly to the beat of the song as they sang the lyrics.

‘There’s no where else, That’d I’d rather be than with you.

They call us lucky, But I think we might be cursed. Cause

The way you love me I could drink a river dry and still die

Of thirst’

Suddenly the pictures behind Yn changed from those of the musician on stage, to an engagement ring and the silhouettes of a happy engaged couple. Then without a warning the beat changed from a semi slow one to that of a faster one as someone else's voice rang through the arena.

‘Gimmie, gimmie shelter, From the storm’

Yn turned slightly watching as their fiance walked on from backstage singing into the microphone that was clipped from the ear piece behind his ear. He made his way over to hyis significant other.

‘Gimmie shelter, Keep me warm. Come kiss

Me by the delta where the rivers torn But I’ll

Be whole as long as I’m yours’

When the two were simply a foot a way from each other they kissed. Nothing too steamy and nothing too long with how many people were watching.

-

As the song came to an end the arena erupted in screams and claps amazed by the performance that had just happened before their eyes. Wilburs arm wrapped around yns waist as the two bast in the cheers from everyone around them.

“Thank you miami.” Yn crooked the tears evident in their eyes.

taglist : @spacenova @heyskeppy @inniterhq @basilly @yamturds @dysfunctionalcrab

[siriushxney]

update on the math problem :

I did it :)

(also thank you @basilly for guiding me in the right direction)

[donutbf]

if u want a basic outline for writing blogs, @/basilly made a guide yesterday- theres nothing on nsfw really but its helpful nonetheless

thank you so much for the resource! :) i will for sure check it out

[basilly]

do you have any tips on writing songfics? i find them super difficult but i really want to make more !!

i forgot to answer this!! ive actually never written one- i was going to try my first one for my mutual’s event but heres what i was planning to do:

- dont listen to other songs while you write it

in my brain i have a hard time grasping the vibe or remembering lyrics if other songs r playing

that one feels self explanatory

- i was also going to research more abt the artist + background of the song

this might spark more ideas about how it was written & the intent of the song

- do songs you truly enjoy and have thought about making a song fic for

its going to be hard to write for a song you cant think of anything for even though you like the song

theres just some songs i just cant write for even though i love the song itself

i might reblog and update after i finish my own song fic but i hope this helps!

[basilly]

asking on anon because I’m still getting used to having moots - but do you have any tips or advice when it comes to fuffilinh requests that you just have no idea how to go about?

I have quite a few and I just don’t know what to do with them - like I know I can complete them, but I don’t know how to advance them or start them :(

hmm you can ask other writers to be honest! if i get stuck i tend to ask my irl friends who r also into mcyt or writer friends

sometimes bouncing off ideas help! you can also wait and dwell on it for a bit, if u start with something you dont like, youre going to hate your work

[basilly]

hii! Idk if you’ve answered this question before, but where do you get your borders/ page dividers?

my border i found on google! i wanted a plant design so i searched up ‘flower header tumblr’and scrolled until i found one- mine was originally a huge image i just cropped it

my thin green divider- i made it in ibis paint! the canvas size is 3405x57 and i just filled it with my exact color hex of my blog!

i hope that helped :D

[basilly]

tumblr + discord safety

after some recent incidents, i wanted to make a post regarding how to stay safe on tumblr and discord

tumblr:

1. please use a throw away email for your tumblr blog

this can be as simple as a brand new email you don’t use besides for tumblr

tumblr is very old and sketchy, all it takes is a couple lines of code to get your personal information

make sure that email does not have any personal info on it

2. optional: do not use your real name, or do not expose your last name

again, to prevent from being doxxed- i myself use a fake name and those who know my real first name do not know my last

3. do not share your personal information (this goes without saying)

anything you post, make sure your location is not there, in the picture or text: saying your country is safer than state or cities nearby

a good way if you want to give someone an idea of when you are active is time zones, as time zones is a large area

4. please do not share your exact age 

you can specify by minor, younger minor, older minor, or adult

putting out your age can be very dangerous, there are many pedophiles and creepy adults out there

5. it is still easy to get information from IP addresses

the internet is not the safest place !! hackers + people who work with code can easily get around these things so pls be careful who you share info with and what info

discord:

1. you can make an alt account w/ that throwaway email

i have a personal discord for irl friends and school and an alternate for tumblr things, if you do not know them in real life then please be safe

2. in your username, use special characters or fonts

this way if someone is out to find you, they can not find it easily, you must give it to them, it has to come from you

you can find copy paste fonts or font keyboards, use letters or characters in other languages, etc

3. again do not share personal info

4. if you block someone, change your discord username immediately 

this they can not come back and find your account, as discord usernames are case sensitive and exact

to be added if it arises! reblogs for boosts are appreciated!

pls reblog w/ more tips if you have them <3

[basilly]

Hello! Good job on reaching 750 followers! Could I request a Hogwarts AU with Fundy (Slytherin, Dark Arts student, they/them, romantic)? Thank you for your time!

. thank you so much!! I usually dont write for fundy but I tried the best i could!!

. pronouns: they/them

. basilly’s 750 event!

“Okay, ready?” “When you said let’s go for a walk I didn’t realize this would turn into a flying lesson” “Come on! It’d be fun”

After climbing onto the back of the broom you were on, he wrapped his arms around you, holding onto the front of the broom. 

“Are you ready?”

After a quick signal, the two of you pushed off the floor, taking flight. The wind whipped at your face, the cool, crisp air biting at your skin. You shut your eyes, a little nervous, but Fundy held you tight, guiding you up into the pitch black night.

“You know you can open your eyes right?” “This is so dangerous” “I’m right here-”

You slowly open your eyes, the castle lights coming into view. It was breathtaking- Fundy rested his chin on your shoulder, pressing a small kiss to your face.

“It’s beautiful” You just know your boyfriend is grinning. “Is my little Slytherin actually saying i had a good idea?” “Nope- Fundy it’s so dark and so cold, how was this a good idea? but yes I’m glad you brought me out here”

After a couple more minutes of admiring the view, Fundy brought the broom to the ground, allowing you to get off first. 

You shivered, the air was still bitterly cold, giving you no pity. 

“Y/n? Did you not bring your robe??” “Uhhhh, no?”

Your boyfriend stared at you for a moment, then quickly shrugged off his own house robes. Draping it over your shoulders, he guided your arms through the sleeves. 

“Here- the sleeves are long”

You smile softly, as Fundy goes to roll up the sleeves so they don’t go past your hands.

“You softy” “Hey- for you and you only”

an: thank you for the request!!