#been taking a needed break and is busy with irl stuff

[jadequarze]

The new BH intro animation is SO CUTE and WHOLESOME. Them surrounding Laudna especially, my heart

[cha1cedony]

Haven’t interacted with people outside of my office or family or music ensembles for like a month. Think I am going to go bonkers

[noirscript]

Notify Me When You’re Mine

pairing: kpop idol x reader description: K-pop idol Seo Jihwan crosses the line between admiration and obsession when a devoted fan catches his eye—and dares to look away. warning/s: Yandere behavior, stalking, obsession, emotional manipulation, kidnapping, confinement, unhealthy relationship dynamics. note: just a quick something. hope you enjoy this! i've been busy with irl stuff so apologies! tags will be added tomorrow as well as other links. by the way, you can still reserve your copy of sovereign's reign ebook + its freebies until 30th of June! the freebies will no longer be available when regular purchase starts rolling. (w/c includes something from king callixto's pov).

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You were just one of millions. Or so you told yourself.

Each time Seo Jihwan went live, your name would pop up in the chat box like it always did—early, dedicated, and filled with praise or playful teasing that seemed to go unnoticed among the flood of hearts and comments. Yet somehow, that never discouraged you. You were just a blip in his world, after all. A mere fan among millions.

Still, it didn’t stop you from showing up.

Every livestream, you’d prepare your space. Light off. Phone fully charged. Notifications muted except for one: his. You didn’t even have to wait for the bell anymore. The moment his familiar face popped onto your screen, dark eyes crinkling with a soft smile, your world felt quieter—lighter.

You’d send him stickers, those virtual gifts that cost embarrassingly real money, and his eyes would always flicker when he saw your username float up the screen. But you thought nothing of it. Fans lived for scraps. It wasn’t unusual to want to feel seen, even if you weren’t. Not really.

Then, one day, you did something stupid.

You shared a post—a single image—of another idol. Not even Jihwan’s rival or anything. Just a new guy from a rising rookie group. You thought the picture was funny. The idol was pulling some weird face mid-performance. You reblogged it and added a laughing emoji. That was it.

What you didn’t know was that Jihwan saw it.

You didn’t know that he wasn’t like the others.

━━━ ✦ ━━━

The livestream that followed felt… off.

His smile was forced, stretched too tight across his flawless face. The comments scrolled, and he barely read them. His fans—your community—were worried. He waved it off, saying he was tired, had been overworked, that his company finally granted him a break. A few days off. A chance to recharge.

"Maybe I’ll travel a bit," he murmured, eyes no longer focused on the camera. "Need to clear my head."

You typed something sweet. Something supportive. You even sent him a gift. It didn’t float on screen like usual.

You thought the app bugged out.

But it didn’t.

He had seen your username. Ignored it.

For the first time since following him, you logged off early, feeling cold in your chest and oddly hollow.

━━━ ✦ ━━━

A week passed.

No livestreams. No updates. Just a single headline from his agency, translated into your feed: “Seo Jihwan to Take Personal Time: Travel Abroad for Mental Recovery”.

The comments were flooded with love and concern. You sent your own too, wishing him rest. He didn’t reply, but that wasn’t new.

You returned to your routines. Your normal, quiet life. A place where your feet were always on the ground, unlike him. Unlike Jihwan, who floated above the world, too perfect to be real. You went to work. Came home. Grocery-shopped on Wednesdays. You still scrolled through fan accounts, watched old clips of his stage performances. Laughed quietly at old edits.

Then you started feeling it. That sense of something watching you. But never directly. You’d see a man standing just beyond the corner of your eye when walking home. A dark car idling longer than usual across the street. A buzz in your phone with no notification. Silly things. Maybe your mind was tired. Maybe you were reading too much into nothing.

Until he showed up.

━━━ ✦ ━━━

It was raining.

The sound of water drummed softly against the windows of the café you always visited after work. It was small, quiet, tucked beside a bookstore. Your safe space. The barista knew your name, your usual order.

You were sipping from your mug, scrolling absentmindedly through your phone, when the door opened. A figure stepped in, hood drawn, head tilted slightly downward.

You wouldn’t have noticed if he hadn’t stopped beside your table.

"You're always here around this time."

You looked up.

At first, your brain didn’t register what you were seeing. It couldn’t. Your eyes scanned the familiar jawline, the deep-set eyes, the soft lips that had smiled at millions.

Seo Jihwan.

The man on your screen. The idol.

In real life.

Soaking wet from the rain, yet still breathtaking.

"Sorry, I know this is weird," he said, voice low but gentle. "Can I sit?"

You blinked. You must have said yes, because the next moment he was sliding into the chair across from you, pulling back his hood.

He looked exactly the same as his photos—no, better. There was no angle to hide behind here, no filter. He was raw and real and right in front of you. You couldn’t even breathe.

“I needed a break,” he said, sipping the drink he ordered as if this were any other conversation. “Came to clear my head. But really, I just wanted to meet you.”

Your heart thudded once—then faster.

“You… you know me?” you whispered.

His lips curled slightly. “Of course. I waited for your messages every time I went live. You always sent those silly stickers. The bread one. And that weird cat.”

You wanted to laugh. Or cry. Or both.

“But I noticed something,” he continued, voice calm but eyes sharper now. “You reblogged another idol’s picture.”

You froze.

“I know it’s stupid. Petty. I should be used to fans looking at other idols. It’s normal,” he murmured. “But you… you’re not just another fan, are you?”

You opened your mouth to respond, but no sound came.

He leaned forward.

“You belong to me.”

Your breath hitched.

“I thought maybe you didn’t know that yet. That I’d need to show you.”

━━━ ✦ ━━━

He moved fast.

Faster than you thought possible.

You weren’t even sure how it happened, but within hours, he had swept you into his world. Into a rented flat that looked more like a luxury safehouse. He gave you clean clothes. Made you tea. Held your hand like he’d known you forever.

He smiled when you asked how he found you.

“Do you really think it was hard?” he replied, almost amused. “You use the same username everywhere. You never log off. You have a routine. A pattern. You don’t even lock your accounts.”

It should’ve scared you. Maybe it did. But he was Jihwan. The man you spent countless nights watching, wishing, longing for.

And now he was here. Holding you like you mattered.

When he kissed your forehead, your brain short-circuited.

“Isn’t this what you wanted?” he whispered. “Me, here. With you. You’ve been calling out for me. I just answered.”

━━━ ✦ ━━━

Days passed. Maybe weeks.

Time blurred inside the glass walls of the apartment. You didn’t leave. He didn’t let you. Not out of cruelty, no—he said it was for your safety. That fans could be obsessive. That people might not understand. That the media would twist it all.

You believed him. You had to.

And he was so gentle.

He cooked for you. Taught you Korean words softly, patiently. Let you sleep in his arms. There were moments he looked at you like you were fragile glass. His fingers would tremble when he touched your face.

But there were also moments when he would grow distant. Cold.

Like when you accidentally glanced at a variety show playing on the TV and chuckled at another idol’s joke.

The screen went dark instantly.

His jaw clenched.

You didn’t watch TV after that.

━━━ ✦ ━━━

One night, he came home with a new phone.

“Here,” he said, setting it in your lap. “Your old one’s gone.”

You blinked. “Gone?”

“I threw it out,” he said. “Too many distractions. Too many temptations.”

Your hands tightened around the blanket on your lap.

He cupped your face, gentle but firm.

“I love you,” he whispered, forehead pressed to yours. “I chose you. You should feel special. Millions of people scream my name, but it’s your name I waited for every night. You kept me going.”

You wanted to believe him.

So you nodded.

━━━ ✦ ━━━

Eventually, the sky turned grey more often. The city blurred beyond the windows. You forgot the date. He kept you fed, clothed, warm. But he also kept you quiet. Isolated.

Your friends stopped messaging.

Or maybe they didn’t. Maybe you just never saw it.

“People are selfish,” he said once, brushing your hair back as you sat in his lap. “They’d pull you away from me. Make you doubt what we have.”

You didn’t answer.

He tilted your face up, made you look at him.

“You love me, don’t you?”

“…Yes.”

“Then remember your place,” he whispered. “You’re mine. You always were.”

━━━ ✦ ━━━

Sometimes, you’d lie awake at night, staring at the ceiling. Wondering how it happened. How you ended up here. How a reblogged photo turned into a new life.

But when he curled around you, arms tightening like chains, breath warm against your skin—you felt something calm your chest.

Because wasn’t this what you wanted?

To be loved. Chosen.

Maybe you just hadn’t realized what it would cost.

Or how far he’d go.

But he came for you. Out of everyone, he came for you.

It was a dream come true.

Wasn’t it?

Maybe if you remind yourself hard enough, you’ll remember to be grateful.

Maybe if you never look at another idol again, he’ll smile like he used to.

Maybe if you behave, he won’t have to show you your place again.

After all… he’s watching.

He always was.

[i-suc-at-art]

DpxDc prompt #2

Full prompt from this idea

Tim and Danny are apart of an online RPG which is basically DND but anonymous and online. (it’s mainly for secret nerds who don’t have anyone irl to play with)

Danny plays as a changeling rogue who will often swipe things from players they don’t like

Tim plays a Variant Human, monk who wields a pole staff (my guy is not subtle) and will often give back the things danny (who’s known as wraith) (Tim goes by Scarlet Redpoll (mainly just Scarlet though)) stole

Rules of the RPG:

Everyone remains under their game handle (so there’s no doxing) NO REAL NAMES

You can interact with other parties who are using the same campaign as you, however when interacting with main story plot your party will go into its own private server

You can have a party of any size however it’s recommended to have a party over 4.. However you can make it with two or three or solo (but that’s just kinda sad..)

There is a chat feature and call feature in the game, however no hate speech, or bigotry

You can’t join a call unless your apart of the party

ofc this doesn’t stop it from happening but that’s not really relevant to the story

There are Dms (dungeon masters) but your team can also just use the computer for your Dm

Your character can be completely customized, and you’ll move around on a map

Ok now to the fun stuff

Danny and Tim (Wraith and Scarlet) have been playing together for about 3 months, and have made a commitment to play every 2 weeks on sunday (ghosts tend to take a break every 2 weeks on sundays (and B forced Tim to take a break from everything including cases every 2 weeks on sunday) Although sometimes each will get pulled away from the game and they’ll have to end early.

Anyways their campaign doesn’t super matter, only that they are online friends. Ok so one day Tim texts Wraith (they use online name bc y'know tim’s like uber famous) that he can’t make it to their session today bc his dad is forcing him to “bond” Aka he’s going to a gala with Bruce and Dick to stop a heist team that has been rampant across socialite and high society events. Wraith tells him it’s alright, and that coincidentally he’s busy too and was just about to cancel.

As Tim surveils everyone he curses Bruce for making him come. Tim had gotten into the habit of getting a night off from everything. He’d also not gotten a chance to do ample research on the guests beforehand because he’d been working on researching the thieves. He’d heard some chatter about the group looking into a possible haunted vahz, that was on display for the night. Tim had been surveying the party staying near the vahz making sure everyone checked out. Dick had texted saying that he’d cornered a possible thieving candidate and that he needed Tim to run an face ID check, on the picture he’d taken. The photo was of a young woman, her red hair caused Tim to think of Babs, but the woman’s simple teal evening dress couldn’t be further from her style. He’d done a quick search of the woman, she seemed to be some sort of rich young socialite, definitely Dicks type.. Her name was Kelly Jankins, no criminal history, or past arrests, she had a couple of parking tickets that were waved from her late teens. But nothing out of the ordinary. Tim texted Dick the information (save for the part about her being Dicks type) before stuffing his phone back into his pocket and moving from his post to go and get a drink. About 20 feet from his post he bumped into a nicely dressed guy, his hair black and suit tailored.. He also wore a Vladco pin on his left breast pocket.

He’d apologized and Tim told him it was no big deal, his eyes were blue.. But he could have sworn they were green when he first looked up. And his voice.. It sounded so familiar. Why did it sound familiar..?

As Tim walked away it hit him like a truck.. Wraith.

—————

Danny, Sam, Tucker, and Jazz had been stealing for some time now, after Danny had been outed as Phantom to the whole town by his parents. Him, Sam, and Tucker had decided to all leave Amity since all of their parents were unaccepting.. Sam’s parents had gone so far as to write her out of their will.. Danny had told her and Tuck to stay in Amity and fix their relationships with their family, but they’d both said ‘that if Danny wasn’t in Amity Park then they didn’t have their family.’ So they left. The three stayed with Jazz for a bit but she was a broke college student that barely had enough money for food and rent. So the three started stealing food.. It was out of necessity at first, and only from big companies, but when Sam got an online invitation to a big gala that was showing off some old artifacts from a rich guy’s private collection, Danny felt a pull toward a particular item from his core. The item belonged to someone in the ghost zone.. and he needed to have it. He needed to return it.

So they stole it. Danny was to be Sam’s plus one as he’s basically a haunted item metal detector. Sam would steal the item and Tuck would turn out the lights and secretly system. Then Danny would get him and Sam out of there. Most of their plans would be similar to this format. Sam would also grift from the other patrons, only stealing from the ones who seemed to have a shit ton of money. Eventually even teaching Danny how to do it too, she’d told him that ‘using his ghost powers were a cop out’ when he brought that up.. and that ‘anyone would be able to feel the chill of it.’ Which Danny was sure that that was untrue.. But he learned how to steal a wallet, or a phone Sam’s way.

Jazz had been against the thefts at first saying that all of these items belonged to the original owner. But soon she was persuaded when Danny told her that they were stealing stolen items. Stolen ghost items. Some of the items even had a ghost core attached to it. So Jazz became their planner, she’d make sure they’d have all the info they needed and that no one got caught.

Danny ends up in jail after being caught trying to lift someone’s wallet.. Jazz was there to legally get him out and pay the bail. Tucker got caught in a backroom of a place they were stealing from. ‘Oh yeah that’s her brother who would often get himself trapped in closets looking for the bathroom.. She apologizes profusely..’

So when Tucker had found their newest item, a haunted vase that had a shit ton of death and destruction attached to it, Jazz had thought up the plan. She’d heard whisperings that Vlad had gotten invited to the party but Danny was going to go in his place since Vlad would never go. Then they had a plan. A plan they were meant to stick to, until someone ran her face and Danny started being followed. So they abandoned the vase opting to get out of there instead of getting caught.

[shannonsketches]

I think it's so great that between the two Bulma is the "I'm making myself to be the best possible version of myself for me and me alone," and Vegeta is the "whatever it takes I NEED to protect my mariage." ASDFLKJ (It's depressingly frequent the other way around irl)

Absolutely! One of the reasons I’m not a big fan of the framing that Bulma cheated/hopped directly onto Vegeta after Yamcha is because I love the idea that Goku’s commentary about the baby and Yamcha’s response to it shook her up and made her really think about what it was she wanted, and what it was she’d been doing (repeating the habits of her 16 year old self), and I just.

I love The idea that she and Vegeta hooked up after Bulma kind of took a page out of his book and started caring about how she saw herself more than how she could convince other people to see her, rebuilding her confidence from the ground up without so much reliance on external validation, etc. And while she does still return to that need for external validation with her looks as she gets older, at least now it’s linked to the very real fact that she’s the only person in her family who will age like a human being.

I love to read it like they learned from each other, and I LOVE that a lot of their M/F ship tropes are subverted (especially in the Toriyamaverse). He takes care of the house, he likes to cook, he wears a lot of tight clothes, he enjoys dancing; She has the brains, she has the money, she takes the lead in conversations, she’s handling resources and plans and the business and the real estate; Vegeta even gets a moment where he is in a room full of men who can’t fix a broken machine and wishes his wife was there to help them.

And it’s not treated as weird! It’s not the punchline! Vegeta’s learning to be softer because it’s something that’s novel and relaxing and good for him! Bulma’s getting to be comfortable and confident showcasing the skill sets she’s always had because her husband likes her looks and personality, which were the two things that always got the backhand whenever her brain got a compliment.

Like, listen, Bulma works hard on her marriage too! But Vegeta’s learning curve is way steeper and — like I mentioned before — he has a harder time forgiving himself for his mistakes than she does. For her she’s got a sexy little husband who used to be a pain in the ass but has since shown that she and their son mean the literal actual world to him. For him he’s got the most patient woman on the planet and a kid who doesn’t know him well enough to hold him accountable yet and he’s trying so hard not to push his luck past all three fairly serious strikes he has on his record already.

And I personally hc Bulma’s probably told him she doesn’t want to keep score because everyone here shares blame for the bad stuff and there’s no use splitting the check like that anymore. All’s well that ends well. But Vegeta’s from a world that requires working hard to make yourself worth keeping around, and that’s a hard habit to break, even when you’re safe, so I just !!! I JUST !!!!!!!

puts them in my mouth

tldr they both do that I think but they learned it from watching each other and they’re empowered by each other to explore the opposite side of their streets

[brownsugar-dreams]

Another Approach To Online Sugaring

Recently I took a break from dating. The dating apps can get exhausting and sometimes you’re just not in a place where you have the physical/emotional energy to get dressed up and go out. I didn’t want the money to stop, so I decided to start camming again but only for online sugar dating(OSD)/girlfriend experience (GFE). It’s been such a success I decided to make a post about it.

When I reactivated my no face cam accounts, I started casually talking to users in my chat rooms. There were a good share of users who just want to chat. If you have an outgoing personality, this is really easy and comes natural. We would talk about all sorts of things from what they do for work/fun, casual interests, kinks. I’d tell them stories, my POVs on pop culture topics, fantasies, made up stuff. At this point I noticed specific users were tipping in the general chat. I focused on those users and made sure to show them the most attention and they continued to tip. They’d often initiate a private session (more $ per min) and we’d continue chatting.

If you’re consistent with signing in at least 1-2x a week, it’s easy to find someone who adores you. I created a Snapchat (SC) profile and advertised it on my cam site as a way for users to connect with me 1:1. Set it up so they have to pay to get the username. Using SC, I posted no face pics with a link to my wishlist/cashapp and sparingly answered messages (mostly messages inquiring about pricing/services never free endless chatting). Later I created a price menu for services offered and shared that from time to time on my story. Once a relationship is established, it’s super easy to straight up ask for money. Since they met you on a paid cam site they already know what’s up so don’t let anyone pretend to be naive or use your time for free.

Overall this has been a flexible way to earn money that is relatively easy and low maintenance. Most of these clients are lonely and desperate for female attention so making each feel special is the key.

Things to Note/Logistics

I personally don’t show my face by having the cam positioned from the neck down. But other no face cam girls have talked about using full or half face masks to conceal their identity. Given the nature of “professionalism” in our fields I can understand a lot of us wanting to preserve our identities. But do what you’re comfy with! I’d suggest no nudity in free chat otherwise users will be less likely to pay for private.

Each cam site is different and pays differently. Most let you adjust your price settings as you like. I researched the sites with the most consistent/quickest payout schedule and reputation by searching Reddit posts and cam girl forums. I picked my favorite sites shared below.

To maximize earnings, I stream multiple sites at a time by opening tabs. Some use OBS software but I haven’t had the time to figure out how to incorporate that yet.

I changed the settings to allow only users with money to participate in chat. This helps reduce hecklers and incels looking for a free show.

Sites have varying popularity during different times/day. Keep that in mind when starting out so that you can develop a schedule. We’re busy professionals irl so making sure to cam on days/nights that have the most earning potential saves a lot of time.

Different clients have different needs so it’s important to be flexible and only take on clients you’d be comfortable with. I have clients that want me to be bossy and mean while others want a more traditional GFE where they’re the caretaker (think MTS “daddy am I your baby” type of thing lol).

Tips to Earn More

Share your wishlist in your bio across platforms. I like to use throne.

Create a links page and share to let your big spenders get notified when you’re online. I use beacons

I use sextpanther to supplement on weeks that are too busy to cam. I love the convenience of texting and it yields good money.

If you want to incorporate toys in your private shows when you’re starting out, use Aliexpress to order cheap toys. Eventually when you gain a consistent following, I suggest making the guys pay for anything they’d like to see you use and of course non sexual gifts for you too!

Keep a list/diary of users to keep track across platforms. Make note of their interests/kinks/imp things they’ve shared so you can refer to it during sessions.

Successful Cam Sites: CB CS

Keep working towards your goals!😘❤️✨

[sky-swimmer]

I MUST BREAK MY STREAK: NO NEW CHAPTER TODAY

I've been too busy to work on it- I think a weekly update schedule at such a busy time of year is too ambitious. I wasn't able to reread or edit my recent chapters last week because of it 😭

This week, while sorting out my irl stuff, I took the chance to listen to my old chapters/everything all together in a TTS reader. This was the first time I've been able to do that and I've noticed many minor things I want to change. I hope it won't take too long to fix.

I have a rough plan for the new chapter and some scenes written, but I have a busy day ahead so I can't see it getting finished.

ALSO there are a couple more asks I need to catch up with!! So sorry, just going through them in order and I don't always check Tumblr.

I HOPE the new chapter will be worth it when it comes out, there is especially one part I think people are going to like!! I don't want to spoil it, but I'm hoping it will be funny and feed the beloved Devzel shippers.

I really didn't want to rush this chapter, and there's a lot of stuff I still need to figure out. I hope I can have it up before Christmas, but maybe it's wishful thinking. I'll definitely have it up by the 28th, though.

I will try my best!! Sorry about this and I hope you all have a great weekend!!

[literaticat]

Hi- I work in a field that's been all but decimated by the new administration and I'm struggling to control my anxiety. My book comes out in 26 and I suddenly feel so much pressure for it to do well and to sell my option. I know we shouldn't look to publishing as a source of financial security, but day job-wise things are looking really dire. It also feels kind of awful that 26 is still a year away and I'm dreading what could very well be a whole year of anxiety and worry in the lead up to pub day. Would love to hear any advice you may have for how to cope. Thank you.

I'm so sorry this is happening to our country, to our most vulnerable populations -- and to you specifically! Like, there aren't really words. IT SUCKS feels a little mild!

With all the caveats that, hey, I don't know you, maybe talk to people who are boots on the ground where you are and can actually help you IRL, maybe get a therapist if you don't have one or get on anti-anxiety meds while they are still legal, yadda yadda:

It seems, from a total outsider's perspective, you are feeling anxiety and worry and dread and pressure for a VERY REAL REASON -- the day job stuff, the government stuff, etc. -- and, since this is all so fricking weird and absurd and unprecedented and bigger than you and out of your control, you are transferring those feelings into the book stuff, because at least that is a more manageable thing to focus your psychic energy on. Does that track?

I guess I'd urge you to try and separate those two things out if you can? Like YES there are a lot of horrible things going on, and they potentially have serious consequences for the world and for you specifically. You feel anxiety, of course, shit yeah you do, fair enough!!! But those feelings don't need to be tied together with your book release or other bookish stuff.

Your book is just... a book. Like all due respect, it's awesome that you have a book coming out, but stressing about its release a year in advance feels like a not-great use of your energy.

If you've built up the book release as this ALL-IMPORTANT THING in your mind, well, I hate to break it to you, but spoiler: it's gonna be a real let-down when it happens, no matter how well it goes, because books coming out aren't actually inherently life-changing or even interesting. You are setting yourself up for a massive anti-climax.

So please, take the pressure off yourself. This is a self-made "problem" -- the pressure is coming from inside the house! I promise you that your editor and agent and whoever else in the actual publishing business is NOT thinking of your 2026 book release as the be-all/end-all of your career.

Yes: This book MIGHT change your life -- but probably will take a lot of time for that to happen, and it most likely it will happen in a such a gradual way that you don't even know it's happening. Even if the book is a unicorn-like smash hit out of the gate, it will take many months or even years for royalties to come in, and once the brief headiness of celebration wears off and you've changed your bio to read "Bestselling Author", it's not going to actually change your day-to-day world as much as you might imagine. If (as is more likely) it just does fine, and trucks along as most books do -- that just looks like "nothing" while it's happening, but it can be just the beginning of a whole-ass career. It will be the start of your building an audience, it will introduce you to new opportunities, etc etc, months or years down the line.

As I've said numerous times on here and IRL: The best thing you can do for your book is to WRITE MORE BOOKS. This is very much a LONG GAME!

So If you can figure out how to separate the LIFE stuff from the BOOK stuff, and silo those two pieces away from one another, then perhaps you can make some changes on the LIFE side that might help with the anxiety? And then the BOOK stuff can be a welcome escape hatch rather than another source of anxiety.

For "changes on the LIFE side", I'm talking a) figuring out how to manage your anxiety (via meds, therapy, cognitive-behavioural methods, whatever it is) -- and b) Tackling TANGIBLE things you can physically do in your community and home that might ultimately make you and your loved ones and your community better off. (I'm working on a list of such things for myself, which I'm happy to share at some point, but this is getting too long already!)

The point is, MAYBE if you can get your anxiety under a bit more control and feel like you are actually doing something useful IRL rather than just "spiraling into madness" -- then the book stuff will feel less consuming and you can approach it like a (hopefully fun!) JOB rather than an anxiety-trigger. IF Writer is now a job, you just have to DO IT, right? So what can you work on?

If you have an agent: Talk to them! (If not, talk to your editor). Maybe you don't have to wait until your book is "out and does well" before you sell your option book. A lot of times, I'm able to sell option books well before the next book is actually released -- so if they think that's the case, you can spend time now working on that option book material. If that doesn't seem possible, for whatever reason, maybe there's a different kind of book that wouldn't fall under the option that you can try your hand at. The point is, you don't need to spend your "book time" fretting about some nebulous thing that is happening in 2026 that you have literally no control over today - instead, spend it working on something new. Or even several somethings. Experiment! Have fun! Channel your Book Energy into THAT.

I can't promise anything, of course -- nobody can! But I can say, you are significantly more likely to be able to transition into a successful writing career if you are WRITING THINGS rather than FREAKING OUT.

Best of luck, wishing you well, and please report back closer to your book release time so we can celebrate with you in a totally normal and NON-FREAKED OUT fashion! NO PRESSURE! <3

[cattimeswithjellie]

Liveblogging Doc Stream VOD, 6/8/24

(Just as an important contextual note for this stream, Doc is _always_ joking when he vows revenge or eternal hatred on somebody in these streams. He has assured everyone on a number of occasions that his petty rage is a bit and neither he nor the other Hermits ever take it seriously.)

Doc Stream, 6/8/24

9:20 Doc opens the stream by claiming that some crimes are so heinous that they require immediate retaliation. Someone has touched Doc’s redstone, and he is Not Amused. He tells chat that he was emotionally distressed to the point that he killed Cleo’s pig, but insists that the pig is really the victim of whoever touched the redstone. He offers a plea in the alternative that the pig was looking at him funny and it was really a case of self defense. Chat is divided on whether this is a compelling argument, but most of them are still busy saying hello.

10:38 Doc switches camera to Hermitcraft. He is in his base. He tells chat they will investigate swine crime later. He recaps last week’s stream where he broke 5k subscribers and says that his wife does not believe him about his number of subs. Today’s sub count is 4788 as a result of some gift subs lapsing. He needs to make it to 10k subs so he doesn’t notice as much if he loses a few. He thanks some subs and donos. Someone in chat mentions TCG and Doc is happy to be able to talk about it at last. He also admits that he has finally solved his considerable lag problem but is embarrassed about it.

14:50 Doc tells Chat that Beef has been working on TCG behind the scenes, and Joe Hills has been cultivating an IRL TCG community to play the game. The Hermits decided a TCG expansion is in order and artists have been hired for the new work. All the artists are under NDA, on pain of goat-slapping. Several of the DCP artists are part of the project. Doc was barraged with questions from his team on what sort of art he wanted, and insisted he wanted the artists to make the decisions. He was forced to join a Discord and actually talk to the artists, which is clearly terribly painful to him (in a clearly joking way.) He thanks more subs,.

17:55 Doc shows off the new smoothness of his improved FPS. He admits that for weeks he was whining and complaining about lag, but the solution was simple: a vacuum cleaner. When he finally cleaned the dust and yuck out of his computer, his overheating and lag problems were magically solved. He is embarrassed but pleased. He still has not set up his new PC.

20:45 A chatter asks how Doc’s day is going. He says it is brilliant, that he set up a tomato house and needs to end the stream on time because he has a delivery of garden equipment coming in. Home growing of cannabis is legal now in Germany and now it is quite difficult to find home gardening equipment at the shops. At the moment his plants are growing very well. He has 30-40 plants for sure this season. He is very excited about his tomatoes.

22:45 Time for work! The beacon is broken again. He thought he fixed it, but has a suspicion something else is broken. He needs to be on the server tomorrow at 6:55am to see what happens at that time. He talks about some redstone stuff involving the beacon that is beyond the ken of this livestreamer, but the upshot appears to be that the beacon is getting loaded and unloaded during server reset and that breaks it. There is supposed to be a workaround involving a hopper clock but it is not working. He wants to be online and watching what happens at the next reset. Doc thanks more donos and gets attacked by phantoms who shriek “Time to Shreep!” in Bdubs’ voice. He sleeps.

26:05 Doc’s job for today is to fill the machine he built last week to make armor trims. He will also investigate the heinous crime of redstone-touching. He gets a shulker box from his dispenser and begins filling it with the materials that can be used to decorate armor. Chat helps by reminding him of which materials he needs.

29:00 Doc makes the (possibly hubristic) claim that he is going to work today and no one will be able to stop him. He talks about the insanity of last week’s stream and how it was a once in a lifetime experience with the chat determined to get him to 5k subs. He is still not over it. He finishes gathering his materials then pauses to think. Chainmail armor cannot be used in the machine, but leather armor is possible. Doc asks how to farm leather. Chat suggests murdering horses and he calls them murderers. He raises the possibility of finding a hoglin farm or possibly bartering. He goes to the nether.

31:50 A chatter asks what is the weirdest fan-made thing that Doc has seen about himself. He says not to get him started. He begins to AFK the hoglin farm and demands chat do the math to determine how much leather will be needed. Chat doesn’t know, but is pretty sure it is more than 3. Doc settles on 96. He says a lot of fanart is pretty weird, especially the shipping fanart of him and Ren, though he has always said he doesn’t mind. He is not going to address the fanfiction but describes it as really far-out weird. Chat immediately calls him out (good-naturedly) for calling Ren his husband and then saying that ship art is weird. A chatter asks if Doc is using his new PC, he repeats his embarrassing vacuum-cleaner story. We get more details about the lengths Doc went to while chasing down his lag, including streaming to Cortex, maker of the Sodium-rendering mod Nvidium. Cortex apparently did suggest overheating might be the problem but Doc insisted with great fervor that his computer couldn’t possibly be overheating.

38:20 After recalling all of these computer misadventures, Doc decides that the story is too embarrassing to keep retelling. From this point onward in the stream, anyone who comments on the lack of lag will be told that Doc is actually using the new PC. Chat is not allowed to snitch.

40:00 Doc says that the new video got a small amount of static in the comments over the “wokeness” of putting up a rainbow beacon to celebrate his friends during Pride Month. Doc relates the arguments he has had there and on Twitter. LGBTQ issues are not a major issue in Doc’s life, as a cishet man, unless someone is going after his friends. (He makes a quick reference to the time he got in a fight at Disney because some people were hassling Bdubs, a story he has told before.) He very much disagrees with the argument that Pride is being shoved into people’s faces. He says people are just weird. He speculates that it may be a cultural thing as well, that in Germany nobody is really arguing about Pride month.

43:30 Doc arrives back at the shopping district. He says it is time to stop focusing on the complainers and get back to the really important issue, which is his redstone. A chatter points out that his mic is hot and he says he wants it that way, so that everyone can hear. He yells to the empty shopping district “YOU HEAR ME, HERMITS? A CRIME! HAS! HAPPENED!” He says he’s going to put up speakers all over the server to remind people. Someone asks if the crime was pig murder. He is not amused. He does not believe Scar or False were the culprit. At the suggestion of chat he does a quick check for snails in the machinery, saying that if he sees any, he will be getting out the strong pesticide. No snails are found. Doc says he wants to fix it very badly, but that would be tampering with evidence. He does some more shouting into the shopping district, then admits he doesn’t believe Xisuma or False, the only hermits online, had anything to do with it. False apparently is an angel, with no criminal energy inside her.

46:30 Time for work. Doc does not believe it was Cleo either, because when he killed her pig she got mad instead of confessing. He realizes that he forgot to bring the shulker box with him and it is back in the swamp. He blames chat.

47:30 Doc begins walking home, discussing potential suspects. The only Hermit he remembers tweaking lately is Scar, by laughing at the Death Scar prank and telling him he’s on Jevin’s side. He is sure it isn’t Scar, though, because Scar is a very bad liar and also would not have lied but would’ve doubled down and demanded to know what Doc was gonna do about it. He also doesn’t think it was Grian because he and Grian are cool right now and Grian hasn’t been around. He wonders if Joel might have done it just to be pesky. Chat suggests XB or Wels, and insists Joel would not mess with a build. Doc says XB is too nice. It definitely wasn’t Joe because Joe is Doc’s lawyer. He thinks Iskall is a possibility and decides to check his shop purchases. If Dark Oak has been purchased, the trail of evidence leads to Iskall. Doc declares that this is the biggest scandal on Hermitcraft since the tunnel bore incident. By now he has arrived home and collects up his shulker box and crafting table.

50:50 Back to the shopping district, as Chat continues naming basically ever Hermit as possible suspects. Doc thanks his “sugar mama” donos and does a little dance for them, then gets down into the guts of his redstone. He says that this is going to involve some brainwork. He swears incidentally, surprising some chatters, and explains that he does swear during stream. A chatter mentions that he is hotmiccing his swears into the shopping district, but Doc does not appear to notice.

55:15 A chatter says he is a fan of what Doc and the Hivemind are doing and encourages him to keep it up. Doc says his plans are to invent email on the server and maybe also do some drilling. He begins creating armor for the Tide armor trim, remembers that Tide is the name of a laundry detergent, then remembers the eating Tide Pods fad. He briefly despairs for humanity, then moves on to discussing how the armor pieces should be decorated. Chat helps Doc make various fashion choices.

59:45 A dono comes in labeled “from the ladies in the chat.” Doc says he knows 90% of his audience is ladies and that he is catering to the female audience, with his looks. Chat has many reactions to this information. Doc reiterates that he is the humble GOAT. He cannot say it with a straight face.

1:01:20 Another dono comes in claiming that a large percentage of his audience is nonbinary and should also be catered to. Doc assures them that he is also catering to the nonbinary audience, again with his looks. He cannot remember the phrase “gender goals,” but says he has been told that he is a gender role model for several fans who are transitioning. Chat assures Doc that he is indeed very gender. Doc says that he is catering to everyone with his looks. He does admit that it is hard to keep track of the often-complex array of identities and banners within the community, especially as someone who is outside of it, but reiterates that he loves all of Chat. He declares that the Jolly Roger is the flag usable by everyone, because being a pirate is the best thing you can be.

1:04:15 A chatter activates the auto text-to-speech function and makes it chant lyrics to “All The Single Ladies.” Doc is surprised, but does another little dance. He goes back to the topic and says that the most sexualization surrounding Pride comes from the people who are too preoccupied with disliking it. Back to the armor fashion discussion.

1:08:00 Doc responds to a hello message from an arriving chatter and advises the rest of the chat that if they want to be noticed by the streamer, they should use the color that this particular chatter has used, because it is very attention getting. (The chatter has chosen magenta as their username color.) A chatter asks if Doc is going to build one of every combination of armor and trim. Doc says no, that would be crazy. He is going to build a nice mix to showcase some possibilities. He replaces more armor pieces in the droppers and decides to use pink leather in place of chainmail, which does not work in the machine.

1:10:50 Doc heads for the dye shop to find pink dye. He examines Pearl’s Wordle build but finds that the dye is still in her truck shop. He accidentally visits the Purr-Purr shop before finding his way to the dye truck. Doc gets out his ender chest and realizes that he has no diamonds because he put all of them in the materials shulker box, which is back at the armor machine. He scolds chat for not reminding him to bring diamonds to the dye shop and bemoans their laziness in relying on their GOAT to remember everything. After a quick trip across the shopping district, he pays for his dye and dyes his leather armor pieces.

1:13:45 More armor fashion choices, this time for Coast trim. Doc is pleased that with the lag gone, he is getting so much done today. His anvil immediately breaks, but he has a spare.

1:15:55 Doc shows off the completed set of Coast trim armor, mostly in shades of pink and blue. He is pleased with it and wishes that he were allowed to dye his netherite armor different colors. He agrees with chat that the armor set gives a maid sort of vibe. He continues with more trims and more armor and trim color combinations, with occasional commentary. Vex trim looks a bit like a suit and tie outfit and a bit like a color-swapped version of Scar’s default skin.

1:23:14 A chatter asks if Doc would complain about sand less if it were easily renewable. Doc says of course, and that it _is_ easily renewable, you just have to make a sand duper. He begins working on the Sentry trim set, which confuses some chatters who think he is saying Sandtree. A chatter gifts a large number of subs. Doc threatens to name all the remaining armor pieces after the chatter. He is close to 5k subs again and encourages all viewers with Twitch Prime to sub now. A different chatter gifts a large number of subs. Doc insists that this gifting of subs cannot go on forever, but is clearly grateful for the generosity.

1:28:00 A chatter asks if the subscription price increase in July means a raise for the streamers. Doc says he does not know. He got an email from Twitch but hasn’t read it yet because most Twitch email is junk. He guesses that the split is usually based on percentage, so a higher sub price ought to mean more money for the streamer. He continues building armor pieces. He corrects a chatter’s misconception that partners get a 70/30 split, saying that 50/50 is the usual split.

1:31:50 A chatter says that Doc has no reading comprehension (Doc misread an earlier comment about bananas.) He says that he knows what the comment meant, but what he said was funnier. He deliberately bananifies a chatter’s name when thanking them for a dono. He talks some about how the grind on YouTube and Twitch is relentless, and that on Twitch, missing even one or two streams can cause a catastrophic drop in sub numbers. He puts together an armor set in the Silence trim, which most chatters seem to agree is the best. Doc agrees in part, but says the chestplate is too much. He does like the way the armor turned out, calling it “serious drip.” Chat suggests it looks like Optimus Prime.

1:36:50 A donor makes a donation and activates the auto text-to-speech. Doc comments that the “single ladies” (a holdover joke from last week) are generous today and says sometimes he feels like a stripper. Chat thinks this is very funny and he acknowledges that he says the weirdest things. Chat assures him that he can leave his hat on. They also attempt to summon Cub for horn acquisition. A chatter says they love Doc’s content but he should keep his clothes on because he’s got no curves. Doc takes great affront to this and assures chat that he has serious booty that he gets complimented on on a daily basis. He is favorably compared to many women’s husbands on the playground. He tells stories about this while chat loses their collective mind. Doc goes back to assembling armor pieces. He tells chat his current weight is 88kg, and that he used to weigh more when he played basketball but it’s been the same for about fifteen years.

((Liveblogger fast-forwarded through some conversation about weight loss and dieting at this point due to personal mental health concerns. Doc continues working on armor trims during this time.))

1:48:30 Doc says that he is almost done with the first half of stocking the machine. He has finished the trims up as far as the Rib trim. He begins working on the Ward trim. He says he may give Bdubs the chainmail he is taking out of the factory and that giving some gifts to the judge might come in handy. He clarifies to chat that he has all the respect in the world for single moms, having grown up as one. Chat queries him intensely on this, and he clarifies he grew up _with_ a single mom. Chat threatens Doc with more fanart.

1:51:55 Chat suggests conducting a poll on how many single ladies love Doc. Doc says they should definitely not do that, because Karin will not like knowing how many single ladies there are out there. (He is clearly joking.) He tells the single ladies to stay in the shadows, and that he knows they are there. He gives them a flirtatious waves and shushes them. He’s beginning the single ladies song again when suddenly interrupts himself with “I put it in the wrong hole again, goddammit.” Chat has the expected reaction to this turn of phrase. It takes Doc about thirty seconds to realize what he has said. He facepalms so hard he nearly falls out of range of the camera. Looking extremely pained, he tells Chat they have their mind in the gutter all day long. Chat has never been so desperately eager for Cub to make an appearance. Doc approves of the Ward armor trim samples and makes a noise similar enough to “uwu” to catch Chat’s attention again. He does not know what Uwu means, and Chat is only marginally helpful. Doc laments that life is hard for Boomers like him. Chat suggests that he should ask Gem but he refuses, saying she will just make fun of him.

1:55:00 With one side of the build completed, it is time for a short break. He wonders aloud if someone has been sneaking around inside his redstone. Chat suggests that maybe Doc is 77. Doc says that streaming is definitely not easy work, due to the CONSTANT INSULTS. Despite saying it is time for a break, Doc does not appear to be taking a break. He throws away some excess chainmail with the comment that Bdubs will not be happy about it. Almost instantly a zombie appears in full chainmail armor and tries to kill Doc, followed by another zombie with a chainmail helmet. Chat suspects this is revenge.

2:00:00 Dune trim construction. Doc sings a song about choosing armor trims. The trim comes out looking like tie dye and is declared a Renbob shirt. Doc says he is beginning to reach the unhinged portion of the stream. He sings a little more about what he is doing. Chat is unconvinced that the unhinged portion of the stream is only starting now.

2:03:10 A chatter called “Mistress of Torture” subscribes, Doc takes notice and jokes that this is one of the single moms, but a scary one. That chatter then goes on to make a large gift of subs Doc says “Thank you, Mistress” and laughs for awhile over that. Sub total is back over 5k. Doc thanks Chat as a whole for their great generosity in the last two streams. Someone in chat says they are all simps for Doc. Doc responds that just as there are Ethogirls, there are DocMILFs, which causes a substantial reaction in the chat.

2:06:40 A chatter subscribes and asks what they are signing themselves up for. Doc says they don’t want to know. A chatter suggests that now Chat knows what the M in DocM77 stands for. Doc says that his name came from his basketball friends. He could jump very high, so they said he could jump like Doctor J, but called him Doctor M because it is his last initial. He was also called Doc, he explains, because of his great understanding of and charisma with “the ladies,” who would often come to him with their problems. Doc assures Chat that he was never into chasing women, that his first long-term relationship was when he was 14, and that relationship lasted seven years. A short period of madness followed, and then he met Karin. Chat asks how he met Karin, and he says it was at a carnival party that he attended. It was a last-minute invite so he didn’t have a costume. He put a trash bag on and went as garbage. He saw Karin at the party and told his buddy that he just spotted his future wife. Despite the fact he was wearing a trash bag, he went up to her and they hit it off. Before the end of the party, he tore a heart-shaped piece of trashbag off his costume and wrote his phone number on it. She called him back. “Doctor Love strikes again, suckers,” he concludes. Karin still has the trash bag fragment.

2:11:00 Doc talks more about meeting Karin. He had been having fun as a basketball player, lots of cheerleaders, parties, etc, but he knew right away that she was different. Their friends didn’t initially believe it, but he always knew. He flies to the nether to gather more levels for trimming armor at his gold farm. Chat is disappointed that Doc did not visit Bop N Go. Chat asks for more tips about relationships, but he says there are no good general dating tips because everyone is so different. He says people enjoy the company of people who like themselves. Not narcissism, but knowing yourself and having self-confidence. Putting yourself out there to meet a potential new partner is scary, but the worst they can do is say no.

2:19:00 Doc has almost 30 levels but wants to gather a few more. Chat offers its own dating tips, including good hygiene, not being a dick, and talking to women like human beings. Doc tells chat that if you talk to women like a pickup artist or Andrew Tate, you’re not likely to get far. He offers more bits of relationship advice. A chatter asks how old Doc is, he tells them he is 19. Chat thinks that is very funny.

02:23:00 Doc leaves the gold farm. He is planning on rebuilding it bigger and better at some point, but not until after the next update. He is still being hounded by the forces that would suppress shadow poppy technology but he will never stop. He arrives back at the armor trim shop and tries to remember what trim is next. He talks with chat about the sub count and how many subs have been donated in the last two weeks. He still cannot get over last week’s stream.

02:27:10 A chatter asks if Cleo and Doc will be the first in the new courthouse. Doc says maybe, but what he is really interested in is catching the person who touched his redstone. He claims he would _never_ touch anyone else’s redstone. He believes capital punishment is the only acceptable consequence for such a crime. Doc says that stocking the armor shop machine is not the sort of chores he likes to do, but he is happier doing it on stream with chat to keep him company. He talks about a lumberjack-related television show from Canada that he he watches (Big Timber) and says he enjoys Canadian accents.

2:30:55 Doc sings again. He trims some more armor. A chatter compliments the Goatfather voice from Season 7 and Doc does a brief reprise. He shows off the pants with the Snout trim and declares the size of the belt buckle “sus.” Chat agrees that the pants belong to Texas. Doc has not been to Texas but he would like to go there and eat a gigantic T-Bone steak, drink Bud Light and talk about guns. Doc is not a gun advocate himself, he just wants to talk about them. A chatter says that Doc has Tweeted some strange stuff over the years, Doc scoffs at the possibilty of him saying anything weird.

2:34:00 Doc has been to New York before and has many basketball friends from there. He loves Brooklyn. He accidentally presses a button on the machine, which causes it to dispense an armor. He says that was not good, but the machine is not broken. He talks more about New York. He also talks about going up in the Sears Tower in Chicago and the Space Needle in Seattle. He likes anything you can climb. It has been about 10 years since Doc’s last trip to New York City, he’d like to go back and see how it has changed. He does more armor trims.

2:38 Doc talks more about changes in New York. He says the homeless situation was surprising to him when he visited, but it also happens in Germany and European cities. A chatter says it is unsafe to go to any major cities in the US, Doc scoffs at this idea and says the danger is very exaggerated. A chatter asks Doc to never say their name again because the first mention gave them a mini heart attack, Doc says it again and adds the headline “Twitch Streamer Kills Viewer.” He falls off his scaffolding several times and becomes frustrated. Doc talks about differences between Europe and the US regarding perceptions of race and interracial couples.

2:43:30 Doc thanks a new Twitch Prime subscribers, reminds other viewers with Prime subscriptions that they can subscribe for free. He pulls more armor out of the machine to trim. A chatter asks about Twitch Nitro, which reminds Doc that he wants to try running an ad. He has zero income from ads right now and wants to see what happens if he runs an ad. Chat points out that after the past two weeks, everyone in chat is subbed and will not see an ad. Doc says he needs a bathroom break but will hold it in because Chat demands it. (Chat is being fairly encouraging about running an ad.) Doc says if he pees his pants he will blame Chat.

2:47:30 A chatter asks what Doc will sell trim for. He says 6-7 shulkers of sand, to make the other Hermits regret their life choices. Chat says Scar is about to make bank, Doc agrees. ((Scar is selling sand for 15 diamonds per shulker as of Skizz’s latest stream, making the cost of a trim approximately 90 diamonds)). Doc admires his statue and its prominent booty. He says he debated with Jerome over the size of the statue’s booty, but Jerome assured him that the audience will love it. Chat generally agrees.

2:51:40 A chatter suggests using more iron armor instead of the gold and leather, Doc says iron does not show armor trims as well as other materials. Doc says he can’t pick a bad armor trim because it turns out that he likes them all. He notes a “battle of the MILFs” in the chat as two chatters make gifts of subs. Doc’s lead moderator claims victory as Chief MILF.

2:53:55 Ren signs onto the server, Doc calls him his husband. He explains that the community’s will is that he and Ren are some old married couple. Doc reaches the last set of armor trims. He asks Ren if he is streaming. Ren is not streaming, which is disappointing to Doc.

2:56:15 Doc shows off Shaper trim, the last set of trim, and reevaluates his stance that no trims are bad. He does not like Shaper because it is too generic. He accidentally hits another button. He replaces all the armor in the machine and the job is done. Returning to the surface, Doc hits some note blocks on purpose to run the machine. It produces a set of armor. Doc approves and says it looks like a superhero costume. He says the dispenser will probably need to be encased in glass because Hermits will definitely mess things up. He dismisses the armor. He talks about how to make a payment box, explaining he was deeply disappointed in Bdubs for not seeing the payment box in the wood shop. He expects Hermits to be breaking this machine for the rest of the season. The machine is taking a long time to reset.

3:00:00 Doc goes back into the redstone of the machine to troubleshoot. He figures out what happened and fishes out a chestplate that is lodged in a dropper. He’s not sure what went wrong and wishes he could replicate the error.

3:02:00 Doc returns to the surface and starts wrapping up. He is pleased with today’s progress. He tucks away his diamonds and says he is running low on loose diamonds. Returning to the studio view, he thanks the chat and the mods and looks for someone to raid to. He raids into FalseSymmetry and ends his stream.

[equestrian-essentials]

Terms of use + SSO conversions

This topic needs to be talked about since people are having a hard time understanding what that actually means and how it relates to the custom content in all sims games. Multiple creators do retexture and convert, that is 100% allowed. You are not forced to follow people’s tou. “That is out of respect that you follow it” sure but it’s not a rule, it’s a choice. You cannot, I repeat cannot tell people they can’t edit, share, modify or upload content, then you as a creator, will be breaking the games tou. You do not have the power over people over video game assets. It is ridiculous that entire community of creators who know this before starting to create, that this is what we are dealing with and still cry over the fact that other people are actually not doing anything wrong. This is what scares new people, and previous members away from getting into communities, especially the equestrian part of sims. This is about the whole community of creators. It doesn’t matter what you do, you cannot win with some people. Many creators don’t look at the rules for modifying assets to the game, no one is forcing anyone to create or modify files for the sims, literally no one. If you can’t follow the game rules, then quit creating. It is that simple. None of the assets, you create or edit is your property, since it is linked to the game. Which means you would never be able to modify anything without their assets as a base, therefore none of the stuff you create is yours, and that also means that whatever tou you create, is a choice for users to follow. This needs to be addressed since I am kinda tired of people spreading misinformation, threatening personally and ruining something we all should be enjoying. I want to, for my personal sake, debunk rumors that has come to my attention from other people. No, I am not in other equestrian servers on discord except for my own. I got banned for stating my opinion and frankly I don’t have the energy or the desire to create alt accounts to look at peoples drama, it’s not worth it. I have friends who have been active parts of these communities who share files with me, which is less stressful for me. People ask me to convert, and I do it because I enjoy to do it, it helps me mentally. I do not have the time to “steal” creations (stealing is said very lighty since none of the cc is owned by the creators) files. I am very busy irl and use sims as a free space when I have time. Yes it is true, that me and a couple creators (3-4 others) have special permission from Sugars Legacy Stables to convert their stuff into the game for others to enjoy - no they didn’t take back the permission as some people say. They have been a friend of mine since the sims 3 and still are till this day. I only know what happens in other communities because I have friends who actually are mature enough to see this as it is - a freaking video game. All the bullying, harassment, backstabbing and lies is just plain wrong for video game assets. None of us can change the game rules, but we can make it more enjoyable by accepting that that’s how it is, and focus on our game as much as possible. DMCA threats are hilarious, since doing that means that you have the rights to the asset, it is not your property and will never be. Don’t believe in everything you see or hear online, go straight to the source.

I will continue as always, give credit to creators to the conversions, which is more than fair and brings people back to their original content (free advertisement) just because some creators are petty doesn’t mean we need to follow them. We are multiple creators who convert content, I am not the only one. None of us claim creations as stated. For us to give credit, we need to have somewhere to link (website perhaps) - those who I do not credit, are disrespectful creators who have done nothing but shown their true colors to the community and been absolutely terrible

You can read the EA TOU on my pinned post for those who would like

SSO CONVERSIONS ARE NOT ALLOWED BY EA AND SSO. Just for anyone who wants to try it, SSO is going to fine you for stealing (yes I said stealing) their meshes. Its not allowed to convert them into sims. EA doesn’t allow it as well, so you might end up in legal trouble if someone reports you. EA doesn’t allow other games meshes to be converted into their game, also SSO doesn’t want people stealing their meshes into other games, just a heads up. Dont do it its not worth it getting it on your record.

Thank you for coming to my TED talk 👋🏻

[stargirl7856]

7x10 - Chaos Agent Thoughts + Review

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SPOILERS

overall this ep was okayy not my fave, but i don’t hate it.

Seth - I am glad he got fired and the switch up on his behavior compared to earlier ep was wild. I fear this won’t be the last we see of seth. I say this cause the actor had a bts photo with nathan on set in uniform plus apparently patrick’ said seth is going to in 10 episodes this szn and so far he’s been in 8. On top of that the way he threatened to sue the LAPD means there is unfinished business. I’m not sure in what capacity seth willl return. I am scared he’ll put Lucy or Tamara in danger. He could sue the lapd and lawyer up with monica. I am not to sure on seth’s return, but I think he’ll extract some sort of revenge. I also feel so bad for Lucy right now.

Nyla/James - My heart breaks for Nyla. She’s really trying with James. As for James I am quite neutral on him however he’s being a bit annoying. He makes valid points abt the injustice in the police system. He needs to be more understanding and respectful of Nyla. I think he’s being a bit emotional abt it. I don’t know if Nyla & James will divorce (I hope not), but James needs to understand Nyla’s pov. Let’s hope James can work thru his stuff

Celina - Celina was good this episode. She looked hot in the cold open. Celina successfully capturing the raccoon was adorable. Tbh I’m not a big fan of her & Rodge because one it kind of came out of nowhere and I really liked Scott & Celina. Speaking of Rodge I feel like it was to much of it. Daddy cop is funny but I felt like it was a lot this ep.

Raccoon - The raccoon was cute. I am glad he saved Tim’s life and Tim being grumpy abt animals while lucy loves animals is too cute (ik lucy wanted to adopt it). Miles interacting with the raccoon was nice to. He tired his best.

Smitty - Smitty getting upset (plus him being scared)at the raccoon for taking is funny is hysterical . I felt bad for him

when he got attacked. Tim helping smitty. tim is a softie.

Angela - I loved angela

this episode. Her conversation with the kid was wholesome and the way she handled it. This case was apparently inspired by the real life slender men case which tbh the fact that people irl would listen to “fake person (ai)” is crazy. Speaking of AI. As much as AI is helpful for school & work. It can also be creppy and dangerous. However I don’t think Zuzu is fully. I think there’s a person behind it. Possibly Oscar. I say this cause AI doesn’t personally text you. I’m thinking this will be a bigger plot for the rest of the season.

Chenford - Ngl chenfords progression has been very slow. I still like their interactions. I feel like they’ll get back together by 7x16 since it’s written by a chenford writer. I truly do

think they’re dragging out the sl. Imo for chenford to happen tim needs to initiate the conversation with Lucy. However Lucy clearly isn’t ready after the converasation, so idk what it’ll take for lucy to want to talk abt the break up. Ioved that Lucy called Tim for advice.

Daddy Cop - it was funny and it’s fine in small doses but not its too much. He had a whole ass montage/music video. This show already suffers from having too many characters. I think the screen time

could’ve been allotted to something else. Alexi really wants to promote his son ig.

[acidic-eye]

Hello! I’m Acideye! You can call me:

Acid, Cactus, Mace (my irl preferred name. Yes ik it’s ironic OUAW fans)

They/them

I am in the following fandoms:

Once upon a witchlight, Linked universe, Icebound, Vox Machina, Mighty nein, Epic the musical, hermitcraft.

So if ur in any of those, come say hi!

NOW ONTO ANNOUNCEMENTS!

REQUESTS ARE OPEN! They will take a while, I am busy rn so it is taking a while so if you requested it will be out soon enough I’m taking my break that I take each year after October.

Fandoms I’m willing to take requests from:

Icebound

Once upon a witchlight

Hermitcraft/life series

Linked universe

Rules:

No smut. I just don’t write that stuff. I can imply it (OUAW I’m looking at you) but I don’t write it.

Shipping of characters only, not CC.

No link shipping

(Will update if needed)

Othwise, I write angst mostly so I’m best with that, but I’ve been trying fluff sometimes? It won’t be as great but I’m willing to write it.

Send them to my asks box (idfk what it’s called lmao) or comment them! :D

Example of some works:

[howdy-folks-its-showtime]

Howdy Cobalt here! So I'm sure you guys noticed that last month didn't have a dev log. I apologize for the silence, it's just that I was very busy irl and I became anxious posting yet another dev log I felt was disappointing. So me and my partner decided to merge these two months together so we would have more to show to you guys! I also went through hell trying to get my adhd meds as shown above.

Programming wise, I didn't do much, I was taking a bit of a break before I got into the more intense tasks at hand.

I did however reprogram how cutscenes work to make them better to manage and easier to work with. I also finally made the cutscene skipping system work so the game keeps track of which cutscenes you've seen and then allows you to skip them and such!

I did a lot of writing for things I've been meaning to get done this month, some of them game stuff and some of them more general organization for stuff like tasks and notes I need. Soon I'll be doing stuff like writing a proper format for the character bios that accompany their refs, writing a proper format for intro posts on different social media and generally rewriting the bio, summary and other stuff I have on the social medias for this game. Since I think a lot of them are flawed. That and I wanted us to be able to post more character refs but also make the bios not as long.

A lot of 2D art got done these months! We got some concept art for the [In-Universe] JDS Logo and some of the Bendy posters.

We have been working hard on the cartoon characters designs, here's a sketch for Boris!

And finally we have finished the cartoon designs for the butcher gang! You'll be seeing them on posters, cut outs, etc in game and god am I absolutely DELIGHTED with how they turned out. They're so so cute and bursting with personality! I hope you guys like them as much as I do! Roddy has done an AMAZING job with all the designs for this project and hopefully one day you'll get to see all of them!

So it's a new year, I gotta say it is so horrifying to see the year come to an end, but I would also say it was a super great one for us! I have quite a few goals for this next year, most of which are related to game development so I hope you guys are excited for what is to come! We've got so many fun things in the works so hopefully next year will be a super exciting one for those of you invested in this project! Happy new year everyone! And here's to seeing you continue to follow our progress into 2025! Cobalt out!

[pjs-daycare-new-era]

Love the art ^^! I wanna know, how long does it take to work on it and how much effort do you put into thinking about what to do next? Do you just rewatch the old pjs daycare and gain inspiration off different episodes but make them well- you guys coded? Or do you just wing it?

WELLLL.. To be honest with you, it takes a lot out of us to push a few panels out, some more than others. But we do take the time to talk about more bigger asks that could lead into a story line, as for smaller ones, we just wing it !! Me, Pixie and Lotus have watched the og ( mostly pointing out what should and should not have been done...LOOKING AT YOUR SAFEY RULES PJ. ) and we have picked a major storyline we wanna touch on and just write it out how it should have happened. We dont know exactly how this blog will end or even if there will be an ending, its just meant for fun and to just give back to the community !! Small breaks between posts are usually just us busy with our irl lives or just working on the stuff we wanna draw, of course this blog is still new so we have a lot of work to do from seeing if characters need new refs, if a character needs a whole new personality change, to see what character will have what disability/illness and how it effects the body, etc etc but overall we try our best ! Sometimes we just dont wanna draw a panel or just dont have any ideas on how we should it, not to mention we have quite the load of asks stocked up to choose from ! If you have sent an ask before, I promise you, we have seen it and talked about it ! But yeah- sorry if that was a bit off the topic aha-

-Mod LIlac 👑

[mulders-too-large-shirt]

s2 episode 11 "excelsis dei" thoughts

okay!!!! i've kept you waiting long enough. now let's get into the things i liked about this episode while ignoring the stuff i didn't.

first. mulder walking into his office. and scully sitting there in the dark, watching a tape.

this had me HOWLING. how did she get in there? she keeps a key to his house and his office on hand at all times? the level of casualness with which he turned on the lights only for dana scully to be sitting in his office chair, as if it were the most natural of things in the world, floored me. she made herself welcome. she looks up and says hello.

then we get a little lore break to learn about the case and yeah yeah case stuff hold on. did she just say she got there at 6 am?

yes, you heard me correctly, she made her way into his office at 6 in the morning to watch the video and go through all of the related x files. i think i had tears in my eyes at this point and i definitely do now as i recount it. dana scully you are such a little weirdo and i love you so bad. i hope you enjoyed your time rummaging through his stuff. glad his space has really become yours as well.

and his entire lack of reaction to her being there pushed me even further over the edge. like, sure. at this point in their relationship, why not walk in to see her sitting at your desk and going through all your shit? the level of casual intimacy is at once so fucking funny and so heartwarming.

(a few weeks ago i was chatting with a friend about our top five favorite fictional characters, and i made the argument that scully and mulder ought to count as just one character for the sake of the ranking, because of how entirely they blend into one person. and her just being there when he opens the door- and having been there for hours at that point- really solidifies my reasoning. and i had made that argument BEFORE seeing any of s2, let alone this moment)

the next moment that had me laughing was when they went to the convalescent home (which wasn't a word i was familiar with before all of this) and our poor agents get stuck questioning a 74 year old man during his bath time. i already had a "oh noooo" feeling of dread about the whole situation- for how could the academy prepare them for this? and sure enough, he flashed them.

now, this was, like i mentioned in an earlier post, part of an attempt at social commentary that i could and might write an essay on- but let's set that aside here, and just deal with the fact that our poor agents have been put into such an awkward position, while understanding that the scene is being played for comedic value despite how awful that would be irl. because mulder smiles and says "thanks for sharing", while scully also bites back laughter. their faces at this moment had me laughing. it was such a "fuck my entire life" moment for both of them and i felt that extreme case of tv show-induced secondhand embarrassment.

and i think they handled it quite well!!! have we considered giving them a raise? for having to deal with all the haunted children and now creepy old men? god. their poor eyes. "thanks for sharing" stfu mulder... he cannot act seriously for ONE minute!!!!!!

there was another big ass coats moment when they walked outside and spoke with someone involved in running the program. and you know by now that's catnip to me!!!

one of the old men starts choking to death (he was taking mushroom pills he wasn't supposed to) and scully slips into Doctor Mode and it was deeply satisfying to watch. she starts saying fancy words and calling out for certain medications- "this man's in ventricular fibrillation, i need 75 milligrams of lidocaine and one amp of amphinephrine" and i'm sat there like yes. exactly right!!! she's doing serious doctor business!!!!

(i need to edit this image to make it appropriate for when her doctor mode takes over. because this is what i'm always referencing when i say someone is "shifting into ____ mode" and i don't think i've ever spelled that out before so i should here. have not seen seinfeld just saw this image one day and it permanently altered my vocabulary)

there's another moment where she's having a doctor-off with the dude who worked at the place and she said the line "the clinical benefits are marginal at best" and idk man i just like to see her doing her doctorly thing.

(she also gets very doctorly excited about the idea of there being improvements for incurable conditions such as alzheimer's and it's good to see some joy on her)

next thing that had me laughing:

"are you saying that the building's haunted? because if you are, i think you've been working with me for too long, scully" <- said in a flirtatious manner

don't remember what was going on at this point beyond someone had just fallen to death, but i wrote "another scully serving looks moment in the midst of tragedy" and i stand by it. this is really an epidemic. scully stop working angles in front of the dead... or don't because i'm not actually complaining <3

we also see mulder prowling down a dark and damp hall and cracking open a lock to break into a room. which seemed like a typical activity for a guy like him. literally just a tuesday in his life. he found a bunch of mushrooms and i made a frantic note reading along the lines of DO NOT TOUCH THEM because famously mushrooms WILL kill you but he seemed unharmed. thank god.

he's all, what if the mushrooms are what is helping the patients, and scully delivers this banger line: "mulder, mushrooms aren't medicine. they taste good on hamburgers, but they can't raise the dead"

which is 1. a hilarious fucking line just for its sheer ridiculousness, and 2. a critical insight into how scully orders her burgers... which i WILL be adding to my list of useless character facts

the episode winds down with mulder getting trapped in a room with rapidly rising water and we see the door SLAM right before scully can witness the ghosts tossing things about. and the commitment to that gag of her never actually seeing the paranormal stuff really got me there.

then, the door breaks due to the water, and everyone is soaking wet, which is always a good look.

overall, highlight of this episode to me was by far scully breaking into his office at 6 am. nothing will top that for me in terms of comedic value. it has become Her space now. she has claimed you mulder, there is no going back, you are in far too deep and thank god for that because you freaks deserve each other.

[riisume]

hiii KENA!!

I've been so busy with irl stuff that I haven't had a chance to create my blog... so it's another anonymous ask for now

anyways since you posted a voice line of Optimism KENA (you did a great job with it !! I love the way she sounds and speaks) I've been thinking a lot about her and wanted to ask if you'd like to share some lee optimism headcanons, thoughts or concepts?

anything with lee optimism!! I adore happy lees that are having fun!!

ofc you can sprinkle as much KENA X ENA (or any other KENA ship) as you like!!

hope you're doing good :DD

- shark anon

Hiiii, Shark Anon!! I'm doing well! I've missed you in my inbox omggg!! 🥺

I'm so sorry things have been so busy for you!! But thank you for making time to interact with me!! Take as long as you need making the blog, it'll be sooo worth it when you get around to it, I'm sure! x) Absolutely no pressure, hehe.

Oh gosh!! ( ⸝⸝´꒳`⸝⸝) Thank you so much!! That means the world to me!!!! I like the way Optimism's voice came out a lot and it took me about two hours to figure out voice filters and get the way she speaks down- Having to purposefully and inflect and sound expressive on my own was both challenging but super fun!! I think the easiest part for her was laughing, cuz I just laugh like that normally KEKW!

I would ABSOLUTELY LOVE to share some lee!Optimism headcanons holy fuck!!!

Firstly, out of ALL of KENA's sides, Optimism is the only one (as of right now) who is SUPER open and honest about how she feels about being tickled. Much to her other sides dismay-

Optimism LOVES IT!!

Whenever someone's tickling her, a series of blissful and precious "HEEHEEHEEHEEHEE"s resonate from her. She doesn't really go "HAHA". Optimism also has no problem saying how much fun it is and that she wants more!

"HEEHEEHEEHEE-!! MORE. MOHOHORE! ! FUN!! FUN. HEEHEHEE- THIS IS! SO. FUHUHUUUUN!! IT. FEEHEEHEELS- HEEHEE- NICE!!" [Apathy and especially Grumpy screaming in mortification in KENA's headspace whenever that happens]

Optimism is pretty squirmy, but she's the type who'll clench up as much as she can so she doesn't try and protect her ticklish spots- It doesn't work all the time because it's so instinctual to protect yourself, but she does her best!

If the tickling gets intense, her laughter has a chance of starting to sound like a broken record, interrupting to skip back and repeat the previous pitch over and over (record scratch and all)- I'll have to make an example sometime in the future cuz it's hard for me to describe- But she sounds like she's gonna break! (She'll be ok tho. I promise, she loves it!)

Despite all the fun she has and how much she loves the feeling, Optimism can reach a point where she needs to tap out or use a safe word. Usually she uses the phrase "TIMEY!!" as a version of 'time out'. It's fun and easy for her to say in the midst of her pleasurable agony.

And a little bonus... She's VERY much aware of how much KENA's other sides enjoy being tickled, but they're all too embarrassed to admit it. So, Optimism would happily blab that secret of theirs so they can get what they secretly like! And also tease them cuz she thinks their reactions are super cute. Especially her bestie Grumpy!

Optimism is a little sweetheart who just unabashedly wants the best for everyone, especially the rest of KENA's sides! I love her, thank you for letting me yap about her! ;w; ! !

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