#but get this. i am a perfectionist.

[orcelito]

ok ive straight up made a copy of my full ITNL doc, and i think im just gonna go thru and reread there and make edits as i go should i see any need

doing a full ITNL revamp as i get back into the groove for writing it

[spacedoutwitch]

If I had a nickel for every time a virtual pet website held a site-wide item collectathon to try and figure out what's going on with their water god that introduces a character with multiple pronouns and winds up granting the players a new aquatic subcategory of Obtainable Guy during June, well. I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it's happened twice.

[bluuscreen]

gonna tell my future niece/nephew that this was the shape of water

[ledgend-origin-mew]

Forever same-name buddies!

Mite & Persim -> @loupy-mongoose

[captaindarkiplier]

quick mark study from 2mths ago

[pondhue]

i love reading people's replies and tags and comments but not in a "obsessed with numbers/placing my value on interactions" way. i mean it in a, "wow. i love this thing so much. and people also love this thing. and they love the thing i made out of love and appreciation i have for said thing and we can love and appreciate it together" way.

[tyrramint]

Tried to get out of my drawing comfort zone, so this was the result :)

[goldendoodlerlockerlove]

See More Seymour's Week Day One: Side, Minor, One-Off Character Day

Yayyy!! @seemoreseymoursbay week is finally here, and I'm so happy!! Okay, for Day One, there were a lot of characters I could've chosen. But I finally decided to go for a huge deep cut and drew Hogarth Haber (Henry Haber's younger brother) who's in Louise's grade, I think, but we rarely see. And he's also rarely mentioned.

For those who can't even remember who Henry is, he's a boy who was in Tina's debate team, and they briefly dated, until Tina realized she didn't actually have feelings for him. And then he ended up dating Susmita, and the two of them are adorable together.

[ID]: Digital fanart of Hogarth Haber from Bob's Burgers. It is a full-body piece, and it can be seen that Hogarth is a young boy with relatively dark skin and curly, dark brown hair and eyes. He is also wearing black glasses and teal overalls, along with white, knee-high socks and yellow sneakers, which are pointing at each other. He is standing on his tip-toes and his hands are clasped together. He is wearing a small, delicate smile on his face. Simple shading can be seen in the art as well, along with thick, colored, sketchy lineart.

[mcnuggyy]

one of the more recent ink and tone tests I did for Cryptid♡Crush! :-]

(Originally posted to Patreon!)

[silveredsound]

How you go from harry styles to hockey I will never understand.

I was going to make a little joke, as I do, (would have been v hilarious, best joke ever pls know this) and leave it at that. But like, it's been raining for over 24 hours, it's 2am and it might be good for me to reflect a little.. So sorry anon I am going emote all over your ask (which (the ask) sounds a bit judgey tbh but the written word is NOT a great conveyor of tone so that might be on me.)

On one hand it's just fandom. And, I think it's been pretty clear that as much as I love Henry Stars, I'm not like, a 'Harry is the be all and end all of all music creation and creativity and actions.' I like him for the good and the bad, and I don't leave critical thinking at the door. (Not saying I'm the only person to do this, just that it's hard sometimes in fan spaces and Stans definitely do..)

Which, can make it hard to participate in fandom as a lot of people are not great at irony, or accepting that someone else can say, god damn that is a terrible song - and that it's okay for that to happen. It doesn't mean that the person who expressed the neg opinion is not still a fan of the artist they were speaking about. Same with if the artist you are a fan of does something that gives you the ick.

I def learnt this when Harry went to Google Camp the first time. Like obviously I've been around 1d fandom in some way since 2012 ish I think it was - and it was my own reaction to Harry going to Camp Douchebags the first time that made me go, oh jeez Silv, you are a bit too involved in the parasocial relationship here. Like I was genuinely upset that he'd done something I thought was so dumb and wanky.

Anyway, clearly I still loved - love - him and I celebrated him and spent a fuckload of money on him and engaged in fandom and etc etc. But I just did at that point I think turn a little from heading in a very blinkers on version of fandom to one that's def more me - where you just get to have fun, make fun be creative, make friends! and have a bit of a perv depending on the silk cream vanilla ice cream outfit Harry might be wearing in Nashville.

I like RPF. I mean I like all transformative works and fandom extending and enhancing source material via creation, but I don't have an issue with RPF. I believe in 4th wall. And I clearly have written 1d fic. A lot of my good fandom mates, and real life best friend(s) are people I have met through sharing a love of writing in fandom spaces. Obviously all the best writers in 1d went to Hockey. And I stayed here. And I tried. I wanted to be where my friends where. I had fomo and I was lonely! My fandom had changed in a few ways all around the same time.

But Hockey is very confusing, (for starters as I often say to Angela or Joanna, snow is fake) and nothing clicked for me - it seemed large and I had no idea where to even start and I didn't really try.

But I think the change in some fandom fellow participants, and also anons being mean when they would get even a glimpse in their peripheral that I might have vaguely indicated that Henry did something that I thought was dumb or embarrassing, or just not that good, (it's no fun sharing a thought and feeling chatty about it, and wanting to engage with other people's thoughts if some random is going to anonymously tell you that you are a dumb c*nt and should delete etc etc so I stopped sharing any thoughts at all.) Of course Nick leaving breakfast and then R1 altogether - as well as obviously my whole life narrowing to a point that was just tend Mama- work - tend mama - work - tend mama - sleep - grow a tumour - tend mama left me not so much time for proper joyful engagement.

And then, in Jan/Feb this year, I think as I'd been looking at book reviews and as soon as you search for a book on tik tok they push book tok romance reviews into your feed and I think then that pushed an actual hockey clip (which is a really shite 4th wall issue as is the whole Kraken thing etc) and I can't even remember what it was but I know I then swiped through and watched other videos on the account and like 1d being adorable shites repeating stock answers and sitting on top of each other I was intrigued by what seemed to be very dumb and very entertaining.

But Silv, you cry, what about the emotions! You need emotions! Ah, yes, see, because I am nothing but devoted I had followed Angela and La's hockey blogs, and something La posted grabbed my attention and I followed a link and read an article and I was like. Oh, I want to read more about these kids. So I did. And after a little while I reached out to La and was like, um, I think I get it. And I posted something about the Fantilli Bros and then Max reached out and tbh I don't think anything says it better than my wide eyed enthusiasm reply. (You are probably by now thinking, Silv why is your answer to Max so short, why didn't I just get a paragraph? This is an endless essay with no conclusion or indeed a thesis statement, (that is if you have even made it down to here) & anon I can only apologise.)

I am really enjoying learning so many new things, being welcomed into a new space of connection and joy and silliness and emotional breakdowns. It's been so lovely to meet new people who are so excited to share their niche interest with you and no one minds how many questions I have and everyone searches out Primera and Important Past Instagram Posts from the archives - and of course reconnecting with people who I have always been friends with, fandom changes didn't change that, but it's delightful chatting much more often. The other day Angela and I watched an Avs game together via Tumblr chats, which was delightful, to learn about the team and to talk about random other things, and I've spent my last month of Saturdays watching umich with lovely people who La introduced me to, and having MANY EMOTIONS. (It's like hanging out all posting about a show's fits and one liners and if he's going to sing medicine but it's many pantomime gooseberrys. The performative homoeroticisim, wild hair, jokes, punching (only now during not pre show work outs ) and very goddamn impressive skill and physicality is actually pretty similar). Meghan and I have been able to chat through our very similar horrible experiences with cancer and mums with cancer and it's been so lovely and strengthening to be able to share that experience with a person who beyond gets it, and then also I've been able to announce to her that I want to write a fic about 5 ways Nolan saw god with the UMich Bible Study Group but didn't find faith. which is obviously a completely ridiculous concept but equally worthy of discussion. It's this that I love so much about fandom friendship - you share SO much because you are sharing something that gives you intimate joy, so the relationship always starts from a place of an automatic mutual understanding and empathy - and from there we make it our own.

But also, I really like the game. Like I love watching them play, all of them! It's fast (obviously - and oblig have to say - ice is slippery) and it's hard - and they make it look easy. When one of the special players (they are all special, but one of the ones who play almost with innate ability) makes a pass or a turn sometimes it's almost almost magic, like how the fuck did they see that gap between four players, and did you see how they kept the puck a moment longer so they could release it perfectly into the lane !! Hot.

The game can be all encompassing and it's SO SO SO silly. Like it's the dumbest sport. It's The Show. I'll put on ESPN and stream a match while I'm working during the day (the time difference is perfect for once) and I'm spending time cos I want to, learning the rules and the logistics and business side of it all. And of course, the differences between college hockey and the show. Idk. It just clicked on so many levels for me.

And so, I have no idea why it took me so long to transition from Henry to Hockey, but I am not surprised I did now that I have - it def wasn't something that I was bloody expecting. And Anon I will say this, the last few years of my life have been sad, hard, and tbh shitty. Now, I know what it's like to have fucked years, so I am not saying this to try to be and show off but 2024 feels a bit better. I feel clearer, I have started to lose some weight (15ish kg so far depending on the time of the month) and now I have a meeting w a PT on Tuesday as I actually don't care what I weigh but I want to get stronger and reduce my visceral fat as it will be better for hormones which is better for lessening my cancer reoccurrence %.

God knows it's (2024) not all roses, I literally had surgery again a fortnight ago and the cost of living in Sydney is giving me so much anxiety. I am still a terribly disorganised mess, my work is undergoing a complete restructure (thanks NSW gmnt) and my clean washing is NEVER folded and put away, it's always in the basket - but I feel so happy and entertained and creative - I am writing again! like it's joy. It's ye olde you are who you are at this moment but you are also the 4 year old you and the 15, 27, 34 year old you - girlhood (non gendered concept of not literal interpretation) and I love it. 💛🩵🌱

[omicroncetii]

my favorite alt girl for the first part in a band au series im planning!

[loveisurvival]

i havent posted my drawings of him in so long i've been experiencing withdrawal symptoms

i like the sketch more i dont like what i did with the colors. swagever

[strrranded]

Nature and Cloudy and my terrible composing

[elekinetic]

wip wonday

[hailsatanacab]

look I want to write and I know what I should write but do I want to write it? No

so I'm making a poll! you get to choose for me! please dear lord choose for me

(some links to snippets)

[lemotmo]

Do you have any fic pet peeves?

Pfff... all right, I might get some flack for this, but for me?

My pet peeve is bad grammar and bad spelling all throughout the fic. It will turn me off in an instant and I'll just close the tab and move on.

As a non-native speaker who writes fanfic in English I think I can say this. With every single fic I write I do my very best to make as little mistakes in English grammar and spelling as possible.

While writing I do constant research into grammar and spelling. Whenever I want to use a word, but I'm not sure if my spelling is correct, I look it up.

Once the writing of a story/chapter is done, I then read it through in silence at least 10 times to get all the mistakes out. This means that I sometimes rewrite whole paragraphs, because they just don't feel like they fit with the rest of the story. Or the language I used is lacking, so I need to rewrite and make it better.

I then read the story/chapter out loud a couple of times. To see how it sounds and to hear if something doesn't read easy. If I feel that the flow is off somehow, I'll go back in and rewrite the section I didn't like. Sometimes it comes down to adding or removing a comma.

It's a very long and tedious process, but I need to do that before I publish. I'm a perfectionist when it comes to creating things. I need things to be as (near) perfect as they can be.

Which never happens of course, because once I've published, I always read through the story/chapter one last time and I still find little mistakes here and there.

So yeah, my pet peeve is bad grammar and spelling. I cannot, for the life of me, understand why people won't take the time to correct their mistakes before posting.

If you feel like it's too much, call in the help of a beta-reader. These are wonderful people who are always willing to help you out when you are stuck in a story or when you want to have your grammar and spelling checked.

Sorry. Please don't hate me. 😁