"I sense the world might be more dreamlike, metaphorical, and poetic than we currently believe[...]. I wouldn't be surprised if poetry--poetry in the broadest sense, in the sense of a world filled with metaphor, rhyme, and recurring patterns, shapes, and designs--is how the world works. The world isn't logical, it's a song."
Sticks and Stones May Break the Bones, But Words and Actions Can Destroy a Man's Self-Worth
The story you are about to read on Ao3 has been something I've been wanting to write for at least a few months now. While I will warn that it might not be as polished or fleshed-out as my current fanfic, I still wanted to take the time to write this story and share it with all of you because working on To Break the Bonds Within Two Kingdoms (TBTBWTK) for the past year (+2-3 months) has been such a fun and wonderful adventure that I would not trade for anything else.
And if you haven't already, please, PLEASE be sure to check out both @deckof-dragons/@anomander-dragnipurake and @jelixpo's blogs. They are the ones who have inspired me to write TBTBWTK in the first place, so please be sure to take some time today to see all of the amazing fanfics/drawings they have done.
Thank you all for joining me on my Bowuigi adventure. :) Whether you found me on Ao3 or on here, I appreciate each and every single one of you taking the time to read my stories and I hope to see you in the final chapter of TBTBWTK. :)
🎉🎂 Happy 1st Birthday To Break The Bonds Within Two Kingdoms!!!🎂🎉
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(Trigger Warning!: the story you are about to read is going to have a serious topic (i.e. off-screen/mentions of sui attempt) that may unease or disturb some readers. If this serious topic make you uncomfortable, please do not read this story! Stay safe everyone and please don't ever forget that there are people in this world who love the wonderful and unique human being that you are. 🩷🩷🩷)
1. it’s my 24th birthday today, so my goal of being published by the time i’m 25 is now a one year looming monster, but i never specified what kind of published and am currently looking in various literary magazines that are recommended for writers who have yet to be published, so i’m surprisingly confident that i can make it work? and tbh even if whatever i write isn’t officially published before my 25th birthday, if i have someone in the process of being published then i’ll be happy!! no matter what though, i’m gonna try to be proud of myself for at least giving it my best shot!!
2. i honestly love that my birthday is on the ides of march because the ides of march meme shitposting is only a thing on tumblr but it also being my birthday makes it easier to like. be excited about the ides of march outside of tumblr. like even in person i can be like “it’s my birthday! i’m an ides of march babe (:” and if someone is like oh what’s that? or if they say something along the lines of oh like julius caesar? i can be like yep!! and even if it’s a small thing outside of tumblr it brings me immense enjoyment and amusement being able to bring it up off of tumblr
3. transportation situation has been very rough since june 2023 when i totalled my car, my gap insurance are being assholes and i ended up putting my foot down on the phone with them yesterday which i’m pretty proud of because i am NOT a confrontational person (something i’ve been working on this past year, so seeing some improvement with my ability to hold my ground and not be a pushover yesterday was very cool!!) i was told i’d get a response from them by friday next week no matter what, and if i don’t then friday of next week i will continue to wreak havoc upon them. but my moms car which i’ve been using since my accident broke down yesterday, hopefully it’s fixable but my parents were saying it might be done for, so trying to think of how i’m gonna get to work next week is kind of stressing me out lmao, but for now i’m just gonna focus on enjoying my birthday the best i can because i don’t want to start off being 24 with an overwhelming anxiety for something that won’t be a potential issue until monday. plus i already messaged my boss today to let her know that i’m going to do everything i can to make it work out but just so she’s in the loop and knows of the potential of me not being able to make my morning shifts (one of my coworkers said she’s more than happy to give me a ride for our afternoon shifts which does help relieve some of the stress!) and i told her i’d let her know for sure sunday so that if necessary she can have time to figure out someone to fill in for me in the mornings!
overall: life is weird and i ended being 23 yesterday with a shitty situation but a positive outlook and i am going to enjoy my first day of being 24 no matter what because honestly i fucking earned it. happy friday everyone, i hope it’s a good day for you and me both!