#hopefully i'll have time to tumblr in the weekend

[marioparty]

it's only week 3 and school is already eating me aliveeee send help

[lambdaorionis]

now that i'm done reading the earthsea cycle (well, almost done, i'm still looking for the short stories set in the same universe), i want to read other le guin books, i think i'll start from the left hand of darkness as soon as i can find it

yesterday i went to my local library and got a copy of beren and luthien, it's the first tolkien book i read outside of the hobbit and the lotr trilogy

i forgot to check if there's any recommended order to read his other works, but this version has many notes which makes it easier to understand specific references (although i still struggle to remember the meaning of all the names mentioned, my memory is that bad)

i like the illustrations (!), i love books with illustrations inside

maybe in the december i'll borrow the silmarillion, i'm curious about it and i heard it's not an easy read, but during the holidays i'll have more free time to get into it

[hoshinasblade]

For real, the animator had ri have been a Hoshina loyalists. Cause no way he looks that bad. For a Narumi prompt it could be funny that he gets with someone that doesn't know him. Someone who doesn't believe he is the 1st division captain because they only see him as the "wet cat" version of himself. And we have Narumi losing his mind over the fact you don't believe him

(not sure where tumblr took my post again because i cant find it lol) the budget went to hoshina and his tight shirt and there was nothing left to animate narumi properly. anyway, this is such a cute and interesting prompt because because yes, he is losing his mind over you not believing he is the cool first division captain 😆

pairing: gen narumi x f!reader trigger warnings: narumi gen is a trigger warning himself, just super short because im not used to writing anything narumi-related yet. hopefully you don't get mad at me anon for not going exactly per the ask lol my brain is a mush right now, i'll try harder on my next fics

the rich man is here, shouted the kids from the hallway. you can hear their hurrying footsteps - excited little taps that in turn triggered your heartbeat to race as well. you shut your eyes, calming yourself down.

narumi gen is not exactly a rich man; the children in the orphanage just calls him that fondly. apparently he has been dropping by for years, way back when you weren't working as a teacher yet. the older orphans refer to him as nii-san.

narumi would bring toys snd snacks for the kids, and would spend time with them until the early evening before he has to say goodbye. last time, he played video games with everyone; he brought crayons and sketch boobs for his visit today, and within an hour, it was eerily quiet - the little girls and boys holding their pencils, drawing all sorts of things.

the youngest in your herd, a six-year old boy with a missing front tooth ran to you when he saw you by the door, showing you his drawing - a stick-man figure with a knife in its hand, and an animal beside it which you were not sure whether it's an oversized dog or a giraffe.

"it's a kaiju, and narumi nii-san is fighting it", the boy explained, and you patted him in the head. "he's a captain of his team, i'm gonna be like him when i grow up!"

you looked at narumi who is sitting on the floor, but he was already looking at you. you shifted your gaze. "this is so pretty, we should display it in the art wall", you suggested to the boy who grinned at you, clapping.

"you know that it's not a good thing to do, lying to kids, right?" the children had bid narumi goodbye just past 7pm, and although some of them cried, narumi was quick to promise he would be back next weekend. you were surprised, he used to only be here once a month.

"huh?" he responded to you with confusion. you walked him out the orphanage to the parking lot outside. "i don't know what you're talking about."

"look, i know you are trying to be nice. and i thank you for that. what you've done for these kids is more than anyone else have done for them. but telling them you're some guy who kills kaiju is wrong. and telling them they can be like you?" you scoffed.

narumi's mouth was wide open before he realized you have finished your speech. "but i am a guy who kills kaiju", he replied, his hand on his chest as if he is swearing on his life. "really, i'm not lying. i'm the captain of my team -"

"right, and you fight kaiju on the daily," you finished his sentence for him.

"yes, i am a real badass, i promise!" he exclaimed when he sensed you do not believe him in the slightest. it looks comical how he looks close to panicking over the fact that you are not buying whatever he's selling. he frowned at you, and you stared at him, the eye contact lasting for a few seconds.

maybe this guy is a con-artist and he makes his living manipulating people, you said to yourself. this would make a lot of sense considering you think he has the good looks to lure people in. narumi had flirted at you once or twice before - or you wish he was flirting and you were not just reading too much on his actions.

"you know if you meet my friends, they would tell you the truth," he suggested, his voice cheerful.

"why would i meet your friends?" you asked, equally confused.

"so they can tell you that i am the coolest captain of the anti-kaiju defense force. they would also tell you i am a good man and a dependable friend," narumi said, reciting maybe the contents of his curriculum vitae to you. is he in a job interview? you wanted to ask but didn't.

you sighed in defeat. "are your friends as exasperating as you are?" you asked in jest.

"come on, let me impress you", he told you with sincerity that is almost startling. you were not expecting him to sound so genuine, so adamant at proving himself to you.

the kids will have their dinner in a few minutes and you will be needed to help out. you gave narumi one last glance before strolling back to the orphanage. "i'm off on fridays", you said.

narumi's smile could have lighted the entire street.

[wrennyfics]

Hi, welcome on tumblr.

I see that request are open. So. I have one :D. Can you write snape x reader fluff. She is also professor in Hogwarts. They are long time in secret relationship and another man (maybe Lockhart? :D ) trying to him. But it’s ridiculous for Severus and her so sometimes in evening after dinner, they talking and laughing about what he come up with. Thank you very much. And sorry for my English, it’s not my native language.

Thank you for the request, I'm sorry I'm getting to it so late. Uni is starting up again, so I'll be quite busy.. But fret not fellow sev lovers, all requests will be taken gotten too!!

Tropes: Fluff, established relationship, secret relationship

Warnings: none :)

requests are open :) see pinned post xx

~

The classroom was quiet, the students having just been dismissed for the weekend. With your back turned to the door, you began tidying up after them, pushing in the chairs and returning borrowed textbooks.

The afternoon sun poured in from the ancient windows, filling the class with a warm, ambient light. From the back of the room, your partner, Severus, gazed up at you, waiting for you to be done.

A small smile graced your lips, one that he returned. For professional reasons, you kept your relationship private from the other students and staff; giving no clues that you were together. During the week, the two of you slept in your seperate chambers, on opposite ends of the castles. But the weekends? That was your time to finally be together, in your shared home on Spinner's End. Away from the secrecy and obligations of your professional lives.

You continued to clean as he graded, eager to finish, when a familiar voice interupted the silence.

"Ah, Proffessor Y/LN." Lockhart said, standing in the door frame. "Allow me to assist you in cleaning."

You opened your mouth to politely decline, but before you had the chance to, Lockhart invited himself in, using his wand to organize the classroom and tidy things back up the way they were.

"Oh, thank you, Professor Lockhart." You said, brushing your hands off on the sides of your dress. "You didn't have to, but I appreciate it."

Severus stood quietely at the back of the class, in the corner of your eye you noticed his arms cross.

It was no doubt to anyone in Hogwarts but Lockart, that Severus absolutely despised the man. The proud, flirtacious and conceited man was the absolute opposite of your reserved partner, and yet, Lockhart never seemed to catch on to this fact that his presence was far from welcome.

He grinned, showing off his pearly white smile and stepping a little closer until he was about a foot from you.

"Say, Y/N," He started, adjusting the turqouise and gold rimmed hat on his head to show off more of the curly, golden locs, "You seem to be fairly intelligent. I'm sure you have exquisite taste, in extra curricular activites."

Your eyes flicked briefly at Severus, who was now staring at the back of Lockharts head, with an expression that was half amused, half annoyed.

You hesitated. "Umm. Thank you? I thi-"

Lockharts hand raised dismissivly, his fingers gently grazing across your face to tuck a strand of your hair behind your ear. "No needs for words, Professor Y/L/N. I know, how star struck you are." He says with a wink.

Oh. Yea... Starstruck...

You clear your throat, walking over to your desk to continue collecting your things.

Obnoxiously, yet not surprisingly, Lockhart follows, this time stopping in front of your desk, watching with a smug expression as you gather your things.

"Which is why, dear, I was wondering if you would love the honour, of coming to my book reading this weekend?" He starts, leaning on the desk, "There will be plenty of my admirars there, hopefully you amongst them. Who knows? Perhaps I'll even sign something for you, free of charge."

You paused, bag in hand. "Oh, um.. That's quite kind of you, Professor. I thank you for the invite, but I'm quite busy this weekend... Unfortunately."

Lockharts grin faltered, as if he wasn't used to a woman denying him the pleasure of his company.

From the back of the room, Severus let out a small scoff, causing Lockhart to turn around and notice the man he hadn't seen before. "Oh. Professor Snape." He said, clearly fighting to maintain the confident persona he had put on.

He turned back to you, forcing a smile. "Well, yes. Another time, certainly. I'll see you on Monday, Professor."

You nodded, forcing a small smile, feeling relieved as you watched him exit the class and disapear down the hall.

As soon as he was out of sight, your head rolled to Severus with an exasperated sigh. He smirked back at you, clearly amused by the whole ordeal as he approached and took the bag off your shoulders.

"A signed book of his, free of charge." He said at last, drawing out the laugh you had been holding in so long.

~

That night, you sat in the kitchen of your shared home in Spinners End, reading The Quibbler as Severus stood in front of the stove, stirring a pot of soup.

"Finding any entertaining gossip, dear?" He said, back still turned as he prepared your dinner.

You put the paper down with a scoff. "No, just the regular, boring stuff. Besides, these papers don't even have crosswords at the end. What's the point?"

You watched Severus move around the kitchen quietly, hands delicately chopping vegetables and adding them to the pot. All these years, and he still didn't use magic while cooking. You knew this about him, that he preffered to use his own hands to cook, finding solace in the quiet, mindless activity.

He brushed a sliced carrot off the cutting board and into the pot. "Perhaps you should have taken Lockart up on his offer. Surely his riveting tales would have provided you with such entertainment."

There was a playful edge to his voice, despite his monotone phrasing. It was no doubt he could get jealous, possessive even. Particularily in the beginning of your relationship. But as the years had gone on and his trust in you developed, his doubts and insecurities lessened, finding others flirtations slightly less outrageous. But with Lockhart? It was just laughable.

You snorted, moving your paper to the side as he approached with two bowls of soup, placing yours on the placemat in front of you.

The front, framing pieces of his black hair fell in front of his smirk as he sat across from you on the small table. His left hand reached for the paper, his right one bringing the spoon to his lips and blowing gently on the soup.

"Oh, no," He stated as his eyes scanned the paper, "Certainly no tales of Lockharts bravery in here."

He flipped the pages, the corner of his lips tugging up slightly higher as you scoffed, bringing your own spoon to your lips and taking a sip.

"However will I fill my weekend with enjoyment now?" You sighed.

Severus smirked, taking another sip of the soup and putting the paper down. "I don't know. Now that you no longer have the honour of his company."

That was all it took for you to break out in a laugh, leaning back in your chair and playfully kicking Severus under the table.

"Sev," You laughed, "Did you see the look on his face when I declined?"

Severus smirked, laughing silently to himself as he brought the spoon to his lips once more. "I'll be keeping that memory close in mind the next time I'm lucky enough to have the honour of gracing his presence."

You laughed harder, always amused by your partners never ending sarcastic remarks. It was one of the things you were first attracted to him for, all those years ago. How he could always one up you in conversation, his wit never ending.

"How often do you think he hears the word, no?" You said.

Severus scoffed, sipping the soup again and swallowing before replying curtly: "Not nearly enough."

You giggled to yourself quietly, relishing in the view of his smile across from you. "Perhaps I can help with that." You said finally, stirring your soup.

He smirked as his dark eyes met yours, and for a moment the only sound was the clinging of your spoons against the bowls as you ate, stomachs full of home made soup and amusement.

When Severus had noticed you were finished, he stood up, holding out his hand to collect your bowl. You handed it to him, thanking him and smiling as you felt him lean down and place a gentle kiss on the top of your head.

"I must say," He murmered against your hair. "I think your company is a much greater honour."

You smiled as he withdrew his lips. "The honour is yours all weekend, my love."

He placed the bowls in the sink and came up behind you, wrapping his arms around you and nuzzling into your neck.

Sighing, the stress and obligations of the previous school week began to melt away. You were here, in your shared home. The peace washed over you as you tilted your head back against him, breathing in his familiar scent.

"Thank Merlin for that." He murmered at last.

~

la fin, xx

[emersonfreepress]

help i'm alive

So! Long time, no see. 2023 was a whole goddamn lot lol

I don't have a demo update to share yet, but that's because I had to scrap nearly everything I managed to write during a very, very, very bad stint of writer's block last year. I hadn't even realized it had been a block like that until I went over my work so far last month and realized it was bad -- like, trust me; a slog to read that didn't even sound like me. It's been extremely frustrating but I've finally broken free of that and it's been easy and actually fun to write again for the first time in actual years. I just hate giving updates that have no actual news in them. And I really had nothing to share other than: I deleted thousands of words and feel so much better now 😅

Anyway, little about my demo plans have changed: I'm still putting out the Chapter 3 demos in Choicescript/on Dashingdon and then will be going dark to move things over to Twine. Where I am in the process right now is... feeling like 35% done with the overhauled version of this chapter and 50% done for the next demo update.

As far as asks, I'm... not really sure what to do?? I believe I've read them all (I love you guys), but so much time has passed since getting most of them that I'm not sure if it's, like... still pertinent??? To go back and answer them?? I suppose some of them like character asks could be, but all the nice messages of support -- that feels weird since I've practically ghosted this blog since August! Idk. Y'all tell me what to do with 'em and I'll do it. Maybe I should make a poll.

Uh... that's really all there is to say regarding the game! I've added some personal stuff after the cut, but if you're done here: Thanks for reading and sticking around. It means the world, for real.

So what has occupied my time all this time? Doctor, therapy, money, and friends. And improv! But especially the first two. There was a lot of non-writing related stuff fucking up my ability to focus and write, so hopefully with my mind and body both feeling a lot better, I can get back to being present and active with the game. I didn't realize how physically unwell I was until last year and it's been like... life-long issues I've been treating. It turns out it's not normal to feel exhausted enough to sleep at any given time, at all times, for your whole life! wow!!

I also uninstalled Tumblr from my phone back in February, so you could say I'm sort of generally focused on offline life. (And what an interesting coincidence that my writer's block dissipated shortly after that...) I also just moved!! The last two weekends have been so expensive and stressful -_- But I can't even compare the old place to the new. We're basically paying the same price for idek how much more space. The cats are so happy; which means the house humans get to be happy.

My schedule is finally freed up from constant medical shit (there was a 3-month stretch this winter with multiple doctor appointments literally every fucking week 🙃🙃🙃). My mental health is doing a lot better -- literally incomparably better compared to where I was this time last year. There's live comedy now (which I dabble in, to be clear lol), but I've finally found myself able to like... balance it all. The physical and creative energy that goes into it all, anyway. The lovely thing about improv is that you kinda just show up and do your thing -- it doesn't cut into my writing time so much as it costs energy. Unless I end up in this comedy debate show thing next month, which I am very excited to give up writing time for

So like... Life is life-ing and I'm just vibing. Or something? I'll be around.

Thank you all again so much for your interest, support, patience, and readership <3

[cleolinda]

The happenings, Tumblr edition

Obviously I am not happy about the prospect of Tumblr going into sunset "guess we'll just let it die" mode (or possibly "Let's sell it to fuck knows who!!"), if that is indeed what is happening. My clinical anxiety needs a lot of things. This is not one of them.

I've been using Tumblr as my primary hangout for pretty much exactly a year now. I am tired of watching platforms enshittify and crumble. Why does this keep happening to us. I am weary.

At the same time, yeah, Twitter is dogshit now, but a year after it got taken over, it is there still. There were some problems on Reddit, but it's thoroughly still there. There was time to figure out some migration for all the good it did.

I worked on essay-type posts and recaps all this year to figure out approximately how many spoons I have and how much I can expect to post a month, before I actually got the Patreon running in October. A solid 1-2 Long Posts a month, it seems like, and maybe more frequently if I do shorter posts. And Tumblr has great opportunities to just keep reblogging and sharing things, sometimes adding comments, so I feel like I'm active even when I'm stuck trying to finish a post of my own.

So now, fuck me, I guess

So I have the Patreon as a way to say, hey, I'm here no matter what else happens, sign up for the ~*free*~ weekend linkspam/check-in, here's what I posted wherever this week, I'll put up some early or extra stuff if you'd like to upgrade to a fancy tier someday. It is truly most important to me for people to just know where I am; you don't have to commit to the $1 or $5 tiers.

But I also want a way to post my writing publicly, so people can, you know, see it. So I'm gonna start mirroring my own longer posts on Dreamwidth, I guess. That's the place I know to go back to.

Hopefully Dreamwidth does not go also down in flames!!!!

I've started archiving some of my work (also from LJ and Twitter) as PDFs in Dropbox. Mostly as a safeguard for myself, but I'll make it a public link on the Patreon.

I would really like to keep up with where people are going, what sites people are going to try to migrate to next, and I'll pass that info on as I get it.

All that said, I think most of us will stay on Tumblr as long as we can, if only for the very unique shoot-the-shit culture it has. Like, people aren't leaving it so much as preparing for the future.

[copperbadge]

Hey Sam. Considering some recent posts I thought you might be interested in this article.

A deaf and blind mind: What it's like to have no visual imagination and no inner voice?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-01/aphantasia-no-visual-imagination-inner-voice/103649486

Hope you enjoyed the long weekend! Cheers, Kate.

Oh, thanks for this! And apologies my response is like a MONTH LATE :D

It's an interesting article because it's more about the study than the topic directly -- which is not a bad thing, it's cool to see people working in that space getting profiled and hopefully getting attention/funding on account of it.

Especially interesting was the discussion of ways of "having" thoughts and the fact that Derek doesn't pre-hear his speech. I do actually often rehearse what I'm going to say but primarily, I think more like Loren, when I'm writing -- I may, for example, get a question on Tumblr and go about my chores for the next half hour kind of mentally laying out how I'll respond, but it's not like I hear my own voice, I'm just structuring the response. And I don't usually pre-hear spoken thoughts -- I don't pre-hear them at all, but if I'm going to give a presentation or have a difficult conversation I will often work out some modes of speech/response ahead of time.

I'm of two opinions about the reference to the mind being "deaf and blind" -- my knee-jerk reaction is that it's an actively bad way to describe aphantasia, because it implies that there's an impairment to cognition itself, which I don't think is the case. On the other hand, we don't think of hearing or visually impaired people as lacking senses, just as having a different experience of them, which does line up with how aphantic cognition happens, at least I think. It's true that unless I'm actively working at it, I don't see or hear anything in my mind, and even when I'm working at it I generally can't "hear" -- I can recite song lyrics mentally and they will be in the rhythm of the song, but I don't hear the music or the singer.

There's a highly stupid "test" that's gone around that's meant to indicate if you're transgender, which asks you to imagine a stick with a red end and a blue end, floating vertically in front of you, with the red end on the bottom and the blue end on the top. You're meant to imagine it rotating three times end over end, and then say what position the colored ends are in (which is on bottom, which is on top) after the rotation. Apparently depending on whether you have a "male" or "female" mind, you'll read "rotate three times" differently and a different color will be on top. This is self-evidently dumb but also when I encountered it I had to keep re-reading it because I couldn't picture something so abstract, let alone picture it moving, and I kept forgetting what was supposed to be where. Gender essentialism: defeated by neurodiversity!

In any case, I don't have the deep, profound grief that some people who were diagnosed with cognitive disability post-adolescence have, I think in part because my ADHD is mild and I did okay -- not great, but sufficient -- without treatment. But I do think that if I had been diagnosed with ADHD or known about aphantasia when I was a kid (not that it was conceptually present in the field when I was a kid) I would have probably gone into neuroscience or some related profession, or I would have stuck with my psych degree in undergrad. The longer I do this reading the more I wish I was working in that space. I don't think I have it in me to go back to school for a hard science, especially not if I continue working, but in a different world, I would have liked to have been a contributor to this kind of work.

[chameleoncharm]

New Home Soon!

Just a reminder to everyone that soon Chameleon Charm will be moving to a new home. I'm working on getting things switched around, but soon ChameleonCharm.com will take you to the new home of Chameleon Charm instead of the old Tumblr that I was posting on before.

As a reminder, starting Sept 18 - the 12th anniversary - I'll be relaunching the comic over at a new ComicFury page. The old Tumblr will stay up for archival purposes, and I may still post new comics to it when we get there, though maybe at a staggered rate from the ComicFury.

Hopefully the change over should go off without too much of a hitch, but if you'd like to register for #ComicFury so you can leave comments and subscribe, please check out the landing page for CC:

Again, no pages yet (queuing them up now so I'm ready to go), but take the time to get nice and cozy for the relaunch in a few weeks.I hope you all have a safe and fun Labor Day if you're doing anything this weekend!

Take care, Fil

[studentbyday]

it's okay if the things i look forward to each weekend can be something as mundane as changing my bedsheets. i really love the feeling of clean sheets and it's even more gratifying knowing that my sensitive skin thanks me for it. 🥰

🪨 Weekend Habits:

morning routine x2 ✅✅

change bedsheets ✅

all the laundry ✅

physio exercises x2 ✅

skincare x2 ✅✅

night routine x2 ✅✅

wind down for 30 mins before sleeping with the light on (e.g. spacing out/meditate/journal/yoga/dealing with the things that distracted me while studying) x2 ✅✅

water meter:

S:💧💧💧 Su:💧💧💧💧

🎒 The laundry list of school stuff I want to finish this week 😭:

finish psyc ch 3/4 ✅

finish psyc ch 4/4 ✅

psyc lab ✅

finish phar M6 sec 4/5 ✅

finish phar M6 sec 5/5 ✅

start reviewing for psyc final ✅

so i finally tallied up the pages of notes i have to reread for each subject and i have what feels like an insane amount of work this coming week (and possibly also the week after?), so i'll be signing out of tumblr and probably won't be back until things get less stressful... hopefully things get less stressful soon bc as i'm writing this, i'm trying so hard to stay calm. 😣 it will get better. by the time i come back, i will be better and school will be over. 😤 much love and take care, especially if you're nearing the end of term! 💗🫂 it will be okay.

[chains-of-destiny]

Monthly Progress Update #1

Hey everyone!

I thought I'd make a monthly update on the project to keep you informed about my progress and any important news or goals for the coming month. I plan to post updates like these at the end of each month.

May was an especially busy month with school, work, and the project. However, I've successfully completed another semester, and with work expected to be quieter in June (hopefully), I'll have more time to focus on writing.

This month, I've managed to add 30k words to the new update - the main paths are mostly drafted, I just need to finish some side paths and a few smaller scenes before polishing and rewriting it. I don't like to set exact release dates (as I often struggle to meet them 😅), but I aim to post the update in June.

About the future

As mentioned before, I'll rewrite parts of Chapters 1 and 2 after finishing the next update. This rewrite will primarily affect the prologue and the first part of Chapter 1, but there will also be some adjustments in Part 2 and Chapter 2. I'll be expanding on things I wanted to include and finishing the questions for Barnabas in Chapter 2. I also plan to incorporate the many suggestions and ideas posted on the Choice of Games forum and Tumblr by you guys. If you have any more ideas or suggestions that you think would be a great addition to the game, or if you encounter a part where none of the options feel right for your character, please feel free to make an ask about it, post it on the forum (here), or just send me a private message if you feel more comfortable with that.

I aim to complete the rewrite by the end of the summer, allowing me to continue with Chapter 3 (which will be an exciting one) in late August.

Lastly, as many of you have noticed, all the portraits in the game are currently generated by AI. However, I plan on replacing them with character art made by real people. I've been in contact with an artist who has been very professional and has agreed to create some character art for the project, which I can use in the demo and the final game. The first commission is for Juna, and I have an ongoing commission for Nemio. After that, I'll hold a poll where you can choose which character you'd like to be the next one.

Art made by: Sunnie

That's all for now. Thank you for your continued support, and I hope you all have a great weekend and a productive June!

[illusion-reality-steve]

Update

I know it's hard to tell when all my posts are scheduled, but I was so busy for the past few weeks. So busy that I haven't had a chance to look at this blog and all the Steve-related tags I follow.

I finally had time to check the tags last weekend, and I'm blown away by how active they are. For a long time, it was only @incorrectstevesagaquotes and a few other people who posted Steves on Tumblr. Seeing all this activity now is beyond cool!

I am so proud of the Steve community here. There is art, discussion, memes, and just so much passion going on here. Not only are we still keeping discussions of Sabre's SCU alive, but we're also talking about Steve stories created by other people, and we're still being creative and excited about the Steve Saga, the series that started this fandom! Tumblr is one of the few platforms where lesser-known fandoms can thrive, so I'm glad we're doing exactly that.

I'm gonna try reblogging these amazing posts I find in the Steve tags! As an experiment, I'll start having Steve reblogs scheduled for Tuesdays and Thursdays, which would expand my usual schedule from 3 posts a week to 5 posts a week!

I'd also like to bring @incorrectstevesagaquotes back. There are a lot of submitted incorrect quotes and a lot of art in the Steve tags that I'd like to show. I'd like to make @incorrectstevesagaquotes into a place where people can discover all the Steve Saga fans on this site. Hopefully I'll have time to queue those posts soon!

[wipbigbang]

Potential Start Date Of The 2024 WIPBB Round: May 1st.

Okay. So aside from a few minor details, I got most of the stuff I need to take care of for housing done (I have lost my wallet so now I need a new ID card and Social Security card and that takes about three weeks...hopefully I can get it on Monday), so I can start getting some time online to researching low-income housing and working on advertising for WIPBB. The reason I didn't do it today was I had to factory reset my laptop because it didn't take its newest update/wasn't connecting to the internet/was stuck on March 22nd as the date.

I'm going to try and do the advertising set-up this weekend and run it on a queue of 30 posts a day, with 15 advertisements and 15 filler posts. I think I have enough in my drafts for that. I'm going to not worry about tagging fully for the fandoms I don't know as much (I'll do main characters and ships portmanteaus if I can) but yes. Advertising will start tomorrow, the revised rules and schedule will go up on Tumblr and Dreamidth, and I'll set up the form for sign-ups this weekend as well, even though they won't start until May 1st.

[privateanxieties]

Hi! I hope you're having a good day. I've been reading your fics since sometime in 2022, you're up there with my favourite Peter parker writers. I know a while back you took down a lot of your fics (understandably so) and mentioned maybe putting them up on Ao3 at some point. I was just wondering if you ever did that. Because I would love to reread some comfort fics. No worries if not! I was just curious :)

Hey there!

I'm doing alright, thank you for asking. And I recognize your username from a while ago, actually! You always had something kind to say in my notes. I can't even believe it's been over two years since I've been posting on this blog.

To answer your question, some of the fics are still available on tumblr, with a few exceptions that I've privated and left that way, and some are indeed available on AO3, though they are archive-locked (for users only). It's the same username on there if you'd like to find some of them that may not be accessible on tumblr. I never quite managed to transfer everything over there, and in all honesty some fics I kinda cringe reading now, so I don't know if I could just post them as they are without feeling the impulse to re-write or edit them.

I was thinking that I'd maybe re-publish (as in, un-private) them here on tumblr, just because I feel like it's been long enough now that my writing/perspective has changed and I'm not that attached to them anymore (sentimentally, I mean). I'm just primarily bummed that people have stopped interacting with writers' stories and that they go as far as using generative AI to "finish" discontinued stories, which sort of hurts everyone?

People have also been asking about them more and more, and it makes me feel bad because it's been quite a while since I privated them. If people still remember reading them and want to do so again, I just feel like it'd be unfair to leave them unavailable. I know I wouldn't like not being able to return to some stories I keep close to heart. It's both humbling and flattering.

I think I'll set aside some time this weekend to post them again and hopefully the links on the masterlist start working.

I hope you're doing well too and thank you for taking the time to reach out!

[lil-ace]

Gift for @march-flowerr based on a scene in chapter 20 of lay bare the bones of the earth, (hopefully I managed to do it justice!) :

“Count us down,” Tommy instructs Joel, and then chirrups to Justified and takes off before he’s even started counting. Ellie screeches and digs her heels into Curry’s sides, leans over her saddle as her horse leaps forward. “You asshole!” They race across the plains, the distance closing between them till they’re neck to neck. Tommy’s laughing; he’s taken off his hat and has the brim of it clenched between his teeth, both hands woven tight into the reins as he hunches forward. He catches Ellie’s eye and smirks, and she calls him a fucking cheater and surges ahead. The ground flashes beneath her; ahead, the walls of Jackson grow closer, taller. The lupine tickles the side of her face, whipped into a frenzy by the wind. She feels - powerful, connected: to her horse, to her valley, to her people. Her family. She glances over her shoulder. Tommy waves at her, his hat in his hand. He shouts something she can’t hear, but she grins all the same. She beats them all home.

I want to thank March for everything that 'lay bare the bones of the earth' is, and what a lovely ride it's been to follow along for these past few months. Painting this over the weekend was a really emotional and fulfilling experience for me, and I got a lot to say about it, so I'll put it under the read more cut to not clog up people's dashes lol.

Art school genuinely made me lose passion for art. I got so burnt out creatively that I didn't draw for years after art school. Initially I feared I'd lost all my skills with how long I hadn't drawn anything and that anxiety only made me put off picking up a pen for even longer. But as I was slowly getting back into art, my skills were just fine (albeit a bit rusty) but I came to the realization I'd lost something worse: The burning passion to create. Making art was now boring. It didn't feel fun or meaningful like it used to. All of my art felt hollow, because I felt hollow. I had always used art as a means to express myself creatively, emotionally, and you used to be able to see that in my art. Art school ruined that, it turned art into a mechanical chore, something to be nit-picked apart, critiqued and verbally torn to shreds. It made me look down on everything I made as 'not good enough', look at all the flaws and mistakes. I no longer wanted to share my art with people, because I was so convinced that's all they'd see, too. It's something I'm still working on unlearning now.

A large part of getting back into art has been trying to make it feel fun again, which has been a bit of a struggle. So I figured if I can't feel happy just by making art, maybe if I involve my special interest in it (tlou), the joy I feel from engaging with my special interest would maybe rub off on drawing eventually. So I slowly started drawing tlou fanart, just for myself. While I've been in the fandom since the very beginning, I've never really interacted a ton with other people in the fandom, outside of leaving kudos on fics, maybe a comment if I could work up the courage for it (socially anxious autistic person over here). But one of my close friends finally convinced me to make a tumblr, try posting some art and connect with other tlou fans. I've been slowly dipping my toes in tlou tumblr and it's been a lovely experience so far.💖

Tlou fics have always been a great source of comfort for me, and reading lay bare the bones of the earth was such an emotional journey, one that made me cry multiple times (happy tears & sad tears!). But reading chapter 20 was something else. I couldn't stop thinking about it. It's been living rent free in my head ever since. March's words painted such a beautiful picture. I just got this image stuck in my mind, of Tommy & Ellie racing through the lupine fields as the sun is setting behind them and I had this burning urge to paint it, a feeling I haven't had in years! Figuring out the composition, picking all the colors, trying to get Curry's Appaloosa spots right, it made me feel all giddy as I could see each step bringing it closer to completion. I feel like I finally got a little taste of the joy I had for art all those years ago. And I wouldn't have gotten to experience that had I not gotten to read lay bare the bones of the earth. I can't thank you enough for that March 🥺 You've created such a wonderful story, the way you portray emotions is so raw, your writing reminds me of a rainy summer's day in the best way. You are such an inspiration and I can't wait to see what you do next!

[hollyand-writes]

Belated Happy New Year, all! Hope 2024 is a good one for you all ❤️

So as some of you may have noticed, I haven't been around/online for several months (and really, I've not been properly on Tumblr/Discord for the past year or more). Usually the reason is "I've been busy, but I'm fine" but the truth is that, this time, I've.... ummm.... not been fine ☹️ I don't want to go into too many details on this website, but 2023 saw me struggling with a health problem all year that I'm waiting for major surgery to resolve, but my surgery keeps getting delayed. NHS waiting lists are horrendous right now, even though I'm on the "urgent" list ☹️

Upon returning to Tumblr/Discord today, it does almost seem as if Dragon Age fandom has nobody left in it – almost everyone I know in DA fandom has departed for pastures new – but I want to let you all know I'm still very much in DA fandom, I've just not always had the energy to interact or create (or the time to come online recently). But I hope you've all been doing well! Missed you all! ❤️

Anyway, for now, I'd like to let you know (when I muster up the energy to do so / remember how AO3 works) I wrote a short fic for the M!Handers Zine in autumn 2023. I'll post it to AO3 and make a separate Tumblr promo post for it when I have time/energy – hopefully by this weekend.

Also, the Dragon Age Smutquisition Exchange is back for 2024! It's being run under new management – go follow @dasmutquisition and check it out if you fancy signing up for a DA smut exchange.

As for the fanfics I'm behind on (because being ill and/or in pain really takes a lot of energy out of you), I am slowly catching up on them and will comment on them when I can ❤️ Sorry to those of you who've been waiting months for me to catch up!

[fuckyeahdindjarin]

I'm back!

Barring one (1) instance of your girl hitting herself in the face with a tennis racket, I had an amazing time in Taipei (also topped up my tan lol)! It's definitely been restful taking time off Tumblr, I might have to do this more often 😜

I also had some *ahem* very fruitful daydreams *cough* about Summer House Frankie on the flight back. I still haven't really sat down and planned it out yet, it might be a mini series, it might be a full-blown series... an official announcement will be forthcoming in August after I finish Palomino.

I plan on taking it easy this weekend to catch up on some reading, and I'll also do a little sleepover for my recent follower milestone! It's a sleepover with a twist though - hopefully it will be fun and not just in my head, we'll see 🙈

I'll be spending this week catching up on what I've missed. In the meantime - enjoy some unsolicited photos of the porcelain collection at the National Palace Museum below the cut, which was definitely a highlight for me in Taipei!