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Kaiju Week in Review (January 21-27, 2024)
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Godzilla Minus One made awards show history in both Japan and the U.S. this week. Its Oscar nomination for best Visual Effects is the first of the series (Godzilla [1998], Godzilla [2014] and Godzilla vs. Kong were previously shortlisted) and the first for any Japanese film. Small wonder Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, and their team went berserk when the nomination was announced. The other nominees are The Creator, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Napoleon, and Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One. According to IndieWire, The Creator has the edge, but Minus One could very well win. And while it naturally made less headlines in the Anglosphere, Minus One also picked up a whopping 12 Japan Academy Film Prize nominations, exceeding Shin Godzilla's 10.
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Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color is now in North American theaters. I was intrigued enough to make it my fourth theatrical viewing of this movie, but in the end it did basically strike me as a gimmick. Godzilla Minus One was shot digitally with sets designed for color, so making it actually look like a film from the 40s was always going to be an uphill battle. Even with the regrade, there wasn’t a ton of contrast in most shots, and some of the scenes taking place at night were quite hard to see. Still, apart from the Odo Island massacre, I found the Godzilla scenes as gripping as ever.
Thanks to Minus Color, Minus One made $2.6 million this weekend, crawling back into the box office top 10. Its total in the U.S. and Canada now stands at $55 million, third among all foreign-language films released in the U.S.
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Brush of the God, Keizo Murase's directorial debut after a lifetime in movies, is finally complete. It'll play at the Osaka Asian Film Festival in March (link contains more images), and hopefully travel overseas very soon. Murase will also receive an Association Special Award at the Japan Academy Film Prize.
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Clover Press shipped out copies of Godzilla & Kong: The Cinematic Storyboard Art of Richard Bennett to Kickstarter backers, myself included. It's an excellent art book, and there are plenty of deleted and altered scenes mixed in with more familiar sequences. Believe it or not, Bennett drew the panel above for Kong: Skull Island—they considered having James Conrad (Tom Hiddleston) flash back to an encounter with King Ghidorah in Vietnam. Not sure how that would've worked, as Ghidorah is generally not one to lie low for a few decades, but it's the first I've ever heard of it being considered. I'm hoping to post some more scans soon. Here's the order link.
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Minecraft social media accounts teased a crossover with the Monsterverse, in what's likely to be the most high-profile of the Godzilla x Kong video game collaborations. The Mobzilla mod was created over 10 years ago, so this is long overdue.
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The big toy news this week was Titanic Creations revealing the digital sculpt for its Yongary figure. This guy's had even less figures than Gorgo - I can only think of one, and very few of them were made - so expect massive demand. New Godzilla toys were also on display at London Toy Fair, both at the Playmates booth and among the plushies made by an unknown company.
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solradguy · 6 months
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Do you ever get caught up in the immensity of the Guilty Gear fandom that used to exist? Not that it was particularly large, but it felt different.
Around 20 deadlinks in and I start to feel like I’m walking in an abandoned city of skyscrapers when I’m barely medieval. Where did they all go? Did they used to be a nation?
I do... Last night I spent 3 hours going through just Livejournal links and blog archives, not even Dreamwidth or Geocities webrings, and it was like that. Some of the core people went off to college/post-college jobs, like Ed Chang. Most of the original GG fandom left, I think, because they would be in their 40s now. Isn't that crazy to think about?
Some LJ profiles had birthyears that were like 1980, 1982. They would've been in their teens or early 20s at the peak of Sol/Ky discourse circa 2004. Wonder what they would think knowing people like you and I have been sifting through those old posts haha
It is sad how much is gone too though... I used to be in the Doctor Who fandom with a big interest on the pre-reboot stuff (so media before the 8th Doctor's movie in the mid '90s) and it was insane anytime any of the fan media from that popped up. Doctor Who cosplay photos from 1970 will change a man. Sitting there, wondering what those teens-now-retirement-age-adults are up to. How much of their original fandom is gone... Some Classic Who episodes/media only survived because dedicated fans recorded it and kept it safe. The BBC wrote over or threw out original episode reels from the '60s and '70s. Their GG Vastedge... It can be recovered, but it will never be whole again.
I wish there was less petty arguing in fandoms. It makes it hard to want to record what's happening in the moment. In 2043—20 years from now—how much of what we're talking about and making now will be archived? How much of it do people feel should be archived? I think it's all important, honestly. Fandoms are such a uniquely human experience and Guilty Gear's is fascinating for how closely it's managed to close the gap between its Japanese and English-speaking communities, and for the large amount of LGBT people in it.
Tumblr, Livejournal, Dreamwidth, Twitter, and Neocities are not permanent things. If you love something, make copies of it and copies of those copies. Rehost things, keep records. Think about the city of dead links and deleted Tinypic image hosts. Some of the GG stuff we have now only exists because the original poster 22 years ago kept copies in two places.
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redstoneglitch · 11 months
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Explicit Hermitcraft fic, throughout the years
In July 2022, I set out to collect some data, hoping to figure out when explicit Hermitcraft fics really started to take off. I had heard stories of how people were against anything that didn't fit into the neat bounds of canon, which included shipping, among other things.
This made me curious though. When did it start getting posted? Where has it taken us? ...is there really a disproportionate amount of Omegaverse fics? Well, TL;DR... January 2019, over 1,400 fics being posted, and no.
However, I hope you stick around a bit longer! My analysis of the graph I made is posted below. The blank version, plus the text from the analysis, is under the cut.
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This version of the graph includes everything from January 2019 – April 2023. Fics may've been counted twice, due to collecting two batches of data (one in July 2022, and another at the end of April 2023)
Funnily enough, the third fic posted to the Hermitcraft tag is explicit, and the first three are all shippy. (And yes, I checked to see if the works were backdated, which they're not! The first Hermitcraft fic was actually posted in 2015)
Since July '22, there's been a decrease in the percentage of explicit fics! Just one percent, sure, but it really shows just how popular Hermitcraft is as a whole. There were 8.9k fics back then, only 920 of those being explicit. Now there's over 15k, and 1.4k explicit fics! That's over 6,000 fics added since July '22! Not to mention all the ones that may've been deleted, which appears to be over 40 in total.
Finally, I'd like to point out the obvious: between a season start and end, there's a massive jump in explicit fics being posted. And subsequently, when the season ends, or a new series begins (like the Life Series), there's a substantial dip in fics being posted to the tag.
Now that the important stuff is out of the way, feel free to look below the cut if you'd like, for the text from the image + the blank version of the chart.
Notes:
There are roughly 1,400 explicit, and 15,000 total fics at this point (This means there’s around 13,600 non-explicit fics. Alternatively, about 9.3% of fics are explicit – a 1% decrease since July ‘22)
Due to the fact that this data was gathered both during July ‘22 and April ’23, there may be some discrepancies (At least 40 fics have been removed since July ‘22. Since fics may’ve been counted twice, this number is likely more)
The shipping war was from 2019 to 2020* (*Unknown end date)
January 2019: Half a year (about 6 months) after the start of Hermitcraft S6
June 2019: 3 Grumbo fics are posted, likely due to Grian and Mumbo’s popularity (According to archive.org, Mumbo and Grian were at 2.7M subscribers at the start of 2019… and only grew from there)
March 2020: Start of Hermitcraft S7… and then the pandemic hit, and lockdown started
April 2021: 3rd life started, and Flower Husbands helped normalize shipping
June 2021: Start of Hermitcraft S8
September 2021: Last life started
October 2021: Kinktober (69 fics… nice)
December 2021: End of Season 8 (The dip is probably due to no videos on Hermitcraft)
March 2022: Start of Hermitcraft S9
June 2022: Double life started
March 2023: Limited life started
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[Image ID: a chart, spanning from January 2019, to April 2023, regarding explicit fanfiction for Hermitcraft. The main growth periods are from March 2020 to March 2021, October 2021, and from March 2022 to January 2023. /End ID]
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hellsite-detective · 3 months
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*sighs in relief* (anon looking for the red blog with a blue eye pfp)
My most notable post, and the one this blog reblogged multiple times that brought our paths across each other, was a "do you love the color of the sky" post, but I made it extra long. Like, several times as long as the original. It was evil, I know. It was for April Fools. The blog I'm looking for reblogged it from me en masses, a good 20-40 times in a row. That's what made me take notice of them. Most of the time I just reblogged posts, but that one was a special occasion. I also had a bunch of back and forth posts with a different mutual, tagged #homeskillet, which might be unique enough to be of use? Oh, and one of my most popular posts was a Awsten from the band Waterparks that I edited to have transparent hair so it would change color with your blog theme (made that for a friend). Maybe that would help? The blog I'm looking for never reblogged that post, but it still might be worth something?
My old blog used to be ftinally (currently on anon because my new url is extremely similar, but I've had too many bad experiences with sending asks off anon and then getting a bunch of hateful asks in response that I'm wary of attaching my url to asks).
The title of my blog was "don't write yourself off yet", like the Jimmy Eat World song. It was only deleted around September/October, so the trail isn't too cold yet. Hopefully some of that information is useful? Thank you so much for looking into this!
finally... a lead. first thing was first, i saw the mention of "do you love the color of the sky" and jumped for joy. see, i'm very close with Madame Curator, @hellsite-hall-of-fame. and dare i say she is the Queen of the Sky. i went to her and asked for any extra long color of the sky posts, to which she sent me two different variants. however, neither of these were gettin' me where i needed to go. luckily, i was provided a blog name i could track! doin' quite a bit of diggin' i managed to stumble across the aformentioned Awsten post. now, i know that i was told that the missing person hadn't reblogged this one, but at least i could confirm this was what i was lookin' for.
so, i went down to my ol' pal, Google, to see if they knew anything about "tumblr ftinally." and they handed me a whole laundry list of links. it was time to meticulously check every single one of these. i was hopin' to stumble across the color of the sky image that my client had mentioned. unfortunately, i wasn't findin' the color of the sky post. however, i went back to the Awsten post and thought i might be able to use that as a lead. problem was, that wasn't gonna do me much good. usin' the Wayback Machine and searchin' for the blog's address also wasn't doin' me much good, and i was gettin' worried this was gonna be a dead end.
i hate to do this again, but is it possible you have any defining characteristics of that color of the sky post you made? any accompanying text, tags you may have used, or even original image files and could reverse image search? and of course, feel free to message me this information in private if it's too personal to share in an ask, or not mention it at all if you're not comfortable!
additionally, when you say "red blog" do you mean the blog had a red theme, or the blue eye was on a red background in the actual image? that also may help to narrow the search!
i will not give up on you, anon. i will find your mutual if it's the last thing i do!
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Dear Goldy - Not - Goldy, I didn't want to disturb you, but you are probably the only person whose opinion I would like to know about JK's TIK TOK account. When Jung Kook deleted his IG account, I was shocked, I admit. I thought: this man is wonderfully unpredictable, uncompromising.
I enthusiastically told my friend about it, leaving out all the context, just the fact that a BTS guy deleted an account that had over 40 million followers. A friend who works in marketing immediately said "they must have told him". Literally: agency. I was outraged. After some time, information appeared in SM that the head of tik tok invites JK to tik tok. I was hoping it was just a joke. and yet not. Shouldn't we consider it likely that the JK's rebel image is a marketing ploy? And that someone taught from a teenager to follow the expectations of others will do it, because the rebellion gene would be nipped in the bud?
"They must have told him- to delete his IG you mean?
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Jeon Jungkook was told to delete his Instagram and he did??? Scratching my head on that really. By that i disagree with that assertion. Why would they ask him to delete his IG and not ask the members to delete theirs too?
So he can promote tiktok instead is that it??? Or that's not what you implying with the whole he went to see tiktok big brains part??? If that's the argument, then I recall Instagram messaging him too asking him if he needed assistance restoring his account🤷🏾
He's a huge brand and these platforms want him that's for facts. I wager they'd want to pay hefty commissions to him to keep him on there- but the fact that this was his burner account and not his official account kinda means he sneaked under company and tiktok noses.
He probably doesn't want the attention. His eye 👁 pfp reminds me of my header- it also reminds me of his eye tattoo. Weird.
It's not at all surprising he has a secret tiktok account. We've always said they are among us on secret accounts, engaging with us, seeing, reading and hearing everything. They did it with Twitter, IG, YT, Tiktok, Tumblr- wherever there's army there's BTS. They are watching.
So I wouldn't want to read too much into this or treat it as some conspiracy theory out there- but that's me. I could be wrong so to each their own.
But really what does the company stand to gain from him deleting his IG and losing all that followers. Some people have 1m followers and do you know how much money that translates into for them????
Platforms like IG is often negotiated as part of their brand deals. Brands are not only paying you to use your face and image to promote their Brands, they pay these celebs EXTRA cash to post branded content on their personal platforms.
Jungkook is the only member who hasn't monetized his platform. He is on tiktok yes, but it isn't monetized. I think he enjoys his freedom too much. He deleted ig because he said there was no point in having it if he couldn't do whatever he wanted with it- if I recall correctly. And he said he has no intentions of going back there. He keeps saying that in spite of the financial opportunities that exist on there for him- and remember this is the same dude who risked lawsuits to promote his brother's brand. You'd think a platform such as IG would come in handy if he wants to help himself and others as well.
His rebellious image as a marketing ploy- at this point I squint in confusion. A ploy means its fake and not at all real. Well, it's a marketing ploy if the year is 2009 and Jungkook can't see past Namjoon's thick thighs to stay in the group lol.
Personally I think his "rebellious image" if we should call it that, is not at act. He is in fact strong willed and assertive. The rebelliousness it stems from a lot of things- Namjoon mentioned he went through a teenage rebellious phase which i think is very much normal. Sometimes he becomes rebellious if his values conflict with others. Eg if hybe and the brands' policies conflicts with his personal values. It's not all an act, or persona or marketing- it's him unable to conform his values unto theirs and reconcile those. He has said this over and over. Remember how he said he went with Calvin Klein because their values matched his? They probably aren't breathing down his neck and threatening to cut ties with him if he breaks his family friendly image or gets involved in a scandal. These companies can be so brutal.
He is not a sell out. He stays true to himself always and he's being driven by a strong inner sense of self and a strong moral compass.
He would go with the company's plans and strategies if he thinks it suits him or if he wants to do it. If he don't then he won't- no one can mke him do what he don't like. It's that simple.
the only way he would do something he doesn't want to do is if it's for love i'd assume or if he were contractually obligated to do so.
There's also a recurring theme with him which is that HE IS A FREE BIRD can't cage him, won't tame him, he does and will do whatever he damn pleases. That makes him come off as rebellious. It's what we mean when we say he's Jeon Jungkook. Kinda admire him on that score
Could this persona have been carved for him in the early days? Sure. BUT THEY ALL SAID THEY STOPPED GOING WITH THE COMPANY SCRIPT BECAUSE IT DIDN'T SUIT THEM. Jin even talked about this too.
Recently he asked someone on his live whether they were child- safe to say he's grown up himself no? While in the group he always wanted to be respected and treated as an adult. I'm sorry but I don't think he would avail his strings to be pulled on like a puppet by anyone.
Plus this is his Solo phase. Those personas were fashioned to keep the group interesting. He's not in a group anymore and dont need these tactics. He's outgrown them. and the only persona that sells for him is if he is himself. HE IS THE BRAND. HIM. NOBODY ELSE.
I for one I'm more interested in Jeon Jungkook than any facade anyone wants him to put on.
Also their solo phase certainly impacts the power dynamics between the company and the boys. He can decide be don't want to do solo or music any more and the company won't have anything to say about that. Of course there's still contracts with brands, and record labels and food delivery and he has to fulfill his obligations under those but it's pretty much his way or the high way these days 🥴
I like to think he has more control over his career and life in general now compared to when he was part of a group and just a child pursuing a career in an industry such as kpop. As a member of a team his identity was tied to the groups. Whatever he said and did affected everyone's career and reputation in the group, and in turn affected their brand deals so there was so much pressure to conform and so much censorship of his actions and words whereas now whatever he does dont affects them. just him and his brand.
You can see his marketing strategies though. Participating in challenges, going on live shows to promote his music, sharing links on weverse, filming with members- I don't even think he's leaning so much into his ships as a means of pushing his song. Trust me, he's not compromising himself and his values just to sell a song. He's doing everything by the books. Nothing shady going on here🥴
As usual it's just my opinion. Time will tell if he's doing all this as some marketing ploy.
Now about his Tiktok-
I know I said I won't make fun of him but...
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Ian, sir????? KWEN-KWENCHENA SIR??🤣🤣🤣🤣
Why, was Shawn McGregor taken??🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ian Elordi Jackson I'm dead🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Please if I hear someone call him Mathew I'm finished
And here I thought him popping out of a coffin was the most white boy thing he's ever done🤣🤣🤣🤣
He's finished. Haters are going to drag the shit out of him for this. They always after him claiming he's trynna be white lmho.
It's gonna get bloody this week prepare for battle guys. We have a captain to protect- Captain Ian Kook
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So Germ made a blog post about body positivity (a couple years ago) and mentioned how her hands/breasts are parts of her body she loves most of all. But then years later she does a podcast where she talks about breast implants because she didn’t like how her boobs looked anymore…the lies come easy to her.
Ok, human to human, I’m going to say something that may surprise you: Our relationships to our bodies can change over time as we age without it being a lie. We cannot help but be impacted by messages of body shame or societal pressures as our bodies evolve in shape and/or size. This MAY have been true for G as well.
HOWEVER…this is also GenPad the Deceptacon so let’s do a Titty Truth-Telling Timeline of sorts, when Gen went from this👇🏼
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To this 👇🏼
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Then, in April of this year, she appeared on the Bathroom Chronicles podcast (Apple linked, see Spotify for video), and had the audacity to claim that she hadn’t told most of her close friends that she had gotten breast implants in 2021, but they were now removed. (Lol imagine having to pretend you didn’t notice them) The decision to remove them came after experiencing symptoms of fatigue when running, joint pain, inflammation, and brain fog.
If you can’t stomach the whole podcast, we know from this IG post summary that part of the decision reportedly came from turning 40 and wanting to feel sexy. Which…okay, fine. It starts to unravel when she also claims that her implants were the same size as her breasts before breastfeeding. That seems like quite a stretch of truth when you consider 👇🏼
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But I don’t think she had them removed. I suspect she just had them reduced so she could run to her satisfaction again (back up to 6 miles and counting after only a sad 2-3 miles that caused concern), quiet her other heath anxieties discussed in more detail in the pod, and soothe her own regrets. Because if you compare how she looked in May 2021 prior to surgery (from a since deleted IG post) to how she looked at the KTLA appearance just days after this podcast was released…
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We still have significantly more titty meat than we started with, while also not being able to attribute that to weight gain anywhere else.
So yes, while I won’t throw her under the bus for having issues with her body image, I will get angry at how much she lies in order to look like a health-conscious martyr. She is not just kindly warning others about the risks of breast implants here. Pushing the wellness narrative has potential to push more endorsements her way, so don’t mistake this for altruism.
I will get even more angry at someone with a platform who won’t just come forward and be honest about their procedures while also perpetuating unattainable standards of beauty for everyone else. Gen won’t admit to the parts of all of this that make her the most human. Meanwhile the podcast hosts practically canonized her a saint, thanked her for her “vulnerability,” and called her “so brave” for telling her story.
Brave of her to assume that no one is paying attention with a critical eye. Deception is not the kind of vulnerability you think it is, Gen. And these lies won’t make you feel any less anxious. Your therapist should have told you that by now.
*Bonus Lie* In the podcast, released on April 6th, G says that her “brain fog” disappeared immediately after explant surgery. However, in an IG story on April 5th, she had this to say:
Just focus on the lie and don’t think too much about how this privileged princess goes on so many vacations with multiple stops that she forgets the details and since she can afford to be a hypochondriac she thinks it’s some sort of condition. Ok love you, bye.
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14muffinz · 1 year
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Statistics Rambles!!
OKAY EVERONE, HERE WE GOOOO
so, before we begin, this includes unposted/never to be published chapters, going from old drafts of the 07 crossover to the beginnings of a cassandra-centric adventure in the bayverse, but here is the calling out statistic post that nobody wanted, made in the nice hours between 1 and 4 in the morning
So.
Some characters have not appeared yet.
Spoilers, obvis. Some is from deleted which I will not be specifying but still.
So to clarify names:
slipper_slime = 18!Sunita kickin_karai: 12!karai nardo87 = 07!Leo
If you do the math, the 07 boys could have been mutated in 1987, which is obviously something that this fandom would find nice enough to headcanon. It's not just me. anyways.
For each individual universe, here's who (percentage-wise) talks the most! (Sorry mobile users)
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In order:
2012 Dontron97 24.7% - 473 happy_Mike 20.2%% - 387 newage_red_artist 19.1% - 366 Cpt_Leo 13.7% - 263 sticks_n_pucks 10.6% - 204 ello_yello 7.6% - 146 kickin_karai 4.1% - 78
I was honestly surprised by how close Casey was to Leo? I knew he was gonna catch up despite his late entrance but have I not been including Leo enough or is Casey just everywhere.?
I thought that I had April talking a lot more than i did, lmao. Then again I have a few chapters in my notes app that aren't in these numbers yet so maybe she's a lil closer than will be shown in the images.
Rise NeonLeon9000 27.3% - 512 Bootyyyshaker9000 21.7% - 407 mystic_mike 17.5% - 328 red_Raph 14.7% - 276 sherlocked_corn 7.3% - 137 free_brownies 6.1% - 114 CJones 4.4% - 83 slipper_slime 0.9% - 16
Raph's number in comparison to his bro's is where I expected 12Leo to sit. Percentage-wise the two are essentially the same, but Leo is way behind his mikey whereas raph is only about 40 messages away, which mind you is still a lot but its less noticeable.
Cass is definitely further up because of the times her name is used in the 600 word abandoned draft of an actual fic I mentioned previously, but other than that her being just barely below April is what I guessed. CJ being so close, though, was a surprise.
Bayverse sleepdeprived_shell 26.9% - 286 im_blue_katanas 26.5% - 282 dear_pizza_supreme 23.3% - 248 callme_rafi 21.1% - 225 Casey 1.2% - 13 April 0.9% - 10
I knew Don was going to be first. Not a doubt in my head. I expected Mikey to be above Leo, but I guess I had a little too much fun writing the blue one. I did also use Bay mike as a conversation starter rather than a carrier a lot, so I guess that's why he's so little to what I remembered. Raph's expected, I removed him for the entirety of the winter arc which is like 1/6 of the fic rn.
Poor April and Casey 😭. I'm sorry but Bay April is confusing and Bay Casey is annoying and that's how they're probably going to stay for the durration of the fic.
2007 secretly_mike 56.9% - 112 don_247 29.4% - 58 raph87 10.7% - 21 nardo87 3.0% - 6
Leo and Raph were in an old draft of the first 07 appearance. In that draft, Mikey also sends 34 messages, apparently? I was surprised when I saw it, but it turns out i just had him do triple messages a lot.
MM sarcasm_stabs 33% - 35 tech_hits 27.4% - 29 actually_mike 19.8% - 21 blueberry 19.8% - 21
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Next up: who do I write the most.
There was a version of this with every character in the fic, but it is way too eye-hurty and way too long for me to list out each individual character in this post, but here's the simplified version that combines each iteration into one person.
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Same numbers as last time, just combined differently.
Characters Don 24.6% - 1149 Leo 21.4% - 998 Mike 21.2% - 990 Raph 18.6% - 871 Casey 7.5% - 351 April 5.4% - 251 Karai 1% - 47 Sunita 0.3% - 16
I knew Don was gonna be in first. Hes the fav. Leo being in second? Surprising, but Leon was the most talkative person which is not only on brand but theres also 2 leo cult chapters and I'm always a sucker for some disaster twins. I expected Raph to be 2nd, so him being 4th? Shocker.
I knew the Caseys would be bigger than the April's just because there's an extra one for their possee. I considered making JR his own collumn but decided eh whatever.
Also Rip Karai n Sunita I love you both but self control <3
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And of course, finally, by dimension. We already knew the results but here we go.
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By Iteration Rise 40.1% - 1873 TMNT 2012 32.9% - 1539 Bay 22.8% - 1064 TMNT 2007 4.2% - 197
Yep. Just as I guessed. Rise, then 12, then Bay. And then of course 07 who haven't even been given a chance to shine yet.
I'll get to them. At some point.
Anywhizzle, I'll come back to this post a lot just to edit numbers if I'm bored, but the images probably won't ever change, so take then with a grain of salt.
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myst867 · 10 months
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40 Nights Snippet - and Other News
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I've been a bit absent lately, life decided to beat me up a bit and it was hard to make my brain work to write. I finally feel a bit more myself, but I spent a lot of my time rewriting 40 Daysfrom Harry's perspective. I'm not going to publish it though until closer to Halloween but I thought ya'll would like something intriguing to read.
I've got the next chapter of Matched, Falling Twice and Remedy too coming Sunday - finally I know but even though I wrote them I kept deleting and rewriting because I wasn't managing to get the story where I wanted it to go.
I'll post some teaser updates tomorrow before posting the chapters sunday. :) Thanks for sticking around!
************Disclaimer for this teaser:
This work is a companion piece to 40 Days. So please all the same cautions as the original fic. If you are not aware or have not read that fic your mileage on this story will vary as it's a random snippet from a larger work.
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Epilogue
6 Years Later
Hermione’s voice echoed around me, whispering to me, her magic weaving into existence my reality. From the darkness, a forest sprung around me. I stumbled through the dark forest, her magic propelling me, forcing me to put one foot in front of the other and I couldn’t stop, no matter how hard I struggled. I needed to–
You’re following something in the forest of Dean.
Her voice reverberated around me as the trees shifted, changing. No. No! I need to go back—
Hermione will be okay, you just have to see where it takes you- doesn’t it remind you of something?
I looked forward and saw it there, a glowing white doe patronus, frozen with its hoof in the air like someone had cast an immobulus. I tried to stop again, but my foot dragged forward. Fuck. I didn’t want to follow this fucking doe! I needed to—
You follow it but it disappears in a clearing.
The clearing spread out before me; the trees melting away with a lake in the middle. I could feel her sliding inside me, rearranging me. After all, I had done for Hermione, she fucking —
You see it under the ice.
I stepped up to the small pond in a rage, glaring down into the water.
I did see it in the dark depths under the ice. Memories that Hermione had hidden from me. I saw myself with my fist clenched in her curly hair, moving her head down on me while she knelt at my feet. The image under the water changed, and I was standing before her with body parts around me, as a splash of blood hit her face, her eyes wide with horror as she stared at me.
The images continued to change, playing out scenes I had no memory of yet their stain echoed in my soul. It wasn’t me, though. They weren’t true. I would never—
One memory paused and the memory Hermione turned in the dark depths of the water and looked up at me standing on top of the ice, her lips shaping the words.
You break the ice.
Fighting myself, I pulled out her wand from my pocket, pointing it at the memory Hermione through the ice. “Expulso.” The spell shot out, slamming into the ice and cracking it, setting her free.
Hermione rose from the water like a ghost, her hair wet but still curling down her body to her waist. In her right hand, she held the sword of Gryffindor, the gold and gems gleaming even in the dark forest Hermione had trapped me in with her magic.
“I did it for you, you chose me, and — and — I chose you,” I told her nonsensically as she approached me. My thoughts were fractured, a part of me understood what was happening, what she had done to me. That part of me wanted to rage at Hermione. She still didn’t understand how hard it had all been to keep her safe. Keep her safe from me.
But the knowledge was hard to hold on to, it slipped away into the depths of the rippling water behind Hermione.
Her skin was so pale that it seemed to glow, and her dark brown eyes were black with intent. “You found the sword in the pond and almost drowned.”
Her words echoed inside me, bringing up the memory of when I had dove for the sword after–
No. This was–this was–
“Stop fucking lying to me!” I screamed at Hermione as she approached. I could feel a tether between us, my magic was latched onto her like chains. I yanked savagely at her, and she stumbled as she came within a foot of me.
“Tell me something true,” I demanded with a viciousness that seemed foreign, and she stepped closer, her hand raising the sword.
I saw the motion but didn’t stop her, believing until the moment I felt the sword slice into me that Hermione wouldn’t hurt me. Hermione shoved the sword of Gryffindor through me, skewering me and I fell to my knees. It didn’t feel like a sword inside me. It felt like a fiery torch burning my insides and I struggled to breathe.
Hermione leaned close to me as I died, her voice whisper soft.
You are the knife I twist inside myself.
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I woke up with a start, clutching my stomach. Fuck. I hated that nightmare. I didn’t move from the couch for a long moment as I struggled to rein in my emotions. Rage and pain rampaged through me every time I woke from it, and I had to restrain myself from breaking things as soon as I opened my eyes.
I scrubbed my face and sat up straight, looking around the dark flat I shared with Hermione. She should have been home ages ago. I rolled my shoulders, trying to keep from tensing up as I fumbled for my glasses.
Where was she?
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Found this image on my old flip phone six years ago when I was going to delete old pics to free up space.
Guess I'll finally post it so I can get glow-banged like everyone else, though I have nothing to prove and don't desire to be accepted literally anywhere.
I not only don't remember taking this picture, but in this area there's no possible way I could have from this angle, unless I was in the air, and above a completely different street.
I looked at the date, and on that day I had about 40 minutes or so of missing time, and a memory of going into the usual grocery store, through the sliding doors. I remember feeling confused on the ride home.
There's quite the problem, as that store never has had, and still doesn't have sliding doors.
Another memory of having purchased those black and white Jewish bakery cookies. I love those, but I didn't have them after getting home. It didn't actually happen. Like when you're dreaming and holding something like a cake or treat, but wake up to find your hands empty.
I probably shouldn't post this, but my life has been a series of both blessed but also very, very fucked scenarios since this happened anyway. I'll never function in society, I never have. My life has been a series of moving, yet largely unfortunate events, with a roadblock at the end of each one. I don't perceive time 'properly.'
This is the only photo I've ever taken of this sort, but the only question I still have after all these years is, why was I allowed to take it?
Will I be allowed to post it without repercussions? It's quite unique and remarkable, and considering the location, (which I cannot disclose) it even becomes beautiful.
I don't want attention or trouble, I only want to know why I was allowed to have this photo. A question I'll likely never have an answer to. That's fine.
I'm not upset, scared, or angry either. I have an aberrant affection for things like this; the unexplained, preternatural. Of course I understand how dangerous such thoughts are, yet they comfort me. Yes, I know what can happen. I don't care about their reasons, it's none of my business, and I don't go poking, or blowing whistles. The general public can't even handle public restrooms, so this is, and should stay off limits to them.
I actually get sad and lonely when they're not around. Like I'm not cool anymore. That was a half joke. Sometimes I worry I'm getting too old to be of use.
Perhaps I disappointed these entities somehow. I hope I didn't become boring.
Anyway.
Back to pretending to be dumb, posting pretty guys, and having to hide my true desires...
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12, 14, & 23 for the WIP ask game :D
Thank you!
I'll answer these based on Roads That Cross since that's the WIP you all know-- if anyone wants to ask about another I haven't posted yet, go ahead!
12. Will/do you have multiple drafts or versions of your WIP, and if so, what draft or version are you on right now?
Oof, oh my god. Um, well, as you all know I've been working on Roads for 5 years now, and I don't write in chronological order, so I've basically had 40 different Word documents on my folder for a long time, each for every future chapter. Some scenes have changed throughout the years, mainly because my writing has evolved and because I've gotten better ideas for them since the first time I ever came up with them. I usually just delete what I don't like and rewrite it, but, there are some scenes, especially from chapter 30 and afterward, that are very important and so I don't want to lose anything, no matter how it might no longer fit with the vision I currently have. For those scenes in particular I do keep the old drafts, usually at the bottom of the same document, so that I can go back to the original versions of it and maybe rescue some sentences or feelings that I consider important. Sometimes, it's not about the scene not working out but that I have a lot of different ways that it could go, and they all work in their own way, but I know I'll eventually have to choose just one or mix it all into one because I can't have 10 different versions of the same conversation kjsdn (yes, they're usually dialogue scenes that get the most drafts.) Um, I'd say those scenes are in version #3 by this point ? The oldest dating from 2018 or 2020, then some changes in 2021, and... I can't remember if the last time I touched them was this year or last year. But yeah, that about sums it up🙌🏻
14. What has been the hardest thing about working on this WIP so far?
Not losing motivation, I'd say. It's been a long journey. I'm constantly reading other fics since that's my favorite way of passing time, and while that's partly good for my creativity, it is also kind of discouraging because I'm constantly just seeing people writing way better than I do, and way faster than I do at that, so when you see someone cooking 7k words chapters every week, you kind of look at yourself and go Damn, what the hell am I doing?
It's a little sad to realize you don't really have a talent so you have to work 10 times harder just to reach the level of someone that whips out 12k words like it's nothing. Of course, I could defend myself saying they're writing in their native language while I'm not, but honestly, I know it wouldn't make a difference. My writing would still be the same if I wrote in Spanish, and, in fact, I think it would take me even longer to write because I would be cringing all the time ksjfskjd.
Anyway, in summary, keeping it going has been the hardest part, but I just try to remind myself that I don't need to be Shakespeare, and that, by this point, I just want to finish it so I can put it to rest, so it shouldn't be a big deal and I try not to let it affect me😂
23. What is the weirdest thing you’ve had to google for this WIP so far?
Oh my god, remember "With a new perspective" ? I spent months, MONTHS, googling about bathrooms 🤣🤣🤣 I JUST- again, English is not my first language, so I wasn't sure how to describe the things in Ámbar's bathroom, and hell- not even in Spanish I knew how to call some stuff 😂 Plus, first I had to come up with a mental image of it, so I went on a deep dive on Google Images, Pinterest, etc. And when I found something that I liked, then I had to discover how that specific shape of furniture was called. I became an expert on all the kinds of bathtubs there is 😂😂 I was so insane that my best friend even joked about it, sending me tiktoks "just so you can look at the bathroom" 🤣🤣 The worst part is, the bathroom descriptions weren't even important in that chapter compared to everything that was going on😂😂 But for me it was really important that everyone knew Ámbar had a ceiling-to-sink, wall-wide mirror and that she calls it "the usual bathroom mirror everyone has" because it was funny to me that she believes that's the normal when my bathroom mirror is literally like 40x20cms 😂😂
Anyway, I better stop ranting now. Thank you for the ask! <3
If anyone else wants to do it, the questions are right here.
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SK8 ~ Beginnings - Simstagram Posts - Part 2 (May 7th until May 11th 2021)
Disclaimer: English and Japanese is not our native language, so it's possible that we have writed and/or translated some things incorrectly. 🙇💦
Between May 6th to 11th on Lea's Twitter (and some of them much later on Lea's Instagram) we published several Simstagram posts (publications like Instagram in Sims version) made by SK8 characters, shown below. At this point we've already started to make a little story although not entirely "serious". As there are 30 publications and more than 30 images, we divided them into 16 images per publication and this is part two of two parts in total, we hope you enjoy them.
Simstagram Post 17 - Tadashi (5:55 p. m. - May 7th, 2021) [Posted on Lea's Twitter]
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ゆったりとした時間が流れているように見えますが、私と愛之介様はニュースを分析する仕事をしています。 🐶
Translation: It seems like a relaxing time, but Mr. Ainosuke and I are at work analyzing the news.
Simstagram Post 18 - Hiromi (6:42 p. m. - May 7th, 2021) [Posted on Lea's Twitter]
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She is Hanami-san, is as pretty as a pink tulip. I met her at a good friend's restaurant. 🌷
Simstagram Post 19 - Kojiro (7:49 p. m. - May 7th, 2021) [Posted on Lea's Twitter]
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I present my restaurant 「Sia la luce」. 🐯
Simstagram Post 20 - Miya (4:44 p. m. - May 8th, 2021) [Posted on Lea's Twitter]
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スライム軍団 笑 🐱
Translation: Slime army lol 🐱
Simstagram Post 21 - Ainosuke (5:49 p. m. - May 8th, 2021) [Posted on Lea's Twitter]
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安全だと感じることは重要です。僕の秘書はいつも近くにいますが、彼がいないときは、自分の嫌われ者から自分を守らなければなりません。 LOVE AGAIN!😘
Translation: Feeling safe is important. My secretary is always around but when he is not I have to protect myself from my haters. LOVE AGAIN!😘
Simstagram Post 22 - Ainosuke (6:10 p. m. - May 8th, 2021) [Posted on Lea's Twitter]
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ポスターは世界中に貼られています。さあ、愛で世界を救うキャンペーンを始めましょう LOVE AGAIN!😘 The posters have been put up all over the world, now start the campaign to save the world with love! LOVE AGAIN!😘
Simstagram Post 23 - Ainosuke (6:29 p. m. - May 8th, 2021) [Posted on Lea's Twitter]
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僕の家は、エコロジカルフットプリントを持っています。 では、あなたにお聞きします。あなたの家にもエコロジカル・フットプリントがありますか? LOVE AGAIN!😘
Translation: My home has an ecological footprint. Let me ask you. Does your home have an ecological footprint? LOVE AGAIN!😘
Simstagram Post 24 - Ainosuke (6:40 p. m. - May 8th, 2021) [Posted on Lea's Twitter]
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Last night we went to the snow festival, I took a picture with Yamachan. LOVE AGAIN!😘
Simstagram Post 25 - Tadashi (7:05 p. m. - May 8th, 2021) [Posted on Lea's Twitter]
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愛之介様に頼まれて、ヤマちゃんと一緒に写真を撮りました。 🐶
Translation: Ainosuke-sama asked me to take a picture with Yama-chan. 🐶
Simstagram Post 26 - Tadashi (7:06 p. m. - May 8th, 2021) [Posted on Lea's Twitter]
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二人で作った雪だるま。 🐶
Translation: A snowman we both made. 🐶
Simstagram Post 27 - Kaoru (7:44 p. m. - May 8th, 2021) [Posted on Lea's Twitter]
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書道のイベントから帰ってきて、なんでこの人は俺の前でそんなことをするのか 🌸
Translation: I came back from a calligraphy event and wondered why she would do that in front of me. 🌸
Simstagram Post 28 - Hiromi (7:59 p. m. - May 8th, 2021) [Posted on Lea's Twitter]
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彼女はとても美しい 😍 🌷
Translation: She's so beautiful 😍 🌷
Simstagram Post 29 - Hiromi (8:19 p. m. - May 8th, 2021) [Posted on Lea's Twitter]
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いやぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁぁ 前の写真は間違っていました。 前の写真を削除する方法をご存知の方はいらっしゃいますか? 彼女はとても美しい😍 🌷
Translation: Oh noooooo! The previous photo was wrong. Does anyone know how to delete the previous photo? She's so beautiful 😍 🌷
Simstagram Post 30 - Ainosuke (7:29 p. m. - May 11th, 2021) [Posted on Lea's Twitter]
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I had a nightmare, so I went for a run in the morning to clear my head. LOVE AGAIN!😘
See you soon! Love Again 💗
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Highlights from The Art of Onward book!
alright so I've decided this week for Onward Fan Art Friday that I'd do something a little different...
tbh I kind of had a hard time deciding on a theme for my 11th edition—or "up to 11" I should say—post, so hopefully that'll be decided by next week (it most probably will)
so what's this week all about you ask?
well believe it or not, I had never owned ✨The Art of Onward book✨ until yesterday! i know...crazy, right? but I found my opportunity to finally get it when i saw that it was 45% off on Amazon. so instead of paying the usual 40 bucks, I only had to pay $21! it was good deal, I'd say. but yeah I had ordered it a couple days ago, it came in the mail yesterday, and as soon as I got my hands on it I read through the whole thing, carefully looked through every page, did some excited squealing every now and again lol...cue my daily I absolutely love this film, its world, and its characters so much speech...
it took me like three hours and all I can say is WHAT A RIDE. this is such an amazing book!!
Now I've seen a good number of the art in this book from previews or elsewhere on the internet, but there are also a ton of really cool pieces in here that I'd never seen at all before that I am just blown away by! it reminded me of the amazing onward fanart I only ever see on Instagram, and in turn—the purpose of my onward fanart sharing series
so whether you own the Art of Onward book or not, tonight I'm going to spotlight pieces from within it that caught my eye, deserve more recognition, and perhaps some analyzation (this is OFFICIAL onward art after all...)
and let me tell ya, picking just 10 pieces for this wasn't easy...everything from everyone in here is SO GOOD!
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just a few quick pre-notes...
I did happen to catch the names of the artists in some of the angles, but others not so much, so I'm gonna credit them all down below like I always do anyway
I won't, however, put in links to instagrams this time around because some members of the fabulous onward crew don't have insta and instead either don't have social media at all or are on lots of other social sites (primarily LinkedIn), and/or have their own portfolio websites—all of which you can easily find by looking up their name in a Google search!
lastly, all the images above are taken from The Art of Onward book, specifically my Art of Onward book, and were captured using my iPhone 13 Pro
Noah Klocek, Production Designer - ahhh I love this! The gang's all here! Ian and all his friends, including Kagar it looks like! I've always wanted to see a character line up of these 6! and a 3D model of Kagar too!
Madeline Sharafian, Head of Story at Pixar - ok this gives off major levels of sassy Ian and I just love it! I wonder what he's being sassy about tho...like, is he telling someone off? is he claiming he can do anything he sets his mind to with his magic? I NEED CONTEXT
Chris Sasaki, Art Director/Character Designer - awwwwww young Barley reading young Ian a storybook! emphasis on AWWWWWWWW!!! this is a very small drawing but it really doesn't matter how big it is...this is absolutely precious!
Maria Yi, Character Designer - I really love all her character drawings of Laurel, but I also really enjoy what she made here! This is something every artist needs a reminder of every once in a while: that all characters are made up of simple shapes and it's a great place to start when going about drawing them!
Kristen Lester, Storyboard Artist - 🎵 wouldn’t you like to quarter own a beautiful vacation home? 🎵 i swear...that song, and these lyrics in particular, from the deleted scene just started playing in my head the moment i laid eyes on this piece! i think cause the sirens themselves are holding contracts lol
Grant Alexander, Character Designer - this drawing seems to imply that Ian and Barley were once going to meet the pixie dusters in an actual swamp instead of the swamp-like aesthetic that ended up in the final film...but I love this idea of them hanging out in a club or bar when they're not riding their motorcycles!
Nat McLaughlin, Art Director/Set Designer - this concept looks very epic but also very dangerous at the same time...while I wouldn't want to risk being in a train accident inside a volcano, the idea of looking out a window and watching lava bubble and boil while riding in a subway sounds like a very fun attraction!
Don Shank, Set Designer, and self-proclaimed to draw and paint - OH MY GOSH KEVIN!!! Kevin from UP is in this drawing!! I love Kevin! if they were thinking of giving her a cameo at the time the phoenix was going to be the final villain that would've been interesting!
Zaruhi Galstyan, Freelance Character Designer - this is a piece from Jenny's set of pages and all I wanna say is I really love this beautiful character design! she looks like an ancient nature spirit! and now I have to ask: do these creatures exist in the onward-verse?
Dan Scanlon, the creator of all that is Onward! - who better to save for the best for last than our man Dan himself? I love all three of these drawings he made! I really enjoy drawings that visually set the scene and point out where everything is going to go, like actually pointing out with arrows who or what goes where
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[!] blurry vent below cut,, (tw: hypersexuality and ptsd.. will delete later)
theyre going to make me regret saying this.. i miss being a nsfw artist,, i shouldnt considering how much hell was raised,, we were coerced into drawing porn daily by the other introjects in our system,, like 24/7 if they had their way,, looking back its insane
we were in various 18+ communities online,, we studied anatomy always pinning refs and screenshots,, drinking in art tutorials where we could,, we dissected other artists work trying to improve our linework and poses,,
sexuality was our special interest we just wanted to learn everything,, i kinda enjoyed it,, the workshops and tutorials were interesting,, it felt good being kink positive to learn the psychology of why people liked stuff,, and like.. obviously i enjoyed it for the objective purpose people make smut,, but like
i enjoyed those things when i consented to doing them,, before it got intense
davey and i are demisexual we never vibed with our bodys hyperarousal,, in fact its pretty ffucking annoying having to cater to its demand,, idk i guess its because were asexual we could ignore urges.. our system not so much,,
sexuality isnt just a special interest its the systems best coping mechanism,, when shit happens we veer to hypersexuality,, and in 2023 shit just kept happening,, we went from drawing porn a couple times a week to churning out stacks of art,, if a certain community hadnt ffucked us over maybe wed still be doing it.. nah no we wouldnt
we were burnt out every other week,, and the psychological toll of catering to everyone elses sexual appetites didnt help,, thats nothing compared to the "optics" bullshit or the dilemma of being sex positive introjects,, seriously we were ffucking crazy trying to appease hundreds of introjects,, no one agrees on anything and they were SO INCONSISTENT with their boundaries,, we scrapped so much work because one second they wanted kink art and then a literal hour later they changed their ffucking mind,, and they did this for months provoking me to lash out and davey to become emotionally destroyed,, we couldnt trust anyone
it was a new level of ptsd bro i cant even describe how angry i get thinking about what they did to me.. what they did to my husband,, i still cant.. they like.. ruined sexuality for me,, my tolerance is so low now,, i miss drawing dudes boning but i dont know if i can go back,, just knowing i made this post is ffucking me up because i know theyll see it.. i dont want to revive project txr.. i want my hobby back
i miss drawing.. i miss writing too but like thats its own can of ffuckery im not equipped to handle right now,,
theres not enough discussion in the did community about introjects and sexuality.. like we arent our source but some of us are the spitting image we ID that way,, so wanting to draw ourselves indulging in sexual acts.. its.. its just exhausting,, tumblrs not the place for this,, but safe spaces for nsfw artists are scarce right now so.. idk man whatever
at least i can bitch about it idk.. maybe ill make a side blog for suggestive shit?? *sigh* its not ffucking worth it,, one thing will lead to another i just know it,, i ffucking hate being an introject sometimes,, why cant i just be my own guy?? why did the character im aligned with have to be a kid but also an adult whos somehow way goddamn older than our body?? game takes place in the 90s so the hiveswitch crew would be like 40 something by now what the ffuck,, i hate it here
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Ta-Da! List: Monday, January 8th
I have decided to make a “Ta-Da! List” every day! There won’t be TMI.
Don’t know what a “Ta-Da! List” is? To learn more, check out @adhdjesse's book Extra Focus here.
✧ throughout the day: – kept emails manageable by deleting some and unsubscribing from newsletters no longer desired – listened to the 🎃 🖤 Halloween Music 🖤 🎃 playlist on repeat ✧ “Sickness Protocol” has ended, but continued to move between the office and bedroom ✧ in the office: – updated the profile pics of the personal profile and The Titans’ Discord server – added the same information at the top of the BMAC’s January 2024 Artist Shout-Outs Album to the top of the Artist Shout-Outs of 2024 Album – gave a human artist, Vaïarello Loïc, a shout-out by sharing it on the WGS and O&T IGs, created a Featured Image for it, and then shared it to O&T and social media; where the shout-out spread was added as a list to the January 2024 Artist Shout-Outs Album on BMAC; updated the ASO announcement on the O&T & Tumblr SITE MAPs, the Minds “Announcements” post, and the Hive bio, & updated the list of most recent ASOs in the ASO Criteria O&T & Tumblr pages and the ASO Twitch panel – finished up the Tribal Quests in FFXIV and got the Samurai to Lv. 89, did some inventory & Venture management via the Retainers and one leveled up, then sent them on Ventures, and crafted some Tank & DPS food – updated Hive‘s color scheme, and profile & header images – added the WGS Carrd link to the ASO Ko-fi and updated the profile & cover images – updated the name of the MonriaTitans | WGS Ko-fi, added the WGS Carrd, and updated the cover image – updated the name of the ASO Ko-fi and the About section ✧ 18:40 – took an at-home COVID test; still negative ✧ in the bedroom: – alternated between watching “Silent Hill“, listening to “Fly Away” by TheFatRat, feat. Anjulie, and listening to the “🎃 🖤 Halloween Music 🖤 🎃” playlist and reading books – managed the Tags of the O&T blog – rearranged the area of the bedroom the standing desk was in, took a photo, then posted it to the O&T IG, FB Page, and Threads – brightened the border around the Changing “Canva” Feature Image Template – added a border to the WGS and O&T Twitter cover images, updated the profile image of and added the TMA Carrd to the TMA Twitter, then updated the profile image of the O&T Twitter
Well, these are all the updates I had for today! Thank you for reading!
May every decision you make be *in the spirit of fairness* and may the rest of your day *NOT go to $#!7*!
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I posted 3,412 times in 2022
That's 574 more posts than 2021!
146 posts created (4%)
3,266 posts reblogged (96%)
Blogs I reblogged the most:
@cephalopodvictorious
@ardent-ace
@whetstonefires
@angeloftheeasterngate
@doccywhomst
I tagged 1,957 of my posts in 2022
Only 43% of my posts had no tags
#queue - 87 posts
#us politics - 76 posts
#youtube - 65 posts
#oh tumblr - 50 posts
#dracula daily - 40 posts
#vile puns - 29 posts
#critters - 27 posts
#funny - 27 posts
#cats - 22 posts
#other people's art - 22 posts
Longest Tag: 140 characters
#my therapist didn't understand why i was peeved at that 'the good news is the only vaccinated people in the study who died had comorbidities
My Top Posts in 2022:
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1,209 notes - Posted July 31, 2022
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This woman may have a point, although I fear she overestimates the amount of work Elon Musk does vs what he takes credit for.
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See link above for her whole thread, but the parts that jumped out at me:
At first I thought “how terrible, I hate Elon Musk” and then I realized that having to own Twitter is an entirely appropriate punishment for Elon Musk
The world’s richest man would rather be subpoenaed twice a year to testify before Congress about why he used the official @/Twitter account to post 12 Reddit memes calling for the overthrow of the government than just like… having sex in a luxury submarine?
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I considered deleting my account if Elon Musk buys Twitter but honestly that is letting him off easy, we should not leave, we should engage goose mode and keep him as busy as possible dealing with Twitter so he can’t do any of the other bad things he usually does
[Image: screencap from Horrible Goose Game with caption "I think I will cause problems on purpose" /end image]
Like… think about it… if we all make sure that Twitter is as enormous a headache as possible… and his gigantic ego is fully invested in proving he can “fix Twitter…”
We can completely freeze all of his other destructive activities. Goodbye monkey torture hobby!!!
I mean sure he can still just hire people to do the other stuff BUT it is fairly well established with Elon that, once his attention wanders, his projects never move again (see: HyperLoop).
He has the same collection of abandoned craft projects I do, his are just expensive.
Anyway I think maybe the entire cosmic purpose of Twitter all along was to become a massive Elon-distraction device.
He is our Minotaur. We are his labyrinth. All things are processing according to a greater plan.
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The Endurance was trapped in Antarctic ice for about a year and finally sank in November 1915:
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Famously, Ernest Shackleton used a jury-rigged lifeboat to sail over 700 miles to a whaling station, seek help, return and rescue his entire crew, which imo is a greater feat than reaching the South Pole. The ocean currents circling Antartica are some of the stormiest and coldest in the world. How the heck do you cross that in a small open boat without sinking, starving, or freezing to death?
Anyway, I'm impressed that the Endurance looks to be in pretty good shape considering how much it got crushed by pack ice. And it was just discovered yesterday (March 9)!
5,415 notes - Posted March 9, 2022
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19,263 notes - Posted June 10, 2022
My #1 post of 2022
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26,166 notes - Posted June 29, 2022
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Well at least #3 is an actual educational post, which I'm proud to have posted before news media, since I just happened to catch the initial tweet rippling across archaeology twitter.
#2 is educational too, actually: there's a good reason why those early reconstructions of pterosaurs look like flying possums.
Here's the director's cut Endurance/Shackleton post in which I recounted their incredible saga with actual photos from the expedition
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Britney Spears criticized a Catholic church for not letting her marry now-husband Sam Asghari on the spot. In an Instagram post that has since been deleted, the 40-year-old singer shared the image of the church where she initially wanted to celebrate her wedding, but could not due to the covid-19 pandemic. Asghari and Spears married in June at her home in Los Angeles, California, after announcing that she was engaged in September 2021. While Spears did not reveal the name or location of the church in her Instagram post, the photo showed an unidentified couple celebrating their wedding. "This is where I originally wanted to get married during COVID," Spears wrote in the caption. "Wanted to go every Sunday...it's beautiful and they said it's temporarily closed due to COVID!!!!" He claimed that he was unable to have a church ceremony, years later, because it was not fully Catholic. “Then 2 years later when I wanted to get married there they said I had to be Catholic and go through [una] PROOF!!!!,” he continued. "Isn't church supposed to be open to everyone?" In the comments of the "Toxic" singer's post, which has more than 183,000 likes, Spears was applauded for speaking out about her experience. “Britney attacks the church. Iconic," wrote one, while another person said, "Godney has spoken." On the other hand, some of Spears' fans defended the venue, saying many Catholic churches require the couple to practice Catholicism in order to get married there. “Friend, this is DISASTER! To get married in the Catholic Church, yes you have to be Catholic, it's not just some random place,” wrote one. “You have to be Catholic to get married in a Catholic church. It's always been that way," another person agreed. Although the pop star was raised Baptist, she told her followers in a Instagram post from August 2021 already deleted that she was “Catholic” and that she had just “returned from mass”. Last week, Spears shared a post on Instagram to celebrate the two months that have passed since her wedding, which took place on June 9 in front of 60 people.
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