#it's just one of those things

[lefaystrent]

"Grandma, why do you have six arms?"

"All the better to hug you with, my dear."

[not-poignant]

Hi Pia! I hope you’re doing well and the scans went(?) good!

I have a question, or two. For your stories, do you mind if we download them to kindles/ebooks to keep and read? And then if you do, do you have maybe an option on your Patreon or Ream to download them in a format where it’s not double spaced between paragraphs? It’s weird, I’m weird 😅 but for some reason on my phone I don’t mind reading that way and it’s honestly preferable but on the kindle it makes my brain itch. If not, no worries, I’m gonna download anyway if you’re okay with it. I love The Nascent Diplomat and your Jack Frost/Pitch Black too much 😅 and The Wildness Within and UtB but I gotta wait for that too finish… essentially every story I’ve gotten through so far I’ve loved. Anyway, off track, I just didn’t think it’d hurt to check and ask!

Hi anon,

AO3 allows downloading in nearly all formats to e-reader (I wouldn't post there if I wasn't fine with that! Free to access also means free to enjoy in different formats).

Unfortunately the "weird double spacing" is actually an accessibility necessity (to the point that most of us exit out of fics if they don't have it). Honestly it's just standard Word Processor spacing, it's not even the actual 1.5 or double spacing you can choose on Word itself, it's just internet formatting, like what you see in my response, which makes reading it much easier.

You're welcome to change the formatting to suit your needs! :D

[canongf]

Whenever I try to join the selfship community I find it so hard because it feels that almost Everyone already know each other plus whenever I try to ask people about their ships they are really happy to do so but no one does the same for me, and I also feel like no one cares about my ship compared to the ones that their friends have which makes sense but it’s so demoralizing and at this point I’d rather just celebrate my ships on my own rather because even promo posts don’t work 😔 the community is supposed to be friendly and accepting to others and filled with close bonds that anyone can have but i can’t find the same experience for me :’)

i'm sorry that your experience hasn't been what you hoped it'd be!!!

finding your place can be hard sometimes. it can take a while. it can be disappointing and discouraging. but it won't always be that way!!! you can still find your place!!!

even if it feels like everyone already knows each other, they can still know you too.

something that can be helpful is to start sorta small. it is completely understandable to look at the community as a whole and want support from the community as a whole, but the community is really just a lot of very different people and a lot of very different friends! and because everyone's so different, it can end up being a wide search. so try to start small! start with one friend!

"but liv, making one friend isn't working." making friends isn't always a quick and easy thing, and maybe it isn't working right now! but it doesn't mean it'll never work! sending asks about ships is a great way to start, you're doing great! and i know it sucks when you show interest and that interest isn't returned, and i know it makes you not want to ever do it again. but sometimes it's really, really worth it. sometimes you just gotta keep trying.

sometimes it takes several asks or interactions from someone for me to realize "oh! hey! i like them and want to talk to them!" and it's not because i don't care, it's just because sometimes i'm in my head and it doesn't occur to me! sometimes people have stuff goin' on and they don't think about it. sometimes people forget, sometimes people are overwhelmed, sometimes people are scared. but i know that you're not alone in this feeling, i know there are people that feel like they're on the outside looking in too. so i know that there are people you will connect with when you find each other.

and then! when you start small! it can be easier to make another friend, and another friend, and another friend. you'll get to know them and they'll get to know you. you'll talk about ships. and slowly but surely you'll be able to find your own little circle in the self shipping circle.

be patient with yourself. it's okay to get upset, it's okay to feel disappointed and discouraged, it's okay to feel lonely. it's not a failure on anybody's part and it doesn't mean you're unwanted. it happens sometimes. it's okay if you need to take breaks. and while you're finding your place, try not to lose the reason you fell in love with self shipping in the first place. there is nothing wrong with wanting a community, wanting friends, wanting validation, just try not to let the search for it take away all your happiness!!!

[pretend-im-not-there]

Scooby-Doo ranting?

Scooby-Doo ranting.

I've never found the "Shaggy is a stoner" headcanon all that great, really. I mean, it's pretty easy to cut off.

"He's paranoid." No, he's a coward. His dog is a coward. And his best friends are all ghost hunters.

"He always has the munchies." Do you see how he runs? Carb loading is the least of what the boy learned in track. And when the smallest ghost story could get your friends driving straight to one of your fears? You gotta be ready to load at any time.

"*gif of smoke coming out of the mystery machine, you know the one*" You're recycling a joke from Adult Swim's Harvy Birdman Attorney at Law. In the actual series, the gang comes across cases in 3 ways. 1: A friend comes to them about some issue, 2: The gang hears of some ghost story and goes to check it out (Detectives and ghost hunters), and 3, where the images come from: The van breaks and the gang have to stay the night at some place and get pulled into shenanigans.

Also, it's obvious Shaggy doesn't smoke anything. Again, you seen how he runs? He ain't messing up his lungs and cutting into his stamina. Especially when his friends could pull him into a ghost hunt at the drop of a hat.

[swan2swan]

Whoever conceived and animated this moment, I hope they're doing well and thriving. This is S-rank romance stuff here.

[butchfalin]

the funniest meltdown ive ever had was in college when i got so overstimulated that i could Not speak, including over text. one of my friends was trying to talk me through it but i was solely using emojis because they were easier than trying to come up with words so he started using primarily emojis as well just to make things feel balanced. this was not the Most effective strategy... until. he tried to ask me "you okay?" but the way he chose to do that was by sending "👉🏼👌🏼❓" and i was so shocked by suddenly being asked if i was dtf that i was like WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?????????? and thus was verbal again

[ahsoka-in-a-hood]

I'm bored of everything we do

[egophiliac]

missed the mark by (looks at calendar) uhhh. hm. but I really wanted to do something for the 5th anniversary! happy five years to these idiots 🎉

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

The math just adds up!

[lizziela]

my dad said that when my crush from the past showed up, I froze... I imagine I was like this:

'cuz I remember that I froze, but I didn't think it was so noticeable...

[eydilily]

gem n joel the strongest duo (family) that you are

and of course. her

[silosbears]

i think alphonse would still experience depersonalization and dysmorphia even after getting his body back

[homeboygirl]

learning that self deprecation isnt cool and just makes the people around you uncomfortable unironically improved my mental health a lot. like if you just stop saying negative shit about yourself you will genuinely like yourself more and other people wont be repulsed by your attitude and you will have more friends. it's true.

[soapbbox]

You know how in TFP Optimus can’t really remember what happened during his time without the matrix. Yeah. The sad version of this what if Optimus met cogless Megatron.

Cont from this, and this

[chloesimaginationthings]

Was dissecting the SOTM trailer and apparently your monty is a mm member comic is now canon

ANOTHER WIN FOR MONTY ENJOYERS!!!

(Original comic)

[egophiliac]

once again, don't think I'm not still obsessing over 7-12

(eventually I will get back to being less scribbly, whoops)