#or at least some chapter covers

[thenotsofantasticlifestory]

Your Honor, I love them

[six-of-cringe]

So the "Jesper is Wylan's sugar baby" jokes don't bother me TOO badly, but they irk me slightly because they're pretty much based on the fact that no one knows what an allowance is beyond the context of "spending money a parent gives to their child". An allowance in business is an amount of money given to someone for a specific business-related expense, so the "allowance" mentioned at the end of CK is just the amount of money they budgeted to put into the stock market, which Jesper is in charge of. Because you know, he's smart and also Wylan's business partner, not his incompetent pet. Ok maybe the jokes bother me some

[lesbiankordian]

Why did Dazai put his hand on Chuuya's forearm?

(ID in alt)

because when someone's choking you, you grab their WRIST, to put the pressure from your throat, not their forearm. (wise words from this video. i actually did research for that. what's more is that at first Dazai did put his hand on Chuuya's wrist but changed it a panel later. he could've put it lower on the glove but he didn't do that and instead had it on his forearm until Chuuya punched him. also idc if he's not really choking Dazai bc even so for sb who hates pain this cannot be comfortable. also Chuuya why are you doing that if you don't wanna actually hurt him huh?).

and the way Dazai's touch can't even be called a grab bc it's so light... this man really just wanted to touch Chuuya's skin - otherwise he'd have gone for his wrist (which is gloved)...

(ID in alt)

and an additional thing that's probably me overanalyzing but oh well:

i know that in the 2nd pic, after their fight with Lovecraft, the touch was needed, but it's interesting how Dazai touches Chuuya at the very same place that he did in the PM's basements. let's say that's where he would touch him while nullifiying corruption most times. soo imagine that the Dazai from the PM prison scene touched Chuuya there - so lightly, as if checking if he can still do it - as a way of asking Chuuya if he still trusted him with corruption and their partnership. that touch holds memories of so many of the double black's battles and, most importantly, of the trust that used to be - and maybe still is, that's what Dazai's checking (and what will be confirmed during the fight with Lovecraft) - between them.

[nights-at-crystarium]

Their eccentric nature seeps into their body language as well.

[todayisafridaynight]

they could not have chosen ANY MORE different games to make this point

[jmflowers]

Sometimes, Maya is incapable of saying no to their daughter.

[luuxxart]

hitoshi art from recently bc I will probably not finish chapter 5/6 before September <3

[first one is for this playlist]

[fromtheseventhhell]

The more I think about it, the more I believe that Arya has to have one of the highest chapter counts in TWOW

[darkpoisonouslove]

I just realized I have created two very interesting side characters... And I can't talk about them yet because it's spoilers. Not only that but I now want to explore them more in the story, which is just me asking for trouble. I don't need any more chapters but the antagonistic relationship between these two is actually comparable to the problems between Griffin and Valtor on a certain level so now I do feel compelled to at least think more in-depth about them.

[darabeatha]

/ I say I do not like lb6 yet I have 4 characters that appear in it as muses

[kinaesthetiqueer]

fascinating! nora and jaune both have six chapters, ren has seven. however, i know there's at least a couple of his that are pretty short. the real test would be to check the word counts which, unless i can do word count by heading, i am not doing.

[diedraechin]

So I lied........

........... but I didn't mean to!

The secret behind the secret insta name isn't in the next chapter.

I realized I have to cut Yuuri's Japan trip in two. I didn't want to, but it needs to be done. There is a lot in this chapter, and I really think that splitting it into two chapters is probably the wiser course of action.

So instead of next chapter, it's going to be the beginning of the chapter after that. On the other hand, Io will be getting the next two chapters at the same time because I realised this after I went through and fixed the stuff that needed to be fixed.

I might be insane enough to post a 25k word chapter, but pushing 30k was killing me. So it's 12k and 17k ish each.

(still can't reply on tumblr, but I still love reading the replies... I'm resubmitting tomorrow afternoon if I haven't heard anything because it's possible I put in the support request to the wrong spot.)

[orcelito]

the thing is chapter 4 of Sentido was gonna be the hardest chapter to write anyways. my life goin kinda tits up just has not helped with that

[littleeyesofpallas]

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

comic RiSky(リスキー)

INFLU-en-SA.[インフル怨サー。]: "INFLUENZA"(grudge)

Shintaikaizou RECIPE[身体改造レシピ]: Body Modification RECIPE

DEATH CAPE[デスケイプ！]

Dokuoya-Kaigo[毒親介護] ToxicParent ElderlyCare

Fukushuu CHANNEL URAMIN[復讐チャンネル ウラミン]: Revenge CHANNEL

Kedamono-tachi no Shikan[けだものたちの時間]: The Hour of Beasts

Musume, haishinshimasu[娘、配信します。]: Daughter, (internet)Streaming

Yuuhei Shojo[幽閉少女] Confinement Girl

Aoi Zameta Senritsu[蒼ざめた旋律]: Pale Blue Melody

Kongai SEX [婚外セックス] Extramarital SEX

Dokohe…[何処へ…]: Where (are you going)…

Modoi no Mori[惑いの森]: Forest of Delusion

Koseki no Nai-ko[戸籍のない子] Family Register's Nonexistant-Child

INFLU-en-SA.[インフル怨サー。]: "INFLUENZA"(grudge)

Midare Karakuri[乱れからくり]: Disorder Mechanism

Shura no Sumika[修羅の棲家]: Asura's House

Shirahana no Mai[白花の舞] Dance of the White Flower

POWA-HARA de "Utsu" ni Narimoshita[パワハラで“うつ”になりました]: Power-Harassment made me "Depressed"

Korosu Shoujo no Riyuu[殺す少女の理由] The Motive(s) of Murder Girl

YAMI Kawasaki[ヤミ川崎]: Dark Kawasaki

Tokutei Han[特定犯]: A Specific Criminal

Kusuburu Shitto[くすぶる嫉妬]: Smouldering Envy

MORA-HARA Otto wa SNS Chuudoku[モラハラ夫は sns 中毒]: Moral-Harassment Husband has a SocialNetworkService Addiction

Furueru Me[震える眼]: Trembling Eyes

UraAKA ni Korochireru[裏アカに殺される]: Killed from an Anonymous Account

Kawaii ATASHI no Kasegikata[かわいいアタシの稼ぎ方]: Cute Me(fem)'s way of Earning

PERSIA Neko o Kau Onna[ペルシャ猫を飼う女]: Persian Cat keeping Woman

PART Murahachibu[パート村八分]: Part Ostracism

NON DRAMA[ノン・ドラマ]

Minato-ku Kounan TOWER-MAN(SION) 35kai[港区港南タワマン35階]: Minato-Ward HighRise Condo 35F

[aroaessidhe]

2023 reads // twitter thread      

The Name Bearer

Queer Latinx YA fantasy

a girl destined to bring the newborn king’s name from the flowers of prophecy to them, is instead told she must wait 10 years to find the new true king, and is taken to train in hiding with a group of warrior women

found family, start of series

[niennanir]

Listen to your elders

So last week I posted abut the importance of downloading your fic. And then three days later AO3 went down for 24 hours. No one was more weirded out by this than I was. But while y’all were acting like the library at Alexandria was on fire I was reading my download fic and editing chapter eight of Buck, Rogers, and the 21st Century. And also thinking about what I could do to be helpful when the crisis was actually over.

So first off, I’m going to repeat that if you’re going to bookmark a fic, you really need to also download the fic and back it up in a safe place. I just do it automatically now and it’s a good habit to get into.

But let’s talk about some other scenarios. Last October I lost power for over a week after hurricane Ian. Apart from not having internet or A/C I did find plenty to do, I collect books so I had plenty to read, but maybe, unlike me, your favorite comfort reads aren’t sitting on a bookshelf. So let’s do something about that, shall we?

In olden times many long years ago around 1995 we printed off a lot of fic. It was mostly SOP to print a fic you planned to reread and stick it in a three ring binder. And that’s totally valid today too, but you can also make a very nice paperback with a minimum amount of skill and materials.

Let’s start with the download; Go to Ao3 and select your fic, we’ll be working with one of mine. This method works best with one shots, long fic tends to need a more complicated approach. Get yourself an HTML download

Open up the HTML download and select all then copy paste into any word processor. Set the page to landscape and two columns, then change the font to something you find easy to read, this is your book, no judgement. This is all you have to do for layout but I like to play a little bit. I move all the meta, summary, notes to the end and pick out a fun font for the title: 

No time like the present to do a quick proofread. Congratulations, you’ve just created your first typeset. On to the fun part.

Now you’re going to need some materials:  8.5x11in paper ruler one sheet of 12x12 medium card stock (60-80lb) scissors pencil pen or fine tip marker sheet of wax paper white glue two binder clips 2 heavy books or 1 brick butter knife

You’ll also need a printer, if you’re in the US there is almost a 100% chance your local library has a printer you can use if you don’t have your own. None of these materials are expensive and you can literally use cheap copy paper and Elmers glue.

Print your text block, one page per side. Fold the first page in half so that the blank side is inside and the printed side out:

use the butter knife to crease the edge. Repeat on all the sheets. When you’ve finished, stack them up with the raw edge on the left and the folded edge on the right. I used standard copy paper, because you’re only printing on one side there’s no bleed to worry about. Take the text block and line everything up. Use the binder clips to hold the raw edge in place.

Wrap the text block in the wax paper so that the raw edge and binder clips are facing out. I’m going to use my home built book press but you don’t need one, a brick or a couple of books or anything else heavy will work fine.

Once the text block is anchored down, take off he binder clips and get out the glue.

You can use a brush but you don’t need one, smear some glue on that raw edge.

Go make a margarita, watch The Mandalorian, call your mother. Don’t come back for at least an hour

In an hour smear some more glue on there and shift your brick forward so that the whole book is covered. This keeps the paper from warping. While glue part 2 is drying we’ll do the cover. Get out your 12x12 cardstock

Mark the cardstock off at 8.5 inches and cut it. Measure in 5.5 inches from the left and put in a score line with the butter knife (the back edge not the sharp edge)

Carefully fold the score line, this is your front cover. You have some options for the cover title, you can use a cutting machine like a cricut if you have one, you can print out a title on the computer and use carbon paper to transfer the text to the cardstock. I was in a mood so I just freehanded that beoch. Pencil first then in pen.

Take your text block out from under your brick. Line it up against the score mark and mark the second score on the other side of the spine

Fold the score and glue the textblock into the cover at the spine. Once the glue dries up mark the back cover with the pencil and then trim the back cover to fit with your scissors.

Voila:

I’m going to put this baby on the shelf next to the Silmarillion.

The whole process, not counting drying time, took less than an hour.

If you want to make a book of a longer fic, I recommend Renegade Publishing, they have a ton of resources for fan-binders.