#rather than 9 of 10

[chipper-smol]

Capitalism shure will make you feel guilty about wanting to work on a later schedule than 8 to 5

[whistledownbad]

Let’s normalize not reposting fanart without linking to the original source, hmm?

[redladydeath]

why has no one made a game of life animatic with the hazbin sinners

[bearsinpotatosacks]

Update on my Whumptober thoughts: Not all the prompts will be posted, I have all 31 planned out but I found out that you don't have to post all 31. If a fic is finished, I'll post it but there's some big beasts that I want to write properly instead of rush. Also, I might not even write all 31. I want the completionist title but I don't have the time nor energy to force myself to write all the prompts and I did it last year and it wasn't like life-changing. I like Whumptober because the prompts help my creativity, spark some inspiration (talking about my Delancey Brothers Fic) but the perfectionist in me just beats myself up about not getting enough fics done before October or not writing enough each day to get them finished and then writing fics that all sound the same or the ideas being kind of shitty because I'm forcing them. I want to do my ideas justice rather than mass produce shit I don't like because I feel I need to, it's a constant line I walk between "I want to write something well and that I'm proud of so might be inactive for a while on AO3" and "I want to get this idea out there so need to post a bunch of stuff now"

[callixton]

stealing this from nick bc it seemed useful for motivation. anyway 2/8 sections drafted for ultraviolence chap 2

[arsenicflame]

the way i play with Izzyverse is with every Izzy forming from a branching timeline- that they were all the same at some point, only one thing sent them off on the path to be "someones". some are obvious; Sam, Ed, Jack & Hornigold branch from the mutiny- a split second decision on who to go with, a miss timed hit leaving him in Hornigolds grasp- but the others are less so. how would he become Jackie's, or Ned's, or Anne and Mary's? what happens to make an Izzy Stede's? how do they even meet?

[nebuvoid]

for a couple moments while rewatching 9 i was questioning. is 9 still my favourite ff? theres some aspects that didnt age well or felt incomplete. but when you follow the whole story, see these cute and silly characters suffer and see where certain things are heading, and then you watch the ending sequence with the heart killing combo of vivis letter, zidane and garnets reunion and memories of life, it all feels worth it. no other ff hits me with such raw real feeling as 9 does, not from the ones ive played so far anyway. sure you have the very real environmentalism and grief in 7, and the rebellion against politicized religion in 10, both very real world themes too. but death is the realest thing of it all isnt it. i know it sounds super cheesy but even im capable of being heartfelt sometimes. and that, coupled with the charm and bittersweetness this game exudes, is why 9 is my favourite ff

[zedif-y]

i kind of. hate being such a chronic worrier

[dravidious]

You're more amazing than an integer between 0 and 100

When I made my outline for my latest story I realized "Wait. The protagonist is just angry and miserable for like 75% of the story. This isn't fun. Oh no what do I do???" And then I remembered that the premise involves the protagonist being taken to a palace. With a wide variety of luxurious Things to enjoy. So that just kind of solved itself.

Protip: If your sub's bad mood is bothering you then simply give them a steak that's more expensive than their entire house.

[freebooter4ever]

ok im listening to the doc and wow this dude really needs to move on from the 80s and get a life... BUT also the doc is trying to make it seem like all teens in the 80s 'identified' with these characters? is that true for you guys? i never did. but i also didnt identify with clue*less or even vero*nica mars which was pretty solidly my era. the doc is trying to claim that this hegemony of 'identification' is a good thing and that the multiple options of today is making it harder for teens to relate to each other as a group. but the doc is saying this from the pov of a rich white dude. i would argue that today's much broader representation - watching a korean american girl starring in her own teen girl rom com where she is shown to look past the racism of the 80s movies in order to enjoy sixteen c*andles.... I think that is a million times better than what came before. the definition of who could tell stories in the 80s was so much more narrow, it was absurd. and to all the boys was blatantly critiquing that. it was supposed to be sad that lara jean is forced to endure stereotypes just to get her movie romance fix. it's also notable in that movie that lara jean identified most with books, where you could kind of imagine a main character however you wanted even if technically you knew they didnt look like you.

tldr my question to my other 30 somethings would be if 'br*at pack' was ever a bad thing in your lifetime and if you actually identified with these kids in the movies who seemed to have no direction or care in life beyond their tiny little suburban world. cause that was certainly never me as a teen lol. fascinating to watch and fun to imagine living as but not relatable.

[pinktinselmonstrosity]

awake and showered before the sun is up

[jackredfieldwasmyjacob]

DAY SAVED

[gemini-care-barr]

Also, interesting that green arrow and Black canary aren't on your radar of favorites! Can you indulge as to why? <3

I’ve only listed my top 5 favorites! Those spots and the characters in them are precious, but that doesn’t mean I don’t adore so many characters not listed haha. There’s no particular reason why Ollie and Dinah aren’t on the list, there’s only reasons why the characters I listed are on the list.

Besides, I have way more than 5 favorites and Ollie and Dinah definitely are counted amongst them lol. I think both of them are very cool, admirable, fun, and unique, but I hold them close to my chest and don’t publicly talk about them much for whatever reason (some people can’t get me to shut up about Ollie and Dinah tbh), not even I really know why haha

[asheoninactive]

i need to like . make a post that like properly constructs my opinion on modern vocaloid music but like i swear they dont make music like they used to nowadays and it kind of blows

[aphverse-confessions]

ok i sent the ask about why people maybe use your blog bc they don’t use their own. i’m not the best person to ask about this because genuinely i don’t post anything online at all due to very very severe anxiety. pretty sure it’s not the same for everyone though! there’s plenty of reasons someone wouldn’t post on their own, i think ?? or it could even be a case of “i don’t get enough interaction on my own account so i’m going to use someone else for that reach”. i’m not quite sure what goes through peoples minds tbh

I actually hadn't considered anxiety preventing ppl from posting on their own blogs. I can understand where that comes from and I do wish there was a middle ground here, but I'm firm in my stance that this is a confession blog and not for nonconfessional posts. There is a headcanon account that would likely be more helpful and relevent to some of the posts I deem nonconfessions, or you could submit anon opinions/questions to other people's blogs. I'm sure they would love the interaction!

And that's kinda what this boils down to for me. As you pointed out, people may choose to send asks here rather than making their own posts because they don't get engagement on their personal accounts. I worry in letting them do this I am discouraging people from going through fandom tags and following other accounts. It is my fear that people not engaging with other blogs is because it is easier to engage with this one.

[forourtomorrows]

growing up is getting money and wanting to spend it on the sims medieval because little you tried to download it (in very legal ways) so badly but never managed to. quite a shame that i don’t have any time to spare on games huh