#rl-updates

[kurios-development-hell]

Still alive, still jobless and living through hell, but I'm hanging there, not sure for how long. This Darkner will keep pressing onwards even if he needs to work as cleaner of decks on a sinking ship.

My commissions are open ad infinitum for anyone else interested into sending some kromer in my general direction and receive a goodie back ➡ Commission List

As for other things, I've been advancing the coding of the visual-novel in Python. It works. It only needs that I start to add my art and my stories. Time is not being a good mistress, I can barely have some for my things, as I keep doing stuff for everyone else and not for myself because I'm an indentured serf right now.

I've been considering turning this blog into a more "generic" blog for things related to my art, and move my blog project to a community, where I can post my brainstorming, half-baked sketches and ideas for the plot. I called it "Delta-Gambit Waiting Room", because I know the wait is going to be very long until I manage to find some stabilization in my life so that I can put more focus on my project (and finish the 3D things I've pending). I'll keep posting finished things on this blog though, but the rest of the dev-log would be moved to the community blog.

And for other RL related stuff, if you are curious just click below for the long form. For anything else, this is the short update about the status of the Deltarune AU: still working on it, but not as much as I wish I could (and I shall not stop because it's my life's passion to finally publish this AU for all and sundry to enjoy).

See you next year, with any luck. As long as I can get water for me and milk for Spamton, I think I'll be able to survive the turning of the year 👋

Edit: I forgot to add, I'm preparing the channel of YouTube that will contain the animated shorts based on your interactions with my characters through Tumblr, and to upload prototypes of the AU's story. With that format I aim to usher people into meeting the characters and to get them to know them better. Until I can upload the first video I'm still creating, I'll not disclose the link to the channel. I know it's hard to wait for content to land but I'm doing my utmost to find some time to advance everything into the right direction. Le patience.

I've been in paperwork hell for a month. Signed for food assistance during the last week of November, and after 3 weeks going back and forth trying to gather all the papers that assures the townhall that I don't get enough money to pay the bills and buy food and water at the same time, I'm still in the "waiting" part, if the townhall is going to call me to say yes or nay to my plea for assistance to get food, I'm not sure if it will be before the end of the year...

On the other side, gathered the same papers to get food from a local charity group who might give me food and water in a more readily manner than waiting for the townhall to start giving me scrips to exchange for the same products at a supermarket. I've hopes this group will help more swiftly. I'll be heading tomorrow with the papers towards the pantry they have in town.

I'm also scrambling to get a local job, anything, I don't mind if I work on the fields, farms, cashier, whatever. Apparently my online certificates has 0 value locally, and I need to pay for courses to get local certificates to get local jobs. My most urgent ones are to get certified in English and get Food Handler license too (as most of the jobs I was offered up so far required this essential). I don't have money to renovate my driving license (nor a single vehicle to my name since I needed to sell my car), and I'm going to apply for some scholarships around May (with any hopes).

This means that the "paradise" of going full freelancer online is a paradise no more. After so many years, one finally understands that AI took over most of the gigs we were in charge to keep, and we can't get into a 4th month without a job waiting for a company to have mercy of us humans.

So, life not being any lenient with me. Once the tap is closed, no more water will run and you need to look somewhere else. The only problem is that getting the certificates will not be cheap, and it will take long as for English for example is like 6 months per course (mostly I'm aiming to become a chamberlain in a hotel or a bellboy at least and English is requirement), but at least Food Handler is something that can be acquired within the day, but I still need confirmation for a few things from my local employment agency before even applying for it, which sucks because time is not running in my favour.

Currently I'm living with a person that is here just to make sure I don't end homeless. Nothing else, is very bad company, taking advantage of my precarious situation to post herself as my owner. Living with a narcissistic person that regards you as a failure and treats you like a servant, is making this indentured hell a far worse inferno. The roasting is daily, she mocks my genre dysphoria and the stress is so unbearable I got sick a few times (mostly problems with my brain not working and inducing me some manner of seizure that disabled me from laying down horizontally for 4 days -- needed to sleep in a sit'd position for 2 days). Is not a good life, but I need to endure through this opprobrium to avoid being tossed to the dumpster.

I keep praying for better times. This year had good highlights, but most of the year were just foreshadowing that I was going to become stranded and kromerless. That my computer started to break apart at the most untimely moment also seemed like salt added to the wound of the foreshadowing. I'm still GPU-less, and drawing with the Motorola phone as better as I can to keep up with the 2D commissions, but overall, still not the best source of income (and I'm not sure if it is because I'm not popular enough to get customers, or really my art style sucks too much to be worth half a kromer).

That's another reason I want to upload my other generic art to this blog, just to demonstrate that I can art. It does sound like the words of a desperate salesman, doesn't it? At this rate I should not be above drawing smut, if that will get me more customers but... really, not my cup of tea, but if I must, why not. Beggars can't be choosers, right?

Thanks for reading to the bottom. Until then, see you next post (I'll try to make sure that there is another post). It's possible that I'll be more active at the community for stuff related to the AU. You are welcome to take a gander there if you want, and I apologize in advance for the trickle of content from my part.

[muffinlance]

Wait, what’s going on with Embers???? That fic has been on my read later list since 2021, what’s happened with it???

Brief overview, then I'm likely never touching this topic again, because this is not a Drama Blog:

Context: Embers is a super old AtLA fic that was written during the early fandom days, read widely at the time, and was the origin of the widely-used fanon name of "Wani" for Zuko's ship (kind of by default that it was one of the first popular fics to give his ship a name, I think?), even though most fic writers don't seem to realize it's from there anymore.

"What's Going On": I used to include a link in all my stories to it, because I believe in crediting other writers for borrowed elements, and I was using "Wani" in all my fics. But BOY did I not want to be sending readers that way anymore, so I've adopted a new name for Zuko's ship, and removed all Embers links.

None of the criticisms about Embers itself are new; I'm assuming they date back to when the fic was being written, because this isn't an "it aged badly" thing, this is an "actually yeah this gets worse the longer you think about it and I shouldn't have ignored my bad feelings just because some of the worldbuilding was interesting" thing.

An Incomplete List of Why I Made the Change:

I don't actually like the story that much anymore, and don't want to rec it

I tried to re-read it recently to see if some things were as bad as I remembered and it turns out they were So Much Worse Oh Yikes. More specifically, the treatment of Katara and Aang and their respective cultures has... rather a lot going on. One example: The Fire Nation and Air Nomads are both given multiple backstory elements in an attempt to make the average Fire Nation soldier's participation in the genocide/war in large part the fault of the Avatar and the Air Nomads themselves, and also fully justified from the Fire Nation perspective. And I do mean fully. One of its core tenants is "People from the Fire Nation (and only people from the Fire Nation) who don't follow orders Literally Die, therefore murdering pacifists and babies and continuing the war (and their regularly scheduled war crimes) is the only thing it is physically possible for them to do". I cannot emphasize enough how literal that is.

Also the name "Wani" means "Alligator" and is... objectively a pretty lame name for Zuko's ship? Where's the personality, where's the deeper meaning, where's the resonance with Zuko's themes? @tuktukpodfics initially thought I was calling the ship "Wanyi", and that's what I've switched to, because it is Objectively So Much Better. In their words: “Wàny�� (萬一): Literally ‘one in ten thousand,’ ‘perchance.’ Used grammatically in Chinese to mean ‘what if’ or ‘just in case.’ I think a ship called ‘The Perchance’ is perfect for a boy clinging to false hope.”

TL:DR; I don't rec Embers anymore, because I don't actually like the story anymore, and there are things about it that get worse the more I think on them. I've removed links to it and renamed Zuko's ship to "Wanyi" ("The Perchance") because our boy deserves a ship name that reflects his character arc.

[deitiesofduat]

Swings by with another stray tumblr update! Something I finished months ago in May -- this art of Bastet was meant to be something 'quick' (lol--) to practice the style I used for my Artfight 2024 Attacks. But I also drew it because the kitty goddess had been overdue for more up-to-date artwork to use for her profiles.

I’m currently more active on my Bluesky account, and updating the project site gradually. In fact, I’ve just finished archiving the first 100 askbox responses there, with more on the way for those feeling nostalgic. Otherwise, I’ll continue to update the project blog on tumblr when I can, thank you all for sticking around!

DEITIES Website: deitiesofduat.com

Bastet’s Profile: deitiesofduat.com/portfolio/bastet

UPDATE JAN ‘25: Adding a lil’ bonus, from when I ran my art raffle on Bluesky:

[kylo-wrecked]

— @kinomorebi

~well, here i am. returned(ish). from hiatus to semi-hiatus.

i'm holding and bridling my (war) horses. change is coming, and then more change. that said, i am itching to get back to threads.

but! i'll have to lay a few ground rules:

I. i will be prioritizing threads by what inspires. II. slowly sticking my feelers out for new rp buds. SLOWLY 📢 III. with about four exceptions, i will not take on more than two long-term threads per partner. (i've been v laissez-faire w this rule, and now i must plant my lil flag in the ground and declare this the land of "No.")

other stuff:

murder!kylo is off the menu until further notice. i will only write ex-con!ben with @brooklynislandgirl, @ifyoucatchacriminal / @big-d-little-i-big-n-little-ozzo, @kinomorebi, @southern-belle-outcasts and… until further notice. i will only write dark!ren with @nightmarefuele, @silverjetsystm, @valkxrie, and a few others who've expressed interest until further notice. my inbox is closed.

that's all for now. ❤️

updated: 19/4/25 / note: will add more muns to my only write w list

[moonwoodhollow]

some shots from the past days (mostly):

autumn doughnuts + some Dragon Age Inquisition gaming with my gf // our cat got a treats game and loves it // autumn get-together with the neighbours //60s interior of the cafeteria of a major newspaper - an acquaintance does an internship there and kindly sent me a photo because I told her I wanted to recreate it in the Sims.

[bassicallymaestra]

Serena Kosmos reference sheet with her cat Luna 💖

[yuesya]

Update!

New chapter for zenith of stars is up!

Chapter 72 (update #77) has been posted.

FFN | AO3 | SB

[yuan134]

I am thinking of making ikepri, ikesen or ikevil doujinshi 🤔 , especially the 'key moment' of the chapter that would be interesting...

I plan to start with Kenshin maybe? SINCE I LOVE HIM BUT WHY I NEVER DRAW HIM?! 😵‍💫😩

Also I received a NOVEL COVER COMMISSION n the novel will be published at the store! I AM SO EXCITED! 😍😍

[kurios-development-hell]

More RL updates

I managed to find an old cable to plug the main screen to the integrated graphics card which had an older port. It works fine, enough to allow me to keep using my most used software and normal internet navigation. Not enough for heavy duty graphic power like running Unity 3D or VRCHAT to test out the 3D avatars I make to get some extra kromer to afford a new tablet.

I'm going to change the goal on my Ko-Fi to adjust it to fund the new GPU. Without GPU I can forfeit any use of a new tablet because it needs to be plugged to a GPU to work. My Ko-Fi is here if interested into helping me getting the GPU faster https://ko-fi.com/spwatchton

For anything else, I'll see if I can finally upload something about the project, that has been delayed since this past 21st (which was when I had plans to upload it first). I also has the itch of drawing Sears to cheer myself up. This summer has been very cumbersome and again uncertainty looms in the future as we reach September and October (which are the deadlines for the trial).

My mood is down in the slums as certain people who called themselves friends abandoned me just because I refused a gift that I had no need to use, but that the kromer alone would have helped me to solve other more pressing problems instead (and they got angry as a result, for not accepting the imposition of that gift that was useless to me and that I had no right to turn into coin so I got none in the end). It's obvious that no friend would punish you by rescinding the invisible "friendship contract" they had with you, but here is where I am now, short of 2 "friends" while pulling forward with what little I considered my allies. I find it hard to smile while perusing the Spamton artwork of others nowadays. Guess I'm going through some degree of depression... Hope it will pass in time, so that I can recover the spring in my step and draw more.

I wish for you a wonderful September. Some will start their college and school. I know that some others started those during August but here in Europe some countries does this during the first week of September. Hope you have a good return from the summer vacations. It feels so far away in time for me since I had any vacations... Yeah, so many many years ago, when my family was still whole and not driven to the brows into blood feuds. I must go on...

[stupidsexygrizzop]

i have alot of mutual crossover with spn survivors and wbg listeners so. you know that con panel story or whatever where misha came on and did the cas voice Like That so jensen went all macho deep for dean's voice after s4. thats how the michael voice went all gravelly and deep after there was more cowboy competition in the time travel game. to me

[kylo-wrecked]

👋 been a busy time. packing up what i need for my long journeys. leaving for ko lanta later this morning. then i'll be back in NYC for several months. i'll probably have more time to post when i'm settled. cya soon~

[sanska]

Experiencing the spookiness of holding pieces of the oldest named member in your matrilineal line in your hands, surrounded by other generations of that same female line of descent, and realising that none of you share the same surname because women marry out

[jonquilyst]

I was finally added to the teams page on my work's website 😏

I truly feel like running my simblr is keeping my design skills fresh, especially photoshop. I hardly ever used photoshop in my graphic design classes, so without simblr my photoshop skills would def be a lot rustier (and photoshop is more necessary at my job). I guess that's why I enjoy it as a hobby: it allows me to keep designing and make what I wanna make without the limitations of a clients' needs and wants.

Along with using photoshop for screenshot editing, all of the banners I've made (The Runaway, TDS 1 and 2, and the One Life Challenge) were all made entirely from scratch via illustrator

[twetterbirdy]

Danny Phantom username masterlist

Canon:

Danny Fenton- @ spacemandan @ thephantom

Tucker Foley- @ tucksterfol @ hackervoiced

Sam Manson- @ gothandlovingit @ myfriendsrdumb

Jazz Fenton- @ yesilikejazz @ considertherapy

Dani Fenton- @ danitravels @ thephantasm

Jack Fenton- @ fentonworks

Valerie Gray- @ val_gray @ redhuntress

Dash Baxter- @ dashingdash

Star- @ starlightbeauty

OC's:

@ dampenini, @ seadogsday, @ red_olives, @ bassoonprincess, @ aint_afraid, @ jeff_bigj

[temtamtom]

A lil update on my askblog-

I was really excited to start answering asks on my itafam blog as soon as I opened it up, but I had to put it aside almost immediately because of Uni (it isss what it isss). But once I ride through these last few bumps, I'll start working on answers for the blog! I'm very excited :))

[triple-moon-rp]

//Good news we got the results of my mom's x-rays, and nothing is broke! she can still use her hand, and her ability to move it is better than last night.