#sort of personal

[kimmiessimmies]

A year ago today...

I came back to Tumblr, after nearly five years away. Coincidentally, one day after my 10 year Tumblrversary. I wrote a loooooong post, which I was originally planning on reblogging today, but I figured that might cause confusion, so instead I'll link to it at the end of this one. Because people, I'm going to write a review the year post! 🎉 Why? Because I love looking back and of course everyone is *very* interested in my review of my year! 😌

Today I'm here to point and laugh at the me from a year ago! 😄 Because she wrote, about the story posts that would be shared, there would be "more text, less pictures". HAHAHA! 🤣 Let’s recap a few of the recent updates, shall we? Consequences: 207 pictures. Dateless (Part 2): 267 pictures. Now or Never, considered short: 156 pictures.

But the biggest joke me-from-last-year made was that she said she'd stick to her "no poses policy". I can only shake my head in sympathy for that girl. She had no idea about the rabbithole she was about to go down. 😄

It's been a great year, storywise. The first story chapter I shared showed James meeting Leona on the rooftop of The Factory, the Honeycomb Hills nightclub. At first I only linked to my WordPress, later I brought the story to Tumblr in full. It then gained a title and brought me many new followers. I can't even tell you how much I appreciate the love. During the past 12 months I wrote 36 chapters (that's including minis/extras) and renovated most of Honeycomb Valley. How I got anything else done is a wonder! 😄

Even though this past year was tough for me personally, A Taste of Honey and new connections and even true friendships made on here have made it so much brighter. ❤️

The plans I had for my characters and my story have been doing somersaults and backflips and changed at least four times during the past year. They might continue to do so, but I'm happy with the direction in which we're headed now and the look of the current timeline. There's much more to come!

The original post from 28 March 2023 is here, in case you also want to laugh at me-from-a-year-ago and how clueless she was. 😉

I leave you with this very fitting drawing my four year old daughter made today.

[jerzwriter]

Which of your MCs is most like you?

Hey Nonny,

What a great question! Honestly, none of them are self-inserts, but each has parts of me. The character I think is most like me, isn't an MC at all.

Casey is probably the most like me - she's quirky, and though she's serious, she's also like a big kid. She tries to see the best in things, even when it's not easy. She hates injustice and really roots for the underdog at all times. But we also have a lot of differences. I wish I had her drive, although I do when it's for something I really love, it's hard for me to stay disciplined for things I don't really love.

Kaycee is a more subdued version of Casey, and I'm not very subdued lol So I'm less like her, but since she shares many characteristics with Casey, we still have similarities.

Zoe is so damn badass, I'm not her. lol The only thing I think I have on common with her is that life has thrown a lot of really hard shit my way and I always try to find the silver lining to keep going except for when my depression kicks my ass so badly that I can't and that happens. Also, Zoe is extremely loyal and does not give up on people she loves, even when most people would. That's also me, but I've done the last to a fault so I've learned to dial that back.

The character I'm most like? Tobias. I'm outgoing, I like to make people laugh, I'm quick with banter, and many people think I'm flirting when I'm not just because I'm trying to be friendly. I'm kind of pre-Casey Tobias in so far as I have no desire to settle down and I'm happy being that way - but I also know that if I met my Casey I'd turn that around on a dime, because I know me. lol Also, when I'm all in, I'm all in, no regrets, just like him. So, there you have it.

Thanks for the cool ask!

[mirime-kisarrastine]

There’s something incredibly funny about a smut fic having 69 kudos.

[dirt-mccracken]

As much as I want to be a wholly joyous about the fact that Henry Kissinger is finally fucking dead, as he deserves... There's a lot of me that can't help being upset with. With the fact that he lived to 100 years old. He got better medical care, better housing, and a better, more stable life for those 100 years than billions on this planet ever going to see and he did it specifically through exploitation, state sanctioned murder, and lies. He lived to 100 years comfortably on a legacy of violence that rarely threatened his personal comfort. I want to be joyous that he's finally dead, because the world IS better with him dead, but the reality is he won a long time ago.

[dougielombax]

I wonder what the largest shellfish is?

Edit: Okay this post is getting a LOT of traction. What is going on?

Edit: Fucking hell.

This post has set off a fucking MINEFIELD!!!

What have I DONE????!!!!!

I’ve lit the blue touch paper and found there’s nowhere to run to!

I’ve summoned a wolf only to unleash a tiger!!!!! Made of fire! And nails.

Probably….

Idk.

Edit 2: 5,000 Notes! Good god! What the HELL do you want from me. I’ve never had a post of mine take off like this until now.

Some got close like the one about homeowner associations (fucking powertripping middle aged mediocrities!) which got at least 1.5k notes but this is the most I’ve gotten on a single post so far.

Anyway.

AND this post has officially gone to hell. (6,666 notes)

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WHO THE HELL TURNED OFF THE REPLY THREAD FOR THE REBLOGS?!

Okay never mind it’s back. For now at least.

Anyway.

[elodieunderglass]

changes and trends in horror-genre films are linked to the anxieties of the culture in its time and place. Vampires are the manifestation of grappling with sexuality; aliens, of foreign influence. Horror from the Cold War is about apathy and annihilation; classic Japanese horror is characterised by “nature’s revenge”; psychological horror plays with anxieties that absorbed its audience, like pregnancy/abortion, mental illness, femininity. Some horror presses on the bruise of being trapped in a situation with upsetting tasks to complete, especially ones that compromise you as a person - reflecting the horrors and anxieties of capitalism etc etc etc. Cosmic horror is slightly out of fashion because our culture is more comfortable with, even wistful for, “the unknown.” Monster horror now has to be aware of itself, as a contingent of people now live in the freedom and comfort of saying “I would willingly, gladly, even preferentially fuck that monster.” But I don’t know much about films or genres: that ground has been covered by cleverer people.

I don’t actually like horror or movies. What interests me at the moment is how horror of the 2020s has an element of perception and paying attention.

Multiple movies in one year discussed monsters that killed you if you perceived them. There are monsters you can’t look at; monsters that kill you instantly if you get their attention. Monsters where you have to be silent, look down, hold still: pray that they pass over you. M Zombies have changed from a hand-waved virus that covers extras in splashy gore, to insidious spores. A disaster film is called Don’t Look Up, a horror film is called Nope. Even trashy nun horror sets up strange premises of keeping your eyes fixed on something as the devil GETS you.

No idea if this is anything. (I haven’t seen any of these things because, unfortunately, I hate them.) Someone who understands better than me could say something clever here, and I hope they do.

But the thing I’m thinking about is what this will look like to the future, as the Victorian sex vampires and Cold War anxieties look to us. I think they’ll have a little sympathy, but they probably won’t. You poor little prey animals, the kids will say, you were awfully afraid of facing up to things, weren’t you?

[goldensunset]

did you know? if you do your laundry you can get your clothes back

[uncanny-tranny]

Fat people deserve mobility aids, too. No matter if it's connected to their fatness or not, because having a mobility issue that is connected to one's fatness won't change that they're still fat and still have the issue at hand. Fat people don't deserve to "tough it out" because fatness should be this divine punishment doled out to those who "deserve" it. Fat disabled people deserve to have the peace of mind that they can exist in whatever way is most comfortable and accessible to them

[joshuamj]

The Magnus Protocol 1 - First Shift

[odekirk]

are you insane

[skellydun]

who wants to lay on top of me like a weighted blanket and fix me

[bixels]

The Piedra sisters.

Born and raised in a small mining town in New Mexico. Calida and María Molina have stayed behind to support their parents while Rosita and Madelina have gone off to pursue their dreams. Madelina recently obtained her Ph.D. in geology from Las Cruces College. Rosita works as a baking apprentice and entertainer in Ponyville, Nebraska. Madelina is the eldest, Calida the middle child, and Rosita and María Molina (non-identical) twins.

[mirime-kisarrastine]

Why am I so mean to Anthony in my fics?

[tiresomespaceplant]

thinks about martin blackwood for the 1892938th time

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

anyone else have multiple traumatic memories associated specifically with holidays/family vacations? because that is a topic I never see discussed in all the So You Had A Shitty Childhood, Now What? self-help books i've been reading. but for me, it was a significant thing. and the more i think about it the more it seems like this would be an (unfortunately) common experience. would be grateful to hear if this matches other peoples' experiences...

[metal-mouse]

Ascending because they added skin details in the newest sims pack that are remarkably similar to Ominis’ beauty marks. I guess I’m making a spellcaster family 🙃