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🍓, 🪲, and 🧩
🍓 ⇢ how did you get into writing fanfiction?
lmao. I knew I wanted to be an author when I was like eight. discovered rpf was a thing when I was 12. wrote weird gritty aus about real people that were so distant from the real people honestly it was just fuckin' free writing with stolen names and a few references. it haunts me to this day. how else do you get into fanfic.
🪲 ⇢ add 50 words to your current wip and share the paragraph here
which one???? ah ok uhhh
“Little games?” Quackity sneers. “Is that what this fucking is? That’s bullshit. You’re not doing this for fun, alright? You’re doing it because you’re fucking paranoid. That’s your confession?" He laughs, sharp and bitter and painfully aware of the consequences. "Finally you’re gonna admit it, but not all of it. You’re never gonna do that because that means admitting you’re fucking scared.”
🧩 ⇢ what will make you click away from a fanfiction immediately?
I am already so picky about fics at this point I only read shit the mutuals put on my dash and I trust that peer review, but back in the day, um. There's the answer everybody gives, which is first person. And mischaracterization, especially in dialogue. If right out the gate the characters don't sound right, I cannot endure it. ESPECIALLY with c!tommy. don't fuck up my boy :(
#ask games#idk how to tag your url without fucking with my tagging system lmao.#uhh#cyrus crimeboys#sure that works. ty for the ask!#i am on relatively heavy drugs I have no clue if that paragraph I wrote is ok or not lmao I guess I will see later#< post op. not like. recreational.
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Whats 1 piece of advice you'd give to a beginning artist looking to get into drawing big guys/girls etc ? Anything beyond the typical 'practise' or 'run your art by someone you know' like you already said before? sorry if this comes across rude I'm actually just curious and seeking something a lil bit more insightful was wondering if you had something to help me out?
It's totally fine I get you - I guess I have one thing that I see that really makes me uncomfortable that's sorta a moral thing? Take it or leave it, but:
If you look back at your drawings or your writing or whatever and the majority or all of it is just fat people suffering because of their weight or things related to it, maybe zoom out and take a long think about how that comes across.
I don't mean this with malice, nor am I saying you are doing it, anon (obviously I couldn't know or accuse you of that bc you're anonymous, duh) but what I am saying is, I see some artists or authors out there that just depict people... miserable. Just plain old fuckin suffering; and I find that really sad - cause it makes me think does the person see worth in fat people or fatness (or what have you) beyond a "they suffer and i get off to them being ruined and completely beyond saving" context?
It's just a bit icky to me, so I urge anyone getting into the weight gain art sphere to just be conscious of that and be somewhat mindful of how you use fat people in your works. I'm not saying ask every fat person you know if your work offends them or to be scared to draw fat people having any problems at all, by no means that's not what I'm talking about. But I just hate to see people falling down the hole of exclusively depicting fat people suffering. It just feels disrespectful.
Whenever I'm getting up to that point in my art, it's usually coated with a bit of silliness or humour to lighten it up, because I don't want the focus on that particular aspect, y'know?
SO sorry for rambling so much but I just wanted to cover my bases and articulate the best I can without going TOO deep into this because it's such an articulate topic and I don't wanna come across as a preacher being like "fOrcEd PoSiTiViTy wOOo you MUST do this or you're evil" but I hope I've cultivated a following that at least somewhat understands what I'm trying to say. This is all a personal preference I guess but I really do believe it helps to not just focus on the most awful stuff and the morbid parts. Bring some damn joy or silly to the world LOL
TLDR: be mindful about what you're making and be conscious of if you're just depicting suffering and immense struggle. Weight gain can be depicted in a light other than ruination or misery.
#soft5ku11 asks#ty for asking#im not kinkshaming here or at least that is not my intention#dont take this as being too much deeper than what it really is#it's just my thoughts and i can't stop anybody#but if i can inspire just a little more joy in this community i'll be happy#i promise im working on art i just spent ages making sure this doesnt read like a 2017 SJW post LMAO#i AM cooking
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if you would like, a web weaving on changelings?
jean-paul sartre / blue kid / holly black / clarice lispector / @a-story-of-atoms / andrés cerpa / natalie wee / silas denver melvin (x2) / the amazing devil / ada limón
#GAAAAAAH it's finally done this was so fun and such a challenge for me i adored it. ty for the ask!#web weaving#poetry#quotes#compilation#words#changelings#fyi i wasn't sure which angle to go w here... there's so many so i went with a combo of the stealing+becoming / lack of identity / wild sou#did not do anything on names bc i figured that more of a Fae thing... but it could have worked idk#also to the blog i tagged in this: the original post links back to you but i couldn't find it#so if that got mixed up somehow lmk#natalie wee#ada limón#holly black#jean paul sartre#shoutout for silas melvin for being in here twice somehow i didn't even realize until i was doing the credits. unreal. i love#and of course shoutout to that one andres cerpa quote. truly the mvp of my weaves#2 more web weavings Coming Soon fyi#inbox
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are your 'rul' and 'tem' pronouns in reference to any specific thing? or are they just cool-sounding neos :3
We got them from the phrase "plural system"! "Tem" from "system", of course, and "rul" from "plural" but with slightly different spelling so it's clearer how you're meant to pronounce it. We wanted pronouns that specifically referenced our plurality, since that's very important to us, and this is what we came up with.
We're thinking of changing "rul" to something else, though. Maybe "ty", or "col" or "ve" (in reference to "collection"/"collective"), or maybe something else.
#front soup.txt#asks#ty sounds really good but I'd want to make sure people know how it's pronounced so the spelling will probs take some work
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Ooh for Toad Peach AU how did the first meeting go with the officials of the Beanbean Kingdom? Ohh maybe more on Peach and Peasley's becoming friends. Does he help her feel a little more confident in her true form? Gimme all of the dynamics hehe
idk why i thought i dreamed this ask but i forgot you sent it 😭 here ya go!
the beanbean and mushroom kingdoms have an extremely close relationship that’s rather old, and as such the births of both heirs were highly celebrated by both families.
here, peasley is roughly 1 year older than peach, and the betrothal between the two was set up very early so the two do not remember their first meeting as they were infants at the time. but still, they visited peach many times before her debutante.
peach’s parents died in a horrific incident i still haven’t detailed when she was around 3-4, which did result in queen bean reaching out more often as peach grew older to offer additional guidance and support :]
but back to peasley and peach, they were thick as thieves and peasley introduced her to fencing! toadsworth wasn’t a fan at first but eventually relented (whatever endears her to peasley, plus any experience with a weapon could come in handy if the mushroom kingdom were to ever leave the peacful era). she’s quite adept in both forms, but prefers to fence in human form. it isn’t something she practices often in current day but it’s something she treasures the memories of alongside trying his bean pillow and learning about beanbean allies and his travels :]
though, as they got older, the two became more aware of their betrothal and what would follow, but things weren’t clicking so they decided to experiment a little (read: they kissed and neither of them liked it. sad!) but neither have brought up calling anything off as both are quite fine with something contractual if it came down to it (but peach would call it off if peasley asked)
at peach’s debutante, they danced together first as a show of the kingdom relationship, and when the first attack/kidnapping happens, the beanbean kingdom offered aid and refuge (little fungitown)
re: her appearance and peasley—she initially meets the beanbean family in toad form, but as she got older this became rarer as experience (and her self image) became priority. peasley makes sure to praise her toad form’s beauty when he sees it, and when mario does come into the picture is of the firm opinion alongside daisy that he does not deserve her if he doesn’t like her true form. on most days she agrees with him
as for superstar saga, he still arrives to the mushroom kingdom ahead of time and toadette volunteers to take peach’s place instead of birdo (the effect is later undone before peach arrives in the beanbean kingdom)
post superstar saga, the two meet (peach crownless) to discuss their love interests, and their betrothal is officially called off. consequent meetings with the beanbean kingdom are held in her toad form :]
#gari’s asks#nintendo#smb#toad peach au#princess peach#prince peasley#ty key ily 🩵#oh my god i hate tumblr no i did not click on that notification i was working on a draft 😭#for clarification: mario and luigi know about her toad form by superstar saga#i’m not sure if peach ever publicizes their relationship but they are more explicit/open after superstar saga#but overall peasley is a treasured confidant before daisy enters the picture#and i imagine that peasley would give her gifts from other kingdoms since between her preparations and toadsworth she never left the castle#so peach has a healthy love of travel#i feel like peach wouldn’t have wanted to call off the betrothal first and foremost bc of how much she loves queen bean#like she knows that it wouldn’t change but still#also after the debutante and the bowser thing that’s the only thing saving her from a marriage plot working#kind of. you know what i mean#peasley visited a few times after her debutante but he did not meet mario or luigi until superstar saga#(they weren’t isekai’d yet or mario was away or sick)#half wrote this off the seat of my pants but it is mainly based of what i wrote about their relationship in my notes#i did write that she was gonna get married at like. age 23-25 but im still figuring out the timeline so rn superstar saga happens when shes#a lot later than that i think. i don’t want everything to be so compressed but if i want everything to fit in a certain timeline i need#to do some adjustments on timeframe and/or maybe make peach younger when smb happens#peasley and daisy have a lighthearted rivalry 👍🏽
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so it’s totally okay if u don’t wanna answer, but when do you think the next chapter of dragonsong will be out? i know writing block can happen — trust me, i am NO stranger — but an update on what’s going on with the story would be cool! like if life is just too much rn you can just say that and that’s totally fine :) honestly i will wait till the end of time for this fic, it’s too good 😭
hi!! no worries, i appreciate the question ^_^ it's fair too, i don't think ive really mentioned what's going on outside of like. tags on various personal text posts tht u'd have to hunt down. honestly i'm a little shy talking abt it or some of my other og projects on here LMAO which is mostly just. that's how i Am and i know most of my followers that i have now are here for my art and maybe my insane ramblings from time-to-time
anyways, atm i don't really have a clear date for when i'll get the next one out... it's still sitting in my files and i Still have an outline for what i want to happen in it + the next few chapters planned out right till the fic's conclusion. but yeah, planning versus execution is a whole other beast.
i Do want to finish it so much, and i Will... its mostly just various combinations of irl, writer burnout, and i've kind of also just been enjoying getting better at art more these past few months - so i'm doing that in my free time instead of writing x_x. so i guess the state of it rn is temporary hiatus?
i've considered some ways in which it might be easier to say, trick my brain into continuing too LOL. i could try putting out shorter chapters, but i worry if itll upset the flow of all the other chapters that came beforehand... feel free to let me know or any other potential ideas and i'll see what i can do!
#remember at the start when i was doing weekly/biweekly updates tht were like 5k+ each. WHAT WAS WRONG WITH ME#it is Literally halfway finished i just need to kick myself into gear for the rest.... its just. a lot o|-<#ty for the ask though ^_^ im glad people still enjoy my work even if i havent updated in a while.... sniffs#ive already promised that even if i took long breaks ill still come back to finish it and that still holds true so. dw abt that#its just about finding whatll work best for me and my motivation + making sure i dont burn out. if that makes sense#uhmmm i think that about covers everything for now... ty once again ^_^#ask#verwrites#long post#SORRY FOR THE RAMBLING okay we're good now i think
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I was rereading your mattdrai sex pollen fic the other day and kept wondering how all of that would've seemed to Matthew. So if that pov flip sparks, I'd love to get insight into his brain in any scene of it!
It's probably stupid, taking Leon home with him. If Matthew were smarter -- he can practically hear Brady laughing at him, which, fuck off, imaginary Brady -- he would've order the Uber to the hotel where the visiting team always stays, hauled Leon into the elevator and shoved him into his hotel room, and stayed there until Leon texted a trainer. Then, and only then, would Matthew have bailed, and he would've been right to do so.
But something about Leon makes it far too easy for Matthew to make stupid choices. So instead, he's taking Leon home with him.
He feels somewhat better about it when he sees how out of it Leon is, wobbling his way up the path to the front door, fever hot to the touch. Leon's still as hard as he was in the hall on the way to the restaurant bathroom, but Matthew is devoting his considerable focus to getting them inside the house, and not thinking about -- that.
"This is your house," Leon says, sounding childishly bewildered as Matthew struggles with the door.
"I'm not leaving you at some hotel by yourself," Matthew retorts. It's harder to deal with the keys than he thought. Leon's presence, he's sure. He's had months to get over himself, but Leon barely has to say a word for Matthew to relapse. God fucking damn it.
Hauling Leon inside is hard. Not in the way it was a few years ago, both of them grappling for control, slamming into walls and the corners of furniture in an effort to be the one with the upper hand, back when the way they pushed and pulled at each other was half the fun. No, it's hard because Leon is dead weight, hanging off of Matthew like a limpet. There's no ignoring how hard Leon is now -- unnaturally hard, Matthew reminds himself, it's not because Leon wants him, it's because something's really fucking wrong -- or how hot his skin is to the touch. Like no fever Matthew's ever seen.
"Okay," Matthew says, once he's deposited Leon on the couch. He takes one, then two steps back, just to put some space between them; barely ignores the way Leon visibly swallows. God, Leon looks so -- is it fucked up to be this into Leon when he's like this, out of his mind, not under his own control, dark-eyed and sweaty and so turned on he can barely say anything to Matthew? Probably. But fuck, Matthew is.
Not like that's new, though. Matthew's been into Leon any and every way he could have him for years.
"You're -- what do you need?" Matthew asks, tearing his gaze away from Leon's face to look at the walls, the fireplace, his stupid Stepbrothers print, anything that isn't Leon. "To feel better?"
"I--" Leon says haltingly. When Matthew glances at him, automatic, Leon just shrugs. Fucking figures.
"Leon." Maybe Matthew shouldn't have done this. Maybe he should've done like Leon asked and left him alone. But Matthew's not even sure how to do that. Not even after Leon left him on radio silence, ignoring every text Matthew sent. Didn't stop him from walking up to Leon, did it. Didn't stop him from bringing Leon home, bringing him here. Doesn't stop him from wanting to figure out just how to get Leon to stop hurting, to stop looking like he's barely holding together on Matthew's new sectional. He chews his lip, feeling the spot that always cracked and peeled back in Calgary. "You -- does it help? When I touch you?"
Slowly, Leon nods.
"Okay. Okay."
Matthew has to psych himself up to walk over to the couch. Remind himself that even if it hurts, it'll be worth it. That's how being with Leon has always been, pain and pleasure all tangled up until Matthew's brain doesn't know the difference anymore. But he does it, takes those steps, reaches out and cups Leon's face with one hand. Feels Leon's beard, strangely soft under his palm. "Like this?"
He feels more than hears Leon inhale. Then: "I -- more."
Matthew's pulled like a marionette, other hand reaching before he knows what he's doing. He wants to dig in his nails, leave marks. Wants to cup Leon's face like the most precious thing he's ever had. His thumb moves slowly along Leon's cheekbone, a gesture he can't help, revealing as it is. "Is this enough?"
Leon's eyes are shut. He doesn't look when he shakes his head.
"Leon," Matthew says. He bends down, closer. From here he can see the wrinkles around Leon's eyes, the small freckles and moles dotting his face. Learning them anew. His heart is pounding hard. He thinks he knows what Leon might say next, but he's not -- he needs to help, but if Leon asks him to -- "I can't," he says, fear making his tongue go too fast. "You have to give me something."
Slowly, Leon opens his eyes. Then --
It's not a good kiss. Too rough, too dry, too fast. But Matthew wants it -- fuck, he knew it would happen, and he wanted it, and he -- he can't do this right now, not if Leon doesn't mean it, not if --
Matthew pulls away, even though it's so fucking hard to do it. Watches Leon hiss through his teeth, like it actually hurt to stop, even though it should be hurting Matthew more. Matthew's the one who had to give this up, after all. "Leon," he says, and he hates how his voice shakes. "This better not -- if this is some kind of fucked up joke --"
Leon shakes his head. When he speaks, his voice is soft, slurred, like he can barely get the words out fast enough. "I'm not fucking with you. I don't -- I don't know what's happening to me, but it feels better when I touch you. When I..." He trails off, swallows. Matthew watches the bob of his throat; can't look away. When Leon looks at him, his eyes are wide and dark and pleading. Leon's never been good at hiding anything, not even when he wants to; there's no way he doesn't mean this. "It's the only thing that's helped," he says, and Matthew believes it.
Matthew shuts his eyes. Now is the time to stop. Turn back. There has to be something else, some other way. Has to be something that isn't going to leave Matthew's heart out in the open, unsheltered by his ribs, where Leon can bruise it all over again.
Even as he thinks that, though, he knows there isn't anything else. Not really. Not when Leon's asking like this, trusting in Matthew to help. Even now, even though he knows better, Matthew knows he can't say no.
Not when he wants to touch Leon so badly it hurts.
"Fuck," he says. "This is such a bad idea."
Then he opens his eyes. Looks at Leon -- sweating and flushed; expression so open and vulnerable that Matthew almost wants to hide him away, keep anyone else from seeing it.
"Fuck it," he says, and kisses Leon back.
#well this sure is accidentally 1.1k. anyway#ask meme#ty for these it is helping me procrastinate on the current wip because why work on the second to last big chunk of story
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y’know it kinda feels like psychological horror is kinda perfect for Leo, but i still wanna hear your reasoning
Psychological horror is my favourite genre to read. Maybe it's because I'm so intrigued by understanding how others think, but it just really hits the spot for me.
There's such a heavy focus on our mental and emotional states in psychological horror that you don't get as much with other genres. That's part of the reason that I chose it for Leo, because it's not based on any real, tangible fear, but rather what is going on inside your head. It works well for him because Leo internalises literally everything! And represses the hell out of it! He's literally the perfect psych horror protagonist. He wouldn't trust himself- much less the people around him- with what he's thinking, which would lead to spirals and inevitably more dangerous situations.
I also think that Leo wouldn't be scared of that many other genres unless it was a very specific sort of fear caused by a phobia. I can imagine him maybe having a fear of death, or of losing his family, but neither of those fears have a full genre based on it (like Raph's fear of the paranormal). Both seem more likely to be used as plot devices in a psychological horror story.
#ty for the ask!#tmnt#rottmnt#rottmnt horror au#tmnt leo#forgot to say if you have a different idea for each character. id love to hear it#or just thoughts in general#people probably wont see this because its in the tags but! im saying it anyways#none of these are really set in stone. you could assign any given trait to any given character and make it work#because its all up to interpretation!#i actually had a bit of trouble choosing who should have what genre in the first place#i thought about maybe making donnie paranormal horror. raph was originally going to be slasher and i was REALLY stuck on what to make mikey#this makes more sense to me? but there are other options im sure i havent thought about#anyways.#apologies for my bad explanations and incoherent rambles im not a writer /lh#shadow rambles#psych!leo
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sharkuda prompt meme humbling me once again 😌
#''kasper did u finish your gallery walls or even watch the baseball'' NO i got hungry and then i saw i forgot to take out the trash#and then i didn't do anything about any of that and checked the prompt meme instead#someone asked me yesterday if my adhd meds were working? and i said no <3#this will not shock anyone following me or interacting with me i'm sure#sharkuda prompt meme for ts#however much i think i am a creative innovator i would simply never come up with something as galaxy brained as mario#ferarro menstration yk? like i'm simply not that smart. i was just there to add a prompt about hot teen mom ty dellandrea#but yall are living in the year 3000
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Man. I won't say I'm disappointed with this book, but I think the series is a whole lot better when the focus is on things being done TO the mc vs random people suffering because x wants their blood
Like, book one was about Murphy going after the mc. Simple clear threat that fits the tone of the books. Sure some other people died but I don't think it hindered anything
i liked book 2 because it was just a genuine supernatural problem. The carnival guys who's name I can't remember rn were just having a simple conflict of interest with wayhaven. I'm not mad at the trappers coming in at the end but I think a simple low stakes ending where they sign the treaty or don't would have been just as fitting
But book 3 was absolutely not ready to actually handle the dark topics it wanted to devle into. The scope of the plot was way to wide and it still managed to feel slow. If it were up to me I would have just had the trappers going after addie with no connection to mc. It would be lower stakes than like. A dozen or whatever kidnappings and wouldn't have made the actual romance (you know the focus of the books?) Feel so out of place tone wise.
Sorry for rambling into your ask box lol I just have many thoughts about book 3 (like the fact that on steam it sits alphabetically between book 1 and 2 so my steam games list goes 1 3 2. That's going to bug me forever)
HI <3 before i respond, don't apologize for leaving a long ask in my inbox! i absolutely love getting asks and especially ones that open up discussions! <3 thank you for this !! answering below the cut
you're so right about the differences between books. it's so much better when it's contained – the story for this was just too big for her to get her hands around. and that's awesome that she was ambitious! the story quality just suffered a lot bc of it. dude i LOVE that it was just One Guy Versus Unit Bravo for a while, because it was just so much more focused and allowed for more romance to bloom – and a huge reason i liked falk so much is that, like you said, it was a conflict of interest. he's not evil – just from another world with another cultural standard for "judgment". in book 3, it's literally a human (or supernatural in this case) rights violation. these are children – being kidnapped and attempted to be sold. this isn't a story that should have any lighthearted plot beats in the slightest – unless they were organic, and none of them felt that way
it's funny (not funny haha, funny weird) you say that about addie, because i was having an in depth discussion with friends about how much better the plot would flow if less people had been kidnapped. even just the idea that there are supernatural youth existing in wayhaven and that it is in fact, not safe for anyone! human or supernatural!
this book is just lacking the emotional impact plot-wise that it should, in my opinion, because she tried to cram so much into one book. that doesn't mean any of the plot points are bad, per se, they just needed to be workshopped, edited down, saved for later books, cut out completely – whatever makes the series flow better! and that's not to say any of these ideas are bad ideas – it's just unrealistic to write literally every possible idea for twc! there's going to be a point where there's too much to call back to and it's going to affect the story if those things aren't mentioned again yk?
also STOP ITS OUT OF ORDER ON STEAM??? LMAOOOO the cherry on top to a shit sundae huh.
#asks#twc book 3#twc book 3 spoilers#twc spoilers#long post#let me know if i need to tag any triggers or if there's more spoilers tags that would be helpful!#i have another general ask about what i didn't like about book 3 and i'm definitely working on that – it'll just take a while#i have quite a few points to make – but tbh i need to replay to make sure i articulate it right#also... just so you know @ anyone reading this who would care:#i'm planning on doing a lot of rewrites but it'll be slow! my friends and i have been brainstorming improvements#anyway ty to the anon for the ask! <3
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matcha blossom takes?
this is a quote from me watching the show yesterday with friends: "theyre FUCKIN!"
#nah but fr theyre such a funny duo. two guys who know eachother so well n use that for evil(?)#its also just like. with them knowing eachother well enough to use it for evil#they both know when to stop#and thats when you see their crazy tight bond#theyre both a well needed presence in the show bc even the fact that theyre like. working adults with lives outside of skating#is super grounding in contrast to the crazyness of s#and its kinda funny that these random 26 year olds saw reki and langa n were like. yeah ok sure. lets mentor these idiots#but yeah outside of their role in the show theyre funny as fuck. theyve been fuckin and no they will not admit that to anyone#everyone has bets on their relationship and theyre all wrong bc whats goin on with these two is indescribable#i dont know if these r the takes u want im mostly just genuinely amused by them rather than into the matchablossm Moment(tm)#but yeah theyre Fuckin#words#TY FOR THE ASK. LOL
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i had plans to work on my big bang fic today but then the stommy brainrot got to me and i started working on a "recounting of steve's real first kiss, not the one he tells everyone about" fic and well... here's a lil snip of what i put down today:
Steve tells everyone that asks that his first kiss was Sheila Anderson when he was fifteen years old. But, really, that’s not true. It was Tommy Hagan. When he was fourteen. It was late in the night, late enough that it was starting to be early. Steve’s parents were out of town, and Tommy was spending the night, as he usually did when Steve had the house all to himself. Steve didn’t like how big and empty it felt when he was all by himself, but Tommy did. He told Steve he liked the freedom, liked the quiet — no parents to tell him what to do, no sisters to argue with or fight for the bathroom. So whenever Steve’s parents disappeared (which was becoming more and more often these days), he invited Tommy over. They were sharing Steve’s bed, Tommy on the left, Steve on the right, heads bent together and bodies curved towards each other like parentheses. All of the lights were off, and the sheets were pulled over their heads. Even though it was just the two of them here, no parents to bust them for being up well past lights out, it felt wrong not to burrow themselves beneath the covers. There was something sacred about hiding away under them, anyways. Just Steve and Tommy and all of their secrets, tucked into their own little bubble, safe from the rest of the world. Untouchable. Steve liked that. Liked feeling that way with Tommy. It was Tommy that started talking about girls first. He was recounting the story that Mike Lewenski had told him the other day about Vicki Carmichael and how she’d grabbed him by the wrist at lunch and tugged him out behind the school gymnasium and kissed him. Tommy told Steve that when he asked Mike how it was, Mike said sticky. Steve wrinkled his nose at that, and Tommy laughed, loud in the otherwise quiet room. His knees jerked forward, bumping into Steve’s, and he hadn’t moved them back into his own space. “Sticky?” Steve repeated. “Yeah,” Tommy said, the ‘duh’ unsaid, but implied. He pointed at his own mouth. “‘Cause of the lipgloss.” Steve’s eyes followed the path of Tommy’s finger, flickering over his lips, full and pink and curved into a wicked sharp smile. His teeth were so white, practically glowing, even in the dark. “Oh,” Steve said, distracted. “Oh,” Tommy echoed, mocking, and laughed again. He continued prattling on about Mike and Vicki, telling Steve that he wasn’t jealous of Mike beating them all to the punch because Vicki was pretty and all, but Mike hadn’t been her first kiss, and Tommy thought it was kind of weird for the girl to have more experience. “That’s just not how it’s s’posed to be, y’know?” He said. Steve was inclined to agree. Not because he thought it was weird for a girl to have more experience than a boy, but because he wanted it to be special. For both of them. He wanted to share the experience with someone.
#stommy#steve harrington#tommy hagan#stranger things#mack writes#this is vio and liam's fault (affectionate)#i love you both sm#ive been sitting on this idea for a g e s now so ty both for the push to finally start working on it 🤙#im at 896 words for this so far and not finished yet!!#its probably gonna be a p short one unless i decide to add like The Aftermath or something which i am not sure yet BUT!!!#its been so fun to write#and i have A LOT of feelings about stommy (and carol)#(just ask liam lmaooo i rambled SO MUCH about them today - ty liam for listening and encouraging my rambling <3)
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ive seen some people on tiktok who keep pet monkeys inside their house and i wanna know if thats really horrible and or stupid...
yeah abso fuckin lutely. there are certain very small i think it's bushbabies (?) and mouse lemurs (? please don't quote me on either of the two) that COULD hypothetically be kept as pets, but due to their intelligence and habits they need an insane amount of enrichment and space to keep them properly happy and healthy, so i wouldn't say that any private keeper should do that.
bigger monkeys are typically worse as well, because when they get bigger (chimps and great apes especially) they do not at all know their strength and can seriously harm people. in addition, once again their intelligence and natural habits are something that one private keeper won't be able to fulfill. this includes stuff like spider monkeys, large lemurs, and especially great apes.
#there are of course some folks who volunteer/work at rehabs or closely along with primates#but if the animals are in super close contact with the person‚ especially if they're inside a house or being treated like a dog#or worse‚ a human child#the chimp ones worry me particularly because like‚‚‚‚ sure the babies are cute. but you have to understand how big that animal grows#and if you upset them they can and will hurt you. source: has happened various times and all ended with the chimp being put down#(private keeper in this case refers to anyone keeping animals on their own or with a small group of people‚ someone who is keeping animals-#-for their own benefit only (ex. not a zoo or rehab or study center etc))#(this means rich freaks)#ty for the ask welcome to the animal internet :(#storm asks
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In all honestly I was just gonna like one post and move on but I saw your blog name and it's the best thing ever, please never change it.
this is actually the nicest compliment I've ever received in this blog, thank you ^^ (te saludo desde la cárcel con cadena perpetua :D)
#also phew ty since I thought the name was kinda corny#but I'm glad it works#please have an amazing day#also yours it's literally me#ask#never changing that's for sure
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April Update!
Howdy! Cobalt here, as many of your guys know It’s Showtime and its characters/story are gonna be turned into a horror game by the same title. So for both Gamejolt and this blog I am gonna start trying to do monthly updates on development. I think it’ll be a good way to put into perspective how much progress is being made each month and keep you guys in the know about how things are going. These are gonna be formatted with work made that month going first and then afterwards any other small announcements or thoughts we’d like to share on development. That or things that weren’t created that month that I basically keep stored in case we have months where progress is slow or I can’t show much behind the scenes stuff. These logs will likely contain personal stuff too, since with me and my partner being the main heads of the project. Our well-being or IRL goals are relevant to how much work is being done. Also while developing Showtime I intend to create other games similar to it, to sort of learn and test the waters + Since those ones aren’t tied to an IP I can actually make money off of them. Something I can’t [or at least not without Mike n Meatly’s permission I suppose] with Showtime or its characters.
April was sadly, not my month, I found out I was vitamin D deficient and got a slight fever. So I spent a lot of days tired and recovering from that. Progress has still been made though, mostly on learning 3D modeling more, I’m almost done with a model I’m making for someone else actually and while it is not perfect by any means… I think it looks really awesome for being my maybe fourth or third model and it’ll be my first truly finished model as well. I also have made good progress on writing both dialogue and summaries of Showtime’s story. I did particularly get ideas for a good chunk of Showy's campaign however, which involves a character I was on the fence about including in Encore!... Until very recently... Art wise not too much has been done specifically this month besides some concept art for cycle designs and some progress on textures for the studio. But that’s okay cause we’re not really at a spot where major progress can be made art wise yet. There’s so much more I want to share but I’ll be doing my best to space out those things out between updates. So no update is too long or too short with nothing interesting in there. Also sorry this is all so vague and non-specific I’m gonna try and get in the habit of actually documenting what work is being done on Showtime monthly from now on, so I’ll be able to be more specific about what parts are being chipped away at.
So onto something that didn’t happen this month but is important we have decided to switch to Unity instead of Unreal Engine 4. I’d like to take some time to explain why and also make sure nobodies too anxious over the change. For one thing, not a lot of progress was made on Unreal Engine, you could hear footsteps as you walked, use a buggy animation to enter a miracle station and the map was just a room full of lights. This is due to the fact while working in Unreal Engine was interesting and I learned quite a bit, I found myself often feeling it was not a good fit for Showtime and that trying to make it so was fighting against the engine as opposed to working with it. Unreal Engine seems to be built for realistic, open world or multiplayer FPS type games. That’s not to say you can’t make anything else with it, but finding tutorials for things I wanted to do was. Basically a nightmare because youtube was flooded with videos on how to make those games specifically. Another big aspect however was the general style. Unreal Engine is great if you want very realistic lighting and have a computer that can tank the sort of weight of that too. Neither is true for me however, Showtime’s characters are all very stylized, our humans are cartoony have clear shapes and most of all, I just want Showtime’s overall style to pay loving homage to 1930’s and general 2D Animation. I think both are really underappreciated and god do I love them. Also I’m making this on literally a laptop, a new one and not a janky one by any means, but still not a desktop. Unreal Engine works great for those who know how to use it and want to create the games it was optimized for, but it’s not ideal for my purposes, Godot seems promising but Unity is just great at specifically doing what I want to do with Showtime. It’s great for beginners to Game Development, has plenty of tutorials for all kinds of games and is very flexible in style. Sadly nothing is better at being Unity than Unity right now. I’m still mad about what the CEO did, and I’m glad for those who were able to switch engines to those with better management but it’s not really an option for us currently. Of course, this will put things back a bit but I’ve already been learning how to build a basic map in Unity and so far have only run into a few issues. Still I would love any advice on how to do this, esp from those who had made games similar to BATIM and other mascot horrors. [I have been thinking of building the maps inside Blender first and then importing them into Unity, to see if that’s easier or practical, but mostly I would love to hear what others commonly do to build such intricate interior design in Unity.] Either way while this month wasn’t terribly exciting by no means was no work done, just nothing too fun to show off yet.
#it's showtime#not ask#Devlog#bendy and the dark revival#bendy and the ink machine#batim#batdr#Bendy Encore#Bendy fangame#queer horror#indie horror game#indie horror#mascot horror#mod whirly#I dont know yet if Ill be fully putting all the devlogs in the bendy tags#it feels like a good idea for making sure the posts reach more people but once a month might be annoying to those who are not interested?#but also one post every month doesnt sound too disruptive either so? Im not sure yet#anyways thank u guys for being so supportive so far I swear I am taking this project seriously its just I have other things I am working on#too and since were still in early pre production most of this is just planning and actually putting fun ideas to paper to see how theyll#actually work out yknow?#anyways yeah ty for everyones patience hopefully from now on communication will be a lot more consistent from us <3
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falling over things,,, trippingow fuck my shin, sprinting to ao3 to read chap 5 for some good soup 😭
🥹🥣 have fun! star wars au is (and will continue to be) a little weird🫠 but i hope you like it 🥺💕
#i’m working on my dragon rider au and the next chapter of pjo au (featuring some avacam🙏just a smidge 🥰) right now#and hopefully i can get Ava Voice back in time to start chapter 6 🥰🌸#which will be normal. and not at all a bad time for ava#i’m sure she & lilith & bea will immediately dispense with the stabbing each other with lightsabers part#and proceed immediately to other forms of pene-[i am shot]#ty for the ask 🥰#anon
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