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[riddles-n-games]

So, I wanted to make this as an appreciation post for the fandom. Looking at all the reveals we've gotten in the last few days and seeing how much the world of TIG has expanded so quickly, I've been getting a bit nostalgic.

When I joined this fandom, it was August of 2022, barely a month out from the release date of The Final Gambit, the finale of The Inheritance Games. I found out about TIG at a random bookstore on a road trip and I had immediate interest (the hot tub scene sold me so quick). I was also still somewhat new to Tumblr back then but I wanted to see what the hype was here.

Back then, we were still in the Averyjameson vs Averygrayson era even though I'd say things were cooling down a bit. But, that's not my point. The community was getting ready for this; there were chapter reveals, theories, and oh, it was awesome. I was so happy to be part of it. And some of the people who made it a lively place back then are still here, but unfortunately, some have gone quiet. @averysjameson, @guppyclato, @lesbianator3000, @margolovescoffeeandbooks, and @cherryschaos, thank you for making my days back then. I know you may have moved on, but I thank you for the contribution you made at the time.

The only thing I will not miss is the toxicity that Averyjameson and Averygrayson fans plagued this fandom with and divided us so much. We had a lot back then to still savor, why did we have to do that to sour the tag when this series had so much more to offer than just the romantic subplot? There was a mystery at large and so many other characters to love. We only seemed to agree on hating Emily and the old man. Moving on, let's never do that again and if there is another love triangle, let's try being more mature about it. I know we can. If Gray, Avery, and Jamie moved on, so can we.

When we were told of The Brothers Hawthorne back in October 2022 and given those first chapters for the new book, I was over the moon. We were going to finally see the POVs of two favorites; Grayson and Jameson. I was so excited to see from Jamie's perspective, to get a mystery set in London and for him to solve it with Avery; it was an Averyjameson dream. However, come the actual release of the book and I was honestly so disappointed. I'm not sure why it didn't hit the levels it should have but I already said my piece on that and while I still have some disdain for that story, I look fondly at the parts I did love. And funny enough, I told myself Grayson's story will just have to do only because I was feeling sour over Jameson's plot. But low and behold, I loved it! It was deep, funny, interesting, and held my attention as if I was in TIG all over again and it hit more high notes than Jameson's. I may attribute that to the familial connections we see displayed there but it felt more rewarding and even if JLB still had more for Grayson's development, that didn't mean Jameson had to suffer for it. However, I'm hoping that this story here was a fluke and I'm putting my best foot forward in believing that maybe reading Averyjameson through Avery's POV again in Games Untold will give back that familiar feeling I've been missing for two years. I never said I wouldn't try again.

Now, we've entered a new era and this is a third for me; The Grandest Game and Games Untold. During this period, I met @hathorneheiress, my fanfic bestie, and a lot of my current supporters have been with me since TBH. I thank you very much for sticking with me by liking, reblogging, and commenting on my posts. You make my day in the same way I assume my content makes yours. I haven't said that enough and I don't think it will ever be. I'm happy that we're all still here now and going into this new unknown with our theories, headcanons, new characters, and plots. I'm sure it will be a blast. Thank you for giving me that feeling again these last few days; it felt like being with Avery and the gang, running through the House, finding another clue, waiting in anticipation what it reveals.

I hope that this next series is everything we hope for it to be, a new start for Gray, a chance to bond with the new characters we met in The Brothers Hawthorne, and an opportunity to make it feel like the hay days of the first book. I hope that Games Untold lets us relish that feeling with the original cast, to relive the good old days, to meet up with some old friends we haven't seen in a while, and to have that final hurrah that leaves us on the highest of highs in the best way possible. Maybe it'll make it easier to say goodbye to the ways it used to be and embrace the new storytellers but of course, with the way JLB leaves us hanging with every story she gives, who is to say that'll be it?

Thank you to everyone who makes theories, headcanons, fanfics, fanart, and so many other things that leave us wanting more. Thank you to everyone who showers that content with support in the form of likes, comments, and reblogs. Thank you to everyone who has been here from the beginning, in the middle, and now. You all made this a special place. Thank you to everyone who made this community that way and continue to do so every day. I'm happy to be a small part of that. See you in the next post.

-Mystery Girl's Red String

[candle-sparking]

Ordinary everyday life on Tumblr, namely so far in the Pizza Tower Fandom:

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@fizzybugzz

@bobmirum

@sillykimiko

There will be more pictures:>

But Later

[candle-spark]

Greetings! In this blog, I will show the journey of my candle on Tumblr! But..it's temporarily suspended":> But I'm still going to draw a lot of things here! (Although on paper for now) What will I draw here: ● Cuphead ● Undertale & Deltarune ●sketches ● Pizza Tower ● And much more Like it never happened, you can ask me! Or a candle... And he helped me with the candle reference

[mykeyung]

Decade of Y.U.N.G.(Y. U. Never. Give Up.) by Myke Y.U.N.G.

When I started this, I was a writer who wanted to do more than love poems

And positive words about people only for a past time and was ready for my  

Words to be seen beyond handwritten letters and my inner thoughts. At first,

I put out poems of pure expression and desire as well as dedications to those  

I consider friends or people who were so immersed in their passion you thought

They personify it. However, the second year came at a crucial stage of graduation  

With my words reflecting the anxiety and hope tagging in and out in my brain as  

Well as making incomplete farewells to my higher education phase, but not before

Getting a taste of what could be my literary future not knowing my first steps into

The real world would be a trial that would have me question my purpose as a writer

And someone who needs to figure out what direction I start putting my footprints in, but  

It took teaming up with a new ally and lots of time and music to get through it and eventually  

Come back online with enough confidence to make my return, but it took time for my return to

Be complete with my poems coming as scattered as my thoughts were yet my most popular

Poem was born during the transition yet it was titled Mama Bell and then came the year of

The Myke where I came with a new sense of purpose and determination to get my mind

Focused on writing like it’s a college course that I need to graduate and I put out the never

Give up anthem, Phoenix Hustle, set out to challenge myself with April Assault never knowing

It will go beyond five years, did a Halloween party story only I could create, and ended the  

Year with a collection highlighting my comrades in confidence, which had me coming in next

Year with a resolute soul and all about dominating my goals with me first giving dedication to

MLK, hoping my words one day can have at least a quarter of the effect his speeches did.

However, before I continued any further, I had to take a relaxing stride with my writing with  

A trip to Looseleaf Island, but round 2 of April Assault had me going out of the box relating life

To animal crackers and superheroes, but also digging deeper into myself for inspiration

Including my gaming and reading history as well as the need to take a brief vacay from reality

And responsibility to others and the last goals I conquered that year was writing about how

Music can unite us and how that team effort is necessary to make dreams come true. Then

Without even noticing, next year was the last one for the decade and I realized that now that  

I have the confidence and ambition to face my goals, I need to start developing my skills and

Focus on progress with no shortcuts. I discovered the real worth of my words lit by a phoenix’s

Fire while fighting all the mind games while trying not to forget to set aside time for R&R in  

That phase of bittersweet hope remembering the lessons multiple influences taught me.

Unfortunately, while that year ended with me coming up with a more out of the world

Halloween story than my last and starting the next decade taking an imaginative tour into sci-

Fi, months later, the world was facing a real-life pandemic and even though I gave my attempt

At trying to bring hope through poems, both old and new, I was having a hard time dealing  

With so much change in so little time not knowing how my life will be next week and feeling

Like the progress I built being broken down into pieces, but April Assault gave me the

Opportunity to focus on something other than see society go between shut down and reset as

Well as express my thoughts and most importantly give people hope that’s not seen anywhere

Else. I did a deep dive into the versatility of my strength, broke down focus to a source of

Motivation, wrote a tale about miscommunication using goblins and tomatoes, revealed the

Blues of being a hero, and awakened my volcanic soul as a writer. However, after April, the  

Rest of the year went by fast though progress felt like the steps of a turtle as I was constantly

Adjusting to what was the new trend of the week the world was following and deciding if that

Was best for me and while my posts were few until next April, other than a deep reflection of

The year no one wants to revisit and a Christmas song decorated with friendship, I was putting

Serious thought into my next steps as a writer feeling like I have moved onto a new phase

Alongside my new mindset of confidence and there was no better way for me to test it than

Doing year five of April Assault in which I explored what gives a push in my perspective, talked

About the perils of gaining power, showed the beat my effort goes along, highlighted the

Moments when you have to stand alone as well as a variety of ways to cope with them, gave  

A deeper look into the mindset of a villain, showed how powerful an unsubmittable spirit is,

And wrote a haiku that defined me. Finally, I put my presence in the summer with a 4th of July

Poem that depicts the desired comfort and change we want from this day, wrote a poem

Highlighting the lessons Batman has taught the world throughout the years in his variety of

Jobs, and ended the year once again with Christmas friendship, but with more comrades and

Collaborations involved in the lyrics. Looking back at from where I made the decision to share

My words on this site, I never thought it will last this long and I would create so many stories

Both real and imaginary, but even most of those was based on events going on in my life and

When my life went up and down, posting on this site would sometimes be the only pattern

That forced me to focus when it felt like everything else in my life was as random as living

Life in a casino, but I made it this far as a writer thanks to not only the words I posted, but also

The support in form of hearts, follows, and feedback in response to them and while I can’t

Guarantee 10 more years writing here, I will still give out words to lift spirits from giving into

Accepting a contract with despair and entertain those who need an escape from the repetition

Of reality as long as I feel the need is still there like a poetic hero with a heart of a phoenix.

[inkskinned]

because sometimes there are invisible tests and invisible rules and you're just supposed to ... know the rule. someone you thought of as a friend asks you for book recommendations, so you give her a list of like 30 books, each with a brief blurb and why you like it. later, you find out she screenshotted the list and send it out to a group chat with the note: what an absolute freak can you believe this. you saw the responses: emojis where people are rolling over laughing. too much and obsessive and actually kind of creepy in the comments. you thought you'd been doing the right thing. she'd asked, right? an invisible rule: this is what happens when you get too excited.

you aren't supposed to laugh at your own jokes, so you don't, but then you're too serious. you're not supposed to be too loud, but then people say you're too quiet. you aren't supposed to get passionate about things, but then you're shy, boring. you aren't supposed to talk too much, but then people are mad when you're not good at replying.

you fold yourself into a prettier paper crane. since you never know what is "selfish" and what is "charity," you give yourself over, fully. you'd rather be empty and over-generous - you'd rather eat your own boundaries than have even one person believe that you're mean. since you don't know what the thing is that will make them hate you, you simply scrub yourself clean of any form of roughness. if you are perfect and smiling and funny, they can love you. if you are always there for them and never admit what's happening and never mention your past and never make them uncomfortable - you can make up for it. you can earn it.

don't fuck up. they're all testing you, always. they're tolerating you. whatever secret club happened, over a summer somewhere - during some activity you didn't get to attend - everyone else just... figured it out. like they got some kind of award or examination that allowed them to know how-to-be-normal. how to fit. and for the rest of your life, you've been playing catch-up. you've been trying to prove that - haha! you get it! that the joke they're telling, the people they are, the manual they got- yeah, you've totally read it.

if you can just divide yourself in two - the lovable one, and the one that is you - you can do this. you can walk the line. they can laugh and accept you. if you are always-balanced, never burdensome, a delight to have in class, champagne and glittering and never gawky or florescent or god-forbid cringe: you can get away with it.

you stare at your therapist, whom you can make jokes with, and who laughs at your jokes, because you are so fucking good at people-pleasing. you smile at her, and she asks you how you're doing, and you automatically say i'm good, thanks, how are you? while the answer swims somewhere in your little lizard brain:

how long have you been doing this now? mastering the art of your body and mind like you're piloting a puppet. has it worked? what do you mean that all you feel is... just exhausted. pick yourself up, the tightrope has no net. after all, you're cheating, somehow, but nobody seems to know you actually flunked the test. it's working!

aren't you happy yet?

[teathattast]

[cat-cosplay]

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End

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Traveller

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[mienar]

the wandering painter, part one

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more stardew valley baseball cap sketches, this time sebastian and alex

sam and elliott versions 🧢

[malusokay]

Learning to love yourself 𝜗𝜚˚⋆

Celebrate yourself. Every accomplishment deserves to be acknowledged, no matter how big or small. Stop putting yourself down by thinking that you don't deserve to celebrate your achievements just because others have accomplished "greater things." Also, there is so much fun in hyping small wins; call your girlfriend, bake a cake, and enjoy yourself!!

Invest time in things that you love. Doing what makes you happy is essential for your mental health. It's so important to pursue one's small and simple pleasures without the intention of turning them into profit!!

Boundaries and relationships. Learn to say no, define and set boundaries, question your current relationships and friendships, and distance yourself from people who make you feel unloved or worthless.

Allow yourself to grow. Let go of the notion that you are undeserving of growth. Acknowledge the past for what it is, learn from it, and grow from it.

Refelct. Getting to know yourself deeply is key to self-love; journaling is a great way to reflect. Ask yourself questions, question your habits, observe how you respond in certain situations, etc...

Trust yourself and your intuition. Listen to yourself, and don't dismiss the small cues that your inner voice gives you!!

Care for yourself. It is not selfish to look after yourself. Start exercising, eat balanced and healthy, stay hydrated, educate yourself, read complex literature, consume media mindfully, prioritise your sleep and routines, care for your skin and hair...

Be patient. Self-love takes time; you must slowly unpack and unlearn past habits, confront uncomfortable thoughts and memories, and gain a deep understanding of yourself. Give yourself time and approach this as a journey to enjoy. <3

You guys ALWAYS ask about self-love and confidence, sooo I hope this can be a little helpful to some of you and as always, please feel free to share your own suggestions and tips in the comments!! ♡

love ya ･:*₊‧౨ৎ

[byeolgirl]

HOW TO HEAL AFTER A BAD DAY ৎ୭ ॱ ₊ . *

“ It doesn't matter what anyone says. If there's something you want to do, don't mind what others think and just trust yourself.” -Lalisa manoban

Healing after a bad day is essential to maintain your well-being and resilience. Here are some strategies to help you recover and find peace after a challenging day:

by: ★﹕byeolgιrᥣ﹒

1.Acknowledge Your Feelings:

Allow yourself to feel your emotions without judgment. Acknowledge what you're feeling, whether it's frustration, sadness, anger, or disappointment.

Journaling: Write down your thoughts and emotions to process and release them. Writing can help you gain clarity and perspective on what happened.

2.Self-Compassion:

Be kind to yourself: Practice self-compassion by treating yourself with the same kindness and understanding you would offer to a friend in a similar situation.

Positive affirmations: Repeat positive affirmations or self-compassionate statements to counter negative self-talk and boost your self-esteem.

3.Physical Relaxation:

Deep breathing: Practice deep breathing exercises to calm your nervous system and reduce stress. Focus on slow, deep breaths to bring relaxation to your body and mind.

Progressive muscle relaxation: Tense and release each muscle group in your body to release physical tension and promote relaxation.

4.Engage in Self-Care:

Take a warm bath: Soak in a warm bath with Epsom salts or essential oils to relax your muscles and soothe your mind.

Engage in a hobby: Do something you enjoy, whether it's reading a book, listening to music, painting, or going for a walk in nature.

Healthy meal: Nourish your body with a balanced and nutritious meal to support your physical and emotional well-being.

5.Connect with Others:

Reach out to a friend or loved one: Share your feelings with someone you trust and feel supported by. Talking to others can provide comfort and perspective.

Social support: Surround yourself with positive and supportive people who uplift you and make you feel understood.

6.Mindfulness and Meditation:

Mindfulness practice: Practice mindfulness by focusing on the present moment without judgment. Mindfulness can help you calm your mind and reduce stress.

Guided meditation: Listen to a guided meditation or visualization to relax your mind, release tension, and promote inner peace.

7.Reflect and Release:

Reflect on the day: Take some time to reflect on what happened during the day, what you learned from the experience, and how you can move forward positively.

Let go: Release any lingering negative emotions or thoughts through activities like meditation, visualization, or simply taking a few deep breaths and letting go of what no longer serves you.

You are capable of overcoming any challenge that comes your way. Remember that setbacks are just temporary roadblocks on the path to success. Stay focused on your goals, believe in yourself, and trust in your ability to rise above any obstacle. You have the strength, resilience, and determination to achieve great things. Keep pushing forward, stay positive, and never underestimate the power of your own potential. <143

[candle-spark]

"Hmmm…what is he drawing there?"

Yeah... I'm back with my candle :) And I decided to try something new and .. it turned out well) What do you think?

[robbie-verse]

i started watching one piece !!!

[lokyu-exe]

Fern 💜