#where you at?

[late-to-the-fandom]

Hey writblrs - I’m looking for more active writblr friends specifically who play silly little writing tag games! My notifs have been barren the last month, and tag games really help keep me on track when my motivation is sagging at the end of the day (must write seven lines because random online person tagged me!)

I only write fanfiction, so you don’t need to actually read anything I write, just need friends to play games with!

[functioning-minne-holic]

Oh no! I've left my back door unlocked, 3 bottles in the fridge, and an open bag of gummies on the counter! Golly I sure do hope no kinky, booze loving, stoner girls just walk right in and take advantage of my overly trusting small-town mentality.

👀

[imaginesangie]

Fandoms are supposed to be fun. Don’t claim you don’t want drama while making posts about drama and cross-tagging!

I don’t wanna see this kinda negativity I just wanna see boys kiss! The smashing of these two dolls together is fun!

[blackbrownfamily]

chirp phone

[card-queen]

Writer Q&A Tag

I am truly blessed! Thank you so much for the tag @maskedemerald! It really means the world to me!! I'd love to do more tag game things just to get involved or join a writing group of some kind!

What motivates you to write?

Disappointment, I guess? A lot of things I read/watch/play don't go places I want to see, don't explore ideas I want to hear about, don't show the effects of events on characters I think should be there. It sounds all negative, I know, but it's really not. Nothing gets me fired up quite like getting mad at the things that should have been.

A line/short snippet of your writing that you are most proud/happy of. If not maybe share a line of someone else's work that you love (just please credit them)

Well, I'm not sure on this one. I still consider myself pretty green as a writer, so I don't think I've written anything that stands out just yet. I'll grab this from one of my little writing challenges. I grabbed two random characters and a vague prompt to write a little scene about. It was surprisingly fun as I hadn't actually written for Velena yet.

‘That’s the funny thing about the truth, it doesn’t seem to change.’ ‘You truly expect me to believe that utter drivel about it being luck that you survived?’ ‘I don’t expect anything,’ Hughwen retorted in a predictable manner. Velena almost heard the words before they came out of Hughwen’s mouth. Was he becoming more predictable? Or was she? ‘You have your ungrateful life while your comrades don’t. How many good men died today instead of you?’ ‘I have no idea, I didn’t think to count,’ Hughwen said coolly. Velena felt something in the atmosphere change. Either she was getting to him, or Hughwen had decided he no longer wished to cooperate. ‘But I can tell you this, not that you asked: few of those men were “good men”.’ Velena looked Hughwen up and down. His face bore that smirk she had grown to loathe in the short time she had known her prisoner. His eyes showed a mixture of challenge and defiance. He had decided he was done for the day. She could see it.

Which OC makes you smile every time you think/talk about them and what are they like?

I'll say Cas for the sake of the question but quite honestly, I find myself getting wrapped up and enjoying thinking/talking about my characters without even realising it. Each character has something really enjoyable or challenging about them that makes them fun to write. The world, the story, the factions and forces within the world, the other characters and their struggles -- they all take root in the other characters as well, so even if you don't find their personality to be enjoyable, their perspective on matters, characters, past knowledge etc. often makes them stand out as enjoyable to me. Anyway, to answer the question: Cas' endless struggle to build an image of himself isn't really true to him to combat the stigma of a reputation that also isn't true to him. He pours himself into duty, over-exerts to the point of breaking and denies some of his stronger aspects because they might make him look like the criminal people see him as. He's exactly what I want from a main character: vibrant and adventurous, with a good heart and a rogue's mentality and a sucker for outcasts and black sheep.

What process of writing do you enjoy the most?

Easy answer: dialogue. It's fun to craft the ways characters say what they mean to say. Complex answer: that moment in the third or so draft, when you're looking at your overview and you see a common thread you didn't notice before and suddenly a whole wave of thematic resonance just clicks into place.

What part of writing do you think you are the best at? (Yes stroke your own ego it's okay)

I can't truly say yet. I think dialogue but to be honest, not many people actually read my work. Especially not now that I've started from scratch again!

What is something in the writeblr community is most enjoyable?

Silly asks, memes and just fun-building questions. Characters are simultaneously tools that fulfil a purpose within the story they inhabit, and ALSO they are vessels of personality and joy that bring the life to events and scenarios. You really need to have fun with and love your characters beyond their purpose and silly headcanon questions and fun doodles often do just that!

A writing tool/device you use that helps you with writing? (It could be speech to text, a writing program etc)

Enneagram, I guess. For me, I like to see similarities around where I'm aiming to feel grounded. The vast infinity of everything is really daunting and I do my best to avoid thinking about things that 'could be anything'. Anything = too much = I'm drowning. I've always tried to connect my work to other things to feel less disjointed but there was always something that didn't feel right or help me all that much. Everyone always went to TVTropes but I really didn't like to. Thank goodness I found something that worked for me!

A piece of worldbuilding that you like in your own story? (It could be the magic system, a particular place in the story, a law etc)

It's not so much one thing that I like the most, it's the fallout and effects of that thing. From this unspecified event, my world has:

The Runes of Magic as it is known. People are born under the sign of two or three Gods, with one God being their patron and thus, their birth element.

From Magic, there is Soulfire. Soulfire is the birth element dying and needing to be Cleansed. Uncleansed Soulfire can create Rifts and if a body with Uncleansed Soulfire is eaten by a beast or animal, they will transform into a Monster during an Athyric Moon.

Speaking of, Magic and Gods ties into the Godmoon or Athyric Moon. A monthly event that most Continental countries base their calendars on. A full-moon event that causes all Magic to be enhanced or brought to full power.

With Athyric Moons & Magic, there are engineers and tinkerers who use the Runes of Magic to make crystals and jewellery to perform simple tasks, like a Ice chests to keep stored food frozen, Heatstones for warming public baths, Crystal lamps to give off a faint glow at night, etc. These devices are designed to last the month then be recharged by the Athyric Moon.

Returning back to the original point with Gods & the Runes, we have the religions that populate the world. Each having different core beliefs, rules, taboos and ways of life based on the Virtues of the God that governed that land.

and so on, and so on...

Things in worldbuilding don't exist in a vacuum. If something is created, it may make something else in the world impractical or impossible. There may be something else that needs to be created alongside it to make sure that life would be sustainable for those in the world or area. These are areas where you can really have a lot of fun!

What piece of advice would you say to encourage others to write if they are having a rough patch?

My first goal for my day is always to write. If I can't write, then I'll watch, read or play something that might give me ideas or inspiration. If I'm not in the right mind for that, I spend time with my sisters and the dogs, and remember what I'm doing it all for.

Don't sweat the details, honestly. Some days/weeks/months just suck and it's good to recognise when it happens so you can just hit the eject button. Things tend to have a way of working themselves out. I find that if you're blocked when writing, there's something there that's bugging you and you might not even know what it is. The answer will be right around the corner before you know it, just don't go looking for it. Relax your brain, the answers will come find you.

Tag some people whose works you love/have been your biggest supporters

I can only really tag @maskedemerald, @yunidraws, @albicantknight, @snow-the-wanderer, @prismshard, @reneethegreatandpowerful and @merwetketet! Many of whom are inactive, I know, but I don't know anybody else!!

If you see this and want to do it, then pretend I tagged you, please! I need more friends here.

[catlurgic]

Is #lightcannon fandom still alive? TuT

[lokis-knives]

life recently

hi guys!

if you didn't know, I am a part of the class of 2023!! i graduate next month (in may,) and life is getting pretty hectic starting on Wednesday, 19th of April, 2023.

So basically, heres a timeline:

us 12th graders set up for prank day

thursday is prank day

then we have a week off to study for exams

may 1st is when 3 weeks of exams start :(

have exams on my birthday :(

then after exams we have a drive around our neighbourhood

then prom :)

then graduation!!!!

then i leave for the summer and get ready for college

as much as i would love to keep writing on here, I will be taking a bit of a break.

i will try and write a bit, but not as much until late may.

(this message will be posted to all my other accounts!)

thank you so much for understanding!

[eraisme]

Howdy!

So...I haven't died...yet. I'm surviving purely out of spite, as per the usual. I'll throw the reason for my general absence under a cut, but it's still lovely to see even those of you who don't want to read. <3

Well...here we are. Thanks for clicking to continue reading. I appreciate your interest.

My uncle (aunt's husband) is still in hospital, still not much going on "upstairs". I wouldn't call it a coma. Maybe a waking coma. IDK. He just...exists at this point. Able to move his eyes and follow conversation with them, able to watch what's on the television with them. Still unable to talk or move on his own. Sad really, but...not dead yet. IDK if he'd be comfortable with this state of living through, if I'm completely honest. However, there are children at stake atm. I know it's hard for everyone.

On August 2nd, I had to get my mother to the hospital. She, quite literally, lives on my sofa and I take care of her (started because of her financial troubles and turned into medical ones...also I think she's afraid of being alone). However, I'd been taking care of her even more for months at that point while she didn't want to go to the hospital...mostly because she's a stubborn whatsit. It was running me ragged. She was in a great deal of pain and there wasn't any "reason" for it that we could tell. No slips, no falls, no harsh turns, no heavy lifting. None of the usual reasons. She always had a bad back as I was growing up, something I happened to inherit (lucky me), but this was more painful than anything she had previously experienced. This was something else. Agoraphobic me took her to a specialist the Tuesday before and she had a CT scanned for that upcoming Monday, which she had to cancel because of the pain (August 2nd was a Wednesday, btw). I couldn't get her out of my flat because of said pain, so I called 9-1-1 to come and retrieve her. She's been in the hospital since. They quickly wanted to release her from the ER the same day she got there with some pain meds (and without having done any actual scans), but my aunt (her sister and a different aunt than the one whose husband is in the hospital) advocated for her...thankfully. Turns out my mother actually has Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. A large growth in her back that had crushed 2 of her vertebrae that was not present when she had scans for a gallbladder thing in January 2022...and THEY WANTED TO RELEASE HER initially.

So far, she's had surgery to place rods in her spine and move the tumor so it isn't pressing on the nerves, but that's come with a whole thing as well. Infection, post-op blood loss (that they couldn't find the cause of as there were no active bleeds and she had to receive 10 units of blood), fluid retention, losing the ability to walk (though they're doing bedside PT and I think it's because of the previously mentioned blood loss), time spent in ICU. (Which they answer the phones as MICU (read mick-you), which sounds an awful lot like NICU, so I thought I was calling the wrong

I speak to her through Google Meet, but...I feel awful. Hospitals are hella triggering for me, well beyond just not liking to be there. I haven't been in to see my uncle either. I have very good days where I'm able to do things and very bad days where I'm stuck in bed. Sometimes one can turn into the other at the drop of a hat so...that sucks. Thank the gods for Instacart, that's for sure.

[hello-mcflyyy]

Anybody get an invite to the tumblr staff Christmas party this year? Since we're doing their job by blocking all these porn bots, I better get one.

[cumberworld44]

Dog food: "Wilderness Meal: Your dog is a wild animal, a hunter, a predator, a killer. Feed their natural hunger. Feed the beast within."

Dog: *cries and shits when it gets it's nails trimmed*

[batboyblog]

Hey, do you know what happened to @Timothykaplans?

you know sadly I'm really the very last person you should ask, I never notice when blogs go, I'm always the last to notice one of my favorite blogs stopped posting, it's like a year later and I'm like "oh shit so and so hasn't posted in a minute"

and also no one ever becomes my friend on here, I have like two people who ever ever message me, so I never hear drama or whatever so I can't say I know much of anything about their personal stuff, I liked their blog and they reblogged from me a lot, and I'll miss 'em but your ask is how I found out they were gone

[ocelotrevs]

How do you even find a new drug dealer?

I've never been offered drugs by the local street corner dealer.

[cadaverkeys]

You guys rlly don't realise how much knowledge is still not committed to the internet. I find books all the time with stuff that is impossible to find through a search engine- most people do not put their magnum opus research online for free and the more niche a skill is the less likely you are to have people who will leak those books online. (Nevermind all the books written prior to the internet that have knowledge that is not considered "relevant" enough to digitise).

Whenever people say that we r growing up with all the world's knowledge at our fingertips...it's not necessarily true. Is the amount of knowledge online potentially infinite? Yes. Is it all knowledge? No. You will be surprised at the niche things you can discover at a local archive or library.

[riacte]

not romantic not platonic but a secret third thing [what would happen between earth and the moon if the earth stopped spinning as illustrated by xkcd randall munroe]

[dishsaop]

the worst part about being an adult is thay its no longer socially acceptable to just roll down a really big hill and then run back up it and roll back down again. "oh is this a syphilis metaphor" passerby would ask. "is this for a tick tock". no i just wanna come home covered in dirt and scratches and bask in the the solace of childlike mirth

[beaft]

a small child came into the café today and asked to buy a chocolate truffle. he tapped a credit card on the reader and it did not go through, mainly because it was not a credit card but in fact a junior cinema pass. i gently explained he couldn't use that to buy things in shops and he looked so gutted that i was like "...but just this once you can have it for free, don't tell my boss though" he said thank you and walked out with his truffle and as he went i heard him chuckling to himself and saying "yes..... yes!!!!!" like the sickos comic