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BIRTHDAY HUGS FOR SIMON (with a hint of angst)

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happy birthday to our rosebud boy!!!

he certainly deserves all the gifts in the world

@rainbowrowell

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Most annoying thing to remember is that you're litterally just a homosapien. You're just a very smart animal. If you feel like shit, imagine you're an exotic pet for some alien species and do what they'd do to keep you healthy. You gotta be well cared for. Animal abuse is a crime for a reason

"My pet human, Greg, hasn't left his bed in a long time. He's just scrolling his phone all day" Greg needs enrichment. Add enrichment in his enclosure and take him on walks

"Greg has been super lethargic and sad recently for seemingly no reason" Greg need vitamins, take him outside for some vitamin D and fresh air. Perhaps a picnic

"Greg won't sleep even though he's been super lethargic" Greg needs a schedule, especially for the lights in his enclosure.

"Greg has been super distant recently and keeps crying to sad music" Humans are pack animals, he needs to hug another human and hang out. Perhaps pack bond with a rock together

"Greg has been flailing around and panicking, his breathing is way faster than it should be" Greg is overwhelmed. Take Greg out of the situation and give him time to calm down. Perhaps somewhere cozy with tea and a movie

"Greg won't do what he needs to do" Train him. Humans do great with positive reinforcement, give him little treats when he's doing good

"Greg he's been super anxious and tired, he can't seem to enjoy his days" Humans needs to move around. Give Greg something to exercise with. Things like stretching, weight lifting, walking, or even dancing will help

"Even though I've taken really good care of Greg, he still has been having issues" Greg is ill, take him to the doctor. You might need a specialist (therapist, optometrist, oncologist, etc)

I know it feels patronizing, and I know it feels embarrassing or that you're "just giving into the clichés", but you are literally just a creature. You need to sleep/eat on time, you need enrichment, and you need to take care of your social needs. Humans are complicated animals, but they are also beautiful and all deserve proper care. This obviously isn't a perfect analogy, nothing is, but if you saw your friend taking care of their pet the way you take care of yourself, would you be concerned?

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I got inspired by this post

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im working on a silly thought right now but: it deeply sucks that advertising is annoying, irresistible, and omnipresent, and we all just have to cope with that constant ongoing sandpaper irritation. meanwhile there's less and less grace for humans that are annoying, which is something that every human is at some point, and some of us are really annoying for most of our lives.

like. everyone has to be beautiful and graceful. everyone has to be sensitive and kind. or else they have to be apologetically disabled: autistic, bipolar, deaf. they have to be so so sorry for inconveniencing you, cutting you off, weirding you out, holding you up, annoying you. they have to take responsibility, they have to listen and learn, they have to make it up to you.

i don't think i want to live in a world where advertisers get to crawl into my eyeballs and earholes as often as they possibly can, but if im abrasive and clueless to someone i better be a card carrying member of the Broken Brain Club or prepared to grovel.

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Juneteenth ❤️

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wip wednesday

I’m posting today in the biggest spirit of both / and.

It feels insane to post about my fictional guys when the world is so bad. Every day feels bad, but things feel so fucking dire right now. War and ongoing genocide. The Supreme Court decision about gender-affirming care. Dear trans kids (esp in the us): you’re valid, and we’re gonna keep fighting for your bodily autonomy and your right to be exactly who you are. I love you.

them.us has a good overview of what this ruling means. Trans Lifeline has good resources, too.

And—

Joy and art are imperative, as always. I’m reading so many queer and trans stories right now because I need them. Lou Sullivan’s selected diaries (We Both Laughed in Pleasure) is changing my brain chemistry. I just started Zoë Bossiere’s Cactus Country. I also started Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor. Excellent stuff all around.

ALSO !!! I finished more than a footnote. I plan to post the final chapter next week! 

I’m white-knuckling my joy right now. Dancing to Lady Gaga and Conan Gray in my kitchen. Checking in on my people. I’m wearing my colorful DeNiall friendship bracelet that @rimeswithpurple made for me last year. 

Okay, here are a few lines from chapter 9, under the cut for those that haven’t caught up on the fic yet.

Love to you all.

“You’re mad,” I repeat. “Yeah.” “I don’t—” I make a frustrated slash with my hand. “I can’t go back in time, Niall.” “It’s not just that summer. You … don’t talk. Just last week, you were gonna go to Hampshire with Baz. Instead of talking with me.” Any words I was gonna say die in my throat.

I love the scenery and settings in chapter 9:

The ocean bleeds orange as the sun slips beneath the waves, tendrils of lava stretching along the horizon. Sand transforms into pyrite, then returns to dull brown once twilight takes hold of the beach … … Before long, the white chalk cliffs of Kent tower above us. Gleaming blocks of milky bone jut into the sky, now smeared over with gray clouds and painting the beach in silvern light. 

And one of my favorite lines from chapter 9:

I’m kissing my best friend, and it’s better than I ever imagined.

Thanks for the tags today @blackberrysummerblog, @orange-peony, @alexalexinii and @thewholelemon.

Take care of yourselves and your people 🩵✌️

@whatevertheweather @artsyunderstudy @cutestkilla @valeffelees @bookish-bogwitch

@drowninginships @rimeswithpurple @iamamythologicalcreature @leithillustration @alexalexinii

@fatalfangirl @larkral @orange-peony @hushed-chorus @run-for-chamo-miles

@brilla-brilla-estrellita @theimpossibledemon @fiend-for-culture @emeryhall @j-trow-95

@you-remind-me-of-the-babe @ileadacharmedlife @best--dress @confused-bi-queer @messofthejess

@roomwithanopenfire @shrekgogurt @stitchyqueer @monbons @youarenevertooold

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WIP Wednesday!

omg.... I have wips.... on a wip wednesday..... it's been 84 years....

I’ve been extremely busy lately! But do expect more Carry On stuff later in the year… perhaps an animatic or two… WHO SAID THAT???

I’m currently preparing for my largest convention yet and I’m very excited for it! Will probably be posting some pictures on my instagram!

I'm preping a multi image thing for Simon's birthday! Have had this idea in my mind since like March so finally happy to be starting it!

Have half of the wips! With the total being six pieces :) (should've had posted this for six sketch sunday but I need to finish these by Simon's BDay)

Tags below the cut:

@aristocratic-otter @artsyunderstudy @best--dress

@bookish-bogwitch @confused-bi-queer @cutestkilla @drowninginships @emeryhall

@fiend-for-culture @iamamythologicalcreature @ileadacharmedlife @ivelovedhimthroughworse

@jyae23 @katatsumuli @larkral @leithillustration @letraspal

@martsonmars @messofthejess @monbons @mooncello @nausikaaa

@noblecorgi @onepintobean @orange-peony @palimpsessed

@raenestee @roomwithanopenfire @rimeswithpurple

@shrekgogurt @skeedelvee @the-beard-of-edward-teach @theimpossibledemon @thewholelemon

@valeffelees @whatevertheweather @youarenevertooold @you-remind-me-of-the-babe @wellbelesbian

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WIP Wednesday

thanks for the monday tag @run-for-chamo-miles! I'm scheduling this post so if anyone else tagged me--thank you and hello.

Hey, where's all my @carry-on-big-bang participants? Fics will start posting soon, right? What are you working on? Tell us, I'm nosy!

My busy time at work is hopefully about wound down so that I could actually have a minute to think about anything else! Writing, even? or just continuing to read everyone else's stuff? I'm happy with either, to be honest.

I finally read Slow Dance and loved it. I finished a KJ Charles or two. I got to beta a few amazing fics, only two of which I can link to currently (Pull Yourself Together is finished! it's great, @blackberrysummerblog! and fittingly, since it was @rimeswithpurple's birthday fic--Arianna's Simon vs Baz photos is so funny. I love revisiting the Infinity in a Teacup universe we made). And I got the extremely loving, indulgent, Simon-love-fest Safe and Found for my birthday from @facewithoutheart! I'm so very honored that in my honor, Simon would get fed tamales. It's fitting.

How about a little bit more texting fic? (if you recall, a wip still firmly in draft mode that I'm calling hey beautiful :).) I've been debating whether to have it entirely in text, or if I should have some sections that are prose, so I experimented with writing a few both ways. I like the prose, but there's something very satisfying about having it all in text. If there's something you love about a text fic, let me know, because this is very much still a work in progress. Below the cut, tags and a little bit of that conversation--the prose version.

“Who the fuck did you give my number to?” I say, slamming down my book on Agatha’s desk.  “Oh hi Basilton,” she says with fake chipperness. “Good morning to you too. I’m fine, thank you for asking.” “Who the fuck is texting me?” She laughs, genuinely delighted. “Oh good! I was hoping he wouldn’t give up!” “This is a violation of federal privacy law,” I huff. “It’s literally illegal for you to give my number to strangers.” “Is it?” She cocks an eyebrow at me. “Well, then, it would be a violation of federal privacy law for me to tell you who I gave your number to.”

Let's ignore the problem of what country's federal privacy law is violated here. Baz isn't that clear and it's his POV, not mine. See, I think you don't gain enough with the switch to prose to make this worth it, but let me know what you think.

keep on keeping on this week, my friends, and tell me what you're up to.

@alexalexinii @alleycat0306 @aristocratic-otter @artsyunderstudy @best--dress

@bookish-bogwitch @bachusekart @bookishbroadwayandblind @brilla-brilla-estrellita 

@confused-bi-queer @cutestkilla @drowninginships @emeryhall 

@fiend-for-culture @iamamythologicalcreature @ileadacharmedlife @ivelovedhimthroughworse @j-trow-95

@jyae23 @katatsumuli @larkral @leithillustration @letraspal

@martsonmars @messofthejess @monbons @mooncello @nausikaaa 

@noblecorgi @onepintobean @orange-peony @pato-roldnart @palimpsessed 

@prettygoododds @raenestee @roomwithanopenfire

@shrekgogurt @skeedelvee @talentpiper11  @the-beard-of-edward-teach @theimpossibledemon 

@valeffelees @whatevertheweather @youarenevertooold @you-remind-me-of-the-babe 

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She would NOT fucking shave that

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i love sluts i love perverts i love dykes i love faggots i love aromantics i love freaks i love librarians i love ibuprofen

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I missed you!

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Eight Sentence Monday

Thanks for the tags, @monbons and @priincebutt!

Sorry for another Monday post. We’ve got to stop meeting like this, eh? As it happens, I was in the ER yesterday for what turned out to be a stomach virus. For me personally, it only makes sense that I’d be on struggle street during Father’s Day, but I digress. The health issues start coming and they don’t stop coming, apparently. This issue is also easily treatable though. I’m resting for a few days—so, plenty of time for reading and writing!

If you’re still here and that opener hasn’t killed the vibe, have some sentences:

I’m posting trans!Alex and gynecologist!Henry as soon as I finish it, maybe even today!

They woke up spooning. Alex typically hates how short and small he feels, being the little spoon. Henry made it feel like a luxury. Henry was the first to get up, and he slipped into the restroom while Alex feigned sleep. Neither of them brought up the cuddling, so he figures they got away with it.

In any case, Henry has to leave now, but Alex is caught in cloud nine. Henry looks dashing when he’s sleep-rumpled. Alex is over here using words he’s literally never said aloud before. 

If my current outline for teachers!snowbaz holds up, this will be from the final chapter:

Baz took inspiration from the Leavers’ speech Natasha gave when she was Headmistress. He has magically preserved the paper in a wooden picture frame, which rests on his desk during the school year. A nice reminder of what’s special about this place, even when it’s frustrating or lonely or overly familiar. Baz doesn’t have enough seniority to give a speech to the eighth-years, and I don’t, either, but he still makes his list of what he loves.

I still make my list, too. One could say I barely stopped. I’m not trying to forbid myself from missing things or regulate my fear of uncertainty, not like I was as a teenager. I just can’t help enjoying so many parts of Watford.

Lots of love and hugs, everyone! Tags under the cut! Feel free to keep this in your back pocket for Wednesday. OH and stream ORDER chaos ORDER by Calum Hood. That’s all.

@alexalexinii @andromedaskies @anincompletelist @anyroomsrio @anti-homophobia-cheese

@artsyunderstudy @bachusekart @benwvatt @blueeyedgrlwrites @bookish-bogwitch

@cccloudsss @cutestkilla @drowninginships @emeryhall @facewithoutheart

@fairflowered @fiend-for-culture @firenati0n @firstprincefairytale @firstprincehornyramblings

@hushed-chorus @ic3que3n @ileadacharmedlife @imagineacoolusername @kj-bee

@larkral @luainthewild @lovelettersto-mars @made-by-han @martsonmars

@meanjeansjeans @miss-minnelli @mooncello @nausikaaa @noblecorgi

@onepintobean @onpurposewrites @onthewaytosomewhere @palimpsessed @philaet0s

@raenestee @rimeswithpurple @roomwithanopenfire @simonscones @stellarmeadow

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Stitches and Sentences

Happy Sunday all! I'm trying to hold myself accountable to making progress on my projects by doing regular updates, so here I am on this very rainy day that's perfect for snuggles with Mr. Bon and the Little Bons (which I will be getting back to after I post).

STITCHES When @artsyunderstudy shared her pride art last year, I stared at it all day. This year, I had to make the boys into dolls. You can find the final post here. I'm super pleased with my photography skills, and even more pleased that the sun came out for just one day in what the forecast tells me is going to be two solid weeks of rain.

Honestly though, there really is no way to convey how beautiful these dolls are if you don't see them in person, which is why I made a little video tour of them so you can see ALL the angles. Enjoy my very pleased narration.

SENTENCES I continued to make progress on my Cheer fic. I wrote just over 6k new words this week before deleting 2k because 1) I got stuck, and 2) I didn't like the direction I had taken. It always hurts a bit when you have to toss any writing, but I just keep reminding myself that this is how it goes, frustrating as it may be. I'm also approaching the hard part of drafting, where all the fun exposition is done and your characters have to start wrestling with their shit, so the writing and rewriting is becoming more frequent.

I can't share too much of what I wrote this week, so here's a little exposition for you from chapter 1, Baz POV.

I pull away from Dev and beeline towards the bleachers where the cheerleaders are beginning to pack up now that tryouts are over. When I reach them, Simon is chugging water from what appears to be a repurposed milk jug. “Why are you here?” I demand. Simon doesn’t stop drinking. Instead, he holds up a finger and tips his head back further. Water dribbles out of the sides of his mouth, down his chin, and onto his already rather revealing top. The fabric of Simon’s barely-there shirt sticks to his skin, and I realize with horror just how impressive my formerly chubby best friends’ new muscles actually are.  I close my eyes with a groan. This is torture. Utterly unbearable.

Hellos and high fives and see you later this week when I post a new doll for Simon's birthday!

@alexalexinii, @argumentativeantitheticalg, @aristocratic-otter, @arthurkko, @artsyunderstudy, @bachusekart, @best--dress, @blackberrysummerblog, @brilla-brilla-estrellita, @bookish-bogwitch, @confused-bi-queer, @cutestkilla, @drowninginships, @emeryhall, @facewithoutheart, @harrie-leithillustration, @hushed-chorus, @iamamythologicalcreature, @ic3que3n, @ileadacharmedlife, @katatsumuli, @larkral, @letraspal, @mooncello, @nausikaaa, @noblecorgi, @orange-peony, @prettygoododds, @raenestee, @rbkzz, @roomwithanopenfire, @run-for-chamo-miles, @rimeswithpurple, @shrekgogurt, @skeedelvee, @stitchyqueer, @supercutedinosaurs, @talentpiper11, @the-beard-of-edward-teach, @twinkle-twinkle-up-above, @theimpossibledemon, @thewholelemon, @whatevertheweather, @you-remind-me-of-the-babe, @youarenevertooold, @jyae23, @j-trow-95

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Bro, we are cooked. The knight that dogs the prince's shadow like a dark and silent wraith just knelt to press his forehead to the prince's hand. Yeah, now he's uttering a prayer whose recipient is ostensibly God but in reality is the deified version of the prince that exists only in his mind. Aaand the prince just caressed his cheek to preemptively grant him absolution. I gotta... I gotta get out of here.

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Simon & Baz at the beach🩵🩵

Carry on, by Rainbow Rowell

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there’s a guy at work who’s forcing everyone in the breakroom to gender me right by yelling my name at any given moment 

he also said he was sorry he read my deadname on the worksheet but was “going to get black out drunk and probably forget dw” 

edit : im a trans guy, im out and on T but im very short that’s why my buddy asserts my gender for me i repeat he’s not outing me he’s doing it to keep me from being misgendered