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awesome girl with a REALLY lame crush. my favorite

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My InvisoBang Artwork!

Yes, I am late to this. Blame my workload.

Anywayyy, I was an artist on Invisobang for the story Cradle-to-Cradle by WillaKK. I was one of the artists alongside tinyspectre who made an absolutely gorgeous piece.

Now that all my art is published in the fanfic, I'd like to share them on my tumblr and any thoughts I had on it.

One of the first pieces I did for chapter 3. It's an interaction between Danny and an OC named Andy. For this piece, I wanted the hand (Andy) to contrast, foreboding as it comes from the darkness before resting itself on Danny's shoulder in comfort. The blue of the hand's background is also meant to be a lot calmer than Danny's drippy red background.

My second piece from chapter 9. I'll be honest, I am not as happy with this piece. I went for a more shaded and detailed look. The palette is an offshoot of the first one with more colors. I wanted a piece where both characters (Danny and another OC) are talking to one another in a gazebo. I had a tough time picturing the background, which is why it is left in a blue gradient. There's a lot I could've done better.

The very last piece I did was for chapter 11. I went back to using the original palette which I think helped me get into the groove of things.. I liked this much better since I returned to my normal shading style. I also like the background I did, though I wish I included more galaxy designs. I spent a lot of time making Valerie's suit make sense from behind as I didn't have a lot of references.

All in all, I had a fun time during Invisobang! I cranked out 2 pieces I'm relatively proud of and I got to experiment with different techniques.

Here are some wip I also had:

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Writing tips for long fics that helped me that no one asked for.

1.) Don't actually delete content from your WIP unless it is minor editing - instead cut it and put it in a secondary document. If you're omitting paragraphs of content, dialog, a whole scene you might find a better place for it later and having it readily available can really save time. Sometimes your idea was fantastic, but it just wasn't in the right spot.

2.) Stuck with wording the action? Just write the dialog then revisit it later.

3.) Stuck on the whole scene? Skip it and write the next one.

4.) Write on literally any other color than a white background. It just works. (I use black)

5.) If you have a beta, while they are beta-ing have them read your fic out loud. Yes, I know a lot of betas/writers do not have the luxury of face-timing or have the opportunity to do this due to time constraints etc but reading your fic out loud can catch some very awkward phrasing that otherwise might be missed. If you don't have a beta, you read it out loud to yourself. Throw some passion into your dialog, you might find a better way to word it if it sounds stuffy or weird.

6.) The moment you have an idea, write it down. If you don't have paper or a pen, EMAIL it to yourself or put it in a draft etc etc. I have sent myself dozens of ideas while laying down before sleep that I 10/10 forgot the next morning but had emailed them to myself and got to implement them.

7.) Remember - hits/likes/kudos/comments are not reflective of the quality of your fic or your ability to write. Most people just don't comment - even if they say they do, they don't, even if they preach all day about commenting, they don't, even if they are a very popular blog that passionately reminds people to comment - they don't comment (I know this personally). Even if your fic brought tears to their eyes and it haunted them for weeks and they printed it out and sent it to their friends they just don't comment. You just have to accept it. That being said - comment on the fic you're reading now, just do it, if you're 'shy' and that's why you don't comment the more you comment the better you'll get at it. Just do it.

8.) Remove unrealistic daily word count goals from your routine. I've seen people stress 1500 - 2000 words a day and if they don't reach that they feel like a failure and they get discouraged. This is ridiculous. Write when you can, but remove absurd goals. My average is 500 words a day in combination with a 40 hour a week job and I have written over 200k words from 2022-2023.

9.) There are dozens of ways to do an outline from precise analytical deconstruction that goes scene by scene to the minimalist bullet point list - it doesn't matter which one you use just have some sort of direction. A partial outline is better than no outline.

10.) Write for yourself, not for others. Write the fic you know no one is going to read. Write the fic that sounds ridiculous. You will be so happy you put it out in the world and there will be people who will be glad it exists.

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I love it as always! <3 It was wonderful working together for Invisobang!

Cradle-to-Cradle: Reflection So excited to post my very first piece for Invisobang 2024! Big shout out to my author WillaKK for writing a story that mixes two of my favorite things together (Danny Phantom and vampires!) and fellow artist EyesofCrows who inspired and challenged me to do a pixel art piece for this event. I had so much fun working on this with them and hope you all check the story out!

You can read the first chapter on Willa's page here

And you can read the full story here on AO3, which will feature both Eyes' and my pixel illustrations for some of the chapters!

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Cradle-to-Cradle

After plot plaguing my mind, most often when I was trying to sleep, I decided to do Invisobang this year! I had the wonderful opportunity to work with two fabulous artists: tinyspectre (art) and EyesofCrows! They put so much love into their pieces so please go check it out! I'll link their art here soon! I also had some help with all the nitty gritty of the story by my beta reader WriteDreamLie! I hope you enjoy the story as much as she did!

Anyways, here's the story I've been working on!

Cradle-to-Cradle (1229 words) by WillaKK Chapters: 1/14 Fandom: Danny Phantom Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Danny Fenton & Jazz Fenton, Danny Fenton & Tucker Foley & Sam Manson, Danny Fenton & Danielle "Dani" Phantom Characters: Danny Fenton, Jazz Fenton, Sam Manson, Vlad Masters, Danielle "Dani" Phantom Additional Tags: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Vampires, but not an au, Blood and Gore, Blood Drinking, Characters Consuming Ectoplasm (Danny Phantom), Ghost Hunger (Danny Phantom), Self Depreciating Thoughts, Slight Panic Attack Summary: What starts as what appears as a change in heart with Vlad unintentionally leads to Danny being placed in a fatal situation, one that doesn’t involve his typical fare of rogue ghosts. Instead it’s vampires. Danny now has to ensure that Vlad’s schemes are stopped before it is too late for Elle while also navigating his new relationship with his mortality.

Here’s the first chapter below the cut!

Danny hates Vlad. No, hate is too simple a word. Danny despises Vlad.

Poor, unassuming Danny thought that Vlad was finally turning around. Of course, he wasn’t; Danny should have known better. See, earlier that evening, Vlad had invited Danny over for a dinner of reconciliation. With the elder Fenton’s out that weekend at a conference, it seemed as if Vlad left his scheming behind. Vlad could have easily benefited from them being away from Danny’s safe embrace. Vlad could have easily taken control of the situation and finally accomplished one of his greatest goals. But, he didn’t. He stayed in Amity Park and asked for dinner over kind and apologetic words. Danny should have known better.

When Danny arrived at the way too grand house, Vlad welcomed him in with open arms. Of course, Danny was still apprehensive. While seeing Vlad like this was not too uncommon, it was typically when he put up a façade. That was something that Danny was too used to seeing whenever his family interacted with “Uncle Vlad”. The instance here could certainly just be a façade, Danny realized. But, maybe he is finally changing? Maybe he finally realized what he was doing was just wrong and plain creepy.

It seemed as if Vlad was true to his words as they had conversation over dinner. He apologized for his spur of the moment actions that caused the Fentons harm in the past. He said that he had gone to meetings with a therapist who helped him understand and better his thoughts. (Danny couldn’t believe that Vlad would actually admit to needing help, but that night was full of surprises wasn’t it?) Vlad then apologized for all that happened with Danielle.

“Words aren’t enough for that, though, Vlad.”

“I know, Daniel, that’s why I would like to at least financially support her so she can live a life like a normal child. I wronged her in the past” — Danny huffed at that — “It’s my responsibility to rectify that.”

Danny couldn’t help but applaud Vlad for his change in attitude. Maybe things would finally turn around. Maybe Vlad could live up to “Uncle Vlad”.

The food was also very delicious, Danny had to admit. Vlad did have a keen eye for high-quality delicacies. The Italian Soda that Danny had did taste a bit odd though: “Do not worry, Little Badger, it’s made from specially imported syrups straight from Italy! You just are not used to the pure high quality. Now, maybe if you came over more often this would not have been a problem, would it not?”

With all the talk, food, and Danny’s horrible sleep schedule, Danny was already getting pretty tired by dessert. But it was chocolate lava cake so Danny couldn’t pass on that (not like he would want to pass on dessert in general). Vlad had made sure that the dessert was really something special: he had to since it was commemorating a monumental time of change. Instead of the typical plain rich chocolate, there were spices in it as well. It was an awesome idea, Danny had to admit, making the chocolate lava be reminiscent of lava. But, he couldn’t really enjoy it in all of its glory because he really was getting tired and maybe his thoughts were becoming a little fuzzy. Maybe he should get home. And, it seemed as if Vlad was getting a bit tired as well, if Danny interpreted his expression correctly.

Danny exclaimed that he best be getting home because it was getting late, yet omitting the fact that he also didn’t want to keep Jazz waiting around for him (“Just in case,” Jazz said). He then added that he was glad Vlad was finally making a change for the better and that hopefully they could have dinners again.

“Of course, Little Badger, I look forward to it.” Vlad escorted Danny to the door and bid him good night. It seemed so normal, especially for Vlad. Maybe things were really turning around. Oh! How much easier Danny’s life had just become. Maybe he’d finally get to finish the movie marathon with Tucker.

As Danny left the single lamp lit doorstep towards the street leading home, the cool autumn breeze was inviting. The fireplace that Vlad had burning made the home a bit too stifling for Danny’s ice core’s taste. The breeze also woke him up a bit, and, wow, he really was getting tired. He didn’t realize that he was this tired before. Maybe he should walk home a little faster.

Wait, flying would be faster, wouldn’t it. It was only a fifteen minute walk, but anything to shave that down would be welcomed. Danny double checked his surroundings. Luckily, no one was out. Even the outskirts of Vlad’s higher class neighborhood were still nice enough that no one loitered and most people stayed in their welcoming homes late at night for comfort (and safety from ghost attacks that were all so more unsuspecting in the night). With no bystanders in sight, Danny went to transform. But all he felt was a small fizzle of energy. Yes, his brain was a little fuzzy, but he still realized that that wasn’t normal. He tried again: the same results.

Oh, Vlad. What did he do? What was he up to? Danny really shouldn’t be this tired. Maybe he should sit down for a minute. No! Keep walking Danny, keep walking. No falling asleep now. Ugh! I should have known Vlad was up to something. What if something happened to Jazz, too?

Ten minutes away now, he was almost there. He needed to make sure she was safe. Wait, who is “she”? Sam? Elle? … Jazz! Jazz is home alone. Oh, wow! It got dark really fast. Are those street lights not working? Hmm, they really need to fix those. Wasn’t that where Skulker … Focus Danny. Keep walking home. No stopping.

Eight minutes away. Oh, there’s the cafe. They have good croissants. But, they’re closed now, aren’t they? Too bad, Jazz would have liked one of them. Jazz! Walk faster. Could he close his eyes while he walked? He was really tired. Was that a noise? No, it’s just my feet.

Is that a person? Maybe. But he just needs to walk. He’s right next to the cafe now. It feels like a whole minute has passed but he’s only walked a short distance. Is there more than one person? Ah, it doesn’t matter. Wait! Does it? They are moving very very fast, or is Danny just moving very slow?

Ouch! What was that sudden sharp prick of pain near his neck? He should fight those people off. He can fight them off for Ancient’s sake! He’s Phantom. Oh! But maybe he shouldn’t. No, he really doesn’t need to. There’s no problem. The pain is still there but it’s okay. Isn’t it? Wow! The world is getting really fuzzy. It’s like it’s covered in a big fur blanket. Like Cujo! Hmm, yeah, he’s a nice doggy, very nice. Hmm, maybe he should just close his eyes now. Yeah, that’s a good idea, then the street light a few doors down wouldn’t be so bright. Then he could sleep. He liked sleep. Sleep. Sleep. Sleep. Hmm, what’s that “ba-dump” noise that’s been slowly slowing down? It’s too loud, he doesn’t like it. Oh! Is it stopping? That’s nice. Sleep.

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Hi guys! I come with a holiday gift! I've been gone for a while, but I've not been idle!

I've been secretly working on my piece for the @ecto-implosion. This is my first Danny Phantom event and it was an absolute blast! I especially want to thank my author for this event, WillaKK! She's been amazing and I hope you guys check out her great fic for this! Likely my last post for the year, so have a wonderful new year guys!

Keep your eyes peeled for anymore art I post for this, I'll be using the tag #The Astronaut

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Embedding images on AO3: A Guide

Since AO3 doesn’t host images themselves, we’ll just have to host them elsewhere.

In this guide we will use Google Drive, Discord, https://postimages.org/, or Tumblr as possible choices to host our images.

Step One: Grabbing the URL

Google Drive:

In google drive create a new folder where the image(s) or sub folders for further organization.

Right click and select New Folder, name this folder what ever you what.

Now upload your image(s)

Right click on your image and hit share

Under General Access ensure it is set to Anyone with the link

Hit Copy link

The link you have should look something like this

**https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mzOp9pOYhaWahgJP6yVFXbtYagCQ_0Up/view?usp=sharing **

But as is it won’t work! We need to modify it first!

Copy the string of random numbers and letters after /d/ and before /view?

1mzOp9pOYhaWahgJP6yVFXbtYagCQ_0Up

Here’s a template https://drive.google.com/uc?id=

paste your string after id=

your new link should look some thing like this…

https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1mzOp9pOYhaWahgJP6yVFXbtYagCQ_0Up

Now, you have a working link from Google Drive ready to use.

This Google Drive portion was from this guide here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/28132845

Discord

I have a personal discord server I use for sharing links and other information between devices/OSs. Alternatively, you can create a discord server dedicated to AO3 link hosting.

Create a new text channel. I’ll call mine ao3-image-links in this example.

Once you’ve uploaded your image click/tap on it and hit Open original

Or on mobile tap this icon to open the original.

Copy the link from your browser’s address bar on desktop.

from mobile tap the share button then Copy URL

This will give you the full resolution of the image rather than the condensed preview you’d get from the Copy Link in Discord.

Now, you have a working link from Google Drive ready to use.

Using a image hosting service like https://postimages.org/

https://postimages.org/

You can create an account for free with this one. This is pretty straightforward so I’ll gloss over. Hit the sign up button. Then, enter your desired email

Once logged in you will be presented with this page

Upload your image, and you will be taken to this page.

Copy Direct link

Now you have a working link from postimg.cc ready to use.

Tumblr (mobile):

Tumblr is not always the best to use as blogs can get deleted or URLs can change here. But I’ll include it here anyway.

Long tap the image you wish to use in a post.

You will be presented with this menu.

Tap share photo. 

Then you will be presented with another menu.

Tap Copy URL

On Desktop (Google Chrome Browser)

Right on the image in the post.

You will be presented with this menu…

Click copy the image address.

Now you have a working link from Tumblr ready to use.

Now, you are ready to embed.

Step 2: Inserting and fitting the image

Go to the new/ existing chapter you wish to be embed.

HTML OPTION:

Make sure in the HTML editor view.

This is located next to the rich text button in the Worktext section, as shown.

Now, find the place in the text where the image should go…

<p>  <img src=“https://i.postimg.cc/8zG9ZNMw/blob-danny.jpg” width=“270” height=“600” /> </p>

For this image, it was much too large. So, I modified it with the width and height modifiers.

**First you must find the dimensions of the image. **

This can be done with the same image URL from earlier. With this online tool.

http://myfreeonlinetools.com/get-image-size-and-dimensions/

In this example, my image is 1080x2400

Once you have the dimensions, you can find the aspect ratio.

Use this calculator:

https://www.digitalrebellion.com/webapps/aspectcalc

Once have the aspect ratio, you can half or quarter the height or width and calculate for the one you don’t have.

Example I’ve quartered my height as halving it was still to big.

In my case the dimensions are now 600 by 270 which fits the page much better.

These will be your new dimensions.

Record them.

Here is a blank template to paste in.

<p>

<img src=“” alt=“” width=“” height=“”/>

</p>

src is the path to the URL.

alt is the alternative text for the image. This is used for accessibility as well as be a modern web standard.

width is the image width in pixels

height is the image height in pixels

You insert your values in between the double quotes.

_*remember to close your quote _

*remember to close your image tag

RICH TEXT OPTION

Make sure in the Rich Text editor view.

Set the cursor where you want the image. Click image icon.

Set the values in this form.

Use the URL we generated in one of the previous 4 options.

Set the Image description

The width and height may be input automatically,  if not consult the HTML OPTION for finding the dimensions and aspect ratio of the image.

Here’s how it looks after posting

Shout out to @playedcrowd5610 for inspiring me to make this guide.

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When you're writing and you suddenly realize you don't know what happens next

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Military recruitment, haha

rb w what ur local blockbuster was replaced with

mine is a Five Guys

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I know this sounds like the deranged ramblings of a senile old man but I swear it used to be possible to look up information on the internet

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DPxDC Dead Tired Coffeeshop Accident

For one reason or another, Danny is now living in Gotham and working in a coffeeshop. For one reason or another, Tim frequents the same coffeeshop.

Now, both of them are honest to god messes who treat sleep like a grave enemy. Meaning they both survive on coffee, spite, energy drinks, and their respective hyperfocuses.

They don't even talk, really, they just see each other from time to time: Tim knows the barista who looks like he's been dead for weeks is named Danny, and Danny knows how to make Tim's Death Wish with his eyes closed, but other than that, they are just strangers who largely don't care about each other.

That is, until one time after his patrol, Tim comes to the said coffeeshop in his Red Robin gear. He doesn't even think about it, he simply needs coffee. He comes to the counter. He orders. His voice is tired and emotionless. He just wants his coffee and maybe stare at a wall for a few hours until his brain reboots. Danny takes his order without even looking at him. He has been sitting and staring at a wall for a few hours, night shifts are literally killing him.

They are both so done.

Red Robin waits for his coffee. Danny makes it almost automatically, his mind elsewhere. The coffeeshop is empty, save for them two. It's four in the morning. Nothing feels real.

Danny sets the cup on the counter.

"One Death Wish for Tim," he says out of a habit, not fully registering they are alone, and he doesn't need to do that.

Tim takes the coffee without thinking, nods a silent 'thank you'. Brings the cup up to his mouth-

And notices a glove on his own hand.

He is in Red Robin get up.

He freezes and looks at the barista, who is cleaning the coffeemachine. Danny, noticing him looking, also looks back at him. Did he make the wrong order? He knows Tim's soul, he's seen it a lot, he couldn't have mistaken him for anyone else, but maybe he forgot to add syrup?..

There's a domino mask on Tim's face. A vigilante domino mask.

They stare at each other. No one moves. No one blinks. The sun is rising somewhere over the city.

Tim takes a sip of his coffee. Danny goes back to cleaning the coffeemachine.

They never speak of this again, but Tim becomes a regular here in both of his personas.

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I love this concept. It doesn’t have to be for anything specific, like dpxdc, but just generally. It really adds a new level to space core aus.

Danny donates to the local blood drive! In his defense he was pressured into it by his peers and parents, and wasn't able to steal back his blood before it was shipped out.

True to Fenton Luck, it ended up in the batch of emergency blood supply in the Justice League, which meant that it's paper trail was erased and by the time Tucker was able to even try to find it, it was long gone.

Cut to a few months later, and Superman gets into a huge fight.

It's bad.

He actually lost a fair amount of blood.

The reserves that they thought they had specifically for him were far lower than they anticipated.

Clark can probably survive with what they have, but ideally they'd have just one single pint more.

Out of desperation, they start testing all the blood they have in stock. Maybe, just maybe, they'd stored some extra in the wrong place and mislabeled it.

They didn't, but they do find a viable donor. It issn't Clark's DNA, but the blood is unmistakably Kryptonian by nature, and it is compatible with Clark.

Anyways, that's how Danny ends up opening the door to Pulitzer Winning Lois Lane, who wants to know if he's a secret alien.

Or; The Justice League find a blood donor in their stashes that's not only compatible with Clark, but is undeniably Kryptonian in nature. They investigate and find out it's from one Daniel Fenton, and decide to be polite about asking instead of barging in. This is a Clark who had his issues with Kon, because I know y'all love to villainize that, but has grown past them, apologized, and is on good terms with Kon. His issues weren't really with Kon being a clone, they were with him seeing who he could have been if he hadn't been raised by his parents, and also his DNA was taken without his permission and used to create a person. He gave Kon his Kryptonian name and accepted him as a person, hero, and Kryptonian. Please. Please stop taking the easy way out for a villain and slapping it on Clark.

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by pepe_soho

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That feel when your fandom has to start a '#no dissection' tag on ao3

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18.07.2024

1) but your honour theyre my emotional support human au snail

2) human peaches is legally blind and can. see about as well as a snail

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Prompt idea: Danny has been attending Wayne family dinners for weeks now and he truly doesn’t know how he got this far

Danny has been without a home or a means to get food for a while because of either identity reveal gone bad or Dan timeline shenanigans. Either way he needs to eat. As a last ditch attempt Danny tries to attend/infiltrate a Wayne family dinner. He’s seen the Wayne kids around Gotham and he’s sure that he could look and act the part enough to get in the door and out with some bread rolls at least.

Was it his best idea? No.

But he sure as sugar ain’t firing on all cylinders rn.

And Bruce already has a gaggle of blue eyed, black haired children.

What’s one more?

Batfam of course notices immediately when a whole new kid shows up, grabs some miscellaneous pieces of food and then prattles off some excuse about “not being that hungry.” (Clearly a bald faced lie) And that they were “Going to the library to study for finals, bye Dad!”

1. No one skips out on family dinners. Even Jason was here.

2. Alfred sets the table for everyone ahead of time and the kid had no place to sit.

3. Nobody in this house studies anything beyond case files.

4. Nobody in this house calls Bruce Dad.

Danny thinks he is suffering from success. No matter where he is in Gotham someone picks him up and insists he’ll be late for family dinner which is unacceptable.

Alfred just wants to feed the boy.

The batkids are amused by his efforts to look as though he’s been here all along.

Bruce is drafting adoption papers as we speak.