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shi-gut · 1 year

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Introduction post

hiya to anyone that has stumbled across this page amid the mass exodus from twitter! the names yoshii (a.k.a: shi-gut)! im actually not really new to this place so i don’t need a “welcome” sort of thing. kinda surprised this username wasn’t taken after i deleted my old account lol. this is the same handle ive used before so nothing different than before. for anyone that has ever seen my old blog or was around during that time pre-2018 (or if you’re completely new), back in 2021 i decided to up and delete my account here. reason being is because ever since the whole mess with tumblr being bought in 2018, most of everyone had jumped ship and fled to twitter. things weren’t the same as they once were and i could clearly feel it as the activity i was getting on here after 2018 was almost non-existent. after awhile i decided to also jump ship myself but actually deleted the account after putting it off for 3 years. i thought of keeping it up for the sake of archiving, but like deviantart, that old blog reminds me of nothing but my cringe era during its reign and i’d rather dissociate from that era as much as possible. same for deviantart. funny that now twitter is going through the exact same hell tumblr went through. same situation: gets bought out, new owner fucks over millions of users with drastic changes, and those said changes cause mass exodus to occur as users seek new horizons to expand upon but are stuck with the challenge of trying to recreate what they had before on the old platform (unless you’re a big name or popular enough that it won’t matter). it’s assumed rn that twitter could potentially die off as they are hemorrhaging employees by the gallons and with what little will remain, the site might not function very well if there’s few people to manage it. idk how true it is and im not one to get wrapped up in this sort of thing. ever. the only reason i have to give a damn is because i put art out there and compared to any other social platform ive been on in the past 10 years, nothing compares to twitter. im not a commission/request artist so im not really worried about that, but it’s moreso to just get my name and stuff out there anyways. (especially if/when i do decide to take on commissions). so that sorta thing is kinda important for me, and also for other artists/content creators etc. we are more likely to get hit by this hurricane harder compared to the rest.

because of the uncertainty, im restarting my tumblr account from scratch again. im also restarting my deviantart account as well shortly. i still plan to remain active on twitter despite this whole mess. simply because it’s very important to still throw my work out there even if im throwing it into a barren wasteland with a population of zero. rn im just trying to cover as much base as i can in the event that twitter does end up becoming the new tumblr. i have no idea how or what i plan to do for this blog. maybe start by reuploading some old stuff from my other old social accounts just to get everything up to speed and then focus on the new stuff? prolly might do that. idk if plan to be super active because i just restarted this account. but we shall see in the upcoming days!

my carrd website with more socials! (gotta update it soon)

✨ yoshii / shi-gut

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gi-maeve-rose · 3 years

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Dark Matters

Chapter 3: Surprise Visit

“Holy shit,” Shae commented as she eyed Kandomere up and down. It had been a decade or more since they’ve been in contact, let alone seen each other. Work has surely worn exhaustion and age into him, but he hadn’t changed a bit; expensive three-piece suit, baby blue locks. “I definitely didn’t expect to see you here, Kandy Man. I suddenly have a sweet tooth.” Shae’s sharp teeth dug into her bottom lip as she grinned.

Kandomere cleared his throat, feeling himself grow hot under the collar under her gaze. “May we come in?” he asked.

Shae raised an eyebrow and stepped off to the side, allowing them access to her apartment. As Kandomere, Daryl, and Nick filed in, they were greeted by a large Cane Corso. He sniffed at the men excitedly.

“Titan, cama,” Shae ordered the dog. He immediately trotted to his bed beside the couch along the wall. His tail wagged happily.

Nick smiled at Titan. “He’s very beautiful,” he complimented.

“Thank you!” Shae said with a wide smile. “Most new people who meet him think he’s scary or dangerous just because of his breed, but Titan is the biggest sweetheart you could ever meet.”

“Hey, him and I got something in common!” Nick and Shae laughed together. It was different, but comforting that Shae didn’t seem put off by an orc being in her home. It could be that she lived in a heavily orc populated area and babysat orc children often, or it could be that that was just in her nature to be so kind.

Daryl, already wanted to leave, cleared his throat and spoke up. “Miss Cortez-”

“Oh, please, call me Shae,” she insisted. A moment of shock scanned over her face. “Oh, shit, how rude of me! Do you guys want something to eat or drink?” She scrambled to the kitchen.

Kandomere forced back a smile. It was heartwarming to see how little her personality had changed. He couldn’t imagine Shae being anything but hospitable. “Coffee, if it isn’t too much trouble.”

“Water, please,” Nick asked. Shae looked to Daryl, who nodded for water also.

“Coming right up,” Shae filled two tall glasses of water and handed them to Nick and Daryl. She smiled nostalgically at Kandomere. “Hazelnut brew, one cane sugar packet?”

Kandomere broke into a smile. “You actually remembered?”

She scoffed as she started the pot. “You only snapped loud enough for the whole coffee shop to hear when the barista got it wrong for the second time in a week.”

“We had been going to that spot for years,” he defended. “They should’ve had it right by then.”

“She was a trainee!” Shae erupted into giggles.

Ten years. Ten years had gone by, but it seemed not a moment had passed. The comfort in each other’s company still held strong. You’d think there was never a reason they lost contact in the first place. Unless you were them. Then you’d know exactly the reason...

Daryl raised an eyebrow at the interaction. So there was history between them. But Shae was a Bright. Weren’t magic feds completely against magic in general? Why would Kandomere, the most uppity of the magic feds, associate with a Bright? As curious as he was, he was more eager to get this Magic bullshit over with. “Shae,” he interrupted, capturing the audience of three. “We’re here because we have some questions for you. Something went down recently and sources led us to you. Would you mind helping us out?”

Shae shifted her stance as her smile fell. She crossed her arms over her chest. “Of course.”

Hiding his displeasure of the mood shift, Kandomere pulled a file from his blazer. “This is highly classified information, so no one can know.” He set the file on the kitchen table. “A while back there was a run-in with Inferni. An elf named Leilah, in specific. Her Wand was stolen by another member, and also her sister, Tikka.”

“She was trying to get away from them,” Daryl added quickly, almost defensively. “She didn’t want no part of that ‘resurrecting the Dark Lord’ bullshit.”

Shae swallowed hard as she took the file from the table. Kandomere noticed this, a sinking feeling in the pit of his stomach forming as he continued. “Officers Ward and Jakoby here were the ones who took her out. We’ve had the Wand in Magic Task Force possession ever since.” He sighed heavily. “That is, until recently. A few weeks ago, our archives were infiltrated by two Inferni women.”

Shae opened the file. The first thing she saw was a screen capture of the security footage. She recognized the women instantly. They were close friends of Shae’s, or at least they use to be back when they all attended college together. As many usually do, Shae, Nadia, and Akila inevitably went their separate ways after graduation. While Shae started her internship with the Magic Task Force, Nadia and Akila wanted a bit more adventure. She hadn’t heard from the two ever since, and now it was apparent as to why.

Shae let out a breath she didn’t realize she’d been holding. “I know them,” she admitted. “We were all pretty close back in the day.”

“You wouldn’t happen to have an idea where they might be hiding out?” asked Nick. “Or have they ever reached out to you?”

Kandomere shot Nick an icy glare. “I doubt Shae would have any association with the Inferni,” he defended sharply. “She may be a Bright, but that doesn’t mean she-”

“They did reach out to me recently,” Shae interrupted. The pit in her stomach grew, making her feel sick. “And by recently, I mean a couple months go.” Shae dared a glance at the three men, the sick feeling only getting worse when her eyes met Kandomere’s. “They said they wanted me in on a project they were working on. They didn’t give details, said they would only tell me if I agreed to it. just based off that, I had a bad feeling, so I told them no, and that was the end of it. I’m guessing this was their project.”

Kandomere felt a burning mix of relief and fear settle in his chest. The Inferni had come to Shae, but she rejected them, despite the two women being dear to her heart. But the Inferni had come to Shae... And that could only mean they would come back for her. But why Shae? Of all the Brights, there had to be more who were more skilled and experienced with their ability.

Daryl may have had a similar notion cross his mind, sharing the same expression as Kandomere. He sighed heavily, turning to the elf. “How do you wanna do this?” he asked.

Shaken from his looming thoughts, Kandomere cleared his throat. “I’ll need to consult Montehugh, but that won’t be possible until tonight.” He started packing up the files, irritated once more that they were at time’s mercy.

Shae bit her bottom lip as the men readied themselves to leave. “Do you have a basic blueprint on what you’re going to do?” she asked suddenly, startling herself.

Kandomere paused.

“I’m sorry, Shae, but I don’t think that’s information we can share,” Nick spoke up.

She nodded, dropping her head in disappointment, yet smiling softly. “Right, right. Magic Task Force business. Top secret. How could I forget that?” She picked her head up again, her smile a little wider. “Stay for lunch then? I was just about to start before you showed up.”

Kandomere’s chest tightened. Shae was always the first to jump at a helpful opportunity, especially ones of such importance. It was just who she was. He found himself not wanting to leave so soon, despite not wanting to have showed up here in the first place. “That sounds nice,” he accepted, his wants speaking for themselves.

Shae beamed, too distracted by the overwhelming warmth in her body to notice Nick and Daryl exchange glances, but they didn’t object. “Perfect. I’ll get started.”

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comicteaparty · 4 years

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April 11th-April 17th, 2020 Creator Babble Archive

The archive for the Creator Babble chat that occurred from April 11th, 2020 to April 17th, 2020. The chat focused on the following question:

What sort of analytics/stats do you track for your comic/story and why?

Deo101 [Millennium]

I prefer to track trends instead of stats, and for views mostly. I like to make mental notes the differences certain things make. I don't really like to think of comments and likes as stats, even though they might count. I prefer just to look to views for trends, and honestly I check kind of rarely because otherwise I get a bit invested in them. If I'm only looking at views once a month it's a simple transaction of time and effort versus something I might delude myself into thinking I have control over.

Erin Ptah (BICP | Leif & Thorn)

I use the Jetpack plugin for Wordpress stats. Nice graphs and basic data -- how many hits, where readers are coming from, what pages get the most traffic. But it has limits...like, here's the graph of hits over the last month, there's clearly a big jump in the past week, and I have no idea why?

There aren't any referral links that are generating a ton of new visitors -- unless it's a link from somewhere the plugin can't track. I don't know if it's a bunch of new readers arriving and reading bits at a time, or a small number of readers going through the entire archive very quickly. Or maybe a bunch of existing readers felt like it was time to re-binge the backlog? Maybe it's from people in lockdown who are all going through their "comics to read" bookmarks at the same time? Could be basically anything.

I also keep an eye on php script executions, because my hosting company limits those the way other places limit bandwidth. There's some "running automatically without doing anything essential" Wordpress scripts that I've found and disabled to keep the stats down, that I wouldn't even know existed if I didn't have to pay attention to it.

Oh, and ads -- I try to keep coming up with new banners for comicad.net, and then watch their stats and retire the ones that get the lowest click-through rate.

chalcara [Nyx+Nyssa]

I‘m currently not tracking anything yet, because right now it would only serve to make me nerveous. It‘ll change as soon as I get around to advertising, I think.

Deo101 [Millennium]

It might be good to track a bit before adverising as well, though, so you can see how much a difference advertising makes for you? I get it being nerve wracking though

chalcara [Nyx+Nyssa]

You‘re right, of course, but before I stopped tracking the majority of visits to my side are my own for testing purposes, and that‘s just de-motivating. I started at basically zero, because I have no pre-build social media presence.

Deo101 [Millennium]

Ahhhh yeah. It's never easy to see your stats before they've gotten where you want them

LadyLazuli (Phantomarine)

I also use Jetpack, but I don't track things too heavily. But I do like seeing how site views spike when I share something on social media. I've been meaning to get a proper subscription service set up on my site - haven't made one yet. Tracking subscribers will be something concrete I can also do. As long as I see an upward trend while I'm not on hiatus, I'm happy.

AntiBunny

I haven't even bothered installing analytics since I moved my comic.

sssfrs (JOE IS DEAD)

I don't really track anything except Twitter posts, I'm not very good at computer

kayotics

I track through google analytics. It’s used by the marketing agency I work for and easy to install, so I trust it. It’s a bit complicated to look at if you’re not sure what it’s saying, but it’s very robust. I usually just see if there’s an uptick in new users at all, and if there is, I try to see where they’re coming from. Google analytics is great for identifying where people are being referred from

Then in combination with that, I check page views to just see if they’re new users who have never read before, so there’s a big jump in page views if they are.

Phin (Heirs of the Veil)

I use jetpack and google analystics but I really try to not look at analytics TOO much

Eilidh (Lady Changeling)

I upload to ComicFury, which has built in analytics, but I don't really use them for anything too much. I try not to check them honestly, it gets me obsessive otherwise

Capitania do Azar

I use the jetpack ones and it's nice to see spikes when someone is going through the archive @Erin Ptah (BICP | Leif & Thorn) you have a lot more pages than I do, so maybe it's hard to check and especially if you're getting a lot of views per day, but usually I can tell if someone is doing an archive binge when I see many individual pages in the hits, but each one has only 1 or 2 views

sssfrs (JOE IS DEAD)

I just recently figured out how to look at my website analytics

Joichi [Hybrid Dolls]

How is the best way to look at your site analytics? I usually see viewer and subs on the main Webtoon or Tapas. I've been considering getting a personal site

sssfrs (JOE IS DEAD)

My site hosting has a page for it in the control panel

varethane

I put google analytics on my personal site, so I can see that data

I dont check it much though lol

Erin Ptah (BICP | Leif & Thorn)

With Wordpress/Jetpack, it looks like the "top viewed posts" list only displays the top 500 -- so yeah, if someone does a whole archive binge, they'd hit hundreds of pages more than can fit in the pageview stats.

Erin Ptah (BICP | Leif & Thorn)

I did just check and see that a lot of pages from the Volume 1 storylines got 5-7 views apiece in the past week! Hopefully some of those are new readers who'll stick around through the rest of it

Joichi [Hybrid Dolls]

I'm trying to find a method of scripting and I found one that works for me atm. I'm drawing scenes and writing outline as I draw. So that they match in sync with each other. My brain tend to go in different directions if I focus only on writing. I hope I can finally aline my mind story with my art scripting.

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alleiradayne · 2 years

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A Touch of Evil | Art Master Post

A Destiel Series Sequel to Innuendo

When Dean and Castiel are left to clean up a mess in the archives, they accidentally release an incubus from his 1000 year imprisonment. To regain his power, the incubus takes up residence within Dean and Castiel, influencing their most intimate moments. But they quickly learn that the incubus is draining their lives from them, and if they do not satisfy the demon soon enough, they will die. Do they sate the incubus' lust? Or will they find a way to exorcise him in time?

Chapter 7 - House of Pain Summary: After the incidental discovery of Castiel’s penchant for pain, Dean introduces them to a flogger. Characters/Pairings: Castiel/Dean Winchester Word Count: 2,275 Song: House of Pain - Van Halen

“Doesn’t look like exorcism research to me.”

Castiel sat still as stone but for his finger scrolling through a website on his laptop. He made no move to hide the screen, no effort to mask its content: cock cages. Castiel stared openly and critically as though examining a specimen under a microscope. A moment later, he appeared shocked to see Dean standing in his bedroom doorway. “Did you say something?”

Dean dropped his bag by the bed. “Do you think the exorcism is going to require a cock cage?”

“No,” Castiel grunted, then slammed the laptop shut. He stood and crossed the room, ran his fingers through his hair, then pulled it out straight from his head. “I can’t help it. Every time I get on a computer, my mind drifts… and by the time I notice, I can’t get a grip. It spirals, and all I can think about is you and your body and your—”

“Whoa, slow down,” Dean interjected. He kicked the door shut, then turned back to Castiel. “Rowena’s spell definitely didn’t work, did it?”

“Unless it somehow dampened Venintus’s ability to drain us, no, I don’t think it did.”

He eyed the bag beside his bed. “There’s one way we could test that theory.”

“Did you—” Castiel strode across the room and grabbed the small bag. Hand plunged inside, he asked, “What did you—” but before he finished the sentence, he withdrew a supple black flogger, its many fine straps and commanding grip screaming to be used. Castiel swallowed a thick gulp as he glanced between it and Dean, then back. “Why flogging?”

Dean shrugged as he slowly closed the space between them. “Because you moaned like a pathetic whore when I slapped your balls. Is that a good enough reason?”

How prettily he blushed. Castiel agreed with a soft, “Yes,” more of a whine than a statement. Even the mere thought of torture seemed to drive Castiel wild with want. His bulge had grown half again as large as a moment ago. And when Dean approached him, chest to chest, breath heaved from him, hot against his lips.

“Would you like me to try it?” Dean asked, then met him for a deep kiss. How long they remained there, he could not be sure. But when Castiel shoved the flogger into his hands and parted from him, he did not care.

“Gentle at first,” Castiel said as he pried at Dean’s belt. “I’m not sure what I can actually handle in this department.”

“We can find out, if you’re okay with that.” Castiel’s pants fell to the floor in a second after Dean unfastened the belt buckle. “And you give me a color or tap. I’ll check in, too.” When he simply nodded, Dean’s heart soared. Half the fun was seeing Castiel’s eyes light up at the suggestion of their newly developed safeword system. He peeled his shirt from Castiel, then gently laid the flogger’s tails over his shoulder. “Alright then, where do we want to do this?”

“Can we… start here?” he said, voice horse with want. “Try it out first?”

Dean motioned in a circle, and Castiel turned about-face. “Take off those shorts, honey.” He did as ordered, underwear discarded and clothes kicked aside. Dean smoothed his ass with the flat of his hand, then squeezed hard, fingernails biting into his meaty flesh. He had to be careful. Such tender muscles, such delicate skin deserved no less. And leather was a cruel mistress, equally comforting and disquieting at once. One measured strike. No more, no less. Keep it together, he thought.

A soft paff broke the silence as the leather strands met Castiel’s ass. He shuddered, and a tiny whimper escaped, but he remained silent and still beyond that. Dean waited, but nothing happened, and when nothing continued to happen, he asked, “Is that—”

“Thighs,” Castiel demanded.

With no roles to play, Dean granted his demand. The strands cast across the backs of Castiel’s thighs in the next heartbeat, a louder smack filling the room. And in its wake sounded a delightful cry, one that Dean desperately needed to hear again. So he struck the left thigh, then the right, two swift strikes, and Castiel’s knees nearly buckled under his songs of pleasure.

“Am I—”

“A little harder,” Castiel demanded. “I know it looks painful. There are welts by now, they take seconds to appear. But I… trust me, Dean. Please.”

Nerves. It had to be. There was no other explanation for the sweat that beaded on Dean’s brow, ran down his temples. And Castiel was, as always, so cool and calm despite the quivering quake in his every breath. As though he always knew exactly what he wanted. He had asked for trust even though he knew damn well that Dean trusted him implicitly.

So then why hesitate?

“Get up on the bed.” As Castiel obeyed, Dean stripped himself of his shirt and pants, relieved by the cool bedroom air. “On your back. Knees up. I don’t think I’m going to be very good at this.”

“Why?”

Dean watched, eyes wide and growing wider as Castiel lay on his back, raised his knees, and spread himself so wide. “Because,” he began as he shed his underwear. “Seeing you go crosseyed as I fuck your ass and whip your balls is gonna empty mine faster than it ought to.”

Castiel’s cock bobbed as he sighed, and a string of precum dangled from the tip. “That sounds perfect to me.”

“That makes one of us,” Dean grumbled, “but if you enjoy it, I will. Obviously…” He paused as he stroked himself, teasing Castiel’s asshole with the tip of his cock. “I already am.”

A string of profanity and vulgar demands dribbled from Castiel’s mouth. Already so delirious. And they’d only just started. Then again, it made sense. No more buffer between his physical body—what was once his vessel—and his soul. He felt everything, every fine detail, every ounce of pressure, every breath, every firing of his nerves, many for the first time. No wonder he writhed beneath him, wriggled with such palpable frustration.

Leather strands danced in rhythm along with Castiel’s sac. Red blossomed across his chest, his face as he gasped, hips rolling, and he grabbed his cock to squeeze. “Why are you teasing me?”

“Because I like watching you squirm,” Dean sighed as he leaned for the lube on the nightstand. “Those slutty little thrusts in your hips? Yeah, I know you want it. Want me to pound your ass, fill you up. But… there’s something about prolonging the inevitable that is so—” He twitched his wrist, flicking the strands against his balls, and Castiel gasped. “Fucking.” Another snap, a sharper contact, and Castiel cried out a lewd moan. “Arousing.” A third flick of his wrist snapped the flogger across Castiel’s sac, red welts left in its wake. In that same feverish moment, Dean rolled his hips, and his slick shaft spread Castiel with ease.

No chorus of angels compared to the song that Castiel sang. Those magnificent eyes burst with the light of a million stars, and his back arched, stroking his cock in his hand. “Yeah, that’s it, Cas,” Dean drawled as he withdrew to thrust again. “Let it all out. I wanna hear how good it feels.”

Though it wasn’t a command, Castiel obeyed, moaning longer and louder cries as Dean set his pace. All the years he had spent wondering, worried, only to end up there in Castiel’s room buried in his ass and flogging his balls. And he was damn good at it. At least he could do that much. At least he could pleasure the man he had grown to know and love over the years. Not to mention all the pleasure he received in giving. The sight of Castiel so aroused—because of me—was more than enough. Like the way Castiel’s ass spread around his thick cock, hugging, squeezing with each rush of arousal. Or the complete lust-induced delirium that rolled Castiel’s eyes, slackened his jaw, and drove his fist to pump his own swollen cock. Or most of all, his tightened sac, crisscrossed with red welts as he continued to draw the flogger across his most sensitive skin.

Add it all up, and it was the dirtiest, sexiest, most perfectly perverted experience. And he wouldn’t trade it for the world. He needed it, needed everything Castiel had in him to give, all his little moans and sharp cries and divine praise. He thrust harder, struck faster, demanding the height of pleasure from them both. He was the rhythm to Castiel’s melody, punctuating his keening song with his hips slapping hard against his ass and snapping the flogger across his welted flesh.

“Tell me, Cas,” he demanded. “I want to hear the words.”

“Please,” Castiel gasped, “keep going. It’s perfect… oh, Dean, I’m so close.”

“That’s it, sweetheart, come for me,” he breathed. “I want to see you drenched in your own cum.”

All the telltale signs of Castiel’s impending release flared, and he pursued that release, that glorious divinity, unrelentingly. Sweat and precum dripped down his sac, his thighs as Castiel’s asshole tightened on his cock. And then the room stilled, quiet for one breath as their moans, heaving sighs, and desperate prayers silenced. Castiel’s fist steadied just beneath the swollen head of his cock, tiny rolls of his wrist encouraging his body, and his body obeyed.

A load of cum streamed from Castiel’s cock and coated his chest, his stomach in his heavenly white fluid. Another hard flex, extracted by a deep thrust and the flogger teasing his groin, sent another load to mingle with the first. When the third font burst from him, Castiel moaned a long, high sigh that emptied his lungs and his sac.

There wasn’t a human on earth that could resist such a shameless display of hedonism. Dean gritted his teeth against the rush, against the wave of destruction crashing over his walls. But his release rode that tidal wave, borne by an unspeakable evil that fueled his lust, his selfish desires. And so he withdrew from Castiel at the last second, discarded the flogger, and grasped his cock. He hardly recognized the growl deep in his chest as his orgasm surged forth, and the first long, white rope landed on Castiel’s cock.

More.

That voice, familiar yet aberrant, echoed through his head, and Dean obeyed. His second load streamed over Castiel’s balls and ran in tiny rivulets to his asshole. And for the third load, Dean shoved himself back inside Castiel and emptied himself with an unearthly growl. The lusty fog clouding his vision receded, light returning to its typical golden glow, and a twinge of disgust wrenched him back from Castiel. Cum dribbled from the small gaping hole, traversing the red, raised skin, and it was then that Dean finally witnessed the destruction he had wrought.

“Jesus H. Tap Dancin’ Christ, Cas, are you alright?”

A more radiant smile did not exist. Castiel grinned a toothy grin as he said, “I feel amazing. That was absolutely perfect. You’re surprisingly good at that.”

“Looks like I took out a lot of sexual frustration on your ass…” He paused as he consumed the entirety of Castiel’s body. “Fuck, that’s a lot of cum.”

Castiel glanced at his chest and touched the splatters of white dotting his tawny skin. “I was not aware that humans produced so much. But I find it arousing.”

“I dunno, Cas, I’ve—” Dean wrenched the towel from beneath him, then began to cleanse them both. “I’ve watched my fair share of ‘Massive Loads’ porn and this… is not something a human can produce.”

Dark concern shrouded Castiel’s stare. “Do you think it’s…”

Though imperfect, the towel had accomplished enough. “It has to be. We’re gonna end up passing out again for a while, I can feel it.”

“I can as well,” Castiel said as he attempted to stand, but his knees buckled beneath his weight.

Luckily for him, Dean darted under his arm and caught him. “Whoa, slow your roll there, Superman. Not to be crass, but I just fucked you from here to Sunday and back. Might need to take it easy for a minute or twenty.”

“Sorry.”

Dean clung to him. Pinned to his chest, their bodies melded, consciousness combined. So entwined, Dean could no longer feel himself alone. There was no telling where he ended, and Castiel began. “Don’t be sorry. Makes me feel all manly, catching you like that. And I like it when you grab onto me. Like you’ll never let go.”

That earned him a boyish smile. “That’s because I won’t.”

“God dammit all, Cas, I love you,” he said through a laugh.

“And as much as I love you,” Castiel began, “I think we better get into bed before we pass out. It’s—it’s already—”

After Castiel’s third gaping yawn, Dean shuffled them to the edge of Castiel’s bed and threw back the sheets. With Castiel ushered in, he followed and gathered Castiel in his arms. There, he quickly settled into a familiar calm, one he had grown so very fond of. But the unsettling truth prowled at the edges of that serenity, stalking them both from the shadows. Each heartbeat felt as though it counted down their final moments together, a shameless reminder of the impending threat.

In those final seconds of lucidity, a violet mist coiled through the air, seeking, searching until it found an outlet. And as the fog filled his nose with those scents—heather, pine, sea salt—darkness rode on its coattails, plunging Dean into a deep, dark, endless nothing.

This series is complete! Reblogs are loved and feedback is welcome!

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ceciliataormina-internship · 5 years

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06.03 (8. 50 h) Promotion and Action Plan

The work behind this scheme it has not been easy at all. It took me one hour and a half to sort out all the info and ideas I have been able to gather together in my head and put everything down onto paper. This is the final Promotion and Action Plan description I sent to Marcus, which is also a resume with all the information I took notes of during my researches last week: EVENTBRITE: 1. ArtFulness: this is the closest event sponsored on eventbrite that uses art as a therapeutic approach. It is drawing based mainly but it says that everybody can use the media they prefer (therefore including photography) https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/artfulness-workshop-tickets-56237778710?aff=ebdssbdestsearch 2. Image Therapy for you: I told you about this group related to the topic of how they charge £130 for one hour workshop but they give you the chance to bring along 3 people max to the event to share the cost with. The funny thing that I have just discovered is that this workshop runs everyday always at the same hour, which means probably the photographer in charge runs it every time someone books a slot on a random day. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/image-therapy-for-you-tickets-55624644810?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&janus_fv=exp_eb_86972_related_events_v2%3DA As I said at the phone, to set up an account and create an event it is very intuitive, but I leave you here the link to the fee page of the platform, so you can have a look and have a better understanding of what they ask for. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/support/articles/en_GB/Troubleshooting/how-much-does-it-cost-for-organisers-to-use-eventbrite?lg=en_GB FACEBOOK AND WEB RESEARCH: 1. Phototherapy-centre.com is the website where I found all the information about the phototherapy practice used in arts, with the list of all the names and places in the world where this practice it is used. The connected group on Facebook is this https://www.facebook.com/groups/PhotoTherapy.and.Therapeutic.Photography/ but you cannot have a look at the actual page unless you make a request. However tonight I was reading through the comments and I found out that the website it is actually still active on the page of "News and Events" and you can be added to it every time you have a workshop date already planned! This is a comment from the organizer of the website herself of 5 days ago: " Judy Weiser AND FINALLY: Monthly Reminder Message #3: ➜ If you want to be added to my "PhotoTherapy News and Events Notification List" so that you can be kept informed and updated about these things... —> just send** me your name and email address in an email message titled something like "please add me to your list" -- and I will then do that, and then also send you a confirmation-reply message, so that you know I received your request. **Send to me at: .... jweiser @ phototherapy-centre. com (just remove the blank spaces and it becomes a "hot-link" to my email address) Thanks! " 2. Salto-youth.net it is a website about phototherapy in art that gives a huge amount of information about the degree they are promoting in Italy and they offer an exhaustive explanation about what artists they refer to on their teaching. I will leave you the link of the manual, let me know if you can download it. If you can't, I will find another way to let you have it. https://www.salto-youth.net/downloads/toolbox_tool_download-file-905/phototherapy%20MANUAL.pdf? 3. Photovoice.org is a website that popped out different times during my research and their mission is to use photography for positive social change. They work with people from different social backgrounds and they give them the chance to tell their story through images. It does sound very interesting and the website it is well done and updated on training sessions and projects.Let's keep in mind that they do UK projects (I am not sure if they are based in London, but it is easy to discover if so) therefore we could think about asking for a collaboration to have more visibility. 4. Theoneproject.co/Therapeutic-photography it looks kind of a community online where people share their web workshops or ideas and ask for tips. I will do more research about it, to understand if it could be a good platform to sponsor us and reach more people. 5. https://www.artspsychotherapy.org/ this is the institution I was telling you about, where they teach therapy and the use of arts. This is a very good place where to start to make connection and build relationships with tutors and students. INSTAGRAM: There are no sign of art phototherapy events at all, but the algorithm of the App today started to highligh some art therapy workshops around UK (drawing and painting based), which is very interesting considering the fact that I have looked at it only one day through hashtags. We can use the algorithm to our benefit and push the promo at the very beginning using this system, showing people that we exist and we are easily reachable. NAMES AND SOURCES FOR FUTURE REFERENCES AND RESEARCHES 1.Jo Spence archive and the book "Putting myself in the picture" 2. Rosy Martin 3. Neil Gibson 4. Terry Dennett 5.Del Lowenthal 6.Bryce Evans TEDtalk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuJhTfxd0gY There are also a lot of italian names, but I will give you more details as soon as I will find some document in English or as soon as I will do a translation to summarize what they do and talk about. ACTION PLAN PHASE ONE 1. Create the add on Eventbrite and make it available on the platform. 2. Make the request from your profile on Facebook at the group https://www.facebook.com/groups/PhotoTherapy.and.Therapeutic.Photography/ and promote the event asking to Judie Weiser to be added to her website on the event page and also on the list of "who and where in the world". The page has 7500 active followers so far, most of them from London, which makes everything easier. Reading through the comments, the workshop it is the only thing they are waiting for to happen and we are ready to serve it on a golden plate. 3. Create a post on Instagram, doing a bit of research of the hashtags that worked on my profile to discover some events and use them on our benefit, to reach more people and give impressions. The more the advert of the workshop is eye catching (like our picture) the faster people will click on the post to see what is about, who you are and when it is going to be the event at. Let's make use of the link of eventbrite uploading it to your bio, so people will know that you are active on a different platform and it will give to the event a more approachable impression. 4. Contact the https://www.artspsychotherapy.org/ and see if there is any chance to collaborate with them, do a little bit of networking PHASE TWO: 1. Update your website creating a spot for the worshop events. 2. Ask for consents of participants to use images of previous workshops and upload them, showing to the viewer the variety of content that participants can create. 3. Create a design for a flyer, print it and attach it on the board of different places and institutions like my university or https://www.artspsychotherapy.org/

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