#I've deactived three times this year

[blizzardfluffykpop]

could you direct me to some got7 writers?

-i sent the got7 ask i little while ago

Oh ofc!!! The first two that come to mind are:

@prettywordsyouleft - I will never ever be over airforce7 tbh- Chelle has wrote some of my favorite works! Got7 Masterlist

@proudahgase-exol - I did check Bunny's blog to see she updated like the 3rd of this last month! But I'll always favor dancing with a devil as a Yugyeom bias 🤭 Got7 Masterlist

These are the first two I can think of- if you want writers like me who no longer write for them but have their masterlists up- I could do that too- like @kpopfanfictrash has some vv good got7 fics- but I'm pretty sure Shana only writes for bts anymore? (not 100% sure) Got7 Masterlist

I hope this was satisfactory for now- but if you have any other questions on got7/fic recs/writer recs lmk~

#anon #anon asks #got7 recs #got7 writer recs #kate rambles after this #writer recs #i feel like i got 5 yrs older reading some of the blogs i checked before suggesting these three- cause i checked my rec list to see quite #a few deactived blogs- it's so interesting how much we lose over the years- anyways i'm sure there is many more i could list if i really #go digging but it's been so long since i've read got7 works... and most of the time i was always looking for gyeom works so it's sth #i'm pretty sure there are plenty of active writers for got7- but i don't truly know- i think the best people to ask are the ones who are #active in the fandom they'll for sure know- but again i do not know how active everyone is-

[topherwrites]

FIC RECS: OUTER RANGE, OUTER BANKS, STRANGER THINGS

If I made a little comment about every single fic or series here, it would be inhumanely long, so I've refrained from doing so and have just put the summaries for each. This is split into two parts, TGM fics and everything else.

I hope that anyone who reads this list finds something that they love on it just as much as I do! If I missed you, I'm sorry, there was a lot to sort through!

SOME OF THESE ARE 18+, PLEASE HEED THE INDIVIDUAL WARNINGS!

RHETT ABBOTT

Yellow Soul by @creatchie8

Trapped in a relationship with your high school sweetheart Perry is like a never ending nightmare of always stepping on eggshells. One winter break changes everything as you are reintroduced to his younger brother, Rhett. Looking for an escape, Rhett provides the perfect shelter you crave.

right where i want you by @sushiwriterhere

Standing there, staring at the cotton balls in the trash, some part deep inside of you decides that it’s now or never with Rhett.

Odds are Stacked by @sunlightmurdock

In which Rhett loses a bet and you lose your virginity.

Wayfaring Stranger by @/sunlightmurdock

Betrayal sends Rhett veering further West, searching for answers and searching for himself. Instead, he finds you.

Much Love by @southpawbitch

you & rhett have found yourselves in a little fwb situation despite the fact that you have a fiancé.

About Last Night by @delopsia

A self-indulgent take on Rhett's best friend coming back to Wabang and surprising him after his final rodeo.

Dancing Beneath the Moon by @/delopsia

How is it that your heart only longs for the ghost of a cowboy? And why do you get the feeling that his heart utters the same for you?

Closing Time by @youvebeenlivingfictional

“You’re having a helluva night, huh,” You comment. “S’that supposed to mean?” “You got a shit bull, then you struck out with that girl…And you failed to bait Luke Tillerson into trying to kick your ass.”

RAFE CAMERON

Untouchable by @boneblushed

It is crucial that the head boy and girl of Kildare Academy work together. Too bad the head girl is you and the head boy is Rafe Cameron.

Glitch by @/boneblushed

Rafe has a bad fall on the ski slopes. A temporary amnesiac, he falls in love with you all over again.

So Gorgeous It Actually Hurts by @/folkloreslovechild (deactivated)

childhood enemies to lovers, the slowest of burns, an unbearable amount of pining, both parties in heavy denial for like 90% of the fic, Rafe’s a total douchebag but he can’t help it (you’re gorgeous).

Euro Trip by @/folkloreslovechild (deactivated)

europe summer trip au!

new light by @outerbankies

you come home from college to spend your last summer before senior year in your hometown of the outer banks. an old friend hits you up wanting something more, and you begin to see what’s really been there all along.

You Belong With Me by @forevermoreharrington

Rafe’s fallen helplessly for his dream girl but she just doesn't see it yet.

tis the damn season by @atlabeth

When your roommate Rafe lies to his family that the two of you are dating, you agree to go home with him for the holidays to help sell it as his fake girlfriend after a generous bribe. It's just three weeks in the Outer Banks with one of your best friends -- what could go wrong?

Armour by @probably-writing-x

Having your heart broken was one thing. But Rafe watching somebody break your heart? That was something nobody could prepare for.

So We Won't Forget by @netegf

you meet rafe cameron at a grief support group while he struggles with the loss of his father. he's trying to be a better man, and you can't help but love him for it.

Hate It When You Leave by @/netegf

you are trying to cope with the fact that you're hopelessly in love with your best friend. He's trying to cope with the fact that you don't go after the things you want… including him.

I Know I Am by @bookofbonbon

For Rafe, it's always been you. He's just waiting for you to realise it too.

STEVE HARRINGTON

redamancy by @sanguineterrain

redamancy (n.) - the act of loving someone who loves you back; a love returned in full // or, four times you kissed Steve Harrington, and one time he finally kissed you back.

dancing with our hands tied part i | part ii by @taintedcigs

in which steve is in love with his best friend's ex.

EDDIE MUNSON

Pearl by @cacoetheswriting

a story about two kids trying to navigate through love and loss, inevitable goodbyes, various reunions, friendships and hardships, joy, heartbreak, plus surviving the upside down - all to the sound of Janis Joplin's Pearl.

#rhett abbott x reader #rafe cameron x reader #steve harrington x reader #eddie munson x reader #rafe cameron #eddie munson #rhett abbott #steve harrington #fic rec list #fic rec

[azzy421]

Lewis + Seb, “where it doesn’t hurt” please?

"Mr Vettel," the driver says, in the kind of slightly-louder-than-usual tone that suggests that this might not be the first time she's said his name, and Seb jerks awake. "We're here."

"Thank you," Seb says, unsure for a moment where 'here' is after two weeks of hotels and flights and taxis and trains, but then the grey-dark scenery resolves itself; his own house, his own driveway, the snow drifting gently down in the beam from the car headlights.

Home.

"Would you like any help with your luggage?" she offers kindly.

He would, but he also wouldn't hear the end of it, and Lewis is going to laugh enough as it is. Seb tips the driver well, eases himself painfully slowly out of the back seat - a high ride height, thankfully, or he's not sure he'd have made it without falling over - while she retrieves his bags from the boot and then stands on the snowy driveway while she drives away, willing himself to move.

A light blinks on in the hallway; Lewis is an early riser, even more so these days. The alarm blips as it's deactivated. Then the door hisses open and Lewis is there, leaning on his stick, wrapped up in a huge cranberry-red jumper, his hair bundled in a loose bun on top of his head. "Hey," he says, voice sleepy. "You're early, I thought it was going to be midday."

"Yeah," Seb says, eyeing the steps. Only two, and they're shallow, and Lewis manages them every fucking day, even on the days when he needs to take the stick with him. "I actually - Therese was leaving, so I got a lift. Her plane is one of the new hydrogen-powered engines! You know how I was interested, and we were talking before about -"

"Mm. How broken are you?" Lewis asks. He leans back against the doorframe, an amused glint in his eye. "Because I watched you get out of that buggy yesterday, man, and you know I love you but you looked like shit."

Rumbled. "I'm so fucking broken," Seb says, abandoning all pretence with relief. Lewis cackles triumphantly. "Don't laugh! You're not allowed to mock me, I've had a whole week of respectful silence while I talk and young hopefuls hanging on my every word and -"

"Is that why all the broadcasts overran?" Lewis asks, giggling, and Seb flips him the finger and bends down - slowly, oh so fucking slowly - to pick up his bags. The backpack is easy; the duffel bag is torture. "You know you could have taken a suitcase. One with wheels," Lewis adds, shuffling back to fully open the door.

"You don't take a suitcase to Race of Champions," Seb says, horrified.

"I did," Lewis points out, entirely unashamed. "I took three, one year."

"Okay, well, yes, if you're also using it as a fashion runway," Seb says, limping closer. His shoulders are screaming; he half-throws the bag to the second step. "Which - I am not. My fashion days are over. It's all about the competition for me now."

"And the parties," Lewis says. He doesn't make a move to pick up the bag, which tells Seb that it's not been a good night even if the presence of the stick - custom-wrapped, purple and rainbows fading into neon yellow - hadn't. Lewis has shadows under his eyes, up close, the kind even his bewildering skincare routine can't entirely banish. "I saw the photos. Did you buy any of your own drinks?"

"They all seem to think I'm not going back next year," Seb says, only partly joking. He grabs hold of the railing, ignoring Lewis's raised eyebrow, and hauls himself up one step, and then the other. "But. So. Ah, ow." Lewis is smiling, and Seb might have been thoroughly beaten up by rally cars and buggies and cramped seats and hard beds over the past few days and he might barely be able to walk, but nothing could stop him from smiling back. "I missed you."

"Come here," Lewis says, and pulls him forward, the stick falling to the floor. Seb lets himself sag against Lewis, against the hedonistic softness of the red jumper, finding his home again in the smell of Lewis's skin, of Lewis's hands warm and sure on the back of his neck, rubbing down his back. He can smell bread baking somewhere. Lewis must have used the breadmaker, set it on a timer for Seb's arrival. The thought makes warmth bloom hot and emotional in his chest; he presses his face into the side of Lewis's neck. "Sweetheart," Lewis says, soft. "Is everything -"

"They gave me a trophy," Seb says, muffled and pained. "A fucking trophy."

"I know," Lewis says. "I know, baby."

"Like it was some kind of, of consolation prize. I beat Laura Magnussen. Kid's a fucking Ferrari driver!" Lewis huffs a laugh. "And I placed eighth overall. Eighth! is that so bad, when - fucking hell, Lewis, I hate being old."

"No you don't, you love it," Lewis says, tweaking his ear. "You like getting away with shit and saying what you think all the time."

"It hurts, though," Seb says. It's selfish, because Lewis lives with far more pain than Seb does, on a day to day basis. Lewis is the reason for the shallow steps, the grab rails in the bath, the stash of pill boxes within easy reach of the bed. But Lewis, of all people, knows that Seb isn't talking about that kind of pain; his grip tightens in understanding. "God, no, you're right. But it hurts. Getting out of the car for the last time."

"I know," Lewis says, a tremor in his voice that most people wouldn't notice. Seb fists his hands in the softness of Lewis's jumper, a lump in his throat. "I'm going to run you a bath in a minute." Seb pulls a face, unseen, out of sheer habit. "Hey," Lewis adds, his voice soft. "Anywhere it doesn't hurt right now? I haven't had a kiss yet."

He only needs to move a little bit. His neck twinges, but the reward is worth it; Lewis's smile against his, the faint familiar taste of mint tea on Lewis's tongue, the way Lewis sighs and the way their bodies fit together, a little worn down at the edges but all the more miraculous for that. "They're going to Brazil next year," Seb murmurs, bumping his nose into the side of Lewis's. "We could do a comeback. Special senior category. Modified cars, better suspension."

"Hmm, okay. I'll think about it," Lewis says, and Seb almost believes him. He picks up Lewis's stick and Lewis takes it with a nod of thanks - how far they've come, since those first furious months when he'd refused to even look at it, even when he'd been barely able to move in the mornings. "Come on. Race you upstairs, I mean it about the bath - don't make that face, it'll help. Then you can race me to the bedroom."

"Sleep or sex?" Seb asks, hopeful. He bends over, suppressing a groan, and grabs the strap of his bag to pull it in over the threshold. Maybe the bath might not be such a bad idea.

"Why not both," Lewis says with a little waggle of his eyebrows that makes Seb laugh out loud, and leans forward to push the door closed.

#old men in love. for your consideration #still racing each other when they're old etc etc #roc-adjacent #written in a trance after breakfast #sewis #my fic

[ghoooooooooooooooost]

it's not looking good dudes

i'm still piecing things together but from what i've gathered; over the past 2 days, some incels got so pissed off abt there being no swimsuits in the limbus summer event that they review bombed the app. they planned to harass the main artist but upon learning he's a man, they went after the cg artist instead and dug up her feminist + pro-choice retweets from years ago (not even extremist? just normal women's rights?) i've also heard that a man (men?) physically visited projmoon's office but i'm not entirely sure what went down (projmoon has only posted their announcements about the whole situation in korean at the time of this post)

again, this is what i've pieced together so you can take it w a grain of salt, but the fact of the matter is projmoon did Surprisingly Quickly fire the cg artist and announce it publicly. they won't be replacing the art she already did but this is a massive blow regardless

many projmoon fanartists are locking/deactivating their accounts n moving. i've seen a few kr mutuals pledge to never draw pm again

personally, i'm super upset. but i also don't know what to do yet. i want to hope projmoon steps back n really thinks abt this (though i wouldn't blame the artist if she didn't want to come back either)

while i was writing this something else was revealed -

the artist for the leviathan comic has stated they had problems with projmoon as well...

(i put it through another translator just in case so the text in here is slightly different than the screenshot)

[ ID: a tweet from monggeu aka koug99 from 12:56 PM on July 25th, 2023 which is today. it reads thusly,

in english

"The serialization was carried out on an unreasonable schedule without a save file. When I contacted you because I couldn't stand it anymore, you admitted that it was a production issue after the series was canceled three or four hours later, I thought something had changed, but it seems that nothing has changed. It's a shame."

in korean

"세이브 파일없이 무리한 일정으로 연재를 강행하고, 도저히 견디기 힘들어 연락드렸을 때 서너시간 후 연재중단 통보를 받은 후 프로듀싱 문제라고 인정하셔서 뭔가 변한 게 있을 줄 알았는데 달라진 건 없었나 보네요. 아쉽습니다."

end ID.]

#situations continue to happen all the time forever #text post #limbus compay #i might lock this if i have to fix/update any info

[jerzwriter]

✨️ 🥳 💕

Hey dear! Thank you for the asks! From this list.

✨️ Out of the comments you’ve received on your fics, what are two or three of your favorites?

This is a tough one to answer because I have a lot of writing out there and, hence, a lot of comments. But back when I was writing Delaying the Inevitable, the comments were often mindblowing in both good and bad ways, but mostly good! lol Dori is not here anymore, but her comments used to move me to tears. @rosebudde isn't really here (though not deactivated, lol), and they were wonderful as well. I hope they know just how much they've meant to me. Also, @secretaryunpaid's insightful, thought-provoking comments (and her incredible GIFS) always make me squeal! lol I've also gotten some comments, usually in DM, that are the most precious to me... like someone told me they read my fics while going through chemo, and it cheered them up. Another told me a fic I wrote gave them the courage to leave an unhealthy relationship, and others have said that my writing lifts them when they're depressed. Those are like gifts, because if our writing can do something to make another person's life better in any way... man, there is nothing better than that.

🥳 Why did you start writing fanfic?

LORD. lol If you had told me three years ago that I would be writing fanfic, I would have looked at you a little funny. lol I decided to write an alternate ending to Open Heart because Pixelberry (as usual) fucked things all up. I didn't think I'd write anything more. Then, while talking to @icecoffee90 (in another world, I didn't even have a Tumblr at the time), I explained an idea I had for an Ethan x Casey x Tobias triangle, and she said, "Please tell me you're writing this." It turned into a 35-chapter fic. lol After that, I was bitten by the bug... and I'm still here for now. lol

💕 What is your favorite fic that you’ve written?

God, that's such a hard question. But I'm going to try...

Overall, I'd have to say it was the DTI Series, even though I would like to go back and make some changes.

I've also always loved Friends*, a playful, angsty & smutty friends-to-lovers AU I did for Tobias & Casey.

I liked A Family Affair, where Casey tells Tobias's snooty family that she's bisexual. That one was close to home for me.

I like ripping people's hearts out... so Forever (Ethan x Kaycee), Unforgettable (Tobias x Casey), What's Forever For (Tobias x Casey), and A Moment in Time (Trystan x Carolina AU) are good fo that! lol

But, honestly, I think one of the things I'm most proud of is my Eli Sipes "prequel" A Mother's Journal, Coming up Blank, and The End of the World are amongst the things I'm most proud of - and they definitely qualify as tearjerkers, too. lol

For lighter fare, Just Until Midnight (Ethan x Kaycee) would be up there. The how baby Samantha Carrick came to be stories, The Perfect Gift and For Keeps. UHM. You said ONE, right. So sorry... lol :) It's like picking your favorite child! lol Thanks so much for asking and I'll shut up now! lol

#writer asks #asks anwered

[athousandbyeol]

stray thoughts on forcebook's acting

honestly, i'm not an OG forcebook fan. i wasn't there from their enchante days. in fact, i started liking forcebook's acting three weeks after a boss and a babe aired. so, i don't know if i'm qualified to state my opinion (because i once posted this on my now-deactivated twitter, and the discourse wasn't pretty), but here goes nothing.

forcebook's commendable acting in a boss and a babe

so, after episode 9 of a boss and a babe, i now believe forcebook are capable of carrying heavy roles. they're dynamic actors, and now it's clear how many facades both gun and cher are wearing. even though i don't watch enchante, from the clips i saw here and there, they've improved tremendously. and kudos to them for their hard work.

gun gungawin, at the beginning of the series, is very stoic, strict and unfriendly. he shuts people down with his signature cold stare. he doesn't have a close friend. he's alone, and he prefers it that way. he overthinks but doesn't show. i personally think gun doesn't like skinship because it creates this bond, and he can't bear the thought of losing that someday (like how he lost thyme). yet, when he meets cher, his walls crumble. he becomes friendlier and happier. he doesn't care about what others think (contrary to how he was before cher). p'force portrayed him really well.

then comes the sunshine, cher saran, the bright and kind of idiotic intern (sorry, cher T_T). he's the mood maker. he's everyone's helper. very selfless because he has a gigantic heart. he ducks every conflict and traumatising emotion like a pro gamer. he cares so much about gun, but doesn't know how to show it with words. he's goofy and silly. and he keeps all the pain to himself. he hides them in the deepest part of his heart because he doesn't want anyone to know. he doesn't like talking about his struggles because that's who cher saran is. but you see the pain in his eyes when the light goes dark. and p'book's ability to distinguish the happy cher and sad cher so smoothly blows me away every single time.

episode 9 is a whiplash of pain, heartbreak, sadness, confusion, betrayal, loyalty, trust, disappointment, true love and sacrifice. i just want to say kudos to forcebook for bringing guncher to life. i shed so many litres of tears last night. i still will cry if i rewatch ep 9.

my bias towards p'aof's works

i'm a huge fan of p'aof (the director/screenwriter of he's coming to me, 1000 stars, bad buddy and moonlight chicken). i adore his works because of his precision in crafting the characters, choosing the most suitable bgms, his vision, the cinematography, the richness of symbolism and metaphor in his works, and his ability to bring out the best in his actors.

i'm beyond excited knowing my beloved jimmysea is now under p'aof's wings with another potentially heartbreaking series, last twilight, soon-to-be-aired this year (or early next year). i know p'aof will trigger all these emotions and potential in jimmysea, and i'm just ecstatic to see them nailing mork and day.

so, i posted this thought on twitter, and some didn't agree. i do understand that p'aof's works can be quite conventional and old school, but hear me out; even though it is, he's so good at it.

and it's funny how when i look at forcebook, i'm like— damn, p'aof really needs to give them a script. i've been manifesting a forcebook + p'aof collab ever since.

perhaps, i am biased. because i like p'aof's style, and i'm confident he has that freaking good script for forcebook somewhere in his stash (or his galaxy brain), and i hope god listens to my prayers. but as always, it's ok to disagree. this post doesn't intend to impose my thoughts on anyone.

so, yes. i just hope one day, forcebook will get a very good script to match their abilities, because god damn it, please don't waste their talents. i'll be furious.

and i hope only friends will be the beginning of forcebook's reign because these men know how to act, and they're nailing it.

#sorry for this word vomit #i have so much to say about forcebook but I better let this be the last #because as you can see; i'm not coherent #i'll never stop hoping one day p'aof will give them a script #that will be my happiest day on earth #these men deserve to have a good script to unleash their potential #good script + good directing and i swear forcebook will end all those potty mouths #force jiratchapong #book kasidet #forcebook #enchante #a boss and a babe #thai drama #thai bl #thai lakorn #random thoughts #(btw i apologise if anything i wrote in this post offended anyone) #na rambles

[ballisticiansfolly]

I've noticed this about you – Trying to pick up and understand things referenced in The English, pt. 1/2

So, I just watched Amazon's new miniseries The English at the beginning of this year, and while enjoying the it immensely I couldn't help but to notice that, besides historical facts and details, there were undercurrents in it that I just wasn't getting. I decided to do some research and came across pretty interesting things. Lots of thought has went into the making of this series. I've divided my findings in two parts. This first part is about general stuff.

Eli's a member of the Skiri/Skidi-Federation, one of the four bands (or groups) of the Pawnee people. Also known as the Wolf Pawnee or Loups, the Skiri used to live along the Loup and Platte river areas in Nebraska. The Skiri use a different dialect of Pawnee than the three southern bands (South band and Skiri differ mainly in pronunciation and vocabulary), but Pawnee speakers don't have trouble understanding each other. Eli's Pawnee name Ckirirahpiks is pronounced [tskirira:hpiks]. Ckirir means 'wolf' and rahpiks 'scarred.'

Recruitment of Indian scouts was first authorized in 1866 by an act of Congress. Between 1864 and 1877, 170 Pawnee men served in the "Pawnee Battalion" under Frank North (1840–1885) who had learned the Pawnee language after moving to Nebraska at the age of 16. (Interestingly, in 1882 North joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West as a manager of the American Indians.) Indian Scouts were officially deactivated in 1947 when their last member retired.

I found pictures of Pawnee scouts from 1870s in this blog post. These three pictures, taken by William Henry Jackson, were particularly interesting because you can clearly see that details of their appearance have been used as an inspiration when creating Eli's looks.

When rewatching the show I noticed that Eli was wearing an Indian peace medal. According to Trooper Charlie White, Eli was known for his heroic exploits while in the army, but - given Eli's brush off - I wonder if Eli's medal had been something he had inherited. Had his father been a chief? Still, among William Jackson's pictures there were Pawnee scouts with peace medals hanging around their necks. A Pawnee scout called Co-Rux-Te-Chod-Ish was the first Native American to receive the Medal of Honor.

Raise your hand if you really thought that Richard Watts had managed to get his hands on freshwater oysters. Perhaps this was yet another case of him "spitting in the soup."

I was super confused when Simon the squeezebox player reappeared in the last episode since I had completely forgotten about him, but I loved the colours in this scene.

"I've noticed this about you. You keep saying these negative things and you end up always doing the opposite." "Hmm, well... Maybe I should start listening to myself."

So apparently even women who have never given birth can breastfeed babies. To induce lactation you need to stimulate breasts 10–15 minutes several times a day and milk will start after a month or so. Also, of course a 'breast' would be an English word Eli couldn't have picked up naturally.

Although hunting was also an integral part of the subsistence pattern, horticulture - particularly corn - occupied a preeminent position in Pawnee life. It not only provided their sustenance but also figured prominently in their religious life.

At the beginning of the 19th century the Pawnee lived earth lodges which were large, dome-shaped structures of wood covered with packed sod and earth and had a long, narrow, covered entryway. The sizes of lodges varied in diameter from 8 to 15 metres and generally contained several families. Historical sources give varying numbers of Skiri villages, ranging from 13 to 18. Each village had its own separate identity through religious functions, but by the mid-19th century the importance of village identity began to fade as the Skiri population rapidly diminished. (Murie, J. R. and Parks, D. R. (1981) Ceremonies of the Pawnee.)

As the 19th century progressed, the Pawnee bands were forced together onto a reservation on the north side of the Platte and were treated as a single tribal entity by the United States government. Missionaries and the government worked steadily at "making white men"of the Pawnee. By 1873 because of disease, crop failure, warfare, and government rations policy, the Pawnee population had decreased to approximately 2,400. In 1875 the Pawnee were persuaded to give up their reservation in Nebraska and move to new one in the Indian Territory. By the 1876 the entire tribe had removed there, where efforts to acculturate them continued. By 1890 most of the Skiri Pawnee lived on individual farms, dressed like contemporary whites, and spoke English. (Murie, & Parks, 1981)

Bundles were an integral part of Pawnee religion and served as shrines. Among the Skiri, there were two general types of bundles. Sacred bundles, cuharîpîru, were village and band bundles and naturally more important. The oldest sacred bundle was the Evening Star bundle. The other type was referred as karûsu, a bag/sack, and was any lesser bundle – that of a warrior, a doctor, or any other individual.

I was curious about the skull in Eli's bag and using skullsite.com and Royal BC Museum's bird bone identification guide I was able to identify it. Given that Pawnee villages used to be located along rivers, it not surprising that that the skull Eli treasured would belong to an osprey aka fish hawk.

Ospreys differ from most hawks by having short prefrontals.

Round and almost circular nasal (nostril).

Has perforation in sheet of bone between eyes.

Particularly curved bill.

Frontal’s width stays even. 

I always like it when a show makes me curious and inspires me to learn something new, in this case to determine cardinal directions using the sun. I used the instructions in this post to make the collage of Eli determining the compass points.

#the english 2022 #the english #pawnee scouts #indian peace medal #cornelia used 'please.' it's super effective. #the bird skull in eli's bundle #compass points #eli whipp

[songofanothersummer]

It feels like I've been gone from this blog for a while but I really haven't been, more-so existing as a shadow still clinging to the wall, watching on silently (and lurking, mainly, on my side blog).

But it struck me just how many of you I remember from over the years, how lovely it is to see the same faces and familiar words on my dash no matter how much time has passed. But it is even stranger still to consider how many have come and gone.

Announcements are rarely made, if ever, but an absence is inevitably felt after an indeterminate amount of time - suddenly I realize I haven't seen someone's posts in a while, so I look them up and go to investigate. Sometimes, they've just been dormant. Other times, tumblr just did that thing it so often used to where it randomly unfollowed people without your consent for no discernible reason (remember when that was a regular thing? I think it was before the first wave of bots, maybe 2017, three thousand years ago...).

But then there are times where you visit a friend or an acquaintance's page and see that their account was deactivated. It does not say when or why, or whether it was an accident. It does not tell you where else to find them or if they simply decided to start a new blog. It's almost as if they never existed - but they do still, in memory (and in saved chats if you have them). I remember so many of you, from 2017, from 2015, from 2013... and of course those of you that are still here. I can't remember all of the usernames but I remember your given names, if you gave them, I remember your icons and the gist of your posts. I remember conversations we shared, stories swapped. I think fondly of them all.

In most, if not all, cases of deactivation I prefer to imagine that it was simply a matter of social media detox, a means of being online less and decreasing screen time, nothing negative and certainly nothing worse. Tumblr had simply served it purpose, so people move on. I always internally wish them the best but try not to forget them. I'd like to think we were friends, after all. Time has a weird way of making you forget things, and I don't like how it has a habit of slipping thoughts and memories out the back door without giving them a proper goodbye. Not that I'm particularly good at goodbyes, but still.

I don't know where I'm going with all this, but I was just feeling sentimental. I could write something more poignant about it, be more eloquent, but it wouldn't change the contents of my meandering thoughts. So here they are.

#my writing #blah blah blah

[boyfhees]

IMPORTANT ! | NAVI ( in case you want a link to all my reposts )

so after much consideration, even though it has only been one day since the whole ordeal, i've decided that i wouldn't be writing anymore. i may regret this decision later but for now, i don't. if you want to read my rant and the reason why, it's under the cut, if not, just reblog this post.

first of all, i'd be lying if i said i didn't think about deactivating. the past almost two years have been amazing, but with everything that has been going on in my life right now, i've often found myself thinking about leaving this platform. except, i didn't because i was scared. i love writing, i have always, i don't think that's going to change. it's genuinely one of the things i've been doing ever since i was kid and haven't found it a hassle or chore. i didn't want to stop writing, actually. then i had my friends here, those 4.3k people who supported me, it was a lot to let go.

i think what happened yesterday gave me an out. now that i've lost everything— you know, my writings, majority of my moots, and everything else— i don't think there's a point trying to recover all that. maybe it's just because i'm not over what happened and lost all the motivation to continue and maybe, i'll regret my decision later, as i said; but for now, i think i'm doing the right thing. now, i may come back tomorrow saying i was in my emo phase when i posted this and stuff because i'm too attached to this place, so don't mind me.

i cried a lot last night, i haven't talked to my brother ever since yesterday, i don't like how this thing is ruining my relationships even though it's his fault. i have works and ideas and i wish would see the light some day, and i'd possibly make a grand return after my college entrances with new fics and shit if i'm in the mood. but till then, this is the goodbye.

i'll stay here, i'll log in once or twice a week or something to spam my side blog and idk repost? because hell, i'm not leaving without putting up some of my proudest works. i'm so salty about this situation. i'll drop by to talk to my moots, reblogs my favourite fits and everything. there's this thing i've been working on for three months now and it's almost near the end so i might drop it too, as my last post, perhaps?

if you want to keep in touch, my discord is cael.#0329, my twitter is @/slaynez_, i'm not giving instagram since i'm not really active but if you want, dm me.

thank you for past almost two years, it has been a wonderful time. i wished this would last longer, at least till by birthday, but some things are bound to happen. thank you for reading my silly little works, thank you for the massive support. let's wait for me to possibly come back soon, i guess.

ps. i'm still lurking on this site like a ghost you know, looking for my works and everything since i said i'll be putting them up again so don't you fucking dare steal them, i will come for you bloodline. my kpop blog is @chiyuv if anyone wants to know

#—boosts. #you wont believe me i cried so much over a fanfic account really #it sounds so funny but id still cry if i overthink enough

[unladielike]

So since it has been brought to my attention some rumours have been circulating about me, I just wanna make a few things clear.

First off, I did not supposedly stalk anyone's blog for years.

If need be, I can even provide my IP address (aka self-dox myself) to prove any screencaps to be false, but I'm nowhere near obsessive enough to check somebody's blog everyday. Like, sure, I might visit blogs of ex-mutuals every once in a blue moon out of curiosity, but contrary to popular belief, tumblr doesn't take up 90% of my time and at best, I would maybe lurk on COAR to read new confessions or refresh my dash once per day just in case non-active partners of mine have returned.

If anything, my time has been mostly comprised of going to work and grinding mobile gachas; in fact, should I notice I have replies to write, I will log in, throw my replies into the queue/save written replies in my drafts folder to queue later, and then fuck off to do other stuff. Honestly, provided someone has beef with me, it's unlikely I would know why unless my encounter with them on tumblr had been rather recent.

To my knowledge, I haven't harassed anyone off of tumblr.

Now, did I have spats with my own fair share of people over the eight or nine years I have been on this hellsite? Yes. Have I made vague posts about ex-mutuals, unintentionally ghosted others, privately vented to friends about people from the RPC I personally can't stand, and commented on COAR confessions? Also, yes.

But that being said, the only one I've ever sent anon hate to was myself and if I played a part in somebody deactivating their blog or quitting tumblr roleplay altogether, then that's certainly news to me, because I don't like participating in public smear campaigns, to the point where I even avoid name dropping certain users in my rules or PSAs I've made. Heck, the way I see it, I can only ever recall myself being relentlessly harassed/bullied, because when it comes to me for some reason, people on this site sadly don't know how to block and move on like normal people.

I also have never encouraged anyone to delete their blogs or chase them out of the RPC and have only ever reported one person due to the fact they would not stop posting about me/attempt to provoke me into engaging in drama on a site that we both frequent despite having me blocked; therefore, I have no idea where the narrative of me harassing people off of tumblr even comes from. Besides, I'm nowhere near popular enough to influence whatever following I have to dog pile on whoever I have grievances with, let alone have many people who would go to bat for me each time I'm being unfairly criticized. Honestly, the one time someone did call out my harasser, it was something I had no control over and they did so without my permission, to the point where I did privately tell them to stop url-dropping me and engaging with this person on my behalf... because again, I just wanted to be left alone.

Furthermore, I make it very clear to mutuals I've vented to that they don't have to unfollow/block roleplayers I've had bad experiences with... so I'm not sure if this is merely a case of the Mandela Effect rearing it's ugly head, individuals making up bad faith reasons to dislike me, or an issue of mistaken identity (especially since I'm likely not the only one who goes by the mun handle, 'Livi', and it has happened before where somebody had wrongly assumed a blog belonged to another person).

Of course, it's possible I could have forgotten stuff, as I have had more than three blogs over the years, so naturally, I won't remember all the OOC posts I have ever shared, let alone every instance before 2022 where I have been involved in drama... but regardless, I refuse to take accountability for things I have never done unless you personally come to me off anon with screenshots that provide evidence.

#drama tw #⸾ ❖︎ ⸾ ( OUT OF ) ⤹ •• 𝕗𝕒𝕟𝕗𝕚𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟. #║▌ ⧼ ⸢ ʚɞ ⸣︳p̲u̲b̲l̲i̲c̲ ̲s̲e̲r̲v̲i̲c̲e̲ ̲a̲n̲n̲o̲u̲n̲c̲e̲m̲e̲n̲t̲. ⧽ ― THIS SHOULD COME WITH SUBTITLES IN REAL LIFE. #[ the rest of this post is hidden underneath a read more in case people would prefer to scroll past ooc posts revolving around drama ] #[ BUT HONESTLY Y'ALL... i'm tired and just wish people would talk to me if they have an issue instead of keeping tabs on my blogs ] #[ and thinking i somehow wouldn't notice if they vagued about me especially after passive aggressively responding to almost all my takes ] #[ on a public platform where everyone could see ] #[ and mind you... this isn't me 'playing the victim' or 'virtue signalling' for my brain genuinely draws a blank whenever i attempt to ] #[ recall things i've been FALSELY accused of so i'm inclined to believe i did nothing wrong ] #[ still anyone who thinks otherwise IS welcome to change my mind as i am open to discussion! ]

[wegonbealright-09]

I'm tired.

I'm so tired. I'm actually deactivating my twitter acc because everytime I come back from that app, I'm messed up emotionally and mentally.

The only time I've ever hated twitter this much was in 2018, when BTS was this close to disbandment.

Like I don't understand, I never thought being a fan of jimin would be this hard. It's like Hybe is trying to discourage us, because this is tiring me mentally and emotionally, I'm not in the right space and all this bull shit it just piling up on top of my stresses, like being a fan is not supposed to be this tiring. I'm tired. It's like they want jimin to lose fans because we're fighting a losing battle.

We've been raising the same issues over and over again but they are falling into deaf ears. Recently fans complained well armies complained about something related to seven and BH responded immediately. When we've been begging them to restock like crazy for three months now.

I'm not bitter. But I won't lie and pretend I'm happy for jk and his fabricated success, maybe in the beginning I was because he was one of my favourite members, but now it's too much, we've been begging them to restock like crazy and they've decided to release cds for sevens remix I mean what the fuck?!!!

I'm feeling sorry for y'all armies especially those who think BTS will still be BTS in 2025. They might not disband but trust me it won't be the same. As much as this second chapter has revealed a lot of solo stans, it also made me see the members true colours, who they really are.

This is scooter braun the man whose ass armies are licking. This is him explaining how 2NE1 was CL's biggest obstacle. CL was a member of 2ne1, she was a rapper and scooter brainwashed her into leaving the group. He made her believe that she was bigger than the group, she didn't need the group the group needed her. She was a give a solo contract that promoted her debut successfully but the success didn't even last a year, and he left her like a used condom, when fans questioned he gave useless reasons.

This is the reality we're all facing.

Jk has been feeling really big lately, eversince he debuted. Now alot of people mistake a person having a huge ego for confidence. There's a huge difference between an ego and confidence.

And jk has been talking like someone who's got their ego polished. He's talking about himself being big, giant pop star, the first, the only one and so on.

I mean there's a difference between having goals and being arrogant.

It's like he already sees himself bigger than his group, bigger than his group mates. I've said this before and I'll say it again.

They did not choose jk because he's the youngest, the golden goose, the most talented, the most marketable in the west.

Because jimin is by far the most marketable in the west. This man has Hollywood in wrapped around his little pinky. His Pandora streams are massive, bigger than BTS' own. He's been stable on the charts with no promo so you do your math.

They chose jk because he's the most gullible, the greediest maybe idk, he's always wanted more, he's never satisfied and he's always been competitive, wanting to stand out, wanting to be "the one and only". He was the easiest to manipulate and he fell right at the palm of scooter's hands.

The awards that they are gunning for with all these restocks won't even belong to jk they will decorate scooter's office.

Honestly I'm tired like really tired it's not even funny.

There's no reasonable explanation for this behaviour from jimin's agency's except for the fact he might have not renewed his contract yet and they are showing him he's nothing without them. Or jimin has signed with a different agency for his solo activities because why would they go to such lengths to sabotage one of their own it makes no sense.

And pjms have been losing their minds some think that jimin might not be aware of what's going on but I think he knows. I know he doesn't have twitter and he's been inactive for about a year now?

But jimin has friends who see this and probably tell him, the members like jhope who have his back probably see stuff like this and tell him. Jimin has producers who worked with him on LC and are keeping track of LC so they see what's going on with the sabotage and all and they tell him. So he knows he def knows but Idk what they expect him to do.

I know he's working on something. He is working on something and it might be what we all want and that is him being free form BH and Hybe.

I just need him to release new music as in yesterday. Or give us a clue, a sign because wtf!!!!! 😭😭😭😭

#jimin #jm #park jimin #pjm2 #hybe #big hit #restock like crazy #like crazy #free jimin #i'm dead #wegonbealright-09

[daincrediblegg]

How did you come up with Lady Terror?

OH THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION!!! Well. The short answer is that I watched The Terror again after a few years and needed to jump that grumpy old irish man immediately because he's so sad and outcast and pathetic, so I did what I usually do, which is wedge myself as hard as possible into the canon, slap a cool nickname onto it, and that was that.

But as many of you know, I'm not into short answers. So here we go.

Honestly, the process of developing Lady Terror has been a really interesting one. As I've explained before she was initially meant to be part of a more sci-fi centric AU based loosely off of 1899 in which she is a physical manifestation of the ship, but the way she developed from there is entirely due to three factors, 1) my friend's staunch encouragement (some of whom are still around, some of whom have deactivated, alas), 2) the Gothic Literature, film theory (which was very philosophically heavy), and the women gender and sexuality classes I was taking last year and 3) my staunch love for Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre reemerging in my consciousness at the time. These elements combined really gave me a sense of purpose when thinking about the relationship dynamics that I wanted to put forward with Francis and Lady Terror because I can absolutely never in my life just throw my self-inserts in all willy nilly because I am of the firm and staunch belief, which has been reinforced by my studies of all genres, that romance has the capability to be as radical and philosophical as any other, and where Crozier is concerned, I think he has so much potential as a romantic figure to break a lot of the common conventions that proliferate the genre, and put together with a figure like Lady Terror, it just makes my brain go brrrrr in a way that a lot of pairings with him just... don't.

Because the focus of their relationship is on the complexities, horror and fear of love. These are two people who have been ostracized in different ways but recognize in each other that ostracization, but beyond that, their capability that continues to be stifled by a social order that is designed to keep them in their place. I've talked a lot about how Francis is probably my favorite to do think work on because he's both a colonized subject but he's also a colonizer and that's his big struggle throughout the series (mirrored, perhaps, only by Hickey), but Lady Terror mirrors him in a unique way in that she is a privilaged colonized subject, and the unique experience that that entails connects them in a way that he doesn't share with a lot of characters, and one that I think is fascinating to explore.

Because like god. What if you were all that but also truly loved? Not to be confused with devotion, adoration, admiration, or with simply being seen. What if you were loved with those things, but also then for your mind, your humor, your ability to reject and rebel against that social order, and still be loved in a way that was barred to you because the social order that you were born into is designed to continue to reject you on every level? What if then you found it in a place that wants you dead? What do you do with that love? Knowing and fearing that you will be rejected again or, even more horrifying, that it could be ripped away from you at any moment because, again, this place wants you dead. You could not be more equally as lucky and as damned. But then also you wonder if this small and sacred thing can do anything at all? does it have the capacity to change things? Does the reinforcement that the union brings matter at all to anyone else? And how do you cope with that? All questions that I'm hoping to pose with them. I don't have strict answers for all of those questions, of course, but perhaps some hints in certain directions. But I hope to put them through their paces in this way.

... but also. Fundamentally, at the end of the day, I did come up with Lady Terror because I want to fuck that old man so bad it makes me look stupid. But also I'm a lit major and if I don't get freaky with it I'll die. Just how it goes with me, I guess.

#lady terror #francis crozier #egg's oc's #also a part of me was really sick of the 'oh no he just wanted sofia to be his beard he would've gone back to sea' bc I just genuinely don' #get that sense from him as a character. he wants to chill out. and hearing about how traumatized he and ross were after the antarctic #expedition I feel like there's way more credence to that. also how that puts crozier in a feminized position #there's like. a million more things I could say that went into developing the lady terror story into the way it is currently. literary #and cinematic influences and the like. also the critical race theory and gender and sexuality stuff. there's a whole lot of that #but if I did that it'd be a whole book in and of itself lmao. and I'm already tryina write one and I gotta get back to workin on that one #but suffice it to say. yeah. many thoughts. head always full. #ask games #THANK YOU FOR ASKING I AM DELIGHTED TO LAY IT ALL OUT THERE

[echidna-auxiliatrix]

Two questions: 1.) Do you have more than one blog? 2.) Can you recommend any good nge analysis and fandom blogs to follow?

I've had this account since the Obama administration and since before SCOTUS heard the Obergefell case...naturally, I have several side blogs. Five, to be exact, but only three of them are used with any amount of regularity.

So, I'm not really tuned into the Eva fandom these days. Years of seeing rancid takes on a daily basis (and having been treated rather poorly by this fanbase at times) have lessened my enthusiasm for engaging with other fans, as you might imagine! There's a reason why most eva analysts post consistently for short periods of time and then disappear. My ideas on the show are also pretty specific and set in stone, so I don't have much of a desire to seek out new theories. I feel like I've seen it all, to be honest.

Tumblr users baldmisato1 and qmisato are definitely to go-tos, though they're both inactive. asuka--langley--soryu and reivelation are also great blogs. If you, for whatever reason, care about Kaworu, then adamworu is a good blog for that. My friend, blisseylesbian, has written some insightful posts about Ritsuko and Ritsumaya! Avoid Evageeks and r/evangelion. In fact, if the fandom is dominated by men (as is the case for Eva), then avoid the fandom subreddit.

Regarding Utena, empty movement is a truly wonderful archive of analysis essays, some of which predate the new millennium. We really need something like this in the Eva fandom. The palace perspectives essays are also a must read (if you can find them! OP has deactivated, as best as I can tell), though the OP gets some minor factual details wrong (it does, in fact, rain more than twice in the show).

Regarding Soul Eater, that fandom suffers from the typical shonen fandom BS, with the girl protagonist being neglected in favor of Death the Kid, Soul, and my least favorite anime boy (Black*Star). When Maka is centered, it's largely within the dreadful context of SoMa. People are also rather unaware of the lack of thematic cohesiveness in the manga relative to the anime, which makes discussion insufferable. Tumblr user soul-dwelling is the best SE blog, from what I've seen.

Sailor Moon probably has the best fandom of all my SpIns...and that's probably owing to the fact that SM makes no attempt to say anything deep. r/sailormoon is generally delightful.

What to say about Homestuck...I still love Homestuck, but the release of the epilogues kickstarted a series of bad events that has left the fandom inhospitable for me personally. Kanaya my beloved <3 I have no idea who's writing good Homestuck meta these days. In ye olde 2017, there was a Tumblr user named swamp-wizard who wrote some very good posts, but he's long since deactivated.

Also check out my AMVs, which are linked in my carrd. Not analysis but they're good :)

#personal content #anonymous #anon #anons #ask #asks #answers #answered #answer

[briannamwood]

Week 2: Social Media & Social Relationships

Welcome back readers! Today I will be discussing my thoughts on social media and social relationships found in Max Stossel's video and Emma Rathbone's article.

I thought Max Stossel's video "We've Been Sneaking Into Your Brains" was a thought-provoking exploration of the pervasive influence of social media and technology in our lives. It raised important questions about the impact of these platforms on our daily existence. First and foremost, I agree with Stossel's assertion that social media has a significant influence on our daily lives. It's more than just a communication tool; it has become a constant presence that shapes our thoughts, behaviors, and even our self-worth. It has the power to create a constant feeling of being 'plugged in,' which can be both beneficial and detrimental. There have been instances in my life when I deliberately disconnected from the Internet for an extended period, such as during vacations or simply just a meditation break. It's during these times that I've realized just how much I rely on technology. Initially, there's a sense of unease and FOMO, but as I adapt to the offline environment, I experience a profound sense of liberation. I become more present, engage in deeper conversations, and reconnect with the world around me. To be more intentional about my use of technology, I've tried a few strategies. First, I've set boundaries for device usage, designating specific times for checking social media and email. I've also tried to curate my digital environment, unfollowing accounts that don't add value and seeking out content that inspires, educates, or entertains in a meaningful way. Additionally, I've incorporated reading a book in the morning instead of scrolling through social media or giving my friends and family my full attention when I am with them.

Moving on to Emma Rathbone's article, "Before The Internet," which presents a nostalgic look at life before the internet and the ways it has profoundly changed the fabric of our existence. Social media has an undeniable influence on my daily life. It's a tool for staying connected with my friends and family, accessing information, and expressing ideas, but it also poses challenges. On one hand, it enhances my ability to engage with a global community, share experiences, and keep up with news and trends. On the other hand, it can be a source of distraction, comparison, and stress. The need to be 'plugged in' to stay updated can sometimes hinder my focus and mindfulness. I decided to deactivate my Instagram about three months ago and for over 2 years I deleted my Snapchat and TikTok accounts. I currently only use Pinterest, Facebook (stay and touch with family), and this Tumblr account. It was becoming a more and more negative aspect in my life and my mind feels free and clear when I read a book or journal instead.

To wrap up this blog for you, while these technologies offer numerous benefits, it's essential to be mindful of their influence and to establish boundaries that maintain a healthy balance between our digital and physical worlds!

Connect & Inspire,

Brianna W.

[ffxiiiapologist]

Have attempted to draft like two or three different posts on recent shit but it all just feels like repeating myself from the things I'm already constantly complaining about

The main "new" thing is, perhaps I have become too "close" to all this and too liable to comment as an outsider due to my own gender issues and the different trans women whom I've been friends with or otherwise followed over the years, including some I no longer follow whose particular experiences and commentaries have continued to negatively affect my views of my own prospects and of certain community dynamics (not only trans women's but gay men's as well from their time attempting to navigate those spaces) that, again, are constantly vexing me. Obviously stopping following trans women isn't the solution here but I also don't know what is

During one of these incidents a few months ago about which I was drafting a post, someone brought up Caylee, and she is of course also part of why I feel so strongly about these things. She and other trans women (who have seemingly since deactivated) were very critical of the neo-separatist trends (ie people self-describing as ba*ddels and with urls based on the word) that frame these awful sexual politics and doomerism and violence as essential to their subjectivities and sexualities. Caylee and these others always emphasized that 1) these things are not inherent to transfemininity and that 2) the primary victims of this are younger trans girls seeking community who become roped into these circles and rhetoric and taught that having boundaries is fascist (to quote one post) and convinced that there’s no other means or place to find acceptance. So many of the women who were vocally critical of these things are no longer here for various reasons, and the quality of discussion has deeply suffered as a result of tme people failing to keep these points in focus

I feel the need to also bring up an ex-mutual from my old blog (whose own blog seems to have been terminated) who was verbally raked over the coals and smeared as a “traitor” by ratliker and her wife for refusing to cosign her racism. This sticks with me because this former mutual was open about having been in the original ba*ddel group, deeply regretting it, and giving no quarter to others reviving the same patterns, only to still be subjected to it upon running afoul of a popular blogger. As in, she drew a direct comparison to it

I don’t know what answer or conclusion I have for this, it’s all just deeply unfortunate and disheartening to see play out again and again

#analects

[paulgadzikowski]

Blog FAQ. Backdated to 2/22/23 from 2/25/23, mostly to see whether it'd work.

I was @heroofthreefaces for ten years. 2/19/23 that blog was deactivated without notice or explanation and, at this writing, with no response to the resultant Support contact form sent. EDIT 3/27/23 heroofthreefaces was reinstated without apology or explanation; I elected to retain paulgadzikowski as my primary.

I was @d0ct0rwh0 for three days. 2/22/23 that blog was deactivated without notice or explanation and, at this writing, with no response to the resultant Support contact form sent, nor to a Twitter inquiry to Support 2/24/23 on behalf of both deactivations.

I'll write a proper FAQ here if this blog lasts long enough that the lack bothers me. Otherwise, I'm scarfman at Pillowfort and at Dreamwidth and heroof3faces at Twitter; and my webcomics are Arthur, King of Time and Space and The Hero of Three Faces.

EDIT 3/9/23 Okay, one thing I should probably mention even before I get around to creating a real FAQ is that I now have a sideblog for separating off all the activism and heavy matters reblogs, called @nosuchthingasaburdenonsociety, so that my main is safe for those who come to Tumblr to forget about life for awhile. Except the new text editor has this funny new quirk where posts/reblogs default to whichever of your blogs you used last, whereas I have ten years' muscle memory based on the legacy text editor defaulting to your main, and new blogs don't have the option to use the legacy text editor like my old blog did. So posts end up on the wrong blog sometimes. These posts get tagged wrong blog and usually get reblogged onto the correct one where they are also tagged wrong blog.

FAQ: What do you think of the new text editor? I hate it so, so much

EDIT 3/23/23 Well this blog's survived a month. Time for a FAQ I guess. This entry and every entry on this blog are at all times subject to editing for updates, corrections, and simple clarity.

My name's Paul Gadzikowski and I draw the webcomic The Hero of Three Faces, fanfiction crossovers but it's comic strips with stick figures but they're triangles. For nine-plus years I also drew Arthur, King of Time and Space which functionally was, among other things, King Arthur mashed up with my fanfiction.

Every day that there's an update at Three Faces, the next morning at or about 10:00 (all times US Central) I post a link here to it, which gets pinned to the top of the blog. Every evening at 22:00 I post a link to a "rerun", a cartoon in the archives; the rerun only gets pinned during annual summer hiatus of new updates.

Also I post and reblog fannish things. Doctor Who is my favorite and the Doctor is the primary character in Three Faces, because I've always loved crossovers and there's no better literary and literal device to facilite crossovers than a time machine. The top tier in my pantheon of fandoms consists of all Star Treks, Superman and superheroes (these days more screen than print versions), M*A*S*H, Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel, Star Wars, and Dracula Daily; but anything I watch and read may show up in Three Faces or here, and lots of what my Tumblr mutuals watch and read too.

As noted above I have a side blog @nosuchthingasaburdenonsociety in order to keep my main safe for those who come to Tumblr to forget about life for a while. I can be sloppy inconsistent about parsing which posts go on which blog, especially now that the nusternucking new text editor defaults to whichever one where you last posted, instead of defaulting to your main like the old text editor did. And there are some serious topics which never did migrate to the sideblog, like racism in fandom and the coronavirus.

Most posts are queued, on both blogs, unless I want to respond to something conversationally, or I'm trying to be the first with the joke, or I feel like it. At least once a day - usually twice a day on my main - I adjust the queue rate to the number of posts in the queue; or, more recently, I've been setting my queue, depending on how much is in it, to no less than 20 a day and no more than 30 a day, because that cuts down on how often there's less than 20 in it. Barring unusual circumstances I'm posting (firing my queue) 24 hours a day and I probably seem most active the day after I've been most active.

This is a list of my most significant personal tags. Some of these may be from the old blog and not yet effective here (if you're looking for something specific you remember then remember to check the old blog too now that it's back). As a rule I'll try to use the same ones here as I did there though there are a few cases where I took advantage of the opportunity to revise.

I don't have a my art tag like some better-planning bloggers have. To take in all my art linked from or posted here, you'll need fancomics, sketches, cartoon reply, cartoons, and lotrh3f daily. (Also the old blog has a sideblog where for a few months I posted line art instead of triangle figures; see also the heroofthreefaces art tag FAQ.)

fancomics Three Faces posts, new and archive reruns

fan art Three Faces posts (unless it's AKOTAS instead of one of my fandoms) and others' art that's fan art

other's art Fan art and other art, reblogged, not by me

other's stories Others' writing and fanfiction

my stories My writing and fanfiction

fanfiction Posts that are, or are about, fanfiction, mine or others'

art Professional or classic art

sketches My drawings just for Tumblr

sketching while scrolling My drawings while scrolling Tumblr (any of these will also be tagged sketches)

cartoon reply When I reblog with a comment but it's in the form of a cartoon

character reply When I reblog with a comment in the form of a cartoon where the character is making a direct comment on the post to my readers (any of these will also be tagged cartoon reply)

chat cartoon reply When I illustrate a chat posted by someone else in a reblog on their post (any of these will also be tagged cartoon reply)

cartoons When I post with a comment in the form of a cartoon reprinted from my old fanfiction site retired when I started Three Faces, or from AKOTAS, or that's just not a sketch or a reply

lotrh3f daily In the vein of Dracula Daily, a mashup of The Lord of the Rings and The Hero of Three Faces tracking Frodo's quest according to the calendar dates in Appendix B (ongoing, will be complete 3/25/24). See lotrh3f for commentary.

in my style Redraws of others' art in triangle style. Will also be tagged cartoon reply or one of the other tags listed in the catch-all paragraph above

arthur king of time and space, akotas Cartoons from Arthur, King of Time and Space or using AKOTAS characters, or general discussion of AKOTAS, or (obviously) reprints from AKOTAS

atumblr Discussion of AKOTAS surplus of discussion from the AKOTAS site, or cartoons new here not appearing at AKOTAS or Three Faces

hero of three faces Discussion of Three Faces

behind the scenes May be behind the scenes for my work or for screen franchises I watch

maintenance When I go back and change or fix something in multiple comic strips on the Three Faces site, like changing how I draw a given character's hair for every instance in which they appear

math I have a spreadsheet for tracking the chronological order of the comic strips at Three Faces, the chronology of the screen story cycles which appear there, and many other things about it. And one for AKOTAS

reader response My reblog comments on others' reblog comments on my posts and reblogs

friday night clearing out my drafts What it says on the tin

tags tag For tags I want to remember or keep from duplicating

llol "literally laughed out loud" I only ever tagged things "lol" if I literally laughed out loud before Tumblr so here it's a tag

tags later Something I didn't want to tag because it'd give the joke away, or that I put off deciding what to tag, or that I think I have a tag for that I can't find. Once a week I go back and tag any that are more'n a week old

spoilers I tag spoilers (or doctor who spoilers) (or better omens for season 2 of Good Omens, though that's also what I tag for season 2 generally) for the first week after air/publication/whatever. Afterwards I don't trouble to remove the tags, if that matters. I also try to tag teasers so if you also don't want to see what I consider a teaser then you can block that too

tagging the crossover franchise would give the joke away what it says on the tin. Used when a Three Faces is first updated in the link post but generally not when it's later linked as a rerun.

wrong blog Here or on the sideblog this tag goes on a post or reblog that's ended up on the other blog than I meant, due to the conditions noted above in the edit dated 3/9/23. Sometimes when I discover the error I also reblog to the other blog, and sometimes when I do that I delete the original accidental reblog, and sometimes I just add the tag and let it go

I try to tag for others to find my posts but mostly I tag a post so hopefully I'll be able to find it again if I want.

Subject to further editing when I remember other things I wrote for the old blog's FAQ. Owait, now that it's back I can just link to it; check it out.

Thanks for reading.

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