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uncanny-tranny · 1 year

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Could I ask what difference between transgender and transsexual is? I ask this as a trans person who wants to start using the term "transsexual," but I'm not sure if it denotes anything beyond what I've been using the term "transgender" for (i.e. not aligning with my birth sex/gender identity).

I like transsexual better as it's what our trans-cestors used, and it's a word that is so much "punchier" than transgender is, and I don't feel the same kind of "weird" when the label is applied to me. I'm just worried that these are "fake" reasons or something. Thank you, and sorry!

Honestly, I think there are more similarities between "transsexual" and "transgender" as transsexual as a term was introduced first, and then transgender replaced it

Transsexual has had a history of being used for people who were medically transitioning during a point where transness was heavily pathologized and medicalized... but I personally don't think that cis people should be allowed to sully words like that, and I really don't think that we need to stick by those ridged rules. Isn't the reason transness is so "scary" because we break those "ridged rules" so often? But I digress.

I think some people have different outlooks on their transition, and that's where the transsexual/transgender labels can help. For me, I identify as transsexual because I think it most accurately describes my relationship with my transition.

The most important thing is to not force people in or out of labels they identify with - which is why I want anybody who wants to ID as transsexual do so. So many people ID as such - trans elders, young trans people, people who are medically transitioning, people who aren't. I think a lot of why people are attracted to this word is because of political reclamation, as in reclaiming the word for political reasons, to show the word how viscerally human you are. That's part of the reason I decided to use it, at least.

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simdertalia · 9 months

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🍄 ACNH Mushroom Set 🍄

27 items | Sims 4, Base game compatible.

*The mushroom seat reminded me of Little Miss Muffet, so we're having a couple spiders with this set (also they could be useful for the Simstober challenge in a few months, which I get very excited about!)

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venuscrashed · 7 months

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Both Miles x Male!Spider!Reader - pt 3

Eat up

pt 1 pt 2

The rays of the sun had blinded you in your arrival to your dimension. For moments, your mind was hazy. Memories of the spider society replayed all while the urge to fight hadn’t gone down. If it wasn’t for your spidey sense you wouldn’t have detected the attacks about to happen.

Miles and, well, Miles were fighting. Their faces were covered with their masks as they fought with their last remaining strength. The Prowler was using his pure strength to try and knock Miles off of his feet. Your Miles was using his powers, attempting to capture the vigilante but failed over and over again. All of this was happening in broad daylight.

“Miles,” you screamed in an attempt to stop the fight. The feeling of liquid dripping down your neck had caught you off guard. Reaching behind you, you brought your hand in front of your face. Only to see it painted in blood as more of it dripped down your suit.

Miles had noticed, he fumbled and tripped in front of the Prowler. The Prowler wasted no time in taking the opportunity to pin him to the ground. Miles was struggling and groaning beneath him, yelling for him to get off.

The Prowler's eyes traced your figure and watched as more blood was falling down your face. “You know pretty boy,” he whistled, catching your attention. “If you come back we can get that cleaned up. Maybe even get some special treatment after.”

You scoffed, clear offense in your voice as you stood up. “Well! I’m flattered but if you want to go back to your dimension I won’t stop you.” You pushed out the portal at him only for it to drop in between the three of you.

You all stared in silence before Miles spoke up, “Is that supposed to happen?”

“No.” Embarrassment washed over you. Your gadget was supposed to work for another three years. Nothing was wrong with it. Except for the fact that you had fallen on it earlier, “oh.”

The prowler laughed as he looked up to you. His mask retracted as a smirk sat on his face. He got up off of Miles and took a couple of steps towards you. “So I’m stuck here with you.”

“I’m here too!” Your Miles screamed while rushing towards you, wrapping his arm around your waist.

“Yeah whatever. And you don’t have a portal to take either of us back so that means we’re stuck together. Isn’t that right?”

Sighing, you looked at your Miles searching for help. “In order to fix that we need tools.”

“So we’ll get them,” he yelled proudly like he figured out the cure to cancer.

“They’re from Alchemax you idiot.”

“Oh. We can go get them then!”

You smacked Miles in the back of his head. God he was stupid sometimes, “My Alchemax is different from yours.” While you were explaining to him, the Prowler wrapped his arm around your shoulders, pulling you closer. His chin rested on top of your head, smiling to himself.

“Let’s go get it then,” the Prowler spoke up. He pulled you towards the edge of the roof. His arm wrapping around your waist as he prepared to jump off. You couldn’t see but he looked back giving the slyest smirk to your Miles.

“Where do you think you’re going?” Miles pulled you back. “For all we know his Alchemax is that way.” He squared his shoulders, looking his alternative in the eye. He raged with jealousy, practically caging you into him.

You sighed and walked towards the edge of the roof. Pulling your mask on, you swung from building to building. The city below you moved on with its life. Occasionally, you would hear “(S/n) back” and such. The other two eventually caught up with causal arguing between the two.

“So we’re going in there and taking some tech then leaving right,” your Miles asked once you three landed in the trees close to the lab. He crouched down and pulled on his mask about to swing towards it before you stopped him.

“Who says you’re coming?”

Miles shot up and looked around, offended. “How am I not going with you? We’re a duo.”

“We’re not a duo.” You slapped your face with your palm, not believing the stupidity of this man.

“Oh we most certainly are. Come on! You’re not leaving me here with this guy. I’m going in there and I’m going to go get the tech. I mean who was the guy that got the pc from Doc Oc a while ago.”

“Peter,” he gasped as you pulled your mask on. “And you’re staying out here with him whether you like it or not. Now you two stay here and you’re both on look out. Good luck!”

Both Miles watched as you swung towards the lab, eventually disappearing. Miles looked towards his villain counterpart and scoffed. “Stuck on look out again, and with this idiot.”

“What was that?”

“Nothing!”

You successfully climbed into the vents, crawling through each duct. You had memorized the whole vent system since you frequently stole from them. After making a couple of turns you stopped above an opening. Below there was a lab dedicated to traveling the multiverse. The Kingpin of your universe was obsessed with getting revenge on you. After noticing your trips out of the universe, he decided to make his own. Of course he didn’t know you were stealing from his machine the whole time he was building it.

You looked around the lab and stopped once you saw the piece of tech you needed. A smile grew on your face as you started forming a plan. “Why is it locked up?”

“Why is what locked up?” You yelled as Miles appeared next to you, squishing you two together as he made room to look at the lab below you two.

“Miles! What the hell are you doing here?” You slapped the back of his head. He had his mask on yet you could still see the reaction of pain on his face.

“It's not just me!” He tried defending himself, “He's here too.”

You two looked back, only to see the Prowler give a small wave to you. You turned around and groaned, hitting your head over and over again.

Suddenly, you three yelled as the vent fell down. You three were exposed to the doctors around, and they didn’t hesitate to pull out weapons of different kinds to aim at you.

“God damn it Spiderboy!”

You swiftly got up and started to attack the doctors. Soon the boys followed and a whole showdown was going on in the lab.You kicked a doctor in the face and shot a web at the piece of tech you needed. Once it came into your hand. Another doctor punched, causing you to drop it. The doctor started to throw punches at you, hitting you in the stomach and the face. They kept punching while picking up speed but soon got thrown across the room by the Prowler.

He gave you a thumbs up before picking up the piece of tech and pocketing it. He made way to the door and broke it down. Both Miles and you followed him as he ran down the hall. The sound alarms were going off and the building was flashing red. More and more doctors shot at you with guns and threw knives laced with poison. The Prowler jumped down the stairs and booked it towards the front door. He was about to jump out when Kingpin punched him.

The Prowler fell at your feet and rolled over in pain. Miles started to shoot webs but was pulled back by you. Once the web touched Kingpin, it disintegrated. The web atoms fell to the floor and burned through it like acid.

“What the hell?” Miles said while picking up the Prowler. He turned towards you for answers while waving his arm around like a mad man. “How can he do that?”

Kingpin chuckled as he looked up at you three. His eyes were filled with rage, the scar on his left eye moved up and down with each laugh. “Webphobic clothes. We got to create them thanks to your friend over here.” He gestured towards you as he soon stepped closer. “I had a feeling you would be here today. No idea you would bring friends.”

Both Miles glitched and fell to the floor in pain. You looked around in panic while slowly stepping back.

“From another dimension to? Today’s a lucky day.” He stopped a couple of feet from Miles and the Prowler. He looked down at them to discuss before an idea popped in his head. “Why don’t you let me borrow your two friends for a bit. Just for a couple of experiments.”

“You’re crazy if you think I’ll give them to you,” you spat.

Kingpin looked at you with boredom and disappointment. He soon started walking closer and kicked your Miles. Miles flew a couple feet back and the Prowler was punched into the floor.

Kingpin looked up only to see that you were gone. He looked around for a bit then coughed up blood as his head was kicked forwards. He doubled down and you fell to the floor, kicking him in the stomach as he moved back. He kept moving back and with each step you attacked him. Hitting him, kicking him, even bashing his head into the door once you guys got there.

Both Miles stared in awe as they watched you practically killing Kingpin. “That's my crazy boy,” the Prowler said. Miles glared at him before looking back towards you.

Kingpin was coughing more and more blood before a look of anger came onto his face. The sun shined down on you two before he threw a punch. “Today’s the day I learn who you are (S/n).” He fell onto the floor, groaning in pain as you stepped over him. You sat on his chest and punched him over and over again. The sound of your fist meeting his face was so loud that the boys could hear it from the inside. Kingpin’s face was drenched in blood as you showed no mercy. Laying in a pool of his own blood he looked up towards you and with the last bit of strength that he had he asked, “Who are you?”

“THE Spiderman.” With one last punch to his face you moved back. Your costume was covered in his blood and your mask slipped off. Kingpin looked up and was in shock seeing your face.

“You? You-” the sound of a bus honking covered his words as it drove over him.

Both Miles ran out and watched as Kingpin was left there covered in blood and tire tracks.

“Seriously my crazy boy,” the Prowler said while wrapping a hand over your shoulder. “We won.”

For once your Miles started beaming and even high fived the Prowler. He turned back to Kingpin's body before turning around. “Let's go before the police are called.”

“Yeah,” you whispered in a daze. “Let's go back.”

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sihtricfedaraaahvicius · 9 days

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A Danish Werewolf in The City

The First Taste - part 1

Note: eh... surprise! the fic was getting too long for my liking, so I splitted it up and decided to drop the first part already. So... here's the first part of the last chapter, I hope you'll enjoy it!

previous chapters: part 1 - part 2

Pairing: werewolf!Sihtric x you (f)

Warnings: 18+, angst/horror. mention of blood, brief mention of (child) murder and alcohol.

Wordcount: 2,4k

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You woke up when a cold wind embraced your body as you laid in bed, hands searching for the warm covers to pull over you when you suddenly realised something was missing. You opened your eyes and found yourself all alone, your window still open and the shredded curtains dancing eerily in the early morning breeze. You felt the pillow next to you and discovered it was cold, as was the side of the bed next to you…

Sihtric was gone.

He had gone without a word, sneaking out of your window at a time you were sound asleep, and he had left nothing except for traces of dried blood. Vague memories of the night before began to creep back into your mind; the horrifying transforming of your boyfriend into that beast, the awful slaughter of the vampires, and the warmness you had felt when you cried into the wolf's fur after Sihtric had crawled in bed with you. Your eyes welled up at the disturbing memories, and the sight of dried blood on your sheets and windowsill were cause for concern. Sihtric had clearly been injured during the fight, but you hadn't noticed it when he was in his wolf shape.

You jumped up and got dressed in a hurry before you rushed to your car. You knew exactly where you would find Sihtric, as there was only one place a wounded animal like him could go to…

You ran up to the doors of your occasional workplace and found them unlocked, a sign that your gut feeling had been right. The vets didn't work on weekends, unless it was an emergency, but you hadn't received any calls and so you knew that Sihtric had found his way there to fix himself up. He betrayed his presence when he heard the entrance door slam shut after you had walked in, and he accidentally knocked over a tray with medical tools in his slight scare. You were fast to figure out which surgery room he was in, and you both froze when you found each other and locked eyes.

There he was, your boyfriend, sitting on the veterinary table in his human form. He was dressed in black sweatpants with black leather boots underneath, clearly old and worn, and probably were clothes that had been tucked in a locker in his vet office in case of emergencies. His toned upper body was bare and decorated with cuts and bruises which he had collected the night before. All wounds were stitched up by now, but fresh blood was still smudged over his pale skin, as you had caught him before he could clean himself up. Sihtric's hands trembled as you stared at him, like a deer in headlights, holding a blood drenched cloth in one hand, while his other held a half empty bottle of alcohol.

'I… I'm paying for this, don't worry,' Sihtric managed to whisper hoarsely, 'I always do.'

'What do you mean you always do?' was all you could bring out.

'This… it's not the first time I come here to fix myself up,' he said, clearly ashamed, 'I heal fast, but sometimes I need stitches. And I can't go to a hospital like this without being put into an asylum or something,' he chuckled faintly, 'hospitals aren't keen on treating werewolfs anyway. And a full sized werewolf would scare the shit out of any veterinarian too. So where else am I supposed to go? I can only go here because I work here… I didn't raid your vet place because it could get you in trouble-'

'Why didn't you ask me for help?'

Sihtric stared at you, his mouth half open as he hadn't finished his sentence, and he then looked away with a light shrug. He shook his head, indicating he didn't know why he hadn't asked for your help, and had instead left you with blooded sheets and blood stains on your bedroom floor and windowsill. But the truth was that he knew very well why he hadn't asked for help, because he knew you were afraid of him and that everything had changed.

'Why didn't you wake me up?' you asked, anger and sadness evident in your voice, 'how could you… do you even know-,' you scoffed as you couldn't find the right words, and you threw your hands up, 'what… what am I supposed to do with… with you? What… how could we ever… I- I need answers, Sihtric. I need some fucking answers.'

'I'll tell you everything,' Sihtric said gloomily, 'just ask.'

You sighed, your breath was unsteady as you grabbed a chair and sat down at the desk across from the table Sihtric sat upon. You dragged your trembling hands over your face while Sihtric was quick to gulp down the remaining alcohol left in the bottle, and he placed it on the table once it was emptied. He wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and then stared at you intently, waiting for you to speak.

'Those vampires,' you began, holding back your tears, 'how… I mean, you killed them. I know you did, so there must be evidence left in the woods-'

'It's taken care of,' Sihtric said curtly.

'How?'

'My pack. They took care of it when I went to find you.'

'Your… pack, okay,' you nodded slowly, slightly agitated, 'and… would you turn me to make me a part of your pack?'

'No,' he said, pained, 'never, my love, never. I would never want to turn you.'

'But why not?' you frowned, almost offended at his answer.

'Because that very first transformation is awful. It hurts so much it… it cannot be put into words. And that is a pain and a fright and a torture I wish to never put you through. Nor the… the bloodlust that comes with it afterwards. And more than anything I wish to be human, darling, more than anything,' he said softly, 'I would never want to turn anyone into something I do not wish to be.'

'So… you've never turned anyone, not even those in your pack?'

'The werewolves in my pack are stray wolves I befriended over the years. I've never turned anyone. I… I've only killed.'

'Killed,' you repeated softly, and scoffed, 'those humans and those… those babies you've killed, did you enjoy that?'

'As a human? No,' he said firmly, 'but… as a werewolf? Yes, I do. Hunting and killing is part of a wolf's nature, so it feels natural. However, when I shift, half or full, I… I am still very much aware of what I do. My human mind is there, it's just not in control-'

'So you are aware that you've killed?'

'I am,' he said sadly, 'and I am not proud of that. And I haven't killed or even attacked a human in many years, I promise.'

'Then how do you feed as a werewolf?'

'Animals,' Sihtric said quietly, 'sometimes I feed on animals.'

You gasped lightly and shook your head. For a moment you buried your face in your hands, collecting your thoughts and unable to look at the man you had been so in love with less than twenty four hours ago who now looked nothing like him anymore.

'So… those wounded animals we treat here-'

'No,' Sihtric interrupted, 'I've never attacked or wounded an animal that came through here.'

'But some… some markings on them-'

'That wasn't me!' he almost barked and threw the empty glass bottle on the floor with such force, it shattered and splintered all over the ground.

You jumped up at his sudden aggression, immediately reaching for the door and wanting to leave, but you stopped when he suddenly breathed down your neck and grabbed your arm. He backed you up against the door, his trembling hands lightly holding your face, giving you every chance to shove him away, but you just couldn't get away from him, because you just didn't want to.

'I'm sorry. I am… and I… I don't know where this leaves us,' Sihtric spoke soft and hoarsely, 'but if… if you can't be with me because it's too much,' he swallowed hard, trying to sound confident and tough, but it was evident he was heartbroken, 'if my werewolf side is too much, then I understand you do not want to be with me anymore. I already… tried to accept the fact you will break up with me. And I'm sorry… I'm sorry for everything you had to witness,' his voice died with a whiny sob as he desperately fought his emotions, without success, 'I know you will leave me… I know it, but I… I don't want you to.'

You sniffled and placed your hands on his neck, while tears rolled down his cheeks as he leaned his forehead against yours. You wept silently and slowly reached for his face, gently cupping his cheeks and moving closer to kiss his lips. A kiss you drowned in as soon as he wrapped his arms around you, and you melted in his warm embrace while you tasted the alcohol with a faint hint of blood on his tongue.

'It's you,' he whispered against your lips as he cried, 'you… please, I only want you. I'm sorry. Please, don't… don't leave me… I know it's a lot, but please-'

'I- I need time,' you whispered with a sob, 'I don't know if I can… if we could ever be- I'm sorry, Sihtric, but this is just the first taste I'm getting of this side of you,' you looked up at him as he stepped back, and you wiped your tears, 'just… please, just know that I love you, okay?'

You stared up at him when his eyes became threatening while his jaw was clenched tightly. And suddenly you began to fear the man in front of you, and no longer just the beast that was inside of him.

'Sihtric,' you began to stammer as you watched him back away, 'I… I love y-'

'You don't!' he suddenly raised his voice, then exhaled sharply and looked away from you again as he started to pace around the room, 'you don't love me,' he muttered as if speaking to himself, his voice trembled while his hands raked through his loose hair and the broken glass crushed underneath his heavy boots with every step he took, 'you couldn't possibly love me, you couldn't. No one can. No one could love a monster. Just… just go, please, just go.'

'Sihtric,' you tried, 'please, just-'

'Go!' Sihtric snarled as he lashed out, 'just go and leave me!'

Several months passed since you had last seen Sihtric. You had replaced the curtains and scrubbed the blood off your wooden floor, but the claw markings outside your window were still there. You had been heartbroken since you last saw him, and even though you had expected that time would heal you up, it simply hadn't. You were still in love with him, and it was an ongoing battle inside of you ever since that frightful night in the woods. How could you love a man who could shift into a werewolf, being fully aware of his doings? Sihtric was a monster in a way, you knew that, but you also knew that he was a good man who truly loved you.

After your abrupt break-up you slowly started to research werewolves and all beings alike, after you had taken some time to let it all sink in. You read frightening lore and heard the strangest stories as you spend hours listening to podcasts about apparent sightings. You desperately wanted to understand Sihtric and prove to yourself that he wasn't dangerous, or a monster. But you couldn't deny the horrors he had participated in and those you had witnessed yourself. And yet, after everything that had happened, you knew too that Sihtric had never harmed you and only ever wanted to protect you.

But Sihtric was, like you, conflicted about his being. He had been at peace with it and in control for the most part, but knowing it was the reason you couldn't be with him had ripped him apart. You had never called him a monster out loud, and you never had to, Sihtric could clearly read it in your eyes whenever you had looked at him the last time he saw you at the vet. And he figured that if the monster inside of him was going to destroy his life anyway and take all he loved, he might as well embrace his being

And that's what he did.

When human, Sihtric had delved into researching and tracing down every vampire coven nearby after you had split up. For it was vampires who had caused him to shift that night in the woods, with you by his side, so it was on them he sought his revenge. He stopped chaining himself up during the full Moon, completely destroying the set up he had made in his shed and allowing himself to shift without keeping any control over it, only to then roam the dark streets as the beast he was. Lurking in the darkness with his pack, hunting down and slaughtering every vampire they could possibly find after scouting their hideouts during the day. And the blood on his paws stained his hands too, for every cut and bruise he received as a werewolf in his reckless attempt to mend his broken heart, his human body suffered the very same damage and his eyes witnessed the murders.

Every night Sihtric would stroll by your home in his full wolf form, observing the area for hours to make sure you were safe. Some nights you woke up in the dead of night, swearing you had heard his howl in the distance or his soft whines just outside your window. But every time you looked outside, hoping to see a black wolf with mismatched eyes looking up at you, you found nothing but darkness as far as you could see. And your heart sank as you believed that it had just been another dream you had about him, like almost every night.

Sihtric became battered and bruised over time, and it angered him that he never felt better after each slaughter he had survived and each win he gained. As time continued to pass, he slowly began to realise that even if he killed every other creature of the night, it still wouldn't bring you back to him and his beating heart would remain empty and broken inside of his chest. He knew nothing would bring you back and, to his horror, he started to realise he was turning into his father after all; a cold-hearted killer. Because he may have only killed vampires, but he knew very well that, just as werewolves, not all vampires have ill intent.

And when another full Moon was approaching, Sihtric stepped into the shed in his backyard and made a list of everything he needed to restrain himself again, in order to not roam the streets and kill more of the creatures he would forever blame for losing you.

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butterflewaway · 10 months

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Hi! I'm the one who sent the ask about the boys being jealous of Leander being the only one who can touch you! If you don't mind can you make a part 2? Since Leander, Kuras and Mhin kinda have business some times I imagine this happing at the clinic after hours or at the street. Really liked the part 1 Thanks! ♥️

Here's your part two Anon! Hope you like it~

Warnings: minor blood (nothing crazy), jealousy, LEANDER, mhin's resting bitch face

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Kuras's clinic truly was a safe haven in desperate times. As you watched rain pour outside, a sense of ease flooded your system knowing you were in a safe place, protected from the cold unrelenting torrents. Behind you, the good doctor was quietly working on Mhin's arm. A deep gash oozed hot red blood.

Mhin did their best to keep quiet, candlelight flickering off their pale eyes. But every time Kuras moved his still hand to sew the skin, the albino flinched. You and Mhin had been exploring new places, searching for information about the Senobium, when a thief had snatched your bag and ran. Not one to be robbed, you had chased the guy and tackled him down. Just as you thought you had evaded the danger and were in the clear, leaning down to grab your satchel, Mhin had taken a hit for you from behind.

Apparently the thief wasn't fully unconscious and had pulled out a knife to try to get a stab or two in your back. Thankfully, the albino had reached you in time, but suffered from a cut in their arm before disarming the thief and knocking them out effectively. Mhin had tried to tell you that they were fine, but you had panicked and insisted and dragged them all the way to Kuras's clinic.

Good thing too, because immediately after, it started raining waterfalls. A sudden knock alerted you and your companions to a visiter. You opened the door cautiously and were surprised to find none other than Leander standing on the other side, soaking wet. He peered down at you and his lips lifted into an easy grin.

Even when looking like a drowned cat, this man was not swayed from his temptation to flirt. "I apologize for the delay Leander, but I must finish Mhin's arm before tending to you." Leander trudged to an empty chair to plop down while pushing back his wet hair. "It's fine, doc. Take your time." You stood confused for a few seconds before noticing what Kuras had already seen.

A shallow cut was dripping rivulets of red down his shoulder. You hadn't even noticed the darkness compared to his drenched clothes. "If you don't mind, I believe I can fix that." Leander's green eyes gazed into yours with his same easygoing smile. "Sure thing. But um.." He looked down at your bandaged hands. "Oh, I can take them off for this if you don't mind."

His eyes crinkled with his most charming smile. "Not at all, peach." And so, unbeknownst to the stares cast your way, you unwrapped your hands just enough so they wouldn't get wet with blood, and set to work. Leander shrugged off his coat, and you quickly cleaned up the remaining blood before acquiring some of Kuras's tools.

"It looks shallow, so you won't need stitches. I'll apply a salve and bandage it for you. Try not to use this arm for a few weeks for any heavy lifting." You had helped Kuras with patients before when he was dealing with multiple at a time, so seeing this amount of blood and ripped skin wasn't anything new to you.

While you worked on bandaging Leander's shoulder, the man himself was smiling at a scowling Mhin. Kuras had finished by now and was watching you work like a hawk, golden eyes zoning in on your uncovered hands. The tension was thick enough to cut with a knife.

Once you had finished, Leander pulled his coat back on and smiled at you. "Thank you. You should be wary Kuras. Seems like this one here is gonna give you a run for your money soon enough." This seemed to snap Kuras out of his thoughtful gaze, as he turned away to discard of the bloody towel's he'd used on Mhin. "I doubt that to be true. If anything, I would hire any competition worthy of gaining any of my customers."

You blushed at the subtle compliment, settling to pat Leander's unwounded shoulder. "Thank you. Are you going to be heading back now?" The brunette stood to his full height and nodded. "I'll be off now. Care to accompany me?" He offered you his elbow and you blinked in surprise. "I suppose so. Let's meet up again tomorrow at the same time, Mhin?"

The albino was still scowling but acquiesced to your question. You waved to your companions before setting out into the now calmed rain with Leander. He held open the door for you and as you had your back turned to step you, glanced over at the doctor and hunter. His soft smile replaced with something sharp and playful as he maintained eye contact with the smaller of the three.

Mhin fumed as the two of you had left. "What an asshole." Although Kuras didn't agree with the phrasing, he shared the sentiment. "I had no idea they could touch each other. It seems the curse has limits perhaps?" Mhin huffed and stood up. "Who cares," they mumbled bitterly, "Idiots suit each other."

#red spring studios #touchstarved game #touchstarved x reader #touchstarved demo #touchstarved #ts kuras #touchstarved kuras #mhin touchstarved #touchstarved mhin #ts mhin #leander touchstarved #ts leander #touchstarved leander #touchstarved fic

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tawaifeddiediaz · 25 days

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hello! im a newby gimaker and i want to follow your tutorial on sharpening but i dont know how you got to the photoshop page you started from where it looks like a video timeline. can you tell me how you got there? <3

Hey!!

Welcome to the wonderful world of gifmaking <3 yes i can lead you through to that point. I have a mac so this might look different for you, but all the steps stay the same - I just shifted from windows to mac so i know this xD

I'm going to show you how to do this on this gif:

I prefer to use screenshots for my gifs (I also don't know how else to make them), so I use Mplayer for that. I used to use MPV player but that stopped working with my new computer system.

First, you want to make sure that you're using a high-quality file. If 1080p is available to you, use 1080p at the very least. This will make sure your gifs are crisp and sharp.

Open your file with Mplayer. Then find the bit that you want to gif. I sometimes search forward by frame by using the ">" key. Once you're at the start point of your desired gif, pause the video. Then, Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + S to start screenshotting. The video will start to play slowly as the screenshots are captured. (They go to the desktop automatically but you can change that in interface settings).

The rest of the tutorial is under a cut:

Once you get your screenshots, you're going to go Photoshop. File > Scripts > Load Files Into Stack.

You're going to get a dialogue box. Click Browse and load the screenshots that you want. This is what that looks like when you finish:

Next, you're going to crop your gif, using the crop tool. You can press C on your keyboard for this or use the tool with this icon in the sidebar.

For this, I'm using an aspect ratio of 540 x 400:

Click that checkmark to crop. Once you do, we're going to resize the image. Use the Cmd/Ctrl + I function to bring up this box. For tumblr gifs, you want to change the width. The height doesn't really matter but if the width doesn't match up, Tumblr is going to fix it for you and it'll look funky. Per row:

1 gif , we use 540px

2 gifs, 268px each

3 gifs, 177, 178, 177 px

We're just doing one, so I'm using 540px.

Now, you want to make sure you can add the timeline. In the top bar, go to Window > Timeline

This will bring up the timeline.

From there, click "Create Frame Animation" (you might have to press the arrow in the timeline bar first.)

It's going to look like this:

We're going to use those three lines in the corner of the picture above. The first option we'll select is "Make Frames From Layers"

That looks like this:

Now, when these load in, you may notice that they're all in reverse. To make them go back in order, we're going to go back to that menu and click "Reverse Frames."

Then, in that same menu, click "Select all Frames." We're going to change the animation speed. You want to make sure you have the first frame selected. We're going to click the arrow next to the "0 sec"

When you click that, it will give you a menu. Click, "other..." You should get a dialogue box that says "Set Frame Delay", just like the one below.

You want to use anywhere between 0.05-0.1 seconds. I find that anymore more is just too slow, so I prefer 0.06. This is fully changeable at the end of my sharpening tutorial, and you can use what you want, but that's what I prefer.

When you do that, it'll change the frame speed of all the gifs.

Now, go back into that little menu, and click, "Convert to Video Timeline."

This is what it'll look like:

Now we're going to select all the layers in the right-hand pane. Once we do that, right-click and select, "Convert to Smart Object."

And you're there! Now you can use the sharpening tutorial to your liking.

Pro tip: Make an action with all these steps so you don't have to do them by hand with every single gif you make.

Hope this helps and it wasn't super long winded. Let me know if you have any questions <3 Happy giffing!

#zee answers #zee's tutorials #sharpening #gif creation #tutorials #gif tutorial #photoshop tutorial #resources #ps help #dailyresources #userphotoshop #completeresources

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joseonjubu · 1 year

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💜무당 제단 세트 - Mudang Altar Set💜

💜안녕하세요 여러분💜

💜 My own meshes with some mixes

💜Deco Items:

Incense Burner (Empty) - 7 Swatches

Incense Holder - 7 Swatches

Rice Bowl with Lid - 7 Swatches

Rice Bowl without Lid (Empty) - 7 Swatches

Rice Bowl without Lid (Filled) - 7 Swatches

Water Jar and Holder - 7 Swatches

Alcohol Cup and Holder - 7 Swatches

💜Fruit and Food Deco Items:

Apples - 7 Swatches

Oranges - 7 Swatches

Pineapple - 1 Swatch

Watermelon - 1 Swatch

Bananas (Version 1) - 1 Swatch

Bananas (Version 2) - 1 Swatch

Peaches - 7 Swatches

호두, 밤, 대추 (Stacked) - 3 Swatches Each

Persimmons - 7 Swatches

💜Functional Items/Interactive Items:

Incense Burner (Functional) - 6 Swatches - Can be used to burn incense

Candle Sticks - Candles can be placed on top - 7 Swatches

Circle Tray - Fruits/Cookies/Candies (Offerings) can be placed on top - 8 Swatches

Square Tray - Fruit can be placed on top - 7 Swatches

약과 - Can be placed on top of each other while on circle tray so you can get your desired height in game! - 1 Swatch

💜 To find these items in game you can simply search Mudang or 무당 and everything should pop up.

💜 Since this is a minipack with many items if you happen to find any issues please feel free to message me and I will fix them.

💜 I did extensive research about mudang and mudang tools used, since I can't find most sources in English and I can't read advanced Korean yet, some names and items could be wrong. If you find something wrong please let me know!

💜 I am very thorough and detail oriented with my content which can cause me to take a lot of time to research and create my content, so please forgive me being late to post this set!

💜 Do Not Repost or Claim As Your Own! 💜

💜 If you need anything please message me! 💜

💜 Thank you always for your continued support for me and my content 💜

💜 Download: Here or Here💜

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lilietsblog · 7 months

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Stardew Valley mod rec compilation

this is a regular question asked on the discord so I wanted to put together my own constant pack to link.

These are NOT all mods I use. These are the mods I’m **completely confident **in recommending together, that definitely work well, combine well and won’t create any cognitive dissonance.

(Note that I’m not listing any prerequisites. Whichever mod you’re installing, you obviously need to install its prerequisites too)

(Most of these are on Nexus, but not all. MARGO is on GitHub, for example. Search on Nexus first, then duckduckgo or google it if it’s not there)

Utility if-you’re-modding: (mods that maybe won’t improve your game per se and you don’t want to install Just Them if you’re picking and choosing, but if you’re already using other mods, you want to look at these)

Advanced Save Backup (obvious function is obvious, don’t let mod fuckups permanently ruin your save)

Generic Mod Config Menu (absolutely mandatory if you’re installing like… >1 other mod)

CJB Cheats Menu + CJB Item Spawner (the more mods you have the more likely you’ll need this to recover after glitches. There are vanilla bugs you might want this to help you with too)

Jump Over (or noclip, in case you get stuck somewhere)

Mod Update Menu (fully optional, but might be nice)

Quality of Life (mods that I’m completely confident work well together and will improve your game withough particularly changing it. You do want to meddle in config for many of these though. Increase complexity at your own pace)

Action Sitting

After Midnight Speed Buff

Easy Coal

Balanced Quarry

Better Artisan Good Icons

Better Beehouses

Better Chests

Better Ranching (turn off “prevent failed harvesting” in config, add Fix Animal Tool Animations for that functionality instead)

Bigger Backpack

Collapse on Farm Fix

Destroyable Bushes

Gift Rejection

Grass Growth

Horse Overhaul - Immersive Scarecrows

Immersive Sprinklers

Lucky Rabbit’s Foot

Mail Services Mod

MARGO - Tweex, Tools and Ponds modules

Remember Birthdays

Robin Work Hours

Expanded Big Shed

Sturdier Saplings

Time Speed

Zoom Level

Friendship QoL: (I’m putting these into a separate category because they specifically make one thing easier and might be unbalanced together - but if you want lots of custom NPCs they might be necessary as a breath of air)

Part of the Community

Passive Friendship

Friend of a Friend

Visual (This is specifically the combination I use, that I know for a fact works well and looks good together. These are mods that don’t alter any mechanics or add any content and mostly don’t impact balance, they’re purely to make the game look better)

Custom Menu Background

Better Water

Cuter Coops and Better Barns or Coop and Barn Facelift

Darker Vanilla Crops

Darker Vanilla Forage

Dynamic Night Time

Dynamic Reflections

Happy Fish Jump

Iridium Sprinkler Desaturated or Burnished Bronze Iridium Sprinkler

Less Ugly Spouse Rooms

Medieval Buildings

Simple Foliage

Skell’s Flowery Tools

Starry Night Interface (deleted from Nexus)

Vintage Interface (and this if you’re using Bigger Backpack)

Vibrant Pastoral Recolor

Way Back Pelican Town

Wind Effects

Yri’s Modular Flowers

Eemie’s Dark Wood and Gold Craftables - Scarecrow and Rarecrow Recolors - Climates of Ferngill

Swimsuit Selection

Spritemaster, and you can turn off the smoothing just for faster rendering everywhere with no visual changes

Dialogue + NPCs (Thoroughly vetted - exclusively the mods that don’t create any contradictory lore, fit fully with vanilla, and might make you feel like vanilla was always intended to be this way)

Dusty Overhaul

Community Wednesdays and Community Center Reimagined

David the Hamster

Demetrius Visits Farm Cave Redux

Diverse Stardew Valley

the ethnic wedding outfit collection (Emily Ukrainian Wedding Dress and others with the same naming scheme, entering “wedding” into search is a good way to find these)

Haley Reads Magazines (plug of my own mod)

Immersive Spouses

Jean and Jorts

Social Haley

Unlikely Friends

Immersive Sandy

Make the game more fun (This is a fairly diverse category - these are the mods that will substantially alter the game and give it a decidedly non-vanilla feel and balance, but that I’m willing to vouch for as fun, non-conflicting, non-glitchy and not making your life harder. Some of them are smaller than others)

Walk to Desert Redux

Archery + Archery starter pack

Artista

Cape Stardew

Cat gifts

Deep Woods

Farmhouse visits

Festival of the Mundane

Hot Spring Farm Cave (or another farm cave mod)

If It Fits I Sits

Improved Cindersap Forest (plug of my own mod)

Like a Duck to Water

Lost in the Mountains (or another custom farm map mod) (plug of my own mod)

MARGO - Combat, Professions and Taxes modules

Stardew Druid

Swim Mod

Wren’s Expanded Greenhouse (or another greenhouse mod)

Animals Need Water

Even More Secret Woods

NPC Adventures (and content packs for it)

Map Editor Extended

Free Love pack (This is for the people who think SV is nice in allowing the player to date multiple people, but unnecessarily restrictive in allowing them to only marry one of them. I’m putting other romance/marriage/parenthood mods in this category also) necessary: (these are the mods you need to make a multi-spouse household function smoothly, period. Need extensive configuring, usually, so pay attention when you install them)

Bed Tweaks

Custom Spouse Patio Redux (this one can glitch, but Map Editor Extended has fixed it for me fine every time)

Custom Spouse Rooms

Free Love

Wedding Tweaks optional: (these are the mods that can substantially improve your personal life if you’re into them, but Free Love functions fine without them)

Platonic Partners and Friendships

Bachelors and Bachelorettes stay friends

Fourteen Heart Events for All

Gender Neutrality Mod

Not In Here By Yourself (plug of my own mod)

Hugs and Kisses

Multiple Spouse Dialogs (+Tia’s and Liliet’s packs for it) (plug of my own mod uwu)

Planned Parenthood

Swimsuit Selection

Unique Children

Unique Children Talk - T’s Spouse Room

#video games #stardew valley #im sorry not everything is linked i did everything and then tumblr somehow???? lost it???? i cant. i just cant do it all over again

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marshmallowprotection · 1 year

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From a creepy dark and deranged perspective- which Saeran is most likely to have a creepy cult wedding / binding ritual to Mc . BE style

Ray. I don't think I need to go into detail about this, either. You probably already had him in mind when you asked the question. I think we're all in agreement that it would be Ray, if no one else. He has enough fantasies in that pretty little head of his about keeping you in this castle until the universe collapses and the sun is blowing up. I don't dare put it past him to think a wedding would be a good idea to tie you together to him forever. He can’t lose you if you’re bound in matrimony.

I can't see Suit Saeran or Unknown leaning toward this angle in the slightest. It’s not like Unknown wants to commit to anything. He doesn’t like labels, in fact, the man just lets you see him as nameless, a default setting, a man without a name in all regard. You’re a tool. You’re his eyes. Why would you be his partner? Now, the only way I could see him leaning that way would be if it hurt Saeyoung in any way. That’s about it. He would go through with it if it meant that he could hurt the RFA.

Suit Saeran wouldn’t do it. No, i can see why it would be easy to assume that he would choose this path to take something from Ray, but no. There’s something... terrifying to him about being trapped in a box. Funny coming from a guy that said your room his personal toy box.

But, marrying you like this... sure, maybe there’s room to argue that he might toy with the idea to see your expression, to tell you that he’d marry you thinking that it would placate his Savior enough to allow him to keep you, but... it’s no different than you being his toy or the party coordinator. Not even a marriage would keep you safe. You know, the very thing he realizes he wants to do after his cycle of confusion and anger.

But, you are specifically talking about the act of a marriage within Mint Eye as something that is intended to bind you to him. So, who else but Ray would want to do something so binding and tight with you in the first place? This would be a band-aid for his paranoia when it comes to losing you. If he has proof that you’re tied to him this way, should he be afraid? He can’t lose you if you’re married and the confines of marriage mean that you’re only with him.

So Ray Route Bad Ending 1, Another Story Prologue Bad Ending, Another Story Day 4 Bad Ending, and V Route Bad Relationship Ending 1 are timelines where I can see this playing out. There is a way to rationalize these endings as paths to this conclusion, though, there the way that you get to him suggesting marriage is different since these endings have vastly different angles that lead you inside of them. Like, V’s BRE1, for example.

You showed no interest in V the way Rika wanted. She shrugged and decided to give you back to Ray since she has no benefit in being interested in you if there is nothing tying you back to V’s interest. Ray wants you to forget about the RFA now and you bring them up much to his chagrin. So, he decides to lock up in the suite until he decides how to fix this. It isn’t a stretch for me to imagine that in his little fairytale fantasy brain that the way to bring you back to him would be to give you that happily ever after and show you the way to be truly happy with your real prince.

Or, perhaps, in the Prologue BE, after he takes you on his assistant for some time, his paranoia at losing you for not being able to keep up with his work ethic would bring him to realize that his Savior could take you away. He would search his brain for hours to find something that could keep you with him, and since this is a cult loaded with Catholic trauma, he might just assume that being married to you would keep you safe. Now, that hugely depends on how useful Rika thinks it might be. Hell, she’d probably agree to it if it meant that she had another pawn in her hands to incentivize Ray.

So, I very much believe that this could happen in a Bad Ending at some point if the idea is presented to Ray as something that will fix it. [Spoiler Alert: it doesn’t fix anything.]

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valdekboy · 3 months

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CARNIVAL AU - VALDI

THIS AU BELONGS TO @sm-baby. So, I made Carnival! version of my oc.

I know he doesn't exactly look as good and fancy as other characters from this AU, but still i think he fits well enough.

There are a lot of thing i want to write about him so if you want to read it all then go ahead.

About Valdi

His Engine is like a heart, if it stops he'll die. His only hope would be that one of his friends finds him and would kickstart his heart. Still that doesn't stop Valdi from tinkering with it. He likes to swap out few parts here and there to change his look (also some parts change how his engine behaves).

Even though he's nice, he can get violent if provoked.

He considers all other AIs as friends (even though he's scared of certain trio)

He LOVES good music. Sometimes he just wanders outside arena, searching for some lost cassettes, hoping to find some good tunes. If you want to have a listen then here you go (sorry i tried embedding spotify playlists but that didn't work so these are links to them): - CHILL MIX - GARAGE MIX - MAIN EVENT #1 - MAIN EVENT #2 - MAIN EVENT #3 - PERSONAL

His Playground "THE ARENA" It's giant arena that has 3 main segments:

Garage/Workshop - it's a big space with all the tools you need to fix up your vehicle. On floor above you will find Valdis personal workshop. That's the place from which he controls entire arena, lightning, music and some other things. It's best to not go there without his permission.

Museum - Valdi is very sentimental so after you win he won't just scrap your car, he'll fix it up a bit and leave it in the museum for everyone to see.

Lounge - A quite big room with luxury finish, big wooden bar and giant reinforced window, so anyone can grab a drink, sit back and enjoy the show. When you want to rest you can take the lift and relax in one of 8 rooms. Big bedroom with everything you need to relax (walls are soundproof and window can be closed with mechanical shutters)

Outside of arena you'll find an endless junkyard full of abandoned classic cars,trucks, bikes boats or even trains, if it has engine, you can find it here. Just remember to STAY AWAY FROM THE GRAVEYARD (especially if you hear anything).

HOW THE GAME WORKS

When you first enter, you will have to wait for Valdi so he can take you for a tour around the Junkyard so you can pick your car.

Then you have time to prepare your vehicle for the events. Ask Valdi if you need anything.

When the time comes, you will have to drive into the arena and await further instructions.

There will be 3 events, each one harder than the one before: EVENT #1 - Regular race around the track, you can ram, bash and spin out other contestants. Only rule is to never drive in reverse. There's also other variant called Trailer Race where you have a caravan or trailer attached to your car that you have to protect. EVENT #2 - Figure 8. Same as regular race but with one (or more) cross-sections where you can collide with others. EVENT #3 - Good old Demolition Derby. Crash, smash and bash your rivals and try to be last one alive.

You cannot die inside your car if it's still running, no matter if you get hit multiple times, you start to bleed or you break something, as long as engine is running you just can't die while inside the car (blessing and curse at the same time)

In between each event you have time to fix up your car or just take a break and walk around the arena.

If you manage to win 2 out of 3 events, then you can leave Valdis game with a small prize (which is a toy replica of your car, handmade by Valdi himself :D)

Holy Moly, I know that's a lot to read. If you've gone this far then Thank You so much for your time and i hope you have a lovely day/night.

Also if you want to ask about anything, go ahead the ask box is open.

In the end i wanted to Thank sm-baby for creating amazing AU and inspiring me to create carnival version of Valdi. Looking at all of that above, i still can't believe I've made it. I even started drawing a short story, which is something unbelievable for me. So once again a BIG THANK YOU!

#carnival au #tadc oc #tadc #the amazing digital circus #vb_art

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officialleehadan · 1 year

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I don't remember if you've posted about this before, but can you please briefly talk about the editing and publishing possesses as a beginner author?

Hello darling! I haven't really talked about this here, but if people are interested, I certainly can.

So, the first thing I'm going to say is that there's no One True Way for editing. I can't tell you what will work best for you. I can only tell you what works best for me.

The way I do editing is pretty straightforward. Once a project is done (finished, but not edited or even spellchecked in any way) I put it down. Generally, I try to give a finished project at least six months to cool off, and a year is better. I don’t even spell-check it until the entire project is finished.

After six months, I’ve sort of forgotten the project. That makes it much easier to come back to it with fresh eyes, and read over it. Errors, bad wording, all of that, will be much easier to spot. Bad plot moments are easier to fix because I’m less connected to the project. It’s less emotional. It makes for a much more comfortable process.

Once you’re done with the project (it’s all written, start to finish. DO NOT EDIT BEFORE THIS POINT!!) and it’s cooled for a few months, it’s time for what I call the Three Draft method.

Draft 1 – Big changes. Rewording, plot holes, introducing or removing characters. Adding or removing content.

Draft 2 – Little changes. Spellcheck, typos, misused words (form/from, etc.) small rewordings. Add all your spelling errors to your autocorrect at this point. The more you can teach your autocorrect to fix things, the easier future projects will be. Also build out a spreadsheet of ‘frequently-used words’ that you use too much, words that get swapped with each other (though/through, there/here) so you can use the ‘find word’ search to check them quickly on later projects. This spreadsheet will be a living document, and you can add to it with every project as you catch more words (and punctuation errors like “” or ..) quickly.

Draft 3 – Typos. Final polish. Little things you missed. This one will take the longest, because you very much have to go over the whole manuscript with a magnifying glass. It helps to change it into a different font at this point, because it will change how you look the characters.

And that’s it. After three drafts, it’s done. Stop tinkering with it. Don’t change anything else. It’s not going to get any better than it currently is, and you’ll make yourself crazy chasing perfection. It will never be perfect. Finish it and move on.

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Now, publishing is a longer conversation, so I’m not going into details in this post. If you want more, let me know and I can expand on it. Ultimately though, there are two options. Both require you to have a finished manuscript, so do that first.

Option 1 – Traditional publishing.

This is where you send query letters to literary agents until one offers to represent your work. (QueryTracker.net is a great tool for this, but you can also look for #MSWL on Twitter and post your pitch on those.) and you sign a contract with them. At that point, they will send your manuscript around to publishers until one of them offers to publish it.

Traditional publishing is much easier on the author than self-publishing, which I’ll talk about in a moment. Your job as the author is basically to write a good book, edit it as well as you can, and then send out about a hundred queries (and get 99 rejections, so be ready for that) until you get representation. After that, you basically do what your agent and editor (supplied by the publisher) tell you, and cheer a lot when your book comes out.

Option 2 – Self-Publishing

Self-pub gets a bad rap and I understand why. There’s a lot of very predatory companies that will offer to put your book into print for a ‘small’ fee (usually hundreds or thousands of dollars) and let you keep all the royalties. This is a scam. If someone asks for money to make your book happen, and you did not explicitly hire them for a specific job, they’re a scam. If you’re looking for professionals (like typesetters or editors) try Fiverr or Upwork. Both have a lot of great people who will do what you need. Do not go to Reedsy. Their professionals are wildly overpriced for the same (or lower) quality of work.

That said, there’s a lot of benefits to self-pub. You have full control, you don’t have to query, and you get more of the money from the sales than you would if you went traditional. Unfortunately, the trade-off is that the upfront work and money are a lot harder, because you’re the one doing all of it. That means editing, cover art, typesetting (VITAL for print, less important for ebooks) the ISBN number (Amazon and Ingram Spark will provide a free one, but there are strings attached) and everything else your book needs. Plus, you’ll be doing all your own marketing, which is a whole lot of work.

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I’ve done both over the years. My first two books were traditional through a small press, and everything since has been self-pub. I very much prefer self-pub personally, but I’m capable of doing every part of book production myself. I have a degree in graphic design, I know how to typeset, I’ve been doing my own marketing for years, and I know the ins and outs of KDP (Amazon’s publishing service) well enough to be comfortable with it.

That said, it’s a lot of work. Publishing has been an unpaid full-time job for me for the last ten years, and for most of that time, I also had a paying non-writing full-time day job. In the last three years, I was able to transition from my day job to writing exclusively, but it took seven years of hard work to get to the point where my writing pays more than nothing.

I am not wealthy. I do not make a lot of money on my writing. I make more than none, but it’s about what I would make on a minimum-wage retail job. I could absolutely make more if I went back to my career as a jewelry professional, and I could make a lot more if I took a few classes and got an additional certification or three. I don’t do that because I love writing. I also take contract writing jobs for video game studios, and commissions.

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Ultimately, which path you take is entirely up to you and they’re both really great options. No matter what you do, you’ll be very involved in your own marketing, so be ready for that, but it’s not terrible. If you don’t have a wide social media base (all under the same username, which is associated with your desired publishing name) you’re going to need them. It’s much easier to get published if you have lots of people who are eager for your next book.

This kind of got away with me, but I hope it helps! Best of luck, and happy writing!

#writing #writing advice #long post

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steves-on-a-plane · 2 years

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Fighting Dragons With You (Pt 5)

Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4 / Words: 1291 Cast of Characters: Young!Leia, Obi Wan Kenobi & Reader Summary: Following the shocking revelation that Anakin is still alive, Reader gives Obi-Wan space and time to process this information. It turns out to be a day of revelations when Reader shares something with Obi-Wan that he has long felt in the force but never discussed.

You were just as shaken by the Inquisitor’s announcement as Obi-Wan. After all he’d been the one to tell you that Anakin had died on Mustafar. You didn’t know if it was numbness or self-preservation that had enabled you to get Obi-Wan and yourself to the transport on time. Even knowing that you were alone on the transport and safe, for now, you couldn’t allow yourself to rest. Not when Obi-Wan was staring out into the vastness of space like that. The guilt, grief and pain pulsing through the cargo hold the three of you were encapsulated in.

“Leia, why don’t we take a look at LOLA together?” You suggested, moving the young girl and yourself away. You could tell that Leia wanted to know what was wrong with her new friend, but the prospect of fixing her old one was enough to divert her attention temporarily. Obi-Wan sank to his knees and began to meditate.

You set Leia up on a tall stack of crates. The stack next to her was comprised of larger flatter containers which would make a fine workbench. You searched around hoping to find a small toolkit. Even one for emergency repairs would have the simple tools you’d need to fix LOLA.

“Is Ben going to be, okay?” She asked quietly. You followed her gaze over your shoulder wondering how big of a lie you ought to tell. You couldn’t very well tell the ten-year-old princess of a utopian planet that every outside of her planet, and even some on it, were very much not okay. “Okay” was a relative term these days anyway.

“Yes.” You answered. “He found out some upsetting news and he’s going to need some time to process it. We’re going to give him space so that he can do that, alright?”

You found a tool kit. It was missing a spanner or two but looked to be otherwise complete. You assessed your patient. You’d have to partially disassemble LOLA and see just how extensive the damage was before you could even begin to put her back together. Working with your hands after being and educator for so long felt awkward. Your fingers kept tripping over each other. Like they were attempting a dance they’d long forgotten the steps to.

Your mind wandered right where you didn’t want it to. Anakin was alive. You stole a glance over at Leia, whose eyes continued to drift with concern to Obi-Wan whenever she thought you weren’t looking. Did Anakin know about the twins? Was he looking for them now? Had he gone first to his family on Tatooine? His family who remained unprotected because Obi-Wan was there with you. Had he gone to Alderaan? Should you contact Bail with a warning?

“Ouch!” You jump back. Somehow your fumbling fingers had managed to cross to wires that ought to be kept apart. A slight burn had formed on one of your thumbs.

“You never were much for mechanics.” Obi-Wan commented, walking towards you. You hadn’t noticed him end his meditation. “Perhaps I should take over the mending from here?” He suggested.

“All yours.” You agreed.

“What does it feel like,” Leia asked, staring at the meditation spot Obi-Wan had just vacated. “The Force?”

You opened your mouth not sure how to answer. You’d long assumed that when the time came, you’d have some prepared speech. Maybe archived reading materials. You’d be prepared. But here? On a droid-piloted cargo junker zooming through space? You were not prepared at all.

“Have you ever been afraid of the dark?” Obi-Wan asked, looking up from his project. Leia looked back at him and nodded. “How does it feel when you turn on the light?”

“I feel safe.” Leia answered quietly.

“It feels like that.” Obi-Wan told her.

Not long after that Obi-Wan had managed to finish fixing LOLA. The young princess, all too eager to see her friend alive and well, took the small disk droid off to a private corner still within your sight but out of earshot. Obi-Wan stood next to you. The two of you were as alone as you were ever going to be.

“I love you.” You whispered, unable to look at him. “I know I shouldn’t say it and maybe it’s the shock talking but I always have. I’ve loved you since the first time we met when you let me borrow your cloak in the rain. Anakin wasn’t much older that Leia then. You’d only been his Master for two or so years. I told myself it would go away eventually. But there were always small things. You’d accidentally brush your hand against mine during dinner. You and Anakin would happen to be training in the same part of the temple as me. I began to wonder, foolishly maybe, if you felt the same way.”

“[Y/N], I…” He started to say but you interrupted him.

“It’s alright. I’m not looking for an answer from you. I just…” You sigh. “I have to have something to hope for.”

“I always wondered why I never got my cloak back from you.” He smirked, giving nothing away.

The three of you rode the rest of the way in an unsettle quiet. Neither you nor Obi-Wan spoke with each other. Only commented occasionally on this or that to Leia. The princess was mostly occupied by chatting with LOLA. Telling the droid about all the exploits she’d missed out on thus far. Soon enough the novelty of the droid began to wear off and like any youngling far from home on a long journey, Leia grew impatient. She began asking how much longer and if you’d arrived yet.

“You’ll know when we’ve arrived because we’ll be getting off.” Obi-Wan told her at last in a huffy tone. Leia sulked for the next hour or so, until Obi-Wan got to his feet. “We better get ready. He announced. “We’re on approach.”

You watched through one of the viewports as the rocky landscape of Mapuzo became larger. Still technically a dessert planet like Tatooine with sandy terrain, at least Mapuzo could boast a sparse vegetation of small dry trees and tufts of even dryer grass. Your ship docked at an outpost already being patrolled by Stormtroopers. You could only hope the news of Daiyu hadn’t yet traveled here.

Heavy droids entered and began offloading cargo. The operation was mostly overseen by a large yellow Loader Droid. The only two visible Stormtroopers were more like anti-theft deterrents than a functional security. Following Obi-Wan’s lead you were able to easily sneak around the back of the transport. The three of you disappeared off into the horizon.

“Coordinates say our meeting point is further North.” Obi-Wan declared when there was enough distance between you and the troopers to speak in normal tones. “That is if our new friend was telling the truth.”

“Why would he lie?” Leia asked.

“Because,” Obi-Wan sighed. “People are not all good Leia.”

“How far out are we from civilization?” You asked, looking around. “I remember the holos at the temple showed green fields for miles. Surely if we’re out past all of that we’re well out into the wilderness.”

“There are no fields anymore.” Obi-Wan replied, a slight edge to his tone. “No more fields. No more families. Mapuzo is nothing more than mining colony now. Thanks to the Empire.”

“I thought the Empire was supposed to be helping us.” Leia looked to you. Then so did Obi-Wan.

“I can only teach her what the Galactic Empire curriculum allows.” You reminded him. “At least for now. Bail is in a precarious enough position with the senate. Radicalizing his daughter would only make things harder for him.”

“I doubt there’ll be any helping it after this.” He mumbled.

#Obi Wan #Obi-Wan #Obi-Wan x Reader #Obi Wan x Reader #Obi Wan Reader Insert #Obi-Wan Reader Insert #Fan Fiction #Fan Fic #FF #Fighting Dragons with You

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stargazersroom · 2 years

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List of all visits to Infinity Room

Quick disclamer: this list may not be comprehensive. That means it may (and probably will) be edited in the future. If I missed something, please let me know. As of now I won't be actively searching for missed rooms unless you can provide at least some info about them.

I found 4 infinity rooms on HC S6 and 1 infinity room on HC S9. I call them as "First Architech Meeting Room" (FAMR), "Tango Room" (TR), "Flag Room" (FR), "Second Architech Meeting Room" (SAMR), "Secret Fools Room" (SFR). FAMR consists of two horizontally linked rooms, second one has bubblevator exit. SAMR consists of two vertically linked rooms, second one has floor made out of slime. SFR consists of several linked rooms (coridors aren't white).

Technical details:

For the timeline I'll use the earliest upload date in dd.mm format.

I do have notes of armor and tool stats (enchants, durability, damage, armor), as well as player's exp, but I won't include them in this list, otherwise it'll become unreadable. If we learn that some of those stats do matter, I'll add the info I have.

Unless stated otherwise, players have full health and hunger bars in the room most of the time.

"Full armor" is an armor set w/ elytra but no chestplate.

"Cool"/"good" trident is a weapon trident, "bad" is a riptide one - as classified by Mumbo. In the beginning of S6 Mumbo had a bad trident, while Grian had a good one. They chatted about it after the first Architects meeting

Grian building half of the FAMR, 7.10 He actually went into the room after building half of it to explain the interior. Below is inventory from that time. If you want to scrape some info from the building part - it's ep 17.

2. Grian fixed jingled maps and finished building FAMR, 16.10 He has at least two diamond pickaxes, 52 rockets, stack of cobble, diamond sword, diamond shovel, throwable trident and a Gold Rabbit head. Has full armor. 3. Grian went into FAMR and waited for Mumbo, then he held a meeting with him, 16.10 Grian cleared first row of items and it looked like he had empty inventory. From Mumbo's episode I conclude that Grian most likely has absolutely everything he had when he got in the room to actually start a meeting. That is: at least two diamond pickaxes, 37 rockets, one diamond, diamond sword, diamond showel, throwable trident and 62 steaks. Probably has a diamond axe and 17 sea lanterns (seen in the same ep when Grian cheched out Eye of Sauron). Has full armor. Mumbo: Screenshot from before Mumbo went inside infinity room. So on the moment of getting stuck Mumbo actually had 32 rockets and 4 golden carrots. Everything else should be the same. One of the shulker boxes has two empty item slots.

4. Grian build TR for How To Kill A Tango contest, 2.11 Screenshot below is from before he placed any item frames and maps.

He placed 41 item frames and maps, then returned to his base to get the last map for the room. Screenshot as he returned to the unfinished room below. He placed one map and room was complete.

5. Tango was dropped inside TR, 6.11 He had nothing on him. 6. Grian built half of the FR and tested the room with Stress, 2.02 I haven't written down anything from the time when Grian finished half of the room, but it's ep 47 for those who are curious. Below is inventory from testing the room with Stress. In the room he had one less potato.

Stress went with empty inventory right after Grian entered the room and died in the first second. 7. Grian finished building FR and then made a test run for flag defending system, 2.02 Below is inventory as Grian finished the room.

He went with empty inventory during actual test. 8. False captured the Flag in FR, 3.02 She went with empty inventory. 9. Second Architech meeting held in FAMR, 13.02 Mumbo didn't have a piece of paper, otherwise screenshots are correct.

10. Third Architech meeting in FAMR, 10.03 Grian below. Most likely had full armor in his inventory.

Iskall had elytra equipped. Most likely had rest of the armor in his inventory. Got item frame and one white map in the room.

11. Forth Architech meeting in FAMR, 15.03 Grian and Mumbo didn't have any piece of armor equipped, Iskall had elytra equipped. Probably all of them had their armor in inventories. Below is Iskall, Grian, Mumbo in this exact order:

12. Totally legit Architech meeting in FAMR, 24.03 Iskall below:

13. One and only meeting under Sahara, 30.04 Grian and Iskall dropped in the upper room first, then Mumbo followed. Iskall, Mumbo, Grian in this exact order below:

Iskall fell in the lower room, then Mumbo was pushed there by Grian. After that Grian hopped down and fell to his death. Grian joined Mumbo and Iskall after that in the lower room and got some of his stuff back. Screenshots of Iskall with Grian's stuff, Mumbo with Grian's stuff and Grian's inventory after getting some of his belongings back below:

Mumbo and Iskall flew out of the lower room into the upper one, Grian got stuck for a bit, broke one item frame and map, but soon followed. In the upper room Grian recieved from Mumbo 13 golden carrots and ate one immediately to restore health and saturation. After that he dropped Iskall down, but Iskall flew out of the corridor before he reached lower room. 14. Secret Fools inside SFR, 1.04 Below is when Grian only started making the room (before echo) + one of two shulker boxes that were placed in the room.

Below is Grian's inventory when he was finishing the room (after echo)

During the prank: Grian had 1 red dye, 1 blue dye, 48 bread at the end of third question, 4 item frames, 4 maps. Also has diamond boots on him. Impulse went with empty inventory. Both of them missed 1,5 hunches of hunger and 5 hp by the time they got stuck in the room.

#hermitcraft #infinity room au #decided to wait to the end of today's update #it was a blast :D

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pancakeke · 1 year

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google doesnt give a shit what you're trying to search any more. it's like "I didnt bother using half of your search terms but here's pinterest and wikihow. enjoy"

edit: everyone who has yet to experience google straight up ignoring boolean operators who are smugly acting like I don't use them or even know what they are, can you please deactivate and stop clogging up my activity

at this time using verbatim search (option under the search bar within "tools" in the drop down that says "all results" by default) seems to be the fix to make it actually process queries correctly but let's see how long google maintains it as an option.

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finally a good update

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animators fuck me up. if you asked me to draw something it would take every ounce of my life to complete this task. if you then asked me to draw it again a little to the left I would die

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My #1 post of 2022

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#tumblr2022 #year in review #my 2022 tumblr year in review #your tumblr year in review #how the fuck did my tag stats pan out like that #long post #also i deleted like 4 big posts so I think this is skewed

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funkymbtifiction · 2 years

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1. I was reading the stems and… wow; no wonder no one likes being identified with 136 type descriptors. I’m kind of glad I went from core descriptions for my tritype rather than stems, because 13 and 16 are just painted so unappealingly that I can’t imagine having immediately identified with them. I wonder if there aren’t a lot of 1-cores writing enneagram stuff online.

You're not supposed to feel proud of or comforted by your tritype; it's supposed to reveal the uncomfortable truth about you by stripping your ego naked. It's a huge blow to your ego, and the ego's instinctive reaction when they read an accurate but "unfavorable" portrayal of themselves is denial. "That is not me, that must be wrong!" "OMG, this such a HARSH description!" If a descriptor of a type interaction upsets you, it's rubbing up against your ego. It's either an indicator that you are mistyped ("I am this, but a HEALTHY version, so 99% of this isn't true for me") or because it's accurate and you don't want to face that.

This is the time to dig deep and ask yourself hard questions (why did I react so strongly to this? which ego-defenses is it pulling down? why do I care about this? am I worried about what others might think of me, if they know I am this tritype? is this an image reaction because I don't want to 'seem' this way? am I afraid it's true of me? etc. etc.). The truest things dig the needle in the deepest, and after you go through anger, resentment, denial, rejection, and then acceptance, THAT is when your ego is humbled enough for self-growth. I have been through a lot of that, and it's not fun, but you will come out the other side ready to flourish.

I remember the first time someone suggested 2 fix for me, and I had a tantrum; I wanted to be anything other than that! But my angry objections were only because of the true-ness of 2 for me. It held a mirror up to me and I did not like the reflection -- I had to want the truth of myself more than to look good in the eyes of others and after sulking, came around to the fact that I am indeed 2ish in my heart fix. Once you take a blow like that to your ego / pride, you reach a point where you have truly "seen" yourself and there's no more denying of it. Reading those, I am back to thinking I am 1 fixed. The blow of 6-1 makes me uncomfortable enough to know it's truer than 6-9.

The Enneagram isn't about making you comfortable and "look good." It's about self-awareness and that's scary, especially if you are a 3 or have a 3 fix and don't want your bare bones exposed to the world.

Let's see... 1 cores writing Enneagram stuff. Maybe, since the goal is self-enlightenment/self-improvement and that appeals to 1s for sure!

2. It’s surprisingly easy to manipulate the self-images of Fe-users, especially if they have Fe tert or inf. It’s not really intentional most of the time - I can make a comment describing someone or fill in a word when they’re searching for a good self-descriptor, and they’ll usually agree with it. Or they might say “I don’t know how I feel about this” and I can suggest something and they’ll be like “you’re right.” This all sounds very manipulative and scary, but I think it can go both ways - if you help someone provide tools to understand themselves when they’re looking for them, it can be helpful. But there’s definitely a side where I think, “Oh no, this person is pretty malleable to what I say, what if I’m manipulating them?” Generally I don’t notice this happen with Fi users as much because while they’ll consider what you have to say, their self-image is ultimately pretty solid and takes a lot to change. Is this something Fi users worry about? Is it an Enneagram social thing?

They might be 9s and if so, you aren't really 'getting' to them -- they are just agreeing with you on a surface level to make you not angry at them and then will go home and do their own thing / forget all about it anyway. As for helping them figure out their emotions -- TPs often need that, and when you suggest things to them, that's not manipulative -- they genuinely may not know what they are feeling or why, because many of them are out of touch with their emotions, and they need a higher Feeler who is comfortable with emotional states to guide them. Fi's are less amenable to influence to some degree, although if they are a 6, 9, or a 3, they will internalize what you say about them more than if they are a different type. Fi and Te is often more straightforward and blunt.

Can a Fi worry about being bad/wrong/manipulative/etc? Yes. Especially if they have a self-diacritic 1 fix where "I should... should not..." do X.

#question #enneagram

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