#bc i remember ppl who are in my notifs a lot

[chryblossomjjk]

I just got done reading practice and I absolutely loved it could we get more little Drabbles? ❤️

hi friend!! thank you for reading!!! i do have some drabbles planned for them, im not sure when ill get to them as im focusing on my next wip but somewhere down the line they’ll come for sure 💗

#anon #fic: practice #if you’re a fluffy friend u could check out my imagine one shot 👀 #if you’re a angsty friend u could check out the weekend 👀 #up to you 👀 #no okay lmao sometimes i see you guys on here work through my masterlist #like i get a notif you liked practic pt 1 #and then twenty minutes later you like pt 2 #and the pt 3 #and then the one shots #and then you follow #and it’s the cutest fucking thing ever #bc i remember ppl who are in my notifs a lot #so when i see a new person discover my stuff #and like it to the point of checking another fic or part out it’s saur cute #and ily dearly #cmere #forehead smooch muah

[stardust-make-a-wish]

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#stardust.txt #let me ramble abt my day and then talk abt my sad dream under a few tags lfjdkfkdjdk #hmmm its so hard to line up schedules already so im worried for what my free time will look like during the sem when jm gonna be busy T__T #🥳🥳 i managed to secure a slot in a class that had previously only had 8am seats open (death) but now my inbox is blowing up w notifs #that i did sign up for. but im too lazy to turn them off. bc i was desperate and set notifs for Every slot that wasnt kn the morning #lots of ppl at my job r leaving bc college/getting a diff job and its kinda sad </3 i was planning on leaving myself but ill prolly stay #for another month or two at least #lately i have been playing star rail incessantly bc im waiting for bestie to finish watching her aa playthroughs so we can play tg/aa at the #same time #thats my life tags for today. sad dream thoughts now #i always seem to remember my not-so-fun dreams with perfect clarity compared to the ones tht are more silly and not based in reality #me: im over this person who cut me out of their life very swiftly with zero warnjng #also me: repeatedly dreams of reaching out to them and becoming friends again #its like i dont feel any ill will towards them bc i care but its like usoyqiqgjdjsgkwrb i wish it wasnt seen as harsh to tell someone #straight up u dont wna be friends w them. bc PERSONALLY that would hurt much less than being dropped out of nowhere not knowing if it was #bc of life stuff or just bc. they dont care anymor #if they dont care i would also like to be free of caring. but bc i dont KNOW why we arent friends anymore i just keep thinking abt it #i miss her :( #ill live tho ✌️ will probably cross paths with her at family parties and have to be normal yaaaay

[cloudycaffeinatedcryptid]

Which of the counselors would join fandom spaces, and what fandom would they join? :)

hrrrnng this is a good question, it makes the rusty cogs in my head squeak 🙃

right off the bat, Jacob dearest doesn't strike me as the fandom type, & Laura's prolly so busy that she wouldn't have time even if she wanted to. Jacob prolly has a reddit account tho, so take that as you will

Abi definitely has a tumblr, prolly post some of her art online & she definitely participates in fandoms - she's a bit more courageous behind a screen. 90% sure she reads fanfiction. i imagine she would be in fandoms like The Owl House & Stardew Valley & Legend of Zelda, but also stuff like Supernatural & old horror movies like the original Jeepers Creepers & The Exorcist. & also Scooby-Doo

Ryan obviously spends time in the fandom space of the Bizarre Yet Bonifide podcast & he prolly hangs out on the fanpages, swapping theories & answering questions. he's just vibing in the fandom with all his knowledge & special interest. he also like classic/old movies & he & Abi brainrot together sometimes about classic horror (& she makes him watch Scooby-Doo with her)

Emma lurks in her own fan spaces lmao. i believe wholeheartedly that she LOVES shows like Bridgerton & she posts about it as soon as anything new comes out. she also follows fashion week & the Emmys every year, & liveposts about it the entire time. her fans recommend her romance/romcom movies & sometimes she'll host a movie night on her stream to review it, other times she'll just post about it. most of the time, the fandom comes to her (when Abi visits & agrees to be on camera, they stream a movie night & watch scooby-do)

Nick is so bizarre he has a twitter account that he barely remembers & hasn't even finished fully setting it up yet & he doesn't check his notifications, but almost every time he posts something, ppl go crazy trying to figure out what the fuck he's talking about. so he kind of has his own little "fanbase", if you could call it that

Dylan's for sure a shitposter, but he also loves digging into the lore & secrets - especially of video games. he's a total Dr. Who nerd & he's prolly read the Sherlock Holmes novels. he cracks all that shit open like a cold one with all the other fans online & mentally red-strings everything he thinks about. Abi tells Ryan to make him watch Scooby-Doo, unaware that Dylan has seen all the cartoons & movies, & posts Scrappy-Doo hate

Kaitlyn & Max i feel like are both the type not to interact much online, also they do lurk from time to time. Kaitlyn's more likely to jump in if she sees someone being blatantly & snobbily wrong about something she knows intimately. Max tends to just reblog fanart he likes. i think Kaitlyn loves horror movies - Scream, Halloween, Final Destination, etc - & she throws popcorn at the screen when someone makes a dumb choice then goes to find complaints about the dumb logic online so she can agree with them. Emma forces her to watch Bridgerton, which she reluctantly loves

Max likes romcoms & has a soft spot for cartoons like Steven Universe, but he also gets into some crime dramas like Criminal Minds bc Laura likes them. a lot of art he reblogs online is pixel art, it's his favorite, but 80% of the time, anything with a nice color palette will get him. he also likes Scooby-Doo

i would love to hear others' opinions on this!

#thank you for the ask! #hard for me to gauge what ppl are into #& sometimes i project too hard #but i liked this :) #put those blorbos in fandoms #the quarry #ask moth

[nonclassyparty]

it’s kind of funny bc i was just thinking about SR today and then i suddenly got a notif that you posted the final chapter!!

anyways, i just finished reading and man - you really have a way with words. like i can’t remember the last time i was so immersed in a series but you really are such an amazing writer. thank you for letting us read your stories because i know how tiresome and draining it can be :( but thank you thank you, i appreciate you and your work.

moving on to my reaction to this final chapter!! AHHHHHHH i loved the ending and am so content. like i was so curious on everything with mingi, san, wooyoung and hwa and you summed it all so perfectly in this last chapter. with mingi - i totally understand what you did there and honestly thought it was perfect. ngl i did think mingi would be end game but the reasoning behind why she can’t be with him was so valid. san - oh san, what a character. even though i hated college san and how he treated y/n, i really think he was just protecting himself and obviously that hurt a lot of ppl, but he had his reasons. that scene with him and y/n in the hotel room really brought closure, i think, for the both of them and i love how when y/n was like “let’s not meet again”, san accepted it so graciously. wooyoung - omg i love wooyoung so much. the scene where he was like “you b-bitch” broke me but made me laugh out loud bc he is so adorable and you can definitely tell how much love the two have for each other. i’m glad those two worked out their problems (i had no doubt they would but they both were valid with their initial feelings that started the argument). wooyoung is my favorite character <3 hwa - girl i literally was so happy when san brought up his name bc i wanted to really see where their relationship lied at the end of this all. i’m so happy they were able to mend everything. i’m still upset at how hwa treated her back then but again, siblings have this relationship where it’s really hard to not forgive. i could see how much the two regretted not talking to each other and how much they wanted to make up for lost time and that make my heart so full. lastly y/n - the amount of hurt, sorrow, anger, admiration, love, and understanding i felt for this character was crazy. the amount of growth we see her go though in this series is actually so interesting and felt so natural. initially, she was selfish, only thinking for herself. she wanted san and despised anyone who stood in her way. but then she met wooyoung, mingi and started to care for others. fast forward to her adult life, she only is thinking of others, not herself, and is so scared of being selfish but then after that convo with san, she realizes she needs to be a little bit of both. idk it just felt so full circle for me.

wow this was a long ass reply and i’m so sorry - like you don’t have to read this bc i literally just went on a tangent. but just wanted to say thank you again for your work and all the time and effort you put into your writings <3 i’m sad SR is over but i’m looking forward to more of your work and am forever a supporter :’)

ahhhhhhhhh thank you so much, you explained everything so well that i truly have nothing left to add except to thank you for reading ❤️

[onlyhuis]

hihi im starting a writing blog for svt but im relatively new to tumblr and its mechanics and all the etiquette and things like that. also im a jun biased and im weird in the way where i don't usually have inspo for other members? if that makes sense? so like idk is there anything i need to know or is it relatively acceptable to mostly only write for one or two members?

also sidenote but i really love some of your writings ahaha match of the season is my favourite :D thank you so much if you ever reply!

no that totally makes sense! i would say most authors on here will write for ot13 but they definitely write more for their bias than any other member. i feel the same way, for me it's easier to write for jun than for other members (and also i love him lol) so my writing ends up being like 90% jun and 10% other members. which is completely fine! at the end of the day it's your blog and your writing, and you should write for whoever you feel comfortable writing for and whoever gives you the most motivation. there are hundreds of writers on this site so if one writer only writes for a couple of members, it doesn't mean the other members won't get written :) nobody says you're required to write certain things or for certain members!

if you intentionally leave out one member but write for all the rest (i've seen writers who write ot12 and exclude jun because they aren't attracted to him), you might get some side eyes but again that is your choice. i personally wouldn't say a hard no to any members and i'll give them all my best shot, but that's my blog, and your blog is up to you.

as for things you'd need to know, i'd say the number one thing is interact with people! the best way to get interaction on your own work is to reblog and comment on other fics. as i'm sure you've heard me say before, reblogs are the most important feature on this site! it basically boils down to, treat others how you would want to be treated by reblogging their works and leaving feedback, even if it's just a simple "i really loved this!!!". it makes you stand out in our notifs and if you're also a writer it might even get you a new mutual.

other tips off the top of my head:

have a masterlist post (helps people find all your fics in one place) and have a guidelines post (makes it clear what you're comfy with)

DO NOT PLAGIARIZE AND DO NOT STEAL ANYONE ELSE'S WRITING (this one is in caps bc super super important!!! you can take ideas or inspiration from someone else but you cannot take their words or their writing. you'd think this one would be obvious but plagiarism happens a lot more than you'd think)

if you're inspired by someone else, tag them in your fic! it shows respect to the original author, and you should tag them whether it was from a fic you read or if they helped you brainstorm ideas. it doesn't have to be a super long thing, just a little "inspired by @onlyhuis's fic!!" is more than enough, but it goes a long way :)

like i said, you can write for whoever you want, whenever you want! when ppl start interacting you it's gonna be stressful because you want to make them happy and put out new fics often, but just remember that it's your blog and you get the final say on everything. don't put pressure on yourself to write constantly because you will get burned out and i promise it will not be fun!

if people send things that make you uncomfy, don't be afraid to delete (or block) them. it's your blog and your boundaries so don't feel guilty for standing up for yourself. also, ignore answer hate asks because they're just looking for attention so don't give it to them

trigger things properly! this is the little section before the fic that says "warnings". don't censor any words (using punctuation like bl00d or d3ath instead of typing blood or death) because it defeats the purpose of ppl who have those keywords filtered, so type out the whole word uncensored. this is a courtesy for people so they can choose to avoid content that may be harmful to them. (this also counts towards visual works, a lot of ppl use tags like "tw flashing" on gifsets)

speaking of tags, when you post be sure to put tags on it! it's the section at the bottom of your post with all the #'s. if you click on any of my fics you can see that i use tags like "jun smut", "seventeen scenarios", etc. these tags help people find what they want to read (but only tag relevant things; don't put "mingyu smut" on a jeonghan fic unless mingyu is actually in the fic). if you aren't sure which tags to use or how to format things, feel free to look at other fics for examples. if you read a lot of fics you might see there's a pretty standard way of doing it

the tags i use like "june.txt" and "june writes" are organizational tags. when you click on, for example, my "june writes" tag, the results are only my fics that have that tag. it basically organizes things into categories (which imo is the best part of tumblr) and it makes it easier to find different types of posts. it also allows people to filter those tags so posts with that tag don't show up (for example, i require minors on my blog to block the tag "minors dni" so that nothing nsfw is shown to them)

again like i said, don't be shy! make friends, join networks, send asks to people, reblog fics, etc etc. interacting with others is the #1 way to make writer friends :)

just a general tumblr tip: no one can see how many followers you have except you, so don't try to make it a competition of who has the most. it's what makes tumblr different from tw*tter and insta and it makes the social media experience a lot more casual because there's no influencers here. it's like a diary where you scream into the void and sometimes ppl scream back. a lot of writers do milestone events (i recently had one for hitting 1k followers) but you aren't required to do those either

if you have any questions about tags, filtering keywords, and other tumblr stuff like that, don't be afraid to ask! any tumblr veteran is more than willing to help break down our weird system to new bloggers

be proud of your work! even if it doesn't get many notes or feedback it doesn't mean you're a bad writer. writing should be fun and something you can enjoy doing, so don't make it seem like a chore by focusing too hard on numbers

i can't think of any more but here's my tag for important posts & info for new tumblrs users that you can look thru for more! i hope this helps :) and when you start your blog send me another ask!! i would love to be your first follower <3

#[💌] — asks #for example there are a lot of gyu/wonu/cheol biased writers so there ends up being a lot more of those fics than for say jun or seungkwan #so i dont feel too bad about not writing them as much bc i know theres already plenty of fics out there for them #and also im so happy you like my writing!! asks like these are something any author would be delighted to receive #it means a lot more than you know <33 #🍜 anon

[juyomiao]

NAURRR I FORGOT TO SCREENSHOT THE NOTIFICATION💔 but tumblr was being saur cute sisbissnks it was like

juyomiao has posted

we noticed they're one if your favorites❤️

or smthn along the lines of that and ACK IT WAS SAUR CUTE PLS JSBKSNSKSKA-

anyways idk if u can answer the first one but it's still cool hshshshs

✩ do you have/ can you give some not-so-spoiler spoilers for o.o? (hahajahs u made me obsessed w this and im not complaining)

★ your mtl biased member in cravity? (just ur preferences, u may put reasoning if u want :] )

✩ fav/recommended tbz songs? (im really planning on stanning they seem fun ajajasjs)

★ *IF* w1 is really pursuing with the greek mythology shit, which god/goddess (there's a possibility) do you think bin is going to be? (and state ur reasons hshs)

omg tumblr being cute (unexpected)

☆ uhhhh idk how to give spoilers without spoiling everything so all i can say is what i alr said : its getting more angsty bc i like being cruel n ruining things 🤭 BUT dw it will have a happy ending and the funny elements of the fic r not going anywhere bc thats still the most important part to me

★ okay omg this is hard wait

disclaimer ofc i love all the members

minhee : he was my bias in x1 too so even when i didnt rlly stan cravity i still considered him my cravity bias lmao hes also the proof i have a 'type' when biasing idols bc . the minhee - younghoon - sunghoon trinity explains a lot abt it

serim : he was the reason i got more interested in cravity bc i was watching a cravity park episode n realized how fine he was so ,, yeah . kind of surprising bc he was one of the two members i didnt rlly know abt before stanning (i knew minhee hyeongjun wonjin n jungmo bc of produce n knew seongmin taeyoung n allen bc ppl talk abt them a lot) but im so insane abt him to the point something i said after seeing one of his pics became an inside joke in my friend group

seongmin : my bbg hes so cute n pretty n soft n i love his voice so much . n lately i've been wanting to eat him too .

hyeongjun : ofc knew him bc of x1/pdx n already loved him back then but now even more . in the nicest way possible hes insane hes not normal but thats exactly why i love him

this is where it gets more complicated bc i cant rlly rank them ? like probably woobin n then jungmo wonjin n allen more or less on the same level ?? like even i would expect jungmo n wonjin to be higher but . heres a fun fact‼️i watched produce without subtitles ! so i remember little to nothing abt it n had no idea what was going on ⅔ of the time !! bc i used to watch it when they livestreamed it on youtube n then was too lazy to go look for the subbed ep ,, then i got more attached to minhee n hyeongjun bc they were in x1 obviously

that was so long im sorry but u cant give me a perfect opportunity to infodump abt my special interest / hyperfixation n . expect me not to do it

☆ OHHHH OKAY so idk what music u like more so this list might be a bit questionable bc i like everything even noise music . but i'll focus on b-sides !!

walkin in time , only one (obviously , the queen who inspired my fic title) , melting heart , l.o.u , text me back , daydream , espionage , shake you down , scar , salty , goodbye , checkmate , shine shine , insanity , prism , kiss me if you can , hush , kingdom come (i'll never get tired of saying it , tbz were robbed on that bitchass show FUCK MNET) drink it , out of control , nightmares , merry bad ending , hypnotized , russian roulette , one dance , sweet , c.o.d.e , survive the night , levitating , awake , savior

tbz's entire discography is honestly perfect have fun stanning them u wont regret it‼️‼️

★ honestly idk😭😭 when i was younger (n we r talking abt 5yo until 14yo so it was . a while) i was sooo obsessed with greek mythology but my brain just . wiped all that information away😭 so i genuinely dont know

#☆ free speech corner

[girlwithfish]

the yr where i tracked my dreams a lot in a notes app and religiously read every costar notification etc worst yr of my life i guess i was cutting several times a week in the tiny 5ft wide bathroom in my dorm room that i shared w some girl i never spoke to who never spoke to me barely eating besides microwave noodles once a day at night i also had some intensive cycling class i had to rake for a gym credit my first yr of university nd i had a hard time eating that year as i also had a hard time eating all of my teenage yrs so guess tbat checks out but id be doing pretty strenuous workouts on no food and then id just sleep all day in my dorm and never socialized w anyone and never met ppl i guess i needed help and i just kind of got over it myself and didnt do anything about it but thats how life goes rly its just like lol fuck u 2019 tbh.. I stopped tracking my dreams bc they dont make sense anyway and idc anymore at all id rather just not remember them so i can sleep better and not wake up upset

#self harm tw

[godofsmallthings]

Oh my god please tell me how that mh370 doc goes because my best friend and I were living in Malaysia when it happened and when we both got notifications about it were like uhhh 👀👀👀 ( I remember getting on a Malaysia airline plane like less than a month after it happened too lol)

okay i just finished it and i thought it was like...decent for what it was? it didn't feel gratuitous in terms of relaying the gory details of the passengers' last moments or like overly exploitative of the next of kin, but i do think they gave a lot of weight to this ones guy's speculative theories about it being a whole russian conspiracy (which felt quite baseless to me and were just giving like american anti-russia propaganda idk). as u may know if u have followed me for a while i have a conspiratorial streak that i'm trying to lean into less and so i wish they had focused more on the more "boring" possibilities (for lack of a better word), but that wouldn't make for a very interesting show that would get people talking -> more ppl watching. but i also realize that i am biased in my own interests and find learning about plane fires much more interesting than potential hijacking so idk. i want to do more research into the case bc i went in knowing very little, but i honestly did find the french journalist's theory that it had something to do with american military compelling, especially because of the fbi just holding onto the pilot's flight simulator for two years. but who knows. ultimately i just feel a lot of sadness for the families of the people on board and hope they can get closure someday.

#it's so wild that you were there when it was happening! #ask

[chanyoungies]

m e g for the ask game hehehehe 🥰🥰

oh em gee hello i wonder how u decided on those letters !!

m: your favorite maknae?

believe me or not but like i actually. usually. i dont rlly pay attention to the maknaes all that much?? so this is kinda hard bc like i just simply don't ... care as much u know ... the maknaes i Do rlly care abt are usually ppl i forget Are youngest in their respective groups also so like ?? u know ?? so enjoy this small selection of maknaes i like but not specifically As Maknaes . u know . (does that make sense shld i have worded this differently. ppl i like that Happen to be maknaes) anyways hyuk (not ox's youngest but he was the youngest in enoi and thus he qualifies) / daehwi / jiseong / junseo / yuchan.

update: after i typed all that i remembered that yuna exists my answer is now yuna thank u u can disregard all that

e: an idol you think would be easy to get along with?

mmm jangjun comes to mind... like he reminds me a lot of like a few specific people in my life who like .. tried to reach out to me in a v specific way like idk how to explain that but like .... idk maybe it's the extrovert energy and the humour idk . but i do think he'd be one of those people who would start talking to me if he was very bored maybe we wouldnt be friends but i think we wld get along pretty well in those moments at least 👍

g: a group you wish you could see more of on your dash?

to all nations tee ayy enn tan ... like its in part my fault bc i just .... dont rlly go on the dash all that much anymore i just check my post notifs from my belovedskjsnfkj but i know i do follow some ppl who post them . but like that aside i think we should all be little soda cans all of us everyone should b in love with tan and if u disagree ure wrong im sorry. also theres never enough crabtuals in fact i think u should join us meg .... u wanna be a crabtual so bad ..... admit it u do .....

#for maknaes its like.....my first thought was seongmin but like i have a complicated relationship w seongmin #n i was also thinking wondernine sungwon but like its not rlly fair like i barely know anything abt him #nd for the e question . one thing about me is i will not initiate a conversation irl #hard to do online also but like . easier still #millie's rep #meg tag #thank u for asking meg i lov u <3 #good luck w nickfest <3

[lostacelonnie]

Whoops i lost track of this one my bad. Discord messaging is so much easier with the notification staying there. Anyways. Hell yeah getting to be not near people you do lnt vibe with is the best love that for you. Ah yeah gulls will just be an asshole about anything so at least they gave warning? Still dont like em though. Australian magpies are probably worse. Thanks! I adore german & it just. Having very specific words for things. So im excited to dig into that. Oh i didnt know that but honestly not surprised by it. Another piece of history from nazi germany to add to stuff i know. History was never my like. Favorite subject but i try to study it where i can. Its important. Mobile gave me bronya finally so its goin well & seele is coming back in 1.4 so maybe ill be able to get her & bronya both. Though i find it weird that we're heading back to belobog already? I havent even finished the next story part yet though. I havent used fire trailblazer much yet but will when i have more of her eidolons. Theyre both real fun rcg was short so i beat it quick still workin on dredge. Ill let you know how rain world goes for sure. Oh very nice. I finally did mine into purple & it looks really good im gonna keep up on it i think. Ive been breaking off from both to play other stuff but 4.1 fontaine is still fun to explore i love it. Cant wait for furina to drop. Oh shit history exam i hope that went well for you.i will say bronya is nice to have especially with kafka. Give her a turn boost to get her follow up action back works real nice. Damn that is. So much stuff but sounds so worth it. For all the merch & the choker who doesnt love a good choker

OH ITS OK IT APPEARS THAT SO HAVE I. AHHH. IM SORRY. schools been a Lot lately [7 tests this week......] and im going to alicante next week so its probably not gonna get easier for me to respond soon..... and oh yeah it totally is. i ❤ discord cos i can at least give ppl Signs Of Life instead of silence. anyways. THANK YOU!! ive been having a lot of fun with the new group lately its great. and yeah they really are ajdkfkjfj im Thankful for the warning yeah. and also that not even a single gull tried to steal my food. ooh tell me ab it i havent heard any australian magpie horror stories...... and yeah as i said. german is Such a nice language, i esp agree with the words bc theyre just. Great. love em. but yeah didnt have much luck in my previous years of learning it. and oh well the more you know!! honestly it was never MY favorite either bc, even tho ive always found it interesting, i just. could never remember anything. but honestly now that im on hist-geo its really growing on me ahdjfkkgj. probably also because i have a cool teacher. AND HEY CONGRATS ON THE BRONYA and good luck with getting seele!!! i have Not opened star rail even once recently [<- was only playing the game to get wolfie and kafka] so idrk whats been happening. have fun tho!! fire trailblazer IS good with her eidolons but tbh i just never had the energy to build her. and ah epic!!!!!! and yes please do keep me updated if you end up playing rain world!!!!!! its sooooo good its so good. AND AHHH NICE!!!! i want to do mine purple someday but i have a pretty dark natural hair color so id have to bleach it and i dont really Wanna Do That yet. and fair ahsjfkfk ive actually been playing genshin More recently, at least when i have time. which is not often. IM ALSO SO SO SO EXCITED FOR FURINA I HAVE LIKE 170 WISHES SAVED ALREADY................... anyway!!! it did actually!!!! but were doing pretty easy material rn so well see how it goes in the future ajdjhfjg....... it is what it is. and ah yeah that does sound like a pretty good team actually...... and yeah it def was!!!!! havent gotten a chance to wear the choker out yet [<- scared of old ladies on the bus] nut im Going To

#apologies if this is short!!!! i havent gotten a moment to relax since i woke up at 6am and its almost 9pm #hell world but we ball #pen pals

[violetshine-appreciation]

it's so nice meeting another warrior cats kinnie i know we're not mutuals but i can mention i'm a breezepelt kinnie in your notifications and i feel safe from being judged you're so cool

AKSKSKSK ty!!! ik there are a lot of ppl in the wc community who r rly weird abt ppl kinning certain characters, especially ones who r considered "bad," but personally i dont mind who anyone kins bc to me kinning is just heavily relating to a character or certain aspects of a character to the point of strongly identifying with them (thats just my personal definition ofc, i understand that its different for everyone). i remember when i was in high school, Kinnie Culture on tumblr was so wild all the time, but now i feel like the wider internet has become a lot more chill abt kinnies. there r still some weirdos out there but imo there r waaayyy worse things out there for ppl to get mad at. if someone kinning a character is a Serious Offense to some ppl then they rly need to touch grass lmao

also breezepelt is epic :) ik hes a Controversial Guy but i like him hes cool and funny

#mod meows

[lumineflos]

I also use this account as a vent account bc I don’t have like ANY followers here but I am very frustrated recently because I am kind of upset that my friends don’t remember my birthdays.

I know this is probably a toxic trait to have or to harbor on this for so long, but the thing is I ALWAYS keep track of my friends birthdays. I buy them gifts and coordinate the hang outs and end up being the one to do EVERYTHING in the relationship because if I don’t no one else makes an effort to hang out. Even though this past year I forgot to wish my friend happy birthday on their actual birthday, I had already given them a gift and we had celebrated, so I felt slightly bad but like, I had already checked the box.

My issue is that I never get this sort of thing reciprocated. Like a lot of ppl, my friends’ bdays are all in the same month/season, and they fall very close together. Mine however is like a week and a few days after Christmas in early January, so it gets overshadowed already by the holidays. I’m upset because my friends never buy me gifts or make an effort to hang out or plan an event like I do for them, and I get maybe not having money for anything big but I would appreciate even a sticker or something. My one friend who normally offers to draw things for my bday/gives me drawing coupons didn’t even do that, and while it’s probably my fault for expecting that, i think she did it two years in a row so I was like thinking AT least I would get a small drawing or something as a form of gift.

Also, and this feels so toxic so I hate it, I sort of wait to see if they remember when my birthday even is? Like I don’t want to be the type of person to say “oh my bday is coming up” thirty times, so I’ll mention it once or twice but as it gets closer to the date I sort of just. Wait. And so on the day of, I basically just ended up staring at my phone checking my notifs bc no one wished me it. It took me saying something publicly on social media or mentioning it myself to get something from my friends. I understand it could be my fault for deliberately waiting or seem like I’m setting myself up to fail, but these are people I’ve known for years now. You would think that they would know when my bday is.

I’m also kind of upset because within my family, someone said they would buy me a gift if I sent them a list. They said this in advance, so I sent them to list and told them I sent it. On my birthday they asked me to send the list, as if I had not, I resent it, told them again I sent it. And the cycle is repeating. This person has a pattern of not actually listening to me when I speak unless I get their attention multiple times, and I’ve mentioned it to my mom a few times now about them not remembering to buy me a gift because I’ve been getting kind of upset since I asked for stickers and they keep showing me the stickers THEY bought for themselves. It’s kind of a slap in the face.

Also, and this is the big thing I am kind of harboring and can’t speak on my main, but I bought my friend an Xmas gift and they said they would reciprocate but haven’t. On Xmas they told me they forgot and would do it soon, but haven’t, I’ve been checking my Amazon wishlist and everything, but it’s too awkward to bring it up because then I’m like guilt tripping them, but again, it would have been nice to receive something in return. That was like the first thing before all this birthday stuff happened.

#vent

[summonhouse]

im going to ramble abt art websites for a bit and its maybe going to be disjointed and potentially mean bc 1. i speak for myself im not here to convince anyone of anything so i dont care about sounding nice? and 2. im feeling a little offkilter lately BUT

these are no more good art websites and its a pain to see a new art website crop up every week and everyones like, thisll be the one guys! bc i dont think in this day and age its possible.

first; websites should not be profittable. ive been thinking abt this w like, twitter and tumblr and deviantart too where the problem is that people want to make more profit- they dont want to break even, theyre not trying to cover the cost of hosting and paying employees, they need an excess. it shouldnt be like this bc thats how we get the lower in quality, thats how we get this trying to appeal to third party money providers and not users and its always bad and more than that its just unnecessary. every art website that people love are the ones that remain stagnant because its reliable, people do not want continual updates to the ui of something they depend upon for posting and money. new experimental features esp on art websites are just.. useless unless theyre asked for and the garbage fed to us isnt what we asked for.

what makes a good art website? something you can post images, gifs, perhaps low quality videos on, have larger text posts for pinning and smaller text posts for status updates. id say an important feature is a gallery and featured page- profile customization is also important, at the very least have icons, text around a username, descriptions, and headers.

can you tell im thinking of deviantart? i think deviantart is the premium art website and i am so sad everyone left at eclipse- honestly not even that sad at eclipse. it was bad, it was broken, deviantart now has a fuck ton of little holes in it where pages just dont load right, ill get on the fucking new notification page and user profile later, but the way that, in the old days, it had huge spanning galleries, and it had “post type” search too! and it was annoying at the time, we hated this, trying to pick what kind of art your posts were, but it helped make searching for specific posts so much easier (now trying to find gifs on my old accs without it is impossible..). thumbs were good easy ways for ppl to spread content meant to be spread while immediately linking to the actual post- it stopped people from reposting art or using html linking the image itself without a hyperlink to take back to the post and credit, because the thumb was immediately easy to use and way easier than working around it. there was so much... community. like ok from 14-16 i was harassed hard fucking core by adults on deviantart because i was an annoying whiny kid that used dA as my support platform, because from 11-14 it really was! everyone was nice to me- my art was hot dog shit, but i dont think i EVER got a comment calling it bad. i got a LOT of comments telling me that it was good, and i really did believe that! being a preteen drawing dogs online and getting genuine support, often from other artists of my ilk but not uncommonly by artists who were immediately visually BETTER than me really really helped me get to where i am now- i never doubted myself because i was surrounded by people who were so happy to draw just like me, and people loved to see everyone elses work and characters- the joy for characters and stories is really what propelled popularity even when my art wasnt good enough to uphold this. i remember seeing a post a long time ago mentioning that like... sites like dA remained bc they werent just for visual artists which is a great point too- it hosted lurkers really well, artists were really friendly to people who commented on their stuff even if they didnt post anything, im p sure it did fairly well for people who wrote a lot of content, i know some people got popular just because they commissioned people a lot, not bc they drew anything but bc their characters and name got popular.

i miss the old dA notification page, it was SO GOOODDD the folders for where you could store old notifications, the way it was so perfectly set up to maintain a bunch of different notifications all categorized by type, the way that they took note to stop posts that were submitted in multiple groups from appearing again and again in your notifs, the birthday warnings, it was just.. so sweet! page customization too- it was just so fun finding cute little things to put on your page, and so versatile and useful too because you could get like, boundary or commission status or language stamps on there! and like, when i was 14 i had recoded my page a few times over myself, it got me interested in html coding! and now its all gone- for what? because the sleek look is modern, and modern things get more money from investors, and the platforms dont appeal to users anymore, they appeal to investors, because they want more money- they need more money. its a hole they dug for themselves, kind of- i feel like people down the line hosting THEM want more money and so it dominos.

i loved points too, ik people thought they were useless and the worth was hard for ppl to get but $1=100 points was SO GOOD like i know buying points w usd incures a fee and so ur not getting 2000 points if you spend $20 but trading between people for a lesser fee was SO FUN i got banned for doing this a few times LMAO but it really brings a community together. it encourages younger ppl without paypal to try and do commission artwork without breaking the law, and it wasnt as if points were WORTHLESS, because i know i traded usd for them!

and like, everyones like.. twitter is better. twitter is chock full of algorithm nonesense, theres ads between every post, video audio doesnt really work right (if you click on a video on mobile it just decides you will hear every video you pass now. which will be in between every normal post in the form of a fucking ad), images get compressed to hell and ive never heard any information as to how to avoid this, gifs turn into bad videos, you still cant post multiple gifs (i think youre supposed to but well it doesnt fucking work!), just fucking try and host pixel art on here, theres on way to say long form things to people easily- “use threads” real talk, as a user, if i see a thread i do not click it, its too much work if not offered to me. i am 1 person and i represent hundreds who see your tweets. if you scroll down onto any featured popular post you will see nsfw or violent bigotry. i used to report every bit of bigotry i saw and got fast reception, near immediate banning- since owner turn over, a post disparagingly saying faggot has not been responded to in the past 48 hours. the community is fucking insane and i cant blame them, its how twitter is built- there is no separation between official posts and casual posts, like on deviantart wher ethere was differences between journals and statuses- everything youd post as a status that would have gone under the radar is a big proper real post, every comment you make is a big real post as well, it forces a lot of passing commentary to the forefront of peoples attention which of course incurs drama. and ofc its an ALGORITHM BASED PLATFORM which means it REWARDS RECEPTION, inlcuding NEGATIVE- any of your posts that you intended to have as private and only for your 5 followers if it gets enough traction gets blown out of proportion and every single other user will see it only as the post itself, as a big number post which means its open for ridicule. i feel like it was host to more psyops than dA ever was? dA had a bunch of trolls but never any govt psyops like that drug minor one

anyways new art platforms dont work out bc they dont have enough people or draw- if you just are allowing people to post images and text posts, even if you have better page customization id just use twitter because despite its cons it has the major pro of, you know, having people using it- if you make a new art platform every week, theres no real point to pursue any of them, id just wait and see which one flourished- and because i dont participate, they dont get clicks, they dont continue to grow, and they ALL die. anyways moderation is impossible in the way people like- i know everyone wants to believe their niche discourse is clean cut and actually go to show deeper oppression but moderators on websites do not care- discourse is ever evolving and so heated that they cannot afford to throw out a guess and likely no one ever explains themselves, just say This ideology is something or other. and we all want it to be so simple that everyone has the Right opinion on pro/antiship, or fetishes, or terfisms, or mogai, but i promise no matter how easy it seems to you there are thousands who violently refuse and will make up their own buzzwords about how their side is right and the other is something or other. like aside from banning slurs or cruelty they really cannot do much and likely would not ban people who have a special word in their description that you and you alone recognize as a dogwhistle for x ideology. this is the problem i know a few art websites had where they had to say clearly what they would and wouldnt allow and NO ONE was happy. also to revisit that point on hosting a lot of people, an art website that is JUST an art website is like.. its not going to get community or that response i mention from other ppl. if i get on a website just to post art, why would i comment on anyone elses?

and like, dA i know it has like front page or new algorithm which spotlights a LOT of fetish content, but honestly like. you just have to accept that theres going to be fetish content, its an art website, if you want new unseen artists spotlighted you have to acccept that in the fallout of that theres going to be fetish content.

so uhmmm theres nowhere to go and nothing to do. get your asses back on dA eclipse was glitchy and sucked and showed dA didnt respect user opinion but it has not been that bad. its functional at the very least and its only ever dysfunctional because YOU all left. i cant get reception not bc dA is broken but because theres no one left to see it

[garfieldsladybird]

it’s all good!! i’m in bed rn and gonna do all my hw tomorrow so i can chill out for sunday and monday :))

what have you been up to??? x

thats amazing!! i need to do homework so bad its concerning. but i hope you have a chill day tomorrow! do you not have school on monday? cuz you say you want to chill that day.. if you dont have school that’s great!!

i havent been up to a lot, but i’ve done a lot this week. its been a long week. it was both good & bad but whatever.

i have nothing else to talk about except this, im sorry! also if you dont want me to talk about this then i won’t. like if your uncomfortable with talking abt relationships then i won’t, if you are ignore whats under this. — :)))) but go to the 2nd paragraph, im talking abt my sister in that. nothing super bad. just a lot of writing :)

so me & my partner, we did kinda slow things down last week and it seemed as if we broke up but over last weekend we started talking again, being friends and then we slowly got back together.. i mean we made it official wednesday! which im really happy about! and we also kissed! omg that was so unexpected when it happened but im so glad it did!! <33 and yeah we are doing good!!

as for myself, im doing pretty good! so that was the good part of my week ^ with my partner, the bad was with my sister. so i made this post but more happened during this week. im not gonna shit on her tho. (like just talk shit about her and tell all of you of what happened bc i dont think thats necessary) but she said some mean things about me online to her friends in a group chat that i was in and also @ me in the message so i would see (notification thing) which i did and i also screenshot the message bc from what i learned when someones talking shit online take a pic of it for proof and so i did, and only a minute or two later it was deleted. but me, her and our mom talked, and my mom told us to tell her 4 things why the other person is bothering us. and the things my sister was saying of why she was mad at me was mostly her saying that she was jealous (my mom even said so) bc most of it went to one of our friends spending to much time talking to me and to me hanging out with my partner all the time. and there was also me telling her every morning to get a snack for school but then when lunch comes around, she’s hungry and i dont know what to tell her, so she goes and gets food, comes back complains abt having to wait in a line for 10 mins and im like, thats on you love.

but bc of this, our mom told us to ignore each other. and we did, for like a day but the whole week we have been ignoring each other really. so we did. and today we have talked, not about the situation and whats really wrong but we have a conversation about clothes, i was complimenting the dress she’s wearing today, its so cute!! but yeah, it just a sibling thing. i still think me & her need to talk about a few things tho. like from what im getting is that she might feel left out bc im not doing stuff with her and im hanging out with other ppl. but our my mom did tell her when she told mom the 4 things that i was allowed to have my partner (she said partner’s name but yeah) and other friends too, like she has other friends too. the only thing i dont get is why she says she hates him, she told me that before this week started but still i feel like she might be saying that bc im with him. but when i ask why, she doesn’t give me an actual reason, she just says she hates love.

also remember 4th period boy? yeah, so me and him are friends now, we have been but yesterday- well actually on like wednesday i got a flower from my girl partner and when i came into class with it, he asked if it was a gift and i said yeah, he asked from who and i said my partner, so he knows- and so yesterday he told me that he liked me // likes me and i told him that i liked him, and so he knows that he could’ve had a shot but blew it by friend-zoning me. LMAO 🤣😭 i can’t believe that but i am happy with my partner!

also basically i have two partners so i am poly but the relationship i have with the female is fluid and when i asked what that means, she told me that if we want something more in this relationship then something more can happen, so it kinda feels platonic but i love them!! i love both of em!! and they are both gender fluid, just to mention! :)) i dont think i will be talking about female partner a lot unless i do but ill tell you, as for down below, talking about male partner :)))

but as for today, its going good!! i am in my 6th period now, i started this in my 4th p. and at lunch i was busy so im finishing this now. i dont have play rehearsal today so i might just go home after school, do the homework i badly need to get done and yeah! at lunch, i was watching die hard which i’ve never watched and its his favorite movie, so we had already started it but its 2 hours long, and basically i was laying on him, back against chest, laptop on my lap, and he was kissing my neck!!! UHGGH I LOVED IT!! <333 IT WAS AMAZING!!!

im sorry! i have to geek about this tho, i have like no one to gossip too!! but ignore all of that if it makes you uncomfortable okay.

i love youu!! and i miss talking to you, it feels like it’s been a long week! it really has been though. and now the weekend is coming so ill talk to you more then!! yk ;) <333 im pretty sure this about the time you go to bed so goodnight lovie!! sweet dreams!! 😽😽💗💗 (also do you want to be my squirrel 🐿?)

#garfield answers 🦖 #— ν𝗂𝗇𝗇𝗂𝖾 ⛳️ #garfields.new school 🏫

[baekhvuns]

*affectionately stares at my little MILFs* 🤧

Yeah I would eat ramen too tbh hahahaha. Well there are some nice Korean restaurants in Paris. 😅

Hwa WILL drop some romantic and/or hot photos for sure and we will cry over them like little bitches 💔 do you wanna join our "world's weakest Shinestars" club?

Speaking of... Hongjoong's twitter photos lmao is he taking the piss too. 😡

Omg I didn't know about that Baek plushie, but it's so cuuuuute. 🥰 I have all SKZOO's, so I decided to invest in Ateez ones too, it's cool there are so many designs (not cool for my wallet) and all from independent artists not big companies. I bought a few including these kitties (yeah ALL of them) https://twitter.com/ateezcatdolls?t=lLEdfbPf0Gdg9izmnX52-Q&s=09

I already have kitty Hwa and bunny Hwa, they look like this: https://i.etsystatic.com/7887348/r/il/75bb96/3381107565/il_fullxfull.3381107565_osh0.jpg I pre-ordered Byeol San and Maltese Yeo yesterday 🤗 https://twitter.com/babyateezdoll?t=g1jbMztXP7nLYMGUGYjtvQ&s=09

There's bunny Hwa agenda, but he's so cute so I couldn't not... me and my flatmate got all of them https://twitter.com/atzplushiepro?t=BL_hnor-ILgke71_bohHsA&s=09 aaaaaand these lil boys (the butts and nipples are fucking killing me I die everytime I see them naked 💀) https://twitter.com/taketeezhome/status/1493191931387473923?t=j4JxtryDDqCAVqdVjilVSw&s=19

Tbh it's all about sleeves, I use ones from Dragon Shield and Ultra Pro Deck and for the sleeve sheets I don't buy specific ones just make sure there's no PVC and acid. Yes long-term you should definitely protect them better!

Don't apologise, lolol! I think most people don't mind? I just hate those topics and find them uncomfortable. We spoke about kids before they're ok in fiction from time to time but it depends on their role, hahaha. I read one fic recently that was centred around a child, she was apparently 5 but author admitted to not knowing how to write kids hdyeyehhssghshs so she sounded more mature guess that's why I was fine with her. 😅

Lmao I don't think there will be a wedding anytime soon but who tf knows and yeah he's definitely a cryer type of guy, my friend has some health issues and even though she knows what's up since she's a lab tech he always acts like her doctor (or ACTUAL DAD) Yeah that's basically what he does or when he answers my friend's phone and asks about my bladder 😭

Sorry in advance for sending this but

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=reOU-q97rJg 😬😬😬 it even cried too. They were so popular and kinda pricey, I remember someone wanted to steal it from me STEAL MY CHILD CAN YOU BELIEVE

Important quiz Miss Baek: https://www.kpopmap.com/quiz-which-ateez-member-has-a-crush-on-you/

Not even fucking joking I get Seonghwa in a lot of these quizzes (and Mingi/San) and this time wasn't different lmao. It said he's nagging and scolding me more than usual therefore has a crush on me udywiheshtystswfwfags - DV 💖

HI!

*affectionately stares at my little MILFs* 🤧

*joins u bc i wanna steal them*

Yeah I would eat ramen too tbh hahahaha. Well there are some nice Korean restaurants in Paris. 😅

yOU JUST KNOW THEYRE GONNA DO THE MUKBANG 😭😭

Hwa WILL drop some romantic and/or hot photos for sure and we will cry over them like little bitches 💔 do you wanna join our "world's weakest Shinestars" club?

GOD IM SO SCARED HE WILL ANYTIME IVE KEPT ALL MY NOTIFS ON SO WHEN I GET THE POST IM RUNNING,,,, yes. yes. i will join u but i got to say it’s a fairly large club i think there’s quite around a million ppl, we are the leaders tho 🤚🏼

Speaking of... Hongjoong's twitter photos lmao is he taking the piss too. 😡

LMFAOOOO FHWMFBMWFJKWDHKW

Omg I didn't know about that Baek plushie, but it's so cuuuuute. 🥰 I have all SKZOO's, so I decided to invest in Ateez ones too, it's cool there are so many designs (not cool for my wallet) and all from independent artists not big companies. I bought a few including these kitties (yeah ALL of them) https://twitter.com/ateezcatdolls?t=lLEdfbPf0Gdg9izmnX52-Q&s=09

IT REALLY IS SO CUTE AND FLUFFY 😭😭😭 oH SKZ HAS DOLLS???? i-im literally gonna scream, ateez kitties im gonna cry what im- 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

I already have kitty Hwa and bunny Hwa, they look like this: https://i.etsystatic.com/7887348/r/il/75bb96/3381107565/il_fullxfull.3381107565_osh0.jpg I pre-ordered Byeol San and Maltese Yeo yesterday 🤗 https://twitter.com/babyateezdoll?t=g1jbMztXP7nLYMGUGYjtvQ&s=09

OH??? MY GOD???? THE HWA ONES????? OH MY GOD UR ON MY ROB LIST WHAT THE FUCK THOSE R SO CUTE tho i do not own any doll, catch me getting this one 🔫

There's bunny Hwa agenda, but he's so cute so I couldn't not... me and my flatmate got all of them https://twitter.com/atzplushiepro?t=BL_hnor-ILgke71_bohHsA&s=09 aaaaaand these lil boys (the butts and nipples are fucking killing me I die everytime I see them naked 💀) https://twitter.com/taketeezhome/status/1493191931387473923?t=j4JxtryDDqCAVqdVjilVSw&s=19

BRMWBDMWBDWMDBWMBDWK SCREAMING THOSE R SO CUTE THE NIPPLES SEND ME EBMWBDMWBDKWBDMW 😭😭😭😭😭😭 someone needs to gift these to ateez rn

Tbh it's all about sleeves, I use ones from Dragon Shield and Ultra Pro Deck and for the sleeve sheets I don't buy specific ones just make sure there's no PVC and acid. Yes long-term you should definitely protect them better!

oKAY NOTED bc im getting a bulk of ateez albums and i needed to put my pc’s after hearing they get bad if kept in albums 😭😭😭 OH OKAY NO ACID OR PVC GOT IT

Don't apologise, lolol! I think most people don't mind? I just hate those topics and find them uncomfortable. We spoke about kids before they're ok in fiction from time to time but it depends on their role, hahaha. I read one fic recently that was centred around a child, she was apparently 5 but author admitted to not knowing how to write kids hdyeyehhssghshs so she sounded more mature guess that's why I was fine with her. 😅

i actually don’t mind them IF they are done correctly,,, but i haven’t read any involving them tbh just watched movies and decided i don’t like the american kids VFMWBDKWHDKW aHHHHH making the kid have a main role is quite difficult bc how u gonna express their feelings? by colouring on the walls?? 😭😭😭😭😭

Lmao I don't think there will be a wedding anytime soon but who tf knows and yeah he's definitely a cryer type of guy, my friend has some health issues and even though she knows what's up since she's a lab tech he always acts like her doctor (or ACTUAL DAD) Yeah that's basically what he does or when he answers my friend's phone and asks about my bladder 😭

STOP HE’S THE PERFECT GUY WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS FHWKFHWKDHWK THIS IS AN AU IM GONNA 😭😭😭😭😭 LMFAOOOO HE AINT EVER LETTING THE BLADDER JOKE GO AS HE SHOULD is his personality like a golden retriever energy…omg

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=reOU-q97rJg 😬😬😬 it even cried too. They were so popular and kinda pricey, I remember someone wanted to steal it from me STEAL MY CHILD CAN YOU BELIEVE

the way i clicked out of a tab so quick just by seeing the thumbnail,,,, LMFAOOOO RHQKDHWKDHWK POSSESSIVE MOTHER I SEE 😭😭😭 STEAL UR CHILD FHWKFHEK WHAT DID U NAME IT

Important quiz Miss Baek: https://www.kpopmap.com/quiz-which-ateez-member-has-a-crush-on-you/

Not even fucking joking I get Seonghwa in a lot of these quizzes (and Mingi/San) and this time wasn't different lmao. It said he's nagging and scolding me more than usual therefore has a crush on me udywiheshtystswfwfags - DV 💖

i don’t like it here.

a uquiz for u <3 https://uquiz.com/quiz/nTavqo/if-you-were-a-deity-what-would-you-be-the-god-of ,,,, i will send more if u do them 🔫

#✉️ : ask #dv 💖 anon

[deathvsthemaiden]

Do you have any advice for ppl who’ve been in a reading slump since... 5 ever ? i love reading somehow it’s just harder to get into it these days :(

Omg for sure!! Here is a scrambled little list, I hope at least some of it helps:

📖 read in any format (ebook, physical book, audiobook) bc they’re all valid and make reading more accessible for people which is I think part of why ppl get hoity toity abt it. Ignore them. Also, I assume that if you wanna read, at least a large chunk of why is because you wanna have fun and consume stories yes? 😳 you can do that w/ any form of book, and any other reasons you might have to want to read, like expanding vocab or broadening ur horizons or learning to analyze books should be secondary. Focus on making it a fun and near-effortless/painless thing again and then u can graduate to those (I think that’ll come naturally tbh as long as you read semi-consistently) Fun comes First and I say that as a terrible English major 😗

📖 And with that in mind, read whatever you want, even if it’s simple or cringe or a reread or whatever because after completing the first few impulsive reads that you find engaging enough to finish completely, you can worry about reading what you think you “should” or what would benefit you specifically if that makes sense. Like I’m completely pro reading new things and not limiting urself to 1 genre but there’s no harm in taking your time moving onto things that don’t immediately pique ur interest. Get into the groove of things first, the criticism of ppl who are well past the target age market for YA but still exclusively consume it doesn’t apply to people who are trying to rediscover their love of reading imo.

📖 keep books nearby all the time! (All!!! The time!!!!) You might not actually read them 45/50 times that you bring them with you to places/keep them near you wherever u spend time at your house, but those 5 times will be bliss and you’ll thank yourself! Do it! Especially if ur open to ebooks and can read them on ur phone!

📖 put your phone somewhere far away on mute and force yourself to read for a specific chunk of pages or time. Very old person-ish advice but like. They’re onto smth when they tell us to do stuff like that, but they’re also way too smug and holier-than-thou about it so no need to tell any of them that! 🤫 but seriously be honest w/ urself if u have a compulsive notification checking problem and challenge yourself to overcome it long enough to meet a very small teensy tiny goal 🥅

📖 I juggle a lot of books at once and I’m constantly planning ahead in my brain when I do it, without consciously meaning to (library deadlines for digitized books are so strict 💔) And often I don’t end up following these plans perfectly, because following them perfectly isn’t the point, especially since life happens all the time and isn’t often very receptive when we wish we could forget everything and read for several straight hours. Reading shouldn’t be a burden, but the vague guidelines help. I think stuff like “tomorrow I’ll finish this poetry collection before bed” or “I’m gonna study and then read 2 chapters of this novel I’m rlly digging as a treat before continuing,” “I’m gonna listen to 4 chapters of this audiobook while I take a walk or do chores” etc etc. and usually I end up reading at least a little! And the best thing is when I read more than intended because the book is just that fun. I don’t write these plans down, but if it helps you to do so I urge you to anon :0 !! Just remember ur writing them on paper/a screen and not in stone, so you can always be flexible and change things around and you’re not by any means a failure for doing so. To be flexible w/ urself is most likely to ensure long term progress imo!

📖 speaking of juggling it’s absolutely fine to cycle through a ton of books and sometimes abandon them for months and come back when the whim strikes! If your memory is good enough and you prefer having a bunch of variety at all times, jump from book to book with reckless abandon! It legit doesn’t matter. Also don’t ever hesitate to drop a book if you’re not vibing it’s not worth it. Time is precious life is precious you’re doing this for fun, yes? Drop the book if you can’t bring yourself to care theres sooooo many more where it came from! Be merciless and picky!! It will pay off I promise, and to be that way is not antithetical to challenging yourself or stepping outside of your comfort zone unless you make it that way.

📖 buddy read/have an impromptu book club w/ someone. It doesn’t have to be official, and I’ve done this multiple times with people and sometimes we just don’t finish the book/meet our set goals and that’s a-okay! It’s still worth it to have someone to talk abt the book w/ and you guys can always pick up where you left off or try another book. Literally no stakes at all as long as everyone involved is chill and understanding <3

📖 set a reading goal you think you can manage by the end of the year! You might surprise yourself 😳 and if you don’t oh well! You’ll still have read at least a page in pursuit of said goal 🔎

📖 read short stories! The internet is full of them, and short story collections by multiple and singular authors are everywhere 📚

📖 do some searching and make a list of books that you’re extremely excited to read or really wanna revisit. And then pick your next reads from there! If you want recs for books or short stories you can always shoot me another ask or look at my goodreads (or goodreads in general)

#like the reason I read so much is bc I’m EXCITED abt so much of the stuff on my list! and bc I get very miserable when I’m forced by life #circumstances to not read for a while #so I read in bits and pieces even when I can’t afford to and part of how I deal w stress is stress c #hecking out books ahsjshs #anon if any of this ever helps you I would /love/ to know! #def feel free to talk books w me in my ask box even if on anon and even if I don’t know/personally like the books! I’m rooting for u #asks