#i'll end up posting them on here probably but i'm doing it daily over there. XD

[yumeka-sxf]

1-year anniversary post and future projects

My blog turned 1-year old today! 😃 (I also have a new blog banner and profile pic for the occasion!) I was lowkey hoping I'd hit the 1,000 follower milestone before then, but I got close - about 890 followers as of now! I'm very humbled that so many people enjoy my SxF content ❤️ Thank you all so much for your Likes, Reblogs, and kind messages~ Even though I wish I had joined the SxF fandom sooner, better late than never! The series has been around for about four years now, which is still a relatively short time for a popular shonen manga. So I'm hoping there will be plenty more SxF content to indulge in for years to come!

As you've probably seen, I've been reblogging my Twiyor analysis posts as a build-up to my continuation of that project for season 2 of the anime. And I'm happy to report that my planned start date for new analysis posts will be Tuesday, December 12th! On that day I'll post the new installment, Part 19, with a new post each Tuesday after until I finish covering the season 2 episodes. I know it seems like I'm dragging it out, but it takes a long time for me to not only write each post, but to revise and proofread them as well...the more chances I get to proofread my posts over time, the better they turn out. I also want to make sure I don't get too far ahead of the current episodes (since I still want to make the posts manga-spoiler free as much as possible). Since season 2 is only going to be 12 episodes, there won't be as many posts as last time, but the topics are just as compelling! I've been so excited to finally delve into analyzing the cruise arc 😄

I should also mention that late December/early January are going to be very busy times for the fandom: there's the movie release, the game release, the season finale, another art book that I'll want to scan, and the light novel being released in English! Of course I'll be making posts covering all of this, as well as my usual merch and chapter/episode review posts. I'm also planning to do some kind of post mini-series for the game where I write about my experiences with it in a daily journal kind of format. We'll see...there's going to be so much to cover at the end of the year, I hope I won't get overwhelmed 😅

Anyway, thank you all again for a wonderful year of SxF goodness~ Here's to many more years of joy from our beloved fake family!

#spy family #spy x family #sxf #spyxfamily #twiyor #sxf analysis

[gentlebeardsbarngrill]

03/28/2024 Daily OFMD Recap

TLDR; David Jenkins; Leslie Jones; Taika Waititi; Vico Ortiz; Samba Schutte; Kristian Nairn; Watch Parties; Trans Day of Visibility: Cool Pirates; Fan spotlight; LoveNotes; DailyDarby/Today's Taika

Hey lovelies! I'm taking your advice and not stressing too much if I can't get the recap out by end of day due to life stuff. So! That means if you don't see one from me, it doesn't mean it's not gonna happen, it means I probably fell asleep and I'll finish it up the next morning :)

=Cast & Crew Sightings =

== David Jenkins ==

Chaos dad popped into to show @bainecessitiesco some love for their amazing affirmation cards we've all seen circulating :) If you haven't seen them yet, feel free to check out Mik's Instagram

== Samba Schutte ==

Samba's been a busy man today! Roaches Rascal's over on the Cameo discord server got another cameo from Samba! This one features some great impressions from Samba, but also a "legend" of how Rhys as Merstede got out of the water with that costume on.

= Cameo =

"How Merstede Got Out of the Water"

Full Cameo

== BTS ==

On top of his cameos, Samba gave us yet another pile of BTS Videos! This time shouting out the background and stand in actors! As usual, Tumblr only allows me to upload 1 video per post, so here's the videos on various tumblr posts below:

Video 1 - Spanish Jackie's

Video 2 - "How you hanging there?" feat Alex Sherman

Video 3 - Spanish Jackie's 2 - "Hey How you doin?"

Video 4 - Con O'Neill and His Middle Finger

Video 5 - Cursed Ship Background Actors

Video 6 - Republic of Pirates In The Evening

Video 7 - Goldie The Cow

Video 8 - Hot and Bothered Practice

Video 9 - Truck Full of Actors

Video 10 - The Red Flag Crew == Leslie Jones ==

Leslie's back at The Daily Show rocking it!

== Taika Waititi ==

New video on Rita's IG, see it here on tumblr on @fuckyeahworldoftaika's post

== Vico Ortiz ==

There's another episode of Date My Abuelita, First! Season 2, Episode 5 is out!

Source: Date My Abuelita, First Instagram / Website

== Kristian Nairn ==

Kristian Nairn is joining the list of the crew going to the San Jose Galaxy Con August 16-18, 2024! For tickets and info visit: Galaxy Con Tickets

= Dominic Burgess =

Jeffery Fettering is poking his head out again!! Can Dominic get any cooler, truly? Thank you JessieB for giving Dominic the inspiration to hit the high seas! Source: @edteachseawitch's Twitter

= Event Calendar =

For Friday It's #PhoneInFriday in the UK!

== Watch Parties ==

=== Boy ===

Sunday 31st, @tillychmo and @regg_official on Twitter will be hosing a 'Boy' Watch Party

Hashtags: #OurBoyMeansEgg

2 pm GMT

10 am EDT

7 am PDT

== Cool Pirates ==

First #CoolPirates for the celebration was Vico Ortiz! Feel free to visit the @saveofmdcrewmates tumblr to see the new ones each day!

== Fan Spotlight ==

Tonight's cast card is Mama Teach! Thank you @melvisik for giving our lovely Simone Kessell some love!

== Dead But Delicious ==

If you're near Alameda CA, there wil lbe a WWDITS Themed Variety Show going on at the Alameda Comedy Club on June 20th! 8 PM! Feel free to check them out! Learn more on their IG!

== Kudoboards Reminder! =

REMINDER! KUDOBOARDS close on the 31st. 

Go send the cast and crew some love folks!

David Jenkins

Nathan Foad

Con O'Neill

Ruibo Qian

Leslie F*cking Jones!

Matthew Maher

Vico Ortiz

Samson Kayo

Alex "Ass Tonight" Sherman!

David Fane

Gypsy Taylor

Kristian "Wee John Wondays" Nairn!

Samba "BTS and Baking King" Schutte!

Fellow OFMD Fan Crew!

== Love Notes ==

Hey Lovelies! This is a bit of a silly love note today because I'm behind on everything, but I just wanted to give you some silly permissions (I dont have any real authority to give permission but this is a reminding you YOU have the authority!) to go out and do something out of the norm today.

I decided that I was going to have some ice cream after breakfast today. Why? Idk cause this weeks been crazy and ice cream sounded good.

Give yourself a treat today, whatever that happens to be for you-- going for a walk, eating ice cream, going to see that movie you have been holding off doing. Do something that makes you smile, you deserve it!

== Daily Darby / Today's Taika ==

I think some of these may be repeats but they make me smile every time I see them so tonight's dance time!

Darby courtesy of @thunderwingdoomslayer

Taika courtesy of @celluloidbroomcloset

#ofmd daily recap #ofmd daily recaps #daily ofmd recap #daily ofmd recaps #ofmd #our flag means death #vico ortiz #rhys darby #taika waititi #leslie fucking jones #ofmd bts #samba schutte #cameos #cameo #dominic burgess #david jenkins #save ofmd #long live ofmd

[snovaness]

A dream

Was it embarrassing? Possibly but right now you didn't care. There he was in a simple oversized white t-shirt and blue flannel. The t-shirt's neckline showed off his beautiful collarbones you'd be lying if you said it wasn't driving you insane. He looked ethereal while you were in your stained work clothes from the café. You are positive that he could tell that you were flustered by the sight of him. "Han, we're closed what are you doing here?" the man standing before you was practically a daily regular with a few of his friends. The two of you weren't exactly friends, but you were friendly enough that your conversations went beyond typical barista and customer formalities.

"Yeah, I know but I... I remember that you said you hated closing alone and I just was on my way to my friend's place and wanted to make sure you were okay." You felt your face heat up. "Yeah, I'm good! I'm just about to lock up and head home. I appreciate the thought... it's very sweet of you." he stood behind you as you made sure the doors of the front of the café were bolted shut. "How about I walk you home? I imagine you don't live that far from here?" he asks. "I live a few blocks north from here. I can walk alone if that's out of your way. I'm used to it by now" He shakes his head "No really I'd love to. I have to head that way anyway." you nod and he motions for you to take the lead.

"So work on any new songs lately?" you ask casually. He told you last week that he makes music with a couple of his friends and posts them on YouTube and Spotify under their group name 3racha. You can see him smile brightly from the corner of your eye. "yeah! I finished my 4th song this week. I'm actually on my way to record some demos with Chan and Changbin. You remember them right?" you nod "yeah! they come with you often. Not nearly as often as Felix and Lee know though. Oh and can you tell Felix I did try his banana bread recipe and it was really good."

"I can always just give you his number if you want it," he says quietly. you shake your head "No that's okay. I wouldn't say we are that close. If I'm being honest I think your friends only talk to me so much because you come to the café so often. Not that I mind I really enjoy you guys. Don't tell anyone but you are my favorite regular." a blush creeps up to his cheeks and his ears turn a light shade of pink. "well you are my favorite barista." you laugh "Your order is the same every time you come in. You don't exactly change things up which makes things very easy for me." a comfortable silence falls between the two of you. Seeing your apartment in the distance you feel a strange wave of sadness that your walk with Han is about to end. Your thoughts land on the teasing of your co-workers who have grown to notice the crush you have on Han. Was it that obvious? Did he know? It was just a silly crush it wasn't like you planned to confess to him that would be insane.

"Well, this is the building I live in." you motion your hand to the apartment complex about 100 feet in front of the two of you. He laughs "This is crazy but my friend actually lives in that apartment building right there." he points to a gray building across the street. "Oh wow, how close! Funny that we have never run into each other around here then. Well... I hope I get to see you soon. Min will be there tomorrow if you stop by the café." he looks at you through the lid of his cap "Will you be there tomorrow?" you shake your head "I have the next two days off actually! I'm pretty excited even though all I'll probably do is sleep and catch up on some chores." he smiles at your excitement over your uninteresting plans. "well if your free tomorrow night there's this new horror movie out. I remember you said your favorite genre was horror... would you like to watch it together?" you watch him shove his hands in his pockets as the question processes through your brain. He bites his lower lip as he waits for your response. "I'd love to" At this point your cheeks are so hot you are sure he can feel the heat radiate off of you. You truly cannot fathom the fact that Han of all people has just asked you on a date.

"Really? Great! I will pick you up at 5 if that works with you. Can I have your number? I have actually been wanting to ask you for a while but wasn't sure if it was appropriate." you laugh as you type your number into his phone. How sweet you think to yourself. "gosh you're so cute" Your eyes widen when you realize that you said that out loud. "I think you're cute too," he says as he adjusts his cap. "Thanks for walking me home. I look forward to our date tomorrow" you place a kiss on his cheek and head inside your building. A deep breath escapes your mouth. As you unlock your apartment door you realize that you just kissed Han on the cheek. After he just asked you on a date.

You raise your hands towards your face and smile widely. This felt like a dream. You start to convince yourself that you've created this whole situation in your head. That was until your phone started buzzing in your pocket. Your smile widens as you read the message "I'll pick you up at 5 tomorrow." a chuckle escapes your mouth when another message comes in. "This is Han btw".

#han jisung #stray kids x reader #skz x reader #skz stay #stray kids #skz #han jisung x reader #han jisung x y/n #han jisung x you #kpop drabbles

[recurring-polynya]

Writing/Art Update 3.5.2024

So, Polynya, did you finish the fanfic? Well...sort of? No. No, I guess the answer is actually no.

Last week, I said I had two and a half scenes left, one of which was the epilogue, and one scene I wanted to rewrite. I wrote the scene and a half that were not the epilogue, and then I tried to do that scene re-write. It came out better than it was, but I still didn't love it. I figured I would just go ahead and write the epilogue and then maybe come back and try again. 3/4 of the epilogue went great, and then I just couldn't manage to end it, and got stuck for three days. I went back and tried to re-write that scene I didn't like *again*, and barely got into before realizing that the way I was hoping to make it better did not, in fact. Yesterday, after Much Struggle, I managed to pull together an end to epilogue with is...okay...but I don't love it. So the current state of things is: 107,408 words, and it is strictly speaking, A Whole-ass Fanfic, but with two half-scenes that I hate.

It's really frustrating, because I had a bunch of productive weeks in a row, and my brain has just utterly collapsed on me in the eleventh hour. I've been trying so hard to push it over the finish line, but it's one of those things where I can't just brute force it, I need to somehow have a good idea. I am also so so tired this week. I know, logically, that probably I just need to relax and rest up for a few days and this will be easy to fix when I am feeling better, but it's hard to relax when I have this stupid almost-but-not-quite-done fanfic hanging over my head.

Here are some other stupid facts:

The scenes in question are important and I want them to be good, but they aren't exactly load-bearing, in the sense that nothing else depends on them

I don't even *need* the epilogue, and in fact, after I realized that I end all my Heart is a Muscle fics with people drinking (not on purpose, I'm just unoriginal), it made me want to drop the whole thing on principle (except that I also don't because it's sort of a thematic lead-in to the next story in the series and also Ukitake is there)

The two problem scenes are way at the end of the fanfic. When I do start posting this thing, I plan to post one chapter per week like I often do, meaning that I have literal months to fix these

Chapter 1 is beta'd and ready to go and literally nothing is stopping me from posting it this very second

BUT I don't want to post Chapter 1 until my beta has seen the whole fic because what if she notices something in Chapter 12 that needs to be fixed back in Chapter 1

AND literally nothing is stopping me from just sending my beta the last few chapters with a little note on the scenes I'm not happy with. It's highly possible she might have some ideas! Or just be like "you are insane these are fine"!

EXCEPT I don't want her to see my bad writing that I am embarrassed about

And so, here we are. I am probably going to give it another day or two, and if I can't manage to fix those two scenes, I'll just suck it up and send the rest to her.

I guess I also should re-do the banner, except I don't feel like re-doing the banner. It's....okay. I don't know. I just kind of slapped it together based on a thing we were doing at Art Club. Maybe I don't even want a banner.

Speaking of Art Club, it's March now, which meant there was a new theme at Art Club (nature) and I decided to try to get back into my daily drawing. I think this is possibly what killed my momentum on my fanfic. I am just literally only capable of having one priority at a time, even if it's a little tiny one, otherwise my brain just plays tug of war with my priorities and it's hard to manage either of them.

Anyway, I've been in kinda rough shape for the last few days, but I am sure it will pass. It's got some good bits, but I think I just never really managed to fall in love with this one, and I'm really worried about it getting a cooler reception than I'm used to, since the fandom seems to have quieted down significantly since the last time I posted one of these. On the other hand, I've worked too hard on this to not post it. Also, it's got some stuff in it that had to happen for the series to progress. And maybe other people will like it! Who knows! Not me!!

I had hoped to be able to start posting it this week, but that's not looking likely at this point, so I guess you can have another preview.

--- from Ch 3

"You really didn't have to go to all this trouble," Rukia pointed out, as she methodically piled her bowl with a heaping serving of everything on offer.

Renji grabbed a big pinch of the shirasu before passing it over to her. "It's fine. I'm not sure when I'll be up for cooking again, so I'm trying to clean out my fridge."

"Oh, so I'm helping?"

Renji grinned. "Sure."

"I love helping! If you need me to take this pickled ginger with me, I could take it off your hands."

"I think the pickles will probably keep for a bit."

"Hmmph," Rukia replied skeptically, and scooped some more into her bowl.

It was always difficult not to just sit and watch Rukia eat, in part because she truly did have an extraordinary talent for shoveling food into her mouth, but mostly because it reminded Renji of why they had come to the Seireitei in the first place, of how lucky he was these days. You have to go to work, too, this morning, he reminded himself, and dug in.

"You know, speaking of helping…" Rukia said a few minutes later, once she'd managed to eat enough to shave the edge of her morning ravenousness. "There's something I want to talk to you about."

The pleasant feelings in Renji's chest abruptly turned cold and gloppy. He frowned, and raised one eyebrow skeptically. “Yeah?”

Rukia looked up at him with her big, stupidly blue eyes. “Do you remember when we talked about how important it was for you to have a comfortable and peaceful recovery from your surgery?”

“I do. I distinctly remember asking you to drop it and not bring it up, again, actually.”

“Right, well, I never actually agreed to that. I think that you should come stay at my house.”

Renji gave her an incredulous look. “Your house? Kuchiki Manor, you mean? Your house that is actually my captain’s house?”

“It’s very nice there, as you know. The food really is very good and we have a million servants with nothing better to do--”

“I am sure they have better things to do, Rukia.”

“--and you can sit in a sunny spot in the garden and I’ll read you books and it will be so much nicer than staying in the Coordinated Relief Station!”

Renji heaved a huge, exasperated sigh. “It’s a nice idea, Rukia, but think about the look on Captain’s face if you even--”

“He said it was okay.”

Renji felt all the blood run out of his face, possibly out of his body entirely. “You asked him?”

“I know you’re only getting it done because he ordered you to. He obviously wants you to do your best to heal up well. He cares about you, too, you know, in his own way.” 

Renji stiffened, his fingers tightening on his chopsticks. “You probably told him the whole story, then? How I broke my arm in the first place?” His voice sounded like it was coming from somewhere far away.

“Not the whole thing!" Rukia shook her head vehemently. "He knows you broke it saving me, that's the only important part.”

Renji drew in a deep breath and squeezed his eyes shut. All he could focus on was the sound of his own blood pounding in his ears. “Why do you always have to do this?” he finally managed through gritted teeth. “I asked you to just leave it, but you never can.”

Rukia shoved out her lower lip. “Maybe if you took care of yourself half as well as you take care of everyone else, I would!” she protested. “Just let me spoil you for a few days, would it be so terrible?”

“Yes.”

#writing update #art update #here's hoping that posting all this will expel it from my system and i can turn around the fix my stupid bad scenes

[kandismon]

Do you have any tips for those who wish to create a webcomic?

I do apologize if this has been asked before!

this is a pretty big question that would probably be easier to answer if you had any specific things you'd like to know about!

but i can give you a summary of general things i've learned over the years!

disclaimer: these are my personal experiences, if any of this sounds like something that doesn't fit your workflow or preferences, please disregard!

if you've never made a webcomic before, i would personally recommend starting small. do a short oneshot first to see how it feels instead of diving right into your multi-season 2000 pages big epic story, because i feel like the workload can get really overwhelming really fast if you go from 0 to 100 right away. some creators thrive on that but it was definitely not for me. i have a lot of failed and unfinished projects sitting around because i was too ambitious and didn't know what i was getting myself into. later on i started drawing short comics for various fandoms & ships i was invested in deeply, and those got progressively longer until i suddenly felt ready to seriously tackle one of my original stories again. which was when i finally started working on #MUTED!

don't worry about sticking to the strict 60+ panels weekly schedule that you see a lot on platforms like webtoon for example. unless you've signed a contract, you make the rules and decide how much and how often you post. i've seen a lot of creators burn themselves out over that when there really wasn't any need because no one was forcing or paying them to churn out so much all the time T -T) you can still find an audience and success with a slower pace (for example #MUTED was released with 2 episodes a month, 1 ep usually had around 20ish panels iirc)

finished is better than perfect. if you're a perfectionist this can be difficult to accept, but i promise most people won't look at your panels for longer than 1.5 seconds. some wonky lines here and there don't matter much, it's more important to get the feelings across imho.

vector layers (for inking) are your best friend \o/

imho having a pretty clear outline for your story can be really helpful and take away some stress, knowing where the story is going without having to constantly sit down inbetween chapters to come up with more plot is a blessing and i wish i had been better about doing that with #MUTED. i did have a rough outline but a lot of holes in between chapters and in the end some things i would have liked to explore more never got touched on because my planning was bad and i wasn't able to find the room in the story (like some emma back story, more about jasper's family dynamics, also a bit more of a deep dive into kai's relationship with his family) (also towards the end i felt pretty burned out and just wanted to move on haha) [i'm not saying to plan every scene right from the get go, there's always room to adjust and remove or add stuff while you're working on the project, but a few important anker points here and there are important, at least for me!]

shortcuts are also your best friend, use all of them. 3d models too!

when you start publishing, don't get discouraged by algorithms and statistics and numbers (i say as that's something i still struggle with daily LOL), agonising over these things is pointless because they're mostly out of your control, focus on things you can actively do to be proud of your work. also instead of comparing yourself to others, instead compare yourself to past you! look how far you've come compared to the you from last year :>

i hope any of this helps, sorry for rambling lol if there's ever any specific questions, my asks are always open and i'll do my best to try and help out!! i'm also still learning and don't consider myself to be a person who really has anything to teach to anyone, but i can share my progress and experiences and hype you up if needed, hehe

good luck with your comic!!

#answered #Anonymous

[arriansarchive]

Jacob Portman/Venom!Symbiote!Reader Headcanons Part 2

Okay listen I know I've been gone a long time but my schedule is probably going to be hectic for a while

I might not ever go back to my daily posting yes I'm so sorry

But I'm going back into things for now so request things and someday I'll get them out

And I might not remember what headcanons I've already put and I'm trying to get this out fast so I'm not going to check so bare with me

Okay so you talking is going to be in italics, Venom in bold, and other characters just normal

Headcanon prompt(s): random

Whenever you were at his house at the end of book 3 you enjoyed watching the history channel with Jacob

You and Venom hated history so you both just wanted to see what they got wrong

"What the fuck are they talking about"

"I think they are talking about (insert historic event here)"

"Jacob, do you really believe this?"

Emma got mad at you one day in whatever book about you and Venom following Jacob around

To which you shrugged

"Why are you so close with my boyfriend, M/N?!"

"Actually, I think he likes us more than he likes you."

If you ever got hurt during the final books then he was absolutely crushed even though Venom can just heal you

He definitely freaks out about thinking it's all his fault

You don't die though because yk I control that and it's not what's happening right now

"Jacob, We're fine now. It wasn't even your fault"

(inserting a really wobbly and crying voice)"But I basically just killed you."

"Please, it was only a scraped knee!"

Speaking of him overreacting he is a total drama queen and Venom cannot handle being the second drama queen

They have fights over this constantly trying to one up the others dramatism

Ending notes: I'm very sorry I've been gone so long but yk life happens

#fanfiction #male reader #miss peregrines home for peculiar children #mphfpc #jacob portman #jacob portman x you #jacob portman x male reader #jacob portman x reader #symbiote reader #symbiote #venom reader #venom

[amadwinter]

Making of Monday - Tracking Word Counts

On Making of Monday, we share behind the scenes of one of our works past, present, or future. All the little things that would fit into a DVD bonus content section: cut scenes, outlines, director's writer's commentary, or basically any thing that didn't make it into the final version. Send me an ask if you're interested in knowing little details about any particular fic!

This week, I decided to show my word count spreadsheet that I've been meticulously using and crafting for coming up on two years now. It wasn't built in a day, and I'm almost constantly tweaking it to make it look nice and functional as I keep writing.

Uh, fair warning. This is not a very exciting post. Unless you like numbers and data, like I do.

For the sake of my own sanity, I started a new Excel document for the new year. This is my Summary page for the year 2024. I have pages created already for each month but hide them when it isn't that month. I'll show the Overview page next after I've explained what you're looking at.

So what you see here is my monthly and annual writing totals. This only takes into account new words written, although the start number at the top of each yearly column includes my running word count. Each month's number is automatically updated from the corresponding month's page, and added up in the total column.

On the side, I have fun projections. So if I wanted to write x number of words per year, not counting the words I have already written, I would need to write y number of words per month with an average of z number of words per day. It's not something I pay too much attention to, just for fun. Below that is a projection of if I write the NaNoWriMo daily count (1667 words per day) or 1000 words per day, how much that would add up to at the end of the year.

This is the Overview page from last year (2023) plus December 2022 which is when I switched over from my previous Google Sheets document. Additionally at the bottom you can see the different monthly pages that are not hidden (I color coded them because I was bored one day).

This page keeps track of my daily totals in the form of a color gradient, linked to the monthly pages to get the totals.

Solid Red = 0

Solid Yellow = 1000

Solid Green = 1667 (NaNoWriMo Daily; 50,000 words in a 30 day month)

Originally, the idea was to be able to look at it and see if there were time periods that I wasn't writing as well due to being busy for various reasons, so I could be able to predict in the future what conditions weren't great for writing. But an interesting side effect is it's also able to track my good days and my bad days for health reasons.

That random number you see on the right side is my highest daily word count. I was curious about it, but I couldn't figure out a way to make it look pretty and fit in with everything else.

This is my month page, divided by each individual project. Y is series or event with multiple fics involved, Z is one-shots, two-shots, or very short fics. The greyed out ones at the top are ones I'm not actively working on, the ones in green are fics that I am either actively working on or trying to work on.

Also at the top are the new words added each month (which is the cell used in other pages to keep track of the monthly number), the total words in all my documents, and the daily average for the month.

The color gradient at the top for each day follows the same pattern as before; Solid Red = 0, Solid Yellow = 1000, Solid Green = 1667+

I keep track of the word count for each chapter, add the total, subtract it from the previous day, and boom, that's my daily total. If there are times where I delete things, I throw it into a document called "Binned" to balance the numbers. That way, I never subtract from the amount of words I've written, only add.

While it may look like a very simple sheet, it is very messy with formulas, conditional formatting, etc. If I were more skilled at Excel, I could probably improve it even more, but at this point, there's very little maintenance needed to keep it going and I can focus on actually writing.

In theory.

#making of monday #writing process #no i didn't almost forget to post this #what are you talking about? #this might only make sense in my own brain

[tropylium]

An approximate tierlist of types of people on tumblr

Real-life friend

Online friend (multiplatform)

Dear mutual

Senpai (pls notice)

Formerly dear mutual (I don't mind their current business though)

Pseudomutual (good posts but I do mind something about it (possibly just posting volume) and so I only check back at their blog occasionally)

Content Creator (good posts but I have no expectations of personal engagement)

Fan (thanks for liking my posts, alas I'm not into yours too much)

Cool mutual-in-law (but also seems clear neither of us would like following the other)

Dashboard mystery (why am I following this person again do we even interact, I guess there must've been a reason once)

Ghost follower (AWOL on their own blog since 2016, last seen leaving one comment in 2022)

Median quality barely familiar name

Dark matter follower (apparently posts daily but never interacts with me (do I smell bad or something?))

Rando who once liked a reblog from me

Median quality random reply guy

Demispam follower (indie musician etc. who followed me after I posted one thing in a tag they track and probably has never looked at their dash)

Person at respectful distance (occasional shit takes haver but the ones I end up seeing naturally are fine. Most likely type of person for me to openly post snark at in reply)

Ex-mutual (probably mostly fine, just keeping my distance since the Incident)

Spambot (blocked, even if amusing)

Median quality askbox anon

Annoying neighbor (mostly shit takes haver but apparently a mutual-in-law multiple times over so guess I'll have to bear it since we don't have muting on here. Most likely type of person to vagueblog about)

Person at disrespectful distance (will unfollow people for putting their shit on my dash)

Shitstarter (blocked)

Radioactive clown (pre-emptively blocked)

Cancer (will block people for interacting with them, probably banned by now)

#tumblr observations

[mouthpiece-simp]

treekiller x reader please?? i love my man spruce so much…

Treekiller x Reader Headcanons

Feels nice to be "bark" writing headcanons and returning to my roots. Okay, I'll admit that was terrible and I should leaf the puns alone. I shouldn't be trying to branch out into comedy.

...I'd post more tree puns here, but I think I'm stumped.

🪵You? Liking Spruce? Your friends thought you were joking, but when you started blushing they realized... oh, you're not joking.

🪵So they decided to tell Spruce because they thought it was funny.

🪵He basically laughed at them and told them it was a good joke and that toons and Cogs will always hate each other.

🪵And then the next time he saw you and realized the way you were acting, he realized... oh, they weren't joking.

🪵He decided to heck with it! Why not give it a swing? Worst case scenario, he just has to chop you out of his life.

🪵So he asked you out, and you said yes... and that's how you started dating!

🪵Spruce isn't much for giving physical affection since it's just not really his love language, but he's absolutely not complaining if you give him a hug or even a kiss.

🪵His hugs are back breaking... you'll have to remind him not to snap you like a twig.

🪵He sometimes likes to pick you up and spin you around.

🪵But his main love languages are acts of service and gift giving, so he does that a lot.

🪵Need any work done? It's done. From repairing a broken sink to grabbing you some gags at the gag shop {he said he was curious about silliness to convince the clerk}, he can help you with just about anything.

🪵And the gifts he gives you? They're all home made... usually out of the trees he cut down that day. Or maybe he'll just cut down a few more perfect trees because you only deserve the finest quality gifts.

🪵You now have several chairs, some boxes, a new bedframe, a new wardrobe, a new desk, a bird feeder {??? do toons even use those???}, several tables... heck even a whole new porch! How many trees have died for your beautiful luxuries? Don't ask... and don't go looking around Acorn Acres.

🪵I hope you're not too keen on helping the environment because Spruce does not care AT ALL about it. He doesn't do stuff like littering just because it looks unprofessional, but he doesn't care about trying to use clean energy and other things like that. You will have a tough time convincing him to care.

🪵You are not getting the sawdust out of your house now, sorry. Spruce just has it all over him no matter how hard he tries to get it off before coming to see you. It will be all over your floor and your furniture, get into your blankets and clothes... Yeah, it's basically glitter except it doesn't sparkle.

🪵Spruce grinds his teeth at night {at least the log prevents him from grinding his teeth together?}, so don't be surprised if he doesn't feel like talking for a few minutes after he wakes up. Ice packs, kisses, and cuddles are very much appreciated while he's still in a lot of pain.

🪵Speaking of being in pain, if he ever finds out that you went sad he'll do his best to find out who did it and put them on the chopping block. If they happen to be a Bossbot, they're almost guaranteed cut out of the picture because of his close friendship with Chip.

🪵To relieve stress, Spruce cuts down trees. If you see him cutting down more trees than usual or when he's not on the clock, you should probably ask him if he's okay.

🪵He likes to randomly shower you with tons of compliments just to make you get embarrassed. It's kinda his way of flirting.

🪵He's got a loud, hearty laughter. You can't help but giggle with him every time you hear it because it's contagious. He uses that to his advantage as his way of giving you a toon-up.

🪵Toons and Cogs alike will always wonder how Spruce of all Cogs ended up dating a toon. Expect both of you to be constantly asked how it works, how it happened, ETC.

🪵You'll hear tree and axe puns on the daily.

🪵Spruce is definitely an honest guy who works hard and is kinda misunderstood by a lot of people, but you get to see the real him.

#corporate clash #toontown cogs #toontown corporate clash #ttcc #x reader #treekiller #spruce campbell #treekiller x reader #spruce campbell x reader

[pokemonunderdogtournament]

Hey everyone!

I've been thinking a bit about the tournament posting structure and how many polls I'm posting/day and when. I've basically copied over the structure from the main tournament, but I had specifically designed that for balance and to make it work for as many people as possible, which is technically a much smaller concern here, given the audience for this isn't nearly as large and mostly only includes people who were invested in the first tournament.

To that end, I'm wondering what your preferences are regarding the following points:

Number of polls a day. I've been posting 8-10 a day. Do you want more? Fewer?

When they're posted. As before, I currently post them hourly starting at 8am PT. Combined the the reblogs, this gives me good coverage, however there are other options, for instance:

a. Post one every two hours, 12 a day, no reblogs.

b. Post one ever hour, 24 a day, no reblogs.

c. Post one every half hour, starting at 8am, 10+ a day, with reblogs.

And lots more.

The problem is there's no real good way to poll for this because there aren't any number of discrete answers that cover all the potential options, and if there were, there would be more than 10.

Technically speaking, any round the clock method would be a little easier on me specifically because it allows me the ability to not have to check in for the reblogs. I could, in theory, queue up a month's worth of posts* in a evening and then not have to schedule a bunch of posts every day between the last post of the day and 8pm (I tend to be occupied during this time.)

*Technically I couldn't because of Tumblr's queue size limits and daily image upload limits.

On the other hand, I also don't care enough to upset the schedule we're used to unless it's something people actively preferred. I'll slap a poll at the end of this post since they actually work decently well as a conversation starter but mind my note above about how they're quite limited on this situation. Any replies are appreciated! If I don't get a clear answer from this post on how to proceed, I'll probably be able to get answers from a proper poll in a follow up!

It's gotten to the point where I might just not hide my second main just for the convenience of being able to reply directly without creating a reblog, but I'll clarify if I do that.

#announcements

[flyfish1999]

AO3 tag game \o/ !!!

thank youuu for tagging me @ragecndybars !!! best of luck with your wips ^_^ !!!!!!!!! without further ado ...

How many works do you have on AO3? 103 !! \o/ !!! i hit the 100 mark just at the end of december .. and then didn't post all january lol ^_^

What's your total AO3 word count? only 97,635 ! pretty unsurprising, everything i write tends to be a oneshot, and very short oneshots at that ! not even an average of 1000 words per fic though ehehe ; ; !

How many fandoms have you written for, and what are they? 33 ! ofc this is only ao3's number, some of these count for the same fic being tagged with multiple series tags, but (ignoring my .. eugh ... 6 2020 original work posts i refuse to look at ...) my top fandoms are: persona 3 [40] , persona 5 [15] , trauma center [8] , persona 4 [6] , pokemon [5] ! wow ... i'm honestly surprised, but i feel like i shouldn't be ^_^;;

Top five fics by kudos: all of these are from over three years ago, so i don't remember them very well ^_^;; and i'm kind of scared to reread them now, but here goes: we won't slip through your fingers - 763 kudos ! a cute p5 found family fic with akira, sojiro and futaba ^_^ i still see this pop up in my daily kudos email every so often ! it seems like the type of thing i like reading myself for p5, so i'm not surprised :p Indistinct and Incomprehensible - 515 kudos ! another p5 sakura family fic (sensing a theme?) but this time interrogation room flavoured ! i've always loved the interrogation room hook, probably because i'm such a huge fan of whump fic ^_^;; i'll never forget when a friend excitedly messaged me saying she was about to send me a great interrogation room fic .. only to realise it was mine :p The Days When My Father's Here - 402 kudos ! another- I PROMISE I DON'T ONLY WRITE P5 SAKURA FAMILY FIC LOL ...! cute and short, a shortcake biscuit of a read imo :3c (he left the town long before) yet his house is still standing in the same place - 400 kudos ! akira talking tatsujun ... i've always liked this premise, even as i tend to lean into the angstier side of p2 nowadays ^_^ but no matter what, i have always been a long title connoisseur ... i hope it's toned down in recent years ehehe ! Unconventional Naming Ceremony - 275 kudos ! yeah ... the truth come out ... i used to be a huge fan of the sonic movie >_< i was literally on the phone to my friend the other day getting bullied about how much i used to like it lol !!!!!!! they didn't even know me then ... c'mon ... i hope this is a cute fic. i'm too scared to touch it. lol.

Do you respond to comments? i try to as much as i can !!! sometimes i forget, and sometimes i just don't have anything i might want to say other than thank you for commenting, but all of them mean so much to me ^_^ rereading comments is probably about 40% of my fuel ehehe

What's the fic with the angstiest ending you've ever written? wow ...! that's difficult ! even though i write lots of angsty fic, i am a freak who can find joy in anything. the jolliest guy you could say. a mochizuki fan, possibly. in recent memory, i'd say disappearance, an alien heart beat ... even shorter than usual, but miserable the whole way through . ryoji and minato sit in a room and don't say anything. yaaaay ! (fun fact! it is partially based on a feeling i used to get when me and my ex used to sit in my room with the lights off but the tv on standby, because the overhead light was too harsh. i love watching people move under light; i love the sound of electronics that have been on for too long)

Do you write crossovers? not really ?! they're fun for crackfics, but i don't really honestly explore them that often. maybe i should !

Have you ever gotten hate on a fic? i .... don't think so ! i used to get hate anons when i was younger + stupider because i was quite literally asking for it -_-;; but rage -> if you see this, that zelda comment screenie you posted made me laugh for literally ten minutes [link]

Do you write smut? i would really like to !!!!!!! but i'm so shy >_< !!! but also i worry .. i did once, for OCs of mine, and sent it to a friend ... who immediately sent back laughing that it was 98% inner monologue, 2% actual smut .. which tracks for me lol !

Have you ever had a fic stolen? i sure hope not !

Have you ever had a fic translated? YES !!!!!!! it's always been my dream ^_^ !!! and just this year i had and then he looked right through me, as if i wasn't there translated into russian by a very kind regular commenter !!! if you see this: thank you so much, it means the world to me !!! apparently it was for a friend of theirs, who is a new fan of p3 due to the widespread translations of reload, and they really liked it ^_^ it makes me so happy to think that reload can really extend p3's reach and even more people can get a chance to experience it ...

What’s your all-time favorite ship? ryomina ofc ^_^;; ! kind of topical, but i recently scored the old kotobukiya minato figure that came with the episode "luck" drama cd ! i'll never stop talking about it, but reading episode luck's translations on the gekkouhigh livejournal is what made me love ryomina, and cemented my love of p3 as a whole ... such sweet memories ehehe

What’s a WIP that you want to finish, but don’t think you ever will? mostly things that were born of a specific emotion i was feeling when i drafted it, and don't really want to feel again if i can help it, or at least on purpose. it makes me pretty sad that i feel some of my most impactful work has come out of me feeling ... well, pretty sad ! so i just work harder every day to write just as well, if not better, than things i've written in that state :]

What are your writing strengths? aaa ... i think i'm good at laying running metaphors in a fic (which i love hearing when @p3ta says them back to me ^_^ !!!!!!!!!!!!) if that makes sense ?!?! probably because i love edgar wright movies .. callback fan writes callbacks eternally like the ouroboros lol :p i'm sisyphean !

What are your writing weaknesses? i need to buckle down and write longer fics goddamn it !!!!!!!!!! my latest work, the best beast ever is a boy you know, is also my longest work to date, at a measly 3,657 words. but i love it so much, and it's so amazing what i can do with just 2000 words more than i'm used to ! hopefully i can keep it up ^_^

What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fics? it's interesting, and really enjoyable when done well (looking at some bebe writers tbh !!!!!) ... buuut, of course, it can also fall flat ! kind of related, but the closest i've ever gotten to something like this is using japanese honorifics . i know it's a little divisive, but i like it a lot when used responsibly (as i try to) ^_^;; ! overuse of stuff like -sama totally makes me feel like i'm about to tab into ouran high school host club part 1 of 13 on youtube though lol

What was the first fandom you ever wrote for? gravity falls, on a long abandoned ff.net account ! you know i was one of those guys writing it directly into the post box :]

What’s your favorite fic you’ve written so far? it's cheating, but i have two and an honourable mention. i am so happy to have returned to writing persona 3 fic ... it is one of my favourite things ^_^ first of all: alone but sane . alone but sane could be considered my magnum opus so to speak lol ... it is just one of those ideas that is so perfect. i don't know ... i am in many ways my own biggest fan. i do ofc owe my inspiration for it to @mymp3, the best messiah recipe 2008 attendee ^_^ i am so glad we're friends now :p second of all: when you're hollowed out and empty !!!! i hope to write many more fuuka and ryoji fics this year . she is so kind and so reaching in her kindness ... i aim to be more like her ..! fuuka asks, "i wonder what ryoji's doing... do you think he's still crying, like before?" and i write and write and write at last .. my honourable mention! my only zombieland saga fic, and you don't seem to understand (a shame, you seemed an honest man) .. i don't have anything to say here .. zls is a tragedy . to me

again, thanks for tagging me \o/ !!! this is ofc open to anyone who might want to play !!!! i hope you're all having a nice day :]c

#long post #:p #ty if you read to the end ehehe !

[amourdeleon07]

"What did I do wrong?" - A flash fiction

Two posts in a row?!?!?!? I'm pretty sure I'll be posting daily for a week and then ghost Tumblr until I have a new one finished because I already have a bit in store but I'm having author's block atm!! I hope you'll enjoy this just as much as my first one, and if you haven't seen it then go check it out!!!

Warning: MENTIONS OF ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AND SELF-HARM. VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED!!!

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How many hours has it been? How many hours have passed ever since I've promised myself the slumber I crave and longed for? 

This is the umpteenth time where I sit at the edge of my bed, staring into nothingness as I drown in my thoughts. Ever since ‘that’ happened, I have been having trouble sleeping, 'I probably have insomnia' I chuckled to myself. The silence is deafening in my ears but it comforts me as I battle my own thoughts. 

Where did I go wrong? Why did that happen? Could I have been better? WHY didn't I expect THAT? WHY didn't I CONTROL IT? WHAT DID I DO WRONG? 

... 

‘Calm down, please.' How pathetic, I'm begging myself to calm down? Unbelievable. I bit my tongue, stopping the tears in my eyes before it fell. 

Gosh, it really is something else when you're forcing yourself not to cry, telling yourself that everything is okay when it isn't. This has to be one of the worst feelings mankind has to go through.

Can this please stop? I don't want this to continue anymore. I want to sleep, I'm tired but I'm wide awake, I don't feel like sleeping but I know I need it. But…

How do I even stop my own thoughts? How do I stop ‘that’ from playing in my head over and over and over again? 

... 

I have to stop myself from doing that, don't I? So, how do I stop myself? 

... 

What if I grab something sharp and... 

“stop” myself?...

Oh, my wrists look really pretty right now. It could use a few slits to make it even prettier, watching the blood seep through the open wound and drop unto the cold hard floor and…

No. 

What am I doing? Thinking of ending my life because of a minor inconvenience?

... 

I really need to stop, but this isn't the first time I've had thoughts like these or had similar situations like this. This isn't the first I've thought about cutting myself open and leaving myself to bleed. This certainly is the first time I stopped myself from doing so. New Achievement Unlocked! 

... 

Why am I like this? Is this why ‘that’ happened? I wouldn't be surprised if this is why that happened.

Sighing to myself, I got up and went to grab a glass of water, quenching my thirst. Placing the glass on top of the coaster, I once again stare into the abyss. 

What am I doing with my life? I'm a failure, aren't I? Will I ever do anything right? Will I ever make myself proud? Will I ever make ‘them’ proud?

Thinking about all of this makes my head throb. Pinching the bridge of my nose, I exhale deeply, trying to collect myself.

…

I can’t sleep like this. I feel restless. I want to sleep, I know I need sleep, but I just can’t. So do I just sit here and suffer alone with thousands of thoughts running through my head every second?

…

How many times do I have to spend my night like this? How many times do I have the same conversation with myself? I can’t let this continue. 

Something has to change. I have to change for the better. 

It has to.

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I'll be posting another one tomorrow!!! Stay tuned!!

#writing #literature #writer #writers #flashfiction #imnotemoiswear #insecurities? #latenightthoughts #bookworm #booklover #book #fyp #fypage #foryoupage #tumblr fyp #insomnia? #ihaveaterriblesleepschedule #ineedsleep #overthinking #iliketowritethingswiththiskindofenergy

[codegeassfacts]

Code Geass Bokura No hibis 1 & 2 // Novels // Non Canon

The Bokura No Hibi ("Our Days") are a set of novels that were published during the airing of Season 1 in the magazine Newtype; Those novels center about the daily life of the Ashford Student council and contains lots of fun and valuable moments; Even though as novels they aren't part of the canon, once again they make for some awesome headcanon, or fanfiction material.

Hope you enjoy.

Bokura No Hibi 1 : First period Hour (Set in between Stage 5/6)

Shirley: Oh what should I do, what should I do, what should I do? I saw something I shouldn't have! I want to think it's all a mistake, but... but... the atmosphere then, that's totally... no! It can't be!

Oh dear, oh dear oh dear oh dear...

Milly: What are you doing, Shirley?

Shirley: Ah-- Milly!?

Milly: Please stop pacing up and down the Student Council room with that brooding look on your face.

Shirley: Oh, right...

Milly: You look like a wounded bear prowling about a village it stumbled into. It's kind of scary, you know.

Shirley: ...I looked like that? Really?

Milly: Yeah. And while you're at it, stop rolling about on the floor and smashing your forehead against the wall, too. It really scares me.

Shirley: Eh!? I -- did all that!?

Milly: Hmm? Oh, that was a little ol' lie.

Shirley:Mi~ll~y!!

Milly: Ahahaha. So! What about Lelouch?

Shirley: Bingo!! --but I'd rather you stop being able to guess my thoughts like that. Actually... (explanation)

Milly: Hmm. Lelouch has been behaving as though he's dating someone of late. You saw Lelouch and Kallen ask each other out with a certain purpose in mind. You saw Lelouch and Kallen kissing in the courtyard. And so you're thinking, "Could it be that Lulu and Kallen are going out!?" I see.

Shirley: It pains me all the more to hear you summarize my worries in that indifferent manner, actually...

Milly: Alright, time for a proper 'So Sorry It's Over' party.

Shirley:I don't want one!

Milly: Oh, don't worry, it'll be fun. We'll say "Who cares about guys!? Who cares about guys!?" and so on and so forth while winding up the threads. You know, like this, guruguruguru. (winding gestures)

Shirley: But they might not actually be going out!

Milly: True. In that case, we'll just have to ask them. I think Kallen will probably tell you if you ask her.

Shirley: Eh!?

Milly: Or shall I ask her for you?

Shirley: No--!! Um, I'll do it!

Milly: You'll do it? Pity...

Shirley: Pity?

Milly: Say, is it alright if I hide somewhere and eavesdrop while you ask her?

Shirley:No.Please do no such thing.

((END))

~*~

Translation notes:

Kanou Shinta makes a mistake in this Bokura no Hibi: Shirley always refers to Milly as "Kaichou", and never calls her by her first name.

"You look like a wounded bear prowling about a village it stumbled into. It's kind of scary, you know."

"hitozato", translated as "village" here, actually means "human habitation", but the above is closer to what Milly means, IMO.

"Oh, don't worry, it'll be fun. We'll say "Who cares about guys!? Who needs them!?" and so on and so forth while winding up the threads. You know, like this, guruguruguru." (winding gestures)

- "kuda wo maku" (translated as "winding up the threads" here) is actually an idiomatic phrase meaning "to jabber incoherently when drunk", usually referring to the constant, repetitive complaints made after a drink too many.

Milly talks about it in the literal sense: "winding/rolling poles" --> "winding up the threads", which, as far as I've been able to make out, refers to how weavers have to wind the threads around poles, the repetitive motion of which eventually gave rise to its figurative meaning. I'm really no good at explaining this, so I hope that made sense.

"Guruguruguru" is the onomatopoeia for winding/rolling up something here, but can be used for anything that turns.

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Bokura no Hibi 2 : 2nd period Hour (post Stage 6)

Suzaku: Lelouch, wait up!

Lelouch: Hm? Anything wrong, Suzaku?

Suzaku: I've thought it over and I think the Student Council is a little beyond my reach...

Lelouch: Don't worry. Although it is the Student Council, it isn't all that different from the other clubs. It's fairly easygoing and there's only paperwork to deal with. I really think it'll be the least strain on you, considering you also have your military duties to deal with. ...Wait... I gave this very explanation to someone else just the other day...

Suzaku: I see... but...

Lelouch: Well, besides all that there's also the planning for the events, I suppose.

Suzaku: The School Festival?

Lelouch: Oh no, not quite. (grin) I mean Swimsuit-Classes Day, Absolutely-No-Talking Party, Gender Switch Festival, things like that.

Suzaku: EH ...... (speechless) ...What are those?

Lelouch: Kaichou forcefully implemented Swimsuit-Classes Day on the grounds that "the summers in Japan are much too hot". Air conditioners were switched off throughout the day and simple pools, palm trees, parasols and tropical drinks bars installed in the classrooms and halls instead. It was a big hit.

Suzaku: I-I see... And the Absolutely-No-Talking Party...?

Lelouch: You're absolutely not allowed to talk. You can't bring in writing utensils either.

Suzaku: It doesn't sound very... exciting.

Lelouch: Well, Kaichou was quite charged up about it, saying "This is what the Elevens call Zen!"

Suzaku: That's an extreme misunderstanding...

Lelouch: And the Gender Switch Festival is...

Suzaku: It has just occurred to me that it might be better not to ask.

Lelouch: All the girls dress up as guys; school uniform, suits, it doesn't matter. They then act like men to their best ability and escort their partners with the usual required theatrics.

Suzaku: And th-the guys...?

Lelouch: (fufufu) Do you want to hear about it?

Suzaku: Actually, no.

Lelouch: Those who look good dressed up as girls receive an incredible amount of attention. They're very much in demand. I think you'll probably fall under that category, too.

Suzaku: There is something not quite right with this Student Council...

Lelouch: Indeed. I can't help but think that the one coming up with all these ideas have a little too much something pent up inside...

Suzaku: Um, where do I hand in my letter of withdrawal?

Lelouch: Too late! You'll have to resign yourself to your fate now and stick with us till the end! The more members we have, the more toys for Kaichou, and individual suffering decreases!

Suzaku: Y-you were after this all along, weren't you, Lelouch!?

(To be Continued ...)

Translation by out Translation Queen, Celiss Galvea

#codegeass #code geass #original code geass #novels #headcanon #lelouch x suzaku #lelouch x shirley #milly ashford #shirley fenette #lelouch x kallen #kallen kozuki #lelouch lamperouge #lelouch vi britannia #suzaku kururugi #ashford student council #lelouch of the rebellion #コードギアス

[phoenixtakaramono]

Hi! I feel a bit bad asking this as I know you are focused on TNotG, but I'm still feeling too feral over Truce (and was trying to find previews here and couldn't), but how is that going? Ah, I also read your twitter threads, and loved both the Fix-it AU and the Sugar Baby AU (both are so good, so in character, and the way it's written from HL's POV makes it so intriguing, his choices, how he thinks about Billy, how he pretty much obsesses (which is very true for him!) Sorry for the ramble

Hullo, hullo~! With all your usernames, I'm not sure which one to use, dear reader, so since this was sent over on tumblr with this account, I shall refer to you with this moniker ☜(ﾟヮﾟ☜) but feel free to let me know if you prefer something else!

Chapter Previews for Truce

So fun fact regarding previews of ch3 (and ch4) from Truce: you're right; they don't exist here on tumblr. This was before I'd realized the butch/lander community is also active here on this platform as well, so under that mentality I'd mostly just tweeted screenshots of ch3 (and 1 tweet about ch4) over on my Twitter account. Because it's awhile back, they're buried under my 300+ tweets (especially with the daily/weekly updates from the three threadfics of then) but I believe you can still find them on Twitter if you search for "Truce ch3" and "Truce ch4" and sort them by Latest tweets. You can also find a few sneak peek snippets in the ch2 Comments section of Truce that I gifted a couple readers as thanks for their comments~.

Truce Ch3 Status

At the time I was juggling three threadfics and Truce all in one go. A lot of ch3 was written even before ch2, but it was the beginning scene and the last scene that stumped me. What happened essentially since was I had a conversation with two moots based on a NS/FW drawing planned for ch3 and ended up changing the location, so that scene has to be changed.

Then what was left was the beginning scene I had to first tackle, and I made the decision to go waaaaaaaay outside the box that no one has written before—which is the subtle romantic parody of Superman and Lois Lane in outerspace. A reader of mine tweeted under my tweet of me airing out that idea, and they essentially sent me a thread of questioning the logistics of how that'd work and how dumb it'd be essentially on HL's part (because, y'know, space and exposed human eyeballs and the human body, lack of oxygen/ inability to breath in space, and then there's the question about how Billy's and Homelander's bodies are gonna be able to withstand the heat of re-entering Earth's atmosphere even with their nigh "invulnerable" bodies)—and that fired me up to commit to the outerspace idea as the dramatic first scene because I'm a stubborn writer (/lh). The more you tell me an idea is dumb or cannot be done, the more I feel compelled to do it to prove the person wrong. (Mind you, though, we're good friends on Twitter; this is not meant as shade or anything, haha. They know I joke about how I'm a "stubborn writer" like a certain main character from one of my fics and how their thread fired me up to dig my heels in and give this insane idea a shot.)

After TNotG ch1 is posted to AO3, I'll go back to resuming the writing of Truce ch3. Originally I was thinking of maybe waiting for The Boys (TV) S4 to air so I can bring in Firecracker and Sister Sage and keep true to their canon show personalities instead of me making it up, but then I saw someone tweet that Erin Moriarty doesn't think post production of S4 will be done till 2024. So I think, as long as I'm not gripped by TNoTG ch2 feels, I'm probably going to jump ship briefly and finish Truce ch3 first after TNoTG ch1.

Fix-it AU and the Sugar Baby AU

I'm glad you're enjoying them! Presently as I'm writing TNotG ch1 (and later Truce ch3), I'm putting them on a short pause so I can focus on them individually and not have my wires crossed. HL's POV is always entertaining to write, and there is a certain type of Homelander that I very much enjoy in both my readings and writings. I have a soft spot for reading about a vain, clingy, narcissistic obsessive/ possessive manipulative psychopath HL who is codependent on his partner and wanting them so much he lets himself be dommed—and, after experiencing an earth-shattering revelation and bliss, he now expects to be catered to and pampered like a pillow princess and having Billy's attention revolve around him 24/7 (bc ofc). It's delightful to read about in the fictional sphere where we can play with such an unhinged character, and I like sharing that with my readers.

I'm still thinking maybe after Truce is completed and we just have TNotG in my AO3 portfolio left, that maybe I can migrate these threadfics over as part of my Butchlander Twitter Threadfics series—but obviously polish them up and change a few story decisions and, eventually, finish them. Right now these threadfics only exist on Twitter—and so they shall remain there until I'm ready to begin the migration.

I see you have two more Asks sent to my Inbox. I'm gonna answer them one by one. :) Thank you for sending me the Asks! I swear I cannot stop smiling reading through them.

#tocadoguara #ask #phoenix talks #btw now that I know your other username lemme just say I've seen your comment in 'Truce' ch2 #I will respond! Do excuse my slowness! But it was really lovely and I want to match your energy <3 #don't worry about 'rambling'! On the contrary I relish 'em

[pinkanonwrites]

Hello! I hope you're doing well! Is it alright if I request Riddle + Octavinelle with an s/o who as iron deficiency? There's a lack of iron in their blood (which is dangerous) so they need to take supplements. Only... they keep forgetting. They get tired and sometimes get sick more easily if they don't take them. Sorry if this is too long!

Sure thing! I've recently been put on a lot of supplements and new stuff for my migraines, so this one hits close to home. Hope you enjoy it!

Straight up will just start carrying them around for you. He's definitely the most on-your-case about making sure you take your supplements, so if you forget to take them in the morning he's got backups in his bookbag ready for you.

"Did you take your supplements yet this morning?" "Damn it! No, I forgot them in the dorm." He sighs, opening his bookbag and beginning to shuffle through it. "Really now, you need to be more responsible about your health. What if I weren't here? Then you would be stuck returning to the dorm and that would make you late for your first lesson."

He only gets on your case this much because he really cares, though. He's seen when you get exhausted and woozy from forgetting your medication, and he's worried that some day you may just keel over right in the middle of class because you're forgetting to take care of yourself.

On the outside he'll be reasonably concerned for your well-being, on the inside he's drawing all these connections like a conspiracy theorist with a red web board, interweaving moments where you've seemed off, or he's been concerned about your health, or when he's seen you leaving the nurse's office. Things start clicking into place for him.

"Eating food rich in Vitamin C will help your body to better absorb iron in your daily intake as well. If you'd like, I could help you come up with some changes to your diet that are helpful while not being intrusive." Even though he's not the fondest of healthy eating, he's damn good at it, and he'll have plenty of tips to help you out that will make things just a little bit easier on you.

Unless you really put your foot down with him I think he's capable of getting borderline annoying about his concern for you. If you rub your temples or sigh too loud or complain about being tired he'll be all over you, asking about your health and if you've been taking your medication properly.

Does a fair bit of research about your condition on top of the eclectic smattering of knowledge he already seems to have, and ends up probably knowing more about your health than you do. Like Azul, he'll have recommendations for diet changes and like Riddle, he'll also keep a few of your supplements ready on hand for emergencies.

"Have you taken your supplements today?" He asks as he puts a hand over the top of your coffee, gently pushing the cup back down. "Yes, Jade, I have." "I wouldn't have to pester you so if you weren't so forgetful, you know. Alright, enjoy your drink. Though, I learned the other day that tea and coffee can stifle your body's ability to properly intake iron."

On top of reminders you set for yourself on your phone and such, Jade will have his own little reminders for you in the form of texts and post-it notes, reminding you to eat properly and when to take your medication and to not over-exert yourself. You'll find these post-it notes right when you need them, but always where you least expect them, like stuck to the inside of your textbook or the underside of your lunchtray or on Grim's back as he clambers all over you, excited for lunch time.

Not to make him even more of a weirdo than usual or anything, but Floyd can probably taste in your blood when your iron is low just by biting you. Forget needing to get your blood drawn at a doctor, just go to Floyd for a 'taste test' and he'll tell you whether or not you've been taking your medication enough.

"If you get sick I'll be really boooooooored. Then I'm gonna come bother you and I'll get sick and it'll be all your fault! He drapes himself all over you dramatically every time you mention you forgot your meds and makes a big stink about it, which helps you remember not to forget them the next time.

He'll spirit you away for a cuddle and a squeeze if he thinks you're looking a bit fatigued, snarling at anyone who tries to bother the two of you while he hogs your attention all to himself and you get some much needed relief from your lightheadedness.

#twisted wonderland #disney twisted wonderland #twisted wonderland imagines #twst #twst imagines #riddle rosehearts #azul ashengrotto #jade leech #floyd leech #riddle x reader #azul x reader #jade x reader #floyd x reader #my writing #fluff #anon

[mainichi-nihongoal]

📑日本語 Weekly Report 2023: Week 1 » 1/1/23 - 7/1/23

The above picture was clicked by one of my close friends in our college cafeteria on the first day of our final semester (2nd Jan '23). We'd gone to the cafe after our classes ended and I decided to end the day with a cup of steaming hot chocolate (our college cafe's hot chocolate is DELICIOUS!) The book in the picture is Short Stories in Japanese: New Penguin Parallel Text.

🏮Highlights of the Week:

I joined the No Zero Days Langblr Challenge created by @chenopodiumlang and have been posting updates of what I've been doing daily in Japanese. I'm really enjoying the challenge so far as it is helping me be more mindful about how I'm studying Japanese and the time I'm actually spending on different skills. I hope to utilise what I've learnt from this week's challenge to make more realistic and mindful goals for the upcoming weeks.

I joined the Read Everyday & Listen Everyday 2023 challenges on the WaniKani forums for the first time! Participating in these challenges has probably been my biggest impetus in trying to build a daily habit in practising immersion in Japanese. It does take me a long time to catch up on the replies on both of the threads & I'm not regular with the logs there, but reading about everyone's daily progress inspires me a lot! If any of you are participating in the challenges, please feel free to let me know, I'll support you over there!

I participated in an online zoom session of a book club where we read a story on how New Year is celebrated in Japan. It was fun to read along with everyone and listening to people from both India and Japan share their experiences on how they celebrate New Year. (4th Jan '23)

I've been regularly listening to podcasts in Japanese! Podcasts are my current ideal resource for listening practice, as I can listen to them during my commute from uni and then later read through the transcripts, if they are available. I've also discovered many podcasts lately, and I hope to create a post sharing them for other Japanese learners here :)

💭Some Reflections

Participating in the No Zero Days Challenge, I realised that I tend to feel overwhelmed if I end up doing a lot in Japanese in one go. Because of that, I've decided to space out my study schedule throughout the day instead of doing everything all at once. On weekdays, for example, I plan to do listening practice during my commute, so that I can have enough time for reading practice once I get back home.

It's taking me quite some time to create the daily update posts, which is why I haven't been creating and posting much on my main blog. I'm thinking of scheduling a particular time each day for writing and posting the update for that day (maybe 11pm), so that I can keep some time for creating Japanese posts for Tumblr.

I'd initially planned to dedicate Saturdays to studying for the JLPT, but couldn't make it this week. I feel I'll have to get better at scheduling if I really want to include everything I'm working on at the moment.

👀Week At A Glance

• Reading:

2 Tadoku Graded Readers

1 story on Yomujp

1 NHK Easy News Article

1 fanfiction on ao3

Pgs 1-13 of Short Stories in Japanese: New Penguin Parallel Text

• Listening:

7x Podcast episodes

Jpop songs

• Speaking:

1.5 hours of interaction with fellow learners and native speakers over Zoom

• Writing:

None :(

✨Posts for this Week

Day 1 • Day 2 • Day 3 • Day 4 • Day 5 • Day 6 • Day 7

That's it for this week! Here's to another week of productive and mindful Japanese learning! (⁠◍⁠•⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠)✧

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