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victoriaspriing · 4 months

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2023 writing gif-making round up

Rules (adapted for fic, gifs, art, etc.): Share what you made this year! It can be works you posted to Ao3, Wattpad, Tumblr, or anywhere else! You can share everything you made or just the projects you're most excited about.

I was tagged by @swearphil! thank you sm renee <33

Hii!! so 2024 is right around the corner, happy new year yayay. Actually, if I think too much about it I think I'll start crying cause like what do you mean we're less than 42 hours from staring a new year?!! 2023 doesn't feel real tbh time in general doesn't feel real but yeah anyways I'll save that convo for another time. I'm here today to reflect on all the gifsets I've made throughout this year, which let me add, has been A LOT. I'm going to start by sharing some fun stats (yes renee I'm copying you <33), and then I'll do a fun top 5 of my fave gifsets, and to finish it off I'd also like to use this to shout out some of my fave people and creators on this hellsite cause you all made my 2023 so much better and I love you all for that <333

fun statistics:

In total I made 61 gifsets in 2023

57 are heartstopper (not surprised)

3 are 911 lone star (mostly tarlos)

1 are dan and phil

In august I made 20 gifsets, which are the most gifsets I've made in a month this year

In may I made 1 gifset, which is the month I made less gifsets this year

6 of the gifsets are song lyrics edits

3 of the gifsets are heartstopper comic edits

31 of the gifsets are scenes from heartstopper

6 of the gifsets are heartstopper compilations from s1 and s2

top 5 gifsets from 2023 (in no particular order)

that one dnp gifset: I think most people know that I was and still am a big dan and phil fan, and that I spent most of my teenage years obsessing over them and giffing them and only them. Well, they went on hiatus and they stopped having a big impact on my life util they decided to come back and ruin my life again (in a good way). This gifset was the first time I giffed them since like idk 2019/2020, and it does mean a lot to me :') it's not really about the concept and the coloring, I chose this one to be apart of my top 5 for sentimental reasons, and I think that's valid.

give your friendships the magic you would give a romance: once again, sentimental reasons. when I read this quote on loveless it just spoke to me in so many levels. One of the things I love the most about heartstopper is the importance they give to friendship and I just had to make something that highlighted that and I think it turned out super good.

I think nellie loves him: well, now I think I snapped with this one akdhjahak I just love it so much. the coloring.. the heartstopper tv scenes with the heartstopper comic scenes, like chef's kiss, just perfect. of course this is not an original idea so I'd love to thank @rose-nobles for inspiring this gifset <33

mr. ajayi loves museum dates with his grumpy bf: and just like that we are back to sentimental reasons ahdhkas. well, this was one of the first gifsets I made when season two came out and it blew up. I've never had that many notes on a gifset, and honestly I think it's well deserved cause the coloring is good and I had finally just figured out how to sharpen gifs, so yeah love that for me.

I'm bi actually: I had so much fun making this one. the amount of bi coded elements and colors I included on this, I WAS ON A MISSION. the fact I made the font wobbly hsjgdjaka, I love love this gifset.

a little shout out to my faves (I hope you all have an amazing 2024)

@swearphil ☆ @barrowsteeth ☆ @narliee ☆ @cafecdramin ☆ @heroeddiemunson ☆ @nelsonnicholas ☆ @curlyhairedprince ☆ @wylanvannecks ☆ @aimeegbbs ☆ @indimlights ☆ @jelloandsugar ☆ @perrieedwards ☆ @imogen-heaney ☆ @thatwasthenightthingschanged ☆ @klinejack ☆ @birthdaysentiment ☆ @seeleybooth ☆ @sonseulsoleil ☆ @taraolssons ☆ @immortals-malec ☆ @parissquads ☆ @rose-nobles ☆ @itwasmagic ☆ @perccyjackson ☆ @naomismcpherson ☆ @neverfindmegone ☆ @charlieisverybored

Okay I think that's it, I'm so sorry if I missed someone. I'm also tagging everyone that wants to do this, just say I tagged you in it <33

#tag games #this was fun

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angelhummel · 11 months

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okay so in honor of pride month, i have something i wanna get off my chest for real. sorry if this is super long

I have a tendency to go outside of tumblr spaces when looking at glee content — something i frequently regret. but in my time in those spaces, i often the most delusional take ever. it is basically, “kurt was always kinda pushy towards finn. so did he actually DESERVE to be called a slur??? 🤔🤔🤔 let’s discuss.” this shit boils my blood to no end and while it’s obvious why, i feel the incessant need to defend my boy kurt at all costs.

for one, he wasn’t any more pushy than any other character in the show. i mean for god’s sake, rachel quite literally THREW herself at finn as early as the first episode and i guess that’s fine??? what kurt did was virtually no different bc all the characters do weird, out of pocket shit throughout the show. it really only bothered finn bc kurt is a boy and finn is OVERLY bothered by the prospect of a boy having a crush on him. (more specifically that its kurt — he just simply dislikes kurt being attracted potentially straight guys. thats why he took so much issue to kurt singing with sam. it’s always been about his personal issues with kurt)

moving on to the actual scene in question, so much of what flop accused kurt of was grossly unfair to him. like he says something along the lines of “im scared to even take a shower when youre around,” implying that kurt is some ‘predatory gay’. which is ironic, bc we learn from kurt himself that he never showered after gym JUST to avoid be labelled as something like that. at no point did kurt’s advances move towards remotely ANYTHING sexual in nature, finn just instead assumed that of him

finally, i do believe that flop WANTED to call kurt a slur. he knew that kurt wouldnt call him out for it and you can tell from his tone that that had been building up inside of him for awhile. he wanted something that would push kurt away/scare him. he just went for the cruelest method possible in the moment.

so all this was to basically say that flop hudson sucks and that kurt did not deserve any of the shit that he endured. he was pretty much taught by his peers that it is inappropriate and unacceptable for him to have the same wants and desires that literally any teenager would have simply bc he was gay.

thank you for tuning into my rant. this has been stewing for awhile lmao

lmao yesterday i saw a gifset where cory as finn was doing some good fun acting and i stared at him for like a minute going "if i focus on the cory of it all, can i trick myself into liking finn even a little bit?"

the answer was already no, but if it hadn't been, this ask wouldve set me straight. thank you <3

i've definitely talked about that before tho bc omg. finn has the nerve to call anyone else pushy. i know its not like it'd happened in the show already but. this is the boy setting up a whole kissing booth to manipulate quinn into kissing him aksljfsdlk. or the way he got drunk at the wedding reception in s4 and was hounding rachel. that literally gives me the heebie jeebies lmao sorry to be dramatic about it but i hate it

and god yeah it just breaks my heart bc we know that kurt is always walking on eggshells around these people anyway. and literally 2x04 has become one of my least favorite episodes bc of how hard it is to watch as a kurt stan lmao. sorry it has like two iconic songs but finchel are so fucking manipulative and awful and i've had several rants about this episode before aljsfdlks but basically boils down to them literally making kurt feel like he's committing a crime by asking sam to sing a duet with him and isolating him to an unhealthy degree

and then wanna act all :O four eps later when kurt is like "im getting tf out of here to go to school with people who are nice to me" aslkfdslfjsd

anyway literally just search "2x04 anti finn" on my blog and you will find more posts than you would ever care to read lmao

#glee #lol glee #anti finn hudson #asks #my thoughts #cryscendo #flop hudson

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sonego · 2 months

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would it be possible to ask if you could make some paolini gifs? i havent seen any but would love to see it ! thanks in advance 🥹

hi friend!! yess of course you can ask! saying this for everyone: i always welcome requests, just keep in mind i might not end up following through with them bc i'm a mood giffer (is that a thing?), i deal with physical issues/pain that makes it hard for me to gif sometimes, i might not have the time, i might not feel like making what you asked etc like! requests welcome but keep in mind i don't guarantee i'll do it 🫶

that said you've given me an excuse to gif jasmine which i've been meaning to do for a while so thankssss!! i've actually almost made gifs of her twice in the last months, i think first when she played kerber in the united cup then during the ao but for one reason or another it never happened dsjcxms i mean i did make this but it's not just jasmine so idk if it "counts"

sorry for rambling omg but also no one uploaded the dubai final on my usual site for some reason ??? it's been days it's quite weird especially for a 1000 final! i wanted to gif that bc she was so happy and it's her biggest result so far :( also i wanted to actually WATCH the match bc i couldn't when it happened. i couldn't find it anywhere tho sigh. so i wanted to gif the semifinal (most other matches are available) but it wouldn't download bc no seeds lmao in the end i said fuck everything and giffed that match i already had bc i don't have all day skdjskcn

so anyway i talk too much but. here are some jasmine gifs hope you like these!!

AND lastly. may i redirect you to these lovely gifsets @fortyfive-forty made!!! i haven't seen any other gifs of her altho tbf i haven't searched for them but i've seen these so enjoy 🩵

#nico answers #tag should actually be nico talks way too much SORRY #anon #thanks you were very kind in asking!#also i've had a request someone sent in the back of my mind for i think months and i STILL haven't made it sjdjsdb every once in a while i #remember it and go OH I SHOULD MAKE THAT and then i. don't.#i think if the match magically appeared in my tennis folder by itself it'd be more likely i actually gif it ..... rip sorry i hate having t #look for stuff to gif. daunting

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ladykeyleth · 1 year

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Hi, hello. No one asked for this update on my personal life, but I will make a post about it anyway because this is A Blog, after all.

I've been largely MIA lately (this blog is now literally only reblogs) because 1. I've been very busy in real life and 2. mental health has totally gone down the drain, so not a lot of bandwidth left to make stuff. Or care about fictional stuff. I'm behind on Critical Role, and at the time catching up is not really a priority.

I'm finally getting some time off starting thursday, but I'll be leaving town early morning on friday and I'll be gone for a while. So that means I'll miss the next 2 episodes, and won't be able to be fully caught up until the end of the month.

So, just. A heads up, I guess? Because there's now a lot of you following me on here (how did that even happen?!) and I feel crappy that you are not getting the content you signed up for. I'm hoping things will improve soon-ish, but sometimes bouncing back from Bad Stuff takes a bit of time.

I'll still be around, though! I don't mind spoilers, and will continue to keep this blog as active as I possibly can. But, yeah. New gifsets won't be happening for a bit. So. Bear with me in the meantime?

Anyway, that's all. If you read all the way to here, thank you.💜

#this is safe to read. no triggering things I promise #mal rambles

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mischas · 7 months

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Hi! I’ve always loved your gifs and I gotta say they have never looked better! Would you mind sharing a bit of your giffing process? Do you have any tips for giffing shows that don’t have HD (💔) episodes available? Anyway, thanks for your creations and for being so passionate about this character and this ship! Xxx

😭😭 you’re too kind, thank you. First off, we got blessed by the show being put on Max so the upconversion from even a few years ago has recently improved when it comes to redness and pixels (for the later seasons but even more for the first season). Thank god for t*rr*nts.

Second, my general advice for episodes in low quality is to stick to 268px gifsets rather than attempting 540px because lq episodes just aren’t conducive to wide gifs (in general!! some people have done incredible things with PS and lq videos). Doesn’t mean I haven’t tried though 😅 I def used to do this for Dawson’s Creek before their own migration to Max.

As for some tips:

I use the import method to make gifs which is less common than loading caps into stacks but it's how I've always done it.

For coloring, I'm really a novice even though I've been doing it for years. I'm nowhere near as skilled as most gifmakers on here but I like doing it and it's fun. I really recommend looking through the tutorials on @usergif ! Also, this tutorial was one I learned a lot of basic techniques from, including things I describe below.

Two adjustment layers that I think are really important for most gif-making is Curves and Channel Mixer but I'll share all that I did for this one scene in a gifset I posted a few months ago.

Here it is with no added coloring (though it has been smart sharpened):

First I use a Brightness/Contrast layer and set it to 73 brightness and 3 contrast:

This is where Curves comes in. I use the black eyedropper tool to select Ryan's jacket to bring out the black in the cap/gif:

So right now it's super saturated but that's a good thing that we can work with. Also, I'm no good at explaining PS so here's a good tutorial that explains Curves a little better. I like Curves because it emphasizes colors while also brightening the image (there's probably a way better way of describing it).

I add another Curves layer to brighten it (I probably used Auto on RGB; that so often works tbh):

Then I use Levels to get rid of some of that redness while also upping the green and blue (generally just sliding the thing until it looks good):

So to me this is way too green and yellow but still somehow red which is why I next bring in my favorite layer which is Channel Mixer. Basically this is the layer that helps with getting rid of the yellow filter many tv shows use that drives all us editors mad. It neutralizes your image which I think really helps with lq video. Here's an in-depth tutorial.

This final cap skews more purple than it probably should but it felt right to me in the moment when I made it. Looking back I probably would've gone even harder on the Channel Mixer to neutralize that blue/red combo but I like the coolness of the tones and the contrast we get:

I'm 100% sure I didn't explain this well enough but @usergif really is a great resource so I rec looking around there. For all footage but especially lq footage it's important to neutralize the image which usually means eliminating the redness and the yellow tones.

Let me know if there's anything else I can help with!

#ask #anonymous #the tuts/resources i linked really are great!#ps help

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galactic-pirates · 1 year

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Fandom, Creation and Me

With it being NaNo tomorrow I am doing update posts, and planning posts, and basically sorting everything out. It's also something I do at the end of/start of every year. It's part cleaning house, part goal setting.

This has been a funny year with moving house dominating all of it. I was just going to update my art goals, only to discover I didn't make my customary end of December post because that was during the madness. Then I remembered I didn't think I updated here either. I checked the archive and I did say I'd finally moved on September 13th but as to my fandom plans not a whisper. So I'm going to talk about it now!

Mid-April I made a post in which I said:

SO! My mission, should I choose to accept it bwahaha is to write EVERY SINGLE fanfic idea on my list (that I still want to write when I get to it) before the end of the year. Deadline December 31st. After that the slate is wiped clean.

This started to go off the rails when I stopped writing in the summer. Some people write more when they are stressed as an escape. I wish I could say I was one of them but alas I unfortunately do my best turtle impression instead and basically very little gets done.

When I moved into my house that was a fresh start in the biggest way possible. I want - no I need - to make the most of that. I had to think about what serves me, and ultimately I decided to make my clean break then. So yeah, no more fanfic from me.

I have a few WIPs on my HD but thankfully due to my policy these days of not posting until stories are complete, that doesn't matter. I do feel... I wanted those ideas to be brought to life as I do like them, but I had to make a choice about what was best for me, and wistful thoughts about what could have been aren't going to change my mind.

So am I quitting fandom?

No.

I'm still co-mod of Saffi Prompts and I intend to help with that if it comes out of hiatus. I'm still running Saffi Bingo, in as much as I sent out the cards months ago but nothing seems to have happened. I'm helping put together the 13th anniversary event for Bering and Wells next April.

I also just signed up for a Leverage Bingo Card because you see while my fanfic days are over, my fanart days are not.

I want to get into art in a big, big way. I feel like fanfic helped me a lot with my writing journey. Fanfic helped me see projects through from beginning to end, helped me produce on a schedule, helped me keep up the practice when my mental health wouldn't permit me to write other things. I owe fanfic a lot. It's my hope that fanart might fulfil the same function in terms of getting me started.

Now I know I've promised I would do art in the past and then haven't done it. For years I have made it a goal to do 1 piece a month and I've never got close. I think the best I ever did was at the start of 2021 when I think I made it to April before I stopped.

That was before though, and the start of my writing journey was a similar tale. I went through a time when I wrote once a year - for NaNo - and didn't write at all the rest of the time. It's unthinkable now but that's how it was. So just because I didn't draw on the regular in the past, despite saying I would, doesn't mean I will always fail at that.

TLDR

No more fanfic from me. Expect fanart - eventually. I want to work through some art courses I have first before I go back to trying to draw what I imagine. Hopefully this will mean when I attempt those imagined pieces they will be better, and not as cringeworthy when I look back later as to how I ever dared post them on the internet.

P.S. What about gifsets?

Nearly forgot about that. Fandom Friday will not be returning. I don't have the time. However, I'm not ruling out making sets when/if I feel inspired to do so.

#sam rambles (a lot)

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lengthofropes · 2 years

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LENGHTOFROPES' NOV'21 BULLETIN

Shhh! I'm trying to develop a good habit here. These are mostly notes to self. For my stuff to become less chaotic, you know?

so...

ONE - I've... I've started three, THREE new series in November (ohforfckssakeeee!).

a) First one is an ode to early seasons aesthetics Posting 'em twice a week (synchronised with my rewatch schedule). So far enjoooying making a set of examples of shadowplay/desat colours/overall dark vibes on DW face in every episode. Like this 🔥:

b) Second one is an attentive observation on how our baby Dean (read: s1-3/pre-Hell/pre-Cas) behaves near men. Tiny little sexuality questioning gifsets. Trying to post at least once a week (again, rewatch schedule!). Enjoying making. Too much. I mean, look that disaster:

c) Fckin THE HARDEST thing I've ever done. These fic moodboard sets are so much joy to create! But dear God, the amount of TIME and thought and nerves it takes...... Anyway, this is my personal tribute to the most honourable and hardworking (imo) people of our fandom - beloved ❤️ fic writers. Already posted two. One for my #1 beloved "Ninety One Whiskey"

And second for my #2 beloved "Four Letter Word"

And have one more in my drafts for #3. 😇 Most likely will continue to make these, although it really makes me very sad they don't get many notes... But... Well, I love what I love! So this will be a thing, for sure. Just not that regular, due to my slow reading process and... and once again, these are so fckin hard to make!)

TWO - Let's not forget Nov 5, okay? I've contributed with [ one ] & [ two ] equally freaking painful parallels gifsets and very happy with myself!

THREE - made a deancas/samwena parallels gifset finally (been living in my head for too damn long)!

FOUR - Continued to make everyone laugh with correct SPN quotes series. Made my personal fuck the finale version (barn scene, caution! but it's good)!

And this one too! (posting a spoiler free and nsfw gif from it) :

FIVE - Some more stuff with lyrics. Some of mine. Some of Kate Bush. Some of Sherlock series bahaha!

SIX - bunch of regular and boring stuff like scenes gifsets or just some nice shots... blah-blah... What else? Oh! Made a post about new colorings! Need to make these regular too. Photoshop bitching is important!

SEVEN - Really!!! happy my writers block fades slowly, I even managed to write a short fic . Have a few more "missing scenes" ideas in my head, probably gonna make it into a ficlet series too!

OVERALL: 35 gifsets, 3 new series, 1 fic and fcking ZERO poems (that one up doesn't count, I think!) Pretty happy with gifmaking but... Guess gotta focus on writing next month!

#lengthofropes/bulletin #yeah I wanna make these each month from now on!#I'm very annoying I know #VERY ANNoying!#again! these are notes to self mostly #cowboycoven #<<tagging with this cause I tag everything gif creating related like this ehehe sorry!#spn

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shortpplfedup · 3 years

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Episode 5: Turning Point

GIFs by @liyazaki

There was a day when I woke up and I saw her, and then I realized that she was the one who I wanted to see when waking up for the rest of my life. Maybe love is just that simple. But that doesn't mean everything is easy. - Hoon, the ultimate wise man

Loving is a skill that we do not feel the need to teach...We treat love as this intrinsic thing that everybody knows instinctively how to do (and love IS something that you DO as opposed to something that you feel), but it’s something you have to learn. - IPYTM 1: Ice Breaking

Love is never exactly the same from day to day anyway. Love’s a decision you make, over and over again. The way you feel is a part of it, but what you decide to DO, every day is the biggest part. Love is a verb, it’s an action... The glue between Teh and Oh Aew from the time they were twelve years old has always been that Oh Aew believes in Teh and doesn’t judge him, and Teh needs that DESPERATELY to see himself as worthy. - IPYTM 3: Memory Recall

They are together, and that’s what matters. - ITSAY 5, on the impossible task of rebuilding fallen walls

Kintsugi/Kintsukuroi: 'to repair with gold'; the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold; understanding that the piece is more beautiful for having been broken. - GIFset by @liyazaki

In my heart of hearts kintsugi is what I think of when I think of Teh and Oh Aew. What's broken can be repaired, and be even stronger and more beautiful for having been broken, but it can only be repaired properly with gold. In this episode, three wise men (Top, Bas and Hoon) speak, Teh and Oh Aew have three key conversations, and our boys repair their broken relationship, hopefully with gold.

Act I: Lessons learned

If you feel like there's something still missing, that means you haven't got all that you dreamt of. - Top, the first wise man

I find it interesting who Teh and Oh Aew choose to talk to about the big decisions they have to make in this episode. I've wondered why Teh wasn't closer to Top, since of the 3 seniors Top was the one actually living the life he was striving for. Honestly, I think he might have been a little scared to hear what Top might say. It was a bit of kismet here, Top showing up, because I doubt Teh would have sought him out to talk about how he was feeling. But Top was exactly the right person to have this conversation with, and his advice was right on the money: if you feel like something's missing in your life, it probably is. And I think this talk with Top was probably the final push for his breakup with Airy.

I'm not surprised Teh finally dated a woman, and that woman was Airy, who was basically a hybrid of Tarn and Khim, and a mirror of himself. I'm also not surprised that he ended up dumping that woman, not because she was a woman, but because he's finally realised that dating himself won't make him happy. I'm glad at least he seems to have ended it properly this time instead of blowing things up somehow. Lesson learned.

Oh Aew's lesson learned here shows up in how he very gently and without actually having to reject Q...rejects Q. If Oh Aew hadn't had the experience of Bas, that experience of trying to make it work with a nice boy and a good friend he simply did not feel enough for, only to break his heart in the end, I think he might have tried it with Q. But our emotionally intelligent boy doesn't make the same mistake twice.

Act II: Two conversations

Two of the three conversations.

Teh and Oh Aew's way back to each other hinges on two conversations, about six months apart. The time jump isn't explicit this time, which is a bit disorienting, but once you realise that Teh took in everything Oh Aew said in their chance conversation and basically poured it into his thesis play, you kind of want to weep from the beauty of it, but also to strangle him a little...lol.

The first conversation is a ballet. It's a reminder of how well these boys know each other and how strong and easy their friendship has always been despite everything. It's a little awkward to start, but once it starts flowing, it sings. They move from teasing and joking to being serious and back multiple times, in this comfortable back and forth with real emotional high and low points. It's just a gorgeous dance and it may be the scene I dissect this week for the anatomy of a scene series.

The second conversation is a battle, but they're not really fighting each other. They're fighting their entire history: Teh's bad choices and Oh Aew's bad memories. As Teh said to Jai 'Why would anyone go see their ex's play? The story surely had to be about us.' I understand completely why Oh Aew leaves the play. Because how is he meant to process this? Teh always makes these grand gestures without ever thinking about how Oh Aew is going to receive them. Imagine you ran into your ex and had a pleasant chat six months ago, you pretty much left it at that, and then he basically confesses his undying love to you on a huge public stage. It's too much. It's overwhelming. Oh Aew is so composed, because I'd have been screaming at Teh in the parking lot like DUDE WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TRYING TO DO TO ME? However, because Oh Aew is not me, he quite calmly explains to Teh that he absolutely CANNOT do this to him, and wishes him well before yeeting out of there like he's on fire. And he kind of is, because Teh has once again set his emotions aflame.

Act III: Love is a decision

If you really want to know if it's gonna work out or not, you go back and try. But if you don't want to know, there's no need to go back. Because in the end, the one who chooses what's best for you is yourself. - Bas, the second wise man

Talk about your interesting choices of people to talk to. Oh Aew chooses to discuss his dilemma with somebody who knows him, who knows Teh, who knows their history and understands their dynamic, but who is squarely on his side. Unlike the serendipity of Top happening to be in the right place at the right time for Teh, Oh Aew seeks Bas out because he understands that he needs Bas' specific perspective.

And BOY does Bas understand Oh Aew. Because Oh Aew always had trouble trusting himself, always doubted himself. He's grown out of a lot of that over the course of the story, but it makes sense that he would be worried that the self he's built wouldn't be able to stand up against his feelings for Teh. Because Teh upends his life, he always has. So what's different about now? Can he trust that Teh has changed? Can he just take a leap and go flying off without a net like this? Bas' answer: there's no way to know, except to do it, and that's simply all there is to it. There's no 'answer' when it comes to love except: do you want to know or not?

Act IV: Homecoming

We don't have to promise we're gonna love each other forever. We don't have to expect that things will be the same and never change. I just wanna be with you. - Oh Aew

Teh and Oh Aew, our Phuket boys, have always talked out their feelings and been most open and honest with each other on the beach, those private, secluded Phuket beaches, just them and the sea and the sky. And this particular beach, this is where they first confessed, where they first kissed, where they first made love, so of course it's the place where they reunite. After the third wise man, Hoon has said his piece, they have their third and final conversation of the episode on their beach. And this one is neither a dance nor a fight; there's no more prodding, no more jousting. This is the most mature conversation they've ever had. It's cards on the table time: are we going to do this or not?

Oh Aew has always known how he feels about Teh. That has never been in question, not once. The question of what he was going to do about that though, has ALWAYS depended on Teh. This time though, Oh Aew has complete agency; what happens now is entirely his decision, and they both know it. That's why this conversation is so solemn, has such weight to it, and why Teh looks so scared. Because he knows, he KNOWS, that if Oh Aew says no now, it's over for good. But Oh Aew even being there is a reason to hope. So he shuts up, and he waits, and his heart rises and falls with Oh Aew's every word.

I love that their reunion doesn't feel like a 'happily ever after' but more like a 'let's try it and see', at least to me. Teh is romantic, but Oh Aew is pragmatic (such a Pisces/Virgo dynamic...lol). He's decided to take the leap, because he wants to know, but he's ready this time for it possibly not to work. And in the end, that's all that love really is: deciding to take a leap.

Sides:

I will never get tired of Oh Aew being lovingly annoyed by his big dork of a boyfriend.

Q and Oh Aew trying to figure out how to handle any potential Plug/Mangpong split was HILARIOUS. Note: nobody suggested Auu take care of ANYBODY...lol. He truly is the bad decisions friend.

Oh Aew is a powerful person because there is no way I could 1) not block my ex who cheated on me and also 2) keep 29 unread messages from said ex for a YEAR AND A HALF without reading them.

Mod and Karakade going the distance SLAYED me.

The flashcard on the screen in Oh Aew's final project presentation? 月亮 (yuèliang): the moon. It's only ever been Teh for him, and it will probably only ever be Teh for him.

God all the moments hit so hard, you really felt the weight of their history together. Flashcards, coconut, Oh Aew sticking out his tongue at the magazine cover, the tiny tea tattoo, "I Told Sunset About You directed by Krittikorn Saetun", the single sunflower, the heart to heart on the beach...it's all there. And then the MONTAGE. The montage truly broke me.

Teh trying to IMMEDIATELY put a ring on it is just SO TEH. Calm down my guy...lol.

Lots to discuss in cinematography this week, look out for that next!

#translate my love with your heart #i promised you the moon #ipytm #ipytm 5: turning point #bl meta series

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aceofwhump · 3 years

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I've been looking forward to Whumptober all year since I've never participated properly before and now I've finally got the prompts I'm seriously struggling to find the motivation and inspiration to make anything for it. I was aiming to get all 31 days done at the beginnimg and so far I've done absoluely nothing for it and there's no way I'll manage to catch up now 🤣. How does everyone do it? I know for a fact if I make nothing I'll regret it but I also just can't get past this block 🤦‍♀️.

ME TOO!!!! Usually by this time I'd have all the episodes screenshot and even a few gifsets all made. The last couple of years I've have a strict schedule and was able to get so much done beforehand. I always make gifsets instead of writing because it's impossible for me to write so many things in so little time. I mean it's taken me a year to get this far in my Cursed fic and it's now been a couple of months and my oneshot for Wyatt still isn't done. There's no way I'd be able to do writings for whumptober. So I make gifs! But this year it's been so hard!! I don't even have all my days planned yet!! I'm so behind! This year is proving to be a lot more difficult for me to find the time and motivation to sit down and get stuff made. I don't think I'll get all 31 done. At this rate I'll be happy if I make one full week done. Which is okay. A few made is better than none at all!

I wish I had some advice for you to make it through the block but I'm honestly struggling a bit myself. Even if we don't get all the days done that's okay! Here's to getting as many made as we can and just enjoying the process and all the fun stuff everyone makes! We can do it nonny!!!

#mod replies #ask #anon #whumptober2021

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riosnecktattoo · 3 years

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Hi! Do you think there is a before and after in your life after watching Good Girls?

I mean, I know it wasn't the best show ever haha, but what I'm trying to say is if this whole experience and everything we've talked about the plot of the show, do you feel it's taught you anything?

Hey! ☺️❤️

For sure! I've been a fandom gal for a long time and had my Tumblr since like 2013 but I was a pure lurker. I never spoke to anyone and would not come on it for months at a time. Tumblr was kinda my TV newspaper. When my shows were on I liked looking at gifsets but that was pretty much it.

When TWD and Caryl was my life I would get up early before college to see gifsets and just read all the spoilers. Same with GoT. I did that for S2 of Good Girls! I would wake up on a monday and check tumblr and go SQUEEEE (until the S2 finale when i stayed away from tumblr all day and watched unspoiled and HAHAHAHAAAAAA)

Good Girls is the first time I got involved in fandom and talked about the show and made stuff. I used to think it would be super weird to talk to people on here lol. I am generally quite introverted until I get to know people so I find it hard to 'make the first move' or whatever so it was extremely gradual. I was in the fandom since S2 but just chillin. I think I only started interacting with others in like early S3? Maybe late in the post S2 hiatus but I remember being like this is so weirddddd 😂 I don't know why it just wasn't how I used this site.

Now I have real friends made via this fandom who I cherish and talk to all the time. I had never written fic before. I had never made GIFs and it was something I had always thought would be cool.

I remember when I saw the first gifset of the show around when 2x04 aired and was like MHMMM and it was during an extremely difficult and sad time in my life and the show made me so happy. Brio made me so happy.

Lockdown definitely made it so fandom and the show were something that really helped me get through it so it meant even more to me.

But yeah. Basically I never knew I could have so much fun and I definitely think I've just taken so much joy from the whole experience.

#asks #lucia-lu87 #Welcome to my TAY talk #i remember someone messaged me on chat in 2015 about my tags for a movie and i was like #omfg this is so weird go away #😂#i used to look at the letter and smiley icons and not know what they were for lok #i was really just on here reblogging posts #TAGLESSLY #i was mostly on here for Caryl #and GoT #and marvel shows/kastle #but i never spoke to a soul #literally two People #a caryl blog who still is a mutual with me even though we have no similar interests anymore haha #and the single blog who messaged me about star wars in 2015 #and who reblogged a brio gifset #and is the reason i started the show #aint life funny #i look back on that week i started the show and it wss honestly #just so fun and i was so giddy #nothing like a new hyperfixation #but i had no idea it would become this 😂

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gunsatthaphan · 3 years

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how about a gifset about the birth and death of oh and teh’s love until ep4 of ipytm? 👀 because we love pain. i mean i still cant predict where the finale will take us..... it makes sense for it to be bittersweet but that teaser is also hinting at a reunion which im not really opposed to. been reflecting a lot and i think about kintsugi when it comes to these two; kintsugi is a technique in japan where when some pottery is broken they mend it with gold, which speaks for embracing one’s flaws, and also believeing it to be even stronger after having been broken. so maybe?? idk im just here for the ride im glad to have been able to watch itsay and ipytm. its really hitting me what a joy its been to see these very relatable and raw characters. i’ll be so sad when it ends.

hi anon!

I kept this in my inbox for a while bc I was trying to come up with ideas for an edit for your idea but ultimately decided not to do it.

I posted a tehohaew/tehjai parallels gifset yesterday and honestly that's as far as I'm willing to go in terms of pain djkhsf

I hope you understand.

About the finale: I have absolutely no idea where they're gonna go because everything is wide open. But as beautiful as that kintsugi analogy sounds; after thinking about it for a while I don't think I want them to get back together. Also it would suggest that infidelity is a personal flaw and that's.... not really it lol. Teh clearly still doesn't know what he wants and Ohaew is too fragile to be exposed to a relationship like this. Also I can't stand seeing him sad all the time sdjfdgh.

Since I figured there would be some kind of (breakup-) drama in ss2 before it even started, I've had the theory of an open ending for the longest time; where they reunite after a few months/years like the trailer suggested and eventually end up befriending each other again and decide to start over and get to know each other again, etc..

Which makes sense in terms of the story I think and it would be a compromise between them getting back together and remaining broken up. And I think I would like that. But we shall see.

xxx

#ipytm #also who knows maybe there will be a ss3 #heres some title ideas:#ITSAY part 3: I flew you to the stars #ITSAY part 3: I gave you the universe #ITSAY part 3: jupiter knows ur a bitch #lol #anyway #im ready for the finale <3

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angel-deux-writes · 4 years

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Hi Angel! I've been a big fan of yours since HCM, and so I wanted to express my concern for your wellbeing. There was that big break when you took a month or so to finish HCM before posting it in quick succession, in order to not have to deal with the comments. Now, from what you've been writing in the notes to Dorne Rights, it looks like you are experiencing something similar. The selfish fan in me wants you to keep writing and keep posting, but the basic human in me is more worried that (1/2)

you are unhappy. Nothing is worth making yourself unhappy over, particularly not something that’s meant to give you pleasure. A favourite author of mine back in the days of my Spike/Angel obsession had a disclaimer on her stories telling readers to please not leave feedback of any kind, not even constructive criticism, on her fics because she finds them unhelpful. Her comment section was full of chats about various topics in that fandom, rather than her own fiction. Might help. (2/2)

Hello! I really appreciate this message, because you’re right: fanfic writing isn’t good for me.

(lol putting this beneath the cut because it’s way too long)

It’s actually my experience in this fandom that has made me realize that writing in general probably isn’t good for me, but unfortunately I feel a drive to it and can’t seem to stop myself from thinking I’ll one day get published, so that’s a bit of a downer. The truth is that I’m naturally disposed toward thinking that I’m shit, my words are shit, and every thought I’ve ever had is unoriginal and poorly written. It’s always been like that, from the time I wrote my first attempt at fiction at 7 years old to now at 31. It takes a lot for me to share my writing with people. I started writing fic at 14, basically as soon as I discovered that I wasn’t the only person composing stories about Han and Leia in their free time. I’m sure that my fics were horrendous. I give myself a hard time now, but 14 year old me probably deserved it even more. But there were sweet people on the internet who encouraged me (and lied to me) and told me that my stories were good, and that made a huge difference.

(that and my freshman year english teacher, who was very very cute and earnest and young and made me feel like I could actually be a writer.)

I’ve never been a part of a fandom before. Discourse and meta and long discussions about canon events have never interested me. I’ve said that before, and it remains true! I consume what canon there is, and sometimes I like it, and sometimes I hate it. Sometimes I’m so dissatisfied with it that I need to write something, and so I do. I don’t think I’ve ever written fic for something that I found entirely satisfactory. The extension of my being part of an actual fandom in the past was probably reblogging a few gifsets and recommending it to friends. I’ve just never had that sort of communal experience. This, the J/B fandom, was my first time really getting into it. It’s the first time I’ve ever made friends online that weren’t just frequent commenters on long multichapter fics! It has been exciting and I’m grateful for it! It’s just also probably not good for me.

It’s just, like, every time I post something, I’m fighting a very loud and very desperate voice in my head that’s saying “you’re shit and you shouldn’t bother”. It’s why I’m so good at writing first drafts of novels but so, so bad at getting past the second. It’s why I usually post fics only until I’ve worked out my frustrations: one or two fics per fandom and then ghosting away forever. It’s very hard to defy that voice and post something anyway, and this fandom experience has taught me that no matter HOW many stories I post, I’m ALWAYS going to have to fight that voice. And it’s gotten actively stronger. “You’re not what this fandom wants” “You’re not good at this” “Everyone’s just being nice” “You’ve overstayed your welcome”. Paying attention, often by accident, to the discourse and the metas only makes it worse, because my brain automatically turns to “well YOU don’t write them like that. That means you’re wrong”. I can tell myself as many times as I want that I myself like many different interpretations of J/B! My brain goes “yeah, but you’re just an idiot who doesn’t know any better. There’s a right way, and you’re not doing it”.

THIS IS ALL SO DRAMATIC! But it’s just the truth! Every time I post something, it’s against my nature. NO ONE outside of fandom reads my writing! I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve allowed my close friends and family to read things. So while it may seem like, idk, like I should just be able to get over it, negative comments, or even SLIGHTLY critical comments, really hit me hard. For all the positive feedback I get (and I really AM super grateful for it, and it means the world to me), those few critical voices seem louder because they’re agreeing with what I have already known about myself. And so it feels almost like a victory, but a shitty one. “Ha! I was right this whole time! I AM a shit writer, and I’ve for some reason tricked those other people into thinking I’m good!”

For a long time (much longer than I’ve ever written for any other fandom, obviously), I was able to shove it to the side. The J/B fandom HAS been super good to me, and they HAVE been wonderful about giving me feedback and making me feel welcome and included. But those negative voices are just SO LOUD to me, even though I know logically that they shouldn’t be.

It would be easy to point to a specific problem and say that my issues will be fixed if only I can address that. I do it CONSTANTLY. Maybe if I stopped tagging other relationships. Maybe if I stopped tagging other characters. Maybe if I tagged my works super specifically. Maybe if I made author’s notes about how I’m a shit writer and people shouldn’t expect things from me. Maybe if I just wrote “THIS STORY IS WRITTEN ALREADY AND IM JUST EDITING AS I GO! PLEASE DONT SUGGEST THINGS!” I just feel like, increasingly, I want fewer and fewer eyes on my fics. It’s the opposite of the problem I thought I would have. But my confidence took a huge hit with HCM, and then I was finally feeling good enough to post Dorne Rights. It was probably a mistake!

idk, maybe it’s just all the shit that’s going on in the world + in my personal life. Maybe it’s just time. Maybe I’m just running out of inspiration. But the positive voices aren’t loud enough to drown out my own negative self-voice this time, and so I’ve been trying to figure out how to handle it. Part of me wants to delete Dorne Rights with the intention of reworking it and maybe posting it again down the line with fewer tags and a lot more reminders that people can write their own stories if they don’t like mine. Part of me wants to just do a HCM and post it all at once so that I can leave the finished product up (even if I now think the entire thing is garbage). Part of me wants to stop writing fic entirely, at least until the next time I watch something with an ending so bad it fucks me up. I think my solution will probably be a massive step back from fandom for a little while. I’ve been feeling a drive to work on my original stuff, and I should probably lean into that. I would like to still write and post J/B, once I find the inspiration, but I’m tired of feeling like this is a job. I think I got so deeply sunk into this attitude of “I NEED to write and post constantly because these people want me to, and they actually like what I write!!” that I stopped writing things because I wanted to write them and started writing them because I wanted to write things for other people, to make other people happy, and so that they could tell me that I’m not a shit writer at all.

I should make it clear that I do intend to write my JB fic swap thing FOR SURE. I will drag that story out of myself no matter what. But in general it’s probably just healthier for me to not spend so much time On Here especially, and on fic in general.

#this got maudlin and it's way too dramatic but whatever #it's been a long time coming tbh #im sorry for turning your ask into this lmao #it was not my intention when i started to answer it #but then I just kept typing #ladywinterbottom

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glassprism · 4 years

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i've followed you for the better part of a decade, and i have to ask, what keeps you so consistently passionate about phantom? as a fan myself, i often need a break from it, but you never seem to tire.

Firstly - the better part of a decade? Wow! I’m kind of honored to have a follower who stuck around for so long!

Secondly, my “passion” for Phantom... heh, I was pretty tempted to put that Patrick Stewart gif of him saying, “Acting”, because man, I have been so dispassionate about Phantom sometimes. I have long periods where I really don’t engage much with any Phantom adaptation and don’t think much about it at all, then will get bit by the bug and go on a spree of listening and watching all the bootlegs I’ve been meaning to see in the last six months. During the, shall we say “down times”, I’m still answering questions or making gifsets or videos or whatever, but it does feel a bit more “going through the motions”, like this:

Me, watching bootleg, stony-faced: Wow, that was a sad moment. Me, still stony-faced: I should make a gifset of that sad moment to make everyone else feel sad. Me, no emotion whatsoever: *clips the moment, makes the gifset, puts saddest quote on it ever* Me, a terrible person: These sad tags on my gifset are hilarious.

(Incidentally, I do think this plays a large part in why I no longer read or write Phantom FanFiction anymore - I need a certain emotional passion for the work to engage in fic that way, and I don’t feel that way for Phantom anymore.)

With all that said, it’s the fandom I always come back and which I still love to think about, and I think that’s in large part due to the people on here and other social media websites, who are always producing great content and ideas. I think it’s also because there are productions still running and adaptations coming out, with new actors and new interpretations.

And finally - side obsessions! I have other obsessions on that I never talk about on here and which I think about when I need a break from Phantom, and I think it’s super helpful for recharging and coming back to this phandom refreshed. It’s like when you’re working on a really long-term project and you start to burn out and stop enjoying it, so you go do something else and then come back revitalized? It’s pretty much that.

#Anonymous #GP gets asks

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