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mymelodymia · 9 months

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omgomgomg u are literally the only one feeding my dad tony heart rn <3 u should do a fic with dad tony and child reader's first day of school! (I'll let u handle on the details) have a good day!

I loved this request so much <3

Summary: you, tonys childs first day of school

Warnings: none

A/N: this is my first request and I'm super excited about it, anon, you just made my day <3

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you made sure to wake up extra early, in order to not be late, like 5 am kind of early, you ran out of bed and most of your stuffed animals fell to the floor, you rushed into your fathers bedroom, jumping onto the bed as fast as possible.

"DADDY DADDYY" when tony didn't even stir from his slumber, you threw your tiny body on top of him, that's what got him up

"Y/N what are you doing up?"

"its my first day of schoool!" You said bouncing up and down on the bed,

"Whoo slow down there missy, kindergarten doesn't start for another 3 hours" tony said with a small smile on his face, catching you and taking you into his arms, laying back down holding you this time

"Heyyy" you said grumpy "why are we laying down i have to go to schoooolll" you whined

"Because you're gonna take a nap Y/N/N, it is far to early for you to be up" you only sighed and laid down, tony stroking his fingers through your hair.

"Jarvis, remind me to get Y/N up at 8:30"

"Will do sir"

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tony woke up before you, around 8 am, so he got up, made coffee and sat at the couch chowing down on a piece of toast, when Jarvis spoke up.

"it is 8:25 A.M, and is hardly cloudy" tony walked over to his room, where you were still sleeping peacefully, when he decided to have some fun with you. Opening the door slowly tony sing-song "Oh Y/N/N"

You stirred in your sleep, before waking up fully turning over from your side, to your back, looking over you saw your father, with his fingers sped out like claws, and crouched over, he slowly stalked over to the bed, when he got close enough, he quickly scooped you into his arms, you screamed a high pitched scream, before giggling having not expected to be woken up to that.

"Guess what time it isss" tony whispered into your ear

"ITS MY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL" you squealed jumping out of tonys arms and bolting of to your room to put on the outfit you and tony picked out the night before, you quickly put on the little white shirt, and small jeans, putting your pink sweater over it all.

Tony made you a small bowl of your favorite cereal, and you were both out the door, when you arrived at the kindergarten you were starting to become more and more nervous, tony noticed this and got down on one knee to be more on your level,

"Whats wrong sweetheart?" Tony asked with concern

"I'm nervous, what if none of the kids like me" you said with a frown, eyes downcast, tony hated seeing you like this,

"Baby, dont worry about that, the kids will love you, and so will the teachers, you're gonna do great sweetpea" when tony said this, you regained your confidence back, smiling you said to your father

"Ok daddy" and the two of you were back to walking down the hall to your class, before you stepped in the small classroom tony again bent down and gave you the biggest hug, and kissed your cheek "bye baby, be good" with that you were off into the classroom,

on the way home, tony may or may not have gotten emotional, he hated seeing you grow up so fast, he wanted his baby girl to slow down a bit, he missed the days where he would feed you in the crook of his arm, or rock you to sleep as you rested on his chest.

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When tony came to pick you up, you ran to him and gave him the biggest hug your tiny body could produce, on the way home tony smiled listening to you going on and on about your great day, not leaving anything out,

"And this girl named camilla let me borrow this blue crayon she was using, and then when it was dress-up time we were both princesses, and then she asked me to be her friend." This continued for about an hour, tony holding on to every word you said.

A/N: I hope whoever requested this likes it, <3

#Tony stark x daughter reader #dad!tony stark #daughter reader #tony stark x stark!reader #Tony stark x child reader #marvel mcu

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captain-mj · 1 year

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S'mores Mocha

Here ya go :)

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5

Ghost dragged himself out of bed. He was more than a little disappointed Soap hadn’t stayed, but he supposed he understood. Work was work and Soap seemed to take his job very seriously

He went to see Soap as always. Soap brightened immediately and slid a drink over to him. “It’s a thing I’m trying. You’re my guinea pig.”

Ghost looked at the drink. Dark coffee with marshmallows topping it and graham cracker crumbs covering it. He sipped it. “S’mores?”

“Bingo!” Soap leaned over and kissed his cheek through the fabric, setting Ghost on fire inside. “Think it could be a permanent part of the menu?”

“Oh, definitely. What would you name it?”

“Think of something for me.” Soap smiled.

“Doing less with s’mores.”

Soap laughed. “I like this. Didn’t know you were funny.”

“Oh, I definitely am. I make everyone at work frustrated with me.”

“Tell me another one?”

Ghost thought about it before leaning in. “Why is it so easy to shoot a fish in a barrel?”

“Why?”

“It’s already in the gun.”

Soap stared at him, visibly fighting off laugher before he cracked and started giggling. “I see why they get frustrated! That was terrible!”

“You have any?”

“Hmm. Where do you learn to make ice cream?”

“Where?”

“Sundae school.” Soap smiled, cleary proud of himself as Ghost laughed. “You have a nice laugh. You should use it more often.”

Ghost flushed and smiled at him. “I was wondering if you wanted to go out again?”

Soap hummed. “Do you want to just come by my house?”

Ghost nodded immediately. “Sure. Text me your address?”

“Sure thing, sweetheart. I’ll see you tonight.” He winked and let Ghost take the drink.

Ghost went to Alejandro and Rodolfo’s place when he was done since it was getting later in the day and they should be open. Alejandro wanted details and Ghost once again regretted letting Jason have their phone numbers. Dude did not know how to keep his mouth shut.

“It was fine.”

“It must’ve been fantastic if you’re willing to say.” Alejandro acted like he had a book of translations for Ghost. Most of the translations were wrong, but he got it right this time.

Ghost groaned though, not wanting for them to know he wanted to gush about it. “He’s so empathetic. And fun. Self proclaimed adrenaline junkie which is perfect for me.”

“You could take him flying.” Rodolfo pointed out. His own wings, downy soft and feathered were out. Angelic wasn’t the first time Ghost would use to describe Rodolfo, but he looked the part with his wings out. That wasn’t to be disparagingly, he thought Rodolfo was great. But you see a man kill a group of people and keep walking and its hard to consider them holy in any regard.

“No. Have to let him know what I am.”

“Are you sure he’s human?” Alejandro tilted his head. “Apparently Gaz has met him before, though he didn’t know much about him. Barely remembers him really.”

Ghost thought back to the aquarium. “He got upset at the idea of a mermaid in a tank. Shows a level of empathy to monsters most human don’t really have if they think we’re fake. But I haven’t seen anything.”

“Tried and true method is to wear an iron ring.” Rodolfo pointed out. “Though, may cause an awkward conversation between you two if it burns him.”

Ghost thought about it. “Yeah. Might try that.” He ate with them and then left to Soap’s.

Alejandro noticed he had gotten a text from Gaz. “hey why are you asking questions about Soap”

“Oh, he and Ghost have been dating.” He didn’t think much of it. Ghost would never tell them willingly, but he doubted he’d get very upset he told Gaz.

“I’m sorry, they’re dating? How long?” The sudden punctuation caught Alejandro off guard.

“They’re not that serious. Why?”

“I just didn’t really see Ghost as that kind of guy. Won’t last very long.”

Alejandro realized he was clearly missing something. He decided to call Gaz.

Ghost arrived and knocked on his door. Soap had a proper house which was funny for some reason. The hallway inside was rather bare and there were placed in the dust on the wall and table that suggested there was usually stuff there. He didn’t question it though because his ski mask was shoved up and Soap was kissing his neck, pinning him to the wall. For a brief moment, panic ran through him but he forced himself to relax and let Soap press against him. The rings on his hands glinted and Ghost kept following those gorgeous hands.

Ghost ran his hands down his back, admiring the muscle, the softness. He pushed Soap away just long enough to remove his shirt. Soap quickly got Ghost’s off as well, keeping them on equal footing. They met in the middle before Soap started to kiss down his body, sinking to his knees. Ghost quickly tangled his hands in his hair.

The only thing Ghost could hear was his own breathing and Soap undoing his buckle. He took a deep breath before immediately having it punched out of him by Soap’s mouth. He sank his teeth into his glove to keep quiet and felt Soap’s fingertips dig into his hips as he pulled away.

“Simon, I want to hear you.”

They hadn’t even made it through the rest of the house and Ghost was wondering if they were right. If Soap was a succubus or demon trying to steal his soul. He’d hand it over if Soap just asked.

Ghost quickly put his hand back on Soap’s head and groaned as he took him back into his mouth. He wasn’t the most vocal, but he didn’t muffle anything and that seemed to be good enough for Soap. His tongue ran along one of Ghost’s veins and he turned bright red as he moaned.

Ghost tapped him quickly to warn him but Soap continued on. When he came, Soap just happily swallowed around him before pulling off and looking up at him.

“Are you okay with me topping tonight?” He asked it casually, like he was asking if he wanted a drink.

Ghost would let Soap flay him open and eat his heart. Instead of saying something like that, he just nodded and let Soap lead him forward.

Giving up control was never something Ghost was good at, but Soap was so nice about it. He put him on his back in the bed that smelled like salt and Soap and kissed him all over. Ghost’s skin felt like it was on fire, not used to being touched so much, so fast or so intimately.

Soap’s tongue ran along the pulse point in his throat and Ghost ripped off his mask to toss it elsewhere. His hands trembled until Soap pulled them to his hips, running his own hands along Ghost’s chest eagerly. He kissed all over him.

Ghost slowly, slowly relaxed. Johnny wouldn’t hurt him.

Soap was incredibly sweet as he prepped him. He held him while he fucked him, kissing Ghost’s face as he pushed into him. They tangled together more and more and Ghost wanted to give in. He wanted to give him everything.

Once they were done, Soap had marked up his shoulders and thighs with bites and Ghost was pretty sure he hadn’t been this sore in ages. Soap was running his hands through Ghost’s hair, their legs still intertwined. He scratched gently at Ghost’s scalp and Ghost had to bite his lip to keep from purring.

“I’m going to go shower. If you want to join me, you can.”

“I’ll be there in just a minute.” Ghost whispered back, kissing his hand as he pulled away. Now that he was alone in the bed, he noticed the smell. Soap hadn’t worn cologne as long as he had known him, but it was soaked into his bedsheets. Maybe it was just his detergent. Ghost decided to just push it away, not wanting to think about it. Instead, he joined Soap in the shower, flinching at how cold it was.

“Jesus. Problems with your water heater?”

“No, just prefer it cold.” Soap turned it up a bit for him and Ghost pressed in close to soak up any body heat he could. “I’d think a military man like you would be used to it.”

“I quickly climbed the rank to Lieutenant specifically for hot showers.” Ghost nuzzled along his neck.

Soap laughed. “You’re so cuddly after sex. Are you like that for everyone or just me?”

Ghost growled at him and nipped under his jaw. He knew the truth was yes, it was just Johnny. Something about him made him soft.

“You’re so cute, sweetheart.” Soap squeezed his biceps, pulling his attention back on him instead of in his head. They washed up and Ghost grimaced as he had to pull on his dirty clothes again.

“Oh, I have something that might fit you a bit better.” Soap offered him a shirt. It was definitely far too big for Soap, even if it was still too tight for Ghost.

“Why do you have this around?”

Soap shrugged and completely ignored the question, tossing Ghost his phone. Ghost frowned a little, but assumed it may be something embarrassing or from an ex. He didn’t really care, he had Soap right now.

“Goodnight, Ghost.”

Ghost realized he was being kicked out and tried to shove down that disappointment. They hadn’t really done much besides fuck. Still, he left, not wanting to overstay his welcome.

He slept in. He couldn’t remember the last time he did that. Ghost groaned and checked his phone.

His phone was full of messages from different people. Rodolfo had called him which was never a good sign. After a moment though, he decided whatever it was could wait. The most recent one being from Alejandro saying there was something important and to drop by in the morning when he could so clearly it wasn’t that urgent.

Did the team go out and get drunk? He saw Gaz, Alejandro, Jason and Rodolfo. It wasn’t the most in character thing for them to not invite him, but he always turned them down so he wasn't upset that they didn’t.

It clearly wasn’t a mission. Price would’ve called him for that.

Ghost still wouldn't have answered but regardless. Price would’ve called him.

He went to the cafe, wanting to see what fun drink Soap would try with him. Maybe he could drag him away. Kiss him all over. Ghost craved more attention. More softness. Greedy as always.

The shop was closed. Huh.

Ghost frowned and hesitated. It was 7. The cafe was clearly closed though. It opened at 5. The break in the routine and the concern for Soap led to him walking over to Soap’s home. He glanced around, not noticing anything different.

Ghost knocked, feeling something in his ears. He shouldn’t be here. Why was he doing this?

Someone else answered. Someone he barely recognized from when he happened to work adjacent or had to pass through the home base here.

“Lieutenant Riley.” Wayne smiled at him. He was a Sergeant in a different taskforce. Ghost hadn’t even bothered to pick the name of it. “Did something happen on base?”

Ghost stared, caught between glass. He must have the wrong house right?

“Sweetheart.” Soap’s voice rang out, sounding stupidly excited. “Who’s at the door?”

Wayne saw the recognition is his eyes and put it together. He laughed. For some reason. “Oh, I see. Don’t worry. I’m not upset. Johnny and I have an open relationship when I’m deployed. Didn’t want to tie my husband down when I’m gone so long ya know? Christ, when he said he had slept with a masked military man, I didn’t really put together that you were on leave.”

Ghost nodded silently, though he barely really processed any of it. Husband?

Jesus Christ. All that talk about being heartless and he gave his heart away like a fucking idiot. He got attached. He didn’t even know why. Soap had added fucking sprinkles to his drink and Ghost, no, Simon. Simon made this mistake. Suddenly thought he was special?

“I’m surprised. He said you were clingy. Never took you for the type. But hey, ever want a threesome, yeah?” He winked at him and Ghost felt sick. What did Soap tell him? Clingy? No secrets between spouses right?

His body felt on display. His mask only covered the bottom of his face and he felt exposed. Did Soap talk about him? What he looked like?

“I hope this won’t effect our work, Riley.”

Ghost spun on his heel and left.

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Taglist: @the-snarky-dragon @elevenclouds @lukewarm-chickensoup @nervouspsychologynerd @korym @cthulhusstepmom @princess-heathen @revenge-of-the-bucket-demon @roachboy

#johnny soap mactavish #john price #captain john price #ghostsoap #soapghost #simon ghost riley #soap cod #cod mw2 #ghost cod #call of duty #call of duty modern warfare #call of duty modern warfare ii #alejandro vargas #rodolfo parra #rodolfo cod #Selkie coffeeshop au

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homestuck-archive · 4 months

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HOMESTUCK NEWS UPDATE!

"Hi, James here. Hope you had a good holiday! New year, new me! New you! Whatever, man! We got the usual patreon updates for you. Wahoo! Did you know that's a kind of fish? I watch a lot of fishing videos. If everything goes right and nothing goes wrong we should have something very exciting very soon: a new website! What does this mean for you? Stick around and find out!

Thanks for coming to our AMA, I hope we were able to answer some questions. I especially liked the one where Haven said he was going to fill Dirk full of Milk and slap him against a wall. Great job team. In other community news, the folks over at SAHcon are having their New Year's showcase around 5 pm PST today. Wow! I'm excited to see what the community is cooking.

We got another great comic update coming mid month, and in the next few we're letting some of the new writers shine. I'm excited for you to read them!

Speaking of updates on things… some of you sleuths may have noticed some changes. I'd like to go into a little more detail about them to the extent that I am able. I also wanted to do this in an official newspost, and not on socials etc, so that there is no question about it.

The contract with VIZ media has been restructured. What does this mean? Well, let's start a little further back. We have gotten a lot of questions about Andrew's involvement with HS:BC and Homestuck as a whole. I mentioned before that Andrew approached me to finish HS:BC. As many of you know a few years ago Andrew stepped back from having a creative role. This has allowed him to focus on oversight, and some behind-the-scenes stuff. A large part of that was regaining a sort of legal control of the brand as a whole.

So who "Owns Homestuck?" Well Andrew still does. Who has the publishing rights? We're working on that! The HICU has a license to do what we want with the property, which is what has allowed us to do some of the more creative things we are trying to do. Is the Website going to be fixed? They're working on that! I have very little to do with that, personally, but once there is something solid to announce there and the concerned parties are comfortable with it I'll let you know. What does this mean for the commentaries? Behind the scenes, some ideas about how to handle the issues with the way Homestuck is going to be published are being discussed. Some of these ideas may include a new way to release the future book commentary in absence of the books themselves. Wow!

With regards to VIZ, as some of you have correctly surmised this is good news for us. It has allowed things like HS:BC and HICU licensing etc to happen, as well as the SAHcon license. Hopefully, this can also include some additional fan-friendly licenses Andrew is considering. This all will take time to fully unfold so more details will be forthcoming about what this means for Homestuck as a whole. All in all, I think we are in for an exciting year.

Man what else is goin on? Some good news on the Vinyl is that I talked to the printer and with such an overwhelming response from you guys, instead of a simple Best Of EP, we actually want to try and do a print of Vol. 1-4. This makes all my very scientific and organized data gathering completely useless. I am humbled by something new and mundane every day. Anyway, this represents a completely different beast logistically, but as a fan of those tracks I am very very excited about that. I will Literally buy a Record Player for this. "James, you don't own a record player?" No! What do I look like, an old man? Please don't answer that. (Yes James, you do. -Homestuck Archive, 2024.)

This month (January 2024) we are also going to start seeing some of the bonus content go public. I ran a poll for the Patrons, and the general consensus is that after 2 months, they're ok with the bonus content going public. This includes Bonus strips, the Illustrations, and the commentary. They're really fun to do, so I hope you guys are into it. If you want to see these as soon as they go up, they are available to subscribers. Thank you for that, btw. It means the world to be able to pay some of my team's bills. Look at me, getting all sappy on New Year's Day. Maybe it really is a new year and a new me..."

SUMMARY -

New HS:BC Website in the works, with some new features.

Update mid-month as usual. Some of the newer Team Writers.

VIZ deal has been "restructured." (that's good for us)

Andrew still "Owns Homestuck."

Working on a solution to homestuck dot com debacle.

There are plans for commentary.

Homestuck Vinyl will be Vol. 1-4, pending some light Logistical Upkeep.

Patreon Bonuses from November will be going public this month.

#homestuck #hs #413 #fyp #homestuck news #news #hs2 #homestuck archive #homestuck 2

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septemberrie · 6 months

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fic asks

Thank you for the tag @junkshop-disco!

How many works do you have on ao3?

44!

What's your total ao3 word count?

560,688

What fandoms do you write for?

At this point, just Fate: the Winx Saga but I have a smattering of other fandom one shots on my ao3. Call me a serial monogamist, I guess? It takes a lot for me to be possessed enough to write, so it rarely happens for multiple fandoms at once.

What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Tempting Fate

Battle Lines

Point of No Return

A Man Plans a Tree in Whose Shade He May Never Sit

En Garde

Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I always mean to! but sometimes the Anxiety gets in the way. I made a concerted effort like a month ago to reply to some out of date comments and I'm hoping to continue.

What is a fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

I have a history of writing one-shots of whump prompts, so some of those have quite punchy endings. Fate is a very dramatic show and so it's not a far leap to be cruel sometimes. But of my longfics, It Was Just Red is definitely the angstiest, but to be fair it's a prequel story to one with a happier ending.

What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

I've written quite a few I would consider happy, one that comes to mind of late is A Lady's Guide to Fools and Fortunes, the Rivusa Bridgerton AU I wrote with Val.

Do you get hate on fics?

In a previous fandom I received hate for a twist ending to a longfic. To be fair to my audience, I didn't lay much groundwork (at all) for the twist; I was still a young author who thought it was fun to pull the wool over the eyes of my readers. After BBC Sherlock showed me how awful that was (plus general maturity), I have since learned my lesson.

I've also gotten a comment or two criticizing my characters' choices and I steam over them but ultimately ignore them. A character making a bad choice doesn't mean I'm endorsing that choice. I don't want to read a story about perfect people who never do anything wrong, and I'm definitely not going to write that either.

Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Are there different kinds of smut? Tropes, maybe? I have written everything from fading to black to fully explicit group sex. At this point I tend to fade to black except when I consider the detail important to the story (for example, choosing to break a vow of celibacy…).

Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

I have never really grokked crossovers, I don't think I have that kind of brain where I can reconcile separate worldbuilding. It's never grabbed me as a reader, either, but I am a bit envious of those with the imagination to do it!

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Yeppers.

Have you ever had a fic translated?

Yes! I had one fic translated recently, with permission, and I'm glad I did because a hilarious catfight erupted in the comments, involving the anonymous aggressor informing my translator that her father, the owner of ficbook, was going to delete the fic, and co-opted a sock account to validate Anonymous Aggressor's paternity.

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Yessss my usual partner in crime is Val who is fantastic at motivation and bouncing off ideas. Mo my usual beta who provides amazing enough feedback I sometimes feel like I should list her as co-writer.

What's your all-time favorite ship?

I'm a multi-shipper; I tend to fixate on one character and I'm happy to explore their dynamic with a variety of ships.

What's a wip you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

In general if I start posting something then I'm going to finish it, no matter how brutal it gets. But starting to think that The Last Resort, my Rivusa fake dating AU with Val, might never recover from Fate S2.

What are your writing strengths?

I think I am pretty good at conveying characters' states of mind, through their internal thoughts and what they're physically doing. I think my writing has dramatically improved in the last two years since I got into Fate and most of that has to do with being thoughtful about showing what characters are thinking/doing and why, instead of telling.

What are your writing weaknesses?

Listen. I amn just a litle creacher. Sometimes I just completely miss certain things in canon and their implications, so off I go writing away my own interpretation that's "incorrect" (yeah yeah I know, fuck canon, but it matters to me! Sometimes!). I can be very guilty of projecting qualities onto my most fave and least fave characters that are a stretch when reconciled with canon.

Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic?

Sure? I have learned not to treat your readers with kid gloves. They can figure out meanings from context.

First fandom you wrote for?

Harry Potter, on my neopets.com petpage because I didn't know about LiveJournal or fanfiction.net

Favorite fic you've written?

This is just cruel to have to choose! But I always circle back to Point of No Return. Rereading it now there are a lot of improvements I would make to the writing, but a) it's the fic that got me back into writing after a 5ish year dry spell, b) it hits pretty much all of my fave tropes/whumps, c) it led me to connecting with a new community that I now speak to daily and have even visited across the ocean! and d) it absorbed so much of my life (I wrote 60k in a little over a month) that I finally had the guts to share my writing hobby with my partner, who is wonderfully supportive. That fic changed my life for the better in so many ways.

I tag @whenshesayshush @faytalepsy @blue-aconite and whoever else wants to do this!

#my writing #ask games

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queen0fm0nsterz · 5 months

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I saw you post about Seafarers, but to me, your finest work will always be Fifteen Notes to You, reread all of it the other day and... yeah, it still hits like a fucking bullet train.

I genuinely don't think it's possible to capture Mono's descent into insanity better than you did here. It reminds me a little of The Last Weekend from the anthology Inside no.9, in that, you know, both from the story itself and the context it exists in, that it won't have a happy ending, but the humanization of the characters just forces you to cling to hope that something will go right. But that rarely, if ever, happens in The Nowhere.

FNTY... Now THAT'S a name I haven't heard in years...

Thank you so much!!!! I'm super grateful to see folks still enjoy my old stories :)it seems to be the general consensus even among my friends that FNTY is the best complete fic I've put out. Reading thru the comments, I remember one of a person who told me that it made them cry - and the comment made ME cry LMAOOOOOOO😭

I'm very proud of it myself as it was not only my first published fic, but my first multichaptered fic I ever completed as well. Though I am a slow writer (SEAFARERS CHAPTER 5 IS IN THE WORKS😭), for FNTY it was never because I had excessive trouble figuring out what to put on paper - especially never when in regards to the letters themselves. The most troubling parts were the in betweens, funnily enough.

Mono and Thin Man come very naturally to me when writing. I think it may be because I tend to interpret them as having very big feelings... like myself, I guess. And since the story itself is short, I suppose that I managed to make the thing itself feel like there are many big feelings in a tiny box. I will admit I got emotional myself a couple of times... then went on to edit like nothing was wrong LMAOOOO like this is how I looked writing and then editing vvv

For Seafarers, the emotional payoff has yet to come, and it will be different -- considering we have World's Most Emotionally Constipated Woman and Our Strongest Soldier (the PTSD has yet to hit because she's still actively experiencing the horrors) as the protagonists this time.

Six and the Lady are both considerably harder to write for me. I had my chance to write the Big Feeler at the very beginning because the stakes there were skyrocketing from the getgo, but now things have gotten considerably more... silent. The feelings are there but they're all kept in. OUGHHHHHHHHH

I also can't wait to introduce more stuff; I've been writing down concepts for shadow magic and powers, how the Maw works, the various things the Lady of the Maw has to look after to keep it afloat... and the Ladies. Look, I'll say that I'm really happy with what I'm doing with Teapot and Rascal. And with Teapot in general. I really like the characterization I pulled out of my ass LMAOOOOOO and the DESIGN... ok so I'm willing to share a couple of the Teapot's I've doodled

(She's genuinely very silly [read: sick in the head]... i gave all the Ladies some nice additional details because. Ik the point is that they all look very similar but I love designing outfits fuck it this is MY au i do what I want)

So right now I have a suspicion that Seafarers will hit better when it's finished and can be read from beginning to end. Since it's longer (I plan it to be... around 15 chapters? A bit longer if the events require it to be.), there will be more time to let the stuff brew until it reaches its climax as intended.

#carols.txt #Seafarers (Lady Mom AU)#ftny #my writing #{HELP IM SORRY YOU DID *NOT* ASK FOR ALL OF THIS #i went off the rails...#anyway. thank you SO much #so so much #all i can say is the grind never stops and i always strive to get better #seafarers is a different genre so i dont expect it to draw the same reactions out of people but im sure it #will find its crowd👹#again off the rails but i remember peeps commenting that they liked my characterization of the Lady and that had me twirling my hair #giggling like omggg.... fr.... really... thank you! i know her personally and intimately #you could say carnally #HELP #shes so nice to me i would bake her the uncooked beans in the cans ... shes my baked bean (she's high)#INFKDKGMGH #someone send help for six because at this rate she'll lose her mind before the whole 《ladyfication》 process is even beginning}

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porcelainmortal · 10 days

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20 questions for fic writers

thank you for the tags, @firenati0n and @myheartalivewrites!

How many works do you have on ao3?

Nine

What's your total ao3 word count?

72,997

What fandoms do you write for?

Red White & Royal Blue ❤️🤍💙

Top five fics by kudos:

it happened on a lake

handy for a handyman

a brit in brooklyn

when the curtains call the time

falling in a 5+1

The way that my handyman!alex series tapers off in kudos highlights how many people read the first part but have yet to read the rest!!

Do you respond to comments?

Yes, I try to respond to all of them! I appreciate that people took the time to comment, so I like to take the time to let them know it.

What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

None, happy endings only for my boys. 😁 Technically, being enough ends on a bit of an angsty note, but it's just a short snapshot of a moment in their lives, so it's not really the end of the story.

What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

They all have happy endings, but it happened on a lake looks into the future, so we get to see where they will end up. (Also there may be another chapter coming of this but shhh you didn't hear that from me.)

Do you get hate on fics?

Not really. I did get one comment on my angsty multi-chap that said Henry was pathetic. I thought that was mean, he's just Henry going through a hard time. And one comment on another fic that pointed out an editing mistake (which I appreciated) but then didn't comment on the fic at all. Like... is that all you took away from this? 😢

Do you write smut?

Yes. I sure do. 😆

Craziest crossover:

It's not technically a crossover, but it's also not *not* a crossover; the song of alex & henry has FirstPrince discussing The Song of Achilles and the similarities between them.

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of!

Have you ever had a fic translated?

No, not yet. But I'd be open to it!

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

No, I don't know how good I'd be at that. But it happened on a lake exists entirely because of @rmd-writes.

All time favorite ship?

Alex & Henry, hands down.

What's a wip you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

I don't know if I could completely abandon a WIP. I have some fic ideas that I have written a couple of paragraphs for that might not get fully written, but I don't consider those to be WIPs. They are really just slightly fleshed-out ideas.

What are your writing strengths?

I have surprised myself with my ability to write sexy, flirty banter. I think I learned from reading all the best fic writer over and over again. When I am writing Alex and Henry, it just flows so easily. I feel like conversation in general is fairly easy to write; sometimes I have to force myself to add in some exposition.

What are your writing weaknesses?

I am not good at world-building. I don't have a ton of patience for setting a scene or explaining things. I want to get better at those things, so I was thinking of challenging myself to write a fantasy au or a historical au. I'm just so afraid of getting the details wrong. As a perfectionist, it can be hard to work past those things that make me uncomfortable.

Thoughts on dialogue in another language?

I love to read it - and thank goodness for Google Translate - but I haven't written any because I don't speak any other languages besides English. I am learning French so I might throw some of that in eventually, but if any native Spanish speakers want to offer their services so I can throw some of that in for Alex, please let me know!

First fandom you wrote in?

Twilight, when I was 21. Don't judge me. 😅

Favorite fic you've written?

Ah, I don't know! They all have such a special place in my heart. But honestly, my handyman!alex series has been incredibly gratifying. Not just writing it, but the comments that I've gotten on it.

That said, the Big Sad fic that is still a WIP is going to be something special, I think.

No-pressure tags for @cha-melodius @iboatedhere @orchidscript @clottedcreamfudge @cricketnationrise

And whoever else wants to play!

#20 questions #fic writer game #fanfic #ao3 #fic writer questions #rwrb

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michaelmyersofficial · 1 month

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31/03/2024 Sunday Afternoon

I haven't posted in awhile but I do have some general updates. No real news on the disability front. They did send me a letter that I got over the weekend asking me to confirm my details, but I have to call them on Monday since they got my phone number wrong. Other than that, there really hasn't been any movement. My family is returning home from their vacation without me. I don't mind not going because it means I will get to see my brother. On the other hand, it would have been nice to be able to go somewhere else. I really hate where I live. Speaking of visiting my brother- I almost lost the ability to go. They changed my airline tickets without informing me (good thing I checked!) and I would have missed my connecting flight and been stranded in Amsterdam. To be fair, this would have been on the return flight and not the flight to visit, but if I don't have a return flight set up, I wouldn't be able to go anyway. It took 5 hours on customer support to fix it, because they were trying to tell me my only options were to cancel, to pay $800 to change airports, or to wait and take a new flight 4 days later (I wouldn't have a place to stay in that time). None of which worked for me, but since they were the ones who changed the flight I knew they had to find a fix that actually worked. However, after about 4 hours of back and forth I was ready to give up and take the cancellation- even though that meant I probably wouldn't be able to visit my brother, and it's entirely possible I wouldn't get a second chance. Fortunately the last person I talked to come through for me, and got me a new flight that worked. So I am still able to go, but I have to set up seating yet. I also have to buy a suitcase and new headphones, so that will probably be the main mission for the week. I'm pretty close to finishing Sistersong- I'll post an update on that later. But I haven't really gotten anywhere in Red, White, and Royal Blue since my last update. I ended up reading the first volume of Yuri Espoir (recommended by Ena) instead. While I probably won't finish Sistersong today, I should be through it relatively soon. Originally I was going to pick back up in orv, but I promised my brother I'd be reading Eye of the World on the trip over so I might do that next instead. I haven't quite decided. My aunt will be starting her business up in May so I will likely be helping her out with it again this summer. This mostly just gives me something to do, as I am free labour for her and she doesn't have to pay for a laundromat. But it's not difficult to wash and fold laundry. I haven't been able to finish catching up in my games, but I feel like today has been a little more productive than usual on that front, so I do think I'm getting somewhere. I know the Zenless Zone Zero sign ups have started but honestly I'm not sure if I will play it or not. I have a friend who plays nearly every gacha in existence and whales on them too. They started playing Love and Deep Space recently which seemed neat but upon looking into it really isn't free to play friendly and I can't drop money on gacha like they can. Talking about friends- I have a friend who has feelings for me. I honestly am not mad about it or anything, and I'm not seeing anyone, but I really just think they don't understand me very well. Also like, my feelings around romance and love and sex and everything related are not very clear. I tried to explain this to them, but I think they didn't take it very well, either. I think honestly my feelings on these things could be their own post so I won't go into detail, but it's something that could be an issue in dating someone, so I think it's best to be upfront about that. Also more than just that I'm not sure they understand me as a person very well, I think they rely on what they think about me more than what I actually say, and when I say something that contradicts their thoughts, they just ignore it. Maybe I'll make another post talking about this, or about my feelings about romance.

#diary #ena #disability #brother #books #family #games #friends #romance #?

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misty-wisp · 2 years

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I got asked about this theory I got about Morgana being connected to Persona 3...

...so here we go. Heavy Persona 5 AND Persona 3 spoilers ahead. This is gonna be a long post too, btw.

So, let’s lay some groundwork first. We all know Morgana, the cognitive cat made by Lavenza and/or Igor themselves, yeah? All we know is that he was created by them. So...what was he made from? Did he just pop in out of thin air, or was some kind of material used in the process.

If you played P4A/P4AU (or if you played Persona 3 and paid a whole lot of attention to its lore), the Plumes of Dusk comes to mind. As a good chunk of us know, they were used to give Anti-Shadow Suppression Weapons such as Aigis and Labrys their respective personas, and by extension, personalities.

And after you finish a certain request in P3, Elizabeth gifts you a Plume, implying that she (and possibly other Velvet Room residents) may have more on hand. So it wouldn’t be too far of a stretch to imagine that Morgana was created from a Plume of Dusk, given that he still has his own personality and persona despite being a mere cat/cognitive being, right?

However, Plumes of Dusk are confirmed to be parts of Nyx that were shed upon her fusion with the moon, meaning that if Morgana was made from what’s essentially a part of Nyx, he also has some form of connection with her.

Here’s where my theory comes into place: Morgana is a reincarnated Ryoji Mochizuki.

You’re probably really confused now. And weirded out. You might be asking, “Misty, are you high right now?” No, I’m not, as I am not from Colorado. That aside, I do wholeheartedly believe this statement.

First off, let’s get into visual similarities.

Pretty simple things: They both have blue eyes, and a yellow scarf, along with the rest being a plain black and white color scheme with little exception. And while Soejima had designed Morgana the same way he did with other mascots by using the "toy" set of colors (red, blue, and yellow), you can't deny that these two have pretty similar vibes in terms of the use of color.

One thing in particular I want to point out, however, is their eyes.

(My apologies for the slightly low quality of the image on the right. It's...difficult to find high quality official artwork of someone who hasn't gotten major relevance since around 2006 or 2015.)

Their eyes have almost the exact same colors, with the exact same way they are colored—A dark blue with a lighter blue surrounding it.

(Interestingly, Morgana's false human form found in Persona 5 Royal does this the opposite way, switching the colors around.)

(This appears to indicate that what you see is not his true "human" form, and that is proven true. Food for thought.)

These visual similarities can easily be proven coincidence however, so take this all with a grain of salt.

Up next is details I gathered from Persona 5, mostly Morgana's social link.

One thing Morgana wouldn't let you forget throughout the game is that he is not a cat, but rather, a human being. He acts quite adamant about that statement and never lets it go, until the false reality he is given in Third Semester is shattered, forcing him to admit that he was a cat all along, and I won't deny that he is. My theory merely states that he was human in a past life.

It starts with rank 1 of Morgana's social link: He states that wandering throughout the Metaverse caused him to lose both his memories and his true form. But as of the end of the game, the concept of Morgana even having a supposed "true" form is thrown away, which I find kind of...wrong. Yes, his supposed memories of being human had come from witnessing those jailed in the Depths of Mementos, but what if they also came from fainter memories from a past life where he was indeed human for a time?

Another thing: Throughout the events of his social link, Morgana has nightmares about actually being a shadow, or being created from shadows. You can easily connect this to Ryoji. How so, you may ask? Ryoji's true form, the Arcana shadow of Death (which by design is Thanatos, so I should remind you of the fact that personas are essentially tamed shadows), is spoken of, and I am very much paraphrasing by going off of memory here, as the "shadow that was not meant to be."

Along with that, early on, Morgana wonders about the possibility of actually being a malevolent being, which can be connected to how Ryoji wound up being the Appriser of the Fall. That's merely more food for thought more than anything, though.

Some extra tidbits:

In Akihabara, if you interact with one of the claw machines in the arcade, Morgana states that he feels like he's seen it before, possibly referencing the claw machine you can play with in Paulownia Mall.

A Mementos line from Haru says that Morgana would be "exceedingly" popular with the girls at Shujin if he were to attend. Whether this is merely her being nice, pointing out the fact that everyone loves cats, or referencing how Ryoji was extremely popular and flirtatious around girls in Gekkoukan, who knows. Probably the former two if we're thinking realistically, but we're not, so I'm going with the latter.

An unused Mementos line (for Royal, not vanilla P5) has Ann stating, "Mona's surprisingly stylish. Especially that yellow scarf!" This may or may not reference how recognizable Ryoji is with his yellow scarf. Probably not, but I don't really care, lmao

In conclusion, Morgana and Ryoji are likely to have some sort of connection, if you believe the basis of Morgana's creation coming from a Plume of Dusk. Whether they are the same person reincarnated, or connected in some other way, is more up to you than anything. Feel free to add onto this or smack me in the face and call me wrong. Actually, don't smack me in the face and call me wrong. I'll cry.

#persona 3 #persona 5 #ryoji mochizuki #hi my name is misty and i'm a crazy game theory conspiracist #morgana p5 #misty says things #long post

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insufferable-talkstuck · 9 months

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Redoing this here [sorry for doing it on the main blog] [basically copying and pasting the one I already did but this time im taking it more lightly and also adding stuff 🔥🔥🔥

I am a very stubborn person , one who basically just goes "fuck it we ball" , "do whatever the fuck you want" , is pretty much an hater , and i get really close to people. I also get angry easily , but still somehow manage to keep an "happy go lucky" persona online. Also , I always feel like the world sucks. More specifically, like there are too much bad things to hate , and hating them all and knowing they are happening makes me even more mad. I also have always want to know everything about everyone , and i am almost always seeking out knowladge , even right now. Im also mostly a lurker , due to having a thing about having to keep a "good reputation". I've always wanted to be famous , but just so i could not be forgotten after my death. And I've always thought myself as some sort of attention seeker , which is why [unless present with an anonimous identity] i basically never vent , becouse i know that people have problems worse than mine. Also , due to [as i mentioned earlier] getting really close to people , I've gotten in a lot of toxic friendships , and have only like 5 or 6 true friends. Lately , I've been going through a phase of self reflection. Especially about how I used to act or think in the past. And even about current me. Im very impulsive and uhhh yea i guess thats it 🔥🔥 [btw i am sorry for asking on the main blog but i am not sorry for basically spam liking your posts 🔥] [holy shit i just realized how much of an edgelord i sound]

Prince of Hope

you share a classpect with Eridan ampora.

im not sure how to excuse this assumption of you properly, but as soon as i read your submission the exact thoughts that went through my head were "mind.. rage! HOPE." * so you'll just have to believe me as much as you can muster

Hope revolves around belief, religion, courage, and a black and white view of the world. as a prince of hope you are more afflicted with rage, a powerful aspect that can bring down an entire session

* i thought you'd be a mind player because your wording makes it look like you're concerned with justice, or at least have a strong sense of what you believe is the right thing—but that can better be assigned as hope, the way your beliefs may not seem correct to those around you but you're stubborn in your way

you talk about getting angry easily, don't think i have to break down why that's rage pilled as fuck, but specifically rages description of ‘ a rage player may tear down an entire system if they deem it wrong, and rebuilt it themselves ’ ( highly referenced but not exact quote, cant look it up rn ) really reminded me of you.

If you'd like more closure i suggest looking at Eridan as our prince of hope, this is not my finest most detailed work but I do believe it suits you best, and when a classpect assigner gets a gut feeling you don't question it

#homestuck #homestuck classpect #classpects #classpect #classpect assignment #prince of hope

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ohsilverplease · 2 years

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I could, no smarm intended, use your thoughts and prayers and good vibes and whatever other positive things you can beam into the universe and point my way.

My mom is in the hospital, at the care level below ICU, with fluid around her heart and lungs. She was diagnosed with COPD and asthma this summer and I guess she never fully recovered from the pneumonia she also had at that point. She's awake (well I haven't talked to her today but we texted some last night) but we don't know next steps yet.

Older Bro has been visiting my parents for a week but had to fly back this morning (out of DC, a 4-hour drive from their house). Dad was driving him to the airport and stopped at my house at 2 am to drop off the dog (who belongs to my cousin, who just had back surgery so we are fostering one of his pups). Dog escaped before they even made it through the gate, while I was still sleeping. I woke up at 3 to pee, thought "hmm I thought they'd have been here an hour ago" and they drove up a minute later to say they'd been chasing her for 45 minutes and had to leave soon or Bro would miss his flight. They were going to take one more lap around the neighborhood but every time they'd gotten close to her, she'd run off because she thought it was a game. She's a black husky so being out at night was especially hard to see.

So I put my shoes and jacket on over my sheep pajamas, grabbed a flashlight and some treats, and headed out on foot just to see if she'd come for me. Luckily she'd been at my house a few times so at least maybe there would be familiar smells or whatever. I was going to put out food and water but I'd just seen a possum next door so I just put out water. (I am such a bad storyteller, these details are irrelevant, but it's really just for me.) So I walk to the end of my street, towards the busy road (which wasn't bad at 3 am obviously but there were a few cars). I saw a car pulled on the wrong side of the road and headed towards it, and then thought "what if this ISN'T my dad and brother and I'm heading to my doom" but then I heard them whistle and saw the pup run in front of the headlights. So we spent another 5 minutes trying to get her to stop for a treat, which she did, but darted away when I tried to grab her and ran up across the road to the woods.

So Dad and Bro left, frustrated and scared and also trying to get to the airport on time. I said I'd walk the block back home because it's safe enough, and as I'm walking back a car honks and some guy yells "your dog is in the middle of the road" and then she ran off ahead of me and turned onto my street and stopped to sniff and took a treat from me and let me put the leash on her. I kept giving her treats till we got inside, and then elatedly texted Dad and Bro so they could stop worrying. She drank a bunch of water and we went to bed at like 4.

Anyway, burying the lede here, but I have covid -- symptoms started 8 days ago, I tested negative the first 2 days, went about my business thinking I had a cold, and then tested positive on Monday. So I'm working from home, still congested, more fatigued than usual, and extra worried from lack of sleep and the fact that my dad didn't come back by here yet. He may have gone straight home but that would add an extra hour maybe for him to get to the hospital to see mom, but I'm not sure what time she can have visitors or anything. And I guess he doesn't want to spend time here that might cause him to transmit covid (even though he had it in August) considering he might be spending a lot of time at the hospital soon.

Anyway again. I have to take cupcakes to the office for a baby shower because I'm dumb and can't ask for help. Someone will meet me at the car so I don't infect anyone but I should have just done this differently. I'm so tired. I think C is coming over this afternoon; he also probably has covid now. Everything is just a lot.

#cw hospital #covid mention

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maerinhearts · 1 year

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I need a safe space to talk about something in my life.

TW: Death

In February 2015, my paternal grandmother passed away. A lot of my family assumed my grandfather would follow soon after, but he didn't. I was at college in Pennsylvania when it happened, and my older sister, along with my grandfather, got in the car the very next morning to come pick me up for the funeral. I was very close with my grandmother so that was really hard on me.

In May of 2015, on my 20th birthday, I went to visit my grandfather as I had just gotten home from college and wanted to spend time with him. My grandma always kept track of the birthdays for grandpa, so I didn't expect to get a "Happy Birthday" or anything like that. However, he told me on that day that if shooting himself in the head wasn't a one-way ticket to Hell, he would do it. But he can't, because my grandma is in Heaven and he wants to be with her.

I'm sure you can guess how much that hurt.

I distanced myself pretty far after that without really realizing it. Plus, I have an older brother that I have not spoken to since late 2015 for certain reasons and they always took his side, even though he was in the wrong. That's a story for another day though. I always felt ostracized and like I didn't matter much to that side of my family so I distanced myself even more.

In February of 2019, my paternal aunt revealed that she had Metastatic Breast Cancer, stage 4. It had spread to her lymph nodes, her joints and her lungs. We weren't sure how long she had, but I vowed to spend as much time as I could with her. Then COVID happened. She loved camping. So the summer of 2020, when things started opening back up, I started going camping again so that I could see her. And in October of 2020, she passed away when the cancer spread to her brain. Her death was hard for me, I was very close to her as a child.

In May of 2021, my older sister and i received a phone call that my father was dying. He had Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and had been in a nursing home for 10 years. The nursing home stopped caring for him and he was starving by the time he got to the hospital. He could barely talk anymore, and he was a choke risk. The doctor gave us two choices that my sister and I had to make as his next of kin: permanent feeding tube surgery that he had a 5% chance of surviving or moving him into hospice and letting him die peacefully. We chose hospice. I won't go into full detail about the whole thing as his death was very traumatic for me, but he passed in June of 2021.

My grandfather has disowned me god knows how many times for not talking to him while grieving. And I can't imagine how it must have felt to lose your wife and all your children. But we were grieving too. He said some hateful things to me over the years. But even then, when he got rushed to the hospital on the evening of January 14th, I was worried. And I rushed to the hospital on the 15th to see him. His kidneys were failing and he was actively starving due to a mass partially obstructing his esophagus. He had stopped eating completely because he started choking. But he didn't tell any of us. He was rushed to the ER because my baby cousin found him collapsed on the floor. He got out of the hospital later that week and into a nursing home for physical therapy. But he just kept getting worse and worse....

We rushed him to the ER last Tuesday morning, January 31st. We needed him to have emergency feeding tube surgery. Only to find out that he didn't have long left. It was rough... we didn't get moved to a room in the hospital until 4 AM on the 1st. My sister and I didnt get any sleep that night. And we moved him into Hospice at 3 PM later that day... where we spent the next 4 days with him.

He passed at 1:58 AM this morning, February 5th, and I feel fucking lost. So lost. My dad's entire family is gone, and I'm only 27. His last day of consciousness was spent yelling at me about anything because he wasn't sane anymore. I got yelled at about flowers on the floor (there were no flowers) and I got yelled at for not holding his hand.

I'm so exhausted. I'm tired. I'm tired of the people around me dying. I don't want to go plan his funeral tomorrow. I can't say goodbye to the last living link I had to my father. And it didn't help that the situations were similar and they looked the exact same laying unconscious in that bed...

And no one understands how I feel. My sister and two cousins might, but honestly, none of them have the same views on death as I do and none of them understand any of how I have felt for the last 8 years alone. This fucking sucks. I had to driving home at 3:00 this morning after getting all my stuff packed up. I cried the whole way home. I watched him take his last breath and yet it doesn't feel like any of it has happened at all.

I know that people have probably been through something similar, but I just can't help but wonder why me? I'm just fucking tired...

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imakemywings · 6 months

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I hope you don't mind me asking for some writing advice, like lots when making fics in the Tolkien fandom. You see, I have tried writing fics of ideas that came to my mind. And every fic I've written becomes unfinished because I feel like halfway through, it starts becoming soulless, like in a way that it looks out of character for the character to say this or that, like I may have gotten the characterization wrong or the context is a bit too weird and distasteful and this discourages me that I never tried uploading it on ao3 because um Idk I think they won't like it so um. How do you do it? I've read your fics repeatedly and I am always in awe because they are amazing af. I wish I could write like you.

That is so kind of you to say about my works anon! 🥺 Would it help at all if I told you I've had the same concern about my writing? In most cases, no one's harder on your work than you.

One of the things that's nice about the Tolkien fandom is that while fanon may have strong ideas about a character's personality, canon (in Silm) has relatively little to say about everyone's personality. So it's really hard to "get it wrong" as long as you don't mind potentially going against fanon ideas (And you should never be afraid to challenge or discard fanon! You might be surprised by how many people find your take refreshingly new!)

I would definitely encourage you to go ahead and finish the fic and then take another look at it when it's totally done. Sometimes you may get these doubts part way through just because you're sort of committed now and it feels a little daunting to commit to finishing the rest of the fic if you're worried it won't be good. But I think having a finished product to evaluate would help you take a more accurate look at your work. Most of us go through fluctuations of "this is great/this sucks/this is alright/this is the greatest thing I've ever written/I'm never publishing this ever" so that's normal.

I would also say, when you're reading other people's fic, really consider what it is you enjoy about their characterizations. If there's something there that really strikes you as true to the character, or just an interesting dynamic, don't be afraid to let that influence how you write a given character/ship/scenario!

When I started writing Tolkien fic, I felt a little lost because there's so little canon information on personalities. I was accustomed to fandoms with a lot more defined characters. So one of the things I do is before engaging in-depth with a new Tolkien character, I try to write out at least 5 traits that I would say define that character, in my mind. This gives you a little manual to return to if you start wondering "Would she react this way? Would he say that? How would they interpret this?" And you can expand and grow more detailed from there as necessary.

As for context--I would say there's nothing too weird for a fanfic audience. You will always find someone who's into this idea! And even if you're really just writing it for you--that shouldn't stop you!

I think it also helps to have fandom friends. Interacting with others on AO3, on tumblr, on Discord, can lead to some great friendships and having a circle of people to share your work with can be a lot of fun. It can help with inspiration, motivation, and all that kind of stuff (with the caveat that you'll need to provide this for other members of the group). If you can count on at least one or two people to have an interest in your work, you might feel more comfortable posting and more motivated to finish it!

Generally speaking, the worst that comes of posting on AO3 is that your work gets no interaction. Sure, there are instances of flames or whatever, but generally consequences tap out at "0 comments." Which is definitely disappointing, but also--you haven't lost anything. And you got the benefit of completing a work! Maybe this one didn't get attention, but each work you create helps you get better.

As someone who's been writing fanfic for a long time (15 years or so!), let my most emphatic advice be this: write what you enjoy. Write what's fun for you. Fanfic is a hobby, and above all, your creations should be geared towards you. If other people like them too, awesome! That's always a good feeling. If they don't--that's alright, you do, and that's what really matters. It should be fun to go back and reread your own work, because it's something you wrote for yourself! And if you write what's fun for you, it will be easier to keep yourself coming back to it, and practice makes perfect. If you put too much pressure on yourself to write the perfect piece, writing will just be too stressful and unpleasant for you to want to keep doing it!

I hope this helps, and I hope you do go ahead and post to AO3 someday, when you feel comfortable doing it. Don't let your doubts tell you you have nothing to add to the fandom!

#asks #anonymous

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vargaslovinghours · 2 years

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So I may have gotten momentarily distracted about The Dating Sim

Honestly most of this is UI design and thinking around the mechanics of how a Dating Sim could be made with some spoilery(???) uses of said mechanics; I am completely enamoured by game design and player accessibility but it can be kind of a weird niche lol ♪

Starting off with text boxes!

Tried out a design with yarn acting as the entire border and bows tied throughout. The little scribbles of red in the lower left corner were supposed to be stitched/knitted heart patterns to represent Edgar’s Affection Points, but I still haven’t settled on a design I’m happy with |P

This is probably the closest, but it’s also the most simple - nothing wrong with simple! But I still feel like I can do better. 10 stitches for 10 possible Affection Points ♪

A slightly more refined take on the text box(es), especially to do with how Scriabin and Edgar’s complement each other - both sides of the yarn would go offscreen for either of them, but it’s mean to look like if you could zoom out the screen they would be tied to each other. The three bows are a bit much for such a confined space lol, but maybe if they were a bit more spread out. And giving each of them a directional border on the side the yarn ties in as well, I like that it’s more subtle :)

Still working on Edgar’s Affection display, I just can’t find a good balance of simple and thematic >:/ I do like the knitted text box tho, if it was subtle enough and I could get it to look right, I wouldn’t mind certain threads turning from a light grey to red ♪ I just worry that might be too much yarn, if such a thing exists haha

Down to just one loop-de-loop - it could reasonably show for both of them, cut off just after it on each side to indicate they share the one ♥

All menus all the time!

The buttons at the bottom of the text boxes would open up three different overlays with either a darkened BG or see-through screened effect, I’d have to test them digitally to see which is the most readable :P But they open to LOG (this screen: The current scene’s dialogue in case you clicked too fast or forgot a detail) - MENU - and a gear that opens OPTIONS

The aforementioned OPTIONS; mostly the basics for now, Text and Size, Music volume (I’d probably change it to overall volume and/or SFX specific) - I did forget one option here, toggling Adult Content since y’know, Vargas can get kind of A Lot sometimes haha ♪

A potential MENU layout, though I also like the SAVE/LOAD/TITLE/EXIT options being at the bottom of the screen, decisions decisions. I think leaving them to the side to allow the saves to have a multiple page listing at the bottom and keeps it all pretty clean and readable tho, hmm. Both OPTIONS and MENU would have the same overlay as LOG from earlier as well ♪ Unified design!

Me, just completely lost in the sauce: What is the most organic/non-utilitarian but still readable layout I can make so that the options are integrated but not a clusterfuck hmmmmmmmmm. Lol, it’s important to me! Depending on how tall and centralized the splash art is, either a stack would be too dividing or would cover up details - but it could also be used as an intentional divider! You can see I tried separating the buttons to each take a corner and hated that lol (which sucks ‘cause that would allow the art to be very centralized lol), and my notes from the OPTIONS spilling over haha

Next up: Endings Chart! Edgar’s on the left, Scriabin on the right; an ↑ indicates high Affection (7+), a - means mid-range Affection (~5), and a ↓ means low Affection (3-)

I actually forgot about the Neutral Ending, but that’s ‘cause it’s the Neutral Ending lol - it’s basically what happens if you get to the end without raising either of their affection high or low enough to get any other ending - basically if you start ignoring them and run out the days as normal. Technically the lowest one could be considered the Worst Ending, but it’s meant to be a joke ending lol :P

And finally thinking about a secret on the Title Screen, if I could figure out how to do it lol - since there’s like seven endings, it could be a pain to see how many you’ve gotten up to this point/how many are left, and how to get the last one(s), so why not a handy flow chart? But just leaving that out in the open feels like spoilers to new players and cheating for those who haven’t gotten at least one ending yet, so I liked the idea of hiding it in the yarn tied to their hands; on a first boot-up, the cursor wouldn’t react to it and the image wouldn’t look like something that can be clicked on, but if you did, it could still take you to the chart, but the intended route is to complete the game at least once, and then once the cursor is hovered over the yarn it would glow and change from a regular cursor to a clickable indicator, so anyone who got curious would get a bigger hint ♪ Still hidden, but easy to access :D

Those are most of my design notes and ideas for an over-excited first run lol, all the rest of my ideas were dialogue- and scenario-based :3c

#💟#Doodles #Art #Scriabin #Edgar #Dating Sim #Yeah I can already tell this is gonna need its own tag lol #It's a bit early for a sketchdump but I'm not sure how interesting a bunch of UI and other video game design updates would be lol #I have just realized I put different ''an'' and ''a'' to refer to the arrows because I was still thinking of their words and not symbols lol #''An upward arrow'' and ''a downward arrow'' why don't I just type out the word at that point #Anyway lol #There's something funny to me about Scriabin saying ''Y/N'' - as well as all the cutesy floral stuff meanwhile Edgar is crying and bruised #Juxtaposition eh lol #I don't have a go-to player name these days so sure [Your Name Here] will do lol #All my notes just refer to them as ''The Player'' so it's not like I've got much to go on lol #I have also written out all the endings and the basics of how to get them! I think six main routes and one joke ending are pretty good :3c #Then again I haven't actually played that many dating sims - but for two options? Yeah I still don't know that might not be a lot #I did have fun with it tho ♪

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Title: The Instructions

Author: Daniel Mallory Ortberg

Rating: 2/5 stars

I'll start by acknowledging that I have been on the receiving end of "a call out post." I may have gotten this one a bit wrong and I welcome criticism and/or arguments if this is the case. In any case, however, I am not going to change my rating of the book, although I will probably tweak some of the details.

I found the book to be much better than I had been led to expect. It was kind of like a book of poetry I read in high school -- it had a weird, distinctive, somewhat awkward, and kind of loud style. I didn't think I would like it very much, but the book won me over very early. It did this in a number of ways, including by having unusual "clown logic" and often extremely verbose (or "gloomy" as one friend called it) first person narration, and also by making the reader feel like they were reading someone's thoughts as much as telling their story. I've always thought of myself as someone who doesn't like poetry much, so it was kind of refreshing to read something that felt like it was me.

The story is kind of a combination of the best aspects of "The Book of All Skies" and the best aspects of "The Master and Margarita." It reads like someone was inspired by H.G. Wells in both styles, to the point that it doesn't really make much sense without that historical context -- and the book is full of little references to actual historical people, events and places that don't always add much to what the characters are saying. The writing style is so idiosyncratic and difficult to get into (I'm not sure this would be a problem for anyone who already knew H.G. Wells) that I would probably not recommend reading it even if I liked it. It also contains a lot of first person narration, and so the reader doesn't know what happens to the characters even when they do get into the narration.

In sum, I liked the book -- but not enough to recommend it as the next book I would read (although I do recommend reading it if you are into weird style, weird characters, or both).

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saras-devotionals · 2 months

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Quiet Time 2/26

What am I feeling today?

Tired and worried. I wish I could’ve gotten more sleep and this week is midterms. I already finished my midterm paper that’s due today but I also have an exam that worries me. Also, I’ve been asked to disciple someone today and I’m not really sure how to do that since I’ve never done it before and I’m worried I’ll end up doing the wrong thing.☹️

Sermon Notes: “The Lord Declares War!” (part 1/3)

Continuing in the series on Exodus, reminder:

Exodus 1-15 (God delivers His people)

16-34 (providers for His people)

35-40 (dwells with His people)

Note on dwelling with his people, when we’re a true baptized disciple, we receive the Holy Spirit. However there are some people who say that they are spiritual people or they practice spirituality. We should remember that anything that's not the Holy Spirit is evil.

Isaiah 55:6-11 NIV

“Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon. “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.”

A lot to unpack here. One, seek the Lord while you still have the chance. We are not guaranteed tomorrow and we will never be in the same place of our life again. Seek and call to Him while He’s still near!

Second, if you look closely, the water cycle is mentioned in here. The rain and the snow come down and do not return until they’ve watered the earth. Think about how incredible it is that that small detail is in a book from so long ago, how could Isaiah have known without the influence of God!

Third, God uses that to reference His word. That it will not return to Him empty handed and it will accomplish that goal He had already set out for it.

Also, reminder of the quote: “WHEN A PERSON CAN'T FIND A DEEP SENSE OF MEANING, THEY DISTRACT THEMSELVES WITH PLEASURE."

- VIKTOR FRANKL

1) God Declares War When We Stubbornly Question the Truth!

Exodus 5:1-3 NIV

“Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let my people go, so that they may hold a festival to me in the wilderness.’ ” Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord, that I should obey him and let Israel go? I do not know the Lord and I will not let Israel go.” Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Now let us take a three-day journey into the wilderness to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God, or he may strike us with plagues or with the sword.””

"This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says” reminder that the Bible is the word of God, this is what He says! Some people will arque against the word/God when you show them the Bible but remind them and yourself that it is not a you problem, but instead they have an issue with God.

Also there’s a warning at the end here that the Lord May strike “us” with plagues or sword.

Lastly, if Pharaoh obeyed, then he’d be acknowledging a deity greater than him since in Egypt they believed the Pharaoh to be a sort of god.

Luke 14:31-33 NIV

““Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Won’t he first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace. In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples.”

Great scripture when counting the cost. You have to evaluate whether you’re really up for the challenge of being a disciple. Also, in this story, there's no way we can win (for we’re the king with the 10,000) so what's the point of fighting with Him (God has the 20,000). When you fight with God, it’s just pride and stubbornness, thinking that your way is greater than His.

What are areas in your life where you are fighting w/ God? wrestle this out w/God through prayer for the sake of your soul to get right with Him!

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