#lotsa work lotsa google doc pages etc etc

[cultivatingyourfuture]

listen okay i know clem's been clem since he was made but how funny silly goofy would it be if he were a blood orange now im just sayin ..........

ok many many things 2 say abt this auuauaua. for one im almost certainly going to have to change a bunch of the plants associated with certain chars (i absolutely refuse to change cherrys or lemons tho. mostly bc im so attached to Why i named them that way and also *if*they end up as the only characters with fruits in their names then. oghjfg. the parallels..... the connections........), and vallen's character and storyline is shaping up to be very, um. unique. compared to the other bots. which means theyre the character least likely to be consistently referred to by the plant in their system, so replacing clementines with blood oranges really isnt out of the question! the only thing is that i would maybe have to give him like, red red hair and im so attached to their current design that that seems borderline unthinkable to me, even just. ignoring the fact it'd be kinda strange to give him and cherry the same hair color imo aushrht

on the other hand.

ive been playing around with what abilities the cyborgs have exactly, and im leaning towards vallen essentially being, uh. venomous? as in, they have properties that can sedate, incapacitate, or kill people, but im not too sure on how i want to implement that just yet. and like... blood oranges arent called that for no reason. they *look* gorey and bloody on their own.

anyways, an externally-controlled vallen oozing toxic blood from his eyes and mouth is certainly a fucking thought huh 👍

#tbf hes not even been vallen since he was made. i think their name was initially ivy? and they had elloras last name at first #bc ellora didnt exist at that moment in time #down-thedrain #ask #horror tag #vallen #supermassive black hole #i have been doing. a loooot of revamping #hence why this blogs so dead as is #lotsa work lotsa google doc pages etc etc

[thethirteenthcrow]

tbh i would love any kind of internet security list you could provide whenever you have time! :)

*kracks knuckles*

INTERNET SECURITY LIST AND OTHER FIREFOX EXTENSIONS

▷ use firefox, not safari or edge and Definitely Not google chrome;

▷ always use duckduckgo as your regular search engine. even w the extensions below you’ll see that none of them will light up bc duckduckgo is awesome and doesn’t track u;

▷ go to your add-ons and get these extensions (alphabetical order):

— adNauseum (fake-clicks on every ad it detects a bunch of times so the company's analytics will be all fucky-wucky and it will cost companies lotsa money)

— cookie autodelete

— decentraleyes

— disconnect

— don’t track me google

— duckduckgo privacy essentials

— hoxx vpn proxy (free, although limited, vpn)

— https everywhere

— localCDN

— privacy badger (redirects your trackers babey!)

— privacy possum (falsifies data so it costs companies as much money as possible)

— TrackMeNot (does randomly generated searches on random search engines so it hides what you really search for AND makes analytics all fucky-wucky)

— uBlock origin (superior adblocker)

— WhatCampaign (swaps out google analytics with fake shit, do you see a pattern? once again! the analytics are, repeat after me, fucky-wucky!)

▷ other add-ons that i do recommend but have nothing to do with tracking/adblocking:

— auto tab discard (closes ur tabs after long time no use, mend it to your own settings);

— bitwarden (one place to keep all your passwords, would not recommend putting Very Important ones like your bank account there but, like, tumblr works);

— dark mode (automatically makes websites dark, isn't perfect but it's nicer than being blinded by every Wikipedia page at 3am when you're losing that sense of existence and what is and isn't real anymore)

— firefox multi account containters (sort your tabs babey! give cute colors to your tabs, separates them from work/personal/shopping/etc.)

— google docs dark mode (turn off dark mode and use this one for docs, works amazingly)

— grammarly

— honey (save money, use honey ;))

— mind the time (keep track of how much time you've spent on a tab)

— reddit container and facebook container (two seperate add-ons but keeps your reddit and facebook stuff separate from the rest)

— reverso context (for my fellow bilinguals who sometimes Do Not Know the words and then there they are)

— shinigami eyes (it's a starting extension but it tries to hide transphobic and other anti-lgbtq+ stuff from your view. when you see something's slipped through, you can report it to them so they hide it from other users)

— simple tab groups (sort your tabs in groups with names n stuff)

— sponsorblock (also a starting extension, but hides sponsored-moments from youtube videos and makes you enjoy the content you're there for, not the 783rd hello fresh or raid shadow legends ad. it's user-driven, so be sure to submit the moments where there is sponsored content to help other viewers!)

— tranquility reader (if u don't want to be overwhelmed by all the functions on a webpage and just. read. the. damn. text.)

— unpaywall (a MUST for all students or people in research-driven workfields. read those paywalled items and articles! learning should be free! another option for this extension is 12ft ladder)

and those are all the extensions i currently have on my firefox. if you have any recommendations, drop 'em in my inbox and I'll add them to this list!! hope this helps you out!

small reminder that adding more extensions might make your firefox slower, but trust me, is alllll worth it.

stay safe out there on the big wide web that wants to know everything about you. don't tell them more than what you want them to know xx

#terrifying thought: my boyfriend uses google chrome and no tracker-blockers and his reasoning is: #'google will know where i am when i'm kidnapped' #yeah and SO MANY OTHERS WHO HAVE NO BUSINESS IN IT #like maybe the KIDNAPPERS IN THE FIRST PLACE? #and ofc tracking ain't always physical. it's also your behaviour on the internet and the things you show interest in #i forgive him for this behaviour only bc he's cute #anyways! #firefox #add-ons #adblock #liminalweirdo #extensions #google #zhalia’s lil chit chat

[alkamata]

uhhhhhhh heya here's a character sheet template i made

feel free to have a look/use/modify, etc. 👍 (there's like 4 pages of blank info)

it should hopefully be pretty comprehensive for getting lotsa key info down, plus some stuff that i personally find useful (such as a section specifically for voice notes), but if you do use it, it's up to you if you add/remove anything.

it's also just under the cut if you don't wanna open a google doc lol

Generic Information

Name(s): 

Titles:  Nickname(s): 

Gender: 

Age: 

Birthplace: 

Current residence: 

Occupation: 

Religion: 

Nationality/Ethnicity: 

(if applicable) Species: 

Voice: 

Status:

What do they think of themself?

Appearance/Physical Specifics

Hair: 

Eyes:

Height: 

Notable attributes/features:

Physical appearance: 

Physical condition: 

Style of clothes: 

How do they feel about their appearance?

Story-specific Information

(for you to fill out)

examples from mine: Abilities, Divine-related Problems, How do they feel about their association with the divine?, etc. since the story I primarily use this for has got a bunch of gods with interpersonal issues.

Life History

Current-life events: 

What were the circumstances of their birth? 

(if applicable) Significant past-life events:

(if applicable) What were the circumstances of their death?

Occupation

Education: 

Employment status: 

Are they book smart or street smart? 

Qualifications/Certifications: 

Work experience: 

Personal Life

What do they live in? (living conditions) 

Where would they like to live? 

What does a nice evening look like to them? 

(if applicable) What is the state of their bedroom? 

Do they have any comfort items? If yes, what and why?

Do they have any secrets? If yes, what?

Psychological

What do they want? (motivations)

Personality vignette: 

Initial Myer-Briggs: Yes I know, corporate horoscopes that are reductive of personality. Final Myer-Briggs: This is just for a sort of quick-reference of how they might change, and what changes.

Important Traits:

blah

blah

blah

How do they feel about themself? 

Projected development:

Ambitions/Obsessions: 

Psychological state: 

Vices: 

Fears: 

What are they proud of? 

What are they ashamed of? 

(possible additional specific to character)

Miscellaneous

Likes: 

Dislikes: 

Hobbies: 

Random facts: 

Romantic/Sexual preference:

Relationships

What is their family situation? 

What are their friendships like? (gender tendency, closeness, how many, etc.) 

General public reception: 

(if applicable) Enemies:

Meta

(Your) opinion on them: 

Intended reader/viewer opinion: 

What is this character’s point in the story? 

Current problems:

Uncategorized/Extra

(kind of for fun, but putting your character in kinda random situations can help get to know them better)

What happens when there are no clean dishes in the house? 

What happens when something goes wrong? 

What do they do when there’s a thunderstorm? 

What sort of music do they like? 

What happens when they’re handed the AUX cord? 

What do they do when they’re in a petty online argument?

Important Relationships

(List significant characters here) 

Additional Side Crap

(Superfluous/unimportant character details that you still want down. These things might not be important to the story, but having them can still make the character feel that much more alive)

Voice Notes

(Voice section of Generic Information, but in more detail. What separates their voice from everyone else’s?) 

Visual References

(This is just for drawings or maybe inspiration if you want to add it in)

#sorry i'm gonna tags-capitalize #writing resources #writing #writeblr #creative writing #character sheet #(but like for writing) #writing resource #original fiction

[an-island-universe-blog]

DGHDA ZINE - the basics

SO, there has been a decent amount of interest in this zine and that left me a) - utterly floored, because this is SO COOL and b) - in a state of ohshitnowineedtoknowwhattodo.

Below, (or above if you’re upside down) are my thoughts/plans for the zine. Now, please note that my experience is limited - I’m 16, draw for fun, and have only been included in one zine before (that hasn’t actually even concluded yet). I know next to nothing about how to circulate this if we were to print it, and even less about pricing/printing in and of itself. Therefore, my thoughts lean towards the final goal being a .pdf of this zine - put together with a standard amount of pages, standard sizing of A4, and lotsa fandom love.

This is not to say that I don’t think it could become a physical thing, but that I would need help/funds to make that happen.

I think importantly, this zine should be for fun! We all love the show, and we’d all love a collective contribution from members of the fandom, right? 

Initial thoughts under the cut.

What is a zine/fanzine?

An article from 1984 explained it much better: “One of the most recent phenomena of the pop culture melting pot are fanzines. A fanzine is something akin to an underground magazine, and there are virtually thousands of them springing up all over the country. Fanzines cover a wide spectrum of ideas; the articles, interviews and band reviews, however, are not written in a style found in conventional media. The majority of fanzines are put together in a chaotic fashion; poetry, art dabblings,..”

[Cited from here.]

What does this mean for those wanting to contribute?

I will make a side blog (which I will link as soon as I’ve made it presentable) to organise a schedule.

For me, I have exams coming up throughout summer, and need to put in some serious work. Therefore, I think that having a long period of time to contribute will benefit everyone wanting to put in their two cents. Say, late this year (November/October), or even coordinating with Season 2′s release onto Netflix in December.

We could contributors down into;

Those who work on zine content:

Fanwriters

Artists

Graphic Makers

Those who proofread and edit the zine:

People knowledgeable with programmes like Photoshop 

Those willing to read through and check over any text within the zine

Those who could create an index page/table of contents

And within that, a form of crediting the users participating

I also think that the zine could work in tandem with allowing fandom members to get to know each other better! ‘You love the piece of fanfiction displayed on pg.9? Check the credits out to see the author.’ ...Or something like that!

Who gets to contribute? Can my cat type a segment?

YES, if your cat fills out a form! 

What I HAVE seen used is a process of application forms during other big fandom events. A side blog will be created for the event, and (I presume) a google doc detailing what the job would include, segments to fill out in order to state experience and interests etc. 

Now, I would feel terrible if someone wanting to contribute couldn’t, but considering the size of this fandom, I feel like most people wanting to will be able to. 

How many pages will there be?

‘To be succinct, there really isn’t an “average” or standard number of pages for magazines. With that said, however, most magazines, whatever their overall page count may be, will have a magazine page count that is either divisible by 8 or 4.‘

[Cited from here.]

My thoughts: We wait to see how many applicants there are and decide on that basis. If we don’t print the zine, then in theory, everyone who wants to contribute can, but otherwise, funds might fall flat (especially considering I currently have £0.19 in my bank account). 

No fixation on pairings.

But wait, we want Faranda kissing! 

GURL, ME TOO! I debated this for a while but decided that in order to engage with a wider audience (i.e. beyond the Tumblr fandom) we would want the zine to be ship-free; focused on characters and what we love about them, and inclusive of all characters in the show. 

Now, this really doesn’t have to be or rule, or if followed, mean that no ships could be included! I see no harm in throwing in some fandom-favourite fan fiction, or creating new pieces based on character ships.

How would we get in contact with you and share our ideas for the zine?

My email: [email protected]

Most importantly, I want this to be a collaborative project! I wouldn’t want to show favour to any one user in this fandom... dedicate 15 pages to my pet cats... start discourse over Dirk’s hair colour... I want everyone to feel like they have a say in the contents of this zine.  

At the moment, I haven’t been notified regarding messages in my inbox (the icon doesn’t appear), but I regularly check my emails anyway so I should be able to respond. If I’m not responding quickly either a) message my email directly, or b) yell at me via Tumblr messenger. 

HOWEVER, once the zine blog is up and running I will make a separate email account (probably called ‘DGHDAzine@...’ or something along those lines in order) dedicated solely to the zine. This way I could sort out the user list of who wants to contribute, any questions could be answered without clutter, and I could receive files easily.

In terms of file storage:

I’ve considered using Dropbox as a means of storage for files. Dropbox is free to download, and, if I share the zine folder with all contributors, easy to access. This way, files could be kept safe and manageable by all members working on the zine.

Here is a (crude) visual representation of what I it COULD look like:

(Focused on a few double spreads, not the entirety of the zine. A4 in scale.)

(Fanfictions of shorter length, possibly written precisely for the zine - e.g. drabbles - and then fanart A4 size but resized to fit within a page.)

Once again, THIS IS FOR EVERYONE! Please feel free to reblog with queries, questions, and additions, and critique any aspect you think could be improved. I am open to any and every suggestion! (Comments are fine too, but may be harder to reply to).

Thank you so much for your time/interest, I think this could become something worth the time!

I am going to quickly tag a few people who have contacted me: @everything-isconnected​ @toddbrotzmanns​ @ganceann​

#dghda zine #zoë txt #dghda #long post #pheeeew that took a while