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what-if-queen-camilla · 9 months

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Brighter Days

... a glimpse into the future with a little spin-off as someone wished for last night ❤️

I hope you'll like this piece and it doesn't spoil too much - don't worry, the main story will soon continue as well!

6th May 2023, morning

Buckingham Palace

"Wonderful, Mummy, you look absolutely beautiful!", 35-year-old Theodora sighed and wiped a few tears away as she stood in front of her mother - the Queen of the United Kingdom, who was going to be crowned, alongside her father, King Charles III, at Westminster Abbey in less than 3 hours. Although they'd had about 8 months to prepare themselves, sometimes it still felt surreal to her, not to speak of her poor mother who'd been nothing but a nerve-wreck for at least 72 hours. And now she stood there, dressed in the most beautiful, cream white gown with all of it's amazing, personal, little details, the stunning golden embroidery, for jewellery only wearing a delicate little golden cross bracelet and fine golden earrings and, most impressively, Queen Victoria's coronation necklace, which simply looked exquisite on her. She really looked like an angel, so elegant and graceful and pure…

"Thea is right, Mummy, you look marvellous and everything's going to be fine!", Laura agreed and also wiped a few tears away. Camilla turned around and looked at them all full of gratitude, love and uncertainty. They had all lined up in front of her, almost like military regiment: Annabel and Fiona, (who'd be her most senior Mistresses of the robes during the ceremony, followed by Princess Charlotte and her own little, six-year-old daughter Isabella, followed by Lola and Eliza, Camilla's two older granddaughters who had both turned 15 last October and January respectively), Laura, Lola and Eliza, and herself, who had all been with her all morning, helped her get dressed and at least tried to help her relax. "Milla, we're all so very proud of you!", Annabel declared solemnly and with a tearful voice, emotionally looking at her sister, full of love and admiration, quietly adding: "If only Mum and Dad could see you like this..." "Yes, if only…", Camilla said, but thankfully, before the two of them could have got any more melancholic, the door was opened and the other ladies came in: Catherine with Charlotte and Isabella, all three of them looking stunning, Catherine regally dressed in the same robe of the Royal Victorian Order as Theodora, and the girls twinning in the cutest little white cape dress ever, looking so happy and so proud to be part of all of this, it was just heartwarming. Camilla's face lit up the moment she had seen her youngest granddaughters and both Isabella and Charlotte rushed over to her to give her a hug, but Annabel and Fiona were rather concerned about the dress, consciously preventing them from being too wild - not only the girls but also an overjoyed grandmother. "These two here…", Catherine said, smilingly pointing at the girls. "Wanted to give you a little something." "Oh?", Camilla asked, looking at them in excitement, and Charlotte sweetly helped Isabella pull out the little box which they had jointly designed and painted in Camilla’s favourite colour, duck egg blue. Isabella shyly handed it over to her grandmother, who looked at it very interested and admiringly. "Such a pretty little box, look at the beautiful paintings!", she gushed, carefully drawing over the delicately painted flowers and hearts with her finger. "Have you two made it?", she asked and Charlotte and Isabella nodded. "You're so talented, it's absolutely beautiful, thank you, my little darlings!", she said, visibly moved, and bent down to give them sort of a half-hug, much to Annabel and Fiona's concern but, thank goodness, nothing happened to the dress.

"Gaga, you have to open it…", Lola said, shaking her head and rolling her eyes in amusement. "Oh…", Camilla chuckled, facepalming herself, before finally opening the pretty little box. "Ohhh!", she exclaimed, as she discovered a beautiful, golden bracelet with eight heart-shaped, golden charms on it. Carefully, she placed it in her hand to have a closer look and realised that every charm featured one of her ladies' names, engraved in their own handwriting: Annabel, Laura, Theodora, Lola, Eliza, Catherine, Charlotte and Isabella. Camilla looked up at them and, once more, had to wipe a few tears away. "This is so very beautiful, I… I don't know what to say.", she stuttered, touched and overwhelmed. "We're happy you like it!", Eliza said, tenderly stroking her grandmother's arm. "I… I'm sorry I'm being so emotional today, it's just…" "... the nerves, we know, and understand that.", Catherine assured her with a comforting smile. "Are you going to wear it today?", Charlotte asked, expectantly looking at Camilla, who shook her head in disappointment. "I'm afraid not, sweetie. But I'll wear it for the concert tomorrow and probably never take it off again! It's so beautiful and I'll always have all of you with me, wherever I go. I shall treasure it forever.", she said solemnly, carefully putting the bracelet back into the box, placing it on the sideboard next to her other personal belongings which would be taken back to Clarence House by their staff once they'd have left for the service."Gaga, we have to take a selfie of all of us before we leave!", Lola suggested almost in panic, as if this was the most important part of the day - perhaps it was, at least to her. "Alright, alright, let's take a selfie.", Camilla laughed, motioning for the other ladies to gather together around her so that Lola, who stood in front of her, had them all on camera. "Cheese!", she said and everyone smiled their most beautiful smile - just in time, as one second later the doors swung open and the other non-royal family members came in to pick up Laura as she was not going to leave together with the others. She kissed Camilla goodbye, one last time "uncrowned", waved at the others and disappeared.

"I think we might go and search for husbands soon as well.", Catherine said and Theodora nodded. "Yes, we'd better." They'd be driven to the Abbey by car but would take part in the procession at the beginning of the service, so they'd all had to be absolutely on time. "Alright, Mummy… we take our leave as well.", she announced, taking both her mother's hands, looking at her full of love. "You will be amazing. I love you so much and I'm so proud of you. We all are.", she said, pressing Camilla’s hands tightly, affectionately kissing both her cheeks, before she bent down to her little daughter, pulling her into her arm. "And you, my little darling, will be amazing, too.", she told her. "You take care of Gaga and protect her, will you?", she asked with a twinkle in her eye, and Isabella nodded seriously. "I will, Mummy.", she promised. "And Lola and Eliza take care of you. You will listen and do what they say, won't you?" "Yes, Mummy." "Good girl!", Thea praised her and kissed her cheeks as well. It hadn't initially been planned for her and Charlotte to be involved in the ceremony the way they were now, it had just happened during the rehearsals, they had been obsessed with Camilla’s robes and desperately wanted to do what Annabel and Fiona were doing so at some point, they had given in and let them try and everyone's surprise, they had taken it all very seriously and done amazingly. Eventually, the girls had been asking and begging and crying so long that their parents and grandparents, especially Camilla, whose robes were concerned in the first place, had allowed them to do the job on the big day, with the one condition that the two older girls, Lola and Eliza, would be behind them and assist, should the need arise, and after a bit of loving persuasion, they, too, had agreed to do this for their grandmother and Camilla had been overjoyed.

Catherine and Theodora rushed down the grand staircase which, much to their amusement, was quite a noisy affair in the heavy robes. It was the first time for both of them to wear the full "regalia" of the Royal Victorian Order which they had both been bestowed with by Her late Majesty in 2017 and 2019 respectively, each of them wearing it with pride. Down in the Entrance Hall, their husbands were already waiting for them with their two little sons; William, looking all dashing in his Order of the Garter robes, with Louis and Thea's husband Alexander, dressed in an elegant Morning Suite, with their four-year-old son Albert. "You two look lovely!", William said charmingly to his wife and sister, greeting both of them with a kiss. "So do you!", Thea said, asking: "Have you been with dad? How is he doing?" "Um… alright.", William replied, but Louis revealed: "Grandpa is nervous!!!", which caused both little boys to chuckle. The four adult shared a smile as well, before each couple with their respective son, entered their car…

#king charles #queen camilla #royal family #royal baby #fanfic #fanfiction #prince william #princess of wales #princess charlotte #coronation

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powluna · 2 years

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Simblreen ‘22

Hello everyone, maybe some of you are already waiting for this post, but maybe most of you just don't care. Here is my finished plan for Simblreen 2022!

Last year Simblreen was SO much fun for me. I was totally delighted by how many people were in my inbox, showering me with compliments and other niceties. That's why I put extra effort into my gifts this year. Last year there were six costumes, so six cc pieces. This year there are six costumes again, but consisting of a whole 20 cc pieces!!! I put emphasis on accessories this time to capture the overall look of a real costume.

Also, I am very happy and proud to announce that the Simblreen '22 pack is a collaboration of my sister and me. When I asked for help with suitable makeup for the costumes, she just impressed me with her talent. So I didn't want to post the pieces under my name because that would just be totally unfair. That's why these parts officially belong to her: @moluna03. Feel free to leave her a follow so you don't miss the release. The gifts as a set (with the makeup) you still get with me, but when in the end everything is made public for all, there is her part with her and mine with me. I hope that makes sense.

So, how does it work now with the Simblreen event? I'll be giving out gifts on three days (otherwise it won’t fit in my personal schedule). Everyone who comes by my inbox will each have the chance to get one of the two gifts that day. One will be for kids and one will be for toddlers. If you'd rather have a specific one, it's best to put it in your message. If you don't care, I will let chance decide what there is. That makes it pretty exciting, doesn't it?

Of course I will write everything again in the respective "daily post", so that you don't forget anything! Here are the dates, mark them in your calendar!

1st day - October 23rd 2nd day - October 28th 3rd day - October 29th Release of the whole pack - October 30th

I am looking forward to see you in my inbox! And I hope you are looking forward too!

You don’t know about Simblreen? Check out this explanation.

#simblreen #simblreen participant #simblreen2022

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lovova · 4 months

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I see artists doing little showcasings of what they've accomplished creatively in the last year, decided that looks fun, and decided I'd do for myself an little inventory of what I've written in the last year as well, based on archive posts and what I can recall (I specify 'what I can recall', because I was not keeping track of when I did or did not update my main fanfic "Video Game Cruelty Potential" so...guestimates for that fic! I have 36 chapters, I can probably guess it was updated at least every other month) ~ So! For 2023: January: Did a fan-fanfic for my friend Lex called "The Other Rooms" where I explored off-scene implications of his cool-ass fic Room No.5 February: Created an alternate version of VGCP called "VGCP: Characters at their best" where I tried to explore some of the chars in the same setting being more well adjusted. I haven't gotten very far in it, but I am determined to get back to it this year! Also probably updated VGCP March: Did two short Kaito stories, an Oumota called "Playing with Phobias" where Kokichi messes with Kaito and a Saimota called "Luminary Hero of the Track Field" where Shuichi worries over Kaito's enthusiasm to sports while sick. April: Started what was MEANT to be a multi-chaptered Homestuck!V3 Kaito fic called "The Devotion of the Luminary of Skaia", but I haven't gone back yet to figure out what happens next yet. Thinking about it now, I think I was to make it a three chapter fic, but I just need to save some space to go back and outline it someday. VGCP? Maybe? May: A short Oumota piece called "Carnation: Please Handle Gently" that I got some awesome art commissioned for by the incredibly talented Ere. This short story inspired me so much that I'm actually basing a new original novel on the same concept~

June: I (believe) this was the month I finished Kaiden! An omegaverse original story I was writing and posting to Kindlevella. I am super proud of finishing that piece, and while I want to go back and create a more refined second draft before selling it as an Amazon book, I still LOVE this version as well. Very proud~ And VGCP!

July: Two Oumota short stories, "Touring Mortality" and "Execution Failed". Touring Mortality was especially fun to write, though I was amazed at the positive feedback Execution Failed got. It was very uplifting XD This was also the month I (re)started my original story "Pearls and Shackles". Also probably VGCP August: More Pearls and Shackles, more VGCP. September: Pearls and Shackles! Probably more VGCP! Can't remember! October: Can you guess? PEARLS AND SHACKLES! VIDEO GAME CRUELTY POTENTIAL!! November: This was a purely Pearls and Shackles month, and that was because I dedicated NANO (National Novel Writing Month) to finishing it. AND I DID! It super needs a second draft, its not ready to show off, but it EXISTS! So hell yeah!

December: A funny short V3 story called "Soulmate Goose of Enforcement!" I had a lot of fun collaborating with this one with Lex, and am hoping to do a chapter 2 with another great writer added to the mix too, Andromebaa. I also started the first two chapters of a new novel manuscript, a Hanahaki story about a pair of lesbians struggling with love in their own ways, but both trying their best! And, also, I updated "Video Game Cruelty Potential"

Did I overestimate how often I updated VGCP this year? Underestimate? I have no idea, that fic is almost 300,000 words long by this point, let's call an update every other month a generous average of how often I add to it. Other then VGCP, I did 8 Short Fanfics, finished a book, started and finished another book, and started a third book. And I'm not counting stories I had to write for my school year. Just ones I did out of the passion in my damn heart.

So, yeah! I'm pretty proud of this year, it was a good one. I hope anyone reading this had just as good a year! Writers, steal this idea, go looking back the year and brag about what you accomplished! You deserve it!

Have a good 2024 everyone!

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w2writesstuff · 4 months

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What W2 Wrote in 2023

Considering that I'm prrrrrobably not going to manage to put out anything else this year, yeah, let's do a roundup now while I've got a moment. (Note: Only includes fun stuff; no professional shit here.)

January

I can't even remember January. Nothing happens in Januaries.

February

to the beat of your heart, ch. 3 (MDZS) The ongoing adventures of a self-indulgent happy-ending everybody-lives-and-also-bones WangXian canon-divergent AU; a joint project between my wife and me.

It’s Hard to Say “I Do” When You Don’t (@shousetsubangbang) Original story about a guy whose long-time crush asks him to pretend to be his boyfriend at a family wedding. Fake dating ensues.

March

Kintsukuroi (DMBJ) This heihua piece may be the best thing I've written all year? Look, I'm just very proud of how I made it exactly what I wanted it to be.

April

Head (@shousetsubangbang) This was a last-minute fill because the story I wanted to write failed to make itself writeable. Oh well! Still a funny and cute blowjob.

May

to the beat of your heart, ch. 4 (MDZS)

I want to be where all the stupid shit I say sounds so romantic and true (Guardian, WeiLan) Someday I will write a longer and more complicated series of Guardian sex pollen shenanigans, but until then, enjoy this one.

The Rightful Ruler (The Blood of Youth, Lei Wujie/Xiao Se) Still the only English-language story on AO3 for this pairing! Includes maybe the funniest line I wrote all year? You make the call!

The Doctor is In (Psych-Hunter) I know nobody watched Psych-Hunter, and with good reason, but I did, and I think Jiang Shuo should get to spy on the sexy gay doctor if he wants to.

June

A Single Explosion (DMBJ, Pangxi + Xiao Ge) For PingPang Week, with @pangzi in mind. Here's the missing part of Ultimate Note, where Pangzi takes care of Xiao Ge in the hospital.

Dog (The Disguiser, Ah Cheng/Ming Lou) This was actually written before I saw the post going around about how the sexiest thing one guy can be is another's dog. But it's true!

And I am green, and you are wood (DMBJ/Mystic Nine) Another exchange fic, where Liang Wan gets a chance to meet all of Zhang Rishan's old (boy)friends, especially Ba Ye.

Reverse Cowgirl (Not Gay as in Take Off Your Pants and Jacket, Queer as in Dude Ranch) (@shousetsubangbang) Is this the hottest thing I've ever written for SSBB? Might just be. Lesbian ranch hands recruit a city girl.

July

Stay (Beyond Evil, Oh Jihwa/Yu Jaeyi) Because you know what that show needed? Small town lesbians.

Little Spear (The Blood of Youth, Sikong Qianluo/Xiao Se) This show has some cute het, but how it would work in bed is another matter entirely; or, two gay people try to have straight sex.

动须相应 (live-action Hikaru no Go, Yu Liang/Shi Guang) It's hard to get much gayer than the actual show without adding explicit sex, so ... here you go! Post-series boyfriends.

One Quiet Night (Kingdom, Seobi + Lee Chang/Yeongshin) This is the other thing I'm really proud of, because it too came out pretty much exactly the way I envisioned it. A nurse, a prince, and a scrappy piece of shit more or less all fall in love.

August

Hooks in My Sides (Beyond Evil, JWDS) This certainly was the most popular thing I've written all year. It's unfortunately easy to write poor Juwon having a gay meltdown.

A World Made Up of Silver and Copper (@shousetsubangbang) A prince-and-pauper scenario, this time focusing on the prince's adventures in being mistaken for himself. (Hint: they are sexy.)

September

...Funny how the first months of each semester are usually a complete wash for me creatively, huh?

October

to the beat of your heart, ch. 5 (MDZS)

Over My Dead Body (@shousetsubangbang) Nothing like the romance of possessing a corpse only to find he's not actually dead. (Note to DMBJ fans: This should taste like heihua.)

November

A fair amount of November was spent writing something that I just couldn't finish for December's SSBB, once I realized how long it'd have to be and how little free time I had. Maybe next year!

December

Antivenin (@shousetsubangbang) A mean bisexual and an even meaner lesbian team up to distract their gay boss from his terrible crush.

And that's it! It always feels kind of weird to see it all gathered in one place, like ... wow, that's not nearly as much as I thought it was. But at the same time, it involves a couple of pieces I feel very good about, so overall I'm going to take the win.

The most fun I had was doing my Small Fandom Summer thing, where I wrote fic for fandoms that had <1000 English-language works on AO3. Maybe I'll do that again next year!

Anyway, if you do wind up reading something, especially the original stuff, thanks. A lot of this can be a very lonely process, especially when there's not much of a built-in audience. Saying you liked something makes me feel a little less like I'm screaming into the void.

Onward to 2024!

#s2b2 #i made this #original fiction #queer fiction #fanfic #queer

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sincerely-sofie · 6 months

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Check-in for October 24, 2023

I'm planning on doing regular check-ins that peeps can read or skip as much as they please. If you want to see behind the scenes of my projects or get to know me a bit better, feel free to peek below the cut! If not, just look at this color palette I made for my web dev class and admire it:

I know green and pink are my favorite colors, so I may be just a tad biased, but look!!! Look at how pretty it is!!!

I plan to use the palette for a website that is basically a guided tour of a fictional town that's populated by bug people, and while the colors used in the initial character sketches are still my preference, I don't think they look too bad in this proof of concept image! They definitely need some tweaking, and some details in the art itself need correcting, but all around it's not too shabby :>

I also made the logo for the website which, while uninspired, doesn't look that bad. I'm not in a logo design course, so I can't be too upset about that. I made two versions--- a light and dark one--- so that I could have it appear on most colors of background.

Also, I've printed off tons of art and stuck it on my walls over the past few days to inspire me. The art wall has been very successful in beautifying my space, but I've been a bit too worn out to draw much other than the start of a project where I draw individual generations of pokemon by memory. Venusaur looks exactly like I remembered it, but also nothing like that at all. Charizard's line only looks halfway decent by virtue of Twig existing.

I must say, though, that I am charmed by these drawings' doofy lil grins. Just look at Bulbasaur. He is raring to go! Charmander is ready to shake your hand! Look at these lads!!

I've been trying to learn Clip Studio Paint by drawing a new The Present is a Gift comic in it, but I cannot begin to explain to you all how intimidating of a program it is for me. I'm a Procreate gal, y'all. I have a conniption whenever I look at the Photoshop interface. When I look at this:

I am desperate for the cozy white space of this:

I spent over an hour struggling to draw a simple piece for Instagram, admittedly while desperately trying to get OBS to not give out on me while I recorded my screen, but I think that I'm slowly learning how to not faint whenever the Paint window boots up.

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Anyhoo--- enjoy the WIP teaser for the upcoming comic featuring a chat between Dusknoir (piloting a KO'd Twig) and Darkrai amidst a cave-in. If I am found dead, know that said comic worked alongside Clip Studio Paint to kill me.

As an update for The Present is a Gift in terms of the fanfic, I recently broke 6,000 words for the first draft. I haven't been writing too regularly--- when I do, it's usually to just sit down for 30 minutes max to try and get a little bit of a head start on NaNoWriMo coming up--- but whenever I do, the words come in batches of 400-700+ at a time. My dudes, I used to take a week to reach the lower end of that amount. I've been beating perfectionism back with a stick while sobbing "Quantity begets quality! Quantity begets quality!", but since I've set myself a challenge to write as many garbage words as possible without editing them until the first draft is done, I've been writing--- and enjoying the process of writing--- more than I have in my entire life.

I've been trying to win NaNoWriMo, a challenge where you write 50k words in November, for the last 7 years. I resigned myself to being a NaNo rebel and trying to write just 15k words next month. But if I keep cranking out 1,500 words in under two writing sprints per day--- without properly trying to eliminate distractions--- I think I could actually win for once??? I didn't think Pokemon Mystery Dungeon fanfiction would be what gave me a fighting chance at winning NaNoWriMo, but here I am. PMD brainrot truly is a miraculous thing, but I'll have to see exactly miraculous it is on the 1st of November.

So... yep! I probably should have figured out a way to sign off on check-in posts before deciding to publish this. Oops. Welp. Um. Thanks for reading?

Sincerely, Sofie

#sofie checks in #web development #web dev #web design #fanfiction writer #nanowrimo #Youtube #pngtuber #The Present is a Gift AU Update

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manonamora-if · 6 months

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November Check-In

As mentioned in my previous weekly update, monthly check-ins will be posted on the 1st of every month, recap'ing what's been done and what's the plan for next month.

Recap of last month's progress

IF Events in the Next Month

Plan for the next month

Still long post ahead. If you want a mini version, head over to itch.io!

October progress

The plan for last October was to:

Play and review more IF games ✅

Finish the La Petite Mort remaster: ✅

Either continue a WIP or fix another semi-completed game ❌

maybe try to add another block to the SugarCube Guide? ❌

The first was easily completed, since I reviewed about 40 games (out of the 75 entries) from this edition of the IFComp. This was more than last year in terms of quantity and time spent (more long entries this year), so while I did not play/review all entries, I'm happy with having done all that so far. Maybe I'll revisit the rest at a later point.

The second was a bit difficult. Working on the re-writes started pretty easy, but I ended up being completely short for words half-way through (even if I could visualise the scenes). Switching to translating the completed passaged helped pick up the pace, but I did this a bit too late, looking back. This meant I rushed through the last week, just before the EctoComp deadline, to complete a working state. This also means that while the game is complete, there are kinks that still need to be ironed out. This include the missing full passages (half-written or drafted, but not translated), missing translation (especially for the last passage), and taking care of the last UI friction. Another update is coming.

Having spent so much time on the first two, and IRL just swinging its bat at me, the last two points were not touched at all. Still, it's not bad, and other things came about:

The Bare-Bones Jam managed to get two dozen entries, which is pretty decent considering it happened at the same time as the EctoComp and the voting of the IFComp.

Lots of interesting discussion happened in the @neointeractives Discord server, especially covering the IFComp (moderation can't sleep).

I somehow managed to wing an entry for the inkJam, with In the Blink of an Eye. Don't know how I managed, I certainly wasn't in the right state of mind. Also turns out it was a 4-bird-1-stone, since I translated it in French.

Had an actual AMA on the blog, that was properly scheduled!

So still quite a bit considering life... (it's really been a lot, haven't processed most of it yet)

-_-

What's happening in November?

Nanowrimo for the writers, which can be a good incentive to progress the writing of a game.

The IFComp, EctoComp, and inkJam are always looking for players/voters. If you want to play a few short-ish games, take advantage of that!

The @seedcomp-if is always looking for inspiration (text, images, code, etc...) in this current first round. If you have half-baked ideas or anything, really, come submit something!

Over @neointeractives, we just wrapped up the Bare-Bones Jam and we have a new jam in the work... the ShuffleComp! Stay tuned ;)

-_-

The PLANtm for November

Still play more IF and maybe review. With the Bare-Bones Jam and the EctoComp over, that's a good 50 games to try out. (I've started with the inkJam already)

Finish the edits of Harcourt Ch5 (and get MelS to send me his Ch6 writing)

Fix one of the semi-completed games: either the Egg parser or TRNT (and make it a proper parser)

Finish that darn SugarCube Guide: there aren't much left in the guide to cover, but there are a few things to fix.

I would also like to compile the short drabbles from @crimsonroseandwhitelily into something more substantial. Either as a side page or within the game itself.

Taking the list of TO-DO from August…

To-Do not require much of new stuff:

translate Escape Goncharov! into French. ✅

fix the bugs in EDOC + overall the French version to match

fix the bugs of TRNT + find a way to add the missing pieces (mayyyybe translate into French?)

fix the formatting of DOL-OS + translate into English ✅

update LPM with the missing content + translate into English ✅

It's really been going down, which I am super happy about! I've made quite a bit of progress on that part since I made that To-DO (considering waves at life)

The rest of the To-Do pile was:

Finish The Rye in the Dark City (and maybe translate?)

Finish P-Rix - Space Trucker (and try to translate)

Finish Exquisite Cadaver (translation unlikely, current gameplay too complex to port for French)

Add a chapter to CRWL + fix/reopen the blog

Re-working TTTT to its originally planned state (lol, not likety)

Re-working SPS Iron Hammer (samesies)

Coding TTATEH (MelS dependent - shooting for end of year)

Emptying my inboxes (they are not all answered tho)

Honestly, this pile probably won't get done this year....

#dev log #monthly check-in #manonamora #interactive fiction #darn #didn't seem much yesterday #but I've really been doing a lot

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asterhaze · 8 months

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If you get this, answer w three random facts about yourself and send it to the last seven blogs in your notifs! Anon or not, doesn’t matter, let’s get to know the person behind the blog :)

Thank you for the ask! I have enjoyed talking about myself a little bit lately.

Serious: I also art! Though I haven't posted any of my newer stuff online because my tablet broke and some of my traditional work is stuff I want to eventually draw digitally and hopefully sell. I'm terrified of AI taking away my dream of being a super cool artist writer dream before I even have a chance. So yeah.

Silly Fact: I have a horrible phobia of mascots. It inspired a comic idea that I will probably end up writing about evil mascots that try to take over the world and cause the apocalypse. It's a pretty serious phobia that councilors and therapists have tried to help me with but nothing has worked because I've refused exposure therapy. There are some masks that trigger this phobia, but honestly it's mostly helmets!

Random: I only started writing seriously last October, and the amount of progress I have made this year shocks even myself. This is hard for me, but here is an example of my writing from last October versus something I wrote a few weeks ago.

October:

Glen stood beneath the willow tree in a small graveyard. He stated down at two small graves whose names had been worn away by time. But he knew them well and kept them close to his heart.

"Maria. My love. I miss you dearly, even still to this day." Glen began, going down on one knee to brush his hands across the grass. "I wish I was there with you. Wherever you are and whatever is beyind this life. I wish we could sit beneath our willow tree and I could tell you how much I love you again."

Last week - a longer piece that may or may not make it into a final draft-

“Now your suit really will be ruined. Your socks too.” But I have the money now to buy new clothes. Who cares, Maria, about suits and pants and socks and shoes? Who cares about arranged weddings? Who cares about any of that when you’re dead, dead, dead and I’m here, here, here? I’m still here, here, here… He reached out, brushing his fingertips along the front of the tombstone, weathered smooth by time. Faintly he could see the first letter of her first and last name but the rest was worn away. He traced the letters, very gently, before pulling his hand away and putting it back in his lap. Willow had cried and cried so many times sitting here before Maria’s grave. Mourning her, missing her, wishing desperately that she would come back to him and forgive him for everything and being left with only memories. The tears had dried decades ago, but the longing in his chest and the aching in his soul still remained. Now he just stared, his eyes glossed over, his lips moving without a voice as he spoke in his imaginary world where Maria was fussing at him for this, that, or the other. He knew he was crazy, or ill, or pretending, or at least that whatever he was doing was wrong but it made him feel better. Talking there, remembering things, it made him feel complete despite reminding him otherwise and he wasn’t sure why. Maybe it was that people left him alone at the graveyard, let him spend however long he wanted there, or maybe it was because he was close to her again. Eventually, when a headache was starting to form across his temple, he imagined Maria turning to him and smiling. Still wearing that horrible dress that flattered only her body, sickly yellow. Maria fluffed her skirt, slapping it when she was done, before turning to walk away. Won’t you take me with you this time? Can’t we go together? I’m tired of living without you, Maria. Maria looked over her shoulder, a sad look over her sunshine eyes, as she sighed and turned away. “You’re too good.” And with that, he imagined her walking away and fading from his vision in a great glowing light that blinded him until he closed his eyes so tightly shut he prayed he would never be able to open them again. Anything else he would see would just tarnish it. Tarnish his memory of her, but eventually he did open his eyes, and there was all that was left of her before him. Faded, worn, and nearly falling apart. Here Lies M….M…. Loved Forever.

Tagging: @mthollowell-writes @rainisawriter @doublegoblin @gummybugg @veetvoojagigthemagnificent

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zarvasace · 7 months

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PROGRESS POST

(10/4/23)

This is partly for accountability and partly just to get all this out of my head! This last month or two have felt so hectic, getting used to a new work and sleep schedule and all. I'm still not quite there.

If you're curious about what I've been working on and what my plans are in terms of writing and art for the rest of the year, read on. :)

I will say, though, that if you want more of a specific AU or story, the way to get it is by asking questions and leaving comments! Asks and comments remind me about things I'm doing and get me excited about them again! I have these plans, but I also am very good at chasing inspiration to unknown (and sometimes unimportant) corners!

By Fandom

Linked Universe Projects

I've been feeling less motivated to work on LU stuff, but I still plan on at least finishing what I have open, so you can look forward to some of that!

Writing

Disability AU—one small mobility trio fic in the works. A few vague ideas for doing backstory fics.

Council (1931 vampire AU)—this is still the "backburner to backburner" fic, but I do have some fun ideas. I just have been distracted with other things! I think this AU is a lot of fun and I'd love to do more with it. We'll have to see.

The Marvelous Misadventures of Wind and His Merry Band of Maybe-Human Misfits—chapter 7 (out of 9 or so) is in progress. I have it all outlined out, and it's fun to work on, but I have (again) been distracted! This is, I hope, going to be my main December project. It'd be nice to finish before it turns 2 years old next summer. Oops.

I have several other WIPs that aren't very exciting and probably won't see daylight, but they're there if I feel like them

Art

Coloring book—I'm part of the coloring book project! :) I have already finished 1/2 drawings, and they went so well, I'm considering doing more.

Shatterproof manga page—still on my radar! I'm doing the end scene from dazzling diamond danger, and my ambition keeps outgrowing my time.

Four Swords Projects

Writing

Fairytale AU—man I've started this Vidow BatB fic literally five times. I have an almost-complete draft sitting at like... 20k?? iirc, but I kind of hate a lot of it. I also like a lot of it. It's a bit difficult for me to work on rewriting something in that situation. Anyway. Another December thing probably.

Fright Fight—I have ideas for every week, but am currently unsure if I want to draw or write for them. Most of my October will be focused on filling these prompts!

Vampire Lords AU—I have strange as severe is this my fate open right now, with a fair amount of material... it just needs to be edited a bit. I do want to keep working on that, I've just... well. Distraction. A common theme. XD I might be feeling another little bite fic coming on, too.

Art

Fright Fight—see above

Fright Fight part 2—I have a few side things to do for this, like making graphics that I haven't quite finished yet. They shouldn't take long, I just gotta do em!

Non-Fandom

Stickers—I am in the process of drawing some stickers! Yay! These are for my work, but also just for me. I want some Halloween stickers. This is a backburner project.

Nanowrimo project—I need to spend some time figuring out a few things to really get going on my princess-verse. I'm going to be doing Nanolympics this year, so hopefully some of their preptober stuff will help!

Hearts Linked Together—my super-cool Linkverse. XD I love my dumb timeline, and all the characters, they're just filler drawings that I haven't had time to continue.

Secret Zelda project—I really really need to do this! I can't say much right now, but it involves a fair amount of work, both writing and art. I think I haven't gotten very far on it yet because I'm intimidated. Stop that.

Zine edits—I worked really really hard on an art piece for a LoZ zine coming up! This week is critique, and I anticipate a few edits later.

By Month

Facebook posts—a lady I know wants to commission pretty quote images to post on her Facebook. I need to reply to her text. And do them.

September

I primarily worked on the fic Blood-Sucker's Guide to High School. I also worked on and submitted one fic and one piece of art to two different zines, which I hope you'll see soon.

October

If you care, you may have noticed I'm not doing Whumptober this year! Part of this is because I'm a bit burned out from the above, and part of it is that the prompts just didn't seem very inspiring to me this year. Maybe that's just my mindset. I haven't been in a very whumpy mood.

I'm planning on filling weekly prompts for @fsfrightfight this month and maybe chipping away at some other fics, in addition to one more zine contribution. I'm also going to be planning for November and doing some scattered art work here and there.

November

NaNoWriMo! I considered skipping this... but I'm feeling really inspired and motivated to do it, especially with October as a break. I'm going to write some original work, and that will be the focus of my November. I'll likely get some other art done, too.

December

I hope to dedicate this month to finishing things up from this year! That means working on "backburner" projects.

#i speak from the coffin

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emberwood-if · 2 years

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Emberwood Update #1 (9/30/2022)

I guess I'm doing these now? but anyway, hi! I wanted to post a general update because my presence here has started becoming sporadic.

As of right now, I’m officially around 85% done with the Halloween special! I just have to write the platonic route (which is the group date route). When I’m done with that, I’ll do a quick round of editing and will be adding some meat to the solo routes since some scenes left me a bit unsatisfied. I wasn't planning on making the specials a particularly long or complicated affair but ofc...my ambitions always leave me with so much more coding and writing lol but I prefer it that way. I'd rather have to do more and finish with a better piece of work than publish something I'm not proud of.

I'm hoping to release in early October, mostly because I'm traveling later in the month and won't be online. Worst case scenario, it'll release either mid October or right before Halloween.

Just to repeat: this specific special will be free! I do get a few asks about that.

If everything goes well, this will be the first and last piece of bonus content before Chapter 2 releases. HOPEFULLY. I really want to release Chapter 2 before the year ends, but my full time job makes that pretty difficult (I work nine hours—I’m usually tired by the time I’m done haha).

My brain is already running with ideas for a New Years Special and a birthday extra story (since one of the ROs bday is in December)) but Chapter 2 will take priority.

Chapter 2 is looking to be hefty already, but I might trim it down for pacing purposes.

I really really really want to release chapter 2 as soon as possible but it really depends on my free time.

That goes to my third point, with the way chapter 2 is progressing and how many components I'm adding to it, I feel like it won't be feasible for me to publish chapters without getting more eyes on it. There's so much branching, scene changes, choices, variables that publishing with little errors is def not likely hahaha.

When Chapter 2 is close to finishing, I guess I’ll look for beta testers/early readers

It depends on interest, I kind of want a beta reader/tester for each route (+the platonic route).

I created a form just to see if there is interest in being a beta tester.

(I hope the form works I never actually made one before lmao)

This is NOT an application (???) I just want to make sure there is some general interest.

Also, the visual masterpost is still coming haha It has slipped my mind but I will be posting that still!

Anyway, that’s all :) you’ll probably have a guess of how close I am to finishing chapter two once the (possible) beta forms come out (if people are interested), because that’s when I’ll have enough content to justify needing more eyes.

That’s all! As always, my inbox is always open <3

#emberwood update #emberwood #interactive fiction wip #interactive fiction #interactive novel #interactive game #update

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green-socks · 2 years

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Looking For You

Pairing: vampire!Benny Miller x gn!reader

Summary: You search for supernatural things with your friends for fun. What happens when you run into one of the beings you're supposed to be hunting for?

Words: 2.5k

Warnings: Benny and reader have sex and though it's not described there's mentions of it. They move really fast but they just have the hots for each other, who am I to stop that? This is all very silly tbh.

Notes: OKAY SO. I wrote this piece in October of last year based on two prompts from @lorecraft (it's literally been a year but here you go I guess!), and I had grandiose plans to make it a series and that's why I never posted, but that just never happened. So then I promised myself in May that I'd just post this on Halloween this year as it is and be done with it. A big thank you to @a-reader-and-a-writer for braving this old mess with your supportive betaing. I don't deserve you <3

MASTERLIST | BENNY MASTERLIST

This sexy edit that started it all is by @madrefiero

Some years ago, your friends got the idea to start making YouTube videos exploring supposedly haunted places to try and record evidence of any supernatural existence. They hoped to catch signs of ghosts, ghouls, demons, vampires, werewolves, anything. That was why you often ended up following them to places like abandoned houses, creepy industrial areas, graveyards, dark forests, eerie cabins.. you name it, they’re on it.

So far the team’s endeavors haven’t produced any significant results, but it’s mostly just about having fun anyway. Sometimes you grumble about the weather conditions on your trips, not really enjoying the rain and wind in your face while searching for who-knows-what signs. One time your expedition crew had been crossing a muddy field, and you and your friend had sunken in the mud all the way to your thighs. Your left Wellington boot had gotten stuck so bad you had to leave it there and walk home with only one boot and an extremely soggy sock. Your colorful cursing had amused the viewers, and it became the most watched video on the whole channel. It had sort of gone viral. Hooray.

You don’t outright deny the existence of all these creatures, but you also don’t completely believe in them. You feel like you’ll believe it if/when you see some proof. You’re curious about your friends’ interest of course, and you aren’t that spooked by the dark or the mystery. Which is why you agree to tag along with them and provide your commentary – with the occasional comic relief moment – since they claim you add entertainment value. And who would turn down an adventure with friends?

One of your friends had gotten a tip from a regular viewer of the show about a group of vampires living a couple hours’ drive away from your town. Your friends usually follow pretty much all tips from viewers, because even if they don’t lead to any big discoveries, the experience is still worth filming.

You must admit, this particular gig does sound pretty interesting – four unnaturally handsome (according to the tip) bachelors living in a big, secluded mansion together? Not exactly an everyday occurrence, in your opinion. It will be worth the visit just for the filming material, even if they turn out to be just a gothy rock band or something. You don’t know much about vampires, and you doubt you’d even recognize one from up close, but you’re always there along for the ride. You have even booked rooms at a local motel in case the investigations take longer than a few hours. It’s promising to be a fun Friday night trip with friends, no matter how you look at it.

After stopping for quick burgers on the way, your group decides to try and find the mansion. You drive close to the approximate location, but then leave the car a short distance away and make the rest of the trek on foot, not wanting to alert any possibly murderous vampires or whatever. Your group of five silently makes their way through the woods toward the big house. The manor itself isn’t very hard to find, even if Google Maps hasn’t covered the area super well. There’s light coming from some of the windows, there are a couple of cars in the front yard, and everything seems mostly normal. Nothing out of the ordinary sticks out to your eye, nor the camera’s. You don’t dare get too close to the property, not wanting the cops called on your asses if you turn out to be spying on some harmless dudes trying to live in peace and quiet.

But at least it was confirmed that there is indeed a mansion and that people do seem to live there. The group decides to head to the bar for the rest of the evening, hoping to maybe chat up some locals on their views on vampires – as discreetly as possible, of course.

You’re at the counter, ordering a new drink for yourself when a tall man slides to the stool next to you.

“Hey, are you from those YouTube videos, the ones where you hunt for monsters and stuff? You’re the one who lost a boot in the mud, right? You cursed like a sailor. I was impressed,” the man says, grinning broadly.

“Oh. Yeah.” You blink, not used to getting recognized at all. “Well, I am here to entertain and amuse,” you say dryly, giving a little bow, and the man laughs.

“I’m a big fan of the channel! Great fun. What’re you doing in town? Are you shootin’ here?” he asks, eyes wide. “I’m Benny, by the way,” he introduces himself, offering his hand.

You tell him your name and reveal that you might indeed be shooting here. It’s not like it’s a top-secret project. You can totally tell a fan about what you are doing in town, right? You end up telling Benny a lot more about your escapades with the crew. He’s really fun to talk to – a great listener, laughs easily, asks questions. Plus he offers some very amusing stories of his own friends in return.

He’s a very good-looking guy, with intense blue eyes and such a dazzling smile you feel a little dizzy looking straight at him. He’s also definitely being flirty with you, and before you know it, you’re making out with him right there at the bar, not caring who sees – you’re a tourist, so it’s not like anyone even knows who you are anyway.

“Damn, sweetheart, you make my cold, dead heart feel like it’s beatin’ again,” he says with a charming grin.

“Your cold, dead heart, you say? I doubt there’s anything cold or dead about you. You seem like a human puppy,” you say, raising your eyebrows in disbelief.

Benny throws his head back and laughs, “I’ve been told that before.”

Soon enough you’re thanking your lucky stars for not having to share a room with anyone this time, as you drag Benny up to the motel to have your wicked way with him.

The next morning you wake up to see Benny lounging on the bed next to you, comfortably naked, reading the book you had on your nightstand. You’re honestly a little surprised that he’s still there, your usual hotel room hookups leaving way before dawn.

“Good morning,” you croak.

“Mornin’, Sunshine,” he greets you, putting the book away and turning to face you.

You scowl at him for the nickname, feeling very un-sunshine-y at the moment. He was the sunshine one here.

“Why didn’t you wake me? How long have you been up?”

“Ah, you looked so cute sleepin’, I didn’t wanna disturb you,” Benny says.

“Yeah, no way this looks cute,” you scoff, happy that there aren’t any mirrors in the room to prove you right.

“I’m serious, baby, I could look at you for all eternity,” he grins with a mischievous spark in his eyes, his expression turning hungry.

Your own eyes roam his naked form, feeling a bit hungry yourself. Well. Who said you need food for breakfast?

You part with Benny after getting one last taste of each other, him heading home, you suppose, and you meeting with your friends to go over your strategy for the day. The first half hour of that brunch time strategy meeting is spent by them interrogating you about your night with the handsome stranger and wanting to express their complaints about the loss of sleep you two had apparently caused them – “I had earbuds in and it still didn’t help! What are you, animals?”

After they’re done roasting you, the strategy is finalized for the day and you get a move on. It was decided that you’d split up into teams to work more effectively. The first part of the not-so-subtle strategy for your team is to send two of you to the alleged vampires’ mansion doorstep, pretending to sell something, and get them to talk to you. The hope is that this will give you more indication as to whether there is some truth to the rumor or not. It’s also a pretty silly and not at all scientific method of figuring out vampires, but your group has the entertainment value of the videos to think about too. One will stay behind with the camera, in case things get weird and someone needs to get help. You seriously doubt that three tired humans were a match for four bloodthirsty vampires – if they happened to be in that mood, or if they indeed were even vampires – and for your snark, you were chosen to be one of the two sent up to the house.

The cover story is that you’re selling new ovens – one of your friends, the one who is coming with you, is a chef, so she knows about them apparently – and that you’d need to get inside the house to check their current oven and see if your “new oven” would fit there. It’s honestly so flimsy and stupid, but at least it’s not a very serious fraud to commit, and you’re never one to back down from a challenge, no matter how silly. Anything for the fans and all that.

Head held high, you march up the mansion driveway, up to the front door, and knock.

A tall man with long dark blonde hair answers the door with a smile.

“Hi, sweetheart.”

“Benny?!”

“Miss me already?” Benny grins, leaning on the doorframe.

Yes, you think, but that’s beside the point. Also beside the point is how nicely he fills out that door frame.

“Go wait in the car,” you hiss to your friend, “I’ll deal with this.”

Benny watches you with amusement on his face.

“Did you notice I stole your candy bars? Is that why you’re here?”

“You what?”

“Nothing.”

“Benny, you know why I’m here, don’t you,” you say quietly, staring at him seriously.

“…Come in.” He steps aside to let you inside and closes the door behind you.

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“This way,” he says, leading you to the kitchen. “We can talk here. Pope’s in his room and Fish is watchin’ TV. My brother’s out on errands.”

Benny knows the guys would have his head if they knew he had slept with a human who hunts for monsters for fun and posts videos of the hunts on YouTube for all the world to see. He knew it was risky, but he just couldn’t resist you.

“So... You really are four grown men living together in a mansion? And are all of you also exceptionally handsome, like the rumor says?” you ask, glancing around at your surroundings a little nervously.

He laughs a little at that but sobers up quickly. “What else do the rumors say?” he tries to ask carefully.

You look at him, chewing your lip. “I think you know what rumor I heard.”

Benny swallows audibly. “Probably. There aren’t that many in this town.”

“But it also doesn’t completely make sense. Like, people see you out in the sunlight and stuff.”

You look like you’re mostly thinking out loud, trying to piece everything together, but Benny can’t help laughing again. You look adorable.

“We can go out in the sunlight, it’s just a little uncomfortable. Like a bad hangover, you know?”

“Yeah, I think I’m having one right now,” you mutter, before gaining new energy. “Can you show me your teeth?”

Benny rolls his eyes but lets himself flash his sharp teeth.

“Cool.”

“Thanks.”

“But if you’re a vampire, why didn’t you just eat me last night?”

“I thought I did.” He can’t resist wiggling his eyebrows.

You don’t even dignify that with a response. “You know what I mean!”

“If I killed you, I couldn’t enjoy your company again, now could I? Besides, we don’t really… do that. Fish especially is very strict about that.”

Frankie was the one who had the most trouble adjusting to their new lifestyle. After the initial shock wore off, Benny actually liked being a vamp. He simply thought it was pretty cool. Sue him. Santi also liked it well enough and Will was pretty much indifferent either way but plowing on like the soldier he was. Only Frankie really resented it. All of them had been turned by their former superior officer Tom while they were still in service as an act of saving them from what would have otherwise been a sure death.None of them had chosen this life, except for Pope who had been able to consent to being changed. But Frankie had lost the most because of it. Sure, he lived, but his fiance had left him, not wanting to share a house with a monster, taking their daughter with her. Benny could understand why Fish was struggling, and it hurt them all to see it. But that’s why they had retreated to a relatively secluded place and avoided killing humans.

Benny shook off his thoughts of the past and tried to focus on solving his current predicament.

“Look, I can promise we are not interested in killing you. However, it might be best if you leave before my brother comes home. I should probably explain to him and the others that I fucked up and tell them about you, and that’s best done if you’re not here when I do.”

You look a little shocked but recover quickly. “Of course, of course. And I’ll make sure they don’t post the video. I’ll come up with an excuse. I don’t actually want to expose you or anything. Sorry for the trouble.”

“Thank you. I should be the one apologizing. I should’ve kept away, but I couldn’t resist.”

With one final awkward smile, you turn to leave. Benny counts it as a win that you don’t flat-out run.

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You tell your friends that they can post a vague blooper compilation from the trip, but nothing identifying the manor or the guys, coming up with a story that they’re all government employees and prefer to keep their anonymity. Your friends probably think it’s just because you’re crushing on Benny (which is true of course) but accept graciously and that’s that.

Getting home late that night, you crawl straight to bed, distantly musing that you are surely the worst monster hunter in history to have slept with a vampire without even knowing.

The next morning you wake up to an Instagram DM from Benny. You don’t suppose it was hard for him to find you since you were featured on the channel’s account fairly often.

“Hey. I dunno if you’re even interested given… everything, but I’d really like to take you out on a proper date and see where this could go. I understand if you’d rather I stay away, no hard feelings. I just really enjoyed spending time with you this weekend.

I talked to the guys about you, so there’s no need to worry about that. They were worried you were only interested in getting an interview with the vampire, but I told them you aren’t like that.”

Date a vampire? You have to admit the idea is equally exciting and kind of weird, but you are intrigued. Definitely intrigued. Benny already had like three opportunities to kill you if he had wanted to, so you trust he isn’t after that. At least it would be an experience even if nothing comes of it.

With a grin you’re happy no one is there to see, you start tapping a reply.

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#benny miller x gn!reader #benny miller x reader #triple frontier fanfiction #benny miller #i still don't know what i'm doing #benny miller x you

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TWO years of Sundagio! Thank you for all the support!!!

Hello, everyone!

Today is October 15th~ Two years ago, I wrote the first chapter of A Dazzling World. I didn't publish it that day, but it is the start of my journey as the Emperor of Sundagio. I still can't believe it has been two years since I started writing Sundagio, but here we are~ I just want to say that I am SOOOOO grateful for all the support during these two years! It has meant the world to me to see so much excitement and support over my passion projects. Your support has meant everything to me and this ship and writing has been my biggest pride.

For that, I want to celebrate a little bit.

Today, I have published three new pieces of writing. The first is the next chapter of A Dazzling Trio~ I worked pretty hard on this one and I hope my fans enjoy. I also published two new stories. Games and Treats is a Halloween oneshot that I wanted to write ever since my last Halloween fic. Once Upon a Dream is a soulmate story that I've been wanting to write for almost two years now~ Some of you may remember me talking about it in a recent blog post of mine. This day means a lot to me, so I wanted to give you all some new content on this special day. I really hope to keep your support for the next year and foreseeable future~ Enjoy these new chapters and remember you are special and loved!

Sincerely, Spyder27

https://www.fimfiction.net/story/527331/21/a-dazzling-trio/rainbows-are-momentary https://www.fimfiction.net/story/544134/games-and-treats https://www.fimfiction.net/story/544132/once-upon-a-dream https://archiveofourown.org/works/43347123/chapters/128447155 https://archiveofourown.org/works/50842234 https://archiveofourown.org/works/50842351/chapters/128440996 https://www.wattpad.com/1390162573-a-dazzling-trio-rainbows-are-momentary https://www.wattpad.com/1390162948-games-and-treats-boo https://www.wattpad.com/1390163345-once-upon-a-dream-prologue

#adagio dazzle #romance #sunset shimmer #love #mlp #mlp fim #fanfiction #drama #sundagio #sundagioverse #Update #Anniversary #two years

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twistedtummies2 · 7 months

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Fifteen Days of Disney Magic - Opening & Rules

Anybody who knows me well knows that I’m a HUGE Disney fanboy. Say what you will about the company itself, and all the skullduggery that goes on and has gone on with such a mammoth-sized corporation over the decades; the fact of the matter is, Disney is nevertheless a huge part of my life, and it’s been a huge part for many people’s lives throughout time. In fact, as of this month, it will have been at least a full century. Yes, the Walt Disney Company is officially turning 100 years old this month, with the big day being on October 16th. Almost a year ago, I decided I needed to do something special to commemorate the occasion, because Disney is something so important to me – and so important to a lot of people – that it deserves something special. My initial plan was to do a month-long countdown of My Top 31 Disney Animated Films; much like my Top 31 Disney Villains Countdown from a while back, I’d only be counting the animated features under the Walt Disney Animation Studios banner (with one exception, and you all likely know what it is), which currently includes more than sixty movies. In the words of the Bard, however, “there’s the rub.” You see, after several MONTHS of trying to figure out my Top 31 Films JUST FROM THAT SELECTION ALONE – not counting TV productions, Pixar, live-action pieces, Marvel or Lucasfilm, and so on and so forth – I realized that I was effectively attempting a truly impossible task. Ranking the Disney Villains was one thing; that was really a case of just looking at one element from the numerous movies on the roster, and judging them totally on their own and with my own biases in place. But judging the films as a whole, and trying to figure out which ones were the single most special to me? That was something I found I simply could not do; I love SO MANY of these movies, and after a certain number I found I liked a lot of them about the same. Ranking my favorites up to Number 31 was a challenge I just could not manage properly: every time I thought I had things figured out, suddenly I’d remember a movie, or reconsider an option, or recall something important, etc. THANKFULLY, I did realize something else: remember how I said I had this issue “after a certain number”? Well, as it turns out, that number was the random digit of fifteen. Yep. After fifteen, everything sort of went to Bald Mountain, but I felt and still feel that the Top 15 in question are, at least for the time being, pretty solid. So, I decided to still do the countdown, but make it a Two Week (and a Day) Special Event rather than something lasting the full month (I’ll be doing at least one other Disney-related list on founding day, and possibly one or two others later in the month, though I cannot promise that). That Special Event is going to start tomorrow. Now, the main thing to know about this countdown is that everything in it is a matter of personal biases and opinions. I’m not ranking the BEST or MOST POPULAR Disney Films. I’m ranking my FAVORITES, and that’s a bit of a different issue. What makes them my favorites varies from movie to movie: for a lot of them it’s personal nostalgia, while for others it’s just that the content and themes are things that appeal to me above all else. (With most of them, it’s a bit of both.) So the chances are EXTREMELY high that My Top 15 will not be the Top 15 for anybody else who reads. On that note, here’s a shocker for you all: ONLY ONE OF THESE MOVIES will be a Modern Era Disney Film (classified as any film made after 2009). Yes, you read that correctly, and no, I’m not telling you all which one it is. You’ll have to find out yourselves. Bua ha ha. Also, on a final note, I’m still following my initial plan’s rules, meaning that – with one exception – I’m only counting the films under the Walt Disney Animation Studios lineup. With all that said…if I haven’t scared you away or greatly disappointed you too badly, I hope you’ll join me for a special countdown I’m going to call…15 Days of Disney Magic!

Our countdown begins tomorrow, with my 15th Favorite Disney Classic! HINT: It’s a Package Full of Fun. (P.S.: None of the films featured in the banner will be in my Top 15. Consider those just a few of the possible Honorable Mentions I could name.)

#disney 100 #disney 100 special #list #countdown #fifteen days of disney magic #top 15 disney animated movies #opening & rules

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dayseternal-blog · 1 year

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hello, sorry to bother but do you know what happened to @szajnie? :')

Szajnie deactivated her account in September. I noticed a couple days after, and it seems like she didn't let anyone know. I can try to email her or reach out through her AO3 fics, but I'm semi-upset with her still at the fact that she didn't give (me) a forewarning, but also I know why she deactivated...so she didn't need to say anything.

Basically, though, Szajnie is "fine" as far as I know. She was using her Tumblr account less and less and already had half-a-mind to deactivate. Her Tumblr was pretty much abandoned for the last year. I emailed her when Katarina passed when it became evident that she wasn't checking her tumblr notifs, and so she came back for a bit, and after that, she apparently decided to deactivate for good. Understandable, right? They were fandom besties.

Someone else took up that username about a month or so later, and so that's junk. Because now whatever old posts I tagged her in, once in awhile, I think sometimes it links to this new person instead :/ pretty weird because like, well, yeah.

This is just my selfish opinion, but can content creators please not deactivate. Can you please just abandon your blog, delete your app, block the website or whatever, but you're seriously erasing your presence from the fandom community if you deactivate, which makes it really hard to track down your contributions, especially if it's fanfiction. What was even the point of sharing your work if you're going to delete it all? If it's fanfiction that has "Read more under the cut" function, your fanfiction gets totally erased. Even if people shared it and reblogged it, because the post traces back to the whole work on YOUR blog, no one can read the rest if you deactivate. I'm especially salty about Szajnie deactivating because she gifted me THREE pieces of art AND a fanfic, and basically, it feels like they're all gone now, and the pieces I had of her were taken back. Yes, I could look for reblogs, but it's not the same. Yes, I could email her but I'm still upset and sad (throw this feeling on top of mourning Kat, I was really moody in September and October). And that sounds really selfish of me to say, but that's my honest feeling. I thought I was done throwing tantrums about Szajnie deactivating because I've done it two or three times already, but I guess I wasn't.

It's not the new year, yet, so let me leave this sentiment in the old year.

#anon #...#rest in love katarinahime

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bleachbleachbleach · 1 year

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11/11-11/12/22

Wow!! This week was a whole mess! There was a bunch of RL stuff that’s been extremely time-consuming and very expensive, and then I found out my brother is being deployed next year, which I am not in favor of. I’d say I’ve been pretty zen about it all but I think the actuality is simply that I do not presently have access to my emotions because I am too exhausted. I spent all of October being very weepy and now I feel noooothing~! Were that not the case I can guarantee you I would have felt BIG big things about Byakuya vs. As Nödt, but I did not, and I think this is vitally unfair. I think next week is going to be a worse version of this week, but I’m hoping the week after will improve.

I did still try to do some fanfic things last night and this morning, though. I didn’t think that was going to work because I’ve been pretty “Bleach WHOMST?” but it went okay. I hope I don’t look back on what I wrote in a few weeks and wonder why I thought it was worth the bytes it was written on.

This week’s spoils:

what the bottom half of Chapter 7 (Rukia) is going to sound like

some framing for Chapter 4 (Hinamori) and how she’s understanding this time spent with Hitsugaya

a 1000-word conversation between Chapter 5 Matsumoto and Akon, which includes mention of Nijinsky’s 1913 rendition of the Rite of Spring, specifically the bassoons

some floating pieces of the rest of the bottom third of Chapter 5 Matsumoto. I also think I’ve come up with a believable justification for why the three sections of Matsumoto’s chapter would segue into one another, so it feels less like Matsumoto chat roulette, in spite of the bassoons

“Oh, never been. Condition of my parole,” Akon says. “And as established, I’m not big on field trips, anyway. However, I do spend a lot of time waiting on assay results, and the 12th has a very large repository of film. All from the Living World, obviously, given how leery Soul Society is of the ‘moving pictures.’ I actually don’t know what the dance culture is like here on the homefront. Fewer bassoons, I take it.”

“You know, you’re chattier than I thought you were,” says Matsumoto. “How come you never come to the Vice Captain meetings? We could use you!”

But Akon has already stubbed out his old-new cigarette and is in the process of lighting another, with a small contraption that looks inspired by the lighters of the Living World, even as it refuses to be one. He needs the busyness more than the nicotine.

“Yes, yes. Ex situ Akon. Very entertaining,” he says. “Though Kuchiki’s also a lot louder than I’d given her credit for. You’re an interesting bunch.”

“Keeping tabs on all the ladies?” Matsumoto asks flatly. It’s just a test—a jest, really—but for all his nerves Akon doesn’t so much as blush.

“I have tabs on everyone,” Akon replies. “It’s what I do. I take pleasure in gathering information.”

Matsumoto’s eyes widen conspiratorially. “Akon! Are you a gossip?”

“That would be disseminating information, not gathering it,” says Akon. Then he disseminates: “You’re a dancer. Kuchiki is loud. And Muguruma-taichou? Not as good at bushwhacking as he thinks he is.”

Matsumoto snorts. “What about Shuuhei?”

“Hisagi is exactly as good at bushwhacking as he thinks he is.”

Matsumoto claps her hands. “Outoribashi-taichou?”

Akon opens his mouth, then snaps it shut. “...You two have similar hair.”

Matsumoto makes a face. “That’s barely information, let alone gossip. Some help you are!”

Akon, evidently having calmed enough to retreat into a more familiar laconic brevity, says, “I never promised insights, merely observations.”

But after a pause, he adds, “The hair observation was more specific. Molecularly. Follicularly. But people often associate that degree of detail with serial killers. I thought with the footwork comment already on the table, it seemed a bit much.”

This, Matsumoto is not inclined to react to at all. So she shrugs. “Fine. What about Renji? And you owe me something better than hair this time. I have eyes.”

“Abarai? Well, he’s brooding about something. Big time.”

Matsumoto frowns. That feels like a non-answer, because given the circumstances, who hasn’t been doing a little bit of brooding? But Renji seems the least like that of anyone, at least from what Matsumoto can tell. Akon does not volunteer more.

“You’re not going to ask about your captain?” he says instead.

#stories for the sea

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penname-artist · 1 year

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“So, I went beyond...pluuuuuuuus ULTRA” (And other updates)

(Warning: unintentionally long)

Okay, but in all seriousness, I finally feel that I’ve progressed just far enough in the show to state that I got into My Hero Academia. Technically, I’d watched season one and like the first 2-3 episodes of two before, but I didn’t finish it, and now I’m trying to. At the moment I’m about halfway through season 2 and making steady progress. Side note: You SPOIL shit near me and you’re a DEAD MAN! Let me watttttch >:(

Honestly I am fucking loving the series right now, I think aside from Deku, my favorites are definitely Tsu (Froooooggie) and, well, Shoto. You saw that coming, I can understand why he’s an overrated favorite. Feel bad for the kid though, like damn, boi you got some serious daddy issues, would you like a popsicle?

And, having started back up on MHA, I’m getting *cough cough* ideas *cough* for potential AUs and such.

Which actually segues this into another thing, just general life updates.

We had a pretty bad freeze lately, but thank God we didn’t lose our entire state power grid this time around, so it was smooth sailing. Unless you count the fact that we had to go out because I needed to be at work while the roads were slippery as snot. Which, was only one day. So we’re fine.

I also had a fix on the house which has FINALLY deterred the Mystery Creature from showing up at night and disturbing my sleep. After months of restlessness, we found out that it was coming in through a vent outside under my bedroom, and we had it covered. That seemed to do the job, thank goodness.

For mental health and productivity, I can’t really say much on the case; things have been about as steady as they can be, but in that it hasn’t really gone anywhere up, and I’m afraid I might be teetering on top of another depressive slump. Which, at the very least I’m prepared for. I honestly thought it would have been sooner, I had a REALLY bad attack a couple weeks ago and I felt sure it was going to be lasting, but by some miracle, though the attack itself was horrendous, I managed to recover in a record time. The only big downside is that my trauma response seems to have “manifested” (for lack of a better word) into very severe body tremors and shaking. I can control it...somewhat...but it drains a lot out of me. Still, I suppose it’s become more manageable, in a tangible sense. I’m a little less worried about how I react mentally to triggers and more worried about how I react physically. That’s a much easier hurdle to take on, overall.

Though, mental barriers are just as much an issue, if for a slightly different reason, at the moment. I’m honestly really stuck, writing-wise. I have so much I want to work on and so much I try to work on, but just a few paragraphs in I get skeptical because the piece will become jarring and choppy, and hard to maintain. I’ve re-started the same baseline to a Clutch and Tyker fic about four times now.

I’m actually considering doing a deep-clean, throwing out concepts too old and too untouched to really go any further with. I will, of course, keep the important ones, and the pieces that are ongoing, but a lot of the stuff I have in the wings that hasn’t been released is just so fucking dead in the water, I either need to put it in the waiting room or drop it completely. So, not sure where that’s going yet.

Actually, come to think of it, the semi-annual is also coming up.

Been doing this for a few years now but as a re-reminder, I try to take social media times down significantly or else entirely 1-2 times a year, one in the spring and one in the autumn. April and September-October have been my best time frames for these, as they’re not only good distances apart, but they’re in relatively trauma-ey time periods that I need to focus on getting through rather than pushing past. Plus, it’s a great excuse to work on large scale projects and not feel any sort of production-line pressure I put on myself to get them out, because they’re all gonna get stacked in a corner to wait until my return.

So! In recap: I’m probably gonna stick around until April 10th (I wanna at LEAST get to have my 21st birthday in the company of my people) and then probably do a week or two heavily away from things, and then extended time kinda by the seat of my pants as needed. That’s still a ways out, but better prepared sooner than later!

That’s all the updates that I can think of for the time being, for now I’m kinda just trying to Vibe where I can. I want to work on things but my body is giving me a very big “no”, so. Sidelines week it is!

Hopefully you all have a relaxing and/or fun-filled weekend, and until the morrow!

#personal post #Personal Update

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