#Personal Rambles

[a-little-ray-of-fantasy]

The five cutest, most wholesome characters in Hazbin Hotel will still look utterly terrifying the moment you are threatening their loved ones (or you're in stabbing range, in Niffty's case).

#Vivziepop #Hazbin Hotel #Charlie Morningstar #Emily #Hazbin Hotel Emily #Sir Pentious #Lucifer Morningstar #Niffty #Hazbin Hotel Niffty #Fave Character #Comfort Character #Personal Rambles

[nn-ee-zz]

It's that time where I'm doubting myself and my creativity and my skills and

I love drawing but

#ooooooh #personal rambles #things will improve #they have to

[authorlaurawinter]

As you may have seen in my stories, an individual contacted me with this message.

This is absolutely unacceptable. My cover - my art - was fed into an AI generator without my permission to be “reimagined”. I did not give permission for my work to be used in this manner, yet this was stolen to be used in a how-to video on YouTube and possibly elsewhere.

Then, the audacity of this person to think they were doing me a favor by tagging me in said video “so that people could buy it on amazon”. As if this would absolve them of any guilt in stealing my work. And then they sent me the image like that was another favor.

I am all for folks making art about my books, characters, and what not. I am truly honored when someone feels compelled to make something because they were moved by my stories. But AI is not creating.

I am absolutely gutted. What was a lovely morning with my baby has now been tainted by my need to make these statements and work off this visceral feeling in my gut. Instead of spending time cuddling with my child it’s now spent typing this draft to work out some of this anger.

Soul Forgotten is my first book, my first story ever written. The first novel that opened the door for so much more. It’s rough around the edges, the actual cover is a bit cringe now, but at the time when I had some spare change to actually hire someone to make it for me? Freaking amazing. I’ll never forget that feeling. IT’S MINE, those characters are MINE, and that blood, sweat, and tears that went into creating it? MINE.

I have not and will never use AI in the creation of any of my work. Every word you read comes from my hard work - late nights and early mornings and quick moments during the day. I am proud of how much time I’ve spent growing and learning so I can keep making stories that y’all want to read. I love writing, I love creating, and I love doing it with my own hands. End of story.

#personal rambles #writeblr #booklr #writer problems #bookblr #indie author #writing problems #writing

[apurpledust]

my napoleon collection is slowly building 🥰🤭

#napoleon #napoleon bonaparte #i love having relatives sending me stuff >:D #napoleonic era #personal rambles

[plavi]

Excuse me but am I crazy or is this lowkey reference to that Sonamy moment in Sonic X??

Hello???

#Sonic Prime #Sonic Prime Spoilers #Sonic #sonic the hedgehog #amy rose #sonamy #Sonic X #personal rambles

[peoplegettingreallymadatghosts]

Techno-fairies show up a lot in fiction really

There’s The Many-Colored Land, Artemis Fowl, that one Pratchett and Baxter teamed up on if you squint, kinda, the Stross book where they blew up Yorkshire and one of them hooked up with the vampire, I think there’s an SCP story about them but it’s been a while

Warhammer has them

I suppose, to tie it into my blog’s actual purpose for a moment, there might be a connection with stuff like Shaver’s Dero, Vril, the whole aliens-and-saucers-as-modern-fairy-myth thing, etc. MCL and that one Laundry book were pretty explicit about that, maybe Fowl too I haven’t read those in years

#personal rambles #not paranormal #aliens #fairies #fae #vril #artemis fowl #the laundry files #the many colored land #Warhammer #warhammer 40k #the shaver mystery #scp foundation

[gummibug]

I have accquired

HIM

#bbu #billie bust up #bbu barnaby #plushie #personal rambles

[mauvecherie-writes]

Unless Lewis and Reader are cheating WITH each on their respective partners, keep the cheating trope to yourself. I literally cannot consume the cheating trope any other way unless it’s the main characters cheating with each other. And it has to be a happy ending, none of that ‘everyone loses’ reality stuff lmao. Like does this make sense? I feel like it does 😂

#mauvecherie writes #personal rambles #just came across something that prompted this

[screechfoxes]

i watched ‘glass onion’ on a whim this evening, and god, what a fantastic movie that was, with such a good cast

#*damn* it was satisfying #glass onion #personal rambles

[a-little-ray-of-fantasy]

That one time I made a post on Twitter about how Sir Pentious' character could've gone in the story 3 days before the finale.

It did numbers...

And in a way it came true...

WOAH!!

#Vivziepop #Hazbin Hotel #Hazbin Hotel Spoilers #Sir Pentious #Speculations #Fave Character #Comfort Character #Personal Rambles

[lucysarah-c]

Personal reflection on my art journey over the past year since opening commissions.

Today, I came across a post from one of my favorite SNK artists, and something felt different. Their art was stunning as always, but I used to perceive their work as unattainable, something I could never achieve. "I would never be that good," I often thought.

However, today, I realized that while their art remains amazing and lovely—I still admire how they capture faces, etc.—it no longer feels impossible for me. This isn't to say, "Oh, I'm so much better than them," but rather, as someone who is extremely critical of my own skills and often feels like nothing is ever "good enough," it allowed me to pause for a moment, look back, and recognize how far I've come.

It's not about comparing myself to others, but rather about acknowledging my own growth. My grandmother, who taught me how to draw, used to emphasize the importance of backgrounds by saying, "Las Meninas by Velázquez aren't Las Meninas without the background." So, I always felt inadequate as an artist because I struggled with backgrounds.

Just the other day, I did a post here because I felt the piece I was working on didn't meet my standards after hours of work. Delete it for only to start over from scratch the next day. The frustration was immense. I only recently began offering colored commissions because I always felt my colored art wasn't good enough.

Today, I decided to do my first live drawing. "I'm not good enough but fuck it, lets do it," that was my thought. I'll never improve without starting somewhere. You'll never reach "one day" without "day one,". It was a complete failure because I can't do lives on TikTok lol, but it showed me how determined I am to push myself forward. As Taylor Swift said, "I've never been a natural; all I do is try, try, try," and I'm the most stubborn person you'll ever meet. I'll keep trying until I break through, not because it's inherently good or bad, but because it's a quality I'm aware I possess.

Today, I took a moment to silence the continuous self-sabotage and mental pressure, allowing myself to reflect on how far I've come and how far I still aim to go. There's so much left to learn, to attempt, to explore, to fail at, and then try again. But sometimes, it's okay not to compare yourself to others and instead acknowledge everything you've learned.

To illustrate this, here's the version of the Levi art I initially disliked, and here's the final version.

This was my very first art commission ever. I want to extend my gratitude to Sage (@darlingheichou) for trusting in me/ The art commission i'm working on right now:

Enjoy the process; that's the only advice I can offer, haha.

#art commisions #personal ramblings #personal stuff #personal rambles #personal rant #personal vent

[djunk411]

This shot of Jeanne being led to the stake in the Samurai Remnant opening really drives home the feeling for me that "Jalter" is probably the actual Jeanne this time around.

#fate #fate/samurai remnant #jeanne d'arc #jalter #personal rambles

[apurpledust]

look what arrived today💕

IT'S 18 CM TALL 🥺🥺🥺 it even has it's own rocking chair that works

i can't stop staring at it i might take a better close up later

#napoleon #napoleon bonaparte #SEND ME HELP #im crying #personal rambles

[plavi]

I find it interesting how a few times Nine’s bangs fell down during the final battle, and then he would push them up again and continue fighting. It felt like he had small moments of doubt for what he was doing and it reflected the “Sonic’s Tails” that we know, or rather the “Tails” we know for who he essentially is, one who is kind and loves his friends in the end. Regardless who the original “Tails” is bc of the whole multiverse thing. As Nine said, he is real, and he wants the best for his friend Sonic, the same thing Sonic wants for him too.

At least, that made me think so.

#personal rambles #sonic prime #sonic #tails #nine #sonic prime spoilers #spoilers #sonic prime season 3 spoilers #sonic prime season 3 #tails miles prower #sonic the hedgehog

[peoplegettingreallymadatghosts]

what was that one book with the ancient aliens where there was this one chick who believed in the Hollow Earth because she’d grown up on a space station so there being tunnels and chambers under the world’s surface just made sense and the idea of everyone living on the outside of the ball sounded stupid

Everyone tries to go back in a time to find freedom in a simple, low-tech life but instead end up enslaved and forced to breed (many such cases)

there are techno-fairies

#conspiracy theory #science fiction #books #bookblr #fantasy #sci-fi #personal rambles #need a proper tag for that #not paranormal #ancient aliens #hollow earth

[novuit]

I'm now officially in the foster care system forever, yippee!!! :D

#I don't talk about my personal life outside of school pretty much at all #but I have to announce this #I am so happy I have one less thing to worry about now #The court case took like 3 years more than it should have #Ahh I feel so jolly !! #personal rambles