#also me: i'm just gonna finish this other gifset first

[cha-melodius]

3, 7, 13 and/or 18 for the ask game? (also, sending you hugs <3)

First off thank you so much for the hugs, they are gratefully accepted, today was a lot and tomorrow's not going to be better. I'm also in a bit of a writing funk and feeling bad about everything, probably because I'm so emotionally drained. Thank you for sending these as distraction, I'm glad to think about something else tonight.

3. Do you anticipate writing for a new fandom this year? Which one?

Oh I sure hope not. I have a hard enough time keeping up with three. 😂 But one thing I've found is that you never know when a new ship is gonna hook you, so I guess never say never.

7. Will you change anything about the way you interact with other writers?

First, a moment to celebrate what I have changed already: I've gotten a lot better about commenting on everything I read, which I'm very happy about. Now if only I had 12 extra hours in the day to read everything I want to. I'd like to get better at reblogging things on tumblr from other authors, because I know how much reblogs of my own fic posts mean to me. I try to remember to come back and do it after I read a fic, but sometimes I just forget, sadly. I think I need to put those posts in my drafts rather than just likes, or something.

13. Aside from fanfic, are there any other fan works you’d like to try creating? Fanart, or fanvids, gifsets, or podfic? 

You know, doing my tumblr top 10 posts made me realize I'm not sure I did ANY drawing this year? What?? I started getting into it with napollya and then writing kind of took over, but I'd like to get back to it. I don't think I'll pick up anything new, though.

18. Do you typically post multi-chapters as you write, or finish it all and then start posting? Would you like to change your posting method? 

I used to post as a wrote with a month's-worth of chapter buffer, but now I finish them all first. I think it makes the story a lot tighter, I don't have to worry about changing something in the second half and having it conflict with something already published, and it removes the stress of writing to a deadline. So I'm unlikely to change that!

Thank you again my dear, I always love seeing you in my ask box. 💕 (And I desperately need to read all your whumpmas fics still!)

Fanfic asks for the new year

#ask games #about my writing

[gamerism]

Mr. Gamer(ism):

Would you say that you go looking for inspo or does inspiration find you?

Also umm, when you think of a gifset you're really!! proud of, what's the first that comes to mind?...This may or may not be an opportunity to show off your faves and all.

(of course, every single one is very worthy and you should be proud of them all, but still!)

tysm for the ask! (adding a readmore bcs i decided to add some of the gifs im taking abt)

Inspiration usually finds me (especially for a lot of the gifsets im abt to talk abt). But occasionally I'll go looking for things. But depending on the medium we're talking about I'm kinda hesitant. (Poetry, for instance, is hard to look for inspiration for. Where as gifsets not so much.)

I do actually have a set that always comes to mind first. It has kind of changed over the years as I continue to improve but current it's definitely this one!

I'm really happy with the colouring and the written part of this one is my own prose.

I aaaam totally gonna mention a few others. lol.

Two general honourable mentions are definitely from my pathologic blog. I've known about the tiled multi-gif thing since like, 2014, and have always thought it was so so cool, so learning how to do that for this gifset was really exciting!!

The crossfade is so fun. I gotta do this again.

And the theme of this one using quotes from the game about fate kinda just came together in my head like a webweave.

I was finally able to use some really cool and creative photoshop effects I've known abt for ages for it.

Anyways I've worked hard on getting better at text on gifs this year and both this set and this one really show that, I think!

(When I did the yakuza 3 one I immediately went "wait how did I do that, iv totally got use this again". It kinda reminds me of 80s horror movie text)

Lastly I'll just quickly mention this set as well because I still really love how colourful it is. And I've been working hard on my colouring too, since I don't use other people's psds off the internet, I just open some layers and start trying things. (also rip me never finishing this series of sets 💀)

Anyways thank u for indulging me stretching ur question out. I do think a lot about how I've improved and sets I'm proud of and such so guess I've been kinda bursting to talk about it.

#appreciate the q kyle #asks #answers #q & a #<- look at this fool who still hasnt condensed his ask tags into 1 easily searchable tag #my.stuff #my.gifs

[aaronstveit]

Hey there, Jamie! First I gotta say that I love all your sets and I’m really glad you’re giffing again. ❤︎ Then I’d ask something: I’m someone who likes to gif unpopular shows/movies and it’s obviously really discouraging when I feel like I have no one to share my creations with. Have you ever felt like this? And since tumblr hasn’t been helping us gifmakers and even popular stuff (unless they’re popular *this* week) don’t make notes/don’t get to the people who would actually enjoy seeing our creations, what do you think I could use as motivation to keep on doing it? I know it’s kind of a dumb question but I LOVE the process of creating the sets, and then I post and feel this overwhelming drop of my energy, like: see? It’s worthless, what you do. And it always gets me in the end… :( sorry for being dramatic about it, I just thought you’d be the right person to ask because you’re such a lovely person to your anons :,) anyway, I’m wishing you a good time while giffing and nice days ahead! Xxx 💐

hi anon!! first off, i don't think you're being dramatic at all!! no matter how much i love giffing - and i really do love it - it is still so discouraging to post a set you're proud of and then get pretty much no notes. gifmaking is art! i know it feels so impostor-y to say it, but it's true! it is an art! and when you make art and share it with the world, you want it to be appreciated! i don't think there's anything dramatic or wrong with that. i feel like that a lot, honestly. i'm making a gifset as we speak that i know is gonna get like 30 notes, maximum. and it makes me sad because i'm putting a lot of work into it and it's going to look pretty and that isn't going to make a single difference in how popular it ends up being.

i don't think that's a dumb question at all. i am going to tell you something so arrogant and self-obsessed that pretty much everyone who sees this is going to laugh at me for the rest of my life: my main motivation for giffing at this point is literally just seeing pretty stuff on my blog. every time i finish a set, i go look at it on my blog and think, "wow, this looks lovely on my blog!" the more time i spend on tumblr, the more i think of my blog as a scrapbook of the things i love, and when i make a gifset, it's another addition to that scrapbook. and i love being able to go back and look at a gifset i made and think "wow, i made something beautiful for something that i really enjoy!" and sure, i'll still get a bit bummed about the note count (a set i posted a few days ago literally only has 5 notes right now), but i still get to have it on my blog and i still think it's beautiful.

you mentioned that you love the process of making your gifs. i'm glad! that is the thing you have really gotta hold onto. even if your audience is limited, this is your art. this is something that you made, because you love it. you have really gotta let that fuel you, because unfortunately for all artists, public opinion changes with the wind and validation comes and goes quicker than anything else. i hate it. i hate it for me and for you and for every other artist just trying to put their work out there. but we have really gotta let our own love of creating be the thing that motivates us.

i'm glad you came to me to ask this question, anon. i hope i helped a little bit ♡ also for the record you can always tag me in your creations, even if i'm not in the fandom or if we aren't mutuals! i would love to see & appreciate your work ♡ and if you don't think your creations are reaching an audience that is out there, my #1 tip to you is this: join or start a sourceblog! i have a bit of a problem when it comes to starting sourceblogs (as you may have noticed) but it actually really does help. it also motivates me more knowing that there is an audience out there and i can reach more of them with a sourceblog. it's definitely not for everyone but if you're interested, i say go for it!

if you wanna talk more or have more questions for me, my askbox and dms are always open!! sending you lots of love and i hope you have a wonderful day/evening ♡

#thank you<333 #answered #anonymous #love letters only💛

[killerandhealerqueen]

Hi, how are you? You don't know how lucky I am to find your blog. Your user name is the same like my favorite author of devil judge's fanfics. It's you right? Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful works.

Also because of your unique user name, I tried to google it and found out about killer and healer c-drama. I loved them....Really love your "Killer and Healer" fanfics. Thanks for sharing them, they're wonderful.

Dear author, can I ask why you loved "Killer and Healer" and "Devil Judge" (especially the first one)? What makes them special to you?

Your pinned post is like a breath of fresh air, I want to start all of the others. Now that I know I prefer mlm than mlw romance. Since I was little, my mum would take me to watched with her. She loved c-drama but only the het ones (either historical royalty or wuxia/xianxia). And now she loves k-drama (again the het ones).

Not until I found "Nirvana in Fire" (my first mlm ship in cdrama) and "The Untamed" (watched the drama first then read the books).

Sorry for my rambling, hope you have pleasant day.

P.s

Do you mind if I ask your favorite danmei novels and mlm novels?

Feel free if you don't want to answer the last question.

My beloved anon, hello. I'm doing well (a little stressed because of job searching) but other than that, I'm doing well. How about yourself? How are you?

And yes, I am the same person over on ao3 who wrote all of those devil judge fics. And I'm so glad you enjoyed them. While I don't write for that fandom anymore, I'm glad they still bring people joy.

And I'm so glad you like my Killer and Healer fanfics, that really means a lot. They are all my babies and I enjoy writing them immensely.

As for why I loved "Killer and Healer" and "The Devil Judge"...oh boy. This is gonna be a long one, so buckle up.

I honestly had no intention of starting Killer and Healer until after it finished airing, but I saw a few gifsets made by @tytangfei and I'm like "Well fuck it, I can't not watch this thing if they're going to fucking look at each other like that, god damn". So I started it and I was hooked from the get-go. I'm a slut for detective/doctor dynamics so that was already promising for me but then when you watch Jiang Yuelou and Chen Yuzhi interact and how their stories intertwine and how they grow to care for each other...my fucking god if it's not one of the most beautiful and tragic love stories of all fucking time. They're so in love it hurts. I love the characters, I love the story, I love the relationships between all the characters...it's just a really good drama and it has changed me, honestly. Never gonna be the same and I don't regret it at all.

As for the Devil Judge, I watched it and thought that the characters were very similar to Jiang Yuelou and Chen Yuzhi, except Kang Yohan is more willing to bend and break the rules to get what he wants. Jiang Yuelou wouldn't go to a lot of the lengths that Kang Yohan would, but they're very similar trauma wise. Like these two boys are fucked up. And with Gaon and Chen Yuzhi, they both want to help people, they're kind, they wear their hearts on their sleeves...the only difference between them is that Chen Yuzhi is a little bit more firm in his moral standings. He's not easily swayed like Gaon is but Chen Yuzhi also wasn't manipulated for majority of his life by people he thought cared about him. (If we're gonna be real honest, Kang Yohan and Kim Gaon are a lot closer to Zhan Junbai and Yu Tangchun, if you want to make that sort of parallel). But I liked the drama because I thought the dynamic of Kang Yohan and Kim Gaon was fascinating and the way that they're drawn to each other and the way that Gaon slowly comes to find where he stands in the whole mess of the justice system because Gaon is just too nice and wants to change the world but the world isn't just going to change overnight like how the Korean elite or Kang Yohan wanted it to. It was a good time when that drama was airing.

Oh, I'm glad you like my pinned post. Some het dramas aren't bad but they just have to be written well for me to enjoy them. I just normally don't because I'm not a fan of romance dramas. I like my action dramas, my police procedurals, stuff like that. I've watched I think maybe...two actual romance dramas, Love is Written in the Stars (I really only watched it for Ian and Patrick who were in Killer and Healer but I still enjoyed it when I skipped over the romance scenes), and Secret Royal Inspector and Joy (this one I actually enjoyed because it was well written, the cast was funny, and the romance was actually believable).

If you want some good dramas to check out, you should check out my Drama/Movie Masterlist. It has cmovies, cdramas, kmovies, kdramas, jmovies, jdramas, and twdramas (taiwanese dramas) and most of them are things I think you'll enjoy. Maybe. We seem to have similar tastes in dramas.

As for your final question, I don't really read danmeis or mlm novels. I've just never gotten into them. But I can give you a list of my favorite yaoi mangas, if you'd like to check them out:

[Ougi Yuzuha] Darling vol.1 [Eng]

[Ougi Yuzuha] Darling vol.2 [Eng]

[Ougi Yuzuha] Darling vol.3 [Eng]

[Ougi Yuzuha] Darling vol.4 [Eng]

[KATOU Erena, TOTSUKI Eko] Mitsumei [Eng]

[HOSHIKURA Zozo] Mahoutsukai wa Furete Hodokeru [Eng]

[SOUTOME Emu] Tenshi no Sasayaki wa Akuma wo Otosu [Eng]

[AKIRA Norikazu] Heart Strings [Eng]

[TAKAHASHI Hidebu] Stigmata – Seikon Sousa [Eng]

[SAKURADA Kyoko] Akuma wa Tengoku ni Ikitakunai [Eng]

[KAMON Saeko] Hatsujou Animal [Eng]

[NAGI Wataru] Pheromoholic [Eng] (update c.9.5) (ongoing)

[AKIRA Norikazu] Beast & Feast [Eng]

[SERIZAWA Tomo] Hime Muko [Eng]

[AKIHISA Teo] Gang no Kaikata [Eng]

[NOICHI Mikuro] Tosca no Inu [Eng]

[Hijiki] Kanashiki Ningyo [Eng]

[NATSUMIZU Ritsu] Koishite Hoshii [Eng]

[noji] Tantei Jimusho no Kainushi-sama [Eng]

[YOFUNE Shibue] Goodbye to Loneliness [Eng]

[KAZAMI Yuki] Hakuran no Kemono [Eng]

[MINAMI Fuuko, Takiba] Light of My Life [Eng]

[SAKURA Sakuya] Hisho Ikuseichuu ~ vol.01 [Eng]

[SAKURA Sakuya] Hisho Ikuseichuu ~ vol.02 [Eng]

[Jita] Double Fake [Eng]

[Ohtako Mame] Play After Call [Eng]

[NISHIMOTO Rou] Hajime no Koi [Eng]

[Uimu] Tonari no Hana wa Kyou mo Ichiban Kakkoii [Eng]

But thank you for dropping by, anon! I adore talking to you!

#sass answers #anon edition

[brothersandtragedies]

So I just found out about We Were Tomorrow from your gifsets. I liked Chai Romruen Hansen in Night Sky and want to watch this show, but I can't seem to find it anywhere. Did it get completely pulled from streaming services or something? Would you be able to point me in the right direction of where to find it?

Heyho !!

As far as I know, the project has been in the pipe since 2016 when it allegedly made its first public appearance somewhere. Madeleine Kennedy released the trailer in 2020 on her VIMEO, but according to my own research it hasn't aired yet and it's also questionable if it ever will.

The sources are a bit contradicting. Apparently it launched again in 2019 and then disappeared again, other sources say it launched in 2021. The background for this isn't clear and so far, I couldn't find out more. Right now, the new sources say that the series is from 2022, what could've implied that they planned on airing it last year. But since that didn't happen, I suppose we will have to wait longer or will never see it at all.

The instagram and Facebook was still active in 2019 / 2020 and then the pandemic hit, so that would explain the delay pretty good, if they're still planning on launching it.

On the other hand... since I'm also working in the same branch, I have the suspicion that Mad Lane Productions might've bitten off more than they could chew and the series did cost them an insane amount of money. The company's small anyway. We do have an insane competition pressure and maybe it just didn't take off in the first place. Also, without a streaming service or channel to take We Were Tomorrow, it's gonna be difficult. Maybe someone backed out (so far, Syfy's the only one that was mentioned to produce / have it??).

IMO, I don't think that's the case, though. According to MOVIE PILOT, the status hasn't changed from In Progress Without A Launching Date for Season 1 in years. The pandemic is the best explanation so far and in my experience, sometimes it just takes a very long time before projects are fully finished.

Many people are wondering what's going on and if it will ever be released. I hope they do, the trailer really hyped me up. But ofc I am sad that I couldn't help you out with more but this.

Let's hope we'll see it one day.

#*answered #we were tomorrow #chai hansen #chai romruen

[xcziel]

tagged by @alxina - thank you for the tag!

(i am in a very wordy phase so feel free to skip, people who are only here for gifset reblogs)

Three Ships: ummm, god there's too many. right now vegaspete (and really all the kp ships), heihua, and gahan are the top pairings? i seem to be addicted to almost every ship in the dmbj fandom because the writers are so good - and i'm so often a multishipper for any ship involving my favorite poor little meow meows. but. occasionally i hit a ship where my heart just doesn't really admit any other options and these are three of those (although *adding on* to those ships, well ... see the following answer)

First Ever Ship: i don't think i ever consciously "shipped" something before fandom - i still don't ship while actively consuming media, only when i'm looking at it from the outside (tumblr gifsets count!), so i was always just about canon ships. i'd say though that The Secret Garden was my first confusing ship conflict? mary/colin seemed destined but then mary/dickon was also so right? and thus i very early on hit on my preferred solution to such conflicts even if i didn't quantify it that way at the time - why choose? they each have two hands! ot3s all the way

Last Song: Bringin' On the Heartbreak - Def Leppard (mv version 1 and mv version 2 - y'know i've realized a LOT about what i like in media can probably be traced to early def leppard, joe elliot's thing for chains and arthurian-type mythos included. also long hair and tight pants lol)

Last Movie: was wanting watch Lighting Up the Stars but it's evidently only for rental? and since i'm so scattershot about watching things, i'm gonna have to plan a time when i will for sure sit down and finish it

Currently Reading: Winter's Orbit by Everina Maxwell - just started it, seeing what i think

Currently Watching: still going back to the middle of Love Between Fairy and Devil because i keep putting on eps and zoning out doing something else (sewing buttons, taking down christmas tree) and looking up realizing i've missed bits, even though i've seen the end already. but also keeping up with kinnporsche cast shenanigans on youtube

AND now i just started Blood of Youth bc tumblr has done it *again* - my viki pass is turning out to be my most useful subscription ever (i think there's a link to the novel it's based off of circulating on tumblr - i need to find again)

Currently Consuming: yuletide fics! kinda want to do a post on the ones i really enjoyed so far ...

also book rec lists of diverse literary romances (NOT romance genre romances, that would be too easy) for work because i personally do not usually care for either straight up romances (meaning i like sff mostly and if there's romance in that's fine and lovely) OR literary fiction, but it's getting to be that time of year (valentine's day approaching)

and: i made cupcakes! for me to consume! (and to test the process)

Currently Craving: the ability to better thermoregulate because it keeps being too cold at night to go without the heater but too warm during the day, so i'm always either chilly or slightly sweaty. i miss only ever being too warm :(

tagging: anybody who wants to share! i feel like i'm imposing too many @s on people lately but i am interested in what people are up to!

#tag game #PLEASE consider yourself tagged if you bother to read this #i like seeing what/how other people are doing even if we don't have fandoms or whatever in common

[littleragondin]

Watching/Rewatching/Planning to Watch List

Got tagged by @excessivelyobssesed thank you =3 Okay let's try this! Work, life, and my brain have been uncooperative lately so I am late on nearly everything, and my "rewatch" list is smaller than usual, while my "plan to watch" is even longer than ever lol

Currently watching :

Between Us - up to date, having a grand time with that one (but it would have been pretty hard to rly disappoint me with how happy I was to get the UWMA cast back)

Choco Milk Shake - up to date, n_n

GAP the series - up to date, love them so much

My tooth your love - behind, but I love them!! (also I, too, have a teeth thing so Xun An feels like a kindred spirit in that regard lol)

Oh ! my assistant - behind, but hopefully will manage to catch up next week end.

Remember me - behind, was too worried for Name, am now too =( about him, but I will catch up

Till the world ends - up to date, this one is so bonkers I can't end the week end without catching up usually

Current rewatches :

Ingredients – I use it as my advent calendar, with one sweet episode a day

Love by Chance - just put my finger back in that one because Ae/Pete's softness is what I need right now (and I know I keep saying it but the Tar/Tum brainrot is fucking me up so) (also yes I already rewatched it once this year but why restrain yourself am I right)

Paused watches I want to get back to:

The Uncanny Counter

Alice in Wonderland

Quantum Leap 2022

those three I have been enjoying a whole lot, time just isn't infinite sadly TT

To watch – currently broadcasting/finished :

609 bedtime story - look I just can't resist Fluke, and the trailer looked SO good

I will knock you - you can't prove this one is because of that recent gifset of the thug grabbing the chin of the other guy who looks like he's gonna cry....

My school president - the level of pinning and dumbassery I've seen from gifs means I need to give it a try

Goukon ni Ittara Onna ga Inakatta Hanashi - I'd have watched for Nanami Hiroki alone, but it also looks goddamn funny so

Weak hero: class 1 - this one looks like it's gonna hurt too, which is why it's not started yet

Happy ending romance - mainly for Leo, been putting it off so far because it seems bittersweet and like he is the losing edge of the triangle

The Ghost bride - this one has been here for a while but recent (beautiful) gifs on my dash pushed it back on top of the list

Criminal Minds: Evolution - Probably the series I have followed the longest, if they're back then so am I ...

Glitch - it seems vaguely sci-fi and the gifs I've seen of the two (main?) ladies somehow burnt that one in my memory so on the list it goes

180° Longitude passes through you - I keep seeing raving reviews about that one from people with tastes I trust, it looks absurdly gorgeous, and I'm pretty sure I will love it. I've just been a big chicken about it so far.

To watch – upcoming :

Candy Color Paradox - I have enjoyed to adored all the MBS BL I have seen so far (yes, even Senpai, the end blew it but before that I liked it), so I'll give this one a try, too.

Never let me go - my brain got stuck on Phuwin since I watched The Gifted Graduation earlier this year, and i am SO happy to see him play with Pond in something (anything) other than FUTS. Plus, it looks both pretty and good, if not ... necessarily happy ............ and a first taste of Chimon/Perth

Grand Guignol - the trailer for this one embedded itself into my brain, it hits far too many of my buttons for me to not try to get my hands on it

Wish me Luck - I would have watched for Fiat in a 1st role, and Na, but the story also seems cute and they put Tonnam in glasses so. Can't pass it up.

Wish you Luck - Sci-Fi !!!!! also Tonnam and Title Teshin as main, this is an immediate addition

23.5 - Milk and Love, soft shy VS popular sunshine, need I say more? (also Milk in all those little beanies?? <3)

Only friends - the cast is impeccable, and it looks so incredibly messy I can't resist

Dangerous Romance - very intrigued by this one, could be hit or miss on the story for me, but Pert/Chimon is a pair I wouldn't have expected so that ups the appeal too.

I also have a pretty consequent list of GL but for my life I can't get my hands back on it?? But if it's a GL and it crosses my path, be sure that I plan to watch it.

Oh and I definitely plan to finally get into Vietnamese BL - heretherebedork has been doing some excellent marketing on that front lol

I will tag @benkaaoi @fandomfairyuniverse @machikeita @sadday4sure if you want to do it! and anyone else, really, if you see it and to it tag me I am always curious to see what everyone watches =)

#guaranteed to have forgotten a boat load of stuffs because my brain is a pierced bucket #but I think I covered most of the prominent stuffs lol #the plan to watch was the hardest because my method of tracking those is #1) see gifs or trailer or info about a thing #2) says 'oh gosh that thing looks great I really want to watch it when it comes out I should make a note somewhere!' #3) proceed to not do that and forget about the thing until it crosses my path again #so the efficiency of it all isn't GREAT #anyway as often I used it as an excuse to babble about things that make me happy lol #the ragondin answers

[fromaliminalspace]

For the gif makers ask meme... 14, 16, 34, and 48?

[ask meme link]

14. How long does it usually take you to make a set

for real, while technically i can make a gifset within a day or a few, i have a nasty tendency to procrastinate everything, literally everything, even stuff i actually enjoy. and when i do get around to actually making sth i overthink it. sometimes for months. yup. lbr overthinking (alongside chronic lack of spoons) is the main reason i create stuff so rarely and post it even rarer even if i have it finished for a while. i'm trying to improve, okay..? just gonna kick myself more often into calling things finished and posting them, i literally have dozens of gifset ideas waiting to be executed, several art wips (as well as finished pieces), two videoedit ideas, and quite a few k words of both fic and meta… the tricky part is just to get around to all of it

16. How long have you been making gifs

oof lemme see… in June 2020 i made my first gifs that weren't completely horrible cuz before that i was using merely a phone app for this with video editing software (this and this were made this way). and then in February 2021 i finally figured out what was missing from my PS and preventing me from editing gifs there and fixed it. so yeah, i've been relatively new to this, i guess..? though ngl the experience of very spontaneously making two videoedits before trying out proper gifing was a nice starting point

34. A set that took you a long time/was really hard but you’re really proud of how it came out

hm the stardust one is the first that came to mind even though it's more the case of "it didn't receive as much attention as most my other cql gifsets but i'm still quite fond of it" rather than it being particularly time/effort-consuming. not to mention that i'm hardly ever actually proud of anything i create but well, that's just my brain cockroaches messing stuff up. back on track, the WWX gifs in the trust parallel set were a pain to edit but eventually i ended up learning new tricks while groping my way around it so i'm not complaining

okay, if i were really to pick a gifset i'm proud of that'd be the ripples one, no doubts (gonna add the link once i actually finish and post it, i promise). it's the most advanced technically (don't even ask me how long i've been nitpicking it from all directions and how i'm still tempted to drop the current version in favor of approaching it from a whole new direction bc surely it can be done way way better if i just go nitpick it some more! ya know, the usual overthinking) and it's sth very personal to me thematically. the underlying meaning of it is too closely related to liminal spaces (or more like what i simplify as "liminal spaces" as i suspect my own understanding of this concept in general can differ quite a bit from that of other people) so putting it into actual words gets tricky. but this kinda comes with the territory so nothing unusual

48. How would you describe your giffing style

ugh honestly idek if i have one..? for real, i don't think there's anything about my gifs that makes them stand out much. at least there surely isn't anything that i deliberately make sure to integrate every single time (maybe i do unconsciously though, who knows). so i feel like it's more for others to judge ¯_(ツ)_/¯

what i can say is that when i do make gifsets i apparently tend to illustrate some narrative parallels or sth with them..? or just combine scenes with a quote that strikes me with fitting vibes. or both. also i like to have fun with the colors and lighting and use adjustment layers quite heavily (but gotta admit it's hardly an option to halfass this if i wanna my Yi City gifs to look vibrant and alive enough). i suppose alternative subtitles to all my cql sets are a feature of my so called style as well since i always translate them myself instead of going the easy way and copying any of the already existing ones. which is also fun! even if, well, adds to the amount of time and spoons i put into it but what can i say, it's a matter of habit by now

#Liam whispers into the void #the void whispers back to Liam #ebonykain #ask games #creativity #gifing #yeah i'm still (somewhat) alive here #me? replying to an ask game for once? more likely than you think #and than *i* think tbh #should do sth about the other ones as well actually but hopefully i'll do it sooner rather than later #also feeling like this came out longer than anyone would probably wanna see so sorry for that i got rambly #but this doesn't look long enough to warrant the long post tag. correct me if i'm wrong though #anyway thank you Ebony for sending the ask and prompting me to at least *think* in the creative direction! it's really appreciated💜 #ngl was considering posting this once i post the ripples gifset but knowing me this can get postponed for another year so NOPE #now or never #should finish that one as well though #upd: feels ironic to answer a gifmaking meme and not know how to properly add someone else's gif to the post #i thought it'd look right once i hit post but no. not enough at least #looks like i gotta settle at this cuz i can't think rn of how else to do it

[thewolfmanny]

Q 8, 20 & 21 for the fanfic ask :)

8. How did you get involved in your latest fandom?

It was October. I was extremely depressed due to RL circumstances. I just finished watching another playthru of Until Dawn, and was wondering whether SMG did other games like that. Discovered Man of Medan, did a little more research, and found out a new game was coming out called House of Ashes and it was getting good reviews, like best game since Until Dawn.

My partner's sister and their GF was visiting for Halloween weekend. I decided, maybe we can buy this game and play it altogether as a fun treat. We got really drunk and high and picked our characters. I loved Nick Tarabay in Spartacus and Salim was also the only non-US military character, so obviously I zeroed in on him and vowed to keep him alive no matter what. (We hated Jason BTW lmao but when we realized that the character my partner picked was fucking the character their sister picked, we switched things around and my partner played Jason, doing a phenomenal job).

So, dressed up as a fembot from Austin Powers, I kicked ass through the temple, made it out alive with Jason and Rachel, and went straight to tumblr to reblog some aesthetic gifsets. That's where I found there was a whole fandom brewing and a discord server. I was really going through a dark spiral and was severely alone, so I decided to get back into fandom after having been out for several years. AND YOU KNOW WHAT, it's a silly game, but I'm happy I did it.

20. Any ships which you surprised yourself by liking?

No brainer on this one. Jason/Salim, cuz I remember sitting down with my partner and having this lengthy conversation, being like this is fucked up and I don't know how it'll ever work. Now I'm writing domestic suburban AUs where they're gonna get married and have kids.

21. What was the first fanfic you ever wrote?

Y'all making me feeling green here, lmao here: home with you

"I have a suggestion," Salim ventured carefully. Jason stopped fidgeting and gave him his full attention. "You could come with me...to my home. It has been a long night and you look like you need to rest." Jason looked back into the shepherd's hut where he abandoned his backpack and broken radio. As far as Top Brass was concerned, he was a dead man. Lord knows, he should be. There was no way he was going to walk away clean from that. How was he going to explain himself? The deaths of his squadmates and superiors were on his hands. He'd be marching into a court martial and dishonorable discharge. Maybe it was exhaustion that had him seriously considering Salim's offer. He needed to rest, like Salim said, and then he'll figure out what to do from there. "Sure," he responded in defeat. "Why not." *** Jason and Salim are the sole survivors after a hellish night. Feeling like he has no other options, Jason agrees to go home with Salim and things get more complicated from there.

#manny answers #i haven't been in a fandom in several years #so all my answers are gonna be about hoa #lmao

[ice-sculptures]

Bobby at confession: Some of us drink[...] some of us are sex addicts- Me: It's gonna be Buck isn't it? 991, immediately after I think this: *shows Buck speeding in the firetruck to catch up to a woman from a dating app* Me: NOT THE USING THE FIRETRUCK FOR SOMETHING OTHER THAN IT'S INTENDED PURPOSE!!!! *dies laughing*

AKA, I just started watching 911 after seeing another gifset. I'm too impatient to finish my current show first XD This is your influence (positive)

-TWS anon

YESSSS i’m so happy you decided to start watching it!! please feel free to live blog everything in my inbox if you want, i’d love to hear your thoughts 🥰

also re. your last ask — i know it’s not a fan fav because it doesn’t have maddie, eddie, or chris, but i honestly really like season one. i love the complexity of athena’s family storyline, and bobby’s arc is so heartbreaking and beautiful (but be warned — episodes 4/5 might make you cry).

also season 1 buck is a MENACE (affectionate) but i really love watching him grow from the guy he starts off as to the kind, wonderful, mature(ish) person he becomes as the seasons go on. and his father-son relationship with bobby is the sweetest fucking thing for so many reasons that i won’t spoil rn 😅

you’re really in for a wild ride, so have fun!!

#answered #anon #tws anon

[meandmyechoes]

since there's no serial star wars until august and it's a series i'm not sure i can sit through i'm gonna turn this into sentai brainrot.

i like kingoh this much i've watched every episode at least three times and trying to piece together all the information. i love rita so much i'm planning kingoh FLT and dissecting their costume and sewn a plush and possibly will buy a toy during its run

now i'm just racing to finish kingoh brainrot before May 4 so I can concentrate on Visions vol 2. After Sixth debut I probably had to put things on hold for real to do school work. I hope.

it's plot-heavy and serial unlike your typical sentai but almost typically anime/shonen with a heavy fantasy setting and character designs. but do you need more reason than 'rita kanisuka' to watch it. and the tokusatsu action/direction is so good.

practically:

i started a toku sideblog @mofffun anyway so i will be free-r over there. kinda wanna post opinions here and gifs over there lol. maybe polished gifsets here and random gifs over there. my queue is low in the tens but i certainly have many SW stock. i won't remove that completely just, not actively going for it? i'd still do regular tag searches on top of what came on my dashboard, but i might not write/talk about SW for a while? i still have a couple books to read

it feels weird because i became an SW centric blog since I came back 3 years ago. Not to say I didn't have other stuff chimed in but it's been 95% SW running non stop for 3 years. It's weird to have a sudden shift that stays. It's even weirder when you think when i first started this blog in 2012, it's as multifandom as you can get with 5 regular ones. so fuck it. i care about followers and feel a duty to provide? like an editor to a magazine? but probably just overthinking it. i won't force anyone to continue following if they are not into what i'm putting out. it feels weird but i'm just gonna talk about kingohger as much as i want to now. maybe change the blog description in a bit so that i don't feel disconnected. it's MY blog.

Talking about fixating on kingoh. I love the thrill of collecting clues and unraveling its plot. I love thinking again. I love that it gave me a reachable goal to work towards. Though half the time i'm just shouting RITA KAWAII/KAKKOUI i don't really pay attention to what's being said. It's been saccahrine the past 48 hours and i'm exhausted and elated. they got me crawling my ass up sunday at 8 to watch nitiasa live again.

compared with star wars it's just, ₻₻₻ (<- scribble). Mando s3 was a letdown and nobody cares about tbb. i can't stand how hype ppl are for the ahserka series and it feels like a minefield getting to know others with that hanging. sometimes i had to listen to ill-informed forum bros dissing, and when i look at official stuff, i begin to question who's actually keeping the lore.

it's not all negative. i still haven't done a totj!togruta analysis (even though i don't really want to think about totj itself because all it is to me is episode 5). i'm still super excited about SWC2025. i still love ahsoka (yes holding that throne against rita). I know I will be blown away by Visions as well. But I've been letting that define and govern me for too long it's time to let somebody else have a chance.

I'm crazy scared i won't be able to finish work this time. i'd hate that. i'm working the courage to tell my fam i need some space but, every time i actually said that, it's no use anyway. because i'm special. i'm responsible. what i do will never be enough.

i also try not to think to much about the society or where i will be in five years. it's like, some of the things i ultimately want can't happen unless you give it a few years of effort but i don't dare to dream that far. eh

well good thing ko let me think all that. i like thinking. i like writing.

#myechoes #echoesdiary

[taohs]

Hi Aki!! it was me all along, your animanga secret santa hehehe. So answering the rest of our last conversation will be a lot more easier. As for the recommended shoujos, I highly suggest Kimi ni Todoke, Kaichou wa Maid-sama, Bokura ga Ita, and Lovely Complex! Those are all older shoujos but to me that's like the golden age of shoujos 2000s-2010s, now a days we don't get many new good ones but luckily next year is looking so good!! there's already gonna be 3 manga adaptions of shoujos in Janurary and Feburary (they are The Ice Guy and His Cool Female Colleague, Yamada-kun to Lv999 no Koi wo Suru, and A Galaxy Next Door!) ((im definitely checking them all out)) and Ouran Highschool is such a classic I highly rec finishing that one!

omg ugh, if I had the money for fashion I would 10000% dabble in k-fashion!! I just love how fashionable their outfits are while at the time looking for fancy, clean, fresh! Cardigansssssss yes yes yes, if I also had more of those I'd be drenched in cardigans but I wear a lot of hoodies during the colder months! I agree with all of that about christmas, I just wish it would snow here ;0;;;;; I feel like it always snows towards the end of winter because right now its just super super cold D: my favorite season is definitely Fall, it's just that literal perfect time of the year. You know the warm in the mornings and colder at night, the crunchy leaves, the pumpkin pies, all of that pre-winter stuff I love hehe :>

ayo we couldn't be more in common, I used to be obsessed with BTS too and the first group I listened to in kpop was 2ne1 with their I am the Best song :D but I TOO am now just a girl group listener and tend to dabble in older girl groups and newer ones too :)) aoa I feel like I should dive into their songs more because I just know of their hit title tracks but I'm sure they have a lot of good bsides. Itzy, twice and mamamoo I am all familiar with, they are good in all their respects. I feel like I like twices bsides more though I rarely listen to them. I am a hugeeeeeeee fan of Girls' Generation, they are my number 1. I also love Red Velvet, Aespa, KARA, and New Jeans! Honestly to me most bg these days just sound all the same, there isn't much new in their pot and I just was never too fond of them like I was of ggs :3

This time of us getting to know each other more was so nice! When I got assigned you I think I like gasped in joy because I was shocked I got a mutual! I feel honored being able to make a gift for you, I think I say it a lot in the tags of reblogging your works but I really love your style of coloring! The way of coloring, the textures you add, there are little points you add to them too that you can just tell it was made by you, I love that so much ;3; Thank you for being a content creator and showing us your unique craft, I hope you have many more years of doing the things you love! I hope you love your gift >.< !!

your gift here

ALYSSA! hello hello!! ♡♡♡ before i gush about the gift again (AND YOU!!) let me answer the conversation first hehe. all of those shoujos you mentioned looks really good! i've seen a few gifsets of them before and i have no doubt that it's good as people says c: now that i have motivation to start i will definitely add those to my watchlist! i will come to bother you once i finish them sorry in advance. the artstyle for the new shoujos coming out all looks so pretty, i really look forward to them, especially if you're going to be making gifsets of it too! :>

omg yesss k-fashion beauty is so pretty but also so expensive (for good reasons haha). i also love hoodies during winter!! they are so comfy and warm and i always wear them at home :D omg yes fall is a wonderful season too, it's the perfect balance between warm and cold. although in my area, it gets super cold in the morning and then gets warmer at night, so it's the opposite from you!! i always dress warmly when i go to work and then end up suffocating from the heat later on in the day >_<

OMG NO WAY WE HAVE SO MUCH COMMON? i can’t believe we’re so similar especially regarding kpop 👀 snsd was the first kpop group that i fell in love with i believe, i got hooked with their songs gee and oh!! (both classics) i get so much nostalgia listening to them, they still sound sooo good after all these years :’) did you have an ultimate bias in kpop? also you’re so right about ggs, they just hit differently compared to many boy groups. i also feel like a lot of them has their distinct style of music that sets them apart from everyone else! 

i've said this before but it really has been wonderful talking to you! especially since we haven't had chances to interact much before so this event has been extra special 🥺 you’re such a sweet and kind person and i really loved getting to know you more!! the gift is so so gorgeous and i’m still crying over it now. thank you so much for everything once again alyssa! ♡♡♡ ilysm!!!

#mokacheer #answered #my cutie mutuals ☀️ #secret santa #last time i can use this tag ; ^ ; </3

[papa-evershed]

mmc: @ibonekoen asked →  Pete Castiglione look or DD Frank Castle look

#jon bernthal #frank castle #daredevil #mine #ibonekoen #hi i'm kelly and i've forgotten how to gif #this is why i shouldn't take weeks off #but #look i know he spends most of his time bruised up in daredevil but like #he cute as heck #i can just see my sister being like BuT HeS So BrUiSeD Up #but i have a bloody!frank kink anyway so welp #plus this is just the first time we saw jon as frank #annnd i tend to prefer him with stubble vs the Sasquatch beard #thank you for this one bc it's nice to revisit my introduction to frank mmmmkay #also i know i have some other make me choose gifsets to make (if yall are reading this far) and I'm gonna get to them soon i hope #gonna finish OITNB before tumblr spoils it for me

[gatual]

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#have a bunch of piled up thoughts so im just gonna rant everything in here and call it a day #first I'd like to do sth for mutuals for valentines I thought of doing one of those rb w x/x and I'll make u a present but. #1im lazy. 2im worried bc I have like a loT of mutuals jdbdkdk so what If I end up having a toN of gifsets to do n I can't get it done in ti #time* or sth 3.what if what the mutuals ask like I can't get It done or I can't make it look nice idk I just worry abt everything that coul #happen jfbdkfke so I really want to do sth but there's are lots of doubts™ holding me back #second is I want to do a google form to give emojis for mutuals tags bc yeah I have picked random emojis for them but I'd like them to pick #what they like I think im gonna get that done soon.. there are mutuals that have had their tags forever so it might be a lil hard to rmr at #first again bc I have ton of mutuals and second bc I rmr each emoji I use for everyone so I should grab mind. erase. update #okay third. I've been giffing a lot lately mostly old stuff but I'm a bit annoyed bc I've been doing mostly compilations like for the wp #drama or for nana like every set I make for a show it's a compilation bc bw ep and ep lighting colors everything changes a lot #and compilations are hard for me usually take me a couple of tries to finish its not sth I sit and finish in an afternoon like I did today #w the wolo set but also bc searching for timestamps u gotta go thru every ep etcetc it's a long process fun but #idk I just miss finishing things quickly and not struggling w coloring jfndkfi but all I have in my todo list are compilations #nothing just a bit frustrating #well if wolo comes ig I can gif stages and interviews that's cool bc I could do sth easy n quick... yeah... #bc other than giffing.. and genshining kfndkd and tumblirng I havent been doing nothin.. #n I want to do journaling and read and prepare letters and draw but I keep. not doing it? #idk😔 #okay that's it jfbdisbf I'll go pick up my friend called ibuprofeno

[quokki]

well so i know you didnt ask me specifically but u did give me an excuse so: let me just talk abt hanji because i need to, bc i've been thinking aand

why i bias him: when i first fell into skz as i was just making my way through their mvs, didnt even know names yet except for chan and felix, id literally always turn around at han's part if i was doing sth else, and i'd be like 'oh its that guy again, he caught my attention again wow'. like i say this to all my friends but i really didn't know skz personalities at first, i was JUST watching MVs and performances for like a month and they just captivated me so much and he did the most. then my friend sent me a gifset of the 'happiness is a visiting friend' vlive (a life changing moment) and i was like 'ah fuck this is gonna be the guy isnt it' and i watched a bunch of his older solo vlives and i just... could not fight it anymore. I get so overwhelmed watching those lives because of how he oscillates between being deeply uncomfortable abt the attention and basking in it? it's really fascinating and i can never look away. it's also just a way he speaks, i understand like 4 words for every half hour i watch him but something abt the cadence and rhythm and the way his voice gets animated or when he starts really thinking abt this words and gets quiet again but still comes out with beautiful things to say.... it's really very special, just the level of excitement he brings to this job and this world, it's so beautiful.

2. favorite dynamics

binsung binsung aaahhhh..... listen like, the way jisung DEEPLY loves changbin but can never be... normal abt it... i like to compare the way felix and jisung interact with changbin bc its so funny to me, felix just goes in with all the love and warmth that is so inherent to him and changbin absolutely is ready to match it, even if it's more subtle, but that's what changbin does, right? he meets people where they are, when they show him love he gives it right back. but jisung.... he can't. he asks 'why don't you hug me more?' and pouts. he calls him a walrus and then gets surprised when changbin matches that energy... he tries to make fun of him but then can't fully commit bc he looked at changbin too early on in the bit and can't finish it now. he says 'don't look at my back i'm shy' but when changbin tells him to flex for the camera, there's no hesitation (last example pointed out by my friend tumblr user alexenglish) like.... he wants changbin to love him so bad but he just cannot get it out properly and i just.... feel a lot of things for that. the best part abt it is that changbin already loves him so much, han doesn't even have to worry abt it, changbin just does, but han worries anyway...

and then him and felix aahh, felix disables that inability to say nice things. like i don't think han is unable to, he just does it so awkwardly, always telling people he admires them or randomly thanking them or getting serious with compliments when it's supposed to be funny. but with felix, because felix just has that warmth: the love just spills out of him and he accepts it so effortlessly too, he plays along when han gasses himself up, he is so supportive even when jisung is objectively being a pest. so jisung can just... let all that love out. he can hug him and compliment him back and just let all the love that is WANTING to escape him (with all the members) flow freely. because felix does and felix will not make him feel weird for it and it makes me very emo tbh.

and then finally just as a last note: han was chans first kid. they picked each other. they chose to stay together. chan was the first one to say 'you're talented but also i am going to rely on you and you will have to deal with that' and han was the first one to say 'i trust your talent so i will try' and then they did it.... they recognised that their talents complimented each other and then they became friends after... but they really became friends. it's funny bc han seems like someone a lot of members want to protect in their own ways but funnily the guy who protects everyone else (chan) sees him as a friend first? as a dumbass he has to deal with bc he's so awesome that he wouldn't want to live without him anymore? i'm big on being friends on purpose, on picking each other over and over and i think those two do it? a lot?

I don't have any pictures, none whatsoever, i have like 5 saved on my phone but the rest just live somewhere in my head, the day you sent me your pinterest link... i was overwhelmed for hours... i can't handle having pictures of him i'm sorry

oh boy it’s hanji time...

bruh i get you cuz i literally chose him for his voice alone by listening to their songs before i really learned anything about them. and yes omg i need to finish his lives lmao (but they’re so long D:) and he’s soooooo cute. i like how he pays attention to his own behaviour during it and he tries to act in ways that he thinks we enjoy seeing? idk i just think it’s considerate

ooo the binsung bit is so interesting...

“he calls him a walrus and then gets surprised when changbin matches that energy... “ lmaooo

idk i guess maybe han just has a difficult time expressing himself or his feelings?

felix is soooo sweet and loving pls hes love shaped 🤍

omg i love how han was chan’s first pick like yes!!!!!!!!!!!! lol

oooh it’s okay! i have too many pictures of him lmaoooo... as you would know... so i picked a couple for you 💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

send me a love letter about your bias 💌💌💌

#answered #bias love letter #long post #hope u like these 🤗🤗🤗🤗

[elletao]

Content creator 2021 wrapped tag game

Cut this into what works for you. Want to do only one instead of five? Do it. Tag 2 people? Do it. This game is not your mum or the Apple App store to tell you what to do. But there are a couple of rules:

RULE 1: Review your creations over 2021. Tag some gifmakers/creators, friends and strangers to get them to do the same.

RULE 2: Link to the content, commentary optional.

thank you to @robinsonjudy for tagging me on this! i was hoping to be tagged in something like this so i could gush about how talented my mutuals are hehe <33

5 (or more!) creations from others that made you smash the reblog button hard, closely followed by your ‘insp’ tag or ‘fave tag’. Link to sets that started conversations, outstanding composition, colouring, etc.

this the descent gifset by @bongjoonsho because it’s such a perfect horror edit and everything i aspire to make in terms of big gifs/colouring/quality!!! it looks sooo good and hq and crisp. i normally find it hard to color horror sets properly and i feel like lera did such a great job with this one.

this inej ghafa edit by @oliviarodriog which is not just stunning in terms of blending (all her edits are!!) but also made my heart so happy because the quote fits so well with inej and who she is as a person who doesn’t give up. AND!! the color of inej’s skin is so rich and beautiful?? we don’t know white-washing in this house. and the blue is GORGEOUS.

this kanej set by @milesgmorales has a very special place in my heart because it includes one of my absolute favorite pairings and the most perfect song for them. kanej and tightrope are forever linked for me and i can’t think of one without the other now. the blending is gorgeous, i adore the blue and i really like the fonts rajan chose.

this jesper fahey gifset by @tedlass literally made me cry when i saw it. jesper is probably my favorite bisexual character of all time and i don’t usually see that many sets about his family so this made my heart feel incredibly full. the shots look so pretty and the whole gifset is so soft.

this crows set by @hunterschafer is one of my favorite creations ever!!! the format is soo creative and cool, the crows shots are all so crisp and pretty, the little icons and the fonts are perfect?? i can’t imagine how long this must’ve taken to make and the kind of Big Brain moment it came from.

4 5 creations of which you’re proud. These are goals you scored. Nothing to do with notes.

i'm gonna go ahead and link my 100 female characters in 2021 tag because i was ready to accept defeat (i thought i wouldn’t get to finish before the end of the year) but i managed to gif A LOT during the last month and a half and i'm proud of reaching my goal!

this malina set i made for malina week because i love mitski and i think ‘i will’ fits them really well. i also worked really, really hard on this!

both of these jesper fahey sets x x. the first one because i think jesper’s hands deserve more love. the second because i love how the coloring screams bi rights. 

2 3 creations that stretched you as a creator: style, colouring, blending, text, etc. include the one that should have got more notes.

this malina edit that i truly, deeply love 🥺🥺 maybe the prettiest thing i made this year!! i love it because it was the first time i combined different things such as blending, big gifs, colors and fonts. 

this inej ghafa gifset!!! one of the very first times i experimented with blending too, and i love it because1) it came out much better that i hoped and 2) i could include some of my favorite inej quotes/moments from the books.

1 creation of yours that you find most aesthetically pleasing to the eye and self AND 1 creation that broke and (maybe remade you) as a creator – we all have that one.

again, this malina set!! i’m just really proud of it and think it looks really good.

this inej set was hard for me and took soo long. i know it’s not perfect but i worked on it for hours, trying to get the colors and the fonts right. i wanted something different from the stuff i usually made and i was quite happy with how it turned out.

0 the creation that never was because nothing was working that day.

Overall comment on your creativity year 2021: i’m happy to say that i managed to step out of my comfort zone this year and experiment with new things such as BLENDING!!! which i was really scared of trying. i also like that i came up with the 100 female characters in 2021 idea because it pushed me to make content from different sources (tv, film, books) and it pushed me to not be lazy because i hate to leave things unfinished fdjfg

i’m tagging the people whose sets i linked here and a couple more: (i adore all your wonderful creations too and you’re all really talented; i wish i’d had more time to link more sets because i’m honestly in awe of everything you all make) @bongjoonsho @oliviarodriog @milesgmorales @tedlass @hunterschafer @montygreen @magnusedom @julietmolina @poppywright 

happy 2022 to you all 🥺��🌻

#omg this took me so long to write sdkjfjh #cant believe i made this many gifsets i n s a n e #im so happy i did this though because it really shows i put a lot of love and dedication into giffing this year :') #tagged #obviously no pressure to the people i tagged to do this!!! love u all mwah #.txt