#anon kindness

[sotwk]

Okay, this might sound dumb to some people, but I personally began to consider these checkmarks as something that HAVE to be given and bestowed by someone else. I have the splurging money to buy them for myself, but it just seemed wrong somehow. So I told myself I was going to wait, however long it took, for someone to reach out and say, "Hey, *I* think you/your blog is important, please take this as a sign of that!"

AND IT FINALLY HAPPENED. FROM AN ANON. YAY!!!

"Anon hate" might be a common experience on Tumblr, but "Anon Love" has been by far my stronger experience, and I am so grateful for that. I wish it could be the experience for everyone else.

Thank you so much, my darling Anon! Gosh, having people spend money on me in these lean times gives me a bit of anxiety, but please know that I am so touched and grateful and I will wear this badge with honor! I hope I am able to pay it back somehow, but I will try to keep paying your kindness forward.

My cup overfloweth. <3

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[okamirayne]

Hi Rayne!

I’m a longtime fan (I read BtB when you were releasing OtC).

I just wanted to pop by as I’m doing my regular reread of the series, which is a habit I reserve for my most favourite books, and say hi and check in on you.

How are you? And (no pressure at all) how are you getting on with your original works? I look forward to the day I can read more of your wonderful writing. I’ve seen your updates on burnout and I don’t think this will help much but I want you to know you have a loyal fan in me who would enjoy and applaud anything that you write. I hope you have a wonderful rest of the year and festive season if you celebrate!

Hello, my dear Anon!💜

I’m a longtime fan (I read BtB when you were releasing OtC).

Oh wow! That's just so awesome. Thank you so much for the love you've shown the series. I'm so ridiculously touched that you return to enjoy the BtB madness and that it ranks among the stories you revisit. So, so happy and insanely chuffed to hear this. 💜💜💜

[..] say hi and check in on you.

How are you? And (no pressure at all) how are you getting on with your original works?

...there is a picture somewhere (a meme) of what looks like a hedgehog losing it's shit...*searches for it*

This, presently, is me. I am this spiky little ball of hot ballistic head injury waiting to happen.

Slightly more realistic representation:

Not sure whether that answers your question, my luv. 😅

My idiocy aside, it's so very sweet of you to check in. Thank you 🙏🏼 💗💜 I'm sadly still muscling my way through the shitshow that is creative burnout and trying to put out a few personal dumpster fires. My recent return to the BtB series has been an attempt to reconnect myself to my creativity...

I've been eyeing HHU for a few weeks now...

I’m considering flexing the atrophied muscle of my writer's brain by working a little on this BtB instalment, just to see if it gets the vital life-giving creative blood flowing again...

My original works remain preserved in a freeze-frame -- not abandoned, just locked behind a bloody glass wall (hence 'holding the wall and screaming'). My poor OCs are a collective entity, sitting with their chins in hand, eyeing me from beneath heavy lids, eyebrows cocked, waiting for me to come alive again.

And messages like yours?

They're a life-giving shot. Hugely nourishing to that deeply sad and starved part of me.

Thank you. 💕💜💕

Seriously. My earlier humour aside, your message has found me grasping another life-line of hope, and another reminder why I will not give this up - Screaming Hedgehog will prevail.

I’ve seen your updates on burnout and I don’t think this will help much [...]

Oh my dear, sweet, humble, beautifully kind, Anon -- how profoundly wrong you are about that, my friend. 🥹 You could not be further from the truth.

[...] but I want you to know you have a loyal fan in me who would enjoy and applaud anything that you write.

*hears her own heart break -- in the best way* 💔💔❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

Anon...This message from you impacts me in ways that, as usual, I fail to be able to communicate in words. I might be able to choreograph it in some dynamic form of hug/glomp/undying-embrace, from which you might not be able to extricate yourself without a tasergun (or tea, I'll take the carrot over the stick). But please, PLEASE, know that by reaching out to leave me this message, what you've done does WAY more than help. It heals. It hits. Hard. Right in the heart. And I clearly need that.

🤔 I recognise that doesn't make much sense, but it helps to remember why it hurts so damned badly not to be writing, otherwise I numb out, and that's devastingly worse than feeling the bottomless sadness. Your message lets me access that, which then lets me access the deep joy, gratitude, and encouragement which comes from hearing that my particular strain of storytelling madness is still wanted, still desired, even after so much time has passed since I last wrote...

I never assume this.

Christ, it's a fear that haunts me at every turn, so to have some of that demonically painful terror exorcised by your beautiful message goes waaaaay WAAAAY beyond helpful. Please don't ever doubt the power your words have had or how deep they reach. I'm talking deep deep roots here. My appreciation is boundless.

Thank you. 💕💜💕

I wish you a generously blessed rest of the year, Anon, however you do your wintering, festive or not, I hope it's fun and fulfilling🌟. Thank you also for your warm wishes! Yes, I usually celebrate, though this year will be a more subdued time due to a personal loss; that said, I will embrace all good tidings for the season of giving -- starting with this beautiful message from you. 💕

#thank you anon #anon kindness #will never know how to find the right words #there really are no words #only feels #humbled as hell #awesome anons #kind anons #am profoundly blessed #amazing reader feedback #hit me hard feels #beautiful messages

[petiolata]

Ohh in regards to SugarCube, i can Recommend "The 100% Good Twine SugarCube Guide!" (Yes it's called that) which can be found on Itch.io, made by https://www.tumblr.com/manonamora-if this is a link to the Post about it on manonamora's Tumblr https://www.tumblr.com/manonamora-if/721643170523381760/the-100-85-good-twine-sugarcube-guide?source=share

Kind Regards Aurora

Thank you kindly anon!

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[lxvenderjewel]

If you receive this, you make somebody happy! Go on anon and send this to 10 of your followers who make you happy or somebody you think needs cheering up. If you get one back, even better 💖💖💖

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#THANK YOUUU #anon ask #anon kindness

[daydreaming-in-letters]

Hey, hope you're fine. Just wanted to let you know that you're an incredibly talented writer and you brought me so much joy with your stories ❤

🥹

Thank you so, so much, lovely anon. It has been hard to make time for writing lately and life is not being very kind at the moment either, but just know that this gave me the energy to sit down after months of abstinence and pick up my WIP. I cannot thank you enough for this boost!

May the universe be kind to you wherever and whoever you are. You certainly made my world a little brighter with your kind words.

Much love 🖤

#answered ask #anon kindness #spread the love #this is why it is called SOCIAL media

[anxiouspineapple99]

If you receive this, you make somebody happy! Go on anon and send this to ten of your followers who make you happy or somebody you think needs cheering up. If you get one back, even better! 💚

Thank you nonnie!!! Right back at you!

#the pineapple has spoken #anon kindness #kind anons

[foxsoulcourt]

Thx you so much dear Anon Friend!

#oopsie didn't see these in the ole inbox #crab day #tumblr life #anon kindness

[sobeautifullyobsessed]

Wait what it is your birthday? Happy birthday! I hope you have a lovely day <3

Thank you, dear Nonny❣️ I had a quiet, lazy day. Tried to write a bit, but was easily distracted by tumblr stuff and channel surfing.😳 All in all, not a bad way to spend a birthday!

#thank you sweet Nonny💙 #tumblr love #anon kindness #June 10🌹

[sotwk]

I didn’t realise that you answered so soon! You are thanking me?! I am thanking YOU, my friend for your fast reply and beautiful writings.

Yep my crying was definitely the good kind and much needed, I’ve to say. I’m an emotional type of gal (also a wreck). Toddlers are such treasures and your little boys sound so sweet too, I hope your husband is feeling better and that the weekend was great for you all. 

“He's just that shy, slightly awkward and nerdy guy who might get overlooked for being quiet, but he's actually a hottie who's unaware of his own sex-appeal.”

This, like, this is so true and I couldn’t have said better. Thranduil needed those 3/4hundred years cooking, it did him good for his temperament. 

We have brothers! YES! 

First age is definitely tragic, those boys needed more time for sure, they deserved to see their little sister happy, luckily the two youngest had each other for a time and yes I want to know more about the cousin I just know he is just as wonderful as the Thranduilions. Can’t wait! 

I definitely overlooked the references to the cousin in the other ffs, and as soon as I have a few minutes I’m going to go get another look. 

Also I'm very curious about Glorfindel and his family, his granddaughter (great-granddaughter? don't remember atm sorry) is a great oc already.

With love, 

Anon who asked about Celebrian

I am thanking YOU, my friend for your fast reply and beautiful writings.

I wish I could tattoo this in my brain for the down days when I feel like my writing is nothing more than "silly nonsense" or "a waste of time". Your encouragement and eagerness to discuss my AU with me is a treasure beyond price and I am so grateful to be one of the writers you have chosen to spend your precious time on.

I admit one of the main reasons I have so far mostly danced around going into detail about First Age ancestors (Maglor, Círdan, Glorfindel, etc.), is because I have low confidence in my knowledge of the Silmarillion (I read it once, years ago, and so my recollection of all those details is not exactly solid), and I am intimidated by the expertise of Silm fans. Those I am mutuals with are sweethearts, but I have run into some less kind ones, unfortunately, so I'm a little gun-shy.

Anyway! Here is what I can offer/clarify for you regarding Glorfindel in the SotWK AU:

SotWK AU Headcanons: About Glorfindel

Glorfindel is the son of a Vanya father and of Findis, daughter of Finwë and Indis. This makes him not any mere "kinsman" of Turgon, but his most devoted cousin.

Glorfindel secretly loved Elemírë (oc), the twin sister of Elenwë, who had followed her sister and brother-in-law across the Helcaraxë.

But the Exile made their love story a turbulent one, and they did not confess their shared feelings until the Long Peace, although when they did, they married soon after.

During that peace they had one child, a son called Ingwil (oc).

Ingwil became the grandfather of Itarildë (oc), who would become the wife of Crown Prince Mirion and daughter-in-law of Thranduil. Thus you can see that Itarildë (the Quenya name of Idril) was in fact named after her grandfather's favorite cousin.

I mentioned this in a previous post, but in my Fili x OC fic, "The Only Gold", Anariel, Thranduil's granddaughter, is called "my kin" by Elrond: "This is her home, Master Gloin," Elrond responded sharply. "Where you are the visitors. We practice great tolerance in Imladris to make allowances for cultural differences. But I will not abide the harassment of anyone, least of all my kin."

This also means Glorfindel provided the Vanyar ancestry that resides in Crown Prince Aranion (Thranduil's grandson and heir), so that in the Fourth Age, Eryn Lasgalen is ruled by an elvenking with the blood of all three clans of High Elves.

There you go! Perhaps someday I will write a story about First Age Glorfindel and the OC wife I created for him. It's a wonderful romance sitting in my head! But my to-write list is super long as is, so I can make no guarantees.

I feel like I can fancast just about any character in Middle-earth, EXCEPT Glorfindel! (Maybe because I already used Henry Cavill for Mirion, haha.) If anyone has any good suggestions, I'd be happy to hear them!

Tagging just a few friends I know who have a particular fondness for Glorfindel: @modernmythic @aduialel @wareagleofthemountain @g-m-kaye

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[okamirayne]

Firstly…. AHHHHHH!!!!!!

I’m so excited about this new chapter! I appreciate all the hard work and thoughts you’ve put into this amazing narrative!

I am one of those readers who occasionally (okay maybe like twice a month) refreshes ffnet to see if there’s an update. This new chapter did not disappoint!

As always, you’ve blown it out the water! Naruto POV!?!? More Genma!!! Love it! ❤️❤️

I do have a question though, if this is four months after the war, and based on the new chapter we’ve got like a month tops before crap hits the fan with our boy Shikamaru. Also, based on the Naruto POV, Shikamaru was in regular med care before being transferred to critical-lockdown-ANBU-chakra-sealing-fun-town. So, did Shikamaru’s new issue with the chakra happen super quickly or did it slowly get worse and worse over the months?

Thank you!!! And I, once again, am amazed at how many awesome words and plot can come from someone’s mind! Keep up the amazingness, whether that’s BtB, Original Works, or just thought processes! You’re amazing!

Dear Anon,💜💜

Firstly….

Feel'eth the love. Thank you so very much, for your warm message and the incredibly awesome reception of the latest chapter. Given that my brain told me posting another chapter after so long away would be tantamount to being hunted for sport by anxiety, it was tremendously soothing to my frazzled nerves to receive such kind feedback💜

I’m so excited about this new chapter! I appreciate all the hard work and thoughts you’ve put into this amazing narrative!

I sincerely appreciate you taking the time to leave such kind words. 💜🥰 I'm so happy to learn you had a new chapter waiting for you given your ffnet refreshes. Bless you. Aw. Yes, Naruto's POV has finally walked onto the BtB stage. *nervous grins* I'm chuffed you enjoyed Genma's return. Poor bastard has been roped into another round.

[..] So, did Shikamaru’s new issue with the chakra happen super quickly or did it slowly get worse and worse over the months?

The latter, luv. It crept up on Shikamaru, slowly getting worse and worse (which isn't unlike how the sickness operates before one gets better) before he took a sharp turn for the worst rather than recovery, which shocked medics and required him to be transfered.

Thank you!!! And I, once again, am amazed at how many awesome words and plot can come from someone’s mind!

Ha! Aw. Well, I tend to do this to my brain a lot...

...I either shake something lose or give myself a migraine. 😅😅It's a legit coin toss.

Keep up the amazingness, whether that’s BtB, Original Works, or just thought processes! You’re amazing

💜 You are such a sweetheart. Thank you so much for your kindness in leaving me this awesome show of support. This goes miles in my world and I appreciate you insanely. 💜💜💜

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[dumblemonchickenwing]

I AGREE WITH THAT LAST ANON YOU ANSWERED <3

Phank you a lot;

#anon kindness

[shealynn88]

I’m sorry things haven’t been going well for you. I too dropped out of a fest once because my life got busy, so I feel for your pain. Taking care of yourself should always come first ❤️

That being said, I hope you’ll get the chance to finish the story on your own time, or save it for another fest in the near future!

Anon, you are incredibly kind to indulge me and I appreciate you so much! ❤️❤️❤️

#justshea #anon kindness

[lxvenderjewel]

you're actually so cool and really funny to me, like friendship-crush energy :3 (PLATONIC BUT JUST THE GIDDY HAPPY FEELING OF WHEN YOU TALK TO THE PERSON YOUKNOW)

WQOUIREFH WOAW

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[foxsoulcourt]

Thanks Anon Friend whomever you are 💜

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