#but i wanted to publish it so bad

[nerdyprudesmuststim]

charles stimboard :D

⛧ with money & gemstone stims !

☾ rq'd by @raspberrysmoon !

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#this was the second to last in my queue #but i wanted to publish it so bad #charles coven #starkid #stimboard #stim #team starkid #hatchetverse #hatchetfield #nightmare time #gemstones #money

[soleminisanction]

Okay this misconception keeps coming across my dash and it drives me nuts because it means people are lumping two very different versions of the DC universe under one disparaging banner. So let me just say this to get it off my chest because I'm this close to shaking somebody:

The New 52 ended seven years ago in 2016.

That started a section of DC's history called "Rebirth" in which they started bringing elements of the pre-Flashpoint continuity back into the timeline. The first changes came in a big burst called Convergence -- which is how Jon Kent effectively manifested fully formed at 10 years old -- while other reintroductions like Kon-El, Bart Allen, Cass Cain, etc. were more gradual.

The original plan, being forced through by King of Bad Decisions Dan Didio, was that after ~4-5 Rebirth would give way to another full reboot known as 5G. I could go into detail about the plans but they're honestly not important to this post because Didio was (thankfully, finally) ousted from his role as publisher early in 2020, along with something like 80% of the higher-level editorial staff. DC had a complete creative turn-over at the start of the pandemic and completely changed directions as a result. The material being developed for 5G was retooled into the hypothetical future event "Future State" to buy the new staff time to pull together their new direction.

That new direction is called INFINITE FRONTIER. It started in 2021 and THAT is the era of DC comics we're in now. Infinite Frontier is an active push to bring back the pre-Flashpoint characters, as well as some pre-Crisis ideas and characters, while also keeping the few elements of the New 52 that people actually liked (like Jason Todd's more heroic characterization) and actively pursuing diversity initiatives both in creative staff and in creations. And outside of the big events, they're making a real effort to keep these comics short and self contained in the hopes that that'll make them more accessible. So it's actually really easy, if you read comics pre-Flashpoint and dropped off, to just pick up a series and go with the flow. Anything confusing is just a Google away.

Please, please don't make the mistake of thinking modern comics are as bad as the New 52 just because some people are butthurt their ship isn't getting canonized. There have been some really good comics made in the last few years that you should totally try! Spirit World, Monkey Prince and the entire We Are Legends line has been genuinely fantastic. The new Birds of Prey is shaping up to be a ton of fun. Dark Knights of Steel is an entertaining Elseworld. Urban Legends and Brave & the Bold have done some really fun things with shorter anthology books. One Minute War was a really fun Flash family event and everything Stargirl's done recently is liable to make you cry.

I'm begging people to give these comics a chance. It's just really sad to see them being dismissed out of hand.

#dc comics #batman #bat family #superman #wonder woman #superheroes #idk man #the way people talk about comics sometimes just makes me sad #i love comics #i usually want to talk about how good they are #and I only talk about the ones that are bad because I want them to be better #i just hate so much to see the really good comics getting published today #being lumped in with the mean spirited mess that was the New 52

[pa-pa-plasma]

#Danny Phantom #because i'm so close to finalizing part one of FOtPoD & i want to post it so bad but also i'm so nervous i might just freeze & never do it #i need to take a break from this fic for a while after part one is posted cuz i literally am going insane lol #hopefully not too long though cuz there's 12 parts & i'd like to publish all of them #in the meantime i will be sitting in my room vibrating at the speed of sound blasting music & going crazy

[silentwalrus1]

if i have to read one more published fantasy book that uses irl memes and online vernacular in its dialogue i’m taking away the toys until y’all can learn to respect yourselves. Not only does it break immersion in your world and detract from your characters having their own voices, it also makes you, the author, seem like a dim parrot incapable of neither original thought nor basic understanding of the passage of time

1) due to the timeline of publishing, any meme included will automatically be hopelessly dated by the time the story reaches readers and

2) it’s literally the same thing Ready Player One did. Hey look i’m pointing at a thing in pop culture. Did you get my reference? Did you get it? Let me list some more colors and shapes you recognize. Did you get it? And then Gideon Nav hit the dab or whatever. Hashtag Relatable!

It’s so painfully unfunny and uncompelling every time. We can do better. Apply some creativity to your own work

#writing #i love fantasy and every time i buy yet another newly published book i’m SO excited and hopeful #and then it’s just. garbage #the fourth wing is my latest DNF like my god how did this get published #every so often i’m like okay maybe the locked tomb series surely can’t be THAT bad? #and then i’ll see another excerpt or screenshot of the text and go ah. never mind #the use of meme slang has now become like the number one red flag of a truly stupid book #extremely frustrating. ah well be the change you want to see in the world #yap yap

[shokveyv]

shut up

#transformers #maccadam #drama #i like the cover #people saying it's too 'sexy' are the problematic sexists #this same shit happened with z0ner's cover. yes i bullied her too because i believed the stupid shit you guys were saying #I MANAGED TO GROW UP BUT YOU PEOPLE ARE STILL DOING THIS TOXIC SEXIST ASS DANCE #i thought i was the bad person but honestly it's yall and your bullying asses #you're disgusting for bullying artists just because they draw women how they want #GROW UP. #I LOVE DRAWING CURVY SLIM SEXY ROBOT GIRLS #THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT #WE SHOULD FILL THE WORLD WITH MORE OF THEM BECAUSE IT'S WHAT I WANT TO SEE #IF YOU WANT TO SEE SOMETHING ELSE... DO IT YOURSELF!!!! MAYBE ONE DAY THE COMPANY WILL LIKE YOUR ART ENOUGH TO HAVE IT ON A COVER #i like milne's stocky arcee just as much as average arcee from TFA just as much as svelte arcee in this cover #i really thought it was me that was why i left the fandom due to my ignorance but coming back and seeing this petty ass drama you guys #are unleashing... im realising that you guys are the problematic ones. omfg #you make it so unfun to be in this fandom. might as well publish the most recent animation i was working on then take the ones i've already #finished into hiding. you people suck the joy out of drawing for transformers. #transformers was my last bastion out of depression and you guys reminded me why people shouldn't get into transformers #getting back into tf revitalized my desire to draw and held me back from suicide. but knowing how toxic environment you guys are... #there's no reason to keep living with such inhospitable negative toxic bullies.

[that-butch-archivist]

as a baby butch i really appreciate your blog,, i feel so lost sometimes esp as a black butch as i haven't seen many sources on other studs,, so just having these lists is really awesome :)

Hey, thanks so much for reaching out, lovely to hear from you! I'm glad the lists are helping you, honestly that's everything I could have hoped for. Unfortunately, I have also found that it's strangely difficult to find material on black butches and studs ... but I am on the hunt nevertheless! As of the past two weeks a few more black lesbian anthologies have arrived and I have a few more lined up that I hope to procure soon--all this to say that I hope to present more material to you that suits your interests in the days & weeks to come. I hope we both can find good stuff for you. :)

(Which, speaking of ... if ANYONE out there happens to know where the treasure trove of black butches & stud lore is, I would happily trade my best cheesecake and/or cookie recipes for this knowledge. I can also provide manual labor and cleaning services.)

#questions for the archivist #the archivist answers #i have also found a couple short documentaries that have black lesbians/studs in it but it doesn't go enough into stud culture and history #i would say anyways #there's also the 2005 film the aggressives that i have heard good things about but haven't watched myself yet #i have found one book specifically published by a stud but it was published in 2023 and also appears very informal #which definitely isn't a bad thing but as a person who always wants to find citations so i can find MORE books ... i fear this local legend #may not help me find the pot of gold at the end of the black rainbow #thankfully i am nosy as fuck #i will get to the bottom of this come hell or high water!

[uncanny-tranny]

When I find it hard to do certain things, I like to pretend I am a neanderthal living in a cave with my clan, and I must do The Thing in order to survive.

So, when I'm doing cardio at the gym, I'm actually chasing and tracking a mammoth, and when I need to cook, well, I'm not cooking on a stove top, I am hurdled over the first fire and watching the fat of our kill drip down onto the burning wood. And when I find it hard to crochet, I pretend that the first winter storm is coming and our clan needs me to make blankets to hurdle under and that I must contribute.

I hope whatever you do to do The Things will help. It is a uniquely personable trait to motivate yourself through pretend and stories. That's what makes this life interesting - that's what makes you feel larger than yourself 💛

#mental health #positivity #it helps that i absolutely adore learning things about ancient people too - it's endlessly fascinating #unironically if somebody has textbook/video recommendations about neanderthals/ancient civilization let me know i will froth at the mouth #i like talking about this because it gives other people ideas about how they can motivate themselves #and personally the feeling of being ancient or a part of something old makes me feel that #in addition to the There Are 8 Billion People principle i work on the There Have Been ~117 Billion People Here principle #i find it comforting to think that i don't stand out significantly in a good or bad way because of the sheer NUMBER of people who have live #the human brain is bad at computing those numbers but... just... that's an insurmountable number #there truly are very VERY few experiences truly unique and that's not a bad thing #that just means that you aren't forgotten nor are you alone in anything #i was watching a video about somebody making flax into thread using a paper that was published about ancient textiles #and holy shit i wanted to bite somebody because i was so interested in it and it's just so humanizing to both us but also ancient people #those people probably used very very similar techniques that the video maker did - at first she used a rock to get the fibers #and then she remarked that saliva helped to get to the fiber of the flax and i wonder how many ancient people also did that

[fictionadventurer]

NaPoWriMo #12

I glanced at a few how-to-write-poetry books and got a bit frustrated by their assumptions that poetry needs to be this deep and laborious artistic endeavor.

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Song of an Amateur

I am a simple poetess I take my pen in hand While others long for lasting fame My dreams aren't near so grand

All I want's a little ink A peaceful touch of time To gather up my humble thoughts And scribble out a rhyme

While others labor to create Immortal artistry I play with words as children play With sand beside the sea

Delighting in their shapes and forms In meter’s playful joys I let the words fall to create New literary toys

Capturing a simple sight A pithy turn of phrase To give my friends a bit of joy To brighten up their days

It’s not for me to take a place ‘mong lit’rature’s elite I’d rather gaze up at their heights And play beside their feet

So tell me not to labor long O'er words meant to impress I’d rather live quite happy as A simple poetess

#napowrimo 2024 #poetry #i glanced at a bunch of kindle previews #and most of my thoughts boiled down to #'bold of you to assume that i want to publish' #everyone talking about how poetry isn't easy #it's work! you have to suffer over it! #you have to learn all the rules so you don't write *gasp* bad poetry #and meanwhile i'm like 'ok cool but what about having fun?'

[night-dark-woods]

*stumbles out of the wip covered in blood* single paragraph of dialogue written :thumbsup:

#literally 2 hours to write and rewrite a single paragraph. im in hell. #we'll get there though. i want to publish this thing so fucking bad. #but i need elsie to be in-character and she is much harder for me than mara #my posts #writing tag #its fine like all of mara's dialogue is written pretty much i just have to go thru and fill in elsie's that is like #[elsie protests] or [elsie is upset] lmfao

[nerdyprudesmuststim]

hannah & tim stimboard :D

⛧ with nature & gardening stims !

☾ rq'd by @raspberrysmoon !

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#it was very far back in my queue but i wanted to publish it so had #bad* #hannah foster #tim houston #gardening #nature #starkid #stimboard #team starkid #stim #hatchetfield #hatchetverse #queue will adore me

[sualne]

mannn while rereading what ive written for the au i found back that song i wrote and now the cringe has subsided and i just think, i really love that one, especially considering it's improvised by a young drunk crocodile who's having a grand time being a pirate captain ouh

here have it

#it even has a special note that say 'do not fucking publish this till its time' haha #i want... to draw that one so bad.. maybe even animate it(<- insane) it just so. oh. i really made this au for me huh #ah fuck it im posting it #there added it. its a bit lame thats how you know its made with love #described in alt text #crocodad au #full context later bisous

[overthinkinglotr]

oh wow, great to find someone else enjoying Fairmeadow!! amazing art, and I've loved the worldbuilding/designs for Goma and the orcs.

Yay another Fairmeadow fan! A friend recently recommended it to me and I now recommend it to anyone else looking for good thoughtful fantasy webcomics that play with the genre's conventions. :3 Here's the pitch for the other people reading this post who haven't read Fairmeadow yet: "An orcish warrior joins an isolated pacifist commune-- can she learn to live alongside those she swore to fight?"

Goma, a wayward Orcish soldier, finds herself in Fairmeadow, a commune of pacifists deep in the Cascadian wilderness. Isolation has allowed the commune to thrive in the shadow of a century-long war, but Goma’s arrival brings troubling reminders of the world outside to those who have settled there in search of respite.  Fairmeadow’s enigmatic leader, Sanctuary, finds his utopian vision challenged as he struggles to keep the peace. Their self-sufficiency exists on thin margins - margins that threaten to break if Goma cannot learn to live alongside those who she has sworn to fight.  Fairmeadow is a post-epic fantasy drama inspired by the counter-cultural movements of the late 60’s, the landscapes of the Pacific Northwest, and tabletop RPG’s. It’s about the collision of idealism against pragmatism, reckoning with the consequences of dropping out, and trying to make its readers want to go on a hike.

It also has gorgeous art, especially the landscapes/backgrounds! I've noticed a lot of webcomic artists are either good at drawing expressive characters or expressive backgrounds, but this artist is great at both. The worldbuilding is conveyed pretty subtly/naturally through dialogue, and the good writing in combination with the beautiful detailed background illustrations really helps sell the story's fantasy world as a 'real' place. It's also pretty queer, though it's far more focused on 'the emotional and societal consequences of war' than on romance. tl;dr: I know half of all fantasy webcomics try to do a 'what if the monsters/orcs were Sympathetic" storyline, but this is genuinely one of the best-written examples of that!

#one of the few well-written examples of it #not because the idea is bad #but because most webcomics are bad XD #I say that as someone creating bad webcomics #it is very hard to make something good #especially if you are working alone and have no budget #and anyone can self-publish a webcomic so theres no barrier to entry/no filtering process #it's a lot like fanfic-- fanfic isn't inherently 'worse' than published fiction there's just no barrier to entry #I LOVE webcomics but i don't generally read webcomics because they are good XD #i read webcomics because i want to see someone spending an agonizingly insane amount of time to say something thats valuable to them #if they're good it's just a bonus #a cool miraculous bonus #a good webcomic is extremely rare. #fairmeadow

[alrightbuckaroo]

summer slipped us underneath her tongue

TK Strand is a freshly heartbroken art history student who's been given the opportunity of a lifetime; studying art in the heart of it all, Paris, France. That said, he feels like it's a cruel taunt from the universe, studying what he loves so much in the City of Love while thinking there's no one out there who loves him.

Carlos Reyes is a career driven culinary student studying at Le Cordon Bleu. He has an awful habit of maintaining relationships, detaching himself from his work and doubting everything about himself.

After a casual night out they share with each other; they both agree to keep seeing each other, provided it's only casual. Well, like most things, that's easier said than done.

Enjoy a tale of TK and Carlos finding each other under the Parisian night sky and falling in love with each other under the Parisian summer sun.

All the thanks in the world to @lemonlyman-dotcom for giving this a beta read. Join me in Paris starting Friday, August, 25th 💞

#let me know if you want to tag (or not tag) you when i publish this bad boy!! #also the summary might change this sounds so idk cheesy? #fic: summer slipped us underneath her tongue #my writing #tk strand #carlos reyes #tarlos

[phoebenavarro]

Actually that article pisses me off so much because it is SUCH bad journalism, clearly intended to elicit an emotional reaction, because the writer has a grudge

There are serious allegations in that article and I wish they had been presented in an even, professional, and journalistic way so I didn’t have to spend my time debunking bullshit and could instead discuss what Rusty Quill has done wrong and how they need to fix it.

#like. as a journalist and someone who TEACHES journalism. this article is so so so bad #so so so soooooo bad #(there’s a reason no other publications wanted to publish it just saying) #discourse #Rusty quill #sorry this is meaner than I usually try to be but Jesus fucking Christ

[archersartcorner]

Rewatching ASO cus of course. Episode 4 of ASO truly D20 episode of all time in my humble opinion. And because I like to focus in on angst moments with my faves, noticed this time around just how scared Skip sounded when he was found out. Like trying so hard to sound scary but his voice is trembling… lil baby, wanted to draw it. And second doodle is from a canon-adjacent AU I’ve been writing just where Norman is conscious and he has a bit more agency. Wanted to explore Norm/Skip as it would be if it was considered from the very beginning :)

#my art #described #dimension 20 #a starstruck odyssey #skip takamori #norman takamori #Norman’s projecting a lot of anger and frustration but he finds a lot of it is because he is genuinely worried for skip. and he HATES that. #hates feeling like he has any feelings of vulnerability so he just projects anger instead. but hearing Skip’s voice quiver like that… #he didn’t like it. he also doesn’t like that he doesn’t like it. and then he feels bad that he doesn’t like that he doesn’t like it. #never ending loop of self-criticism… oh norman takamori #Skip is receiving a lot of these singles but they’re REALLY complex and he’s not sure which one is the Most True Right way Norman is feeling #signals** not singles gdi #but it just makes skip Feel Bad. he doesn’t want the people he considers his friends to be hurt because of him #anyway I have an awful habit of abandoning fics so I would like to have a few chapters down before publishing!! but I would like to someday

[guideaus]

im obsessed with the one relevant boy in The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All who is always fighting to be included in this story

#personal #he's normal but by trying so hard he's not. he REALLY is fighting for his life to join. usually a woman feel like that if it happens #major kabru vibes. like i thought he was introduced to cause problems and then he just wants to kinda micromanage and then #wants to be included so bad. he's just a silly guy #also i still hate the title. i copied and pasted that. i cant even use an acronym for it... tgswiiwagaa ?? #the english publisher needs to be revealed already. i need to see it and reread. idk why theyre hiding it