#encyclopika

[ratstuckinamarble]

I saw your tags! <3333 Finding another hamster lover in the big wide internet is such a breath of fresh air! Thank you for sharing your experiences and ham-love with me. Now *I'm* crying! Teddy the Bear *was* a great fellow. I've had hams all my life (about 20 hams or so by now), but Teddy was special. He was just so chill, chill enough that I brought him to 2 presentations as an animal ambassador. At both, he was so calm, despite the one where all the children were jumping at the bit to pet him (those were good kids, they reeled themselves in for the privilege to pet that fluff). He never bit anyone, never jumped, always the epitome of cool. I couldn't have asked for a better partner. As I move into more hamster rehabilitation (right now I have a very skittish girl), I know it will get harder to find a ham like him. Even still, I'm going to put my experience with them to work. Thanks for letting me tell you about him. ^___^

Oh how sweet! Thank you for telling me about him, he sounds even more precious than I had imagined (⁠人⁠ ⁠•͈⁠ᴗ⁠•͈⁠) I bet those kids all remember him fondly, and I'm glad they were careful with the little guy. But wow, as an animal ambassador? And hamster rehabilitation? Sounds like you put a lot of time and love into taking care of your fluffy little dumplings.

You know, finding another hamster lover in the wild was lovely for me too. They really are just such delightful creatures. Now, I've only had three in my life, but I just know I'll have hamsters again in the future. They made for such amazing little buddies. I still remember how much easier sleep came to me as I listened to them run around at night... Your little Teddy made me think of my first one, Ari. She wasn't chill like him, incredibly hyper, actually, but she was the kindest and most patient rodent I had ever met. I still remember being in awe when I first held her. But goodness, Teddy the Bear is such a cute name XD

And hams! Oh I had never heard them be called that before! How absolutely delightful djdhsjs

Well, I'm very happy my tags resonated with you, and I'm so glad I got to read what you had written there. Your love for these critters was just absolutely palpable. I wish you all the best with your hams, and thank you for the opportunity to think about mine again. Crying about them is just strangely easy huh XD Because they're so wonderful.

Ok, I wanted to post this sooner, but I was desperately searching for pictures of my old hamsters. And I found them!!!

Here they are! My lovelies (⁠ ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴗ⁠ꈍ⁠)

#I'm so glad I found these pictures again #rätposting #ask by: #encyclopika

[itstimetodrew]

16 & 17!

16. Post a picture from the beginning of the year

My dog looking at the snow :D

17. Post a picture from the end of the year

My dog again bc I take a lot of pictures of him hehe (can you believe he’s 9? He still looks like a baby..)

#encyclopika #ask meme answers

[encyclopika]

Preview of just one of my written entries for @thelostdex, a GIANT beta Pokemon zine. (And by big, I mean 300+ pages and more goodies. It's incredible!)

I got to work on almost *all* of the beta fish, some familiar and some more obscure. Sharpoon was probably my favorite and I had so much fun building its type, biology, and lore.~~~

If you loved my Animal Crossing Fish Explained series and love Pokemon, this is a book you *need*. Preorders end November 1, so get it quick at thelostdex.bigcartel.com!

#pokemon #beta pokemon #zine #Pokemon zine #writing #shark #Sharpoon #preview #encyclopika art

[izupie]

Out of context WIPs !!

Rules: Pick a bunch of your WIPs and summarize them as badly as possible, then ask your followers to vote on which one they’d be most likely to read (or see as art ;)). Multiple/all/none options are completely optional.

Thanks so much for the tag @hakucho-art !! All of yours made me wheeze - this is a great game!

Tagging, no pressure though ♡ : @encyclopika @amynchan @citrinediamondeyes and anyone who sees this who writes or draws!!!

These are just the destiel ones that I've actually started in some way lmao

#this was fun but mannn I had to really think about those summaries asdfjhkl #tag games #thanks for the tag!! #pie says stuff

[icequeen-07]

I was tagged by the lovely @theartofdreaming1 <3

🎶✨️when u get this u have to put 5 songs u actually listen to, publish. then, send this ask to 10 of your favourite followers (non-negotiable, positivity is cool)🎶✨️

Christian Woman - Type O Negative

Why Would You be Loved? - Hozier

King - Florence and the Machine

Lullaby - The Cure

Hounds of Love - Kate Bush

lmao I don't know that many people so I will do my best!! (made it to 9 :,) lol)

@queenofbaws @love-fireflysong @amynchan @bazwillendinflames @encyclopika @citrinediamondeyes @catlliecal @chris-hartley @secretspacecheetah (if we got into a boop fight its fair game)

#tag game #hehe sorry I've been inactive #exams kicking my lil behind #I just took one that was 200 goddamn questions #I died a lil lmaoooo #but thank you!!! #hehe this was fun! #im a huge music nerd #I think I have a pretty good music taste mmhmm mhmm #music

[amynchan]

Language is a living, evolving thing. X'D

@droff and @encyclopika!

#friends

[casdeans-pie]

wip tag game

Thanks you for the tag @velvethopewrites !! sorry it took me a million years to answer!!

Rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! and then tag as many people as you have WIPs

These are all destiel because of the brain rot

I really want to finish these instead of starting new ones this year!! My files are all pretty clearly named because I don't use separate folders, I just throw everything in a 'fanfic' folder aaa. I sort them by using the ship name in front and a bunch of underscores instead of spaces, so it'll be like destiel_fic_wip_name lmao

Falling (In Love) Part 2

Stars In Your Feathers

Whiskered Prayers

Wing Care 101

tagging some writers I know who might want to play but no pressure!! : @amynchan @citrinediamondeyes @encyclopika @chapeldean

#tag games #pie says stuff

[singingcookie]

Fanfic Q&A!

Thank you for the tag @encyclopika, sorry I'm oh so very late getting back to it 😅

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

Good question uhhhh 55???? That seems like way more than I thought it would be....

2. What's your total AO3 word count?

523,858 words! Granted over half of that is just my slow burn story so lol

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Primarily I've written for My Hero Academia (40 out of the total 55). But I've also written for Kingdom Hearts, The World Ends With You, and more recently Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild/Tears of the Kingdom.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Oh that's a good question let's see...

Drops of Jupiter (829)

A Princess's Dilemma (381)

Within Arms Reach (378)

One Plus One Does Not Equal a Date (Probably?) (303)

I Roll to Seduce (296)

I'm...genuinely shocked one of my LoZ fics is up there??? And so high??? 1, 3, 4, and 5 are all from my hero fanfics which is not surprising and most of them are super old. Number 2 I only posted in June and it was my first fic for LoZ so that's...interesting to say the least.

5. Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I try to! The last year or so I've had a hard time working up the energy or finding the words to respond to comments, sometimes. But whenever I do gather up the energy to do it, I tend to answer everything in my inbox in one fell swoop! And I always really appreciate getting them so tbh sometimes I feel bad that it can take so much energy to reply....

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

Oh gosh idk if I have anything that qualifies as an angsty ending lol. Maybe Tarantism (a KH fic) because it's supposed to be feelsy and then the ending is one of those "it's just a dream" things haha.

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

Happiest...probably A Family's Orbit? The story has married izuocha with their first kid who they're not sure when or if she'll have a Quirk of her own. But the one-shot ends pretty happy.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Hmmmm I've gotten a handful of complaints on Drops of Jupiter, on occasion. Usually just people telling me I'm going too slow (when I put in the author's notes of the very first chapter that it's "the slowest of slow burns" smh). Or this one time someone told me I didn't give Deku enough victories in the fic and it would be way better if I did.

Outside of that though, I can't think of any on my other stuff. I've been blessed with very kind commentors, I think.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

I've written a couple for Izuocha. But yknow usually, in all honesty, I've only ever written smut out of spite? The two fics I have (Burning Heat and Homecoming) were written in opposition to fandom tendencies at the time. Mostly everyone was talking about Izuku like someone who was a sex addict/sex god and Ochako was just kind of there. And I said "actually I think Deku's on the ace spectrum and probably mostly just cares about pleasing his partner than anything" and thus they were born. I haven't reread them in ages though that said lol

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

Generally, no. However, about a year or so ago I got really into twewy again because I had just finished playing NEO:The World Ends With You. So I came up with a concept that kind of meshes twewy's concept with the my hero world? I only have one chapter posted of Death By Proxy so far, but I have an outline and little details written down whenever I'm in the right headspace for it. For what it's worth, you don't really need to know about twewy to read it, because Izuku finds out how everything works at the same time you do lol

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not to my knowledge. Here's hoping it stays that way lol

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Not that I know of? I've never been asked about it anyway.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

Not explicitly? I feel like I help out my friends with their stories and vice versa, but not really.

Oh!

Although once upon a time me and a friend (you know who you are) wrote a KH fanfic together but I guess that was moreso just for us than anything else lol

14. What's your all-time favourite ship?

Probably Izuocha, just going by the numbers.

15. What's a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

Hmmm probably Eri-sitting? I really want to finish it at some point, and I posted the first part with every intention of doing it. But I never figured out the way I wanted to start chapter 2. Maybe someday though. Also!!! I did start writing a fanfic based off of heroes of the dark, but I didn't end up finishing it because it contrasted how the story ended and I thought completing that would be in poor taste with that said lol

16. What are your writing strengths?

Hmmm I've always found dialogue and characterization comes easier to me than I think it does to most others? There's always been discussions I've seen where people are like "oh sometimes the characters just do what they want" and I've never really...had that happen? Or at least not in a way that completely alters a story like I've seen people say. Little actions or pieces of dialogue that take me by surprise, sure, but like never anything that completely alters a plot beat I had planned. But usually at least for me, the plot beats are so centered around who they are or how they act that the odds of them veering off course are incredibly slim, if that makes sense

God I'm rambling uh dialogue and characterization I guess was my point haha.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Probably description is the thing I have the hardest time with. Some people are so good at writing a setting and making everything seem so like immersive in that way. For me, I don't see the point in describing something unless it's like relevant and so my description tends to be very to the point.

Also estimating a story's length. Usually I come up with a concept and then I'll say "oh yeah this'll only be this long" and then I start writing and writing and realize I had a lot more to say than I thought I did initially. This has happened a handful of times now haha

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic.

I definitely don't see anything wrong with it. I usually only do it for small phrases, myself, but partially because I'm not fluent in anything except for English. And I generally try to do some research or I'll check with friends if I have any who speak the language I'm using.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Kingdom Hearts! Back in the days of yore, yours truly actually wrote KH retellings with OCs back on quizilla lmao. I wrote quite a lot back then although with how long it's been most of the things I posted on there don't exist anymore. But that was back during 8th grade when I started.

20. Favourite fic you've ever written?

Oh hmm I don't know. I feel like favorites is tough because I like a lot of my stories but for different reasons. I'm exceedingly proud of Drops of Jupiter for example. And I think it's been a true adventure to write and does have some of my best work in it as a result.

But I also think some of the prose and concepts I've made for Call From the Wild has a special place in my heart. It's very different from...basically anything else I've ever written because most ever other fic is "modern" in a manner of speaking and this was my first time writing something that's...decidedly not lol. I also think I'm fond of it because it's adhering to canon while allowing me the creativity to come up with how certain things happened since the details before the Calamity in botw are pretty limited...

Basically I guess my favorite kind of fic I've written is anything that really allows me to go nuts creatively.

Thanks so much for sending this! I don't have anyone in particular I want to tag, but if any of my followers fill it out, please tag me so I can see it!

#kelly speaks #the cookie sings #tag game

[geckosquid]

Fanfic Q&A!

I have been tagged by @encyclopika

I must preface this with a lot of these are AO3 related, I haven’t actually posted anything on there. So I’m just going to answer what I can.

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Pokémon mostly. I wrote a lot of hetalia stuff in the past, stuff for Jse and markiplier’s ego characters, some stuff for super smash bros ultimate, and for persona 5 more recently. It’s mainly for whatever gives me the brain worms at the time.

6. What's the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?

I don’t actually know. Most of my stuff ends well because I like good endings.

7. What's the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

That I’ve finished, probably the series of short little blurbs that I wrote to give me my Legends Arceus closure. The game didn’t do it, so I did it myself.

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Nah, not my thing.

10. Do you write crossovers? What's the craziest one you've written?

Sometimes. If I do they are usually pokemon related. Smash bros ultimate is just one big crossover in itself, so there’s that. When I was younger I wrote a lot of hetalia x pokemon crossover stuff.

14. What's your all-time favourite ship?

I dunno. Not a huge shipper of things, but I like perfectworldshipping.

15. What's a WIP you want to finish, but doubt you ever will?

A lot of my stuff is unfinished, because I write what’s in my brain and when I run out of steam that’s it. But I really want to try and finish the main one I started for Legends Arceus.

16. What are your writing strengths?

That’s hard to say. It’s hard to put a finger on just one thing. I feel like my writing is pretty mediocre.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

The scenes leading up to the bigger scenes I want to write. I don’t know how to get to point A to point B.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language for a fic.

Can’t do it. Don’t want to fuck it up and disrespect the people who actually speak it. I don’t know enough about other languages to do it confidently.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

It’s always been Pokémon, honestly.

20. Favourite fic you've ever written?

Probably some of the smash bros things. Those were always fun.

Im going to tag @browniefox @greentrickster and @septic-dr-schneep for this.

#fanfiction q&a #long post #geckosquid posts

[thelostdex]

✏️ Introducing Writer @encyclopika!

#contributor intro

[ao3feed-bnha-girls]

Seal My Heart

Seal My Heart by Encyclopika, Izupie

Selkie--- (1)An oceanic creature of North Sea folklore, said to seldomly transform from seal to human by shedding their magical seal skin. Selkies never part from their seal skin.** **Except this Selkie. This Selkie gave up her coat to save someone. Which would be fine if he then hadn't taken the seal skin with him, not knowing the true nature of what had saved him, and accidentally left Ochako trapped in human form. Now she has to get her magical coat back without revealing her true identity... but Izuku is making it very hard to leave, and being human has its perks.

Words: 7661, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga)

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M

Characters: Midoriya Izuku, Uraraka Ochako, Midoriya Inko

Relationships: Midoriya Izuku/Uraraka Ochako

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Fantasy, Secret Identity, Fisherman Izuku Midoriya, Selkie Ochako Uraraka, Mutual Pining, Fluff, Midoriya Izuku is a Dork, Uraraka Ochako is a Ray of Sunshine, Fish out of Water, IzuOcha Week 2023

Read Here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/46443877

#AO3 Feed #FanFiction #AO3 Izuocha #♥ #Izuocha #Inko Midoriya #🎈 #⚤ #R:G #A:Encyclopika #A:Izupie #Merperson AU #Fantasy AU #Fluff #Izuocha Week 2023

[pandoramusicbox09]

Comfort Tag!

Thanks for the tag @encyclopika!

Comfort Movie: “Kiki’s Delivery Service”: it was actually one of the first Ghibli movie I saw and I keep going back to it. 

Comfort Food: Chicken Adobo and rice; it’s easy to make but it tastes so good. I eat it every chance I get. 

Comfort Clothing: What I’m wearing right now actually. My blue, fuzzy penguin pajamas that are very soft and warm.

Comfort Song: Fun fact about me. I love music and my favorite song/piece of music changes every week. I have to say though; one song I keep going back to and still love just as fiercely now as I did when I first heard it is “All You Wanted” by Michelle Branch. I don’t know why but something about that song just hits something for me.

Comfort Book: I unfortunately don’t read as many books as I’ve done in the past. I’m hoping to read more books in the new year. I will say that a book I keep going back to is “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austin. I just love it.

Comfort Game: Any of the core Pokemon games for the nostalgia of it but also Animal Crossing: New Horizons or Stardew Valley if I just want to relax and decompress. This was fun: let’s see... I’ll tag @thelastpilot, @madsciencestudent, @seecarrun and @singingcookie plus anyone else who wants to do this.

[mypodficacademia]

Based off the fanfic: Paradise by Encyclopika

Summary: In the crystal clear waters of the South Pacific lies a spit of sand, rock, and palm trees nestled between a rainbow of coral reefs. Some may call this paradise, but Ochako calls it a life-saver. Ever since she was separated from her pod and marooned here during a deadly cyclone, she has made the most of it – alone. The surrounding corals are teaming with tasty food items and the sheltered lagoon has become her home base. When another storm hits, Ochako is better prepared, but she can't say the same for everyone. The following morning, Ochako finds debris washed up on her shores...as well as a human! Ochako knows to keep her distance – humans have been unkind to merfolk throughout history, or so she had been told by the elders in her pod. But this one seems...harmless? He's definitely alone and definitely unsure of himself as he wanders the tide like a new born babe, confused and in need of some guidance. Ochako decides she will be that guidance from a distance. After all, if she keeps herself hidden in the waves, then nothing can go wrong...right?

Rating: Teen and Up Ship: IzuOcha Tags: Mermaid AU, Drama, Romance Time: 27 minutes, 32 seconds

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#Spotify #izuocha #podfics #my hero academia podfics #mha #bnha #my hero academia #boku no hero academia #my podfic academia

[encyclopika]

I just got back from an amazing trip to Alaska - t'was a bucket list item and I'm so glad to have gone. We're already planning on going again sometime! It was definitely a great time for filling out our bird lifer lists - saw bald eagles, a murrelett, some new gulls, common mergansers, and Bewick's wren. One of the greatest experiences was hearing a raven call from deep in the forest - it was so haunting. Gotta love goth chicken.

Of course, went to see marine stuff, too - saw humpback whales galore and took time in the west coast tidepools twice. Saw an endangered sunflower sea star and my very first chiton! Even though the tide pools were amazing, I don't think I'd trade away my East Coast tidal areas. It was weird to tell myself not to expect anything large like a horseshoe crab, y'know?

Saw black bears and moose, too!

Now that I'm back, I was hoping to write and publish my next chapter of Escape Artists, BUT! I'm not allowed to have nice things. So by the end of my cruise, some asshole gave me COVID. I've gotten the vaccine and booster, but this is the very first time I'm dealing with the real thing, so I was sick af for my land excursion part of the trip to Denali. I wasn't missing that, so I went on the excursion and saw my gd mountains and the wildlife and I'm glad I didn't let this fucking disease stop me. But now it's been almost a week I've been sick. When I'm feeling better than road kill, I'll get back to writing.

In the meantime, if you wanna follow me on iNaturalist where my husband and I post our photos of wildlife, my user is ama_and_aj . https://www.inaturalist.org/people/ama_and_aj

#encyclopika talk #iNaturalist #Alaska #Alaska vacations #COVID

[izupie]

I was tagged by @velvethopewrites !! Thanks for the tag! ♡♡♡♡

Rules: type your favourite colour into Pixabay.com and make a moodboard

I'll no pressure tag: @amynchan @encyclopika @archervale @dreampencil @loserchildhotpants @king4aday @crazysticks @pandoramusicbox09

#i changed the rules to pixabay because theyre all royalty free photos on there and then I dont feel bad about using them lmao #i love tag games thanks for tagging meeee #tag games

[icequeen-07]

I got tagged by @theartofdreaming1 this was fun!!!

The rules: pick a song for each letter of your url and tag that many people.

I - In Dreams (Roy Orbison)

C - Close to Me (The Cure)

E - Everybody Wants to Rule the World (Tears for Fears)

Q - Quest Of Fire (Iron Maiden)

U - Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed (David Bowie)

E - Everywhere (Fleetwood Mac)

E - Eat Your Young (Hozier)

N - Níl Sé'n Lá (Celtic Woman)

Bro I don't know that many people lmao soooo @citrinediamondeyes @amynchan @love-fireflysong @catlliecal @encyclopika and anyone else who wants to give it a shot!!! <3

(sidenote: I got to see the Cure in concert! I was incredibly lucky that my friends took me along, as a lil baby goth it was so so much fun, I ADORE the Cure <3)

#tiger talks #tag game #thank you!! I love music #so much fun!!! #my taste is uhhh #out there lmfao