((I want everyone to keep something in mind in regards to this blog and this is going to sound like a general, common sense post (and in a way it is) but it's also hi I'm in your house, whispering into your ear, telling you to call ga//amestop and ask them if they have bat//tleto//ads---, blah blah, basically it's personal too:
With me, regardless of blog or content, both communication and engagement go hand in hand. Communication and engagement needs to go both ways.
I love posting and reblogging memes and calls and will continue to do so but you folks---old mutual or new mutual doesn't matter---need to take the initiative yourself sometimes too. Be enthusiastic. Be spontaneous. Be proactive. I don't want to ask people to write with me all of the damn time nor do I want to chase after people all of the time because if I have to do that constantly over and over again it starts feeling incredibly one sided even when it isn't (because ofc people have lives, specific interests, anxiety, and whatever else which are all things that I deal with myself and I understand how that can stop someone from doing something, but that's how it feels especially over an extended period of time) and I don't need to explain how disheartening and draining that can be.
My seeming to interact with only one person---and for both of my blogs it's @magioffire and we all know that---it's not because we're being stuck up, elitist or whatever inane and incorrect term people want to throw at our feet it's because we engage and communicate. The give and take between us (both from an ic and ooc standpoint) never feels imbalanced or even transactional (I really hate using that word but, again I gotta stress this, that's how this makes me feel) and I have never felt like I needed to chase them down for an interaction or had to fight for a scrap of their time---which feels like a feat bc Blair has a lot of people scrambling at their door---and I cannot tell you how huge that is. That sounds like a huge sweeping thing to say, I know, but I mean it in all of the little ways too. I could post some stupid bullshit on here; not a starter or a meme just a little random muse thought or observation, and 100% of the time here comes Blair telling me what they think or adding on to it or just...whatever. They're here for both me and my muses for the big and small things, whenever I've asked and, more often than not, when I haven't (or couldn't) and that's incredibly important. It's that kind of stuff that makes what we have special and that's putting it super lightly. And yes, our relationship both as friends and as writers has developed over a long time, and we did click immediately that's true, but there's never been any doubt to cast upon the work and effort both of us have put forth.
And this post isn't to say that I'm demanding constant or immediate attention from you all---because, again, we all have lives, health issues, etc, etc, and all of that takes precedence over a hobby as I've said before and will say again and again---but....put some effort into it when you have the capability. Yes, like the calls that I post or send a meme in, absolutely, but also message me on your own and ask a question or shoot a muse a random prompt or just @ me in a post. Show me some enthusiasm and engagement on your end because right now it feels like I'm doing all the work all of the time and that's tiring. I'm tired of handing stuff to people all of the time---I'll keep doing it, obviously, because I need and want to engage on my end and love throwing stuff at people and providing opportunities---all I'm asking for is understanding and reciprocation.
If you can't reciprocate for whatever reason? Tell me.
If you're unsure about something, no matter what that something is? Tell me.
If you need help or even a specific kind of accommodation in order for us to start interacting or continue interacting? Tell me.
Don't just assume that I don't want to write with you or that you can't ask me for things. Don't assume that I'm being a snob or whatever else just because I seem to be paying attention to a certain mun full time because do you know what that actually is? That's friendship. That's effort. That's me giving back what I've been given. That's me reciprocating the enthusiasm, love and creativity that I've been handed, nothing more. There's nothing unobtainable or gatekeep-y about that either, you just need to be earnest and forthcoming with me and I can assure you that I'll return the favor in kind.))
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If you had a friend who suddenly got shrunk, and they lived with you, what would you do to accommodate them and make them as comfortable as possible?
Just curious if you would do it like Melanie or do something different.
This is gonna be the last ask for the night because I am a grandma and it is 10:30pm here so I am sleepy.
I feel like I would probably do it like Melanie would. Help set up points of accessibility as much as possible, try to give them their own space and freedom but also just... worry about them and try to be there as much as possible to help them out.
I imaging for a few of my friends it would be... annoying? I guess it depends on the friend, there are only a few I'd be comfortable around in this situation, and most of them I would probably let try to call the shots on how they want help/need help in the situation.
This is also like, setting me up fantasy-wise in a space where I do not have a roommate or cats to worry about on top of everything else. In the ideal I would try to do things Mel's way. In the reality? Oof. No idea. trying to cat-proof anything when it comes to my tiny orange terror is a task and a half and I am paranoid about that kind of thing.
Honestly, thinking about it and being tired AND drunk, if it was more akin to my reality with the cats and stuff... they basically wouldn't leave my sight and there would be significantly less freedom allowed purely just out of fear for their safety. That would absolutely be horrible for everyone involved. Big oofs.
Thank you so much for the ask!
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I HAVE FINISHED S2 and y'all .... I have so many feelings without any idea of what to do with them all right this moment ( bonus points for having a headache rn from crying lmAO ), but I can give some thoughts for now.
I absolutely fucking LOVED season 2. It was very different in a lot of places, but the thing I loved about it was that it lead with something in Leigh's writing that, imo, she is known and loved for ( or at least she is by me ); her twists and turns, the way she keeps you constantly guessing until the very last moment. I feel like if they hadn't changed things, they wouldn't have been able to pull off that specific feeling for those of us who read the books. I had no idea what was going to happen for most of the time, save for the direct references and foreshadowing I caught, and it was a wild ride and SO much fun. I loved it. I cannot overstate how much I loved it tbh.
The soft moments and those heart-wrenching, complicated moments, the equal attention in the various types of relationships was also spot on imo and it's something I love about her writing as well. There were so many different kinds of hugs and shows of affection between those various relationships and I'm absolutely weak for it. The show is 100% like a fanfic, an AU, and I personally didn't feel like they did a disservice to the source material or the characters. Things made sense in the context of the AU. I feel very passionately about all of this, but I respect those who feel differently. I just wanted to get some of my feelings out.
This does mean that it'll be a lot harder to mix both book and show canon, so I may keep things more separate—but that just means that I'll lean into either show canon or book canon, depending on who I'm writing with and what their preferences are. I love both the show and the books as their own separate canon so I am more than happy to lean into one or the other.
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Sickness update: Still coughing, but it's (mostly) dry coughing now, and my headache is gone! But I'm not at 100% back-to-normal mental capacity yet either :(
Writing update: I've been hard at work on my angsty longfic! I was going to work on something lighter (especially with my cold) but all of a sudden more and more ideas to add to my AU kept popping in my head and I just had to jot them down.
Before long I was finally organizing my outline by putting all my previous bullet-point came-to-me-at-random-times-of-the-night-and-put-in-an-equally-random-order concepts into plot-chronological order as they should be, and making headings/sections for the major location changes to find stuff easier, and getting down how exactly series-and-collection-wise I want to go about categorizing the fic and its sequels, and finalizing their titles (which are all names of songs on The Glitch Mob's Drink the Sea album, give it a listen with good headphones if you haven't before, it's great background music!!) and oh yeah I needed to go over the h2hs again better open that doc, and I definitely need to have the game's script and cutscenes on hand for reference as needed (which was very frequently) and now baby I've got a stew going
I'm having so much fun writing characters I haven't gotten to write before, and (minor/vague Xenoblade spoilers) digging into the details of the lore about Face Mechon and expanding on my take of what was happening on the Mechonis before the party got there, and fitting lots of little puzzle pieces that the game gives you but doesn't directly tell you they belong together which is why I love it so much, and getting into such a nice flow state with it all and gjshfhskfh I love Xenoblade 1 so muchhhhhh!!!
So all that is to say I will hopefully be posting the prologue tomorrow or the day after! :) No promises as it's gotten much longer/more-detailed than I planned for (although I really should have expected that, it's always how it goes with me when I'm having fun writing I just can't stop haha) but it is most definitely on the way to being published soon!
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