#if anyone reads this i’m really sorry

[camgoloud]

i’m pretty sure this was done on the tlt subreddit once before but i haven’t seen it here and i’m curious to know tumblr’s opinions on the topic! personally i like the second two much more than the first—gtn didn’t really grab me that much and i wouldn’t have even called myself part of the fandom until i decided i might as well give htn a go and immediately got sucked in—but i’m guessing that most people’s experience is different, since the first book seems like the most popular based on the impressions i’ve gotten. also feel free to put in tags where you’d rank the short stories (as yet unsent and doctor sex) relative to the books! i would have stuck those in the poll too but there are. 120 different ways to order 5 unique objects

#personally it’s always going to be ayu >/= htn > ntn > dr sex > gtn for me #i do think that gtn might have had a chance against ntn if i had read gtn in the same mindset that i read nona (i.e. already completely 100% #obsessed with the world and characters) but there’s no way either of them could possibly hope to compete with the EXPERIENCE that is htn #and ayu is absolutely perfect for what what it is (character study of judith subtle worldbuilding exercise etc.) #like that short story more than anything else to me is where it’s clear that muir has written fanfic before because in the best possible way #ayu feels like one of those extremely high-quality 10-15k oneshot fics that you read and find your entire life permanently changed by #also the night that story leaked on this website was my destiel night so i will always have a fondness for it tied to that experience #the locked tomb #polls #if this HAS been done on here then i’m sorry and i’m not trying to steal anyone’s thunder! i just really want to know

[uhbasicallyjustmilex]

it does something incomprehensible to my little writer’s soul whenever alex articulates a phenomenon of the writing process i’ve always picked up on and then goes on to describe it in exactly the same way

#when i first heard him say this when i was watching the interview i legit had to pause the video for a moment #because it was like he’d actually taken my words straight out of my mouth #literally for years i’ve been fascinated by the little timeless pocket between dusk and dawn where there’s so much freedom #to explore creativity uninhibited and unobserved and without fear of consequence #the way it allows you to create things almost as if they don’t really exist #or like the rest of the world doesn’t #and the magic of that freedom #like if you create things on the cusp of dreams it’s almost as if they don’t count #they’re liberated from any usual self doubt or self criticism that invades the imaginative space during the daylight #why am i making myself sound like a creative vampire 😭 #i’m going to stop rambling in the tags now sorry #i fear absolutely none of this makes sense #kudos to anyone who’s read the whole way through this #the gist of what i’m trying to say is that it’s such a special feeling when someone whose writing you adore and connect to so much #puts into words elements of the process that have always resonated with you #and this is just one example too #right i’m going to stop rambling now #but one last thing before i go #on a more superficial note: can we appreciate how softly spoken and soft fluffy haired he is here?? 🥺 #alex turner #humbug era #arctic monkeys #alex vid #lulu posts

[catstar91]

Ok phandom peeps, I need to get something off my chest. I cannot stop thinking about it, it’s so funny that this happened to me!

So I’ve been casually perusing the DP fandom for a while, right? Like for several years at least! What can I say? I like art! So at various points I had talked to my aunt about some stuff related, like fun stuff about the phandom and the existence of ghost king aus and stuff. Recently though, I found a fanfic that I spent AN ENTIRE DAY reading and doing nothing else! Like I stayed up late the night before, woke up to immediately read more! I don’t normally read fanfics, let alone any long form story, cuz my attention span is shit and has been shit basically all my life! So in the evening when I was a good chunk of the way through the fic, I talked to my aunt about it! Cuz it’s funny! I found a lot of things in it very amusing and wanted to share!

And then she asked for a link…

The next thing I know, within a few months, probably 3 months later at most, my aunt starts telling me about phandom lore I had never even heard of before! She literally made an ao3 account!!! Guys I am floored! I’ve been idly watching from the shadows for so long, and then I accidentally get my aunt into the phandom and she starts telling me about a red duck candle that’s apparently been integral DPxDC lore for YEARS!

What have I DONE???

#Danny Phantom #DP #this isn’t art or any creative writing this is just sharing a personal experience I had so this isn’t going on my side blog #side blog does have some personal ramblings but they’re typically for art related plans and writing ideas #sorry to anyone following me for fandom stuff- I do try to avoid clogging my main with personal stuff and the like but… #god I just can’t get over this! How did I manage to get my aunt into reading DPxDC fanfics so fast??? #she never watched DP and even she didn’t really know much about batfam stuff (all of my knowledge has been from online fandom stuff) #so I’m just absolutely going insane about this cuz holy shit #how did I never know about the red duck candle???

[batwynn]

Sometimes I wonder why the NYC subways became one of the most common places for performance art, especially considering how a large majority of the people riding them are on their way to work or home from it, drop dead tired, and at least 98% more likely to commit homicide than any other group of people you could choose to boogy down in front of while wearing a nun costume as someone pours grape jello over you.

And then I remember the extremely expensive new police robot they rolled out on the subway platforms and yeah, it’s the shared enemy that will go first.

#NYC #baby #subways #subway performance art #I really want to know the history so if anyone has a good resource #I’d read tf out of it #anyway sorry I’m still trapped in the inbetween #liminal space #of the end of the year #ACAB

[urlocalsupermarketofendocrinosis]

question for folk out there - what type of paint is best for making patches? may be a dumb question but i want to just have some experienced knowledge from ppl

#punk #diy punk #questions #i’m just a silly lil guy #sorry T-T #anywaysssess yesterday i was right #i have a partner #we talked and #we are dating now #and they’re like really cute #ahhh #that was totally off topic #but yeeee #punk fashion #queer punx #punk patches #diy #punk diy #thabk to anyone reading tbis #i’ve been sitting for like three hours after texting them for a while

[leclerced]

max is my ride or die i got into f1 a carlos girlie but i’m a max girlie for now and forever. he’s just so!!! i saw a picture of him out in public a couple weeks ago (never in my life have i seen an advertisement for f1 or like, brand sponsorships with drivers in my country) and i giggled so much i had to be dragged away im so unnormal about him (kinda weird now that i think about it but oh well im just a girl).

you know how there’s the whole scenarios of “fucking the english out of someone”. that but max fucking the dutch into his girl where he’ll only let her come if she’s spoken to him in dutch yeah i need him so bad

- 🌙

no its ok i buy redbull bc of him so i can get the cans w him on it 🤭 im only a girl. its good for the economy.

crying that’s a max thing to do and he would tauntingly say whatever he wanted her to repeat back to him until she did, every time she begs, he repeats the same dutch phrase back to her or says he can’t understand her until she finally says it and she can’t stop saying it

#ask #🌙 anon #i need max more than anything #i was going to bed thinking about max and peach and how i wanna write their storyline as kinda enemies to lovers #not really shes in love w him but he thinks shes his rivals annoying sister who happens to be super cute #and i thought of A Line or maybe The Line idk i was rushing to grab my phone to put it in my notes app #someone talk to me about max and peach #does anyone even read my tags #i just brainrot in them #thats what tumblr tags are for thats why they go on foreeeeeveerrrrr #sorry im tired i wont even remember this in the morning thats why i rushed for my notes app #so glad i checked tumblr too bc this ask is delicious and i’m going to write it into max and peach’s story for sureee

[roseworth]

the only people that say that comic books arent hard to get into are the people that have been reading them since they were a kid. and the only people that say that comic books are too hard to get into so you shouldnt try are the people that have never bothered opening a comic book.

#as a bitch that got into them like 2 years ago. its fuckin hard #especially if you dont like not knowing things #however its not as hard as some people want u to believe #like one of the first books i read was batgirl 2000. fantastic entry book #first of all its amazing second of all you dont really need a lot of prior knowledge to understand it #but even then. it gets confusing. #since i didnt know a lot about other big events i didnt know what was going on in any crossovers #like ok um why is bruce wayne being convicted of murder rn. #like when i was getting into comics i had wikipedia open for like half the comics i read #i think the hardest part is finding a starting place #then continuing to expand from there. like there’s so much and it’s HARD #and sometimes saying ‘just use a reading guide for a character you find interesting’ um. does not work #my rose reading guide is my baby but it is NOT a good starting point for people that haven’t read comics #anyways i’m sorry this is not meant as a slight to anyone #i just love to give my two cents all the time

[gabriellabowden]

Heyy i wanted to ask you something. I've been following you for years now and i remember your beautiful paintings, but im not sure if i remember correctly if you used a canvas or a wood/mdf panel, so my question is, which one did you use and if it was wood/mdf, did the painting changed with time? Would you recommend using wood or is a canvas better? Thank you

so I use mdf, because it’s smooth and that suits my sensibilities when it comes to my subject matter and how I like to paint it - it’s certainly not for everyone though! I had no formal introduction into painting (which is extremely evident) and I know very little beyond what worked for me. I didn’t like the textural qualities of canvas, or perhaps I didn’t have the skill to navigate the rugged surface without error, so MDF became my default almost immediately.

If you’re going to use MDF, getting panels thicker than a few centimetres is important because it warps/pringles easily - and make sure you prime it conscientiously, covering every part twice over.

These days though, as I’m tentatively getting back into making work after doing only 2 paintings in the last four years, I’ve been using leftover construction timber from building sites. In January I asked some builders if they were going to use the huge, long planks stacked by the side of the site, or if I could take them home and chop them up. They cut them up for me on the spot, I gave them a bunch of chocolate banana muffins, and since then, whenever I see a building site, I ask the people working on it if there’s any leftover or unusable lumber I can have for paintings.

Consequently I have nearly 100 beautiful rectangles of thick, primed timber lying around my tiny kitchen, and I trip every time I go to make a coffee in the morning, and by the end of the month I’m probably gonna have another hundred stacked up in my bedroom.

#I am going through my inbox after like two years of not really reading it and #I’m so sorry to anyone who’s asked me anything #there are thousands of messages and some of the questions are really interesting so I will be answering them as quickly as I can! #nice to be back #firmly ensconced in the arms of the only social media platform I’ve ever loved

[rexxdjarin]

I will say :( I am sad about the state of my writing.

I miss the days when people cared about my work and were excited to read and would ask me stuff about what’s happening in the story or just send me asks about fun stuff with any clone.

I miss when it was fun to write and talk to people on here and now I just feel like no one cares what I’m doing or what I think and im lonely again.

And like that’s my fault. My stupid life sucked the last 6 months. I’m too busy to enjoy myself and all my work and fun life stuff has suffered. I don’t even feel like me and now I can’t even come on here and have the one little sliver of joy that writing was for me.

I am probably just ✨depressed✨ but yeah :(

#sorry I haven’t updated or written or been anything or anyone worth talking to or reading lately #I don’t know how to fix it and I don’t know how to feel like myself again #I don’t want to give up on my fics but I just don’t feel like I have it in me to write anymore #I feel like I suck and just can’t do it anymore and I’m really really sad

[itspileofgoodthings]

Porfiry telling Raskolnikov that at least he was honest and in one bound took the furthest leap to put his theory to the test of actual action——

#Taylor believing a man who is obviously lying to her #like. it’s fascinating to me how they’ll say anything to her and she’ll be like ‘okay let’s go’ #she’s never read Jane Austen and it shows. but that’s okay because she’s the character in an Austen novel #she has no sense of self-preservation she has no common sense when it comes to love #and the reason I have endless patience for that is because she IS different. she is extraordinary. she is WEIRD. she’s so needy #so angry so fragile so stupid so brilliant so completely helpless #like the bolter———I can’t even LOOK at it right now #because you know she was like this since she was 5 and SHE knows it #just so. Different. so strange. I mean she ruled her family with an iron fist from the age of 11 #and her packaging is so basic and she she had so much access to everything anyone could want #so there are none of the usual marks of someone being so Different #but like. people HATED her from day one. you know her own strength of personality was drawing out many people’s hatred or envy #and she’s so helpless in her own personality because she can never change #like thank you aimee? or whatever? heck yeah there was some girl who bullied her and brutalized her on the playground #and you know it devastated Taylor from day one and still does #and it’s just. I don’t know how people can’t see that someone with that extraordinary set of gifts #wouldn’t also suffer in such an extraordinary way #and ways that elicit so much scorn and non-sympathy because people are unsettled and jealous and annoyed by her #because she WILL find a way to win #but isn’t that proof enough that she is the very OPPOSITE OF NORMAL #it’s why people have to be like ‘oh she sold her soul to the devil for this success.’ or whatever the psy-op spy thing is #because there’s no human way to explain her success if she really were as basic/talentless as people say #ugh this is all so incoherent and irritating and I’m so sorry but I just. I cannot explain how protective my heart is of her #and all the many many mistakes she’s made and the prisons she’s made for herself because she’s LIVING the tragedy #of never having denied herself one time/getting everything she wants #and discovering the poison at the bottom of everything she reached for with desperate hands #like. I love her so much and I am so protective of her because she is so helpless and she is getting shot in the face every time #and she feels every blow! #whew I need to turn off reblogs and will probably delete but I just #this album is all of her spilled out and people DO hate to see it because a lot of people hate her!!!!

[the-raging-tempest]

That weed tea fucked me up so bad that I’m still high and I split that like way over 12 hours ago. How am I going to be in my ttrpg tonight

#im blasted #I’ve truly never been so blasted as I’m still so high #on that lana del rey shit #truly I am still fully fucked up right now and I am supposed to have a game in 3 hours #help #I haven’t been able to read or reply or do anything #I’m still really fucked lmao #bro… #I don’t know if I’ve just become a light weight or what #sorry to anyone who has messaged me #I don’t believe I can speak #sorry everyone

[stuckinapril]

i had never heard of dunya mikhail before so i googled her just now :0 adding to my to-read list as we speak!!!

Omg thank you baby <3 <3 I just learned of her myself in my indefatigable quest to familiarize myself w more Iraqi lit! And let me tell you the things she writes about make an Iraqi American bitch weep on sight

#and by Iraqi American bitch I mean me #bc it so specifically touches on having Iraqi heritage but seeing your country so little #like yes Dunya I too feel like a forgetful tree #who just lost a branch one day (my country) #I know exactly what you mean. #even if you’re not Iraqi / Arab you really can still feel her words touch you #and from what Ik she has a lot of works touching on a lot of universal experiences anyone can relate to <3 :) #sorry u literally busted open a facet like I’m so excited about Dunya Mikhail bc my heart aches reading her works I swear

[ssreeder]

I started reading this like 4 days ago, time has blurred together. I have not slept over 5 and a half hours of sleep in that time, I had to get up at 6 for something and was going 'just one more chapter' several times until it was 2am. The only thing that I can think about is LIAB, I am quickly losing my sanity to Zukka and the prison camp. I came here for a fun time, a good time and the sheer amount of angst that I had heard this had. And, I was certainly not lied to.

I am the type of person to read hard core angst. Impaling, torture , doesn't even phase me anymore (bit concerning but ignore that), I have taken to the blank word document to get that sinking, queasy feeling when the angst gets really hard core. First few chapters of this had me captivated and then Zuko came into it, *Chefs kiss*

I can't read long fics because I don't have the attention span, but for this I make an exception, also if you read it all in like 4 days the attention span doesn't have time to run out! I am on the 3 part, chapter 2 and I actively plan to binge read it tonight. Do I have school in the morning? Yes. Am I still going to stay up until 1 in the morning reading this and make up for my lack of sleep with caffeine? Also yes.

I really hope that Jet dies in this, I hope that he has a really anti-climatic death as well, like he falls off a slightly too high ledge. NO ONE and I mean NO ONE gets to separate MY GAYS LIKE THAT BECAUSE HE JUST HAD TO TELL FONG THAT ZUKO WAS AT THE BLOODY CAMP!

and the Forest Lesbians, may they live forever in the local folk lore about two witches that lived the forest and used the power of being gay to cure people.

thank you for writing this, it has really made me happy reading this even though my favourite gays are getting traumatised (more traumatised than usual for Zuko). I have only been reading this, my friends are concerned about me since I don't think I have willingly left the house in... *looks down at fingers, realises I don't have enough fingers to count this* umm... too long!

*holds your hands* how are you doing friend??

your ask had me both nervous and excited haha & the greatest thing about responding to this a few days late is that you’ve probably finished it by now haha. I feel sorry for your sleep schedule but I also don’t feel bad haha <3

I’m glad LIAB met your expectations in the angst, it’s probably one of the more angsty/ darker zukka fics & it’s probably going to get worse lol. (Not for zukka specifically, everyone gets to join this time) But you’ll see… if I can hold your attention until the end haha.

as for your Jet thoughts I’m sure you found out what happened to him by now ;) <3

thanks for this amazing ask seriously you’re great & you deserve to get yourself a treat for taking the time to send me this haha YOURE AWESOMEEEEEE

#I always get nervous when I get long asks #I think I have negative comment PTSD or something haha #I’ll get an ao3 comment or tumblr ask and I get all nervous like OH NO THEYRE GOING TO CRITICIZE MEEEEEEEE #& then it’s really nice and I feel SILLY #anyway yeahhhh I’m sure LIAB is one of the more darker zukka fics lol #I say that casually but also warn the shit out of people in the tags #I don’t want anyone to ever get triggered #Because I do think people sometimes don’t take tags seriously #But I’m glad you liked it so much you got all the way to the third book #You’re seriously amazing for reading all thay #I wrote all of it and I don’t even wanna read it all haha #I had to go searching for something the other day and I had to like suit up to dive into all that and find my fact #I’m very serious about connecting facts haha #I may have foreshadowed something in chapter 2 book 1 that I’m holding onto for chapter 20 book 3 haha #I’m crazy sorry haha #Anywayyyy I’m curious if you did catch up #I’ve got another 20k chapter almost done lol #Well anyway THANKS FOR THE ASKKKK #LIAB #RIA #ITF #ask

[sickgraymeat]

tfw you really need to reorganize your vault

#adventure time #finn the human #princess bubblegum #bubbline #bonnibel bubblegum #marceline the vampire queen #marceline abadeer #fan comic #fanart #i typed this time bc my hands are even shakier than usual #also tried using a stylus which i havent done much and it was ok #mine #sorry finn #Finn draws them almost the same height is a headcanon I would defend in court #if anyone wants to read the whole letter I can show you haha #sorry i guess that’s too much text for my program to print very clearly lol #I could’ve typed it somewhere else and pasted a screenshot in but #I didn’t want anyone to feel obligated to read it????????? & thought if it were really clear that would be more of a risk??? idk #all my comics make it very clear that I’m always in more of a writer mindset than artist lol #and at least I hope I’m better at writing than art ahdjdjdndn

[neptunesenceladus]

thinking about Themes and Motifs and how Tone can be conveyed through the layout of the page

#in other words: #thinking about dress rehearsals by Madison Godfrey #i want to say it’s really post modernist #in how it explores the self and how it conveys that with more than just prose #brilliant book if you ever feel like some poetry and prose that will rip you apart #i feel like rus and rowan would both enjoy it #many of the pieces are written in fractured lines which perfectly show in a visual way the feelings #photography teacher had us do an essay on wether art is defined by the artist or the audience #and i feel like godfrey does a really good job of telling you what they feel and mean by it #and then letting you decide what it makes you feel and means to you #so you get two definitions #the artists and the audiences #and each audience would have a different definition of it cause the stories it tell won’t apply to anyone #because of the theme of performing womanhood and sense of self #so some people will be looking through a window while reading it #while others are inside the room #which them makes me think of a room of one’s own essay/speech #which i need to reread #sorry for the essay in the notes #it’s cause i’m not confident about my own words to write and actual essay #en thinks thoughts #also this was supposed to be about how the work is typeset but i got so sidetracked #this is why my literature essays were never an a grade #i get too sidetracked

[moontxt]

Hi all. My rent is due in 3 days and I’m about $120 short. I’m really hoping once I get this paid I’ll be able to get back on my feet after being harassed and stolen from by my transphobic family. If anyone can help out at all, my venmo is theodorebasil26. I’m just really stressed and worried I promise I’ll stop once I have enough to survive<3

#I’m sorry for all the posts this situation just really sucks so bad #I’m thinking of making a post offering tarot readings (I’ve been reading for ppl irl for years) pls let me know if anyone is interested!! #I can also write/edit/beta if anyone needs that #or I can make personal playlists/poetry recs #pls let me know!!!