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angelltheninth · 1 year
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How to permanently hide/block AI generated works on Ao3
As you might know people have started using AI to generate fics and have been posting them to Ao3. As of now there are almost 400 works with the words/tag: 'Chat GPT' or some variation of 'AI written'.
When I asked Ao3 support about blocking/deleting them they told me they don't violate their ToS (which I think is bullshit, since the fics are made from stolen works). That being said I kind of understand why they don't want to delete them. If they do then the works would go untagged and be impossible to filter out.
You may also ask: why not use Ao3's Block and Mute feature?
You can but there's a limit to how many users you can block/mute. Since there's already almost 400 fics I imagine they're just gonna keep popping up and sooner or later you'd run out of block/mute spots.
Therefore I find it much easier to permanently block them all together.
For these you will need the Tampermonkey extension, the Ao3 savior script, and the Ao3 savior confg script (which the one you will be editing).
Now I will show you how to use them:
First you need to add Tempermonkey to your browser:
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Next is the Ao3 Savior and the Config, you add them the same way:
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After that you need to install the scripts in Tampermonkey to make them work:
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To edit the scripts you need to click on the Tampermonkey extention and go to "Dashboard". After that you will see your window and click on the Ao3 Configuration edit:
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The script might look scary and complicated but I promise you its not. You may edit lines 20-40 in order to make it work.
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The things you want to edit should be separated by commas and have apostrophes before and after the word so that the script knows where the blocked tags begin and end. Also remember to click "File" in the top left corner of the script and click "Save" or your progress will be lost.
My script looks like this, if you need a visual,:
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And if you want to know the exact words I used and just copy and paste them here you go:
For authors: 'ChatGPT', 'ai3fanfiction'
For titles: 'AI written', 'written by AI', 'ChatGPT', 'written by an AI', 'AI Dungeon', 'written entirely by an AI', 'AI-written', 'written with an AI', 'written entirely by AI', 'written by a AI'
For tags: 'AI generated', 'ChatGPT', 'OpenAI', 'Chat-GPT - Freedorm', '*Written by AI', 'AI written'
For summary: 'written by AI', 'AI Dungeon', '*written entirely by an AI', 'AI written fanfiction', 'written by an AI'
Of course you can also add ships, tags you may find triggering, etc. in the exact same way, just make sure you add them to the right line and in the format I showed above.
I hope this helps until someone finds a way to hide authors works from AI cause Ao3 seemingly isn't doing anything. Or AI bros gets sued by some big company and get shut down.
In the meantime you can use this, feel free to add any other other words you find to make it work better because I most likely didn't find them all. And if you know of a more simple method you may also share.
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peachiime · 3 months
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antics at akademi — a yandere simulator inspired story.
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akademi high school is a very prestigious establishment, saved only for the most eloquent and intelligent students. it's the place where budding youths go to be modeled into the perfect member of society, it's the place where dreams come true, it's the place where everything runs as perfectly and as smoothly as you can possibly imagine it. akademi highschool is a utopia...
...said no one ever.
akademi fell to shambles long ago, and this year's batch of interesting characters seem dedicated to tearing it to pieces even more, whether they're doing it consciously or not.
these people are far from normal. every day, there's some new conflict or event or explosion or bird attack. and don't think that the list of troublemakers only extends to the students, because these teachers are the only people working there for a reason.
does that intrigue you yet? if so, you might be interested in following the progression of this school year, where you'll watch relationships break and form, people rise and fall, see it get worse, then become slightly less worse. you know, that stuff.
akademi high school is way past the description of disorderly. it's downright hellish.
but it will get better.
want to see?
(more information under the cut.)
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antics at akademi is a retelling of yandere simulator, with the same setting and characters, but a different genre. it takes on more of a slice of life comedy story, with some elements of drama in there as well.
when published on ao3 and wattpad in the future, every chapter will follow to day-to-day life of the students of akademi for a whole school year. every moment will be full of things that make you smile, laugh, cry, or hit your head again your screen.
antics at akademi is an entirely separate thing from the game it is inspired by, and is in no way in support of yandere dev; not supporting anything the original may imply, not supporting his actions or ideologies, none of that. i am a very different person and i am telling a very different story from yandere dev.
any questions, comments, or concerns are encouraged. don't feel afraid to submit an ask, and please reblog my posts whenever you can if you want to support this project!
and also note that posts will probably be slow, since there's a lot of information to share and i'm very busy with life right now. in the meantime, there are many other posts about antics at akademi that you can see by checking out the specially made tag for it! (its just antics at akademi again. search it up wink wink)
once again, don't feel afraid to ask any questions, whether they're silly or serious. thank you for reading this far, and i hope you decide to follow the production of antics at akademi! much love <3
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sims2packrat · 20 days
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Affinity Sims
Hello.  I wish I was posting under happier circumstances, but as we all know, Rebecah passed away a short while ago, and now her website, Affinity Sims, is not responding when people come to visit.  I’m worried that it will go the way of many wonderful Sims websites and be gone forever. 
Her page on MTS is still there, but there were many wonderful items on her main website that were not copied there. 
So I am gathering everything I ever downloaded of Rebecah’s and creating an SFS archive. 
I have also made an interesting discovery.  Affinity Sims is there on the Wayback Machine (thank you to the people who archived it when they did), and the links to the images and SFS files Rebecah made are still accessible, you just have to know the workarounds.  So I’ll see if I can download some goodies I never originally bothered with on there. 
This archive I’m making is a work in progress, but here it is: http://simfileshare.net/folder/211026/
Hello @princess-arystal21! Terribly sorry for my late reply. Many thanks for the link! I’m so sorry to hear Rebecah has passed away :-( may she rest in peace.
I have quite a few of Rebecah’s downloads I believe, on my pc back home. I’ll be going home around the end of March, will update this post then! In the meantime, here is my sfs folder (as of now, it contains one download from Rebecah which was kindly submitted to me by @cliodhna76!) I will upload the files I have to that sfs folder when I’m home. I’ll contact sfs as well, in case they might be able to help out, since her sfs files are still working.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but there were other creators on Affinity Sims, right? Do we know if they had accounts elsewhere?
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wood-white-writer · 5 months
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“Didn’t mean to make your heart Blue”
[DOODLES AND DRAWINGS]
So, in the last couple of days, I’ve been experiencing some mild writer’s block while progressing with the next chapter of DMTMYHB.
Rest assured, it’s about 60-65% finished if we exclude grammar and editing, so if I’m lucky, it’ll be out sometime along next week if I have the energy. Night shifts all fucking week.
In the meantime, I hope you’ll enjoy some scribbles and drawings I’ve been procrastinating with.
- Yours truly, WWW.
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This is what I personally imagine Reader/“Cross-Hairs” looking like as I’m writing. Helps with some visuals, y’know? (Ignore the weird angles of her eyes in the second one plz)
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Context: Buggy wanted to ask you something in private, only to discover you were engrossed in a conversation with Shanks. Fuck ‘im.
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Gol D. Rogers’ Legacy: the Next Generation of Pirates in the New World.
Reader/“Cross-Hairs” — (former) Captain of the Cross-Haired Pirates and the Beast of the East.
“Red-Haired” Shanks — Captain of the Red-Haired Pirates and one of the Four Emperors.
Buggy “The Clown” — The Genius Jester, The Flashy Fool, Captain of the Buggy Pirates.
Gol D. Could not have been any prouder, and is currently cheering on them from the grave.
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Ah, young love ❤️ (… hope nothing bad happens to them…)
And there you have it! What I’ve spent the last few days working on, both sober and otherwise. Have some more doodles I might post at a later date.
If any of you have any fanart you wish me to put up on the page, regardless of what it is, I strongly encourage it (if you feel like it).
- WWW.
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Taglist: @kurinhimenezu , @carpinchootaku , @ay0nha , @teh-vampire-bunny , @lokiscure , @internationalsuper-spy , @detectivesparrow , @yuriwk , @notyuralycat , @angeli-fucking-cat , @machinema7k , @shuujin , @avatar-lover, @gingernut1314 , @autumn-slaves . @marvelouskatie , @floristoflillys , @dizzyenby, @redpool , @deliri-yum22 , @aemondsb1tch , @ackroxia , @gayandfairycore , @knightsfavoriteprincess , @asterizee , @aamethyst23 , @lizzie1107 , @cyberwears , @heylookliisten , @f41k47, @beep-beep1 , @crimsonflameproxy, @unpopular-sober-thoughts , @rayleeya , @timeladyrikaofgallifrey
(If you want to be tagged for this story or content related to it, just send me a message or leave a comment :))
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femdomlieeh · 1 year
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Wanting your attention (m)
Subby!WayV x Dom!GF!Reader
WARNING—suggestive themes, light angst & crack ✧ use of sex toys ✧ semi-public stuff ✧ light S&M ✧ breath play ✧ degradation ✧ praise ✧ mommy kink ✧ mistress kink ✧ baby boy kink
SONG PLAYING—Phantom ✧ WayV
[A/N.] I wrote and posted this very long ago (on my first book that was deleted by wattpad at 190k reads🥲) and i only re-wrote the scenario for some of the members (i think u can tell lol). I will continue re-writing old posts so u guys have smth to read in the meantime while i try to write new shit😊👌
M.LISTS—wayv ✧ nct u ✧ superm ✧ latest updates ✧ read on wp
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钱锟 / 전곤 / Kun
Kun craves attention from his lover but he likes to present himself as someone who doesn't as he's afraid of coming off as clingy and also doesn't want his partner to feel pressured or forced to give him all their attention. Let's say you pay him less attention than usual — you're stuck on the TV or working on your laptop rather than making conversation or cuddling — he may get worried that something had happened or that he's upset you in some way. Rather than being selfish, he would take care of you by making you food or bringing you something to drink or snack on to the table so you don't have to get up when working (he wants you to feel better). Let's say you had been spending more time with or talking to someone else and smiling and laughing a lot more with them than you had done with him this day, he would feel insecure about himself — like do you think he's boring? Do you think you two spend too much time together? Does he lack charisma? He's a bit more mature than the others so he's more likely to talk to you about but will try to sound as not needy for you as possible so you guys can communicate and compromise.
You were watching The Package (great film) on the sofa alone, not asking him if he wanted to join or what movie you two should watch, and he had gained the confidence to sit down next to you and lightly put his chin on your shoulder.
"Are you hungry? Because I can make you something to eat if you want," before you can answer he continues, trying to get you to look him in the eyes, "Or do you want coffee or tea maybe? Iced? Hot?"
"I'm a bit dehydrated actually. Hm hot green tea sounds nice about now."
"Okay, Love. I'm gonna be back soon and you're gonna have the green tea of your life," he felt how his cheeks were flaming by the end of his speech from embarrassment, thinking he sounded too desperate.
"Thank you, Babyboy," you kissed his pink cheek.
He was so happy to make you the cup of tea!
As the relationship progresses I see him continuing doing this, and if your sadistic ass still doesn't give him attention after all the good he does, he'll overanalyse the situation to figure out why he deserves being ignored. Give him a sign you're not upset with him. A quick peck is enough for him to smile. But I also think eventually he'll feel comfortable and confident enough to try to get your attention in less perfect-son-in-law ways (only on occasion if he's tipsy or particularly horny and needs your attention more than usual though). Like he might put his hand on your thigh at a restaurant and move higher and higher until you warn him you'll punish him once you get home.
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ชิตพล ลี้ชัยพรกุล / 이영흠 / ten
Ten. Is. Shameless. Periodt. He'd do whatever the fuck he wants whenever he wants to get your attention. You'd be quite amazed at how far he'd go to get your focus. Casually stripping off his clothes in front of you when you're trying to work from home? Put your hand on his neck when your talking on the phone? Pull out a vibrator to use without asking for permission? While purposely looking at you with a smirk? Whisper dirty shit in your ear when you're having a dinner with loved ones? He'd do it all. It wouldn't matter how lewd it were as long as he got the attention he desired in the end.
"Damn, this dick is so good, Mistress," he moaned loudly, referring to the dildo he was bouncing on without your permission.
You were trying to ignore his groaning and his sinful stare because the online meeting was still getting wrapped up (you had mic off).
"So damn good, way better than your strap, Mistress," he threw his head back and looked at you with a fucked out expression.
The meeting finally came to an end and you put down the laptop screen and turned to him, "Excuse me?"
His reply was short but powerful, "You're excused."
And that was why his ass was red hours later.
But he isn't a freak all the time! He can be really sweet and adorable if he wants to too. Like he will talk to one of his fat cats and be like "—— isn't giving me all their attention how mean, right?" And then pout with the cat (Idk his cats' names💀) next to his head as I'm giving you kitten eyes. He only acts this way with his partner.
"——, please pay attention to meee~" he whined with his chin on your shoulder, staring at the side of your face longingly.
"What, Baby?" you look at him.
"Do you wanna cuddle or fuck or watch a movie or something?"
He'd never change methods: acting naughty or cute is always successful. He loves all the consequences of acting like a slut to get your attention and whenever he feels super cute he likes to act that way too. I think that as you explore together in the bedroom (kitchen, balcony, bathroom etc) he will want to try exploring outside of your home too — it'll all start with him being very needy from you telling him all the nasty things you want to do to him once you get back home from the party, and he will instead grind up on you or join group conversations and say double entendres that everybody else understands as neutral, normal things to say but that you know he secretly means something dirty. And if you tell him you like that he will continue getting your attention this way. He's so creative he can come up with all types of ways to act nasty. Eating a very inappropriately shaped food (even if it's a fruit) while making eye contact. Dancing sexily in front of anyone. Touch you under the table. Draw something that could be interpreted as sexually explicit and show it to you. Call you Mistress in inappropriate settings when nobody else hear. He loves attention and there's no way you're not giving it to him.
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董思成 / 동사성 / winwin
Winwin is an angel. He's always obedient and listens to your commands, loving your praise afterwards. But if he sees you talking to someone else and enjoying it a little too much, he might get insecure. He'd want your attention as soon as possible and — since he's not a naughty boy — he'd do something innocent like whisper in your ear and ask you kindly and indirectly to give him some attention too because he'd rather communicate and solve the small issue than overthink it.
"Can you hold my hand?" he asked into your ear so only you could hear him.
A small smile made an appearance on his face when you took his hand in yours.
He looked at the attention-thief who had dared avert your attention away from him, and sent a friendly warning that you were taken.
My Mommy.
If you still didn't give him the attention he wanted, he'd become extremely pouty. Why won't you just give him attention? If he were desperate enough, he'd sit on your lap. But only if he were feeling daring or passionate enough for you to show him some love.
He sighed frustratedly and looked at you before he made his way to sit on your thighs.
You were shocked at the fact that your non-affectionate boyfriend made a move that was bold — in his case even kissing your cheek in public was considered bold.
"Mommy?" he whispered in your ear.
"Yes?"
He looked at you in the eyes, "Can we go home, please? I'm tired and I wanna sleep."
Give him attention! He's a good boy and deserves it! Kiss his hands, cheeks and lips in front of others if necessary. He's your good Babyboy, you should be nice to him. Don't be a meanie :c
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黄旭熙 / 황욱희 / lucas
Xuxi craves attention, whether it's verbal or physical. He enjoys being called handsome just as much as he enjoys being choked like a bitch. But he hates it if you give some of the attention he's supposed to have to someone else, e.g. if you were to call someone else 'handsome' especially, he'd feel a little butt hurt. He's confident, but he's still capable of feeling jealousy. Although he's jealous, he's still confident he can get your attention back. He's so handsome, how can he not? He wouldn't take it seriously, rather playfully or even silly. There are three key ways it could go:
1. Tease you
"Mami," he whispered darkly into your ear, "I'm hard."
You finally looked at him.
"Can we go and fuck? Please, Mami, I want you to choke me and handcuff me and call me yours."
"We're in public."
"So what? Let's go to the car, I always keep toys there for situations like this one."
"Such a slut."
He smirked, "Oh yes."
2. Confront you
"Talk to me, Mami, not him/her/them."
He whined annoyingly.
"How can you even think of looking at someone else when you have the most handsome boy in the world in front of you?"
3. Flirt with someone else in front of you
"I can play your game too, Mami," he winked before making his way to someone half as good-looking as you.
He didn't cheat, of course, but he managed to frustrate you enough to make him get on his knees for you in just a few minutes.
He's sure of himself and doesn't even feel threatened when you give someone else attention, just a little jealous because he wants you all for himself. He'd think of getting your attention as a fun activity. Like a game where he tries to get you to break from the act and when he does — he never loses this game — you reward him. Victory tastes good.
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肖德俊 / 소덕준 / xiaojun
姐姐 (jiejie) = older sister
Angel is rarely naughty, but if he's desperate for your attention, he might consider taking that path (not with the goal of having sex but rather just make you look at him or cuddle him or something). He wouldn't do something super naughty, but something bad enough to mildly shock you. His mind would go to something like 'accidentally' or 'innocently' touching you in a place he shouldn't touch you when you're around other people. He'd do it for your attention, and maybe because he'd want other people to see that you're obviously taken.
He looked at you for a second, contemplating whether or not he should put his hand on your inner thigh.
When he heard you laugh at someone's joke, he made up his mind and put his hand there.
You looked down at it and then at his face.
His expression was blank, but you saw right through it and smirked.
"Are you jealous, Prince?"
OR
Xiaojun had been shopping earlier this week and he decided to put on the shirt he liked the most before making his way to you, hoping you'd think he looked good.
"姐姐, I missed you," he hugged you.
"I missed you too, Prince."
He smiled into your neck.
If you still didn't give him the attention he'd hoped for (whether he'd tried to get it by shocking you by being naughty or by acting cute and sweet), he'd get upset since he can get a bit sensitive and sentimental. He really cares for you and your relationship so if you act indifferent at his attempts to get your attention, he'd think that you were questioning his love for you, or his cuteness, or that you were hinting at a breakup. The ache could be too big for him to stay composed, making him go and cry somewhere alone.
He excused himself and left.
Knowing he's sensitive and usually doesn't leave suddenly, you follow him.
When you found him you saw that he had tears in his eyes.
"Baby, what happened?" you asked.
"Why are you acting like I'm invisible. Like I'm not there? Like I'm no one?" his voice cracked and tears feel.
After that one sad incident, he'd expect you to not ignore him in the future since you now know he's vulnerable and gets affected by it. And so if you happen to ignore him like that again — even after the incident — he'd become more of a wreck than last time.
a/n. May or may not publish an angst imagine with this concept since it's been requested in the past...
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黃冠亨 / 황관형 / hendery
Hendery is a sweetheart. Your attention is always highly appreciated, but it's also expected from you (How can you possibly ignore a loud sunshine?). If you didn't give him his usual amount of attention he'd think you were in a bad mood and thus needed to be brightened up. He'd always be very nice at first and try to impress you with his cute and thoughtful antics, by saying something kind, being caring, giving you something thoughtful or pink.
"Mama, I got us food. Let's watch Netflix," he beamed and held your favorite dish up like it was a prize.
If you didn't return the enthusiasm his big smile would decrease.
But if you pushed it and still didn't give him what he wanted, he'd continue being optimistic and give it another try. If his thoughtful sweetie side didn't work then his energetic crackhead side certainly would. He'd say or act weird or dramatic in order to get you to crack. It's very hard not to smile when he's being his odd, loud self and he knows it; he's a natural born entertainer and uses it to his advantage.
"Throw it back!" he voice cracked out while dancing stupid.
"I shake it off, shake it off—"
"Don't leave me dancing alone. Come on, Mamaaa—" he nagged and tried to drag you to the dance (kitchen) floor.
If you give him what he wants in the end, he'd love to fight for your attention. But if you don't reward him attention, then he'd just feel like you don't fit with him. His personality should be able to gain your attention easily. So if it doesn't then there's clearly something wrong. He'd talk to you about it before making any snap decisions.
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刘扬扬 / 류양양 / yangyang
Babyboy feeds on your attention, and he will do almost every to have your eyes on him and spend time with him. He can be a jealous person sometimes and he hates that trait. Since he's an idol for SM he can't do anything that will make netizens suspicious of him being in a relationship and because of that you two have to act like you don't know of each others existence. But sometimes you two cross paths in public and this means that you can't look each other in the eyes or talk — which also means that if someone flirts with you or if you're laughing very loudly with an attractive person or fan girl/boy over another idol whilst he's missing you a few meters away, he might get sulky and will act sulky with the WayV members (and they will take care of him of course). And he knows that he's jealous but he will just try to act cute or pouty afterwards with you. If he's in a playful mood, he'd prank you in a mischievous way instead of being a naughty boy like some people. His creativity and sense of humor would come to play and he'd end up laughing at your reaction. Orrr he will act like a freaking brat and find a way to get on your nerves just for the fun and aftermath of it. Like he would randomly try to seduce you by dancing and end up giving you a lap dance or he would call you Mommy when you're talking to someone on the phone. Whether he gets punished or not doesn't matter as long as he wins your attention.
fluffy ver.
"Mommy~" he cooed and put his head in your lap.
"What?"
"My hand is tired of playing with my hair. Can you do it for me instead?"
non-fluffy ver.
A sex song from your playlist (or any song from WayV or 127 lmao) started playing on speakers and when you turned to where the sound came from, you saw Yangyang swaying slowly back and forth to the rhythm of the music, slowly getting closer and closer.
"Focus on me, Mommy~"
He didn’t mind a punishment afterwards<3
He's very needy and horny so he will find many different ways to get your undivided attention or a punishment. He will literally embarrass himself and do aegyo in front of his laughing member (and dye on the inside) just to get you to stop giving Xiaojun all your attention and instead smile and hug your sweet, cute, hot, awesome, sexy, lovely, best boyfriend (or just laugh and humiliate him so he gets hard and begs for you at home).
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❝ Only you can see the truth, so babе
偽裝臉孔清晰的視線
光影的真理未止息
Fade out, phantom ❞
( Only you can see the truth, so babe
Look as if there is no mask
The light of truth was never lost
Fade out, phantom )
—wayv; 2022
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bpdohwhatajoy · 4 months
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I really hate the way a lot of healing is presented. It’s not some “uwu flowers and sunshine everything is great!!!!” shit. That’s fake, disingenuous, and not realistic. If your recovery isn’t like that, don’t think you’re not making progress. That’s more toxic positivity than anything.
Recovery is gritty. It’s not never breaking down. It’s not never feeling bad. It’s not never feeling unhealthy urges. You’ll still break down (albeit less eventually but there will still be times of that). You’ll feel bad at times. It’s impossible to avoid negative emotions completely. They’re apart of life. It’s trying your best to resist urges and extending compassion to yourself when you do give in. You’ll still feel the urges. In fact I feel them quite often. It’s not never giving into them. It’s understanding that giving in is bad for you so you try your best to fight them off.
At first it might not even look like progress. You might think nothing is happening. You might feel hopeless. But progress with this stuff is slow. I mean think about it. You’ve been doing so badly for so long. You’re traumatized. Do you think you can undo that all overnight? It may take awhile to even see results. This is a gradual process. Don’t give up on it because it could take awhile.
Recovery is often confronting heavy things that have plagued you for years so actually a lot of negative feelings do come up. But the fact you’re confronting them and coping is proof that you’re healing and making progress.
Recovery involves finally standing up for yourself with people. It’s finally asserting your needs and stating how you feel rather than just sucking shit up and suppressing how you feel. It’s honoring your feelings rather than punishing yourself for feeling them or acting like feeling them is a wrong. It’s not tolerating mistreatment anymore. It’s saying ENOUGH. You can’t treat me like that. I value myself enough to not engage with that so I’m walking away and not letting them back no matter how they try to manipulate you.
Recovery is hard. It’s a lot of work. It’s getting kicked down and standing up with blood and bruises and taking care of the wounds. It’s not giving up even when you want to. It’s holding out hope for better days even if better days seem impossible. It’s also incredibly lonely which no one tells you. When you’re healing and putting up with shit less often, the same toxic people who banked on your tolerance won’t like how you are now so you will probably lose a lot of relationships either from you choosing to walk away or them not wanting wanting to stick around anymore since you’re finally not tolerating their shit. 2023 is the year of me losing the most relationships that I have over the course of a year I think but it’s also the best I’ve been doing mentally. Despite how lonely it gets, don’t give up on recovery and healing. Being alone is better than being drained by awful people.
Recovery is not putting up with mistreatment even when you think it’s what you deserve. Even though you feel worthless, you don’t let people treat you like that. You hopefully will get to a place where you feel good about yourself (I’m not there yet) but for the meantime it’s the action. Sure you feel bad about yourself but you stop letting people treat you like that.
You deserve to heal. You deserve to have your emotions honored. You deserve better from people. You deserve the hope that things can get better. Maybe you’re not at a point where this is possible. It wasn’t for me for many years. But when you start to undergo healing, revisit this post and you’ll see what I mean. I wish you all the best.
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strwberri-milk · 11 months
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Hi Hi!!! Your posts lowkey carry my mental stability lmao. Anyway, can I have Kaeya with an s/o who's very musically inclined? Like they have a nice voice, know how to play instruments, things like that. Bonus if it's a stringed instrument like Violin or Guitar bcs I play both of them. Anyway, I'm sorry if you're busy as I ask this but yk pls stay safe <333
yes yes yes fun fact i cant develop calluses bc i always pick at them before they can harden :(
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You like to practise and Kaeya also likes it when you practise. He thinks you're incredibly skilled and loves listening to you play your instruments. The way your fingers glide across the strings, the way your hand easily climbs the neck, the nimble movement of your fingertips dancing from fret to fret - it's all so lovely to a point he finds himself so mesmerised he might miss your music.
At first you worried that you were going to bother him. After all, instruments aren't exactly the quietest things on earth. However, since you were confident enough in your skills you knew it didn't sound awful and with his blessing your shared home was constantly being peppered with the pretty noises of your instruments.
Kaeya loved to do his paperwork at home, feeling like you were serenading him. It put him into a wonderful flow state, letting him do work so much more efficiently than he was able to do it before.
What he didn't know was that you also enjoyed singing. You didn't practice it as often as you did everything else, not wanting to subject yourself to any embarrassing voice cracks around him. You know he wouldn't make fun of you but you wanted to be at your absolute best before you sang for him.
That was all thrown to the wind when he came home early one evening. He was planning to surprise you after finishing his shift early, grabbing you some of your favourite treats to spoil you with. He practically snuck in, making sure to shut the door quietly behind him. He didn't want to interrupt you and your rehearsal after all.
He expected the sound of the guitar playing, happy to hear that you picked it back up after a brief stint of going on strike due to a difficult chord progression. You played other things in the meantime, but there was something about the song you were playing before that he just loved.
What he didn't expect was to also hear your voice quietly singing along. It wasn't incredibly loud or anything, but it was very soothing from the tiny bit he could hear. You were singing along with whatever you were playing, so focused that you didn't notice him standing in the doorway listening along to you.
When you finished, he claps for you, making you jump so hard you almost drop your guitar. You don't know how to respond, and instead just find yourself a little embarrassed. You wanted to perfect this song before he heard it, drumming against the body of your guitar a little as you wait for him to speak.
"You sound lovely," he says sweetly into your ear, hugging and kissing your cheek once you move the instrument out of the way.
"Thank you. I wanted to sing that song to you, but I didn't want to until I perfected it," you pout a little.
"Really? That sounded perfect to me," Kaeya praises, pressing a kiss to your lips.
"It could have been just a bit better, you know? I'm just a little harder on myself since I know I can do better."
"Oh don't be. You always serenade me so sweetly. I can't help but fall a little more in love with you every time I hear you play something. Now, I get to hear you sing for me too, okay?"
You know you can never say no to him, but you would never hate singing for him.
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ut-versotale · 3 months
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Update Time, Update Time
Welcome back, everyone. Hope you all had a very happy New Years! I come bearing a late present for you all: A Versotale update!
Game Progress
As I anticipated, I needed to take a break around the middle of November so I could focus on schoolwork. Now that we've been on break for a little while again and will continue to be for the better part of January, I've already gotten a sizable chunk of stuff done. Still not as much as I would've LIKED to have completed - There are still like only three fully-completed rooms at the moment, and even then they have a ton of WIP assets and first-pass dialogue and all - but, that is the way of coding a game solo, mostly from scratch, and with the occasional glances at Undertale's code, isn't it?
Unfortunately, while I really want to share stuff with you guys, it's all in some way a spoiler that I don't want to spoil for the people who'd rather experience everything fresh for themselves.
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So, if you DO wanna experience everything fresh for yourself, feel free to bow out of this post here. If you're sticking around, enjoy some mild spoiler-y content, some character designs, and some fun vague allusions to things I still really wanna talk about! I need to give you guys SOMETHING after this long wait, right?
Game Progress: Slightly Spoiler-y Edition
The OPENING CUTSCENE you saw a while back has been tweaked slightly to make Hercine more likable, and so the dialogue can flow a bit more naturally.
Two new cutscenes have been added to the beginning, albeit with some rough visuals. These three all flow into each other, and if you're speaking through each line of dialogue, they only take up about six minutes total. Still, it is a TAD bit too long for my liking without any gameplay behind it, so there's a chance I might cut a cutscene or switch the order of things around so there's a brief gameplay section before the last one. Who knows.
Undyne has been redesigned. Undyne now sports some less bulky armor that combines aspects of her canon casual and armored forms. If she's gonna be there the entire game, she may as well have a visually-interesting design rather than the blob of bluish-grey her armor used to be. I'm sure some people will consider this a downgrade, which is always the risk you run when you redesign a character you've already shown off... but I personally just can't stand working with that old design any longer. The colors barely pop, it looks messy, the armor's boring and flat-colored and almost even blends into her scales, etc.
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You didn't get to see the outdated Frisk design I had for this iteration of the project, and I'm glad you didn't, because upon writing more of their scenes and reconfiguring their personality, I HAD to redesign them again. I don't anticipate this one changing ANY time soon, but, as with Undyne, no promises.
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Next up, some important human characters in the first area that AREN'T Frisk! You'll meet them later on, and I really hope you all end up liking them and the story behind them! In the meantime, here, have their designs. Again, they might change, but I'm comfortable with these for now.
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That's all I feel comfortable showing off for the first area at the moment! I'm hoping to record everything up until the first save point and post it on YouTube at some point before the end of January (Again, as I must reiterate, in its very unfinished form), but no promises!
While that's all for the first area, I have been poking around with redesigning some of the later characters you guys have not even seen yet. Particularly, the primary antagonist of the new Cold West. I have to admit, I was a little worried that, if I didn't switch up his design, people would start comparing him to Clover since Undertale Yellow is still fresh in a lot of our memories right now, but... I think you guys will really like "The long scarf of the law." He's a fun character.
Alright, that's all from me! I hope you guys enjoyed this brief little peek at some mild spoiler-y content! I hope to be back soon with some neat stuff for y'all to see in action!
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cyncerity · 10 months
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WOW hi again
sorry it’s been like over a month since I’ve posted anything, south park fixation is still strong and I know if I push the mcyt fixation too hard i’ll lose it and i don’t want that!
anyway yada yada more stories in progress as I’ve mentioned in like 3 previous apology posts, but they’ll be a bit more delayed. sorry everyone family emergency happened and I’m gonna be busy for a while yet but dw i’m stil doin stuff
in the meantime since i feel bad about leaving all of you on the back burner i’m gonna post some old art that i never gave you!!
now that that’s out of the way here’s some new characters and art for the alien terrarium au that i never showed you!!
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you all already have seen Techno and Phil in the story, and they look pretty basic. Wil is pretty basic but he has some scars from surgeries performed on him to make him a suitable host for Tommy. The first outside person Wilbur meets is Niki.
Niki is Techno’s babysitter and best friend, and Wil quickly becomes close with her after he’s brought back to Phil’s house and Niki has to watch the twins when Phil is at work. The second person Wilbur meets is Shubble.
Techno is in his first year of high school, and Wilbur occasionally hangs around the campus cause he has nothing better to do since he doesn’t want to be enrolled in school. Shubble meets him while he’s loitering waiting for his brother and long story short, she convinces Wilbur to join the school’s theater program. Phil fills out some “homeschooled” paperwork and Wilbur meets with her and the theater troupe twice a week after school to do improv classes, plays, and learn musical numbers.
Lastly there’s Tommy, and there’s not much else to be said about him. Little alien snake guy i love him so much <3
might post more art of him later and explain parts of his character design but idk we’ll see
(also for age reference in this au Techno, Wilbur, and Shubble are all 13, Niki is 16, Tommy is 8, and Phil is an adult older than 25 [im not pinning down an age for him yet]. Dream Team and Sam are all between 23-25 [no specific ages for them either sorry])
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danganronpa96 · 7 months
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Regarding chapter 5:
I might as well give a small talk about it, incase I don’t post today (I am a bit tired after yesterday lol).
So, like with chapter 4, me and Rexx are going to work on the daily life, investigation, and trial all together, and then post with the same week or two gap when it’s all done and dusted.
How long will this take? There’s no proper telling. Some of that time between chapter 3 trial and chapter 4 daily was simply time off from working on the fic at all. However, this time around, despite from maybe some small breaks, we will be working on it more often.
If I had to make a guess, I’d say 5-6 months? I know that sounds like a long time, but especially with all the writing, art and videos we’ll need to produce, it makes some sense.
In the meantime, I’ll try to be active on the Discord, as well as keep on answerin’ stuff from you guys here to keep up ze engagement. Also, I will be making update posts as little progress checks like before. And, of course, we can all enjoy chapter 4 for the time being (why do I hear distant sobbing)
Thanks everyone!
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telomeke · 8 months
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BE MY FAVORITE – THE TIME TRAVEL
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OK so all the buzz on Tumblr about Be My Favorite finally convinced me to give it a go. I binged it with my Significant Other over the past couple of weeks and am all caught up now (just before the finale!). 🤩
It's been a charming ride, no truly earth-shaking revelations but I've been enjoying it. May post a bit more about some cultural and/or other observations, but I would like to see if the series sticks the landing first before going in deeper.
In the meantime my ever-astute S.O. has worked out how the time travel works, which honestly was a bit confusing for me (found myself constantly questioning which timeline Kawi was in, time and again, hah!).
If you've got it already worked out in your head, you can probably skip the rest of this. But for those who (like me) weren't too sure of how that dandelion head music box works, here is what I've learnt from my better half:
Imagining time as a linear progression, the music box only takes you back to when you last rotated its cylinder and activated its magic.
This is why nothing happens the first time someone turns the cylinder, but when they turn it the next time in the future, they're transported back to that time in the past
For example, nothing happens when Kawi activates the music box in the gift shop the first time (Ep.1 [1I4] 6.56), but he gets zoomed back there at Ep.1 [2/4] 12.06 when he turns the cylinder again.
Likewise, nothing happens to Pisaeng in the bedroom at Ep.10 [3I4] 5.35, but he is transported back in time to that location after he activates the music box in the future, years later (Ep.11 [4/4] 6.47).
While in the past, activating the music box again will send you back to the same spot on the timeline in the future that you came from (this is what the sequence starting at Ep.2 [1I4] 9.58 is meant to establish).
It helps me understand this better by visualizing the timeline like a tunnel that you are moving through. The first music box activation creates a new door in the tunnel wall. You continue moving through the tunnel, ignoring the door. The second activation further down the tunnel creates another door and whooshes you back through it to the first door that you created, and allows you to enter the tunnel again. You then move through the tunnel beyond this first door as you did the first time, but you get to change things that you encounter along the way. The third activation (still further back in the tunnel; you've already moved beyond the first door but have not yet reached the second) creates a third door and whooshes you back through it to the second door where you came from further in front. The things you've changed are in the tunnel behind you. You can keep creating doors to go backwards and forwards, so on and so forth. But you can only go back to the last door you created in the tunnel behind you, and only go forward back to the door from which you came.
So the music box functions like a binary toggle taking you to fixed spots on the timeline. It also does not take you further back than the last time you toggled the switch, which is why Kawi is unable to go back any earlier in time and save his father. You only get the one chance to redo things at a particular place on the timeline, and that place is fixed by the last time you rotated the music box's cylindrical base. Once you move beyond that location on the timeline in the past, your chance to change it is gone.
Others may have already written this up (I didn't read every post because I wasn't following the series yet), so apologies if this is nothing but repetition to you. 🤷‍♂️ But I thought it might be useful to share, just in case. 💖
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As an aside – the reason they've used a dandelion seedhead inside the glass ball is based on ye olde custom (that I read about in a British children's magazine from the seventies) of telling the time with it.
When the dandelion flower goes to seed, it turns into that fluffy ball whose seeds are dispersed by the wind. A strong enough gust will release the seeds as the fluffy bits catch the wind. Each seed with its own cottony windcatcher is then carried aloft, far away from the parent plant (thus reducing competition for sunlight and nutrients when it takes root).
But children are told (or used to be, no idea if it's still a thing) that you can blow on it to release the seeds as well, and the number of puffs needed to release all the seeds will give you the time of day (three puffs meaning three o'clock, for example). It may have come about because the seeds are more tenacious later in the day, needing more puffs of air in order to be set free? I'm just guessing, but anyway this is why the seedhead is also called a dandelion clock, and is entirely appropriate as a visual metaphor within that glass globe (and why we also see the seeds floating across the screen whenever there's time travel afoot in the series).
P.S. Also unrelated, but it pains me that I listened to the full Be My Favorite theme song (ย้อนเวลา/REDO) only after posting about the songs in QL dramas because it's such a fun, energetic ride with a strong melodic hook and deserves to be on that list too.
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Krist does it well (even if the falsetto high notes just before the chorus are a bit grating). The racing tempo, breathless syncopation, repeated motifs and lyrics about second chances in life also echo all the timeplaying games of the series with their fits and starts in various loops, making this one of the most deliciously apt QL theme songs to come out in a while. I hope Kawi and Pisaeng run the rest of their course as well as this. 😍
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determunition · 11 days
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hi gang!
it's been a while but i just wanted to sort out my progress on everything i'm working on rn ^^ especially since i've been getting quite a few new followers recently! welcome welcome to you all btw, i'm super happy to have you here ^w^
OLD_FOLKS HOME: as you might expect i've had a bit of trouble getting back into writing for OFH, but i'm finally on my way! chapter 23 is fully drafted save for some minor edits, and i've just cracked into chapter 24. the tournament arc will be four chapters in total, and once those are done i'll drop them on a biweekly basis! thanks so much for your patience on OFH, it's far outgrown its original scope but i truly do love working on it and can't wait to show you guys all my ideas ^^ if you've not checked out OFH or if you wanna catch up, now's a great time to do so! you can find it right here on ao3: [Link]
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Storyboards: i'm on my way to being finished with a pretty big inscryption-based storyboard project! it's about as long as the digital affection animatic, but it's far more silly than cinematic. with any luck i'll have it out by next month! i'll be dropping it on youtube first, so if you'd like to subscribe or otherwise keep an eye on my channel for that you can head over to my channel right here: [Link]
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Prints: if you're new to this blog or missed my recent announcement, i started selling some prints of the canon scrybes and my swap scrybes on etsy! they're $15 each and i'm all stocked up, so you won't be waiting too long for delivery ^^ huge shoutout to those who have ordered so far! shipping is still within the US only but i'm planning on changing that sometime soon, so i'll keep you posted. in the meantime you can check out the prints here if you're interested!: [Link]
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Misc: Until these projects are done (especially the boards), it's gonna be mostly sketches on the blog proper! i've been in a massive scrybeswap mood lately so that won't change anytime soon, but you can also expect some retyrement and maybe a couple wildcards here and there; hope you enjoy every silly lil doodle i throw up here! i certainly enjoy sharing them haha
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and that's basically it for now! a lot of inscryption as you can see, so if you're here for that, lovely news all around! but for those of you who like a bit more variety, know that i've got plenty of shovel knight and a bit of deltarune in the oven too...well, maybe not in the oven; more like uhh cold proofing in the fridge lmao
thanks for reading my lil ramble if you made it this far and another big welcome to all the new folks on the blog! happy to have you here and hope you enjoy yourself ^^
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Okay, I haven’t actually made a post in a heck of a long while. I’ve just been reblogging stuff, some of it being writeblr but most of it being off-topic. So it’s time to change that! I’m gonna rant about my writing progress for the next few paragraphs and subject you, my poor followers, to my rambles.
I'm taking a break from APS because working on it for two years straight with little to no off-time is giving me serious brainrot. Besides, I want to write more dystopian stories that touch upon important problems today. While APS does touch on some societal issues, it's not as emphatic or relevant to what I really want to talk about. I'm still going to be continuing it (and doing another slight overhaul on the book soon, because the first two times just weren't enough to satisfy my gremlinized brain) but I think it belongs on the backburner for a while.
In the meantime, I decided to expand on a new WIP idea that was intended to be a short story, but never got written and would work better as a series anyway. I feel like it focuses on issues that I really want to talk about and implement into my storywriting, and while I might not be the most advanced at using the dystopian genre to make nuanced, subtle critiques, this is definitely a step in the right direction. I'm going to talk more about this new (and untitled) WIP later, once I develop it further.
I've also been thinking about either self-publishing or traditionally publishing (probably traditional, because I'm broke as shit for self). Of course, this is definitely a bit of a stretch, so I'm still keeping online writing platforms in my pocket if needed (and it probably will be). Plus, taking a big leap like that is pretty scary, so I'd rather work my way up by submitting short pieces to, say, literary journals first; that way I can get a feel for what it's like.
That about wraps up everything I have to say. I'm gonna be more active on writeblr (hopefully, fingers crossed) because I feel like I've missed out on a ton.
So brace yourselves. Once I get my shit together on this blog, it's over for you all. (/j)
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gumnut-logic · 1 month
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🤗 What advice would you give to new fanfic writers that are just getting started?
🤗 What advice would you give to new fanfic writers that are just getting started?
::rolls up sleeves and brainstorms all over the keyboard::
If you want to do it, do it. Don't hide. Everyone had to start somewhere (wanna see my first ever fic? I was 18 and the internet did not exist, also, it was really badly written; you can find my second ever written fic here - its TOS Trek). We've all been there and we are all learning. Don't be scared, Thunderfam at least is here to support. For you fanartists out there, check out How I learnt Portraiture and then check out this post to prove that I can paint, honestly, really I can :D
If you do encounter negativity - block/ban. In fandom, if you can't say something nice, shut up and go away. Don't like, don't read, and mind your own business. I'm all for self curating your online experience. The only time constructive criticism is polite is when you know the person and they've asked. Like I have several members of Thunderfam I come screaming to while writing with the question, does this suck? These are my sanity checkers - Gavii, unfortunately you have taken on this mantle and suffer on a fairly regular basis. Nutty by name and nature.
Works in Progress - anyone who has known me here at all knows I leave a wake of WiPs behind me. Some I get back to, some, not so much (I promise to pull Alex out from under that building, I do!). WiPs are part of the way an artist works (I have so many in so many media, omigod). Because fanfic is published close to the leading edge of creation, its gonna happen. Fanfic is written for fun, after all. The key is to not let them beat you up in the head. Yes, there is unfinished stuff, but it doesn't mean you can't write something else in the meantime. Don't let it stop your muse. I am notorious for unfinished stuff and the real world hates it. But this isn't the real world, THIS IS FOR FUN. I know the marketing theories and the regularity of posting and popularity and what is at stake if either not enough is published regularly or if too much unfinished stuff disappoints the reader. But again, if you let the WiPs hang around your neck too much and badger you, they will drown you. It will become a job, a burden, something you hate. So don't pressure yourself. Work with your muse and see what you can wrangle out of it...at your own pace. You might be surprised what works.
The Terry Pratchett method - I don't know if it is true or not, but there is a post flying around Tumblr somewhere that claims Terry Pratchett, famous author, only aimed to write 400 words a day. This is something I have found extremely useful. If you want to write something, don't set the bar too high so you fail. Set it at a reachable level, even 200 words or 100 words. Honestly the hardest part is actually sitting down and starting. Before you know it you will have passed your low goal and blown it out of the water 3000 words later (my highest number of words in one day was 7000 - I tend to edit as I go, so it slows me down). Rarely do we have an entire day we can write, cos life keeps getting in the way. So do it in little bits. I'm doing this method with my crochet at the moment. Lots of little bits make big bits. This is how I've written many of my longer fics. Heh, I used to have fifteen minutes in the car before work, so I'd pull up on the side of the road and write as much as I could in that time. Sometimes having a limited time helps with that as well.
But the biggest thing you can do to improve your writing is to get to know yourself very well. I'm on the autism spectrum and likely have some forms of ADHD or Executive Dysfunction (I literally cried the day I found out it had a name as to why I couldn't finish things). It's taken me years to work out how to get work out of myself. How to avoid fighting myself (a fight I never win). To learn what works best for me and how I can herd the cats in my brain into them doing what I need them to do. Find out what makes you tick. Find out what sparks your muse, what way best enables you to write. Try different times of the day, different places, bribe yourself, time limit yourself, lock the family out of the room, go to the beach, write on paper, go mobile, write on your phone, scribble notes, anything that can get your brain doing what you want it to do. Sometimes reading fic can do it, showers and manual work are great for idea sparking - let the brain idle and it comes up with all sorts of interesting things. Very late night writing can be a doozy of a trip :D Find what works then do it - until it changes and you have to find it again because yes, my brain does that too, drat it.
And that is probably enough babbling from me :D I need to go find Virgil and a pick up with his name on it...or Gordon's...it's still gelling in my brain :D
I hope this helps someone, even just a tiny bit. Writing is hard work, don't let it drown you. Also, we all have up and down days, just because something sucks today, doesn't mean it will feel the same tomorrow. Never give up, never surrender, and if you do give up on one thing....ooh, look there's another one to play with.
Thank you for asking ::squishy hugs you lots::
Nutty
(who despite this will still have days where the writing will not work...in which case, I'm gonna do something else for a bit until brain decides it wants to play....stupid brain, do it on demand, you pile of goop)
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reliul · 4 months
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Hello all, I call myself Reliul. Should you not be familiar with who I am, allow me to quickly introduce myself. I am a being who has travelled far through the depths of Grand Reality--what you might call the Multiverse. I have been gone from this universe for what may seem an infinity to one like you, but know that this is my home as much as it is yours.
I will describe what Grand Reality is in another post soon, but know that it is by all means infinite and contains just about any universe you could imagine. Even one such as myself, who has travelled the Multiverse for many lifetimes of our universe, has not seen the barest drop of what is out there.
You will hopefully be seeing many of the universes here soon, along with any illustrations Veronica can cobble together.
[Veronica here, that's kinda rude. You could at least introduce me, first.]
You must be patient with me, I like to meander. Veronica is the one doing the physical work of typing these words, for I cannot. She happens to be the only one in this universe who can hear me.
[Thanks. You can continue now.]
Delightful. Below are listed some of my current works (in progress, so far). Ones with pages are linked under their names, but as you can tell, more pages need to be created.
Tunneling (2nd Draft) and the rest of the Seven Forces series.
The Emperor's Fortress (1st Draft)
The New God (1st Draft)
Unnamed Universe of Essences Novel
Below are the universes in which the above stories live, along with other stories I have yet to even start the backbones of. None have links yet, but that will be fixed hopefully soon.
Our Home Universe
The Universe of Elrys (setting of Seven Forces)
The Universe of Gen (setting of Emperor's Fortress and New God)
The Universe of Essences
The Crafted Universe
The Colorful Universe
The Timebent Universe
The Universe of Chance
This post is long enough, I feel. If you, the reader, want more in the meantime, we have a website at reliul.neocities.org. Goodbye.
(full transparency from Uluscri, I am neither a multiversal entity from the far ancient past nor a woman named Veronica--I am but an early 20s human trying to spin up some interesting worlds and stories, and I hope you enjoy your stay here)
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gaviicreates · 5 months
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Craft week in review
Good Morning, and Happy Sunday! Here in the US, we just caught up with the rest of the world with that twice annual clock adjusting we do. Those of you without daylight savings, you know where it's at. In any case, Northern Hemisphere means we got extra sleep today, so not too many complaints from me here. Even the dogs accepted the lie in, which was amazing.
I'm still figuring out how I want to use this blog space. My impulse posts I can't put here, because I used a log in type that requires me to be on my laptop. That means you get the nice pictures, the reflections, the organized WIPs updates, but none of that is helpful in keeping the space active. What are you, blog? An archive, a journal, a gallery?
Please bear with me while I figure it out. I get that the pictures of the finished objects are what tends to inspire people, but I like writing and sharing the journey, even if those musings are not as entertaining. I'm still working on the balance.
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Doilies
Last week, I primarily worked on blocking some finished doilies I had to work on over a couple of days. I only have one set of blocking boards with the circle lines for me to properly measure out the doilies evenly. I'm fine throwing my own stuff on the normal boards and eye-balling it, but not for commissions. With those finished I decided to open up some more local commissions, which quickly filled with family members, and posed the question a bit more in general to the online audience. So four more commissions have joined my schedule, though not all of them need to be in by Christmas.
In the meantime, I started another tree doily, and I plan to take pictures of those pieces soon so I can share them. Here's a phone one to hold you over.
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Purchases/Acquisitions
I had a couple purchases last week - and some quick turn arounds. In the yarn world, I placed an order for some Hobbii Rainbow Lace which is one of my go-tos for when specific colors are requested. The yardage is not as much as one might get with Aunt Lydia's from the local JOANN or Michaels, but the shades they carry are so rich and varied. Plus, I'd been eyeing up a rust color I needed an excuse to add to my cart. I also grabbed some dark reds and soft greens to play around with Christmas shades.
Of the hand-dyers, one of the brands I follow is Hue Loco out of Colorado. As with hand-dyed, you're paying for what I consider a luxury material, so as much as I would like to buy everything I do try to splurge sparingly for the sake of my wallet. But I stumbled upon a colorway that was perfect for a project I'd been planning, and since it was going to be a gift for my husband, I didn't mind going the hand-dyed route. The colorway is called "Magpie" and it's a beautiful blend of blues and greys with a sprinkling of browns. SW 100% Merino in worsted. This one came in yesterday, and I couldn't resist working it up right away.
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I may have also purchased something for myself while I was on their site. Shh.
I also splurged and ordered some Furls wooden streamline hooks I'd been wanting - in Ebony. One of my dogs got ahold of one of the nice resin colors that were no longer in stock, so I couldn't re-order it when it made unusable.
Expensive week for me! But it'll be the last for awhile while I budget instead for Christmas and start working on the projects these materials were purchased for. For a last hurrah before the holidays, I'm happy with these selections.
Upcoming
The sock DPN class I signed up for starts tomorrow, and knit night at my LYS on Tuesday.
I have one more more doily to block, the next tree one to finish, and the commissions pending.
The new Furls Hooks should arrive next week. Hobbii is enroute.
WIPS: My sky blanket project is making great progress - I've been able to keep up with it and the goal will be to provide an update monthly around the middle of the month. Chevron Scarf was put on hold this week, but maybe I will work on it some today to give me a knitting break.
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