#it's also finals month so we'll see

[crystallizsch]

SAVANACLAW ROOK HUNT HELLO????

WHAT’S HE DOING HERE

WHY DOES HE LOOK LIKE THAT

LIKE WHY IS HE SOOOO

UHHHHHH

VIL WHAT DID YOU DO TO HIM????

HOWD HE GO FROM THAT TO DORA THE EXPLORER

#listen i’m not a rook fan at all but DAMN #and to be fr i'd wanna see more of how he went from savanaclaw to pomefiore #also the FUCK is going on over there in jp #they decided that hey lets release clubwear leona and chef azul/ortho today and then land everyone with a bigger blow the next day #well at least they finally have the rest of the tsums 🤧 #i totally manifested it last month (i didnt) #jamil is an r card which is tragic 😔 #still looking forward to what the card is going to look like though #[— #twst #twisted wonderland #twst jp spoilers #twst jp #rook hunt #★’-twst-rambles #—] #also i wish the book 7 update means they’ll be finally going into the other guys’ dreams #SO THEN WITH THIS ROOK CARD DOES THAT MEAN WE'LL GET SOMETHING SIMILAR WITH THE OTHER GUYS???? #IM JUST GOING FERAL THINKING ABOUT THIS #IT’S THE SCARABIA DUO AND HEARTSLABYUL GANG IM MOST INTERESTED IN #I NEEEED TO KNOW #ALSO EN IT’S YOUR TURN I NEED TO KNOW WHAT IM EXPECTING NEXT MONTH

[astriiformes]

Had a really good conversation with my therapist yesterday that has left me feeling better about life & the future than I have in... months, honestly (which also has me feeling really good about her ability to help me continue sorting through things).

I was talking about my distress about the future and in particular what I'm going to do when I graduate, since grad school isn't the most stable option, and she pointed out that since I was spiraling over hypotheticals, maybe it made sense to simply make up my mind about the first step, since applying to grad school is hardly the same as committing to grad school. And she was so right. I am so good at feeling like I need to make the right, perfect decision -- especially after making mistakes with school in the past -- that I have been worrying myself into depressive spirals over what the "right" decision is here. But making up my mind to at least apply and find out what my options are is a decision, that will give me a lot more information in the long run than paralysis over if it's "okay" to apply at all.

It'll still take a lot of work, obviously, and l don't know if I'll even get in anywhere, much less actually commit to doing a PhD if I do. But it has taken such an incredible weight off my shoulders just to say "Okay, I am going to apply, what next?" Because it means I can put all that nervous energy to actual use! Instead of spiraling the next time I start thinking about my options in the future, I can go do research on different PhD programs (without feeling guilty the whole time, like I have been until now)! I can ask my favorite professors for advice! I can reach out to current grad students to ask what they think of their advisors! All of which is actually productive and will help me make the most informed choice I can if and when the time comes, instead of ruminating endlessly on what the "best" one is!

TL;DR -- my therapist is very smart and understands me and the things my brain gets stuck on in a big way, and her advice has dislodged literal months of extremely disordered thinking just like that. Because now I feel like I've made a choice and have something to work towards. And also like I can breathe.

#it is probably not a coincidence that i finally feel like i've 'clicked' with a therapist again who also is knowledgeable about OCD #because i think this is a very OCD problem and very OCD solution #stuck worrying about a totally hypothetical choice? make a non-hypothetical one so it becomes real and actionable instead! #i am literally going to file this away for all major life decisions; i get so stuck on this kind of thing and it's so smart #genuinely cannot overstate how much i've been struggling with this for months and how much it's just. gone now #like i'm having a good week mentally ('maybe it's the start of the semester / maybe it's vyvanse' joke - but actually) #so i am not going to pretend this fixes everything forever #but also it was constantly hanging over me and now it's. not #anyways! i have no idea if academia is the right choice for me! but i'd kind of like it to be! so we'll see what happens! #and in the meantime i will do productive things instead of self-flagellating about being interested in an unstable field! #i love. therapy. love when it works

[doli-nemae]

Day 1: "Full Moon" (from inktober (іклотобер) by art-book "Bloody Waltz"

Just Sofia nicely taking a walk in a park with some stranger in the middle of night and definitely not to drink blood a little

#vtm #vampire the masquerade #vampire the masquerade ravnos #ravnos #vtm oc #wod #world of darkness #vtm art #wod art #wod oc #inktober #inktober 2023 #dolinemae #it's not ink but idc #I'm extremely bad in all these inktobers i most likely will forget about this thing tomorrow #BUT #it's still worth a try #especially bc themes are interesting and kinda neat #and it's just another oportunity to draw some stuff with my bloodsuckers #ALSO bc the time is limited I might finally DRAW SOMETHING THAT WILL BE DRAWN IN FEW DAYS #AND NOT LIKE MONTH #so yeah hehe #we'll see #artists on tumblr #char: Sofiia Kotliarenko

[sixofravens-reads]

Okay im (lowkey) back from my social media vacation. Unclear how much I will post here yet, because I've become fairly disenchanted with various book-fandoms and their dramas recently lol, but I will at least try and keep this blog updated with what I'm currently reading.

Anyway, in the past 3 weeks I read:

Homesick for Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh, which is very weird and off-putting, with most of the main characters being, at best, assholes. I do think it's a good read, though. The theme of most of the stories seems to be "MC loses their perfect life because they can't get out of their own destructive cycles" or "MC loses what they think will give them the perfect life but instead gains the knowledge of what is really important, unfortunately it is too late."

Reread the Unicorn series by Vicki Blum as a palate cleanser after that book + The Stranger Beside Me. Those are childhood favourites and are always a nice "reset."

Also finished Princess Jellyfish, which is a wonderful and adorable series. There's a pretty funny twist around vol 6, and I felt like vol 9 wrapped things up a little too fast, but overall it's a great read.

Then my hold for Please Kill Me: The Unauthorized Oral History of Punk finally came up. An extremely interesting, weird, delightful, off-putting, horrifying, and sad read lol. All the emotions! Highly recommend even if you're not into punk music since it's a good look at history and the culture of 60s-80s New York as well. I recommend pairing it with the No Dogs in Space podcast's series about punk.

Now I'm reading The Mermaid's Secret by Vicki Blum, and next I'll read The Dragon Prince to cap off my rereads of her books. After that I'm hoping to start an LoTR reread.

So that's...16 books in 3 weeks without tumblr. If I want my teenage reading speed back I guess I should just quit social media 😅

#thinking about reading #oh also i finally rearranged the bookshelves. which ive been threatening to do for months. #will maybe post photos but uhhh the living room is now full of gardening supplies so we'll see if i can clean up enough 😅

[fadefromthelight]

Someone mentioned punk!Wataru once and it has never left my head since then

#based on what i wore to a concert a month or so ago #but i was wearing shorts because i would've died wearing jeans in 90 degrees feeling like 100 degrees florida heat #i'm just obsessed with him and it's not a problem what so ever #and i've finally gotten a little more comfortable drawing his hair #also i had sketched out a complementary one for keisuke but we'll see if i have time to work on it lol #i'm lowkey proud of how this came out tho #i might crop it and make a close up of it for my pfp #initial d #wataru akiyama #wataru <3 #my art #faded art

[b4kuch1n]

lol that post got super derailed off the bat (nobody’s fault but mine for being smarmy there tbh) but the point stands. before you call any creature with feathered wings I make “angel” please imagine me being very miffed about it and then do as you wish

#bakuspeech #like. I think the thing here is you're just misreading the piece if you go in looking for angel stuff #which literally doesn't matter really but I'm up in arms about it the way authors are about their worst character being fan favourite #idk man. do u know there are big birds on our copper drums #they're neat and they're cool I like them a lot #anyways. this round of comms is finally done!! #sorry to the last client in the bout for taking so damn long skjghdkj I just. I don't think I like working with a light table #or. I'd like it better if its bigger. I'd just like it better if I have more space in general probably #currently it's just like. I have to choose between my tablets and my ink. and switching is a Big hassle #I'll try to figure out something for it! #but the news for now is: I'll take the next week off comm stuff. to unclench my brain #got a Bunch of stuff I wanna take care of. before the month ends #so uh! we'll see about stuff! if ur here for the ink comms please look forward to that coming back in a week! #also I'm gonna reblog the recent stuff again. I've just been head in sketchbook/paper not giving a shit abt anything #I need to see sunlight again. man. boy

[mattodore]

best part of having ocs is that i can just write them doing whatever i want. like i can just do anything with them and it's like oh yeah. that's happening. and no one can be like hang on you can't do that bc actually i can since they're mine <3

#river dipping #like hell yeah brother of course i make aus for my ocs and daydream about them as like. vampires or whatever #anyway hello :) i really meant it when i said the suck session finale would put me out of commission for a few days #there's a ton to catch up on i bet but i'll take my time with it... tho i will be checking on kmik and valentine gen. 3 EXPEDITIOUSLY #i'm actually busy in google docs atm tho!! i'm using oc questionnaires to further flesh out mattodore. i 100% yoinked these questions #from an ask game i saw. there's like... sixty of them? theo's doc is already like 2k long and i still have ten more questions to answer... #matthias's questionnaire is finished but now i feel bad that his is only 1.8k so i might go back and add more... #sorry matthias </3 maybe be a little more nuanced as a character next time #i'll probably be posting these here actually so i can put them in my oc extras tag... tho idk how well the formatting will carry over #what else... oh i finally started working on editing the photos i took of mattodore back in march (and showed a bit of before) #i don't think i'm going to edit them as intensely as i did my pinned post bc that was... very time consuming... but we'll see #i wound up selecting just eight photos but that's still eight photos to edit so... hm. idk when i'll post 'em #oh and it's pride month!! so i'm determined to at least try to make the two final characters from echthroi this month... #i think i'm kind of getting an image of jackson going now but everett still alludes me... i'm also thinking abt changing her name #these two have gone through so many changes in the last seven months character-wise... fdgfhjkfgh #dutchie too tbf like his name originally was EDWIN... smh #OH....... and i see i have messages i need to reply to i'm sawrry </3 i will get to them........... i swear................................

[barkingangelbaby]

everyone please clap for me I actually started relistening to fantasy high at work (very funny knowing the big plot points but forgetting all the tiny details that got them there) n am on ep 10 already!! slowly sluggin' my way through so I'll ~eventually~ be able to watch the new season lol. I think I'm gonna relisten to unsleeping city when I'm done with FH too

#now it's time to play more bg3 and have FH playing on the tv bc i don't wanna think today #i have some more small chores I'll do today too so that'll be nice #i was gonna go to our cousin's farm but it's v cold today and i wanna be lazy again #ooo maybe I'll finally set up my dad's old playstation today too?? we'll see #I'm missing my parents a lot today I'm pretty sad about it #and i keep thinking about my dad's death day coming up next month #omg also just a coincidence. N's birthday is the same day as his funeral so that's been. strange every time it happens #but it also feels special bc instead of feeling overwhelming grief i also get to experience celebrating my best friend #weird headspace 2day #okay bye gonna try to be offline today #rAMbles

[wheucto]

the entirety of BFDI so far is 16:10:39 (hours, minutes, seconds). assuming the average sleep time is 8 hours, then that's a little more than typical waking hours

#wheucto #wheucto speaks #binging the entirety of BFDI in one sitting (from BFDI 1a to TPOT 6) is. possible. but barely #unless you like. stay up a long time_ later on this is just. going to be impossible #that is if you want to stay healthy sleep schedule-wise #and so far we only have 6 TPOT episodes. considering we have 35 (i think) contestants_ 2 contestants eliminated #if that stays true until. uhhhh. let's say an avg of 3 members per team for merge (or first merge) #3 * 6 = 18 #that's almost half of 35. so it would take 17 or 18 episodes to get there if. i'm right which is unlikely #now if 1 contestant is eliminated after 1st merge that would take 15 for final three 16 for final two #if the same stays true (until final four/two) then it'd be 7ish for final four/three or 8 for final two #17 + 7 + 1 for the smallest estimate. that's 25. #each episode is about 25 minutes (assuming trends stay the same) so it'd be 625 minutes more (or 10 hours 25 minutes) #that is_ assuming that 1. tpot doesn't get canceled 2. 1st merge will happen when teams have 3 contestants avg #we'll need to wait about... 3 to 5 years (if the show gets completed) to see how many episodes (and how long they are) there'll be #(since assuming each episode comes in a month + half times that by 25 for a little over 3 years as the lower estimate and 5 as just. a vibe #- based guess) #if 625 mins is correct then it'd be over 26 hours long also known as more than a day. so. binge-watching all of bfdi is probably impossible #- when it all gets completed (assuming there isnt ANOTHER season after tpot. and who knows?)

[rangedreign]

happy birthday to ME

your new iPad™ BABY

i have no more MO-NEY

SOOOOOOOOO...

PAY ME TO DRAW

#[last line debatable we'll see if i can finally finish the other shit ive been sitting on for a year] #[4 days late btw but this song has been in my head for over a month so it must be posted] #also easycanvas > procreate #rebelle might be my new favorite drawing program so connecting to computer is pretty great #con of this tho. i play cookie run. truly pointless use of my time considering how online-only mobile games inevitably die

[chirpsythismorning]

Thoughts on this?

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but 2024 is even a little optimistic in terms of a release for Stranger Things 5.

I know right now there's been this assumed expectation that it will release in 2024, and that's definitely still possible! But from what we've seen, no one from the production, neither the Duffers, the cast, nor Netflix themselves have said 2024 will be the year s5 releases, definitively. (If I remember correctly, when asked in an interview about s5 coming out in 2024, Noah dodged the question and said that they want it to be really good and are going to try to get it out as soon as they can... if anything he was trying to hint here that fans should be prepared that it might not be 2024, but that's okay bc that means that quality is being considered over a speedy release).

Again there have been talks about it, and I'm sure that's what they're shooting for. But they don't seem to be making any official statements about 2024 being a for sure thing. Because I mean, how could it be?

Covid did a really big number on the industry, especially production for ST4. Not only that but workers are starting to unionize and fight back against long hours, shitty wages and unsafe working conditions.

And so there's this unknown looming. Could the global pandemic reach a point that causes the industry to come to a halt again? Could there be a strike that stops productions from filming, including ST5? There's just a lot of unforeseen factors to keep in mind.

Our perception of how fast shows should be cranking out between seasons, are from a rose-tinted lens and honestly a little bit naive. We're not taking into account that those same expectations we have are based on an industry that has thrived off of malpractice for decades.

So, would I be mad if ST5 came out in 2025? No.

Also important to note that this is the end. I know that a lot of fans are impatient and just want the final season ASAP, but even so, when we do get it, it's over after that. There's nothing else to look forward to for fans when it comes to these characters. Arguably, hiatus will be the time we'll look back on and miss most when this is all over. So enjoy theorizing and analyzing during the wait while you still can!

And again, let's keep in mind, a sooner release means they might have to rush and make quick decisions that impact the story negatively, with them settling for results that could have been better had they had more time. Whereas a later release, or at least later than we may have hoped, will probably mean they got the essential time they needed and therefore a lot better quality for the final cut.

David Harbour said late last year that filming will start in the summer. Noah just mentioned a few times recently that he starts filming in May. But it was also mentioned in an interview promoting WYFSTW with Finn that filming would be starting in March.

Who knows for sure right now, it'll probably require us getting closer to the start to know. But the good news is once filming starts, they'll tell us! However, this does bring up an important aspect of all of this that fans also don't seem to take into consideration, which is scheduling.

The main cast are all hot commodities now, with most of them having multiple productions to film in one single year. And so, imagine trying to get about a dozen A-B listers schedule's to overlap? It's not easy.

Though from what I've read, David is dealing with schedule issues because he's filming another movie at the same time as s5. And Noah specifically mentioned school being a factor when he brought up filming starting in May for him. And so it's possible overall production for s5 could be starting sooner than we think, with some main cast-members starting earlier/later than others.

I think the main good news (everyone cheer) is that we have no new characters for s5. And so I think that will allow filming to take a little less time. S1 was a lot smaller scale in terms of the characters focused on, with production going from September 2015 to early 2016 and with a release in July that same year. But s1 was also very very small scale in comparison to what s5 will be. While filming for s5 will definitely be shorter than s4 in terms of over overall running time, it'll still be longer and just in general bigger than s1.

I'm gonna take an educated guess and say at least 9 months for filming s5, but it's possible they could run up to a year because of scheduling issues, unexpected delays, unforseen events, with some cast-members potentially working earlier/later than the majority of the production. Best case scenario, filming could be done by December 2023, and that's taking into account filming may indeed not start fully until May 2023. This would give them roughly 8-10 months of filming.

And that's not even including post-production for VFX, which is likely going to take upwards of 6 months at least, because the upside down is expected to be a main setting for the story in s5, meaning a lot more time spent working on visual effects despite filming already being complete. Then there's editing and all that good stuff. And don't even get me started on marketing (they're watching us rn taking notes for ST5 social media promo... Smile and wave boys!)

Again, I do think 2024 is possible, though it would have to be later in 2024. Summer 2024 is still a little too optimistic, but I wont rule it out bc they love summer releases.

March 22nd on the other hand, is very much pushing it, as they'd only be like 2 months into VFX at that point.

Though, I could see the vision of this, assuming it released in 2025 (lands on a Saturday that year, but still according to new theories March 21st is potentially an important date related to Henry/Vecna and it's the day s4 started the story off, so that's possible!)

March 21st 2025 would be my ideal date if they had to push it further out to a 2025 release. And that is a big possibility, which is why I think they're not out here comfortably sticking to a year right now.

It's also likely that when we find out the official year of release, we'll get a poster potentially or some kind of short teaser hyping up the final season.

ST5 2025 is kind of iconic. But I guess we'll just have to see!

Even though I don't think March 22nd 2024 is possible, it would be cool to get some major news on that day, like an exact release date for the final season maybe? That would be birthdaygate proof in and of itself.

#stranger things #byler #not byler related but you guys deserve the 411 #I KNOW it sucks but... #i also really care about the cast and everyone working on the show that they don't have to be up days upon days upon days #upon weeks upon months #if they don't have to be #VFX also takes a lot of time i feel like that gets overlooked #and s5 will very much be a case of VFX taking up a lot of time #we're talking final grand battle level VFX... #also marketing takes up a good chunk of time over this entire wait period between seasons #and so it's not like even if hypothetically they were all done with filming and editing that they could just jump right to release #marketing is also well planned out #we're talking sponsorships with doritos and monopoly #that shit takes time and it all takes time #late 2024 I could see #though early 2025 is also largely a big possibility #still maybe we'll get an official exact release date announcement on march 22nd 2024... #announcing it on will's birthday... #apparently a day they completely forgot... #birthdaygate would be so real #stranger things 5 #and tbh i'm a birthdaygate early s5 maybe even s5 opener truther #so i could see them giving into hinting at it more blatantly as we get closer to the release #st5 predictions #filming #production

[just-a-hopeless-wanderer]

I finally have some relief from the horrible back/neck pain (and corresponding migraine) for the first time since Monday night. I'm feeling productive and inspired and am going to start work on my nebulous music project tomorrow as well as some visual art stuff. Feels like stuff is starting to settle and gel together a bit for the first time in a while

#also got a good holiday bonus + the settlement fron my car accident so im on my way to being much more financially sound #well at least in terms of emergency savings #but im hoping to get a raise in the next couple months so we'll see #if that happens i might be able to finally get my own apartment #pp

[orcelito]

Brain is rotating between depressing but bittersweet post-trimax one-shot, current wip chapter of itnl, playful horny Sentido sequel one-shot, and violent bloody itnl times to be had sooner than you think

Like the barrel of a gun. Click click click click spinning round and round. Which one am I gonna land on? Only time will tell.

#speculation nation #itnl shit #i did start writing chapter 14 today. finally. #like barely but it's a start. #but ive also been thinking about the post-trimax oneshot i wrote the intro for a month ago & havent written any since #but ALSO im thinking about smut. which i plan to write itnl side stories when that shit comes up #but it's gonna Be A While & i could theoretically do the sentido sequel oneshot WHENEVER i want #ive been waiting for ww to officially be in itnl so hes alive again. b4 i go back to sentido. #but i still have a while and i wanna write smut NOW!!!!!!!! #these 2 make me wanna start Chewing i swear #i also started thinking about blood. specifically vash covered in it. #which yeaaa yeaaa we have seen that already. kind of. but thats not the blood i want to see on him. #there's a difference between his blood and someone else's blood. his blood on him is natural. common. expected. #he's fine with it bc he's so fucking used to it. #now someone Else's blood? that's not as common. he avoids it at all cost. not bc of the blood itself #but rather its existence signifies his failure. to keep someone safe. to keep someone alive. #for him to be covered in someone else's blood he has to fail quite badly. and Boy do i have some immanent plans for that >:3c #all in all i am feeling Profoundly unhinged tonight. but in a creative sort of way. #unfortunately i dont have a brain for writing rn so none of it is being done. but i will do Something... later. #hopefully tomorrow. we'll see!

[welcometogrouchland]

Was contemplating whether or not to rewatch the specials before watching and dreaming comes out and then I remembered that the last time I watched thanks to them and for the future was...(checks notes) 20 days ago (KEEP IN MIND I'VE ALREADY SEEN THE SPECIALS AT LEAST 4 OTHER TIMES) I think it's safe to say that. I Do Not Need To Do That

#ramblings of a lunatic #toh #i saw that post about needing to rewatch the source material to renew your fandom license (which was a good post and joke) #and now I'm too over cautious. i have seen this show so many fucking times #admittedly it's mostly out of love but some of it is out of neurosis #which is just a little fucked up #tbh rn if i could rewatch any episodes it'd probably be early season 1 since a) they're the most lighthearted #and b) they're the most far removed in my brain rn #I'm so excited for watching and dreaming but I physically cannot fucking think about it or I'll die #I'm rewatching ninjago w/ my friends rn (after having not seen it in YEARS and also only ever watching the first 2 seasons) #and let me tell u it is a Great distraction from the dread #like i said a while back I'm gonna be binging baby comfort media after the finale 😭😭😭 #in the week leading up to it i think I'll make a bingo card with my friends tho depending on if we get new stuff #we got the thumbnail and i feel like a week before the episode they tend to post a clip or two from the ep? #thanks to them had both clips released concurrently at nycc (which was a good few weeks before the episode aired. maybe even a month) #and for the future got one clip a week or so before airing and then the day before airing as well i think #so I'm intrigued to see what the promo timeline will be like for watching and dreaming? they probably can't do too much #not without spoiling us lmao #maybe a week or few days before we'll get just a poster and maybe (if they have time) some crew art/promos #we'll see tho #(<- getting caught up in irl minutiae helps me distract myself. lol <3)

[todayisafridaynight]

only thing stopping me from writing and posting minedai fics is the fact im too lazy to orphan all of the works on my ao3 rn

#snap chats #'orphan' lmao ironic #anyway ive been meaning to for months now #i dont like those fics anymore but i know people do like them so at the very least i wanna rocketlaunch my name off them #im just lazy lmaooo #i do this every time i jump fandoms tbh #granted i hardly write fanfiction but i orphaned all of my persona fanfiction once i started writing for other stuff #while i finally get to doing that Maybe i got a goofy idea i wanna write out #and normally id draw it but. it's ns/fw LMAOOOOO #not that i havent DONE ns/fw before every artist in their life will at least once for whatever reason #it's just that i can't post that anywhere :)))))) and twitter won't give me twitter circles and i am At My Limit #we'll see what happens #also i just wanna write minedai stuff In General i love their characters so much and i love thinkin bout em #and the thought of writing them out seems like itd be really fun #i just feel like all of my ideas are either too long/too short/i can just make a small comic for it #but anyways im gonna go brainstorm byye

[cowboyified]

wonderful wincest wednesday!! are you working on or thinking about any wincest-related fics at the moment?

Happy WW, it sneaks around every week!!

Unfortunately I feel as though I don't have the brainspace for fic writing at the moment. Which is sad because it has been a whole year since I really wrote anything and I do miss it!

I read Z's The Constant Vow last week after a long time of not reading any fic at all and it inspired me enough to open my late season casefic wip that really deserves to be finished. Didn't put anything new down but... small steps maybe.

I started planning a twine game/interactive wincest fic last year that I think about all the time tbh. I'd really love to finish that also, it was such a neat idea. :'))

#another week of being too unorganised and busy to ask ww questions back im so sorry! #ive set myself a one book a month goal this year so I'm hoping getting back into reading more will motivate me to write in 2023! #but I'm also in my final year of study so WE'LL SEE #thank you this was a good ask!!! #wincest wednesday #asks