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matan4il · 1 year

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Good morning, sweet Alice!! I hope everything is OK with you. I was off for a bit and am catching up. I just want to say thank you for sharing your personal story about being scared at the museum. I am so sorry you felt that way, but I do think it's important to spread awareness since the media clearly won't. I am often shocked sometimes when I talk to someone who just doesn't get how bad antisemitism has gotten. We are in grant writing season for the festival, and weekly, I talk to people from all over about what they face. Especially those who traveled to Isreal over the holidays. Sometimes, actually hearing it from someone they know carries so much more weight than something you glance over in the news. So thank you, and if there is anything we can ever do help, I hope you say so. BTW isn't your birthday approaching?

And just to throw in some Buddie love.. I was dying at the team putting them in those suits for their oceans 11 poker night. Like we saw them suit up for Hens wedding and they were super fine.. However, can I just add those suits were a level up and definitely a statement. Just a loud total statement. Can you imagine 2 over 30 guys you know showing up anywhere looking like that and you are just like, look the 2 super hedro platonic crime fighting raising kid together duo arrived to the party and there is absolutely everything normal about their outfits!! So as always to the 911 tem I thank you!!

Hi hon! I'm so happy to hear from you! I noticed you went a bit quiet, and was just hoping everything's alright for you... I'm really glad to hear you are! *picks you up and twirls you round*

And no, thank YOU for being so kind to me! I really can't express how much it means to me. So I'm just gonna have to hug you extra tight, if that's okay? And yeah, the media is a business. It will only tell the story it thinks it can gain something from. I am CONSTANTLY shocked by how bad antisemitism is getting, and how little is done about it. I have a post queued up that, to say it shocked me is just... not enough. I could post once every single day about the rise in antisemitism, and it still wouldn't be enough. It breaks my heart to hear from Jewish kids who visit our Holocaust museum about how they're harassed and bullied for sharing that they're going to Israel to see family, friends or even simply to get to see the sights of their ancestral homeland. It's insane to me that this is what we've come to less than 100 years after the end of the Holocaust. No "Never again!" statement is worth a damn thing if this is how Jewish kids get treated. Thank you again, for listening to the voices of distressed Jews, for wanting to hear us, for being so kind to us when we speak! I did say a few words here about what can be done for starters. But really, anything to raise awareness regarding how Jews are being targeted worldwide. In this context, thank you for what you do at your job, too! *HUGS FOREVER*

Aaaah, my birthday! I haven't had a chance to think about it with everything that's been going on in real life. XD It's less than two months away, I was born June 5th. Thank you for caring about it! :***

LOL I couldn't agree with you more regarding Buddie and their VERY OBVIOUS DATE COUTURE. Like, their suits for the Henren wedding were respectable. Their suits for the poker date were MEANT TO ENTICE. They were SHARP and SEDUCTIVE. Even on the level of the fabrics chosen for the suits! Let alone the colors, they way our boys carried themselves in them, and the way the suits worked together to make them look like an actual couple, almost as if they coordinated beforehand. There was NOTHING platonic about ANY of the poker shenanigans, suits included, and I still feel half mad whenever I think about it. ;D

Thank you so much again, my darling! I hope you're having a good day! As always, my ask tag. xoxox

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arofili · 4 years

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how’d u get into writing? like, writing fic and being part of the silm community, being Known, that stuff? i’m really new to being a silm cc and i’d love to know ur advice! also: how’d u build up the confidence to start posting meta/hcs? bc i have a Lot of hcs and meta ideas but also i’m really anxious abt posting them bc yknow anxiety is like that

these are some great questions, anon! I’m gonna go through them one by one :)

how’d u get into writing?

not to be like, super cliche, but I’ve...kind of always been a writer? as long as I can remember I’ve been telling stories, and when I was too young to read or write I would dictate them to my mom, who would type them up for me and help me choose clipart illustrations to accompany them. when I got old enough I would always be writing; I attempted my first novel at age 9, and while that never really went anywhere I did finish the darn thing and it had some pretty sophisticated plot twists for a 9-year-old!

like, writing fic

around the same time I got into fandom! I was deep into Warrior cats (like. really deep) and I believe I started writing my first fics when I was like? 10 or 11? my memory is kind of fuzzy on the order of things, but I know I got an account on the Warriors forums when I was 9, and that I was already posting my fic there when I made my FFN account. I believe I was 12 when that happened, but who knows. I haven’t the faintest idea of what happened with those forums, but uhhh pretty much all of my Warriors fic is still up on FFN lmao. you could probably find that if you want to but um...maybe don’t?

my first Big Fic was a self-insert of...my entire 5th/6th grade class into the then-current timeline of the Warriors books...well. I honestly think that might still be my most popular fic of all time l m a o though I try not to think about it because Hashtag Cringe. though as much as I look back on that time with a “yikes,” I am very grateful for the Warriors fandom in a way? that place was so accepting and encouraging of OCs, of AUs, of completely disregarding canon, of worldbuilding that is completely alien from canon - it was a fantastic sandbox to begin with, there were so many ways to write stories and practically all of them were accepted and had fellow fans invested in them!

and being part of the silm community,

soooo I wrote Warriors fic until my freshman year of high school (wow sdjfhkdsjfh), which was when BOTFA came out, and I was absolutely wrecked by the ending and immediately started writing my own fixit fic. I was also super hooked on Kiliel! so that was my intro to the Tolkien fandom; and simultaneously, I joined tumblr, and, well, the rest is history tbh.

I honestly do not remember when I first read the Silm, but I kind of got into the more obscure parts of the Tolkien fandom through fandom osmosis, and I do have a vague memory of doodling the Finwean family tree in geometry class so it might have been later on in freshman year? that was also the same time I was having my Queer Awakening, and Russingon definitely contributed to me unlearning my internalized queerphobia, so probably around then.

anyway - queer awakening, tumblr, Tolkien, transitioning from FFN to AO3 - all of that was happening around the same time. I know I dipped my toes in the Silm fandom then, but I was still primarily a Hobbit fic writer focusing on Kiliel. toward the end of high school I kind of shifted to LOTR and (qp) Gigolas...but somehow the Silm fandom is the most active of the Big Three within the Tolkien fandom, and I was getting dragged further and further in.

it wasn’t until @backtomiddleearthmonth 2019, my freshman year of college, that I really dove into writing Silm fic! I picked some Silm-specific bingo cards and never looked back :D that was really not all that long ago but I am obsessed in a way I don’t really remember being even with TH/LOTR, I obviously cannot see the future but I anticipate hanging out here for a long time. the Silm fandom is great overall and there’s just so much material to work with!! <3

being Known, that stuff?

so I don’t really have a whole lot of context on how “well known” I am in the fandom?? definitely within the past year and a half or so I’ve noticed that I like, get asks like this, and get a significant amount of notes on my posts, and I’ve made a lot of fandom friends especially since I joined some Silm servers on Discord (hmu if you want invites; I’m on the SWG server and 2 general Silm servers and the Russingon server) this past year. and I have 3,000 followers as of this month - and while ever since I hit 1k I don’t particularly pay attention to my follower count I can definitely say that I have more engagement now than I used to! but it took me a long time to build this “audience,” I suppose; I’ve been around the Tolkien fandom since late 2014, so nearly 6 years of this, lol.

really the best way to build a following, in my experience, is to just post a lot of stuff. when I started making edits I got a lot more engagement, because for a long time I would post one every day! (I made them in batches and queued them; I didn’t actually make one every day lol...and now I’m too busy to do that, so I just make edits for events and whenever I feel like it) And I have [checks ao3] 145 works in the Silm fandom as of today - I’m fairly prolific! I’ve come to generally expect 3-10 comments on most of my oneshots, which is a lot more than I used to have back in the day. consistency and quantity are more likely to attract people to your work - and quality, of course.

also: how’d u build up the confidence to start posting meta/hcs?

I’ve been writing since I was very young, and I’ve been writing fic for like...11 years? I think? in that time I’ve produced a lot of garbage, but imo most of that was in my Warrior cats phase, so I came into the Tolkien fandom with confidence in myself and my writing. I’m also working on original fiction on the side (I hope to eventually become a published fantasy author, but right now school takes up most of my time that I don’t devote to fandom, which gives me more immediate gratification and also is just Very Fun) and I know I’m a good writer.

basically, I’ve been doing this for like...half my life, and I’m still fairly young, so I’ve had time to build up my skill and confidence and I know I’m only going to get better with time. you will get better with practice. like I said, I’ve written a lot of terrible stuff, and it’s only through sucking for a long time that I’ve gotten to the point I am now. and I am far from perfect; I know I still have lots of room to grow!

for meta and headcanons specifically, I started with writing fic, and then when I didn’t think I could stretch something into an entire fic I would just make a hc post. I have a vivid memory of writing my first meta in a notebook during driver’s ed because it was so goddamn boring and I had Thoughts about Tauriel and Thranduil!

in my experience, meta comes from having Opinions and wanting to share them and most importantly to back them up - you need to have sources! you need to have reasons! you need to have justification! otherwise it’s not meta, it’s a headcanon or an AU. which is fine!! I love hc/AU!!! but they are not the same as meta, and I’m a stickler for being accurate when it comes to meta. if you have sources and shit to back you up, that will help you build the confidence to share your meta.

sharing disinformation and passing it off as meta instead of just coming out and saying this is a headcanon/baseless theory/AU or whatever is such a fandom pet peeve of mine; it’s not bad for something to not be Accurate! you just have to have that disclaimer - and even when you’re writing meta, you’re offering an interpretation of the text, and you need to acknowledge that other interpretations also exist and are valid.

um. I hope this answers your questions? and sorry for basically word-vomiting my entire life story, lol. this post got long; the main reason I’ve written so much fic is because I really just cannot shut up for the life of me. sooo if you can tear of that filter of being shy and just. say shit. you can go so far~!

OH and one more thing - I can’t believe I almost forgot this - but part of being a writer is participating in the community. this is code for LEAVE A DAMN COMMENT IF YOU LIKE A FIC. that’s how I made most of my fandom friends before Discord! I follow @ao3feed-silmarillion and stalk that blog for new Silm fics; I read the ones that interest me and comment on them.

I know this is not really the most common way for folks to find fic but it’s so rewarding to interact with new fic, new writers, new commentors, new stories - you can find gems that don’t rise to the top of the kudos/bookmark lists; you become friends with your fellow writers; you can watch people grow and change; you support smaller content creators. yeah, you might not be getting Just The Best Stuff, but it’s so so so worth it!!

and if you make friends in the comment section of other people’s fic - I guarantee you some of them will go to your AO3 profile and check out your fic, too! and they’ll leave comments! this is a fic community, and that’s what I cherish about fandom most of all, tbh.

anyway - again - sorry for rambling so much, but I hoped this helped! feel free to send in another ask, or to come talk to me off anon if you’d like! and definitely send me your stuff if/when you decide to share it; I would love to support you!!! <3

#silm #silm fandom #silmarillion #fan culture #tmi anna #(for real this time sjdfhdkfh)#tefain nin #long post #anon #answers

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hepataetis · 6 years

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1. hepataetis news !! 🌷💫

🌷its ur reporter ji and i’m here to give u all of the great news we have !! how exciting !! lol do you guys like the banner idk it looks cute to me BUT

🌷okay on a serious note we do have a few updates to bring up it’s important to listen up !! i might do this like once a month just to inform you guys instead of going mia for *counts on my fingerz* a mONTH or something

with that, here’s the major news to keep in mind about! i’m not including a read more because this is important !

🌷 LAZ IS GOING ON A MINI HIATUS

for her own personal reason, one of our beloved writers is going on a quick hiatus. make sure to send her lots of love and wish she feels better so she comes back soon. for now, it’ll be star and i. requests will reopen soon since we have less work to do

🌷POSSIBLE RULE MODIFICATIONS

this isn’t the official post regarding it, but we might go back to where we started such as having the hyung line or the maknae line. before, we let it slide because star and laz are okay with it but it becomes more time consuming and we wanna push out more updates (i say we, but it’s mostly me). as such, we might have to start (dare i say) ignoring requests if you don’t specify which group. it’ll be described better later, but i have to modify it a lot. in general, we’re most likely gonna stop ot7 requests.

🌷 SCHOOL

school is starting soon for me a month from here and to say i’m nervous is... not even close. star is starting school on the 20th of this month, and for me i start on the 5th of september. we’ll try and push out as much work as we can and also begin thinking of fic ideas to keep you all occupied. i have a particularly interesting idea coming up soon, which is actually a horror concept with jungkook. are you excited? i am! i just hope...i don’t lose inspiration. als

🌷3K FOLLOWER CELEBRATION (?)

last time we tried to have a milestone celebration, we had a thousand of you guys but not much feedback so we didn’t do anything (basically, it flopped SKSKS) but none of us really know what to do. could you guys please send in some ideas (an admin ask game, or something...) i would say avoid writing games since we’re gonna be busy and it’ll be hard to get it done, while admin ask games are easier- but just send in some suggestions to think about. if it flops again, well :(

🌷POSSIBLE ADMIN OPENINGS

school is starting for star and i, and laz is going on a hiatus, so that means things are going to become quite hectic for the rest of the year. it’s not planned out the best, and we’ll make an official post, but we might need to have a fill in admin or a new admin in general. i say fill in just so we could get requests done and when things calm down (we aren’t too occupied), you could finally be free, but if it becomes too busy you’d become an official admin! but we’re not sure. we’ll keep you updated and have an official form ready.

thank you so much for reading our work, supporting us, and constantly showing such amazing feedback. you’re truly the best of the best, and i have some work queued to hopefully satisfy. thank you for everything!

- ji ji 💫

🌷 small stuff

is anyone learning korean? message me! @ji-hei

send laz lots of love @anijeogi !!

#hn:080718

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pkmnjesus · 6 years

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CODEBREAK: 2018, IT IS TIME

P J’s 3rd(ish) run...let’s try this again!

After a trip across the globe, and dealing with family matters along the way, I’m finally back home, relaxed and everything is sorted out (eh sort of...PATIENCE!)

But it was nice to take a month’s break from tumblr. It can be distracting at times....and no, my account isn't hacked! Sorry if any of you found the cryptic coding a bit odd, but I just wanted to have a bit of fun with it（；￣︶￣）Like what I said before, I’m like no other blog, and my tumblr page just keeps getting weirder and unorthodox everyday...and I’ll keep it that way :p

Anyway, made the proper adjustments to my blog with a new theme layout (props to Heat for the killer Pikachu HD background), updated texts, and added A LOT of songs to my personal playlist on my webpage (check it out! I’m pretty sure you’ll see hear familiar tunes over there)...but the big changes I’m planning will be a bit fun, and a nice way to write away my reflections on certain stuff, since I kinda miss doing these things now that I’ve graduated from college almost half a year ago...so yeah I guess I miss being in school (only A LITTLE)

Weekly posts:

[NEW] PokéAni Trivia Tuesdays, Monday Madness Media with rotating posts about other TV shows, film, video games or even music every other week, and [as usual] Thursday night PokéAni LIVE! Trivia Tuesdays will begin on January 16th, and Monday Madness Media will begin starting February 5th [DELAYED by a week].

Special posts:

✅01.29.18: Ranking all 20 Pokémon movies so far

✅02.13.18: Opinions on a couple of my favorite shippings (P J’s ship-a-thon)

✅03.03.18-03.24.18: {experimenting} All-month long Smash Saturdays

+ ✅03.25.18-03.31.18: Countdown to #PokeAni21: P J’s picks

✅04.01.18: #TDJTakeover

05.__.18: BREAK *supposed to travel but didn’t push through with plans*

✅06.01.18-06.29.18: {experimenting} month long Puroresu pick of the week

07.20.18: BREAK *originally for YGO season 0 posts but halted due to injury*

✅08.31.18: [MOVED] Yu-Gi-Oh! Season 0 spotlight, Top 5 Shadow Games

*originally August 2018* [DELAYED to 2019 sched.] Digimon series appreciation

✅09.26.18: 5 years of being in the PokéAni fandom as “PokémonJesus”

✅10.04.18-10.25.18: Pink Pokémon picks (Breast Cancer Awareness month)

✳️11.05.17: *originally for the big Mario Kart post, but had to focus on finishing up my watch of Appmon. Made into an MMM instead for that day.

[POSTPONED] Mario Kart frustration/memories + ranking all the games

✅12.30.18: PokéAni Rewind 2018

Occasional posts (whenever basically):

Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS LIVE posts/blogging, Open forum ask session, Follower appreciation spotlight, P J’s real talk/story time, and meh whatever.....these will be rare posts when I actually have the time to do so lol

---SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE---

Also, long 24-hour queued post days (usually when I’m not on the computer, or if I’m out all-day) will now by tagged under #TPJ Takeover

With all that being said, the code has been answered/broken, and we now return to your regularly (re)blogging idiot...,who will probably mess up this organized schedule along the way (hopefully not xD)

いくZ！！

#I'm back bay bay #P J rambles #2018 blog schedule #this will be added (via link) to my tumblr description portion

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