Why do I write
Because I am an avid collector of people and people-fragments
Because I am an egoist, and the power to create and manipulate whole worlds pleases my vanity.
Because symbiosis pleases me more than parasitism. I am not a people-person in the usual sense. Much of the time I'm a hermit. Yet I have a human need to reach out to my fellow beings, and feel that I've touched some of them.
Because I would rather grow and learn and add to myself and writing encourages it. [crossed out] The only times I have ever considered suicide have been times when I thought I might have to accept the narrowness. [crossed out text ends; there's a small, underlined note on the margin next to the crossed out section that reads "Take care".] Because I don't think I could stand the narrow, timid person I would be if I did not.
Because nothing else seemed worth doing. Because writing, even at it's worst seemed better than anything else I could do
Octavia E. Butler's notes from the Huntington Library archive (photo source)
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Helluva Boss Characters
Characters I want to hug me:
Asmodeus
Fizzarolli
Millie
Moxie
Loona
Stolas
Vortex
Beelzebub
Characters I want to hug:
Oliver (must also protecc at all costs)
Fizzarrolli
Octavia
Loona
Moxie
Millie
Stolas
Blitzø
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this is kind of odd, but does anybody know any good scifi novels/series that specifically deal with concepts of conquest, colonialism, extraction industries, prison colonies, etc
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#sweet beginnings tag
This tag is all about looking at your past. All you need to do is to find one of the first screenshots you ever took (preferably also published), and post it beside the recent one! And tell everybody when you took that first picture! Oh, and don’t forget to tag your posts! #sweet beginnings tag
So in September 2018, I made this sim which at the time was loosely based on me and my life as an artist. Initially, she was called Simself but as her character developed she needed an actual name. So I named her Octavia Rich or Lady O because I've always liked that name. So much so that I almost named my daughter Octavia.
Then one day not too long after that there was a public download for a male sim by @budgie2budgie. Mr. Obie Tremblay. He's now one of the main OCs in @trumpets0ng story Always Walker.
However, since he already had a strong character base and story line I decided to use him as a base for Isaiah Blackburn. November 2018.
Then I joined NSFT discord and started following sim stories got inspired and started documenting my gameplay and the dialog that was taking place in my head. That's how the beginning of the Blackburn Legacy story "Let It Burn" was born. It was a very very humble beginning. I edited pics on my mobile device, only being able to run my game on low settings, and all I had was about 5 gigs of cc mostly if not exclusively Peacemaker and CAS stuff. Yet a story was born and it was an itty bitty infant and now it's a full-grown ass adult.
Here they are the last time they were tweaked in CAS and the last picture I took of them. My blurbos, my boos, my OCs.
I miss them. They'll be back soon. We're almost done finding the next Mrs. Blackburn for this legacy story.
I'm tagging @cinamun and @glammoose and anyone else who wants to share their original OC's beginning.
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It makes me so happy and glad when people reblog my silly posts and tag their f/o like <333 I don't even know half of the fandoms but I'm so happy you guys can feel the way I do even if we don't share the same f/o <3
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send me a character and i’ll list:
favorite thing about them: her rebellious, fighting spirit is absolutely what drew me in (I feel like that was the case with so many of us!) I loved that she was very clearly the delinquents' WILD CHILD!
least favorite thing about them: I hated how she treated her brother sometimes. Obviously after Lincoln's death is the most glaring example, but it's not the only one. It's a shame we weren't given more opportunities to see the two addressing & healing from that toxic pattern they had going (because the Blake Siblings really were super important to each other!)
favorite line: THE LETTER!! ⬇️
"Bell, I hope against hope that this letter reaches you. I need you to know that you were right. There was a darkness in me, but Diyoza helped me past that darkness. That’s behind me now. I need you to know that I finally understand all you did to protect me, watch over me, love me. I wish I could see your face and hug you and tell you that I get it now. I wish I could thank you. By the time you get this — if you get this — I’ll probably be an old lady or dead. I want you to know I was happy. I have Hope. Diyoza’s a pain in the ass, but I love her, like I love you. Please don’t worry about me. You deserve to be happy, Big Brother. Always yours, Octavia"
brOTP: I love she & Clarke, and she & Echo? And the dynamic between O and Indra is really special too (*obviously Bellamy is my fave brotp for her, but since they're related it seemed too obvious to choose him 😅)
OTP: Lincoln all day! And Gabriel I thought had outstanding chemistry/story potential for her. AND I wouldn't have been mad at Octavia/Niylah either 🔥🔥🔥
nOTP: Ugh, Illian. He drove me nuts!
I also have mixed feelings about Levitt, I LOVE him... but I feel like her story was short-changed to allow for that particular (wonderful!) bit of fan service lol
random headcanon: she and Bellamy had time to heal and grow living on Sanctum, and eventually became closer than ever again. They have coffee together every morning, now ☕☺️
unpopular opinion: SHE WAS SO MUCH FUN AS BLODRENIA (despite being completely bonkers & outta control)
song i associate with them: POKERFACE BY LADY GAGA and I'm not sure why?
favorite picture of them: here's a gif!
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