#our new life together

[thewatcher727]

Been experimenting with A.I image software to make some artwork for my Sonic stories. I'm quite happy with it!

#my writing #sonic #my stuff #sonic chronicles #sonic the hedgehog #fanfiction #sonic fanfiction #fanfiction cover #ai artwork #ai generated #Tournament Of Chaos #Be One World Be The Light #Our New Life Together #Sonic Chronicles Return of the Dark Brotherhood

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

putting my prediction on record now that the coming decade is going to see the rise of viral-marketed fancy at-home water filtration systems, driving and driven by a drastic reduction in the quality of U.S. tap water (given that we are in a 'replacement era' where our current infrastructure is reaching the end of its lifespan--but isn't being replaced). also guessing that by the 2030s access to drinkable tap water will be a mainstream class issue, with low-income & unstably housed people increasingly forced to rely on expensive bottled water when they can't afford the up-front cost of at-home filtration--and with this being portrayed in media as a "moral failing" and short-sighted "choice," rather than a basic failure of our political & economic systems. really hope i'm just being alarmist, but plenty of this already happens in other countries, and the U.S. is in a state of decline, so. here's praying this post ages into irrelevance. timestamped April 2023

#apollo don't fucking touch this one #serious post #not a shitpost #hope i forget about this post and have no reason to ever look back on it one day #fyi i'm aware that access to potable water is already a major issue in parts of the U.S. yes i know flint michigan exists #i'm saying that this issue is going to GROW unless local & federal governments work together to fix it. #so it's a matter of if we trust them to fix it. And well--do you? #what are the chances the government just denies there's a problem until the water actually turns brown #at which point it's already been common knowledge for years and people have just become resigned and that's our new normal #i'm mean come on. how many of us already believe that we're being exposed to dangerous pollutants we don't know about and can't avoid #like that's pretty much just part of being a modern consumer. accepting that companies will happily endanger your life for a few pennies #and the most you'll get is like a $50 gift card as part of a class action rebate 20 years down the line #probably the history books will look back on Flint as a warning and a harbinger that went ignored #luxury condos will advertise their built-in top-of-the-line filtration systems--live here and you can drink water straight from your tap! #watch the elite professional class putting $700 dyson water filtration systems on their wedding registry #while the rest of us figure out how to fit water delivery into our grocery budget while putting 90% of our paycheck towards rent #also eggs are $15

[scrambledslut]

WHAT IS WITH THESE HOMOSEXUALS REFUSING TO RUN AWAY WITH THE LOVE OF THEIR LIVES

#IM EATING THE WALLS #CHEWING ON WIRES #LIKE BE SO FR HE WAS BEGGING YOU TO RUN OFF WITH HIM #START A NEW LIFE TOGETHER #I CANT TAKE IT ANYMORE #also yes hi i’m late to the ineffable husbands party #don’t mind me losing my absolute mind over s2ep6 😀 #OOF i just know the fics will be heavy with ANGST #our flag means death #ofmd #good omens #ineffable husbands #blackbonnet #gentlebeard #stede bonnet x edward teach #crowly x aziraphale #our flag means death brainrot #good omens brainrot

[its-brit-bruh]

Date night with @zerosuitsammi3. Love you baby ❤❤❤

#date night #lgbtq #queer #lgbtqia #lesbian #wlw #lesbiab #dom mommy #domme mommy #switch #girls kiss girls #girlfriend #i love you #i love our life together #im new here

[arytha]

[ID from ALT: A digital fullbody art of my OCs, one of which is Epoch's Maker in a hooded cloak, and the other is Era as he appears in his first life. Era is positioned mostly with his back to the viewer, prevented from turning fully towards the viewer by the Maker, who is gripping his arm. Era's eye, with his face in profile, glances forward. The Maker is completely turned away from the viewer, his cloak a blend that starts with white and cream colors on the top, and ends with blended streaky red and blue panels with defined, rounded black edges at the bottom. Era's complexion is more ashen than normal, and he is dressed in the same cream color as the Founder, with white pants. The background is white save for a simple pale red and yellow aurora. End ID]

Remember. This is for all of us.

#Mara's Art #Era #Epoch #Epoch's Maker #FIRST ERA ART IN OVER A YEAR WOOO 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 DID YOU MISS HIM? i did #i pulled my hair out over getting the cloak to look right #inspirations are Sun and Moon's Wissmach red and orange(?) stained glass. go look at it its pretty #stained glass. freshly pulled candy. melted flesh and viscera. you know the things that absolutely go together visually #a hint of a flesh and blood tint for our dear Maker. who will never have a name because he said so. #he told me personally #TRYING OUT A NEW WAY TO LINE MY ART TOO because i want to preserve more of my sketch lines in the #final product. like the extra lines in xena's hair in my previous art. i think i may start doing this more #like look at era's hair. i got to keep the twisty look because of the 1px details beyond the 2px main stuff #i need to give era epoch leader clothing for his first life (the brown jacket look is now like. gated to winter casual) #which means i need to design early Epoch uniforms for the lower tier members. which will be like. white and gold medical wear ? #later.

[applebyraven]

new OUR OURS update!

Chapter 8: Something for something.

One of those 'carpe diem' situations, in which Neil and Todd exchange honesty for honesty and the poets host their first house party.

#anderperry #that one fic in which the poets buy a house together in nyc #also new opening? edit? for our ours #hope u like it... it has SOME spoilers #but not that many it's mostly poets seizing life #dead poets society #dps #neil perry #todd anderson #charlie dalton #dps fanfiction #richard cameron #gerard pitts #steven meeks #knox overstreet #chameron #my fics #our ours #my fic #* #ao3 #ao3 fanfic #ao3 dps #ao3 link #archive of our own #fanfic #fanfiction #anderperry fanfiction

[rationalisms]

hi. i would just like to say that this is an attitude i've seen around increasingly often and i find it deeply baffling. like, genuinely could not relate any less to what is being expressed here.

personally, almost all media i'm obsessed with and talk about constantly is because i think it's good and i love talking about the ways in which it's good. yes, criticism can be fun and breed conversation, but so can positive critique. thoughtful, long-lasting engagement with a piece of media doesn't have to be negative. there are in fact ways for media to be good beyond "competent but generally unremarkable"?

and this is ymmv, but complaining about something is more the snack food of media criticism for me. it's fun and great in the moment and it absolutely is something i need to do regularly to feel normal. but i can't live off it. i need to experience genuine appreciation and esteem on a regular basis too, or i shrivel like a raisin. (expressed more seriously: the kind of critique i find actually nourishing in the sense that it allows me to refine what kind of art i would like to make, and what makes me tick as a human being, is the positive kind about media i love very much for being excellent.)

idk guys. is it just that i'm autistic and therefore discussing for the nth time why xyz rules never stops being entertaining? what am i missing here. maybe it's good when media is good?

#my best friend and i did a thing last year where over the course of several months we got wizard high every couple weekends #and attempted to replay a game together that we were both obsessed with when we were younger #and we were both already aware that it was an incredible piece of art #and we had countless conversations about that #so at the start we mainly treated it as a joke like 'haha lets see if we unlock any new diagnoses' etc #but the most wonderful part of that project was realizing progressively that there was in fact So Much to love we hadn't even realized yet #that this thing we adored as teens/young adults does in fact not only hold up but is even better than we were aware of at the time #and how much of a difference our additional life experience made and how many things we only realized on this playthrough together #and it's the most fun i've ever had analyzing a piece of media and taking it apart from top to bottom in my life #and almost all of that was entirely positive. like. we had negative stuff to say too ofc lol. but not nearly as much. #anyway #highly recommend doing this with your formative media of choice that a friend and you were both independently obsessed with #txt

[blujayonthewing]

the thing about having a best friend when you're six is that sometimes that person is your soulmate and your lives become inextricably entwined as you grow together like two young trees which merge into one beautiful inseparable shared existence for all their lives

and sometimes that person is just who happened to live closest to you when you were six

#guess which one I had #feeling really good and normal about how my childhood best friend and I have so little in common that even looking back #I can't for the life of me remember what we even did together when we were spending all of our time together #we loved each other. we did everything together. we spent more time at each other's houses than our own. she was my sister #but then you go to a new school and you're not six or seven or eight any more and the differences between you start to matter more #and then she meets her actual best friend in middle school #while the friends YOU'VE found that you actually resonate deeply with don't really hang out with you outside of school #every 'best friend' I've ever had since then already has an ACTUAL best friend who isn't me #and on the one hand when I say justin is my best friend I don't just mean by default; he's sincerely the best friend I've ever had #but on the other hand I wish I had someone I grew up with #and also thinking about some friends I've made as an adult and thinking 'I wish you had moved in two doors down from me when we were six' #about me

[laniidae-passerine]

I do have a lot of questions lol. Like I feel Doing That was a bad choice but even if that was the plan all along and it’s just sticking to the original guns (which I can respect. don’t think it really fits the way the narrative grew but I respect following what you planned to do the whole way) it still felt very rushed. It was about six minutes altogether, and it kinda feels like maybe they didn’t think they were getting a third season so they just. Tried Everything At Once in case this was really it and now it’s left the show in a bit of a weird place.

#like not even. That. even though narratively What Babes????? #but like ‘oh they own an inn now’ GIRL #that should have been A SEASON in itself at least #they just shoved them back together and went ‘yeah that’s good they don’t need therapy’ YES THE FUCK THEY DO #like edstede felt so good for half the episode and then really rushed in the latter half #TOO MUCH HAPPENING!!!! #pick one big thing. a wedding. a death. a new life. and then focus on that #GIRL PLEASE #our flag means death #ofmd #ofmd spoilers

[thewatcher727]

Our New Life Together: Chapter 13 Is Now Live!

Preview:

Upon arriving at the bustling festival, Blaze paused to take in the lively scene around her. The festivities were in full swing, the town square brimming with vendors hawking all sorts of wares, and street performers captivating the crowd with their antics. The tantalising aroma of mouth-watering food drifted on the breeze, teasing the senses.

Walking alongside Silver, Blaze tried to focus on their mission, keeping up the pretense of being a couple while avoiding drawing too much attention. She was careful not to appear too infatuated with him, even though her heart raced every time she caught a glimpse of his handsome features.

Summoning her courage, Blaze reminded herself that this was all part of the act. She had to maintain a certain distance while still appearing affectionate towards Silver. He, on the other hand, seemed to be fully embracing the festive spirit, cheering on a nearby street performer along with the crowd.

"Let's go see what's over there," Silver said, pointing to a group of stalls.

Blaze nodded, following Silver as he led her through the crowds. She tried to keep her focus on the task at hand, but it was hard not to get caught up in the festive atmosphere.

Despite her best efforts, Blaze caught the attention of a group of eager suitors at a nearby stall, eyeing her with interest. She could tell they were trying to work up the courage to approach her.

"Looks like we have some admirers," she whispered. "Let's keep moving."

Silver nodded, and they moved away from the stall. Blaze felt relieved that Silver was by her side. With him there, she knew she could relax and enjoy the festival without having to worry about suitors trying to win her heart.

Feeling grateful for his support, Blaze found herself growing more comfortable in his company. As they continued to explore the vibrant festival, she found herself drawn to Silver's magnetic presence. Though she knew their relationship was a façade, her heart couldn't help but skip a beat every time she gazed at him.

Full chapter available here:

#my fics #my writing #sonic #sonic fanfiction #sonic stories #sonic story #blaze the cat #silver the hedgehog #our new life together #sonic writing #writing #writing snippet #new chapter

[marsbotz]

this was my realest post ever but i regret posting it every single day bc it got like 1k notes (big for ninjago textposts.) and never seems to die

#i dont remember what my guys were. i think maybe vinny and gayle but they have become more prominent since #vinny got a whole fucking monsterfucker yaoi plotline. and they both got minifigs. sooooo #vinny is still my all time fav side character tho maybe #tsk… i liked him before the yaoi…. #fugidove too im also insane abt. dont think he has a minifig. YET #char…. and bentho too. one season wonders….. #that is truly the most painful thing abt ninjagos structure is that every season u get a new blorbo who will never see the light of day agai #actually i also kinda liked tbat weird shopkeeper guy in s12. he was sucky but fun to watch #oh actually my ultimate obscure blorbo is rachel sparrow. from one of the books #jays like … agent? boss? during his time on tv #oh the producer lol #but thats my sickening secret is thst i literally Kinned so hard i made her up. same first name and all #and then found out she was real. LIFE ALTERING #ohhhh u know actually tho. i shld draw my ninjago ocs. for once #i have a few half siblings for jay. could be fun. CLIFF YOU BASTARD!!!!!! #lets piss on our bio fathers grave together 💖 #anywya

[quaranmine]

Honestly I'd love to know what kind of comments you'd be adding to the fic for your mother. Very curious :0 (also I'm terrible at knowing what information an outsider would and wouldn't have and/or would need)

Sure, I'll add a few. (Redacted since my google account is my full name.) Also remember that y'all also got the benefit of my author's notes, but I'm not giving my mom the AO3 copy because over my dead body does she look at that account. I'm giving her a document copy. So a lot of the comments will likely be details you guys already got in either a post or author's note.

^^^ This one is written specifically because my mom, like me, has been going to Big Bend National Park since she was young. A member of my family has gone there nearly every single year since....1965? lol. So it's a fun tidbit for her to know I was thinking of it while writing this. (There will be a similar note when the Pinnacles trail comes up, because I named Pinnacles after a trail in Big Bend.)

me trying to explain Scar's general dramatic flair (i also have a comment somewhere explaining that Scar is dyslexic and that is why he occasionally mispronounces stuff in the fic, and why he says the scientific documents the rangers let him borrow were difficult to get through)

nicknames

My mother and I are both Gary the cat stans. Trust me she knows Exactly what I am picturing here.

^^ a few other comments on the story, ranging from "background character details" to "research details" to "totally unecessary personal opinions"

it's also fun for little self-aware asides:

She already knows a significant amount of the plot, including the ending, because I talked to her about it. That is also why she gets to read it, because the moment I opened my mouth about writing it I basically had to. I don't always talk about my writing with her but I really wanted to talk about this one. So! By talking about it I just made the decision for myself that I'd allow her to read it. She is....very excited haha. And I am too? I mean I think I am going to send it to her and then just immediately go back to my apartment so I don't have to be in the same house as her while she's reading it LOL. The embarassment of people who know you too closely reading your things etc etc. But I'm very proud of this story and I don't think she realizes how good of a writer I can be. She knows I'm good at it (like, she's read my essays and newspaper stories) but not how I handle fiction.

#quara asks #hc_firewatch_au #i considered making ANOTHER copy for general friends/family/other audience as well #since i know at least one friend asked to read it back in december #i wonder if she still remembers she wanted to read it. i may not remind her LOL #i'm picky about real life people seeing my work. it's so much more intensely personal than showing them my other creative stuff #it's also just a deeply unhinged hobby to write fanfiction in general #i'm not saying that to denigrate fanfiction. yall KNOW i love it deeply. #but you gotta admit there's a level of derangedness to showing Normal People(tm) something like this #hi yes i spent a large portion of my last year writing deeply researched & angsty fiction about minecraft blorbos. here go cry while u read #anyway the reason it'd be a whole new annotated copy and not just the same as my mom's is that i've got a specific relationship with my mom #that will influence how all these annotations are written #we're besties btw. #i'm not even worried about killing her at all on our upcoming 16 day trip together! #i feel like that reads sarcastic it wasnt meant to be

[tvrningout]

what if… i said i might wanna try writing on discord… how would we feel

#not long term! but in the event that i don’t have it in me to be here #bc ngl sometimes tumblr doesn’t help my mental state :’ ) #i just wanna have ways of still being able to write with some of my mutuals #and running a blog is a lot of work. trying to reach out and build interactions is a lot of work #and it’s fun work! but when i’m already feeling overwhelmed by my life outside of tumblr it can be a little much i think #i dunno i’m just thinking bc i don’t wanna feel disconnected from everyone i don’t wanna disappear for a few months like before #it’s very easy to just retreat into my bubble and keep to myself and leave people be but like :( i wanna keep bugging my friends on here :( #asdfgh i’m being silly but really i don’t wanna miss out on chatting with y’all and smushing our characters together #i worry about creating distance unintentionally bc i’m in a ‘rest’ period of my life #i’m rambling atp :’ ) but pls just know i care so much about y’all!! and i do miss y’all to bits!! #and just bc i’m not here doesn’t mean i’m not thinking about our dorks or cooking up new stuff to hit y’all with later hehe #but pls take care of yourselves pace yourselves be kind to yourselves #you deserve it i promise you do 💜 #get ready to ramble | ooc

[lesbiankordian]

the fact that Ash really wanted to fly to Japan with Eiji like omg. they would have lived together

#and that eiji wanted him to do so #start a new life #if anyone says they weren't in love.. #banana Fish #banana fish spoilers #*OR THEY DID LIVE TOGETHER ‼️ LET'S NOT LOSE OUR HOPE. YOU KNOW THE SCENE FROM THE ENDING SONG

[madeinchinataiwanhk-blbambeyond]

MADE IN TAIWAN

WAYNE SONG

HUANG CHUN CHIH

#MADE IN TAIWAN #STILL PHOTO (WAYNE'S IG) #HISTORY 3: MAKE OUR DAYS COUNT #PLUS & MINUS #KISEKI: DEAR TO ME #LIFE: SENJOU NO BOKURA #TAIWAN OWES THESE TWO A NEW BL #THEY NEED A DO OVER #TAIWAN DID THEM DIRTY #I WILL ALWAYS LOVE THESE TWO TOGETHER...AND APART #TWO MAGNIFICENT ACTORS

[thedreadvampy]

wait no sorry one last quick immature bitch moment

the more I find out about how this person has behaved in both this relationship and a bunch of other relationships, the funnier it is how much they like to set themselves up as a like. authority on ethical nonmonogamy and consent and conflict management.

when like. they constantly sexually assault people to prove a point, pressure their partners into shit, got into enm by cheating on 3 people concurrently, and literally every time a problem in their orbit is brought up it gets explained away without anything actually changing, or they cry about how hard it is until everyone says OH NO IT'S FINE DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT

you know. very "call yourself a Community Organizer even though you're not on speaking terms with your roommates" energies.

#red said #I'm mad tbh i know in being bitchy but this blog is my safe space to be bitch on #and this shit has been building up for years. not even just in my relationship with their partner. since the first time i meet them #in like 2018 #and having this chat with my pal last night now I'm no longer second guessing myself bc of my relationship has uhhh Crystalised Some Things #especially getting some new context on where a lot of the tensions and sensitivities I've been aware of for ages are from #also tbh when we broke up my ex led off with 'i know you think this is about [partner] but it's not' and i was like. it is though. #it's not the only thing but it's been a common thread through every piece of tension in that relationship #not saying if the partner wasn't there we'd have been together forever. i don't think that's true and I'm glad things went the way they did. #cause w were good for each other and breaking up was also good for us #but their partner has really caused me so so so so so much turmoil for years and i haven't felt able to acknowledge that cause it makes me #feel like an asshole. but like. OK SO I'M AN ASSHOLE. I'M FUCKING MAD AT THEM. #they are manipulative and controlling and they treat their partner like shit and they have perpetually made my life worse #i like a lot of things about them and i do feel for them. we share a lot of similar issues and i do understand how they feel a lot. #but fuck me they treat everyone around them so badly and a good chunk of the reason i ended things with their partner #is that i was so fucking sick of being told i was wrong and just didn't understand how hard they had it whenever i brought up #one of the many many many shitty things they did to me or to our partner or to our friends. #multiple times i left a situation in a fully fucked up mess and my partner came to apologise for how their partner has behaved #and within minutes it would turn into them explaining to me how it wasn't really their fault and i shouldn't be so hard on them #and like fuck that. had enough of that in my life with my previous ex. #anyway. yeah. i am probably being more didactic and aggro here than i genuinely feel. but there's some room for that anger i think #and i did get some room for it to breathe last night and that's good and helpful.