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rebeccawangart · 1 year

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A look back on 2022

I will typically do a blog article at the end of the year talking about all the paintings I did in the year and my plans for the following year. Since this is my first year on Tumblr I thought I would post it here as well for anyone who cares to read my drivel.

2022 was a hell of a year. I completed 19 pet portrait paintings on canvas, 8 pet portrait ornaments, and 4 original paintings (with plans to make at least one more before the year is over!) The ornaments are something new which I added a few months ago, and thought it was a nice addition to my pet portrait offerings. I am already booked into April of 2023 for portraits! I did my very first chameleon commissioned painting, thanks to my sponsorship of the wonderful Chameleon Forums, and already have two more scheduled for next year, which I am eager to paint. I created a wonderful original painting of a capybara which has become my most popular work of this year, as well as a box turtle, another red fox, and a polar bear.

The natural color style really seems to have taken off this year, with almost half of the 19 customers requesting that style. This is a deviation from my typical style, which is using bright colors on both the pets and the backgrounds. A couple of years ago, my most frequent customer requested that I paint some of her portraits with more natural colors with colorful backgrounds, and I thought it was a nice change. After doing a few of these I decided to add it to my choices for customers in the hopes that maybe it would encourage more sales of portraits. Maybe not all customers want bright rainbow colors but like my style anyway. In 2020 I did two portraits like this, and again in 2021. But this year for some reason about half of the customers wanted that style, so I think it was a good decision to add the style choice.

Etsy Store News

My Etsy Store has been doing very well this year. I changed my blanket printer, and the new blankets are much thicker and softer than the old ones. They also offer two sided printing, which is spectacular, and was an often requested option from my customers! I also added 15oz accent mugs to the 11oz listings, and added some more color options. I added several new holographic sticker designs, including the infamous capybara, gecko, peacock, panda, tiger, and mandalas. I added die-cut magnets, which are cut out to the shape of the animal. There are cool new ceramic ornaments as well, most of which are available in circle and heart shaped. Garden Flags seem to be a popular product, and make great gifts! I added a few wall tapestries as well, and will add more with time. I also have three cool holographic art prints which have a crystal shard effect. This was a unique find a few months ago when I saw another artist selling these prints, and I found the company that makes them and got a few to start.

The Upending of the Normal

This year has been a never-ending shit show for artists all over the internet. I myself have not been immune to the shit storm this year. Personally, I have had to close down two long standing accounts, move my website, and deal with the Twitter fallout by opening two new social media accounts. It honestly feels like the entire internet just collectively took a massive shit on artists this year, and I am so tired of it.

New Webhost

First, my website. I have had a website in some form since 1996 when it was hosted by Geocities. In 2000 I created my own hosted website with my own domain name. My site had gone through countless iterations in the past 22 years, from self-taught HTML, to plug-and-play templates, to a Wordpress site. Websites have changed a lot since the early days, and it is hard to keep up with all the changes. I have always been on top of security and safety, and am very careful with how my website is set up. That being said, my former webhost was constantly sending me emails saying that I was over limits, which is impossible, as this site is tiny and uses very few resources. They refused to help me diagnose the problem, so after 22 years I jumped ship to another webhost and could not be happier. It was a hard decision at first, but I am glad I left.

Closing Zazzle Store

Next, I had to close my Zazzle store permanently. I have had that shop since the early days of 2008, and was one of the mass-exodus from CafePress at the time. I have generally been extremely happy with the site and their products. But I can no longer recommend them to any of my artist friends. They have made a series of changes over the years which has really hurt artists and designers on that site, and I almost left in 2020 when they made changes that really impacted the quality of the site. They implemented banner ads for one, which make the site look like a trashy scam site and additionally steer customers away from buying products on the site. Not to mention most of the ads were for actual scam and illegal sites! They introduced collaborations and custom backgrounds, which took away a huge portion of the original designers income from that sale. They also had an issue with products continuing to be allowed to be purchased if the product was a customized one, even if the original product had been deleted.

But the straw that broke the camel's back was the removal of the watermark, the increased size of the preview images by almost double, and the implementation of allowing customers to download a full resolution digital copy of the artwork. The changes basically enable thieves to take designs from the site wholesale. I already have tons of problems with copyright infringement, I don't need to compound it. Not to mention the major lawsuit that Zazzle is facing in regards to possibly illegally obtaining the fonts they use in their product design tools.

So I made the difficult decision to close my store earlier this year. Which really sucks because it actually made me a decent amount of money, their products were great and unique, and their design editor was unparalleled.

Closing my DeviantArt and Artstation Accounts

I have been with DeviantArt since 2006. While they have made changes which have upset the artist community, none compares to the bullshit they puled last month. Not only are they doing nothing to stop the massive influx of AI art on their platform, they are encouraging it by having their own in house AI "art" generator called Dream Up which uses the controversial LAION-5B database that StableDiffusion and other platforms use. This database scraped the internet of 2.3 BILLION copyrighted images without artists consent to train their algorithm, which means the database is highly unethical and rife with theft. Due to this, I abandoned my DeviantArt site and just left up my links.

At the time of writing this article, ArtStation is pulling similar shenanigans, so I have closed that account as well. They have made it explicitly clear in their terms of service that they support AI "art", and will not ban it from the site. They are also shutting off comments of artists who are protesting. And apparently earlier this year they were also deleting posts about supporting Ukraine from their site. So I am done with them now too.

Social Media

I will not get into the Twitter issue here, since it has been discussed ad nauseum for the past several months and I am honestly tired of hearing about it. I hear worse and worse news about it every day. I honestly don't want to leave Twitter because it has been a major factor in driving traffic to my Etsy store, especially since Pinterest took a dump 2 years ago and stopped working for me. But will leave if the dumpster fire gets more severe. It will not be a big loss to me.

So in preparation for that, I have opened two new accounts: Tumblr and Mastodon. I actually had a Tumblr account many years ago, but closed it due to inactivity. Mastodon is very new to me, and so far I have liked the experience. I am stretched kind of thin right now so I think that is enough social sites for the time being.

Reopening TeePublic

I reopened my TeePublic store after it was closed for a year and a half. I originally closed it since I was not getting many sales. Also I really dislike the interface for uploading new art. It is cumbersome, and tedious, and the inability to select different files for each product means that I had to upload new "designs" for different products, meaning a lot of duplications in my store. But since I closed my Zazzle store I needed to make up for the loss of income so I thought I would give it another shot. So far it seems to be doing ok.

Conclusion and Hopes for Next Year

My plans for next year are to basically continue what I am doing already. This year saw so many changes as it is, and I am not really antsy for any other major changes at the moment. I will be actively making spaces in my schedule for original art, which has become a very important part of my portfolio. I will continue to offer portraits, and as always improve my skills and hone my style.

I will be monitoring my Society6 store this upcoming year. It may be on the chopping block if it fails to turn around. I do not have plans to open any more e-commerce stores next year. Instead I will be focusing on driving traffic to my existing stores, as well as adding products and new designs to my Etsy store.

And that is all. Hope everyone has a great new year!

#2022

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homestuck-human-generator · 3 months

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Name: Mr. Gena Peacock Color: Grape Color #6f2da8 Symbol: anise Strife Specibus: iceskatekind Handle: tawdryGeolatry Animal: cobra Pronouns: she/her Age: 29 Birthday: 260th day of the year Sexuality: queer Interests: softball and bowling Dream Moon: prospit Classpect: Muse of Void Land: Land of Volcanoes and Expanse, a bilious place, with adorable Henkel's Leaftailed Gecko consorts. It is a place full of obnoxious islands and clouded skies. Typheus has recently awoken. Instrument: lysarden

#IFTTT #homestuck #oc generator #homestuck kid

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sylveonyiezoo · 7 months

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꒰ঌৎ୭໒꒱ My Introduction post!

꒰ঌ Information ໒꒱

My name is Ambrose! ♡

I am 20 years old! ♡

My pronouns are He/Him! ♡

I mainly post planet zoo on this account but I will also post about animals and animal themed games/shows! ♡

꒰ঌ Games ໒꒱

My favourite animal themed games are: Planet Zoo, Calico, Koi Farm, Let's Build A Zoo, Zoo Tycoon, Bunny Park!

My favourite dinosaur themed games are: Jurrasic World Evolution 2, Prehistoric Kingdom, Paleo Pines!

꒰ঌ Shows and Docs ໒꒱

I love the Jurassic Park franchise! I really love camp cretaceous!

My favourite animal shows/docs are: River Monsters, Our Great National Parks, Our Planet!

꒰ঌ My Favs ໒꒱

My favourite fish are: Red Tailed Cat Fish, Koi Fish, Veiltail Goldfish, Strawberry Peacock Cichlids, Clownfish!

My favourite sharks/rays are: Nurse Shark, Whale Shark, Great Hammerhead Shark, Lemon Shark, Silky Shark, Thresher Shark, Zebra Shark, Manta Ray!

My favourite crustaceans are: Cherry Shrimp, Fairy Shrimp, Vampire Crab, Mantis Shrimp, Golden Bee Shrimp, Horseshoe crab!

My favourite marine/aquatic mammals are: Orca, Harp Seal, Leopard Seal, Beluga, Amazon River Dolphin, Dusky Dolphin, Humpback Whale, Narwhal, Sea Otter, Giant Otter!

My favourite cats are: Pallas Cat, Caracal, Siberian Tiger, Asiatic Lions, Cheetah, Fishing Cat, Scottish Wild Cat, Eurasian Lynx, Clouded Leopard!

My favourite canids are: Maned Wolf, African Wild Dog, Raccoon Dog, Bat-Eared Fox, Arctic Fox, Fennec Fox!

My favourite primates are: Ring Tailed Lemur, Squirrel Moneky, Golden Lion Tamarin, Lar Gibbon, Siamang!

My favourite snakes are: Corn Snake, Desert Horned Viper, Green Tree Python, Green Vine Snake, Barons Racer, Boomslang!

My favourite lizards are: Asian Water Monitor, Frilled Lizard, Marine Iguana, Satanic Leaf Tailed Gecko, Day Gecko, Tokay Gecko, Namib Sand Gecko, Veiled Chameleon, Emerald Tree Monitor, Bearded Dragon!

My favourite amphibians are: Strawberry Poison Dart Frog, Glass Frog, Whites Tree Frog, Axolotl, Marbled Salamander, Chinese Giant Salamander, Clown Frog!

My favourite turtles & tortoises are: Red-eared Slider, Common Musk Turtle, Eastern Painted Turtle, Alligator Snapping Turtle, Indian Star Tortoise, Galapagos Tortoise!

Some other animals I like: Butterflies, Rosy Maple Moths, Poodle Moth, Orchid Mantis, Gharials, Cuban Crocodiles, Quokka, Sugar Gilder, Skunks, Genet, Owls, Octopus, Nudibranch, Binturongs, Capybara, Chinchilla!

#Here are my tags ♡♡#Sylveonyie Zoo #Sylveonyie #I ৎ୭ Your Zoo #Sylveonyie Pack #Sylveonyie Challenge

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inthelovingmemory · 7 months

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Salutations Lord Ram,

The dating experience was weary, he was just... wanting to move to fast and my cracks were showing, my damned paranoia was showing, but yes he was boring, I was carrying the conversation. My behavior put him off so I decided to cut it there to save us the trouble. He was also so casual about removing me from his friend's list... that hurt my fragile ego lmao.

How have you been? Today is very slow, probably because I didn't have coffee.

You have a lizard! You must tell me about it! Lizards are so cute!

Do you have any other bones? For my altar I have lots of feathers I've collected over some years like peacock, duck, dove, goose, and some others.

Today's offerings are ☕, ☕, and more ☕

Also some 🍑. My father has acquired more peaches and now some additional plums. Please enjoy.

You're a timeless monolith and an interesting human to speak to. I get happy when you answer my asks, kinda like a little kid with candy. Speaking of candy, which is your favorite?

Lots of love and hugs,

-🐈

Hello! In my experience humans tend to move fast. I decided to consider the hosts boyfriend as my pet. They’re nickname on this blog will be insufferable. So with that context, insufferable talks about marrying us often. It’s very embarrassing.

These past few days have been uneventful. Minus when insufferable told the host that the reason I exist is because in the past the host has felt unloved and shoved their love down and that created me. They also called me lonely and touch starved and I cried. I am not sure why I cried.

I unfortunately do not have any more bones.

My lizards name is Ivory. She’s a leopard gecko.

We love coffee, we had a hyperfixation on it for the longest time. In fact I think I will drink some now. I will enjoy the coffee and peaches.

My favorite candy is butterscotch.

I will gently remind you 🐈 anon that I am not human but I do love your compliments. You are one of the most interesting humans I’ve spoken with. You captivate my attention.

#🐈 anon #the whisperings

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outbackranger108 · 9 months

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What your favorite animal says about you

Note: These are just jokes so just take them with a grain of salt and if you get offended easily then you probably shouldn't read this.

Turtle - You love pizza

Giraffe - You’re calling in sick

Polar Bear - You fear nothing (except hot weather)

Lion - You wanna be treated like a king

Lioness - You wanna be treated like a queen

Elephant - You hold really long grudges

Dog - You’re loyal and always there for your friends and family

Cat - You hate swimming lessons

Koala - You skipped episode 16 of World Tour (either that or you’re a stoner)

Hippo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHEsIgM0LzM

Peacock - You’re a showoff

Swan - You’re a ballet dancer with a short temper

Monkey - You’re bananas

Goose - You like games that have no title

Duck - You’re the one cuz you make bath time lots of fun

Frog - You have squiggly arms

Raccoon - You enjoy going into your neighbors garbage

Fox - No one ever trusts you

Wolf - You wanna huff and puff and blow someones house down

Kangaroo - You go to the gym too much

Horse - You’re the MVP of your track team

Bull - You always use your head (literally)

Lemur - You like to move it

Penguin - You wish you could fly

Bat - You like Batman or you just wanna get bit by a vampire

Dolphin - You may look kind but deep down you’re evil

Pelican - You try to stuff as much food into your mouth as possible

Blue Jay - You need to get back to work or you’re fired

Beaver - You don’t give a dam

Otter - You like to deceive others with your cuteness

Donkey - You like ass jokes

Rooster - You like cock jokes

Blue Footed Booby - You like boob jokes

Tiger - You’re grrrrrrrreat

Hyena - You laugh at the stupidest jokes

Reindeer - Others used to laugh and call you names and would never let you join any games

Grizzly - You love fishing

Eagle - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYcy0Y9Hu-A

Rabbit - You can’t eat food that’s for kids

Zebra - You think you’re crack-a-lackin’

Gecko - You wanna save 15% or more

Camel - Your favorite day of the week is Wednesday

Clownfish - You wanna find your child

Panda - You are the dragon warrior

Blue Tang - You forget things easily

Owl - You’re a know it all

Falcon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cuq47Ii0UHY

Ray - You hate Steve Irwin

Cheetah - You like Cheetos

Toucan - You follow your nose

Parrot - You never shut up

Meerkat - You live a problem free life

Warthog - You’re gassy

Mouse - You’re a Disney fanboy

Shark - You wanna be loved but everyone hates you

Yellow Tang - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NzPd-xW4YY

Dugong - Compared to the dolphins you’re quite ugly

Guinea Pig - You’re drunk

Leopard - You hate Tarzan

Naked Mole Rat - You enjoy streaking in the neighborhood

Bonobo - You always sympathize with others

Sheep - You’re baaaad

Hedgehog - You’re the fastest thing alive

Platypus - 'Doo bee doo bee doo bah'

Jaguar - You’re an animal rescuer

Cockatoo - You’re not very pretty but you were once a star

Squirrel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OID7gA8fcaw

Orangutan - You wanna be just like me

Flamingo - You live in Florida

Crocodile - You miss Steve Irwin

Hare - You’re a cocky athlete

Snow Leopard - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R610XnTVwIo

Goat - You always sing when you speak

Armadillo - 'They see me rollin that hatin'

Rhino - You’re bigger and better than a unicorn

Snake - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS8OawQegYE

#animals

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snakeomens · 5 years

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I wish I could accurately photograph this little guy’s curiosity. Every time I do anything, he comes running up to check it out.

#petblr #reptiblr #geckos #day gecko #peacock day gecko #pets #lizards #phelsuma #phelsuma quadriocellata #mine #the sons #dayman

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lovingexotics · 5 years

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Peacock Day Gecko Phelsuma quadriocellata Source: Here

#peacock day gecko #day gecko #gecko #geckos #animal #animals #wildlife #nature #repost #reptiles #lizard #lizards

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gray-ghost-creations · 4 years

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I am super excited with how this logo commission came out. Done in prismacolor and derwent lightfast colored pencils on 11x14 paper.

Thank you so much Spyder Collector for commissioning me. ❤🕷

Custom commissions are currently closed.

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augustheart · 2 years

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What do the patterns look like? Besides just being a pigeon, I mean.

i'm still working on the one i started (the sleepy one) because i'm taking a dinner break but these are the patterns! i've made this artist's flamingos, day gecko, chick, boston terrier and french bulldog (hannukah gifts for my mom and my sister, respectively), and peacock, and i want to buy their big owl packs once i get more thread.

#forginglace

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charanchula · 1 year

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Pick a Pet.

So! I have a 4x45x60cm (18x18x24″) bioactive terrarium awaiting a resident.

I was initially going to get dart frogs, but I just can’t stand handling the fruit flies anymore. I can’t do it. I CAN’T!

So now I’m turning to other options.

I already have a peacock day gecko, pacman frog, three stenodactylus sthenodactylus, and a number of tarantulas. I’ll be getting some mourning geckos as well once the small terrarium is finished.

I’m planning on getting a cuban false chameleon for a second terrarium I have; this is a guy I’ll be able to handle, if I want, so the other resident doesn’t need to be handleable.

Handling isn’t that important to me, I know a lot of reptiles don’t like it.

Likewise, I’m not interested in breeding. If it happens, it happens, otherwise I’m not bothered.

Diet wise, I already feed dubia roaches and crickets to my current animals, and I’ll be getting snails for my false chameleon, so I’m not too leery about feeder insects, except for fruit flies, who are the bane of my life. NO FRUIT FLIES.

Maintenance-wise, I’ll be setting up an automatic misting system, and the terrariums will be bioactive so they’ll have clean up crews for the majority of the mess.

Nominees are:

TOKAY GECKO

Pros: top of my list, unique looking, personality, feisty, easy to feed, not too expensive

Cons: defensive/aggressive, might be hard to wrangle, nocturnal ?

I’m probably going to go with this option. Tokay’s are notorious for being unhandleable, but handleability isn’t on my list of requirements, so I don’t care. A nice contrast to the false chameleon?

MADAGASCAN DAY GECKO

Pros: cute as hell, large and attractive, pretty, personable, curious, diurnal, very easy to feed (powder foods), can be trained to climb onto your hand

Cons: already have a day gecko, a little more costly, not handleable because they can drop their tails but also SLOUGH OFF THEIR SKIN NO NO

If I had an extra terrarium I’d get one, but dudes, the skin. THE SKIN. I can’t take it, I’d never want to hurt an animal and I can’t stand the idea of accidentally causing this. Also very similar to my existing peacock gecko

CHAHOUA GECKO

Pros: easy care, basically a big version of a crested gecko, handleable, unusual and I think they’re pretty

Cons: SO expensive, on this list by a tenuous grasp because of that, not as drawn to them as the above two, EXPENSIVE, costs money, I’m poor and this gecko is expensive, did I mention expensive?

We’re talking £300 to £500 for a pair; they’re also hard to find NOT in a pair, for some reason.

RED-EYED TREE FROG

Pros: frog!, very pretty, unique, fun to have, doesn’t eat fruit flies, sweet, appeal of another frog

Cons: small in an enclosure (I can’t remember if you can keep a pair or trio together), hides, mid-pricey, I’m not as drawn to them as the top two geckos

Close to my original dart frog idea, but they don’t need to eat fruit flies. A classic amphibian, but I’m not sure I want another one. Would it be better to keep to geckos?

Looking forward to seeing your opinions!

POLL HERE

#polls #frog #gecko #tokay gecko #madagascan giant day gecko #giant day gecko #chahoua gecko #red-eyed tree frog #reptiles #reptiblr #amphibians

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lowslore · 2 years

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find the word tag

I’m catching up on a Bunch of tags by @akindofmagictoo! Thank you sm! I’m gonna moosh em all and pick some of the words I can find in my new project!

raise (TPRW)

I couldn’t scream. So once again, I did what any sensible person would have done, and made a tiny squeaking noise at the bottom of my throat.

If you’ve never seen a gecko raise one eyebrow (I know they don’t have them. It’s the only way to describe the expression Aubrey made) disapprovingly, be glad. You don’t want to.

Luckily, Michael jumped in to save the day.

“Hey, Max,” He nodded. “This is the newbie. Name’s Jennifer.”

Song (TPRW)

I was still processing this statement as another figure stepped out of the rose petals and came down the driveway towards us. This one had longer, but equally curly black hair, the same dark chocolate eyes and wore a dress patterned like the inside of a red cabbage, spiralled and swirled with purple and white. Their wings were like those of a peacock butterfly, and they also had a crown picked out in flowers upon their head, this one in more of a tiara shape.

“Are you not going to introduce me?” They spoke in a sultry voice, their tones just as sing-song as the Monarch’s, but somehow deeper, richer, like the difference between babbling water and thick molten chocolate.

“Of course!” The Monarch smiled. “We were just getting to that. Lady Jennifer, my Queen, her Majesty Queen Ariana of Fairyland, Lady of the Lakenshire, Mistress of the Rose. Queen Ariana, Lady Jennifer of Willowdale Road.”

Frame (TPRW)

The gates shifted and melded before my very eyes, seeming to grow as I watched them, into tall, thick, dark-green/brown wooden gates. They were framed on either side by massive stone columns, the base of which were wider than the top, so they rose up with a diagonal on the other side to the side attached to the gates. Three sconces were dug into each column at regular intervals, in a sort of triangle. Over the gates was a large arch, not too bent, with words in red and yellow in a language I didn’t understand. If you’re picturing the Jurassic Park gates, you shouldn’t be, because that would be copyright infringement – on behalf of Jurassic Park, because this literal dimension has been around a lot longer than a set of dumb movies. You know, I never found out who it was on those movies who used to do this round in some capacity. Anyway, on with the tale.

Chin (TPRW)

It was around here that I finally paused to look at Max long enough to see their features. They had sort of chin-length near the sides, shoulder-length near the back, shaggy brown hair, very muscle-bound chesticular features, and an extremely pointy nose. Despite the large, clawed, scaly bottom half, their eyes were kind, and what I previously perceived as a grin was perhaps more accurately a softer smile. Perhaps sensing my wherewithal beginning to return, Aubrey’s scowl lessened, and the pressure on my vocal chords decreased exponentially.

Cold (TPRW) (Jennifer’s narration my absolute beloved)

I hurried downstairs, unlocked the door and went to get my bike, before peddaling off into the darkness. As I rode, the cold, frosty wind buffeted my face, forcing me further into wakefulness. I didn’t like that very much, but then again, it helps you resist the... Oh, would you look at that, I’m getting ahead of myself again! Now, where was I... Ah yes. I arrived at the post office and put on my best “I’m at work” smile, which wasn’t actually that good considering it was 6:25 in the morning. Pushing open the door, I entered to find............ dun dun DUUUUUN!!! A pretty ordinary post office. I got you there, didn’t I? You thought that was going to be something dramatic! I know you did really, there’s no need to pretend.

Care (TPRW)

So! What is a dinosaur centaur? An excellent question, and one you honestly don’t really want to know the answer to. No, really. You don’t. What do you mean, I can’t do that to you? I’m the narrator, I can say whatever I want! Oh? What was that? You’ll put the book down if I don’t do what you ask? Fine! Go ahead! Ignore my awesome story! See if I care—wait. Where are you going? I didn’t think you were serious! Come on, fine, I’ll tell you what a dinosaur centaur is. Don’t say I didn’t warn you though.

I’m tagging @ashen-crest, @catharticallysarcastic and @sleepyowlwrites with no pressure ofc! And anyone else who wants to do it. Your words are: sure, shake, shower, shut!

#writeblr #writeblr community #writing #original writing #writblr #lows lore #tprw funsies #writeblr tag games #tag games

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