#so here we are.

[kurumeuruki]

Painter Akechi drawing from reference.

learnt drawing from the best

Based on this post

#persona 5 #ren amamiya #akira kurusu #goro akechi #akeshu #shuake #It was like only that one time I had a random idea about Painter Akechi and that was a meme post #until I came across an image and was like “What if Akechi did that?” #so here we are. #my art #comics #p5 comics #p5 memes

[wouldntbehim]

mix: firstprince (taylor's version)

#rwrbedit #alex x henry #alex claremont diaz #henry fox #my reward for not putting any tswift songs on my other mix is that i decided to do one that is just. nothing but tswift songs. #so. firstprince mix (taylor's version) #i was gonna do 'say don't go' for kensington but. #i actually liked 'haunted' a lot more for it #and nearly did 'haunted' for the scene of alex and nora but they swapped #(dress was entirely self-indulgent btw but. i couldn't resist.) #i have zero apologies for the choice of 'paper rings' btw #not pictured: me tapping my foot and waiting impatiently for rep tv #(listen my life will not be complete until i hear 'don't blame me (taylor's version)') #i'm choosing to blame this on my best friend #bc i went 'since i didn't put any on the other mix tell me i can't make one that's just tswift songs' #and she went 'do it.' #and i said 'okay at least tell me i can't just name it 'firstprince (taylor's version)'' and she said 'okay but you should' #so here we are. #also i think my favorite coloring in this is the one i used for 'wildest dreams' and 'you are in love' and 'say don't go' #yes i did attempt to color them in ways reminiscent of the albums and what about it

[strawglicks]

gossip trio!

#toontown #ttcc #toontown corporate clash #bellringer #benjamin biggs #mouthpiece #belle dama #firestarter #flint bonpyre #gossip squad #strawglicks art gallery #yes gossip squad will be a tag i reuse for these guys .. even if its only 2 of em interacting #anyway i always thought of ben and flint as friends #and i know ben and belle seem to be friends #and then the flint and belle comic came out and permanently rewired my brain #so here we are.

[dragonomatopoeia]

the thing with twitter dying is that it was great for rapidposting. i could fire off a few posts about literally nothing in sequence. i mean i'm still wandering around in my bathrobe addressing paintings in the comfort of my home here but there's no character limit so i can just keep going. it's soliloquy central. which also means i feel an expectation to Post Less (or at least post more coherently) so that i'm not taking up 80% of the dashboard real estate with nonsense.

#in retrospect i could have solved a lot by making a text post tag back in 2012. but it's been over a decade #so here we are.

[thefortysecondolive]

—the Hexie Mountains said.

#my gifs #tatort saarbrücken #Listen. Do I think Hexie Mountains is even Remotely a Spatort Song(tm)? No. #Have I been listening to it on repeat for days? Yeah for sure. #So here we are.

[kenzan-kiwami]

so how's everyone enjoying gaiden

#shishido kosei #like a dragon gaiden #gaiden #ryu ga gotoku #art #i can't say yet whether or not i'm enjoying it #because i'm scheduling this on the 21st of october #but i'm sure i will be... i'm sure i am? how do i say that #for as much as that motorbike demoralised me for the entire rest of the time i spent drawing this i'm pretty happy with it #i'm just out here trying to line his face and then i zoom out to look at it and realise #actually #no i don't want to line a bike #but then it locked me into this rendering style because cel shading looks like ass with that brush #BUT the design pencil feels really nice to sketch with #so here we are. #pose + the presence of the motorbike are inspired by... some movie motomiya was in... #i don't actually know the name of it. just that he was serving

[moeblob]

Gun.

#fe three houses #ferdinand von aegir #honestly this idea of drawing an fe with a gun started with a very different character which lead to me googling gun refs #and then it lead me to saving a bunch of people holding guns to my computer and then me not sure if i wanted the OG idea or not #so i spun the wheel and it landed on Ferdinand as the person to be drawn #THEN i had to ask a dear buddy o mine hey should I draw Ferdinand with a shotgun or a pistol #and she said pistol #so here we are. #i dont know how to draw a gun even with a reference so uh OOPS!

[fooltofancy]

secondary bird son go

#played for three hours and decided i DO need to restart kite's stupid run again. for the third time. #i keep doing stupid things and deciding it'll be Fine and not immersion breaking for him specifically #but then it IS #so here we are. #primary goal: Not This Fuckin Gear #he's called lark #and will have a personality........ later #need a bg3 tag #is probably the bg3 tag now i'm too empty for clever things #at least. if i start kite again. i can mod appropriate earrings lmao #fully alternates between the saddest/wettest expressions in the goddamn game and the most unhinged #thanks durge i'm living #absolute kicked puppy of a man

[shelbgoodkind]

LEAH RILKE THE WILDS 2.08

#leah rilke #sarah pidgeon #the wilds #* #idk why but her saying this has been stuck in my head for days #so here we are. #leah luvs her girls<3 #also #ben folds #LOL

[m0thisonfire]

Faux and Masterson are the main reasons Powell started day drinking again.

If they’re not off trying to kill each other, they’re either breaking something or working on their codes.

#faux pas #henry masterson #tfa oc #tfa s/i #porter powell #tfa #transformers animated #they’re the kind of frenemies to stake claim on the other in terms of being the only one allowed to torment them- #it’s low quality because I’ve been TIRED #but I wanted Masterson and faux interactions. #so here we are. #m0th draws

[secondbcrn]

so basically this blog exists because i woke @firstbcrn up at 5am to tell him about my intrusive 'what if b.enedict had had to join the army like most second sons and had wound up at w.aterloo' thoughts

#so here we are. #i've written him in various places on discord but heyo lol #i. ｢ ooc. ｣

[mariana-oconnor]

Tagging on AO3

Because I've come across this a number of times in the past few weeks and I know other places work differently:

On AO3, you don't need to add variations of your tags.

What I mean by that is if you are tagging a certain ship, you don't need to tag "Name A/Name B" and "Name B/Name A" and "ABShipname". AO3 has a system that's pretty well established now that, with the help of many tag wranglers* (All Hail the Tag Wranglers) behind the scenes, does that for you. All of those tags are linked together so if a person filters by one of them, they see all fics tagged with any of them. In fact, it's probably better for you to stick to a single tag, because that means potential readers can scan through your tags more quickly to check what's in the fic, making them more likely to read it if it's got tags they like.

Not only does it link tags with the same meaning together, the wonderful tag wranglers (their praises be sung) also create a sort of hierarchy of tags, so multiple more specific tags are all included under a more general umbrella tag.

For example, if you are tagging your fic where beloved side-character Tom Fakename is a werewolf, you can tag it "Werewolf Tom Fakename" or "Tom Fakename is a Werewolf" or "I made Tom Fakename a Werewolf Because I Love Werewolves LOL" and all of those mean the same thing. BUT your fic will also appear if someone filters by the more general tag "Werewolves"**. And all those fics, as well as fics where Tom Fakename (or his fan favourite ship partner Matt Blorbo) are tagged as being werecats, wererabbits, werebats or were-stick-insects can ALL be found if you filter by the tag "Were-creatures". Weirdly, were-creatures doesn't seem to come under the Shapeshifters tag, but I assume that was the result of careful consideration on the tag wranglers' (may their days be filled with joy) part.

In summary:

"Matt Blorbo/Tom Fakename" = "Tom Fakename/Matt Blorbo" = "Fakebo" = "Tom x Matt" (only one of these tags is needed***)

"Were-creatures" > "Werewolves" > "Werewolf Tom Fakename"

"Were-creatures" > "Matt Blorbo as a Werekitten is Something That Can Actually Be So Personal"

(You can tag with multiple of these if you want, but you only really need to be as specific as you'd like)

Of course, the tag wranglers (may the fandom gods bless their names) are only human and literally do not have time to read every 100k fic out there to check every single tag is absolutely correct, so sometimes things do get mixed up. However! You can aid them in their mighty task by using the tags that already exist where available and appropriate for you!

When you start typing tags into the little input bar on the AO3 New Work screen, you'll see a dropdown list of tags that are similar to what you're typing. If one of those has the right meaning for what you want to tag and it works for you, you can click on it, and your fic is already connected to the great tag web in the right place. Of course, if it ruins your comedic tagging rant, feel free to ignore this.

All good things come with a downside, though, beware the autofill!

Sometimes, when you're typing Werewolf Tom and you press enter, there may be another fandom with a character called Tom Otherguy who people love to make a werewolf (Tom Otherguy is just crying out for werewolf AUs, you know how it is. He's just a werewolfy li'l guy). And if you press enter, you'll find that rather than you tagging your work simply "Werewolf Tom", AO3 has autofilled the most popular tag that starts like that: "Werewolf Tom Otherguy".

Naturally, this can confuse both readers and the tagging system, so in general I'd recommend always including a second name where available****. I.e. it's better for everyone involved if you tag your fic "Werewolf Tom Fakename" rather than simply "Werewolf Tom" so it's clear at a glance who you're talking about and AO3 doesn't accidentally jump to conclusions. Just to be sure, make sure you check your tags after you've entered them, in case one of them autofilled without you noticing.

*To learn more about the tagging system and tag wranglers (bright stars of the fandom sky), check out the AO3 wrangling guidelines. Or, if you're interested in becoming a tag wrangler yourself, they will post information here when they're looking for applications.

**The "Alternate Universe - Werewolf" tag is a little different because it depends on whether your fandom has canonical werewolves. It comes under the umbrella tag of "Alternate Universe". Likewise with the "Alternate Universe - Werewolves Are Known" tag.

***Canonical pairing tags (the ones that appear in the filter list) are written in alphabetical order by surname (If they have a surname). Therefore "Matt Blorbo/Tom Fakename" is the standard tag for that pairing. Or "Matt Blorbo/Zara Diedforplot/Tom Fakename".

****If the character only has one name then usually that name will be followed by the name of the fandom in brackets to distinguish them from other characters with that name, i.e. Name (Fandom). Some characters have nicknames they are more commonly known by and those are usually inserted between their first and last names in inverted commas, e.g. "James "Bucky" Barnes". Other characters have nicknames and half a dozen other names, e.g. "Percival "Percy" Fredrickstein Von Musel Klossowski De Rolo III". If you have irritating motherfuckers (affectionate) like these in your fandom, I'm going to assume you already know about them.

Disclaimer: I am not a tag wrangler, nor have I ever been one. All information above is presented as I have come to understand it from having used AO3 for over a decade. If any of the information above is incorrect, please let me know so I can correct it.

TL;DR - You only need to use one version of a tag, AO3 will make sure anyone searching for variations can find your fic, and be careful to check your tags before you post to make sure they're right.

#AO3 #AO3 tagging #Fandom #long post #PSA #I wrote out this whole thing earlier #but then Tumblr ate it #so here we are. #I got carried away #This was meant to be a minipost #but now it is huge #I'm sorry

[skyward-floored]

Sometimes I have questions that could work very well as polls but I'm too shy to make it a poll because that feels Official and usually it's something like "which of these fics of mine do you like best"

#I know I know its my blog and I can post whatever #but it still feels weird #its like I'm begging for attention and I don't like that BHBFHBAHGSAKS #rambles from the floor #mmm I'm in a weird mood tonight sorry #I'm feeling kinda crummy/useless #and I seem to revert to making weird posts when that happens #also the only irl noises I can make right now are croaks so I have to talk SOMEWHERE #so here we are.

[thescrump]

Through It All: A Sonamy Story - Extra Chapter: “Eggman Finds Out”

The Egg Battleship was whirring as always, flying over unknown waters. And the only human on it was reclining as always, his thoughts stirring. Dr. Eggman was deep in thought. “All my preparations, all the work I had done to finally kill him, for nothing! This is unacceptable! How! Why! Hrmm… Now that I think about it, there was something off with Sonic, and that pink hedgehog too…”At that moment, Orbot barged into the room with a magazine in his hand. “You’re not going to like this news, doctor.” he exclaimed. “Well, what is it?” the doctor responded. “Well…” Orbot placed the magazine on Eggman’s desk, and he stared at the cover. On the cover was an image of Sonic and Amy at the Lyric Restaurant and Bar. He panicked in his thoughts as he flipped through. “Wait, what! How! Well.. Who cares! Why! So that explains it! I CAN’T HAVE THIS!” “Orbot, this is a serious problem.” he said in the calmest voice he could. “Yes, doctor-” “HOW DO WE BREAK THEM UP!!!” “I don’t know, doctor.” “FIND OUT HOW, OR ELSE I WILL TURN YOU INTO SCRAP METAL!” Suddenly, Orbot had an insight. “This could be useful. The more Sonic has, the more we can take away from him.” “Orbot, this is the reason I keep you around.” Eggman said, finally calming down. “Now leave, I’m working on something.” Orbot quickly left the room, while Eggman returned to his work. “So, your thoughts on the recent developments?” he said to his computer. Sage turned on, flashing a mysterious icon from the Starfall Islands on the monitor. “Why do you always feel the need to attack Sonic? Why can’t we let him live in peace?” she said. “Because he’s the one who always gets in my way, and a broken opponent is easier to defeat.” “Why must this be so violent?” Sage responded. “I don’t know. Conversation over.” Sage powered off. “Ugh. Kids these days.”

#so here we are. #the final chapter #and yes. this is sequel bait #but is it good sequel bait? #sonic the hedgehog #sonic #amy rose #sonamy #sonic fanfiction #sonamy fanfiction #extra chapter #fanfiction #post canon #friends to lovers #through it all: a sonamy story

[katierosefun]

i was so brave today (cooked dinner instead of ordering takeout)

#caroline talks #me: caroline. come on. you can cook dinner #me: yes but i'm a busy student :( #me: yes but also money. #me: BUT I'M A BUSY STUDENTTT #me: yeah so use this as a break from your studies. get up. cook. go. #so here we are. #i always get annoyed at how i can cook a meal within. like. 30-40 minutes #and then i eat a meal in like. 10-15 minutes #but. YOU KNOW WHAT. #i am glad that i cooked because i did in fact. save my wallet a little more #and i finished a box of pasta! and i cut up onions and stored them in the freezer! #did a productive thing for cooking! future me is grateful!

[gazihsah]

「i’d put my halo on and sing — but they took my wings」

#ffxiv #ff14 #viera #ffxiv screenshots #magnus fythe #Estinien #Lido - Angel #I initially wanted to recreate an one official render from 3.0 w/ hraesvalgar BUT I CANT POSE HIS BOOONES AS NICELY ;; #so here we are.