#someday!

[justheblueberry]

first bind!

i never posted it before, but it's good to have a marker of where i started 💜

paper was regular copy paper, sewn with embroidery thread, boards scavenged from an old sketchbook and endpapers excruciatingly cut with the sharp corner of a metal ruler and an ultra janky exacto knife, "mull" not shown because it was bright pink sparkly tulle. lol

the bookcloth is homemade from this strangely wrinkly and textured cotton fabric, and the endpapers are a rolled up and glued piece of paper. all held together with mod podge! hand-painted the title with golden acrylic.

i didn't think id ever post this one, but it's nice to look back and see how far ive come, even though im quite embarrassed by the state of it. still, it's the bind that has gotten the most use (and reuse); ive annotated it over and over again from each reread and now its full of tabs. still works as a book, so no matter how janky it is, it has lasted as a functional readable object!

#fanbinding #first bind #ficbinding #fanfic binding #bookbinding #absolutely going to redo this one #someday!

[teallionn]

#ofmd #gentlebeard #flower picking #someday! #something sweet

[kaus-quietis]

Greetings, Anon! Thank you for your questions. I have to admit, even in the past, I refrained from posting reactions or speculations as BSD chapters release, but you already knew that, so I will indulge you. I'll answer each part of your ask. BSD ch113 thoughts below, manga spoilers ahead.

♠ "What was your raw reaction?" It was not a calm, quiet one, I can tell you that. No, in fact I screamed with excitement as if I was in a Roman amphitheatre and my favourite gladiator just got back up on his feet, out of sheer force of will, grinning and sweaty. My scream was the fastest way I could "verbalize" the fact that I was overjoyed to see him alive again, even if it's in the 15th century, and on top of that he seemed to be some kind of spy monk all chained up and having what seems to be a ridiculous amount of fun getting caught and discussing with Bram. This is all very in-character for him.

♠ "Was that something you expected?" Absolutely not. Yes, yes, I truly did not expect a jump back in time and this infobomb drop, despite the fact that we did get a few hints that Fedya seemed present at past events when all the other character really appeared younger than him (near the end of S4ep3, where on a rooftop Fedya says "It's not V, it's Five" and I am seriously like bruh I give up what I want to say is I need more data to work with, what am I supposed to do with this, rationally speaking?). However, we can't yet extract anything conclusive from this. Is he ageless? A time-traveler? Immortal? Does he revive? When was he born? Was he born at all or created differently somehow? Is he of BSD's world, or an external one (Beast liveaction finale anyone?)? Is this all within the Book and he's just… idk flipping the pages? Anything is possible and I refuse to spend a lot of time working with incomplete data. This is not very follower-friendly (as in, my blog is basically inactive in-between), I know and I apologize, but if after many chapters there will be something worthwile to add to my essay (with what Fukuchi said in ch113 I already have important stuff to add), under those circumstances I will consider writing an update. It's not yet time.

♠ "<Was that> something you felt different for the characterization we all made for Fyodor?" Hmm, I would hesitate to refer to a characterization "we all made" for him (I wish! T o T), because my analysis and blog are but a tiny tiny part of the fandom (I think…? I wonder about my Fedya essay's reach or influence sometimes). But let's say here we refer to one that comes close to what I tried to show in my essay. In that case, I would say that there is nothing to fear here in this chapter, but it's very understandable to have massive trust issues at this point. We went through a miserable, miserable time when the previous ones made the guy who visually memorized a full deck of used cards somehow not notice Chuuya wearing contacts and fake vampire teeth, despite knowing the vampire race since… well, the 15th century! I cannot even begin to describe what I felt reading ch111.5-112, I was beyond repulsed. Lovers of "villain" characters understand the following thing well: in most media, our fav has to lose, he has to die or disappear at some point, with rare exceptions. I, too, know this well, but that was no compelling way to solve BSD's villain threat. I still don't know how BSD will wash away that narrative stain, as I consider it, but then again one of the reasons we love this manga is that it keeps us on the edge of our seats and the most absurd yet fun turns can happen out of the blue. We can reasonably ask ourselves: ok, what is the purpose of showing Fedya's backstory now? If it's for build-up, we can already start grinning like Cheshire cats. What could possibly be next? I'm cautiously optimistic, things look in-character and good to me. Very good, in fact.

♠ "Or do you think it is later on going add some depth to his character?" Backstories are shown usually for a very clear purpose. We don't know the purpose yet, but if it's done well, then… then my whole essay could be at risk lmao (and I love this sensation). New info could add so much depth to his character, in fact, that his previously observed traits could gain new meanings, or even contradictory ones. Whichever it will be, I think it's pretty safe to bet on "his backstory will be very relevant".

♠ Bonus: even if I enjoy going "full analytical" and enter conference speech mode when asked, I am driven by strong emotions, by which I want to say – I am not immune to assassin/spy monk Fedya chained up like that and having the time of his life again. I missed seeing him entertained like that, and his current …………. visual representation in the.. uh. ..chapter, yeah, well, it's doing things to my Depeche Mode-worshipping heart.

Anyway, to conclude with some facts we know as of now:

a. Fedya and Bram are inside the Bran Castle, close to the Romanian city of Brașov, "deep in the Carpathians" although not built at high altitude itself. It's basically a fortress built between 1377-1388, with several later additions. The BSD representation of it is very accurate to how it looks today. It's near perfect, actually, I applaud.

b. Bram mentions King Matthias, and in this context that can only mean Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary for 1458-1490. The meeting between Fedya and Bram thus happens some year during his reign, when Transylvania was still part of the Kingdom of Hungary. What is still strange to me is that I can't pinpoint Bram's exact position, as in… were his people independent? Or avoided? I feel like I need to re-read past Bram-related chapters to think about this.

c. Nevermind Bram, the things that Fukuchi says, those are the real goldmine here, but the gold is still… encrypted? I mean: Fedya made the DoA plan (more than confirmed now), and because Fukuchi asked for the condition to keep casualties under 500, Fedya respected that and we got entertained for like half of the whole BSD manga: using coin bombs for terror, for economic/political destabilization, using the vampire infection to avoid further violence, these things. The more you think about it, the more insane it gets. Since Fedya agreed to this condition, it means causing (more) deaths and violence were expendable things to him. (But imagine this: Fukuchi said "I want max. 500 deaths" and Fedya said "Yeah I can do that", now if Fukuchi would've said "I want max. 2 deaths" I really believe Fedya would've still said "Yeah I can do that". What can't he do, especially since murder for murder's sake isn't his goal?). This is in perfect harmony with his "necessary deaths only" approach so far, and much much more. There are far more implications in what Fukuchi said, which I won't type out here now. Gotta keep them and build around them for a future analysis update.

This was a rather long read, but still, I hope this satisfies your curiosities, Anon. *bows dramatically & disappears in a borderline insufferable ENTP way*

#Lav answers #I can't believe I wrote so much #yet still I will keep true to my principle of not over-speculating with insufficient data #a proper essay update would be much more valuable than making separate monthly posts even though in this way I can't contribute to the hype #or despair #or both #but fans of patient analysis will profit .. richly from this #someday! #sigh why is it I can talk about Fedya for hours #why can't I..... ugh....... #Iiiiiiii caaaaan't stooooop lovinggg youuuu #OTL................ #man I've chosen the best manga character of all time frfr #also as of ch113 my Philosopher!Fedya fanfic is basically.................canon-friendly to the highest degree and I can't believe it #it happens in like the 1440-1450s and I dont even know how to feel about this reveal skjdfng

[bit-odd-innit]

Lucas & Eddie is one of the more fascinating dynamics to me because I think there’d be this, like, mutual guilt? And a need to make amends with each other? Eddie for making Lucas feel othered for the crime of Having a Mainstream Interest when his whole Ethos is making people feel included; Lucas for siding with the basketball team after Chrissy’s death and not interrogating that, given all of the everything in Hawkins there might be Something Else At Play Here. Lucas is also the most self assured of his friend group and probably didn’t need Eddie the way Mike and Dustin did, and Eddie probably didn’t know what to do with that? Couldn’t figure out how to Connect with Lucas the way he had with the other two boys and because of that disconnect he (let’s be generous and say inadvertently) drove a wedge between the three of them. But then he does click with Erica, and it’s through his friendship with her he’s able to build something genuine with Lucas. Idk like. The two of them are sensitive and kind and intuitive and put themselves out there for the benefit of their friends and admit when they’re wrong about something and apologize. They have a lot more in common than meets the eye, and I think after everything they finally see that. I also think Eddie gives Lucas one Cancel Hellfire Free Card that Lucas cashes in at the ABSOLUTE more INCONVENIENT time.

#lucas sinclair #eddie munson #stranger things #been in my lucas feelings lately #he's so!!!! him!!!!!!! #i've been wanting to do a no one could love you more followup where eddie gets triggered on the way to lucas's basketball game #and he does NOT take his own advice and he pushes that shit DOWN cause he really really wants to show up for lucas #he didn't make enough of an effort for him before so it's important he does NOW #and lucas realizes how out of it eddie is and thinks it's his fault? but it's NOT it's completely unrelated to UD stuff #and eddie is honest with him like no it's not you i got reminded of something from my shitty childhood nevermind me i'll be fine!!!!! #and lucas has to be like man. you're being stupid. don't hurt yourself more for my sake. #but eddie takes a breather and stays for the game and then steve takes him home and takes care of him :') #someday!

[vinelark]

Met a cosplayer at a convention this weekend and got to talking, and when she mentioned liking TimKon I IMMEDIATELY recommended BBTS to her. All Must Know

oh hell yeah, incredibly flattered to have inspired an irl fic rec 🥰 i hope the con was fun!!!

#i haven't been to a con in ages and now that i'm into actual comics i feel like i would be 500% more excited at one #someday! #asks

[incorrectcoldflashblog]

Ok I need to know about “Coldflash TATBILB” 👀

Hi, friend!

“Coldflash TATBILB” is one of the first ideas I had for Coldflash and sadly, it had to take a backseat because I just had one too many on-going projects. It’s a fusion of canon and the movie To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before where Barry writes letters to people he has a crush on and when the letters get out he panics because now Iris knows he’s still in love with her and he feels like a jerk because she’s getting married to Eddie so when Len shows up with his own letter Barry panics some more and kisses him to avoid having to talk to Iris about his feelings, as you do! Barry gets Len to agree to fake date him until the wedding and well, if you’ve seen the movie you already know the whole plot is that the dumb idiots in love are dumb idiots in love, haha, this is one of those fics that would be pure romantic comedy and probably not your thing at all buuut I do have a ton of ideas for it and I’m still hoping to write it eventually!

Thank you for asking <3

#Someday! #this is one of my longer fic ideas too which is why it’s on the back burner since I simply cannot start another giant project right now.

[myfriendgoo94]

My dream is to be the female orange cassidy

#someday!

[shopwitchvamp]

I know this probably isn’t super viable for like. Fit and sizing reasons, but I just wanted to let you know that if you ever start selling like, bike shorts/athletic shorts in your patterns I would fully bankrupt myself buying every single one of them 💸💸💸

Yeahh, every potential new item has its challenges! But I would be interested in something like that down the line. I'll be fully honest tho and say the closest thing likely to happen first would be leggings/yoga pants of some kind. Shorts would be cool but I think they're a tougher sell in various ways. (and also my own personal preference is by far towards leggings, haha)

#someday! #ask #witch vamp

[marlynnofmany]

Hi! Is A Swift Kick To The Thorax available anywhere as an audio book?

Not yet, but it's on the "someday" list! (Audiobooks are expensive to make, unfortunately.) But I'd love to at some point! So far the closest I've got is a bunch of cool YouTube narrators reading the related short stories, which is super fun, though not quite the same thing.

#someday! #asks #A Swift Kick to the Thorax #The Token Human

[trans-axolotl]

sometime i want to learn how to make stained glass. like that is a hobby that i do not have money for but i think it would be so fucking cool!

#personal #someday. when i have my own space and can set up longterm projects #someday! #i want to make a quilt again but i don't have access to a sewing machine for the past three yeras #i love quilting but fabric is so so expensive #i just have so many crafts i want to learn how to do

[bunbunsheart]

Send this to your favorite blogs! Remember your f/os love you! 💜 We all need some love and positivity 🫶✨

WAAA THANK YOU SO MUCH JAZZYYY 😭😭your f/o's love and adore u as well <333

#wish i could doodle u a little something but im busy 😭 #someday! #asks

[thexstitchpokedexproject]

Hello! First of all, your sprites are adorable, and it's so nice of you to offer your design skills to the community. I'd like to ask:

if it is possible to request a Greninja (but only if you have space in the queue and you don't mind doing so);

which software do you use to create your patterns?

I'm really glad to see it's come in handy for people! I feel like I should make sure I'm clear, I don't actually design any of these sprites - I just adapt them from the official pokémon box sprites 😅

I use stitchfiddle.com for creating all of the patterns! It's a great program in my opinion. While they do have a pic-to-pat function, I adapt the sprites manually (I find there's often too much confetti/wonky colours otherwise).

Here's greninja!

#pelipper mail #would that i had the design skills to make the terrariums for these sprites #someday!

[rue-bennett]

likely plot for a noah baumbach movie

#maybe this one will be Directly about cheating on his pregnant wife with greta gerwig #someday! #anyways #i like his movies tbh (some more than others) but like no shit cjsjdjsdjsjdjsjdj #this is literally all of them #so not news! #movie news #*tw

[goldammerchen]

a human au ot4 tragedy (different to the arranged marriage idea, this is way older). prupol*, aushun, pruhun, (pruaus vibes), hunpol, and austria/piano tragedy: everybody fucking dies.

*nyo pol, but wouldn't be straight prupol anyway ;)

#fic wips #fic wip #wanted to use it for the horror week but i have something already unfinished that works (so. unlikely) #someday! #as i say... about every fic... #but now i have unpublished 300 words of [ship] :D #while i'm stuck in other fics in 6k and 3k respectively; so no idea about the final words count

[lilcowzia]

Have you used a bedpad before? How did it feel?

i have not lol

#ask #someday!

[hotmonkeelove]

I want to go so badly!

#butler cafe #*nosebleeds* #tokyo #japan #swallowtail cafe #heart eyes #blushing #someday!