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Author Ask Tag Game
Thank you @doublegoblin for the tag here! And also @gummybugg for tagging me here!
(1) What is the main lesson of your story (e.g. kindness, diversity, anti-war), and why did you choose it?
That we are what we make of ourselves, despite our traumas, despite our gifts, and despite our faults. That there are things that people do that are unforgivable, even if they are forced. Also, that true love is patient, kind, and understanding despite its awesome fragility.
I chose these themes because I think they're realistic, they're lessons that are easy to swallow, and that don't need to be pushed in people's faces to be understood. I don't want to spell things out but I also just want to tell a story, so if this ends up not being the real main lesson then I hope you all still like it.
(2) What did you use as inspiration for your worldbuilding (like real-life cultures, animals, famous media, websites, etc.)?
I studied Romanian and European fashion from the 1850's to the 1870's. Then I studied American (United States) fashion from then on until I was familiar. I studied history, slang, folklore, LGBT history, etc. As far as what my world looks like, its a cross between where I grew up in a state somewhere along the Missipiipii-fuck Mississippi river and living in Florida but make it gloomy.
(3) What is your MC trying to achieve, and what are you, the writer, trying to achieve with them? Do you want to inspire others, teach forgiveness, help readers grow as a person?
Glen is trying to become himself again after visiting the horrific and disgusting Tiletsu Clan. There he is confronted with a question that someone asked him long ago: If vampires are just more powerful humans, aren't they more dangerous? And conversely, if humans are just weak vampires, are they worth keeping safe?
As a writer, I want to tell a good story where all of the characters (except the Tiletsu and friends) are morally grey, make bad decisions that they thought were good ones, and have to grow up despite having plenty of time to do so. While trauma causes many reactions, I read a lot where the reaction is to forget everything. My experience is that I can't forget anything at all and I wanted to explore that in my writing.
(4) How many chapters is your story going to have?
About thirty chapters. The outline of Masterpiece is 70 pages long, granted it is an okay-detailed outline, with 33 parts currently. So please expect 33-40 chapters.
(5) Is it fanfiction or original content? Where do you plan to post it?
Original Content 100%. There isn't anything wrong with fanfiction at all, but I love my original characters and the worlds I build, and I'm not a big enough or cool enough fan of anything to write fanfiction.
I plan to post the first 5 chapters of Masterpiece here on Tumblr, over at Wattpad, and Ao3. Smaller novellas and the entire story will be published with a limited print run at first and the eBook somewhere that I haven't decided yet for purchasing. Starry Skies and Like Minds will follow this same process, but Henrietta and Apocalyptic Cat Lady (Working Title) are web series!
You'll be able to find more information after my website is up and running!
(6) When and why did you start writing?
I started writing when I was 11 and did collaborative writing roleplays with other people my age. Eventually, I became a big enough fan of Star Trek (Kelvin Universe) that I did a massive fanfiction with my friend that lasted years. I made many OCs, had whole stories, had lots of adventures, and then when I went to college it died. One of those OCs will be reborn into Starry Skies and Like Minds whenever I decide to write it and share it here!
(7) Do you have any words of engagement for fellow writers of Writeblr? What other writers of Tumblr do you follow?
My blog is under a year old and I have less than 100 followers, it's just the name of the game. When I posted my first piece of writing, absolutely no one found it for a while despite ABCDEFG. What helped me the most when it comes to finding mutuals that actually interact with you is to find "Looking for Writeblr" posts and go through the replies. Check every blog. Start interacting, that's why my intro post has a "Please, I promise I'm just an idiot and really like you blog" disclaimer because I do, genuinely, like a lot of stuff on other people's blogs.
That is how I found the great and powerful @doublegoblin @mthollowell-writes @pinkchaosstories and @gummybugg who tag me and make my life great.
Thank you all for tagging me in everything, you make my life a joy.
#writeblr#writing#writers#writers of tumblr#writblr#writerblr#writing community#write#seriously feel free to tag me#writing advice
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Let me just be honest: Patrick Stewart brings out my daddy issues. That keen gaze, alternately steely and compassionate. That warrior-monk profile, disciplined and ascetic. And, of course, the Shakespearean cadences that wash over your mind and soul like a lullaby. For more than three decades, as Star Trek’s Jean-Luc Picard and the X-Men’s Charles Xavier, Stewart has embodied a sort of kind and courtly Master of the Universe, trusted by all to wield awesome power exclusively for good. What more could you want in a father?
Well, perhaps it’s more complicated than that. Stewart, who is 83, has just published his memoir, Making It So. The title, from Picard’s signature command, is a nod to the starship captain’s primacy in his life, and also perhaps a tease, a hint that herein lie the secrets to the creation of that galactic sense of empathy.
The book recounts Stewart’s trajectory from Yorkshire, where he grew up poor and left school at 15, to Hollywood megastardom. It wasn’t an easy one. When a producer working on the planned Star Trek reboot chanced to see him in a Shakespeare reading at UCLA, Stewart, by then aged 46 and with two decades in the Royal Shakespeare Company under his belt, had almost never had a high-profile role on either stage or screen. His first Star Trek audition went badly (unbeknownst to him, the show’s creator, Gene Roddenberry, ordered that Stewart’s name “never, ever be mentioned in my presence again!”). While waiting to hear back, he had such a profound midlife crisis over his modest achievements that he briefly tried to retrain as a professional squash player.
To be honest once more: As a piece of writing, the book is disappointingly guileless. There are moments of introspection and vulnerability, particularly around the impacts of witnessing his father repeatedly beating his mother and the breakdown of Stewart’s first two marriages, but these are brief. There’s a lot of what can only be called fanboying over legendary stars he’s met. Even the people he has clashed with (most notably Roddenberry, who never did take a shine to him) are dealt with gently. Reading it, I was tempted to conclude that Stewart is just Englishly guarded about showing his true feelings, or is even trying to disguise an ambivalence about having become a household name for sci-fi and fantasy instead of for Macbeth, Lear, or Hamlet.
These suspicions started to evaporate the moment I met him in the kitchen of his house in Los Angeles. The guilelessness is genuine: Stewart in person is Picard and Xavier in their kindliest, most compassionate moments. He seems by now truly happy with where life has led him. The house is filled with art and with mementos that give one a sense of a man deeply loved by his friends, including hand-drawn illustrations showing him and soulmate Ian McKellen as bowler-hatted Vladimir and Estragon in Waiting for Godot.
Stewart is also keenly aware of how few good years he has left. During our conversation, he apologized more than once for his “croaky” and “gravelly” voice (“So long as it doesn’t give offense”) and tendency to ramble (“Sometimes I lose my place”), and he swung between wanting to explore new roles and take Picard for one last spin.
By the time we finished speaking, I had come to understand three things. One, that Stewart’s very un-Hollywood lack of a mean streak is nonetheless hard-won, the result of a long, painful process of forgiving both himself and his father—in other words, of dealing with his own daddy issues. Two, that this struggle is all there in the book; he just doesn’t (and this is perhaps the self-effacing Englishness) make a big deal of it. And three, that as someone with no small amount of forgiving still to do myself, this was what I had unconsciously been looking to learn from him all along.
Gideon Lichfield: You’ve been with Picard for 36 years—10 seasons of television and four movies. You and he have coevolved psychologically. How has that evolution been?
Patrick Stewart: It has been a long journey in which he and I were, to begin with, very much apart. He was an object, and it’s one of the reasons why season 1 of The Next Generation is not one of the best. I think the rest of the principal cast tuned in to what we were doing so much quicker than I did.
What was blocking you?
My life before that had been primarily theater. I brought way too much of my theater technique, my stage technique, into that first season.
We think of Picard as caring, compassionate, disciplined; the fate of the galaxy is safe in his hands. But when I started rewatching The Next Generation, and then watching Star Trek: Picard for the first time, I realized that actually, he’s emotionally conflicted. He has repressed rage. He’s a rule-breaker. Were those aspects of him that you were conscious of early on, or that only came out much later?
They came out later, and it just happened to coincide with a time in my life when I was beginning therapy. As you’ve read the book, you would’ve seen there that my childhood was at times difficult. My father was a weekend alcoholic, with a lot of anger and aggression inside him. He was five years in the Second World War, but he’d also been a soldier for 10 years, from the ’20s to the ’30s. He suffered from PTSD, no question of it.
There’s a passage where you say that, from your father, “I drew Picard’s stern, intimidating tendencies. But I like to think that my mother is in the captain too, in his moments of warmth and sensitivity.” Do you see Picard as your way of reconciling that conflict between your parents?
Very much so, yes. Both Star Trek and therapy have been responsible for that. Having to open the doors into my childhood in order to be an actor became utterly intriguing to me in a way that it never had been before. And I regret that when I look back on some of the roles I played, what I might have brought to them if I just released myself a little bit more.
I asked quite a few of my friends, “Do you think Patrick Stewart is straight or gay?” At least half of them said they thought you were gay or bi. I’m gay, and I must admit I thought you were too. In the book you talk about going on a world tour with a company that included a lot of gay actors, and how you felt very comfortable in their presence, which is unusual for somebody growing up in rural Yorkshire in the 1940s and 1950s. What do you think made you so comfortable?
It was a period in the life of the Old Vic Company in London when it had a director and a producer who were gay, and there was a strong emphasis on employing gay actors as well. I adored these people, and when we arrived in Sydney, I moved into a house with three gay men. And their kindness, generosity, humor, and commitment to their work so impressed me that I fell in love with them. I fell in love with the man who married Sunny and me, Ian McKellen. So I take in your assessment of my sexuality with gratitude and a certain amount of pride. Because when finally my 15-month world tour was over, I missed those gay men I’d spent so much time with.
I think the reason people have this impression you’re gay is something about that care and compassion that Picard has—and that Professor Xavier has as well.
But the compassion comes through because there has been something else in both their cases, both Xavier and Picard. And it was knowing that in the role and discovering it in myself that made all the difference. The rage, the fear, the embarrassment. The shame of my childhood experiences. Few people knew. For decades I never talked about it.
The shame of the domestic abuse?
Yes.
It does seem like you found a way to incorporate the best parts of your father into your work.
My only regret is that I can’t tell him that’s what I’m doing. And thank my mother for her care and love and cherishment of me.
When you were first approached about doing the X-Men, you said, “I don’t want to do another sci-fi fantasy thing with funny costumes.” What persuaded you?
Well, the director, Bryan Singer. It’s very sad, borderline tragic, that he’s withdrawn from the job that he did for a while so brilliantly. [Singer has faced multiple allegations of sexually assaulting minors throughout his career, and has a reputation for erratic behavior on set.] I wanted to work with him very much, but I didn’t want it to be in science fiction. He persuaded me that there was no comparison between Charles Xavier and Jean-Luc Picard. All of the similarities I put together years later.
Do you think that Xavier and Picard are different in some ways?
Charles Xavier is physically handicapped. I think it gave him more empathy than Picard had. We’ve seen Picard lose it a couple of times.
In your book you hint that there’s possibly another Picard film in the works.
I mean, it’s not in the works at all. But I have spoken privately and confidentially to people who would be involved if it were to happen. And as I’ve already said publicly, I’m moving on. I don’t know how much time I have left, but I want it to be as diverse as possible.
You write in the book that you feel like you have so many characters in you still waiting. What kinds of characters?
I don’t know how many, and I don’t know who they are until a text stimulates them. There’s one text that keeps getting tossed in my direction, which is King Lear.
I would love to see you in Lear.
But should I do it? I’m not sure that I have the physical stamina. It’s nearly a four-hour play. Ian McKellen [who first played Lear in 2007] told me that the role has a big break, like a 25-minute break, in the middle of the play. Thank you, William Shakespeare! He knew what he was doing. He was an actor himself. He knew what it was like to play endless roles where you’d never leave the stage. And Ian lived in Stratford-upon-Avon, very close to the theater. He would go home in the middle of his interval while the play went on.
Going back to the Star Trek franchise, I can imagine that somebody at Paramount has already hatched plans to do a series about Picard as a young Starfleet officer before he becomes captain …
I see where you’re going.
How does that feel to you? We now have multiple Kirks and McCoys and Spocks. Can you imagine there being another Picard?
It will happen, I’m sure. I mean, I already have a son. And who knows what’s going to happen to him. He could become the next Jean-Luc, and he’s a wonderful actor. But Star Trek: Picard, especially season three, left us in a very unresolved place. I had an idea about how to play the last scene that would have kind of resolved it, but it didn’t work out.
You write in the book that you wanted him to be married or to have a woman in his life. Is that what you would want to see, the final resolution come to the screen?
Well, it would be: Let’s explore further the inside of this man’s head. His fears, his anger, his frustration, his questioning all of those things. There is a moment, I’m not quite sure where it comes in the series … Well, there are two moments. One is when Picard doesn’t know what to do. He’s stumped. And we never saw that in The Next Generation. There is also a moment when he is truly fearful. And those two pointers alone, I think, make him an interesting study for one more movie.
You said that there are questions still to be resolved in his mind. Do you feel like there are questions on what’s going on in your mind?
About Jean-Luc?
About yourself.
About myself? That’s truly a work in progress.
Still?
Oh, yes. It always will be. There are problems in my family life, not here, not with my wife, but with my family in England. And I believe it is my job to internally connect with this and then perhaps more overtly connect with it.
You know, this is one of the kind of shameful things about acting: Immediately, I think, “Oh, yes, I know what I would do with that!” And from being a teenage boy, I could do that. Because, as a teenage boy, it meant I didn’t have to be Patrick Stewart, who I didn’t really like very much. I could pretend to be somebody else, and adults would believe me.
When would you say that you started to like Patrick Stewart?
Well, you see, my mother had suffered and I had been unable to protect her. I did my best, as did my older brother Trevor, five years older than me, who died last year. There he is with me. [He picks up and shows me a photograph sitting on his desk of himself and Trevor as young children.] Sorry—not good to be showing things on an audio recording! What was your question?
When you started to like yourself.
There were moments on stage, I think initially, when I felt, “Oops, was that me? Well, it wasn’t anybody else. It must’ve been you”—when I realized that I had stepped into another life. It meant I trusted myself, and I felt good about myself and confident. But it’s been a long journey.
It sounds like you learned to forgive Patrick Stewart even when you didn’t like him.
I think on the whole I didn’t do too badly. I could have done better, both in my childhood and in my early acting years. But now at 83, I think I’m more interested in my life and who I am than I was at any other point.
Do you have a favorite episode or film in the Star Trek universe?
Yes, “The Inner Light” [season 5, episode 25 of TNG].
That’s my favorite as well.
Really?
Yes. What I remember about it is Picard waking up after living 40 years as someone else and realizing that these were memories implanted into his brain. You can imagine what a profound effect that must have on a person. And I feel like we see that in Picard’s face, even though you don’t say anything. But tell me why it’s your favorite.
Because I become someone other than Jean-Luc Picard over decades of living a different life, and therefore become a different person, a domestic person, not a starship captain. And there is another, personal reason. My son Daniel played my son in “The Inner Light.” That was an extraordinary experience.
I think of “The Inner Light” as being one of two moments when Picard has changed irrevocably. The other is the assimilation by the Borg. He cannot be the same man after those experiences.
That’s absolutely true, and I should always try to remember that at times like this: The assimilation changed him for good. And like extreme and possibly tragic experiences, we can’t, nor should we try to, erase them, forget them. They’re part of us, what we are. We have to learn to accept them.
That’s where I am right now with Jean-Luc, and it actually makes me intrigued. So conversations like this, rather than encouraging me to move away from my history, actually are gradually sucking me in. So I get closer and closer to the possibility. One more shot!
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Arizona Trip 🌵☀️ February 17-23, 2024
I’m a bit late on recapping this trip, but I wanted to document it as it was just so good. Kate @colorado-wildflowers and I planned a trip to Phoenix, AZ to escape the winter blues.
Day 1: We met up with Alex @flowers-justbecause who I had never met before. She was awesome and little did I know how supportive (literally and figuratively) she’d be. We hiked Picketpost Mountain in Superior, AZ. This hike is rated difficult and boy… was it. It wasn’t marked well and there was high elevation which I’ve dealt with pleanty of times before, but I was not prepared for the rock scrambling that ensued. Kate caught some gnarly pictures of Alex and I scaling the mountain and seeing it from her prospective was wild to me (pic #8). There was a point in the climb that I almost was in tears (a first for me), but with the help of Alex and Kate, I was able to move past that. Alex even let me use her shoe as a “rock peg” during some of the climb, and I had just met her! Overall it was such a fun day and I felt badass afterward.
Day 2: We did an awesome hike at Lost Dutchman State Park. This park was so cool with numerous rock formations. This was on Presidents’ Day, and there were many people here. This hike even had a baby waterfall, but due to the temps of the desert, we could barely see it. This hike just had a lot of variety and I loved the loop as we were able to trek downhill afterward. Much needed after the day prior’s tough hike. Afterward, I picked up a coffee mug and magnet at the gift shop. We then got vegan chorizo tacos and relaxed in the hot tub at a spa across the street from our airbnb. Our air bnb host comped us free day passes to the spa due to their condo’s tub being out of service.
Day 3: We went to Saguaro Lake and did paddle boarding! The lake was beautiful. Kate even saw a wild desert pig. I couldn’t get over being in 70s and sunshine in the middle of February. I was truly basking in all its glory. After paddle boarding, we went and saw the most gorgeous sunset at “Hole in the Rock”. Definitely a touristy area, but beautiful and worth doing, nonetheless.
Day 4: We met up with Alex again and did a small hike at White Tank Mountain Regional Park. This place was fully paved and just so well maintained. Kate and Alex did a sunrise hike at Camelback Mountain, so an “easier” hike was perfect. The views did not disappoint. We also saw a bunch of petroglyphs! After that, we had such a wholesome/cute Taylor Swift Eras tour movie night. Alex brought her bracelet-making kits, and we made friendship bracelets. I made a bracelet that said “glorious sunrise” from one of my favorite songs of hers, Happiness.
Day 5: Our last day consisted of a hike at South Mountain, which is a park 10 minutes from our airbnb! It was the perfect way to end our trip. There were some cool caves (Dead Man’s pass) and amazing views of Phoenix. We then went to the Desert Botanical Garden. I’ve never seen so many cool-looking cactus before. Speaking of which, I got hand-made cactus in their gift shop and added it to my bookshelf. I love picking up cool trinkets on my trips. I found the perfect place for it on my bookshelf.
This trip was seriously everything I wanted it to be and more. Kate did such a fabulous job planning it (she is the desert queen) and I had such a fun time spending the week with her in the sunshine blasting Bright Eyes and Taylor Swift with the windows down. Oh, it was a wonderful splash.
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I love your unadulterated joy in being in Fandom at 40! Happy Birthday! Let me tell you a not-so-secret secret- it doesn't go away. To give you a clue as to my age, I sat in front of the TV with a cassette player and recorded episodes of Star Trek, long before VHS tapes. I weep that I only found tumblr about 10 years ago. My people. Love you all in the ST Fandoms (Stranger Things and Star Trek)!
Thank you - this is a fantastic message to receive.
It makes me very happy to know that it won't go away (I didn't think it would, but conformation is nice!). I like it here, in fandom - it's a friendly, creative space with lots of people that I enjoy interacting with - so i definitely don't plan on giving up on it any time soon. On the contrary! I have found that the older I get, the less I care about what one is "supposed" to do, and about what people will think of me not doing it. It's very freeing feeling, and it only grows with time.
Thank you for sharing about your cassette recordings, that's awesome! I was just talking with a friend of mine today, and she told me that when she got a Walkman when she was a young teen, she recorded parts of her favorite shows onto it, so she could listen to them when she was out and about (we had VHS tapes by then, of course, but still). I think it's a very creative way to just do what we do best - take the things we love and Keep them, Cherish them and Bring them with us.
Tumblr really is a wonderful place for fandom. My second home. I did a survey recently, where they wanted opinions on internet habits of people in different age groups. They listed a whole bunch of websites and social media that I don't ever use or visit and asked how often one visits them, but Tumblr wasn't listed. I wonder what they think of my answers, when I stated I spend hours every day on social media, but almost never visit Facebook, instagram, twitter, snapchat, twitch (whatever that is), tiktok etc. Obviously they have not heard of our hellsite ...
Thank you again for your message, it made me smile. May we all live long, grow even older, and prosper. :)
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343 Guilty Spark Mega Fan Girl DUMP
Hi welcome to my trash takes that started sometime before 2007 and has continued well into the future
Fyi: I will talk spoilers without warning for both forerunner saga and rion forge trilogy
Part 1- Bungie Era
Yes I loved 343 Guilty Spark before he got any of his big character development. I'm a huge fan of scifi robots I was also obsessing over portal and hal 9000 around this time. I defend hal 9000 too lmao read the books to find out why
He's round hes cute hes really just following protocol ok leave him alone.
I VIVIDLY remember my highschool friend being like BUT WHY DO YOU LIKE HIM??? and me responding :
I've always been in love with the "mystery of the forerunners" especially in Halo 1 where we are just walking around this ancient beautiful place with 0 knowledge of it. Guilty Spark has always been the one connection we have to forerunners and that makes him awesome.
even before 343 industries made those (absolutely perfect amazing) terminals we knew that Guilty Spark had been alone for 101,217 years on a ring, he witnessed everyone who was susceptible to the flood die as planned.
Halo 3 Era we learn all he knows is his halo ring because his makers limited his knowledge to only about his ring thru
compartmentalization
(which is clever mention at the end of primordium. I know bungie didn't intend it, I don't care still think it's neat) (halo 3 the ark cutscene)
He's always been interesting to me, he never meant to be evil, he's just programmed to be the way he is. He literally doesn't know any better
"Protocol dictated my response"
"Now I have only one function to help you reclaimer as I always should have done"
"The installation was my responsibility"
"I take no pleasure in doing what must be done"
P.S. I've watched the halo 1-3 cutscenes so many times that I can recite some of them word for word. Lmao
I legit made a cardboard foam version of Guilty Spark during this era (and tim dadabo saw pictures of it online!!!) Also wore a Guilty Spark dog tag to school for many days. It was confused a few times with Wheatley and sometimes I just let people think it was Wheatley lmao.
Also NO JOKE First time I played the library (I was in middle school mind you) had a dream about walking around in the library (empty of flood) and finding a broken little guilty spark. Weird takeaway but Im convinced the universe was foreshadowing my blorbo obsession lmao
Around this time I made a Master Chief costume out of cardboard and got my helmet signed by Steve Downes. I was around 15yrs old, this was literally the greatest thing to happen to little me
Part 2- Forerunner Saga
I really didn't expect my beloved blorbo bleebus the one skrunkly mofo that everyone else seemed to hate to get content past Halo 3's Saddest Anime Ending. Yet here we are!
Prelude: the halo 3 terminals. I definitely printed the transcript out and read them in class instead of actually paying attention in school lol I remember being obsessed with Mendicant Bias. Funny that he'd later be involved in killing Chakas...
Jan 4, 2011, 2 days before my bday, 1 day after my best friend's bday, Halo Cryptum was released. During the time before this day I was major hyped about this book. I was caught up with all previous halo books, I wanted the mysterious forerunner lore, and best of all here is the chance to get some lore of my favorite Guilty Spark.
I remember preordering this book without paying the extra amount to get it signed. I remember being very confused as to why I'd pay to have a book signed before I had read it. I'll regret this for the rest of my life.....
I absolutely adored Cryptum. I love adventure books and the beginning half is just so amazing and special!!! I remember being slightly disappointed that Guilty Spark never showed up (lol to my knowledge at the time) but the book was SO GREAT that I didn't even care. Also Chakas name was so funny at the time I had recently seen "shaka when the walls fell" - Star Trek TNG
I started stalking when the next book in the forerunner trilogy would release because I MUST KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO CHAKAS RISER AND BORNSTELLAR MY POOR BABIES also hopefully Guilty Spark will show up?? Haha!! I remember someone asked 343i in some panel if Guilty Spark had any lore in the forerunner trilogy and they responded something along the lines "we have something big planned for him but we can't elaborate"
Needless to say my hype was astronomical
Later that year GUILTY SPARK CRASHED COMICON!!! HALO CEA (my favorite halo game) REMAKE WITH TERMINALS!!!! SCREAMING AGCTJCDYUC!!!
I watched this video about 101,217 times:
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Also hey!! Primordium is releasing Jan 3, 2012 on my best friend's bday!!!
A Great Time For Guilty Spark fan like me
I watched the first few terminals in early Dec then went on vacation and had to finish the rest later which unbeknownst to me worked nicely because this meant Id be reading Primordium and watching the halo cea terminals side by side which made me suspicious of the chakas/guilty spark connection because
Guilty Spark in the library and the maw terminal speaks VERY FONDLY of the Librarian, and Chakas also just speaks very FONDLY of her thru most of the book. Plus Chakas is revealed to be a monitor at the beginning of the book so I definitely was thinking THATS SUS!!!!
Going back to Dec I remember reading the preview first chapter of primordium on vacation at the top floor of my grandma's house by stealing neighbors internet and I don't know why I remember this so vividly I must have really enjoyed this moment
When Primordium released I spent the entire book going "Is Guilty Spark Chakas? No it can't be thats stupid" because reasons explained above and also every time a monitor would show up id think "uhh Guilty Spark???" Thought the same of Genemender lol.
Also forgot to mention: I was at first very upset that they had killed my boy Chakas like what the heck they mean saying he's a monitor How Dare They??? LOWKEY STILL UPSET
FUN FACT: I WAS 18 YEARS OLD WHEN PRIMORDIUM RELEASED
I remember being like WOW CHAKAS IS around the same age as me!!!! Which just makes his death ever more tragic.
I've said it before I'll say it again, even before the Guilty Spark reveal, I genuinely enjoyed Primordium. I like adventure books and I like character development. Walking around aimlessly on a halo ring by characters Im already in love with from the previous book is great. Also Gamelpar.... he's so absolutely great.
Remember when people started using Salty as a term? Well I found that silly and slightly annoying so I started telling anyone who would use that word "WELL THE GODS PISS SALT THATS WHY SOME ANIMALS LIVE BETTER IN SALTWATER" Nobody around me understood and my explanations only caused more confusion and I still think thats hilarious.
Anyway book ending. I immediately recognized
COMPARTMENTALIZATION
Because this is legit my favorite Halo 3 Guilty Spark cutscene. He looks so absolutely adorable here. Look at him!! He does a twirl!! Cuteee!!!! AAAA!!
I definitely was very happy that my earlier suspicions were correct, but very sad that my boy's human life had ended. Such conflict, much sad.
Also HOLY SHIT HIM TAKING CONTROL OF THE RUBICON I LEGIT ENJOYED THAT ENDING WAY MORE THAN I SHOULD HAVE
Anyway I made this 343 Guilty Spark plush this year (2012) lol
So lets talk about primordium releasing in 2012 and renegades releasing in 2019. Do you know how long 7 years is to a nerd like me? Yes Silentium Continued part of the story, but holy shit getting spark back in the current halo timeline then waiting 7 years to continue
I begin to understand how guilty spark felt after the halo rings were fired just waiting alone for 100,000 years just like me waiting alone for 7 years gosh this is so corny lmao
Silentium was great my favorite part was when Monitor Chakas rescued Bornstellar and said the whole "chakas could have murdered you back on erde tyrene and he didn't" because you know BEST FRIENDS SO PRECIOUS
I have lots of fond memories of listening to the forerunner trilogy audio books during long car trips. One time we were on our way to take a ferry to an island and I jokingly went "I hope they are playing the right songs" to which my brother rolled his eyes (I was referencing the merse lol). I associate a lot of my adventures with halo audiobooks and its awesome.
I remember Halo 4 came out and I thought for sure we'd see Spark when we saw the Librarian
Lol Nope. Not mad, Halo 4 is a masterpiece and I will forever miss that era of halo especially now that we have the train wrecks that are 5 and 6.
When Halo 5 came out, I didn't buy the game. I watched the cutscenes on youtube, was horrified and didn't interact with halo for about a year or so. I fell behind on the halo books. I'm still behind.
I still occasionally stalked Guilty Spark's Halopedia for that possible Primordium sequel but this was much less often than before. I was very upset at what they did to our Cinnamon roll Cortana.
Part 3- Rion Forge Trilogy
So May 11 2019... I check Guilty Spark's halopedia page because hey I haven't done this in years what the heck
and I see the Armiger...
So after waiting 7 years. I finally got my book.... But Im almost 3 months late...
Needless to say I went that same day to Barnes and noble and bought the book. Started reading it and didn't get very far. I still had not read Smoke and Shadows so lol didn't make much sense. I couldn't find a local bookstore that had it so I got the digital copy. I hate digital copies.
I genuinely LOVED Smoke and Shadows I was very upset when they killed Cayde and its cool that Rion is Halo Wars Forge's daughter. Also FINALLY SOME EVIL SPACE CIA LORE. I hadn't enjoyed that since back when hunt the truth came out
On to Renegades: I was so genuinely excited for this book after 7 years, we got the sequel, And what a great sequel it was.
I love how organic and down to earth these books are. It's own style not something epic and out there like Greg Bear. It's the perfect place in time for Spark to regain touch with his own humanity.
I love the relationships of all the characters! I love watching them all forced interact with Spark whether they wanted to or not (Niko sure wanted to lol)
Gonna list some highlights from the book in no particular order:
When they went to Myer's Moon and Spark sat on top of a rock waiting for the right moment to shoot a fish out of the water. You don't understand. I grew up near the ocean, sitting on top of rocks waiting for an opportunity to catch a fish (which I later released)... this is absolutely great and so oddly close to me...
When Spark compared himself to Niko, where he said something along the lines of "the life and friendships stolen from me (chakas) since he was Niko's age when he became Spark. Also him wondering if his mom and sisters ever looked for him, if they thought he died in a knife fight. My brother is now near Chakas age. So that hits differently now...
When they got their stuff back from ONI and Spark snatched up Rion from falling and him later snatching up the siblings and lecturing them to be more careful!!
Spark going back to Erde Tyrene.... holy shit. I remember him asking to go back in Silentium...
Spark telling the librarian that "the greater good is merely an excuse for the strong to make decisions for the weak"
Them doing the ritual at the end and Spark letting go of his friends....pain...
This book was definitely very special to me. I'm really glad they put so much thought and love into this redemption arc. (Even though he didn't need redemption in my eyes lol)
I remember how EXCITED I WAS for Point of Light
I remember just doing the weirdest most EXCITED scream when I saw it announced. And I mentioned it before will repeat I legit was freaking out internally when buying this. I was legit stupid levels of excited. I remember vividly how I felt when buying this...
I loved the connections we got in point of light to forerunner trilogy. I said this before but for the sake of this post: To prepare for this book I had reread a month or so before the forerunner trilogy and the two Rion Forge books and that was so absolutely rewarding especially since..... poor Spark got sent back to Zeta halo by the librarian. What a great mom!! /s
Gonna list some highlights from the book in no particular order:
Spark's redesign for this book is not only lore accurate but he looks GREAT much better than renegades
Spark and Little Bit interacting. I wish we got more....
The as was before place or w/e where Spark liked to pretend he was still Chakas on earth
Going back to installation 07 was great (horrible for Spark) but great to read, the silent cartographer.... omg... why wasn't it in infinite...
There were a few moments where Spark was doing "cool ai stuff" like when he destroyed all of ONIs bugs and trackers
Spark's (brief) interactions with Veridity (lowkey mad we didn't see her in infinite
When Spark was explaining how Chakas (innocently) thought he could trick the primordial/mendicant bias and escape
The ending.... where Spark says goodbye to Rion as Chakas and does a smirk..
Fun Fact! At the beginning of this book Spark talks about how his mom says to not dip you toes in still water since there's crocodiles and I read this a few days before I had plans to go kayaking in a swamp with gators and I was already pretty spooked about it and this didn't help lol.
Anyway I could continue but I think this enough random incoherent babbling from me. If I forgot to add anything Ill reblog or something
Thanks for coming to my SparkTalk
Ill leave you with my custom figure of Spark ❤
Never forget that he's baby lol
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I have a couple ideas for tv shows and movies to sort, if you can and have the time and energy. Just pick and choose, or whatever else you feel like.
Raya and The Last Dragon
Ms Marvel
Fate: Winx Club
Ghostbusters, both versions.
High School The Musical The Series
High School Musical 1, 2, and 3
Legend of Korra
Out in the Outback
Anne with an e
Moana
Frozen I and II
And is the tv show of Sherlock Holmes different than in the books?
I'm not sure which you sorted earlier, so if you sorted the show already, ignore me.
Also, take your time with this ask, if you do it at all. It's a lot and more than is fair to ask you , I just had some ideas that may be interesting to analyse so I wanted to give them to you. However, do not tire yourself out, overwork, be overwhelmed or stress. This are just ideas, not even suggestions or requests. Just do whatever you both want to and can, whenever you can and want to and IF you want to and can.
Thanks for creating your blog, it's awesome!
I am totally planning to sort Raya, Moana, and Frozen when I get there in my Disney Ladies sorting series... but I'm not totally sure when that would be.
I do think Doyle!Sherlock Holmes is a Badger Snake (I'm willing to entertain the possibility that he's a particularly chaotic rapid-fire bird, but I do think Snake is more likely.) Either way, he models a 'I play the game for the game's own sake' Bird primary over the top, and built himself a data-collecting Bird secondary, and possibly an Actor Bird as well, although a lot of that is Snake shifting.
Elementary!Sherlock Holmes actually is a Double Bird, and falls in queer-platonic love with Watson because she Helps With His Work. Honestly in order to make the show's premise work as well as it does you have to shift Holmes in a more Bird Primary direction, because Badger primary Holmes would would not have made the shift away from his beloved London nearly as easily. And Elementary!Holmes is much more of a I-Know-A-Guy Bird secondary than the others, which is charming.
Sherlock!Sherlock Holmes is a morally bored burnt Snake primary who starts to latch onto people like Watson and Mrs Hudson (Irene, Mycroft, and even Lestrade to a degree) and the moral choices he makes revolve around them. The nicer explanation is that he's SO used to working alone that he's bad at letting these guys in on his plans, which leads to a lot of miscommunication. The less-nice explanation is that he's still young, and still unBurning, and still pretty selfish. Sherlock's "Mind Palace" Bird secondary honestly seems consciously constructed to me, in the same way that Doyle!Holmes' bird secondary is. (He's also got sort of a mind palace in the books, although he calls it a "brain attic," which is adorable.) So I suspect there might be a Snake secondary underneath there for Sherlock as WELL... but I also couldn't say for sure. It'd be a whole lot easier if we actually knew *how* he faked his death. The later seasons especially really don't like to engage with the specifics of HOW Sherlock Holmes does anything, being entirely focused on WHY.
Underneath the cut, I'm putting a list of all the properties/characters people have asked me to sort, in case someone out there is maybe looking for inspiration. (The bolded items are the ones multiple people have asked about.)
Romeo & Juliet
Frozen
Othello
Umbrella Academy (S2)
Doctor Faustus
Wuthering Heights
Dawn Summers (BtVS)
Pride and Prejudice
This is How You Lose the Time War
Hannibal
Silence of the Lambs
Euphoria
One Piece
Death Note
Star Trek: Discovery
Dragon Ball Z
Soul
10 Things I Hate About You
Queen’s Gambit
Batman Beyond
Danganronpa
Lord of the Rings
The Hobbit (films)
BBC Sherlock
Gone With the Wind
Invisible City
Penumbra Podcast
WandaVision
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Angel the Series
Gilmore Girls
Macbeth
The Originals
Bridge to Terabithia
Percy Jackson Series
Orange is the New Black
White Collar
Peaky Blinders
Never Have I Ever
Shadowhunters
Anne With An E
Powerpuff Girls (OG)
Homestuck
Sense and Sensibility
Vampire Chronicles
Temeraire Chronicles
Book of Life
Dracula
Katekyo Hitman Reborn
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Sweatshirts (KageHina)
The locker room was full of idle conversation, the smell of sweat permeated all over the room, the sun was already long gone and the members of the boy's volleyball club were all breathing it in.
That afternoon, they held their last practice before the school campus closes for the winter holidays.
"Hinata, how about you come by our temple and we can have mochi together?!" excitedly asked Nishinoya, who was already done changing back into his uniform.
"Really Noya-san!? That sounds awesome! Mail me, okay!?"
Once the club room was closed and locked, the boys all made their way home together, not forgetting to stop by Ukai's shop for some meatbuns.
The later it became, the more left.
First, it was Sugawara, Daichi, Kiyoko and Asahi
Second, Tanaka and Nishinoya, who despite living in opposite directions, had already made plans to eat at a ramen shop before going home.
The first years were left together.
"Tsukki! Tsukki! We should pray together again this year!"
"You're noisy, I got it already, I'll pick you up in the morning" Yamaguchi beamed and nodded his head, his eyes practically sparkling and gleaming in happiness and excitement.
"Eh..why don't the four of us go togethe-" Before Hinata could even finish that sentence, Tsukishima glared at him sharply, implying for him to shut up and not make that suggestion.
Yamaguchi grabbed onto Tsukishima's arm.
"No can do, Hinata! That's a special time for me and Tsukki, we'll see each other when school comes back anyway!" The green-haired male started running off with taller male, now that it was their path to separate from the two.
Before completely disappearing, Yamaguchi turned back and waved happily, perfectly content to be finally have some time alone with his boyfriend.
"Man, those two are so stingy.." mumbled Hinata
"Idiot, of course they wouldn't want us to come" Kageyama grumbled as the pair continued their trek home.
"It was worth a try!" Hinata retorted.
"But now that we're finally alone..." The dark-haired male stopped in his tracks to open his bag and fish through it. Curiously, Hinata stepped closer to him.
"What is it, yamayama?" He successfully pulled out a neatly folded article of clothing, looking to be a warm sweater.
Kageyama blushed pink before clearing his throat and speaking,
"Y-You said you wanted to borrow one of my sweaters before..so..take it, you dumbass" He held out the sweater to Hinata, who recalled their conversation from the other day, when he and Tobio were cuddling on the school rooftop and he commented on wanting to wear the younger's sweater.
Hinata grinned
"You remembered that?" He carefully took the sweater, unfolded it and put it on, marveling on how big it was on him.
"You look cute.." whispered Kageyama, leaning in closer to quickly peck a kiss on Hinata's forehead.
"Thank you, babe" The two continued walking, Hinata walking with one hand intertwined with Kageyama's and the other holding his bike. Finally, they had to separate.
"I'll see you on Christmas?"
"Mmm!"
And just before Hinata was about to pull his hand away, Kageyama raised their laced hands and placed a gentle kiss on Hinata's palm before letting go.
"See you later.." Kageyama obviously sounded sad that he had to part with Hinata. Sure, they'll be seeing each other again in a week but that's one whole week without his sunshine.
Hinata stood on his tippytoes and kissed his lover's nose.
"See you later, Yamayama" and with a final embrace, Hinata finally got on his bike and peddled away slowly, glancing at Kageyama one last time.
The younger could do nothing but wave as his lover's figure grew smaller and farther away.
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Day 235,
Yeah, I needed that break. Even now my wrist is still sore as I go to write this, but it’s better than I suspect it would have been otherwise. Not really worth taking a detour back to the healing spring on our way back to the Village though. Not that I think I could convince the others anyway after that last night there.
But on to more interesting things.
We’d already discussed the plan for the day yesterday evening (and included Iole in the discussion) so we were able to head out this morning without too much delay beyond my usual morning slowness. (How happy I’ll be to have a real bed once more.) Maiko was able to lead us to the structure with the other Reader statue without issue, although it was a longer trek than I expected. Then again, this island is significantly larger than nearly all the others we’ve seen these past couple of weeks, maybe around half the size or so of the main island with the Village. And we’d made the trek from near the western end of it to what I’m estimating is somewhere near the center. There really wasn’t much in the way of a trail, so I was glad to have the pale ring back from Lin, although as we made our way I couldn’t help but wonder if she was regretting that decision.
As for the structure itself, I find myself wanting to call it a library, but there really isn’t enough left intact to say for sure. When Maiko said before that it had been mostly consumed by the jungle, that may have been an understatement. The roof of the place had completely collapsed long ago. The outer walls remained only as scattered and fragmented sections. Were the (book?)shelves not themselves made of stone and tall enough to stick out above the rubble, I doubt we would have ever known they were there. And as tempting a project as it would be to try to clear some of the rubble away to see what’s buried beneath, most of it has long since been overgrown to the point that we’d have to tear away an interlocking webwork of roots and vines before we could even begin to start moving anything.
Even in that fallen state, the ruins were impressive to walk through. While there may have been no walls remaining, go far enough in and you can find yourself unable to see the jungle’s trees, surrounded instead by still-towering shelves that have had their contents replaced by ferns, vines, and the nests of small animals that went scurrying and fluttering as we made our way toward the center. And beneath our feet, the green-matted rubble rose and fell in uneven rolling hills, bringing us alternatingly closer and further from the uppermost reaches as if we were bobbing upon waves as we made our way forward and inward.
I can only imagine that there once must have been ladders of some sort spread throughout to reach the upper shelves. Alas, if they ever existed they don’t anymore. Instead, I made due with finding a spot where the rubble had made a passable slope up to the top of one of the shelves.
Wide enough to stand atop, the view from above the shelves gave me a better perspective on the awesome expanse of the ruin. While there was no indication that there had ever been an upper story, the remaining shelves indicate that this place must have been at least two or three times the area of the cathedral. Circular in overall layout, the shelves alternated between concentric rings of curved shelves and straight shelves aligned as if radiating outward from the center. It made for a curiously inefficient use of space that lent a sense of growing claustrophobia the nearer one got to the center. An effect that was exaggerated by the almost labyrinthian alignment of the gaps in the concentric shelves. Or rather, lack of alignment. Stand at the border between any two “layers” and you’ll be unable to see the way forward or back. No straight or direct paths from outside to center.
Had I not had that early elevated view of the layout, I imagine our journey to the center would have been more disquieting than fascinating. Maiko walking along the tops of the shelves to guide us certainly helped as well. I would have worried about stability with her walking up there, but if any of these shelves were going to fall, they would have long before we got there. Truth be told, if I had her strength to make the jumps between shelves, I would have done the same. For a gut-wrenching moment back when we were climbing down from that one shelftop I thought that Cass was going to try to follow Maiko’s lead, but she turned back at the end of the row. And gave me a look that let me know better than to say anything about it.
In a moment of morbid curiosity, I found myself speculating aloud on the condition of these ruins when compared to the cathedral. Was the original construction of this place inherently less sturdy, leading to it deteriorating more quickly? Or was it the trees intertwining with the walls and columns that kept the cathedral standing? Or - and here’s the morbid part - was this a matter of disaster rather than neglect? Was this place destroyed rather than eroded? If we looked beneath the rubble, would we find the crushed skeletal remains of this place’s final patrons?
Cass dryly pointed out that any human remains would have been claimed by the shades by now.
I didn’t have much time to question how shades would be “claiming” bodies under mounds of rubble when doors and walls seem to block them, as we reached the center shortly thereafter.
Despite having had blue skies above our heads and the not-yet-noon sun at our backs the whole time to spare us the worst of the shadows, stepping into that central space (concourse? atrium? gallery?) felt like stepping outdoors. Such was the contrast from traversing the stacks. This shelfless, rubble-covered architectural focal point could have fit the entirety of the archive all on its own.
Instead it now held only the Reader.
Initially, I was surprised to see that the statue and its immediate surroundings were free of debris, until I remembered that Iole mentioned she had cleared the area herself decades ago, searching for a possible companion to her book or the box she found it in. She never found anything else.
(I should ask her about that box, now that I think about it. She’s mentioned it once or twice, but I still haven’t seen it myself. I wonder what she did with it.)
Even with that rational explanation in mind, it was hard to shake the impression of the statue sitting in the middle of an impact crater, as if it had fallen from the heavens and blown everything else away upon landing. Or perhaps, with those wings and the way the circle of cleared debris crested at the top and sloped down inward covered by creeping plant growth, the imagery of a nest was more apt.
Nestled atop their plinth, book on knee, sun at their back but soon to be directly overhead, this Reader was certainly of a kind with the one in the cathedral. (Or is “reader,” lowercase r now more appropriate with two of them?) Of a kind, but not the same. Still robed, hooded, winged, and reading, but the pose was more casual - one foot atop the plinth with knee sticking up and the other leg dangling down - and the face, while still androgynous, we all agreed was different enough to represent a different individual, even accounting for weathering. And speaking of the weathering, while Maiko had said previously that this statue was “less detailed,” having seen it myself I suspect it’s more a matter of erosion from being directly exposed to the elements for who knows how long. She was right though about it being slightly smaller
We spent the rest of the day out there, wandering the shelves, examining the statue, poking at interesting bits of rubble, taking notes, making sketches. Anything that might give more solid indication to the nature of the place. True, Iole had warned us that she’d spent years meticulously going down every shelf and aisle without turning up anything, so we hardly expected to make a breakthrough in an afternoon, but it was still an engaging activity.
Also, we had something specific to keep an eye out for that Iole wouldn’t have: possible catacomb entrances. We didn’t find any of course, but with the apparent similarities to the cathedral I couldn’t get the idea out of my head. And with all that rubble, and the scattering of toppled shelves, there could be something buried still. I almost wish it were the rainy season so we could see if this structure has the chanting too.
Maybe we’ll make a future trip back out here for that. At the fuzzy border between seasons so it won’t be raining all the time. Perhaps take Prsicilla’s island again so we don’t have to bail out boats in a downpour.
Wrist is sore again. Stopping here for the night.
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#Repost @hotplatebeer On Saturday, our friends down at Big Elm celebrated their 10th Anniversary. So we obviously had to make the trek down to Sheffield to raise a glass in honor of this milestone, and also partake in some of the festivities they had planned. We started the afternoon off with some of our favorite beers—Sarah went with the Gerry Dog Stout and chose the accompanying cookie from Bakin’ Bakery 413, and Mike chose the Beer With No Name Pilsner. After a beer or two, Sarah decided to throw her hat into the ring for the keg rolling competition, and even though she didn’t winner, her opponent graciously shared some of the 4-packs he won with us. Christine, Bill, and the whole Big Elm team have not only become friends and mentors over the last year, but the way that they focus on producing a quality product, bringing the community together, and doing all of that while being truly awesome people has really made them into role models for us as well. Cheers to the last 10 years, and to many more! 🙌🎉🍻 https://www.instagram.com/p/CkGgrlipdz3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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My recent autism "I need to categorize and list everything" obsession is foods and flavors, but for just my taste and the cheapest/easiest way for me to have it whenever. Long diary post.
Like I need to list out every food I ever want, to remind myself what are all the things I like to eat and what are my options, especially trying to figure out what flavor profiles/foods are most DISTINCT from each other and if there are versions of similar stuff where I would never choose one if another was an option (eg. teriyaki chicken vs braised pork), I've basically come up with a list of things that could pass as a fairly varied restaurant menu, or a buffet catered personally to me. Stuff thats good in the cupboard or freezer indefinitely I already try to keep stocked for myself for any time I feel like which is basically an awesome munchies spread of chips, candy, packaged pastries, and ice cream, but I wish getting cheeses or fun breads didnt have such a time limit or it was easier to get/make just a couple servings of them so I dont have to plan HAVING to finish whole packs/batches of stuff before it gets moldy. But I honestly think if I had the option to star trek materialize any food any time for free I might never really stray from a list like this because while I'm not really afraid of trying new foods, when I do I'm doing it in the pursuit of finding out every possible food I want in my Repertoire. When I go to a new restaurant I usually try to figure out what is the item on the menu that has either the highest combination of flavors I either already know I like or that I can't "INTJ calculate in my head".
I wish I could try more flavors of things to compare 1 on 1 the best version of different things (love adam ragusea or babish vids where they actually do the experiment of if a regular person can appreciate differences in techniques every online recipe just Says is the best way) or even just to Know more things without having to commit to like 10$ blocks of 20 different cheeses I've never had before or even the continuous funky packaged snacks with flavors of the month that might just be made to trick people into trying 1 time and not to actually be good, we need cheese tasting parties but for every kind of food and snack you may not have otherwise organically encountered without having to spend 6$ per package of a ton of things you might not finish. I feel like maybe there was a reddit guy era of having hot sauce tastings? I feel like bbq sauces also have so much variety that you could do something like that, I'm a big sauce fan.
For most of these things I think I have pretty basic and cheap taste and don't have the palette to care about differences of fancier cooking techniques or subtle flavor differences or the best mouthfeel combination of chocolate and caramel. And to some degree theres only so many foods that bring entirely distinct and strong flavor components out there, especially since the flavors you're predisposed to liking are somewhat limited by whats familiar to you, but sometimes I'm like what if there are flavors out there I could never "INTJ calculate in my head" and have no idea I need to try in the right context to know this (like how guys will specialize in how to mentally approach tasting what kind of coffee you like). Or worse what if theres something I would love so much but could never find locally, I am so use to abundance and having the same access to things all year that this would be like a faerie food curse to me (not really, tbh stuff being even just a little more expensive than things that are easy to make and stock usually deters me anyway but "I have the OPTION to spend 30$ to have. idk lobster in the middle of Texas even though I'm not willing to spend that much hardly ever" feels different than "what if my potential favorite fruit in the whole world is not sold in any grocery store in america").
Anyway you know that post about what chicago guys put on their hot dogs. I feel like out of just my list of very flavorful INGREDIENCE I get excited when its on any thing at a restaurant, I could mix together a bunch of vegetables and condiments that maybe could be called a "salad" that I can just put on any combination of carbs or protein like "you know what every single sandwich is missing? 3 types of cheese, 4 types of pickled vegetables, sun dried tomatoes, avocado, green onions…." Like I want to see just how many strong flavors I can put together while still actually tasting most of them individually. If they overpower each other then I will not know where to cut back because maybe I just want to know that everything I like is all together and I am having it.
#tayne newsletter#Though I'm not really watching world news so idk if food is about to get even more expensive#cos w the number of ingredients I'm thinking this could be as much as getting fast food even if it lasts a bunch of meals#I only eat out a couple times a month sometimes so that would be a big jump in spending#though I don't spend much in general and having good food is the area I'd be willing to splurge more#i wish all foods did not cost money ever#I've actually been mostly fine and satisfied meal prepping the same chicken tikka masala recipe for months for most of my meals#like as far as my list of 'what foods do I like' thats one of my top flavors of all time#especially since my mindset was to cook as infrequently as possible while still eating well#I have just discovered a new energy for cooking and figuring out what recipes I want to try to make for myself
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I posted 1,212 times in 2022
10 posts created (1%)
1,202 posts reblogged (99%)
Blogs I reblogged the most:
@eregyrn-falls
@myenterpriseisparked
@gin-juice-tonic
@gobblewanker
@nataliedanovelist
I tagged 1,205 of my posts in 2022
Only 1% of my posts had no tags
#gravity falls - 561 posts
#ford pines - 365 posts
#star trek - 279 posts
#stan pines - 182 posts
#star trek voyager - 164 posts
#mabel pines - 124 posts
#tom paris - 109 posts
#dipper pines - 95 posts
#tumblr my beloved - 85 posts
#star trek snw - 70 posts
Longest Tag: 135 characters
#major tip buy the dvd box set (hopefully you still have a dvd player) so that you can watch shows like gravity falls whenever you want!
My Top Posts in 2022:
#5
Why do they match the characters they play XD! Robbie McNeill all goofy and silly like Tom Paris, and Anson Mount haunted by his past like Captain Pike is with his future.
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I would hate for there to ever be a live action Gravity Falls, but if there ever is I would want Anson Mount to play Great Uncle Ford.
11 notes - Posted July 10, 2022
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Day 6: Favourite Joke
I love this joke so much I quote it almost daily...
@gf10yearslaterzine
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I know I’m an bit late to this but,
Happy 10th Anniversary Gravity Falls!
Thank you for all the memories. The sweet times being able to curl up on the sofa and watch a show that to this day fills me with wonder and absolute joy. Thank you for the awesome, and talented community thats come together because of the characters, mystery, and enthralling plot (I’m looking at you @gobblewanker, @mkthedingus, @eregyrn-falls, @stephreynaart, @artsymeeshee, and oh my goodness so many more I couldn’t even tag you all on one post!!!).
And most importantly, thanks Gravity Falls for making weirdos like me feel like we have a place to fit in, one where being odd is something to be proud of.
(I guess this is my Day 10 of the Gravity Falls 10th anniversary celebration. @gf10yearslaterzine)
Have a good one <3
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My #1 post of 2022
Ok so I've seen quite a lot of Inside Job meta, but one thing I think that hasn't been pointed out yet is the choice of name for Reagan.
Reagan is characterised as being strong willed, obsessive, and determined to gain and maintain as much power as possible. Which is quite interesting, considering that the name Reagan in itself means:
So I guess Rand Ridley really had a plan for how he wished his daughter to turn out from the start.
(also Shion Takeuchi & her team are genius!)
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February 2024 Annual Update
February 2024 Annual Update
Remarkably, the RV hasn't sold yet, even after a price reduction. It has been sitting on the consignment lot for 2 years. Corny runs the generator monthly. We've replaced the headboard and added 2 Ikea chairs. When it sells, we plan to get gutters and screen-in the back patio.
I did sell all the Yugi-oh and Pokemon cards for about $600. We also did well on a $400 leather sectional and a $250 grill/smoker. We bought 3 units at one facility in August and both about died of heat exhaustion.
I went solo to the Bamarama Mega event (GC9TB1Z) February 2023. I had a great time and kept busy with daily events - sometimes twice a day. I tented at Gulf Shores State Park and enjoyed the sound of the gulf waves and the woodsy bike trails. At one point I noticed a camper next to me was that kind of person who spreads all their stuff out on the picnic table. After dark, I woke up to a ruckus and figured raccoons were raiding their goodies. I never opened my eyes, but it sounded like the raccoons dragged the neighbor's stuff right next to my tent to eat it. In the morning, my tent was unzipped about 8" and my cheese was gone! The little rascals know how to unzip tents and lift up cooler lids! It was a little unsettling that they/it was right next to me in my tent. I made sure to have the zipper pull up high from then on. I found a local grocery store I loved, Rouse's, with lots of good take-out food and a dining area with microwave. Their lawn chairs were so cheap I brought one back for Corny.
Shorty paid cash for a house in a college town in northwest Indiana. He got a charming old fixer-upper for a steal of a price. It was built in 1911 and has the original wood trim and door hardware. He's replaced the roof, furnace, water pipes, added a toilet downstairs and done tons of stuff I can't remember. Work keeps him busy and there's lots of overtime. We went up to see him in August. I crocheted edgings on some housewarming washcloths and gave him a cross stitch of his house. We walked to Bruno's Pizza, Allie's cafe for a "polish", 7-11, Family Dollar and a chinese place. We found a Cane's, Ben's pretzels at the mall, and an Amish buffet - Das Essenhaus in Midland. We came back for Thanksgiving. Corny had just installed a diesel heater in the van. It snowed a couple days and got down to 16 degrees. It sounded like an army marching on the roof for 14 hours when Shorty had the roof done. We made ourselves useful and put plastic over his windows. I gave him a Granny square quilt for Christmas and started a camo quilt for my Dad's birthday.
Dad's afghan
Aurie's napghan :0)
We stopped at the Barn and got my bread machine and sewing machine out of storage. We're making good use of both. I've hemmed a lot of pants and made some things I can't talk about yet . . .
My bedroom walls kept getting bigger and more bare, so finally I hung some tapestries by my bed and 8 Walter Alois Weber bird pictures I took out of a vintage book.
I placed about a dozen geocaches near home - Red Ends: A bison tube cable-tied to a red-diamond sign where the pavement ends. Before long, a Low-life with No-life glommed onto them and kept armchair logging multiple fake finds with multiple fake accounts. For fun??? I started archiving them after deciding finding is much more fun than maintaining geocaches.
Medically, I have been making good use of a diet pill, a CPAP, and a hip injection. I had been limping around in pain for the last few years, avoiding as much walking as I could and taking 600mg of ibuprofen 2-3x per day. After the shot I was off the pills and could walk again! It's been 5 months and just now starting to wear off. Corny got me an awesome Trek bike for Christmas. I love - love - loved my Raleigh Eva, it fit so well, but it was a little tough on my forearms. This was even more comfortable! I was crying after my test ride!
Beacon 12 Theaters is just down the road, a mile or so from home and has $6 Tuesdays. They also have free drink refills. I take a few Taco Bell items and see 3-4 movies every few weeks. Speaking of tacos, me, Corny and Shorty all got taco passes: a Taco Bell taco every day for 30 days for just $10. We only missed a couple days. Shorty works right next to a Taco Bell. He also got a nacho fries pass, but we figgered it was too unhealthy for us at our age. We watch the "Drops" every Tuesday for good deals. One Tuesday they had a "Live Mas" blog-type show to talk about their new chicken items. I was just poking around and clicked on a bell symbol at the very bottom - and found the secret free "Cravings Menu Pass". Corny and I were 2/1000 nationwide to win our 30-day passes for a cravings menu item. I'm hooked on the $3.99 nachos.
In September we 3 took a van trip to Georgia to work on geocaching in every county. Poco wasn't loving it. He would hardly eat. Then he started to hesitate getting into the van. When he got in and immediately jumped back out, we got the hint that he wasn't feeling well and headed home. He does great on a straight highway, but when we start doing a lot of turning he must feel carsick.
My little Piggie died :0( I thought she would outlive her life expectancy since I spoiled her so much with fresh veggies and timothy hay, but no. I miss her. She is buried next to Dolly.
In November we had a "clean out the garage" yard sale and made about $1600 ($250 of that was vintage game stuff). We sold a mountain of clothes for $1/bag. Afterward we made 5-6 trips to Jericho thrift store to donate the leftovers. Corny is enjoying the garage. I got him two big shelves for Christmas. He loved them so much, he got two more. He installed a garage door opener and racks for the rakes, shovels and hoses.
Oh yeah, and we got married since we're nearing social security age.
Life is Godd!
We fit out.
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Thread Move/Relocation from here: X || @mirrorsoftheotherself
It was really nice to see Minato again after everything. They developed a close bond within the False Yasogami; something she cherished even if it developed through her amnesiac self. Through the shared enjoyment of food, his willingness to help her with some of the more smaller things, and his actions as leader, Rei couldn't be any more grateful.
Which reminds her... She has to introduce him to her brother at some point. After the whole incident regarding the Grand Prix thing and how poor Yamato got caught up in that without warning, Minato is the only one left for him to meet. She feels the two would get along!
(Plus, having two awesome brothers (both found and familial) feels amazing.)
Upon hearing the other's hunger related woes, she immediately offered him the water bottle she saved for him. "Sounds like a plan! Also, just in case you also need a drink!"
Once the two would start walking ahead, she would be right next to him.
"How have you been since last time? Hopefully things haven't been too crazy?"
It still felt a little surreal seeing Rei walking around outside in the here and now and not the fake school where he had met everyone else, including the investigation team. With that in mind, he couldn't help but wonder, if his memories of his experience in that dream came back to him with Rei's reappearance, did that also mean Yu and his friends also had their memories of her returned? Or at the very least he assumed so.
Since she was currently enrolled in the same school as they were, he had a feeling they were aware of it all just like Minato and his own friends were, it felt like those memories were sitting there dormant in everyone's mind. The fool could still recall the flood of texts from all his friends upon having their memories returned.
That day, was probably the one day in a very long time when every friend in his group had texted him all at once, asking if he remembered a blond-haired girl named Rei just like they did, a question which he was left to explain it all to them with each confused text, he was pleased that he wasn't working that day. Because it was a day off, he was able to go into great detail for each, allowing him to ease their concern and confirm with them that all those memories were in fact, very real.
Upon learning that Minato was with her at the time, his friends gave him permission to give their numbers to her once they all found out that she was real, and the time spent with her wasn't anything close to fake, just foggy memory due to them being heavily suppressed by an unknown force that seemed to release these memories at the appropriate time and moment -- this being the minute the two reunited.
[{ 🦋 }] - "Hm? Oh, thanks. I'm pretty actually pretty thirsty." With his thanks, he accepts the bottle of water, gulping it all down in one big sip. Once it's empty, he crushes the bottle in his palm and chucks it into the recycling bin nearby, it hits the side and falls inside. His thirst now quenched and now feeling a little more refreshed, he leads their trek towards the aforementioned restaurant.
[{ 🦋 }] - "I'd like to agree, but unfortunately, this season has been the busiest we've had in quite a while, so I've been hard at work for weeks. Lots of haunted locations on our list this year. We have like, seven left to visit before we can complete the season, so my workload has been a bit heavy as of late."
He explains, answering her question in detail. It really had been pretty busy for him recently, and there was still lots left planned as well. It was safe to say, that after these two weeks off, he'd be right back to work, so he was going to enjoy the time off while he still had it.
[{ 🦋 }] - "How's school been? Have you been keeping up with your studies?" Minato asks, putting his hand on the door to the restaurant and pushing it open so they can enter.
#mirrorsoftheotherself#ᴠ: Tʜᴇ Fᴏᴏʟ's Nᴇᴡ Bᴇɢɪɴɴɪɴɢ (MAɪɴ/Pᴏsᴛ-P4UA)#Fᴏʟʟᴏᴡɪɴɢ Mʏ OWN Fᴀᴛᴇ (IC)#//Sounds good to me#//As long as he knows the gist of it then it should be fine#//so sorry for the wait!#//But here we are back at last :)
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El Chaltén
A three hour drive from El Calafate sits El Chaltèn. A tiny town in the middle of Parque National Los Glaciers. From the town itself, you can see the mountains surrounding it and it is a very beautiful sight. The outline of the mountains is on the logo for the Patagonia clothing brand. And it's most famous for Fitzroy. In reality it has at least 24 hikes of different difficulties.
Climbers used to come here before it was known to trekkers. They would camp out at one of the rivers to wait for it to be low enough to jump across to access the mountains.
We had booked to stay in this cool looking tiny house which turned out way better than we expected. The owner Capa, a carpenter (El Carpintero) built it all himself. He upcycled lots of stuff for the place, like windows and doors and even the boxes he's used for moving make up the stairs to the bedroom at the top. It was definitely the best place we've stayed at so far. He's super creative and the place was so comfortable even with such a small space. We had a great chat with him when we arrived where he told us about the history of the town. It turns out he's the park ranger and built loads of the trails! He's worked all over the world as a park ranger, in Canada, Australia, Antarctica, America. And in Iguazu (our next destination). He was an awesome guy!
By the time we were settled in our tiny house it was evening so we had some time to visit the supermercado to pick up food for the next days trek. You've got to get creative when you're jumping from place to place. Don't want to carry stuff between towns. And they won't always have what you're looking for. But if you're pretty happy with a plain cheese butty then you're in luck. We also opted for some cup-a-soup for the top of the mountains which turned out to be excellent 👌
We ate at this tiny pizzeria on our street. People kept getting turned away it was so busy, they let you get a half and half pizza and we got one whole pizza each. It was a lot of pizza. But was sooo delicious! We had to take some home in the end.
The next day we were up at 7 to get ready and on the road at 9am for our Fitzroy hike to Laguna de los Tres. Set to be an 8 hour round trip over 20km so we had some walking to do! It was a great hike, the weather started out quite cloudy. But it cleared up as soon as we got closer to the mountains. It was a great view to see the clouds parting and the peaks showing. Like some kind of photoshop job. See the photos we put up for what I mean!
The start of the hike is uphill but flattened out for the majority and then the very last bit is 1km of steep climbing/scramble. Capa lent us a pole each which we were thankful for! We smashed the way there in about 3hrs 30 mins which was ace as it gave us more time to spend admiring the view.
The 45min uphill battle was worth it for the view of the mountains over the lake. It was also in a sort of bowl so was sheltered from the wind. The water was icy and freezing but it didn't stop a few people taking a dip!
On the route we passed a few campsites. We didn't know you could camp here. You could come here to do a similar adventure to the one we had in Torres Del Paine. Although quite different. To enter the park here is free, for now. It won't be long until they start charging people. Which they should do as conservation costs money. The camps had none of the amenities we had in Torres. Everything you need you will have to carry, food, tents etc. They each have one "toilet" each…and it's not pretty! But as in other places, you can drink straight from the streams. So it's camping for the real adventurers.
The way down was great as we saw lots of the great views we missed out on in the morning due to the clouds. We made it back to town before 5pm, tired but enough energy to enjoy a few beers and some dinner before an early night.
We hadn't planned much else for our visit but Capa told us about another hike, Loma Del Pliegue Tumbado. And we had to do the trail that the actual park ranger suggested. Turns out it was another 8hr round trip but 22km. After the day before we were quite tired so it turned out to be much tougher than usual. It was a gradual uphill all the way. Which we'd normally enjoy but not as much this time. The mirador (viewpoint) was obviously another beautiful one but much colder than yesterday. We were glad for our hot cup-a-soup!
There was another viewpoint 2km away, up a huge hill, you could just faintly see the path going up. We took the decision not to do it! Got to stay within your abilities. And we knew we'd be struggling on the way back after that! The walk back was very tough. Our feet were feeling battered. Plus downhill really does a number on them. But the trail was cool. It snakes through open fields with wild cows and through ancient looking woods. Over hills with yet more fantastic views. We finished that one quite quickly too even though it was a struggle and made it back to town at around 3:30pm.
The town, being so small is generally closed through the day as there aren't normally people there then, they are usually off hiking. So it opens up again at 6pm. So we had a great excuse to go back to the tiny house for a nap and chill out. Dan even tried to make a Yerba Mate that Capa had left for guests. Mate is a traditional tea drink that is very popular in Chile and Argentina. People drink it as a communal thing passing the tea around to be shared. It's supposed to be made in a particular way which we don't know of so we made it quite strong. Not so enjoyable for us! Hopefully we can try it again when it is made by someone who knows what they are doing!
That night we enjoyed more beers in a few bars and a lovely dinner in a place that Capa had recommended.
The next day was pretty chill, we had to pack in the morning as we were checking out and heading back to El Calafate. Before we left though we went for a leisurely breakfast and a super quick hike to Mirador de los Cóndores. Its one that Capa said he'd built for the retirees. Making accessible trails for people is ace, everyone should have the ability to enjoy a good hike. This one was on top of a hill though so not sure all could do it! And it was the one all the tour buses go for so was quite busy. We had to keep trying to overtake people 😄
But anyway it was cool, a great view of the town and there were 6 Andean Condors flying around it. They were huge! As one of the largest flying birds in the world they are around 1m tall and they have a massive wingspan of 3 metres.
El Chaltén might be our favourite place so far. On par with Torres. The vibe in the town is very chill and there is lots to do hiking wise. You could definitely stay there longer than the three nights we did. Anyways, that's all for now. We are on the bus to El Calafate again as we're catching a flight tomorrow morning (Sunday) to Puerto Iguazu to see the waterfalls!
Vicky
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Woke up at around 5:10 am and we were finally at our destination in Ternate, Cavite. All of us registered and signed a waiver before hiking (anxiety level spiked for a sec hahaha), and watched an 8-minute video about Mt. Palay-Palay-Mataas-na-Gulod where Pico de Loro is situated. After watching the video, all I can say is hands down to the efforts of DENR for protecting this mountain and for giving the community opportunities and livelihood. Also remembered my forester friends - Rye, Franet, and Dids - your job is awesome!
We began the hike when the light finally shone upon the fields lol around 5:40 am I think. We literally just started but the number of ascent we already did? Uhmmmm??? HAHAHA. I don't know why but I didn't expect that many assaults lol. I obviously should've 'cause it's a fvckin' mountain! Anyways, there were 9 stations to pass before reaching the summit. Chie and I were just at the 2nd station but it already felt like the 9th, like forever. We were already gasping for air and our muscles were already feeling the strain. The path was really steep but thanks to the intervention of stairs made of stacked rocks, the climb became more convenient. Thangs are already going on inside my head like "Susuko na ba? Kaso sayang naman binayad namin. Shet," lmao. That went on and on until we reached stations 4 and 5. I mean, we're halfway there! But I told Chie to just inform me if he doesn't wanna carry on any longer 'cause he's surprisingly having a harder time. We were explicitly told during the orientation, there's no shame in quitting, there's courage in quitting. And I loved that. I held onto that HAHAHA.
Honestly speaking, there's almost no chance to *intimately* bond with the other joiners. We've had conversations but of course we're more focused on our own steps, catching our own breaths, and on reaching the summit. In the few conversations we had, I discovered that our organizers are a group of journalists and cameramen from different stations like UNTV and CNN. During the hike, they told us about their policies specifically "Tulong Muna, Bago Balita." They were trained to do rescue operations during disasters and they told us some gore stories they covered which required them to respond on the field. They're really interesting people with exciting jobs aaand I sadly didn't get to know all their names haha. At times like that, I just wish I had more powerful social skills to actually know more about them :<
Photos from Breaking Borders
There were a lot of times during the hike that one really had to psych himself up to actually finish it. I mean, I pep talked myself a hundred times. Mindset ba, mindset >u< Other members of our group with advanced trekking experiences, especially our eco tour guides were also very encouraging to us beginners. And man, my rented trekking pole. What a life saver! I had no idea how helpful it can be! Seriously, get one if you plan to hike. Anyways, they told us to not push ourselves too hard, to take a break and hydrate ourselves, to take it one step at a time. Our guide, Kuya Ariel, even offered to carry our bags for us to lessen our sufferings lmao. He also literally supported Chie and I in climbing some of the most complex parts of the trail. He's such a sweet and caring dude, seriously. I wish him all the good things in life haha.
And then finally... The summit. I was there, on top of the world (chour) and found myself already worrying about descending the mountain HAHAHAHA. Seriously though, I had to shake my head a little bit to halt the anxiety and remind myself to just savour the moment, the sudden rush and whistles of wind, clashing of colors of the vast ocean below and the greens along the horizon, the faint sound of birds, just nature really, and my little triumph of conquering the top... Just for a moment. I sat on a rock and drank my water. Told Chie how beautiful it was. I've been longing for this for months already, and now it's in front of me. Sooo picturesque. It was a warm embrace after a very exhausting climb. The lack of thoughts during my quick stay on the summit is a bit disturbing though. Idk, did I expect myself to have some existentialism slash stoical momintss while on the summit? Maybe I did HAHAHA. Meanwhile, Chie was so worried about the strong winds XD We did photo ops and I thought dannggg I really don't know how to pose, do I? Lol.
We then began to descend after an hour or so because the second batch of hikers are almost on the summit too. It was ofc still a struggle to descend. Apparently, what we did was "back trail". We just went again on the same path, same slopes, did the same climb but backwards lol. We were able to finish the descent around 12 noon already and so after we washed ourselves, our group found a lomi and goto batangas place near Kaybiang tunnel, and we all ate our hearts out.
All in all, it was such a proud moment for me. I really wanted to do it, to experience it. I often remember my mom. She would tell me stories about Ninang Susan, her friend who loved adventures - hiking among others. And mama would tell me she also wanted to experience those but didn't get the chance to.
Mama, I did it! It's just one mountain though, my first one! But I did ittttt. You've always been worried about my health, my body. Well, it's still intact! XD And although I still have insecurities about it, I wanna take this time and appreciate my currently sore body that brought me closer to the sky, closer to you.
For I am a part of you, we conquered it together, Ma. My heart is actually happy. I hope you saw me on top of the parrot's peak up there!
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Creative Journey (Re)Begins - Part 1
(Pencil drawing of John Dittrich from Restless Heart I drew in highschool from a cd case image.)
Tl/dr: I'm finally restarting my artistic journey after close to 15 stalled years. The rest of the images are in part 2.
When I was younger I used to spend most of my free time drawing. It was an escape, but it was also something I loved. Over the years I was taught some negative things about my artistic interests and future, and burned out from lack of support and being surrounded by self-centered peers in my university's art program.
As an adult, I've done very little art projects, and very little on a creative spectrum for that matter. My sole outlet was my Trek-based world my creative writing group wrote. We've been at that for fifteen years!
I moved states about five years ago, and became the "book gifting aunt" to my niche and nephew from where we moved from. My nephew is a huge fan of superheroes, so I decided to live the childhood I never had through him, and then his sister, and gift comics as some the bulk of the reading material, and get some myself (to test the age range, and to start my own collection and read along with them). Ironically, it was easier to find for my niche than for my nephew. But that hasn't stopped me!
Last year a lot of negative (and positive) things happened, and I had to quit my job that I was finally being allowed to at least do things related to what I went to school for (web/graphic design), because I knew I wasn't going to be able to keep at the pace I was going, nor even guarantee meeting deadlines with my grandmother having been moved in (it was always the plan, just...sooner than anticipated, and among other stressors tied to the work). I was introduced to Batman: Wayne Family Adventures (Webtoon Originals comic by Starbite) upon it's release around the same time. I love everything about it!
This past May/June I was searching for their summer birthday gifts, and Amazon suggested a comic called Space Boy by Stephen McCrainie. The omnibus I had found mentioned it was a collection of some number of episodes from Webtoon. I thought that was very fortuitous, and I could go check it out and see what I think. I wound up purchasing the two omnibus books already out, and pre-ordering the third the same day, and read all 300+ episodes on the platform that night thanks to some insomnia. I also sent him an email expressing my affection for the comic, (I never message artists of any kind...and never has anyone replied, but he did! He was very sweet.)
Love. Space. Boy.
Because of subscribing to Space Boy, Webtoon finally managed to figure out that I wasn't interested in manga-style art, (I am, just...wasn't interested in what it was suggesting, and wished there were more varied art options available, but didn't take the time to look). Through it, I found many other wonderful comics by fabulous creators. My first two others being TENACITY by Paige Critchlow, and Sugar & Spies by Paige Keeper.
Through TENACITY I found a group of fabulously supportive, inspiring and awesome creatives, especially Paige! They have been the final kick in the pants to get back into my arts and just do. Two nights ago Lexi and one of her Twitch followers convinced me to finally put up my old works, and what I've done recently, no matter what it is. So...here it starts!
To part two....
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