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FEMA is doing an emergency alert test on all TVs, radios, and cell phones on October 4, 2023, at approximately 2:20pm ET.

If you live in the US and you have a phone you need to keep secret for any reason, make sure that it is turned off at this time.

Yes, I'm doing this months in advance, and yes, my blog has very little reach, but I figure better to post about it more than less.

Please reblog and add better tags than mine, I'm bad at tags.

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Nick abusing his natural fire-resistant demon genes to flirt with his crush

(eating things on fire is a cool party trick until you start eating stuff like Larks herbals)

reblogs welcome ✅ do not repost 🚫

#dndaddies season 2 #dndads s2 #dungeons and daddies #lark oak #nark #ehhehehehe #i love these idiots #just tell him to quit smoking like a normie Nick #or don't thats fine too #🥰🥰🥰🥰

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I don’t have the capacity to be coherent right now but. this movie is so good

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“Take your son before I kill him.”

#nick behind his cool guy shades #😬🤣🤣🥰 #who do you think gave Taylor the markers #🤔🤔🤔

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ik its almost a stigma to not like dogs (or at least you’ll get dogpiled for saying it heh) so I want to see via anonymous vote here

fyi this is separate to wanting/being able to own a dog. if you like dogs but cant own one or dont think you’d be able to deal with all the responsibility so you wont get one, then thats still an ‘i like dogs’ answer

#I love dogs #but i am super allergic #so i cannot show them my love #or my sinuses try to murder me #but thats not their fault so they get pets anyway #TT~TT #babies

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8 + 13 + 20 because i'm a perfect little angel

/ @horsedadgeralt

Fuck. alright 8 and 13 first from this ask list here

8 "If you had to write an entire story without either action or dialogue, which would you choose and how would it go?"

Totally go no dialogue. I've done some fics like that before and the idea of writing something between two characters without a word between them but them still being able to understand would be such a good challenge and I honestly would have a blast at it.

13 "What is a subject matter that is incredibly difficult for you write about? What is easy?"

Uh. I am shit at writing kids lol. I just cannot. I was never really a kid myself and I have no real good sense of how to do them well. I'm running a dnd campaign right now and i have a pair of twins thats about to help one of my players and they're like 11 or 12 and boy howdy am i stressing over that interaction.

Easy? Oh baby, you know exactly what it is. Angst, baby! Heartache baby! Ruining lives and tearing out souls and crushing dreams, baby! Hurt no comfort forever!

20. "If a witch offered you the choice between eternal happiness with your one true love and the ability to finally finish, perfect, and publish your dearest, darlingest, most precious WIP in exactly the way you’ve always imagined it — which would you choose? You can’t have both sorry, life’s a bitch"

(I am so sorry for the whole ass dissertation this question pulled from me)

I know this is very much against the nature of the question and it feels like an out, but I promise I will actually answer the question in a second but! I am not one to believe in true love, or at least a singular true love nor does the idea of being eternally happy appeal to me if it is the only thing I get to feel. Nor does as a creative the concept of perfection pretty much for the same reason. Perfection and eternal happiness leaves no room for the context of being able to strive for those things.

And the idea of a singular true love is disheartening just on a statistical level but also so limiting. I went through several ringers in the last few years which left me a very different person. But I was given those chances to change, to grow, to keep going. And I have. A true love and eternal happiness doesn't feel like it would have the same thing. There is no change, no shifting, a consistence that spans into a flat eternity.

So like the shitty answer is neither but that just feels lazy lol. Life's a bitch and you have to make choices too.

That being said.

WIPs come and go, projects change and creative endeavors crop up when you least expect them. It's a hobby of mine and one that I enjoy. I have always been ambitious and I have always burned. But maybe. I wouldn't have to do that alone. Just because I get true love, whatever that looks like, doesn't stop. Though now realizing that maybe being eternally happy means finding contentment and thus no need to be ambitious. (this is turning into a real monkey's paw my guy). But after the last however long... Maybe some peace would be an extremely welcome change. So yeah. True love I suppose.

#jay answers #wooops #sorry that got kind of existential

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For the other asks, 7. What is your deepest joy about writing? and 16. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever used as a bookmark? <3

Wren! <3

I seriously had to think about what my deepest joy of writing is. I think watching the threads come together in something I'm working on. Like when I had this kind of general idea and maybe I didn't get there, but the point I did get to lines up. It's really satisfying.

16. Oh shit. I've used some whack shit as bookmarks and I'm sure I am missing some but i can just tell you a couple

a (clean) butter knife

a tea bag

pens/pencils/highlighters

another book that one time

my passport

a mostly empty bag of skittles

a completely empty bag of skittles

Yarn/knitting needles

headphones

my phone

my ex's phone

car keys

a stabby knife (also clean)

This list is he product of a mixture of adhd and reading in places that i had to then move from v quickly lol.

#jay answers

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Weird Questions for Writers (because writers are weird)

1. What font do you write in? Do you actually care or is that just the default setting?

2. If you had to give up your keyboard and write your stories exclusively by hand, could you do it? If you already write everything by hand, a) are you a wizard and b) pen or pencil?

3. What is your writing ritual and why is it cursed?

4. What’s a word that makes you go absolutely feral?

5. Do you have any writing superstitions? What are they and why are they 100% true?

6. What is your darkest fear about writing?

7. What is your deepest joy about writing?

8. If you had to write an entire story without either action or dialogue, which would you choose and how would it go?

9. Do you believe in ghosts? This isn’t about writing I just wanna know

10. Has a piece of writing ever “haunted” you? Has your own writing haunted you? What does that mean to you?

11. Do you believe in the old advice to “kill your darlings?” Are you a ruthless darling assassin? What happens to the darlings you murder? Do you have a darling graveyard? Do you grieve?

12. If a genie offered you three writing wishes, what would they be? Btw if you wish for more wishes the genie turns all your current WIPs into Lorem Ipsum, I don’t make the rules

13. What is a subject matter that is incredibly difficult for you write about? What is easy?

14. Do you lend your books to people? Are people scared to borrow books from you? Do you know exactly where all your “lost” books are and which specific friend from school you haven’t seen in twelve years still possesses them? Will you ever get them back?

15. Do you write in the margins of your books? Dog-ear your pages? Read in the bath? Why or why not? Do you judge people who do these things? Can we still be friends?

16. What’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever used as a bookmark?

17. Talk to me about the minutiae of your current WIP. Tell me about the lore, the history, the detail, the things that won’t make it in the text.

18. Choose a passage from your writing. Tell me about the backstory of this moment. How you came up with it, how it changed from start to end. Spicy addition: Questioner provides the passage.

19. Tell me a story about your writing journey. When did you start? Why did you start? Were there bumps along the way? Where are you now and where are you going?

20. If a witch offered you the choice between eternal happiness with your one true love and the ability to finally finish, perfect, and publish your dearest, darlingest, most precious WIP in exactly the way you’ve always imagined it — which would you choose? You can’t have both sorry, life’s a bitch

21. Could you ever quit writing? Do you ever wish you could? Why or why not?

22. How organized are you with your writing? Describe to me your organization method, if it exists. What tools do you use? Notebooks? Binders? Apps? The Cloud?

23. Describe the physical environment in which you write. Be as detailed as possible. Tell me what’s around you as you work. Paint me a picture.

24. How much prep work do you put into your stories? What does that look like for you? Do you enjoy this part or do you just want to get on with it?

25. What is a weird, hyper-specific detail you know about one of your characters that is completely irrelevant to the story?

26. How do you get into your character’s head? How do you get out? Do you ever regret going in there in the first place?

27. Who is the most stressful character you’ve ever written? Why?

28. Who is the most delightful character you’ve ever written? Why?

29. Where do you draw your inspiration? What do you do when the inspiration well runs dry?

30. Talk to me about the role dreams play in your writing life. Have you ever used material from your dreams in your writing? Have you ever written in a dream? Did you remember it when you woke up?

31. Write a short love letter to your readers.

32. What is a line from a poem/novel/fanfic etc that you return to from time and time again? How did you find it? What does it mean to you?

33. Do you practice any other art besides writing? Does that art ever tie into your writing, or is it entirely separate?

34. Thoughts on the Oxford comma, Go:

35. What’s your favorite writing rule to smash into smithereens?

36. They say to Write What You Know. Setting aside for a moment the fact that this is terrible advice…what do you Know?

37. If you were to be remembered only by the words you’ve put on the page, what would future historians think of you?

38. What is something about your writing process YOU think is Really Weird? If you are comfortable, please share. If you’re not comfortable, what do you think cats say about us?

39. What keeps you writing when you feel like giving up?

40. Please share a poem with me, I need it.

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💝🎀💥 for the ask game! <3

Why is everyone wanting me to compliment my writing. Nooo. But you took the time to ask so I will try to find another one. Answering from this list here.

What fic got a different response? Oh. That's actually really tough. You know what, I think it was On Your For You Page? It got way more of a reaction than I thought it would. All positive, but I was seriously expecting that one to just blip out. I am glad it didn't. It's very silly and very soft. I am personally a fan.

Another compliment... gremlins... Okay. Hm. I think that I can sometimes hit onto a theme of something I'm working on fairly early and be able to carry that imagery through really well. This is actually more of my ttrpg writing than fic writing, but I've been using both skills in both places.

Least kudos' fic is actually from back in my 00Q days! One of the last ones I managed to write for a collection I was putting together. 30. Things you said on the Highway

I actually really like the way I wrote James' part. And this kind of ties back to that thematic imagery? Sometimes I feel like it's kind of a crutch but I think in this one it was really heartbreaking. He's thinking about the end of Casino Royale where Vesper goes under and then he thinks he is also drowning. It's a short piece and I feel like I'm just blowing smoke up my own ass lmao but honestly that bit right there is really good 😅

#jay answers #fic writer asks #hello wren darling #<3

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🎀 and 🪄 xoxo

/ @horsedadgeralt

Damn. Not even gonna warm up with a... literally anything else. Well fuck me I guess (affectionate). Answering from this list here.

Alright- First a compliment, you terror.

Sometimes, when I am trying to find my rhythm writing again, I will read over some old stuff just to try to kind of remember my narrative voice.

But then there will sometimes be a line or a scene that just. Even though I wrote it, just hits me viscerally. And it's not every time, and it very much isn't every fic but I kind of prefer that because when I do write those lines, for me, they are something I can go back and find and read back over and it reminds me that I am really fucking good at this actually sometimes.

Second- post-writing/sharing aftercare.

Uh, ya know, idk if I have a method for this really? Usually if I do write something is because something manic grabbed my brain in that moment and I had to run with it. If it was something major like I'll Stay with You or You Could be my Unintended which are two fics I am really proud of and that I took a lot of time to really think through, I will sometimes skim through them and find those moments that I can personally point to and be like "and that's why I write".

An example cause I know you're gonna be back in my inbox about it

(Under the cut, a part of I'll Stay with You which features MCD)

It was dawn or maybe dusk, but all Jaskier knew was that it had been a long time since Geralt last thought of him. There were too many scars along his wiry arms where his sleeves were pushed up, his feet dangling into the water of a stream. He sat on the edge of a rock, his head in his hands. 

Jaskier went to say something and found that he couldn’t, his mouth opening and closing but no sound came forward. 

“A hundred years,” Geralt swallowed. “A hundred years and I’ve forgotten the sound of your voice.” He sounded wounded, his voice cracking with sorrow and age. “I’d give every single one of them back if I could just… remember.” He pressed his palms over his eyes and shook. “The world keeps changing, and you’re still gone and I’m still here.” 

Jaskier dropped to his knees beside Geralt, his hands reaching out to touch the man that would not let him go. 

It was his hands that caught his attention. They were barely shadows at the ends of his arms. Jaskier looked down in silent panic as he realized he was fading. Geralt was forgetting him. A mixture of relief and agony tore through him. All he wanted to do was scream but all he could do was sit there in silent horror as he watched Geralt fall to pieces. 

Rest, witcher. He thought, swallowing down the silent tears he was no longer able to shed. Rest, my love, your path is almost at its end. Do you know all the good you’ve done? 

#jay answers #fic writer asks #i see you

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Let's Get ((REAL)) fic writer asks

✨What's a fic you've posted you wish you could breathe life into again and have people talking about it? (or simply a fic you wish got more credit)

💘Is there any posted fic you want to rework/re-edit/re-write? 💫what is your favorite kind of comment/feedback?

🌈is there a fic that you worked *really fucking hard on* that no one would ever know? maybe a scene/theme you struggled with? 🦋what are you most insecure about when you post a fic?

🌻what makes you want to give up on writing? what makes you keep going?

🌿how does creating make you feel? 🍉in what ways has writing helped you process trauma and/or navigate through your own life?

🎀give yourself a compliment about your own writing

🎈describe your style as a writer; is it fixed? does it change? 🎉how often do you celebrate completing & posting a work? how often do you give yourself the credit/validation that you seek from others when you post? (if you don't, you should!)

💞what's the most important part of a story for you? the plot, the characters, the worldbuilding, the technical stuff (grammar etc), the figurative language

💝what is a fic that got a different response than you were expecting? 🤍what's one fic of yours you think people didn't "get"? 🕯️was there a fic that was really hard on you to write, or took you to a place you didn't think it would take you? 💥find your least kudos'd fic - say something wonderful about it. 🍭why did you start writing? 💎why is writing important to you? 📡why is writing and sharing your writing important for fandom?

🪄what is your post-writing/sharing aftercare? How do you take care of yourself or celebrate yourself when you've finished a fic?

🎙️which one of your fics would you like someone to make a pod-fic of? 🤲what do YOU get out of writing? 💋when you leave comments on a fic, do you want to hear back from the writer? 🕯️how do you think engaging with each other through tumblr, twitter, comments, kudos, creates healthy fandom experiences? How do you deal with that if you're not a social person/experience social anxiety?

🧿what steps do you take to not take things personally if a fic doesn't do well, or if your writing/posting/sharing experience isn't going how you'd like it to? 💌share something with us about an up-and-coming work (WIP) that has you excited!

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More teenage Nark!

#dungeons and daddies #nark #nick close #lark oak garcia #let them have soft moments #birdy! i love this so much #that flannel tho

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Me when I plan out a story and want to tell everyone

#me planning my dnd campaign rn #with a really good dm at my table #who i really wanna ramble to about it #but he's got his own lynch pin coming up

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on earth we’re briefly gorgeous / ocean vuong

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Heyyyy random question but I found your Hotch x Reid fic in a fic rec and I was wondering when we would be let off the cliffhanger👉👈

Hey there. Yeah, so @deeplywornletters actually pointed that out to me today and I realized that i really do have the whole thing almost finished. So sorry. I'm sure you won't eve see this. But if you do, here's the link to chapter 3

#criminal minds #hotchreid #uh mind the tags #it is very very smutty haha #arron hotchner #spencer reid #sorry this languished for so long

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spread this around please!!

#friend dms :)

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Dndads Queer Friend Group

Every Friend Group should include (s1 dndads edition, npcs included): A bimbo: Glenn A mean Bisexual: Darryl An even meaner lesbian: Erin O'Neil She/theys: Mercedes Oak-Garcia He/theys: Sparrow Oak (no i am not going to explain this) A token Straight that is on thin ice: Cern An Astrology Bitch who has everyone's birth chart: Henry And a short King: Ron

#dungeons and daddies #season 1 #Glenn Close #darryl wilson #henry oak #mercedes oak garcia #sparrow oak #erin o'neil #cern #ron stampler #not gonna explain these