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i made a guide to help with ao3 tagging :)

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Guess who is rereading stormbringer….. hhahh..

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Thus was pretty fun

No pressure tags!!

@elizais @oshimaoshimaoshima @petitesmafia @frankenjoly @caffeiiine

Discover your innate traits.

Take this test and reblog with your results, then tag 5 people.

Tags: @anglefish3008 @baldgirl212 @beast-s-lost-rose @fierceastheocean @i-am-so-strange @kebarney @soleilonthesun + anyone who wants to join.

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Hey everyone, I know it's going to be a busy day for a lot of people, but Google enrolled everyone over 18 into their AI program automatically.

If you have a google account, first go to gemini.google.com/extensions and turn everything off.

Then you need to go to myactivity.google.com/product/gemini and turn off all Gemini activity tracking. You do have to do them in that order to make sure it works.

Honestly, I'm not sure how long this will last, but this should keep Gemini off your projects for a bit.

I saw this over on bluesky and figured it would be good to spread on here. It only takes a few minutes to do.

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How cute…

No pressure tags!!

@mixxdpunch @jounosparticles @caffeiiine @pandazai

Okay so I found the cutest Picrew and I think it needs a tag chain so make how you’d think you’d look as a cat

No pressure tags @niredsw @0rch1ddd @primalmagic @sashathegirliepop @elswif

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BSD CHAPTER 121 SCREAMING

Spoilers, of course!!

Been a while since I did one of these

Hey, hey Fyodor can you fucking NOT??

Also wasn't it stated that The Book and its pages were hard to destroy?? Fyodor's definitely toying with him, the bitch

Once again, CAN YOU NOT??? The past like 5 chapters were just Atsushi crying, someone do something good for once

Oh boy, Atsushi's hallucinating again!!

Did they finally remember that Kyouka and Lucy were in Anne's room?? They've just been there the whole time, I don't think they even know what the fuck is happening

"That's a good hallucination," I said as I had hallucination

"No, I am evil hallucination," said evil hallucination

Closing Thoughts:

How the fuck are we meant to climb out of this hole we've dug ourself into?? Seriously, nothing seems to be going right. I feel like everything will be mostly okay in the end, I don't think anyone who was bubbled is permanently dead, but they're gonna have to pull so much shit out of their ass in order to resolve all of this

On a lighter note, new puppies:

Google translate is all I have

Adult and child Teruko are two different breeds?? For some reason???

Of fucking course Fyodor's a borzoi, just look at him

Jouno being a beagle also kinda makes sense, they're known for their great sense of smell, but anyone who's had one knows they never shut up

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i am sick of reblog bait NO i do not need to reblog ur post to let everyone know i dont support destruction of orphanages leave me ALONE

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sometimes you need dialogue tags and don't want to use the same four

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Writing Intimacy

i often see writers sharing a sentiment of struggling with writing kiss scenes which honestly bleeds into other portrayals of physical intimacy. i see it a lot in modernized styles of writing popularized by the recent trend in publishing to encourage short, choppy sentences and few adverbs, even less descriptive language. this makes intimacy come across awkward, like someone writing a script or clumsy recounting of events rather than a beautiful paragraph of human connection.

or just plane horniness. but hey, horny doesn't have to be mutually exclusive with poetic or sensual.

shallow example: they kissed desperately, tongues swirling and she moaned. it made her feel warm inside.

in depth example: she reached for the other woman slowly and with a small measure of uncertainty. the moment her fingers brushed the sharp, soft jaw of her companion, eliza's hesitance slid away. the first kiss was gentle when she finally closed the distance between them. she pressed her lips lightly to gabriella's in silent exploration. a tender question. gabriella answered by meeting her kiss with a firmer one of her own. eliza felt the woman's fingers curling into her umber hair, fingernails scraping along her scalp. everything inside eliza relaxed and the nervousness uncoiled from her gut. a warm buzz of energy sunk through her flesh down to the very core of her soul. this was right. this was always where she needed to be.

the first complaint i see regards discomfort in writing a kiss, feeling like one is intruding on the characters. the only way to get around this is to practice. anything that makes you uncomfortable in writing is something you should explore. writing is at its best when we are pushing the envelope of our own comfort zones. if it feels cringy, if it feels too intimate, too weird, too intrusive, good. do it anyway! try different styles, practice it, think about which parts of it make you balk the most and then explore that, dissect it and dive into getting comfortable with the portrayal of human connection.

of course the biggest part comes to not knowing what to say other than "they kissed" or, of course, the tried and true "their lips crashed and their tongues battled for dominance" 😐. so this is my best advice: think beyond the mouth. okay, we know their mouths are mashing. but what are their hands doing? are they touching one another's hair? are they scratching or gripping desperately at one another? are they gliding their hands along each other's body or are they wrapping their arms tightly to hold each other close? do they sigh? do they groan? do they relax? do they tense? are they comfortable with each other or giddy and uncertain? is it a relief, or is it bringing more questions? is it building tension or finally breaking it?

get descriptive with the emotions. how is it making the main character/pov holder feel? how are they carrying those emotions in their body? how do they feel the desire in their body? desire is not just felt below the belt. it's in the gut, it's in the chest, it's in the flushing of cheeks, the chills beneath the skin, the goosebumps over the surface of the flesh. everyone has different pleasure zones. a kiss might not always lead desire for overtly sexual touches. a kiss might lead to the desire for an embrace. a kiss might lead to the impulse to bite or lick at other areas. a kiss could awaken desire to be caressed or caress the neck, the shoulder, the back, the arms etc. describe that desire, show those impulses of pleasure and affection.

of course there is the tactile. what does the love interest taste like? what do they smell like? how do they kiss? rough and greedy? slow and sensual? explorative and hesitant? expertly or clumsily? how does it feel to be kissed by them? how does it feel to kiss them?

i.e. examine who these individuals are, what their motives and feelings are within that moment, who they are together, what it looks like when these two individuals come together. a kiss is not about the mouth. it's about opening the door to vulnerability and desire in one's entire body and soul.

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STOP DOING THIS IN INJURY FICS!!

Bleeding:

Blood is warm. if blood is cold, you’re really fucking feverish or the person is dead. it’s only sticky after it coagulates.

It smells! like iron, obv, but very metallic. heavy blood loss has a really potent smell, someone will notice.

Unless in a state of shock or fight-flight mode, a character will know they’re bleeding. stop with the ‘i didn’t even feel it’ yeah you did. drowsiness, confusion, pale complexion, nausea, clumsiness, and memory loss are symptoms to include.

blood flow ebbs. sometimes it’s really gushin’, other times it’s a trickle. could be the same wound at different points.

it’s slow. use this to your advantage! more sad writer times hehehe.

Stab wounds:

I have been mildly impaled with rebar on an occasion, so let me explain from experience. being stabbed is bizarre af. your body is soft. you can squish it, feel it jiggle when you move. whatever just stabbed you? not jiggly. it feels stiff and numb after the pain fades. often, stab wounds lead to nerve damage. hands, arms, feet, neck, all have more motor nerve clusters than the torso. fingers may go numb or useless if a tendon is nicked.

also, bleeding takes FOREVER to stop, as mentioned above.

if the wound has an exit wound, like a bullet clean through or a spear through the whole limb, DONT REMOVE THE OBJECT. character will die. leave it, bandage around it. could be a good opportunity for some touchy touchy :)

whump writers - good opportunity for caretaker angst and fluff w/ trying to manhandle whumpee into a good position to access both sites

Concussion:

despite the amnesia and confusion, people ain’t that articulate. even if they’re mumbling about how much they love (person) - if that’s ur trope - or a secret, it’s gonna make no sense. garbled nonsense, no full sentences, just a coupla words here and there.

if the concussion is mild, they’re gonna feel fine. until….bam! out like a light. kinda funny to witness, but also a good time for some caretaking fluff.

Fever:

you die at 110F. no 'oh no his fever is 120F!! ahhh!“ no his fever is 0F because he’s fucking dead. you lose consciousness around 103, sometimes less if it’s a child. brain damage occurs at over 104.

ACTUAL SYMPTOMS:

sluggishness

seizures (severe)

inability to speak clearly

feeling chilly/shivering

nausea

pain

delirium

symptoms increase as fever rises. slow build that secret sickness! feverish people can be irritable, maybe a bit of sass followed by some hurt/comfort. never hurt anybody.

ALSO about fevers - they absolutely can cause hallucinations. Sometimes these alter memory and future memory processing. they're scary shit guys.

fevers are a big deal! bad shit can happen! milk that till its dry (chill out) and get some good hurt/comfort whumpee shit.

keep writing u sadistic nerds xox love you

ALSO I FORGOT LEMME ADD ON:

YOU DIE AT 85F

sorry I forgot. at that point for a sustained period of time you're too cold to survive.

pt 2

also please stop traumadumping in the notes/tags, that's not the point of this post. it's really upsetting to see on my feed, so i'm muting the notifs for this post. if you have a question about this post, dm me, but i don't want a constant influx of traumatic stories. xox

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This links to a wheel with nearly a hundred fic tropes for plots, settings, and more. Spin it twice.

This could also work with art inspiration, but the buttons only allow for so many characters on them. And please do ramble in the tags! I'm going to have no idea what most of you are talking about, and it's going to be great.

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if i was gin i would be praying for atsushi's downfall every day bc imagine you have a weird brother who kills people and joins the mafia so you join too bc wtf we're siblings that's what we do and then he comes home one day talking about how his annoying ex-mentor said his new disciple was soooo much better. by that point i would start hating on pure solidarity AND THEN the new disciple nearly kills your brother and he goes into a comma and all and he wakes up even crazier than before BUT THEN the same fucking guy makes your weird brother promise not to kill anyone like wtf i started killing bc HEE was killing and now he doesn't want to do it anymore wtf man anyway AND THENN he goes on some mission so THE SAME GUY doesn't die or some shit AND DIES WHILE SAVING HIM. AND THE GUY LOSES YOUR BROTHER'S CRUSTY COAT SO YOU HAVE NOTHINNNGGGG actually i would hate both atsushi AND ryuunosuke i would be on that funeral like was it worth it did you get what you wanted was the dick ever that good girl fuck you AND WORST OF ALL your brother was DYINGGG THE WHOLEE TIMEEE and you didn't even know but GUESS WHO KNEWWWWW

gin should come out of this experience at least slightly homophobic. it's what they deserve

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Hongjoong is getting viral for his verse in SMB (by Odetari) and seemingly calling out HYBE's CEO

the verse:

KQ's (ATEEZ company) response:

full lyrics of Hongjoong in eng:

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My one (1) bsd fear is that I'll have to confront bishie anime Ernest Hemingway. I just know he's out there, skulking somewhere in bsd's universe. Not just because Asagiri has alluded to considering Hemingway as a character in an interview, but because I can't imagine a world where Scott and Ernest aren't in a mildly to severely toxic situationship.

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POV: you get a job at a secretive military base and your first job is to babysit Fukuchi’s kids

Surgically altered super soldiers with a kill count canonically in the tens of thousands btw

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Tachihara: help idk what to do

Higuchi: well what did your parents say when you cried as a kid?

Tachihara, confused, to baby: um there there. Quit crying you stupid piece of shit I wish you were dead? Why are you so useless and annoying?

Hirotsu: Jesus Christ