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This is like when your parents want to call you but they end up calling the names of all your siblings before they finally realize which one's yours 😭😭

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*Ahem*

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Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favourite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love ❤

hi, thank you! <3

the tale of yukimura, kami-sama, and the impossibly long year (tumblr or ao3) yukimura falls for a nature spirit, despite her being the one who’s out to kill him. (t, 15k) - my absolute #1 favorite fic of mine I've written, I had such a blast writing it

through my broken and bruised eye, it was you i beheld. (tumblr or ao3) bearsace tells the tale of ikemen sengoku through his perspective. (k, 4k) - a little cheesy but has a soft spot in my heart as it was sitting in my head for a while

beneath a night sky, vast & wide. (ao3) mirai is a kunoichi sent to assassinate nobunaga— if she can get past mitsuhide first. (t, hiatus) - I would love to get back to this one!

the sunny self-portrait of kiyomi kanai (ao3) kiyomi is a vain, world-famous actress in modern day tokyo when she is sent back five-hundred years to the past. - I'm a couple chapters deep in my doc but waiting to post until I have more time to continue :)

embraceable you (tumblr or ao3) there’s a statue in the louvre whose legend is that he’ll come to life when he holds his soulmate’s hand; when mai goes on a work trip, she finds herself bringing to life an ornery sengoku warlord. (t, ongoing) - i think i might rewrite this one, with the knowledge i have now about creative writing :)

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o/ how are you doing, I'm getting back into ikesen and was reading some of my favourite fics (boar woman!)

wow, huge thanks! this was such a wonderful little thing to come back to. i sometimes wonder if anyone remembers that that fic exists, and it's my favorite one I've written; I really appreciate the love! <3

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hey, i hope you're doing well! just wondering, do you still take asks about ikesen?

hiya! i'm not super active on this blog anymore due to having recently graduated and applying for my masters, but yes, I am! <3

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💗 incoming love train! I appreciate you and recognize the amazing presence you have on this site, thank you for contributing to our community! 🌷send this to all the blogs you love! Don’t forget to share the love. 💌💐🌷🌻🌺💐🌸🌹

aww, thank you so much! <3

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What does Sasuke see?

“While I am not one to believe in something as impossible and unreasonable as perfection… I am inclined to agree there is the one outstanding factor.”

Edit: oops, almost forgot to tag you @acrispyapple, like I said I would LOL. XD

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Shingen with an angel MC who’s beautiful in an incredibly unsettling way. Who he can’t compare to the moon because they’re more like the sharp glare of the sun. Who he can’t compare to a spirit because they’re far too real, because they dont fade in and out of existence, they unintentionally make themselves the focal point of your line of sight. Who is beautiful in the way that a gold decorative dagger is beautiful. Who is blinding to look at, bold in a way that would usually indicate a kind of wealth rather than power but makes you just cautious enough in handling her because you can’t be sure if the blade is sharp enough to kill. Who is soft in their movements in a way that puts you on edge, like they aren’t supposed to be acting so human in the same way a gold dagger is too soft to act as a weapon but is angular and sharp enough that you don’t want to take any risks

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Peder Mønsted - Sunset over a forest lake, 1895 (details)

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Writing tips for long fics that helped me that no one asked for.

1.) Don't actually delete content from your WIP unless it is minor editing - instead cut it and put it in a secondary document. If you're omitting paragraphs of content, dialog, a whole scene you might find a better place for it later and having it readily available can really save time. Sometimes your idea was fantastic, but it just wasn't in the right spot.

2.) Stuck with wording the action? Just write the dialog then revisit it later.

3.) Stuck on the whole scene? Skip it and write the next one.

4.) Write on literally any other color than a white background. It just works. (I use black)

5.) If you have a beta, while they are beta-ing have them read your fic out loud. Yes, I know a lot of betas/writers do not have the luxury of face-timing or have the opportunity to do this due to time constraints etc but reading your fic out loud can catch some very awkward phrasing that otherwise might be missed. If you don't have a beta, you read it out loud to yourself. Throw some passion into your dialog, you might find a better way to word it if it sounds stuffy or weird.

6.) The moment you have an idea, write it down. If you don't have paper or a pen, EMAIL it to yourself or put it in a draft etc etc. I have sent myself dozens of ideas while laying down before sleep that I 10/10 forgot the next morning but had emailed them to myself and got to implement them.

7.) Remember - hits/likes/kudos/comments are not reflective of the quality of your fic or your ability to write. Most people just don't comment - even if they say they do, they don't, even if they preach all day about commenting, they don't, even if they are a very popular blog that passionately reminds people to comment - they don't comment (I know this personally). Even if your fic brought tears to their eyes and it haunted them for weeks and they printed it out and sent it to their friends they just don't comment. You just have to accept it. That being said - comment on the fic you're reading now, just do it, if you're 'shy' and that's why you don't comment the more you comment the better you'll get at it. Just do it.

8.) Remove unrealistic daily word count goals from your routine. I've seen people stress 1500 - 2000 words a day and if they don't reach that they feel like a failure and they get discouraged. This is ridiculous. Write when you can, but remove absurd goals. My average is 500 words a day in combination with a 40 hour a week job and I have written over 200k words from 2022-2023.

9.) There are dozens of ways to do an outline from precise analytical deconstruction that goes scene by scene to the minimalist bullet point list - it doesn't matter which one you use just have some sort of direction. A partial outline is better than no outline.

10.) Write for yourself, not for others. Write the fic you know no one is going to read. Write the fic that sounds ridiculous. You will be so happy you put it out in the world and there will be people who will be glad it exists.

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the sunny self portrait of kiyomi kanai

an ikemen sengoku fic by bearsace

World-famous actress Kiyomi Kanai has it all: money, beauty, and the adoration of millions of fans. When she accepts a role in the hottest new Sengoku drama, she decides the best way to get in character is to visit Azuchi Castle Ruins... ...and apparently also to time-travel five-hundred years to the past, where she inadvertently saves the lives of two major players on Japan's world stage. Suddenly, this egotistic megastar has to think quick on her feet to survive being caught between two warlords-- and maybe learn to love a world without the glitz and glamour she's always known.

read on ao3! ✱ chapter one ✱

preview...

Thunder booms again, furious and deep and suddenly, I’m all too aware that maybe it’s not just pathetic to be crying out here. It’s downright dangerous. Lightning illuminates the man; he’s sporting a lab coat and a geeky sort of handsomeness, and he reaches a hand to me. I recoil defensively. “Kiyomi, you have to get out of here. There’s going to be—” The heavens split open one last time with a blinding flash of light, rain on my skin like bullets, thunder in my ears like jetplanes. I’ve never seen lightning so close until it engulfs us, and my throat tears with a scream of terror—and then my world is silent. ( Kiyomi Kanai Struck by Lightning, Lets Her Makeup Get Ruined—At Least She Was Wearing a Prada Miniskirt!! …God. The gossip blogs tomorrow are going to gobble this shit right up.)

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ok i just got this thought out of nowhere but blog divers (people who scroll through a blog and reblog things that were posted YEARS AGO) are actually a super important part of the tumblr ecosystem

With people going inactive and deactivating, a lot of classic tumblr posts and also missed gems get lost because those connections get broken. Even on my own blog I forget about posts I made until I see someone in my activity reblog one of them- which then inspires me to reblog it myself because it was a good post and I want my new followers to see

do not feel bad about diving through someone's blog and reblogging shit from years ago, it keeps dashboards alive

(and if anyone has a problem with that, they can just block you or they can delete the root post ¯\_(ツ)_/¯, two things that have absolutely no effect on the grand scheme of our lives)

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Hey, can y’all rb this if it’s okay to send you messages asking about your ocs, cause on god I wanna interact with y’all but I am terrified of being annoying lol

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please can we do inbox trick-or-treating this year. can we make that a thing on tumblr. please please please please please

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Also: spoilers just in case, I think saying it here works with tumblr?

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i've only recently redownloaded ikesen due to peer pressure so idk if this has already happened in recent events/routes, but sasuke definitely would use tone tags... in his VERBAL SPEECH like "lord kenshin stabbing me would be rather counterproductive to our current meeting agenda /gen" or in his route "MC i am in love with you /srs not /j"