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rereading crossfire as a gift for myself, it still slaps every time. are you looking at expanding on it or is it gonna stay that one fic?

I have. A BUNCH of the one shot written but not finished and I’m unfortunately currently preoccupied with original work but i consider getting back to crossfire often enough that I’m not gonna call it abandoned

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…that was supposed to go to my main blog but whatever I’m not deleting it lmao

tumble mobile is a functional app

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Reading a Terry Pratchett book is literally just: Here's a funny little joke Here's something that you can tell is a joke but don't get and will only figure out five years later Here's a surprisingly cool fantasy concept Here's a unique and well written simile Here's a lil guy Here's something that has aged depressingly well into the modern day Here's something that has aged remarkably queer into the modern day Here's a character that you can barely understand what he's saying Here is the most terrifying and deeply disturbing concept you have ever heard, casually mentioned Here is the dumbest fucking pun you've ever heard but in the best way Here is a quote so profound that it makes you view morality and the world in a different way Here is a plot twist that you can't tell if it's genius or stupid Congratulations! You've finished the book! It has fundamentally changed you as a person and you will never be the same!

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hey uhh it's been a few months since u last posted but r u still working on crossfire? 🥺

I am working on a project as a Christmas present for some friends I play dnd with first and then I’ll be back to work on crossfire yep! Had an issue that prevented me from getting any work done on the one shot for a time and afterward the other project had to take priority due to being time sensitive

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I love calm/storm alot but one detail that always gets a visceral reaction out of me is the claim New York is part of New England alsndlddneld. I'm not saying to change it its funny to me in fact but I live in New England and the region HATES New York so much. Connecticut is considered Barely Counting because its too New York like its so funny to me because its like you've accidentally shoved two areas that HATE eachother into a get along shirt skskdlssksm

jslghs i mean im planning on doing some revisions and a commenter mentioned something to that extent albeit not. that detailed. so im probably gonna edit it myself loool

forgive me i have been to any part of the east coast like three times in my life and two of those were to the south part i Do Not Know The Culture There At All

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no thoughts only doodles

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I'd love love love love LOVE to see a sneak peak!!!!!!!!!!!

one person's enough, here's a short excerpt from Dirk And Rose Fight For Ten Years: The Oneshot

The first day of school that year, Rose’s very first real day of school, not preschool, not kindergarten, but real school, Dave still wasn’t back. Dirk held her hand all the way from the car to the main building, only letting go reluctantly because he had to go to his own classroom. 

She wasn’t supposed to be here alone. But it was okay. Mom said, a million times, that it’d be okay; the police would find Dave, and he’d be home, and everything would be back to normal. She just had to keep believing that. It would be fine. 

(The police thought that Dad had taken Dave. Rose didn’t understand; he’d never really gotten on with the kids much, and he’d always been extra weird about Dave, and anyway, he had decided he didn’t want to be their dad anymore. Why would he come back? Why take Dave? Why only Dave?? Thinking about it all hurt. Nothing made sense.) 

Dirk had said that the two of them just needed to be brave and keep it together, because Mom was depending on them to stay strong. Mom was always depending on them, it seemed to Rose. Whatever, they would manage. They always did. 

So Rose walked into class, and she didn’t cry about walking in alone, and she didn’t cry when another kid took the seat next to her that should have been where her brother sat, and she didn’t let slip that anything was wrong until the teacher reached Dave’s name on the rollcall list, and kept calling it, over and over, and Rose didn’t understand why she didn’t just move on, instead of digging the knife in—

“Miss!” the kid next to her shouted, waving his arm in the air. “Miss, this girl’s crying!” 

And something in Rose went snap, 

Later, when asked why she hit that boy, she couldn’t answer. She just did it. And she had to sit outside the principal’s office, and wait for Mom to come deal with things, and listen to Mom explain how she was so sorry, it’s been so stressful, she just forgot to call in about Dave being missing—

Nothing was fine. She couldn’t pretend it was. Everything was terrible and her twin was gone and people wanted to just, just keep on living, like the entire world wasn’t broken, and she hated it. 

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Her birthday that year was even worse. Mom made her make a bunch of invitations to invite people and hand them out to some classmates, because she should have friends. But no one came, because Rose was that weird girl who cried during attendance and then punched Ricky for no reason on the first day of school. And still, Mom and Aunt Ramona, and Roxy all tried to act like nothing was wrong, as if the entire day wasn’t just a big reminder that they should’ve been having a party the day before, too. Nobody even said Dave’s name, and it just made him not being there even worse. Everyone just kept acting like things were fine. 

Everyone except for Dirk, who didn’t smile all day, and only gave her a half-hearted hug around the shoulders, and who she found sitting alone in the middle of Dave’s room after everyone else had gone to bed. 

It was almost enough to make her forgive that look he’d had, the day Dave went missing. 

Almost. 

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alright. hey gang. so. today was SUPPOSED to be the day by which i finished this thing, since it's august fifth, which is like, big important day within the fic, it's fun and all

however due to circumstances that hasn't happened. we're not gonna worry about the circumstances. instead: lets talk about stuff. i can do some doodles related to crossfire or answer some not-too-spoilery questions about stuff to come or that's already happened or, hey, maybe even post a sneak peak

ill start responding to things tomorrow but if yall wanna ask about things or whatever the inbox should be open etc etc <3

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BLATHER YOUR WRITING MAKES ME ABSOLUTELY FERAL.

I remember finding calm when I think it was on chapter 1 or 2 and waiting for updates.

I found your work when I was first realizing Something Was Wrong with my home life, and seeing your depiction of a character going through some of the same shit really helped me in understanding it wasn't my fault and was wrong.

I hold your writing so close and I figures after all this time I wanted to properly thank you <3

now see anon stuff like this isnt fair cuz i never know how to answer like a coherent person--

im so so glad that i was able to help indirectly like that thank you so much for reading ;O; gonna go lay on the floor and eat some feelings about this ask now akgjdhfsgs

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SCREAMS oh my god okay i just finished rereading the calm vs fic again and saw when it was last updated and said dangnabbit i am not expecting a sequel only to come have a look at your blog AND SEE YOU WORKING ON IT OMG I AM HYPED!!!! NO PRESSURE OF COURSE but it makes me so happy just to see you working on it!!! It has got to be one of my favourite fics of all time and your art just elevates it so much as well! Sending lots of love and motivation your way!!!!

just woke up and cant words good rn but thank u so much for the good mornign message im also very hyped to be back on working on this i have many thoughts and ideas

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dirk's turn for a Bad Time sketch dump! this one involves no actual abuse so im posting it w/out the readmore

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speakin of since ive gone quiet for a bit actually here's some behind the scenes design work ive been doing! the height chart isnt mine i just borrowed it from deviantart, i forget who made it oops,, but anyway heres some characters i felt a need to make designs for for crossfire

and also, therefore, a hint as to some characters that're gonna be a little more important this time around

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HOLY SHIT I WENT TO GO LOOK AT OLD CROSSFIRE ART BC I'M REREADING IT AGAIN AND !!!! YOURE WORKING ON IT AGAIN?????? No rush obviously but I am so excited to hear its getting continued

YES I AM AND IM ALSO EXCITED

i have admittedly been in dnd mode this past week because i DM'd on saturday so am trying to wrestle my brain back into thinking about rose and dirk having a bad time for ten years, but this thing is HAPPENING

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omg I randomly checked your account after like a year and i’m so happy to see you’re working on the calm vs fic again :D have fun with it

THANK U i am in between bouts of complaining about how much i hate writing, which is of course part of the process, i love writing so much, its so fun, i say, through clenched teeth,

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i swear im still workin on it life just Happened and writing was not happening for like a week,, heres some drawings of dave having a perfectly normal childhood 

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i have at least Something On The Page for all but four sections im so close to done with a full first draft i can TASTE IT 

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apologies for inflicting people with derek being Like An Actual Person but this scene popped into my head yesterday and would not let me know peace until i drew it