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hey just a reminder to donate to mohammeds campaign @save-mohamed-family

verified #192 on el-shab-husseins vetted fundraiser list

mohammed still needs to raise about $7k by january to have enough money for his wifes cancer treatment. this is really time sensitive and will impact her ability to travel and get treatment. please share and donate so that this family can have hope of surviving

you can donate through either link

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New poem on Patreon! (transcript in image description)

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My new favourite archery image!

This painting is located in the Church of the Nativity in Prague, and is dated to 1663. It is also the basis of at least 3 D&D character concepts that are stuck in my head now.

If you want more info, art references, and tutorials, check my Patreon!

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my minion army expands!!! (o≧▽゜)o(*‘ω‘ *)(＊ﾟ∀ﾟ)=3

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i like critiquing(/complaining) about stormblood's flaws bc theyre pretty easily-explainable bullet points. to summarize:

the wol should not be The Winner of the nadaam

the 3 gyr abania zones should have more visual variation (specifically their color schemes)

the ala mhigan quarter is an empty set of hallways

sirensong sea is not a good msq dungeon due to it being totally irrelevant to anything

lyse should not be a blonde white woman (but most people are too harsh on her actual character)

however heavensward just makes me cartoonishly rub my temples because there's So Much To Unpack and it's just. i think 3.0 is a total mess. my idealized rewrites of hvw are sooooooo much more drastic than stormblood. but people are a lot more fond of hvw than stb (or at least, stb lovers are a lot more used to criticism lmao) for various reasons so i feel that being a #heavenswardhater is more likely to make someone sad and/or mad at me. plus hvw's plotting & pacing are so bizarre that I barely remember what happens when

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nvm im reading hyouka vol 2. man i bet this style is fun to write in i wanna study it

finished ranma 1/2 so now this tag is about the three body problem i guess

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With only the footprints in the mud, this level of reasoning is possible for Furudo Erika. What do you think, everyone!?

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alright. i feel like i can really call this a series now.

i genuinely can't describe the difficulty of scraping up something i started writing as throwaway self-indulgence and redirecting it into something that has the scope and tone i normally enjoy writing. i hope everyone who's read this far has had a good time watching me try. from here on, i'm going to be kicking into late-post-heavensward territory and starting stormblood stuff. i have a few chapters written already, but they're out of order (of course) so i have to really do some triage and figure out what scenes i actually want to write.

i staunchly refuse to write and publish chapters i didn't enjoy working on. if it's necessary for the story, i will figure out a way to make it fun. i am NOT grinding this shit out. pakik's stormblood arc will likely be told with a pace and level of intermittence more similar to my first five-ish chapters; i don't think i'm going to be making them very chronologically consistent. gonna be more about pakik's character arc (and kethry's, of course. my doctorate in kethrology is being put to good use. i'm beating the shit out of kessel's toy cat every day).

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forget Resting Bitch Face, I have Resting Competent Face. People see me and think ah yes she can point me to the nearest train station. Fellow grocery shoppers ask if I know what kind of butter they should buy. If a strange man speaks to me on the street it is literally always an inquiry and never a catcall. Once someone randomly asked me what an equinox was and after I told her she nodded and said "you seemed like you'd know." why am I assigned oracle at random interaction

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finished ranma 1/2 so now this tag is about the three body problem i guess

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19.5 hours ago, 4:30(ish) am local time. I have woken half an hour earlier, creeped through the predawn house to brew and drink some tea. I slink back to the guest room im staying in. I loose some posts. I think about getting up to start some writing.

The barest breath of blue dawn-shadow mingles with the darkness of my room. Rain begins, knocking gentle but insistent on the eaves of my window. I pull the blankets tight and watch the breath of blue wax with indigo as the tattoo of rain continues. I close my eyes and let the morning have its way with me

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when writing always ask yourself WHAT HURTS and if nothing hurts WHY and if something hurts WHAT and HOW and WHY. in order to do this accurately you have to go get hurt in a wide and interesting variety of ways. go, my scarabs.

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Wunk holder

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My neighbors in the building across from me have a flashing green rave light I can see from my bedroom window #gatsbymaxxing