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For as much as I love Animorphs, I’ve never actually read it in order all the way through. It was always scattered entries, whatever I could find at the library or buy at garage sales. There’s even a small handful I haven’t read at all. That’s why, for my New Year’s resolution, I plan to reread the series in its entirety. However, I know how my brain works, and I’m afraid I might lose motivation and quit too soon. That’s why, after each book, I will add to this post with, in my opinion, the most fucked-up part of the book, as well as the silliest part (because anyone who’s read these books knows that those are the two main tenets of the series). That way, I’ll have a publicly available record to hold myself accountable to if I start slacking, plus a nice thread of propaganda to hopefully suck more people in. I plan to read one mainline book a week, starting with:

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If you're reading this...

go write three sentences on your current writing project.

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Next Five Fic Recs (#21)

Watched Edge of Tomorrow (2014), so here's a quick follow up to fic rec #20 with 5 fics from that fandom. All five of these are wonderful post-canon examinations of what is means to start to live again after a time loop, after a war, and the relationship, whatever that may be, between Rita & Cage.

Solitaire by queer_occurrences. Oneshot, over 2k, M, Creator Chose Not to Use Archive Warnings.

shiner by audries. Oneshot, over 5k, T, Creator Chose Not to Use Archive Warnings.

There Is No Courage Without Fear by @brendaonao3. Oneshot, under 2k, G, No Archive Warnings Apply.

Does She Know That We Bleed The Same? by th_esaurus. Oneshot, over 7k, T, Creator Chose Not to Use Archive Warnings.

Tripwires by supernoodle. Oneshot, under 1k, G, No Archive Warnings Apply.

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We'll drink a cup of kindness yet, For auld lang syne

It's a Wonderful Life (1946) dir. Frank Capra

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Inspired by this post by @lemissingmask

The team holding Eliot back from violence, either with a simple gesture or by putting themselves in front of him.

And the time the violence was encouraged:

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Next Five Fic Recs (#20)

New fics!

Animorphs: The Perspective by arin. Unfinished work, over 80k, T. An amazing look at the yeerk invasion from the perspective of a host over the plots of the last few Animorphs books.

Dead Boy Detectives: (there's no place like) home for the holidays by @sunnylemonss. Oneshot, over 2k, G, No Archive Warnings Apply. A beautifully fluffy oneshot of alive (and dating) Edwin & Charles during Christmas.

Dead Boy Detectives: Iphigenia by @e-vasong. Oneshot in a larger series, under 10k, M, No Archive Warnings Apply. A wonderful Crystal-focused addition to the ongoing vampire AU series from this author.

Dead Boy Detectives: there's something wrong with me / and it reads nothing like poetry by vibrantnymph. Oneshot, under 1k, T, No Archive Warnings Apply. A lovely short snippet of Simon, in Hell. (Lovely for the readers - not so much for Simon...)

Merlin: New Constellations by achievingelysium / @queenangst. First chapter of a new work, currently 5k, T, No Archive Warnings Apply. An Arthur-lives AU that promises to be a stunning look at the lifting of the ban on magic.

Updated fics!

9-1-1: chapter 2 of build me up, break me down by dumbdpaus / @ayotofu.

Star Wars/The Mandalorian: chapter 16 of The Way of Conquest by pagination.

Dead Boy Detectives/Leverage: Redemption: chapters 3, 4, and 5 of The Case of the Haunted School Job by @starsandaces24 (StarsAndAces)

Dead Boy Detectives: chapters 2, 3, and 4 of An Amateur’s Guide to Auction Theory by @e-vasong.

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Charles Rowland and Edwin Payne from Dead Boy Detectives.

Loved this hug from episode 5 so much, I've been itching to draw it. Didn't know which angle to choose, so I did all of them. :') These boys man...

Medium: pencil, white gelpen, and a little bit of Photoshop to mess with the coloring a bit.

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Track 5, Stay.

For @e-payne as part of the DGD secret santa gift exchange, merry christmas gel!! + a massive shoutout to @every-moment-a-different-sound for organising the event 🎄

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11, 33, and 52 for the get to know your writer game?

11) 3 fav fics right now

i'll admit i've actually been on a wolfstar kick lately, but as this is mostly a dbda blog, i'll link my 3 fav dbda fics

ghosts and archers by @justafandomfollower. it's so gruesome, so angsty, the epitome of hurt/comfort. it's that perfect mix of horror-romance-death. 10/10 like watching a horror movie but words

that's how we healed each other by @starcrossedstarfishes is a GLORIOUS soulmates au. the hurt, the comfort, the tears, the love. devastating read. 10/10 i cried so many times i can't even count

wunderkummer by dear_monday and two_ravens is one of those fics where i think it's too smart for me?? everything from the world building to the descriptions are just insane. 10/10 i got so caught up in it all

33) do i want to be published some day?

very very much so! it's something i am working towards. currently, i'm in the process of writing a chapbook, which i hope to publish before i graduate (ambitious goals, but). i have very strong outlines two for novels which i will write (and hopefully get published) after.

being published has always been a dream of mine. it's something i am going to start working towards soon. i am incredibly fulfilled by writing fanfiction and i don't intend to stop, but also, i would love to turn writing into some form of profession

so hey if ur a publisher hit me up

52) do i respond to comments, why or why not?

so generally not, unless someone's making a correction or asking a question. of course i read every single comment i get (sometimes multiple times lol). but when i started on ao3 (all those eight months ago) i did not realize that was a thing authors did. also, i wasn't a "public figure" whatsoever (no tumblr or anything) so there was a bit more distance between me and my lovely readers, many of whom i am friends with more. but i was 15 and just starting off and a bit shy, so i did not end up, and then that just sort of became how i do things

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What was it Edwin had said? “I think you’ll find there is little left of me that has not been overtaken by Hell.” He’s had seventy-three years of dying, alone. (And one death, just one, cradled in Charles’ arms.)

From Ghosts and Monsters by @justafandomfollower

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y'all HAVE to watch this...interview??? with the inmates of the prison where luigi mangione is being held.

the reporter is standing outside the prison walls, while the inmates are inside watching newsmax, and collectively screaming out one-word answers to questions loud enough to be heard by the reporter.

I've never seen anything like it

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Dwayne Johnson's Red One wasn't a masterpiece of cinema or anything but I really enjoyed it, I especially liked the additions and spins it took on Santa mythology. -Santa, every year a couple days before christmas, will hide in plain sight as a Mall Santa so he can remain in touch with the kids he delivers gifts for(this one's my absolute favorite, it's such a natural idea) -Santa can look into the souls of adults and is capable of seeing them as the child they once were. -Santa will sometimes have his reindeer and sleigh parked in a military aircraft hanger(that's just a funny visual come on) -While the North Pole workshop is a big elaborate christmas themed futuristic city now, Santa's original more quaint wooden workshop is kept at the center in a display -Santa literally shrinks and grows to get through chimneys and even has his presents shrunken when delivering them and grows them when placing them in houses.(derivative of antman but still pretty neat) -Toy Store backroom closets are portals that serve as gateways to both the north pole and other toy stores throughout the world. -This movie does the "Krampus is Santa's brother" thing but has it be that the Naughty List was a creation HE made, and to prevent him from doing anymore bad Santa stole it from him

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friendly reminder to everyone that first draft just needs to exist.

it doesn’t need to be good, it just needs to be there. stories go through so many different drafts that nobody is gonna care if your first draft is a little messy.

you can’t edit and clean up something that doesn’t exist, so make it exist!

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i was in a thrift shop the other day and they were playing the most unsettling variations of normal christmas music, culminating in this rendition of the 12 days of christmas except it was like 12 guys all singing over each other and going “no!” and interrupting the lyrics with random other phrases until they deadass just started singing 5 golden rings to toto’s africa. can anyone confirm that this is a real song and not that i stroked so hard i astral projected into a universe where everything is somehow worse than it is here

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Took some gouache to my petsitting gig and made this while watching mean girls. A+ use of time. I'm still learning this medium so the struggle was honestly fun 🤣

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#help her