#[ as always feel free to send me stuff

[simcardiac-arrested]

ur probably sick of seeing posts like these but i just want to sit here and muse about how, well, i enjoy tumblr #mytumblr not just because of all the obvious stuff like how it’s not run on an algorithm, and because it’s one of the only social media that i don’t have to jump through hoops to use and that isn’t phone-exclusive (for me)

but i think my favorite thing has to be the askblogs, and running one. which is weird, because if you asked me as little as 3 years ago what i loved most about tumblr, i’d probably say “uh, looking at owl house posts, i guess?”, it’s weird because i never actually planned to make one and created it on a whim based on a few random people’s tags, and even then it was made mostly as a joke. i just never thought about it before—i grew up with askblogs, an era of tumblr that was truly as magical as it was catastrophic (as all things that get vaguely popular), but i never thought about making one because: it’s a commitment, it seems like a lot, i’m inconsistent, how would i draw for it every single time, etc etc all that good stuff

but then i just made it. and fuck me is it the most fun thing ever. it doesn’t have to be consistent. it doesn’t have to be perfect, or polished, or anything really. it just has to be. to exist out there in the world and be open to messages. the most it has to be is loved by me and by u guys.

and that’s the thing! the best thing—i love involving u guys in my writing, pushing the characters in one direction and then the next, seeing where that takes us (because i don’t always know either, that’s what writing is all about babeyyy). i love that i don’t have to just post the most important plot beats one after the other and have the story be done there. i love that i get to weave the development through vaguely connected, sometimes relevant but sometimes completely random joke asks. that i don’t have to write a whole ass novel of build-up or draw everything as one long-running comic just to make my characters feel like they actually exist and react to the things around them, that they’re not just here to get from point a to b. and i love that you’re all part of it. the story seriously just wouldn’t be the way it is without all of you guys who are always so curious to ask something, or call a character out (depending on how much they need to be humbled COUGHHHHCOUGHHHHH)

so yeah, i’m just forever grateful for all of you and for the fact that tumblr allows things like these to happen. i have no idea what other site could possibly offer the same sort of experience, or anything similar, but i am just forever in love with the fact that it’s something you can do here. i wouldn’t trade it for anything. what a cool fucking thing to be able to do

[truethes]

with it being 8pm on a sunday i've come to realise it's the perf time to really discuss my goals for the future of my blog(s). in particular, the art of communication.

something that's really come true from when i came back from my hiatus in 2020 are my views when it came down to dynamic. from going multiship with multiple versions of muses, i've found a lot more joy in writing dynamics wherein me and my partner as both shipping with one version per single canon portrayal. it's a rule i've held for a good few years now, and ultimately one i wish i wouldn't change for the world, but ultimately lately i've noticed a pattern my end in which i really want to tackle this year, which i hope will also make you guys all feel a little bit more love, whether we're in the middle of plotting something, having a dynamic in the works or already have dynamics on the run.

i'm going to stop worrying about being too much.

this might sound a little crazy, but i have briefly mentioned before my experience with a mutual i had in the past (pre my hiatus return in 2020) where a friend admitted they stopped talking to me because i was being too much and too fast in my replies to them in direct messages. which has haunted me in every single friendship / chat / plotting session i've had with mutuals before this year. i hold back sometimes, with a lot of art / musings / etc hidden between my aes blog and my twitter. while i don't want to come across as though i'm going to be in my mutuals dms all the time overwhelming them, i want to spend more time messaging my friends for things that made me think of them, for people i wish to plot with / am plotting with because it reminded me of our plot / dynamic etc. me being a slow writer wont change any time soon, but i really am not lying when i say i do not suffer from any kind of friendship / interest decay when i don't hear from someone after some periods of time, nor if i dont message for that time period of time - so i want to show that love a little bit more than i usually do x)

if it does get too much, please don't be afraid to let me know or take breaks. i will totally understand your decisions either way!

[lemedstudent2021]

me core

[starscream-is-my-wife]

will we be able to see the Team Rocket organization soon in the robot documentary au soon?

Pretty soon, hopefully I can wrap up that au in a month (?) now that school is almost over

[starflungwaddledee]

[sketchehm]

Someone remind me in like 4 hours to take a picture of my charm board

It's filled with fan merch charms pft

[hijinks-n-lowjinks]

if you don't mind answering, what are vamp au megumi and yuji up to? i was finally able to read the latest chapter and i can't stop thinking about them 😭 this fic is going to destroy me, i can feel it

hello hello hello!!!! I'm so delighted that you're enjoying Gasoline omg this ask had me kicking my feet lol.

Currently, the boys are both having internal struggles lol. Megumi is trying to figure out what Yuuji's angle is for being so nice and how he could be trying to lure Megumi into a false sense of security. Yuuji, on the other hand, is fighting an internal battle of "i need to be really careful about who I trust because I know Mahito is searching for me and threats could be lurking everywhere" vs "i really really really want to trust this guy because he's nice enough and didn't hurt me and he's the first human i've seen in a long time and he also made me breakfast and has pretty eyes."

I made it fairly obvious that Yuuji is trying to get to the coast, but he hasn't explained why just yet. Next chapter focuses a bit more on bonding and some road trip backpacking and maybe a little *gasp* danger???

As for the angst in this fic, I plan on it being fairly..... damaging. Definitely some emotional turmoil, especially in the second half of the fic, but it'll turn into physical hurt too which is fun! I'm hoping Gasoline will be the most heart-hurty fic I've written and so far my outline is falling into line with that, which is nice!

[yeonban]

OKAY, GUYS! Which Valentine's Day/crush-related memes am I reblogging this year? Pick your poisons & comment down below or lmk in dms! You can choose as many as you want btw, go big or go home! 🤧 Here are the available options: one ; two ; three ; four ; five ; six ; seven ; eight ; nine ; ten ; eleven ; twelve ; thirteen ; fourteen ; fifteen ; sixteen ; seventeen.

[gomzdrawfr]

To the Gummy GOMZ, clearly you're important enough my phone auto caps you, how would you go about first introducing an oc to the possible friends/fandom. Cause I've been on the fence of introducing my boy but it's also 👀 would people be interested to hear about him, y'know?

Hello!! Uhhhhhhhhhhh well the way I did it was literally just showed my friend a doodle of my bbg Raven and said "so she's my precious and she's with Price" XD I think if your friends are genuinely interested, they'll hype you up to matter what :] if they don't wellllll maybe look for someone else who might be interested

It depends on how you want to present your oc, and everything Im going to say under read more are entirely my own opinions sooo see what works for you mate!

(Lemme preface this by saying the more you stress about what others are thinking, the less motivated to do anything oc related, so try not to overthink too much on it xD) It's easier said than done but once you get over the nervous period, everything else can run smoother than usual, anyway!

The simplest way to do it, is literally like what I did, show a picture/a meme/picrew/art/mood board, anything that represents your oc, and say "hey! this guy's been in my head for a while now and I thought yall might wanna see em :3"

The least awkward ways are through memes and Im not even kidding, you could show your clip of someone doing something dumb or your oc core and just go "dude this reminds me of my oc" and go from there

^ those, are specifically for if you want to introduce your oc to your friends

v these, are more like if you want to make a public post generally, a lot of these are more like how do you want people to be interested/how to hook people in, basically they're my opinion from a creator perspective, learned from seeing other people's posts and from my own experiences!

What is the main focus of your OC? are they a character paired with a canon character? are they their own character in their own universe and such?

(Assuming your boy is from COD or specific fandom) Use canon characters to your advantage

If the OC is someone who is paired with a canon character, you can introduce them by putting the attention on said canon character first, then introduce your OC through canon character's pov or something like that

People are more often used to seeing something they already know first hand before they focus on the new things, what I'm trying to say is people are more likely to stop scrolling if they see "Nikolai" first in a post rather than "[name that no one knows]"

For example, if you're doing an incorrect cod quote style of post, start with Soap/Ghost (or like any cod character really) saying something then add your OC into the mix, then the people who are reading the post would go "huh? who's the new guy?" Yk? hook your audience in when they least expect it

Soap: why the hell are you in the kitchen, baking...cookies?

Ghost: I got bored

OC: I lost controlled of my life

Ghost: also OC chugged like the entire milk carton so we need to buy more tomorrow

Soap: ????

The funnies, memes or like...something hot are more likely to grab attention, you could go gungho and explain that your OC is a super cool medic or sniper and all that but it's not that interesting if you consider half if not 80% of cod fandom OCs are bound to be similar bcuz it's a military game (I'm not saying no one here has unique OC btw, I am being general here)

Imo, I feel like a full post introducing the character from their name to divisions to legions to family name to dog 1 2 3 names are less interesting. Yes, these kinds of posts are important if someone wants to know more about them, but using that as the first post is a bit draggy and can make people lose interest easily! Think about it, using COD guys for example, when we played the game or watched any playthrough, if you saw Ghost you're immediately interested because the way he was presented - some big guy with a skull face, not because of a full line text in your face xD

You don't need a whole backstory, just a name, a callsign or what they do is enough for an introduction

Visuals are the way to go! If you have a photo of your oc, doesn't matter a faceclaim, picrew, art or even a whole mood board, posting those are more likely to gain interests

Some examples of OC posts to share, maybe you can get inspo from em too :3 (also it's my chance to geek out some other and my friend's OCs HAHA)

milkywayhou and their oc snow - this was one of the first few post I founf from their page, literally knew nothing about em but the angst left a strong impression

corporalellie and their shadow company OCs (they also have some spicy stuff involving their ocs) - shocking coming from someone who doesn't care about Graves but hey, if the oc stuff are cool then we're cool LMAO and also half my ig moots all have their oc in Shadow Company so it was inevitable to avoid xD

Vos Videmus and their oc Jax (blood warning) - I knew their OC since they commissioned me before, but the renders and the vibes they have are >>>

munyon and their oc Phantom - another shadow OC, again, 1 visual + a few simple line for introduction :]

thybreadmolds and their oc Vulture - this comic is just >>> we're greeted by the canon characters first (ghost and soap) and then he OC in a different color entirely (grabs the focus), very cool way to introduce their oc imo!

(so far I've only ever rambled about art based examples, so have some text base) can't forget Father's OCs Carol and Kimmy, altho the focus of the post wasn't on OC, it's still a nice way to introduce new characters smoothly into established relationships

sleepyhead 1o1 and their oc Juliette - they were excited to show me their oc and I like their lil intro :3

tim and their oc Chariot - beautiful parallel

Im biased since bressy is genuinely the person who made me want to have a cod oc in the first place, they're my biggest motivator and have been supporting me since day 1 :3 so have their oc Ava (this one and this one)

bunnysnared and their oc Fledge - a cute and fun way to introduce your oc using character meme template

when it comes to cod OCs I cannot leave sleepyconfusedpotato and their oc Jade out -w- (I think this was the first post I saw from em and loved it)

alypink and their oc Aleks - <333333333 I love their AdlerAleks arts :) they do a lot of oc stuff with others too!\

_ohholy on twitter about their OC Rachel Saunders - Part 1, Part 2 (they have so many good arts....I love them)

[daenystheedreamer]

I think I’ve sent you an ask about lucemond before but I think it’s funny how now that their fandom has died down a good majority have migrated to being drarry shippers

Rlly funny as the mauraders part of the fandom hates them and I like observing mauraders fandom and lcmds like my little ants in a jar so it’s like my ants r fightiiingggg <3

yo drarry? i was soooo sure they'd convert to jegulus omg... thank you for the update i love researching fandom trends. also love observing marauders its extremely funny its the best case study of fanon ever i think. totally from whole cloth, bends to trends, changed over the years as fandom attitudes change. so funny. u can judge them based on how they deal with peter pettigrew its great (i truly believe that if fandom didnt hate fat people jeter would have beat out jegulus. but no its twink ukes all the way down!)

once the funeral is over ill be very happy to never have to see the word taoba ever again. god or their bunny luke or mermaid luke stuff. mermaid AUs are always SO horny in the weirdest way.... or having to see gifs of aemond misinterpreted. u guys do NOT understand him thats what offends me most. i HATE seeing his actions interpreted under the gaze of "he lusts for luke" like NO he has an inferiority complex and isnt over getting bullied or getting owned by a fortnite kid. god. worse than the daddy dom!aemond x reader stuff.... u will never understand his LAYERS!

[sword-wielding-sapphic]

i know you’re kinda moving away from the fandom, but i think you’re maybe the only person on this website that has ever understood merlin (the character), and i devour any and all of your posts about him like a man starving.

haha thank you so much, this is the academic validation I crave

it's true that my merlin obsession is fading 😔 but I will never forget my special boy. I will always be on-call to defend him from the misinterpretations

[naenaex0xx]

hehehe yippee yippee !!!!!!

[artistlara]

credits: X — X — X

[orangeshinigami]

ok so gonna do a bit of organizing on this blog to hopefully get things going on here once more. i will be dropping a few threads and deleting some stuff that's been in my ask box for too long, i apologize for that but pls don't let that discourage you from plotting / interacting with me-- a lot has happened in the past few months and rl stuff ended up pulling me away from here. :(

i do want to be more active on here from now on though, so i feel like dropping a few things and starting new ones is super necessary.

ALSO i've noticed a few people who are on my mains list have gone inactive or haven't plotted / written with me in a long time so i'm gonna be posting a new mains call soon!! until then, i'll be keeping @lockedtowers / @familiarache, @toomanydamnmuses, @glacialdeath & @adversitybloomed as my mains only, who are the ones that have either recently interacted with me and/or are close friends and i know for sure are still interested in writing with me (despite me being the slowest rp partner ever <3)

[bandanad33]

The boys are back in town!

[the-void-painter]

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