#( url i got saved is dumb and i love it )

[weirdthoughtsandideas]

If DCLA characters had Tumblr part 15 🕺🏼

🌼 punk-not-dead Follow

I think signing people’s cast when they have broken their arm is overrated.

I only got one signing and it was from my childhood enemy who wrote ”I still won loser”

🌟 supernova-number-one Follow

Well it was AFTER you signed MY cast with a drawing of a butt

🌼 punk-not-dead Follow

No, you signed mine first!

🎤 singing-is-who-i-am Follow

I have missed this? You broke your arms at the same time?

🌼 punk-not-dead Follow

We were 7 and decided to climb a tree, to see who would dare to climb the highest. Then we both fell.

🌟 supernova-number-one Follow

I STILL CLIMBED THE HIGHEST!!

🎀 italys-biggest-bow-collector Follow

I am obsessed with you two.

🌼 punk-not-dead Follow

Hey Francesca what the heck are you on.

If anyone is getting married it’s you and Vilu.

🧢 everythingscominguponmaxi Follow

Girls, girls…

You’re all getting married ;)

🥸 jeremias-realperson Follow

What is this talk about marriages I hear?!

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🍓 chico-fresa Follow

🛼 rollerskatingonthemoon Follow

Even if people vote yes I won’t change my url Matteo!!!!

🍓 chico-fresa Follow

But you have to!!! It’s the rules!

🛼 rollerskatingonthemoon Follow

Fuck you!

💍 queenoftherink Follow

LUNA SWORE?!??!?! I’d never thought I’d see the day!

Brb gonna take a screenshot of this and save it forever

💍 queenoftherink Follow

Also Matteo why do you need to match with her? Match with me, name yourself kingoftherink

🍓 chico-fresa Follow

No I wanna match with Luna :(

🏳️‍🌈 creyendoenmi Follow

Well maybe she wants to be independent and not match herself with you, you strawberry ass looking bitch

🛼 rollerskatingonthemoon Follow

Clam down Yam

🏳️‍🌈 creyendoenmi Follow

CLAM DOWN

🛼 rollerskatingonthemoon Follow

Calm*

💍 queenoftherink Follow

First you swear, now the misspell. I love this day.

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✌🏼arodarmivida Follow

When you’re gay and the youngest but give your parents grandchildren first

😎 rapmiro Follow

Jim what does this mean

😎 rapmiro Follow

What does this mean Jim

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🙄 annoyingyoumixfan Follow

So I heard the story about how Leon and Violetta kissed for the first time, and to be honest, it sounds like he kissed her without her consent? He asked her to close her eyes and then kissed her, without her knowing! Violetta tells the story like she had no problem with this! Leon have manipulated her into thinking this kiss was ok.

Ugh. I much more preffered her with Diego. That kiss at the show, she has claimed was non-consentual but everyone knows she secretly liked it 😘

🎤 singing-is-who-i-am Follow

Hey pal?

When I say I liked my first kiss with Leon, then I am telling the truth. When I say I did not like my first kiss with Diego, I am telling the truth. I’ve been very vocal when I have liked and when I have disliked a kiss.

Just because you prefer a relationship over the other does not mean you can make up stuff to make one of them sound ”worse”. Maybe you should start believing women?

🙄 annoyingyoumixfan Follow

You’re clearly manipulated by Leon! He has made you think like this! He’s an evil man!

🔌 yo-soy-asi Follow

Hello. I’m Diego Hernandez. I have been lurking on Tumblr for years, never posting anything.

When we were 18, I kissed Violetta without her consent in front of a livestream. It was wrong of me. I can only give the excuse that I was young and dumb. The fact that Violetta still had the heart to forgive me is something I am so grateful for. But just because she forgave me does not mean she secretly liked the kiss. She didn’t. She has always been very clear about this.

Also, as someone who knows Leon, he is not a manipulator. Just like Violetta said, you can’t just make shit up just because you don’t like someone. You weren’t even there. Believe Violetta when she tells the story.

Me and Violetta will never be together again. We are in a mutual agreement about this. No one has manipulated us to believe this.

👤 mystic-rollerskateenjoyer Follow

Yeah, believe women. Like when I watched a roller skate performance with Matteo Balsano and Luna Valente. It ended with Matteo kissing Luna. Very unprofessional, that’s not something you do in skating performances, but it was romantic and even though Luna seemed shocked when it happened and never spoke about it again, I know she did like it.

🛼 rollerskatingonthemoon Follow

… Maybe I didn’t wanna talk about it for a reason…

Please don’t go around saying that I secretly liked something when I have not even spoken about it online.

#in the grand scheme of things that event was a small dot #i didn’t like it at the time but there was so much else going on that i’m now kinda indifferent about it #also we were 16 and 17 #he’s an idiot still but we were kids.

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🔌 yo-soy-asi Follow

Yes, my friends. I have seen all your posts.

It has been… interesting…

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💍 queenoftherink Follow

The feeling when you're having a 3 AM snack in the kitchen, enjoying the silence, and suddenly your cousin rushes in because she forgot to take her adhd meds earlier.

🛼 rollerskatingonthemoon Follow

Yeah what was I supposed to do?? I woke up and remembered I forgot to take them before so I had to take them now!!!

💍 queenoftherink Follow

You could have waited until the morning

🛼 rollerskatingonthemoon Follow

NO I COULD NOT. I COULD HAVE FORGOTTEN AGAIN BY THE MORNING. AND I NEEDED TO CALM THE VOICES IN MY HEAD, THAT'S WHY I COULDN'T SLEEP IN THE FIRST PLACE!!!

📸 felicityfornow Follow

Why were you up at 3 AM, Ámbar?

💍 queenoftherink Follow

To have a 3 AM snack, Nina?

📸 felicityfornow Follow

But why?

💍 queenoftherink Follow

Sorry, but when do you have 3 AM snacks? At 16:00 or something?

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🎀 italys-biggest-bow-collector Follow

When you're literally famous since your teens and yet you're nervous to confess your feelings to your crush.

Like I’ve been going up on stage for large audiences, I’ve been telling everyone to follow their dreams, all that stuff…

And then I sit and contemplate how our friendship might be ruined if I call them and tell how I feel.

🎤 singing-is-who-i-am Follow

Tell them!!! Call them right now!!

🎤 singing-is-who-i-am Follow

Ok, I did not except you to call me.

🌟 supernova-number-one Follow

AN UPDATE PLEASE? IT’S BEEN SEVERAL HOURS.

🌼 punk-not-dead Follow

JAJDKFEKEKIXIEKWKXIXIDKSNNFOS

🌼 punk-not-dead Follow

GIRLS. UPDATE US.

🎀 italys-biggest-bow-collector Follow

No 💜

🌼 punk-not-dead Follow

WDYM NO

🎤 singing-is-who-i-am Follow

What happened in the phone call is between me and Fran

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🏳️‍🌈 creyendoenmi Follow

Saying "my pregnant girlfriend": Sounds like you did something very irrresponsible and now you're a teen parent even though you're in your 20s.

Saying "my pregnant wife": Cool, professional, you're an adult and you're married, you're starting a nuclear family over here.

🏳️‍🌈 creyendoenmi Follow

No chat I will not elaborate <3

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This is a callout post for a certain redhead to stop reading my fics

🌼 punk-not-dead Follow

It's not my fault you're a genius writer. And it's fun to see who you have inserted of our friends in the fics. Playing a game of "which OC is based on me and who is based on someone I know?"

🌟 supernova-number-one Follow

I'm gonna block you

🌼 punk-not-dead Follow

I can still read your fics? Blocking just means I can't comment. And then I can just make a new account anyway.

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✌🏼arodarmivida Follow

You ever wanna tell two people on your dash that they should kiss but you don't know them so it would be odd to write, but also it's like tumblr so it wouldn't be totally out of the blue to randomly tell people to kiss.

🎸 beanie-guitarist Follow

I'm gonna die if someone makes a sideblog called "I tell people to kiss" and then randomly start reblogging posts where people have arguments or random conversations, and add "you two should kiss"

😚i-tell-people-to-kiss Follow

You two should kiss.

🎸 beanie-guitarist Follow

HELP

✌🏼arodarmivida Follow

I'm gay thank you sdxfdcghft

#DYING THO

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[screampied]

hiiii. so, first i just want to say that the feeling is mutual, because i’m always looking forward to your replies to my asks, like giggling and kicking feet typa shit!!!

second of all, i’ve realized that if you do a scream theme, it would be perfect because of your username?!?! ngl i wish i was creampied by billy loomis

i used to look at those people eating and drinking pumpkin flavored stuff and i would gag, until i realized it probably taste like a famous pumpkin candy in my country, so yes, pls try it and tell me if it’s sweet and good. i’m a very picky eater and i can’t stand pumpkin, unless is for decoration and eating bits and bits of the said candy.

also, yeah, fuck scream 5. it was awful, i love gale and dewey, it was so unnecessary what they did to them, and proceeding to fucking kill him??? ain’t no way, i punched my tv.

classics are truly the best. ngl, i don’t like new horror movies, they are always lacking something. i did, however, enjoyed the movie talk to me from a24, but i saw it more as the metaphor (drgs) instead of possession, so yah…

NOW SHUT UP HIP PIERCINGS? AND BELLY BUTTON? oh i know u a bad bitch, like i can’t help but stan more. ☝️

how was your day today, btw? i finished an edit for my theme that was pissing me off and now i’m just waiting for the one person i’m comfortable with to be online so i can show and be like “gimme ur opinion 🥺” and they are sincere af so if they hate it, imma kms, i see no other option.

oh, also, this week i got a hate anon and i kept laughing because?? it’s so random, people are really miserable and funny sometimes. it’s like a certificate that their life sucks, idk.

AND YES, i’ll be showing myself for you, probably on october 1st, like nosferatu coming from the shadows, hihi.

nut anon

omg ur so sweet, hugs 🫂🫂.

FUCK UR SO RIGHT. a scream theme bc it’s literally in my url what are the chances 😋 plus my username was even based off scream omg we’ll see. that’ll be so sexy ughhhhh october hurry.

im kinda scared to try pumpkin lowkey. im also a picky eater and i feel like ill puke 🧍‍♂️ like ive smelled it and its okaaaay i guess but idk if i can handle it paha. if i do try it, ill tell u how it goes trust.

good fucking bye i can talk a whole rant about how AWFUL scream 5 is. out of all the movies, it’s the worst in my opinion. the only thing i loved about it was the opening scene—jenna ortega’s portion, she made me continue watching it 🙂‍↕️ plus she’s mother, i love her downnnnn. AND UR RIGHT. !!!!! LIKE DEWEY ?????? i get he had to die at some point but his death was so stupid. like really. just say you hate him. scream 6 totally redeemed itself tho now that is a SEQUEEEEL. only thing i hated about scream 6 was the killer reveals. the motive was understandable but dumb . LOLLL im such a hater but man ✋🏽 do you think neve is coming back for scream 7, i hope so and they better give her the pay she deserves bc i miss my final gyal 😔

TEEEHHEEE THANK YOU POOKIE 💋 i bet you’re an even badder bitch <3 my day was good !!! i was busy out half the day sight seeing and going to a nascar race showing near me which was sooooo cool. a bird shat on my car window which was totally uncool 😒. SLAAAAY omg i bet it looks so good.

booo hate anons r so unserious. i remember i got one months ago and just rolled my eyes because you could be like … saving the world ✋🏽 or idk doing crossword puzzles instead of talking shit to a silly lil stranger on the interweb. ppl be bored ig. don’t let it get to u tho bae !!!! ur amazing mwah

[formerhimedanshi]

I posted 4,461 times in 2022

That's 1,949 more posts than 2021!

15 posts created (0%)

4,446 posts reblogged (100%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@possessedscholar

@catgirldick

@loudobjectprincess

@hasmashdoneanythingwrong

@transmechanicus

I tagged 299 of my posts in 2022

#i had just gotten out of my car after driving to class - 2 posts

#this is what looking at your own before and after transition photos feels like - 2 posts

#fate grand order - 2 posts

#i'm love her - 2 posts

#me thinking about the gay ladies who live in my computer &lt;3 - 2 posts

#i've still got 7 more birthdays till 30 but the reverse is already happening to me - 1 post

#i would want nothing less for myself at that age - 1 post

#saving this for tonight - 1 post

#reblogging this because at work today a cop tried to convince me that masks were useless and that i should take mine off - 1 post

#bnuuys!!!! - 1 post

Longest Tag: 140 characters

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My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

I know it sucks that we as a society have repeatedly chosen to trade privacy for convenience, but could we at least have haggled a little bit better?

3 notes - Posted October 12, 2022

#4

Yes I did just change my url for an extremely dumb and kinda niche joke that I just thought of five minutes ago, what of it

3 notes - Posted June 26, 2022

#3

Happy suck a milf's dick Sunday

3 notes - Posted May 8, 2022

#2

This is based on absolutely nothing but I'm calling it now:

Trans girl Daybit Sem Void.

4 notes - Posted August 4, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

confession time, I don’t give a shit about the train boy from legends arceus

5 notes - Posted May 6, 2022

Get your Tumblr 2022 Year in Review →

[heroscarred]

Gonna move Steven / Marc to their own blog so they can have their own space.

[order-of-river-phoenix]

Better Off As Lovers; Josh Ray Person

Fandom: HBO War; Generation Kill

A/N: hi hello how are ya? I’ve arisen. Ik I’ve got some requests piled up and I will get around to them, a couple of them I started working on forever ago. I just wanted to do a little self-indulgent writing to get me going. Also I tried to make this as gender neutral as possible but if anyone had any critiques pls let me know!

Warnings: dumb boy syndrome and some language

Taglist: @stressedinadress @hellitwasyoufirstsergeant @ricksmorty @hbohmygodx @meteora-fc @vintagelavenderskies @hoosiers-hoe @mavysnavy @inglourious-imagines @warrior-healer @joe-webgott @hannahbear1 @punkgeekcryptid

**reminder: if you’ve since changed your name/url please either let me know so I can change it or change it at the link in my description; ALSO feel free to add/remove yourself as you wish**

__________

"Don't expect me to send you any heartfelt letters about how much I miss you," Ray teased.

"Why because you won't miss me or because you think it's dumb to write letters?"

"Both."

You punched his shoulder, knowing at least one of those wasn't true. "Please. If anything, I won't be missing you. I'll finally be able to lead a peaceful life. I mean, I'm still banned from half the grocery stores in the county—because of you, I might add—"

"Technicality," he interrupted. "You're still banned. Doesn't matter if I had anything to do with it."

"Whatever." You rolled your eyes, and you both laughed, but your chest was growing a little tight. You weren't going to say it out loud though. "Take care of yourself. I have no doubt they'll kick your ass in boot camp."

"Don't worry about my ass, Y/N." Ray was grinning now. "Although," he craned his neck around to try and peek at his backside, "I can see why you would."

You had never wanted to kiss Josh Ray Person before in your life, and you'd known him for most of it. But right now, with the thought of him being gone, a small part of you wished it would happen. A bigger, much more reasonable part reminded you why that would be a very bad idea.

"Hey," he said, his voice softening slightly at your change in expression. "No sad goodbyes, remember?"

You blinked away any sadness forming in your eyes and threw him a dumb, cheesy smile. "Do I have to spell it out for you, Ray? I'm not sad."

"Oh okay." He pulled you in for a hug, and you welcomed the embrace. "Well, if you ever do get sad and miss me, I left a copy of the band's demo in your car for you."

_____four years later_____

Ray kept himself awake with caffeine and thoughts of being home.

Both amusing and grating to everyone else, when it came to Ray, with thinking came talking. "And my best friend, Y/N—don't worry, Brad, I still love you—decided to ride around the grocery store in a cart, paddling along with a broom. We weren't allowed to even be in the Save-A-Lot parking lot for two years."

He knew if you had been there you would have corrected him. It hadn't been your idea. He dared you, and you could never turn down a dare. That was one of the foundations of your friendship.

"So... Y/N is the one you're dating right?" Trombley questioned from the back.

Ray resisted the urge to throw a confused look at the kid. However, he had to keep his eyes somewhat focused on the road ahead. "What? No. Y/N's been my best friend forever."

"Oh. Well, you talk about Y/N more than your girlfriend," Trombley noted.

"What? That's not true," Ray scoffed. "Brad, tell them that's not true."

"Person, I can't even remember your girlfriend's name, but I'm quite certain I met Y/N."

"What the fuck is that even supposed to mean? I just have more stories with Y/N because I've known them longer." Ray huffed a few things to himself about how ridiculous this was and how you two were basically siblings.

"It would make complete sense for you to be dating someone that was related to you," Brad slyly added in response to Ray's mumbling.

"Now you're just being obscene. We're not related, and besides, I'm not from that kind of town."

"Ray, you come from a whiskey tango hick town where couples meet at family reunions, and you're living proof." Brad blinked maybe twice while delivering this blow. "Now tell us more about the person you're not dating."

__________

You happened to be outside your own parent's home when a car stopped at the curb. You squinted, trying to see who was inside.

"Ray? That you?" you called as he rounded in front of the car to where you stood in the yard.

"The one and only."

"Well, I'll be damned. How long you been home?" You made your way to him and greeted him with a hug. Even after only brief visits over the last few years, he was still your best friend.

"Just got back today. I stopped by my parents' first and figured I'd find you somewhere."

"And you found me. How are you?" You knew that whatever his answer was, it would only be a partial truth.

"Not bad. Happier now that I've can shit in a familiar toilet.”

You laughed, knowing he’d prefer that over whatever concerns you had for him. “So—“

“I love you,” he interrupted.

Whatever you had been about to say had dissipated from your thoughts like vapor. “I... I love you too.” You frowned, realizing this was a strange moment.

That was always an unspoken truth between you two. Neither of you had ever needed to say it.

A wide grin spread across his face. And maybe... relief? “Thank God. I thought you were going to punch me.”

“I may still,” you warned, though your smile called you a liar.

“Well, while you decide on that, do you want to come over for dinner tonight?”

“Did you ask me out on a date?”

“I mean, it’ll be at my parents’ house, and my family will be there.” Ray was rarely flustered but appeared to be a little pink in the cheeks now. “But we can do something alone after.”

“That sounds nice.”

“Any time with you is a nice time,” he beamed.

You groaned and squeezed his shoulder, falling back into your comfortable back and forth. “Don’t go corny on me, Ray. Tell me I’m stupid or something.”

“You’re stupid cute.”

Internally wincing, you weren’t sure if the cringing truly outweighed how endearing it was to hear him do anything other than jokingly tease you. “What time do I need to be there?”

“Be ready by 5. I’ll pick you up.”

“Classy.”

“You sound surprised.”

“Ray, you never fail to surprise me.”

[wolfvirago]

Send me your URL and I'll tell you [accepting]

@cnlyluck​ said:  cnlyluck ofc please judge me and my dumb glup shitto

My Opinion on;

Character in general: okay so I know virtually nothing about Lucky but I love his character from what I’ve seen. He’s got a mouth on him, and he backs it up with cunning in battle and a calm nature when it counts. I also like his devotion to saving his brother. How they play them: Awesome. I don’t know the character well, so whatever the mun does is good lol. The Mun: Lev is great! I first followed them on their Luke account, then Han, and now Lucky. I’m happy they’ve stuck around this long and our thread is pretty good so far. I think we have good chemistry.

Do I:

RP with them: yup Want to RP with them: yeeeep!

What is my;

Overall Opinion:

**Note: Mun’s answer are all to be completely honest. Don’t send url if you don’t want brutal honesty

[valkyrieandstrangeridingaragorn]

Hey, sorry - this is kind of a dumb, random question, but I always wondered about your url, and after reading your inthetags-guess-how-you'd-die-from-your-url-game, I just have to ask... so Aragorn is Valkyrie's pegasus? Like the magical horse with wings?? And putting two-and-two together it sounds obvious now, but tbh I had no idea that her pegasus was named Aragorn of all things.

I mean... the only Aragorn I'd ever heard of was Aragorn, son of Arathorn... you know, the true heir to Gondor who saved Middle Earth, speaks Elvish, was portrayed by Viggo Mortensen and... yeah.

So like...um, for a second there, I thought you meant... you know ... that Aragorn...

Omg I'm so sorry *hides face in embarrassment*

OMG I love you, this is hilarious 😂😂

Aragorn is indeed Valkyrie's pegasus, there are a few sources for this from the MCU to the comics. But don't worry, not many know this because she never got to say her horse's name in the movies (she doesn't even get a name herself so yeah, lazy Marvel).

And just saying but... I wouldn't blame her for wanting to ride the other Aragorn too. I mean, he was... oof boy, he was quite something!

[haleigh-sloth]

I got tagged by @xpromethiosx !!!

Why did you choose your URL?

My first name is Haleigh, and "sloth" is a play on words I guess. It's very close to my actual last name lol

Any side blogs?

One that was mostly a name saving blog. Haleigh-goth lol. I was gonna use it for halloween but I don't feel like going through the trouble of changing my main URL. I think if I can travel more starting in November like I plan to, I may make it into a travel blog to just keep my pictures and videos.

How long have you been on tumblr

Oof. I was in 9th grade soooo 2011. With a decent break ranging from 2016/17 to last November, 2020.

Do you have a queue tag?

Nope. But I do have a queue going.

Why did you start your blog in the first place?

I started it in 9th grade basically to nerd out. I was into manga and anime and it's what me and my best friends used to express that interest.

Why did you choose your icon/pfp

I use drawings for my icon to have a unique one that nobody else will have. Even before BNHA. Shigaraki because he's my favorite.

Why did you choose your header?

Again, same reason. It's a drawing. And it's Midoriya and Shigaraki because I love them both, they're my favorite part of the story, and I can't wait for their conclusion.

What’s your post with the most notes?

A post with the panel of Touya ripping at his hair from the spoilers. From waaaay back when 300 came out and we got that glimpse of stressed little Touya.

How many mutuals do you have?

I have no idea, but not too many. I like it that way.

How many followers do you have?

818. Some of these ARE from the old days though. A lot of them are not current, or even active on tumblr.

How many people do you follow

49 lmao

How often do you use tumblr each day?

Oof more than I'm proud of. It passes time when work is dead, it's my "me time" at night after work before bed. So I guess at least two hours of interacting with the website each day.

Did you have a fight/argument with another blog once?

I think I've argued once or twice. Back when I was just getting into the fandom on here for BNHA. Then I quickly realized that there's only like, 40 or so blogs worth talking to lmao, and that arguing is dumb. I'm gonna post and say what I want, and I encourage other people to do the same on their own blog instead of arguing. Asks prompting discussions are different, but straight up arguing back and forth is dumb.

How do you feel about “you need to reblog this posts”

I ignore them. Half the time I check the comments and the info on the post is faulty, or I just don't find it actually helpful to reblog a fucking post to help a cause.

Do you like tag games?

YES!

Do you like ask games?

YES!!!!

Which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?

@/hamliet for sure lol, aside from her I'd say @/thyandrawrites is pretty big and has a big following, @/todomitoukei also because her translations are badass and everyone knows it

Do you have a crush on a mutual?

No, y'all watch anime how could I ever

Tagging: @redphlox @mettywiththenotes @helga-grinduil @todomitoukei @thyandrawrites

Sorry if any of y'all were tagged already 🥺

[ggukkiereads]

Hey I was the anon who asked for your ao3, totally fine that you don’t want to share your username so I will gladly accept any tips on how to navigate ao3 🥺🥺 bc I try navigating by just using the guys name or the group name and yeah most of the fics that appear aren’t really my style. ao3 it’s a really overwhelming space 😔 so please help this dumb girl

🌷 hello, AO3 anon! It’s not that I don’t want to share, I just feel like it’s going to overwhelm others (with my 1K bookmarked fics). I am not an expert on AO3 and I’m trying to recall how I navigated through it. Though to be honest, I don’t recall much. I just remember visiting ao3 years ago to check yoonia’s Carousel fic and some other fics I got from those twitter fic recs threads. I sort of took note of the fics separately (like a note app where I list down fics I was monitoring) but AO3 actually has this feature and it should be easy breezy once you get the hang of it! 

I tried to make it as understandable as possible. Please see below the cut

🌷 So there are ways to navigate through fics: 

1) through the filters per fandoms, per member - this is usually the sidebar portion if on desktop

2) through the tags themselves - just click on any tags you like 

3) by subscribing to the author or fic

First, do you need to create an account?

It depends on you. Personally, I tried both. Not having an account, you can still comment but it’s kind of hard for me to keep track of my favorites or fics I’ve already read. Plus if you have an account, you can subscribe to fics or to authors so you get notified every time there is an update. You can also bookmark fics you like or fics you want to read. All up to you how you want to use the bookmarking tool.

I use my secondary email, the one I use for random subscriptions to stuff like games, netflix, etc. I feel more comfortable using secondary or dummy email as I call it. 

1) NAVIGATING THROUGH filters per fandoms, per member

I screenshot below the sidebar which allows you to filter content. If you prefer reading FxM fics, then choose that. If you’re in the mood for member x member scenarios then choose MxM. 

Additionally, you can adjust settings too for what to exclude. In my example below, say I don’t feel like reading multi-member fics and I just want FLUFFY fics. I can also adjust in the “exclude” settings.

You can also sort them per recent post, per hits, or per comments. I personally mix this because I also like discovering new fics. So, daily or every other day, it’s set to “date posted” so I get to see new fics. Earlier I had an ask re: a fic on AO3 and that was something I was able to read right away and commented on upon its drop (because the filter settings allowed me to see it right away way before it got popular). 

The Hits or Kudos or Comments filter allows you to see which ones are already popular among readers and I guess initially you want to try this settings to help you get started. Not all of the choices will be according to your taste though. It doesn’t mean it’s popular that it’s going to be to your liking 

🌷TIP:

Once I figured out the filter settings I want (which was more of the recent fics, mostly FxM), I  saved or bookmarked the url. I just clicked on the link and it directs me right away to pre-made filter settings (then I’d get to see new fics for the day)

2) NAVIGATING through the tags themselves

So this is helpful when you’re in the mood for certain tropes or genres. Like there was a time I was  in the mood for roommate AUs and I just binge-read all the fics in the results

So, for example this particular fic has well-defined tags ( I am reading this fic by the way. It’s rockstar Jungkook lol). Example you want to just read “friends with benefits” fics, you can click the link and it will give you ALL FICS that are under the same tag

This will give you ALL RESULTS (screenshot below shows you all fics from various fandoms, AUs, etc).  Repeat after me: the SIDEBAR is your friend. You can filter the results further by choosing the settings you want. 

Same process as #1, use the filter and use the settings you need. You want FxM, filter it to BTS fandom only, maybe for relationships you’re in the mood for just Yoongi x Reader? 

Take note that sometimes you have to apply the settings first before you can set another filter. For example, I set it to FxM and then BTS fandom first then clicked SORT and FILTER. That’s the only time these relationship filters will show (it’s like funneling. Once you’re in the “BTS fandom filter”, it will show you the other filters available to that category.. So for relationships there will be Jungkook x Reader, Yoongi x Reader, and so on and so forth): 

I read all members so I don’t really filter it to any specific members. I really go by the summary of the fic and the tags if they look interesting to me at the moment. 

3) Last, NAVIGATING  by subscribing to the author or fic

So, I actually subscribed to a lot of authors but they are usually on TUMBLR too. I guess, I read more series on AO3 since it is easier to navigate? 

Plus there are authors whose fics are available on AO3 but not on Tumblr. koyamuses for example, has their old fics like River Run (sea serpent!yoongi) and Mangata (pirate!jungkook) on AO3 but I remember their more recent ones are housed on tumblr. Obiwrites, a reader’s favorite, actually started on tumblr but they decided to use ao3 as a sole platform. I think she reposted some of her olds fics (but not all, still waiting for hoseok’s fic depaysement and that yoongi cinderella fic 😭)

There are also authors who have pseuds on AO3 and they post different content. gukluvr, for example, has an ao3 and the fics are different from her tumblr fics.

The beauty of subscribing to an author (say you like their body of work), is you get to see updates as they come. You get an email notif that [ _____ posted  fic title ] - I highlighted those with tumblrs too. It’s easier because with tumblr you search for fics manually but here ao3 does the work for you and just send you the email.

Even if they don’t post anything new, it’s just fun to see all the authors you like in one place in case you want to binge read per author. You can access it through your AO3 profile (if you set up an account)

You can also subscribe to a series only (meaning you don’t feel like subscribing to the author yet). If you subscribe to the author, you get notifs on EVERY FIC they will post. So if the author posts for other fandoms like Harry Potter or Star Wars, then you’d get these notifs too. So, it’s upto you

This is me subscribing per fic/work: (though this is not updated, some of these fics are already completed and I should start “unsubscribing”)

per series (though take note some of these have been completed). I am also subscribed to the authors so it’s kind double but you only get one email notif, don’t worry. 

ONCE YOU GET USED TO the navigation, you can bookmark the fics you like or mark them for later. Some bookmark fics they want to read while others bookmark their favorites. 

In my case, I bookmark all fics I’ve read and categorize them under collections like favorites, etc (but you don’t have to do this; this is just my method to remember fics), I haven’t really updated my bookmarks/collections so 🤷‍♀️. But that’s okay, it’s my own organized chaos so I can easily navigate through it.

For fics I want to read or re-read, I just mark them for later which you can access on the HISTORY page. 

Best to try all these on desktop. Once you get used to it, you can just play around on mobile. Sometimes, I just wait for notifs from my subscribed accounts/series; I just read it right away and mark them on my email as done once I’ve read or bookmark on AO3.

Don’t forget to give kudos to writers you like the stories of! I love giving kudos and I comment sometimes =) 

Okay, whew! I can’t believe I just wrote down a pseudo tutorial on AO3 navigation 🤭. I really hope it’s an easy tutorial for you to go through. Otherwise, I don’t know how I can further explain it. You can use the search bar of AO3 too! Just type, say “friends with benefits” and it will give you all types of fics. But, I just used this so I can click on the FWB tag (see #2 process)

There are so many fun stories or fics on AO3 too! And there are writers you won’t see on tumblr. 

I wish you good luck on your AO3 journey. It might be overwhelming, but it’ll get easier once you get used to it 🌷🧚‍♀️🥰

Enjoy!

[livedsomanylives]

I was tagged by @rvspberryjvm !! Thank you so much 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟💘💘💘

1. why did you choose your URL?

it's a line from a NIN song, 'I do not want this' that got stuck in my mind long ago. It says 'I've lived so many lives. All in my head' and the moment i heard it I thought yes. Sums me up and my inability to do reality pretty well.

2. any side-blogs? if you have them, name them and why you have them.

yep. a few. i've got @withoneheadlight, where i spend most my time here, in my beloved harringrove fandom <3, and then i have a few where i basically save things that interest me in different categories.

3. how long have you been on tumblr?

uh, technically a few years?. I've had a few different accounts that I always ended up forgetting about. But had never really used tumblr until this past last year and a half.

4. do you have a queue tag?

I use the most simplistic 'queue' ... when I remember to put it on XD (which, I should, because I'm always so worried people think I'm in here ignoring them when in reality what I usually have is the longest queue)

5. why did you start your blog in the first place?

this one used to be my inspiration sterek blog for a fic I was writing at that time (4 years ago?) so there's basically all sterek at the bottom. but now I have @ivoryhead for that and this one has become my personal blog, since is my main.

6. why did you choose your icon/pfp?

because billy hargrove in profile + light blue + a distant, cool sun? one of the most beautiful things i've ever seen. also, it has some sort of melancholy that just, gets to me.

7. why did you choose your header?

because that's Cannon Beach, where a few scenes from the goonies were filmed, and where are the rocks carved into the doubloon. I always end up mixing the goonies in everything I do because gosh, I'd live in the feeling of that movie if I could choose. 80s kids + pirate stories. doesn't get better than that for me.

8. what’s your post with the most notes?

oh, i dunno? probably is this dumb star wars/stormpilot comment xD

9. how many mutuals do you have?

I honestly don't know, but they all are amazing mutuals <3

10. how many followers do you have?

tbh i really like how tumblr doesn't show the follower count? i LOVE the ones i have (hiiiiiiiiiii!!! 😘😘😘) and it's always 🎉🎉🌟🌟🌟🎉🎉🎉 getting new followers but i still think is better that is hidden, for many different reasons.

11. how many people do you follow?

about 1000? Im just too lazy to go through my big-ass list and unfollow watever is inactive xD

12. have you ever made a shitpost?

if saying the first stupid thing that comes to my head in here is considered a shit post, then t o o m a n y.

13. how often do you use tumblr each day?

I love to check it bc is kinda like hanging around with all of you 🎉🎉 but I've been trying to reduce the number of times i do it bc i get eaaaaaasily distracted and also, neck pain ugh. phone bad BAD!

14. did you have a fight/argument with another blog once? who won?

nope. never. sometimes i want to leave my opinion in some posts, but i still feel pretty insecure about the language, so i'm perpetually afraid of being misunderstood

15. how do you feel about “you need to reblog this” posts

the ones with something good/bad is gonna happen if you don't reblog? i usually scream internally while i fast-scroll past them while both feeling like bwahhahaha! and scared shitless.

16. do you like tag games?

oh i LOVE tag games.

17. do you like ask games?

very very much. even if sometimes i repent bc it's hard for me to find the time to answer them xD.

18. which of your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?

Idk but @chichipafarolillos is my personal superstar 💞💞💞💞💞

19. do you have a crush on a mutual?

No crush but I really really 💗💗💗💗 my mutuals.

20. tags?

(forgot to publish this so you'all have probably been tagged already but!)

@memes-saved-me @jimhhawkins @fuckoldmansteve @smashmouth-hargrove @mourntheantagonist @catharrington @thestreetsatnight @lovebillyhargrove @foxie-herminah @disdaidal @c0bblenygma @inthelonelycoolbeforedawn @gothyringwald @swimbirdyswim @imnotyourmarypoppins @cherrydreamer @ihni @leatherr-n-lace @allaboardtheussharringrove @silentlylovingyourwork @wint3r-b0y @honeydewmelo @aeon-of-neon @mediocre--writing

[sadgirlindiemusic]

Check in tag! Got tagged by @isitizyesitis, ahh thank you for the tag!!

Under the cut to save a dash. :)

Why did you choose your url?

Bc it was available? Actually I think because I’d just seen a “what your favorite sad girl indie musician says about you” tiktok and it was fresh in my mind when I picked my url. (My favorite is most of them, I don’t know what that says about me.)

Any side blogs? If you have them, name them and why you have them.

none!

How long have you been on Tumblr?

Since March. I had a tumblr in the 2010-2014 range but I deactivated it long long ago.

Do you have a queue tag?

Noo I’m lazy and not creative and I just use #queue.

Why did you start your blog in the first place?

Bc I needed a fandom outlet so I could stop going through the mortifying ordeal of trying to get irl friends into the thing I’m currently fixated on so I have people to talk about it with and then they either never finish reading/watching/playing it, or they finish it and think it’s fine but don’t have much to say about it.

And since I don’t love twitter and I'm interested in fic/analysis/headcanons tumblr seemed like the place to be.

Why did you choose your icon?

It’s a picture I took that I was going to replace with something else eventually but just... never did. And anyway, I like the picture.

Why did you choose your header?

I don’t think I ever put one up! I use mobile 99% of the time.

How many mutuals do you have?

16, just counted lol.

How many followers do you have?

31. My blog is a baby.

How many people do you follow?

60

Have you ever made a shit post?

How dumb does a post have to be to count as a shit post?? Probably yes.

How often do you use tumblr each day?

It varies... sometimes not at all, sometimes when I have meetings that I don't need to participate in much I scroll for actual hours. Thanks pandemic work from home.

Did you have a fight/argument with another blog once? Who won?

Nope.

How do you feel about "you need to reblog this" posts?

“Well now I am not going to do it.”

Do you like tag games?

Sure! Although I feel like the questions can be repetitive.

Do you like ask games?

Yep! But I don’t play them that often.

Which of your tumblr mutuals do you think is famous?

None of them? A few of them get a lot of anons which makes them seem tumblr famous to me tho lol.

Do you have a crush on a mutual?

I have a friend crush on all of my mutuals, you are all very lovely.

I tag... @washingtonleagueoffurries, @see-you-around-kiddo (if you guys haven’t done it yet and want to ofc) and anyone else who would like to. :)

[goeymoey]

What if you tricked me?

A BBS short! (Part 1/??)

Hope you enjoy :) !

——-

Nogla’s mic popped as he sat down in his chair. The signature black headphones already perched on his head.

“ Okaay, what we doin’ today boys?”

Miles away, in a different country, Tyler sighed. “ You really gotta get that mic fixed, man.” He turned on his web cam for emphasis and gave Nogla’s profile picture a frown. “ It sounds like shit.”

“ What do ya mean?” Nogla faked a whine. “ It sounds great! everybody loves the sound of my voice through this here mic! Am I rights boys?”. While turning on his web cam as he talked, Nogla leans back in his chair with both arms spread wide open.

“ I sound like a god!”

A neon green light highlights around Brian’s box as he snickers. “ Yeah...the god of shit!” Brian flicks his web cam on but, instead of being greeted with a smiling Irishman, he shows his middle finger.

Nogla sticks out his tongue. “ Shut yer fuckin mouth, traitor.” He crossed his arms with a pout. “ You’re the one who gave me the mic in the first place!”

Tyler and Brian lock eyes on the screen as the later smirks widely.

“ Why do you think that was?”

Nogla shrugs. “ I don’t know! I thought it was because you were being a good friend but-“ He gives Brian a hard stare through his screen “-OBVIOUSLY I was incorrect in my assumption! Hmpf!”

Another mic pop echos through the others headphones after Nogla’s shout, and it makes the two begin to snicker.

“ Sorry for trying to be a GREAT FRIEND and give you something of mine!” Brian says through a laugh. “ I guess I’ll go fuck myself next time!”

“ Shut yer cunt mouth you dirty-“

Nogla’s mic pops as it cuts off the final word to his sentence.

“- Next time I see ya, I’ll make sure to stick my foot up your dirty arse!”

Tyler bangs on his desk with a closed fist before taking off his head seat and walking away from the screen.

His faint laughter can be heard even as he walks out of his office and down the hall.

Brian smiles wide at the echoing laughter of his friend. He hunches over his keyboard, to be closer to the screen, as if he was about to follow Tyler himself.

“ You made the man leave the room, Nogla! how do you feel?”

Nogla scowls. “ I feel nothing towards any of ye cunts now...fuckin hate y’all...”. He mumbles. “ Especially-...Hey! Brock!”. Nogla cuts himself off as the discord ping of someone joining the voice call rings in his headset.

“ Just the man I wanted to see!”

Brock sighs and turns his web cam on. He stares at Nogla with a slack face of indifference.

“ Hey Nogla.”

The tall Irishman smiles wide. “ Did ya miss me?”

Brock scratches at his chin. “ No.”

“ What? Come on, Brock! I’m giving you all my love right here and you just-“ Nogla exaggerates his movements while shaking his hand in front of his face. “-give me this!” He slouches back in his chair. “ You give me nothing.”

Brock smiles. “ Okay...Hey Brian.”

The other Irishman smiles at the acknowledgment and tips his head. “ Hey Brock. How’ve ya been?”

“ Oh, y’know...” Brock holds in his laughter at the sight of Nogla giving him a deadly stare through the screen. “...same old things everyday, every night...the use’.”

Brian stretches his arms behind his back causing the bottom of his shirt to ride up a bit. “ Oh the woes of a single man in he early twenties. Never having any fun.” He rests back into his chair with both arms laying in his lap. “ Bet you wish you would have taken me up on that trip to Ireland, huh?”

Brock rubs at the back of his neck. “ Kinda...but not really.”

Nogla has given up trying to get Brock’s attention back and is now glued to his phone.

He mumbles something under his breath, but the other two males don’t catch it.

The door to Tyler’s office shutting muffles in the back ground of everyone’s head phones as the tall man comes stalking back to his chair. His attention is also focused on his phone, but his face is a mix of confusion and frustration.

He doesn’t reciprocate the others greetings and instead hastily shows the screen of his phone to the web camera.

“ Did any of you guys get this message from Evan?” Tyler’s grip on the blue cases phone tightens as he asks the question.

“ It says he sent it to me a while ago, but I left it down stairs.”

While listening to Tyler speak, both Brian and Brock brought out their phones.

“ Ummm...Yeah...” Brian starts awkwardly. “ I got a message from him too but...but it’s just a link with no url...” He mimics Tyler by holding up his phone to the web cam. “ It’s just a grey box...is that what you got?”

Tyler nods and sets his phone out of view from his camera. The screen facing up at him...just in case.

“ Yeah...it’s weird...How about you, Brock? Nogla?”

“ I got the box.” Brock shows the two his phone.

From his slouched position, Nogla mumbles. “ Same here.” His eyes stay glued to the screen. “ I already clicked on it, and it doesn’t seem...weird.”

The three watch as Nogla sits up and exposes his screen. “ I think it’s just a new game, or something like that.” He faces his phone towards him and then scrolls up on the screen. “ It’s like asking for my email and stuff like that so, I’m just guessing that’s what it is.”

Brock puffs out his cheeks. “ But what if it’s a virus?”

Brian shakes his head while tapping on the link. “ Evan wouldn’t send us a virus. He’s too smart for that.” His eyes shine against the brightness of the phone.

He flips up and down on the screen and then nods with a hum. “ Yeah, I think this might just be a new game for us to play. It all looks that way.....you wanna check it out togther?” Brian looks up from his phone. “ It says it’s multiplayer.”

Tyler purses his lips in an unsavory frown. “ I don’t know...it still seems a little sketchy.”

“ Aww, please, Tyler?! Please!” Nogla clamps his hands together in a plea while bowing his head. “ I’ve already set up my account and made my avatar! It’s too late to back out now!”

Brock huffs. “ Maybe for you.”

Nogla points at the screen with a strict finger. “ You shut yer fuckin mouth you god damn short prick!”

“ Hey! Don’t call me short!”

“ But you are!”

“ No I’m not! I’m 5’9!” Brock glares with his arms crossed. “ It’s like the average height.”

Nogla makes a ‘pft’ noise. “ That’s just what short people say! Now-“ bouncing up from his seat, Nogla waves his phone around dramatically “- hurry up and make y’all’s profiles before I start without ya! I’m getting bored!”

The others sigh at Nogla’s childish behavior, but fill out the link anyway.

It takes a few more minutes then Nogla would have liked- since Brian couldn’t decide whether he wanted his character to have blue or brown hair- but he refrained himself from succumbing to his impatience.

Brock was the last to finish his avatar with a worrying smirk as he tapped the ‘save’ button.

“ Okay, I’m ready. Who’s making the game?”

Nogla pipped up with shimmering eyes. “ I will you slow cunts! I’ve been waiting forever, let’s do this!”

Tyler rolled his eyes. “ It’s been like five minutes.”

“ Well, it felt like a long time!”

Brian scoffed at his friends whining. “ And yer just making it longer by complaining about it.” His arms sit across a wide chest as he laid back with the black cased phone sitting on his desk.

“ Just make the game already, jeez.”

Nogla huffed. “ I’m going I’m going....Okay, what are your guys usernames? The same as always?”

All three nod in agreement.

“ Yeah.”

“ Mhm.”

“ Weirdly, yes. I didn’t even have to change the ‘s’ in ‘Terroriser’ to a ‘z’ or add a 0.”

Brock hummed. “ Same here, and usually my names the first to go.”

Nogla rolls his eyes. “ Whatever, boring. It should be sending you an invite riiight....now.” He points to the screen just as three simultaneous dings pop in the others headphones.

“ The game won’t be able to start unless we all accept so, hurry up!”

Tyler looks down at the acceptance button suspiciously. “ I still don’t feel good about this...but fuck it! Let’s do this!” He taps the button and waits for the others to join.

Brock nods. “ Yeah, it might actually be fun!” He accepts the request.

Brian hesitates as he reads the short paragraph of rules before accepting.

“...this may be too much for some audiences...viewer discretion is-...I think this might be a horror game!” Brian exclaims with glee.

Brock’s face turns pale. “ A horror game? Does it say what it’s about? I didn’t read the warnings!” Brock looks down at his phone with worry as his free hand fiddles with his hair.

“ I wouldn’t of accepted if I had read that...”

Tyler snorts. “ Quit being such a pussy, Brock. It’s a mobile game. No mobile games are scary.”

“ Except for Five Nights at Freddie’s.” Nogla interjects.

“ That’s different.” Tyler responds.

“ How is that different? It’s a mobile horror game?”

“ It’s different because FNAF is based off of real life human things...like the fear that toys are alive or...yeah.” Tyler bites his lips in thought. “ Stuff like that.”

“ That sounds dumb.”

“ You’re dumb!”

“ Shut the fuck up, Nogla.”

“ No. You shut up.”

Brock sighs in irritation. “ Brian, hurry up and accept the invite before I blow my brains out from listening to these two.”

Brian absently nods as he reaches the end of the paragraph. “ Yeah yeah...im almost done.”

He taps the accept button.

“ I was just-“

“ Ooh Shit-“

The world turns black for all four men as their bodies slump down into their chairs. Phones slip carelessly from hands as headphones ride up on their heads and chairs creak beneath pounds of dead weight.

Tyler’s web came shakes as his head slams down on the desk in a dead black out. The door to his office jiggles behind him, but stays shut.

Brock’s head rolls back over his chair as his jaw unhinges to let his mouth hang open freely. The top of his headphones slide forward onto his forehead while his shoulders rise up on the chair.

Nogla’s arms simply drop dead and hang off the armrests of his chair while his head props up, unmoving, on his shoulder.

Brian’s body fully slips out of his chair as all dead weight transfers to the front of his seat and sends the furniture flying backwards. His camera also shakes as his body slams against the ground without trying to catch himself.

Then everything is still.

A green highlight appears around Tyler’s web cam as a bird chirps outside, but nobody moves and nobody talks.

...

Soon, their chests stop rising.

[hayjeon]

Tips on creating fun fanfic headers!

i had so much fun writing the fanfic writing tips yesterday and i got a few more questions about header-making, and so i decided to make one more of these! i hope these tips help somebody out there! hope you enjoy :) 

p.s. these tips won’t require any hard editing skills or photoshop skills, nor any expensive tablets/apps! 

typically i spend around ~5-10 min creating one header, and that’s either after i think of/finish a fic. i have so much fun doing it and sharing it with you that i figured i’d share how i do it! 

why headers? 

as I talked about in my fic tips, one of the most eye-catching things about fics are headers. when i’m scrolling through a rec page, my home page, a tag, or even someone’s masterlist, i’m immediately drawn to well-made headers. that’s what captures my attention, and then i’m more drawn in by the content. so, you can say that headers is your own version of an ad for your own fic, or an extension of it (like the cover of a novel!) 

if you were writing your own book, imagine how much time you’d spend figuring out what you wanted your cover to look like. i try to have as much fun and invest as much time making my own headers because it’s just the cherry on top to my finished product :) 

disclaimer: BUT HEADERS ARE NOT NECESSARY/DO OR DIE! if you don’t feel like you want to do this, then keep writing! its ok! this is just a suggestion. i’ve seen plenty of well-written fics without headers at all, so don’t beat yourself up over not having one/not wanting to do one. this is truly just a fun, extra kind of thing, and only keep reading if you want to learn how i do it! :) 

tips for people who don’t want to make headers: if you still want something to make your fic stand out, use gifs! i use them in my drabbles a lot! this will at least give ur fic a lil boost! 

how to find pictures

I typically use unsplash, which is a free website in which photographers upload their HQ pics for free use. the pics are really high quality, typically stock photos, and don’t have any logos on them like other ones on google. unfortunately, you won’t find any pics of the members or anything, but you’ll find beautiful stock photos of typical scenes like “ocean scene” or “desert scene.” I found the stock photo for cut me open (shown below) on that site by just looking up “medical” or “doctor”. 

i used to use google a lot and just use keywords like “desert scene HQ” and edit the search settings to deliver HQ pics, and a minimum # of pixels, but unplash is definitely better in terms of quality, more aesthetic photos, and no logos/watermarks. 

on some occasions, i will screenshot some scenes of youtube videos, turning up the quality to 1080p or 4k and zooming in so that the pixelation is as crisp as possible, and then editing it later to look good (which i’ll explain in a second!) 

the above photo was a scene from the specific characters from the drama, “100 Days My Prince” that I screenshotted from a youtube video that TvN uploaded, recapping the drama. I cropped it just right so that their faces were left out, which i’ll also mention soon! 

things to look for when picking pictures: 

you want the picture to reflect a specific motif/theme from your fic! if its a moody fic, then try to find a moody scene that you can edit with filters/lighting to look even moodier; or if the characters’ jobs are a big portion of the fic (like cut me open/doctor theme) try to look for stock photos with that shown very clearly!

make sure its high quality: tumblr really dumbs down the quality of the photo when uploading it, so try your best to find something with a lot of pixels in it so that when you start editing, you don’t sacrifice too much of the quality already

try to look for something simple/clean: a picture with too much subject (ie. people in the background, or too much detail) may end up taking away from the main point of your header, which is your title. so find pics without too much clutter! 

try to make sure its landscape: which will help during editing to save some of the quality better. 

editing your pictures

now that you have a specific photo you want to use, now its time to edit! I use VSCO CAM (free app) and my own apple photos cropping tool for faster crops. 

crop/adjust: if your picture is too large/wide, crop it to at least a 16:9 ratio. i’d say aim for skinnier if you can, so that you don’t take up too much space (especially if you’re planning to add headers to your masterlist). also crop out any faces, any clutter, any unnecessary details, so you have a nice, clean slate to work on when adding text. 

contrast/sharpen/clarity/white balance/etc.: i’m not gonna give you a lesson on photography, but i’ll tell you I learned like 80% of everything that i know just by fiddling with it on VSCO! So just try it out and play with the app, see what you can make of it. i’d say a rule of thumb to follow is that you want happier fics with a brighter tone, and moodier/angsty fics with a darker tone so that it can reflect the nature of the fic further, without saying anything! 

if you wanna be extra af like me, then go a step further and photoshop your pics. this one is a good example; when i screenshotted this scene from another youtube video for my fic One Year My Love part 2, i was specifically looking for a scene that would showcase the ornate/regal details of their clothing/environment in contrast to part 1′s modest clothing/scene (the first header in this post). 

i found this scene, but actually, this scene portrays the Crown Prince and the Princess, not y/n. So, the actors weren’t smiling at all! They were actually frowning at eachother in this scene, to portray the tension between the two characters and their marriage. 

So, I took the extra step, adjusting the pic with VSCO so that their shoulders/chins were at the same level, cropped off their faces up until their lips, and then used the adobe photoshop free app to photoshop their lips to be SMILING at eachother!!!! subtle, but important! 

call me crazy for taking that much time but i’m so proud of how it turned out and i loved every second of making this one. that way, this scene makes it portray the happy ending for Jungkook and y/n! 

adding text to your header

you can use any app out there, but i really like Font Candy! I actually ended up buying the 2$ version of this and never regretted it, but you can actually find a lot of their basic fonts on the free version; I tend to use the fonts: OSTRICH SANS, BEBAS, TREND, and INTRO the most! these are pretty clean-looking, block letters that look good whenever i put them as my titles. 

I love this app too cause you can easily control the spacing between letters to make them take up more space, add shadows, or even make them contrast their background using the overlay feature; like this one i made for wildest dreams (see how the text changes depending on what part of the photo its on? amazing! it’s literally with a click of a button!!)

And i’ll always add “written by HAYJEON” or “by HAYEJON”, space it out, and add it somewhere underneath as my own branding.

orrrrrr 

if you want to be more creative, you can even go a step further and use whatever you have on hand to enhance whatever you’re trying to portray. 

for this one, i ended up finding this amazing photo on unsplash and i thought it would do a create job of portraying the “movie-set” quality of what wildest dreams is going to be about. this stock photo had someone else’s names on it, so i used my ipad, and used instagram to just erase the existing writing with the color of the background, and then wrote in my own title and url with my own handwriting/apple pen!!! 

i thought this was pretty cool because it’s like wildest dreams is its own movie/has its own movie set, which, once it’s out, you guys will see that it’s supposed to be! 

saving/uploading

this is pretty easy/obvious, but i figured i’d mention it. all the apps i mentioned are available on the appstore, and they will save directly to your photos. after doing that, i’ll just upload them into a special folder i have on my google drive so that when i’m finished writing a fic on tumblr using my laptop, i can easily download the photos without sacrificing quality. easy! 

and that way, i can save them forever; even if i have to delete them from my computer, i can always redownload them! 

side note: making text separators

i just recently started doing this, but ever since tumblr took down their text separators, i’ve just been cropping the bottom like 5-10 pixels of the header to use as my text separators! (with my laptop)

i saw some other writer doing it and thought that it looked better than what i had used previously (a cropped photo of a random line i found on google); i found that doing this tied my fics together a little better and just looked better aesthetically; 

so there it is! hope you enjoyed! :) i would love to see what other tips you guys have been using, feel free to send me an ask or reply to this post; and if you end up using any of my tips, please let me know! I love to hear from you guys all the time <3 

lots of love, especially during these times, 

hay <3 

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💌 — taggity tag game wOo

tagged by: the lovely @lovestay ♡

name/nickname: veronica, but any variation of veronica will do ! roni, ronnie, ron, v, dumb bitch, vero, nica... really anything !! 

gender: w0man

star sign: cancer

height: it’s 5′5″ and a half 😎

time: 11:36 pm

birthday: july 5th :D

favorite bands: skz, ajr, bts, txt, the 1975

favorite solo artists: jon bellion, rina sawayama, dua lipa, billie eilish, finneas, lauv, halsey

song stuck in my head: MAKNAE ON TOP oOwOaHoH :D (and also “drivers license” by olivia rodrigo and “falling” by harry styles bc they’re my college audition songs ksjf)

last movie: honestly i have nooooooo idea sorry kfdj :)

last show: this isn’t a Show show but ‘lucids’ by nicholas podany !! it’s a youtube series based off two tik tok series he’s made and a new part got released a few days ago.. i’m so addicted but he’s such a genius <//3

when i created this blog: may... 5th? i think? (2020)

last thing i googled: the bpm of “drivers license” skjdf

other blogs: @childofthecycle (main), @lq-hhj, @cotc-recs, @ctrlhyun, and some nets & url saves hehe

do i get asks: yeah! in the past month or so i’ve been getting them pretty regularly which is wACK but pretty cool :) thanks doods

why i chose my url: my main is ‘childofthecycle’ so like... child of the cycle :)))))))) (and @/cotc was taken so i doubled it ksdfjd)

following: 491

followers: 748 [cries profusely] thANKS PEEPS :’)

average hours of sleep: 5-7 i’d say 

lucky number: 7, 5, or 2 !! mainly 7 tho

instruments: my Voice 😎 & the computer

what i’m wearing: black sweatpants and a big big beige sweatshirt with some leopards and tigers on it :)) uwu

dream trip: england !!!!!!!!!!!!!! ENGLAND. i wanna study abroad there so Hecking bad oh my-

favorite food: ummm idk... i’m not very picky i guess?

nationality: 🇺🇸😔

favorite songs: "guillotine” by jon bellion & “god’s menu” by skz !!!

top 3 fictional universes i’d like to live in: domus amoris <///3 dkfjg or the oasis from ready player one. i don’t have a third.

taggin’: @runalongwith-skz, @soulssung, @crystal-snowing, @hyunsins, @strawberryparfaitforskz, @blueprint-han, & @meiiyue !! (+ anyone who wants to ♡)

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🗓️ When did you create your blog? - 🖋️ What made you decide on your URL? - 📝 What was the name of your first fic? - 🏆 What is your favourite fic you’ve written and why? - ❤️ Who is your favourite character to write for? - 🥰 What’s the fic you’re most proud of? - 🎶 How do you get yourself in the mood to write? - 🤔 Have you got any fics planned? - 💕 What’s your favourite line in a fic you wrote?

Oh I created this blog back in Janurary 2020, like I knew the world was about to be put on a standstill. Not really, a friend had sent me some Steve Rogers Fanfic and I was hooked.

I dont remember my first name for this blog. Something to do with wolves. But I was thinking how I could slip my name into the Chris Evans fandom and make it uniquely mine. Then I saw the mean tweet clip about how Chris Evans was a stupid sweater wearing dumb dork and I based it around that mean tweet cause his reaction is so genuinely hilarious with it.

The name of my first posted fic is Plum Memories featuring Bucky Barnes reminiscing his first plum with a girl named Dot.

One of my favorite fics Ive written was an ask for Ari Levinson. Its untitled but can be read here. Just a smutty little piece about getting high with Ari. I think I enjoy it so much cause it just feels like an Ari moment, even though he rarely lazes and enjoys himself. Also... the scene is just really hot to me and makes me wish for it myself. Lol

My favorite character to write for? Probably Curtis Everett. Hes this angsty driven man, which is just a thing I enjoy in stories. I feel like giving some angst speaks to me. He lives in an apocalypse and that is one of my favorite settings.

Im most proud of Life After Snowpiercer. It was the biggest writing undertaking I have ever done and although its got issues, I will never feel prouder then I am of that. I love those two so much and I simply poured everything I had into it. I cried when I posted the last chapter, it was so overwhelming at the moment.

It has to be silent, I cant have any distractions. I dont like music or tv playing in the background, I dont like people trying to talk to me. So typically I write late at night when everyone is sleeping at home or those rare occasions I am home alone. The rare quiet times, I shut down the tabs to social media, and close my eyes, then type. After a while I will go back and edit my typing errors. But when I can get into that moment, the story plays like a movie in my mind. Its a hard thread to hold onto.

Any planned fics? I have been working all year on a Andy Barber series featuring a woman he saved. I also have a halloween fic featuring Nick Vaughn that I have been working harder on, trying to get it ready for October that is based on one of my favorite spooky movies.

Its not a line, but a paragraph from Home Sweet Home

At first Andy had no idea what he was actually looking at, a grotesque face appeared above him in the mirror, like it was balancing on the headboard behind him. Crouching in place, its clawed hands dug into the wood, its muscled body flexing as it swayed slightly on the headboard. Up to its face, a forked tongue slithered out and red eyes glared at him in the mirror. How could something from a nightmare be here right now? He wasn’t asleep, he was just about to make love to his wife. His head jerked back in shock, banging against the headboard with a loud crack as he looked up to see nothing above him. “Fuck!”

Thank you for the ask! Much love always

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Have you ever had something stolen from you? If so, how did you handle it?

honesty meme

screams into the void - I have massive duplicate anxiety because once someone interacted with me on an original character using colin’s face claim. Okay. Sure. Fine. Whatever. Didn’t really vibe with them, was kinda creeped out - just something didn’t sit right and they always sent me asks and prompts that just kind of .. I don’t even know how to explain it lmao.. Well they ended up making a Killian about two weeks after they had been following me on their other blog. And literally their post about it was like ‘wanna write a popular character like taylor at (insert old url) so here goes hook!!” and people pointed it out to me and I was like, that’s weird. but, hey, no harm no foul. I didn’t follow their Killian, but I did let them continue following me on their original character. After a while some mutuals who followed both their blog and mine, started dropping links to icons and gifs that they had stolen from me. Stuff that I had made. I confronted them about it and because I’m a nice person, I let it go after our conversation and didn’t block them. (oh sweet honey child). IT GOT INSANE MARA - ABSOLUTELY INSANE. 

I’d make a verse and like bam two days later they would have the same one. They started taking headcanons of mine claiming they had read the book and it was just a general thought so (me being the petty 24 year old that I was - in my defense they were older than me lol) started referencing random NPCs from my imagination and acting like they were in barrie canon. Like I wrote meta about them and referenced the book and was literally just pulling stuff out of my ass. THEY STARTED USING THE SAME FUCKING CHARACTERS, I WAS SCREAMING. The last straw was they actually had the balls to copy a reply from my blog, change a few sentences in each paragraph and wrote it with a different character than who my starter was originally for.

I .. am ashamed to say it... threw hands. I did not handle it well. I confronted them over skype (oh skype. the good ol days) and they admitted to everything and played the victim by saying it wasn’t fair that I had the writing partners I did etc and that they just wanted to be able to write like I did, but they weren’t sure how to go about it and were afraid they’d just look dumb. Flattery meant to hide the fact they were straight up stealing. I blocked them on all of my accounts, changed my Killian blog so you could no longer right click to copy/paste text or save icons or gifs or anything like that, moved blogs and urls and went full on exclusive with people that I knew didn’t write with them because I didn’t even want to be seen on their dash. The fallout was.. insane. rpc shitstorm 2015-2016 honestly. People broke into these tribes of like ‘dont steal thats gross’ and ‘its roleplay your meta and stuff isnt your own let it go’ .  I honestly laugh about it now because there was so much drama all because someone literally couldn’t use their own damn brain to think for themselves.

So  now - oof. I stay clear of duplicates. I obviously have no ownership of Killian/Captain Hook and everyone is allowed to write who they wish ( and honestly, mate .. I applaud your muse choice)- but I will not allow those I do not know to follow me. Actually in all of my time here, I’ve only ever made friends with three duplicates. One I lost track of after I moved blogs and the two others are either completely inactive or on a hiatus (i miss you tabby !! i love you charlie!!). I am hyper aware of what is canon and what is my brain child and I’d be a nervous wreck if I actually had another duplicate that I didn’t know well and trust following me again. So I usually assume other Hooks feel the same way, and I stay in my lane. I allow some relaxation of this practice when it comes to multis - however, if Killian/Captain Hook is their only pirate muse/once upon a time character - I will not follow. And if someone decides to make a Hook after following me I will not follow and if a multi reblogs something from my blog and doesn’t have the brains to even pretend like they weren’t skulking around by going to the source - i hardblock. Life is too short. I don’t have time to worry about whether people are or are not creative.