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[monardas]

november has been hard for me so far. a death in the family, the sudden loss of daylight because the usa is stupid about its clocks, and difficulty with university studies

but! i have slowly been making progress in cleaning the house and digging another garden bed of flowers and grasses native to my region (i need to sow it soon)

tonight is darker - colder. and the wind is howling, truly, among the high rooftops covered in patches of snow. something stirs, somewhere - somehow.

how has everyone been doing? what have you been up to? do tell me.

[shepscapades]

Ranchers as Grant Wood’s American Gothic was supposed to be sillay and goofy but then I set the ranch on fire and one thing led to another and now it’s. sad DFBJDFGB I’m really happy with how this came out though, so!! Here’s my week 3 piece for the Hermitcraft Design Challenge thingie :]

[modmad]

I really hope Sam Reich learns about you/TPoH some time that would be such a combination

on the one hand I'd adore that on the other I'm about to do something very funny to myself which future me will hate because

have you ever tried drawing pinstripes

[theminecraftbee]

[image ID: two images. the first is a series of signs put up by skizzleman. they are supposed to say “Wall Of Explanation Even Though I’m Sure It’s Not Needed Because You’re All So Supportive And Patient So Thank You Again For Understanding”, but these words are put in an extremely unintuitive layout. the second is the “graphic design is my passion” meme, which tells you how well the first image does at actually conveying the sentence it intended to convey. /end ID]

skizz………skizz.

[lesbianviolet]

[mentalmeles]

It's soon to be over 17,520 hours and I'm still not over them.

A redraw of this old drawing. Reblogs > Likes.

[nickyroethemarinebiologist]

Humphrey Bone, light of my life

[eternity-death]

SUNDAY HEADCANON COUNTDOWN

Day 2: Possessive or Protective?

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Unfortunately, Sunday is more possessive than he is protective.

The main difference between these traits is that a protective person will act out based on what is best for you, while a possessive person will act out based on what is best for themself.

Sunday loves to see you flourish. He truly believes that you are never more beautiful than when you are content and happy. But he is selfish, and he doesn’t believe that Penacony deserves to witness your grace.

He’d much rather keep you for himself. Sunday idolizes you in a way that is almost objectifying.

Metaphorically speaking— Sunday loves to watch you dance, but only if it is in the palm of his hand.

[talesoflore]

When they're not friends or lovers but a secret worse third thing (defying boundaries and blurring the lines between all other conventional relationships)

[decapod-appreciator]

chill vibes!

aw nuts

[fyoht]

season 2 + nods to 'crowley was raphael' truthers

[starch1ldz]

Spencer Reid and theater kid reader. He doesn't really get exposed to it until you move in together, and even then it takes a while. He comes home from a case one day to find you in the kitchen singing along to Hamilton(or a musical of your choosing) and he just gets so confused, but he falls more in love with you anyway. He thinks it's incredibly endearing, the way you pour your heart into it. He comes into the kitchen and wraps himself around you, his arms around your waist and his head on you shoulder. You laugh and he urges you on to continue, a big smile on his face

[deoidesign]

HOT VAMPIRE SUMMER

1800 CLICK NWO VAMPIRES NEAR YOU (it's a link to my webcomic (about vampires (who time travel (and also are gay (and may or may not be in your vicinity (no guarantees)))))

[honeyblockm]

generalizing statements like 'all men are evil' are for sure wrong but also i think its important not to cut discussions of gender out of the picture esp bc they are extremely relevant in this case as misogyny is a big part of wilbur's abusive actions and the wider discussion of the. social environment of cc spaces that enables things like this. so.

[theminecraftbee]

the "how to write a rec post or masterpost" post

i promised this a few days ago, so here it is: my brief guide on how to pitch yourself or someone else on tumblr to other people in such a way that they might actually click on it! this is what i've found is the most effective way to format a set of fic recs or your own masterpost will typically be, at least to me. this is meant for when you're listing multiple fics in one post, typically intending to help a reader choose one they want to read!

the biggest thing to remember is a rec post or masterpost is a tool for a potential reader. therefore, you want to include the information they need in the easiest-to-read way possible.

first off: if you are trying to list or rec more than one fic, do not use the tumblr 'link' embed function. like, you CAN, but ao3 link embeds get ugly when you have more than about one of them. instead, do an in-line link, like this! this will make a longer post much easier to read.

next, with each link, include the following information: a brief summary (it doesn't have to be the same as the summary/pitch you used for ao3, and probably shouldn't be; instead, a one or two sentence description of what the fic is about is best), the fandom it's in, a sense of the fic's length, and rating. (note that you DON'T need to include all the tags and trigger warnings--if someone is intrigued enough to read it, they'll click on the link, and from there they will see the tags and trigger warnings. this should only be enough information to get someone interested.)

finally, ESPECIALLY if it's a rec post, include at least one sentence about why someone should read it. why are you recommending it? this is different from the summary; if a summary of the fic is "joe hills gets stuck in a time loop", the sentence about why someone should read it shouldn't be "haven't you ever wanted to see joe in a time loop?"

the point of rec posts--and indeed promoing on tumblr--is that people trust word of mouth more than they trust a random summary. so give them that word of mouth! if it's a rec post, say something like "it's a fic that made me cry", or "i never thought i'd laugh so much at a fic until i read this", or "the character-voices are on point", or "i stayed up all night reading this". if it's your own master post. include something like "this might be the fic i'm the most proud of", or "this one is great if you like joe hills and enjoy tragedy", or "this one was an experiment in style". something that is NOT just further summary of the fic, but instead describes a good reason to read it!

so, for example, an entry in my own hypothetical master post might look like this:

to convey a certain brilliance, hermitcraft, T, 21k. joe hills and zombiecleo slowly, and through many death loops, drag their way out of their collapsed base to try to survive after a lunar apocalypse. this is the second hermitcraft fic i ever wrote and i wrote it before we knew how moon's big would end, inspired by super hostile; people still tell me it has some of their favorite joe characterization.

and an entry in a hypothetical rec post i might write could look like this:

the sky weighs heavy tonight by mawofthemagnetar, hermitcraft, T, 79k. an ensemble fic in which a plane being flown by keralis and zedaph crashes, and in which the world is still recovering from the scars of a deadly war. i LOVE snake's writing, and this fic was basically designed to capture me specifically; it has cool worldbuilding, body horror, PLANES, a really cool aircraft investigation plot, one of the best-executed ensemble casts in the fandom, and a fun tone! it's a fairly easy read even given it's length, too; if you haven't read it, you absolutely should.

my only remaining recommendation is that if you're writing a LONG fic rec post or a LONG masterpost, you organize it by categories. these categories can be whatever is most useful for you--by relationship tag, by fandom, by ship or not ship, by genre, etc., it's mostly just to make scanning through the post a little easier.

and hopefully this is helpful for some folks out there! if people are interested i can also do one on "how to promo my individual fic", i also have observations and opinions on that.