#2021 tumblr year end review

[jakesullypussyhair]

I posted 10,747 times in 2022

1,534 posts created (14%)

9,213 posts reblogged (86%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@bigmeatyflaps

@hotvampireadjacent

@chimpanzeedotcom

@miseryannie

@omegaverse

I tagged 1,079 of my posts in 2022

#fave - 92 posts

#me - 10 posts

#fuck yeah - 9 posts

#spotify - 9 posts

#prev - 6 posts

#literally - 6 posts

#so real - 5 posts

#bcs spoilers - 5 posts

#my guy - 4 posts

#oh my god - 4 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#so many moments in the trilogy get me but that one specifically is so weirdly beautiful in how it isn't a major moment or framed as victory

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

9,619 notes - Posted March 28, 2022

#4

20,686 notes - Posted February 20, 2022

#3

watch resident evil retribution

21,318 notes - Posted May 23, 2022

#2

WATCH AVATAR WAY OF WATER IN CINEMAS DECEMBER 16TH

26,425 notes - Posted April 16, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

33,611 notes - Posted July 6, 2022

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[velvet-cupcake-games]

Made Marion Development Update, December 2023

Happy Holidays!

Will's more of a "Bah Humbug" kind of guy than a Happy Holidays one, but he's what we've got.

Thanks to everyone who has played through Robin's route and left lovely reviews and feedback!  I'm so happy about the response we received to our first Early Access release, and will be doing my best to make sure all our routes are up to that standard.

Development Progress

We're settling in to creating Will's route now.  Unfortunately, shortly after Robin's route launched I contracted Covid for the second time. I was down for a few weeks between the virus and the Paxlovid I took to beat up the virus. But now that I'm feeling better, it appears the Paxlovid also helped beat up some of my long Covid symptoms.  I'm feeling close to normal for the first time since Dec. 2021!

Since recovering, I have finished writing 3.5/6 major scenes in Will Chapter 1.  I'm hoping to finish Chapter 1 by the new year. Writing Will is quite different from Robin.  It's not difficult to know what he's thinking at any given moment!  As you might be able to guess from the end of Sherwood Common, Will and Marion don't exactly get off on the right foot. It's pretty fun to write their awkward attempts to work together and the bickering that ensues.

For those of you who follow our weekly Tuesday Tidbits updates on Tumblr, I'll be taking a week or two off of those as I celebrate the holidays (though I'll still be writing, just taking a social media break), so I'll see you all in the new year!

[ninja-muse]

2023 Reading Wrap-up

I feel like this year was pretty average in terms of my reading. Some great books, some awful books, a lot of books in the middle. And while I feel as if I kept hitting slumps, I don’t think my stats really reflect that. I kept reading and even though I didn’t hit my goal of 140 books, that’s more because I read more thick and dense books, spent more time writing, and am one year further from the direness of 2020 and 2021.

This also seems to have been the year of T. Kingfisher for me (and also Ursula Vernon). I read several of her horror novels, as well as Digger and a bunch of the ebooks she makes free for patrons, which are really easy go-tos when you want something light and right now. I was kind of surprised when I realized she was my top author because usually that’s Seanan McGuire.

And I read more ebooks in general, because why should I wait for two months for the library to get a physical book in circulation when I can wait two weeks for it to come in on Libby? I’m still trying to reserve Libby use for lighter, faster, less involved books, because I tend to end up skimming a little more and there’s something about physical paper that helps me retain info better when the text is dense.

Now, stats! Yearly total: 128, excluding rereads and picture books Queer books: 44 (34%) Authors of colour: 15 (11.7%) Books by women: 74.5 (58%) Authors outside the binary: 7.5 (5.8%) Canadian authors: 14 (10.9%) Off the TBR shelves: 39 (30.4%) Books hauled: 41 ARCs acquired: 57 ARCs unhauled: 60 DNFs: 9 Rereads: 3 Picture Books: 6

If you look at last year’s stats and the year before’s, I’m pretty much holding steady in terms of my diverse reading—a little more than a third queer, about 60% female and 10% Canadian, around 6% gender-diverse authors. I’m way down on authors of colour though, and I didn’t hit my stretch goal of 20 Canadians, so those are things I’ll have to pay attention to in the year to come. It would be nice if I could manage more queer books too, but that’s not something I’m going to try for quite as much.

Two of my reading goals for the year were to read more books from my TBR than I acquired, and to keep my ARC levels about even. Seems like I pretty much hit them! I expect that 2024 will see fewer book acquisitions because a lot of my 2023 haul was bookstore visits with my dad and we’ve now hit pretty much every store in the city. I was honestly kind of surprised that my ARC problem stands where it does. I was so sure that I was going to have at least 10 more incoming books than outgoing. Go me! My spring ARC purge really, really helped.

I did all right on the rest of my reading goals. All but one book read (The Great Cat Massacre), which was the real point of the list! I only managed to finish one StoryGraph challenge, if you don’t count my pages goal, and as always I failed to read as many classics as I wanted. I’m starting to suspect I’m not a classics person, despite my interest in history and historical fiction. If anyone has classics recs for me, let me know?

To be completely honest, though, I'm not sure I'm going to continue posting to Tumblr. I pretty much stopped updating my feed in the summer and I've felt more relaxed, both in terms of Things To Do Each Day but also in terms of my reading. When I was more active on here, I felt pressured to read diversely at all times and though I try to have a healthy spread of perspectives, I know that I generally don't and am therefore a bad person by Tumblr standards. I am curious what my mutuals have been getting up to this year so please, sound off! And let me know if you do want to see reviews and wrap-ups continue here.

(Friendly reminder that I'm ninjamuse on Storygraph and LibraryThing, if you'd like to follow me there.)

And if anyone’s interested, here are the rest of my year’s highlights:

Top Five Fiction (not ranked)

The Hollow Places - T. Kingfisher

Menewood - Nicola Griffith

Bookshops and Bonedust - Travis Baldree

A Half-Built Garden - Ruthanna Emrys

The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi - Shannon Chakraborty

Top Five Non-Fiction (not ranked)

Magisteria - Nicholas Spencer

Diary of a Misfit - Casey Parks

Evidence of Things Seen - Sarah Weinman, editor

Lay Them to Rest - Laurah Norton

Like Every Form of Love - Padma Viswanathan

Most Impressed By:

Shubeik Lubeik - Deena Mohamed

Diary of a Misfit - Casey Parks

The Hands of the Emperor by Victoria Goddard

A Half-Built Garden - Ruthanna Emrys

Most Disappointing:

Tortilla Flat - John Steinbeck

British Columbiana - Josie Teed

A Killing in Costumes - Zac Bissonette

Tauhou - Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall

Longest Book: The Hands of the Emperor - Victoria Goddard

Best queer book: Diary of a Misfit - Casey Parks

Did I beat 2022? No. Did I beat my Best Year Ever? No. That would be 2021. Did I read more classics? Not even close. Did I read more Canadians? No. I held about steady. Did I whittle my TBR shelves down any? No. Was it a good reading year? Probably about average?

Breakdowns by month:

January February March April May June July August September October November December

[sleepyconfusedpotato]

I posted 1,154 times in 2022

That's 851 more posts than 2021!

827 posts created (72%)

327 posts reblogged (28%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@sleepyconfusedpotato

@inthetags

@shadeops21

@pricescigar

@callofdutystanaccount

I tagged 1,132 of my posts in 2022

Only 2% of my posts had no tags

#call of duty - 510 posts

#call of duty modern warfare - 472 posts

#cod mw - 459 posts

#cod - 437 posts

#simon ghost riley - 320 posts

#sleepy answers - 318 posts

#cod mw22 - 262 posts

#call of duty modern warfare 2022 - 244 posts

#charlotte jade le jardin - 160 posts

#art - 156 posts

Longest Tag: 140 characters

#this song fucked me up in more ways than one. first time i heard it and i noticed the 'you won't get far with my cold cold heart' i was like

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

💀 Beneath The Mask : Vol. 2💀

Vol. 1

Another sketch of unmasked!Ghost !

Apparently that Ghost staring at Soap meme has gone viral on all social media that my sis and my friend messaged me and be like "YO ISN'T THIS THE GUY YOU SIMP FOR????" and I'm like "YEA?? WHERE DID YOU FIND HIM??" and they're like "HE'S EVERYWHERE."

Well, my mans cool and hawt af it's about time he becomes everyone's hot dude even tho they don't know where he's from.

Hope you love it! (❁´◡`❁

6,606 notes - Posted November 18, 2022

#4

💀 Domestic!Ghost 💀

Never have I wanted to marry a fictional character this much 😔

Yes he wears hoodies to dates.

7,203 notes - Posted November 19, 2022

#3

"Detained."

Look at this mofo's face.

Yes it's the Flynn Rider smoulder

See the full post

7,881 notes - Posted November 4, 2022

#2

💀 Beneath The Mask 💀

Wanted to practice my unmasked Ghost, and I had an idea to draw his expressions throughout the campaign. This is really fun to draw WHEW.

His face paint is doing things to me.

HE'S SO FUCKING HOT NNGHH

Hope you love it! (❁´◡`❁)

8,709 notes - Posted November 10, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Ghost forgets he wears a mask sometimes.

The remastered version of the OG prompt because that ending REALLY sets the fucking scene.

I'm sorry Gaz.

11,924 notes - Posted November 14, 2022

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[shinyfire-0]

Phantom of the Opera - Paris Commune Week 2023!

In May 2021, the Phantom of the Opera fandom commemorated the 150th anniversary of the 1871 Paris Commune with the first PotO-Paris Commune Week. The Third PotO-Paris Commune Week will be held May 21-28, 2022, hosted by @shinyfire-0 and @paperandsong.

What is the connection between the Phantom of the Opera and the Paris Commune? The Commune is referenced in Gaston Leroux’s novel The Phantom of the Opera several times, principally in three ways:

The narrator tells us the skeleton found beneath the Garnier is presumed to be a victim of the Commune, but the narrator believes it is in fact Erik’s body.

Erik calls the passage behind Christine’s mirror mon chemin des communards (my Communard road).

Near the end of the novel, Erik places Raoul in a room he calls the cachot des communards (the Communard dungeon).

Ways this week could be recognized:

Follow the tag #poto paris commune 1871

Take a look at what was created in the last couple of years

Create new PotO-Commune content: fics, art, meta, historical posts, moodboards - anything kind of content you want to make.

Use #poto paris commune 1871 for Tumblr posts, and the Paris Commune tag for AO3

Repost/reblog any Commune-related content you have created in the past

Support PotO-Commune content created by others by reading, reviewing, reblogging

Suggested Prompts:

Arson

Gunpowder

Skeletons under the Garnier

Politics: Was Erik an anarchist, a communist, an aspiring member of the bourgeoisie, a nihilist? Was he sympathetic to the Commune or annoyed by it?

What were Erik’s interactions like with the Communards?

Class Warfare

What were the Daroga and Darius doing during the Commune? Had the Daroga located Erik at this point?

Paris Commune 1968 AU: Christine and Raoul participate in the 1968 student protests.

Les Mis 1871 Crossover AU

Look back at the last couple of years’ Commune fics for art ideas (there are some amazing PoTO-Paris Commune fics out there)

Play with the Commune as it appears in the various PotO adaptations:

The Commune is also referenced in Susan Kay’s Phantom. In this version, a very grumpy Erik gives a terse explanation of the politics of the Commune, tells the reader he hates everyone involved (unsurprisingly) and kills a member of the National Guard with his lasso (the National Guard had seized control of Paris in March 1871 after the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian war - essentially, the National Guard were the Communards). He then starts to take the National Guard’s gunpowder and proudly thinks to himself: ‘And so my labyrinth was wired for death, a vast web encircling the minotaur's secret lair. Let foolish, unsuspecting men step with care in the maze of my creation.’  So dramatic! So angsty!

The 2004 PotO musical film was set in 1870 in the middle of  the Franco-Prussian war. At the end of the war, Paris was besieged by Prussia for four months during 1871 and food got so scarce that people started to eat their pet cats and dogs.

There are references to the Commune in the 1925 film and even Argento’s Rat Phantom.

Check the #poto paris commune 1871 tag for research references.

This is a decentralized call for content! You do not have to ask to participate - just tag your work. This is even open to other fandoms - anyone who is interested in creating content centered around the 1871 Paris Commune. We promise to reblog anything tagged as #poto paris commune 1871.

[pictures-of-dogs]

I posted 1,977 times in 2022

That's 745 more posts than 2021!

1,211 posts created (61%)

766 posts reblogged (39%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@pictures-of-dogs

@grizzly-bear-official

@bearotonin-international

@bearpedia

@funnydwagon

I tagged 1,480 of my posts in 2022

Only 25% of my posts had no tags

#dogposting - 766 posts

#ask - 588 posts

#not dogs - 185 posts

#fictional dogs - 162 posts

#dog art - 145 posts

#video - 62 posts

#honorary dogs - 53 posts

#salmon slammin saturday - 45 posts

#dog info - 41 posts

#djungelskog - 36 posts

Longest Tag: 138 characters

#also at first i was like ''why would someone tag me in a video of someone fighting a dog that seems kinda mean'' but then i got to the end

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

this is tonight’s mood, folks

29,983 notes - Posted February 4, 2022

#4

the best thing about having a 5-figure follower count is that strangers will sometimes just tell you how to run your own blog

31,637 notes - Posted January 28, 2022

#3

what’s better than this. just two besties slammin’ salmon together

32,332 notes - Posted April 23, 2022

#2

cringe

43,086 notes - Posted April 13, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

pov you are a fish or perhaps a berry

59,819 notes - Posted April 14, 2022

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[celinamarniss]

Year in Review

In 2023 I posted 4 fics at 58,153 words.

Previous years:

2022: 4 fics at 45,096 words.

2021: 3 fics posted, 55,788 words.

2020: 7 or 10 fics posted, 125,738 words.

2019: 7 fics posted, 72,149 words.

2018: 7 fics posted, 87,752 words

2016: 9 fics posted, 51,643 words

2017: 9 fics posted, 115,336 words

2016: 9 fics posted, 51,653 words

In total, 49 fics posted to Ao3.

We Can't Keep Meeting Like This

34,355 words, gen, Din/Luke/Mara

The Din/Luke/Mara fic I told myself I wasn't going to write! As these things tend to do, it expanded into a much longer fic than I expected. The "five things (plus one)" structure helped to keep it from spiraling even further, but those individual chapters ended up being much longer than I expected and took much longer to write. At first, I serialized the first couple of chapters in smaller excerpts for WIP Weds on tumblr. It was fun to get a little feedback and the weekly deadline compelled me to write those chapters quickly. But when engagement dropped to basically nothing I stopped posting updates and waited to post each chapter to ao3 when it was done. My progress slowed down considerably, but the chapters got longer. I had fun, most of the time.

The Girl Who Traveled the Ways Between the Walls

4,938 words, gen, Animalis verse

Written for the 5k AU fic challenge. Luminous Creatures begins with Mara and Luke's daemons settling, and I regretted never writing a story with an unsettled daemon character. I wanted to write a fic with a fairy-tale vibe and I wanted to explore the weirdness of the Imperial Palace. The Palace becomes a fairy tale wood, and Mara sets off on a quest in which she encounters strange people who aid her or demand aid. Does she learn the right lesson in the end? Perhaps not.

Echo, Revenant, Targeter, Phoenix

15,431 words, gen, Winter Retrac character study

I wrote this one for the Star Wars Big Bang, an experience that ended up being so stressful that I dropped out. I still finished the fic on time and posted it. The fic attracted a modest number of readers (unsurprising given Winter has been basically forgotten these days), but their enthusiasm was very gratifying. I've always liked Winter and I wanted to give her a chance to shine.

However, while I love the worldbuilding and individual scenes and images in this fic, as a whole I don't think it's very gracefully written and I've never been very happy with it.

Cascade

3,429 words, mature, Luke/Mara

I wanted to include A Non-Zero-Sum Game in Vol II of my printed fic collection, but the series felt unfinished without the fourth and final story that I planned to write after Tether. So five years later, I finally wrote it. It was interesting to go back to those old fics and try to write a story that fit the series. I wanted to post it before the new year broke so that I could count it in the 2023 list, and I rushed to get it out. It could probably still use some work.

As the year went on, I failed to meet a lot of the arbitrary deadlines I set myself, and that made writing frustrating and unfulfilling. I don't want it to be like that! I want fic to be fun.

However, I have a lot of non-fandom projects coming up in 2024, and I'm going to have to shift my focus away from fic, at least a little bit.

GOALS FOR 2024

(almost exactly the same as the goals for 2023)

Triumvirate Finale! (explicit, very) The big finale of the Triumvirate series, in which the trio returns to Coruscant to face the Emperor. Doesn’t have a proper title yet. Progress so far: three chapters drafted, 15,410 words.

A Smuggler’s Guide to Joining the Rebellion (gen) The sequel to The Things You Find on Tatooine. Progress: the first chapter finished, 2,241 words.

Lando Calrissian and the Jewel of Andara (gen) The Lando and Mara heist romcom I’ve been promising forever. Progress: three chapters drafted, but in need of heavy revision, 6757 words.

Other fics on the backburner:

Courtship remix

Experiments

Daughter of the Rain and Snow

More daemon fic! 

[elinekeit-artstuff]

I posted 67 times in 2022

That's 12 more posts than 2021!

43 posts created (64%)

24 posts reblogged (36%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@elinekeit-artstuff

@saintbleeding

@angry-bones

@goodolmoodkill

I tagged 66 of my posts in 2022

Only 1% of my posts had no tags

#2022 works - 31 posts

#the magnus archives - 21 posts

#jonmartin - 20 posts

#martin blackwood - 16 posts

#the dinghy - 15 posts

#jonathan sims - 14 posts

#martin k blackwood - 12 posts

#artists on tumblr - 11 posts

#teaholding - 10 posts

#my art described - 9 posts

Longest Tag: 89 characters

#thinking about s2 marto growing his hair out a bit and started to have a bit of a stubble

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

See the full post

1,633 notes - Posted May 22, 2022

#4

Martin will be salty about this for the rest of his life, but can you really blame Jon tho?💗

ID under the cut

[ID: A three panel comic depicting Jon and Martin from The Magnus Archives drawn in a sketchy pencil style. Martin is a tall, freckled fat man with stubble and short hair. His fringe is pushed back by a hairband. Jon is a thin man with short beard and long wavy hair that is styled into a messy bun. They are both wearing a loose t-shirt.

First panel, Martin smiles and says “Mornin’ What do want for-” which is interrupted by Jon who asks “Will you marry me?” with a love drunk expression on his face. There are floating love hearts surrounding Jon.

Second panel, they are both flustered and blushing. Above them, the text says “Both just processed what was said”. Martin asks “What?” and drops a mug. Jon says “huh?” at the same time.

Last panel, Jon repeatedly kisses a grumpy Martin on his face throughout their conversation.

M: I was going to ask you! J: Yes, yes M: I had this whole thing planned! For Months! J: You said M: I’m still mad at you! J: I know M: I love you, you prick! J: I love you, too M: You owe me a perfectly good mug! I really like that one!

They are surrounded by floating love hearts. End ID.]

1,800 notes - Posted September 22, 2022

#3

The LOVE and AFFECTION in his VOICE 🥺💖

Local Archivist™️ is in love and he will make it everyone’s problem cause he can.

1,868 notes - Posted June 13, 2022

#2

Did you know Jon’s brain played Stray Italian Greyhound on repeat when he was pining after Martin in S2? 

Source(s): Dude, trust me

1,995 notes - Posted July 1, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

See the full post

2,670 notes - Posted November 13, 2022

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[fixing-bad-posts]

I posted 534 times in 2022

That's 271 more posts than 2021!

477 posts created (89%)

57 posts reblogged (11%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@fixing-bad-posts

@mango-bubbletea

@fandoms-princess

@awnowimsad

@theelispace

I tagged 534 of my posts in 2022

#ask fbp - 277 posts

#anon ask - 197 posts

#fbp submission - 119 posts

#queer - 113 posts

#blackout poetry - 108 posts

#fixingbadposts - 79 posts

#fixing-bad-posts - 79 posts

#fbp reblogs - 57 posts

#queer inclusion - 40 posts

#queer inclusivity - 37 posts

Longest Tag: 137 characters

#i love this one‚ toddycats—i love how coherent the resulting message is‚ and i love the crisp colour contrast against the messy linework!

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

ㅤ

i feel like you've just walked into my house, and now you're standing in my doorframe without saying a word

2,456 notes - Posted May 20, 2022

#4

[Image description: A text post, edited to remove many of the letters and words. Resulting text is below.]

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Y'all do realize that "pronouns don't equal gender!" is true So by saying that you're basically cool you can go by he/him pronouns and be a lesbian. lesbians are pog women in space kiss

Submitted by @bregee13

3,625 notes - Posted March 2, 2022

#3

[Image description: A tumblr post in blackout poetry style. An image of purple and green bokeh lights is overlayed on the blackouts. Resulting text is below. End description.]

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aro/aces sure as hell are queer

Submitted by @untableflip

3,758 notes - Posted May 1, 2022

#2

Reviews for The Sandman (2022)

[Image description: A series of reviews for the TV show, The Sandman (2022), edited blackout poetry style. Resulting text is below.]

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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars) gay people. I like the gay fantasy lol. 1,000%.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars) I think they are just promoting homosexuality! I recommend it.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars) Great series and acting. Gods, waitresses, cookers, husbands, wifes are all gay!

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars) The series is great. Talks about sexism and LGBTQ+ characters all the time. This is a show about the Sandman. I believe anyone in their right mind would like this.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (11 stars) gay activities going on, it was overwhelming

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5 stars) The shows good, Sandman and the Gay People. At a certain point you need to give everyone a powerful gay feminist.

Submitted by @marco-tries-to-be

Original Post by @nicostiel

4,165 notes - Posted August 10, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

[Image description: a tumblr text post, edited blackout-poetry stye to read, "do not give up writing. there will be a story."]

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do not give up writing. there will be a story

18,647 notes - Posted January 25, 2022

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[manonamora-if]

Retrospective 2023 (3)

Haven't looked at numbers in a minute, and since my presence online has been super inconsistent (especially here) recently, I have no idea how this will end up looking. I've updated this sheet a couple of time during the year, but not in a way it tracks old numbers... Because Tumblr has a limit of 20 images per post, I won't include the graphs here, like I did last year, but in this doc (for those interested). Also, I realised I didn't even do celebration posts for milestones this year... And there were quite a few ;-; sorry

For the relevant projects, I've also included a more detailed recap of what's been done this year. All of it is under the cut.

The projects are ordered in date of release.

Forewarning, those stats are not a good representation of IF/Tumblr popularity. The numbers should not be taken as a baseline for comparison. There are many different factors that resulted in those, most of them being out of everyone’s control. I am only comparing myself to Past-Me.

2021 Releases

Status: Complete.

No major updates, since the game is complete. Only some maintenance fixes. The source code of older versions is also available on my GitHub.

Stats:

5.475 total plays (+1.7k-ish)

30 ratings (+5), with an average of 4.4/5 (+0.1)

Inside 316 collections (+108)

Almost 2.3 views/play (+0.1)

Unsurprisingly, the interest for MtP is going down. The game is complete, has not and will not have new updates. It would surprise me if it would gain any traction at this point. I expect the additional plays not to pass 600 by the end of 2024.

2023 Milestones:

5k plays

30 ratings

PLAY | INTRO POST | RATE | REVIEW

Status: Hiatus

I wanted to have an update for this project in 2023. It didn't happen. There is actually quite a bit of work to do in the code, which I had started but didn't complete.

Stats:

40.326 total plays (+12k-ish)

97 (+28), with an average of 4.6/5 (-0.1)

Inside 2.679 collections (+913)

About 2.0 view/play (+0.1)

For a year without any update, I am honestly surprised so many people still played the game this year (average of 30 plays/day). I'm very grateful about it, nonetheless. Hopefully, I'll have something to show for this year!

2023 Milestones:

30k + 40k plays

75 ratings

PLAY | INTRO POST | RATE | REVIEW

Status: Hiatus

This was another project I had planned to complete this year and... didn't. I managed to write a bit for the game, but nothing that would warrant an update.

Stats:

2.203 total plays (+760)

13 ratings (+2), with an average of 4.3/5 (+0.1)

Inside 126 collections (+38)

Went to 2.9 view/play (+0.2)

There were a few jumps in interest in Exquisite Cadaver this year, especially considering there were, once again, no updates (especially at the start of April). But nothing very substantial... I'm honestly pretty happy peeps still enjoy the game, because the whole thing is a bit strange xD

2023 Milestones:

2k plays

PLAY | INTRO POST | RATE | REVIEW

2022 Releases

Status: Completed

Absolutely nothing has been happening with this game, not even a bug fix or anything. When I get back to this project, it will be for a complete re-haul. Which won't happen in a long while.

Stats:

3.205 total plays (+790-ish)

19 ratings (+4), with an average of 4.3/5 (=)

Inside 293 collections (+90)

About to 2.2 view/play (+0.1)

2023 Milestones:

3k plays

PLAY | INTRO POST | RATE | REVIEW

Status: Completed

There was a plan to fix the issues in the game AND add new content. But, if you've followed me this year, you've seen... nothing happened! Honestly, a whole re-code of the game is needed at this point.

Stats:

1.458 total plays (+785)

16 ratings (+6), with an average of 4.5/5 (+0.3)

Inside 103 collections (+59)

About 2.1 view/play (=)

The lack of blowing up stands on two things: the game is not that good... and I don't really have an intro post peeps can share...

2023 Milestones:

1k plays

PLAY | INTRO POST | RATE | REVIEW

Status: Ongoing

Out of all the WIPs I have, this one got the most progress. It got two major updates during the first half of the year (one of which included a maze!). The second had been spent working especially on Chapter 5 (it's a chunker) and starting Chapter 6 (for MelS). We are trying to wrap up the project for 2024.

Stats:

9.379 total plays (+6.4k-ish) (so close…)

56 (+28) ratings, with an average of 4.8/5 (=)

Inside 783 collections (+444)

About 1.9 view/play (+0.1)

A pretty decent growth for the game, though it is not always consistent. Most interest in the project happens during updates (duh), with some dozen returning players weekly. I don't think it will ever reach the level of CRWL, but it is doing pretty well considering the genre.

2023 Milestones:

5k plays

50 ratings

PLAY | INTRO POST | RATE | REVIEW

Status: Completed(-ish)

Until the first anniversary of this project (coinciding with the EctoComp once more) this game was in French only. Since last October, it was re-written to include more rooms inside the house, and a proper ending beat. It was then translated into English, and the whole thing was recoded. There are still a few kinks I need to handle, but it is essentially complete.

Stats:

252 total plays (+181)

1 rating with 5 stars (=)

Inside 13 collections (+7)

About 4.9 view/play (-0.7)

Unsurprisingly, there was little to no interest in the game. The page was visited a bunch of times, but few people clicked (probably because it was in French. Since the translation, more users have checked out the game and played it. I don't really expect much more interest from players, unfortunately...

2023 Milestones:

100 + 250 plays

PLAY | INTRO POST | RATE | REVIEW Oh... it doesn't have a page... omg.. stpid me.

Status: Completed

This year, the game was re-edited, translated to French, and recoded - a proper remaster including sound! And another game I can call complete and shelved!

Stats:

605 total plays (+270-ish)

10 ratings (+3), with an average of 4.8/5 (+0.1)

Inside 31 collections (+17)

About 3.2 view/play (+0.1)

I am not shocked to see this, honestly. It's a short meme game around a gimmick mechanic that gets old pretty quickly. Still, some interest made in late last June (somehow???) and when I published the remaster in autumn.

2023 Milestones:

500 plays

10 ratings

PLAY | INTRO POST | RATE | REVIEW

Status: Ongoing

At the start of the year, I updated this game to add a tiny bit of content (a few passages) and ensured it could be played on mobile. And published a template from this UI.

There was more content written for the game, as well as mechanics coded, but nothing is coherent enough (or devoid of bugs) to be playable.

Stats:

500 total plays (+333 !!!)

4 ratings (+4), with an average of 5.0

Inside 39 collections (+28)

About 3.0 view/play (+0.5)

Combined a tiny demo with a pre-set character, a not super popular genre, not much to do or little replayability... and you get this. I'll just check back when the game is actually complete :P Honestly, I'm just glad some peeps caught the inspiration for P-RIX.

2023 Milestones:

500 plays !!!!

PLAY | INTRO POST | RATE | REVIEW (oh and it has both an intro post and an IFDB page now!)

2023 Releases

Now that we are going into the new releases, there is less comparing, and more putting down the base.

Status: Completed

Biggest high of this year! Released the game in January, won the comp in March, was interviewed shortly after, remastered the whole thing during the summer break (which included a total re-haul of the UI, an English translation, and increased content). Hands down my best game of the year.

Stats

967 total plays

7 ratings, with an average of 5.0

Inside 68 collections

About 3.1 view/play

Lots of views on the game page without plays for the longest time, because, up until the remaster, the game was only available in French. Things picked up then the remaster was uploaded (though it coincided with the IFComp). The game is also not available for mobile play due to its interface...

2023 Milestones:

Won the French Comp!

100 + 250 + 500 plays

PLAY | INTRO POST | RATE | REVIEW

Status: Hiatus

The first Act of the story was created for the SeedComp! (which didn't win anything because I organised it, and it would have been unfair :P ). There was a plan to complete the game after the SeedComp! was over, but that didn't pan out. I have notes for it, though a re-write of Act 1 may be necessary...

Stats:

633 total plays

5 ratings, with an average of 3.6

Inside 46 collections

About 2.6 view/plays

While bummed by the average, Not surprised. The game is incomplete and plays on the noir codes, which are... something (also the twist is silly). I'll pay a bit more attention to it when the game is actually complete :P Also... It never got an intro post....

2023 Milestones:

100 + 250 + 500 plays

PLAY | INTRO POST | RATE | REVIEW

Status: Complete

Released for the SpringThing in the Main Garden, this game was supposed to be updated by the end of last year and... it ended up needed a lot more work than expected. I am still working on it. This was my attempt in experimenting with Twine, creating a parser with a non-parser program. It... didn't work all that well as a conventional parser, but it worked pretty well for other peeps.

Stats:

650 total plays

5 ratings, with an average of 5.0

Inside 56 collections

About 2.8 view/plays

Honestly, not bad considering this is a weird parser, that worked eh and still has some issues. I won't ever expect it to blow up, honestly, but it's nice to see a play or two popup on my screen sometimes.

2023 Milestones

100 + 250 + 500 plays

PLAY | INTRO POST | RATE | REVIEW

Status: Complete-ish

Created for a French Jam where I could not choose the program, the game was then upgraded and translated into English for the Text Adventure Literacy Jam a few weeks later. It was my first proper parser game (and made with Adventuron). I still need to fix some issues and typos with the English version, and retranslate back into French...

Stats: The game has currently two pages: French and English

160 (58+88) total plays

4 ratings, with an average of 5.0 and 4.0

Inside 4 collections

About 2.8 view/plays

No surprise here. Parsers are not popular on itch. (I should maybe add it to the textadventure.co.uk website....)

PLAY FR - EN | INTRO POST | RATE FR - EN | REVIEW

Assets and Other Tiny Games

Loads happened with this sections this year, with the addition of 5 new templates, and a whole Guide for SugarCube.

In January, the Setting Template was added - with the Space-Tech UI one following at the end of March, the VN-lite UI one in July, the Character Creator in November, and the Title Page UI in December.

The Guide was released in two periods, with a pre-release before the summer, and a complete one mid-december (which included a download point).

As of last month, all templates are also available on Github, and the Guides are all "playable" on itch.

CScript to SugarCube Guide/Folder

105 downloads (114 plays)

4 rating at 5 stars

Inside 36 collections

Get it here.

Tweego Ready to Use Guide

425 downloads (51 plays)

1 rating at 5 stars

Inside 6 collections

Get it here

Note: this guide got its own page in November of this year, despite being available since 2022

SugarCube Guide

1.300 "plays" (76 download)

11 ratings at 5 stars

Inside 102 collections

Get it here

Templates

2105 downloads

25 ratings, with an average of 5.0

Inside 274 collections

Get them here

After the release of Le Jeu de la Dévotion in late December 2022, I've been participating in other game jams with tiny entries. While one did get a bit more interaction than even my larger piece (Collision, wtf), little really happened to warrant a proper section (they are really tiny!).

And so these were released:

April 2023: À la Campagne [English]

June 2023: Clarence Street, 14, Collision, Intersigne [English + French]

Aug 2023: Le Diner [English]

Oct 2023: In the Blink of an Eye [English + French]

Nov 2023: Tower of Sleep [English] <- BINKSI :D

Dec 2023: Dévoiement [French]

2023 Overall Graph

Ok I lied, one graph:

Compared to last year, the graph is less very high peaks and very low down time (with a slow increase), but a more consistent base (higher than last year) with some moderate peaks for releases (namely Harcourt's and DOL-OS). The downloads have boomed, but that's because of the templates...

The increase of overall small releases (with jam/comp entries) probably helped in this staying a bit consistent (though I could do a better job at hyping up releases before and after they happen here and in other places). It would probably have looked much different if my release focus was somewhere else (like CRWL).

And that's it for stats (I'm skipping the follower/note counts)! The 2024-plan is next!

[astralscrivener]

For the End of the Year Book Ask! #3, #10, #16 <333 Let your correct onions be KNOWN Beautiful <3333

I LOVE TALKING ABOUT MY BOOK ONIONS

3. what were your top 5 books of the year?

FUCK this one took a lot of thinking

i had to go to my shelf of favorite reads of the year and it was. very tough to choose.

firstly is yellowface by r.f. kuang, which i talk about more in the next question (i answered these out of order oopsies)

second i think is the fifth season/the obelisk gate by n.k. jemisin. i read the fifth season both last year and this year for two different classes, and then finally got around to the sequel + am currently reading the third book and i am bonkers about them. i am thinking about essun and nassun and alabaster and hoa constantly. deeply unwell. a lot more geology than i had initially expected but i'm having a GREAT time

the long way to a small angry planet by becky chambers. my fucking beloved. i've literally owned the book since like 2021 but took forever to read it but i love it sooo much i love the entire wayfarer crew but i think about kizzy and ashby constantly. the socks match my hat scene was so small but lives in my head rent-free

circe by madeline miller!!!! this one is popular for a reason. i know a lot of people tend to prefer TSOA/their first introduction to miller's writing is TSOA but circe was mine bc i love the odyssey (and also the emily wilson odyssey came out before wiliad. so. i have not had the brain power to get thru the fagles translation of either one yet). anyway i loved this a lot. i connected a lot with circe as a person and a character and her entire web of relationships...i am so emo about it. also i am a circe/penelope truther and when i write a sci fi or fantasy novel very loosely inspired by their dynamic. then what. ....wait i might have just had a breakthru on one of my wips wait a minute—

and finally the haunting of hill house by shirley jackson. i think about eleanor too often. way too often. someone in the goodreads reviews commented on her loneliness and it clicked for me why i like her so much and i have not recovered <3

10. what was your favorite new release of the year?

out of the ones i read this year? yellowface by r.f. kuang. i don't read thrillers much but this one was so much. i loved it. chaotic satirical thriller criticizing the publishing industry and raising questions about ownvoices and representation, which authors and stories the industry rewards and prioritizes, the pitfalls of being a young prodigy, and also it was just bonkers. i know this one was divisive for some people but i loved it. i had a great time. i have not stopped thinking about "they called it a globule" for months.

16. what is the most overhyped book you read this year?

you know DAMN WELL what you were doing when you chose this question. kissing you on the mouth

anyway is this a safe space. is this a safe space for me to be bitch. f**rth wing. it was f**rth wing. spoilering so tumblr doesn't put it in the search for the stans to find me

it is bad. it is bad. i initially gave it i think 1.5 stars (rounded up to 2 on GR) but i hate it more every single time i think about it. there is just so much wrong with it as a book but is also emblematic of a lot of larger issues in publishing, and particularly with red tower as an imprint, but i do not have all day to rant or we will be here forever

end of year book ask!

[midnigtartist]

I posted 1,167 times in 2022

That's 516 more posts than 2021!

256 posts created (22%)

911 posts reblogged (78%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@supercantaloupe

@midnigtartist

@wizard-games-on-monday

@kineticallyanywhere

@milktrician-hell

I tagged 460 of my posts in 2022

#dndaddies - 159 posts

#reblogging - 66 posts

#doobles - 65 posts

#digital scribbles - 62 posts

#dndads - 44 posts

#artist on tumblr - 38 posts

#tgaa - 35 posts

#dndads s2 - 33 posts

#dgs - 32 posts

#herlock sholmes - 30 posts

Longest Tag: 116 characters

#very unlikely that this is the case bc im pretty sure they mentioned in passing that scarys parents are divorced but

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Any excuse to draw Taylor and his cool cool dad

2,334 notes - Posted May 27, 2022

#4

Yeah, it’s gonna be alright

2,628 notes - Posted May 30, 2022

#3

🦇✨💕

2,673 notes - Posted January 2, 2022

#2

Odyssey designs done! Now to do the Quest kids :V

2,853 notes - Posted June 9, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Obligatory end of campaign dad huddle

3,227 notes - Posted February 5, 2022

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[biandlesbianliterature]

I posted 67 times in 2022

50 posts created (75%)

17 posts reblogged (25%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@biandlesbianliterature

@sapphicbookclub

@lgbtqreads

@lesbrary

@shiraglassman

I tagged 50 of my posts in 2022

Only 25% of my posts had no tags

#queer books - 38 posts

#sapphic books - 34 posts

#lgbtq books - 33 posts

#reviews - 26 posts

#wlw books - 23 posts

#lesbian books - 15 posts

#sff - 12 posts

#author of color - 9 posts

#fantasy - 8 posts

#romance - 7 posts

Longest Tag: 30 characters

#getting the band back together

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

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#4

Ryka Aoki’s Light from Uncommon Stars is one of the best books I read in 2021, and it is also one of the weirdest. It centers around three women: Shizuka Satomi (a violin teacher who made a deal with a devil and must deliver seven violin prodigies’ souls in order to save her own), Katrina Nguyen (a transgender teenage girl, wildly talented on the violin and deserving of so much more than she has been given), and Lan Tran (a retired interstellar space captain who runs a donut shop with her four children). When Shizuka discovers Katrina in a park, she immediately knows she has found her final soul, but Shizuka’s growing feelings for Lan may change her perspective on everything.

If you think that summary sounds like a roller coaster, wait until you read the book.

Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki was reviewed at the Lesbrary

155 notes - Posted January 15, 2022

#3

Would you believe that more than 26 sapphic books come out this month? It’s true! Unfortunately, it’s not always easy to find out which books have queer representation, or what kind of representation they have. So here’s a big list of bi and lesbian books out this month, sorted by genre.

26 Bi and Lesbian Books Out November 2022!

217 notes - Posted November 5, 2022

#2

If you want a teen romcom in an F/F YA book, this is the read for you!

It’s enemies to lovers and fake dating! It is very much like a teen romcom movie: the two of them get to know each other over their music choices on the drive. They have miscommunication. They both open up about their insecurities. Scottie realizes that, despite being hung up on her toxic ex, maybe the girl she’s been looking for has been right in front of her this whole time. There’s also the “only one bed” trope. They even discuss teen romcom movies!

I listened to this as an audiobook, and it was a quick, fun listening experience! It’s cute, and the ending is cathartic and sweet.

She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen was reviewed at the Lesbrary

267 notes - Posted January 16, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

When I say I want sapphic romcoms, this is what I want. I want sapphic romcoms that pack an emotional punch. That present the diversity and the affinity of queer womanhood. That have queer women who call themselves queer with no explanation and bi women who have loved men. That have complex family dynamics that both are about queerness and absolutely are not. That feel like romance novels with romance tropes and everything that we love about romance and are at the same time fundamentally, intrinsically, profoundly, and lovingly queer. Romcoms that f*ck and also fall in love. Romcoms with real, wild emotions and feminism and humor on every page. Romcoms that were written for queer women about our own lives, to be enjoyed only secondarily by everyone else. When I say I want sapphic romcoms, I mean I want this book.

Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake was reviewed at the Lesbrary

275 notes - Posted March 2, 2022

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[missmiriam]

I posted 365 times in 2022

That's 365 more posts than 2021!

49 posts created (13%)

316 posts reblogged (87%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@rrrick

@semtituloh

@doyourememberrocknrollradio

@weantuniverse

I tagged 62 of my posts in 2022

#lady m - 38 posts

#torsos - 3 posts

#thank you - 2 posts

#tumblr milestone - 2 posts

#distance and a certain light - 2 posts

#let's try this again - 1 post

#miss m's new man - 1 post

#500 likes - 1 post

#to keep my side hussle or not - 1 post

#surprise ending - 1 post

Longest Tag: 29 characters

#to keep my side hussle or not

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

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#4

Pixelated 2

52 notes - Posted July 8, 2022

#3

Upskirt 💙

56 notes - Posted June 9, 2022

#2

Summer evening

62 notes - Posted September 3, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

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[youareonyourownkid]

I posted 26,014 times in 2022

That's 26,014 more posts than 2021!

1,083 posts created (4%)

24,931 posts reblogged (96%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@mytearsrricochet

@fearlessinred

@yourmarkonme

@sweetsnothing

@missegyptiana

I tagged 8,095 of my posts in 2022

#disney - 2,260 posts

#movies - 972 posts

#answered ask - 517 posts

#text post - 470 posts

#cats - 310 posts

#anime - 289 posts

#ask games - 201 posts

#mine - 198 posts

#nature - 167 posts

#stranger things - 157 posts

Longest Tag: 135 characters

#i can’t keep track of people who change 293793833 times but you guys do you just make a post so i don’t end up unfollowing or something

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Tag ur top 10 favorite mutuals!!!

Why why why imma tag more then ten I’ll tell you that ha

@cruel-style @staysbeautiful @a-g0lden-tattoo @ilicitaffairs @cc-holyground

@comebackandbehere @lipslikethegardensofbabylon @maya-matlin @wonderstruck @wontayland @oursongacoustic @thestoriesgotdust @theswiftnational @tylorswift @to-need-somebody @slowmotiondoublevision

@locketnote @keanurry @floralpinktaylor @heyydorothea @fearlesslymarta

@swifie13 @safeandsound @doctorswiift @bethereforya @thewayyoulaugh @bestday @taylaswift @visionsinroseblush @driveslowtilwe @julliettefairmont @yourmarkonme @kingofmyborrowedheart @kinukos @piecesfall @thenotefromthelocket @cellphonehippie @shinesobright @redtherecord @shiprolledin @wtnytv @twentywineteen @daenerys-targaryen

 @daisyjohncn @thebleachedhair @thelasttimeyoueversawme @emmaduerrewatson @emmanelson @tsthearcher @felicitysmoak @jules-fairmont @taylorswrft @redecorategcv @loverdeluxe @loversmore @stareatthephone @likeanearlyspringsnow @sparklingandwonderstruck

@standinginyourcardiganagain @readthelastpaage @taylor-swifty @justwantedtobefound @chiara-swiftiedreamer13 @ohh-goddamn @lanalovestay @picturetoburns @sunflowerharreh @ithinkhemeows @ithinkheknowss @ithk @drtaylorswift @staybeautiful @mr-perfectly-fine-13

@starsaroundmyscars @aurorassadprosee @daniel--ricciardo @lordlykisses

@dress @domperignonubroughtit @everyloveknown @theman @taylaswift

@taylaswifff @paqerings @newromanticstv @tacocat-411 @annacoleman

@this-love-tv @foreverandalwaysmp3 @wasenchanting @thislovetaylorsversion

@alineinanoldloveletter @likeasecrett @tayl0r1989 @amythicalthing @djomusic

@no1cowboy @bethereforya @speaknow @burrowedundermyskin @greatestloves @afturglow @motelbar @halfdrunkhappy @missegyptiana

@tolerateit @loverrrrrr @thefirstfallofsnow @seethestarlights @speakno-ow @wecanbepirates @vegantaylorswift @redlikegolden  @mirroball

@ybwms @allidoistry @corneliaavenue @corneliastreet @meaningtotellyou

@holygraund @harryshouseparty @blushingallthewayhome @delilahhbard

 @delicatetaylorsversion @takemyhandlrh @calmfolklore @catesbrother

@iwishyouwouid @yourivygrows @notmuchfordancing @babyididtoo @staybeautiful

theres way more but just know if i follow you i love you & you are on this list even if you arent .thank you all for what you do either by talking to me,sending me those love trains or just simply making edits . you make my dash 10000000% better so thank you. love -kira

also i tried to tag as many because i dont want anyone to feel left out also anon sorry this is superlate 

183 notes - Posted June 22, 2022

#4

It’s called fashion look it up

187 notes - Posted May 14, 2022

#3

207 notes - Posted October 11, 2022

#2

i'm sending every single person good vibes and positive thoughts on the day presale starts i hope we all get to see her either again either first time (like me ) or another time for everyone else either way good luck and hope to see you guys

237 notes - Posted November 1, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Jsysksgdhdjf wow

290 notes - Posted May 18, 2022

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[friendlyfoxpal]

I posted 314 times in 2022

That's 51 more posts than 2021!

211 posts created (67%)

103 posts reblogged (33%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@sizechuan

@lilegite

@territorial-utopia

@junipersoup

@verefex

I tagged 225 of my posts in 2022

Only 28% of my posts had no tags

#g/t - 169 posts

#giant/tiny - 160 posts

#my art - 146 posts

#owen and nakia - 45 posts

#omori - 26 posts

#chrome and poppy - 25 posts

#mini giant - 23 posts

#poppy and chrome - 18 posts

#fanart - 18 posts

#nole and kelan - 18 posts

Longest Tag: 74 characters

#just some fun doodles that were building up that i find hard to post solo.

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Perfect Hug! Hug a Giant / Tiny Day 2022 

It's that time of year again finally! It's Hug a Giant Day!!! The perfect time of year! Here we goooo! Featuring plenty of my OC's and other peoples Oc's and Sonas popping in. This was so much hard work. Pacing myself and making sure i did a little everyday but it was worth it! And i hope you guys like it too!! Have a perfect day of hugging!

294 notes - Posted July 21, 2022

#4

Owen’s Nightmare

Oh no! Owen had a nightmare about Nakia being afraid of him. He needs to go see her! Even if it's a bit late. Poor guy...

I can't really recall ever drawing Owen being personally upset about something. Usually drawing him being angry or concerned for someone. So it was interesting exploring this take on him. Hope you guys like as well.

340 notes - Posted October 13, 2022

#3

Same Size? Nah! 

Prompt for same size, Nakia being very honest on her thoughts

439 notes - Posted July 31, 2022

#2

Little cheesy but no monsters here

or at least not bad ones

I had fun drawing both Chrome and Poppy's expressions here. So cute!

458 notes - Posted October 11, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

You tag Kel

Sunny wants to Tag giant Kel. This turned out kind of cheesy. But it's a good cheesy! >w< Thanks @lilegite for the suggestion. I ended up taking your prompt a step further.

463 notes - Posted February 13, 2022

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