#2023 aspirations

[matthewgallaway]

I love when the river is calm enough to reflect the sky.

[studyblr-perhaps]

This might flop but, for the studyblr community, what are some of your goals for this year?

For me it’s to bring back my gpa to 8.0 (we use a 10 point scale) and get at least one A in a course.

[astarlessreader]

2023

WRITING BADLY BUT FINISHING WHAT I START

CHASING DREAMS

SUFFERING BUT HAPPILY

LOADS OF SEX

FIND AN ENJOYABLE JOB

MOVE TO LONDON OR DUBLIN OR TOKYO

SEX BUT ALSO LOVE

MORE WRITING AND PUBLISHING

DEEP CONNECTIONS

UNFORGETTABLE MOMENTS

[leaping-ocelots]

It’s the New Year, and that means it’s time to make some Resolutions!

1.  Figure out what self-indulgent writing means to me, and enjoy the act of writing again.  As silly as it sounds, I don’t know what it actually means to write something self-indulgent.  I don’t know if I’ve ever done it before.  And while I did manage to work on a few WIPs in 2022, things got kind of...bad towards the end.  And I just want to enjoy writing again.

2.  Finish at least two fics.  Self-indulgently, of course.

3.  Take up vocal training.  I may not necessarily get into voice acting, but I do want to have a stronger voice because my current one feels on the weak side.

[deheerkonijn]

Bathroom selfie at Aragorn’s New Year’s Eve Party!!!!!!!

(ft. Arwen’s brothers, Lothiriel, and most importantly: Brego the Specialest Bravest Hero Dog)

[figureskatingpenguin]

Lee Haein (KOR): Notre Dame de Paris | 2023 NHK Trophy

(note: i don't know whether to laugh or cry about her four-time 4th place grand prix streak... but don't worry, haein-ah! i believe you'll overcome this!!)

[nitewrighter]

Like... Moana worked because you had a very solid Dynamic Duo to carry you through a pretty classic Hero's Journey plot.

Encanto worked because it's basically "Let me work out my generational and cultural trauma through a big ensemble musical."

Those are both Disney movies where the plots are arguably more complex than the plots we were dealing with back in the Disney Renaissance, with the added challenge of not being based on a preexisting fairy tale, or, um... Hamlet with Lions. Like you do have the added challenge of having less time to establish more facts about your characters and settings. But at the end of the day, they still work because they manage to have a strong focus on how they set you up for their various emotional beats.

I don't have a problem with formulaic writing--you want to build a house, doesn't hurt to have a strong frame--but it's giving me such brainworms to try and articulate how Wish as a movie shits the bed by trying to incorporate both the formulaic and the flouting of expectations at once while burying everything under a pile of Disney self-references. You can practically feel an exec breathing down a writer's neck in every scene going "Make it funnier! Add this reference! Make Asha More Relatable™!"

[copper-compact-disc]

happy Halloween from detective Percival King!

[lewishamiltonstuff]

Y'all 😭😭😭

[theaawalker]

HEARTCRUSHER! [Mike Schmidt x fem!reader]

Pairing: Mike Schmidt x fem!reader Song Inspo: Washing Machine Heart by Mitski Word Count: 1,053 Summary: You have a terrible secret by which you confide in Chica. What happens when that secrets is revealed? Will the man of your dreams let you down gently or crush your heart? Warnings: slight slowburn Masterlist: see fandoms (pc-friendly)

I sighed unhappily as I sat on the edge of the show stage, swinging my legs as I pondered my thoughts. I was so lost in my mind that I didn’t notice the blonde girl approaching me until she was right in front of me.

“Hey Y/N!” I jumped at her voice and she giggled, giving me a hug.

“H-Hey Chica! Sorry for zoning out there, but I wasn’t expecting company. I thought you’d be making pizzas again.” The girl giggled and jumped up beside me, excitedly gripping onto my arm.

“Well, Mike was getting worried- he has been in the office playing card games with Foxy, Bonnie and Freddy, and every time he looked up you were just sitting here staring off into space. He wondered if it was girlie issues and asked me to come and see if you were alright.” Chica explained, wrapping an arm around me.

“W-Well, there is something wrong… I-I like someone-“ Chica squealed in delight “-But I don’t know whether they like me back.”

“Who is it?” Chica whispered, eyes wide as she gripped my hand in excitement.

“M-Mike…” I whispered, scared he’d hear me on the cameras. Chica shrieked and began jumping up and down, clapping her hands.

“OMG! OMG! OMG! THIS IS AMAZING! YOU HAVE TO ASK HIM! IF YOU TWO GET TOGETHER NOW I WILL EXPLODE! NOTHING EVER HAPPENS HERE AND NOW SOMETHING MIGHT AND OMG YOU HAVE TO ASK TO ASK HIM, I CAN’T!” She collapsed into a squealing mess on the floor, and I looked at my watch, moaning when I realized it was only three am and I’d already broken Chica.

“Chica, keep your voice down, he might hear!” I hissed, and the blonde looked up at me, eyes shining and a big smile covering her face.

“Come, you can ask him now!”

“No! I mean, what if he doesn’t like me back? Things would get really awkward around here.”

“Well, I think he does love you back. Whenever you aren’t here, he talks about you constantly. For example, you know at Christmas when you were ill? He was worried sick about you; kept pacing around and whispering about how he should be with you and helping you, not in a rotting pizzeria. So go and tell him your feelings- I’ll come with you for moral support.” I smiled weakly at my best friend and linked arms with her, walking up to the office, my nerves building with every step.

“Heya, boys!” Chica called, giving the group of males a slight wave.

“Hello, Chica! What can we do for you ladies?” Freddy greeted, standing and giving us both a kiss on our hands.

“I have something to tell Mike…” I murmured quietly, and Freddy raised his eyebrow before signaling to Foxy and Bonnie to leave. “We will leave you in peace- you seem very nervous, so it is probably a private matter.”

“Thank you, Freddy.” The bear smiled and walked out, Chica winking at me and following him out. Mike gave me a small smile as I sat down opposite him, nervously fiddling with my hands.

“What did you need to ask me?” He asked, gathering up all the cards and tidying them away.

“W-Well… C-Can I just say that I appreciate your concern, and that you’re one of the best friends I’ve ever had.” Mike ducked his head and I saw a blush on his face; I knew he hardly ever expressed his feelings, but decided to carry on anyway. “But, I just… I don’t want to be your friend anymore.” At this sentence, Mike looked up, panic in his blue eyes.

“What?”

“I don’t want to be your friend anymore. If it’s alright with you, I was wondering if you wanted to be my boyfriend…” My voice grew quieter towards the end, but I knew Mike had heard me just fine as his eyes had widened and his mouth was hanging open.

“I… I-I…”

“You know what, forget I asked.” I muttered, standing up and moving to rush out of the office. A hand grabbed my wrist and stopped me, and I was flung back, falling into Mike’s body. I was then spun around so I was facing him and before I had chance to from a coherent thought a pair of lips were on mine, a hand on the back of my head stopping me from pulling away. When I got over the shock I realized that Mike was kissing me, and I slowly closed my eyes, placing my hands on his chest and kissing back, feeling a warmth spread though my entire body. I felt Mike relax and the hand that wasn’t tangled in my hair wrapped around my waist, so that our bodies were touching in every way possible. We fell into an easy rhythm and I melted against him, all sense of thought leaving my brain. When we pulled away we were both out of breath and both blushing hard.

“I love you Y/N... I have for a while, but as you know I’m not good at expressing my emotions, so I never thought I would tell you, but I do. I love you.” I smiled at his words and wrapped my arms around his neck, burying my face in his neck.

“I love you to, Mike. And I don’t care if you don’t show your love much, because that’s what makes you, well, you, and I wouldn’t change that for the world.” He gave me a shy smile and kissed my forehead, both of us still intertwined in the other’s arms.

“OMG I KNEW IT! BONNIE YOU OWE ME YOUR GUITAR!”

“… God damnit Chica…” Bonnie muttered from the other door, both Mike and I jumping away from each other and seeing the other animatronics surrounding the doors.

“WE’VE BEEN SPOTTED! ABORT MISSION!” Chica shrieked, both her and Bonnie running away.

“I’m so sorry about those two… But congratulations you to! It’s about time something happened around here.” Freddy stated before walking off, leaving Mike and I embarrassed and confused.

“So… what now?” Mike asked, and I smirked.

“In the morning, you are taking me out for breakfast and we can have our first date.” I stated and Mike chuckled, pulling me in for another kiss.

“Whatever you say Doll, whatever you say.”

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[chillwildwave]

So you know how I told you guys how I would do a Wish rewrite titled “The Wishing Kingdom”, I decided to draw one of the main characters, the wishing star himself: Antares!!

So Antares here is the wishing star and serves as the main love interest of Asha, throughout the story we will see him teach her about the consequences of granting one’s wish and how relying on others can cause threat to one’s life, even though she is the Princess of the two wishgranters of Rosas, Magnifico and Amaya which sets her conflict whether she should rely on her parents to think of her wish or to do it all herself.

While Antares’ main conflict is that he’s been isolated up in the kingdom of Brillianco for years since he was a baby, his mother who was Evangeline believed that going down to the human area alone was dangerous because this would stop the stars from existing as this was secretly caused by Magnifico and Amaya as they wanted more power after their wish was rejected so many times from real life, so Antares is like Quasimodo, Ariel, Rapunzel and Anna, he wants to be part of the human world however he is very naive and gullible, he can also be a bit of a liar, but by the end he will learn from these traits as he battles with the couple with Asha to save Rosas.

As he is one of the wishing stars, he is only allowed to make 2 wishes as this is part of the existance of the wishing stars up in Brillianco, a slight reference to the Genie, but what is also notable is that the kingdom also holds a dark void that isn’t talked about much because it was rumoured that Maginifico and Amaya used it to make the people believe that their wishes will be turned into reality, like slaves.

Even though Antares knows about the dark void, he is willing to teach Asha on the consequences of granting a wish and together, they will aim to bring the wishes back to everyone in Rosas but there is a plot twist along the way that leads him into secretly finding how the dark void is used…

Plus, it would nice if any of you guys added Antares to the star family as a new Wish AU is coming your way!

@mythartist21 @annymation @oh-shtars @uva124 @emillyverse @gracebethartacc @signed-sapphire @flicklikesstuff @kstarsarts

[27paperlilies]

September goals

-Break the cycle of my demons

-Visit a therapist

-Stop reverting to old damaging default settings.

-Buy some furniture

[mumpsetc]

So is that ii neg blog a complete fucking tar pit or is it just me

I'm Not Following It or Anything Relating to It Because I Dont Like Stirring the Pot Anymore, Sorry :[

[juliannepepper]

Day 5

Remember to take care of yourself

Don’t forget why you’re writing in the first place: yourself. One of the main reasons you should be writing is so you can enjoy the process, and if you burn out, who’re you writing it for?

Remember to take regulated breaks. Maybe I’ll make a post talking about how exactly to go on breaks during NaNoWriMo.

[tutyayilmazz]

[timetorace]

Alonso felt that the race was not being funny so he just decided to serve cunt on the last two laps.