#365 days a year halloween blog

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344 days until halloween

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THIS BLOG

I am a very neglectful father.

There are 52 weeks in a full calendar year. I have not completed 8. To be fair, apart from my first week, which had 85 entries, they have all had 100 characters, which, if you'll forgive the math, is about uhhh

85 + (100 x 6) + (100 - 21) = 685 // 985 ÷ 365 = 1.876

... just under 2 years worth of daily posts! When I put it like that, it sounds pretty good haha

Anyways, in honour of the birthday of this blog, I am going to be running an one-day only event. I have taken inspiration from @must-be-mythtaken 's suggestion, and expanded on it, because apparently I hate myself and like making things complicated. If you send in a message with the words "Happy Birthday" or a silly equivalent, I will give you a randomly selected character from my submissions and tell you their canonical birthday (if they have one.) Similar to the Halloween event I did, just with an extra step.

General submission rules apply - one ask per person, be polite, all that fun stuff. Hopefully this goes well!

And finally, thank you all for the support you've all given me and this blog over the past year. I'm so grateful to everyone who has stuck around, even when I don't post for a very long time. I wouldn't be here without you all, as cheesy as that sounds. I made this blog out of a desire to be part of the poll blog craze and a strange interest in terrible statistics, and it's turned into an incredibly fun experience I've gotten to share with over 2,000 internet strangers who are all united by their feelings, be it positive, negative or neutral, for fictional characters. Thank you all so so much, and I look forwards to another year of on-and-off posting and character love!!

[i-write-boop-spoops]

Please do halloween headcanons about Leon and Steven ^^

i am well aware that it is 1. past halloween and 2. ages since i last posted but i have been sick (i wasn’t even able to celebrate halloween ☹) and i am a spoopy bitch 365 days a year. plus it’s my blog goshdarnit!

anyways here’s some fun hcs! thanks anon!

Leon

Him and Sonia sed to bring Hop trick-or-treating around Postwick and Wedgehurst when they were younger

Nowadays Halloween is either a cosy affair at home or a party at a friend’s

Pro couple’s costumes HOWEVER you’ll have to organize it because he’s so busy

Partial to a slutty costume on you obvs, but also himself (AKA tits out!)

But not too slutty because he still has a family friendly image to uphold

Not that he’s really posting pictures from a party to his heavily curated social media

If you’re just staying at home, he probably won’t dress up (but will if you ask)

You’ll probably just snuggle up and eat sweets and watch spooky (but not really scary) movies

There aren’t really any children in his building so he doesn’t get many knocks from adorable kiddos on his door

BUT when you move somewhere more cosy and family-friendly

You KNOW it’s a full size chocolate bar house

Leon has a great time handing out sweets to the kids and complimenting their little costumes

Some of them dress up as him and his heart melts

Speaking of children

If you guys have kids you can bet your ass you’re doing a family costume!

Baby’s first Halloween is him in a Charizard onesie, you in a Charmeleon one and baby in a Charmander one

He will continue doing family costumes, even when you have moody teenagers who are "too cool" to dress up

Steven

Halloween wasn’t too much of a thing in his house growing up

But as an adult, he enjoys it a fair bit

He’s not really into the spooky/scary side of it, just likes the fun and cosy vibes (and all the chocolate)

Wallace probably throws an extravagant Halloween party every year, and you and Steven are definitely invited (dressing up is a MUST)

Steven’s Halloween costumes are quite elegant

And yes, he is very pro couple’s costumes too!

They typically involve Steven in a suit (old habits die hard lol)

You’ve been detectives, Indiana Jones style adventurers, a royal couple, space explorers, etc.

The scariest (and naturally, sexiest) costume was when you two went as classic, Victorian-era vampires

One year you went as your birthstones (aka just regular outfits in that colour, decorated with fake gems with matching makeup) and nobody had any idea what you were supposed to be and Steven was VERY aka mildly upset

Also a full size chocolate bar house

Mossdeep isn’t big, so you only get a couple trick-or-treaters every year

It’s good though, Steven is happy to chat with the little ones and the little ones are excited that the champion is chatting to them and giving them big ol’ sweeties

If you have kids, he will gladly bring them trick or treating

And take photos of the kiddos in their cute little outfits

HOWEVER he won’t dress up for it lol

One of your kids dressed up as geode four years in a row and Steven was never happier

[1-tiger-every-day]

This is Tiger Intern T's LAST tiger of the year -- a tiger opening a bottle of bubbly for a New Year's Eve party! You're doing a great job there buddy!

Tiger Intern T, I honestly don't know if I would have managed to complete this year of tigers without your help. There were some days when I was just too exhausted or busy to pick up a pen and do even the lamest doodle of a tiger, but thanks to your great artworks, we managed to make this 365-day streak. Go us!

It's been inspiring seeing your tigers improve over the year, and it always makes me delighted when people are scrolling the blog and point out your tigers as some of their faves, because they're awesome!!! I especially loved your Halloween Tiger and your weird and wonderful Beafte Tiger. But honestly I want to hype all of them endlessly so here is the Tiger Intern T tag for anyone who wants to go through them again.

I'm so grateful that you wanted to get involved in this silly impulsive challenge. It was much more fun to do this project as a team. Thank you T!!!

[bella-and-beyond]

she loves halloween 🎃🎃.. check out her blog to see what halloween looks like 365 days of the year 💕💕..

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[fyeahhalloween]

Dollar tree Halloween items 8/21/2019

[taegyu-blue]

｡･*:･ﾟ★｡･*:･ﾟ☆ one year with taegyu-blue !

hello darling moas, it's the taegyu-blue admin here, lea :) how have you all been? has life been okay for you? if not, i hope you continue to hang in there and push through, just like you've been doing so wonderfully already <3

.・。. *・゜✭・.・✫・゜* ・。... ★ ...・。. * ・゜✭・.・✫・゜* ・。.

i hope this blog has been a comfort for you! wow, it still feels strange to say that it's been a whole year since i thought of the idea of taegyu-blue and made the first post. it feels like only yesterday that i wasn't sure that the idea would gain attention, and yet here we are!

throughout the 365 days this blog as been around, it's seen two periods of inactivity, two comebacks, celebrations of christmas, taehyun's birthday, beomgyu's birthday, april fools (ft. yeonbin) and also halloween. this blog as witnessed its first 50 followers, first 100, 200, 300, and now we're here today with the wonderful 433 of you beloved moas which make up the follower count of this blog :)

the blog has witnessed hate, and love, rambles, tumblr malfunctions, and while things have fluctuated and schedules have changed, one thing has remained constant: the aim of this blog.

taegyu-blue has always been a comfort blog, a safe space for moas. a place where moa could come to in order to relax, and feel calm again, and to be comforted by taehyun and beomgyu. over the course of this year, i'd like to think that i have successfully stuck to this goal!

i'd like to thank each and every one of you for being here with me today. anons, followers, lurkers on the blog, no matter who you are, thank you. it doesn't matter if you're a new follower, or one who has stuck with me since the beginning, or even if i'm just popping up on your dash and you find my blog remotely interesting. you all mean a lot to me, and i hope that this blog means a lot to you too!

(that being said, i want to give a special shoutout to @cbg-kth-bearcubs, a follower who has stuck with me since the near beginning and has never left. i'm truly grateful for how you've almost constantly supported this blog :) but every one of you are precious to this blog, and am truly grateful for you all being here!)

thank you for supporting taegyu-blue! i hope that it manages to bring you even more safety and comfort in the future too <3

— lea ★

[aanyaforger]

 im... ummm... behind on some tag games so here is a big post!!! ty everyone for tagging me! i won’t be tagging anyone since there is quite a few here

1. tagged by @mazusu ty liza!! made me and best boy luffy!!!

PICREW CHALLENGE : MAKE A PICREW OF YOU WITH YOUR FAVOURITE CHARACTER(S)

2.  tagged by both @naruzumake and @naoamaya ty to the both of you!!

love at first sight or slowly growing fond of someone? // love letters or mixtapes? // hand kisses or kisses on the cheeks? // understanding each other without words or finishing each others sentences? // gazing into each other’s eyes or looking away blushing? // longing to be with someone again or spending every second together? // laughing together or crying together? // someone run their fingers through your hair or gently playing with your hand? // surprise kisses or long tight hugs?

3. @eremikas and @itadorii-yuuji and @stormbreaker ty for the tag!!

mornings or evenings?

coffee or tea?

cookies or cake?

chocolate or sweet?

new year's or halloween?

video games or tv?

instagram or tik tok?

rock or pop music?

youtube or netflix?

doughnuts or waffles?

blue or pink?

dogs or cats?

moths or butterflies?

beach or mountains?

rain or wind?

winter or summer?

movies or books?   

4. @nagisa-cchi ty narumii!!! 💗

5. @itadorii-yuuji​ ty lisette!   i did me and luffy!

6. @makotun​ and @nagisa-cchi​  ty you two!

RULES: tag ten people you’d like to get to know better or catch up with

last song: somebody to love by queen

last film: howl’s moving castle

currently reading: kono oto tomare! (im re-reading/catching up), fushigi neko kyuu-chan, and komi can’t communicate

currently watching: one piece and school rumble

currently craving: eggs LOL i just had eggs 

7. @naruzumake​ ty rai!

8.  @zenien​​  and @jidai​​ ty!!

Favourite colour: red

Last song: somebody to love by queen

Last film: howl’s moving castle

Last series: finished? donten ni warau

Currently reading: kono oto tomare! (im re-reading/catching up), fushigi neko kyuu-chan, and komi can’t communicate

 Currently watching: one piece and school rumble

Currently craving: eggs... 

Tea/coffee: tea

Currently working on: uhhh nothing at the moment...

9.  @jidai​​  and @stormbreaker​ sen and roh ty!

Why did you choose your url? - i was extremely hyped for eula when she was announced

Any side blogs? if you have them, name them and why you have them. - newbark-town (pokemon blog), onepiecesource (admin there!), choujinx (mangacaps with friends lol...), octopath-net (bruh i let it die...), graphics-net (member there), creatorweek (admin there as well!)

How long have you been on tumblr? - i think 2012, but i remade in 2016

Do you have a queue tag? - nope

Why did you start your blog in the first place? - uhh i forgot tbh it was so long ago 

Why did you choose your icon/pfp? - ONE PIECE SUPREMACY!!

Why did you choose your header?

What’s your post with the most notes? - good question. not sure

How many mutuals do you have? - good question. not sure as well but i love all my mutuals!

How many followers do you have? - 1992 oh shit i didn’t notice im almost at 2k 

How many people do you follow? - 365

Have you ever made a shitpost? - probably

How often do you use tumblr each day? - well i have no job nor am i in school so almost every day

Did you ever have a fight/argument with another blog once? who won? - nope

How do you feel about “you need to reblog this” posts? - not sure tbh lol

Do you like tag games? - yeah! but i have this long ass backlog 

Do you like ask games? - yep! they’re always fun!

Do you have a crush on a mutual? - maybe LOL

[halloween-n-fall]

Well everyone! I hope you had a AWESOME! Halloween! You got all the good candy! And had a few frights!

Like every year, we will be going back to one post a day! But as always it's 24/7/365 Halloween, fall, and Autumn!

And I just wanna say, I love you all so much! This blog started as a way for me to escape and enjoy fall any time of year, and slowly you all came to enjoy it to....it makes me so happy we can enjoy it together.

Always remember, I am here! You can message me! (Might take a while for me to reply! But I will) thank you all so much!

Stay Spooky my loves!!!

[ahalloween13]

Thank You x 1,000

We did it!

A Halloween 13: A Johnlock & Mystrade Halloween Advent Calendar was a great success! We ended up with 25 works total! Find a link to all the works here: A Halloween 13 Collection.

I hope to do it again next year, and I hope you will join me again. If you didn’t get a chance to participate this time around, hold onto your ideas/WIPs/motivation, because there’s always 2020!

A giant THANK YOU to the creators who participated. Obviously, there would be no calendar without you. The stories submitted were varied and delightful, some horrifying, and others that gave readers the warm fuzzies. It was a smorgasboard of Halloween goodies. I enjoyed each and every one of them - and I’ve heard some people are using this weekend to catch up with all of them! I myself will be taking the time for rereads and comments. It’s gonna be a good weekend for many of us looking for quality content to read!

A thank you also to those who reblogged posts from this blog. You were an important part of making the calendar a success as well. Pat yourself on the back!

A special thanks to @mottlemoth​ for her support and help from the very beginning. You are too lovely for words.

365 days until next Halloween! Stay spooky!

Cheers,

Vulpesmellifera

Tags under the cut!

I tried to remember everyone’s blog name. If I didn’t tag you, it’s because I wasn’t sure of your name. I apologize! But I’m still grateful to you. 

@souper-doup​ @hippocrates460​ @eventhorizon451​ @copgirl1964​ @elizadoolittlethings​ @lavenderandvanilla​ @jessieblackwood​ @hoomhum​ @paialovespie​ @sanguisugaao3​ @lyricoloratura​ @gizmotrinket​ @bryntwedge​ @starsandstitches​ @221b-carefulwhatyouwishfor​ @sherlock-nanowrimo​ @fabricdragondesigns​ @redgreyandpurple​ @chriscalledmesweetie​

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Are you currently working on anything? Comics, novels, oneshots etc?

Yeah! Although, by working on I mostly mean I need to kick myself into doing it-

I have a webtoon I need to write the full story and script for. Through popular vote I guess I'm gonna be doing 365 days. Which is fun. I kinda hope to do some irony and make 365 chapters, and release one every day. Although that'd mean like....it'd take A year+ to finish. So I probably won't.

I've also lost motivation for my @suau-neon, I joined the au game too late and by the time it started to gain traction the SU fandom had died a little.

I wanted to do an ask blog called god-cafe or something I forgot. But I haven't picked up the motivation for that either, ask blogs take a lotta work.

Rn I'm planning on writing a book/novel called "Life Force" but haven't started yet. Currently I'm writing some Halloween oneshots tho! So be sure to see that when it comes in :D!

I basically gave up on @suau-parasite and @suau-abstract sorry, I might give them away if I decide to actually let go.

Hmmmmmmmm anything else....I don't think so!

[creepy-girls-do-it-better]

361 days until halloween

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Changbin’s Ideal Type

Disclaimer: These are the opinions of the admin of this blog only based on the idol’s personality, vibe and what they have already said in the past about what they find attractive

 a girl who can laugh with him when they’re together.

So based off what Changbin has said so far humour is an absolute must. The type of person who before they date teases him constantly and creates lots of inside jokes with him.

He’s into darker things, horror movies and autumn so I feel like somebody who is sort of living the Halloween lifestyle 365 days a year would interest him. My goths wya. 

I feel like somebody who is very quick to give out compliments and praise would be someone he would fall for. He’d also like somebody who is attentive and remembers the small details about him, be it that they remember that he doesn't like a particular food or colour. Anybody that can make him feel appreciated and special would leave him all fluttery.

I think he’d fall for somebody open minded who isn’t so tied down to traditions. Somebody who embraces his cuter side and supports him experimenting with his masculinity. 

I feel like he’d be the type to pay more attention to somebody who doesn't like to be the centre of attention and is a little quirky in that most people would look past them. I feel like he’s the type to fall for unique charms, rather than the most stunning eye catching person in the room.

Somebody whose upfront and honest, I don’t think he’d like somebody who plays games such as being hard to get. He just wants somebody sweet and kind who he can rely on for attention and love and who has a stable familiar homely aura to them.

He’d love it if his s.o had hidden aspects of their personality that only he got to see that made their dynamic extra special and made him feel closer to them.

[laumieregourmetfruits]

Laumière Gourmet Fruits is one whole year old! And we can tell you for a fact, that the last 365 days have been filled with passion, excitement, hard work, creativity, and loads of fun. As we reach this major milestone, we thought we’d look back at our journey and share with you some of our most cherishable memories. We want to share the highlights, the amusing stories, and a general overview of what we’ve managed to accomplish in our first year of what most people would call a “business”.  We would call it an absolute rollercoaster, with meeting some lovely people, doing splendid work, and occasionally, screaming ourselves to sleep at night.  

We kicked off at the perfect time–on a sunny day, one beautiful Californian summer; we realized that we share the belief of saying yes and pushing ourselves towards creating the highest quality fruit-based products available in the market. On that shared belief, we launched our website. 

We spent the following months strategizing our eCommerce presence, working on our brand, and following our company’s road map. For over five years, our CEO has had the vision to get the brand going in a specific direction. Between the two of us, we have debated this direction -  we’ve talked about how to incorporate customer feedback, how to innovate our products, and other important questions to which any business should have answers. We’ve been through it all, and looking at things from where we stand today, we think we’ve fared rather well. Seeing our brand pick up has made us immensely happy.

The highlight for us has been speaking to so many great people, who also happen to be our customers. Hearing them tell us their stories, what they think about our collections, and how we inspire them to eat differently is both humbling and inspiring. That’s not to say that all the feedback we have received is universally positive! When you aren’t satisfied, you haven’t hesitated in letting us know how we can improve. And as co-founders, we truly appreciate such feedback - it is incredibly valuable and beneficial to us. 

Our first anniversary has led me to reflect on what we have achieved. Within our first year, we have successfully worked on expanding Laumière’s presence in the USA and Canada. However, the sun isn’t setting on our brand. Our plans for the next year are: 

We plan on expanding to other parts of the world, starting with the UK and then, other countries in Europe. We are also looking to expand to Asia. More news on this in the next few months.

One of the significant points of feedback we have received from our customers is a request to work on an everyday premium product that can be consumed on the go. Our chefs are already working on this and we will share updates soon.

We are also working on newly curated collections - L’Automne Collection, which is a Halloween and Thanksgiving special, the Cadeau de Noel Parfait Collection, which is one of the most requested collections for Christmas, and, for the first time, a special Diwali collection for the glorious festival of lights. 

Another one of our visions is becoming a more sustainable brand. We are considering new methods of adopting sustainable practices, like using recyclable packaging, etc.

We are constantly improving our website and our online presence to enable efficient interaction with our customers and improve their shopping experience. Two new programs are under construction - a Laumière Credits program that awards loyalty points with every purchase you make, and a partner program that allows you to share the goodness of Laumière with the world. 

One interesting question we are often asked is why we picked this niche - an online natural gourmet store. Here’s why:

We had been focusing on becoming the best version of ourselves. That involved feeding our bodies the best nutrients, feeding our minds the right information, and feeding our souls the right knowledge. Through this journey, we noticed that when it came to healthy eating or premium gifting, our options were pretty much limited to plain dried fruits and nuts. And we thought it would be great to find healthy alternatives to sugar and carbs and create tasty products that simultaneously supported a robust lifestyle and premium gift-giving. This is what led to the idea of Laumière Gourmet Fruits. 

Our experience over the last few decades has had its focus around F&B, eCommerce, and luxury food. Through the course of our professional careers, our experience in these fields has developed into bona fide expertise. Moreover, the fact that we had international contacts from the industry enabled us to bring people together and source the best ingredients, store them safely, process them gracefully, and deliver the best end products. 

This drive has also made us work towards building a sustainable future for the company as well as the world. 

Finally, we want to say that we wouldn’t be where we are today without you - our customers, partners, and team. So, on behalf of Laumière, thank you so much for being part of the family and making this year unforgettable! We’re so proud of building these beautiful relationships with you. They have helped us help you. We’re also excited about what the next year has in store, and, most of all,  we look forward to another successful year of serving you. 

Note: The original blog post was published on the Laumière Gourmet Fruits website

[amplesalty]

Day 5 - Frankenhooker (1990)

I think you’ll find it’s called Frankenhooker’s Monster

We’re branching out into the wider filmography of Frank Henenlotter today. He’s primarily known for Basket Case, which was one of the entries in the early days of this blog. I had a weird moment before watching this in trying to remember if I ever saw Basket Case 3 as I didn’t seem to mention it on here. Evidently I watched it during my attempt at the ‘365 movies in 365 days’ challenge in the mid 2010’s, which seems a little odd for me as normally I feel like I would have normally left it until Halloween, especially since I discussed the first two movies.

As the title might suggest, we’re very much dealing with the ‘Frankenstein’ tropes in this, with a whole bunch of gratuitous nudity thrown in from the hooker side of things. ‘Ol Tor has his work cut out today.

We start out by meeting Jeffrey, an oddball sort of fellow that dabbles in a little bit of mad science on his kitchen table. He follows the more Jeremy Clarkson school of tool selection as he does his mad science with hammers. Neither his fiancé or family seem to mind this and just casually carry on enjoying the birthday party they’re throwing around him. Would you mind passing me the ketchup whilst you’re performing invasive surgery on your brain/fish thing, honey? I don’t know what that thing is and they never explain it. I guess it’s just a quick way to introduce the fact that he’s able to create life in some weird ways.

He later moves it into a fish tank, at least it’s more roomy than just being a brain in a jar. Plus it has neighbours! Do you think it eats the fish food as well?

It reminds me of Arrghus from A Link to the Past, only without the tentacles or the little creatures satelliting around it.

This party takes a turn for the worse when his fiancé demonstrates the remote control lawnmower Jeffrey invented by turning it on and standing in front of it whilst it runs her over. What is it with people in Hollywood who are too stupid to take a sidestep out of incoming danger? Seriously, just a few feet either way but no, she just stands there and screams whilst the machine cuts her down.

This is an event summed up on the evening news in a manner rather lacking in any tact or dignity, proclaiming the young woman’s ‘personality’ was chopped up and rained upon the party guests like some sort of human tossed salad.

This Prison Break reboot looks a bit odd. And as much as I am curious to see if muscular and flesh level nudity would flag up Tumblr’s censors, I’ll play it safe here.

No, those are just Jeffrey’s plans to make things right again; like Doctor’s Frankenstein and West before him, he will restore life.

I say West because there is a bit of a low rent Jeffrey Combs vibe going on here. Actor James Lorinz is a bit cheesey in his delivery at times but it probably doesn’t help he spends half the film spouting exposition to himself. He has the look down though, with some good facial expressions and looking like he hasn’t slept in a week. Puts me in mind of the guy in Nightmare on Elm Street 2 as well actually. I keep going on about that bloody movie.

See, Jeffrey was only able to salvage a few body parts before the cops did their clean up. The most important thing is he got the head so he can just put that on a new body and he’s back in business.

A head that he likes to enjoy candlelit suppers with.

I must say, these fake nude images were a lot cruder before the invention of Photoshop.

The only trouble is, where to get a donor body? Jeffrey is wracking his brains but can’t think of anything so, bizarrely, he drills into his own head which seems to tap into some wickedness like tricking a bunch of stewardesses off a plan by dressing as a maintenance man and saying there’s a fault. He doesn’t think they’ll fall for that though so he figures he’ll just go kill a bunch of hookers.

I don’t know what the deal is with the drilling thing. It’s like something out of the middle ages, trepanning. He uses it later on and seems to act as some sort of relief to him. See, Dr Spengler had it right, it would have worked.

Forget all this dealing with tragedy and grief business, it’s sexy hooker party time! The girls think this is just some weird roleplay fantasy that Jeffrey has, with his white gown and stethoscope, but really he’s just sizing them up as suitable donors.

Things go slightly wrong though when they find the bag of super crack he’s being cooking up and they just go to town on it. That’s the problem with crack, it’s really morish.

Mr Stark…I don’t feel so good…

It also has the slight side effect of making you explode. The crudity of this scene really makes it, just take a load of dummies, strap some fireworks to them and just watch the show. I shouldn’t jest, there are dozens of people that spontaneously combust every year, it’s just not really widely reported.

Not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, Jeffrey scoops up the body parts and takes them home. I think this shows the kind of neighbourhood he was in that he can drive around with his trunk rigged open, with body parts spilling out, and no one bats an eyelid.

You got these titties but then you got like this whole tray full of titties and that’s just too many titties. You need like some well rounded female characters in the titties to make titties sweeter.

Those aren’t the kind of bolt ons that most women elect to have surgery for…

Like when Dr Frankenstein created the bride for his creature, so to does Jeffrey have to deal with a rebellious streak within his creation. When she finds out that he doesn’t have any money, she shows him the back of her hand and heads off into the night. Forget being a hooker, she should be running the show with a pimp hand like that!

See, the slight problem with the new body that Jeffrey has put together is that it has infected his fiance’s mind, no longer the sweet, innocent girl he knew, now she’s taken on the personality of one of the hookers, just going round asking if people want a good time and if they have any money. For all the gore and breasts on show so far, you have to give the movie credit for finally delving into the sort of deep, metaphysical questions that I’m sure Mary Shelley had in mind when she wrote the original story. What makes us who we are? Is it just our thoughts and memories or is there something more, a soul within our body?

Eh, who am I kidding? Bring on the ungodly creature effects from all the reanimated hooker body parts!

[beingawizardisfunandeasy]

BAWIFAE Two Year Anniversary

Well, we’ve done it again! By which I mean, I’ve done it again! Me! I made 365 wizards over the same number of days! Honestly, year two doesn’t feel that much different from year one in terms of work flow, other than “wait, I already did this idea” happens a lot more and also it kind of feels like I’ve been doing this for as long as I can remember? Weird.

Anyway, most importantly, I wanna give a massive thank you to everyone who reads this blog. Those of you who just like my posts, I see you and I treasure seeing which classes speak to you. Those of you who reblog me, and especially when you put little comments in the tags. That one person who called out that I made a wizard that was a reference to Knuckles the Echidna. I know everyone says this about everything, but you guys genuinely make this feel worth doing, so thank you. 

Without further ado, here’s my favourite wizard from each month of this year, with some Honourable Mentions, because it was super hard to pick, I kind of slam dunked it this year.

Aug 2018 - Dreamer of Worlds

So this one is one of my favourites conceptually, although it's pretty flagrantly inspired by an existing character I happen to like. I'm really pleased with the execution on what is essentially one complex effect – my only uncertainty is how ambiguous I left the effects of partial manifestation, but leaving stuff up to the reader/imagined GM is half of the fun of this blog for me.

HM: Daisy Witch, Categorical Romantic

Sep 2018 - Icarian Scion

This is another one that I like from the concept up. Initially I was like “Wait, doing a wizard based on Icarus doesn't make the most sense, Icarus died.” Thankfully, I realized that actually makes it way better, I think. I think it turned out being one of the better classes I've done with a theme of self destruction or risk/reward.

HM: Spirit Maze Wanderer

Oct 2018 - Ghastly Relict

I gotta apologize to the month of October, because I saved the best for last there. I try to do a week of spooky wizards leading up to Halloween, and I knew from the start that I'd have to give the day itself to this one. The narrative the mechanics build is something I'm real proud of, and the aesthetic is one of the strongest I think I've done. And I will never get tired of emotional damage typing.

HM: Swordworthy, Inheritor Scion

Nov 2018 - Magical Princess

This one was kind of pushing out the bounds of how I normally make these. Ordinarily, I go to some lengths to not gender the classes, especially not the names, but it felt right for this one. The magical girl genre is unique and the femininity is inextricable. I think the strong theming on emotional effects and the way the various abilities interact makes for an interesting class, and honestly I just love princesses and I'm glad there's one in the catalogue.

Also I realised I was a transwoman this year, lol.

HM - Ritual Boxer, Dark Apothecary, Bokken Warrior

Dec 2018 - Board Mage

I'm not gonna lie, I was watching a lot of Mario Party related videos when I made this. Like I said last anniversary, I like throwing games together, and I liked the idea of a generic board game wizard, that kind of felt like it brought to life the archetypal board game that you imagine exists when you're a kid and that you try to make whenever you get assigned to make a themed board game in class. Did you have that in school? I feel like I was told to design way more board games than I should have been during my early education.

HM: Rose Duelist

Jan 2019 - Dark Counterpart

I love making wizards that steal other wizards' magic! I feel like this specifically is something that there's not much of a chance to do in tabletop RPGs (and maybe for good reason, everyone wants to have unique skills, usually), and hopefully this class raises some interesting questions about the kind of shape campaigns can have to accommodate it.

HM: Boomerang Ranger, Firefly Witch, Skittering Swarmlord

Feb 2019 - Drowned Sorcerer

I will take any excuse to use a little snatch of poetry for a wizard's flavour text. I'm really fond of the idea of a mage's power coming from them returning from death, and tbh I kind of think I knocked it out of the park on the first try with this one. I'll probably try to do more with the concept in future, but I don't think I'll top the evocativeness of the Drowned.

HM: Dragonhead Caterpillar Witch, Mystic Coward

Mar 2019- Dray Horse Druid

I was agog back in March when it was pointed out to me that I hadn't done a horse wizard yet. This one had some hot competition, but I'm ultimately just very fond of this idea, and how many old-timey words I got to use. And I've always liked Boxer from Animal Farm.

HM: Cacophony Bard, Singleseer

Apr 2019 -Tangle Mage

This was another tough choice and the only real reasoning I have for picking this one over the others is that I think it's a good, pure example of the “[thing] Wizard” concept that I have, oh, three to four hundred of, at least. I think it builds nicely around the central theme well enough to justify why it got to be put in front of the word “Mage”.

HM: Sorcerous Containment Practitioner, Pandaemoknight, Impossible Traveller

May 2019 - Nocturnal Archivist

This was the toughest choice to the point that I only just decided it today, as I'm getting this ready to be posted. I have a weird stubborn fondness for the Sibling of the Sledge, but at the end of the day I have to say the Nocturnal Archivist is the more unique and interesting class, no offence to the hammer mage. As a lover of stories, I adore the kind of people who make scary stories more accessible to fraidy-cats by analysing them, and that's who this wizard is honouring.

HM: Noirlock, Godspeaker, Sibling of the Sledge

Jun 2019 - Ironically Dumb Wizard

I don't feel like I need to explain this one? Like, we can just agree that this is definitely among my best work, yeah?

HM: 8-Ball Oracle, Magic Plush Collector, Air Guitarist, Brawling Artificer

Jul 2019 - Laughing Hyena Shaman

I haven't done enough clowns, in my opinion, partially because it's hard to make “be funny” mechanical, since humour is so subjective. The hyena theming let me cut loose a bit and focus more on a sort of manic, giggly energy rather than more performative clowning, and I think it led to a cool class that you could play in a number of different ways and tones. And I got to add “satirical” to my list of esoteric damage types.

HM: Damage Essence Alchemist, Mage In Yellow