#Autumn blogging prompt

[malusokay]

end of summer journaling prompts 𝜗𝜚˚⋆

Which month of summer was most memorable to you and why?

At what point do you feel like summer is over?

Top 3 summer memories?

How do you plan to spend the last summer days?

Have you made vacation friends, and if so, have you stayed in touch with them?

Top 3 summer fruits?

What is your favourite summer beauty ritual?

Does time feel like it's moving faster or slower in summer?

What is something that you wanted to do all summer but haven't done yet?

Top 3 summer songs this year? make a playlist!!

How did your routine change over the summer?

What habits did you pick up this summer, and what do you want to continue in the upcoming school year?

Summarise the entire summer in just 1 word!!

3 unpopular summer opinions?

How would you rank all four seasons now that summer is coming to an end?

Do you feel the "summertime sadness"?

hey dolls I hope August is treating you all with plenty of kindness!! for me, this has probably been the busiest month so far, trying to manage moving, work, school, and relationships while also enjoying summer to the fullest!!

As always, please feel free to share your own prompts or even your summer highlights in the comments! <3

✩‧₊*:・love ya ･:*₊‧✩

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

normal people when it’s October

whump community when it’s October

meme by @bebx (x)

[pwh3]

The first signs of autumn in the city (September 29th, 2024).

[memoriesndew]

[autumnslance]

for the ask game — c'oretta's feelings on urianger!

also not really relevant but i was wondering where your tumblr username originates from? guessing it's related to dark autumn but she's a bard, right? or is she a lancer too?

This is where I remember I actually have a document in my files where I figured out my OCs feelings on the main Scion cast and several world leaders, and vice versa. C'oretta on Urianger, for instance: Urianger is so smart and funny and honestly everyone needed to figure that out much sooner and if anyone ever breaks his heart C'oretta will turn them into a pretzel OK? :D He's a bro! And she appreciates his patience and his eloquent way of speaking.

Urianger finds her energy and intellect endearing, she's always been able to keep up with him and is very helpful at trolling his comrades. She also got the closest to figuring out his scheme in HW, and what his plan was in StB even, which is almost scary. She only didn’t figure out ShB cuz she wasn’t in the First with them.

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The blog title does have to do with Dark Autumn, but unsurprisingly that simple of a title was long taken when I got around to making this side blog when she was still my only character. Dark actually did begin as a Lancer/Dragoon when I started playing in early Heavensward. It was a part of a challenge to myself to try not only DPS, but melee, as my time in WoW was entirely on tanks and healers, with some ranged DPS I was bad at, but melee was worse (I legit got angry and couldn't play my paladin if I tried to go Retribution spec, I hated it so much). FF14's longer GCD and combat play works much better for me! I took all 2 years of HW to get through ARR cuz it was my side game at the time. I tried Bard in 4.0 after finally catching up to main story and fell in love with it (as it had actually been completely overhauled in StB from turret caster to the current mobile form).

In character lorewise, Dark is a Gridanian Lancer, and studying at the lancer and archery guilds together is how she met Aeryn, as Dark got back into adventuring after a long and necessary break from it (she'd been at Carteneau as part of the foreign levy with her then-free company; all handwaved backstory, I did not play 1.0). Dark and Aeryn also sought out Jehantel together. Aeryn's the one who went on to become a Dragoon, thanks to her then-secret backstory, while Dark excelled at Bardic skills that Aeryn treats as more of a hobby/flavoring to her spellcasting. Dark's "canon" tank job is Warrior, though she knows a smattering of most of the martial jobs; while I've leveled all the jobs, she cannot IC spellcast anything beyond level 10 or so. Just no ability or aptitude for it, nor does that bug her as Aeryn's own difficulties troubled her. And in the end, Dark always falls back on the Gridanian methods of archer and lancer. They're practical.

So it's still my blogname, and it'd break far too many links to change it, it's printed in some fanzines that way now, and it'd just feel weird to try to change it to something else after *checks sideblog's age* Heck, 9 years.

[swash0067]

[crackling-fires]

I am getting various signs that this is going to be a very powerful fall and with that in mind, I'm thinking I should do something with this blog. Not sure what? General autumn blog? Another year of prompts? Actually post some of my own writing here? Secret fourth option?

Anyway, just putting this out there for the handful of people who maybe still follow here. Thoughts? Opinions? Predictions about the coming autumnal season?

[autumnworld19]

Wip Game

Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder regardless of how non-decriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

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But for me I don’t have titles for my stuff, so do with that as you will 😅

Warehouse Worker

Lawyer ‘Curtis’

Fishermen

Mechanic Gabriel

Scientist ‘Cassidy Matthews’

Wild West AU ‘Clyde’

Hitman ‘Joseph’

Thanks again! @floraroselaughter

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No pressure: @running-with-kn1ves @crispynuggetbutter @obsessivevoidkitten @violetempress7 @teuanjo @colddelusionsheep @flowersandbigteeth

[wordsforyourwip]

Sheer

Mist

Twilight

Autumn

Nostalgia

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10. 30. 2024

WordPress is trying to help me write more. Below is the prompt it wants me to use. What’s something you believe everyone should know. I met someone today. She’s a new, first-time mom. Her baby is nearly three months old. I met her through another friend. My friend, we’ll call her Brittany, is still pretty new to me, too. Brittany came into our lives from another friend. Lately it seems like…

[lovelyprincessn64]

Thanksgiving Day request event

Gobble gobble that's right this is the month of feast in the middle of the cozy autumn and this year is something special for the middle of November welcome to the Thanksgiving request event everything evolving around food and all kinds of crazy things that go bumping in the middle of fall.

Step right up and don't be shy but most importantly watch out for the Black Friday apocalypse and here is today's menu for a special month of the turkey.

1. Shopping for ingredients

2. Black Friday chaos

3. Cozy nights

4. Turkey day

5. Hunting for turkeys

6. Your ocs (Thanksgiving theme or your choice of picking)

7. Arts n crafts

8. Cooking for dinner

9. Cookbook

10. Thanksgiving Massacre

11. Leftovers

12. Thanksgiving specials

13. Clean up party

14. Animal Crossing turkey day

15. Horror themes

16. Decorations party

17. Room for dessert

18. Charlie Brown

19. A new day A New Hope

20. Day off from work

21. Food fight

22. Hungry night

23. Babysitting kids

24. A special toast

25. Raking up leaves

26. Wholesome love

27. Commercials (fan made or references as long if it's good)

28. Parodies of laughing

29. Mischievous Pranksters

30. Sweet as honey

31. To do list

32. Pumpkin harvesting

33. Getting ready for Christmas

34. Order up

35. A day with family

36. Freebirds

37. Break from school

38. Day of madness

39. Japan Thanksgiving theme

40. Delicious goodies

41. Crazy cinnamon day

42. Yuffie's birthday

43. Baking bread for days

44. Jammed up

45. Rosalina's birthday

46. Any type of Thanksgiving theme

47. Thanksgiving prompts

48. Bakery fun time

49. Brightful smile

50. Lovely picnic

51. Sandwich crazy

52. National Men's Day

53. Deep fried days

54. Redraws

55. Nostalgic November

56. Good old times along with old days

57. Delicious evening

58. DIYs

59. Pie of your choice

60. Chilling in cabins

61. Sleepy hibernation

62. Lazy days

63. Aesthetics of choice

64. Craving for tea

65. Dancing dinner table

66. Lame rainy days

67. Fairy tale story time

68. Doodle skits

69. Making scarecrows

70. Playing with board games

71. Biking in forest

72. Hiking through nature

73. Magical Library

74. Ready for vacation

75. Turkey chasing

76. Egg Fest

77. Feeling dozy

78. AUs

79. Parade or Festival

80. Overcooked burnt

81. Busy Chef's Kitchen

82. Love for autumn

83. Retro style of dinner

84. thickgiving

85. Going nuts

86. Writing a wish list

87. Don't beef with me

88. Disney themed of Wonder

89. Are we there yet

90. Sneaking in the kitchen

91. Nostalgic wave of feeling

92. Non-stop Marathon

93. Teamwork friendship

94. What can possibly go wrong

95. Chores of pain

96. Creative mind of Art

97. Starbucks yummy

98. Where's the turkey

99. Hungry appetite

100. Dinner is served

101. Early bird gets the worm

102. Some Creepypastas

103. Wishing for December

104. Wishing on a shooting star

105. Some errands to do

106. Hellish consumers

107. Butter up too exotic

108. Cranberry Harvest

109. Cheesy macaroni

110. Vegan options / alternatives

112. Satire / joke arts

113. Mustard or ketchup

114. Mashy potatoes

115. Too much stuffing

116. pumpkin pie crazy

117. Setting up the table

118. Stayed in bed

119. Too big of sweet

200. Eating up a feast

201. Crazy competition

202. Kawaii seasoning

203. Leafy collection

204. 1950s style

205. Thankful in grace

206. Lumberjack season

207. Jocks around

208. Spicy Danger

209. Exploring the abandon

210. Determination of heart

211. Bacon alive

212. Wildest imaginations

213. Horrific pilgrims

214. Hunting for shinies

215. Best of variety

216. Apple cider bar

217. Enjoying the sunrise

218. Creamy peaches

219. Dead plate

220. Juicy apples

221. Apple cider day

222. Marmalade sky

223. Food wars

224. Mai Valentine's birthday

225. Mai Valentine dressed in lingerie

226. Cake for my Minnie Mouse

227. Minnie Mouse’s Birthday

228. Gifts for my Mickey

229. Mickey Mouse day

230. American Thanksgiving 

231. Cozy childhood hideaway

232. Diner aesthetic

233. Goblincore

234. Golden hour / hours

235. Korean cozy beige

236. BakuCamieVember

237. Crash Bandicoot anniversary

238. Apple hoarder

239. Eevee Day

240. Slice of apple pie

241. Rock Lee's birthday

242. Chibi Rock Lee

243. Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi 20th Anniversary

244. Chibi Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi

245. Human Eevee

246. Chibi Mai Valentine

247. Eraser Head's Birthday

248. Chibi Eraser Head

249. Autumn Equinox

250. Never goes to a cafeteria

Disclaimer: unlike normal requests you have to request on November theme / Thanksgiving theme also if you prefer something Halloweenish feel free to go to the Halloween request event.

Note: I'll be adding and updating the list if I come up with something creative be on the lookout for that also be sure to read the rules before sending me requests please be understandable and thank you and have a great Thanksgiving one more thing have fun~🍗🍖🍳🍽

If you like feel free to send me a suggestion to add on the list of the prompts list I am now opening to suggestions to what to add on the list that is considered match to the theme leave them down in the comments below if you got a very good idea or possibly for a future adding to a different one.

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Writing Prompts to Get You and Your Readers in the Mood for Fall

Ready to jump into fall? Try out these fall-themed writing prompts that will dazzle readers and get your stories noticed!

What could be better than a story that puts you in the mood for the season?  Fall is the favourite season of many, and for good reason. Crisp leaves, cool air, warm colour palettes, and the almighty pumpkin flavours combined with savoury-sweet spices are hard not to like. In some places, like where I live in sunny Florida, it can be difficult to get into the fall spirit when it’s still 85…

[autumnslance]

First pic I took of Aeryn, just running around the North Shroud, and the latest pic from the Loporrit quests.

I change her hair styles all the time, but I used a fantasia once to move her skin tone 1 to the right to better match what I intended (it irks me chargen screen lighting, even using the starting zone staging areas, is so different from actual game lighting). I've also gotten more careful about reshade filters and gpose lighting; she's actually probably the hardest of my characters to light, as it's easy to wash her skintone out entirely, and there's been a couple cases where she somehow almost looks as dark as Dark Autumn.

Aeryn's height is close to my own IRL, hence her being tallest for Midlander women. I needed perspective on everything and everyone in the game after playing Dark and then C'oretta.

But Aeryn was always intended to be inspired by--not a one to one, but very close--of the unused CGI Midlander woman that could have been a version of Meteor in the cinematics, so went with that, and it informed my silly meta about her brother as the 1.0 WoL and lookalike to Ardbert, making Aeryn (further) doubt her own role as the Warrior of Light.

And then Shadowbringers and Endwalker happened, and my silly meta meant to amuse myself ended up becoming a core part of her story. I always wonder if the devs had leaned a bit more into the Shepherd or Hawke parallels for the either-gender WoL, or had used her instead of Ardbert for the Warriors of Darkness and ShB arcs.

Dark's first pic in 2015 when I first started the game, to Dark getting her updated Manderville weapon. Her hair has definitely changed a bunch, and I made her taller at one point, as I'd initially left her average Roe height, like a fool. Now she's tall as can be and perhaps my prettiest character ever. Learning how to light and style her has been fun. Also she's now a Bard main.

Also, I chose a Roe cuz I usually start with humans by default, and I chose melee cuz 1) HW was coming out and I know DRG would be important, and 2) I spent all my time in WoW healing or tanking, and wanted to see if my melee issues were me or the gameplay. It's a little of both, but I definitely feel better about DPS at all in FFXIV.

My PunchyCat in 2017 versus a recent instant portrait. I only intended for her to exist long enough to see the Ul'dah starting story...and then I just...kept going, replaying ARR as I'd taken so long, in fits and starts, over 2 years to play through it with Dark Autumn. Got a pink tabard as a quest reward and it somehow worked and a personality and story began to form and next thing I know she was level capped and then waiting for Dancer to drop with Shadowbringers.

Other than adjusting her pink highlights with the aesthetician, and updating hairstyles fairly often, she's the same as she ever was; super tiny (in contrast to Dark's height), longest tail, lots of energy.

Iyna's my newest, and not much has changed; late 2019, early 2020 is her creation, and I never intended to have a Viera. She just happened while playing in the Shadowbringers Benchmark. She's shortest a Viera woman can be, with every slider set to minimum (including ears) cuz of her backstory. Got her Claws of the Beast ASAP. Started her in Limsa as a MRD, but that was never meant to last; got it to 30 and stopped. Rogue/Ninja was the intent there, as well as MCH main.

I haven't even changed her hairstyle yet; I try to, but nothing else seems to really "fit" Iyna. The images are early questing in La Noscea, and reference pics taken for art.

I want more WoLs on my dash. Reblog this with the oldest picture you have of your WoL/OC, and then the newest photo you have of them. Show off what changed! Did they change race? Gender? Hair color? Hair style? Tell me about it!

[memoriesndew]

my current fav bloggers <3

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[autumnslance]

hello Aeryn! Question! I have seen you post that Dark Autumn is your experience the story character and Aeryn is your personal WoL, when playing Dark how did you start planning out Aeryn? I want to make a personal WoL for myself and I don’t know what I should do? Any suggestions or tips? I love your tumblr! Such an inspiration! ❤️

Thank you for the lovely words! And well, I didn't really plan out anything concerning alts, let alone a WoL, at least not at first.

I think I've spoken about it before, but: I started playing back around Heavensward's release, and Dark Autumn was my first and for a long time only character; FF14 was my side game, as I was still pretty active in WoW. By the time Stormblood came out, though, I was burning out on WoW for various reasons, and started playing FF14 more. I was still level 40-something and in Mor Dhona trying to save the Scions, so I finished ARR, ripped through HW, and caught up to StB 4.0 pretty quickly while that was still new.

But I realized, going back through the cutscenes in the Unending Journey to remind myself of the plot I'd slowly meandered through for over 2 years, that there was a lot I'd forgotten, or missed, and also 2 other starter city experiences. This is also, crucially, long before New Game+ became a thing during the Shadowbringers patch cycle. The only way to re-experience the game was to replay it on an alt.

So I made C'oretta in Ul'dah and a Duskwight in Limsa Lominsa. The Duskwight didn't stick around far past the intro, but I ended up replaying the entire MSQ on C'oretta, remembering things from ARR I'd forgotten, and picking up on things I'd missed in the ARR patches, HW, and StB.

Also, I did not make Dark or C'oretta to be the WoL. I was still thinking of myself as a roleplayer back then, and thanks to my old WoW experiences built RP stories where one does not play "the hero" even though that's FF14's entire setup. I also just couldn't really separate in my mind a "WoL version" versus "RP version" of either character back then. It also just didn't seem to...."fit" either one of them.

But I also eventually realized, especially as I left WoW for good, that I was just too tired and disinterested in getting involved in the dramas of another open RP community. Sticking to fanfiction was looking infinitely better, and I got a little RP from close long time friends now and again (in FF14 and also more traditional tabletop gaming). By this point, I had a better grasp of the world and the lore, the story and the characters, and the various ways the fandom approached WoLs in RP and fanfiction.

I also learned about an unused CGI Midlander woman model, and that got some wheels spinning in my head, about our beloved Meteor Survivor default WoL, and Ardbert and his crew all based on the original legacy and ARR trailer characters, and decided I was going to make an "actual WoL" OC and try experiencing the story (again) that way. I also decided, for myself, as I like "coloring within the lines" for my fanfiction writing (a lot of "missing scenes" or "meanwhiles" etc and not too much lore/canon divergence), that to keep it simple and not go too far off the rails for my own time and sanity, she'd play close to what I call Assumed Default WoL's canon actions, attitude, assumptions, etc that we get throughout the game.

Was also going through some identity figuring out at the time, so my WoL totally wasn't going to be romantically or physically involved with anyone, going to write about an aroace WoL who was just focusing on the MSQ and side story events. WoLNPC shipping obviously wasn't for me after 2 and a half other playthroughs, there were plenty of other people doing all that, it was fine if I didn't.

Plans never survive first contact with the enemy, players at the gaming table, or how your own OC actually reacts to the plots you throw them in and characters you introduce them to.

By the time I created Aeryn, I'd been playing FF14 for 2 or 3 years. I had a rough idea of her background and some important people (though not all their names yet), and then saw where playing through MSQ and the various side stories took her. I already knew the plots, after all, having done it all on Dark, and some again on C'oretta, so was able to focus on Aeryn's characterization and reactions and how that changed over time, as well as adding details to her backstory and supporting cast over time, too.

And it's become a kind of running way for me to do things; Dark is first cuz she's my baby and I can just play as me and my reactions as I puzzle out the story and see what happens. Dark's own RP responses are pretty straightforward and simple, if I decide she's even present for those events. Aeryn playing through a second time lets me see things with the benefit of hindsight and foreknowledge, catch things I missed/forgot (from hints and foreshadowing, to references, etc) and rather than puzzling out the mystery or having my own knee-jerk emotional reactions, I can take a step back and know what's happening and why--or am better able to figure that out now--and see how my character would respond, especially if that's different from me the writer.

(I'm probably still crying, though; there's no escaping that)

It also lets me solidify the lore and remember it better, especially as it starts to get meme-ified and characters flanderized by the community. C'oretta and Iyna ending up replaying again months or years later also helps remember and solidify things. New Game+ helps a lot too, especially if you don't want to alt like I ended up doing thanks to early game's lack of replayability and this game being not very alt friendly.

Some people play their WoLs first (if not only) time through, some people have multiple alts they play, some make no distinction between RP and fanfic WoLs, some folks go with their initial gut reactions to events, and some parse and reconsider the storyline and its elements later. There's no right or wrong way to do it; this is just the path I took, and have decided to stick with due to the time and energy I have for gametime. I end up playing Aeryn more as she's my collector and the one I want to have all content done on for my story reasons, and do just enough on Dark to keep her ready for MSQ requirements (and cuz I love her pretty face and giantess physique). The unexpected WoLNPC ship did help focus and adjust my writing for Aeryn, but it's far from the only thing I write about for her, or the other alts, who settled into "friends and allies summoned by the Azem stone" spot.

So my advice is, as usual, if you decide you want a whole alt to be a WoL, start with a vague plan and some general idea of the backstory, and worry about the details as they come. It can shift and change and solidify as you go, over time. Let the character grow and change in reaction to story, good and bad, and embrace the unexpected reactions and see where they take your writing. Can always leave it in drafts or retcon it later. Use replays to actually look at the story, the parts you like and dislike both and be honest and objective about why and what that means for your story, what ends up important or not to your telling and to your WoL.

Be flexible, do it at your own pace in your own way, and have fun doing it, are the main things.

[haveyouseenthishorrormovie]

What is October without watching some horror movies? What is this blog if we're not promoting watching some horror movies in the spookiest month of the year! Join us in fresh new #HorrorMovietober2024!

Share with everyone which movies you watched each day here!

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To help you find some movies, here's some helpful links related to each daily prompt. Links lead to tags in this blog or Wikipedia or IMDb page.

Week 1 - Prompt

Movie set during the autumn

Movie based on a book

Movie with a twist ending

Scary(?) movie for children

Movie that's so bad it's good

Random! (opens in browser)

Week 2 - Decade

1920s-1930s / X / X

1940s-1950s / X / X

1960s-1970s / X / X

1980s-1990s / X / X

2000s-2010s / X / X

2020s / X

Movie from your birth year

Week 3 - Subgenre

Psychological / X

Slasher / X

Folk horror / X

Monster / X

Supernatural / X

Comedy / X

Science fiction / X

Week 4 - Region

North America / X

Europe / X

Asia / X

South America / X

Oceania / X

Africa / X

Movie from your home country

Week 5 - Special

Movie you haven't seen for a really long time

Movie you didn't like but could rewatch

Movie everyone keeps recommending but you haven't seen yet

Free choice!

Where to watch movies?

Local movie theaters

Wherever they sell movies, VHS/DVD/Blueray/etc.

Video rental stores

Libraries

Streaming sites

Friends, family members with their old VHS/DVD collections

Sometimes second-hand stores have old movies!