#But I'm so flattered that you asked me

[lazylittledragon]

so uhhhhhhhh. not to be cryptic and bitchy on main but congratulations to everyone in my messages for like 5 months on being right i guess

[behindthepuppetshow]

OKAY OKAY 👏🏻👏🏻

Rapid fire time 😌↕️

Favourite colour? Any reasons why?

Sweet, savoury or spicy? Any comfort food?

Recommend me three songs :3

Favourite genre, if any? If not, then tell me about your favourite story and why it's your favourite? [Can be anything - web series, anime, novel, real life experience, ANYTHING!]

[I wasn't kidding when I said you've got me curious 😔]

Okay! I'll answer this without thinking too much.

Green, it reminds me of my childhood, specific memories of trying to marry a tree and spending more time in my garden than with people rip

I love all three, no preference, dumplings as comfort food and banana milk!

Three songs: Igloo- Kissoflife, Glad you came-the wanted, Rhiannon-Fleetwood Mac, ( Saturn-sleeping at last, one more for good measure 😂😂 Ohhh and Tobey flyyyy highhhyy~ 😂😂)

I prefer Mystery, thriller and fantasy a little more than the other genres, the one anime that had really stuck with me is Orange and for movie, I would say When the promised flower blooms. Maybe I like Angst a little too much for it aids in distracting my mind from my own problems and hyper analyze other's problems and be prepared for a scenario that never comes-

Also, is it alright if I ask you the same question?? With an additional one!

If you found out you were the most loved person in the whole wide world, what are the emotions you will be feeling? (you can take your time with answering this one because honestly it's strange 😂😂)

[altraviolet]

Hello! I have been wondering, if you were not asked before: what was the inspiration for the Mirage's dimension worldbuilding? It was truly peculiar and original look into TF au worldbuilding as whole, I was mesmerized.

>peculiar and original yessssss this is a huge compliment to me >D thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed!

If you mean specifically the fate of his Cybertron, I talked about it in the Afterword (last chapter of the fic) so I'm gonna yank the answer from there :D

...the original plan for 2938 Cybertron. Originally it was going to be an insecticon-riddled wasteland. The video game that Rodimus plays with Soundwave, Hostile Planet II, had his game character running away from insecticons as foreshadowing for this original idea. But as I got closer to the Firelove arc, I thought it would be more interesting to go the “stark wasteland” route, instead of the “insecticons are eating everything” route. I did a twitter poll and “stark wasteland” won, so I thought… let's try it.

here's a screenshot of the poll!

in terms of how did I get to "sterilized world"? I... don't remember :'D I might have the train of thought written down somewhere in my hundreds of pages of notes. I think I was trying to think of 1) something that hadn't been done before, but was 2) still really horrific despite being "clean."

Now if you meant the whole "crystals determine everything about their society, including their language," that grew out of thinking A LOT and really hard about what it would mean for that to be so. Crystals were a huge part of the fic, so I just... leaned super hard into it, haha.

2938 Megatron shows the reader what Soundwave could become. That grotesque hunger for knowledge... idk, it just feels natural that it could come from a society bound up in layers and layers of meaning and expression.

I hope that answered the question. Was there a specific part of the dimension you wanted to know about? If I didn't cover it, feel free to shoot another ask :)

Thanks for the ask!

[satanisaware]

Hello! I'd like to ask how you got so amazing at art! I'm a huge fan of your art and hope to become as good as you some day. Thank you!

Hello, Hello!

Aren't you sweet? I'm so honored that you like my art that much, I'm so delighted that you said that and that you're a fan of my work, I'll not disappoint you ^^

Remember, nothing is impossible, keep working, keep dreaming, and never let anything get in your way to succeed. Believe in yourself.

I believe in you, anonymous.

Thank you for your kindness!

[nyoomerr]

Nyoomer I’m thinking of starting my own Fic, what tips do you have for me? 💪🫶🫶

do whatever you want forever 🫵 💥 ‼

and i mean it!! i say this every time y'all ask me for fic writing tips, but you're doing this for fun! the number one most important thing is that you make whatever you personally want; if any of my writing tips - or the tips you see from others online - don't vibe with you, then just ignore them, even if it means writing in a way that other people call "wrong" or whatever. it isn't wrong if it makes you happy!

that being said, here's some tips that work for me personally, put under the cut since it's a bit of a text heavy post -

if you want to put a character in a Situation but feel like it might be unrealistic or OOC for that character to act in that way, you don't necessarily have to give up on the situation or think about how to change the situation to match the character's personality. instead, think about what might have to happen to the character in order for them to change to match the situation. example: normally Character A would not risk their life for Character B. but what if Character A owed Character B their life? what if Character A had just suffered a massive loss that made them take on some self destructive tendencies? what kind of mental state would Character A have to be in to risk their life when they normally wouldn't?

if something isn't fun for you to write, don't bother writing it, because chances are it won't be fun to read either. think about how you can communicate the same information without writing out the full scene, or if you even need to communicate the information at all. example: if you're slogging through a scene describing how a character gets from Point A to Point B, step back and consider if it's important that the readers know exactly how it happened, or only that it did happen. if you're trying to communicate that the journey was difficult, would it be effective to skip to Point B and then focus on how worn out or emotionally distraught your character is now that they're there?

when you plan out a scene, keep in mind what the characters should be getting out of it, whether that's information, a problem to solve, or a change in the character's world view/relationships. this will help keep the scene focused and character driven, which - personally - i find most enjoyable. example: if this is a scene that is meant to simply deliver information to the characters, then you can figure out the specifics of your scene by asking: who would this character trust to deliver the information? if it's not information that would normally incite an emotional response, can you change that based on context?

i hope those help a bit!! i also wrote some more general writing tips here in the past, and some tips on getting the motivation to finish/post fics here. i'm also happy to give tips on specific things if you ask!

i'm always excited to see another cook in the kitchen, so GOOD LUCK AND KICK BUTT !! 💥💥

[cheesomancer]

COME BACK

who's here?? anyhoo thank you for these intent and powerful asks (i took a wild guess those were sent by the same person), I feel wanted. i'm cooking at the moment and hope you won't be disappointed...

[soranker]

Hiiii not sure if anyone's asked this yet but any advice on how to improve on art & anatomy? I use to draw a lot wayyyy back in high school but then stopped because of life getting in the way but now I really wanted to get back into art but realized my art isn't as good as it use to be & I never really cared too much about studying anatomy so all my anatomy/proportions are really wack & I'd like to get better at it. Hope you're having a good day!!! 💞💞💞

HI!!! i dont have any formal training in anatomy nor have i really done any studies, so unfortunately i think i can only offer general advice, but hopefully you can still find it helpful! here's what i'd recommend based on my own experience...

focus on proportions BEFORE anatomy! nailing down the size/length of each body part in relation to each other will give you a good foundation before getting into the specifics of anatomy, since you can practice this with simple shapes (circles, boxes, tubes, etc.). then practice anatomy/build on top of that, rather than trying to figure them out in parallel

practice from real life observation/references (ex. figure drawing)! even if you want to draw stylized, it'll be much more helpful in the long run if you study from real life. you'll be a lot more informed in how body parts actually connect to each other or how they move. observe observe observe! take pics of yourself/watch how your body moves--you can be your own most accessible resource, and a mirror and camera can be your best friends

find a way to keep yourself motivated to practice anatomy! everyone says that you only get better with practice and time... and it's true! but i can understand that sometimes it's hard to motivate yourself. if you ask me, draw your favorite characters :) it's literally all i do HAHA. my mentality is that... if i'm drawing something that i like then the practice feels less of a chore lol

[demonic0angel]

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Hello! I was wondering if you’d be willing to take commissions someday 👀. No pressure tho! I just love your art so much

The short answer: "not at the moment, but it is very possible in the future'!

The slightly longer answer: I would have to figure out a good pricing and payment system! PD-MDZS is also where most of my free time goes, so until my life settles down a bit, I would be on the slow side to complete them.

[someprettyname]

sobbing cus I can’t acc kith u😔💔

well when I say “KISSIN U” just imagine this ig 💔

WHY IS THIS SO PARTICULAR AND ON POINT WITH DETAILS?

DAMN. DID YOU JUST DRAW ME KIRA? DID YOU REALLY DRAW ME?

I'm-

Sob sob no one's ever drawn me before I'm going to cry sob sob

WAAAAAAAA EVEN THE DETAILS WITH THE MOLES ARE SO ON POINT (or am I imagining stuff?) SOBBING I LOVE YOU SO MUCH AND YES THIS IS DEFINITELY HOW YOU SHOULD IMAGINE ME GIBING YOU SMOOCHES TOO MWAH MWAH

though I'd be giggling happily and grinning ear to ear if you kith me rather than be like ":0" sob sob

Dawg you're so talented. My wife is so talented.

But.....

But I'm not as talented as you. I can't draw that good.

What do I do?

The least I can do is share my cookies....

.... Shall this suffice? *sob sob* i lob you so much thank you thank you 💛

Me rn :

[itz-pandora]

so hey she isn't really a sonic character yet but I would like to request my character be in MISC PRIME ( shale the lynx) and she has her own shatter space called, well its not called anything yet and its empty,nothing in it , just black emptiness she glows white when she enters it everyone else turns black. you can look at her character if you just search her name then some of my posts will come up, scroll down to the last one and that will show you who she is, she is friends with shadow rouge and treats rascal like a younger sis she enjoys races with sonic and likes trying to confuse knuckles with worthless arguments (hehe XDD) and ya i don't have any ideas for the villain in it, many its villainness but she is kind'ov mean sometime she also goes into wild fits of meanness and she is kind of like a monster/demon inside and it's kind ov eating away at her feelings

so ya that's everything you have to know besides her character sheet enjoy the idea

This is a fun idea, but unfortunately, Misc Prime is a very important part of my Miscellaneous AU. Prime focuses on character analysis, and has a pivotal moment for Shadows character. The cast is limited to the 5 because those are the most important characters. More information on it can be found in its associated tags.

However, if you want to make an AU based off Misc Prime, feel free to do so. Tag me in anything related because I'd love to hear it :D

[bubbleteasing]

Hey! I was wondering if you took SFW commissions? I think you have the perfect writing style and there's a personal scenario I want to write yet just cannot seem to execute very well. Or beta-reading commissions even (is that a thing 😭)

I don't take commissions officially since I'm truly overwhelmed with work atm, but send me a PM so I can see if I could squeeze you in?

[aloneholy]

hi :-) do u have any advice on writing or pushing past blockages ... ? i saw u on my tl again and wondered about ur current projects i had past seen! thank you :-)

hi!! if i'm being honest this an eerily appropriate time to ask me this question, as i'm currently attempting to swim up to the surface after several months' long spot of hibernating in a thick soup of white noise, when it comes to working on creative projects.

so having considered this a little, this really depends on what stage you're in with your projects. when something is fresh and exciting to me i find it much easier to dive in and out of it between Life Events, so that work/progress just happens organically. but that doesn't last long.

right now i have two, shall we say, more advanced projects and both are stuck in something opposite of that fun stage. one of them is more or less finished irt the creative bit (full draft) but requires a tremendous amount of bureaucracy, strategising, humiliation and editing to try and progress it (which deprives me of the will to live every time I think about it) and the other is very much In-Progress but at a stage of writing that requires extensive research, skill and presence of mind to pull it off (i.e. 70k of rough draft with gaping holes to caulk with Matter. gaping holes which beg me to dig through dreary articles about, for example, late 19th century surgical malpractice or catholic convents)

neither of these things is easy to go back to when you've been, say, busy surviving and working a 9to5 day job or otherwise upending your life and you're trying to remember you had a different purpose in mind for yourself. so what i usually do is: i cheat. on my projects. with other, lesser, projects. newer, prettier ones. my side hoes if you will.

e.g. this year i started writing something really silly, that is a bunch of irreverent arthurian legend retellings, in order to get back into the habit of thinking in terms of storytelling at all. they didn't require a lot of deep thought But invited me to exercise some muscle by thinking in terms of short form and different stylistics.

and inevitably, i finally did lose patience with how aimless this felt AND made my way back to the 70k rough draft of queer victorian surgery. it even felt rewarding instead of intimidating. for a while. and then when i progressed this a little and it inevitably felt daunting again. so i did the cheating trick again. etcetera.

so advice number one: cheat! my second piece of advice is more situational; if you can, change your environment. the thing about me is that i'm a leaver who will leave and go somewhere else, but i am privileged enough to have the possibility of moving around relatively easy. if you don't, even just finding a new place to sit is something i've found helpful; i've spent half my undergrad loitering in coffeeshops barely noticing what went on around me. and well known places, like homes and studies and bedrooms, have a way of trapping you in safety, but also trapping you in inaction. so this is what i definitely recommend - take yourself somewhere else for a spot of defamiliarisation. and then write.

third piece of advice, perhaps even harder to cultivate these days with the sheer volume of exhaustion everyone seems to be coping with: READ. and WATCH things. consistently. something can and will wake you up and inspire you.

[just-french-me-up]

hey hi i'm buzzing with the need for dreamling fic recs if you would be so kind as to point me in your favorite direction pls pls pls

Oh friend, you asked and I shall ✨ deliver ✨

DREAMLING FIC RECS 🌻✨

of my misery make thy use by @qqueenofhades (Explicit - WIP - 129k so far - In Universe, but with some tweaks, Rescue fic) Dream is Roderick Burgess' prisoner, in all his silent, sullen, naked glory, and has given up on the thought of anyone ever helping him out of there. Even Hob Gadling. Especially Hob Gadling. In fact, he's quite sure the man never wants to speak to him ever again, regardless of his current predicament. A bummer, really, because he also happens to be married to him. (Listen that fic has slain me EVERY WHICH WAY, it has EVERYTHING, it will take you PLACES (literally), it's rewarding as fuck, has OCs to die for, just... just read it, ignore the WIP status, what's there is absolutely chef's kiss)

the unknown and static strange by @qqueenofhades (yes, again, listen, if i loved you less i might be able to talk about it more bla bla bla) (Mature - WIP - 69K so far (nice) - Dubious AU status, Memento mets Academia, Modern day with a twist) Professor Robert Gadling, under cut rocking, weird dreams having, and trauma suffering, discovers a strange piece of undocumented art that seems to follow him everywhere he goes. The Regis Somnorum won't leave him alone, and as he tries to follow that thread, a whole mysterious tapestry unfolds, putting everything he knows, or thought he knew, into question. (This fic is a fucking delight, it's just KEEPS feeding you "oh shit" moments and suspense and revelations and the pacing just keeps you on the edge of your SEAT. Again, IGNORE the WIP status I BEG OF YOU, read it, devour it)

This Rough Magic by @avelera (Mature - WIP - 36k so far - Rescue fic with a twist) Hob Gadling never fancied himself a mage or a warlock, but dabbled enough in the occult to pick up a few tricks over the years, all in the hope to communicate with his Stranger. A stranger, he later discovers, who is trapped under Roderick The Fucking Magus Burgess's manor. Now, he may not be the best magic wielder there is.... but Burgess doesn't know that, does he? (There are some VERY clever things in this fic, everyone is written to a T, I love a fic where my loathing of Burgess can burn from the brightest flame and at the same time have him not like a cartoon villain but a full human being! Can't wait to see where that goes!)

if you just let me (have you, love you) by Lost_Elf (Explicit - 25k - Human AU - Adult Film Actors AU (I see you tumblr, restricting words these days, I see you) Both very prominent in their own niches of the Internet, Dom-BDSM-oriented Dream and Vanilla-centered Hob cross paths and plan what could be (or so their managers hope) the collab of the century. And they might learn a thing or two along the way. (Listen, I read this on a whim, I wasn't too into Human AUs at the time, I was up for some smut that day, and this fic is a LOT more wholesome than the subject lets on and really gripped me! Lots of very nice details in there! And also, you know.... smut)

by the minute by @issylra (Explicit - 11K - Human AU, Sex Phone Operator Dream) Dream has a bet with Desire : he has to manage a phone sex line for some time. He's not thrilled by it. Callers are... unimaginative and unoriginal, to say the least. Except one. He has a very nice voice. He's funny. And he sounds just about as lost as he is, in life. (The tags make it sound super raunchy but it's more about developping attraction through someone's voice and getting to know someone through the phone and falling in love and.... it's just lovely, it's very sweet, it's like a little blanket with a warm cup of tea, really)

Now I KNOW this is not what you EXPLICITELY asked for but.... dare I suggest..... something with an OC thrown in the mix? Cause that's just adding a fun player to the game, with added stakes, really!

as heart for heart, for loving me by @kittttycakes (hello darling) (Explicit - WIP but soon to be finished - 151k so far - Canon compliant - OT3 if there ever was one - How to polyamory, a guide for Dream of the Endless, a primordial being who needs to use his goddamn words) When Dream finds Hob at the New Inn, he's ready to open up a little. Be a friend. Be a little more than that, though he can't quite articulate it. The only issue with that is that Hob has a girlfriend. A live-in girlfriend. A very much serious girlfriend. Dream tries his darnest to hate her, and finds he can't quite bring himself to. (It's soft, it's lovely, it has angst, it has smut, it has fluff for days, it has developping relationships GALORE (plural) and it's just a nice read to switch up your rotation, cause the potential for situations is tripled now!)

[amusing-little-things]

so if your eyes are green, and poseidon's eyes are blue... Then how are Kyms eyes purple?!?

Uh... genetics?

[navybrat817]

Your tags for everything are so funny and clever and I love them 😍😂

That makes me happy to hear, Ray! I'm just a big dork most of the time. 😂 I had a teammate earlier today say they love chatting with me on teams because I'll respond to certain issues with funny gifs or comments. I can't help myself. 🤣

And I will say, some of the tags other blogs use are so hysterical and creative.