#FASTEST VIDEO EDITING OF MY LIFE

[petday]

Do you think that it is okay to be "slow" at art? I have problems with ADHD and I can never get things out very quickly... while I still improve, learn, and end up finishing things, it often takes me way longer than it should. It ends up being a little stressful because my friends can output drawings a lot quicker, even in doodle format, whereas even for just doodles it can take me at least an hour at times. This makes things like drawpiles a bit hard to do as well.

Yes, it is okay to be "slow" in art.

"Speed" is relative. You are quite fast in movement speed in comparison to a different person.

Going further, there are infinite points to compare your speed against. "Was I the fastest I could possibly be when depicting this character with these series of lines?" Well, there are infinite different series of lines you could have drawn, infinite influences that any one person can have, infinite life experiences, thus no two people will ever draw exactly the same. A person can draw faster than you, but their drawings are different than yours. Even when people emulate each other, there is something about each person that makes their differences clear eventually – attitude, subject matter, tendencies, choice of material... "Would my friend draw this picture faster than I could?" You can ask yourself such questions but it would be impossible to answer, because you are the person who made the drawing, thus whatever 'speed' was required for the drawing was exactly the 'speed' at which you made the drawing, otherwise the drawing would not exist at all.

If you wish to draw 'faster', you can avoid some actions. You can paint without use of the undo button, you do not have to flip the canvas, you do not have to spend time reading color theory, you can just draw. You can qualify even the messiest drawing as a 'finished' drawing. That's what I enjoy.

However, if you avoid actions that you enjoy for the purpose of 'saving time', you may end up desiring such actions, and you may regret your faster pace. Contrary to the belief that 'fast is best', being 'slow' can be preferable over being 'fast', because you are enjoying the actions that cause you to work at a slower pace.

In this world, I particularly dislike the focus on "high speed" as if it is an innately positive quality. It is a neutral quality. Of course, you should be fast in some emergency scenarios. But there is no 'perfect' future, so I do not see why humans rush towards this imaginary 'perfect' future. There are no 'perfect' pictures, so there is no rush to reach such a 'perfect' state. I was happy to refresh an artist's blog in 2006 and see a new picture once every few months. Also, there were some websites in which you could view the time-lapse video of a person's drawing, and some people spent hours and hours. There was no ability to edit the video, so you could watch people redraw things over and over, scrap various ideas, focus on different parts of a drawing, and so on. Even if the 'completed' drawing looked 'perfect' to me at first glance, the person might have taken a lot of time. I had fun watching their videos. Others would draw quickly, so their videos were short. That was cool too. I didn't feel either was superior over the other.

I like a slow pace. My speed varies because life and thoughts vary. I have spent weeks on some of my favorite works. I have spent months thinking about something before finally drawing about it. In artwork, you can spend an eternity. Ideas can mutate into different ideas if you leave them alone for a long time. There is no pressure to act immediately. That is great.

Perhaps you can make things with friends who do not usually draw. You may find that they have a fun insight in comparison to the friends who are experienced at drawing. 'High experience in drawing' can also result in 'doing things only in the way that we are taught is the correct way' which can result in 'repeating the same ideas and techniques.' That is fine, but 'low experience in creating art' can result in great art because they do not follow the common 'rules' that are popularized in various art communities, so they can make awesome, surprising artwork without consciously thinking about making something 'good'.

I am 'slow' in comparison to my friends. Drawing with friends was difficult to enjoy. "Well, I will just doodle fun things at the bottom of the page. Oh, others have already painted complex things." It's alright. It became fun when I stopped thinking much while drawing. You can doodle at your own pace, true friends will not judge you. Also, if you do not enjoy drawing with others, even if you make great effort to enjoy it, it is OK. There are other activities to enjoy with friends too. I can enjoy drawing with others sometimes, but other times, I prefer to draw alone.

[chaos-chloe]

Okay hear me out… I’ve been binge watching the clooless opening fan mail and it got me thinking… what about the reader getting a lot of stuff? Could be anything like card games, books candy or even matching maid outfits? *wink wonk*

Fan Mail?!

Summary: Mama Mod gets invited to an IRL Video, whaaatt?

TW: Wholesome, platonic Clooless

The rhythmic thwack of my mechanical keyboard was a familiar soundtrack to my life. For two years, I’d been the moderator for Clooless – Pezzy, Grizzy, BigPuffer, and Droid. My fingers, honed by years of late-night raids and a frankly unhealthy coffee addiction, were legendary for their speed. A nasty comment? Ban. A spam bot? Ban. Someone asking "how do I get infinite money in Minecraft?" for the tenth time? Well, that was usually a timeout, but my finger was still hovering over the ban button.

It wasn’t long before the fans started calling me "Mama Mod." It began as a joke, a testament to my protective, no-nonsense approach to keeping the chat clean, but it stuck. Even the boys, during streams, would occasionally yell, "Mama Mod, get 'em!" when things got spicy. I loved it, even if I was just a disembodied name on a screen.

Then came the email.

Subject: IRL FANMAIL VIDEO?!

My coffee almost went flying. Puffer, the ringleader of their chaos, was asking if I’d be willing to come down to their shared content house for an IRL fanmail unboxing video. Me? The girl who existed solely within the digital realm, a ghost in the machine?

Nerves battled excitement, but excitement won. I agreed.

A week later, I was sitting across from them, a camera staring us down, a mountain of packages piled high. Pezzy was bouncing with energy, Grizzy was already making sarcastic remarks, BigPuffer was bellowing hearty laughs, and Droid was quietly setting up lights, occasionally interjecting with a surprisingly sharp comment.

"Alright, Mama Mod," Pezzy grinned, gesturing to the camera. "Welcome to the real world! Try not to ban us, yeah?"

"No promises," I shot back, already feeling more comfortable than I’d expected. Their energy was infectious.

The first few packages were standard fare: fan art of them, snacks clearly meant for BigPuffer, letters praising Droid’s editing. Then Pezzy ripped open a medium-sized box, pulling out a brightly colored, hand-knitted beanie.

"Oh, sweet! A new hat," he started, then paused, pulling out a small, folded note from inside the beanie. He read it aloud, his voice taking on a surprised tone: "‘Dear Pezzy, love the content! And please tell Mama Mod she’s the fastest ban-hammer in the West. This beanie is for her, the colors match her avatar!’"

Pezzy looked up, wide-eyed. Grizzy snorted. "Told you they love you, Mama Mod."

I blinked. "Uh, thanks, I guess?" I took the beanie, genuinely touched. It was a simple black one, but with a subtle teal stripe that indeed matched my avatar's accent color.

That was just the beginning.

Package after package, amidst the usual fan gifts for the boys, there was something for me.

"Ooh, a book!" BigPuffer exclaimed, pulling out a tome on ancient mythology. He squinted at the attached card. "‘For Mama Mod, hope you enjoy it! Your bans keep the stream wholesome!’" Puffer tossed it to me. "Looks heavy, Mama Mod. Strong fingers, strong mind, huh?"

Next, Droid opened a flat package to reveal a piece of art. It was a digital painting of me – or rather, my avatar, wielding a comically oversized ban-hammer, a halo of text bubbles with "BANNED" floating around my head. The detail was incredible.

"This is actually really good," Droid murmured, a rare compliment. "They even got the exact shade of your avatar’s hair."

My cheeks felt warm. "Wow. That’s… amazing."

Grizzy, ever the cynic, pulled out a bag of gourmet coffee beans. "Let me guess, ‘for Mama Mod, to fuel her ban-hammers’?" He read the tag. "Yep. Right on the money. You’re practically a brand ambassador at this point."

I laughed, a genuine, bubbling sound. It felt surreal, being showered with fan adoration from people I’d only ever interacted with to mute or ban.

Then came the package. It was long, narrow, and surprisingly heavy. Pezzy picked it up, shaking it gently. "This feels… like a fishing rod?"

He tore open the cardboard, and a cascade of fabric spilled out. It was a dress.

A maid outfit.

The room went silent for a beat. Then BigPuffer let out a booming laugh that rattled the camera. Grizzy’s jaw dropped, then curved into a wicked grin. Droid raised an eyebrow, a slight smile playing on his lips. Pezzy, meanwhile, was holding it up, examining it with a mixture of bewilderment and amusement.

"No way," I breathed, my face flushing scarlet.

"‘For Mama Mod,’" Pezzy read, still holding up the outfit. "‘We know you keep the house clean, so we thought you needed the uniform! Your bans keep us tidy! Hope it fits!’" He looked at features, then back at me. "And holy moly, it looks like it’s actually… your size?"

I could only stare. It was true. The long, flowing skirt, the fitted bodice, the delicate apron – it looked like it had been tailored just for me. But it wasn’t just a regular maid outfit. The trim on one sleeve was a vibrant purple, Pezzy’s signature color. The apron strings were a sharp green, Grizzy’s. One of the pockets was a bright, almost aggressive red, undeniably BigPuffer. And the delicate bow on the back was a cool, calming blue, Droid’s shade.

"They even mix-matched it so we know you’re one of us," Pezzy chortled, holding it up for the camera. "This is genius!"

BigPuffer wiped a tear of laughter from his eye. "Oh, Mama Mod, you gotta try it on for the outro!"

"Absolutely not!" I declared, but there was a tremor in my voice, a hint of playful protest rather than genuine refusal. I reached out and took the outfit, feeling the surprisingly soft fabric. It was completely ridiculous, utterly absurd, and yet… incredibly thoughtful. It wasn't just a costume; it was a symbol. A hilarious, perfectly-fitting symbol of how much I mattered to this community, to these guys, to the ‘house’ I helped keep clean from afar.

"Well," Grizzy drawled, leaning back in his chair, "looks like Mama Mod just got promoted from chat moderator to head housekeeper of the Clooless household."

I looked at the outfit, then at the grinning faces of the boys, and finally at the camera. My cheeks were still warm, but a genuine smile spread across my face. "Alright, fine. But only if you guys promise to actually clean up your own messes first."

The chaotic chorus of agreements and good-natured groans filled the room, and I knew, in that moment, that Mama Mod had officially arrived. My fingers might ban the digital weeds, but my place in the Clooless family was now unequivocally, hilariously, real.

[willofthequill]

🎱 ⇢ post your AO3 total stats (the bookmarks aren't right though... They don't match up to what shows under stats for the fics vs what shows when I click on the individual fic)

🍓 ⇢ how did you get into writing fanfiction? My best friend and I were obsessed with BSB so we wrote a story about being married to them, sending it back and forth across states in the mail since this was before email. Gods, I'm old but what a great memory.

🌵 ⇢ share the link to a playlist you love (sorry my playlists are private lol)

🕯️ ⇢ on a scale from 1 to 10, how much do you enjoy editing? why is that? 7ish - I like rereading what I've written and adding to scenes and changing stuff around but I dislike that sometimes I pick my own work apart seeking perfection.

🛼 ⇢ describe your latest wip with five emojis 🪄❤️‍🔥🐉👑❄️

🥑 ⇢ you accidentally killed somebody, which mutual(s) do you text for help? @onwinedarkseas @nalufever @weeaboo-god get your shovels ready, mates! 🤣

🥤 ⇢ recommend an author or fanfic you love @onwinedarkseas and her fic The Invitation. An absolutely incredible author and absolutely enthralling, sexy read!!

💌 ⇢ how many unread emails do you have right now? I plead the 5th

🌻 ⇢ tag someone you appreciate but don't talk to on a regular basis @oryu404 ! First friend I made in any fandom and a absolutely fantastic writer and incredible drawer of the Stingue!!

🐇 ⇢ do you prefer writing original characters, reader inserts, or a mix of both? I like doing reader inserts, though I'm not the biggest fan of doing it with Y/N. My OCs tend to be self inserts but I absolutely love writing those! I wish there was more love in fandom for OCs/Yume!

🧃 ⇢ share some personal lore you never posted about before: personal lore... Hmmm... I was pretty much raised by maternal grandparents. My Poppy was a widely known scientist in his field and my Nana was a classically trained artist who hung in galleries and worked with archeologists.

🎲 ⇢ what stops you from writing more in your free time? Distractions, exhaustion, migraines, depression lol soo basically life

🍄 ⇢ share a head canon for one of your favourite ships or pairings : big surprise the first that pops into mind is NSFW: Tengen x Kyojuro - Tengen is a bratty bottom/sub and Kyojuro has a filthy bedroom mouth

🧸 ⇢ what's the fastest way to become your mutual? Talk to me?

🪐 ⇢ name three good things going on in your life right now? 1. It's Friday. 2. The bills are paid and the groceries bought. 3. I got to video chat with my niece and great niece today.

📚 ⇢ what's the last thing you wrote down in your notes app? It was cast into a pocket dimension and put behind a door that was bound in a blood spell of 4 aspects and 4 elements

🍬 ⇢ post an unpopular opinion about a popular fandom character? this one is hard for some reason lol I guess my unpopular opinion would be that Sukuna would not be a cruel sadist to the person he loved romantically in any sense. I think he would have been a good partner to someone he let in, look how he is with Uraume.

[fronzie]

im in a shit ton of pain rn and physically get up to edit/animate an up coming video for Kabuyama’s new model so uh take this yap I have about my favorite musical and MoTH

HOW STARLIGHT EXPRESS MEGAMIX (2024) WOULD WORK FOR A MoTH ANIMATION by Fronzie on two (2) midols

PART ONE (1) BACKGROUND CONTEXT

So let’s start with background context. What the fuck is Starlight Express? Lemme tell you. It’s a British musical written by Andrew Lloyd Webber, known for his shows like Phantom Of The Opera (Broadway and Film), Jesus Christ Superstar, Cats, (Film Version), School Of Rock (Broadway), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Broadway), Cats (Broadway) and much more! The show itself is about a train race. Yeah.

From the Spotify Bio;

As a child’s train set magically comes to life and the engines race to become the fastest in the world, Rusty the steam train has little hope of winning until he’s inspired by the legend of the ‘Starlight Express’.

There are four versions; 1983, 1992, A German one in 2023~, and 2024. For this we’ll focus on the 2024 version for the sake of my hyperfixation.

And MoTH /Magic Of The Heart is an Audio Rp series by the magnificent Good Boy Audios. Season One ran from August 3rd 2022 to January 26, 2024. It’s 21 episodes long, spanning to over 5 hours long and features audio content creators like SyntheticCharmVA as Frank, SirenSonAsmr as Shee/Mahann, and YceyNarrates as Fulcrum. Where on Earth did I get this idea? Would you believe that I’m crazy?/j . No, seriously though I was listening to MoTH again, getting hyped for S2 next gen, and came up with the idea. So yeah. plus it was like 3AM and I wasn’t thinking right.

PART TWO (2) SONG LIST

If you’ve ever listened to a Megamix, you’d know that it has the highlight songs/most memorable songs in the show. It’s the same with SE’s Megamix. The song list in it is;

ENTRY OF THE TRAINS

CRAZY (ENSEMBLE VER.)

PUMPING IRON

THE RACE(?)

AC/DC / NO COMEBACK (1983)

I AM ME

HYDROGEN

I DO

LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL / FINALE

This isn’t in order of the musical itself. but that’s how the Megamix goes :3

finally the part you’ve been waiting for;

PART THREE (3) HOW IT WOULD WORK + EXPLANATIONS

Okay so this is the longest part of the yap session. So bear with me. This will not include the Wizard Detective/Investigator unfortunately. But let’s get into it!

CONTAINS SPOILERS TO THE ENTIRE SERIES

I - ENTRY OF THE TRAINS

This can be a title card/opener to the animation. When the vocals start “There’s a Light At The End Of The Tunnel”, text can fade in. It can look like this: [un] = under previous text

MAGIC OF THE HEART - [un] ANIMATION BY [your name here] - [un] SERIES BY GOODBOYAUDIOS

II - CRAZY

Alright real animation starts now. Zed walking up the mountain whilst the ‘sketchy people’ basically are like ‘this dude is crazy, the guardian doesn’t exist’ with the lyrics “Crazy! Can you believe him? He’s crazy! Love him or leave ‘im, he’s crazy!” OR it can be Zed doubting himself like he does in the first audio.

Yeah it’s a love song between the main steam engines but multiple meaning song now. Well it can work as a SLIGHT will they won’t they plot song since Zed and Guardian did have that dynamic till the confession.

At the end “Going crazy! Going crazy! Going crazy!!” can be when he’s at the peak of the mountain, seeing the constellation and the metal angelic bull. Perfect transition to the next snippet;

III - PUMPING IRON

I love head cannoning that this is Guardian’s theme song. This part, although the guardian’s introduction, can have the guardian’s face never seen. It lwk adds to the mystery of them and how we all (as viewers) don’t know what they look like and how gba said that no design is exactly canon because all of the designs fans made are ‘inaccurate’ to quote the man himself. Pumping Iron is an upbeat ‘Im so fucking cool and hot and strong and everyone loves me’ type song and it just SCREAMS guardian with lyrics “ See me hustle, feel my muscle, im Pumping Iron!”

IV - THE RACE

At the end of “Pumping Iron”, there’s a green smoke far far away from the mountain where. This can be used to transition to what happened to the naga (I forgot its name).

V - AC/DC / NO COMEBACK

Makkaro’s entrance. It’s in the midst of the Poisoning the snake audio where he kills Shee and puts the snake down. “Clear my track, I am the future! Electric’s taking charge. Clear the track!!!”

(I feel like im spinning around rn while laying in the bed)

Zoom out at “Clear my track, I’m the champion!” So it shows the undead army and Frank (HONEY I LOVE YOU I WANNA HUG YOU BBG). In the clip it shows Makkaro taking Shee’s soul.

VI - I AM ME

Final introduction. Here it’s Darling. It can be them in the village, or working with Mirren and Zed. This part is really open to the animator. Do whatever fits your Darling. It should have some mix from fight one with Mahann, Darling, Zed and Mirren and the testing on Guardian. Idk, see what you can do with the lyrics “I am Me, and that’s all I need! Standing tall. Won’t see us fall! No big deal, cause we’re made of steel!! See it now. [inaudible]”

VII - HYDROGEN

This could be the exact point with the major fight scene (ep 19/20). “It’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when for hydrogen (3x).” By fight scenes, I mean like different parts at the lyrics. For references think like atlasofgalaxies animation The Killing Kind for the Magnus Archives at timestamps 6:12 to 6:14 with the different but chronological scenes. Hell if you wanna be SUPER dramatic, add -at the final “it’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter of when for hydrogen”- Guardian taking Makkaro’s power for good. Makes it hit a little more.

VIII - I DO

Okay we’re almost done. This’ll be between Makkaro and Darling since they can hug finally for the first time in years. Take WYFILWMA from Epic but make it sadder and more meaningful. But at the end of that “But I dooooo” have frank there. trust me on this. it’ll be silly but trust.

IX - THERE’S LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL / FINALE

At the start “There’s a light, there’s a light, we can see the light (2x)” Frank can be in the center of the video, the background frozen on Makkaro and Darling hugging and crying and shit as one of his one liners play audio wise. Then “At the end of the tunnel!!” It’s happy! Yeah, a change from the actual ending of MoTH S1.

As the chorus begins to play do whatever you want on this. Really. Could be this nothing goes bad aus with Frank still there and everything. Hell it can be Wizard Investigator!Frank for all we know singing along happily. This part at the end gets a little more theatrical.

“We see the distant gleam, that tells you it’s steam.” Makkaro’s final line plays too, as if a casting call bow. Their story ends on a happy note.

“At the end of the tunnel” Zed asks if the Guardian will stay. They say no. Backs are turned to the viewer.

“There’s a light!” And Zed’s last line finally plays. He looks tired yet satisfied slightly.

“Starlight.” Guardian walks out of view, into a beaming light ahead. A symbolistic view that their story probably isn’t fully over yet. Plus it seems like a cool way to close MoTH.

PART FOUR (4) WHAT TO DO NOW

im tired and going to bed again. but maybe idk i might make a storyboard so it’s more understandable. if someone uses the idea please credit me!!! idk what else to add besides how much I love my boney lad Frank. he’s so 😍😍😍😍😍 FRANK BABY GIRL HONEY SUGAR I LOVE YOU YOU DIDN’T DESERVE YOUR TWO DEATHS

[natalieleif]

UPDATE: I finally got stuck and went on Youtube beat Undertale Yellow! All in all, I really liked it! It's infested that part of my brain where things go that are fun enough to invest time in, but also have enough scattered potential for some really good fanfic/art.

I do agree with a lot of the critiques, and I'm glad to see a lot of stuff added in Version 1.1 to make life easier (bug fixes, Easy Mode, recovery items, etc). I'm hoping there's a 1.2 version later that adds even more quality-of-life. That said, a lot of the critiques aren't... really... things that seem feasible for a patch update. ("Make the character art more monstrous!" You mean, redraw every sprite in the game!?!)

So with that in mind, here are some things I'd love to see in 1.2 that are maybe (hopefully!) easier for a freelance dev team. Spoilers below!

Adjusted mechanics/dialogue for bosses that have no reason to kill you. This is most obvious with Starlo and Martlet's Pacifist fights--both are friendly and reluctant towards murder, so their Pacifist fights ending in death or defeat feels... odd? Compare to Toriel or Papyrus: one will adjust her attacks to never hit if you take too much damage, and another will cut his battle entirely if you hit 1 hp. A similar form of 1-hp cutoff or "Oops, that was an accident!" Game Over dialogue would match their motivations a lot better.

Related to the above, offer a Skip option for any battle the player's lost 3+ times. This is a common video game handicap, and one I always support in story-heavy games like this. A lot of feedback I've seen is from people who want to love the story but struggled with Sir Slither's ACT pattern or Axis's breakout puzzle, so this is an easy way to get most people to finish the game.

Have Dalv gift you any items you missed in the Ruins as a "thank you" for Clover's support. This patch would solve two immediate concerns: that Dalv doesn't have a larger role, and that many players will miss items like the Golden Pear. Sure, Dalv sends a letter to Clover, but the incentive to go back to Snowdin at that point is low. Having some sort of item reward makes it an active part of an average game run and lets more players see Dalv post-Ruins.

Call the Sunnyside Farm a Ranch like it's called in the files. Okay, this one's just for me, but it being a Ranch makes way more thematic sense for the cowboy area.

Let Ace run the card game at least once in the Wild East. Seriously, it's kinda weird that he doesn't. I understand why he can't while he's napping, but the other times??

Edit Ceroba's post-Starlo Pacifist fight dialogue to make it more clear that she's taking you on the fastest shortcut to Asgore. The main critique with the third act to Pacifist route is that it very quickly becomes Ceroba's plot about finding Kanako. And because it's framed as a hunt for Kanako, the dialogue becomes a rush of info about who Kanako is and why this side-plot should matter to you, the player. But at this point we've already done a side-plot, and most players are antsy to get to the end game. Yet the Steamworks really is the only route to Hotland in that area! Having Ceroba guide the player through what they think is a spooky shortcut to the End Boss fits the story, braces the player for the finale, and lets the TALK dialogue with Ceroba build up naturally through the lab, so her betrayal about Kanako has more time to build up and hurts more as a final boss fight.

That's all I got! Thanks for reading, and feel free to reblog with your own wants for a 1.2 patch!

[creatingsfk]

Short Story - In Another Lifetime

This is my first short story to put on here. I wrote this during my creative writing class during college and writing this was amazing. I had great feedback from classmates, edited it, and I think this will always be my favorite short story since it was the first finished writing I've done since sophomore of high school. This is also on another writing platform on https://creatingsfk.medium.com/ ! Check it out!

Summary: Rosalind found a video online called "Past Life Regression Meditation" and wondered if she did have a past life. This is her story.

Below is the Youtube video I used when I personally have done this.

Feedback is always welcome!

I press play on the video wondering if this will work. All I hear in my earbuds is meditative music. I stare at my ceiling slightly, paying attention to the fan spinning on the fastest mode since my a/c broke for the time being. I’m glad my bed is comfy enough for this. I just hope I don’t fall asleep by accident.

I want to learn now. I’ve been feeling some type of weird curiosity. I’ve done a reading, and my guides have told me I can see what my past life was like, even for a few moments. I'm ready to find a way to heal my soul from the past, but first, I need to know what happened. 

Hello, I’ll be your guide through this Past Life Regression. I’m Brian Westernly. This will feel like it was fast, but in real life, it will take an hour and a half. I will warn you that if you ever want to stop, simply pause the video, open your eyes slowly, and take nice self-care. 

His voice is very soothing. I could fall asleep if I had him in one of my audiobooks. I heard from my friends who do this as a job that this video is perfect for a beginner to get started on anything about past lives. I am unsure how much my soul has done, but I’m still a “fresh” soul.

Close your eyes. 

Okay. 

Take deep breaths. Breath in… Breathe out… Breathe in… Breathe out… 

Jeez, I could sleep. His voice is similar to Richard Marx's, and with the background meditative music, it’s like a lullaby. 

Great job! 

Thanks! 

As we go deeper into this, ensure you are comfortable, have no distractions, and go in with all your senses opening. 

That should be easy. 

Try to keep a blank mind for now as well. 

Damn. Okay, that should be fine, he said for now. Alright, I’ll keep taking deep breaths until I hear his voice again.

As we get deeper and deeper, we start imagining we are in the galaxy, with a billion stars around us, Earth right under us, the moon near us, and we orbit the sun with them. This will be where we will be traveling, jumping through three different stages. For now, come with me to a peaceful place you would like to be, whether it’s real or not, with a place to sit as well. 

I don’t go out too much to know anything special, so I’ll make it up. One deep breath in, I see a wonderful garden with a small, pure white round table for two right in the middle. One deep breath out, and as I walk towards the table to sit, I see a slightly cloudy sky, but it’s not gloomy. Sitting down, I see more of the area; there’s no way in or out, just surrounded by mostly rose bushes; the roses are in full bloom and very healthy, and there are white pillars I’d see in Victorian-era shows with arches on top circling me, and there is a faint water rushing sound behind me. Still, when I turn around, there’s nothing but roses. I would love for this place to be real. 

I figured you were in your peaceful place, feeling comfortable.

Yep. 

Okay, take more deep breaths for a couple of minutes and relax before we start seeing your past self. 

I’m a little nervous but more excited. Wait, I need to be relaxed. Okay. I do love the area here. I couldn’t help but look around the whole time, and the atmosphere just made me want to make some tea, read one of my fantasy books, and honestly try to figure out where that sound of rushing water was coming from.

Now, in front of you is a door that will appear. Take in every detail of it to guess where you might be. 

As he said, there was a door, but a double door appeared in front of me. I stood up and walked closer to look at the details. It had white golden edges, with some small carvings around it. The handles were also gold, and I suddenly felt the need to make sure I was standing straight with my hands intertwined together.

This will seem a little fast; this first stage will be seeing what this life was like, same with the next stage, and the last stage will be your past life’s last moments before dying. 

Okay, I hope this life wasn’t too bad. 

Grab the door handle and step in. 

The weird thing is, once I even took another step forward to reach the doors, they opened themselves. I see white gloves with red sleeves holding the doors in my peripheral vision. I heard a heel click as I took one step and was greeted by a bright light that slowly formed into a chandelier. “Presenting Lady Amoret Gallaway,” a deep male voice announced, causing everyone to stop talking, dancing, or just doing nothing to stare at me and start clapping. It was a vast ballroom with beautiful decorations and a food table on the right side. That isn’t my name, though. I’m Rosalind Perri. I finally look down and just see a gorgeous Victorian red dress with golden flowers stitched on it. I’m seeing a first-person view of my past life?! This will be interesting once I see her death, but is she a “Lady”? 

Take it all in. Memorize what’s there and what kind of feeling you have at this moment through your past life’s eyes. 

I almost forgot he was there despite me hearing the meditative music that kept going as background music. Without thinking, I curtsied to everyone, and people returned to their business; the orchestra music from the nearby corner started playing a softer and slower tune. I had never worn these shoes before, and I casually walked forward and saw some stairs that expanded toward the bottom. I looked to my left and saw a handsome guy offering his arm to me. I gently took it and smiled as I walked down the stairs with him. 

“Ah, Lady Gallaway,” the male next to me whispered. 

“Yes?” I asked, but it’s not me talking. “Is there something wrong?”

“Not really. I do hope you enjoy your ball today. I wish you the best of luck in convincing these people of your proposal for this land,” he answered, giving me a smile that could melt anyone’s heart. 

Looking at him up close, I see he has such beautiful apple-green eyes and a squirt beard. I have never seen hair so fluffy yet maintained before. He is handsome as hell! 

“Thank you so much,” I said, finally reaching the bottom.

“I’ll see you later, elder sister,” he whispered again before disappearing into the crowd. 

Never mind, I take everything back. 

This is still me at a different time, and I want to gag. I wonder why he was formal at first. A little weird. Looking around the ballroom, a male was staring at me with almost an obvious villain look, wearing crimson clothes with a hint of black outlines. Then, a gentleman soon made him stop staring at me by talking to him. I just had a chill up my spine for a split second from that small interaction of staring. I turned my head forward, and everyone was gone. 

Take deep breaths and keep doing that until I say to open. 

I did and took a few deep breaths. 

Now, see where you are in this stage and notice the little things. 

The first thing I noticed was what appeared to be a meeting room, and I was standing in front of this oval, dark wooden table. No one is in here but me. There is an unfamiliar flag on the right side of the wall, which is made of stone and cement, but there is no decoration on the left side. I walked around the table, pushing some chairs in on the way to the wooden door. I opened it and was greeted by only a hallway with little openings, such as windows. 

“Ah, Lady Gallaway!” I turn my head and see a young girl in dull-colored clothing. “I have done the chores needed for tonight’s event!” 

“Why thank you, Kira,” I smiled. “Walk with me.” 

“Yes, ma’am!” We started walking together down the hall, seeing a peek of what the outside looked like from the little windows we passed, and I only saw a field of grass with a few trees scattered. 

“I heard the proposal went smoothly,” Kira spoke. 

“It did. Soon enough, we should have enough workers to build houses for those in need. Hopefully, that could also give those a job or will have connections to do so,” I answered. 

Kira clapped softly, and seeing her smile just made me butterflies in my stomach. “You are wonderful!”

“Well,” I shrugged. “Without you and everyone else supporting me, I wouldn’t have done it. Especially you.” 

We both stopped and stared at each other. Her eyes were like sapphires, and her light brown hair complimented them very well. I started to wipe some dirt off her right cheek with my hand. Her face began to turn red from my touch, but she kept a small smile. I could feel my face warm, and my heart couldn’t stop beating fast just by looking at her. Suddenly, she was gone. 

This is the last stage. Brace yourself, for you will see the last moments of your past life. Take a few deep breaths, and know you can leave at any time—just open your eyes.

Why do I have a bad feeling about this? I already feel some pain in my right stomach and a huge headache. The next thing I see is just the ceiling, with my back and butt feeling like there’s some sort of liquid touching my clothes.  

“My Lady!” a female voice shrieked. After that shriek, footsteps were heard, and all I saw was the brother and servants surrounding me. 

“Lady Gallaway! Who stabbed you?!” One of them asked. 

I couldn’t answer. 

“Please speak to us!” One begged. 

“Sister, we are getting ready for our project. We need you!” the brother begged, and I felt what I thought was his hand, grabbing my left hand. 

The pain was unbearable. I felt like I didn't even want to talk. 

“No! No!” That voice is Kira’s. “Amoret! Someone put pressure on her wound!”

“She is losing a lot of blood, Kira!” A male servant said, hearing panic in his voice. 

“I don’t care!” Kira cried. “Someone, please, I- we can’t lose her!” 

I saw and barely felt a touch of her hand with my right hand, and I saw blood staining my palm. This is how Amoret Gallaway died. 

“Kir…a…” She’s talking. “I adore you.” The sight began to turn fuzzy, and all I could hear was muffled screams and crying, with only one clear voice saying, “In another lifetime.” 

Now, slowly remember that peaceful place you were at and imagine yourself sitting down. 

The stomach pain and headache were immediately gone once I looked around at the roses, white furniture, pillars, and arches. 

Wow. 

There were so many thoughts going through my head I wondered what ever happened before her dying breath.

Take one last deep breath and pull yourself into Earth’s orbit again. The sun is not too bright on you, the moon is near, seeing all the stars you’re probably curious to touch, and slowly imagine yourself back in your present body. Wiggle your fingers and toes to wake up and open your eyes. 

I yawned. 

As you open your eyes, reflect on what you discovered about yourself and take in some self-care. I am Brian Westernly. Everything you need to contact me is in the description of this video. 

I saw my fan spinning above me again. I had never felt so stiff before. I needed this one big stretch that almost shook my whole body. I slowly sat up and watched my bedroom door open, seeing my girlfriend Kami peek her head over. 

“Hey, honey! I heard you stretch, so I wondered if you were done?” She asked, tilting her head. Her eyes were perfectly aligned with the sun peeking through my window’s blinds, never realizing how her eyes shined like sapphires.

[kyokosasagawa]

art resourcese (especially curated for beginners who might not know terminology, fundamentals, etc)

General Resources https://eyedropper.org/ - open source app that picks colors from web pages https://krita-artists.org/ and https://krita.org/en/ - forum and website for free open source painting program "Krita"

Vocabulary

https://artmuseum.arizona.edu/vocabulary-art-terms - simple

https://www.modernsculpture.com/art-terminology-a-glossary - intermediate

Study Schedules Examples

note: you do not need to follow an art schedule to get better at art. this is mainly for reference purposes.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J9pBJTeVF7oCdUxBt5LrYJBR34YLmOsoK0DHtzMIC6Q/edit#gid=0 - 7 month art improvement curriculum, no times just someone's weekly schedule that they went by for 7 months https://www.brendanmeachen.com/soloartist - 2 year, 3 month long art curriculum that utilizes mainly free resources. lots of good resources. https://cubebrush.co/mb?product_id=ts8nza - an art study schedule by marc brunet. good structure to take inspiration from (for example, seperating it into "AM and PM" instead of by hours https://www.deviantart.com/suzanne-helmigh/art/Make-your-personalized-work-schedule-447913008 - ideas on how to make an art study schedule. make your own art schedule! https://www.amazon.ca/Natural-Way-Draw-Working-Study/dp/0395530075 - traditional focused, but essentially a book that is one big giant art lesson. has a lot of schedules to look at that start off with beginner and steadily increases, though they might be complicated to read.

Study Tips

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hD0G9uEWgRc - "How to develop an effective study routine" by UnJaded Jade https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhG7DENh-uk - "The Scientific Way to Improve your Art FAST! - How to Practice and Remember Efficiently" by YanSculpts

Inspirational / Philosophy / Creativity / Art Block

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_Nhi1AfGNI - "The only tool you need to create" by Kesh https://www.amazon.ca/Unleashing-Artist-Within-Breaking-Restoring/dp/0486831868 - a book on creativity, anxieties, and perfectionisms when it comes to art. caution, some advice may be unwise for people with OCD (example: recommending to get "obsessed" with art), but its otherwise a pretty good book. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWfav3dGA_I - "3 Ways You're Creating Artist Block Without Knowing It" - Adam Duff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m559PUX3bJI - "LEVEL-UP YOUR ART IN 2022 (most important tips)" by Marc Brunet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9Aj6UK0B8U - "Your art sucks, and that's OK" by Astri Lohne https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSKLJRTN-kE - "🧠 Art habits you NEED to have (to get good)" - by Marc Brunet https://kickinthecreatives.com/kick-creatives-podcast/ - podcast on art, inspiration, so forth

Fundamentals https://drawabox.com/ - Dedicated to learning construction, shape, and form, along with how to handle your tools https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuEkb6FNptE "My Top 10 Composition Tips for Artists" by Tyler Edlin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTslVOUJ0jI - 6 Habits for Good Line Quality by Proko https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJkIaMECW6c&t=348s - "Improve Your Art with Better Shadows"- by Sinix Design https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH6E_n51-BQ "Figure drawing will make sense after this video" By Love Life Drawing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNP5V8nGxRc - "Life Drawing | Line of Action" - Josh Papaleo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj1FK8n7WgY - "Understanding Color" by Blender Guru https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTYGWfiZnMA - "Essential Values for Painting, Lighting and Design" by Marco Bucci https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8HFcC5wreY -"Secrets of Shapes in Professional Art" by Tyler Edlin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uigc8ofhDuo - "# 7 Ways Simple Shapes Can Improve Your Drawings" by Proko https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0ufz75UvHs - "Iterative Drawing - The Fastest Way to Improve" by Proko https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KHLmBAWFvY - "KNKL 368: Using reference to create new original poses! (45min LIVE drawing + posing demo!)" - Kienan Lafferty

Clothing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d07NanfYT8U - "Understanding Every Type Of Clothing Fold" by Marco Bucci https://archive.vogue.com/ - "The entire history of Vogue at your fingertips."

Digital Art https://www.ctrlpaint.com/ - teaches you from the very beginning how to draw digitally https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mosDbZSqVGU - "My 6 Steps to Digital Painting" by Aaron Blaise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LroqHa24o-Y "Let's Improve Our Brushwork! (Digital Painting Tips)' - by Aaron Blaise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_E1ARR_AAg - "Anatomy Quick Tips: Skin" by Sinix Designs

Traditional Art https://www.learntopaintpodcast.com/ - how to paint podcasts https://www.creativebug.com/ - recommend if your library has access to it, but you can get a free trial for 2 months as of writing (may change in future))

**References https://www.pureref.com/ - software to organize your references as an imageboard https://www.adorkastock.com/ - Pose references https://line-of-action.com/ - References of figures, animal drawings, hands/feet, facial expression, scenes/environment https://pixabay.com/ free-to-use photographic references https://www.si.edu/openaccess - open access images by the smithsonian (has a lot of interesting old art pictures) https://naturalhistory.si.edu/visit/virtual-tour - national museum of natural history virtual tour https://grafitschool.gumroad.com/ - Paid pose references https://www.deviantart.com/theposearchives - Pose references https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/search - University of Washing digital collection

Podcasts https://open.spotify.com/show/46YccBlYhfOKq4zD4NHoxn - Draftsmen. Created by Stan Prokopenko and Marshall Vandruff. Two professional artists talk to eachother, and others, on art. https://www.svslearn.com/3pointperspective - 3 Point Perspectiive. Created by Will Terry, Lee White, and Jake Parker. Three professional illustrators that deal with children's illustrations.

Professional side of things https://artprof.org/pro-development/business-selling/art-commissions/ - guide on art commissions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHoFS-PyS5M - How to make a Character Design Portfolio by Jackie Droujko https://artprof.org/ - website of art resources, including art school research, portfolio information, etc. majority of content on here is free. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnhxny0STrk "How I Built My Art Business From Nothing - My Business Strategy and Journey To Being An Illustrator" by Mimimoo Illustration

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I want to talk some points abt new jeans

They really just came out of nowhere like literally no teasers, no nothing. Directly released 2 songs with tons of videos on 70M subscribed hybe channel and those 2 songs are super catchy. 1 song is a ballad. Kpop world loved them like really really loved them and they released another title song along with releasing all the songs digitally and while that song was catchy, the lyrics are controversial (that the company gave am absurd explanation it's really laughable) The songs were hit on the korean side but I don't know much abt charts and how they impact their variety shows so I won't talk abt k- side but internationally their songs were on all popular playlists (both AM and spotify) and ofcourse all kpop playlists. So even if you are not a hybe Stan or doesn't engage much in kpop spaces online you will someway or other listen to their song and get hooked. They have 14 or some songs and had 6 songs reach 33M ppl so yeah. Without TTH, their latest comeback single made 1.4M or less than 2M (almost an year after debut) and had the peak of nearly 5M after adding to tth and tiktok heating and that song has like 5% korean so there's that.

Newjeans and 5050's cupid reminds me of "you think you got taste, oh baby how do you know" because you can't escape their songs even if you don't engage with kpop because it was that crazy

and when it comes to jk

he had more or less same things happen BUT he also happens to be a part of world's biggest band's popular member who was teasing solo music for years so he reached craaazy heights like fastest to achieve 1b on spotify

Thanks for giving insights on New Jeans! I really appreciate it.

I have a small task for those who are reading this in the end of this answer, so please read-

The points you made are totally valid. New Jeans songs are definitely very catchy like i said in that post. And their label definitely invested in playlisting too. + Tiktok heating because those songs are indeed tiktok friendly.

As for Cupid song, it was exposed that their CEO paid some million won to Tiktok to push that song. (The song definitely had viral potential and they recognised that). This news actually changed my entire perspective on tiktok heating. Sure, some songs are just organically viral, but I realised tiktok had reached that level of power and influence that labels are now paying tiktok (like they pay for streaming platforms and radio) to push their songs. So I won't be surprised if Hybe did something similar for Super Shy or other songs. (Again, i repeat, these are songs with viral potential and that's why the push was successful, even without remixing the original song)

It's true, Jungkook's high numbers came not only from the playlist, radio and tiktok push, but also as a result of the already present massive army fanbase. But it's also true, that the songs got some local acceptance BECAUSE they are in English.

That's why in that post I said that BTS's fanbase comes mainly from the story and concept they sell. One needs to invest their mind and time. There are not a lot of BTS songs that a local will listen to and think - oh let me put it in my playlist quickly because their songs are simply soo different from what the west grew up listening to. And I still believe that b-sides have a bigger potential than some main tracks.

Okay, fuck it. Let's try to name some BTS songs or parts of BTS songs that have viral potential on tiktok-

1. Blood sweat and tears melody, sped up (thank you jimin) - sexy dance challenge

2. Disease bridge (thank you Jimin) - anime edits, nightscape edits, racing cars/bikes

3. If i ruled the world chorus - shopping haul, daily life, hustle

4. Coffee chorus - couple themes

5. Just one day chorus- already viral in the kpop side

6. Outro: love is not over

7. House of cards (instrumental in the beginning)

8. Pied piper (ooh I'm taking over you part) - thirsty edits

9. 134340 (intro instrumentals)

10. So what bridge + drop ( for transitions)

11. Serendipity vocal run (sped up)

12. Black swan orchestral instrumentals

Do you have more ideas..?

Audio editors that make mashups can bring so many more ideas. So much potential. It will be difficult to make bts songs viral without some editing- mashup, speed up, drops, adding beats etc

[bl00dst41ned]

little recap of my fics (bye 2023 edition) - inspired by @hopefulromantic1

first fic posted :

safe place

i impulsively posted my first Jobe fic on july 28,2023, without knowing it marked the beginning of a beautiful journey here. i remember writing it because i couldn't find any jobe content.

the one i enjoyed the most writing :

snooze

i remember watching sza's "snooze" music video for the first time and being so giddy at the sight of sza and justin together, i had to write about it. the writing process was one of my fav because i just went with the flow, letting my fingers roam on the keyboard.

just another love song

this has to be my favourite smau (along with one i have unfinished in my drafts). i just loved the process, like getting the pictures, finding captions etc. (except the comments, i can't stand these)

my favourite scenario(s) :

the other man

i LOVE LOVE LOVE this fic for the plot. i wish i wrote it better (might rewrite it) and it got more views. i think i could write an entire book of it.

another lifetime

even though it is a sad one, it holds such a special place in my heart. i genuinely took my time with it (hence why it's my longest fic), trying to focus on the expression of emotions as there was a lot. i tried to write it as best as i could and i love it dearly

my biggest successes :

catching flights

crazy, this was my fastest growing fic yet i wrote it under an hour i think. remember waking up to see it have gained 200 notes overnight. what a way to wake up (thank you so much for it by the way, you may not know but you make me so happy)

unexpected

another jude work, love writing dad fics so loved this one too. i remember it took me so much time i was DONE. to this day it might the one that gets liked the most every day.

that one special fic

hold me in the cold

it is my most recent vvd fic and it's the first fic I wrote (I was just posting headcanons and smaus) I'm partially happy about it but love it too because I finally succeeded writing a full fic even though it's short

thank you for your support this year, you guys brought so much joy in my life, I don't think you can imagine. happy new year, much love and blessing to you for 2024

[illfoandillfie]

Hi sweetheart, i hope you are doing great! i think you are a beautiful person and an amazing writer, i’ve written lots of things already but i would like to hear some advice from you about writing so i can improve my skills, i really love writing 🫶🏻😩🥹🥰💌✨

lots of love from Argentina

oh gosh im 🤧🤧 thank you, thats so lovely of you to say!

First of all I keep a writing advice tag for any posts I come across with useful writing tips. Some of them are really general, some of them are about writing specific things (like kissing or children), so probably not everything in there will be useful but hopefully some of it is.

As for my own advice.... none of it is going to be groundbreaking stuff. I've never studied writing, I don't think too hard about how I write, and at the end of the day I just write silly fics about silly boys to keep myself entertained. But I'll put a few things under the cut. These are all more general sort of tips so if there are any specific parts of writing you want me to talk about let me know and I'll see what I can give you!

Number 1 is to just have fun with it. Don't get hung up worrying about if a concept is cringe or if its something no one else will like or if it sounds too much like something else you wrote. If it's an idea that interests you, then you're going to find it easier and probably more fun to write. And if you already love writing then you don't want writing to turn into a chore or something you don't enjoy.

Number 2 is to read real books. Reading fanfic is great and fun but it's very useful to read some books that have been professionally edited and published too. There is a craft to writing things that sound good and one of the fastest ways to learn what sounds good is to read books. You don't have to study them or analyse them, your brain will just pick up on patterns, on how sentences fit together, on what sounds good and what doesn't.

One of my fave examples of this is the way we describe things, at least in the English language. There is an unwritten formula for making a description sound good. opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose. It's why saying "the silly little pink French book" sounds good but "the pink silly French little book" sounds very strange. No one is taught this formula, no one does it consciously. It's just that one sounds better than the other. And it's the sort of thing you subconsciously pick up from reading.

Number 3 is don't be afraid to do some research. No one knows everything. Sometimes you'll want to write about something that isn't super familiar to you. Whether that be because you're writing is set in a different country to where you are, or you're writing a smut scene with a kink/position you've never done in real life, or you're writing a character with a kid when you don't have kids. Research it! Go on google maps and find the place you want to write about so you can see how the streets look. Find a cosmo article or a youtube video that talks about the kink. Find a site that includes those little drawings of sexual positions (or heck, find some porn if thats more helpful) so you can see how it looks. Find a blog post from a parent and see how they talk about their kid. Listen or watch interviews if you're writing RPF to see how your person talks and what their mannerisms are. Not everything has so be 100% accurate and you're absolutely allowed to make some stuff up but if there's anything you feel unsure about, see if some research helps you.

Number 4 is to read everything you write out loud, but especially dialogue. Sometimes things can sound good while you're writing it but then when you read it back you realise it sounds clunky or it doesn't flow properly. Plus it helps you pick up on mistakes you might otherwise miss (like incorrect spelling or if you meant to delete a sentance but didn't). And I say especially for dialogue because when people talk they'll abbreviate words, they include slang, they use contractions. By reading things out loud to yourself you can hear where inflections are, you can hear if something sounds too formal, or wrong for the emotion you're trying to convey. When I write I make sure that I read it out loud to myself when I'm editing. You don't have to read it to someone else and you can whisper it under your breath so no one else will hear, but it is one of the best things you can do while editing or even if you get stuck while writing a conversation. Sometimes just hearing it out loud will help you identify why its not working.

Those are all the things I can think of off the top of my head but like i said if theres any areas of writing that I haven't mentioned that you'd like my take on let me know!

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[lemonpiethesour]

I feel bad for not updating my infection au (I now understand why it can take weeks for fanfic writers to update) doesn't help that I fell down some stairs yesterday, I'm fine just bruised and aching.

As a consolation, here's what I think the Mercs would be if they were cats! !!Warning!! ⚠️, there's mentioned abuse of animals. It breaks my heart to think about, but it unfortunately happens:( please be kind to everyone and everything and I by all means do NOT endorse abuse of any kind to anyone or anything)

Scout: mixed breed/Egyptian Mau

I literally looked up fastest cat breeds and Egyptian Mau was the one they gave me. He has his own cat wheel, those spinning treadmill for cats, he's not allowed outside because he's nearly die 4 times from fighting strays or coming home injured. he keeps harassing miss Pauling to mate with her, she keeps batting him.

Soldier: American shorthair

This is the cat breed I think of when I think of when I think of American cats, I like to think he's an orange cat. They're notorious for being dumb and being odd. The administrator let's him run outside, he's really, really loud and she's gotten noise complaints from neighbors when she first brought him home.

Pyro: Sphinx (elf)

They were burned by someone teens who thought it was funny to harm them. The administrator gave them a set of pjs, a stuffed unicorn toy and a little mask because of they're anxiety. They're bonded with engi.

Demo: Scottish fold

Ya ya I get it "this was an obvious one to choose for demo, it literally has 'Scottish' in the name". His previous owner would make bombs in his house and sell them on the black market. One day demo was messing around (he was a kitten) and due to his owner's negligence, demo lost his eye (and some scaring) as well as the death of his owner, who was drunk and passed out, in the explosion that followed. He now has a tiny eye patch and has to take medicine. He has a parrot stuffy

Engi: munchkin

Lol smol cat. He's the only one who wasn't adopted by the administrator, she owned his father and his grandfather before him. He's highly intelligent and has bonded with pyro. They basically just bath eachother

Heavy: Mainecoon

Lol big cat. His story largely stays the same, from Russia, has 3 sisters and his mother, lived in the gulag (I think that's how to spell it). The difference is that he was sold to the administrator and his mother and sisters remain in Siberia, he misses them severely and will only calm down if the administrator put on classical Russian music or video calls his family's owner. The owner doesn't mind at all.

Sniper: Mandalay

His previous owners were a sweet old couple who had a sheep farm in Australia. He was a farm cat and was extremely good at hunting birds and mice. He now likes to climb up in high spaces.

Medic: German Rex

His owner was a scientist who would experiment on birds, medic bonded with one of these birds. When the administrator took in medic, Archimedes was brought with him. She likes Archimedes more than she thought she would.

Spy: Birman

Spy was pampered by his previous owner, who was an old, wealthy, French man with no children or wife. Everything in his position went to spy and his (spy's ) lineage. By adopting spy, the administrator gained all the wealth that came with him. She took scout in because he's spy's only living blood relative from when he snuck out near the end of his owner's life, met Scout's ma and had him. He bullies his son

Miss p.: Devon Rex

She's constantly stoping the others from breaking things and has basically bonded with the administrator and is completely done with scout

This took me so long to write and research

Edit; I forgot to remove the fillers for engi and heavy, I kept them in tho:3

[royalarchivist]

Full video of Quackity and Wilbur singing “Perfume” from tonight’s LA Lovejoy concert!

(Videos shared by @sootsit, edited together by me)

[twoset-updates]

[041222 straits times article]

read online (subscribers only, video interview in the article is viewable without subscription)

[EDIT 051222] video interview now also available on youtube:

text of the article below the cut:

(typed by hand, there may be errors)

Practice makes perfect

Australian violinists Brett Yang and Eddy Chen tell Executive Editor Sumiko Tan that they set up TwoSet Violin to show how classical music can be fun, and to attract the young to it

Violinists Brett Yang and Eddy Chen are joking that if they must name their least favourite composer, Johann Pachelbel would be up there.

“Sometimes, some pieces are really overplayed, they’re put out of context. That gets a bit annoying,” says Yang, referring to the German composer’s pervasive Canon In D.

So you won’t play Pachelbel at your wedding then, I ask.

“Nah,” Chen dismisses.

“No way,” protests Yang. “Maybe at my funeral, you can play that.”

“But it’ll make you so angry, you’ll come out of your grave,” comes Chen’s rejoinder.

They laugh their heads off at this.

I decide not to mention that Canon In D was in fact what I had chosen to play at my wedding, and one of the few pieces of classical music I enjoy.

The two guys behind TwoSet Violin aren’t music snobs, really. They are just very passionate about classical music and see it as their mission to educate people about that world.

In 2013, the Taiwan-born Australians decided to form TwoSet Violin to make funny videos about life as classical musicians, which they posted on social media.

Their YouTube channel now has nearly four million subscribers, and the 1,300 videos there have garnered more than 1.2 billion views. There are also videos on other platforms such as Facebook, TikTok, and Instagram.

Their live shows mixing comedy and violin recital have been seen in more than 20 cities, and they are planning another world tour.

There’s also TwoSet Apparel, a line of music-inspired T-shirts, hoodies and cardigans.

Their videos are both hilarious and educational. Often looking as if they had just tumbled out of bed, they discuss everything from violin hickeys (neck bruises due to prolonged violin playing; I see one on Yang but not on Chen) to misconceptions about musicians (”musical geniuses are born, not created” really riles them up.)

A video of them critiquing a Guinness World Record holder for world’s “fastest violinist” has drawn 9.5 million views. Their Pachelbel’s Chicken video, played with a squeaky rubber chicken, has 3.7 million views.

I’m interviewing the influencers ahead of their Nov 16 concert with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO).

This was a rather more serious performance. Yang played Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto, and then Bach’s Concerto For Two Violins with Chen. The latter performed the closing movement of Paganini’s Violin Concerto No. 2, better known as La Campanella, for an encore.

The SSO event was sold out within minutes and its livestream on YouTube amassed more than 986,000 views in two weeks.

Yang had asked over e-mail for restaurant suggestions. I give him four and he picks One-Ninety at the Four Seasons. The hotel says filming there would be difficult and suggests we eat at its quieter Jiang-Nan Chun Cantonese restaurant.

They are fine with Chinese food, and also agree to bring along their violins — in this case, two precious Stradivarius instruments on loan to them for the SSO concert.

In person, they come across as smart, decent and sincere. They also look as if they could do with more sleep.

Yang, 30, is the friendlier, chattier one. When he sees the camera crew milling around, he asks me: “Is everyone eating or is it just us?”

Just us, I say.

“Sorry, guys,” he waves to them.

With his floppy fringe and dark-framed glasses, his style is collegiate preppy.

Chen’s is more hip hop. He’s wearing trendy oversized wire-frame glasses, a big white T-shirt and a sprinkling of jewellery. He appears a little more distant at first, possibly due to a lack of caffeine.

You’re quieter than in your videos, I remark.

“Yeah, people say that a lot,” Chen, 29, says. “I am, actually. But I also think I just haven’t had my coffee today.”

Yang vouches for this. “There is Eddy pre-coffee and after,” he says, mimicking how a tortoise retracts its head in and out of its shell. It sets them off laughing again.

Over our two-hour set-menu lunch, they finish each other’s sentences and reaffirm the other’s opinion or observation, Chen warms up after his caffeine fix from the Chinese tea. They share the same humour and their affection for each other seems genuine.

Sharing similar backgrounds, they have been friends for more than half their lives.

Both were born in Taiwan. When they were four, their families moved to New Zealand before settling down in Brisbane, Australia.

Yang, whose Chinese name is Po-yao, adopted the name Brett in Taiwan when his parents asked his English teacher for Western names. She went down the alphabet in giving them suggestions. His older brother is Alan, he got Brett and his mother is Cathy. “We skipped D as we couldn’t find a good name. My dad’s Eric.”

Chen’s mother picked Michael for him when he started kindergarten in New Zealand, but there were three other Michaels in his class.

He asked her for a new name, and she told him to pick one himself. Chen, whose Chinese name is Wei-chen, decided on Eddy after a fighter character in Tekken, a PlayStation game.

They met when Yang was 14 and Chen 13, at a maths tutoring class in Brisbane attended by Asian students.

The next day, they ran into each other again at a youth orchestra rehearsal they had signed up for. They didn’t attend the same school, but the classical music world was so small that they stayed friends.

Chen’s father was a dentist and his mother a housewife. He and his sister, who’s five years older, learnt the violin and piano. When she was 18, she decided to focus on the piano. “My mum was like, ‘well, we have only one piano, so I’m not giving you piano lessons anymore.’” He did the violin.

As for Yang, his older brother played the cello for a while and is now a dentist — “he’s fulfilling that for my parents”. His father is a semi-retired architect and mother an artist and teacher.

Their childhood revolved around practice, performance and competitions. Both went to Queensland Conservatorium Griffith University, one of Australia’s leading music and performing arts schools, and knew they would make a career in music.

Chen remembers what his father, who died in 2015, once told him.

“He said, ‘Look, I’ve done that whole make your Asian parents happy part, and it’s cool, but I’m staring at teeth every day from the moment I wake up till I go to sleep. So unless you’re really passionate about teeth, maybe think a bit about doing what you’re passionate about.’

“That stuck with me, which is why I chose to do music even though my mum was like ‘be a doctor, be a doctor’.”

Yang tells his friend: “Your dad’s the chillest dad.”

Did your father get to see your YouTube success before he died, I ask chen.

“We had just started. He saw a little bit, but he didn’t see our first world tour, unfortunately, which would have been cool,” he says, sounding wistful.

Yang adds comfortingly: “He left you with his blessing — and passion.”

Around the time they were in university, South Korean rapper Psy’s Gangnam Style video became a global hit. Inspired, they started to make videos.

There was then a popular duo called 2Cellos. Calling themselves TwoViolins would be lame, “like a copy-paste”, says Yang. “So our two set of violins? Okay, TwoSet Violin.”

They got jobs in orchestras after graduation — Yang with the Sydney Symphony and Chen with the Queensland Symphony.

The fanbase of their videos continued to grow. At the end of 2015, they left their jobs to do videos full time. Audiences lapped up content like 8 Most Epic Piano Performances Everyone Should Watch.

In 2017, they decided to raise funds for a world tour and, as they said at the time, “turn our viral classical comedy videos into one crazy recital”.

They busked and slept on the streets of Sydney, and hit their goal of A$50,000 (S$46,000) in five days. From 2017 to 2019, they performed in more than 20 cities, including Singapore.

INFINITE IDEAS

As classical musicians, they saw how audiences were ageing. A key motivation behind TwoSet Violin has been to win over young fans.

“At concerts, it’s a sea of white hair,” says Yang. “You see a few young people in the front, which is usually us, the students, going to watch their favourite artists on student tickets.”

Adds Chen: “In 20 years, what’s going to happen?”

Yang replies: “We’re not going to have a job... It starts from the younger generation appreciating these things.”

I wonder if making videos has felt like they were dumbing down.

Yang points out that they do play the violin. “It’ll be a different story if we were faking it... But we still offer the integrity of classical music.”

Chen reminds me that his partner would be playing the full Mendelssohn Violin Concerto with the SSO. “No YouTube violinist I can think of could do that, right?”

They love it when people tell them how the videos have inspired them to pick up or relearn instruments.

They are brimming with “infinite” ideas on how to make classical music entertaining.

Anything, it seems, can be turned into content.

An idea like whether one can play the violin on the moon could lead to a discourse on how sound and frequency travel in space.

Some videos critique the treatment of classical music in popular culture. 

Their recent parody of the Korean group Blackpink’s use of Paganini’s La Campanella drew flak from K-pop fans for being disrespectful, which they have shrugged off.

Blackpink’s treatment of La Campanella was “pretty artistically uninspiring”, says Chen dryly.

“They turned such a great piece into one of the most monotonous-sounding loops. Like they tuned it down, they processed it to sound almost like a machine violin, and then it was just looping like half the sentence.”

Their critiques aren’t mean-spirited, they add.

“I don’t think we’ve ever insulted someone for the sake of insulting. When we’re making videos, we’re coming from a perspective of sharing the world of classical music,” Chen says.

“So it’s like we’re educating about classical music but in a fun and entertaining way. We add some comedy to it, and sometimes with comedy there’s a bit more spice to it, and we add a bit of roast occasionally.”

As performers, they have had their struggles with stress and exhaustion.

When Chen was about 20, he couldn’t play the violin for about eight months and was in a wheelchair for two. He was preparing for a performance when first his arms, then legs, became mysteriously wracked with pain.

Eventually, a doctor diagnosed it to be psychological, and he had to learn to push through the pain. He has since recovered.

In 2020, Yang took about three months off, suffering from exhaustion.

They have since tried to take more breaks. They manage themselves, with a team of about 12, half of whom work part-time. Big agencies have asked to represent them, but they prefer to be independent.

Covid-19 put a halt to touring, but they held a virtual tour in December 2021. The duo, who are single and semi-based in Singapore, have announced another world tour for 2023/2023.

They don’t have any significant sponsors or government funding, and get income from YouTube advertising, concerts and apparel. “We try to make it work from the resources we have,” says Yang. “It forces us to be super creative.”

They are certainly changing the way classical music is perceived. At their SSO concert at the Victoria Concert Hall, they tied up with Tiger Sugar to serve bubble tea. (They are big bubble tea fans.)

A lot of their success — as well as their future — hinges on them staying in sync with the other.

Chen says they are on the same wavelength in most things and have hardly ever fought. “We are very much on the same page in our bigger outlook on life. Obviously, there will be smaller decisions that we might disagree on, but we just discuss it.”

Yang echoes this. They approach situations not from a “me perspective” but seek to understand each other.

As we wrap up the meal, I ask what they like about each other.

Yang says: “Eddy’s a very open-minded person, and he also thinks really deep. So it’s not just one-dimensional. You think broadly, you also think depth.”

Chen says he appreciates his friend’s ability to be in touch with people’s feelings and be considerate in social situations.

“He knows how to bring uncomfortable conversations up in a non-confrontational way. You know how sometimes people just bottle things up and then over time it explodes, right? But with Brett, it never feels like it has to get to that.”

Yang says softly: “Thanks, bro.”

The lunch crowd has gone, and we take over the restaurant to film the video. They play for us a segment of Augustin Hadelich’s arrangement of Por Una Cabeza by Carlos Gardel.

Yang e-mails me later to ask if I’d like a ticket to their SSO concert. I ask for one to their open rehearsal.

There’s nary a head of white hair among the audience. The seats are occupied by happy young people — mostly women — clapping wildly when they walk on stage and soaking in the Mendelssohn and Bach that follow.

I’m not a classical music lover, but, I, too, enjoyed myself.

[poms-resources]

Below is a general idea of how I make my screencaps & icons!!

Nothing too intense as there is... a LOT to this and this post will be big as it is, so I’ll give a general synopsis of how I do things!

How I Make Screenshots

This is kind of self explanatory, but I make them by using Dvdvideosoft’s Free Video to JPG Converter. This is fast and easy to use and you really don’t need to lift a finger other than setting a directory and how many caps you’d like it to make!

I DO have a PNG alternative ( or multiple files actually ), but I’m still learning the ropes of it, but it’s called Batch Video to Image Extractor. I’ve used it before, it’s very safe, I’m still getting used to it!

Where do I download movies / videos / series?

You can fall lucky sometimes and find a series you want on Youtube! There is also torrenting, but of course that’s more of a... risky method. Some alternatives would be going to the following: • Kimcartoon • Watchcartoononline

On these sites, you can watch AND right click to save episodes that you’re watching! Sometimes this is the fastest and best method to get a hold of specific episodes that you want or movies that not even torrenting can give you.

How do I crop icons?

I use Photoshop! Yes, like most people, Photoshop is my main go-to place for editing and making pretty much everything you see on my blogs. I have a crop preset where it automatically resizes to the set shape I want:

So when I make a square, no matter how big, it will AUTOMATICALLY resize to the settings I’ve put above. Do I do the batch sequence? No. I don’t use that because sometimes Photoshop can be so powerful, it’ll crash my PC entirely. So you’re wondering, how do I do so many then? I upload 180 screencaps at a time, like so:

As it’s what my computer can handle ( it could handle more, but I never like to risk it )

I do this because I have keyboard shortcuts to make my life easier! Hand placement is everything so I’ve set my Photoshop shortcuts to a lot of the F keys ( F1, F2, F3 etc ) !! If people would like a look at my shortcuts, I’m happy to share them!

I also do this because sometimes I want a particular angle on a screencap that batch editing just can’t do, so I prefer to do them one by one!

How do I make my borders?

Again, Photoshop! I save the original PSD of anything I make so I can easily go back to it!

The photoshop I use is HERE! It’s free, I’ve used it for a REALLY long time!

How do I add my borders to them?

Photoscape! I primarily use Photoscape X Pro, but Photoscape X is just fine as well! X Pro is just the paid version, which allows a lot more options.

Photoscape has multiple different options and an amazing batch editing system which works like a charm, it converts icons quickly and efficiently, resizes icons, you name it, it’ll do it. It’s intimidating at first, but I promise you, with a lot of messing around and experimentation, you learn a LOT of things!

When it comes to Photoscape’s batch editing, I mess with the following settings MAINLY:

Resize is self explanatory, this is so you can resize your icon to fit exactly into your border.

Insert is basically adding your border on top, another self explanatory one.

Frame is very important. So for example, for a square or circle frame, you’d use this type of frame:

It’s a lot of messing around but very with it really!

For a blockquote frame, it’s a LOT more of messing with and can be really frustrating, a lot of back and forth:

I’ve sat people down in a Discord call and given this tutorial before and I’m certain they can attest that it is certainly finicky and messing about to make things fit or look nice, but once you get the hang of it, I can promise you, you won’t be disappointed!

And that’s basically it! I hope y’all find some of this useful, and I know it’s a SUPER long post but I really hope some of these help you!!