#I loved this place in uni

[evehaze]

I miss the Maughan

[margindoodles2407]

For the request thing: Maybe Sky and Wind? (I think they're a very underrated duo)

Also take as much time as you need, you got this Margin <33

Un Sky and Wind, as requested! I am quite proud of how this came out :) Thank you so much for the ask!

Reference:

[meziniart]

You can hold my hand if no one's home

[souenkun]

I loooove the jp fandom's headcanon that geeta and larry are childhood friends who met during their time in the academy and, sometime in the future, geeta personally recruited larry to work for the paldean pokemon league, as she must be one of the first people who knew of his prowess in pokemon battling! Like yeah, the whole geeta being a "strict boss who is frustrated by larry's stubborn insistence to be an average worker that she has to assign him different workloads just to broaden his horizon" idea is intriguing, but stepping it up a notch by making geeta be the "best friend a.k.a the only one who has seen larry at his very best and his very worst, and knows for a fact that he could excel at anything he put his mind into if he steps out of his comfort zone, so she doesn't particularly drag him out of said zone, but pushes him out of it each time she can because she can't bear to see her best friend be unaware of the good chances and positive things that awaits him out there, not if she has a (small) say in it" is also downright hilarious 😭🤚

[hella1975]

born to write fanfiction forced to go to pilates

[yinyuedijun]

so sorry if this is a stupid question but like... how do u age up characters, not like literally but like in a writing sence (cause ur suo fics were honestly amazing)

this isn't a stupid question at all, it's actually something I struggle a lot with LOL and I'm glad to hear that you liked how I handled it in my suo fics - thank you for reading 🥺!

here are the approaches I take to generally ageing people up:

think about their canon characterization - not just their traits and habits, but also their motivations/values and where their character arc is heading

think about what kind of path they'd be heading toward as an adulthood (in material, mundane terms - university, type of work, relationships, major life events, etc). sometimes the series will give you careers they're heading towards, but wherever that's not the case, I usually like to stick to very realistic career paths because it grounds them into a realistic kind of adult context that we would be able to relate to. if they're getting into some kind of exceptional career (like, for instance, yakuza membership lol, but even if I kept them in delinquent groups like shishitoren or roppo-ichiza), then I usually go out of my way to justify it.

now this is the tricky part - think about how the events of their adulthood would affect their motivations/values, traits, habits, and larger character arc. the motivations/values and character arc pieces are very important, because it basically defines the adult characterization. (that's why so much of the suo fic revolves around his master and the effect of losing him, and what it does to his values and character arc!)

I also like to think about how other, normal adults would perceive this new aged-up version of them - the typical salaryman, the typical convenience store worker, etc. I find it helps recontextualize the character away from the canon setting and toward a more realistic, adult context. this is mostly so I'm not viewing the character through rose coloured glasses as I'm writing them lol (eg, someone who may be charming to us because of our attachment to them in canon might in fact be a neurotic loser to the average well-adjusted adult).

sorry I yapped so much rip - hopefully this helps!!!!

[zhongrin]

this is super random and unprompted but.... one of my fondest memories is when i was in high school and became super unwell from a PE class, my friends literally had to drag me to the infirmary. it was also a class right before lunchtime, so they bought food from the cafeteria for me. and when i couldn't eat any of it, they bought me hot tea with extra sugar and stayed with me throughout recess to make sure i was ok.

i miss them.

[deergoddeargod]

Rimster sickfic recs

The Madness to his Method - DivineVarod

Only a few months into his time on board of Red Dwarf Dave Lister becomes witness to Arnold J Rimmer's bizarre exam preparations. Everyone on the ship tells him to just ignore it, but fearing the Second Technician is in a very bad place Lister can't. Soon it is clear he was right to worry.

Feverish - just_a_dapper_fellow

Rimmer contracts a holovirus but attempts to keep it hidden due to a fear of being locked back up in quarantine. Of course, he only manages to make it on his own for so long before Lister catches him.

Take Care - just_a_dapper_fellow

Rimmer picks up a holovirus on a derelict that gives him a nasty cold, but years of conditioning from his childhood make it hard for him to accept the fact that he needs rest. Luckily, Lister is there to help.

Lovesick - SeparateWaysTogether

Lister's appendix is about to burst. Rimmer sinks into a neurotic spiral of worry for his ageing bunkmate. Who's more sick?

Shake - andimeantittosting (Saylee)

Sometimes Rimmer glitches

enjoy :)

[chameleonfoots]

[ID: A square spray painting on a table thick with paint. The painting has a starry night sky, with a teal planet in the sky. Below is a gray mountain range, and in the bottom of the piece are a few rows of teal trees, maybe pine trees.]

First spray painting since my university life started! This teal color has accidentally become the theme color for my dorm room, so I figured I’d make a painting for myself for once. Really proud of these mountains.

[irlplasticlamb]

Did you go to art uni? What were the most important things you learned?

i did yes :) i think the most important thing i learned is to experiment and to put at least a little bit of meaning behind every element of your art piece — that’s why i got so into animal motifs and flower language, i think they’re such a lovely way to present stuff! but honestly my course was very lenient, it was mostly about you doing you and tutors giving you advice where necessary!

[perilegs]

why does the dentist need to know if i'm lactose intolerant

[dinosaurcharcuterie]

I'm not saying my dad likes the Italian restaurant where we live. I'm just saying that, after weeks of complaining that his new electric car doesn't have enough battery life to make it here in one go, he's offering to come over for at least the weekend. Because I mentioned my wife had left the house long enough for one dog to get lonely (i.e. longer than 7 minutes). Did he ask whether she was gone for weeks or just popped out to get something from the post office? No, because that's not how you get artisanal pizza.

(Dog tax incl.)

I countered with the offer that he should, but take his grandkids, so they could run through the woods for the last few days that the Woods Activity Places are open.

I'm not sure if the sudden quiet is him reassessing if he likes the Italian place enough to drive 4+ hours with a 6-yo and a 4-yo, or if he's negotiating with my brother and SIL.

[sparky-is-spiders]

I can accept basically any trans/nb reading of Jon however my personal favorites are transmasc Jon who transitioned physically and socially as early as possible and just never mentioned it to anyone cause it wasn't any of their business OR Jon being the most repressed transfem/nb in existence. They'll be talking about gender or whatever and Jon will be like "it's normal to feel totally disconnected from your gender all the time and also vaguely want boobs. That's just a guy thing I think." only for whoever they're all talking to to go "wtf no?? It's not????"

[mariocki]

I was tagged by @carcarrot (thank youuuu) and this is a new one on me so sure why not what the hell etc

I apologise for some of these horrible terrible images but I didn't cheat and had them all on hand, and actually they probably provide a more genuine portrait of me than I'd like

I tag uhhhhhhhh idk anyone ig. @fred-the-dinosaur @baddingtonbitch @gaytobymeres @basiltheratatouille @explainslowly and anyone else (no pressure obvs)

[swallowtail-ageha]

Also yesterday convo w this coursemate and they were like "oh i like dark fantasy too! big fan of priory of the orange tree its like a feminist version of asoiaf" immediately lost hp

[theyellowhue]

People expecting Rain to know who Phayu was just because Phayu is extremely popular in their architecture department (and probably the entire university) is so ???

Listen, Rain on a good day could barely get it together to finish his homework, his brain capacity is full. Rain doesnt have the time and attention span to know some handsome dude from their department, okay?! They made it seem like Rain was the weird one for not knowing Phayu 😭😭😭