#I'M SORRY- THIS WAS TOO FUNNY NOT TO DRAW

[creativewritersposts]

homemade card - Lando Norris

summary; Lando Norris x reader

It's your anniversary and all you wish for is a homemade card from Lando - the most uncreative person in crafting.

warning(s); swearing, maybe grammar errors, fluff / funny

author's note; hope you like it! Have a nice day y'all ♡

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"But why ", Lando pretends to cry.

You chuckle, he's such a drama queen.

"Why aren't you happy? I don't need your money", you're running circles on his back to calm him down.

"I know your last pay slip, I'm pretty sure you could at least try to enjoy that your amazing boyfriend is a rich formula one driver", he shakes his head. You could have anything from him on your anniversary day. A nice dinner, the prettiest jewelry but no- you want a homemade card.

"but it's something special and personal from you, babe", you kids his cheek softly, a little laugh escapes your mouth. You know that Lando is very uncreative - he always was.

"I can't even draw a stick figure!", your boyfriend touches his hair, completely stressed out. You stand up, ready to go to bed, "i know you'll find a way, I love you", you quickly kiss his lips, you have to yawn a few times.

If he only knew that your anniversary present is a photo album full with personal pictures you secretly took of him since you're dating.

"Love you too", Lando tries to smile, thinking how he can make a good looking handmade card in one night without ending in a disaster.

He hasn't forgotten your anniversary - he was just busy and couldn't find a perfect present. He wants you to know he truly adores every inch of you.

So he takes his phone, until he hears a ring and places it on his left ear, "hello?", a familiar voice asks, "i need help", he whines. "Lando it's 11pm", Oscar sounds sleepy.

"I need a homemade card until tomorrow", he's literally sweating. "Take paper and scissors, god damn Lando, good night", and hangs up the phone. Thanks for nothing mate, Lando mutters.

He sighs, thinking what to do now, his niece left some colorful papers and glitter in his living room last week. Thank God.

He takes it, ready to give you the best homemade card you've ever got. Like ever.

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"Lando? Baby?", you're looking for your boyfriend in the kitchen after he wasn't next to you in bed all night. He's sleeping on his kitchen chair, asleep on craft things. It's truly the cutest thing, taking a photo of this scenario.

"Happy anniversary my love", you lovely wake him up after this.

"Huh?", his face is completely covered with pink glitter, until he realizes. "Shit!", jumping up. "your homemade card oh no!", facepalming himself, "it looks like shit now! I'm so sorry", he feels guilty. The card is ruined, only the glitter heart is still there. You have to smile, he's so chaotic - but it's one of the reasons why you love him. He truly tried his best and it's all that matters.

"I love this card", you kiss him again, full of love. "I love you", he responds. "I love you too but please go to shower, you're full of glitter Lando!", you laugh. He looks so ridiculously funny.

"do you want to come with me?", he's smirking, wrapping his arms around you.

[wolfertinger666]

sorry I started tweaking, people did this to my black history month rabbit drawing and it made me incredibly upset too.

but I know there are those who want to be respectful and engage with our art in a thoughtful manner. i appreciate it. I'm sorry your voices get drowned out by the people who cannot give a reason why they think a vent piece by a black artist being turned into a meme is genuinely funny without acknowledging their own antiblackness.

"gkmc is actually about Kendrick Lamar finding a lost cat through the alps"

yeah, you non black people prove my point when you cannot engage in black art and music in a serious and nuanced manner without turning it into a funny meme joke.

i forgot as a black artist you cannot talk or vent about your experiences growing up in poverty or dealing with systemic racism cuz white people will find a way to make it funny. fuck y'all 😭

[docwritesshit]

Hello! Me again with another request, if that's okay? I'm not sure if you've done this or not yet, but if you haven't, maybe you could do headcanons of the aftermath of Lady Bone Demon's defeat, and Sun Wukong, Macaque, MK, and Red Son reunites with their fem S/O? They're either sent away for their own safety or they were possessed by LBD.

Hello! I

Sorry, took me a hot minute to get here, got a big creative writing project that’s taking a bit out of me

Always!

After LBD

Wukong!

After you bring possessed by LBD, I see this man as clingy

He’s always making sure a hand or his tail in on you in some way. As a comfort to you that he’s there and as a comfort to himself that you’re safe

I also see him being stalkerish for a bit. Always spying on you when you go out to make sure nothing funny happens.

Many many nights are ended with you in his arms as you two sleep in the couch after binging some of your favorite media

He will outright refuse to do anything the heavens need because he doesn’t want to leave you just yet. The fact he couldn’t get to you before you were taken by LBD terrified him

Macaque!

He’s not leaving you in your apartment alone. He’s moved in now, cant stop him

A shadow follows you for a few weeks. You know it’s him, he knows you can see him. You do talk to him and he doesn’t do it as obvious or often

You’re getting new plushies and hoodies and all the things. Do you question how he got them? Best not to

If he has to go away, expect a shadow clone popping up every hour or so to check on you

MK!

The amount of trainings go up. He is determined not to lose you again

You are now tagging along with him when he hangs out with Mei. You just get dragged with them.

You’re either sleeping over at his or he’s sleeping over at yours. There is no sleeping in separate places for a solid three months. Pigsy had to drag him out of your apartment a few times

You’ll notice he doesn’t draw around you as much. When asked, he said he just wants to enjoy the moment.

Redson!

You’re not leaving the DBK fortress. Not once. You’re flanked by three bull bots minimum if you go walk outside

On the bright side, when you ask for something, she cannot say no to you! He will feel too guilty

Youre in the workshop with Reds most of the day, just doing your own thing. If you ah e to go to the bathroom, they will accompany you and wait outside the door

PIF and DBK are more quiet around you, and more generous. PIF takes you away once in a while to go with her to dress up just to help feel in charade of your own body. DBK will learn and cook your favorite foods every meal, making sure you’ve had your fill.

That’s all!

[yanderedrabbles]

congrats! Ur work has rlly paid off

If ur not uncomfortable(if u r pls ignore), how'd u do it? I've started out at the same time and dont even have quarter the amount u have which rlly bums me out and makes me want to stop posting

One totally simple secret- I post a TON. Like almost every day.

The only month I didn't post almost every day was January, and while I don't have a screenshot of my activity, my notes absolutely plummeted. From about 2000/day to about 400/day. It took the whole of February and most of March to get them back to my pre-hiatus levels.

Let's look at the stats:

I didn't post a new fic yesterday or today and you can see how my notes tanked from around 2000 to about 1000 in just a day.

POSTING FREQUENTLY IS THE BEST WAY TO GROW!

I'm sorry to yell at you gorgeous, but it's true. While I put a ton of work into variety and into improving my craft, the biggest factor has been posting frequency. It keeps me on top of common tags and recommendations, so new readers are a lot more likely to stumble on my stuff. It keeps my current readers engaged. It's the main way I've gained followers.

Okay, we got that out of the way? Let's get into some of the more nuanced practices that boost reach.

You can see that my fic length varies a lot. There are plenty of posts under a thousand words, but also a few topping ten thousand.

I think that having variety keeps things interesting for my readers. Most of us don't have time to sit down and read a 10k word fic every day, but we still want to have our yandere fix. That's where my shorter stuff comes in.

I think having variety in length also draws in new readers. You might be skeptical about reading a 12k word smut if it pops up on your dash and you have no clue who the author is, but you're probably down to read the quick 600 to a 1000 word drabble. And if you like it, you might just check out more of my stuff! Yippee!

I also aim for variety in style. Let's look at some of my more popular posts:

Yandere Best Friend

Yandere Greek Champion

Yandere Yakuza

Yandere Fairytale

Did ya notice anything? All four are pretty popular fics on my blog, and they're all VERY different. In length, in formatting, in the approach to storytelling.

Variety is the spice of life! Have fun with your writing, experiment, take risks. If it doesn't work, then at least you took the chance and learnt something. Your readers are not going to complain, I promise.

Editing is also a must. You're almost always going to miss a typo or two - they're like mosquitoes in summer, they somehow always manage to slip through the cracks - but a fic should be pleasant to read. If I see five typos in the first paragraph, it's a bit of a turn-off. Most apps have a built-in spell check, and I've recently been experimenting with Grammarly. Even just doing a final comb-over before you post makes a huge difference.

Tag your stuff too! I have my go-to set of tags that I usually use on my posts, but I'm always on the lookout for new tags that are applicable to my posts. How else are people going to see your stuff? How else will Tumblr know to recommend you? Use tags babe, I promise they don't bite.

Oh, and don't forget to ask for feedback either. Beta readers and writing groups are the backbone behind so many famous real-world authors. Your Tumblr moots will be happy to skim over your stuff and give you some pointers. We're all in this together, and that means striving to get better together.

And finally, I'm always trying to learn more about writing. All the tips and tricks behind it. All the ways I can make my stuff just a little better - my dialogue a bit more snappy, my prose a bit easier to read.

My go-to writing guy is James Scott Bell. Especially Voice - the secret power behind great writing. James is funny and easy to read, so I HIGHLY recommend his books on writing. Currently, I'm reading How to Write Pulp Fiction and it's soooo helpful. Am I actually getting better as a writer? That's debatable, but I'm constantly putting in the effort and I think my readers can sense that.

"But Val, I can't write every day! I've got obligations, work, school, a hundred different things to get done! Hitting 2k words daily just isn't possible for me!"

I hear ya kid. But guess what? I couldn't clock 2000 words a day at the beginning either. But I forced myself to sit down and write as much as I could between all my other obligations. Over time, you'll learn to write faster. You'll learn to push through all the small worries holding you back. You'll learn to optimise your workflow so that you clock an easy 1k in an hour.

Every little bit counts. Even if all you can spare is 300 words a day or half an hour of editing, it adds up. By the end of the week, that's already a 2.1k fic ready to go.

I used to think writers were just insanely talented and naturally creative. And I have no doubt so many are. But it takes practice and patience to improve.

We all get those moments when we ask ourselves if we should even bother. What if I'm a total hack? What if I'm the worst person to put paper to pen since the author of My Immortal? What if what if what if -

Stop. Just keep writing.

Don't listen to those voices. If you do, you won't write anything at all, and how are supposed to improve if there's nothing to improve upon?

Sometimes, it's like a kick to the jaw to see another writer doing well. Why isn't that me? What are they doing that I'm not? I deserve it just as much as they do, so why am I not getting the same amount of notes?

Don't even bother entertaining thoughts like those. Take a deep breath and then keep writing. You have your own voice and style that your fans love. Your only competition is with yourself.

There you have it. Simple as it gets.

I promise you, you're an author worth reading. You have fans who love you, who can't help but scream when you post a new fic. Just keep putting in the hours and it WILL pay off.

[hootyhoowoo]

ah! I totally get keeping your ao3 private! in any case, do you have any svsss fic recs you’d shout out? any ships is fine! bingqiu, Liujiu, 79, Liushen, I’ll take it!

Okay i'm sorry this took so long!! I was trying to look through my fics and see what would be appropriate to post bwaahahah

So disclaimer, i'm more of a one-shot type of reader for the most part, I really enjoy a nice hearty and wordy piece. I'm also a whore so I enjoy a lot of pwps!! I delve into omegaverse and some dead dove fics a lot too so please READ THE TAGS before reading

Also, these are more of my own personal reviews of the fics? You can read the summaries +tags to find out more :D I'm sure the authors can summarize better than I can

but anyway, I'll start out with the fics recommended to me by others, and ones that are so widely loved by the fandom!

These are multi-chaptered:

"I Wish You Were My Husband"- Feynite; Bingqiu, Liushen, and Qijiu all in one!

This fic was recommended by a good friend of mine, and it is sooo good anon. It's got wife stealing, love triangles, and is sooo hilariously funny it's made me genuinely laugh out loud while reading. There was times where I felt like I was just reading canon content and had to remind myself this wasn't mxtx writing. The author does a wonderful job in delving into Shen Qingqiu/Shen Yuan's inner mental gymnastics, and the complicated history and relationships between the different pairings is so tangible and well done. Not to mention the dialogue between SQQ and SQH made me CACKLE.

"Like A Tooth From a Mouth (I Leave A Hole)- Anonymous; Bingyuan (?)

Okay I started this fic but still haven't gotten through all of it, but the first chapter (first few paragraphs really) captivated me so much I was instantly hooked. Actually, I may draw this out at some point bc I really love the beginning of this fic. So angsty. So well written- especially once Liu Qingge gets introduced, he's so cute and I really like the dynamics of everyone in this one. Disciple!Shen yuan with his system and Shizun!Luo Binghe will always be messy and i'm here for it <3

"Shen Yuan of No Relation"- Gemi ; Bingyuan, Qijiu (i'll probably come back and edit if needed)

Ahhh. Ze fic of all time. OKAY so I haven't actually finished this one yet, i'm currently still reading. BUT I WILL SAY: It is so good so far. So good. The author's writing feels so hearty and their descriptions of the setting is something I fell in love with immediately. The way they write the characters is very endearing and i'm giddy with excitement to continue to read c: This fic was very very recommended by multiple friends so i'm happy to finally start it!!

"Love in Another Shape"- Celardor ; Starts Liushen -> Bingliu -> Bingliushen

Okay this fic was recommended to me by the same person who recommended IWYWMH so you know this shit is bangin. I have not read this yet, but I have had many people gush about it to me and had the lovely opportunity to chat w the author and they are the sweetest person so I'm very excited to start it next!!

'Satisfaction'- Raiiskaim ; Bingjiu

ohohoho ok- can I just say I love Raiiskaim's works, but this one is soooo delicious. It's got dead-dove like elements so be warned, but ahhh the follow up to this fic is "Discontent, and the spaces inbetween" and dude omg the ending literally made me gasp. Can't recommend this enough if it's your flavor.

"Blessing in disguise" - chamsie; ...implied Qijiu?

yeah i like omegaverse and i will not be shamed about it on my own blog. BUT this one is not...your typical pwp omegaverse fic. It's very shen jiu centered around him and his babby- shen yuan! it's very cute and good and I quite enjoyed it when I read it a whiiiile ago. Actually, I think it's time for a re-read. heh

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These next ones are one shots

"We Should Stick Together" and "You're My Best Friend, I'll Love You Forever" - Pennydaniels; Liujiu

ohhhh my god. OHHHH MY GOOOOODDDD. Do you ever read a fic and have it touch something so deeply in you and it's like a soothing balm to a really rough aching burn? yeah so that's how these two fics are to me. I vividly remember reading them on an airplane and literally crying my eyes out I had to ask the flight attendant for tissues- and got side eyed by the other passengers. Specifically YMBF,ILYF.... this fic definitely shaped the way I would like to be loved. Excellent works, definitely recommend, read tags, as always. Pennydaniels is one of my fav ao3 authors, so definitely recommend checking out their other stuff too!

"Through the Widening Circles"- ancient_moonshine ; Bingjiu

Please read tags. It didn't bother me but ik it may not be everyone's flavor- but trust me when I say that this fic also made me sob like a baby, especially towards the end. The author does a great job of navigating through trauma and healing in such a touching way, but it is a pretty heavy fic because of these delicate topics. Such a good read, and I think one of my first SVSSS fanfics too!

"Vedaniya" - ancient_moonshine ; Bingjiu

Once again another fic by this amazing author, this one is a little more kinky ehehe but it's still very good and there's a gut wrenching scene that gets me every time near the beginning.

Anyways I hope this list satisfies! I can't wait to read more and get recommended more as we keep going on this scummy adventure :D if you have any recs, please be sure to drop them down below or in my inbox :3 always happy to add to my queue of reads.

[your-ne1ghbor]

Now Reintroducing....

Princess Asha!!

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In her assistant outfit! :D

Now we can't have a story without one of the main protagonists now can we? 😏🔥

RAMBLE TIME

Asha's Original Design

"Now tell me...Odesseus...IF I WERE TO MAKE YOU CHOOSE THE LIVES OF YOUR MEN AND CREW OR YOUR OWN, WHY DO I'D THINK THEY'D LOOSE?"

(Don't take that seriously help)

Now here's the thing. I don't hate Her original design. I think it is alright....however from what it was inspired by, which was Moroccan and Amazigh outfits from what I saw online in the Wish book, I found it severely lacking from what the outfit is supposed to be inspired by.

In her original outfits, it had those core features and I'm not sure why they stripped that core feature away from her.

(Sorry for the blurry image i dont have a good one)

(Also Side note I learned about what this outfit was inspired by later on from when I was redesigning her outfit since I thought that the architecture seemed to be inspired from Spain's architecture in a way, which made me thought that it would make sense for the outfit to be inspired by that. And that was definitely my bad. I should have done more research on what it was supposed to be inspired from originally. Which is why I wanted to fix mine as well represent what was originally inspired by with what I had in mind for the character.)

Not only that, the colors on her original outfit was very very dull. It made her look very bland and boring and blend in with the crowd of copy and paste bg characters. Meanwhile her other outfit stood and and was really pretty, and my far my personal fav concept art I've seen of her :D

A shame that this outfit wasn't in the original film :(

Here is the thing, the purple could have worked, IF the colors were more saturated, and not so dull.

My process of redesigning her

(I had luckily saved the whole thing on instagram when I had the eureka moment so I'll show it here)

Brain go burrrr

Character Sheet:

HOWEVER I do have a question about if I should have kept the gold outlines or if what is there is better (for the top I dont like it on her sash

BTW, in her assistant outfit she doesnt wear jewelry, hower she does wear it in her princess outfit, which I unforunatly don't have designed fully yet.

Plus I am somewhat mixed on the color scheme since I also really like the red and would be a good nod for Mickey's outfit in "The Sorcerer's apprentice"

However I also went with a darker pallet so it can reflect Star's design for when it will be done :3

Though I really would like to know if I should keep the gold on the top, or not I'm mixed on that-

Her job as a apprentice

Her job is pretty simple (even if she will never get paid for it)

Besides learning magic from Magnus, she does go on errands/restock items/kinda like a messenger in a way (last one is a maybe)

She has a full plate and it is very draining, to the point where she would overwork herself to the point of exhaustion. Doesn't really have time to draw...right?

I mean she has sketch books...but she doesn't *gets abducted by the spoiler police again*

Though...its kinda funny experience.

AT LEAST MAGNUS AND AGATHA CARE ABOUT HER AND-

*glances over and sees the police*

ah shit-

Well I can't go into much detail about her past without it being very spoilery other than Magnus and Agatha took her in when she was 12 years old.

Plus, as pre-established in one of my posts, Magnus and Agatha was around for some parts of her childhood...mainly to babysit her since Thomas is a....

....

*sees Spoiler Police inching closer*

Uhhh it's hard to talk about her without spoiling a lot of things since it effects-

Spoiler Police: ARREST HER SHE SAID TOO MUCH!!!

AHHHHHHH QUICK DISTRACTION SHOT-

I love her so much-

wait

I CANT ADD MORE PICS NOOOOOOOOOO

yk what? I'll add a song that matches her character B)

[thatonefishfriend]

i love you're king so much 😭😭😭😭😭💕💕💕💕 >//<

[randomloserlover]

cobs destroys mephone's objectsonas

[phoenix-ruki]

This is how the scene went, right??

Original photo:

[chiricat]

ryomina demons are winning

[deoidesign]

Can you tell who my favorite character is right now...

[wardingshout]

Viridian trainers for day 5 of spesilverweek! they are my most beloved but Lance is a cursed character who is impossible to draw or portray in any way to me

[drawingwithdonnie]

my prediction for ii17

[jontaro-kun]

That one time a pose study (looking at art of pretty women and telling myself I was being productive) turned into Portia

[seyaryminamoto]

Fic-to-Art #49: Sokka and Azula's kiss in Piandao's mansion

I have to admit, this is a scene I've always wanted to depict properly and for once I may have done it justice. This is very much Rui Shi's glorious POV when he innoncently hoped to let Azula know they were ready to leave Shu Jing... only to wind up confirming the Princess he serves is indeed involved in a very complicated illicit relationship with the least convenient guy :'D Quite the sight to witness, that's for sure...

This is very much the moment where these two commit to each other for good in Gladiator, and one of my favorite scenes to revisit and write, back in the day. I got several references for this to make it as good as I possibly could... and I think I'm pretty satisfied with the result! Definitely my best version of this scene up to date, if nothing else, haha.

Hope you guys liked it! If you'd like to be part of the creative process behind these pieces, a $1 Patreon pledge makes you eligible for suggesting and voting for prompts, as well as reading Gladiator snippets 6 days before the new chapter releases!

[spadelynnne]

Daydreaming