#I'M STRUGGLING SO BAD Y'ALL

[dionboop]

Me: Veteran difficulty is going to be hard

Me, when Veteran difficulty proved to indeed be hard:

[akai-anna]

Round 6

Round: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8

[antiyourwokehomophobia2]

I think I'm gonna tell my therapist how I feel. Not in a "let's go out" way but in a laying it bare way.

[sceletaflores]

DBF PATRICK PLEASE

i hear you guys and i'm matching your freak. this will most likely be the next thing i post if i can ever get off my ass and stop being overly critical about my writing lmao

+ A SNEAK PEEK! cause ik some of you have been asking for one and cause i feel bad for not posting more this week :))))) 18+ under the cut mdni!

[simplepotatofarmer]

sorry, i'm really busy! i have to go to dinner at my partner's parents' house which is for me possibly one of the most anxiety inducing, near triggering things i have to do and then it's just. general holiday stuff.

but i love y'all and i'll be posting my dreblr secret exchange thing soon! <3 <3 <3

[reploidbuddy]

TIL writer’s burnout is a thing and I recognize myself in the symptoms ;-;

[storybycorey]

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[charlierhodes]

What does everyone do when they have downtime at work? It's weirdly slow today and I've been playing THTH and Love Island on my phone, but I'm kind of bored with one and waiting for more content in the other. Anyone have any fun shows they watch, podcasts I could listen to? Honestly, I'll do anything to not be bored anymore.

[mistfallengw2]

I won't lie, all of this OC talk is making me quite glad of that decision to make OCs for myself only, going as far as making it a rule not to share them or my writings with anyone for years. It was a blessing in disguise, because I went from finding OCs a stressful performance that had to be perfect and not cringe, to them becoming my little happy island where I could creatively thrive and have my own fun on my own time. Self-doubt never stood a chance to ruin it for me because I was the only one around to enjoy them and it was all tailored to just my own tastes with no outside influence but what I liked *dabs* Even now that I am starting to share them, it's not as scary as before, because it just means my tastes are different than other people's, and that's okay. If anything, me being so unapologetically okay with it makes it even better when others actually appreciate my stuff, because that means they like what I made while being 100% myself!

That said, I'm very aware that it still had its own downsides (wasn't easy at first, I had no one to go feral about them with, all was very lonely indeed) and we human beings instinctually crave validation from others, but I strongly encourage y'all to channel a bit of that energy into your own OCs. The moment you realize you can do truly whatever you like with your brainchildren is the moment you'll taste true freedom and reach a new level of enjoyment for them.

Seriously, who cares if it's a little boring guy that's cringe? It's your guy, you made him yourself for yourself! That is nice and amazing by itself! Actually, go ahead, make the most boring and cringe average OC ever that gives you the good vibes, then go eat the most embarrassing/boring comfort food you like as a reward! I guarantee that if I read about that guy, I'll probably wish I had made that boring cringe guy and I'll want to know more!

And what if someone doesn't like them like you do? Well…

[autumnrory]

one thing about me is even if i hated the book i just read i will still be defending the main character while all the goodreads reviewers go on about how whiny and selfish she is

[tvrningout-a]

gonna be honest, the sheer amount of drafts i have makes me want to perish and thus even entering my drafts inspires the urge to run away immediately ASDFGFD

[hedgehogofspades]

Haha, no dude, it's uuuuuuuh, totally normal to treat people's personal creations like a corporate franchise, nah nah, it's not even a little weird that the only way you interact with fandom is by mindlessly consuming content and reposting other people's work, I'm sure it's totally fine to just disregard the creator's wishes as long as you get to have your 2 minutes of fun with "your" new blorbos before your criminally short attention span moves onto the next thing for you to mindlessly consume, yeah, haha, I'm sure framing the creator's struggle to keep control of their work as a threat to your future ability to continue to consume content isn't totally self-centered or tone-deaf. No yeah man, haha, totally normal

[kodii-ak]

Death's Guide 🌙

After nearly an entire year of struggling, I'm so, so happy to complete this piece for my senior thesis!!! I am very excited, ah!

[id: An illustration of a young teen, walking cane in hand, chasing after a crow with white feathers. The crow flies underneath a yellow moon surrounded by towering pines. A blue aura emanates off of its wings. White lilies are covering the ground. /end id]

[tvrningout]

the way i teared up instantly and chiyo wailed from the backseat of my mind

[angeltism]

what the fuck did they mean by this

[n7viper]

I feel so weird when people on this site are nice to me because I tend to feel like I'm not worthy of it if I'm simply existing. Like, no one should be nice to me if I'm not talented - if I can't write fic or draw or something. And it's like, the dumbest brain thing? Why on earth would that be the case? I don't feel that way about people, so why would they feel that way about me? And if they do feel that way, why would I want to be around them? Like what the fuck? Brain, please.