#I'll post some short haiku that I liked

[catboybiologist]

So I'm realizing that I basically have one outfit that I just make minor alterations/swaps with. I wanna keep tabs on where I got this stuff, and since I'm an attention whore, I might as well make a post out of it. With a few exceptions, everything has been stuff I've nabbed when it's on sale online or I see in a thrift store within the past couple of months.

Here's a dump of pics, some new, some old, to give you an idea of what I wear basically every day:

I really like this fit. It's professional without being stodgy, showy on the figure without being inappropriate, casual without being sloppy. I'm def "dressing up" by grad student standards, esp compared to what I used to be like as a guy, but I'm okay with that.

Now, let's steal her look!!!

Bra:

https://www.calvinklein.us/en/underwear/women/bras/perfectly-fit-lightly-lined-full-coverage-bra/52013837-643.html

Underwear:

Shirts:

Khakis:

Alternate khakis:

https://www.calvinklein.us/en/cotton-stretch-straight-fit-chino-pants/198294081239.html

Cardigan:

https://www.uniqlo.com/us/en/products/E472074-000/00?colorDisplayCode=30&sizeDisplayCode=004

Flannel:

https://www.rei.com/product/192987/rei-co-op-wallace-lake-flannel-shirt-mens

Glasses:

Shoes:

Note that the shoes are absolutely the most expensive part of my outfit, but I have 0 regrets. I do NOT fuck around with shoes. I'm a hiker with messed up feet, I need to keep those babies working. And so far, these have been amazingly supportive on my messed up arches and ankles, I've used them in hikes even, and they support my ankle well. They also look really nice, far cuntier than hiking boots, so y'know. That's nice too.

There are two additional things I'll mention here that I know aren't easily accessible. I have pride colored hiking socks that I wear a lot which were given to me by the trailQTs. My belt was also something I got years ago from a leather worker at an art show.

Anyways. Idk if my assessment of this actually holds up, but I figured I'd record this all somewhere.

[sukunasteeth]

Hello,

I finally got to read more of your stories. I'm still taking it very slow, I want to savour every moment.

Please allow me to comment on them in general.

I'm absolutely enamored with the way you write Sukuna. No matter how short the story is, everything makes perfect sense, and I'm convinced that this person is a living, breathing human. Also, I'm very impressed by the quality of the writings. The vocabulary, the structure... I get the feeling you paint pictures with words.

...or that I'm reading poetry in prose. Some parts actually reminded me of haiku. Just a few, well-selected words, and yet those parts left me with a deep impression, and some things to think about.

Also, I usually view your blog on PC and this way I can see how carefully designed and curated it is. It's obvious that you put a lot of thought and energy into everything you do, both the story and the presentation. I really appreciate this.

And now, onto the actual ask!

Have you ever gotten formal education in literature? Took any course in creative writing? Or did you consciously train yourself?

Thank you. <3

I think this is the nicest thing anyone has ever said about my writing. I don’t deserve to see this T.T Thank you so much innaillus <3 I think my heart will be full for the next few years with this!!! 

Coming from an artist that greatly inspires me and whose works are very reassuring to me <3 Your words mean so much and I'm so honored that you can take something away from my little stories!! I hope I can keep making you fall harder for him ^^

Even the questions are too kind T.T I have taken a few creative writing courses but none of them have ever stuck with me very much, unfortunately. I’ve just been writing/reading love stories for eleven years or so at this point, so I suppose I could say I mostly trained myself... I just have a dorky kind of love for literature and I have fun spinning words into a story that makes my heart do little somersaults <3 My only wish is that it does the same for anyone else reading my little tales hehe (kind of like how I melt into a puddle when YOU post one of your works, but that's just my wishful thinking ;))

Thank you for your ask <3 I'll be over there in the corner trying not spontaneously combust from pure happiness if you guys need me

[eliotqueliot]

WIP Tag Game

RULES: Make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

I am still working on a number of the same WIPs, so I'll talk about progress and priorities a bit to make it more interesting. Also, I make art as well as fic, so I'll tag a few artists. Please note: I'm tagging you only because I love your work. Absolutely no worries if you don't wish to post! Also, please, anyone looking at this--please jump in if you like💖 @magicians4time @vooruitmariek @itsminimes @violetsarepurple-fuckyou @wolfnprey

also tagging (please stop being funny about this, Tumblr!!!)

@bravelostgirl @cyprianlatewood @jessalae @lovequeliot @springybreak

okay Tumblr, I have your number, thank you, also tagging

@tbraves24 @lizardkingeliot @yourtinseltinkerbell

Tagged by @unlifeira. Thank you!

All my WIPs are The Magicians, specifically Queliot fanfic/fanart.

I'm super, beyond excited to announce we've started working on this project again! So dear to my heart! I'm illustrating the brilliant fic by @magicians4time

We Could Build a Castle - EliotQueliot, Librarity - The Magicians (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

2. I'm making art for every still photo on the AO3 side of my collection of haiku about the Mosaic life of Eliot and Quentin. This is a long-term project. There are going to be more than a hundred paintings in it when I'm done. So far I've posted nine of them. My aim is to add something, some touch, some light and color, an expression, to each scene. (There will also be more haiku eventually!)

Mosaic Haiku (with Art) - EliotQueliot - The Magicians (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

(the photos I'll be painting are visible in the Tumblr mirror chapters)

3. I have a Secret Queliot Novel collaboration project with a beloved Queliot artist. I'm working on the middle chapter right now. The "finished" chapters are about 80k so far. Teaser: it concerns a mix of book and show to retell the Keys Boat Quest!

4. Ongoing and very important to me, I just posted Ch. 4 for this AU:

you want it darker? || dark king eliot - EliotQueliot, victoriaandalbert - The Magicians (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

It's a challenging fic to write, so I got slowed down a bit, but in general I try to post a chapter every other month.

5. I'm actively working on the next chapter of this. Hoping it will be the next fic chapter I post:

Sailing to Blackspire - EliotQueliot - The Magicians (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

Below are the rest of my WIPs, basically in the order they appear in my list of works on AO3. I'm making art for some of them. I'll finish all of them. I just have so much going on! Also, I have ideas sketched out for quite a number of Queliot fanfic and fanart pieces after these. Just trying to maintain some kind of order in all this chaos!

6. ...Baby One More Time - EliotQueliot - The Magicians (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

This will be short but needs a few chapters. Time loops!

7. All We Need Is One Good Day (Any Day That You're Alive) - EliotQueliot - The Magicians (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

One more chapter and another moodboard to go!

8. Secret Lives - EliotQueliot - The Magicians (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

Several more chapters, it seems. I have a rough outline and a number of scenes sketched out.

9. The First Duty of All Magicians Is to Save Their Friends (with Art) - EliotQueliot - The Magicians (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

Making art for every chapter! The next chapter you read will earn the E-rating!

10. Eliot Rocks the Memory Palace (with Art) - EliotQueliot - The Magicians (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

Oh, so many chapters to go, can't wait to fully write them! I have many, many scenes sketched or partly written. A few more pieces of art to make.

11. How They Met Themselves (with Art) - EliotQueliot - The Magicians (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

The drawing and scenario are posted. I'll be painting it. I might even write a tiny fic to go with it.

12. Going South (with Art) - EliotQueliot - The Magicians (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

I have a number of scenes written and a lot of plot sketched out. Will also be making a few more piece of art.

13. The Once and Future Kings of Fillory - EliotQueliot - The Magicians (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

Lots of draft, but it's going in a different direction than I planned. We'll see if I can get it back on track.

14. The fic for this one is finished, but I'm slowly working on painting the art for

How Did That Basket of Peaches Get There? Or, A Secret Royal Wedding, Bitches! (with Art) - EliotQueliot - The Magicians (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

15. The painting is finished, but at some point I'll write the fic for

Secret Admirers (Art) - EliotQueliot - The Magicians (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

16. Mosaic Mendings - EliotQueliot - The Magicians (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

I have some plot notes. But it turns out there's a lot more to this story than anticipated!

[skajador]

One of these days your donbros posting is going to wear me down and I'll watch the show. So I want to ask, what exactly Is it about like. Its a sentai show right? But is it more than that? People seem to be going nuts over this one specifically for some reason and I wanna know why

how do i even begin to explain donbrothers

Donbrothers is a Sentai show. Avatarou Sentai Donbrothers.

it's been the currently airing sentai for a year and is airing its finale this weekend.

Donbrothers... is... about love and making connections.

Donbrothers has also been described as "The It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia of Sentai" and who am i to TRULY argue with that.

your main team is: a guy who is so good and perfect at everything that his entire village moved away when he was 7 years old bc they were tired of always getting owned by him. if he lies he literally dies. team leader.

a teen mangaka who had her big break taken away due to accusations of plagiarism. She will run into a hostage situation like "hey take me hostage too, good manga material!" She's Very Normal and Not Violent and Unhinged at all.

a guy who gets burned if he touches money. he prides himself in imagining food to eat and his devotion to haikus and the imperfect beauty of wabisabi. somehow he has a house. he's Very Peaceful and Not Violent and Unhinged at all.

an absolutely pathetic salaryman who appears to be a perfect Wife Guy but commits straight up murder like.. 6 episodes in. his suit form is a fucking 7 foot tall CGI pink bird. he's Very Normal and not Violent and Unhinged at all.

a theater kid who is constantly on the run from the cops. his suit form is a 3 foot tall CGI sonic the hedgehog OC. he's looking for his girlfriend, who looks suspiciously like salaryman's wife.

and this doesnt even get into the Villain team, which includes a guy who wears shorts over his pants and a feather collar who is deeply in rivals-to-star-crossed-lovers with First Guy i mentioned.

this show "has a plot" but mostly consists of Shit The Writers Came Up With Over Drinks (positive, usually, this show has legitimately some of the funniest shit i've seen in tokusatsu)

so enjoy donbrothers. or don't. i cant tell you what to do but this show is... Something Else, alright. It'll make you see shrimp colors maybe.

[honey-minded-hivemind]

Okay! So, while I will try to complete some of the requests already in my inbox later today, I will also likely post more pictures of the X-Moths I'll be making! I don't like to share too many personal things about me or my life, but, I'll share this fun fact:

Do y'all know I've won two ribbons from a state fair?

2nd place and 3rd place, respectively.

It was last October, when I posted about the platonic yanderes and Reader at a fair.

Anywho, if y'all enjoy doing art, do it! It doesn't have to make sense or be perfect or pristine or done a certain way, it's ART. Art is meant to be kinda messy. Pencil smudges on your hand after drawing for awhile. Marker stains and sharpie on your fingers after sketching in color. Paint residue under your nails and bits splattered on your arms and legs, even your face. Clay dried to your skin after sculpting. You get the gist of it. Do what you enjoy and makes you happy, that brings a smile to your face. Even writing. Make that short poem about a flower you saw. Write that limerick about hilarious scenarios that make no sense. Make a haiku about that dead animal or plant you saw. Write your short story with dragons or platonic yanderes or ocs, who go on odd but fun adventures. Make a full-blown book, if you want! Just enjoy using your creativity and making something you love. As long as you like it, that's all that matters.

[lea-heartscxiv]

JoeCherry Valentine's Day

JoeCherry were the winners in this poll and here is the date they had on Valentine's Day this year on our sims gameplay.

You can see a fakeshot and extras of JoeCherry in our Blogger. (From me and @van-yangyin)

Blogger: English | Español

Read their date below the cut line ↓

In Kojiro's apartment, someone was spending time on his social networks with Carla.

Kaoru: That's what you think of me? You don't even know me, besides if you know how to do it better than me, why don't you have that many followers? Tch, pathetic. Next time come to one of my events and tell me to my face @/sakurayashikiisanimpostor, you don't even have originality to give yourself a name with your own identity...

Kojiro came out of the genkan and went to the dining room.

Kojiro: Come on Kaoru get dressed, let's go!

Kaoru: Huh? What about Sia la Luce, weren't you working? I was going downstairs now to eat...

Kojiro: I was, I've already closed and picked up everything. I think you were really busy, but we're short on time.

Kaoru: Hey! Where are you rushing off to, Gorilla? Why are we short on time?!

Kojiro: Get dressed and you'll see.

Kaoru went to get dressed and when he came back, the two of them headed for the door.

Kojiro: Not bad at all.

Kaoru: Do you think I always go with the same style?

Kojiro: No, of course. But I'm so used to seeing you always the same, that seeing you different is unusual for me.

Kaoru: If I had known that you were so happy, I'd have worn my usual clothes.

Kojiro: Kaoru... 💢

Kaoru: But what can you do, now I'm not going to change my clothes again.

Kojiro: Well, first I'll take you to a park that I think you'll like.

Kaoru reluctantly agreed for ONCE, riding on the back of Kojiro's motorcycle clinging to his waist. They finally arrived at the place.

Kaoru: A park? This is where you were going to bring me?

Kojiro: Yes, you remember that one da...

He couldn't finish because Kaoru kissed him on the lips.

Kojiro: Wow!

Kaoru: Feed me already. It smelled so good at home this morning, I want to taste the dessert made by a Gorilla.

Kojiro: But you've already tasted it more than once...

Kaoru: *comes closer and gives him another kiss but this time on his cheek* And now give me whatever you have prepared?

Kojiro: Grab a dish before a fan of yours comes and eats it. 🤣

Kaoru: No more fans please, I've had enough of fans and non-fans today.

When they taste the dessert, Kojiro thinks it was too sweet for his taste. Kaoru on the other hand thinks that is in a very peaceful place, tasting a dessert made by Kojiro with an exquisite taste. Although if his Gorilla were to ask him, he would deny it just to see his angry face.

After eating Kaoru reads a love haiku to Kojiro.

Kaoru: This is to show you that I can be like you... Put my heart into it, like you always say.

Kojiro: Then let me enjoy this moment, which surely if I ask you in the future you will deny it as if it never existed... «Although I could also ask Carla to record it, if I had control over her, of course, hehe.» - thinking.

Kojiro prepares food on a barbecue, and while it's being made.

Kaoru: Kojiro, let's take some photos.... I'll choose the best one and upload it to my Instagram (Simstagram). But it's just to show to my fans that I'm not alone on an Italian Valentine's Day and to my antis how pathetic they are, because they're so lonely that have to cling to throwing hate at me because have no happiness in their life.

Kaoru's Simstagram Post:

🌸

Spending Italian Valentine's Day with Carla, best partner and AI and with my childhood best friend and husband.

#ItalianValentinesDay #AfternoonSnackAtThePark #RomanticMoment

🌸

Comments:

nanjokojiro Why does Carla go before me? 🤨

sakurayashikikaoru liked the comment.

sakurayashikikaoru @/nanjokojiro Because Carla is always with me and you are only with me from time to time. 😊

nanjokojiro @/sakurayashikikaoru Kaoru...

~🌸🐯~

Kojiro: Italian Valentine's Day?

After the photos Kojiro hands out the food and they start eating.

Kojiro: Kaoru, get ready because there's still a place to go.

Kaoru: Remember that I'm not like one of your womans... I don't accept a Love Hotel.

Kojiro: When you finish eating, you'll see 💢

Kaoru: Wow... 😒 «Are you going to act tough today and try not to fall for my jokes too much?» - thinking.

Kojiro and Kaoru headed to the place.

Kaoru: Hey, this is a planetarium. ✨✨

They climbed up to where one of the smallest telescopes in the place was located and sat down on the floor. Kojiro wrapped his strong arms around him from behind.

Kojiro: Remember when we used to go to festivals when we were kids?

Kaoru: Yes... What do those innocent and pure memories have to do with the way you're holding me now?

Kojiro: That we would sit on the floor and eat the sweets we bought for ourselves. And our yukatas would get so dirty that later our mothers would ask us if we had fought with other kids or instead of going to the festival we had spent the whole afternoon-evening playing in the park.

Kaoru: Oh! About that... Yeah, mostly I remember them losing their temper over our dirty yukatas. Many times my grandmother was the one who got the angriest.

Kojiro: Now we're not kids anymore, no one will care if we lie on the floor or not.

Kaoru: Well on the floor, floor, we aren't... Do you want me to go whisper to you all the stars visible during this month, here and now? Like when we were kids...

Kojiro: You know I'm not going to complain about that, even if sometimes you become a pain in the ass when you repeat it to me so many times. «But you show me such a happy face when you talk about astronomy...» - thinking.

When Kaoru finished whispering to Kojiro many of the stars visible in Okinawa during the month of February, they set out to go look through the small telescope. But someone beat them to it and went to use it first. Once the woman finished looking into it, it was Kaoru's turn. He started to look at the sky, and meanwhile, Kojiro watched, knowing that this place reminded them of their childhood watching the stars with excitement.

After Kaoru finished stargazing through the small telescope, they went upstairs for dinner in an enclosure in the same planetarium. (Yes, yes, Kojiro was carrying the leftover food from the afternoon.)

Kaoru: Your skills are so good that it still tastes good and juicy even though it's been a few hours.

Kojiro: Is that a compliment? 💢

Kaoru: Depending on how you see it..... 😁

They both had their mobile and Carla rang at the same time.

Carla: You just received a new notification.

They started reading the notification that came to them (Read here if you want to know what Kaoru and Kojiro are reading).

Kaoru: Wow, you got a two-for-one. One of those promotions you like so much.

Kojiro: What do you mean?

Kaoru: You're going to be able to go against me and finally challenge ADAM to a beef. And he won't be able to refuse. Are you going to give him chocolate and show him your love?

Kojiro: Do you think I'd miss an opportunity like that? I'm going to challenge ADAM to a beef, of course, and show him how my love for musculature and skateboarding will make it possible for me to beat him and give him my chocolate.

Kaoru: Are you dreaming? I'm going to beat him! And give ADAM my chocolate.

Kojiro: You think so? You'll have to beat me first!

Kaoru: Beating you is easy, right Carla?

Carla: The chances of beating Nanjo Kojiro increase when he finds himself with an above average level of anger.

Kojiro: Carla is just a robot, she doesn't play with passion.

Kaoru: Carla is AN AI, don't offend her.

Kojiro: AI, sorry. But she has no heart.

Kaoru: Now you're offending me. I'll beat you and thereby demonstrate what Carla is capable of.

Kojiro: Suit yourself, but know that with my passion and heart I will beat you.

After arguing some more about who was going to beat who in the beef against ADAM to give him the chocolate (although "ADAM" was more in the background as they were arguing more about who would beat who between the two of them), they went back downstairs to look at the stars and there they fell asleep for a while. When they woke up it was about 5 am and the first thing they did was to go to the giant telescope to make love...

~The End?~

Maybe you want to read too:

Renga Valentine's Day | Miya Valentine's Day | TadaAi Valentine's Day | Shadoka Valentine's Day

[hellisntreal]

short story- icarus down

Wordcount: ~1500

Since I got my first semester grades up, I can finally post some schoolwork. here’s a nice short story about a boy on a long train ride.

Elliot Reed’s phone is stolen about half an hour into the longest train ride of his life. Oh well. The signal is probably shoddy this deep into nowhere.

He’d only taken a short nap, curled up over two seats, shaken by the car’s jerky movements to a half sleep. Still, no phone. He’d given his train car a quick look over at first, ducking below the seats and rifling through his bags approximately seven times.

At some point he’d given up, and now he is in the observation car, clutching his belongings with five am fierceness well learned on New York’s subways. He wishes to be alone, but he’s joined on this adventure by several hundred others, and in this very car are six human beings. They cling to the windows, camera phones in hand. The sun is rising, and it’s as orange as the countryside.

Anything scenic must be far from here, Elliot thinks. He’s seen enough sunrises that he feels entitled to dismiss them as boring. After all, they do happen every morning. Always.

This land is flyover country, desert topped with dust, far off mountains that surely someone has climbed. Sometimes there’s a wheat field, and Elliot’s heart starts to ache, just for those moments. Sometimes they flicker on and off, gaps for ugly little houses and power lines, and Elliot’s heart stops and starts each time.

Thirty two hours left until San Fran. Elliot gets up and makes his way back to his seat, his backpack tight against his chest. At the intersection between cars, a contained room that still lets half a harsh wind in, the train enters a dark tunnel. So Elliot leans here for a while. It’s cold, it’s pitch dark, and he thinks: I ought to be introspecting about something right now. Ought to be having some deep revelation.

He does not.

The train leaves the tunnel and it’s the brightest thing in the world. Elliot returns to his seat and pulls out his laptop, but he can’t get on the Wi-Fi. His frustration prompts him to leaf through his laptop for something to do, but all he finds is an abandoned novel and a single game. Chess. Elliot does not want to play chess. In fact, he’s alarmed to find such a foul thing preinstalled on his computer.

He shuts it in disgust and curls up on his two seats. There’s no one sitting on this side of the car, so when he lays back like this, all he feels and all he can know is the shudders and sighs of the train on the rails.

It’s seven am and a boy comes over to him and asks, “Have you seen my phone?” It’s going to be a coincidence, but all at once Elliot falls in love with fate (something he doesn’t believe in) and this boy (who is simply not his type).

Elliot sees him approach because his eyes were wide open, having been staring at the plastic/fabric combo of the train car’s ceiling for a good while now. The boy is likely Elliot’s age, but somehow he seems younger, too soft-faced to be called a man.

“Believe me, I haven’t seen any phones,” Elliot says, sitting up. “Someone stole mine a bit ago and I nearly tore the car apart.”

“Oh. Do you think there’s a phone thief or something? It was on the seat one moment and gone the next, and I thought it might have slid down here.” The boy stands around for a few moments after saying this. His posture is stiff, one arm in his varsity jacket, the other against his side.

“I’m- um, sorry.”

“Weird,” The boy says, looking away. He most likely meant this about his phone’s disappearance, not Elliot. He walks away. Elliot realizes this will likely be the last conversation he has on this god-awful eternity of a train ride, and watches him leave with remorse he wouldn’t have felt otherwise.

The train sways. The sun is higher now, but the car remains quiet. Elliot spends a while looking out the window, again. His heart is sick with that wheat field feeling, and he wonders how many hours of watching it will take before something in him is ruined.

He might lose his mind out here. He misses his phone dreadfully, and the Wi-Fi still isn’t working.

The train passes through another tunnel. Though Elliot doesn’t know it, Wi-Fi returns. He heads off to the café car, stomping just in case someone has yet to wake up. He orders hot chocolate instead of breakfast, and the boy is here.

“Find your phone?” He says, ten minutes after it would have been appropriate to speak.

“No,” the boy answers.

A hearty conversation. The train whistles. Someone orders a pre-made sandwich.

Elliot’s sitting behind a woman and reading her texts. His styrofoam cup is long empty, and the boy is gone.

This woman is texting over Wi-Fi, and he is reading:

‘Just heard what happened! Are you alright? Are there riots?’

Something in Elliot feels very uncomfortable, even though the country was always erupting into riots, and something was always going wrong.

‘The next stop won’t be for hours. I think I’ll be too late to catch a flight...’

It’s probably nothing, but Elliot’s right arm trembles. He finds comfort in tapping a nail against the plastic of the table. Looking outside doesn’t help: an old train yard blurs past. Elliot has to wonder, sometimes, if anyone ever walks this part of the desert, or if it belongs only to the trains.

‘I’ll try to get there.’

There. Not home. Elliot really, really, really does not like this. His stomach turns and flips and boils. The woman he was watching stands up and leaves, and at a certain point he’s the only one left in the café car. Even the attendant had rushed out.

Something has happened. Elliot misses his phone. He misses his friends, and a good part of his gut wonders if they’re somehow dead. He’s not sure, suddenly, what he’ll do in San Francisco. If the world is changed, will he really want to step off this train?

There’s still more than a day left, and his nails are quickly reduced to nubs. He bites at his cuticles, and tears at the skin. He gets blood. Hours later, he will rip open his scabs.

[End grading- Below is included for context]

He returns to his train car, and he knew something was wrong, but now he can nearly smell it. People are stiller than when they were asleep. Moribund, he feels ready to talk to the boy again.

He’s sitting next to a girl. “Hey,” he speaks first, “What are you going to do?”

“I don’t know,” Elliot says, “You?”

“My family’s in San Francisco, so I guess I’ll stay... there,” the boy says.

There’s a somber moment, and Elliot still doesn’t know why. He feels it, though, a shudder of something, a dim sort of cavity in the depths of his blood.

Maybe this is because the train just faltered again. Had it just sped up? Elliot had never been properly conscious of its speed before, but he stumbles, clinging onto a chair.

The boy grips the hand of the girl.

“Are you from the city?” The girl asks, fearful.

“No,” Elliot says. “But I suppose that’s where I’ll be.” He leans against the empty chair which he is gripping and then falls back, watching the ceiling. There’s another shudder, but the train carries on.

There is nothing Elliot would be more pleased to hear than another word. The grinding and screeching of the train is wearing him thin, the finality of each of his conversations feels like an omen. What he wants, Elliot thinks, is for someone to acknowledge him. For the boy to say, ‘I live here, would you like to visit?’ or for some weary observation car goer to ask him, ‘hey kid, what’s your story?’

Because he has one. He has a good one, if only someone would wonder.

Still twenty-nine hours until they arrive at the station. Someone screams from another car down, and it blends with the whistle of the train for a moment. Then the whistle stops, but the crying continues.

Elliot Reed is watching the ceiling at the end of the world, and mostly he’s wondering who stole his phone. That bastard.

The train car is dark, again.

Another tunnel, maybe.

[jordynhaiku]

Hey there!

I really love your writings ❤❤

Can u pls gimme some tips tht helped u improve?

(I am actually goin thru a kinda block 😭 but mostly I am lazy n cant get off the phone 😭😭😭. I hv a tonne of ideas but written none or very few... idk wt to do😪 )

And, who are your favorite writers and artists?

Hi!!

Thanks so much for the compliment, it really made my day!!

In terms of tips to get you out of a block -

Try writing in an unfamiliar form. Sometimes a more exact and restricting form forces you to find creative ways to write. For example the haiku forces me to find new words to try and fit the big ideas I have into the limited syllable structure

I like to write a lot of my poems in second person (??probably not the right term) as if directed to whoever I'm writing about. This gives the poem a sense of intimacy that really involves the reader. I don't know if this is a tip as much as it is just my style.

Also read as much as you can to find what you like and don't like. Personally I prefer when things are short and sweet - book chapters, poetry, etc - so I also write short form poetry. Also listen out for great lyrics when listening to music. (My poetry is often inspired by bands like: The Wonder Years, Death Cab For Cutie, Neck Deep, Bright Eyes, Modest Mouse, Mayday Parade, Florence + The Machine, etc)

And to answer the question about my favourite writers - I know its a bit cheesy to say but I really love Tumblr poetry. I love the informality of it and the community around it. I'll finish this post by tagging some of my favourite blogs, I'm sure some of these writers are sure to live on to become classics.

@bcmaxwell @think-through-pen @robynshaikucorner @most-ment @poppiesandpromises @vixen1012 @betterthannonfiction @songofsutarima @somebodyssongbird @agathokakologicalstuff @timeflieslikeabanana @anjo-umbra @safeshadows @novinablog @luiethepoet @rsaveragewriting @the-stars-collided @the-random-girl-diaries @voidic3ntity (if I could tag literally everyone I would but I'm short on time so sorry if I didn't get to you)

[sleepless-crows]

Get to Know Me

i have 2 sideblogs that have nothing that isn't here @afraid-to-jinx-it @thepretentiouspoet

if you haven't watched the new black panther movie, please block the tags 'black panther wakanda forever spoilers', 'wakanda forever spoilers', 'bpwf spoilers', 'black panther 2 spoilers', and 'black panther spoilers'. i'll use all these tags so you can do only one! but these are the ones i've noticed many people use

actual post under the cut

favorite books: six of crows, crooked kingdom, king of scars, rule of wolves, the ballad of never after (currently)

favorite authors: marissa meyer and leigh bardugo

what do i post: fandom stuff (so mainly grishaverse), lots of taylor swift stuff, funny reblogs, and rants

my MAIN fandoms:

taylor swift (like very prominent in my blog)

grishaverse (also very very prominent)

riordanverse (i post/reblog at least once a day, or not)

the lunar chronicles (i post sometimes and i love basically any marissa meyer and I HAVE YET TO READ CURSED)

keeper of the lost cities (i still haven't finished stellarlune please tag your spoilers <3)

once upon a broken heart (i reblog but never post but i love ouabh and tbona so much i swear)

i have read other books but these are just the ones that i really, really love and hold a very special place in my heart and what i made a tumblr account for)

HI THERE

you are welcome on my blog unless you aren't

what do you put on these things

my favorite characters ever are Inej Ghafa, Kaz Brekker, Zoya Nazyalensky, and Nikolai Lantsov in no particular order (i do have in other fandoms but in my life currently, it's them)

i should tell you what i post/reblog about but i myself can't even count them. but if i had to give a generalization, 85% of the things i post are either about six of crows or taylor swift. but i post a lot more so, should i write that down??

okay so. taylor swift. six of crows. rants. percy jackson. the lunar chronicles (i never post but i reblog, i don't know why). keeper of the lost cities (i liveblog reading stellarlune and its been *counts on fingers* a few weeks since i actually made progress help). short short essay rants. mbti. once upon a broken heart (only reblog because i don't think a lot of my followers have read it lol). trying to get haiku bot's attention. humor or stupid posts (its subjective, you tell me). omg wednesday now too.

please send me asks. i am bored. everything is still and unmoving. literally say or ask anything. just ask. please.

i also have a knack of making six of crows x taylor swift songs lyric analyses because so if you like that great

Renegade and Kanej

All Too Well and Kaz Brekker

Hoax and Kanej

also a ton of other ones that are just a lot. dwoht with kanej and zoyalai. ciwyw with zoyalai.

and some that aren't analyses but treacherous is kanej. new romantics is the crows. mirrorball is nikolai lantsov.

(and a lot more in my drafts and probably some i forgot)

(you can find them better in @afraid-to-jinx-it than in this account if you want to search my blog for them)

i tag queues with "tryna block queue out cause i'll never impress you"

[westywrites]

Writing goals for 2022... is it really already 2022?

@erinnharper tagged me in her writing goals, reminding me that I've been working on this post and really should try to get it out during these first few days of January while it's still relevant haha

A quick summary of my goals for this coming year:

write a short play for my university's theatre festival

continue with the next drafts of The Corvine and the first draft of Cypress Ascending

start the first draft of The Corvine book two

edit and ~do things~ with some already written pieces

write some short stories, poetry, etc for fun!

most importantly, be kind to myself

Before I go into more detail on those, let's start by responding to my goals from last January and see how I did in 2021.

Review of 2021:

-SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED!- 2021 writing goal one: do a final round of editing on my play for the 2021 theatre festival before directing it in February

This virtual play went really well! It's even available on YouTube now and forever :)

-ABANDONED - goal two: write & host a virtual murder mystery

Unfortunately, due to the so many other things happening in my life (and everyone else's), I realized pretty quickly this one just wasn't gonna happen. If the stars align again someday, maybe I'll give it another shot, I miss the murder mystery parties I did before.

I had mixed success on my other various goals (write more short stories & flash fiction, use haikus as writing warmup, effectively use my free time to actually write, update and interact here more often). Life loves to throw all it's got at us, huh? Sure makes finding the time to write difficult.

- PLANS CHANGED - Now. The Big Goal from 2021 was to get The Corvine ready and out for beta reading - I kind of succeeded? I changed my plan and decided that instead of doing public beta reading after draft two, I wanted to do a private round of alpha reading with some close friends & fellow writers. So they're finishing up with that as I'm starting to get ready for draft three!

This brings us to this year's goals!

Goal one: write a short play for my university's theatre festival

I have the idea already (playing around with the ideas of deus ex machine/god from the machine and fate). It'll be good fun, just gotta get it written and edited before February.

Goal two: edit and ~do things~ with some already written pieces

I want to edit through the jukebox musical I wrote for funsies and because I really like it, I am considering actually sending it to Cosmo Sheldrake himself and seeing what he thinks of what I did with his songs. Who knows what will come from that lmao.

I'm also looking at editing some of my favourite short stories and maybe submitting to lit mags for publication, so that's something that might happen this year.

The Big Goal(s): continue with the next drafts of The Corvine and the first draft of Cypress Ascending & start the first draft of The Corvine book two

As I mentioned above, I have some alpha readers looking at The Corvine - they all told me they'd be done and fill out the questionnaire I sent them by mid-January. Soon, I'll be working on the third draft (I already have some ideas on how to fix the most pressing issues). Hopefully, after the third draft, I will actually be offering it up to a broader public for beta reading!

In an ideal world, I would also finish the first draft of Cypress Ascending this year, but the BEd program owns my ass, so who knows what will happen.

I'd also like to finish up the outlining and start drafting on the second book of The Corvine (current working title is The Vulpsin, idk if I've mentioned that here)

Otherwise, I also have informal goals to write some more short stories, poetry, etc and post more here for fun!

But, most importantly, my ultimate goal for 2022 is to be kind to myself.

Life is hard. I'm a student in teachers' college. I've got acting projects and other extra-curricular things. I've got a job. I want to read and do other art things. I've got a girlfriend and roommates to make time for. However much writing I can fit in is a good amount of writing.

I need to remember all that I'm facing and realize that. Writing is my passion. But so are so many other things as well. Any writing is a good amount of writing. It's okay, whatever I get done or don't.

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I'll tag some people who I'm curious to hear what they have planned! If you've already made a post, feel free to tag me in a reblog. Also, of course, no pressure at all to do it, I'm just curious! @radley-writes @ratracechronicler @drowsy-quill @cwritesfiction and @yvesdot

[scoups4lyfe]

Hebi Anon

Donbrothers is a show that, by some unfortunate coincidence, seems determined to dig up and expose everything I find traumatic and try to reframe them as jokes.

I was traumatized for good reasons, I do not appreciate them being used for cheap laughs

So, I did see your TW ask Hebi-san. I haven't done anything with it yet because its real personal and I didn't know if you wanted me to post that. But I will at least say that I've read it.

First things first, your thoughts/feelings/opinions are 10 billion percent valid.

Remember to take care of yourself FIRST, my friend.

I know what it's like to get triggered by something in tv shows. Episode 10 was a good example of that. The idea of being replaced and forgotten fills me with unholy fury and rage 🤪.

Another good example would be the first time I watched episode 15 of Revice (not so much anymore lol, cuz I know it was written that way for a reason and thematically I appreciate that). So funny tho cuz other liveblogs were like "True sibling behavior <33" while I was like: "Ikki and Sakura. You two are DEAD to me." (lmao)

So I 10 billion % get where you're coming from.

Thank you for choosing to share something so personal with me. I always appreciate your input.

And yeah,

I understand exactly what you're saying about asking a lot of questions that seem incredibly obvious to some people.

In school there were times I hated certain essay questions or multiple choice questions because it was too ambiguous / abstract for me and I had the constant fear of "this is too vague? What if I answer it wrong?!?"

I feel like the only time I really get stressed/anxious is usually when I have to ask a lot of questions for things I have no understanding for. Mostly because I'll probably ask the same question like 6 times just to make sure. And like you said, others kind of peg you as incompetent when you're like that.

It's rather unnecessary for me to put here, but since you shared something personal, I might as well reciprocate, if only just a bit.

I know why you hardcore empathize with Haruka/Haiku. Absolutely understandable.

For me, it's not that I solely empathize with Tarou -- am I a Tarou apologist? Lol absolutely. But I don't only see just his side.

Often I actually had "?????" times as well about a majority of his actions LOL! But I could tell he was written like that for a reason. Esp with how he's hella coded as being on the spectrum. So I knew that I needed to do a lot of research on topics I knew jack-all about so I could parse out theories/deductions.

(Which is what I've been doing lol)

I think for me, I fall right on that line of being not emotional at all, and also being overflowing with emotions always. Strong emotions tend to fizzle out quickly, like it's impossible for me to hold grudges -- I know, I've tried 🤪.

But because of this I don't get too overly attached to characters. / Situations, because my mind places that in "short term" and I forget about it by the time I wake up . (Unless, of course, it's a re-occurring thing, because then I'm not able to put it on the periphery.)

This gives me a detached way of recollecting/examining things, as the emotions don't come up with the memory I'm recollecting (usually).

So when it comes to Donbrothers, I view most of the situations neutrally. Obv I have my favoritism and what not, but that's because I looked at both sides and chose the one I felt for the best.

I said it once, twice, and I'll say it thrice, but I saw Momoi's attempt at complimenting them > over Haiku's nonsense 🤪.

And this is because out of all the people present, I felt Momoi was the one who took the biggest L in that entire interaction.

It's like I could see behind his eyes, and feel the fear and pain of dying, as well as the anxiety, confusion, etc. over the other team members essentially going "you failed to do this. So fvck you then <3. Have fun fighting alone."

AND THEN, also holding into account the fact that he's been abandoned all his life. And now his teammates are abandoning him over something he has no control over (i. e lying) / something he failed to do (compliment them).

And my heart bled for him and this injustice. ESP seeing how affected (emotionally) he is about it on the rooftop with Sonoi.

I get where the others are coming from. But to me, Momoi was the one hurting the most in the situation, and so I sided with him <3.

Now, on the topic of taking sides.

Just like how you're influenced by your experiences, I believe I'm just built to (mostly) look at both sides of the equation.

I grew up in a very small household (imagine 3 rooms, 1 bathroom and 12 people living there); and my household was/is also filled with mentally ill people.

I say this because, such small space meant A LOT of fights. But you had to 'forgive and forget' quickly cuz if not you'd be miserable for days when the ppl that screwed you over are just fine and dandy. So it's easier for me to forgive and forget than probably a lot of people.

Growing up, I also wasn't able to see myself in/mirror myself from either of my parents. So instead I mirrored myself/found comfort through tv shows. Because I didn't see myself in either of my parents, this also led me through a lot of self-reflection cuz I assumed there had to be something wrong with me (lol).

(Though this was all subconscious. The self-reflection led me to a lot of self-analysis and gave me the analytical lens I have today of viewing things from a more detached perspective)

And for me, instead of asking questions (I do sometimes, and I always have the running commentary in my head anyways) I learned to not ask questions ever.

For example, I stopped asking my mom to help me with my homework because my questions always led to a beating and my mom accusing me of making her do all the work. (RIP <3) And to this day I'd rather die than ask for help LOL.

I also never got diagnosed until literally last year. (Prior to that I didn't realize I had anything like ADHD or Bi-polar), so I was def riding the "I could do so well if I only tried harder and wasn't so lazy <3" train for basically all my life.

I can't say I've ever been bullied (by anyone outside my immediate family <3), and I always had at least 1 friend in all the schools I went to (even if I don't at all remember how I befriended them LOL).

But my traumas being directly related to my family has made it so I can't really hate or despise them. Because, they're my family you know? And they really do try their best.

The worst part is, where I'm at now I can see exactly where they're coming from. Which makes it virtually impossible to hate them for anything because it's like I can see behind their eyes and know their thoughts and feelings and worries, and idk.

I'd say my family is very dysfunctional. I could tell you a normal day in my family's household that would blow the hair right off your head.

The only way I can describe it, is (for us siblings) literally you could mirror us with the Umbrella Academy sibs.

(My older sis is Luther to a T, my younger sis is Five, my younger brother Ben, and everyone in my family unanimously agreed I'd be Klaus LOL)

Another example to what my life growing up was like,,, I'd compare it to being eerily similar to Shameless (U.S vers)'s Gallagher family.

If you. haven't seen any of those shows ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

There are youtube compilations LOL.

TLDR;

You didn't deserve the BS you got from those losers at ur school, I get much better now why you don't like Momoi, and I absolutely respect your opinion. Once again, thanks for sharing your experiences. If you want me to post that ask, I will. But only with your permission. Like you, I'm also influenced by my experiences/personality and because of so I'll more than likely continue my Momoi Tarou apologism.

[marron121]

Quick announcement 5: About stuff

Previous announcement here

This one is just a short recap of where I am with stuff. The tl;dr is that I'm working on two rise writing requests, I'm writing Haiku's for Risetober, programming something and after that I'll prob make a game. You can check that in my listography.

The spicier and more explained version, under the cut.

So, let's start with an image of my "What I'm currently working on" post on my listography, which can be viewed at: https://listography[DOT]com/4133127403?f=O

(change the "[DOT]" with an actual "." Good tip by 3D to avoid Tumblr's assasination of posts with any links)

For starters, the Lego Monkie Kid fanfic I mentioned in the previous post was published. It's called Warm Soup to heal the heart and can be read here. Not sure if me saying it it's worth anything, but I think it's cute.

As you can see in the list, the next two rise fanfics are in the works currently. I'd say that In the spider's web is 20% written while The nice cafeteria downtown is just planned and has 0 words lel. Both of them have art commisions and both are incredible. I don't like giving dates cause I fricking suck at guessing how long stuff takes me, BUT I'm pretty confident saying that these two will be published BEFORE the end of this year.

Following down, I'm still working on Dialogue Maker, and I actually posted a gif yesterday with the progress, which I'm proud of. The proyect will be open source but I wanted to give it some fixes before publishing it. If my estimation goes correctly, before November ends this will be finished.

Now, to stuff that isn't on this list.

If you follow me (or check #risetober2021), I've been chipping away at @3drottmnt's risetober prompt list. When I was younger (like, 10 years old, I'm 23 now holy moly) I really liked poetry and wrote a bit for school, so I decided to try my hand at writing haiku's. They're nothing spectacular but it's been interesting to challenge myself doing this. I will finish it and without spoilers I plan on trying another thing with them. You can see my posts if you check the hashtag mentioned above.

Now, to the game stuff. Let's be clear that the issue is NOT a lack of ideas. Cause I actually have a notebook where I note down SOME of them. You know how many there are? 14. Fourteen. AND THAT'S NOT ALL OF THEM. The actual number is probably closer to 25. The main issue I find myself in is that, while these ideas are cool AND can be made, we're talking about AT LEAST half a year for the shorter ones. And half a year in a best case scenario, which (spoilers) 99% of the time doesn't happen. So, I ended up looking at the ideas, and ended up with two: Both are RPG's made with RPGMaker (since I paid for the program and want to actually use it), but one is more classical "single story" while the other idea is four different stories that take place in the same timeframe of a single night. I will probably focus on the classical game, because I think that I can manage to develop it without much issue, especially since a friend will be providing art for it. With that said, I DON'T KNOW when this will be made. Maybe in 2022, maybe in 2025, who knows with how the world is right now. BUT if you have ideas you want to ask me about the game (or any game idea I haev, actually), don't hesitate to shoot me a DM since I like to talk a lot and won't shut up hahaha.

Anyhow, this is everything. If you've read this far I salute you because holy shit that's a lot of words. Thanks for sticking with me, drink some water and I hope you have a nice day :)

[mastahfenfen]

#FenChallenge

I've decided to challenge myself to be creative in some way once a day, for as long as possible, with a minimum goal of the month of June. You know, for my mental health.

Includes:

Write

MCBuild

Draw

30 min exercise 

    (Practice is important)

Creative freestyle

     (No rules)

Post Day

     (No piece, only post)

Color based mood journal

5- star review

Details

I struggle with severe motivation and self confidence issues, and need some accountability for myself. Therefore along with my therapist, my partner and myself, I'm including the internet. (I'm sure this won't backfire. I have like 5 followers so…)

To strengthen my basic skills and smooth improvement, I will be including a simple 30 minute a day time period of practice based work.

Examples include:

Timed MC builds

Dialog prompts

Figure sketches

The main portion of this challenge is a no rules creative piece. It can be as low energy as a 5 block long path design in Minecraft, a haiku poem, or an eye design. It can be as high energy as a full colored comic, a full short story, or a large scale build. I could start a city build and not finish and that would be okay if I built it, it counts. I could draw a lamp-post, it counts.

To encourage posting at all (I'm so bad about it) I'm going to set Tuesdays aside to create and queue up posts. 

I will be including a personal 5-star review of each piece on Tuesdays. I'll be looking at things that I can improve on, what I like, and comments on the process or the piece itself.

I have also added a color based mood journal for long-term benefits.

Positive interaction is encouraged!! (i need friends lol) I really do enjoy conversation, even if I'm out of practice, and i appreciate constructive, meaningful advice.

Color Guide

Pink- snuggly/loving

Magenta- excited/motivated 

Purple- playful/horny

Blue- determined/confident

Cyan- content/neutral

Light Blue- sad/guilty

Green- bored/restless

Lime- anxious/confused

Yellow- stressed/lonely

Orange- irritable/annoyed

Red- angry/defensive 

Brown- hurt/disappointed

Black- isolated/alone

Grey- sick/tired

Light Grey- numb/detached