#I'll probably post more personal stuff on here in 2025

[everydayesterday]

the final day of the year.

was life good to me over these past twelve months? yes, because of her. she's been my everything since april 29, easily the best thing that happened to me in 2024, giving me some of the best days of my life. (italics represent my conflicting inner thoughts... on nye she's going out somewhere, and I'm an ocean away. she wants to give me everything I want, now that we're official, but will she resent me, with her sorta-domesticity-oriented feelings for me holding her back from her wild partygirl nature on a night like this? I'm out of practice with feeling comfortable in a relationship.) we should be kissing softly, stupid grins on our faces, when the clock hits midnight... dancing, reveling in the street, with snowflakes drifting down upon our shoulders... but the atlantic separates us; every minute that we're apart is excruciating.

do I have any resolutions for 2025? keep traveling; I spent 2024 scattered about in the US, canada, norway, (and sweden, even if just for a single sunny day in gothenburg); I'd like to add another new country to the list, maybe denmark or italy. I need to spend some time in a sauna. I'd love to go skiing in fresh snow. bigger biceps. tattoos. find a primary care physician. skinny-dipping. be able to wake up for morning sex. (goodbye to all of my retirement savings, but I may as well live life in its prime.)

anyway, a merry new year to all of my mutuals.

[floralscented]

to, my loves !!

my first and foremost to this post is that i am honestly, truly, from the deepest depths of my heart, grateful for every single one of you. like literally every single person reading this. i recognize SO many of your names consistently in my notifs every time i post and it makes me JUST?? OVERJOYED? THAT PEOPLE LIKE MY STUFF ENOUGH TO KEEP COMING BACK FOR IT? like genuinely thank you???

i literally have been here ... for two to three months? idk. i have no track of time. but it's been barely any time at all, and has felt like it too, from how much fun i've been having and how welcomed i've felt !!! <3 there have been ... some downs LOL but mainly just ups! so many ups! and i cannot wait for 2025 to come so it can only get better!! <3

i'm gonna start off with the very first friend i ever made on here, @jasvtsc. kas, you are literally one of the sweetest people & silliest i've ever met in my LIFE. i was genuinely overjoyed to have had you follow me back in the first place, and then to click with you as easily as we did is something that is still so precious to me. every single interest i've had has somehow been something you like too, even if it felt so niche in my head, and that is so so lovely to me that someone exists out there that just??? gets it??? like i could just say "richard madden's little white streak" and you'd get it. that stuff doesn't just happen every day !!!

now ... my twin n my soul sister, @deansbeer & @titsout4jackles. actually two of the kindest people i've ever met and i am so lucky to be friends with them :( and to have met them :( it's gonna sound repetitive but to be followed by them, was honestly unreal to me. and again, it felt so natural talking to the both of you??? it's an honor to get to see your lovely little marriage, and to be able to call myself part of the unholy trinity. kari, i am convinced our brains are the same, from the ideas we make up together down to every little minute moment that we overthink. bree, you are literally like the big sister i've never had, and honestly never considered even wanting until i met you and couldn't imagine a time without you around.

my beloved @deansbite <3 sammy, i literally feel lucky every day to have gotten to meet you. you are one of the nicest people, and so funny, and so genuine, that it makes me want to be a better person every single day. you are so talented, and i love how your mind works, and it's an HONOR to get to be in your head for even a second. i love you so dearly & i'm so happy to get to have you around and to hold even an ounce of space in your mind. for real thank you for putting up with me and all of your kindness, it means more than you will ever ever know.

@divine-senses erica :( we have been friends since i was a baby! a little preteen i think! and that's so crazy that you have stuck around this long. you have seen many eras of me, a lot of them embarrassing, and i hope you stick around for next year too to see probably EVVEEENNN more embarrassing shit JDKFLSDJ BUT I SERIOUSLY LOVE YOU :( MY ALMOST BIRTHDAY TWIN :(

@deanswidow & @beausling my favorite lil married couple hehehe. I'M SO SORRY FOR ALL THE TIMES I ALMOST BREAK Y'ALL UP JUST BY EXISTING I SWEAR I'LL DO BETTER IN 2025 TRUST !!! jemmy, thank you for putting me in the spn sluts for real. like honestly so life changing to be invited and to meet everyone especially when i was TERRIFIED of it. it was such a welcoming experience and is still so, so lovely to be in there, and it's all because of the way you've cultivated the server. oct, you are literally just one of the funniest, loveliest people in the world. and every time i get a notif that you post something in there, it makes me genuinely so SO happy.

@aileenunfiltered <3 my little wine niece !!!! aileen, i love and adore you so much. you are SO CRAZY AND CHAOTIC and like every single impulsive thought i have in my head, and you DESPERATELY need to write more because you are SO SO GOOD.

@ultravi0lence14 & @ostaramoon. justyce and natasha !!! in my head you guys & me are like a lil trio idk why. literally so talented it's actually crazy. i love coming on and seeing you've posted something new because i know i'm going to eat it up every time. and you're both the sweetest people in the universe???? i desperately need to reach out more to you both because i love you SO much. i feel so lucky to get to call you guys my mooties and my friends !!!!

@jackleslvr ames <3 i'm so happy to have SO RECENTLY GOTTEN TO KNOW YOU??? IT ALREADY FEELS LIKE SO LONG. i also need to talk to you more in 2025, because you are literally the sweetest girl in the world, and getting to talk to you feels like SUCH an honor.

@figthoughts LITERALLLYYYY ONE OF MY TOP INSPIRATIONS ON HERE. and i think one of the first ppl i ever followed?? fig, every single thing you write makes me giddy & every time you have something to say about what i write i'm even more giddy. i am so excited to see what you cook up in the new year.

my honorable mentions <3 @depressionbarbie2023, literally comments on everything i write, which is so crazy bc there is a lot, and always has so much genuine kindness. you have been here since the beginning and i hold so much in my heart for it. @whyyouegg, my MISH :( you are so so so sweet. every time i see you comment on anything i write, it makes me smile because you are SO lovely. @angelblqde, emma you are so genuinely kind. thank you for 1) all the support and 2) just talking to me?? i've said it sm in this post but i mean it i never expected anyone to even WANT to when i started. some of my biggest inspirations, too, that for some reason deemed me worthy to follow @t3l3vangelism & @voidsuites & @eepwtf & @ohsc & @rubyvhs. like thank you??? omfg???? you guys are actually lovely, and so talented. IDK WHAT I DID TO EARN THE FOLLOW BUT REALLY THANK YOU FOR IT. @fallbhind, mae, you are such a sweetpea. thank you for having so much kindness to give, and i cannot wait to talk to you even more in 2025.

and also thanks to everyone for sticking with me throughout everything that happened in this last month LMAOOO. it was a lot !!!! and it means so much that every one of you still fucks w me PLEASEEE. i've been so sappy that now i can't take myself seriously BUT I MEAN EVERY WORD!!!! I'M SURE THERE'S PEOPLE I'M MISSING BUT I TRIED TO GET. EVERY PERSON I COULD. IF I FORGOT YOU I'M SO SORRY. PLEASE 4GIVE ME IN 2025.

i hope you all have the bestest new year in the world, and that i can play even the tiniest part in it in your lives. <3

happy new year !!!! <333

[monscrow]

intro post, i guess!!!

askbox open only on weekends; got too overwhelmed by spam, my apologies.

last updated 07/jan/2025

⚠️flash warning for blinkies at the bottom⚠️

free gaza, free palestine, stop genocide. you don't agree? block me.

i go by both mons and crow.

my pronouns are they/them, he/him and any neos/xenos that you think would fit either comedically or off of vibes.

lvl 16, so, a minor !! beware

aromantic, acespec, something like that; qprs are sick asf and all hail relationship anarchy.

art sideblog is @monscrowarts

super amazing pretty boyfriend !!!<3 🍎

audhdcd (asd + adhd + ocd 😻😋) and hEDS. i use tonetags, feel free to ask for clarification!!!

bday is oct 7. 🎉🎉🎉

i'm mexican 🇲🇽!! i speak both spanish and english.

timezone is cst/utc-6.

i say slurs i can reclaim (mainly the f and t queer ones) and swear a lot, though if that makes you uncomfortable please either block me or lmk so i can try to tone it down when around you.

i love interacting!! feel free to tag me in stuff, send some asks (be it on anon or not), or message me! moots can ask for my discord even if we've never actually talked before. though i suck at keeping consistent, nothing personal i promise</3 /gen

i tend to spam-reblog so do with that information what you will.

some tags you might see me use here and there:

#mons rambles ← just my thoughts, ideas, opinions, and whatever i feel like throwing into the tumblr void.

#ask a crow / #anon asks ← askbox replies.

#save / #art save / #fav / #hellsite faves ← these are more for myself, but yeah they're pretty self-descriptive. just in case you get curious or anything.

#🍎 ← beloved.

hyperfixations/interests/things i'm passionate about !!! i guess, kinda

→ mcr (+ most of the members' solo projects)

→ killjoys (california + national anthem, but mainly calif and fanon)

→ demolition lovers lore (i have literally written like at least three different essays about it for school help me i'm so serious)

→ emo/alt/diy culture

→ will wood

→ bandom in general

→ graphic design, arts and crafts, illustration (that's right y'all graphic design IS my passion 😔)

→ fnaf

→ cosplay/costume-making

→ d&d

→ crows (no way, crow, really???)

→ australian shepherds

→ the umbrella academy (s4 isn't canon in my heart + currently reading the comics !!! )

→ gravity falls

→ neurodivergencies/psychology/disabilities (this one's pretty meta ngl)

→ lgbtqia+ identities (emphasis on the aroace-spec ones + relationship anarchy)

→ politics/activism

→ linguistics + conlangs

→ fantasy in general (high fantasy, magic, vampires, tieflings, you name it)

→ boardgames

→ the count of monte cristo (2024) (also i just bought the book so i'll be reading that too !!)

→ parkour civilization

→ WEBFISHING !!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE LET'S PLAY WEBFISHING OMG FEEL FREE TO DM ME IF U HAVE IT AND WANNA PLAY TOGETHER :333

→ uhhhh there's more but i don't remember rn, i'll keep adding as i see fit (probably... maybe..... perhaps....... quizás........ puede ser..........)

dni

trump supporters, terfs, transphobes, anti lgbtqia+/queerphobics, exclusionists, ableists, racists, prolifers/antichoicers, proshippers/anti-antis, irl gore, pro-israel/zionists, pro-ai generated "content", pro-nft, non-critical media consumers, classists, ed blogs, sh blogs.

also, i'm aware that dnis tend to not be effective and i probably will still get shitty ppl in my inbox so i can and will block. though i'm p chill as long as you're chill. this blog is run by a very neurodivergent, mentally ill, mexican, transmasc, aroace faggot, and any kind of bigoted hatred will not be tolerated.

blinkies made with blinkies cafe !!!

pssst btw, before you go, if you read my intro post i'd heavily encourage you to like it, so i can know!!! :] (/nf though!)

[satsuha]

it's new year's eve! looking back at 2024 this was one of the most stable years i've had in a while which was nice actually. project and art-wise i'm really happy i finally got to make a calendar since it's something that's been on my mind for a really long time!!

as for 2025 plans, i'll be boothing at doujima sg in may so the first few months will be dedicated to merchmaking... it'll probably be mostly aa stuff, with a bit of drgl and loz/fe if i have the time! here's a wip i posted a few days ago on other platforms

i'm also in the beginning stages of planning an aa zine/artbook that will focus on siblings growing up together... my projects tend to be quite personal with a smaller headcount so while i will probably end up opening contributor applications, slots are going to be a lot more limited than most zines. but please stay tuned if you'd be interested! i can never stay away from big projects like this it seems lol i just enjoy doing them too much

anyway i hope everyone has a nice new year's eve celebration and an early happy 2025!!

[greenplumbboblover]

Lyra's Yearly Recap - 2024/2025

I actually forgot I did this quite a few times the last few years, but this year I wanted to look back of what I accomplished from my resolution list.

And then see if In can make some of that true this year! (and what else to add!)

2023/2024 Resolutions:

(See: https://greenplumbboblover.tumblr.com/post/738067930777059328/accomplishments-of-2023)

I'm not answering all of them, but I do want to set some record straight!

Finishing LISISV

Haha... yeah I misjudged that completely lol. I got to a point where I lost complete motivation on... well, everything. I had no motivation for personal projects, CC making (one of the reasons why some of my mods in this year were so riddled with bugs), playing games... hell, even interacting with others. Now you could call that depression, but I wasn't showing those symptoms properly either. I found myself in a weird place where, on the one hand, I felt guilty of that I just couldn't do those stuff that I wanted to do, and that then causing me to feel super overwhelmed... yet telling myself constantly that "adults don't feel overwhelmed on those tiny silly things!". I was pretty mean to myself this year, honestly... But all that sad stuff aside! I have made some personal changes in December that are helping me a lot already, before getting also some mental help for other things. But I'll save you from those details. 😉 --------------- The second thing that didn't help was that I would at some point feel a HUGE disconnect with the characters I had in my head and my actual writing. I would make impulsive thoughts, without realistically navigating how it would work out in the future. I would introduce characters, without really giving it a thought on how I wanted them to come across... how to fully tackle certain cases. So! I spent a majority of that time researching a lot of the ways writers actually attempt those issues and solving those. I was hoping to make a post to help others with that soon, since It's really awesome insight at times! And... then there was the whole posing. But I resolved that with the Pose Add-on IMO already! Chapter 10 however, is actually taking a long time because I do struggle a lot with the fact that I consider it my "old" way of writing, and I REALLY want to move on to my 'new' ideas and style. So the willpower is simply not always there.

LISIV PLANS:

Alright, now that we have all that out of the way, here are some of my plans for this year and the story: Splitting certain stories into sub-stories: My current personal problem I have with the story, is that there are some really cool characters, but with the current format, I can't explore their characters as intensely as I'd like to. I also know that I love to jump back and forth from one story to another.

How that would look like is:

Morgana will have her own "Sub-story"

I am pondering of doing the same for Dustin and Zelda.

We travel 5 years into the future, where I want to do more with Mortimer and Bella. But also the Landgraabs and the Alto's.

I am also thinking of making a separate (short) storyline for Gunther and Lolita. The moment I was making the flashbacks, I really have been wanting to write more about it.

Same as 4, but maybe for some other townies! They will be short, but I think it can be fun! :)

Figuring out what to do with Interests & Hobbies

The infamous mod of being delayed... again :p.

I guess you all are probably exhausted of me hearing "no wait! I will finish it!", and then another mod gets released, and another year passes... and personally I have that same thought.

So I am putting the mod entirely on ice. There might not be a chance that I even finish it ever.

However I do want to add something here:

I will be working much more with Stories be told

I am going to be making more hobby items in return! I have been craving that "small but cool" modding projects a lot the past few years. I just like to be ambitious and unrealistic I guess, lol

However, I will be modding WAY less this year due to other factors.

My 2024/2025 Resolutions:

I think I've mentioned this now a lot of times, but never properly done it...

Wanting to write more. Whether it's for the sims, or even personal!

Wanting to get more into 3D modeling. Mostly for myself, but here and there I could probably release some CC pieces! :)

Keep up with Simblr.cc of course!

Post more of my thoughts on LISISV and Character stuff (@nocturnalazure suggested this a while back, but the more I thought of it, the more fun it sounds!)

Doing more Sims photoshoots!

Either way! May this year be your year! Where issues get resolutions and love is all around you.💖

[sleepymccoy]

2024 fics

I didn't realise how many I'd posted this year! I'd've thought it was two lol. So, have a list. They're all spones <3

An Intimacy, A Surprise

This follows a FWB relationship that morphs into proper dating and then marriage. Very TOS compliant. Skips along through time with each chapter being one scene that either moves the plot forward, or that I just wanted to write. The chapters end when they kiss, but I still managed to sneak some sex scenes in (sometimes they argue instead of kissing lol)

A long, complicated path

This is a direct follow on from the previous fic. That one ends with Bones following Spock to the aos universe, so then I was like, well, how would the aos guys handle that. Well, I think one person commented asking that and I was like... oh no now I have to think about it and write it! And the answer is by weaponising a marraige certificate that has their names, and then falling for each other. My main memory in writing this one is that I was finishing my masters in the same month and this was a total stress relief fic that I can barely recall lol. I should read it some time, it's probably quite good

Nice and Vague

Very short a cute fic to get me writing. Established married spones with Spock using McCoy to further his diplomatic work. Ends with long distance phone sex fade to black

Two Thirds of a Whole

I completely forgot this fic exists, but now that I've reread the summary omg I spent so much energy on it. This was in response to a lot of people on tumblr who talk about Bones like he's third wheel that doesn't really matter to Spock and Kirk, which rankles me. So I wrote Bones going to a parallel universe where he never joined the Enterprise. I think the main point of the fic kinda got away from me halfway through tho and it really just ends up being a spones fic, with parallel Spock hitting on him, then Bones going back home and hitting on his Spock. But yeah, I think if I did this again I'd pay more attention to the Bones is important message

Oh Commander Mine

This one is all fun. Intended to be a dubcon fic, but I ended up shying from that a little. There's still some dubconny elements, so read the tags and feel free to ask me specifics if you're concerned but wanna try reading. Bones has to be Spock's vulcan sex slave, and he kinda gets into it in a way he didn't expect. They get together afterwards, with some bad communication skills, but overall it's a healthy sorta ending. It was me trying to write my kinks without shame, but unfortunately I did pull my punches a bit. Maybe I'll write my kinks properly in 2025!

On that, writing aims in 2025

I'm iffy on the trying my kinks again really, but I do have a vague nugget of an idea so if that fills out in a way I find interesting I will. I think writing dubcon is really hard to do honestly without the story getting overwhelmed with shame, which I don't feel about my kinks! So, it's hard to write a solid, genuine story that actually reflects what I wanna read. Commander Mine is a pretty good approximation really

I really wanna redo An Even Number of Souls. It's a great premise but I wrote myself into a bit of a corner and didn't know where to go so it's sitting there unfinished. But I think the story is really strong and I wanna do it. I've restructured and rewritten some scenes, so it's got a good chance. Just need to get the buzz for it again and really settle back into it. Unfortunately for Souls, tis the season of plot bunnies for me rn and I keep having new ideas that are so fun to write instead

I won't have too much trouble writing and posting the odd fic here and there. I've got three active wips rn, one is Spock getting bullied, one is mcspirk, one is a christmas fic I'm probably gonna let stay unfinished tbh. However, I am keen to write some more og fiction than I have been lately. I've got some great stuff in the works!!

I've got a poly story about a cyborg, a doctor, and an engineer. It's kind of about ownership of your own body. It's also about being trans. It's about showing the difference between aromantic and asexual people. It's mostly about writing insanely kinky sex, though. Cyborg guy is gonna get a bluetooth connected detachable dick eventually!

Also got a great story that's always on my mind, it's got two swapping povs. The world is very catholic, set far in the future. One of the povs is a plumber on a spaceship who start to secretly fuck a priest (secret gay style, secret cos it's catholic). The other is a cop on an asteroid investigating the murder of an important church guy. She loses her job around halfway, which is when you realise the priest the plumber is fucking is definitely the murderer. She then jumps in a lil ship with some guy willing to give her the lift, to try and arrest the murderer and get her job back, but instead is just stuck in a tin can with a hot guy (who turns out to be trans) and wants to fuck him (but she has to drop her bigotry before she can)(cos he's trans and has a vagina, theres literally no other barrier for her). At that point the plumber's pov picks up the murder mystery story. So it's kinda like there's two stories, one romance and one murder investigation, and they swap half way who is living which. The characters are very fucked up and fun to write. The murder, btw, is morally okay imo. The gays get a happy ending. Not sure the cop will, we'll see if she's willing to let go of her expectations in the second half of the book. I've written like 2/3s of the first half already!

Anyway that's me on my stories. I'm procrastinating writing the Spock getting bullied story rn by posting this post! So maybe feel free to ask me questions and I can respond instead of writing lol

[mugzymiik]

HELLOOOO my old intro post is way too long so uhmm heres a better less complicated one

TPC SHOWDOWN

LAST UPDATED: January 9, 2025

HI HELLO!!! call me Gold. or October or Bug. those r my names but idgaf what im called as long as i can recognize it as me :D

he/she/xe/ve/ae/e/any pronouns; "they" is fine, "it" is iffy but its alright if its not used in a dehumanizing manner methinks

DNI:

homophobics, transphobics, misogynists, racists, sexists, pretty much anyone whos bigoted and/or just an asshole

people who are under 13 (im an older teenager and i dont feel comfortable interacting online with people who arent even SUPPOSED to be online yet)

people who are or support transrace/transabled/transage/transx/transid/whatever the fuck

proshippers

pedophiles

users or supporters of ai """"art""""

supporters of cryptocurrency/nfts of any kind

drama stirrers

supporters/friends of cintagonisupet

supporters/friends of hxngr/constant_hungr/hungry_starving/whatever the fuck he goes by now.

supporters of mirei touyama animations/brebear jones

people named Ry*n or Q**nn. sorry hhh

people who obsess over Dead by Daylight. (i have bad experiences with a person who really likes that game- i wont say full-on dni if you like it because thatd be pretty damn stupid, but if you constantly post about it please dont directly interact with me a lot)

byi:

im a minor !!

i have autism, adhd and anxiety, among other things. im heavily disabled in general and i also joke about that a lot- if you dont like it lol sucks to suck , its my experiences to cope with not yours

i have a hard time reading situations so if i say anything bad/unneeded/confusing PLEASE let me know i /srs do NOT mean any harm to anyone 😭-

tone tags r needed aaa

NO WARPED FACIAL BODY HORROR AROUND ME PLEASE

i am a childish freak <3

i embrace my cringe (even if i get embarrassed about it sometimes /silly). if i find you going out of your way to harass me or anyone i know for being """cringe""" I'll spam your askbox with OwOs and UwUs i am being completely fucking /srs.

i ignore unsolicited dms from people i dont know too well unless it's important

sometimes i delete asks if i dont know how to respond to them ;; i apologize

my fandoms:

the pink corruption/tpc

just shapes and beats/jsab

warriors

stray

other smaller hyperfixations, some of which come and go

my tags:

#mmmramblez (rambles)

#art + #animation/#writing/#shitpost

#ask

#drawing ideas + #for later

my fandom tags:

#tpc shorts but also not [tpc]

#golds tpc designs [tpc] (posts with the original tag will be edited with this one soon)

#tpc episode [tpc] (i download tpc eps and put em in a google drive bc i REFUSE to give brebitch more views.)

#trongle stash [tpc + jsab]

#tpc cats end [tpc]

#ancestry life MORE LIKE- [warriors rp]

my blogs:

@mugzymiik-infodump

@pinkcorruption-verysillyedition (tpc incorrect quotes; submissions are always open, probably looking for mods too if it gets active again 😭)

@lemonboynotcavetown (Gold rp blog, very headcanon-heavy)

@pinkcorruptionconfessions (tpc confessions :D)

@tpc-bugverse

(there r other ones but uhh im not listing em theyre REALLY inactive </3

FRIENDS & MOOTS!!!!! <333:

The Goobers <3

@many-faced

@darkhatkid

@/m00nlit_sage

other friemds that are Just As Cool!!! :D

@trash-jsab

@paw-ureyesout

@kitcatttt

@comet--storm

@anonymously-night

@cielos-pasteles

@astronic-fr

@lavthequad

@orchuris

@1nto-the-zone

@cyanidecyanidecyanidecyanide

@greenpentagon

@taxi-dummy

@cowboytorrenter

@tasty-eggs

@streetmurder

@thesealantern

@corrupted-quin

@octahedral-chaos

@makothedorito

@projectstarsystem

@lesboyajaceare

@snakeualzayden

@fandomt4keover

@something-named-vexxie

@packitupkittycat

me other socials:

discord: @/mugzymiik

youtube: @/mugzymiik

bluesky: @/mugzymiik

instagram: @/mugzymiik

deviantart: @/MugzyMiik

toyhouse: @/MugzyMiik

toyhouse (au edition): @/goldenuniverses

art fight: @/MugzyMiik

my discord server!!!

other stuff:

art Status

commissions: closed with exceptions (cashapp is currently fucking me over the head with receiving money)

art trades: open

requests: closed, only open at times when i say theyre open

art info

commission information (DM ME)

other post shit i made

my tpc headcanons

tpc google drive

divider credits

[girlnextdoor099]

Overcoming social anxiety/awkwardness

Heyyy babes! And welcome to the first 2015 (2025, if ur not delusional like me) post!

So, I was just planning some goals for this year and I had one that i thought I could talk about. I love to talk, and I love my friends and I actually have a good amount of friends, and I'd say I'm pretty "normal" in school and stuff, but I'm actually like so awkward sometimes!

Like literally I wanna talk to all these girls at school, compliment them, be friends with them, talk to them, be in their groups, but it's always so hard for me! And literally all I do all day is just sit in classes and do my work. And that's literally what you're supposed to do, but sometimes it's a little sad and I feel like I look like stand-offish sometimes. And I have my own group and my friends and stuff so I don't need to talk to these girls, but I want to have new friends and just like omg, these girls are just so fun I want to be friends and they make it look so easy but GIRL it's not, or maybe it is? I think it is and I'm just overthinking it, probably like a lot of other people are also, maybe even you.

So, here are some tips I thought of that I'm going to follow to overcome this fear and be more outgoing this year, and if you need them too then we're on this journey together babes!

1.Stop Waiting For The "Right Time"

There will never be a "right time", this is just a way of procrastinating taking a step forward. If you think, "Oh her outfit is cute, maybe I could compliment her", then go do it, NOW! Don't wait, and think, "Well I don't look that good today, I'll wait for tomorrow" Or any other excuse, the time you think of it is the right time.

2. Stop Caring Who They're With

Whoever you want to talk to doesn't need to be alone for you to talk to them. If anything, their friends seeing you compliment them or talk to them, that might make them think more positively of you anyways! And who cares if they're with other "cool" people, or with a big group, or it seems like they're with their judgy friends. Those people don't matter, you're not talking to them, you're saying a simple comment or conversation, it doesn't matter what other people think about you or anything you're doing.

3. Nobody is "Cooler"

You are the same as everyone else. It doesn't matter who they are, you are all just students or just people, nobody gets to be on a pedestal and seen as "wiser" or "cooler" and nobody is beneath you. It's literally nothing, just people.

4. Say What You Mean, Say Whatever, Who Cares?

Who cares if people look at you weird for talking to a certain person? Who cares if someone laughs or they don't take the joke or the compliment the right way? Who cares if they are judgy or rude? You don't care, you are unbothered. And you don't have to say something funny or crazy, you're not trying to stand out all of a sudden or something, just trying to talk to new people, simple! And if people are acting some sort of way about what you did or said, that's their problem and they have their own things to deal with. They are just nobodies, literally!

5. Start Slowly

(I'm using a school point of view, because that's where I need to improve on this!) Start talking to people slowly, try talking to one new person a day for a week, then two people, then 3, or longer conversations, or talking to a boy/girl instead of the same gender. There's many things to start convos, like the easiest, compliments, then there's asking a question in class, offer or ask for help, asking to borrow something, sharing an opinion in a convo, and many more! Just think of random things to do as you go through your day to have an opportunity to say something.

6. Be Confident

I know this is the like stupidest most cliche thing ever, and I'm even still mastering it, but be confident. Just doing whatever makes you feel confident first can even help. If you can't immediately step into confidence or always be confident, listen to your confidence playlist, practice, ect. Remember, this is just a small little leap of bravery, everything will go fine! The majority of people you talk to will be normal and nice, and you have nothing to worry about. DONT OVERTHINK IT!

7. You Are a Lot Cooler, Prettier/Handsomer, To Other People Than You May Think of Yourself

A lot of the time we think we are worse than we really are. We see our flaws more than anyone else because we are always with ourselves. You may compare yourself and doubt yourself, but at the end of the day nobody sees those tiny little flaws or notices if you're scared when you talk to them or anything like that. You're a lot better than you may think!!

8. Do You Want to Be Afraid of This Forever?

Talking to other people is one of the most important things you will do in your life. There no better time to get over this fear and master talking to people than NOW. You are young and this is your time to practice everything, especially socializing. Nobody will remember one random thing you said to someone in like 5 years, so why are you letting this small thing dictate whether you are shy forever?

That's all the tips I have for now, please let me know if these are good and if you have any more please share them! And remember, I struggle with this awkwardness and so many people do too, even the prettiest girls struggle too. You will be so proud of yourself for doing this, and I'm so proud of you, I'm so proud of us!

Love you babes,

xoxo,

Samantha

[slothquisitor]

2024 Fic Wrapped

Thank you to @eraserspiral for the tag! This was fun!

What’s been your biggest learning point this past year?

Mostly that I can still write a lot of words if I'm doing it consistently? I was in such a writing slump before BG3. I've been pursuing traditional publication and had some cool wins but not quite...getting there? And then that on top of some personal life shit kind of broke me. It's been fun to get back to writing and let it be fun again and not something I *have* to do.

How has your writing developed this past year?

I think I've tried out some fun and cool things this year. I wrote HORROR! I wrote an homage to Emily Henry. It was fun to push myself into really different directions, and I think it's made me better or at least I hope so. That's the thing about writing! It's so subjective and difficult to really pinpoint the places where you may or may not be leveling up. But I feel like I grew this year, so I'll take it.

Good writing habits?

Writing every day. Even if I'm traveling or even if it's only for five minutes on my phone before bed, I try to do a little bit. It helps me feel connected to whatever I'm working on, but also I'm the type of person who really struggles with feeling productive without clear goal posts. So, being able to look at actual words on a page helps me feel I've done something, you know? Also just generally reading widely. I think being a good writer is about being a good reader too!

Bad writing habits?

Impatience. I have the same issue with my art. My best pieces are always the ones I didn't rush. I have this like...desire to push things out into the world so that they don't clutter up my head anymore, and sometimes I think that means I'm publishing before things are strictly ready. My goal in 2025 is to do this less. But also, sometimes I'm excited!

Favorite thing you wrote?

Probably What Moves in the Dark though Invisible String is a close second. I loved the overall story of What Moves in the Dark, and I think it's technically plotted better than Invisible String where I was just like...coasting on vibes.

Favorite reads?

She's not on here, but TheWyvernRising is my writing partner, and honestly, her work is severely underrated. She's got a great Ghost AU featuring Halsin and her oc Rowan, plus our OCs are besties in every universe. What else is fanfic for?

Biggest win?

Finishing not one but two longfics in a year! Also, the response to Invisible String genuinely surprises and delights me. Someone called me diabolical, and I've never been more pleased with myself.

Goals for the new year?

Just keep writing things that make me happy. I'd like to maybe return to the original work, but I'm also just like...not pressed about it? I'm having fun and I think that maybe that's enough for right now.

Your favorite words of the year, aka the words you check each chapter for, making sure you didn’t repeat them 788 times?

Oh god. I overuse a lot of words or phrases and I know it! It just sometimes is hard to notice until I like...reread after posting and I'm like...whoa Sloth...did you use 'gaze' and 'smile' enough? lol

What are you excited for in the new year?

To not have a fic that's posting on a weekly basis so I can return to my chaos gremlin ways. I've been posting a fic update every weekend since Febraury (with a few exceptions), and don't get me wrong...when I'm working on a longfic I need that structure. However, it's nice to get a break from that. I'll probably let myself get too chaotic in a month or two and return to some sort of schedule, but for now, it's nice. I'm excited to keep working on Veilguard stuff too. I don't have any fic plans beyond that right now, but I'm sure the plot bunnies will find me. They always do.

I've been either skiing or painting my house, and I've been very not here. So I'm not sure who has done this....so if you see this and want to participate, consider yourself tagged! <3

[lieslab]

With it being the last week of 2024, I would just like to thank all of you for your kindness and thank you for sticking around and reading my stuff. Whether you read only my drabbles or you read my longer fics and drabbles, your support means the entire world.

Just this year alone, I've written two full-length stories and half of one. I've written countless drabbles and I've been learning so many things behind the scenes. I've written thousands and thousands of words because of you. Everything from your likes, your reposts, and your comments, it means so much to me. I don't care if you get tired of me saying that, it's true.

We've been on so many adventures together and I hope you'll stick around for the adventures in 2025 because 2025 is the year that I'm finally going to attempt to create original stories instead of just strictly fanfic. Where the year may take us, nobody knows, but it'll be fun to find out.

One of my goals for 2025 is to exist outside of k-pop and Skz. Believe it or not, I want to exist outside of Skz and k-pop. I have an entire personality that doesn't really get to flourish online because I cling to Skz and k-pop. Part of growing up is realizing that there's more to life than certain obsessions. Don't worry, I'll still be here tweaking over the band and writing fanfic, but I'd also like to focus on myself too.

Due to this, I started up a new blog and I'll be over there reposting and probably writing about a bunch of stuff that's not k-pop related. If you have questions regarding stuff outside of my skz stuff, you can ask them there at: @live-laugh-lie-7

I love existing in this space and I know this is my page, but I've based it all around skz and I don't want to change that, so now I'll just flip-flop between the two. If you follow me over there, let me know and I'll follow you back and interact with your stuff.

To end on a good note, 2025 will be bringing some of the following:

Drabble request updates: To those of you who submitted stuff and it's not up yet, it is coming, I swear. Behind the scenes, I've been writing non-stop and I can't wait to reveal some of the stuff I've come up with.

Drabble requests open all year around: As crazy as it sounds, my requests will be open the entire year. It's difficult keeping them open and closed, so if you submit something, it'll be written as long as I approve it, it just might take a while.

One drabble, at least, once a week: This is my goal for myself. Whether it's something I've written randomly or a fulfilled request, I want to push out one drabble per week. Unless something happens and my life drastically changes, this is manageable for me, I think.

An end to Pandemonium: In the first few months of 2025, you will finally know the end of Pandemonium. For those of you who are following along with the story as I post, thank you!! For those of you who are waiting to read it once it's fully written, I'll make an update here once it's fully complete. If you'd like to know more about this story, you can find the intro post here.

Upcoming full-length Felix fic: After I finish Pandemonium, I'll take a brief break before diving back into writing my Felix fic. It's still in the planning stages, but you can expect something with an apocalyptic/end of the world theme that's laced with poetic tragedy.

Upcoming full-length Han fic: After the Felix fic, I'll take another brief break from writing long fics and then I'll start Han's. For this one, it'll be a Superhero AU. Very much Marvel inspired and nerdy/cute.

Outside of these things, who knows what else I'll plan. Thank you so much for sticking with me in 2024. I can't wait to see what 2025 brings for Stray Kids. The fandom is getting so big and I can't wait to come across more people and create more friendships and bonds.

Thanks for being part of my lab and being the rats that I get to test my creations on!!

<3 Lie

[undertalebabbleblog]

UTDR Holiday Newsletter Musings

Heya, Pup here, and I'm back again to talk about how Toby Fox has once more driven me insane.

Usually the newsletters have a black background and white text, but the background is white this time! Thematically appropriate, I suppose.

*glances outside at the warm summer morning*

Or, well, it's thematically appropriate if you don't live in the southern hemisphere lol.

Toby has a Bluesky account now, apparently.

...Yep, that belongs to Toby, alright.

And he even made an archive of the roast chicken posts "in case Blueski flies away". Excellent, those are exceedingly important, we wouldn't want them to be lost.

(Skipping over the stuff about the GameMaker updates and bugs because while it's interesting it's not what I'm here to talk about.)

*(...) *(...Pup slowly puts down the microwave they were holding and steps away.) *(All the settings on the microwave say 'spaghetti' anyway. It's unsure if that would work on frozen dogs.)

But in all seriousness, the reviews Toby shared seem pretty solid, and we are definitely, 100000000000% getting chapters 3 and 4 in 2025. I am incredibly excited and can't wait to see what the new chapters have in store.

(I wonder when they'll come out...? Place your bets, everyone! My money's on Undertale's 10th anniversary, since Toby has a habit of releasing and announcing important stuff on or around the anniversaries.)

We also have some text from chapter 4 that has been translated into Japanese. I cannot read Japanese, so unfortunately I don't have anything to say on that part, but I do have some things to say about some of the bits I can read!

"Inferno,&Inferno!" We don't have any context on who's saying this or what it might be about. My first thought is Dante's Inferno, given how much religious symbolism is in these games, but I'm probably wrong lol.

Lancer: "Susie, can you enrich my enclosure?" Susie: "Uhh, I can punch a hole in drywall and hide toys inside." Lancer: "Thank you. Someday, I will do the same for you..." This COULD just be about Lancer's room. Or it could imply that Lancer gets trapped somehow? Idk.

"To by, or not to by?" I don't have much to say here. But it's a Shakespeare reference, so I'm legally obligated to point that out.

Berdly: "Listen. It disgusts me to say this, but... as an ACT. OF. CHARITY. I will let you... Be the breeze under my wings. You... Me. Festival." My guess is that he's saying this to Susie. If so, Noelle is going to FLIP and I can't wait to see it lol. I'm very curious about this festival, too... I feel like something big's going to happen.

...wait.

WAIT.

Jevil's fight was in a carousel. Spamton's was on a rollercoaster.

...am I overthinking this, or are the secret bosses somehow foreshadowing the festival???????

Elnina: "Did it hurt when you fell? Your tag says you're... um, the moon." If I remember correctly, Elnina is one of the weather forecast themed enemies. Since this is chapter 4 dialogue, my guess is that this text is from Castle Town after you recruit them.

Chapter 5 is in development! Yay!

I was going to make a post about some of the new merch before the newsletter came out. Now I guess I'll just include my thoughts on it in this post.

SO. We have a Kris shirt.

Following the trend of the Frisk merch, Kris isn't named. All Frisk's merch refers to them as 'the human', and now Kris' shirt is the 'Important Person's Shirt'.

Here's all the text I've found describing it, from both the newsletter and Fangamer.

Listen. I am going insane over this. I have far too many thoughts and I don't know how to put any of them into words. BUT I'M GONNA TRY.

Okay. So.

Firstly, the love thing.

We already know that LOVE = Level of ViolencE. But while that adds an interesting layer, it's not primarily what I'm going to be discussing here.

Kris and the player have a connection, obviously. Their love will become yours - the love they receive from their mum, their dad, their friends, isn't meant for us. Yet it feels like it's directed at us, because we are Kris. Your love will become theirs - we decide their actions. If we express love for another character, we're expressing it through them, which means that the other characters are seeing it as their love instead. Us and Kris are separate entities, and yet we have an undeniable connection that makes us difficult to separate.

Also, I'm not entirely sure how this relates, but my first thought when I read this was about the default options for the vessel. The game records your choices in the vessel creation sequence. However, if you start a chapter 2 save file without continuing from chapter 1, the choices are automatically set to the first option of each question, except for the gift, which defaults to Mind. It also has default options for all the choices in the game, which all seem to follow what we know of Kris' characterisation. Essentially, if we haven't played chapter 1, Kris seems to play through it for us. In the vessel creation sequence, the question 'HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT YOUR CREATION? (IT WILL NOT HEAR.)' has 'LOVE' as the first option. I don't know how this might relate and it might be entirely unrelated but in my head I feel like some dots have been connected and it's driving me crazy. TOBY FOX YOU'RE GOING TO BE THE DEATH OF ME.

(Please picture me with one of those conspiracy theory boards with the red string and pictures and scribbled notes. That's the most accurate depiction of me right now.)

The mask thing seems important too, but I can't think of what it might be referring to. Maybe something to do with how the actions you choose for Kris aren't how they're really feeling?

There's also a Seam plush, which I wasn't originally going to talk about, but then the newsletter happened.

Firstly, look at it. Look at this battered old wizard cat. I want it.

Secondly, we get a sort-of-canon Seam design! So that's cool.

...dusty magic. Broken dreams. No tail, torn off by cruel and loving hands. The tail in your mind should be stronger than anything I show you.

THERE IS SOMETHING HERE RELATED TO THE DARK WORLDS AND DREAMS AND IMAGINATION AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT IT BUT IT'S THERE.

If they keep releasing merch, my entire house is going to be UTDR themed. I can feel my wallet getting lighter and lighter each time they release something new, and I haven't even bought any merch yet.

And finally, if you click on this antlered snowman at the bottom...

You get a message...

DESS LORE DESS LORE DESS LORE

She called Noelle 'Elly' I'm gonna cry -

More angel Noelle... and "I wish it could snow whenever I wanted"... kind of ominous given the Snowgrave route and the whole Angel's Heaven thing.

AAAA I'M SO EXCITED TO SEE WHERE THIS GOES IN THE GAME

I actually missed the snowman link at first, so obviously I'm going to be clicking everything in all future newsletters just to be sure lol.

Uhhhh... yeah. That's all.

See you next time, and happy holidays!

[coralcryptid]

Blog Intro Time!

My name's Cassidy! I use She/They/Fae pronouns and I currently identify as a Transgender, Genderfae, Ambiamorous, Demisexual Lesbian!

I also label myself as therian/otherkin, a spoonie, a beginner helpol/pagan, and an age dreamer(pretty rare it happens)! More info will be posted below about my kintypes and I'll try to keep it updated regularly!

I've been diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety, Fibromyalgia, and I'm very confident about having Autism and BPD! They probably won't be big focuses on this blog but they'll absolutely come up

I'm hoping to connect with others similar to me and I hope to make my blog a safe space :)

More stuff below the cut!

★ = Currently Prominent

Theriotypes:

✿ Shiba Inu(★)

Fictotypes:

✿ Chiaki Nanami - Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair(★)

✿ Peachette - Super Mario Bros.

Last Updated: 01/01/2025

In no particular order, things I'll probably post about include but aren't limited to:

My Content:

✿ My personal life & experiences

✿ Therianthropy/Otherkin experiences

✿ Any special interests or just anything I'm into

It's also entirely possible I might rarely vent about stuff really bothering me, but I'll always add the correct trigger warnings and put the meat of it under a cut!

Other than that, I hope people who stumble across this have a great day/night and I'll keep this as updated as I can!!

I don't have a big DNI list on hand, but absolutely no bigotry or hatred will be allowed in this blog! That means no racism, sexism, trans/homophobia, or any notable "antis"(anti therian, anti xenogender, anti neopronouns, etc.) and absolutely NO zoos, necros or pedos are allowed here!! Minors are ok to interact! I'd also like to say that while I don't believe I'm a plural system of any sort(I've had on and off questions tho), I'd like this blog to be safe for all systems, so please don't bring any syscourse here! I'm more than happy to use the block button if needed

[behind-the-screen-of-bangtan]

Hey! New fan here. I'm not quite sure where to start. There's so much content. Any tips?

Hello there, I'm so sorry, it took me an eternity to answer you...

First of all, welcome to the fandom! When it comes to managing the gigantic amount of BTS content that exists, I can only advise you to take your time: navigate the content, watch what catches your eye, and leave the rest, maybe for later. For a long time now, Big Hit has aimed to offer a variety of fan experiences so no matter who you are, you can find something you really enjoy. Maybe it'll be the documentaries following the group during world tours or the cooking game with chibi versions of the members, it's up to you.

I'll try to give a few tips depending on what you may be interested in:

1 - You're here for the music

YouTube, streaming apps, and albums are your friends!

An easy start is the Hybe playlist since it has all their main tracks. Then if there's a song you really like, you can try and go for the album.

If you want more info about a song/album, you can check my blog post about it, it should have lyrics translations, filming places, a list of the referenced works and nods to other things, as well as some more trivia.

Then it's time for the documentaries (they're listed here among other shows) and the special performances to witness unique versions of your favorite songs paired with incredible choreo. Lastly, collaborations with other artists complete their discography.

2 - You're here for the members' personality:

Their variety shows, behind-the-scene videos, and socials are the way to go!

The iconic one is of course Run BTS!, which started in 2015 and is still going strong nowadays with the Run Jin! version, a show packed with laughter, treason, and games no one understands. But the true OG remains the Bangtan Bombs (Eng trans). Each video is a time capsule of the boys at each point of their career.

Once you've gone through all that free stuff (should take you some time though), the paid content is the logical next step: from the adventurous Bon Voyage to the relaxing In The Soop, you once again have the freedom of choice.

3- You're here to collect:

Merch and characters are the rabbit hole you're looking for!

BTS merch, products advertised by BTS, HipHop Monsters, BT21, TinyTan, you can buy them all! If you're like... super duper rich

4 - You believe there are rabbits baking cakes on the moon:

Welcome to the theorists' world (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ a.k.a the BU.

It's pretty much dead now, some people expect new things for 2025 but there's no guarantee. It's a fiction set up in the BTS MVs that then got extended through web comics, novels, and a web series.

That should be it. I didn't mention a lot of things (the Festa, the solo works, the DVD packages…) but it should cover your bases and it's mostly free and easily available. I think you'll naturally come across the rest during your time in the fandom (there are tons of compilations and curated extracts). I think that's one of the nice things about BTS, you always discover something you had never heard before even when you're an experienced fan!

To stay up-to-date, don't hesitate to follow official accounts, as well as a few translators. You can also check r/bangtan on Reddit, there are often new fans asking for help/recommendations there, it's probably more complete than what I could come up with on my own.

And of course if you want to ask something else, I'm still here (and promise, I'll try to answer sooner)

See you! 💜

[nukenai]

I did so much fun traveling and attending events in 2024. I took official full ownership of my house, buying out my shitty uncle who I hope dies. I made wonderful improvements to the house and so many more are yet to come (new bathroom very soon!!)

My trips were like. Disney twice. Because the second one was during Halcycon which in itself was insane. I went to Connecticon and TFCon and I think this had to be the best TFCon yet (Orlando might beat it a little bit just bc it was in Florida and was warm).

I went to FUCKING HAWAII for Pokemon Worlds and had the time of my life despite having poison ivy the whole time. I had such a great time I legit keep forgetting about the poison ivy. Stuff like napping on a beach after snorkeling with tropical fish makes you forget about your arms itching. Except I keep getting texts from the pharmacy in Honolulu about refilling the prescription LOLLLL

In 2025 I plan on taking a Disney trip for my birthday!! It's actually ON Memorial Day this time so that means a fun special free day off!! Whoo!! I may be attending Halcycon again so that would mean at least a day in Batuu of course. It depends on how exhausted I feel because I also plan on attending TFCon in Chicago, and Connecticon is so close of course I'll go again.

I adopted my dog Fina, and my new cat Deckerd. Things are in general going pretty well!

I evicted my roommate (legally, tenant) and he moved out today, leaving a ton of shit behind. He was lying about me behind my back to make himself look like a permanent victim. He lied about things I said to him to set extremely reasonable boundaries, and had apparently more than once told people I don't take proper care of my animals (he has never had a pet in his life and has never had to consistently care for an animal on his own). He's been unemployed for a year and thinks he's above jobs like retail. He barely left the house, never spent time with his girlfriend, and never offered any additional help around the house even when I was in physical therapy for severe tendinitis and could barely use my arms. I hope he can grow up a little bit, stop pretending to be an Instagram influencer at age 32, and develop an actual genuine identity outside of thinking he's the only person allowed to cosplay as Spiderman in a purchased costume. Maybe after that I'll be interested in revisiting a friendship with him. Sucks the things you learn about people you've known for a long time. Until then I look forward to his constant bullshit social media posts where he says things like "the holidays can be hard, trust me, I know more than most" and mistreats irl friends for the sake of Instagram likes and views on his twitch streams or his weekly show where he shouts at horror movies.

Anyways. I feel proud of being able to stand up for myself like that even if it's not easy. I'm done being a doormat and being treated like I'm disposable. I'm done bending over backwards to try to maintain friendships with people who are clearly not interested in my company. I'm going to spend time with people who make it clear that they value me for who I am, which is PLENTY of people (and probably most people reading this!!). I'm going to do what I know is right for me and not let anyone dictate how I live my life. They can make their judgments all they want, because I'm secure in my life and identity!

Also. I'm gonna work on my Gunpla backlog. It's a little nuts 😅

Here's to another year of accomplishments! Gonna keep this momentum going! Good luck to everybody!

[blu193]

HAPPY NEW YEAR'S GAMERS!!

(for someone who sorta joined in mid-late August of this year, I think this year was pretty eventful!)

A recap I guess?

I mainly joined for the sake of just posting/ (throwing at the internet) a chunk of my SMG4 fixation (MAINLY SHROOMKITTY AKA SHROOMY X KAREN). To which I think did went pretty okay. But then I sorta remembered that this blog can be for more than just one fixation and alongside that, got introduced to some new fandoms in the process! I think as that happened I kinda had burnt myself out pumping SMG4 art out for the time being.

(SMG4tober possibly also adding to this oops. I still wanna post SMG4-related stuff, I just think it's gonna be a while till I can get myself back into that unfortunately [Kinda like Undertale, which I'm still surprised I was able to get myself to make that post 's art to begin with. So it's possible, I just need to slowly try back at it.])

This (latter half of the) year has been pretty grand, and meeting all my mutuals through Tumblr has been exciting (and a tad terrifying I mean come on, I look up to you guys! and then y'all follow me back??? HUH???). Thank you all for making this first year on Tumblr so much fun! :3

This post got really long so Imma put the rest under the keep reading tab:

SO, WHAT ABOUT NEXT YEAR (2025)?

Well I got lots of wishes for next year. mainly about this blog. Mainly wishes of posting more fanart and original stuff here.

(Inocy is the purple mushroom-headed scout in the bottom right and they were created by the lovely @artist-heart83 :3!)

"More Fanart? Weren't you doing that already?"

YES. YES I WAS. But it was mainly around SMG4 and Inanimate Insanity. I wanna bring myself to post more variety than just these two. Branch out a bit! Do more silly doodles and drawings for my own fun! This won't stop the big duo from popping up every so often but still!

"Original Stuff? You gonna start-"

Gonna stop this idea right here. No I'm not gonna start a big OC comic thing (not yet anyway, too soon for my tiny hands.) I just wanna start posting some of my OCs and goofy doodles of them alongside my usual stuff. Nothing big with them right now, but maybe in the future I might have a better idea/plan to go about with them.

Any New Year's Resolutions?

My "New Year's Resolution" is probably going to be finally sitting down and scaling my plans to make myself a Shroomy Plush. Not just a Shroomy Plush, but one that can switch between Shroomy and Anti-Shroomy. Like those octopus plushies than flip inside out for two octopus designs.

These lil' critters! But as a Shroomy Plush! Since my dumb of rear-end has never done the art of plushie making before, this is gonna be a whole ordeal. But it will SO BE WORTH IT FOR THE SHROOMY PLUSH. He will sit next to my Mr. Puzzles Plush and they will be good friends :3

Alright! That should be it! Now... for personal interest: How many followers are we ending the year on-

Wait...

WHAT???

80 OF Y'ALL?

(yeah, that's the joke I'll end this post on. Happy New Year's my fellow gamers!)

[whysperingwoods]

As I get ready to close 2024 and look to 2025, I'm thinking a lot about my path as a witch and how far I've come. Also about where I'm headed, where I want to be this time next year. It's been a very intense few years for me, and I'm gradually learning how to step into the flow of things instead of fighting against the tide.

I've been doing a lot of journaling the past few days to try and figure out what my goals are for the year and how I want to direct myself. Restarting this blog has been nice, mainly to reconnect with the community a bit and see what kind of work people are doing. It's inspirational to see how some people do their craft, and it gets me excited about my own.

What I enjoy less is how I put pressure on myself to write, and let's face it there is a lot of culture on this site that is not great. I end up getting so worried about getting anything wrong, wording things in a way that isn't perfectly conveying what I want to say, that I publish with knots filling my stomach and it takes days for them to unravel, and even that is only after days of rewriting and editing and rewriting and finally convincing myself it's as good as it's gonna get and hitting the "Post Now" button.

So I think I'm just going to take that pressure off of myself this year entirely. My original intent with restarting this blog was to be educational, but even with as much experience as I have it's just a lot of pressure when I myself feel like I'm still constantly learning. So the tone here is going to change a bit into more of a journal of my own learnings, something casual which is from my perspective. I'll still post resources when I can, but my main goal is to just get in the habit of writing again and not feeling like have to write some perfect article and hit all the right points and tone and whatever.

With that comes some other things like reorganising my tags a bit so it's easier to navigate and find things which might actually be relevant, and probably deleting any posts/reblogs that aren't related to witchcraft. I might consider adding a secondary blog for personal/casual/non-witchy stuff, but if I do that will be its own post at a later time.

In any case, I'm really excited for what this year has to bring, even with all the bad shit it will inevitably throw at us, our community is resilient, and strong, and we'll support each other through what is to come.

Wishing you all a Happy New Year, and a safe 2025! -Kyan