#OR AM I JUST. PROJECTING AND HOPE IT WORKS

[waitmyturtles]

Hey,

I'm not 100% sure how this works. Also this is more of an opinion than a question. I just feel the need to brain dump. You are under no obligation to reply. 😁

I fear that First and Khaotung are being wasted at/by GMMTV. They're both stellar actors and seem to have the sensibilities to tackle more serious material.

I feel like coming off Not Me, the themes in The Eclipse kinda went over my head. My fear was and still is that I didn't understand all the nuances. And that's why I felt like the show was lacking. Also I think the very first preview set it up as an entirely different show (more supernaturalmystery/thriller) in my head, so there was a disconnect there as well.

Their next project was Moonlight Chicken where both of them shined as actors but negligibly as a BL pairing. Having said that, they seem to be on very solid ground in the BL fandom - I am referring to their fan meets.

Only Friends was a masterclass of acting as far as FirstKhaotung were concerned (i was all about Ray and Sand), but I think the overall reputation as show that fell flat on its face overshadowed or at least took away (for me) from the gravity of FK.

And now we're here. With The Heart Killers and I am very wary of how Ota all going down. I see that the final trailer got over million views and I'm happy for them, but based on I think the absolute travesty that was OF, my expectations for this show are on the ground.

I really want more of an insight into how projects are picked up and distributed inside GMMTV (if you ha e any, I'm dying to know). I feel like they would benefit greatly from being on a show like PS I Hate You or something like Peaceful Property.

It feels like they're backsliding in terms of material given. Which I am sure is a) not their fault and b) me possibly being weird and dramatic in the wee hours of the morning. But I wanted to get it off my chest and I was reading your previous reviews when I felt, and then gave into the impulse to write to you.

Also I'm a MaxTul girly too and somehow, you made me want to give Make it Right another chance.

Have a great week ahead and keep up the absolutely exceptional work! ❤️

NIHILISTIC! It's great to hear from you! And thank you for the compliments!

TW for girlies out there who are not Nihilistic: this post will contain criticisms of The Heart Killers trailer. Read at your peril, delicate hearts!

I'll go backwards to save the biggest stuff for last. If you write anything about Make It Right, please tag me! @bengiyo and I always give a little DJ air horn to each other when we've nabbed another one into the broader cultural reconsideration of this AMAZING show. MaxTul, man. Nobody beats them! (Okay, almost, Tul admits he wasn't the strongest actor, but. We'll let it slide, dahling!) Chemistry, humor, pride representation, everything, they're great. I yelped when I saw them in Triage!

Okay, so you are a FirstKhao girlie, and you're worried about what The Heart Killers bodes. (Out of transparency, I have The Heart Killers tag filtered because of Only Friends PTSD. I'm gonna filter my own post!) For you, Nihilistic, I just watched the trailer for it.

I will get to all your questions about the GMMTV model in a moment.

Now, out of even MORE transparency, I am watching the MESS that is Kidnap right now, and listen, it's NOT GOOD. I'm fucking not even writing about it anymore, I'm just reblogging the sessy gifs. I am watching it to support Ohm Pawat, and am hoping that this partnership with Leng Thanaphon will hopefully lead to better scripts.... somewhere. (Or at least, better scripts for Ohm at a place like One31 or Channel 3. I also hope Ohm keeps up his anti-branded pair stance, but if GMMTV forces him to pair permanently with Leng, it won't be a fucking surprise, and more on that below.)

To focus specifically on THK for a sec: the THK trailer evoked a lot of what's gone utterly wrong in Kidnap for me. I think writing Thai BL/Series Y scripts to be different, fresh, and innovative, is just going to be really fucking hard, especially for stories featuring branded pairs that MUST end up together in the end. Because we, the viewers, KNOW that they MUST end up together in the end, what kind of mystery and conflict can a script convincingly evoke to keep us, the viewers, engaged and interested in the drama?

A few of us Ohm girlies were excited that Kidnap could have had non-romantic plot points (CRIME!!!) to drive concurrently with a romance plot. There are Series Y that have done this BEAUTIFULLY, particularly Sammon's stories of Manner of Death and Triage.

I'm sorry to say that I didn't get that from the THK trailer, and that THK smells a lot like Kidnap to me. The trailer itself is giving an indication that the "jobs" these guys have as double agents are going to be compromised due to them falling in love. And after the debacle that was Jojo Tichakorn's Only Friends -- a show premised on the exploration of mean, icky, really horny humans, a great place to start an interesting show! -- knowing that THK will HAVE to end up in a romantic place, with FK and JoongDunk being in memorable and memeable entwinements... that's a lot to ask of a show that already isn't making sense by drive, emotion, and tone in its trailer alone. What matters more to these characters? Their work, or their need to be in monogamous relationships? Seems like the latter to me by way of the trailer, which makes me wonder what the point of the plot is. (Joong's chest, probably.) (Gahddayum.)

(I haven't watched the latest episode of Jack & Joker, btw, but I understand that THIS WEEK's episode is ALSO going through something similar, with dead-end and uncommitted plot points all to get to a kiss. Oy.)

To summarize these points and to touch at your question about how GMMTV chooses scripts: GMMTV has an economic model to sell in giving happy endings to their branded pairs, which I wrote about at length in my Old GMMTV Challenge rewatch of The Eclipse. No matter where a script goes, the ending must be memorable and monogamous to satisfy the retweeting hunger of the branded pairs' fandoms, in order for GMMTV's artists to increase online engagement and to maintain earned media values to sell products.

The wonderful @flowerbeasblog noted to me recently that Tha Sataporn, the CEO of GMMTV, said in an interview that as the productions of Series Y in Thailand continues to increase, there is a greater need for more scriptwriting talent across this niche genre, creating competition for more excellent writing. (By comparison, in the States, when streaming services like Netflix and Hulu starting commissioning more original series just about a decade ago, the demand for scriptwriters and excellent writing also went up by incredible scale -- only to come crashing down recently with pandemic and strike-related losses in revenue.) GMMTV's recently announced script competition, Y Find, updated itself last week with a notice that the company would need more time to sift through scripts to judge. In other words: the demand for creative plots is so high at this company that they are literally fielding entries from the general public.

At the same time, Tha Sataporn has been blunt in indicating that "good shows" are not the priority of his GMMTV, and that talent, management, and engagement are his indicators of success. So, economically -- as long as a show hits that happy ending, and gets the girlies excited online with commentary and purchasing power, then the studio has won, in GMMTV's eyes.

ULTIMATELY, Nihilistic: what we are dealing with regarding your concern, as fans and/or critics of Series Y shows, is a conflict of values, among critical fans like ourselves, other fans who only watch shows for romance and shipping, and the economic bottom lines of the studios/agencies themselves. Some of us just want narratively good scripts, like Bad Buddy or He's Coming To Me. Others are content with having a show end with their fave pairs confirmed together in the end, no matter the process of how they got there. Those are different values we hold in watching shows. I appreciate that while you're a fan of the FK branded pair, that you want stronger scripts for them. I do, too, but that's not a value that every fan -- and GMMTV itself -- holds. And I believe that's why we've been seeing more and more mediocre scripts from that studio in particular.

I actually want to note maybe something positive about FirstKhao. Other than The Eclipse, it seems like they haven't been locked into high school or university settings. Only Friends, Moonlight Chicken -- these are shows that show First's and Khao's characters as young adults, and THK is going there, too. I hope they can avoid the university settings as they continue to work.

Is stellar acting wasted at GMMTV? Oh, yes. Besides First and Khao, who I truly think are good actors, we have Gun Atthaphan, Nanon Korapat, and Ohm Pawat -- these three guys are on my list of the best Thai actors out there who have done BL, and they haven't had great scripts in years. (Gun, arguably, has had the best pickings of decent shows recently in Cooking Crush and The Trainee, but they weren't high art; and Nanon's Dirty Laundry was the last Jojo script I was truly impressed by.) All three of these guys were in MOVIES at one point. Those ambitions, on behalf of these actors by GMMTV, seem to have gone by the wayside in preference for a huge economic push to boost branded pair-based series insteads, with their plot holes and guaranteed romances.

I hope the genre's tide turns for the sake of quality scripts, especially at GMMTV, but my hopes are low for this agency at the moment. My joy in Thai shows recently has been in watching past shows for my OGMMTVC. I've been on a lakorn kick lately, having watched The Miracle of Teddy Bear and I'm looking forward to watching Khun Chai soon. Other agencies and studios, like One31 and Channel 3, are breathing down GMMTV's neck and producing more interesting shows, sometimes with branded pairs and sometimes not. Triage only came out two years ago, and that show's trilogy (along with Manner of Death) will end with this year's airing of Spare Me Your Mercy, starring the very likely one-time pair of Tor Thanabob and JJ (Jaylerr) Krissanapoom, two gigantic artists in Thailand who are circling BACK towards the much smaller genre of Series Y for SMYM's sake. I have VERY high hopes and expectations for that show -- and that show is well out of the purview of GMMTV.

I think what you're smelling about the THK trailer is right, Nihilistic -- to me, the trailer isn't cohesive, and jumps already to its forgone conclusion of a romantic end. Unfortunately, for those of us familiar with Jojo Tichakorn's work, we know that if he was given more leeway, he'd likely come up with something more interesting. But now that he has to work with branded pairs -- who are shipped in the eyes of their fan beholders -- he's got a lot less room to be creative and interesting, which ultimately stifles the otherwise excellent acting we'd see from these young men.

[rebma]

ANOTHER UPDATE

Just because I want to shame myself and feel proud at the same time, also some of these are not Dramione but I am branching out!

Secrets and Masks, Emerald_Slytherin - 454,499 words

Remain Nameless, HeyJude19 - 312,286 words

Wait and Hope, mightbewriting - 94,946 words

The Disappearances of Draco Malfoy, speechwriter - 289,780 words

The Eagles Nest, HeartOfAspen - 292,798 words

From Wiltshire, With Love, MistressLynn - 352,755 words

Truth or Dare, januarydevine - 176,990

Three Wizards and a Baby, Lizzie_Carlile - 138,415 words

Mixed Signals, sodamnhard - 14,696 words

Sugar and Spice, InLoveWithForever - 156,052 words

The Slytherin Princess, Taylorikari - 72,978 words

Good, LovesBitca8 - 46,449 words

Season pass (To This Ass), Mightbewriting - 16,390 words

An Ever-Fixed Mark, Ninepiecesofcrait - 208,118 words

Love and Other Historical Accidents, PacificRimbaud - 153,841 words

Scorpius Malfoy, Ultimate Wingman, Books_Bigfoot - 42,250 words

Amor Vinvit Omnia, Twin_Flame_Blues - 288,120 words

Isolation, Bexchan - 264,105 words

The Gallows, Gillianeliza - 47,332 words

Personal Projects, Aforgetfulgirl - 488,026 words

This comes to a sexy 3,910,826 words.

Notable non-Dramione works I have enjoyed:

The Debt of Time, ShayaLonnie - 715,940 words

A Dress With Pockets, PacificRimbaud - 24,927 words

Another Chance, ProfessorMicroPenis - 57,529 words

Harry Potter and the Lack of Lamb Sauce, imagitory - 356,700 words

A Marauders Plan, CatsAreCool - 865,520 words

Which is a cool 2,020,616 words.

So that brings my total to:

47 Fics read since May this year (Currently November 5th)

10,259,436 words

I am honestly so stunned. I cannot stop. I have just started Invictus which is a Tomione fic and I have bought a Silhouette Cameo 4 so i can start Book Binding properly!

LONG LIVE FANFICTION.

I've really gone down the rabbit hole now

So I really felt the need to document exactly how much Dramione fiction I have read since I first opened Manacled, purely for my own visualisation...

Manacled, senlinyu - 370,515 words

All You Want, senlinyu- 172,650 words

Draco Malfoy and the Mortifying Ordeal of Being in Love, isthisselfcare - 199,548 words

Bring Him to His Knees, Musyc - 246,526 wrods

The Heat, CrazyKitCat - 30,039 words

The Right Thing To Do, LovesBitca8 - 174,911 words

All the Wrong Things,, LovesBitca8 - 160,297 words

The Greater Good, ElleCeeWrites - 42,673 words

Cantankerus Nott is Rolling in His Grave, Forgive_Me_Severus, 175,468 words

The Auction, LovesBitca9 - 325,876 words

PLUS a bunch of drabble/oneshots from LovesBitca8 and senlinyu which totaly around 6,000 words.....

1,904,503 words of Dramione GOLD in

2

FUCKING

WEEKS

AND I have so many on my TBR it's not even funny....

Please help

[septembermonologues]

i am so fucking terrified, i don't know how to get through this waiting

I guess I'm asking if there's any hope left to be had

the wait is so brutal but yes, i firmly believe that there is always hope!! some things i'm trying to keep in mind are:

- the red haze-- early results seem widely red because in-person votes lean republican. those votes are also counted first and faster because they're smaller counties compared to denser ones that lean democrat. make sure you're looking at the % of ballots counted because projected results aren't true results. the race won't start to actually solidify until tomorrow morning.

- keep an eye on your state and local reps! the nitty gritty stuff can be more positive than the national (i live in a pretty rural area but i just happily voted for rep underwood--a younger progressive black woman--a second time).

- just because results come short of what we hoped doesn't mean they represent popular opinion. in florida, marijuana and abortion rights have fallen short even with a 50%+ majority because they require a 60% majority to pass. i know it's incredibly disheartening to not see popular opinions supported by law but i also believe that you have to remember that people, especially people in historically red states, don't necessary tow the stereotypical line. there is room for movement and change.

- there are ballots that currently aren't being counted because they have errors that are CURABLE and CAN be counted if corrected. i already reblogged something about it but if you voted (esp if by mail) please answer unnamed calls because it could be about your ballot. if you go here at vote.com you can also track your ballot.

- there are always, always things for us to do between elections. encourage your friends and family to look forward at the 2026 midterms (they can have huge effects on congress) and start planning, see if there are any campaigns that could use your help moving forward, look into working polling stations in the future (i did it in 2018 and it was a long but fulfilling day), get the fuck outside and moving around. find out where you can volunteer around you- homeless shelters, food banks/kitchens, community events. read some history and some theory-- we aren't actually in completely unprecedented times and it's important to remember where we've progressed from.

- honestly? stop giving batshit crazy people the attention they want. no rage engagement. its what they want. focus on raising awareness without directly interacting with them.

- it fucking sucks ass that its this close and that extremists win. i will never ever say that it doesn't. but it will not be the end. it will be hard but thats when we have to lean on each other. we can't be afraid to ask each other for help and we have to find things to be excited and hopeful for. there is some truth to "other people have it worse so i have to keep going". who are we to give up on the whole?

maybe im just tipsy but i just find so much hope and inspiration in the work so many people put into civil service. people want better than what we have and are fighting for us. i can't let myself get too negative because it doesn't do any good to wallow. just in general i love humanity too much to let the bad win.

[ambeauty]

Summary:

“Are you sure, you just need it once a week?” He leans against the door frame tapping his spoon in his palm.

“Need what, Carmy?” She looks up at him innocently like she didn’t know exactly what he was referring to.

“Are you just feeding from me? Or are there others?”

“Are you asking me if we are exclusive?”

“I just want to make sure you have what you need. I know I’ve been shitty and I don’t want to be.”

“Well that’s, um, I know you don’t want to be. If it makes you feel better. Yes I only feed from you. Your blood, and other, fluids, leave me completely satiated.”

AHHH It is finished! Thank you again to the wonderful @katiethelmie please please please go check out her art on her blog an on AO3! I hope this conclusion lives up to the wait!

Cousins: @sydneys-adamu @falllpoutboy @escapism-through-imagination @thehouseofevangelista @sutherlins @anxietycroissant @turbulenthandholding @afrofairysblog

Also I am probably taking a mini hiatus from writing so I can catch up on reading. The amount of tabs open on my phone are despicable!

[effieotto]

I know some of the most popular Hayffie fanfics were written by people who left the fandom some time ago, which is unfortunate and i wish they would come back. However, recently we got some new writers who do A AMAZING JOB! Sensitive, engaging and deep stories with incredible writing skills, that i think you should know about. So here is a list of my recently favorite Hayffie fanfics of still active writers. I hope you’ll enjoy it

• Of course the first one had to be AGWIBDATM (big as fuck title but i swear it is good). It’s no secret to anyone that this is one of my favorite of all time

• Another of my favorites! TOS is long (there’s no arguing with that) but it is soooo worthy it! It address Haymitch’s alcoholism in such a sensitive way, and all the consequences it has in his life and relationship with Effie and the others. It also has one of my favorite tropes for Hayffie, so you have to read it now

• When it comes to enthralling post-war Effie, this one is definitely on the top of my list. The angst, the flashbacks, the PTSD and mainly Peeta and Effie’s relationship is just sooo good i can’t even describe

• And last but not least, YAMAYFD (another big as fuck title lol) is my current obsession. Dust_and_thunder got to my top list pretty quickly. And no, it’s not only because SHE WRITES EFFIE WITH A WHITE HAIR (although i almost burst in excitement when i first saw it). But it is because of her incredibly good narrative, and the way she explores other characters’s POVS as well during the chapters, which is soo unique…You have to read it

Well, the list it’s not over, i have some more, but these four are the ones i am currently devouring! And i’ll let you guys know, i love you all but if you leave any of these unfinished, i’ll have to slice my own wrists open with a filth knife (i have a lot of traumas in this front)

[fluffy-teddybear]

WIP Big Bang Submission: Holy Cowboy

Story Title: Holy Cowboy

Fandom: Good Omens

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/20496179

Summary: Aziraphale meets Crowley in the not-very-civilised parts of the US during the ages of the Wild West. When Crowley’s attempt at tempation and corruption suddenly goes awry, Aziraphale and him must try to flee the state and escape from the law.

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Characters: Aziraphale (Good Omens), Crowley (Good Omens)

Pairings: Aziraphale/Crowley (Good Omens)

Took me long enough to finish this damn fic, even if it was just the one last chapter I needed to write. Five full years after posting the first chapter, I finally wrote an ending. No need to express how relieved I am to have gotten rid of one more wip lol

I would like to say thank you so much to @wipbigbang for inspiring me to finish my damn shit. Hopefully I never have to participate again, as I should finish my fics without going MIA for multiple years! (just kidding, I had a lot of fun in this event, and I'd be happy to rejoin your efforts in the future :D)

Another huge thank you to @commentdismal for making the art for this fic, as it is super pretty and I love it so much!

@pearlll09 I feel like you might want to see this too, just in case. Hope you're doing well!

[agirlandherquill]

seven sentence sunday

thanks for the tag @the-golden-comet and @lamuradex!

rules: share seven sentences

it may be tuesday but i've been itching to share the piece im working on, and this tag game is a perfect excuse for me to do just that!

so here's a little snippet from a little something i'm working on, as yet untitled, but that'll come in due course, it's also a fair bit more than seven sentences but i got excited and it felt like a crime to break it up

“I don’t want you praying.” His voice crackled through the thin panels of the walls. “So please, don’t.”

“Why not?” She watched his shadow move beneath her door, growing smaller as though he was walking away. He doesn’t want to answer? So be it. Her heart sank in her chest as she braced a hand against the door to turn herself away, and then his shadow was there, larger than it had ever been, and the door shaking beneath the pounds of his fist. Adalia pulled it open. “What, Lochley? Did you forget something?”

“My answer.”

“Spare me.” She went to shut the door and his boot slid in the way, blocking it. “Let me speak it and then I can promise you will hear nothing more of me, not tonight.”

Adalia was too tired to argue. “Fine.”

“I don’t want you praying because then you will never be speaking to me. I will never be worth those words, that respect, that devotion. I will have to hear you give that to another and I… I despise it.”

“You,” She gave him a tired look, “Are not supposed to care. You, need I remind you, are a pirate.”

“Then stop giving me reasons to linger on land.” He growled, fingers balled into fists at his sides.

“I am giving you nothing. I am simply working to take back what you took, what is mine.”

“So this,” He braced a hand on the doorway, leaning in, “Is all for a necklace?”

“What else would it be for?”

“I was hoping you would tell me.” Something lingered in his voice, something that made her shift on her feet, resting more of her weight on the door, not entirely trusting her knees to remain stiff and keep her standing. “Or what, Lochley? Because that sounds like there’s a threat.”

“There could be, Maiden, there very well could be.” His lips quirked into a smile and then he was skulking off down the corridor, disappearing into the dark, while Adalia stood there clinging to the door for dear life. For once, Adalia had to agree with him. And she hated saying he was right. 

~ ~ ~

tag list time! open tag as always too!

@the-ellia-west @willtheweaver @tildeathiwillwrite @drchenquill @365runesofthesystem

@coffin-hopping @godsmostfuckedupgoblin @a-mimsy-borogove @frostedlemonwriter @i-do-anything-but-write

@r-u-living @thatuselesshuman @lead-to-code @sunflowerrosy @theaistired

@phoenixradiant @autism-purgatory @corinneglass @tiredpapergirl @patheticexcuseforawriter

@missmisanthrope @littlestchildofthemoon @morganxduinn @thebrownleathernotebook @rmhashauthor

@lamuradex @fantasy-things-and-such @glasshouses-and-stones @hattonthehatman @humbly-a-doppelganger

@ramwritblr @s-pendragon7 @thelastneuron @heartreactor @ihauntmyhouse

@shiningstars-world @scaewolf @just-emis-blog @joeys-piano @ramitola

@yrndrgn @riveriafalll @lawrencespen1777 @theverumproject @zackprincebooks

@justjariel @orion-lacroix @jupiter---daydreams @vinniehorrible @stars-forever

@thewritingautisticat @whatwewrotepodcast @anaisbebe @appleandsnow @urnumber1star

@chaotictravelerrants @andagii-projects @dragmewithyoutonirvana @a-bi-cat-with-books @fearofahumanplanet

@just-a-domesticated-cryptid @attemptingwriter @kitkins13 @ray-writes-n-shit

@theonewholivesinthemovies @rheas-chaos-motivation @bookwormclover

[lillified]

heya! horribly sorry if u've mentioned it before, but

a) are u gonna sell that one starscream comic u had a while back in ur shop again? i didn't have the funds at the time (high shipping costs) but been saving and would keep some money saved if there's a chance to acquire it at some point.

b) what media is the project u'r developing rn gonna be in? am i correct in having understood it to be animation? looking forward to it regardless of media 👍

thank you for your answer in advance and i hope u have an amazing day!!

hi! thank you very much, those are good questions!

1) I won’t reveal any details but it should be coming back soon! when the distribution agreement is ironed out you should be hearing about it :)

2) right now I’m working on an animatic pilot! it’ll be in the style of the semi-animated storyboards you see from me. If all goes well hopefully I’ll be able to make more than just the pilot, but it depends on what’s plausible for me, since it’s really just me producing and executing everything

I hope this answers your questions!

[themsource]

Some Scars Never Heal

Dipper awoken by a nightmare at 2 am wanders the house for a bit to settle his nerves and finds Ford sitting outside on the porch before deciding to join him.

He greets his uncle with a chipper tone, though it's hollow with obvious exhaustion. "Great Uncle Ford, you’re up late. Are you working on a project?"

Ford startles slightly, clearly not expecting the sudden company before composing himself. "Oh, Dipper my boy! No… I just couldn’t sleep."

"…Nightmares?" Dipper asks as he sits down on the wooden step beside him, his legs tucking up under his chin as he wraps his arms around them.

"…you could say that."

"Yeah, I get them too," Dipper sighs, before continuing sympathetically, "Especially since weirdmageddon... It must be worse for you though, I can’t imagine what Bill must’ve put you through before we saved you, how he made you feel."

Ford gives Dipper that tired smile the boy has only ever seen twice on the older man's face and detests so much, as he gestures with the mug he’s holding. "I find a hot cup of coffee and cool night air helps."

Dipper searches his expression and then looks down at the mug for a moment, before slowly panning his gaze up at the stars as he murmurs, "It is nice out here, isn’t it?"

Ford doesn't respond, only nods.

And Dipper is fine with that. He's just happy for the company.

They sit together in companionable silence for a bit before he yawns, feeling his exhaustion catch up with him finally, and reluctantly stands up. He doesn't want to leave his uncle alone, but they have a big day planned with the family in a few hours.

"Well, try to sleep a little. Don’t let Bill win by haunting you with his ghost, he can’t hurt us anymore… at least… I don’t think he can?" Dipper can't help pausing and asking to make sure, "Can an interdimensional triangle come back as a ghost?"

Ford chuckles dryly, "No, I don’t believe so... you’d need the primordial energy that we dub a ‘soul’ for that…"

Dipper chuckles and smiles, relieved that Ford can find some humor even in his obviously dower state despite how morbid it sounds, and reassuringly pats Ford’s shoulder before heading inside.

"Goodnight, Great Uncle Ford."

Once alone Ford looks down at the mug in his hands, his reflection staring back at him almost judgmentally as he hears Bill’s song in his head and recalls how he felt when Bill unfroze him in the 'penthouse' of his pyramid, between the fleeting feelings of outrage and confusion that had overcome him.

Ford whispers silently under his breath, so quietly that he hopes not even the wind can hear him, "…is it wrong that my heart skipped a beat?"

His hands tighten on his mug as he looks back up at the dazzling lights adorning a sea of utter black. The memory of him in this same exact spot within his mindscape so long ago, only with Bill admiring the vast beauty right beside him, burned shamefully into the back of his retinas.

Ford pretends that he doesn't feel the all too familiar adrenal rush of blood in his cheeks as he takes a quiet sip.

[shenzi-hemlock]

I am currently working on a blanket now that we’re getting into colder months. I wanted to make something that my darling could use to keep warm since he gets much colder than I do. And I really like it so far! The stitch I’m using or this blanket is called a US single stitch, I think?? Super easy for my brain and hands to grasp.

You can thrift yarn?? Does that mean like getting something that was crocheted at a Goodwill, unraveling it, and then making it into something else?? I found an adorable yarn shop that I’m hoping I can work at part time some time next year. But they’ve got like a Wednesday night get together and the local ladies gather to work on their respective projects. I want to go this Wednesday and see if it’s any fun!

I’m not sure if they’ve got an official name, but I call them DMC thread. But I think floss is a correct name to use. And embroidering is a wonderful craft! I’m not sure what it is about embroidery and now crochet but something about working with my hands just dumps the Happy Slime into my brain.

That looks gorgeous!! I haven’t ventured out to any cool stitches since I only learned how to do this last week, but I can’t wait to get to that level of skill!

@genuine-hyperbole

I have crossed the species barrier and I’m currently infected with crochet, I don’t expect to get better, this does tend to be terminal, pray for my husband’s wallet. 😔🙏🏼

[nervocat]

ok post abt vil with a gummy smile let's GO (putting a cut below)

So to explain why I see him with one is mainly bc um I'm insecure abt my own gummy smile at times, hence why I give a lot of my favorites gummy smiles, but with vil it's like. He's a very famous person, so to me it's like .. idk. It's rlly hard to explain 😭😭 pls tell me you guys know what I'm trying to say.. it affirms to me that yeah gummy smiles are OK and COOL

Now his feelings towards his gummy smile would be slightly complicated?? He just wouldn't hate it, be ashamed of it or be THAT insecure abt it. He knows it's not uncommon to have one, not at all, but he hides it a lot from the public (mutual in law @/v-anrouge (aster) said this.. bc devil @'d him abt my ask I sent to devil.. which was scary.. but I hadn't thought abt that so it's getting a mention) so that complicates things I feel. I know there are gummy smiles that show more gum than others, mine show my gums quite a bit, so I feel like if he had one (I say he does) like that it'd be kinda of hard to hide — I struggle hiding mine, so I just cover my mouth with my hand when laughing — which I think he does when in public at least. He's probably practiced a lot to hide his smile while doing famous things or whatever but he doesn't always hide it

And if someone he knew had a moment of insecurity/is insecure abt their gummy smile (ME (sometimes)), he's just casual abt it and is like “It's not uncommon to have one, you know. And I think it looks fine on you” or smth like that, he just wouldn't mention HE has one. That's for you to figure out

ok I think I said everything I wanted to say IS THIS GOOD GUYS BE HONEST

[rika-mortis]

Made a silly alternate version for the previous comic

[floccinaucinihilipilificationa]

Hey hey hey may 31th anon! How's 2024 going? ☆ヾ(*´▽｀)ﾉ This year I have for you a leaked Sherlock season 5 image. Thinking of you!! And everyone!!

[anewp0tat0]

this is not one of the like 5 video projects I'm supposed to be finishing, this is an animatic meme that I'm pretty sure is still going around which I didn't wanna miss like last time I missed an animatic meme(it still sits in my WIP folder. it's been 3 years) so yes that's why it exists. and also because I'm kinda shocked I haven't seen it yet. sorry if it HAS been made.

[deoidesign]

Thinks about my next series again... I drew the icon for it!

I'm planning to have it launched within a year! I'm hoping for summer 2025. I want to make a prelaunch page before Time and Time Again ends so people can subscribe if they're interested, but I'm worried the series return would be too early...

[pepperpixel]

“Can't remember when we walked past the O.R. sign!

(sur-ger-y!)

Can't remember passing out with her hand in mine!

(my-my-mind!!!!)

I remember waking up with my mind repaired.

(A-OK! ^^)

I remember when I realized, she wasn't there...”

Amnesia was her name….. is. so. horrifically. sadly fitting for these two in literally every single line. And I’m gonna NEED ALL OF U GUYS TO GO LISTEN TO IT NOW OK… THIS ISNT A DRILL GO GO GO GO!!!

Anyway… uhh. the fact Betty “blessed” this guy to like. An eternally long lifespan w THIS FUCKED UP OF A MENTAL STATE IS SO SCREWED UP GHGH- Like poor Simon god damn…! u kno he’d rather just keep on not sorting out his baggage and trauma forever too cuz it’d be too complicated… too much… force him to admit things about himself and about BETTY that he really really doesn’t want to… better to just leave it all unexamined.. pack it all into lil boxes so he can just try to ignore it and pretend it doesn’t exist… HE GOTTA LIVE FOREVER W IT THO… *ME BANGING ON SIMONS DOOR AT 3 IN THE MORNING*: “SIMON U GOTTA ACCEPT URSELF!!!! LOVE URSELF!!!! ACKNOWLEDGE N ACCEPT EVEN THE “BAD” PARTS OF URSELF!!!! SIMON PLEASE!!!!! SIMON EVEN PPL WHO LOVE YOU AND WHO YOU LOVE CAN HURT YOU!!!! ACKNOWLEDGE IT!!! ACKNOWLEDGE THE HURT AND ACKNOWLEDGE UR FEELINGS!!!! AND URSELF!!!!! SIMON!!!!” anyway… gGHGH YEA, SRRY. SIMON PETRIKOVS MENTAL ILLNESSES MAKE ME FEEL LIKE IM GONNA EXPLODE. ANYWAY HAVE SOME ART. W a bunch of diff versions cuz I’m indecisive!