#These have been fun

[hangmanssunnies]

16 - needing their cuddles even though they have something else to do 💜💜

House We Share Jake! <3 Predeployment...

"Sit down with me," you had requested in the middle of the end of his preliminary post-workout checklist.

Jake struggled to ever resist giving you the things you wanted. At least things he could give you, oh, he was always hoping it was enough to make up for what he couldn't. There was this small pleased smile that graced your face anytime Jake did something for you. As if he had surprised you or you had gotten a welcome but unexpected gift. That smile was one of his favorite things about you. Last month he caught himself dedicating four pages of his sketchbook to get it perfect.

His feet moved before his brain could catch up. Jake thinks it's nice you have that power. It's similar to how he feels after a good run, wholly grounded in the moment and his body. He goes from circling the kitchen island to sitting beside you on the couch. Answering your smile with a grin of his own. He playfully taps his elbow to your ribs, nudging you. Ignoring your complaint about his sharp elbows when you elbow him back and motion for him to scoot closer to you. While tempted to sink into the couch with you, Jake also had a million things he needed to get done; at every corner he turned, something caught his attention. Patching the drywall, setting up an appointment with the landscaper, checking the HVAC system, and regrouting the kitchen backsplash.

When was the last time the fridge water filter was replaced? Jake suddenly thought to himself, worried. He almost shoots up from the couch. The need to add the filter to his checklist before he forgot it struck him. Before he does, your hands are in his hair, and Jake wants to fall apart. If Jake has an off button for his brain, you discovered it while playing with his hair. Sure, his hair was played with in the past, but no one had ever made him feel like he does when you do it.

"I have so much to do," Jake whines, not wanting to pull away from your warmth. You shush him gently, tugging on his hair harder. He knows you think it's a playful punishment, a reminder to keep him in place. But God, if it doesn't do a million and one things to him. Jake briefly considers the likely hood that he would spontaneously combust. Which would be preferable to the forbidden things he actually wants to do. It's why he can't let himself think about you in too much detail. Details lead to longing and yearning, and obsession. Jake once again reminds himself that being obsessed with your roommate is a creepy thing.

"It'll be there tomorrow. Nothing's going anywhere… not yet, at least."

"Sugar," he groans quietly. "I'll have more stuff to do and less time tomorrow."

"We both know you were stress-pacing for the last 10 minutes. And you aren't doing this by yourself, Jakers," you remind him firmly but still with a kind edge.

"I will help you get everything done. I promise the list will be finished before you have to go. It's all going to be okay." Your words feel like a small weight off his shoulder. You are the most reassuring person in his life. Jake briefly tries to remember how he did this before he had you around. Maybe he didn't do it at all.

"Well…" Jake starts to respond.

"No, wells or buts. Do you know what I need right now?"

"What is that, sugar?"

“I need you to cuddle with me on this couch. And I need you to watch this movie." You say, gesturing to the TV. Jake honestly couldn't care less about whatever movie you picked. Not in a mean way, but it wasn't on his list of priorities to watch.

However, he did care about you, so fucking much. Jake would go to extreme measures to fulfill any want you had any need and desire could fill. Jake stopped walking down that path, considering how he was behaving. In a typical Jake fashion, he was trying to overcompensate for the things he couldn't do. The small but persistent thing he knew, guessed, assumed, hoped, dreamed, prayed, thought you wanted most from him. So, Jake would give you the cuddles you wanted, and he does his damnedest to make sure the house is perfect for you trying to think of and prevent as many problems as he could.

You snuggle closer to Jake, and he takes a deep breath, appreciating your scent. Jake is trying to pay attention to the movie since he knows you want to talk about it later. However, it is difficult to do so because the most captivating thing in the room is you. Having you around already made everything about his deployment worse; having you around makes everything about being home better.

[patriamrealm]

I have been very busy but! I’ve also been working on the diamond clan wardens and Adaman’s designs! So here’s a wip of them now I’m going to crash because it’s stupid late.

[onlygenxhere]

18, 21, 29, and a freebie. Whichever of these makes you excited to answer. :) for the get to know asks!

18. Do you title your fics before during or after the writing process? How do you come up with titles?

More often than not it's while I'm writing the title will happen with a few exceptions. Like Do Not Disturb was based of the song of the same title so it needed to be named that. Titles are hard. I probably only really like half of mine.

21. Would you ever collaborate with another writer on a story.

Most definitely.

29. What's your revision or editing process like?

In general, as I'm writing when I open the doc back up to add to it I will reread back a bit, not the whole thing depending on how long it is and I might edit or change something then as I continue past that point. When I think the story is finished I'll reread the whole thing. If it's chaptered each chapter gets one more once over when it's posted.

I tried 10 the control F thing but that didn't work so I'll do 39. Share a snippet from a WIP

She frowned as she noticed the man on the bench up ahead. It was awfully cold to be sleeping outside and Mariposaport didn’t have any homeless. Flynn teleported over to him immediately to check on him and gasped. He was bloody and bruised and most decisively dead.   “Well shit,” she muttered. Guess she needed to go find Luke.

Fic Writer Asks

[sundaysstrawberrykombucha]

Not much is changing now. Most of the big things have already happened. Now it's just little changes. Changes in height, claw length, tail fur...

Four more months left, but from here on out, it's really not much, just finishing out the doses and making sure the full effect happens, and then the follow up with the doc... I have a few questions for him, especially if I find out how the "HRT" actually works. Maybe I'll go to my work's lab... Run some tests...

SKUNK FACT! I'll give you two, since I fell asleep while posting month 6 and didn't actually get a fact in yesterday!

Skunk fact 1: Skunks have some wicked long claws for digging. What are they digging for? Well, that's how they make their burrows to sleep in when they're all eepy... I'm sure they dig up food and bugs and stuff to eat as well.

Skunk fact 2! Skunks are actually rather peace loving and aren't very aggressive! If they are about to spray, they give ample warning first, by stamping their feet and doing a hand-stand, but if a skunk is approaching you, it's probably just super curious about you, or doesn't feel the need to move too much out of your way to get to where it's going... Or it just doesn't see you. They do have poor eyesight after all.

[mangozic]

my dead goth son and his friendly neighborhood personified concept of insanity

[astriiformes]

Really says something about the dire state of offerings for men interested in sewing their own clothes that even searching things like "interesting men's clothing patterns" brings up articles with links to four or five whole websites that primarily offer admittedly nice but practically identical patterns for making button-ups and work pants and maybe a varsity/bomber jacket if you're lucky.

(Branching out into historical costuming for everyday wear is like your one shot at variation, and even then, the ratio of men's to women's patterns on every website is frustrating to say the least.)

Patternmakers as a trans man I am begging you. Give me a little more to work with here.

[emilnikos]

I need non autistic people to realise meltdowns are a real debilitating thing that has a serious effect on your mental and physical health NOWWWWW!!! The way its been trivialized and lessened pisses me the fuck off. It's not a tantrum and it doesn't come from "being too weak-willed" it's painful and it's embarrassing AND MOST OF ALL IT'S INVOLUNTARY!! Don't claim to be an ally to autistic or disabled people and then make fun of people who have meltdowns. Literally get the hell out of my sight

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Must be a Sugondese joke.

[eggwishing]

I ONCE TRIED TO WASH THAT SCUFFED OLD THING WHILE HE WAS TAKING ONE OF HIS NAPS, BUT WHEN I TOOK IT OFF HE WAS WEARING ANOTHER IDENTICAL ONE UNDERNEATH! AND ANOTHER! I GOT THROUGH TEN MORE LAYERS OF THE SAME THING BEFORE HE WOKE UP. I WAS SO FRUSTRATED! WHERE DID HE EVEN GET THOSE FROM? THEY ALL EVEN HAD THE SAME STAINS!!

[cainternn]

deadpool and wolverine thoughts

[artkaninchenbau]

Crocodile finds a strange stray cat an 11-year old Nico Robin (AU where they met 13 years earlier. Robin's been on the run from the World Government for 3 years. Crocodile's 27 and has not set up base in Alabasta yet)

It seems like I have become possessed. By some sort of demon.

Bonus:

[isjasz]

Stellar death

[onlygenxhere]

Distracting asks:

2) Name something you want to read?

5) Name something you are looking forward to?

17) Tell us about your favorite character?

22) Something you want to see?

2. Something I WANT to read. Well I have a small pile of tbr on my shelves but the oldest keeps making me stop trying to get through those and read things they want me to. Not that I don't end up liking them but I got two of these books LAST Christmas and I still haven't read them.

Chain of Thorns - Casandra Clare (gotta be in the mood and have time for this cause she will suck me in and I will do little to nothing but read it till it's done)

Renegades by Marissa Meyer - I really loved the Lunar Chronicles and want to check this out.

The Chalice of the Gods - Rick Riordan - I need to reread them all but I will probably give into reading this before that.

5. Something I'm looking forward to. - There's nothing on the calendar at the moment I'm excited about. I have a friend that's hopefully gonna visit some time in October. Haven't seen her in a year. (we're about 3 hours away)

17. Tell us about your favorite character. - Hmmm I'm gonna go really old school with this one with Mara Jade. She's an OC Star Wars character first appearance in Heir to the Empire by Timothy Zahn. I just LOVED her. She was a badass jedi and eventually ended up married to Luke. I stopped reading those books when they killed Chewie so I don't know what happened to her in the long run.

22. Something you want to see. Already answered here but let's see OH you know I would love to see Pink! In concert that'd be cool. (and reasonably feasible)

Distracting Asks

[qiinamii]

we'll do fine.

[o0kawaii0o]

ROMANCE DAWN TRIO

[agentromanoffsir]

neocities guide - why you should build your own html website

do you miss the charm of the 90s/00s web where sites had actual personality instead of the same minimalistic theme? are you feeling drained by social media and the constant corporate monopoly of your data and time? do you want to be excited about the internet again? try neocities!!

what is neocities?

neocities is a free hosting website that lets you build your own html website from scratch, with total creative control. in their own words: "we are tired of living in an online world where people are isolated from each other on boring, generic social networks that don't let us truly express ourselves. it's time we took back our personalities from these sterilized, lifeless, monetized, data mined, monitored addiction machines and let our creativity flourish again."

why should I make my own website?

web3 has been overtaken by capitalism & conformity. websites that once were meant to be fun online social spaces now exist solely to steal your data and sell you things. it sucks!! building a personal site is a great way to express yourself and take control of your online experience.

what would I even put on a website?

the best part about making your own site is that you can do literally whatever the hell you want! focus on a specific subject or make it a wild collection of all your interests. share your art! make a shrine for one of your interests! post a picture of every bird you see when you step outside! make a collection of your favorite blinkies! the world is your oyster !! here are some cool example sites to inspire you: recently updated neocities sites | it can be fun to just look through these and browse people's content! space bar | local interstellar dive bar creature feature | halloween & monsters big gulp supreme peanutbuttaz | personal site dragodiluna linwood | personal site patho grove | personal site

getting started: neocities/html guide

sound interesting? here are some guides to help you get started, especially if you aren't familiar with html/css sadgrl.online webmastery | a fantastic resource for getting started with html & web revival. also has a layout builder that you can use to start with in case starting from scratch is too intimidating web design in 4 minutes | good for learning coding basics w3schools | html tutorials templaterr | demo & html for basic web elements eggramen test pages | css page templates to get started with sadgrl background tiles | bg tiles rivendell background tiles | more free bg tiles

fun stuff to add to your site

want your site to be cool? here's some fun stuff that i've found blinkies-cafe | fantastic blinkie maker! (run by @transbro & @graphics-cafe) gificities | internet archive of 90s/00s web gifs internet bumper stickers | web bumper stickers momg | gif gallery 99 gif shop | 3d gifs 123 guestbook | add a guestbook for people to leave messages cbox | add a live chat box moon phases | track the phases of the moon gifypet | a little clickable page pet adopt a shroom | mushroom page pet tamaNOTchi | virtual pet crossword puzzle | daily crossword imood | track your mood neko | cute cat that chases your mouse pollcode | custom poll maker website hit counter | track how many visitors you have

web revival manifestos & communities

also, there's actually a pretty cool community of people out there who want to bring joy back to the web! melonland project | web project/community celebrating individual & joyful online experiences. Also has an online forum melonland intro to web revival | what is web revival? melonking manifesto | status cafe | share your current status nightfall city | online community onio.cafe | leave a message and enjoy the ambiance sadgrl internet manifesto | yesterweb internet manifesto | sadly defunct, still a great resource reclaiming online social spaces | great manifesto on cultivating your online experience

in conclusion

i want everyone to make a neocities site because it's fun af and i love seeing everyone's weird personal sites that they made outside of the control of capitalism :) say hi to me on neocities