#WORKING ON IT

[wolfertinger666]

concept: were-witch

a fox witch who turns into a monster like creature during a blood moon and she finds it embarrassing and an inconvenience. she's big asf too

[snarkspawn]

experimenting with brushes and colours, and my favourite long-suffering bodyguard

[akashicrecord]

Of course my lazy ass would fall in love with the gay equivalent of a tradwife... work clothes washed and ironed every night. house immaculate due to ocd. constantly being brought snacks. I texted him from the shower to ask if i had clean underwear and he said "yes daddy" and set them out for me. I got hard :/

[vectorisheree]

TSAMS mermaid au where KC is called Krill Code

[prince-liest]

Sorry if this is annoying.

I'm writing a hazbin oneshot and I'm having issues with dialogue. Any wisdom on how to handle the balance between Alastor being an arsehole and wanting to write him having a couple of moments of geniune sincerity.

Well, those two things don't have to be mutually exclusive!

If you're trying to get your character to do something, you have two variables to work with: "what would it take to get this character to do this" and "how would the character go about it."

As far as "how would Alastor go about sincerity" is concerned: If he's interacting with someone that he's inclined to be sincere with, for whatever reason, there's a solid chance he's going to be a dick about his sincerity, and also sincere about his dickishness.

The canon scene where he makes a deal with Charlie was in many ways him not even trying a little to hide how manipulative he's being, but I think a key moment of it is that he does give her sincere advice about how to present herself and emotionally handle the situation ("A smile is a valuable tool, my dear!" - ironically cautioning against sincerity). And, again: he completely owns the fact that he thinks the situation and Charlie's misery are absolutely hysterical, and that he has something over her. He outright crows "I know something you don't know!"

Despite his scheming, Alastor is often pretty open about the kind of person that he is, which is not a very nice one, when it is in line with his preferred self-image. Sincerity is not synonymous with softness, and I don't think softness is the kind of vulnerability that would come naturally to him in most circumstances. Let him be an asshole even as he's being sincere - either deliberately or accidentally. Or let him be defensive, or unsure, or nervous. There are a lot of ways to present sincerity that make a lot of sense for him depending on the situation.

As for "what would it take for Alastor to be sincere," especially if you do want it to be a soft sort of sincerity... that is up to you and the machinations of your story! I spent several dozen thousand words in 666 exploring that one, haha.

[8-0mph]

Would you believe Ive had Creed in my drafts since August thanks adventure time.

[wishingly-mesh]

Pre relationship rain/reiko stuff! (Messy sketchy art sorry :3)

Yapping about my headcannons for the ship under this:

[lots of spelling errors probably, be warned :3] I think they were like, childhood friends. Reiko becoming Shao Kahn’s kid basically placed him into the Royal family circle. And outside of the sister Rain was the only other guy around. I imagine the two bonded quickly and basically were best friends. Bonding over the Mutual want to test their limits, to grow stronger, reach higher.

friendship turned into romance into their late teens. A secret romance, something both of them didn’t really want people to know, specifically shao kahn. Nothing crazy just, often escaping responsibility in a rainy night. Especially after Rain became high mage, the two hung out a lot at night.

Reiko becoming second in command, and his devotion to Shao Kahn drove a wedge in-between them. So focused on “I owe him my life” kinda debt the two just, drift. Cut off entirely when rain leaves Shao Kahn and goes on the run from basically everyone after drowning that city (can’t remember the name on the top of my head rn).

I specifically think about that one dialogue thing where reiko says “shao kahn still needs you.” To Rain

and all I can think about it. “But I needed you.”

Anyways, Rain finds Reikos absolute devotion to Shao Kahn almost horrifying. he wants him to be broken free of that sort of mindset

anyways I’m just coughing out random thoughts

bye bye :3

[darkopsiian]

I've been laughing at this idea for two days

he's such a grouchy old man i love him.

[budgie2budgie]

my little cowboy*

*definitely stole that frase from my all time favorite podcast: HANDSOME PODCAST (love them so much!!)

[kawaiigirly21]

So I had this weird one piece fanfic idea where Luffy and my oc are already dating. They're really in love and everything is great. That's until Luffy "dies" to kaido. She feels like her soul was torn apart before hearing her boyfriend's heart beat. Louder than anyone. Suddenly memories that seemingly don't belong to her flood her mind and she feels overwhelmed with emotions she can't explain. It's not until Nami points out she looks like a goddess. A moon goddess. Plot twist, Luffy = joyboy/Nika My oc = Moon goddess (Nika's wife) reincarnated and she only awakens when Luffy uses gear 5. I'm still working on it so let me know if you guys like it so far or if I should change anything. It would really help!

[worldwithoutmiracles]

there are so many weird things that I’ve gotten better at since learning I have ADHD. like recognizing when I need accommodations is so much easier now, it feels like I unlocked a cheat code. I could have been doing this my whole life, but I almost never did. I think I just always assumed the world was right, and if I struggled it must be my fault? and then I thought the way to fix myself was to really concentrate on how bad I’m doing and try to muscle my way into being perfect by shaming myself and doing everything the hardest way possible. it’s SO stupid.

anyways, I’m at a hotel for a few days and trying to get some work done. I’m in the room, at the desk, with my computer in front of me, but I’m finding it hard to concentrate. I pretty quickly 1) recognized the situation and 2) decided the problem was the atmosphere wasn’t conducive to working. the room is really sterile and boring, so I decided to turn it into something that will stimulate me a little more and feel like places I’ve been able to work before. I made myself a cup of tea, put on a coffee shop playlist, turned on the yellow lamp by the bed and closed the curtains. then I turned the TV to a random station but put it on mute. I sort of artificially created a coffee shop, right here in my room!

this was enough of an atmosphere change that, along with talking to myself out loud and finding a way to sit more comfortably in the chair, I was able to focus on my work for an hour or so.

I dunno. this stuff is probably literally stupid for neurotypical people to read. like, I was uncomfortable so I became more comfortable then felt better. great! most people learn to do that at four years old. but two years ago, at 27, I would have beat myself up for not focusing or crawled into bed and totally zoned out to the TV instead, giving up the day as a bust and feeding into a paralyzing guilt spiral.

it’s been so weird to rediscover who I actually am. it’s so wonderful to see what I’m capable of when I listen to and work with myself against the world, instead of siding with the world against myself every single time.

(not me, lightly crying about writing in a google doc for an hour)

[nibinsects]

weird fish

[missfckingfortune]

I don't have any cool moodboards, but hey, I do have a new chapter! <3

[sxbxb8]

New Year New Alice brainrot 🙏🏼

[all-pacas]

almost 2 am and i'm still awake ughhhhh