#a joy the entire process

[kingprinceleo]

Commission Gift from @w0lp3rtinger to @lambpaca !!!

[hylianane]

Trying to remember how to draw the Deltagang (I never knew in the first place)

[thegoodmorningman]

Get some rest. Process a little. Savor small moments of Joy. The show must go on. Good Morning.

[louroth]

Forget the IF, just wanted to check in and see if YOU were okay dear author? I hope everything is well. I know you have a process lol, but I miss seeing you on my TL from time to time.

oh, kjsdhfjskdf . how sweet<3 thank you for this! I am doing well, crafting ouro alongside some personal shifts and growth and setbacks and victories. it has been a godsend to take all this pressure off for this period and do things my way. though, I'll say: while it has taken and will probably take another while, this silence will be broken at some point. I'll avoid saying soon only because I'm staunchly sticking to my pace&process. however !! I finished the draft for the first book yesterday. !! I am currently doing some hefty edits, collecting art and testing coding (&learning something new a hundred times over, over, again, whether it be storycrafting, interactivity, ui design, social media, art, code ... the list goes on) and so for the most part, I'm having a good time, as long as we count the entire spectrum of the human condition as a mostly good time. pfft.

I miss hanging out here too! I genuinely can't wait to get back to online shenanigans once I feel ready for it; if you'll have me, of course. I can imagine that this type of secret development is frustrating and everyone has their limit. It means a lot that you sent this my way. Hope you're doing well too. <3

[doggy-faggy]

Twink death <3

[defiledtomb]

Psst. Looksie! The healers hands chapter 4 is now up on my Patreon!! <3 a continued and everlasting gratitude to all of you who have so generously helped me while I piece my life back together. I'm still waiting to hear back from the real estate agent, but things are looking hopeful and I pray I can get back to work on ouro before xmas. Until then, I'm chewing on this prequel story between Leith and a Healer MC. Things are heating up.

Have a sneak peek from chapter 5!

And then, a commotion at the wide double doors that led into the wide hallway of the baths. Several men, tall, limb over limb, poured into the humid space, their hands carrying bottles by the necks and classes by their fingers, like apples plucked straight from long branches. “Leith!” rumbled one, then another, and they stumbled their way forth to the bath where the healer had hid behind Leith’s back, peeking over his shoulder. “And the healer!” Vax roared, in earnest. He had a joint in the corner of his mouth, smoke pouring from his nostrils. There were six of them: Ohro, Kinsa, Vax, Nima, Lanas and Kelles, all unruly and unsticking their coats and shirts, hopping out of their pants one leg at the time. Soon they were all naked, dicks and muscles and sinew and sweat, and they invited themselves into their bath while conversation was like bramble, loud and pricky and completely impossible to untangle. Lanas had hobbled over to the coals while removing his tight leather pants and was in the process of adding more steam, fogging up the entire bath, and the others in the bath groaned with approval. The water splashed over the edges of the gray and red tiles as the last of them, Ohro, lowered himself without any grace what so ever. They spread out, and the healer was guided by posessive hands into Leith’s open lap, where she sat, his arms loose around her, hooked on one shoulder, and the waist another. She settled in, his voice at her ear, his breath tickling her wet neck. 

“Valorn,” Leith greeted them by their mercenary group name. “How was Hirswreath?”

[ninacchis]

HI NINAAAA ♡⁠(⁠˃͈⁠ ⁠દ⁠ ⁠˂͈⁠ ⁠༶⁠ ⁠) for the speing ask! how about: lemons, music, ocean and Pride <3 love you lots

HIIII DRAGON!!! thank you and i love you too bestie 💕💕

Lemons - what’s your favorite type of dessert?

right now it’s cookie cake!! i impulsively bought one at the store the other day because i’ve been craving it for so long now + throw a scoop of ice cream on top and it’s the perfect sweet treat :))

Music - what’s been on repeat lately?

the mario galaxy soundtrack, specifically the luma and the hat! i’ve been in the biggest mood to play mario galaxy all over again but also i’m too lazy to set up my wii and rosalina’s story never fails to make me cry

Ocean - what’s your favorite sea creature?

whale sharks!! partly because of free! but also because just look at them! they’re so big and gentle and i wanna see one in person someday! not to mention they make some of the cutest plushies for whale sharks like good ol’ jinbesan

Pride  - what is something you’re proud of?

the last two art pieces i just posted!! and also a while ago i bought the water gun rin figure which i’ve been wanting for soooo long now and the best part is he wasn’t too expensive!!! look at how perfect he is!!!!! i love him so much!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

🌸spring asks🌸

[illgiveyouahint]

thank god for weekly released tv shows that make the passage of time bearable

[blujayonthewing]

thinking about how melliwyk had a reputation in her career for ruthless ambition but actually she knowingly went into a dead-end field with realistic expectations about it because that's what brought her the most sincere excitement and joy

[suolainensilakka]

Devastating shout chat mishap caught live on camera

[aurosoulart]

Where do you get your inspiration.

primarily from nature and my inner child! I'm drawn to things that make me feel a sense of wonder and joy at the world

I also use art to explore a huge variety of different styles and genres - since I have a reputation for being able to draw a lot of different things as a commissions artist, I keep my work versatile and try to take inspiration from.... pretty much everywhere

I never have just one source of inspiration and my work is always changing depending on what I'm interested in at the time :)

[cakeemoji]

hit the jackpot in life when i found a fever you cant sweat out vinyl & my chem's may death never stop you at the store. obviously i bought them to display them proudly in my room like the trophies i never won from track and field in 7th grade

[orcelito]

Worked on pictures for about 8 hours straight, stopping a few times for crying breaks, but it's done. I made the slideshow and sorted it real nice. The sorting was half the time by itself. But I think I did a good job.

Also emailed my advisor. Look at me go.

[shesmyscar]

has anyone disected what the different frame sizes mean/correlate to in everything everywhere all at once yet because i have been trying to figure out what they all mean ever since i noticed it on my fifth rewatch. and every time i watch it now it’s all i can think about because it’s done so intentionally and clearly has a purpose to aid with the storytelling. if there’s an interview out there about this though PLEASE send it my way because oh my god i’m SO fascinated with this

[lupismaris]

All of my work friends and HPF said they were free the weekend before my birthday so guess who called their stepmom to ask if we could have a gathering instead of the typical awkward family dinner

Yay for doing the scary thing I guess

[angorwhosebabyisthis]

having thoughts about nine, and i think one of the biggest things i would personally do to fix him and his role in the story (without making him a flat out villain) is to change the core theme of his character from 'missing stair will not and should not ever be held accountable for their actions,' to:

cruelty and defiance are not the same thing. existing out of spite is not an evil thing; refusing to lay down your weapons under the guise of being small and soft and palatable is not evil; defending yourself and others from being wiped out or made less than you are is not evil. it is not cruel. making good on 'fuck around and find out' can be one of the most important things you will ever do.

and because it's not cruel, it does not excuse cruelty. 'kind does not mean nice' doesn't mean 'cruelty is acceptable as long as it's for a Good Cause'; it also doesn't mean that cruelty in some instances and kindness in others balance each other out. if anything, the latter just ends up becoming part of the former with a different face. it doesn't matter how soft or palatable or loud and rough-edged you are: either your worldview is built on kindness or it isn't, and that will show in how you act on it no matter how hard you try to quarantine one philosophy from the other.

there are lots of other things i'd change; a major one being to pull the fuck up on said cruelty by a LOT, holy shit. as well, don't make him abusive, whether as a) a tactical abuser who pretends his trauma took out the filter he absolutely still has, or b) someone whose trauma has taken out their filter, and left them a disoriented, barely functioning wreck with no idea what the hell is going on inside or outside their own head; whose confused flailing manifests as lashing out in abusive ways, and who wants to do better, and would actually improve with both help and accountability for their actions. that last one has worth as a narrative, but it requires pulling on the sensitivity gloves so far up your arms that it's just a whole spandex suit, and these writers have well and truly proven they are just not fucking capable of that lmao

but in the end, one of the things that does absolutely have to change is that his character has to have a point other than getting away with being a missing stair. there might be other ways to write him as a static character and still a good one; they do have their place! but given that the conventions of the genre would generally involve a growth arc for a character like him, i feel like this interpretation is one that probably falls closest to what they were actually going for.

(or at least, what they wanted to trick the audience into thinking they were going for. lol)

anyway yeah, i have a piggy bank full of cents about this and that is two of them. tl;dr justice for nine, we could have had it all